Bing Heng is a qualified military advisor after all. Although his emotions are fluctuating greatly now, he still maintains his due calmness: "Shuai Zhu, in what direction should we break out now?"
Zhu Zhaodao: "Breakthrough is necessary. But in addition to the 10,000 soldiers that Ji Wuyan took away, there are more than 30,000 wounded soldiers among our 200,000 troops. With them, our marching speed will inevitably be greatly reduced.
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Cheng Xianqing's eyes flashed, and a murderous thought flashed away. No one else saw it, but Minghui and Yan Lege happened to be sitting next to him, and they could see clearly. Both of them were shocked. The leader has always been killing.
Resolutely, I won’t do it at this time...
However, Zhu Zhao did not let Cheng Xianqing speak first. He just continued: "We are now completely surrounded by Qingfeng. Even if we can rush out from here temporarily, I am afraid we will still have to go through a hard battle. With them,
It is indeed inconvenient. Moreover, we also need people to stay here to attract the attention of the more than 400,000 Qingfeng coalition forces around us and create opportunities for us to break through."
Minghui and Yan Lege suddenly stood up, their expressions were equally determined.
Zhu Zhao said in a deep voice: "Only one person, I only need one of you!"
Minghui was about to open his mouth to speak when Yan Lege pressed his shoulders with both hands and forced him back to his seat: "Second brother, what brothers are best at is fighting on the battlefield. The road ahead is still long. We break out. This is just
This is the first step, but you and your eldest brother will need to work together later. Let your brothers shoulder this task."
Cheng Xianqing hurriedly said: "It is better to find another general for this final task. Lai Ge is a rare and powerful general in our empire, so there is no need to go out personally."
Zhu Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, there are not many people in the imperial army who can have such prestige. If there is no one from Lament or Minghui to hold down the formation, it is difficult to say that the soldiers left behind will not be in chaos."
Cheng Xianqing was speechless.
Zhu Zhao came over, faced Yan Lege and said: "Fourth brother, once the speechless army crosses the river, Qingfeng will definitely think that we will take the opportunity to cross the river and go north, and Haotian and others south of the river will definitely attack with all their strength.
Here. When the time comes, you must withstand all their attacks. No matter what, you must hold on until noon tomorrow. If you can hold on until tomorrow afternoon or even evening, that would be great. By then we should have reached our destination.
"
Yan Lege laughed and said, "Brother, I understand. Well, I'm just a bachelor, so I don't need to tell you any last words, right?"
Zhu Zhao's eyes were hot, but he said with a smile: "What are your last words? I'm not asking you to die, so why do you need to explain?"
Then he said to Cheng Xianqing: "Your Majesty, time is urgent now. General Wuyan will probably take action soon. You, the Imperial Master and others should prepare in advance, we will set off soon."
When Cheng Xianqing and others heard this, they all nodded in agreement and quickly dispersed. Suddenly, only the three brothers Zhu Zhao were left in the small open space of the temporary command post.
Seeing that there was no one around, Zhu Zhao said softly: "Old Si, I have left fifty thousand horses for you. Among these fifty thousand, except for thirty thousand wounded soldiers, the remaining twenty thousand are His Majesty's personal soldiers."
, Jiang Meng is here too. Their combat effectiveness is superior to all other armies, and the terrain here is also conducive to defense, so you should be able to hold on until noon tomorrow."
Yan Lege said quickly: "Brother, don't worry, as long as I'm here, this place will definitely not fall."
Zhu Zhao quickly said: "That's not what I meant. I left half of my soldiers with you. I hid a small boat in the reeds by the river. When the situation goes wrong, you should retreat immediately. Don't worry about it.
So many, if my estimate is correct, we will be able to reach our destination at noon tomorrow at most. And early tomorrow morning, it will be impossible for them to intercept us."
Minghui also patted Yan Lege on the shoulder and said: "Fourth brother, don't be impulsive. If the situation is not right, just leave. I don't want only three of the four brothers left when we have a drink next time."
Zhu Zhao was still worried and said: "I have prepared dozens of barrels of tung oil for you in the reeds near where the boat is hidden. When the time comes, you can pour the tung oil on the reeds and you will be able to escape smoothly.
"
Yan Lege glanced at Zhu Zhao movedly. The army's breakout was just the beginning. If they wanted to return to Yangzhou Road from South Yunnan Road, there must be a long way to go. And Cheng Xianqing's 20,000 personal soldiers were the largest number of the entire Bliss army.
Jiang Meng is also the top general in the platoon of the Holy Sect of Paradise. However, for his safety and smooth escape, Zhu Zhao mobilized all 20,000 of the most powerful soldiers.
He came here to be a dead soldier. Although he is cunning and cunning and will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, isn't he my eldest brother?
"Don't use force to fight bravely. Although Xin Ke, the most powerful general in Hetao, is not here, the killing power of Hetao is no less than Xin Ke. In that battle between Guangshen and Shenzhen, the boss was seriously injured by his sword."
Minghui said without forgetting.
The night wind blew, and the three brothers were still standing in the small open space. At this time, Baidi City on the other side of the river was already ablaze, and Zhu Zhao and Minghui were still nagging Yan's sad song.
To break through. This is the unanimous opinion of the Holy Sect of Paradise. No one expected that the situation would take such a big turn. The defeat of Wan Chengdong and Ye Hengsheng in the direction of Meizhou not only caused heavy losses to the Holy Sect of Paradise, but also caused heavy losses to the Hetao army.
The door to the south was opened. Emperor Zhongxing of Tiandu Shengjing decisively sent troops, which made Hetao's originally weak military strength much stronger. The participation of the Yellow Turban Army and the Suzaku Army gave Qingfeng two more troops who were good at Jiangnan.
The main force of the battle, the Song family of Yizhou and the Li family of Qinchuan sent troops southward regardless of their previous grudges, and formed a vague encirclement of the 200,000 to 300,000 Ji Le army near Hongzhou. Hongzhou could not be attacked for a long time, which not only caused the Ji Le Holy Sect to lose troops and weaken the general's morale.
surrender, and bought Qingfeng a favorable time. The defeat of the Golden Flower Alliance completely cut off the reinforcements of the Holy Sect of Bliss. Under such circumstances, even an idiot knows that they must break through, otherwise they will die.
However, how should we break out of the encirclement in this way and where? As a politician and conspirator, Cheng Xianqing has no choice at all. But fortunately, he still has an excellent counselor under him and even the Qingfeng Empire can count on it.
Military general. At this time, Cheng Xianqing also showed his true qualities as a tycoon. He neatly handed over the command of the 200,000-strong army to Zhu Zhao without putting any constraints on him. However, Zhu Zhao has always had a deviant character.
He was willing to take extraordinary risks and cut his way through thousands of troops.
The night was deep, and the Song family navy camp in Baidi City on the north bank of the river suddenly burst into flames. The more than a hundred dead soldiers of the Paradise Holy Sect who had secretly crossed the river the night before and lurked in Baidi City were dispatched. Although the Song family navy camp was
I also increased my vigilance, but thinking that the Holy Sect of Paradise was still on the other side of the river, I only strengthened the patrol of boats on the water, but the Holy Sect of Paradise took advantage of it and entered. After pouring a large amount of tung oil, the water village suddenly fell into a raging fire.
middle.
After all, the Song family's army had passed the test of war some time ago. Although it encountered a surprise attack, it did not panic in the face of chaos. The soldiers on the shore tried their best to put out the fire, and the ships on the water still did not dare to relax their patrols at all.
At this time, two thousand death squads led by Zhu Yaping also moved out. Taking advantage of the southwest wind that rose in the middle of the night, hundreds of small boats, only one foot long and two feet wide, were loaded with reeds and other fire-kindling materials and followed the wind into the river.
On the opposite side, most of the Song Navy's patrols on the river were small and medium-sized warships. Facing the extremely wide-open Paradise fireships, they were unable to effectively intercept them. As a result, the fire in the water village had not been extinguished, and countless fireships attacked it again.
When they came up, the Baidi City navy camp suddenly burst into flames. The Song family only had more than forty warships, except for five or six that were cruising outside, and the rest of the warships docked in the port were all caught in the sea of flames.
The Bliss soldiers who followed the fire ship and rushed to the port of Baidi City did not rest. Each of them was covered with black dye from top to bottom, and disappeared without a trace as soon as they got into the darkness. These are
Zhu Zhaojing carefully selected the dead soldiers, and under the leadership of Zhu Yaping, they gave full play to their combat effectiveness. The soldiers of the Song family are now busy putting out fires and dealing with the attack of the Holy Sect of Paradise on the river.
, and was immediately thrown into a panic.
However, even the few remaining naval warships of the Song family are now in trouble. After Zhu Yaping, there is General Ji Lewu Yan. Ji Wuyan is also the leader of dozens of small boats, and the bow and bow of each small boat are
The side of the ship was covered with sharp iron nails. The boat followed the wind and had difficulty getting out of the way once it hit the side of the battleship. As a result, it caught fire and the battleship was scrapped.
The Holy Sect of Paradise did not originally have so many ships. When Zhu Zhao was considering crossing the river and escaping, he was already quietly collecting ships. However, the number at that time was still far from what he expected. Therefore, Zhu Zhao
Yizhou had to be blamed on Yizhou. Yizhou is one of the important docks for the Song family to communicate between the north and the south. Opposite it is the Baidi City navy camp, and there are naturally many ships here. The facts are just as Zhu Zhao expected.
, these ships can at least meet his entire military plan.
Zhu Zhao, who had been licking blood at the edge of a knife for a long time, naturally understood this truth while he was still alive. After clearing the Song family navy on the river, the speechless 10,000 soldiers dispatched the entire army without reservation. Most of the soldiers they were riding on
They were small ships, and each ship could only carry seventy or eighty people at most. By the light of the battleships on the river, the Song family soldiers on the other side of the river felt that the river was full of ships of the Holy Sect of Paradise. They were already panic-stricken.
He was horrified and couldn't figure out how many troops the Holy Sect of Paradise had sent out this time. However, to be on the safe side, Song Yu, the commander of the Baidi City garrison, sent soldiers to report the news to Yizhou in nearby Yangzhou and ask for help.
When Baidi City burned into the sky, Haotian had already fallen asleep. However, when Xue Qingcheng, who was on night watch, rushed into his tent to tell him the news, Haotian rushed out barefooted in only his underwear. As soon as he saw Dajiang
Seeing the situation on the other side, he ordered without hesitation to beat drums and gather troops to prepare for battle.
"The Holy Sect of Paradise wants to cross the river to escape. Even if we are late, we cannot let them leave so easily!" Haotian said fiercely.
"The Commander-in-Chief has led 20,000 soldiers under his command to conduct a tentative attack, and Mr. Luo and the military advisor have also gone to observe in person." Xue Qingcheng said quickly.
"I knew Cheng Xianqing was going to escape. Fortunately, I asked Du Shuai to keep a close eye on me, huh." Haotian sniffed and said. It was midnight now, and the temperature was very cool. Haotian was only wearing a close-fitting shirt. Naturally,
Can't help but freeze.
Xin Jiao quickly got into the tent, took out his cloak, and helped him put it on meticulously. Haotian just stared in the direction of the river, letting Xin Jiao help him get dressed like a doll.
"The resistance of the Holy Sect of Paradise is particularly tenacious. Taking advantage of our army's initial complacency, the other party launched a counterattack. If the commander-in-chief had not made a prompt decision and led the entire army to press forward, our losses would have been even greater. Even so, there was a
More than a thousand soldiers died on the spot."
Zhao Dawu also had incomplete armor, but he looked excited. For this passionate man who yearned for the battlefield, as long as he could kill people with a knife, even in a losing battle, his blood was boiling. It was obvious to him just now
He followed Dugu in the front and fought for a while, with some blood spattered on his body. Fortunately, he still remembered his responsibilities, and ran back reluctantly to report the situation ahead to Haotian.
Haotian pulled the collar of the cloak closer: "Who leads the troops and is so brave?"
He was very aware of Dugu's toughness. He actually let Dugu lead the troops in person to suppress him. It was obvious that he was not an ordinary person.
"Yan Lege, Yan Lege, the most powerful general in Bliss!" Zhao Dawu licked his lips and said, obviously looking forward to having a few fights with Yan Lege.
Haotian nodded, it turned out to be Yan Lege, no wonder.
"Go and have a look." Haotian felt that he still needed to go to the front line to observe the situation in person.
Although it was already midnight, the Yizhou Xiaodo Ferry was in flames. There were sparks on the river, the Song family's unburned navy warships, and the raging fire in the direction of Baidi City, making Haotian even counting
A few miles away, one could still see the longing ghostly figures on the other side of the river. Less than a mile in front of him was the Ji Leyan Tragedy Club who was fighting with Dugu Yuming. Both sides were shouting and killing loudly, but after all, the Hetao army
Instead of being on standby at any time, the only force gathered now is Dugu Yuming's 20,000 soldiers, and Yan Lege occupies a favorable location, so Dugu's attack is not smooth.
"Just let the commander-in-chief harass Yan Lege first, and then wait until all our troops are gathered together to attack with all their strength." Haotian felt that this was not an option. If the troops were put into the battlefield one after another, it would be a tactic to add fuel to the fire.
"Mr. Luo, um, Mr. Luo?" Haotian shouted habitually.
"Sir, I feel that the Holy Sect of Paradise's actions tonight may be quite serious, so I went to the front to observe for myself." Xuanji hurried over after hearing Haotian's shout.
When Haotian heard this, he didn't say anything. Luo Xiang's skills should not pose any danger. So he asked Xuanji: "Military advisor, how is the situation now?"
"It's hard to be sure." Although something happened suddenly, Xuanji still couldn't forget the feather fan shaking him: "The Holy Sect of Paradise should have sent dead soldiers to cross the river and enter Baidi City before, and wait until the southwest wind blows.
At the same time, the dead soldiers in the city began to set fire to create chaos. They tried their best to burn down the Song family's naval camp. My lord, you should know that the Song family's naval camp is in Baidi City, and there is only one like this.
A decent water fortress, so almost all the warships are concentrated here."