Song Dynasty

Chapter 228
It was completely unexpected that there were such warriors in the enemy army.

Wu Xianxian was taken aback. Judging by his martial arts and attire, this man should be a big shot under Zhang Yong's command.

He didn't know that this thin bamboo pole figure was Li Hong, one of the leaders of the eight rogues who had been beaten to annihilation by the Sizhou army in Xiaogan.

Li Hong was at the highest point on the battlefield, and riding his horse again, he could easily see the flag of the Shengjie Army and Wu Xianxian who was standing on the flag and commanding the battle.

He pulled the divine arm bow in the hands of the soldiers below him, took aim, and shot an arrow.

How powerful is the divine arm bow, and how fast is the speed.In a blink of an eye, it passed over the heads of all the soldiers who were fighting together, and shot directly at Wu Xianxian's face.

Wu Xianxian only felt a sharp cold air rushing towards his face, and before he had time to think about it, his body had already reacted naturally.When he raised his hand, the waist knife was already flat on his forehead.

"Dang!" With a sound, the whole arm went numb, and even the body trembled slightly from the bump.

The bounced crossbow bolt refused to stop there, and suddenly pierced the chest of the guard next to him, causing the man to squat down in pain.He opened his mouth wide to shout, but couldn't make a sound.

"God's arm bow, it's so accurate!" Wu Xianxian's pupils shrank.

On the hillside, Li Hong also shuddered: This enemy general reacted so quickly.

Throwing away the divine arm bow in his hand, he drew the bow with his backhand again and pulled it round.Although the Divine Arm Bow is sharp, the winding speed is too slow, it can't compare to the continuous firing of the big bow.Moreover, he was very strong, and the power of the big bow in his hand was not much weaker than that of the crossbow.

But because of this pause, the enemy general over there was surrounded by shields and retreated.

The enemy general was still yelling, obviously not willing to just retreat like this.

"This kid is a good guy!" Li Hong let go of his hand, and the arrow left the string, and shot the head of a Sizhou army who was forcing him in the mouth.

The man's luck was also good. Although he was shot with two front teeth, his life was saved.

Frightened in his heart, he dropped the weapon in his hand, covered his mouth and ran away desperately.

With him taking the lead, the Sizhou Army, which had been rushing in like waves before, shouted at the same time, some wanted to charge upwards, some wanted to retreat, and they became a mess.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Hong pushed the defense line forward more than twenty steps in one breath, and grabbed two open spaces and several bushes.

The situation appears to be improving.

He spat hard, shot the arrow more urgently, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, hurry up and drive the Sizhou thieves down the hillside. If our place is stable, we will win this battle." .”

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In the distance, I saw the Sheng Jie army who was constantly being chased down by people.Everyone under Wang Shenzhong's army commander began to curse in a low voice: "What is Wu Xianxian doing? Shame, shame!"

"Poppi is indeed a poppi, but it's too late."

"It's just a villain, and it can't be a big job." Wu Xianxian wet his pants on the battlefield first, and later impersonated Wu Tuo's military exploits, which is already an open secret in the Sizhou Army.Fang Worong, who was born as a serious student, was extremely contemptuous of him, and couldn't help but shouted: "Military envoy, let's step on the ground, and if it shakes the morale of our army any later, it will be troublesome."

Seeing this scene, Wang Shen was both annoyed and heartbroken. He was also hesitating whether to retreat the victorious Jie army and let the cavalry attack now.

However, upon hearing Wu Xianxian's words, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "What are the cavalry going up now? Is the terrain suitable for the cavalry to charge? Don't you want to take Lao Tzu's cavalry to dismount and fight on foot, and then continue to be suppressed by Li Hong?" Hit? Are you stupid or out of your wits?"

"Army... envoy..." Hearing his scolding, Fang Worong lowered his head.

Wang Shen: "Send an order to Wu Xianxian, telling him to take the hillside back to Lao Tzu. I will give him a stick of incense. If he hasn't taken it down, he will destroy it himself!"

He was so annoyed that he couldn't help but swear.

He single-handedly promoted Wu Xianxian and Wu Tuo from the low-ranking soldiers. What he wanted was to tell the soldiers in the army that as long as you fight the enemy bravely and make meritorious service, you will be able to make any number of officials. Our Sizhou Army promotes meritorious soldiers , Don't ask about your background, but your talent.The ascending channel is wide and tight.

Later, Wang Shen realized that he, Wu Constitution, had been deceived. He was a treacherous villain, a rascal, and a scumbag.But he was promoted by himself, and the army was handed over to him by himself, so maybe he can be dismissed.

Today's Wu Constitution is a banner for him, Wang Shenshu, and his face.No matter how hateful this person is, I have to stand up for him, it's impossible to slap myself in the face, right?

"You damn dog can't eat anything left. You were defeated today. If you die in battle, you will still respect you as a man. If you escape back in despair, then you have failed my kindness."

Wang Shen's teeth were almost shattered.

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After Wu Xianxian heard Wang Shen's military order, his eyes were red.

Soldiers continued to retreat from above, and the red soil hillside had been stained black with human blood. Layers of corpses were spread on the ground, and the rays of the rays were like streams of blood dripping down.

Three of them were completely beaten to the point where the establishment did not exist, and the other four suffered losses of more than [-]%.

Enemies on the hillside are also hard to deal with.However, there are many of them.

Moreover, the enemy's generals also began to work hard.He formed a team of supervising battle teams, pressing the formation with long knives and axes.As long as someone dares to retreat, it will be a hack.

Many times, the enemy who was about to collapse was forced to turn around and charge again by the heads rolling all over the hillside.

The Shengjie army suffered heavy casualties, which had exceeded the limit that the troops could endure. I heard from the military envoy when he taught everyone the art of war that if a field army had more than [-]% casualties, the morale of the army would be lost and it would completely collapse.If restricted by strict military laws, more than [-]% of casualties can be tolerated.As long as it can endure this level of casualties, it will be a powerful army that can defeat all invading enemies.

If you want the troops to suffer huge casualties without collapsing, what do you rely on?
Brutal training, strict discipline.

Discipline, discipline, discipline!

"The enemy's numbers are superior, and the spirit of daring to fight is not inferior to mine, and the terrain is not conducive to our army. This is really a mountainside that eats people!"

Wu Xianxian's head was hot for a while, and he turned his head and looked to the other side.

Over there, the Beiwei Army, the Breaking Enemy Army, the Front Army, and the Xuanfeng Army were still rushing into the formation. The enemy's army had already been broken into six formations by them, and they were tightly compressed into one piece.

However, Yue Yun, Hu Yantong, Lu Can, and Gu Lie couldn't move anymore, and the battle was already in a state of anxiety.

"There are more than 4 enemies in the front, and the enemy's formation is also very clever. If you fight hard, it seems that you will not be able to take it down for a while. Once it gets dark, today's hard work will be in vain. To completely solve the battle, you must rely on cavalry Detour. Therefore, my side is the key to this battle."

Wu Xianxian had already understood the current situation, and his spirit immediately lifted: "As long as I take down this damned hillside, I will achieve great success. Hehe, it feels so good to be a key person. Military envoy, military envoy, don't scold me!" , the harder you scold me, the more it shows the importance of me here. Well, the last general will show everyone the true ability of me, the emperor's disciple."

As a leader single-handedly selected by Wang Shen, Wu Constitutional has always been proud of his family background.

He tightened the belt of his armor, took off a mace and jumped off the horse: "The reserve team is ready, fight with me."

When he first joined the Sizhou Army, he would be panting for a few minutes with such a heavy weapon in his hands.Fortunately, he has a good physical foundation. After a year of training, now this stick weighing about twenty catties is as light as a bamboo pole in his hand, as if it were nothing.

"Yes!" The 100 members of the reserve team roared at the same time.

"I report to General Wu that Jiadu was defeated, 36 people died in battle, and the wounded and missing persons cannot be counted. Only 26 people have retreated. The head of Jiadu has been escorted, please general." The officer came up.

"Beheaded!" Wu Xianxian didn't even look at the man, only checked the sweat-absorbing and non-slip linen on the handle of the mace for the last time, and shouted to the reserve soldiers: "You are the only mobile force I have available. , the other Paoze brothers have already entered the battle, and then follow me to charge forward. Wu Mou should charge at the forefront. If I die in battle, the deputy commander will take over my command. The deputy commander will die, and Yuhou will take over the command. Marquis Yu died, and the Commander of A Battalion took over the command. The battle will not be over until the last man is fought."

Seeing that he was about to be executed by Wu Xianxian on the spot, the person who was escorted shouted: "Wu Xianxian, are you really going to kill me? I really can't rush forward. There are too many thieves. The weapon in our hand stabbed a culprit. , There are two or three hits on the body. Such a terrain, there is no cooperation at all, it is purely filled with human lives. Even if one life is exchanged for another, what is the use of us even if we have exhausted all our brothers?"

"What's the use, what's the use, what do you think?" Wu Xianxian turned his head and looked at the capital head fiercely: "Zhanwei, victory, our sacrifice can win this war, isn't that enough? "

This Dutou surnamed Zhanwei was Wu Xianxian's comrade in arms in the same Du when he first joined the Sizhou Army.Back then, the relationship between the two was pretty good, and they even bullied Wu Tuo together.It's just that Wu Xianxian has repeatedly made military exploits on the battlefield in the past year, and his position has become higher and higher, and the gap between the two's identities and status has also become wider and wider.

However, everyone's friendship is still there.

Wu Constitution: "For the military envoys, for the victory of this battle, everyone can sacrifice. After the soldiers are finished, they can make up again. However, if we lose this battle, our Sizhou army has nowhere to go. Our army Since the expedition from Huangzhou, the military envoys have made it clear when mobilizing before the war. There is no food in the army, and the two prefectures of Qi and Huang are corrupt. They can no longer support so many of us. Taking Anlu will open up the sea and the sky, take a step back But it’s a deep abyss. It’s useless to tell you so much, and there’s nothing to say about the military law. Cut it off!”

"Wait!" Zhanwei struggled vigorously, he couldn't control so much at the moment of life and death.Cursed: "Wu Xianxian, your mother is in the market now, and you are in command of the army, but you talk such nonsense in front of the old brothers. Why do you want to stain the blood of the brothers for the sake of victory, for our Sizhou army? Red you sue the bright red seal on your body. If you want to be an official, you want to get ahead, so you take the lives of your brothers? Everyone has been scooped up by the same ladle, who doesn't know who?"

"You are ambitious, but you have a low character. Don't think I don't know how you got this official. Do you have the face to say that?"

"Heaven, God, open your eyes and take a good look. Good people will never end, and there are traitors in our army! Military envoy, military envoy, you are so confused, why do you trust such a villain!"

Hearing him bring up the past again, the guards around Wu Xianxian were all angry and ready to attack.

Wu Xianxian waved his hand: "Let him finish talking."

He looked at Zhanwei with a pale face, and said: "Yes, I, Wu Xianxian, have done many wrong things in the past, and I was not a man before. If you want to scold me, just scold me, even if I spit at you, I will not back away. If you are wrong, you have to admit it. However, since I am the commander of the Shengjie Army now, and the military envoy asked me to take down the high ground in front of me, I must use all means to complete the task. Everything is for victory, for us Sizhou Army, Zhanwei, am I wrong? Wait a minute, someone will personally lead the team to charge, and someone will rush to the forefront. Either the enemy will fall or I will fall. If you can’t take the enemy’s right school, charge I was the first to die on the cavalry formation. However, even if I die, I will die on the way forward."

"Zhanwei, I know that everyone is laughing at me. I despise Wu Constitution. Let me wash away this shame with blood today! The military law is ruthless, and I will cut off your head. If I don't kill you, I will kill you." How to command the soldiers in the army? However, I will hang your head on a high place, so that you can see that I, Wu, is also a man."

With a flash of the knife, Zhan Wei's head fell to the ground.

Tears welled up in Wu Xianxian's eyes, and he shouted loudly: "Put Zhan Wei's head on the tip of the spear, and let everyone see that our victory and victory army has no way out, and behind us is the Chinese army's banner of the envoy! Everyone! Follow me up to the last moment!"

The earth-shattering war drum sounded again.

(End of this chapter)