Bai Ren's face was horrified when he heard the thunderous sound in front of him. Such a despicable trick, such as using wooden boards to block arrows through the rain curtain, was not recorded in any art of war books.
"No, that's unreasonable." Bai Ren uttered a sentence in a trembling voice. Soon, he started shouting again.
"White Armor Army, change your swords and shields immediately to fight!"
Having lost the opportunity to change formations before the enemy at this moment is undoubtedly a taboo for military strategists.
But Bai Ren couldn't care anymore, so he could only make up for it as soon as possible, constantly thinking about military strategies in his mind, hoping to repel the Shunan Army.
It's too late.
The Shunan army that came over didn't give any chance at all. They divided into three groups and took advantage of the white-armored army's hasty change of formation to attack them with their swords.
The last white-armored, saber-and-shield camp was so congested that it was unable to attack. The crossbows and large shields in front were blocked and forced to retreat.
"My father is Bai Lin, the number one general in Shuzhou, and I, Bai Ren, am also one of the four famous generals in Shuzhou!" Bai Ren raised his head and shouted angrily, "Listen to my orders, everyone obeys my orders. The crossbow camp retreats, and the sword shield camp goes forward.
Forward! There is a cloud in the art of war——"
clang.
A long knife thrown angrily hit Bai Ren's armor, causing him to shout in shock and fall from his horse to the ground.
Without Bai Ren's command, the 20,000-strong White Armored Army became even more chaotic. General Youbi tried to turn the tide, but was soon struck to death by a flying arrow thrown from the flank.
After picking up a knife, Dou Tong looked like he was crazy, leading the Sichuan army and kept moving forward to kill them.
"Tell me, my wife, children, and children at home, do you want to eat rice?" Dou Tong raised his head and roared.
All around, soldiers from Southern Shu, their faces suddenly turned red, followed closely behind Dou Tong, fighting with swords in hand.
The white armor of each body was instantly dyed into red armor.
The dirty blood mixed with the rain and became thinner and thinner, like the light pink makeup on a girl's face.
Bai Ren was supported by several personal guards, and he no longer had any dignity as a general. He looked pale and hurriedly asked someone to fetch his horse, eager to escape from this encounter.
"It's not my fault. I am one of the four famous generals in Shuzhou. When he led the army to suppress the rebellion, all eight hundred rebels were killed!"
Bai Ren's whole body stood in the rain, and he felt colder and colder.
Not to mention that the front was blocked, and even the rear was blocked. At some point, the famous Nanman general also sent a large army to outflank the area.
The original 20,000-strong White Armor Army was suddenly besieged.
"The Art of War has something to say——"
Bai Ren's voice stopped suddenly, and a wave of flying arrows happened to fall around him. At least four or five of them pierced his body.
One of them even pierced the chest.
He coughed up blood and fell to his knees in pain. A bodyguard who had been hit by an arrow tried his best to protect him. Before he could help him up, another wave of flying arrows fell from the sky again.
Bai Ren stared and cried loudly.
"I, my father said, a man should be wrapped in horse leather, but, but I don't want to die——"
The falling arrow shot this little famous general on paper to death in the rain.
"Bai Ren is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!" Dou Tong raised his knife and roared.
Many Shunan soldiers nearby also shouted loudly. The sound was like thunder, which shocked the besieged white-armored troops and couldn't help but feel terrified.
…
With ten thousand people in tow, Xu Mu walked very carefully. The scouts sent out came back to report the situation every once in a while.
"Lord, Dou Tong's side should have already started." Yu Wen, who was accompanying him, said his voice became solemn.
Xu Mu nodded silently.
If Dou Tong loses, then this painstaking plan will completely fall short. Of course, if Dou Tong wins, then he will completely seize the advantage.
For the entire Xu Jiajun, this opportunity is too important.
"Lord! Twenty miles ahead, we found an army of tiger barbarians!" A scout on horseback dashed through the rain and rushed back.
Xu Mu frowned.
"Explore again."
The scout took the order and galloped away again.
"My lord, it's not appropriate to take down forty thousand barbarians."
Xu Mu didn't know that even 10,000 tiger barbarians, let alone 40,000, might not be able to eat them.
Tiger barbarians have a violent nature, and once they rush to kill, they will not stop fighting. Compared to the relatively gentle plain barbarians, they are more like life-hungry ghosts.
I heard from those who joined the new army that before they were recruited, after the tiger barbarians massacred villages and cities, they would cook and share some of the most prestigious Shu people as a tonic to strengthen their bodies.
Avoid it, you can't avoid it.
After all, if these 40,000 tiger barbarians were allowed to join forces with the White Armored Army, they would lose at least 50%.
Therefore, we can only think of ways to block it. At least, these 40,000 tiger barbarians must be blocked in the middle before Dou Tong can completely defeat the White Armored Army.
Xu Mu raised his head, but couldn't see anything clearly in the rain and night. He could only distinguish the surrounding mountains and the dark woods.
"Into the woods."
"Lord, tiger barbarians are better at fighting in the forest." Yu Wen's face was startled.
"This is different." Xu Mu shook his head, "What we have to do is to delay time. Besides, there are still three thousand crossbow battalions here. Time is too tight, so we can only ambush them at night."
With the temperament of these tiger barbarians, if they find they are ambushed, they will probably jump up and scold their mother, and then chase them into the woods.
"Three thousand crossbow battalions are enough to do a lot of things." Xu Mu exhaled and spoke in a deep tone.
…
Pei Dang felt a little bad as he walked in the rain. According to his opinion, the 40,000-strong Tiger Barbarian Camp should be scary to everyone.
But the scout sent out reported that the commoner thief actually dared to come to fight.
"People in the Central Plains are all stupid." Pei Dang smiled grimly, "He should understand that the tiger barbarians in Shu are different from the common cowards in southern Shu."
"Don't let me catch him. I haven't had a general's meat feast for a long time."
"Master of the Great Cave, I heard that Meng Fu's tribe is leading the Pingman camp this time."
Meng Fu, Meng Huo's father, was once the cave master of the Pingbarbarians. He followed Dou Tong into the army and was captured during the Banan City War last year. He was thrown into an ant pit alive and bitten to death by thousands of ants.
"That Mr. Meng? Last time, all the flesh on his body was eaten away by ants."
Pei Dang smiled and unconsciously lifted the mace he was carrying.
"This time I have defeated the commoner thief. Everyone, it's time for you to follow me into the palace to win the prize."
"Tiger barbarian warriors, please follow me out into battle to kill the civilian thieves from other states!"
The 40,000-strong tiger barbarian camp started shouting and shouting like crazy.
…
In the forest, Xu Mu looked at the rain ahead, his face still extremely calm.
When he entered the forest, he had already informed the entire company of crossbows and unloaded not only their robes and armor, but also all the dry food on their bodies.
These tigers and barbarians kill people by smashing their heads with a hammer. The role of the robe and armor is no longer very important. Instead, the speed of walking through the forest has become the most important.
Since we are holding back the Human camp, we still focus on containment.
Avoid hand-to-hand combat and prefer guerrilla warfare.