Chapter Thirty-Six
The generals laughed and agreed. Li Xiangdong slapped Kong Dayuan on the shoulder: "I can't see that you guy still has this hand." Everyone felt that this plan was very feasible, and they couldn't help but feel a sense of relief in their hearts. It seems that he has managed to get out of the enemy's encirclement.
Kong Dayuan smiled and said: "It's a pity, those three mongrel prison troops will inevitably intercept us on the way back, otherwise we will return quickly, although we are defeated, we will not be completely destroyed, but now we must not return to Chengtian, but in addition to the direction of Chengtian when we came, the other three directions, not more than a hundred miles, there are mountains along the way, we only need to choose a mountain to defend according to the danger, with the strong combat strength of our army's 70,000 brothers, even in the face of the full attack of the 400,000 army, the most conservative estimate, I believe it can support four days!" In these four days, if we really have reinforcements, then we will definitely have arrived! If the reinforcements have not yet arrived, then there is no need to count on it, and we will simply fight to the death with the Northern Wei Dynasty!"
The crowd agreed. Ling Xiao thought about it for a long time, but there was really no other way, and with an order, the generals performed their duties and were ready to act according to Kong Dayuan's strategy!
Although Kong Dayuan was good at calculating, he was only a very good general in the end, and he was never a real strategist! Moreover, in his calculations, he made a huge mistake! The combat strength he said was calculated based on the current combat strength! He even ignored the fact that under the siege of the 400,000-strong army, especially when he had to face the enemy with the strongest and most powerful combat power later, how many of Ling Xiao's 70,000 soldiers could successfully follow the army to break through! Do the remaining forces have enough ability to seize the hill and defend against the danger before falling into the enemy's trap! Can they do it, and can they support it for a few days? But one thing is certain, that is, the plan will not be supported until the fourth day!
On the battlefield, the arrows of the two armies flew all over the air, and there were screams without interruption. The Chengtian army is certainly dragging time, and the Northern Wei army is also dragging time, and both sides seem to be thinking the same thing...... On the side of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Wei Chengping said with some doubts: "Brother Shui, the cavalry assault of the right talent has suffered heavy casualties, but it is difficult to shake the foundation of the Ling army, so the gains outweigh the losses." "Seeing those cavalrymen screaming and falling off their horses, it was just a charge, and there were actually four or five thousand casualties! Wei Chengping's heart was dripping blood.
This cavalry that was the first to charge was the elite of the elite of the Northern Wei army! It has always been the most important treasure to defeat the enemy, and under the dispatch of the young man surnamed Shui, he actually pushed all of them to the front line in the first engagement, and the young man surnamed Shui once said: "Ling Xiao's army was abandoned by the state, and it was precisely because everyone was flustered and had no intention of fighting! And they were betrayed by their own friendly troops, and they had no fighting spirit! At this point, I believe that our elite cavalry can break up the enemy's formation with a charge, and will minimize casualties!"
Wei Chengping felt that this was really too reasonable! Not to mention what a great merit and glory it was for a person to charge and defeat Ling Xiao, the god of the Chengtian Army! So Wei Chengping agreed to this proposal without thinking. How do you know that when a charge comes down, instead of crushing the enemy camp, his elite cavalry has lost nearly one-third!
At this moment, the young man surnamed Shui was also muttering to himself in his heart: The combat power of this Ling Xiao's subordinate soldiers is inevitably inconsistent with the legend, it seems to be too bad? This time, it is clear that he will give you a big gift first, which is equivalent to a group of elites stretching their necks and rushing up for you to cut down, but they actually ate such a little!
The young man surnamed Shui has great ambitions, how can he keep this force of Wei Chengping's most elite lineage, and in the future, will it not become the biggest obstacle to his seizure of power? As long as the number of elite soldiers with firm conviction and loyalty under Wei Chengping decreases sharply, then the latest recruits will either have milk or mothers? He will cry and shout and follow him away when he casually loses some benefits? What kind of thing is he Wei Chengping? What is he worthy of being the master of the world? What a joke!
Hearing Wei Chengping's question, the young man surnamed Shui sneered: "It seems that Brother Wei is really heartbroken?"
Wei Chengping snorted, but did not speak.
The face of the young man surnamed Shui sank: "Brother Wei, you must know that this is a battlefield! This is a war! If there is no sacrifice, then what is the victory?
Wei Chengping said: "Naturally, I am not a woman's benevolence! I am not a reluctant sacrifice, but Brother Shui, the sacrifice of these 5,000 soldiers in the past is really a bit inexplicable! We can first advance slowly with infantry, and consume a few days with the other side, and naturally we can ...... victory."
The young man surnamed Shui had an angry look on his face and interrupted him: "Brother Wei is accusing me of improper command?" Do you know that if you hadn't suddenly ordered a retreat just now, the battle situation would have changed completely, the cavalry was already a few feet away from the Ling army, but it was your kindness, and all the previous efforts were put into waste, if Brother Wei did not approve of my command, he could command himself, I would never mind!"
Wei Chengping hurriedly put on a smile on his face, and hurriedly said: "Where is it, where is it! Brother Shui, don't be careful, this king knows that my brother's battle formation technique is unique in the world, and he just said it just now, and he has no other meaning." "Since he knew the origin of this young man surnamed Shui, how could Wei Chengping dare to offend the other party in the slightest?
The young man surnamed Shui turned a little pale, and said slowly: "The previous attack, although you made your own decision and ruined my overall plan, but I did underestimate Ling Xiao a little, and in the face of this desperate situation, I was especially able to command Ruoding, and I really lived up to the reputation of 'God of War'." ”
The young man surnamed Shui paused for a moment and replied: "I don't know, our army's military strength has the upper hand, and Xu Xutu's talent is the best policy, but I have got the latest news, that Ling Xiao's son Ling Tian, I don't know where to find the news, has already led tens of thousands of elites, thousands of miles to help! So Ling Xiao's side, it must be a quick battle! Even if it costs a lot of elite military power, it is impossible to say!"
Wei Chengping's eyes flashed, and he said, "I see, then it's no wonder that the Water Brothers will arrange it like this." In fact, with Wei Chengping's suspicious surname, it is natural to hear that the words of the young man surnamed Shui are mostly just an excuse, but the current time is really not the time to pursue this. Although he knew that he might have suffered a big dumb loss, he had to say nothing.
The young man surnamed Shui's eyes flashed, and he slowly ordered: "The matter has come to this, and the next plan must be advanced." Immediately pass on my general's order, attack on three sides, leave the southeast line alone, and force Ling Xiao to flee for his life from here!"
Wei Chengping was taken aback: "Wait! Brother Shui, the ambush in the West Korea is in the northwest, why should Brother Shui leave the southeast? There is no ambush over there, so wouldn't it be to let the tiger return to the mountain? If Ling Xiao is allowed to escape back, there will be endless troubles!"
The young man surnamed Shui sighed in his heart: This super fool! Patiently asked: "If you are Ling Xiao and see our army attacking on three sides, only the southeast has a gap and has no strength, what will you do?"
Wei Chengping was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Surrounding three and one, there must be an ambush!" Only then did he suddenly realize that he patted his head: "I see, the truth is false, the virtual is real, Brother Shui is really a wise man, and he has no last resort." ”
A trace of ridicule flashed imperceptibly in the eyes of the young man surnamed Shui, and he shouted to the herald next to him: "Raise the flag order, and immediately attack with all your strength!"
The rumbling march drums shook the sky! All the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty shouted in unison, shaking the heavens and the earth!
On Chengtian's side, the archers in front of the battle had been changed six times, and the dead and wounded were all carried down. As the war drums sounded again in the enemy's formation, Ling Xiao gave an order, and the arrows on the strings of all the archers immediately turned into rockets wrapped in tarpaulin, and at the same time, they burned like hideous torches!
"Shoot!" The red flag fell sharply in the hands of the officer!
......"Shh But instead of shooting at the body of the Northern Wei army, it shot at the rolling logs that were thrown out earlier before the battle. As soon as the rocket landed on it, it burst into flames, and in an instant, within a radius of 20 zhang in front of the Chengtian army array, a sea of fire was raging! The surging heat wave made the hair on the heads of the Chengtian soldiers who were more than ten zhang away also curled up.
From time to time, the sound of "Zilazila" sounded, that is, the fire burned the corpses of the Northern Wei soldiers who were between the rolling logs, and with this tooth-sour sound, an indescribable stench and scorching smell suddenly diffused.
The corpses of many soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty who were originally lying on the ground were burned by the flames, and their bodies and bones twitched, and the corpses actually sat up from the ground suddenly, as if they were scamming corpses, and the situation was extremely strange! The soldiers of the two armies were cold sweat on their heads and their vests were cold and wet!
"Kill, ......" The soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty shouted the trumpet, holding a big knife and rushing wildly, who knew that just half the distance had just been reached, and a sea of fire suddenly appeared in front of them! Many people couldn't hold back at all, and they broke in, and there was a miserable scream to the extreme, and even more, the front had obviously stopped, but the comrades in the back still rushed wildly, knocking the sergeant in front into a row! In front of the two armies, countless Northern Wei soldiers who were covered in fire rolled wildly in the flames, or suddenly folded and ran, miserable. The Northern Wei soldiers on the side saw that their companions suffered this fate, but they had no choice, and they turned their heads away, unable to bear to look at it again.
Those tens and twenty zhang of space, how did Shura Purgatory descend on the world!
On the Northern Wei side, the war drums were still beating endlessly, looking at the huge sea of fire burning in front of them, the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty suddenly felt that the drums behind them were directly the drums, and many people couldn't help shouting: "Don't beat the drums, there is a sea of fire in front, do you want to force us to be burned to death?"
The young man surnamed Shui sat high on his horse, his expression was cold and hard, and he ordered expressionlessly: "Fear the fire! Kill the whole army! Destroy Ling Xiao's army with all your might!"
Wei Chengping's face twitched fiercely, and his handsome face suddenly distorted as he watched his soldiers struggle in the sea of fire.
(To be continued)