After just killing two people with his sword, Zuo Zhuang suddenly found that there were no enemies around him. This made him very dissatisfied as he was about to kill, so he simply shouted again and started fighting freely in platoon units."
There was a burst of cheers from the 2,000-strong tiger soldiers, and then the team turned into fifty groups, rushing madly towards the left and right, looking for all enemies that could be killed.
Forty people in a row faced tens of thousands of fleeing Liaozhou troops, which was supposed to be a very dangerous thing. But at this moment, the Liaozhou troops, who had already been frightened of being killed, could not form a joint force at all. On the contrary, this made
Such division of troops is no longer dangerous.
"Why are there so many enemies? How many people are there from the Jizhou Army? How many people are there? Are all our spies idiots?" It is precisely because of these divisions that people feel that there are enemies everywhere.
, which made General Leming, who was threatened and retreated, couldn't help but curse loudly.
Darkness is the best cover. The defeated Liaozhou army only wanted to flee, so there was no time to see clearly how many enemies there were. After being scolded, Le Ming had no choice but to lower his head and run helplessly, hoping not to lose too much and hoping for dawn.
You can then organize your army to counterattack.
There were too many defeated troops in Liaozhou. Although Zuo Zhuang had used all his strength and the number of enemies killed in his hands had reached dozens, there were still more enemies rushing past them and rushing towards the last line of defense.
The place where Xingsi is guarding.
"Deploy the formation! Draw out the sword!" Seeing a dense crowd approaching from the opposite side, Xing Si shouted and formed his two thousand men into a long snake formation, trying to block the enemy's retreat as much as possible.
speed to buy time for the pursuers to arrive.
Two thousand long and sharp swords were stretched out, forming a mountain of swords, inflicting heavy damage to the charging Liaozhou army. Often, the tiger soldiers did not need to do anything, just the momentum could kill them.
The blade was covered with blood.
With an unknown number of soldiers killed in the battle, Xingsi's defense line finally began to waver. There was no way around it. The number of enemies was too great, dozens of times that of the tiger. In the end, we could only watch as the enemy was getting more and more powerful.
More and more enemies were rushing past them.
"Chase, kill as many as you can." Xing Si made timely adjustments, leading the tiger soldiers to follow the fleeing Liaozhou Army and slashed and killed them again.
A gust of breeze blew, and a stinging smell of blood involuntarily assaulted the nostrils. The unpleasant smell made people sick. The battlefield was covered with fallen corpses, as well as some injured people.
With the wailing sound of the Liaozhou army, the battle was finally coming to an end.
After dark night came dawn. Thirty miles south of Pingfeng Mountain, groups of deserters sat here leaning on each other and breathing heavily.
When the sun rose and got higher and higher, and began to shine on the land, General Leming, whose armor had been thrown away, looked at the defeated army in front of him with a sad and angry look, and tears flowed out involuntarily.
The 50,000-strong army only lasted one night, and less than half of them actually escaped, only about 22,000 people. These are the elites of the Liaozhou Army, and Emperor Qianying regarded them as equal to ten.
Existence was destroyed by himself in this way. How could he go back and deliver the goods?
Le Ming looked decadent, sitting on the ground without any form. After Lei Ming glanced at him, he shook his head first, and then said: "General, we have lost all our food, grass and baggage. The food we brought with us cannot last long at all.
Time, let’s go back to Daliang first. By the way, general, don’t forget to send someone to inform General Sang, it’s better if he can break through.”
Lei Ming knew very well that it was impossible for the army to be an enemy of the Jizhou Army when their morale and morale were completely depleted, and they were running out of food and grass. Even so, he still thought about how to bring more troops back. To be honest, this battle was also He was so frightened that in order to break out, the seven thousand soldiers around him ended up being less than a thousand. The combat power of the Jizhou Army was terrifying.
"Yes, yes, send someone to notify Sang Doubei immediately." Only then did Le Ming remember this important matter. If the support operation failed, Sang Doubei's 60,000-strong army was eventually wiped out by the Jizhou Army. Then his guilt would be too great, and Emperor Qian Ying might even behead him in anger.
Even if he goes back like this, he is still guilty, but with his many years of service under King Zhong, there is no problem in saving his life. As for whether he can fight back with these remaining soldiers, Le Ming doesn't dare to think about it. When morale was high, even 50,000 elites were no match for me. Now there are only 22,000 left. Is it any different from going back and committing suicide?
Forced by the situation, Le Ming could not help but feel too much sadness. After taking out the food on his body and destroying it, the army immediately rushed back towards Daliang City.
Jizhou Army's tent. Xiaobai had already sent back the news of the Liaozhou Army's retreat. Several staff officers couldn't help but cheer loudly. They had won another battle.
Tang Ao also had a smile on his face, but then he thought of Zuo Zhuang's disobedience to the military order, and his face became much more serious. "Come here, raise your account."
It didn't take long before the generals rushed over from the general ledger. If you look carefully, you can see the excitement in their eyes. This time they faced fifty thousand elite Liaozhou troops. They were less than half of the opponent's strength. The troops were able to win the battle without hesitation, and the price they paid was still very small.
According to statistics, the total number of casualties in each army is less than four figures, and most of them are injured. As long as there are enough conditions to recuperate, when the injuries are recovered, they will undoubtedly be elites.
"Everyone is happy, aren't you?" Tang Ao, who was sitting at the front, glanced at everyone with a serious tone in his voice.
After being reminded by this, the originally excited generals all immediately calmed down, and then they watched their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses, not daring to make the slightest sound.
After following Tang Ao for a long time, we all know that His Royal Highness King Ji requires strict discipline in running the army. Normally, we can joke with each other, but when we talk about serious business, we have to restrain our usual petty problems, otherwise we will get angry. Military law is ruthless.
All the generals stopped talking and put on a very serious look. In Tang Ao's eyes, all this did not make him show any mercy. If some things are not controlled when they arise, Then if you want to correct it in the future, you don’t know how many times the price will be paid.
In order to teach everyone a profound lesson, Tang Ao has decided to put on a bad face today. "Don't you guys say anything? It seems that you are very satisfied with your results, right?"
The generals remained silent, but many people thought so in their hearts. They defeated twice as many enemies with less than half the force, and they were still elite enemies. Shouldn't this make them proud?
"Very good. Your performance has let me know what you think. It seems that you are all very proud, and even feel proud of it. Or some people simply think that they are famous generals in the world and lead the strongest army in the world. , I will be invincible from now on." Tang Ao's voice sounded again, and he continued without any intention of stopping: "Yes, we won this battle, but I don't know if you have ever thought about why we won. As the commander-in-chief, is your role really so important that no one can replace you?"
"Have you ever thought about it, if the soldiers didn't have the best weapons and the strongest armor in the world, and if the counselors of the previous staff hadn't made comprehensive plans for you, then with the power of personal bravery, you would really be able to
Can we achieve a great victory? Zuo Zhuang, please answer me, what do you think?" The topic suddenly changed and it fell on Zuo Zhuang. For a while, the faces of the generals became more serious.
Everyone knew about Zuo Zhuang's disobedience of the military order. But they didn't think it was a big deal. The result was there, wasn't it already a victory? Since it was a victory, it's better not to be too harsh. Besides,
I have never heard of a general being punished after winning a battle.
Just thinking like this, no one took Zuo Zhuang's disobedience of military orders seriously. But now Tang Ao still mentioned it, which made everyone involuntarily beat the drum in their hearts. His Highness would not really want to punish Zuo Zhuang for his crime, right?
If this is the case, wouldn't it be too cold to the generals' hearts?
All the generals were thinking overwhelmingly at this moment. As for Zuo Zhuang, whose name was called, he stood up without any hesitation. "Your Highness, Zuo Zhuang knows that he has disobeyed military orders, but Zuo Zhuang's actions
It's not wrong. In this battle, our two thousand tiger soldiers killed more than four thousand of the enemy, and our own losses were less than two hundred, and the casualty ratio was twenty to one."
Zuo Zhuang spoke eloquently, obviously having done a lot of homework. But when other people heard these words, some of them nodded involuntarily. It was obvious that they recognized this reason.
In fact, with Zuo Zhuang's IQ, he would never have thought of this. This idea was given to him by his junior brother Xingsi. In any case, he was disobeying the military order and had to make some preparations. This is what Zuo Zhuang said.
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"Twenty to one? Is that awesome?" This answer came to Tang Ao's ears, but it made him sneer.
"Huh?" Zuo Zhuang's face showed confusion. Isn't twenty to one powerful?
But before he could ask this question, Tang Ao had already spoken first, "I ask you, if it were you before, would it be possible for the bandits with you to fight twenty with one?"
"This..." Zuo Zhuang hesitated and did not speak. Obviously the answer was already there and it couldn't be done.
"Hmph! The reason why you have achieved your current achievements is just because of the power of weapons, the strength of armor, and the quality of food. Do you know that what I have invested in you is enough for me to build an army of 20,000, 30,000 or even more?
There are more ordinary troops. From this point of view, is twenty to one still worthy of your pride?"