"Your Majesty, this is not the way to go. The bandit formation is too hard to break through!"
The speaker's name is Gao Laohu, and he conquered one-seventh of Zhong Xiang's current territory.
Prime Minister Zhong was also very anxious, but he could still keep calm: "Our army has many generals. If one unit is unstable, another unit will support it, and the battle can last for a long time. The enemy's army is weak, and one unit is broken.
Everything is defeated. If this continues, our army will surely win!"
Gao Laohu said: "Generals from various ministries have sent troops to report, but Xiao Zhu's armored bodyguards have not yet been dispatched, and we don't know which direction they are going to attack from. I am afraid that my brother Ying and I will not be able to rescue him in time."
During the initial negotiations, Ju Ming's personal guards had appeared. The Chu generals were deeply afraid of this, so Zhong Xiang specially prepared a secret weapon.
Gao Laohu and Yingxuan's troops are Zhong Xiang's trump cards.
Hundreds of Gao Laohu's soldiers use long spears, which are thin and long sharp spear heads. They can penetrate heavy armor, but fine steel is not easy to come by. Only a few hundred have been made, and the rest are wooden sticks with iron heads.
of blunt weapons.
Yingxuan himself was a hero of Dongting Lake. He conquered two counties and came to join Zhong Xiang's team. He also selected strong men and reorganized them into a unit. The whole army used blunt weapons to fight. Zhong Xiang recruited him specifically to deal with Ju Ming's relatives.
guard.
There were more than one or two generals who brought capital into the group. For example, Zhang Guangdao was in Hanyang at this time, and the Chu general who faced him was Chen Yuxin. After Chen Yuxin captured two counties, he took his territory and troops to join Prime Minister Zhong, and he was canonized by Prime Minister Zhong.
The title of county king.
"You go around the Zhu Thieves' rear army. The armored soldiers may come out from there. Our troops are the weakest over there," Prime Minister Zhong added, and warned, "Go to the Gen and Gan positions of the Zhu Thieves' formation and wait for battle.
, if the red thieves and armored soldiers come out from the left and right armies, you can quickly go and deal with them."
"yes!"
Gao Laohu and Yingxuan immediately led their troops around to their destination.
The fierce battle continued, and the morale of the Chu army was getting lower and lower. Reserves were constantly passing through the passages between departments to assist the crumbling friendly forces.
Gong Bin's arms were sore at this moment, and he stabbed repeatedly mechanically.
He was an old man who followed Zhu Ming to annihilate Black Wind Village. He led troops to make a surprise attack on Dashan Pass but failed, and was ambushed by Wu Jie, killing and wounding more than a thousand people. This incident was regarded by him as a great shame and humiliation. After reorganization, he trained more diligently and accompanied the soldiers to practice to the death.
Because it was too elite, it had now become a protrusion, and they could not help but rush out. The more than a thousand soldiers in front were besieged from three sides.
Yang Qin came to the rescue with his own soldiers and cooperated with the supervising team to stabilize the situation. Now he is frantically attacking Gong Bin's protruding front side.
Yang Yao, who was still young, rushed beside his clan brother Yang Qin, and was scratched in the face by a wolf as soon as he joined the battle. As Yang Qin swung away the wolf, Yang Yao rushed in and was instantly stabbed by a rake.
There were also bloody cuts on his shoulders and neck.
Being poked back by the boring palladium, Yang Yao was forced to resist the weapon, unable to fully utilize the skills he had learned in the past six months.
Yang Qin also complained secretly. They belonged to the direct lineage of Zhong Xiang. They had the best sources of troops and the best armor. But when they actually faced the Yuanyang Formation, they had no idea how to start.
"Dong dong dong dong!"
The sound of drums sounded from behind, and Yang Qin knew that it was Emperor Zhong Xiangzai who was beating the drums in person to aid the battle.
"Long live the master!" Yang Qin shouted fiercely.
"Long live the master!" the soldiers around him shouted.
Yang Qin shouted again: "Mingzun bless you!"
"Mingzun bless you!"
"Long live my lord!"
"Mingzun bless you!"
More and more Chu soldiers followed the shouts, as if some kind of BUFF had been added, and their energy and blood surged forward as they rushed forward crazily.
Some Chu soldiers even ignored their injuries and threw away their weapons to catch the wolves, covering their friendly troops as they rushed in.
Chu troops kept passing through the two layers of defenses of Wolf Mill and Boring Palladium, and crowded forward crazily. The soldiers in the front row were completely helpless, including Yang Qin and Yang Yao, and they were all pushed forward by the fanatical soldiers.
The wolf mill was completely useless, and the wolf mill soldier drew his sword and prepared to fight.
The rake and the spear were still poking at each other repeatedly, and the rattan player and the long player were facing a formidable enemy.
Gong Bin shouted: "Blow the trumpet and stabilize the formation!"
The bugle sounded, followed by the squad leader's whistle.
This man is really unlucky. His previous surprise attack was defeated by Wu Jie, and now he encountered Zhong Xiang's direct fanatic followers.
Yang Qin kept vomiting blood from his mouth. He shouted those few times just to boost morale. But he took the lead in fighting and was pushed forward by the fanatical rear row soldiers. He was stabbed four times in a row, one of which was deeply pierced.
Enter the abdomen.
The enemy's spear was drawn out, but the soldiers at the rear were still moving forward. Yang Qin was knocked down by his soldiers and was trampled to death in front of the formation.
This Chu army has indeed become unafraid of death, but the formation is also completely chaotic. They can't even figure out whether the general is dead. They can only charge forward with their weapons. Their casualty rate has doubled, but they are about to break through the Yuanyang Formation.
, the wolf mill and boring rake are useless.
Among the infantry, the sword and shield hand is the most difficult to train.
Now it was up to the sword and shield player to defend. The long player stopped moving and stuck his giant shield on the ground, holding on to the position with all his strength. The can player used his round shield to block left and right, and repeatedly slashed with his sword.
The spearmen behind them stabbed back and forth.
Gong Bin complained endlessly, remembering the time when he was surrounded by Wu Jie, and roared: "Military field, military field, my wife, children and parents are all watching!"
"Junda! Junda!"
One after another, the soldiers shouted the word "military field" in their mouths. The military field they were given was at Jingmen in the rear.
The minimum amount of military land is ten acres. As long as the soldiers who participated in the Hanzhong Defense War are rewarded with less than ten acres of land, they will make up for the ten acres. There are also some sergeants and lieutenants whose military land is between fifteen and twenty acres.
, more than thirty acres.
Although it is all wasteland, lay people are cultivating it, and refugees are also working as tenant farmers to help reclaim the land.
These are all good fields, and it only takes two or three years to turn them into mature fields!
If they were defeated today and the Chu army took advantage of the situation to occupy Jingmen, what would happen to their military fields?
The long card players desperately held up the giant shield, and the spearmen stabbed wildly. Some of the cane card players were injured, but they were still holding on to the front with injuries. Even the fire soldiers moved forward with their swords, ready to fill the gaps at any time.
Gu San had already led his troops through the passage. The obstacles there had been cleared, and another Chu army wanted to enter the passage.
Fifteen hundred heavy infantrymen in infantry armor lined up in six columns and stood at the entrance of the passage to attack.
Some were holding spears, and some were holding bones. They were completely defenseless. Let the Chu army attack the armor. They raised their hands and stabbed out with a spear, and waved their arms and smashed down the bones.
Very slowly, but constantly moving forward, the Chu army in front of them was killed and retreated steadily.
After fighting their way out of the passage, some heavy infantry continued to move forward, while others attacked the enemies on both sides nearby, cooperating with friendly forces to attack the Chu army from both sides.
Those Chu troops had been fighting for a long time and were already at the end of their strength. They were attacked from two sides and finally began to collapse.
Gao Laohu and Yingxuan's troops with sharp spears and blunt weapons immediately went to the rescue. They finally waited for Xiao Zhuthi's armored troops.
However, the Chu army collapsed too quickly!
The first to flee was Chen Ziyi. Chen Ziyi led eighty heavy cavalry and his followers to abandon their horses and fought out of the passage, while Hua Rong's musketeers followed closely behind.
The musketeers mingled among the heavily armored soldiers. After fighting their way out of the passage, they fired at the Chu army two or three meters away with a whistle.
The reason why we are so close is that the enemies on both sides are rushing in front of us!
The full body armor was already scary enough, but the volley of muskets in front of them made the Chu army even more frightened.
Before the gunpowder smoke completely dissipated, the lucky guy who rushed over and survived, turned around and ran away as if he had encountered the Dark Lord.
Chen Ziyi led the heavily armored soldiers to take the opportunity to advance, while his retinue protected the fire rifle soldiers and reloaded their ammunition.
One after another, the Yuanyang squads were liberated due to the enemy's retreat, and quickly cooperated with the heavily armored soldiers to flank the fighting Chu army, quickly causing a chain reaction on the battlefield.
In the end, the heavy infantry and heavy cavalry could not even touch the enemy.
Because they walked too slowly after leaving the camp due to the muddy road, their combined attack speed could not keep up with the Yuanyang team.
Six groups of Chu troops fled from three directions. The generals in the rear quickly mobilized reserves, but the reserves also suffered the impact of the rout.
Gao Laohu led his troops forward against the defeated troops. He did not care about the enemy or ourselves, and would kill them if they dared approach.
Gu San ordered the heavy infantry to turn around and fight. Unable to charge, they had to stay put.
Gao Laohu took a look at the general's flag next to Gu San and rushed to the distance with his bare feet in the muddy water. They were both practicing martial artists, but they didn't use any tricks at the moment. They just pointed their guns at each other quickly. And the target was the opponent.
The chest and abdomen were not stabbed in the throat or anything like that.
Gu San was shot almost at the same time. The sharp spear penetrated his armor and stabbed hard in his ribs. The slender spear head pierced Zha's armor, and after its strength weakened, it got stuck between two ribs.
Gao Laohu was stabbed in the abdomen. The light armor mixed with leather and iron slightly blocked the weapon. He was pierced through the fat layer on his belly, and his intestines were most likely injured.
The two of them retracted their guns at the same time and stabbed hard again.
This time Gao Laohu was injured and was not strong enough to penetrate the heavy armor, so he was stabbed in the chest by Gu Sanyi's spear.
Gao Laohu's mixed army of sharp weapons and blunt weapons cannot deal with heavy infantry at all, unless they are also equipped with heavy armor.
Shi Biao's side was similar, but his martial arts was obviously not as good as Ying Xuan's.
Yingxuan is the most famous hero in the Dongting Lake area. Fighting on flat ground is not his home field. He can walk on smooth ground on a ship in rough waves.
This man stepped on the muddy ground with bare feet, running on tiptoes and charging, seemingly unaffected by the terrain.
Shi Biao only relied on brute strength to fight, and his shoulders and arms were hit by several sticks. The long stick with an iron head bruised the skin under the heavy armor, and it was difficult for Shi Biao to exert strength on his left arm.
But this is a battle after all, not a fight in the rivers and lakes.
Shi Biao cooperated with his soldiers and stabbed Zhongying Xuan twice in succession.
Although Yingxuan was brave, not all of his subordinates were like that. Moreover, many of them were from Jianghu rangers. They did not like to form formations, and even if they formed formations, they would quickly fall into disarray. They seemed to prefer to rely on their personal bravery to kill the enemy.
Fifteen hundred heavy infantry lined up to meet the enemy, and more than 3,000 Ying Xuan fought with blunt weapons. At first, they could bruise the heavy infantry, and even beat them until they vomited blood, but after only two or three minutes,
These scattered warriors were driven back by the heavy infantry using their formation to join forces.
Unfortunately, the heavy infantry was unable to pursue them, so the rangers dragged the injured Yingxuan and retreated.
At this time, nine groups of Chu troops had fled, and several reserve troops had been rushed to pieces. Zhong Xiang urgently brought his troops to join the battle.
But it seemed that it was too late. The Chu army collapsed far faster than Zhong Xiang could rescue him.