At the head of Chenzhou City, the eyes of Pan Chongche, the commander of the Han army, were already full of darkness at this time.

In fact, when he saw the cavalry of the Wuping army suddenly slaughtering from the rear and cutting off the large-scale charge of the Han army under the city, Pan Chongche immediately realized that the signs of this battle were wrong, and the Wuping army seemed to have left a back hand a long time ago, and this brave cavalry probably had the intention of swallowing all the five or six thousand Han troops.

So Pan Chongche frantically ordered the soldiers and horses of the Han army, which had been cut off under the city, to desperately break through the barrier formed by 2,000 cavalry to turn the tide of the battle, and the Han soldiers had to rush forward fearlessly under the urging of the commander. Unexpectedly, the two thousand cavalry of the Wuping Army were all elite, and under the leadership of the white-bearded veteran, they trampled back and forth in the Han army formation with ease, and almost paid the price of hundreds of lives for every four or five steps advanced.

Although the Han army temporarily relied on the advantage of numbers, sometimes more than ten people desperately intercepted, and could also kill a cavalry of the Wuping army who was charging at high speed under the horse, but the combat power of the two sides was obviously unequal. It's not that the soldiers of the Han army are not good at fighting, but in the field battle, the infantry army has suffered some losses against the Shangma army.

The most important thing is that the Han State had few cavalry, so the experience of dealing with cavalry was also very small. Since the establishment of the Han State, the warring enemies have been none other than the bordering three kingdoms of Chu, Tang, and Fujian, which have won more than lost for decades. Among them, Chu and Min were mainly infantrymen, and the large-scale battle with the Southern Tang Dynasty was naturally a series of battles in Guiguan before.

Naturally, there was no shortage of cavalry in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but the army of Bian Hao Zhang Luan, who was sent by Emperor Li Jing to Guiguan to participate in the war, was still dominated by infantry troops, just because the core combat power of this army was the famous Black Cloud Capital, which was known as the head of the Jianghuai infantry army. And this black-armored pro-army established by Yang Wu Taizu Yang Xingmi has a strong legend in the five dynasties and ten countries, and the father, son and brother enlisted in the army together, and the bloodline inherited from the army, and there have been few defeats for decades.

Countless people have imagined how this army, which laid the map of Jianghuai and laid the hegemony of a country in the past, will end brilliantly, but they never expected that these soldiers, who can be called the most courageous soldiers in Jianghuai, will eventually be buried in the barren land of Lingnan by two mediocre people, which will become the eternal pain of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the stepping stone for Pan Chongche to leave a name in history......

Therefore, today, the Han army can be regarded as truly appreciating the horror of cavalry field warfare, which comes from the Wuping army under Li Yuan.

At present, these elite cavalry are far inferior to the Han army, but they can charge back and forth like a torrent, equipped with spears and swords are extremely sharp, and the armor is much better than that of the Han army, often having to slash on their hard armor five or six times to kill them, while the cavalry charging at high speed is enough to disembowel the Han soldiers with a light wave of their hands, and even lack arms and legs.

Relying on the suppressive power of equipment and troops, even though the Han soldiers were determined to die, they charged forward again and again, but in the end they were easily killed by the cavalry of the Wuping Army again and again. In just half an hour, the front team of the Han army, which was cut and surrounded, had already paid heavy casualties, with more than 2,000 dead and wounded.

How can Pan Chongche not be anxious? In panic and anxiety, he saw the elite of the Han army under the city constantly falling, and then saw one after another crazy war elephants being managed by Wu Pingjun to fall to the ground, stirring up a large area of yellow dust, and the heart also stirred up a chill. Defeat was imminent, and when Pan Chongche ordered the horn to be blown and tried to give the order to retreat, it was obviously too late, and the call of the horn did not work at all.

As the war elephants fell or fled, the cavalry of the Wuping army was able to charge freely to reopen the passage of attack, and the infantry of the Wuping army in the rear brigade also let go of their hands and feet and began to strangle with their absolute superiority, and the Han army under the city was completely out of control, and they all turned around and fled.

But this is not the worst news, at this critical moment of life and death, Pan Chongche was nervous, but suddenly found that he could not find the figures of the generals beside him. At such a critical juncture, these battle-hardened generals should have performed their duties and were ready to lead their troops into battle, but now they are gone.

Pan Chongche's heart was immediately like falling into an ice cellar, and after a few words of loud reprimand, he hurriedly sent people to look around, and had to command the next battle alone, but without these generals by his side, Pan Chongche was alone, and the current victory or defeat was just an instant, a military order may be able to decide life and death, and once he lost the object that could be discussed, many decisions that were about to be made, even Pan Chongche himself suddenly did not know whether it was right or wrong......

But Chai Kewu, the commander of the Wuping Army on the opposite side, obviously will not leave any time for the enemy to hesitate, and after a while, Pan Chongche looked at it again, and there was no longer any majestic figure of a war elephant on the battlefield, and the front team of the Han army was naturally wiped out. The sergeants who fled in a hurry were now dying one by one, and only a few hundred of them who were running fast were crying frantically under the city at this time, begging the commander Pan Chongche to order the city to open the city and let them in, but they received a silent response from the city.

The Wuping army did not stop pursuing, always waving flags, swords and guns like a forest, slaughtering the fleeing Han soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, and the cavalry in front of the formation was also reorganizing the formation, and it seemed that a new round of attack would soon be launched.

"Defeated, defeated......" Pan Chongche's long hair trembled slightly, and he muttered in a wooden voice. At this time, the first general of the Southern Han Dynasty was not only full of remorse, but completely realized that he was actually so far away from victory, and how stupid it was to make all kinds of superficial and risky judgments about Wu Pingjun today, yesterday, including some time ago.

In just two days, when he arrived in Chenzhou City, he had more than 15,000 soldiers and horses, as well as more than 100 war elephants that he was proud of, even if he started fighting today, there were still more than 12,000 people under his command, and now not only did the elephant cavalry all lose, but also half of the troops!

At present, the remaining more than 6,000 soldiers of the Han army are alone in Chenzhou City, a small city that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, with no food to use, no strength to rely on, and the shock of the battlefield, even the generals beside him have secretly fled, and the people's hearts have long been scattered. Clear-sighted people know that as long as the Wuping army officially launches an attack on the city, there is no need to fight, and the Han army in the city will collapse.

"Dutong, this battle can't be fought! If we continue to fight, we will be annihilated...... "One of the guards summoned up his courage and exclaimed with a face full of horror.

"Yes, Dutong! At the moment, we can only try to save these more than 6,000 brothers, and if we fight again, they will all be gone! ”

On weekdays, such words that confuse the hearts of the army would have been severely punished by Pan Chongche's order, but at this time, he was already desperate, and saw that the sergeants around him had turned around one by one and bowed their heads, all crying and pleading, only sentimental and lamenting.

"What if you don't fight? Do you think this Chenzhou city can be defended? The corners of Pan Chongche's mouth squeezed out a desolate wry smile, pointing at the mighty Wuping army under the city, and the folds of his forehead protruded when he picked his eyes, as if he was bitter in his heart when he was like this.

Then he looked back at the city of Chenzhou, the flames of last night spread to all corners of the city, burning like a fire and thick smoke billowed out, and now it was an empty city of ruins.

"The Ancient God Emperor"