This time, Yang Sui paid an unprecedented price for his mistakes. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The entire 5,000-soldier army was slaughtered and scattered all over the field, and when the rout fled back to Yuan County, there were less than 1,000 people left.

Fiasco, fiasco like never before.

After the victory in Youzhou, Yang Tianhong returned to Lizhou as fast as possible. He really wanted to return to the capital and marry Xiaohe as soon as possible. However, the inhabitants of the capital have now become strange. It's not that Emperor Shunming can't trust Yang Tianhong, but the credit he made this time is too great. Emperor Shunming originally thought that Yang Tianhong would rely on strong city defenses in Youzhou at most, and fight a defensive battle against Rong Di based on the city, but he didn't expect Yang Tianhong to annihilate the entire 160,000 troops of the Aries tribe in one go...... The current situation is somewhat unfavorable for Yang Tianhong. It has been like this since ancient times, and the words "high merit and shock the master" are very taboo for those in high positions. After thinking about it, Yang Tianhong decided not to return to Beijing for the time being, and released the news that there were Yue people in Anzhou in the south to prevaricate the holy decree of Emperor Shunming's recall. At the same time, he left a loyal and brave family in Lizhou to take power, and he led 10,000 elite horsemen south and returned to Anzhou.

After all, it is its most stable logistics base, and it is also the root of everything.

At the time of Yang Sui's defeat, Yang Tianhong had already led the army to Yuan County. After receiving the reward of the scouts in front, Yang Tianhong was furious, and after losing his temper, he personally led six thousand elites out of the county and stopped Yang Sui's rout on the way.

The two troops met about five miles from the granary, and Yang Sui, who was in tattered clothes, saw his grandfather and immediately knelt down to plead guilty.

Yang Tianhong, who was riding on a war horse, looked at the remnants of the army who had lost their armor in front of him, and then looked at Yang Sui, who was kneeling on the ground and looked very ashamed.

Yang Sui, who was covered in blood, knelt on the ground and lowered his head and muttered: "That is, that is the headquarters of the marching Sima sent to attack the back mountain." ”

Yang Tianhong's cold face did not show any emotional changes, but his heart was full of anger. He gritted his teeth fiercely, but now was clearly not the time to hold accountable. He took a deep breath, learned about the course of the battle, and asked, "Did the defenders chase down when you were defeated?"

Although the defeat was very miserable, and he was very ashamed and painful in retrospect, Yang Sui still thought about it and said respectfully and seriously: "The enemy's counter-charge has been chasing and killing for about two miles. Presumably, the battlefield is being cleaned now. ”

Hearing this, the corners of Yang Tianhong's tightly pursed mouth suddenly loosened, and he smiled faintly, he looked around at the officers around him: "Since this is the case, then our army will win!"

There was no superfluous nonsense, Yang Tianhong ordered Yang Sui to rest in place to recuperate the headquarters of the army. First, he gathered the marching Sima and others who had retreated, and then carefully inquired about the course of the battle.

Knowing that it was the marching Sima who proposed a sneak attack from the back mountain, but unfortunately when he was ambushed, Yang Tianhong took a serious look at the marching Sima who looked embarrassed, but did not panic, and said: "This duke will give you another thousand men and horses, this time, you are still the same as last time, leading the army back to the back mountain to wait for an opportunity to sneak attack." ”

After a pause, Yang Tianhong said again: "By the way, I don't know your name yet!"

The marching Sima was a little tired, but he was in a good state of mind. He immediately stood up straight and replied loudly: "The humble position is the name of the Anzhou people, the surname is Wang, and the name is Yi." ”

Wang Yi ...... Good name. ”

Yang Tianhong's eyes were full of encouragement: "How about it, I was just defeated by the Yue people once, do you still have the confidence to complete the task of this bus trust?"

Wang Yi looked left and right, but did not find the figure of the main general Yang Sui, he saw Yang Tianhong looking at him with blazing eyes, and his eyes were full of encouragement. At that moment, he straightened his waist and replied loudly, "The humble duty will surely kill all those who are barbarians and avenge the death of the brethren." ”

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As the thousands of Chu troops continued their march towards that mountain range, they encountered thousands of Yue defenders who had won the battle and were cheering loudly. These Yue defenders never dreamed that the Chu army, which had just suffered a defeat, would go and return. It may be because they won a battle, so they looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Chu army, and felt that they had more than 5,000 people, and they should be able to defeat the Chu army that invaded again.

The reason why Yang Tianhong chose to continue the attack can only be said to be an attempt. He is not a person who does not know soldiers, and he also understands the truth that arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Now, seeing that thousands of Yue barbarians had taken the initiative to charge instead of retreating to the favorable terrain of the mountains, Yang Tianhong immediately realized that the enemy had just won a big victory.

Opportunity, this is opportunity!

Without any nonsense, when thousands of enemy troops launched a charge, Yang Tianhong decisively gave the order, and also personally blew the howl of the Chu army to attack.

At the sound of the horn, the three thousand sword and shield soldiers who had been waiting for a long time took the lead in stepping into the battlefield with steel knives in their hands. The firearm is still being developed, because the terrain in the south of Anzhou is complex, mostly tropical rainforests, and in the case of hand-to-hand combat, weapons such as spears are far less useful than swords and shields. What's more, the quality of the weapons produced in Anzhou is unparalleled in the world, and the weight is extremely light, and it is the first time that the Yue barbarians have seen this kind of army covered in iron armor. It was really covered in iron, even the head was covered by a thick iron helmet, and the face had armor that could be retracted freely. Just looking at the few small holes on the other party's body that can barely be regarded as flaws, it makes people feel that this is an iron turtle that can't be mouthed at all. However, the more barbarians have fear because of this. The previous victory allowed them to get a lot of metal weapons of the Chu army on the battlefield, and they were in a state of mind where their confidence skyrocketed. In this state of mind, he suddenly collided with the elite sword and shield under Yang Tianhong's command, and it was strange to find that the sharp weapon in his hand could not break through the defense of those steel armors. When he was stunned, the Yue people found that they had been slashed down by the sharp weapons in the hands of the sword and shield soldiers.

Anju is surrounded by rivers, and the machinery that uses water to generate kinetic energy far exceeds the limits of manpower. The steel armor equipped by the Xuanhuo Army is a unified model, and it is all made of mechanical one-time stamping, which is not at all the conventional method of this era to be built with a hammer on the iron felt. This type of steel armor is hard, and its strength is far greater than that of its time, and when it is cut or stabbed by a sharp blade, the hard surface of the iron armor will slide the blade away. However, to deal effective damage, heavy blunt weapons are much more effective than sharp blades. Of course, the weakness of the iron armor is also very prominent, that is, it is too heavy. It's just that this heaviness is also relative. Compared with the military configuration of Chu and other countries, the weight of Anzhou steel armor is only one-half at most, or even lighter.

Previously, the reason why Yang Sui led the troops to defeat was also because they were not equipped with steel armor. Yuan County is a newly established county seat, and the army under Yang Sui is not a regular army of the Xuanhuo Army, but a recruited recruit. Although the performance of steel armor is excellent, the productivity of the Anzhou workshop has not been able to rise, and there is not enough steel as raw material. Therefore, the protection ability of Yang Sui's department has not been very strong.

Now, apparently, there is no chance for the Yue barbarian defenders to change their weapons. Most of the weapons in their hands were steel knives and spears, and the Yue people had never been in the habit of using heavy weapons such as axes. Under the collision, just three thousand sword and shield soldiers completely suppressed as many as five thousand or so opponents.

It's not a battle at all, it's a massacre to get out alive. No matter how desperately the Yue people tried their best, they found that the weapons in their hands could not cause harm to the Chu army at all. The steel knife slashed at the steel armor and left only a mark, or it simply slid off the smooth surface of the steel armor. On the contrary, the opponent was extremely fierce, completely different from the Chu army he had encountered before. They are simply a group of killing gods who crawled out of the depths of hell, fighting fiercely and cruelly, the ground was soon filled with countless human heads and human severed limbs, and these Chu soldiers who suddenly appeared were also very ferocious, many of them brandished steel knives and slashed from the shoulders of Yue Ren's bodies, dug out their hearts and stuffed them directly into their mouths and chewed them heavily. This fierce and terrifying style of play makes the always savage Yue people feel numb in their scalps. Just when many Yue people were afraid, the horn of "woo-woo-woo-" was blown again, and the Yue people suddenly found that many Chu troops wearing leather armor and holding small round shields and short swords rushed up all around. The enemy obviously had the advantage in numbers, and just when the Yue people were hesitating to turn around and flee, a horn of "woo woo woo" was sounded again. This time, they saw a larger number of sword and shield soldiers, as well as archers with a full array.

Yang Tianhong's follow-up troops arrived. There were 10,000 elite Xuanhuo troops, and they immediately posed an overwhelming threat to the Yue barbarians. Suddenly, the Yue barbarians on the opposite side had no hesitation at all, and only the idea of "running away" was left in his heart.

Seeing that it was just a contact, and the Vietnamese enemy army was immediately defeated, Yang Tianhong couldn't help but laugh "hehehe". Before he set out, he thought that the Yue defenders would inevitably become lax if they won once. Then the defensive position must be incomplete. Originally, I wanted to try to attack again, but even if I couldn't succeed, I would retreat at most. I didn't expect to encounter thousands of Yue barbarians who were cleaning the battlefield and looked extremely excited on the way. It was an unexpected surprise, and he thought to himself, "Just annihilating this enemy force will weaken the number of defenders of the mountain." Just as the order was given to form an encirclement, the enemy army collapsed.

There are many tactics that can be replicated over and over again, such as cover kills!

In addition to Wang Yi's troops to make a detour, the 10,000 elites of the Xuanhuo Army led by Yang Tianhong also chased and killed the Yue people all the way, and soon came to the foot of the mountain range, and naturally took advantage of the enemy's rout to flee to the mountain and follow.

The Yue guards here are named Ruan Chen Eyu. It is said that this person was even a descendant of Goujian, the king of Yue in the south, when the Han Kingdom was just divided in ancient times. It was he who was responsible for guarding this granary called Wuling Hill. After he successfully repelled the invasion of the Chu army, he really didn't expect the Chu army to come back, waiting for the own troops sent out to pursue to collapse and come back, and it was a little too late to reorganize the defense.

Yang Tianhong was not at all interested in who Ruan Chen's ancestors were and how famous they were. At this moment, his eyes were wide open, staring at the battle that was taking place halfway up the mountain. Seeing that the enemy army above actually pushed down the rolling stone from the top of the hill regardless of the mixing of the two armies, and the thick and hard stone rolled down all the way, and the earth turned a blood-red patch in an instant, his face couldn't help but twitch.

The terrain here is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder even a general like Yang Sui can't rush in.

Yang Tianhong could rush forward by himself with his strength, release the flying sword and kill all the Yue people cleanly. However, this kind of behavior will violate the rules of heaven and earth, and it will belong to the use of cultivation to interfere in the human war between the world. Although Yang Tianhong had a large number of Guiyuan Sect monks under him, they were only limited to logistical assistance. If these monks were asked to use force to directly participate in the war, then no one would obey Yang Tianhong's orders at all.

"This place is really treacherous. The guards above are also ruthless enough. Even so, he couldn't change anything. ”

Yang Tianhong saw that the troops who rushed up had not yet entered the enemy village, and there was already a sound of fighting halfway up the mountain, and he had already thought that Wang Yi led the troops to successfully kill them from the back mountain. He immediately summoned the guards around him to come over, and ordered repeatedly: "Pass the order, let the soldiers above pay attention to beware of enemy dogs jumping over the wall and setting fire to food." ”

Almost as soon as the words fell, several pillars of smoke rose from the granary halfway up the mountainside. That was Ruan Chen, the defender of the Yue people, seeing that he could no longer hold the granary, and he really set fire to the grain!

Yang Tianhong didn't know how much grain there would be on it, but looking at the scale of this granary, it would definitely not be smaller than the one in Yuan County. Seeing a pillar of smoke rising, he didn't care about the danger, and immediately jumped off the purple-eyed thunder leopard and led his elite to rush towards the mountain.

As long as the personal cultivation is temporarily closed, the monk can participate in the battle. However, few monks were willing to do such a thing. That's no different from suicide.

When Yang Sui saw Yang Tianhong rushing up in person, he was immediately startled, he knew too well the character of his grandfather, although no one could hurt his grandfather, but it was still taboo for the superior to lead the troops into danger after all. Yang Sui hurriedly led five hundred armor soldiers to chase after him, and protected Yang Tianhong all the way to the halfway up the mountain.

The situation in the grain village is relatively chaotic, and the men and horses on both sides are mixed up and fighting each other, but from the perspective of the situation, the Yue defenders have shown obvious defeat. Only about 3,000 Yue barbarians were still stable, and they resisted vigorously under the shouts of the guard general Ruan Chen's forehead, and the rest had basically been divided into several pieces of different sizes, and were being slaughtered by the fierce and abnormal Chu army.

The expression on Ruan Chen's face was very bitter, and his body was also splashed with blood. He felt that he was still careless, and did not organize a new defense immediately after the victory. The act of sending the pursuing troops made him even more annoyed, although he had already made up his mind, threw down a large number of rolling logs and stones, and smashed all the troops connected to him, but the lack of nearly half of the manpower and the defensive power of the 10,000 defenders in the heyday were different after all. Ruan Chen Eyu had already made a lot of reasonable arrangements, but it was a pity that no matter how hard he resisted, he was still killed by the Chu army after all.

The time was rushed, and the changes before and after were also unprepared. Although Ruan Chen had already given the order, the Yue defenders set fire to the grain in a hurry, and they only had time to set fire to four or five granaries before they were squeezed and shrunk by the soldiers of the Chu army who rushed into the stockade. Then again, it was enough to set these granaries on fire, the wind was strong in the middle of the mountain, and the granaries were full of flammable materials, and the fire would grow bigger in a little time.

Yang Tianhong, who was halfway up the mountain, was relieved to see that only a few granaries had been ignited. He didn't stupidly ask people to find water to put out the fire, but first ordered the troops to squeeze the remaining defenders' living space smaller, and then let the idle troops directly remove everything near the burning granary, and then let people bring water to wet all the granaries near the fire. At the same time, it is also the most critical step, which is to order the monks of the Guiyuan Sect who accompany the army to release the water system spell as soon as possible, forming rain in the area, or drastically reducing the temperature to freeze the air so that it no longer flows, and naturally there is no wind power to expand the fire.

As long as the battle is over, the monk will have the possibility to strike. The rules of heaven and earth in this world are so strict. But there are many loopholes that can be exploited. For example, now, if Yang Tianhong simply relies on manpower to extinguish the fire, I am afraid that there will be no effect at all, and all the grain stored in the entire cottage will be burned out. But the presence of monks is different. In any case, these granaries can be preserved, and they have become the most needed strategic materials for the defenders of Yuanxian County.

More than a dozen Guiyuan Sect monks immediately stepped on the flying sword and floated in the air, quickly forming a water formation. The officers of the Xuanhuo Army on the ground hurriedly led their respective troops to get out of the way, leaving enough space for the monks. As rain fell from the air, the area that might have been ignited became wet again, and the fire was finally brought under control.

The Yue people's guard general Ruan Chen Eyu did not fail to see the very conspicuous Yang Tianhong. That Chu man was tall, and the armor and clothing on his body were very conspicuous, just thinking about it, he understood that he must be the general of the Chu people. As early as when he saw Yang Tianhong, Ruan Chen Eyu led his subordinates to try to rush over, trying to save the defeat in one fell swoop, but unfortunately, Ruan Chen Eyu was still unable to break through the encirclement of the Chu army, but because he failed to rush several times, he lost a lot of manpower on his side.

The divided Yue barbarian defenders either surrendered or were already killed, and the space was squeezed smaller and smaller, and there was no way to retreat. The number of Vietnamese defenders in the entire cottage is already less than 2,000, and if they continue to fight like this, it will be a dead end. Thinking of this, Ruan Chen Eyu himself knew that defeat was inevitable, he sighed, shook his head and shouted: "Can the main general of the Chu army dare to come forward and talk?"

At this time, Yang Sui also rectified the defeated army and finally followed. To tell the truth, when he came to the bottom of the mountainside after reorganizing the defeated army, he felt very surprised when he saw that his troops had successfully entered it, and a strong sense of shame also welled up in his heart. (To be continued.) )