Looking at the 400,000 Eastern Barbarian army standing in front of him, Meng Tu's eyes were on fire, and he was just about to order the whole army to attack, when he ran over from the opposite side, one person and one horse, holding the messenger talisman in his hand.

He couldn't help frowning, what the hell is Meng Zhun doing?

In the military formation opposite, Meng Zhun asked Counselor Liu with a suspicious face: "Can your method work, Meng Tu is not a fool, he obviously has an advantage in troops, he will negotiate with me?"

Counselor Liu is a talent cultivated by Yin Falcon, and he has great respect for Ye Yunyang, and this time he is the exclusive supervisor of the Eastern Barbarian Army, although the official is not big, but after all, he is the commander of the Han Army, so no one dares to despise it.

Before, it was he who fled with the Eastern Barbarians twice, because the casualties on both occasions were not large, and Meng Zhun was a little grateful to him, so he would be interested in his suggestion to send envoys.

"Try it, how do you know if you can succeed if you don't try. Counselor Liu stroked the short mustache on his chin and said, "Coach Ye's order is to hold on until the second half of the night, and if we can delay for a minute, we will reduce the casualties, isn't it?"

Meng Zhun nodded, but the words changed: "Counselor Liu, thanks to you for the previous two withdrawals, Xiao Wang will definitely have a generous gift, so tonight's matter, do you think it will be accommodating?"

According to Ye Yunyang's previous arrangement, the first and second lines of defense had to resist the enemy for more than half an hour, because of Counselor Liu's accommodation, so every time it was a one-touch collapse.

If they all lasted for half an hour, it would be nice to have half of the 200,000 people left.

Meng Zhun felt that he was easy to speak, so he promised to make heavy profits, hoping that he could continue to be accommodating and reduce the casualties of the Eastern Barbarian army.

Who knows, Counselor Liu said very facelessly: "The lower official is to supervise the army under the order of Commander Ye, and naturally he must carry out his military orders to the letter, the so-called accommodation, please don't mention it again to the king of the Eastern Barbarians, your army must hold out until the second half of the night tonight, this is a death order!"

The reason why the first two meetings were accommodating was because Ye Yunyang had explained, otherwise, with his position, even if he had ten guts, he would not dare to do so.

Ye Yunyang knew that 100,000 people could not stop the Western Barbarian army, and instead of causing unnecessary casualties, it was better to withdraw to the next line of defense and keep the living force in order to carry out the next blocking mission.

Now, the Eastern Barbarian army has reached 400,000, and it is impossible to say that it will break and flee again.

Meng Zhun didn't give up, and wanted to intercede, but Counselor Liu continued: "If you want to withdraw the army in advance, you must have an order from Commander Ye, otherwise you don't have to talk about it! ”

Meng Zhun glanced at him, and said in his heart that Ye Yunyang could agree, as long as it was something he decided, no matter how good things he said, it would be in vain, so I wouldn't touch that moldy head.

At the same time, the envoy came to a distance of more than ten meters from Meng Tu, saluted him and said, "Lord of the Western Barbarians, the Eastern Barbarian King wants to invite you to a cup of tea, I don't know if you are interested." ”

Meng Tu didn't think about it and said: "Of course not, you're going to die soon, what kind of tea do you drink?"

The envoy smiled and said, "King Xiban, you are brothers with our king, even if you want to fight to the death, you are not in a hurry, isn't it good to reminisce before the war? Is it possible, are you afraid of seeing my king?"

Meng Tu's old face suddenly turned red, and he felt that the other party was mocking his father's murder.

To tell the truth, the poisoning of his father Meng Huo is indeed not very faceless, even if he makes people spread it around, saying that Meng Huo moved his heart to kill him first, he fought back when he had no choice, but there are very few people who believe it.

The messenger said, "Don't worry, the king of the Western Barbarians, the king of my family and the former barbarian king have long been incompatible, and it is too late to be happy about his death, so how can I blame you." He remembered that the Eastern Barbarian and the Western Barbarian had formed an alliance to fight against the enemy for a long time, but today they are standing on opposite sides, which is really helpless, so he wants to reminisce with you. ”

Meng Tu glanced back, and it was obvious that many war horses had not yet recovered, and it would be beneficial for him to wait a little longer, so he agreed.

Next, the two brothers, each with two escorts, traveled two miles to meet.

The carpet was spread on the grass, and the two sat down opposite each other, and out of caution, they drank to their own content, and neither dared to drink the wine brought by the other.

In order to delay time, Meng Zhun looked for various topics, and when it came to the scene when the two brothers grew up together, he even had tears in his eyes.

Looking at Meng Tu again, he was not moved at all, as a person who could slaughter his father ruthlessly, affection was the most worthless thing for him, and the only thing he could see in his eyes was power.

Half an hour later, he was a little impatient: "King Dongban, do you think that if you have a relationship with this king, I will show mercy to your subordinates, don't dream, let's start fighting, speak with strength." ”

Meng Zhun shrugged his shoulders, his mouth was dry, but the other party didn't appreciate it at all, and hummed: "Just fight, don't think that you can win if you have the advantage of troops, this king's Eastern Barbarian army is not vegetarian! By the way, do your war horses still have diarrhea? Otherwise, let's fight again tomorrow, as an elder brother, I am willing to wait for you for another night." ”

Meng Tu jumped up angrily: "Meng Zhun, you are a despicable villain, you actually did such a shameless act as sprinkling croton in the grass." ”

Meng Zhun-for-tat: "I'm despicable, I'm shameless? Compared with you poisoning your father, what's the point of sprinkling a little croton? Since you and I have nothing to say, let's see you on the battlefield, please." ”

Meng Tu turned around and left, and Meng Zhun also returned quickly.

Immediately afterwards, the armies of the two sides were tense, and Meng Tu held his long sword and ordered: "Listen to the Western barbarian soldiers, as long as we cross this defense line, we can come to the city, and then take the royal court, and then eat and drink spicy food!"

"Charge!" The soldiers of the pioneer battalion took the lead, brandishing their weapons and charging.

Looking at Meng Zhun again, he waved his hand, and hundreds of three-bow bed crossbows hidden in the military formation were pushed out, and the soldiers quickly lifted the canvas covering them, revealing rows of crossbow guns that flashed with cold light.

This was left behind when Zhuge Haotang withdrew from the Eastern Defense Line, and Ye Yunyang ordered all of them to be taken away, and now it is temporarily allocated to Meng Zhun for use.

Each three-bow bed crossbow can fire ten crossbow guns at the same time, three times in a minute, and is an absolute weapon for defending the city, and it can also play a good role in field battles.

When the enemy was about to enter the firing range, the general of the bed crossbow array gave an order: "Release!"

The soldiers swung their mallets and smashed them on the firing device, and with the sound of the bowstring, a crossbow gun long flew out.

The soldiers, regardless of the accuracy, quickly turned the winch to wind it, and the other soldiers placed the crossbow guns in place, and when everything was ready, the person in charge of firing did not hesitate to drop the mallet.

The ballista drew beautiful parabolas in the air, accurately hitting the Western barbarian cavalry who rushed to the front, and the sound of falling horses, screams, and the neighing of war horses was everywhere.

Seeing this, Meng Tu's eyes were reserved, and he scolded angrily: "The hateful Meng Zhun actually used a three-bow bed crossbow in a field battle, this is opportunistic and unfair! Order the forward battalion to speed up the attack, as long as you rush into the 300-meter shooting blank area of the bed crossbow, you don't have to worry." ”

The bed crossbow can shoot at a distance of up to three miles, which shows its strength, but it cannot shoot at targets within three hundred meters, and if it is placed on the head of the city, this distance can be shortened to two hundred meters.

There were thousands of ballistae in each round, and in a minute - three shots, the total number was more than 10,000, and the forward battalion suffered heavy casualties, but they gritted their teeth and continued to rush forward.

Finally, when they reached a distance of three hundred meters, the Western Barbarian soldiers in front suddenly showed their powerful crossbows, and the crossbow arrows flew over like locusts.

The Western Barbarian cavalry suddenly turned on their backs, and the casualty figure further increased.

Immediately afterwards, they collided with a formation of 30,000 heavily armored infantry, and the ten-meter-long spear ruthlessly harvested life, and several corpses were worn on individual spears in an instant, like sugar gourds.

The attack of the Western Barbarian army was frustrated, and Meng Zhun raised his sword and ordered: "Cavalry, outflank from both flanks, kill!"

The Eastern Barbarians launched an attack, and the Western Barbarian Army was in chaos.

On the grass not far away, Ye Yunyang held a telescope and said while watching the battle: "Meng Zhun has a shortcoming, but there is an advantage that is very prominent, that is, he executes orders to the letter. ”

Chen Shilai nodded and said: "He is actually quite smart, and he will arrange the military formation completely according to your arrangement, otherwise, with his 400,000 people, how can he stop the Western Barbarian army." ”

You must know that Meng Tu is a ruthless character, the forward battalion alone has gathered 300,000 elite cavalry, and when he charges, it is like a torrent of steel, almost unstoppable.

The terrain here is not conducive to defense, and the only thing that can be relied on to stop this army is how to arrange the military formation, three-bow bed crossbows, strong crossbows and heavy infantry to form the first line of defense against the enemy, and the results are very good.

Of course, relying only on these three types of troops, at most can play the role of delaying the enemy's charge, it is impossible to block the opponent, and the subsequent initiative of the cavalry is very important, and the timing must be mastered.

Ye Yunyang put down his glasses and asked Chen Shilai, "Are you ready for the royal court?"

"It's all ready!" replied Chen Shilai, "the defenders will withdraw at midnight, and Meng Tu will not be aware of it." ”

"That's good!" Ye Yunyang raised the telescope again and said, "Let people pass a message to Meng Zhun that he must hold on until after the early hours of the morning, if he dares to withdraw from the position one minute earlier, Ben Shuai will take his head." ”

The order was passed to Meng Zhun, and he could only grit his teeth and agree.

Fortunately, until now, the battle has been fought so far, and its own side has the upper hand and firmly controls the rhythm of the war, and the Xiban side has suffered heavy casualties, and the loss rate of the soldiers of the forward battalion has reached more than 30%, and the advantage has been lost.

Mentu gave the order to retreat, and after a short rest, continued the charge.

In this way, the battle was fought from afternoon to evening, and from evening to late night, and the Eastern Barbarian Army blocked a total of 11 enemy charges, and the battlefield was full of corpses.

As soon as the morning passed, Meng Zhun couldn't wait to find Counselor Liu and asked, "Can the army retreat?"

When he asked this, he held the hilt of his sword, and as long as Counselor Liu dared to say half a word, he dared to draw his sword and cut him off his horse.

Because, after more than ten hours of fighting, the casualties of the Western Barbarian army were also very heavy, with more than 100,000 dead and wounded.

Counselor Liu said without thinking: "Your ministry has successfully completed the task assigned by Lord Ye, of course you can retreat." ”

Meng Zhun breathed a sigh of relief and shouted at the top of his voice: "The three armies obeyed the order, contracted the defensive formation, the rear army took the lead in retreating, the front army was responsible for the rear of the palace, and the target was southwest of the royal court." ”

The soldiers were all stunned, why didn't they withdraw to the royal court, how good it was to hold on to the city, why should they go to the southwest, there was no danger to defend there.

Meng Zhun himself didn't understand, he only knew that this was a military order issued by Ye Yunyang, and he could only do it.