Ten thousand people crossed the river on the first day of May, and more than ten thousand people crossed the river on the second day of May.
That night, the first pontoon bridge was repaired. Nearly 20,000 people who returned to the German army and local residents flocked to cross the river. People screamed and their horses neighed, soldiers clashed with each other, and their murderous intent reached the sky.
Yingshui is no longer an obstacle to the Xia army. Hundreds of thousands of troops are rolling towards the east bank like wild waves, directly harvesting the final fruits.
On this day, the main force of the Liang Army led by Zhu Quanzhong advanced another twenty miles.
On this day, in the southeast of Xuzhou, Wang Zhongshi, commander of the Changjian Army on the left and right, looked up to the sky and sighed.
"If I had known this, I should have acted together with the Kuangwei Army." Wang Zhongshi needed to make up for his mistakes. He had no choice.
According to the plan, the Kuangwei Army went first. The Changjian Army was separated by more than ten to twenty miles to cover the back road. If the Xia soldiers had not yet pursued them, the Changjian Army would retreat immediately, and the Jianrui Army on the flanks would continue to stay for one day, and then
Follow and withdraw.
Theoretically speaking, if the Jianrui Army encounters an enemy, the Longjian Army can rescue and cover alternately. Moreover, according to Pang Shigu's prediction, the Xia people would not react so quickly, and there would not be many troops to pursue them.
If the Long Sword Army follows the plan, they will be able to leave the camp abandoned by the Kuang Wei Army at noon on the first day of May and retreat eastward. At this time, Li Tangbin's troops had only crossed the river with more than 3,000 men, and a large number of native Tuan soldiers were stationed at the camp to attract attention.
If they don't have enough power, they won't be able to do anything with the long sword army for a while, so they can retreat calmly.
If he was even more ruthless, Wang Zhongshi could lead his troops to drive the two thousand military commanders across the river into the river, kill them until they were frightened, and then withdraw with a powerful force, and no one would pursue them for the day.
Of course, if the Changjian and Kuangwei armies were unable to leave Xuzhou, the outcome would still be the same. Being surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops from the east and west, their destruction would be inevitable.
Now they were being clever and separated, which of course distracted Xia Jun's attention and strength, but the outcome was actually the same, because this was a fatal situation in the first place.
"Everyone, after years of fighting, are you afraid of death?" Wang Zhongshi looked at the generals surrounding him and asked.
Everyone looked up and saw a camp rising from the ground. There were many banners in the camp, and there were swords and guns. This was actually nothing, it was just a camp, and it was just a fight. The key was that at the end of the field in the distance, smoke and dust were billowing, and war horses were neighing.
At a glance, there are more than ten thousand horses, which is very dangerous.
"That's it, I have been with the commander for so many years and I can't bear to leave, so now we die together." Someone sighed, took a spear from the hands of the soldiers, and weighed it.
"Death without justice is not bravery." Another person said: "I have been greatly favored by my commander, and now I pay for it with my life. No one will say that I am unjust anymore."
"The enemy is already prepared. We are outnumbered, so what else can we do? It is better to fight to the death."
"The thieves dare not leave the camp to fight. They are determined to stop me. Their momentum has dropped by three points. If we try our best to kill the enemy, there may be a miracle."
All the generals were talking at once, putting on their armor as they talked, and there was a desire to die in their words.
Wang Zhongshi looked at the Xia army's camp and then at the cavalrymen glaring at them in the distance, and remained silent for a long time.
"Commander?" someone urged.
"I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of not getting a place to die." Master Wang Zhong sighed.
He is from Xuzhouzhoushe, and his hometown is very close, but he cannot take one last look at it.
Most of the people were Chen, Xu, Cai, and Ying men, and they all looked sad when they heard this.
"Send the order, rest on the spot, distribute food and water." Master Wang Zhong asked his horse to be fetched, and said: "I will talk to the soldiers in a while, and kill the enemy with all our strength. If the thieves are defeated, the journey will be smooth and we can return home."
"As ordered." The military academies left one after another and took the time to eat.
Shao Shude climbed up a high slope and looked at the long sword army, which was covered in darkness.
"Your Majesty, the Changjian Army is blocked to the south of Changshe, the Kuangwei Army is blocked to the west of Changshe, and the Youguo Army is stuck near Yancheng. Pang Shigu's withdrawal plan has completely failed." Xie Tong took the root.
The branch drew a simple battlefield situation map on the ground and smiled.
"We can also add Zhu Quanzhong who went north along the Caishui River." Shao Shude said: "The 70,000 to 80,000 elite troops were divided into four parts and must not be allowed to get closer."
Let the enemy's six armies, Changzhi, Feisheng, Xiongwei, Changjian, Kuangwei, and Youguo, gather together and then start a decisive battle?
How stupid do I have to be to do this? Whoever dares to fight like this will be fired directly and never hired.
The correct way to use troops is to divide the enemy, then use the mobility advantage of cavalry and mounted infantry to attack back and forth, hit the enemy with more and less in local areas, and eat them piece by piece.
"Then we have to fight faster. The Kuang Wei army led by Pang Shigu is about to fight General Lu." Xie Tong said.
"That's what I meant." Shao Shude asked his beloved horse to be brought in, turned over and mounted it, and said, "Take out my big paper."
After that, he galloped down the high slope.
The black horse flashed across the field, followed closely by hundreds of knights carrying large banners.
Behind them, the cavalry soldiers who had rested enough also rushed down. Thousands of cavalrymen rushed like a torrent towards the long sword army who was resting.
"Get up! Form up!" the officers shouted at the top of their lungs.
The officers and soldiers of the Long Sword Army who had just received the biscuits and had not had time to eat all stood up one after another. Tens of thousands of people were like a tightly operating machine, with gunners, archers, and swordsmen all performing their duties and waiting in full formation.
"Thief Shao is here!" someone exclaimed.
Wang Zhongshi also saw it and was a little eager to give it a try, but after looking at the few hundred cavalry and then at the thousands of cavalry around Shao Thief, he could only shake his head and sigh.
If there were thousands of cavalry, he would dare to charge and kill him. If Shao was killed, with the current situation of Xia's army, they would never be able to choose a second leader. If no one obeys the other, they will end up attacking each other and destroying themselves.
However, Thief Shao was too cautious. He was just pretending to be brave. The large banner to boost the morale of the army was too far away, and even the crossbow could not reach it.
The cavalry passed by in the distance. The banner was erected near the camp, and the sergeants inside and outside the camp wall shouted.
Shao Shude laughed loudly, drew out his sword, raised it high and said: "I will fight with the thief now."
The soldiers shouted in unison: "Only death!"
"Only death!"
"Only death!"
The sound spread everywhere, and more than 20,000 sergeants shouted in unison: "It's just death!"
The sergeants of the Long Sword Army who had just been mobilized to return home in a desperate battle also heard this, and each of them looked solemn. The recruits who had been recruited within half a year even turned pale, and their hands were tightly holding the hilt of their swords. Their whole bodies were stiff and their joints were numb. Turned white.
At that time, the sun was shining brightly, and tens of thousands of people were standing there, their mouths were dry, and they could neither advance nor retreat.
Seeing that this was not the solution, Master Wang Zhong sighed and said, "I have to die."
After that, he put on two layers of armor, stuck the long sword on his back, waved a rifle in his hand, and said: "Blow the drum, advance the troops."
The cavalry moved away again and reached behind them.
The Long Sword Army had to separate some people to guard the rear, and used baggage, carriages and horses as barriers to block the left, right and rear.
The cavalry army selected hundreds of people. After approaching, they all dismounted and shot with rifle bows.
The two thousand or so soldiers at the rear of the Long Sword Army just wanted to sit down to eat and drink water, but they had no choice but to get up again and fight back with their bows and crossbows.
After each of the cavalry soldiers shot more than ten arrows, they mounted their horses and drove away with their whips raised.
The officers of the Long Sword Army breathed a sigh of relief, and the officer ordered to rest in batches.
Hundreds more cavalrymen from the cavalry army arrived.
The Liang people were no longer fooled. Some of them sat on the ground and ate and drank while others stood in line and used crossbows to drive away the harassing riders.
On the frontal battlefield, the offensive and defensive battle has begun.
Qi Bizhang took off his armor and played drums shirtless in the camp to boost the morale of the troops.
Under the exciting drumbeats, the archers of the Zhongwu Army rained arrows down like rain, and greeted the officers and soldiers of the Long Sword Army who were slowly charging forward unceremoniously.
"Dong dong dong!" A layer of white hair grew on the shield.
The screams of misery could be heard endlessly, the sound of an arrow hitting the unarmored torso.
"Kill!" a military academy member shouted loudly and suddenly rushed towards the small village on guard.
More than a hundred officers and soldiers of the Zhongwu Army stood guard inside, with sickly red faces and fanaticism. Their spears were thrust in and out like poisonous dragons, and they fought with Liang's soldiers.
The small security village could not withstand the Liang people's siege.
Some swordsmen climbed up to the head of the village and fought bravely. The soldiers of the Zhongwu Army had no way out, so they fought with their lives. It was like a layer of blood raining from the sky, and there was a constant stream of blood. Heads and broken limbs fell down. People on the ground were showered with blood. It was all over his head and face, but he became more and more fanatical, screaming and rushing upwards.
"Buzz!" There was a dense sound of breaking through the air, and the thick arrow shaft flew towards the Liang people who were intensively besieging the small village with great momentum.
Just like harvesting wheat in summer, Liang Bing, who was still full of energy before, was instantly knocked down.
The thick crossbow arrow shot directly through the chest and abdomen, sending the person flying out.
This salvo killed at least dozens of people.
As if the Liang people were not afraid of death, the second wave rushed up immediately. The leading military academy even took off his armor, held the heavy sword in both hands, and loudly encouraged morale.
The Long Sword Army is a bunch of lunatics who are desperate for their lives.
"Buzz!" The second wave of crossbow arrows was shot from the village wall and the enemy tower, taking away dozens of lives.
The Liang people's offensive was thwarted.
No matter how brave a swordsman is, no matter how strong his will to fight, he can only show it when face to face!
This man was shot with crossbows before he even saw him. In such a battle, no matter how high the morale is, it will be completely wiped out.
Someone from behind hit the gun, and the Liang people's tidal attack was stopped. The remaining people moved closer to each other and slowly retreated.
Seeing the Liang people retreating, more than a thousand cavalry troops saw an opportunity and pursued them. After wandering around for a long time, they found no opportunity to pursue and kill the defeated troops.
After shooting a bunch of arrows in anger, they headed off into the distance again.
"Blow the drums and go to war!" Qi Bizhang ordered.
"As ordered!" The two thousand foot soldiers had already finished dressing up and immediately stood up from the ground upon hearing the words.
Zhao Lu and Zhao Yan were a little surprised, but also a little admired.
The stockade is very strong and fully equipped with combat equipment. It can be defended completely. There is really no need to go out to fight in the field. But this is what they did. This courage is admirable.
The trench gate slowly opened, and the two thousand people divided into several groups to set up camp and formed an array in the wilderness.
Liang Ren, who had retreated, was about to eat something and drink some water. Seeing this, he had no choice but to get up and go forward to form the formation.
The rapid sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and the cavalry troops were dispatched again, still familiar with dismounting and shooting.
The 10,000 cavalry were divided into three waves. One wave stepped forward to shoot and harass, one wave was ready to respond at any time, and the other wave ate and drank water in the distance to recover their strength.
The campaign to encircle and suppress the Long Sword Army is proceeding steadily as planned.
And dozens of miles away in the northwest, Pang Shigu waited left and right, but did not wait for any of the two armies of Long Sword and Jian Rui.
Looking at the camp erected in the distance ahead and Lu Huaizhong's flag flying high, the sadness on his face was almost too thick to be relieved.
He did not immediately order an attack, but first established a stronghold to ensure there was a way out before proceeding.
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