Chapter 402: The Decisive Battle (Epilogue)
Zhou Luohu raised his head, his intact right eye widened, looking at the sky over there, looming under the blue-black canopy, behind a low hill, a blood-red light faintly jumped out...... Rumbling cracks and shrill screams were faintly heard......
Everyone present was stunned.
They all maintained a fighting posture, but the blades that had reached mid-air did not fall for a long time.
"That's ...... What is it? "Everyone has been separated by the Qi army, and it is still difficult to take care of the beginning and the end, let alone the sailor who is fighting on the lake. All Sergeant Chen's minds were blank, empty, and there was nothing...... Was Chen Jun defeated? Did even a veteran like Wu Mingche lose? At this point, no matter how firm the mind is, there is a kind of doubt at this time.
This doubt stems from a wavering faith.
"Chen's army is defeated, quickly, destroy them!"
Wang Yan was dragged away from the battle group by his subordinates, and this had already reacted, and he hurriedly asked people to kill Chen Jun, especially Zhou Luohu! As soon as these words came out, Chen Jun's confidence that had been affected became more and more shaken, on the other hand, the morale of the Qi army was greatly boosted, all the soldiers in the array held spears and lances like a forest, and shouted "kill, kill, kill" in unison, and the strong man with bare arms raised the drumstick, and the sound of dong dong shook the four fields.
After shouting three kills in a row, Chen Jun's order had completely fallen into chaos...... Because Chen Jun was cut into several parts, Chen Jun in the back didn't know what was going on, but he was also affected by this morale and began to riot.
The defeat is like a mountain, and it is difficult to recover.
Zhou Luohu held the horse lance tightly, pierced the attacking infantry armor, turned around again, picked a cavalry on the horseback, and forced several Qi generals who forced him to retreat, then pulled his neck and yelled at the soldiers who were still stunned: "Believe me, follow me, I will take you ......" He tightened his jaw, and the words were sonorous like iron, "- kill out!" β
The green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he lay down with blood in his left eye, and swept the enemy like a long dragon with a horse lance, like a killing god, awe-inspiring and inviolable.
Seeing his subordinates being killed one by one, Wang Yan and several Qi generals were shocked and frightened, and their heads were full of sweat...... Such a brave general, I'm afraid that even Xiao Maha is a little inferior, let alone them?
Besides, there is Wang Lin behind him, if Wang Lin has any mistakes, I am afraid that this battle will be defeated if it is not defeated.
So everyone basically gave up the idea of coming forward to ask for advice in person, and only ordered the army to surround on the one hand, and drove away the remnants of the enemy on the other...... Zhou Luohu is the same, while retreating, while gathering the rout, halfway through the Qi army several killings, not to mention hand-to-hand combat, just feather arrows, seven or eight sticks inserted in the body, but he wears a very thick armor, and the inside is wrapped in a layer of silk, only hurting the flesh and skin, after cutting off the arrows, you can continue to fight.
His bravery not only inspired some disheartened soldiers, but even Wang Lin, who was standing on the northern slope to observe the water battle, was surprised, and paid a little attention to it, and after understanding the situation, he stroked his beard and exclaimed: "Who is my Dao, it turned out to be the son of Zhou Fahui...... Zhou Fahui actually gave birth to such a son? Can you catch it alive? β
"......" several generals looked embarrassed, but fortunately, Wang Lin just said it casually.
"Forget it, it's the same with the dead."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
In Wang Lin's eyes, Zhou Luohu is far less important than Wu Mingche after all, even if he has shown the potential of a famous general, but when he has not grown up to be able to influence the victory or defeat of the battle, Wang Lin disdains it......
After all, at this time, there is really no chance for them to turn the tables, and the general trend is already firmly in the hands of Wang Lin.
Wu Mingche is still unable to escape death today, what can Zhou Luohu do as a rising star?
Maybe he can stop the rout of a few hundred people, and he can sit firmly in the rout of a few thousand people, but what if it is a rout of tens of thousands of people?
It must be known that the defeat of the army is like a mountain, the bigger the mountain, the more fierce the momentum, the more it will fall to pieces when it falls, which is irretrievable by any commander. Wang Lin only paid attention for a while and didn't ask any more questions, he took his gaze back, and began to nervously watch the situation of the water battle on the lake again.
On the surface of the lake, warships collided, and several ships were on fire, accompanied by jet-black plumes of smoke......
Chen Jun's three or two big tooth boats approached the Qi army's ship, and the slapping rods connected to the deck slapped violently on the hull of the Qi army's ship, and many Chen soldiers rushed over in small boats to find Qi Jun's desperate efforts, and everyone's eyes were full of bright red bloodshots......
But it was just in vain, Zhang Pingzhai didn't even bother to fight with them, he released the boar ship again, and several small and medium-sized boar ships burst in and slammed into the only dozen or so large ships on the opposite side.
Qi Jun was covered with dry thatch on the top, and on the bottom was covered with something that was packed in wooden barrels, I don't know what it was.
Some of the sergeants rowed forward with trembling trembling as they rocked their oars...... Everyone watching the battle on the hillside quietly breathed heavily, and they could never forget the scene just now, and they set these things on fire, and with a "bang", everything in front of them was shattered.
Even though some of them had already seen the power of this thing, they couldn't help but shudder, they had never seen a weapon so effective in killing, and any strong defense was worth mentioning in front of it!
"The power of this thing, throwing it one by one is really limited, and it still has to be piled together to exert its power," Wang Lin had a few smiles in his eyes, and gestured with his gestures, "It's like this later, 'bang', what is stopped in front of you, whether it is a person, a boat, or a city wall, there is nothing, Wu Mingche probably didn't expect it...... Times have changed......"
"The ship of the Qi people is here, and it is loaded with that thing again...... Hurry up and stop them! β
Chen Jun remembered the horror of being dominated by gunpowder before, and shouted in fear, and then the scattered boats on both sides rushed up, trying to intercept the boar ship before it collided with the big ship.
But this was destined to be in vain, and the small boat of the Qi army also followed all the way, and while blocking the killing Chen army, he threw out the torch in his hand and landed on the haystack covering the warship, the flames licked the sky, and the smoke dispersed......
After the fire was lit, the soldiers standing on the boat jumped into the water, and not only them, but even the small boat that had escorted them all the way to the boat was desperately swimming back.
Chen's army collapsed and wanted to scatter away, and many of them simply plunged into the river, and a general in the small boat grabbed the soldiers whose fighting spirit had collapsed, and shouted loudly: "Drive over for me, go up and stop them!" But no one listened to him, no one stopped, and everyone here could only watch as these monsters that could explode at any moment came towards them.
"Defeated in the end......"
The moment he saw the smoky boar boat crashing into this direction, Wu Mingche sighed sadly, he took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, the white hair on his sideburns was swept by the wind and entangled in one place.
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"Maybe everyone has heard that His Majesty intends to withdraw from the army, it is my one who advocates the Northern Expedition, I am incompetent, and it is my fault that everyone will die here today." The panicked crowd gradually quieted down, and the generals stared at Wu Mingche intently, "I told Your Majesty that if Huainan can't be recovered, Jiankang will not be able to be saved, and the Southern Dynasty will die.
"To defend the Yangtze River, we must first hold Huainan, and use Huainan as a barrier to stabilize the country, but since the Hou Jing Rebellion and the loss of the Great Liang, Bashu has been lost, Jiangling has been lost, Huainan has been lost, and what is there when it is passed into the hands of Da Chen? Nothing...... Why did I go on the Northern Expedition? Because the world is huge, we have no way back. β
The evening breeze rolled up the flags, and a little light came out from behind the fading clouds, and the glow was like fire, and there was a tragic meaning in the air.
"As a loser, I feel deeply sorry for everyone, I hate to die immediately, as a Chen Guochen and the commander of the army, I hope everyone will work hard, even if it is said to be a mantis arm as a car, it doesn't matter if you don't measure yourself, bravely charge, don't let these northerners ...... Look at us southerners! β
"βGovernor, look!" The people watching the battle on the hillside exclaimed, Wang Lin looked at this scene fixedly, when the thatch on a wild boar ship happened to burn to the bottom, ignited the fuse, and then exploded "bang", the explosion was like thunder, shaking away several ships not far away, and the flames soared into the sky...... Amid the rumbling explosions, Chen's ships had no intention of avoiding them.
Flame and blood...... Engulfed everything!
Wang Lin's cheeks trembled, and he glanced at it deeply, which meant, I don't know whether it was ridicule or admiration, but said lightly: "What a man." β