After promoting a captain to Qu Junhou, replenishing their weapons, and drinking three drinks, the more than a hundred Xiliang troops who had just retreated from the battle were forced to charge again.
Li Li announced that if the formation could be broken, everyone would be rewarded heavily, with enough food and wine, and everyone could choose a Guandong woman among the captives to spend the night.
If the formation cannot be broken, fight to the last person. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy.
Two hundred personal guards wearing strong armor and holding sharp swords lined up in front of the formation, all of them filled with murderous intent.
Stimulated by wine and fear, the Xiliang army burst out with astonishing fighting power. They carried rafts and braved the rain of arrows, roaring forward.
Some were shot by arrows, some fell into pits, some were stabbed by Baibo army's spears, and had their fingers cut off by swords, but they still roared and moved forward desperately, like crazy beasts.
The White Wave Army soldiers in the first position were under tremendous pressure.
The fear of the Xiliang Army came to mind again, some people began to waver, and the position showed signs of collapse.
When Yang Feng, who was commanding in front of the formation, saw this, he sent people to warn Liu Xie and led his guards to kill him.
When he faced the crazy-looking soldiers of the Xiliang Army, he was also startled.
Li Jue became angry, and the real bloody battle began.
Yang Feng rushed forward, slashing with his sword and shouting to boost morale.
"People come to kill, and wolves come to slaughter wolves. Who are we, the Baibo Army, afraid of? Hack them to death!"
Yang Feng slashed down two Xiliang soldiers with his sword, and at the cost of being stabbed twice on the back, he overturned the raft with all his strength. The Xiliang soldiers on the raft lost their footing and fell into the pit.
There were already many soldiers of the Xiliang Army in the pit. Some were dead, and some were not dead but could not get up. Some stepped on the bodies of their companions and rushed forward with blood-red eyes and hoarse voices, like wild beasts.
Yang Feng didn't bother to check his injuries, he smashed his shield with his sword and killed several people in one breath. He was extremely brave.
Several personal guards guarded the two wings, and with swords and spears, they killed the Xiliang soldiers who tried to rush through the ditch.
With Yang Feng's reinforcements and encouragement, the soldiers held the line and killed more than a hundred Xiliang troops who rushed into the line.
However, the trench had been filled with corpses to create a passage, and it was difficult to block the second wave of attacks from the Xiliang Army.
The crossbowmen, who provide cover for long-range strikes, also sound the alarm.
The Xiliang army's offensive just now was too fierce and the arrow consumption was too great. If there is no replenishment, they can only shoot two more times at most.
Yang Feng was so anxious that he waved his sword and ordered the soldiers to abandon the first position.
As soon as he finished speaking, a Qu Junhou objected. "The emperor has an edict. Even if you are attacked, you cannot give up the first position easily. You should set up formations on both sides of the gap and continue to block the attack..."
Yang Feng was so angry that he raised his hand and gave a big slap in the face. "Whose subordinate are you?"
Qu Junhou was stunned and stammered: "General...general, you...also agreed at that time."
Yang Feng was stunned for a moment and regretted a little.
This was indeed the tactic he agreed to. He was so flustered that he forgot about it.
"Follow the agreed tactics." Yang Feng waved his hand and issued the order again.
The drums started beating again, and the messengers passed on the latest orders.
The soldiers formed formations on both sides of the passage that had been filled with corpses from the Xiliang army. The wounded were sent to the rear formations. Wu Shi, who had suffered a severe loss of numbers, urgently regrouped and prepared to fight again.
Seeing the busy and unhurried adjustments of his soldiers, Yang Feng was both proud and a little uneasy.
It was something he could not imagine before that the battle could be fought like this.
This is all the credit of the emperor.
If the emperor hadn't personally participated, discussed defensive methods with ordinary soldiers, and designed such a formation, it would have been impossible for them to block the crazy attack of the Xiliang Army. Maybe the front line had collapsed.
But the soldiers' belief in the emperor also made him feel a huge crisis.
If this battle can be won, how many people think it is due to him, and how many people think it is the favor of the emperor?
If you disagree with the emperor, how many people will support the emperor?
Yang Feng turned his head and glanced at the emperor on the hillside.
The emperor also happened to look over.
The two of them were more than a hundred steps apart and looked at each other.
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When the Xiliang army attacked for the first time, Liu Xie didn't pay much attention.
He was busy receiving the knights and archers sent by Wangfu and Jujun respectively.
There are nominally one hundred knights and one hundred archers each, but in fact there are only eighty-three knights and ninety-one archers, for a total of one hundred and seventy-four people.
For Liu Xie, it is still a timely force supplement.
His first order was to ask the vocalists to rush to the front of the battle to reinforce them.
Compared with the crossbowmen of the White Wave Army, these archers are obviously more effective in combat, although they are still far away from the real archers.
Archery is more dependent on training.
The knights were divided into two groups. Some of the new knights were selected to supplement the Tiger Guards, and the remaining knights formed their own team.
Just when he asked Guo Wu to choose a knight, the sound of retreating war drums sounded in front of him.
Before he could react, the sound of the war drums changed again, from retreat to formation on the spot.
Liu Xie glanced subconsciously and met Yang Feng's eyes.
In an instant, he had an intuition that Yang Feng's glance might not be casual.
But before he had time to think about it, his eyes were attracted by the Xiliang Army's position in the distance.
Under the rising sun, the soldiers lined up in a row are so eye-catching.
Li Jue and others controlled the government, and the military equipment of the imperial court was in name only. Most of the Xiliang army wore leather armor, and the proportion of those wearing iron armor was limited. It was even rarer for one or two hundred people to wear iron armor.
This should be the general's bodyguard.
The general's bodyguard has the function of supervising the battle, so it is not surprising to appear in front of the battle. But being so serious can only explain one problem.
The general in charge of the attack was determined to win the position at any cost.
Actually fell in love with Jia Xu?
Liu Xie was surprised and delighted. While carefully looking at the situation in front of the battle, he analyzed the reasons for his misjudgment.
That was not his judgment alone. Yang Xiu and Ding Chong also thought so.
But it turned out that they were all wrong, and Jia Xu guessed correctly.
In terms of understanding people's hearts, they are all too young, and together they are not as good as Jia Xu.
Liu Xie didn't understand why Li Jue was attacking like crazy, but he understood Jia Xu's intention.
He didn't need to speak loudly, he inadvertently proved his strength and his indispensability.
This old fox.
Before Liu Xie could finish his slander, the drums in front of the formation rang again, and the Xiliang army launched another attack.
Two hundred soldiers were divided into four groups, each holding two wooden platoons, and pressed towards the position.
One group took a fancy to the passage filled by the corpses of their previous companions, quickly passed through the trench, and came into close contact with the White Wave Army.
But this is not an opportunity for breakthrough, but a trap.
They were surrounded by soldiers from the White Wave Army on three sides.
Even if they fought with their lives, they still could not reverse the unfavorable situation of being outnumbered, and were cut down to the ground one after another, or fell into a pit.
The Baibo Army soldiers on both wings squeezed in and killed all the Xiliang Army soldiers who had no way to retreat.
The results of the battle were gratifying, but the cost was very limited. Except for some minor injuries and a few serious injuries, no one was killed.
Yang Feng, who was taking command on the battlefield, saw clearly and was surprised and happy.
He immediately ordered, and the soldiers who were counterattacking with all their strength followed the plan and took the initiative to open one gap after another, bringing in the Xiliang army to encircle and annihilate them.
The sound of war drums continued one after another, and the two sides were fighting inextricably.