Before Lu Shen commanded his soldiers to capture Pingli City in one fell swoop, a strange confrontation was taking place in Xinchang City in the southwest.

As one of the two fists that control the Longguan Pass in the Southern Qi Dynasty, Xinchang City, which belongs to Moyang Road, had the experience of falling in the war last year, and Niu Cunjie made drastic adjustments here after taking office, and almost replaced all the soldiers and generals.

Under the recommendation of Zhu Zhen, the head of the soldiers and horses of Moyang Road, Niu Cunjie appointed Li Ying as the training envoy of the Xinchang regiment, responsible for commanding the 6,000 defenders in the city.

Li Yingcheng was cautious, although he did not have too outstanding performance and combat exploits in the past, he was better at following the rules and never taking risks, so he was recognized by Niu Cunjie and promoted from the soldiers and horses to the regimental training envoy.

At this moment, this military general, who was nearly forty years old, stood under the city tower, looking at the position of the Qi army a few miles to the east, with an ancient well on his face and a calm and calm gaze.

"General Yu, the banner of the Qi army stationed outside the city has been proven, and it is the main force of the Huaizhou Panlong Army."

"Got it."

Li Yingcheng bowed slightly, of course he would not make a farce like Wei Wanxi who would raid at will, be defeated in an instant, or even lose the city.

In addition to the reason for his cautious nature, Wei Wanxi has been in charge of the army in Pingli for many years, and he has not been in Xinchang City for a long time, and he has not yet established absolute prestige, so even if he wants to emulate Wei Wanxi's absurd behavior, the generals below will not obey.

At this time, one of the capital eunuchs approached and said: "General, the enemy army does not seem to want to attack the city, it seems that it is just to prevent our army from leaving the city, and the other Qi army has already gone to Pingli City in the northeast direction. ”

Li Yingcheng said lightly: "What do you mean?" ”

The governor pondered: "The last general just thinks that the Qi army must have an ulterior conspiracy, should our army do something?" ”

"We can't do anything, don't forget, General Niu has repeatedly ordered us to hold the city."

Li Yingcheng rejected his proposal without hesitation, and then muttered: "General Wei of Pingli City will definitely be able to discover the traces of the Qi army in advance, and we only need to send the information to General Niu and the Privy Council of the capital now." ”

The Governor nodded in convincing.

Li Yingcheng turned his head to look at the northeast sky, it seemed to be in the direction of Pingli City, but in fact, he was thinking of Lei Ze who was farther away, and said secretly: "When the news is sent to Heluo City, the war over there should be over, right?" Hopefully, you can win this tough battle. ”

As Li Yingcheng thought, on the southwest corner of Dongyang Road, the Jing army and the Huaizhou army were in a fierce confrontation from the beginning.

This area of Leize is the standard Jiangbei Plain, located on the road from Dongyang Road to the Gyeonggi area of Yanguo, from ancient times to the present is an excellent place for the decisive battle of the army, there are detailed records in the history books, there are no less than ten large-scale battles in this area, the earliest can be traced back to thousands of years ago, so this place is also called the ancient battlefield.

The terrain is open, from northwest to southeast is a large flat strip of land, with only rolling hills and woods in the north.

The 10,000 Jing army led by the female Lu Huan was stationed on the south side of Qingqiu, with a mountain of grain and grass piled up, and there was a source of living water next to it, if the Huaizhou army had not arrived here, they could have defended it for a year and a half.

Xiao Wangzhi had already set the strategy of attacking, so after taking Ningling, the main force of the Zhenbei Army led by Pei Di quickly advanced and set up camp about seven or eight miles away from the camp of the Jing army.

The next day, Xiao Wangzhi came under the escort of the main force of the Lai'an army.

From the third day to the fifth day, the Huaizhou army and the Jing army fought three battles in a row, and although they had a slight advantage in strength, they still did not distinguish the winner in the end.

In the three-day battle, Jing Jun showed extraordinary strength and tenacity.

In the face of the repeated impact of the Zhenbei Army and the Lai'an Army, the 8,000 Jing Army infantry soldiers leaned against the camp and formed an extremely strong crane wing formation under the command of Nu Lu Huan, using 2,000 elite cavalry as a mobile force to cover the flanks, and did not retreat an inch, and repelled the attack of the Huaizhou Army extremely toughly.

After the three tentative encounters, the Huaizhou army put away the pride of winning consecutive battles from top to bottom.

The Zhenbei Army and the Lai'an Army totaled 25,000 people according to the system, excluding the 10,000 people who stayed in several cities, the strength of the troops who came to the Leize Plain was 14,000 people, and the Jing army was 10,000 people.

In such a hard-fought battle, the Huaizhou army did not take advantage of the slightest advantage, this result made everyone wake up, their enemy was not the Yan army that fled after hearing the wind, but the main force formed with the invincible Jing army as the skeleton.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, the two armies faced each other again.

Xiao Wangzhi stood under the banner of the Chinese army, suddenly looked up at the clear skylight, and asked, "Today is the New Year's Day?" ”

Duan Zuozhang, who was standing on the right, nodded and said, "Yes, Dadudu, today is the last day of December. ”

"Last Day ......"

Xiao Wangzhi's tone was leisurely, and he smiled: "We have to let the soldiers spend this New Year with a good mood." ”

Duan Zuozhang couldn't help but feel that on such a special day as today, every household in the south and north of the world would be immersed in the festive atmosphere of the festival, but in this ancient battlefield with a desolate and dignified atmosphere, the two most elite armies must distinguish a winner or loser.

The winner enjoys the afterglow of the New Year's Festival, and the loser will face death.

Far away from the town, it is natural to feel the slightest smell of festivals, only the solemn aura of blood-stained robes.

"Array, Array."

Xiao Wangzhi reined in his mind and calmly issued the first military order.

Pei Di and Duan Zuozhang took the order and left.

For the long-trained soldiers of the Zhenbei Army and the Lai'an Army, formation is one of the skills they must master, especially the common formation of the Sharp Arrow Formation.

When the flag was issued, nearly 10,000 soldiers quickly lined up.

The Arrow Formation is a very practical offensive formation, with the main general and the commander flag at the back of the formation, the main forces gathered in the center, and the forward open in the shape of an arrow.

Compared with the Fish Scale Formation with a strong attacking stance, the Blade Arrow Formation is more defensive, and the open arrows of the striker can fully resist the pressure from the enemy's flanks, and the disadvantage is that the strength of the rear striker on the tail side is relatively empty.

On the north side of the plain, while the Qi army was arrayed, the female Lu Huan only glanced at it a few times and gave a precise countermeasure.

The formation of the Jing army was only slightly later than that of the Qi army, and it did not give the opponent a chance to surprise attack.

A huge square circle array appeared in Xiao Wangzhi's sight, this is a defensive formation, the main general is located in the center of the formation, the peripheral troops are deployed layer by layer, strong archers, pikemen, sword and shield soldiers are arranged in turn, which can be called a model of dense defense.

Under the premise that the quality of the soldiers is elite enough, the Fangyuan array can resist at least two or three times the enemy, and the only weakness is that the structure of the formation is too dense and tight, resulting in a serious lack of mobility ability, and it is difficult to transform it into an absolute victory when it has an advantage, that is, it cannot pursue the defeated enemy.

However, the female Lu Huan didn't care about this weakness at all, because he still had two thousand elite cavalry in his hands, which was not a waste that the Yan army used as a façade, but a Jing Dynasty iron cavalry that had been practicing all year round and was extremely good at seizing battlefield opportunities.

Once there is a flaw in the Qi army that is difficult to make up for in a short period of time, this cavalry can play a decisive role.

With the sound of high-pitched and distant war drums, the Huaizhou army's large array gradually pressed forward, and the Jing army calmly responded to the battle.

These two equally elite armies, which had fought three times before, faced each other again, and the initial temptation was hardly effective in any way, and the rain of arrows between the archers was more like a unique greeting on the battlefield.

The cavalry of the Jing army stayed on the flank of the battlefield, and the female Lu Huan did not let them impact the formation of the Huaizhou army, because as long as they were generals who had experienced the war, they knew that the role of the cavalry was not to break through the large formation of heavy armored infantry soldiers with a complete formation, and the consequence of this would inevitably be that the cavalry suffered heavy losses, and the infantry formation was as stable as a mountain.

Even the ironclad heavy cavalry, known for its trapping, can find it very difficult to shake a large array of well-trained foot soldiers.

For the two coaches, Xiao Wangzhi and Nu Lu Huan, the most important thing at the moment is to compete for patience.

The sound of killing gradually rose, and the Huaizhou Army took the Zhenbei Army as the vanguard and the Lai'an Army as the middle army, squeezing the forward position of the Jing Army little by little.

Such a war does not seem to be as fierce as the Battle of Wanting, but the tragedy is excessive, especially those vanguard soldiers who are fully armored, almost using their bodies to break out a bloody path for their comrades.

The uniform movements, the gradually converging roars, and the battles recorded in the glorious history fall on the plain in front of you, which is a scene that makes people's eyes astringent.

The spear pierced into the body, and when it was pulled out, it did not bring out a puddle of blood, but pulled out the cotton wool inside the armor, and then faintly saw the skin and flesh turned outward, and the bright red blood poured out from between the flesh and dyed the battle robe, staining the traces of wisps of winding and circling.

It often took a few moments for a warrior to feel the tearing pain, some screaming in misery, others trembling with extreme fear and excitement.

When he fell, his comrades behind him would step on his corpse and continue to move forward, facing the forest-like weapons on the opposite side, looking at the faces on the other side that were also nervous to numb, holding their blades and stabbing forward.

There are no supernatural schemes, no impassioned laments, just extremely simple and repetitive actions - go ahead, kill the enemy in your way, or die at the hands of the enemy.

Push, strangle, and repeat until one of the formations collapses.

The commanders of the two armies calmly observed the battle situation, whether it was Xiao Wangzhi or the female Lu Huan, there was no trace of unbearability on their faces at this time.

This time, they did not give the order to change their formation or withdraw their troops easily, as if they knew each other that the real victory and defeat would inevitably be separated today.

Until—

On the southwest side of the battlefield, a large flag appeared in the cold wind, with the word "Feiyun" written on it.

On the northeast side of the battlefield, another big flag was waved in the wind, and the word "Taixing" was written on it.

The two fierce generals, Song Shifei and Kang Yanxiao, finally led the army to arrive within the agreed time, and it only took a quarter of an hour at most, and these two new forces could enter the battlefield.

However, even if the situation suddenly changed dramatically, the 10,000 Jing Army still did not show the slightest panicked posture, the front army firmly blocked the advance of the Huaizhou Army, and the Fang Yuan Array was orderly and rotated to change defenses.

The 2,000 cavalry of the Jing Army remained in place, and they didn't even stop the Feiyun Army, which was full of foot soldiers.

In the central formation, the female Lu Huan stood on the lookout car, calmly and calmly looked at the two Qi armies that suddenly appeared, and issued the second military order lightly.

"Wait for enemy reinforcements to cut into the battlefield, and then send a signal."

Several heralds said in unison: "Obey!" ”

The female Lu Huan looked ahead, although it was impossible for him to see Xiao Wangzhi's figure clearly, but he seemed to be speaking to the famous general of Nanqi: "If this is your killer feature, it is a bit unworthy of the name." ”

At the rear of the Huaizhou Army, Xiao Wangzhi naturally couldn't hear the whispers of the female Lu Huan, and said with a straight face: "The order, the two armies of Feiyun and Taixing immediately cut into the two wings of the enemy army and directly take the enemy's Chinese army." ”

"Obey!"

The sound of trumpets resounded throughout the world, the flags gave clearer instructions, and the two new forces immediately launched a mighty charge.

"Kill!"

Xiao Wangzhi listened to the roars coming from both sides of the battlefield, his eyes narrowed slightly at the Jingjun array in front of him, and said lightly: "Where in this world is there an invulnerable copper wall. ”

Although the tone is light, it is like the sound of gold and stone.

Completed the update of the book No. 001 alliance leader "Cold Smoke and Twilight Rain Drunk Chinese Year". Today's 4 more, still owe 31 more.

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