Chapter 23: Sacrifice the Flag, Go to War!

On a wilderness slope outside Jinyin City, the 180,000 troops of the Zhao State surged like a tide.

Most of Wei Wushu's first time seeing such a scene, there was a trace of turmoil in the originally neat and orderly formation, but it quickly stabilized again.

Wu Qi observed carefully and found that among the 180,000 Zhao troops, some were dressed in bright silver armor, holding spears, and their eyes were like torches; Others wore coarse linen clothes and held a knife, and their eyes were full of anger; Others are holding a variety of weapons with wooden expressions.

The three types of people are gathered together, and they are distinct, giving people a sense of disagreement.

Wu Qi, as the commander of Wei Wushu, he quickly had a basic judgment.

These 180,000 troops are by no means elite, and most of them are rabble.

Wu Qi looked around the entire battlefield, and while looking at the terrain, he began to arrange his troops in his mind to determine the strategy for the battle.

He is well aware of the importance of this battle, and there is only one chance left for him, and he cannot afford to be sloppy.

After observing the terrain, Wu Qi finally made up his mind in his heart.

"Zhang Shan!"

A man in black armor stood up and said, "The last general." ”

This is his old subordinate when he was in Daliang, and he is very executive in his work.

Wu Qi's orders, no matter what others do, he can complete them without discount.

"You lead 10,000 crossbowmen to occupy the middle position, as the first striker, wait for my order to not be mistaken."

"Yes!"

Under Wu Qi's order, a warrior beside him hurriedly followed behind Zhang Shan and led the army towards the battlefield.

"Wu Shihai, Xiao Tianyou."

"Yes."

"Each of you will lead 10,000 infantry commanders, occupy two wing positions respectively, and wait for my order."

The two old subordinates said in unison: "Obey!" ”

Under Wu Qi's arrangement, the 30,000-strong army was divided into three parts, with crossbowmen as the first marcher, and the remaining 20,000 Wei soldiers each occupied two wings, waiting for the opportunity to enter the battlefield again.

Standing on the newly erected platform, Li Mu raised his eyes and looked into the distance, taking in the actions of Wei Wushu.

For this battle, he was determined to win, and the whole army was convinced that his army could capture Jinyin City in one fell swoop.

In the eyes of his subordinates, the 30,000 private troops of the mere Martial King are just mantis arms as chariots.

In fact, before he saw this army, even if he didn't say it, he thought about it with his subordinates in his heart.

But at this moment, there was a little more solemnity between his eyebrows, and the original thoughts in his heart were a little shaken.

There is something unusual about this army in front of you.

This 30,000-strong army, swept away at a glance, its size is only one-sixth of the Zhao army, but every soldier is well-trained and well-trained.

In particular, the phalanx formed was neat and uniform, and the morale was high.

The black flags are unfurled in the wind.

On the other hand, on his side, the black and oppressive soldiers were clustered together, and there was no order at all, and the two were in stark contrast.

Li Mu couldn't help but say: "Look at this Wu Qi who is led by the other party, he is not an ordinary person. ”

The general standing beside him was a little surprised.

They all know that they are generals, and they rarely praise others.

It's the first time I've heard it after I've been around for so long.

"Prepare for the formation, sortie."

"Yes!"

Under Li Mu's order, there was a thunder drum in the army of Zhao State.

It was a formation, a signal to prepare for an attack.

Under the sound of drums, the 180,000-strong army of Zhao began to form a formation.

Those soldiers with wooden expressions were pushed to the first echelon, as if they were used as cannon fodder.

Behind them were the warriors dressed in coarse linen clothes, and finally the army in bright silver armor and spear-wielded as ballast stones.

Leyang and Ma Chuanping, who were rowed to the two wings, saw the scene where the two armies were about to fight, and a mixture of fear and excitement spread from their hearts and quickly spread to their whole bodies, and the two of them only felt trembling.

In the sound of drums, the blood in the body gradually boiled.

At this moment, a team of gorgeous chariots and horses rushed out from under the gate of Jinyin City.

The convoy carried the pole and embroidered the banner of the word "Wu" and went straight to Wu Qi.

Wu Qi's face changed: "It's His Royal Highness King Wu." ”

He didn't expect that at this time, Zhao Hongming would rush to the battlefield.

Wu Qi turned over and dismounted, trotted quickly to the frame, and said respectfully: "Wu Qi greets His Royal Highness King Wu, His Royal Highness Wudao is a thousand years old." ”

"Excuse me." Zhao Hongming's calm voice came from the carriage.

"Your Highness."

From early in the morning, Zhao Hongming hurried all the way, and finally arrived at the battlefield before the battle.

This battle is about the safety of his basic plate, and he should not stay out of it as a martial artist.

Gao Yanshi opened the curtain of the carriage, revealing Zhao Hongming, who was sitting in the carriage.

At this time, his face was as calm as water, and he did not see any waves.

Zhao Hongming looked at Wu Qi and said, "When this king came from Jinyin City just now, Zhang Yi sent some 'gifts', and this king felt that it was just useful for the general, so he simply sent them over in person. ”

Gao Yanshi shouted on the side: "Bring them all!" ”

The guards behind him threw the six Jinyin officials who were tied up in front of Wu Qi.

Zhao Hongming said: "These people are all the Jinyin County Government Office who fled in fear of the war, and when they fled, they were captured by the king's doormen, and it was just right to come and sacrifice the flag to General Wu." ”

After knowing the ins and outs, Wu Qi was overjoyed and said: "Thank you Your Highness for your 'generous gift', now that we have King Wu personally in charge, Wei Wushu will win." ”

Before the army goes to war, it is a good thing if it can be sacrificed.

It can have the effect of strict military discipline and even morale.

Zhao Hongming sent it just right.

Wu Qi asked his subordinates to drag the Jinyin officials who were tied up on the ground to the front of the army.

The 10,000 crossbowmen behind him, as well as the 20,000 Wei Wushu on both wings, all fell on him.

The six Jinyin officials who fled in fear of crime knelt in a row.

Behind each of them stood a Wei Wu pawn, pressing them to the ground.

Wu Qi shouted loudly: "These Jinyin officials, regardless of the overall situation, are cowardly before fighting, and according to the laws of the Great Wei, they should be beheaded for public display." Take them today and sacrifice their flags, and whoever retreats without a fight will be killed! ”

"Woooooooooo......oo Spare your life. ”

"My lord, spare your life! I don't dare anymore. ”

"Spare your life!"

The Jinyin officials who were pressed to the ground by Wei Wushu wept bitterly, yelled and screamed, constantly trying to break free.

At this time, their whole bodies were restrained, and some of them even broke their hands and tendons, and even if they had a body of cultivation, they could not escape.

Zheng!

Behind him, Wei Wushu pulled out the knife at his waist.

"Slash!"

Under Wu Qi's order, six heads rolled down, and pillars of blood shot out and fell to the ground.

The 30,000 Wei warriors who witnessed all this were in a jump.

He announced loudly: "If you can't ride a car, you can't ride, you can't ride in vain, even if you break the army, it's useless!" Beat the drums of war! ”

Knock knock!

Like Zhao Jun, Wei Wushu's side also quickly sounded the drums of the attack.

The two armies beat their drums, and the drums sounded like thunder, echoing on each other's battlefields.

Seeing that his 180,000-strong army had been fully equipped, Li Mu decisively ordered: "Attack!" ”

Zhao Jun's drum beat became rapid, which was the signal for the army to attack.

The 180,000 Zhao army rushed out in a lined formation: "Kill!" ”

Suddenly, the sound of killing in this piece of heaven and earth shook the sky.

The army of Zhao State was like a thunderous blow, and quickly rushed towards Wei Wushu.

Zhao Hongming, who was far away, couldn't help but see this scene, and sweated.

This kind of army is really bloody.

Generally, when the martial artist goes in, I'm afraid that there will be no return.

Wu Qi responded calmly: "Zhang Shan, you lead a team of 1,000 people and set off first to distract the attention of the Zhao army and bring the Zhao army into the range of the bow and crossbow. ”

"Yes!"

The war began.

Zhang Shan pointed out a thousand commanders among the 10,000 Wei Wu soldiers behind him, led a team of 1,000 people as the vanguard, and killed the Zhao army.

A team of 1,000 people who were sent was calm and calm, and they quickly rushed in front of Zhao Jun and launched an attack.

"Kill!"

Wei Wushu showed amazing combat effectiveness.

As in normal training, they form the smallest formation of three or five people.

Then the different formations cooperate with each other.

Despite the numerical inferiority, this Wei warrior did not flinch.

They used one as ten, ten as hundred, and used the formation to constantly maneuver with the Zhao army.

Facing Wei Wu, who was armed to the teeth, these cannon fodder Zhao pawns who took the lead had nowhere to eat.

The commander of the Zhao State constantly pressed the Zhao soldiers and tried to overwhelm the Wei soldiers in numbers.

However, Wei Wushu's combat effectiveness was beyond their expectations.

In the face of such a disparity in numbers, this thousand-man team showed no signs of fear, but became more and more courageous.

The battle became extremely fierce.

Zhang Shan did not forget his goal and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

After dropping countless corpses of Zhao Jun, the thousand-strong team retreated in an orderly manner.

The capital of Zhao Guo thought that his crowd tactics were effective, and shouted happily: "Pursuit, pursuit, don't let them run." Swallow this group of soldiers, everyone has merit! ”

Under the deliberate instigation of the capital commander, many Zhao soldiers continued to press towards this thousand-man team of Wei Wushu.

Zhang Shan's face was calm, and he deliberately guided this group of Zhao troops to the predetermined target location.

Wei Wushu, who participated in the battle, carried out the established tactics in an orderly manner.

Wu Qi's strategy began to work, and part of Zhao's army was dispersed and entered the predetermined range of arrow rain.

"Ready, arrow cover."

The crossbowmen behind him reacted quickly and mounted their bows and arrows.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Woohoo!

Fierce soldiers like dragons, arrows like rain.

The soldiers of Zhao Guo, who were still pursuing, were shot by the rain of arrows that came in an instant.

The soldiers of Zhao Guo who took the lead are basically ordinary people with low strength.

A wave of arrows rained down, and more than half of the people fell from the arrows.

In an instant, mourning is everywhere.

"Stepping on the crossbow! It's a crossbow! ”

The capital of Zhao realized that Wei Wushu was not using an ordinary bow and crossbow, but a stepping crossbow.

The Wei State has recorded that the maximum range of the crossbow can reach more than 350 steps, and it requires the use of auxiliary tools such as foot pedals and levers to fire.

Before he could come back to his senses, the second wave of arrows rained down one after another, and he couldn't avoid them.

An arrow hit him in the eye socket and passed through his skull, killing him instantly.

As soon as the commander died, these ordinary Zhao soldiers scattered and fled in a hurry after leaving most of their corpses.

Under the cover of arrows, Wei Wushu, who pretended to retreat, counterattacked at this time, and killed many Zhao pawns one after another.

"Good!"

Zhao Hongming, who was in the carriage, saw this scene and applauded loudly.

When the first echelon of Zhao entered the predetermined range, Wu Qi also seized the opportunity at the same time and immediately mobilized part of the left flank to assault the Zhao army from the flank.

This team used the skillful combination of terrain and tactics to outflank the retreating Zhao troops in one fell swoop and kill them all.

In a simple confrontation, Zhao lost nearly 20,000 troops.

The generals present made Zhao Guo feel a little incredulous.

Zhao Jun was disrupted by this sudden counterattack and had to retreat temporarily.

At this time, the main force of Wei Wushu's crossbowmen on the main battlefield took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and pressed forward.

During the whole process, this Wei warrior showed a very high war literacy, and there were no major fluctuations in the queue.

"Let the first echelon continue to press, and the second echelon will outflank and detour. There are deserters, and there is no forgiveness. ”

Li Mu's face was a little gloomy, and he actively changed his strategy, mobilized some archers, and prepared to launch a new round of attacks.

The second echelon of the Zhao State, under the orders of Li Mu, began to make a detour, trying to raid the rear of Wei Wushu.

However, all this was discovered in time by Wei Wushu's scouts and informed Wu Qi.

Wu Qi immediately mobilized the sword and shield soldiers on both flanks as rapid reaction forces to counter-encircle the Zhao army from the flanks.

"Old horse, it's time for us to get on." After Leyang got the military order, he became eager to try.

Immediately take his team of 100 people and rush to his target area.

Ma Chuanping took a deep breath and shouted: "Brothers, the meritorious service is today, follow me into battle to kill the enemy." ”

"Kill!"

Soon, Ma Chuanping also followed closely and followed suddenly.

The uneven terrain on the wilderness slope was very favorable to Wei Wushu.

They took advantage of the ups and downs of the mountains and succeeded in interfering with the tactics of the Zhao army.

When the Zhao army entered the low-lying area, Wei Wushu suddenly attacked from the high and rushed out from the flank, taking the roundabout force sent by the Zhao army by surprise.

"It's all martial arts!"

In the process of fighting with Wei Wushu, these Zhao soldiers were surprised.

They were horrified to find that these Wei warriors were all composed of martial artists, and the quality of both weapons and Dun armor was higher than theirs.

In comparison, they are poorly equipped.

"Formation!"

Ma Chuanping shouted.

Under his order, the comrades around him quickly formed a small unmanned formation to help defend each other.

Zhao Guowufu, who has a knack for nine products, rushed out of the formation and rushed straight to Ma Chuanping.

"Die!"

Ma Chuanping had no fear.

I saw that he took out a pennant and urged it under the combined efforts of the five people to form a shield formation.

The pennant swayed, flashing a golden shield of light, protecting the five in the middle.

There was a muffled bang!

This martial artist who knows the best nine grades was shocked by the light shield untied by the pennant flag.

Others are in mid-air, before they land.

The rest of the Wei warriors rushed up, not giving him any chance to ventilate and react, and hacked him to death with a knife.

Some of the recruited Zhao soldiers were martial artists with high cultivation, but they would only go their own way, giving Wei Wushu who was good at using the formation a big opportunity.

In the end, it was divided into pieces by Ma Chuanping and others.

Under the impetus of the military merit system, Wei Wushu was not afraid of death, and they all killed the red eyes and broke them all.

Wei Wushu's side only paid a small price and annihilated all this Zhao army.

(End of chapter)