"What's going on? Hasn't Zhang Ren been ordered to break through on both wings?" Liu Zhang stood up suddenly, the battlefield situation took a turn for the worse, and his eyes shot out a sharp light.
On the field, circular formations formed a long and twisted line. The Sichuan troops poured in from the gap where Jingzhou's troops were defeated and entangled themselves in Jingzhou's large formation. Yan Yan took the lead and was the first to rush into the formation.
Falling into the depths of the military formation, hundreds of soldiers under his command were surrounded by three circular military clusters, with countless spears and arrows, compressing Yan Yan into a narrow space. The soldiers were quickly strangled, and Yan Yan
Yan slashed with his sword continuously, dealing with the spears coming from everywhere. His right arm was stabbed, and blood flowed freely.
Fa Zheng looked into the distance and said to Liu Zhang in a deep voice: "It's not that General Zhang doesn't want to break through, it's because he can't break through. The Jingzhou soldiers have been holding on to the Chinese army just to wait for our attack formation to be disordered. Just now, our army tried to break through the Jingzhou Chinese army quickly."
, has given up the formation, and cannot respond to the front and rear. If we break through to the two wings, the Dongzhou elite soldiers and more than a dozen generals at the front will be trapped in the Jingzhou formation."
"What kind of formation is that? Can it be broken?" Liu Zhang didn't know anything about military formations. He had been fighting for almost a year. Apart from the conventional cone-shaped circular formations, he had never seen any formations. The only time Zhou Yu used a chariot to hang a large army
Formation, also missed.
"I am ashamed." Fazheng bowed to Liu Zhang with a sad face: "I only know the name of that formation. It should be the Star Long Snake Formation recorded in "Sun Bin's Art of War". The Long Snake Formation was created by Gui Guzi, Sun Bin's master.
, has evolved a lot, and the Star Long Snake Formation uses sharp-edged soldiers to achieve the purpose of strangling the outnumbered enemies in batches. Xu Shu used Jingzhou's most elite soldiers to set up the formation. Although his subordinates knew it, they
, cannot be broken.”
Every state has its own elite troops, and Liu Biao is no exception. Although Liu Biao lost his ambitions as he aged, he entered Jingzhou on horseback and relied on the power of several families to wipe out the Jiangnan clan thief forces that had caused great harm.
An elite division was left behind to guard the Jingzhou Prefectural Mufu. Liu Biao thought he would never need it again in his lifetime.
Liu Zhang pressed Shuai Ben's five fingers and rubbed them hard on the table, and his nails made a clicking sound. At this time, he understood Xu Shu's intention. The so-called cavalry raid and using the sun were just Xu Shu's improvised tricks. The stars were long.
The snake formation is Xu Shu's true support and his killing move. No wonder Xu Shu dares to face the enemy head-on with him.
These Jingxiang counselors had real abilities in addition to cunning plots. Xu Shu did not use ambushes or other tactics. They just wanted to defeat the Sichuan army in an upright manner on the battlefield. He not only won the war, but also won the morale of the Jingzhou soldiers. If the Sichuan army
If you lose today, maybe you will never be able to enter Xiangyang City.
"Can we retreat?" Liu Zhang took a deep breath, slowly said four words, and clenched his fists. As long as he could retreat and reorganize the Sichuan army, even if it was half damaged, Liu Zhang believed that he could defeat the Jingzhou soldiers again.
Fazheng slowly shook his head: "No way, unless the lord is willing to give up the lives of Zhang Renyanyan and other generals, as well as all the elite Dongzhou soldiers."
Liu Zhang did not answer, but Fazheng already understood what Liu Zhang meant. Zhang Ren and other generals are the soul of the Sichuan Army, and the Dongzhou soldiers are the soul of the Sichuan Army. Without them, the Sichuan Army will no longer be the Sichuan Army. This is better than losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
The consequences are more serious.
"Although I don't know how to break the formation, my lord gives an order. The weak point of the Jingzhou Army is on its two wings. As long as we break through the two wings of the Jingzhou Army before the Jingzhou Army encircles them, Xu Shu's Long Snake Formation will be destroyed by itself."
"Send the order." Liu Zhang nodded and said through gritted teeth: "The whole cavalry army is dispatched and divided into two groups to attack the two wings of the Jingzhou Army. We must break through."
Lei Tong lifted the sword from the horse's belly and raised it with force.
"Brothers, Jingzhou soldiers are slaughtering our soldiers, let's go and crush them now."
“There is no retreat when there is progress.”
“There is no retreat when there is progress.”
"kill."
The rumbling horseshoes trampled the grass and swept towards the flanks of the Jingzhou soldiers like a torrent. The two armies collided. The horseshoes were raised high, and the cavalry spears thrust out, forming a string of weapons. Countless Jingzhou soldiers were trampled under the horseshoes. The Jingzhou soldiers were under the powerful impact.
In front of the force, Cai Zhong was frightened and in confusion. Cai Zhong in the military formation retreated in horror. He avoided the cavalry charge through the layers of soldiers and almost wanted to flee with his horse.
The cavalry rushed back and forth along the flanks of the two wings. Xu Shu saw from a distance that the two cavalry groups of the Sichuan Army only had three or four thousand men each, and there were as many as 40,000 soldiers defending the two wings. However, Cai Zhong stayed far away from the formation and did not dare to engage in battle.
As a result, the Sichuan cavalry charged harder and harder, and the flanks seemed to be in danger of being defeated.
Xu Shu was horrified. If the two wings were broken through, all his careful planning would be in vain. He recruited more than a dozen soldiers to beat drums to cheer up. The sound of rumbling war drums and trumpets sounded on the battlefield. The Jingzhou soldiers heard the exciting sound of war drums and retreated.
With signs of slowing down slightly, Xu Shu called Liu Biao back to guard the rear, picked up the reins of his horse, and galloped towards the flank.
"General Cai Zhong, you are a general and you take the lead. Why are you hiding from the rear? Didn't you see that the soldiers in front can't hold it?" Xu Shu shouted loudly.
"I want you to go, but I won't die." Cai Zhong, who had a goatee, saw Xu Shu galloping towards him, his blood-red eyes bulging, and he was startled, but then he straightened his chest and raised his head. He was a member of the Cai family.
, I'm afraid that he is a common scholar, not to mention that he is a general on the water and is not good at land warfare, so why should he die.
"You, are you going to charge or not?" Xu Shu saw that the flanks of the Jingzhou soldiers were about to be defeated under the joint stranglehold of the Sichuan cavalry and infantry. At the critical moment, Xu Shu drew his sword angrily and pointed it at Caizhong.
"Xu Shu, don't be shameless. You are just a commoner. Why do you order me to kill me? Come on, come on, come on."
With the Cai family as his backing, Cai Zhong was certain that Xu Shu would not dare to kill him, so he stretched his neck to provoke Xu Shu.
"Ah." Xu Shu suddenly opened his eyes wide, roared sharply, and slashed at Cai Zhong's neck with his sword. In Cai Zhong's horrified eyes, the sharp blade cut into the neck, but only reached one-third of it, and half of Cai Zhong's head was stuck.
When it fell down, a "wow" sound was heard from the mouth, and blood poured out like a flood.
All Jingzhou soldiers were horrified.
Liu Biao and Cai Mao, who were watching the battle from behind, were stunned.
Xu Shu drew his sword and thrust it into the sky: "All Jingzhou soldiers fight hard to kill the enemy. Anyone who dares to retreat will suffer the same fate as Cai Zhong."
After Xu Shu finished speaking, he rushed forward with his sword and led the troops into the Sichuan army's formation.
Xu Shu learned swordsmanship as a young man and had good swordsmanship, but as a scribe, Xu Shu never used force easily, because for literati, it was a low-level job. But at this time, he didn't care so much. After killing Cai Zhong, Xu Shu had already
It is expected that he will have an enmity with the Cai family and his life in Jingzhou will be in danger.
But behind him is Sima Hui's trust, his reputation since he came out of the mountain, and dozens of large and small families in Jingbei. Compared with these, personal honor and disgrace are nothing.
Amid the fear of Cai Zhong's tragic death and the encouragement of Xu Shu's fierce battle with his sword, the Jingzhou soldiers regained their courage and continued to fight, finally stabilizing their position. However, the momentum of the Thunder Bronze Cavalry gradually weakened as they continued to charge back and forth. Many cavalrymen
He was stabbed off his horse by the spear he was handed.
The casualties of the cavalry are increasing, the Starry Snake Formation continues to harvest the lives of the infantry, the generals are all fighting bloody battles, the Sichuan army is caught in a cruel battle, and is approaching defeat bit by bit.
Liu Zhang looked at the battlefield, his fists clenched tighter and tighter, and his veins popped out. He knew clearly in his heart that if this continued, the entire army would have to be annihilated.
However, I am so unwilling to do so.
Liu Zhang seemed to be able to see the shadow of Xu Shu, who was dressed in cloth, stroking his beard and smiling. These counselors could always defeat the enemy between two formations in a snap of their fingers. The clouds were calm and the wind was light. This was a sign of contempt for the enemy and himself.
"Lord, give the order to withdraw the troops." Fazheng said sadly.
"No." Liu Zhang slowly forced out one word, his voice hoarse.
[The traitor's emotions are easily affected by the environment and are extremely fragile. He will be happy if his grades are good and feel uncomfortable if his grades are bad. However, no matter whether I am happy or uncomfortable, I will sincerely thank you for reading. Thank you to the book friends who voted for recommendations]