Chapter 320: Delaying Tactics
Back at the camp, Yuwen Chengyu was full of pride, she turned over and dismounted, and pulled Zhang Qi to walk quickly to Li Hao's side.
"Master, we have returned victorious!"
"Well done!" Li Hao was also overjoyed, and patted the shoulders of the two of them hard.
"But the battle is not over yet, the party has a large number of reinforcements, and they will never be discouraged because of a small defeat, they will definitely find a way to break our arrow array, you must not relax!"
"Hmph, these young people will only bully the more and the less, if our army breaks the formation and crossbows, how can they be allowed to be presumptuous!" Yuwen Chengyu snorted disdainfully.
Li Hao laughed: "My main army is speeding up, and I am afraid that they will flee first, let's seize the opportunity, try to keep them, and wait until our siege equipment arrives, let them taste the power of my Lijiazhuang!" β
"It's the owner, I'm going to regroup the troops!"
The Linghui Army was well-trained, and soon reorganized its formation, and thousands of melee troops ran out of the camp and opened up in front of the camp to pick up the shield formation. The archers did not hide either, and climbed the wall one after another, waiting for the second wave of the party's attack.
Li Hao handed over the command to the lieutenant general of the Falcon Squad, and he turned on his horse, preparing to rush and kill with Yuwen Chengyu and them.
Party item side.
Buhler's face was serious: "Third prince, the enemy army is well-equipped and difficult to deal with, and now the morale of our army is weak, and we can't fight hard, so we should withdraw our troops back first, and it is the best policy to do so!" β
Stunned Le Gu sat on the ground, with a crossbow arrow stuck in his shoulder, and the accompanying military doctor hurriedly pulled out the arrow and bandaged his wound.
Blood gushed down the wound, and the moment the arrow was removed, the pain caused him to let out a scream. His pale face was full of hideousness, and his red eyes looked like a demon. He has completely lost his cool.
"BΓΌhler! You are the commander of the army, how can you increase the popularity of others? The enemy army has just fought a fierce battle with General Rong, and it is certain that the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking in strength, and our army has just arrived here, and its morale is booming. If you are frightened away by the 10,000 Linghui Army at this moment, how will you have a face to face the party and the people in the future! β
"I don't care what you're worried about, you must get the front-line camp back to me by tonight, otherwise military law will deal with it!"
Seeing that the stunned bones were so persistent, there was nothing Buhler could do. Although he is the commander-in-chief, he is the third prince of the party and is deeply loved by the king. In this expedition, the king was entrusted with a heavy task, and the power in the army was still above himself.
As a soldier, Buhler made it his duty to obey orders, so he could only organize his troops and begin to prepare for the second wave of the attack.
Half an hour later, the party army was assembled, and this time they did not attack rashly, but formed a formation, with shield soldiers in front, infantry in the rear, and cavalry on both sides at any time. The whole army was in good formation and slowly advanced.
"The enemy is in range, release the arrows!"
Countless arrows flew into the sky again, and the raindrops smashed into the party's army. But this time, there was a solid shield defense in front of the party army, and the arrows hit the shield with a ring, but it did not have much impact on the party army.
"I actually came up with a way to deal with the arrow formation so quickly, the formation is tight, and there are cavalry garrisons on both sides, even the harassment of our cavalry has been prevented, who is this leader, he is really a general!"
"Owner, don't be in a hurry to praise the enemy, hurry up and give an order, if they rush to the camp, how can more than 10,000 of us withstand the charge of so many enemies!" Zhang Qi persuaded with a wry smile.
Li Hao laughed and buckled his helmet: "The cavalry is out and harassing the enemy's offensive from the side." Don't fight with it! Although the previous tart Barong was manic, he was also a talent, and the selected camp was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the party members could not break it in a short period of time. We just have to slow down their offensive! β
Guarding, he took the lead in riding out and rushed out with the cavalry of the Linghui Army.
"Don't divide your troops, everyone will follow me and attack from the enemy's left side! Zhang Qi, you are free to play! β
As soon as he got out of the walled gate, Li Hao immediately commanded the battle. Enemy generals are not mortals, and this battle can no longer be fought as boldly as before. Li Hao decided to concentrate his forces and fight a war of attrition with them.
The 1,000 cavalry troops broke away from the army and began to advance in a roundabout way, while Li Hao drew out the overlord halberd, led the remaining 4,000 cavalry, and rushed towards the left side of the party's army.
"Good time!" Buller roared, handed over the command of the army to the lieutenant general, and then rode out on horseback, leading the cavalry unit on the left side of the army to meet Li Hao.
Before the two armies officially clashed, the commanders of both sides had already seen who the main forces of the enemy were.
Li Hao snorted coldly, clamped the horse's belly hard, and the dragon horse neighed, and immediately accelerated his speed and galloped forward.
Buhler felt Li Hao's fighting spirit and also accelerated to meet him.
The two slammed into each other, and the weapons in their hands clashed, and the battle officially began.
The cavalry on both sides rushed to kill each other, and the shouts of killing were endless.
Yuwen Chengyu also led his troops into the enemy formation, but he did not fight with it, and after only a brief confrontation, under the cover of Li Hao, he broke out of the formation with the former cavalry directly under her and went towards the main army of the party.
Buller had fought with Chengyu, and knew that this woman was powerful, and immediately wanted to go forward to stop it. But how could Li Hao let him act recklessly, he immediately swung his halberd up and stopped him with one blow.
"Your opponent is me!"
The two fought only a few moves, and Buler's hand holding the knife was numb by Li Hao's brute force, and he didn't dare to deal with it carelessly even if this person's strength was still above Yuwen Chengyu.
The two accompanied each other to gallop on horseback, and the weapons in their hands kept exchanging blows, and the fight was inseparable.
Cheng Yu went all the way unimpeded, and soon approached the flank of the party's army.
This time, the party army had already taken precautions, and once again changed its formation to meet Yuwen Chengyu's offensive.
But Yuwen Chengyu was not reckless, and as soon as he saw the local formation, he immediately commanded the cavalry team to fight in a roundabout way, and did not fight hard with the enemy. The agility of the cavalry troops far exceeded that of the infantry phalanx, and Zhang Qi's cavalry and archery troops had also circled the enemy's flank and constantly harassed them with arrows.
The speed of the party army was immediately slowed down.
Seeing all this in his eyes, Buhler couldn't help but feel a little worried, he slashed at Li Hao with all his might, and asked sharply: "What kind of conspiracy do you have!" β
Li Hao raised the overlord halberd to catch the knife, and said with a sneer: "If you have the ability, guess it yourself!" β
Buhler frowned: "Although your cavalry troops are brave, but only a thousand cavalry can only slow down the speed of our army, and it is impossible to completely block it." And your reinforcements are still far away, and it is impossible to send reinforcements in a short time. β
"You're right!" Li Hao put his arm on it, opened Buler's broadsword, and vigorously brandished the overlord halberd and attacked Buler: "But you, with more than 10,000 troops, are not worthy of my whole army to fight!" All I need to do is slow down your army! β
After taking a few moves from Li Hao with difficulty, Buller took a few steps back to regroup the offensive.
"You're too arrogant! Our army is far superior to yours as the vanguard force, and once I am allowed to attack in front of your army formation, the vanguard camp, I can break through before dark, and then no matter how strong your cavalry is, it will only be able to escape. β
"Let's talk about it if we can do it!" Li Hao was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, rode his horse up, and fought with Buhler again.
Buller is still a fierce general, although Li Hao has the advantage, it is difficult to take him down in a short time.
However, Li Hao didn't want to defeat him here, as long as he could drag him down, it was enough.