Chapter 600 Unexpected Counterattack
Xuan Yong is a tiger general of the Young Marshal's Army. He is accustomed to fighting and is brave in combat. He can be regarded as the best among the young Marshal's Army generals. Therefore, while Kou Zhong personally led his troops to resist Li Shimin, he also asked Xuan Yong to lead his troops to intercept the invading Li Jiancheng.
"Yes, Li Jiancheng seemed to be crazy, and he attacked the city with all his might regardless of casualties. He also forced tens of thousands of civilians to attack the city. General Xuan was first injured by a master of the Demon Sect, and he was unwilling to see innocent people die at the city, so he led his army to retreat to Fancheng." The messenger respectfully handed over the battle report.
Chu Zheng and Kou Zhong took it and took a closer look.
The situation of the battle in Licheng was actually expected. Li Jiancheng had the largest number of troops among the three Li family armies, with nearly 60,000 soldiers alone. In addition, there were nearly 100,000 civilians who forced them to pull them, and Li Jiancheng also had the help of the Demon Sect.
Xuan Yong's troops were less than 10,000, and with 10,000 to resist a hundred thousand people, Licheng was not considered a strong city. Xuan Yong could hold on for more than half a month, which was considered extremely powerful.
I heard that this time it was Pi Shouxuan of the Demon Sect. He lived up to the two demons in the army to launch a sneak attack, hoping to assassinate Xuan Yong, but Xuan Yong was injured, which affected the situation of the war and eventually had to retreat to Fancheng.
Kou Zhong put down the battle report and asked, "Brother Chu, what do you think?"
Chu Zheng sighed: "It was born from the same root, why not be too anxious to fight each other?"
Both of them knew that Li Jiancheng was fully accelerating the attack on the Young Commander's army under the banner of avenging the Tiance Army, which was nothing more than to cut off the possibility of peace talks, anger Chu Zheng and Kou Zhong, and let the two kill Li Shimin in anger, and at the same time, they could win over the pro-war factions in the Li family and compete for their achievements.
It can be said that Li Jiancheng's goal was halfway through Li Jiancheng's army. The only result was Li Jiancheng's journey. Licheng was the barrier to Suizhou in the north. Once Licheng lost, the three cities and eight counties in Suizhou would face Li Jiancheng's threat. The situation that had just been reversed by the Young Marshal's army changed immediately.
Chu Zheng laughed and asked Kou Zhong: "Mr. Zhong, what do you think of Li Jiancheng's current strategy?"
Kou Zhong mocked: "It's backfire."
Chu Zheng laughed: "That's right, he seemed to have forgotten that Li Shimin is still in our hands, and the nearly ten thousand elite troops of Tiance Army were also completely captured by us."
Kou Zhong drank a sip of wine with pleasure, and smeared the wine traces at the corner of his mouth, "I didn't expect that Li Jiancheng was the one who helped us. Let's go and meet the generals of the Tiance Army. Oh, it seems that the general of the armored cavalry was Yuchi Jingde. He was loyal to Li Shimin and had a deep resentment with Li Jiancheng."
Chu Zheng smiled and said, "Yes, I wonder if he will be furious after hearing what Li Jiancheng did?"
Two equally scheming guys smiled at each other, and a new plan was released.
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Half a month later, Li Jiancheng's 100,000 troops successively captured Licheng and Fancheng and besieged Junjiang City. As long as he breaks Junjiang City again, his troops will be able to reach Liangdu!
For a time, Li Jiancheng's reputation was so great that the situation of the Young Marshal's Army seemed to have become extremely critical again. Even Li Shentong, who was originally ordered to hold the troops still, began to move.
At noon that day, Li Jiancheng was riding proudly on the war horses, with a strong army on both sides. Under a large number of siege equipment, Junjiang City was shaking.
"What Xuanyong is just a fame. I'm going to live in Junjiang City tonight!"
Li Jiancheng was full of energy and his face was blushing.
Before he was unsatisfied, he spent less than a month and a half to add two cities, and he saw that Junjiang City could also be captured. Such a record was simply as brilliant as Li Shimin, who was imprisoned, and was simply as brilliant as it could not be more brilliant.
The surrounding generals, such as Erwenhuan, Qiu Tianjue, Qiao Gongshan and others, immediately flattered and flattered, which made Li Jiancheng proud and full of ambition.
At this moment, Wei Jiaqing, the captain of the scout camp, came over with a horse sweating profusely and said in a trembling voice: "Report to the Prince, a large number of cavalry were found five miles away, and the banner he was wearing seemed to be... it seemed to be Chu Loujun!"
When he said the last three words, his forehead was sweating like rain. I don’t know if it was because of the arrival of the Pegasus or because of the name Chu Loujun.
All the flattering voices around him came to an abrupt end. Li Jiancheng was also panicked and then said angrily: "Didn't you let the scout camp go out fifteen miles away to inquire about the enemy's situation? How could the enemy find out after touching the five miles?"
Wei Jiaqing said in panic: "All the scouts who went out seemed to have been captured and killed. This time, they were able to find the enemy five miles away because a scout brigade commander happened to bring the 'Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile' rewarded by His Highness, so they discovered the enemy in advance, otherwise..."
He didn't dare to continue talking.
Otherwise... Otherwise, it would probably take about three miles before being discovered by the sentries on the watchtower and warned.
Li Jiancheng glared at Wei Jiaqing fiercely. Fortunately, although he was impatient and irritable, he finally became more cautious in the long-term struggle with Li Shimin. He knew that punishing Wei Jiaqing at this time would only lead to a fluctuation in the morale of the army. He suppressed his anger and asked again: "How many soldiers do the enemy have?"
"Just from the dust raised, there are about 10,000 people..."
Li Jiancheng no longer asked more and immediately ordered: "Blow the trumpet and prepare to face the enemy! Which general will defeat Chu Loujun!"
Erwinhuan, known as the first brave general, responded: "I would like to take Chu Loujun's head on the neck for His Highness!"
Li Jiancheng was overjoyed: "General you will definitely be able to kill Chu Loujun!"
The soldiers under Li Jiancheng were collectively called Changlin Army, and were built against the Tiance Army. Although their combat effectiveness was inferior to the Tiance Army, they were also a magnificent army who had experienced many battles.
Recently, Li Jiancheng attacked Junjiang City and divided three groups of troops to attack the city in turn. At this time, nearly 30,000 soldiers were resting, and 10,000 of them were already ready to join the siege, so the 10,000 people quickly completed the assembly and took the lead in the formation under the leadership of General Erwin Huan to prepare for the battle.
The remaining 20,000 troops are also speeding up their time to gather.
Erwenhuan used a pair of great axes to open the mountain. He was born in Changlin Army and was originally just a captain. Because of his bravery in combat, he was deeply loved by Li Jiancheng, so he promoted him to the commander of the fourth-rank Qianniu Guard.
Erwenhuan quickly set up a large formation of Yanyue. The large formation of Yanyue was like a sickle, with one thousand rangers on both sides of the left and right wings. In the middle were the long spear formation, the sword and shield formation, the chariot formation, and the hard crossbow formation and the long bow formation, totaling 10,000 people and horses.
The Yanyue Formation can change rapidly, and can be used for long attacks and close combat. It is also a large formation that is very suitable for fighting against pure cavalry.
As soon as the formation was set up, dust flew in the distance and the ground roared. First, a large flag of "Chu" appeared. Then a large number of elite cavalry rushed over. A brief look showed that they were strong and were afraid that there would be nearly ten thousand people. However, Erwin Huan was a long-time general on the battlefield and soon discovered something was strange.
The cavalry had branches tied behind the ponytails, which made such a large amount of dust raise, and the real number was about 3,000.
Erwinhuan was stunned and then sneered.
It seems that Chu Loujun saw that the situation was wrong, so Xingye rushed to reinforce Junjiang City. Because of insufficient troops, he came up with such a small way to pretend to be a ghost, trying to scare his own people and take advantage of the situation to rush over.
Er Wenhuan immediately passed the order, and ordered the flag of the flag of the flag of the flag of the flag of the Yanyue Formation to press forward.
The distance between the two sides was rapidly shortened.
The hard crossbow battle formation was the first to launch an attack. These hard crossbows were all bed crossbows, and were pulled by horses and arranged on the battlefield. Every time they used a crossbow, ten soldiers needed to exert force together. The crossbow arrows were half a foot long, with a baby's arm thick and extremely penetrating power.
At this time, with Erwenhuan's order, dozens of giant crossbow arrows immediately shot out, flying out of six hundred steps at once, and dozens of blood marks shot out from the cavalry formation of the Young Commander's army. At least more than 200 people screamed and fell off their war horses.
After the crossbow arrow was released, the giant shield hand stepped forward and protected the hard crossbow battle formation and retreated. The spearman's spear stretched out from the shield like a forest, like a steel jungle, with a cold light shining, making people shudder.
The longbowman mixed in the spear array, fired three consecutive rounds of shots into the sky, and then quickly retreated.
The arrows fell like rain and fell into the approaching young commander's cavalry formation. Two or three hundred people were shot and fell down.
Before the two sides had formally contacted each other, the young general had lost nearly two hundred horses, and the formation was immediately in chaos. The leading general shouted, and the cavalry hurriedly circled towards both sides like snakes, and at the same time shot towards the Changlin Army.
Erwenhuan sneered again. Chu Loujun was just like this, and his bow was weak. It was a joke to break his giant shield formation at such a distance.
Sure enough, the dense rain of arrows fell in front of the giant shield formation, and was blocked by the shield soldiers holding up the round shield, with minimal casualties.
When Erwin saw that the two cavalry formations were running towards both sides, he immediately realized that the other party was timid and wanted to escape!
Without hesitation, he directed the chariot formation and the rangers on both wings to cover them up.
Sure enough, the cavalry on the Young Marshal's Army went around in a big circle from both sides and turned around and fled.
"Hahaha, Chu Lou Jun's name is too much, but it's just like that!" Erwenhuan saw that they were scattered in the formation and threw away their armor. It was impossible for him to pretend. He even felt relieved and shouted that he personally led the guards and the chariot formation, and two thousand rangers chased after him.
The young commander's army fled in panic and did not dare to turn back and respond.
While Erwinhuan asked Pegasus to report to Li Jiancheng's office, he chased him at full speed.
It was about two miles to chase after it, and it happened to be a hillside.
Erwenhuan saw more than a thousand cavalry standing on the hillside, also with the "Chu" flag, and hesitated for a moment. However, seeing that the opponent had only more than a thousand cavalry, even if he had terrain advantages, it would be difficult to stop his side's momentum like rainbow, so he continued to lead his troops to cover up and kill him.
As long as he chases him tightly, the young commander's army and other dispersed cavalry can scatter the cavalry formations on the hillside, and he will cover up and kill him again, which will be another big victory!
Unexpectedly, he had just chased after more than a hundred feet, and more than a thousand young commanders on the hillside suddenly scattered to both sides, revealing a large number of bright light armors shining with cold light.
Erwinhuan's pupils shrank, and his face changed drastically, because he recognized it at a glance. These cavalrymen covered in bright light armor and even the war horses were the terrifying "armored cavalry" of the Tiance Army!
Is it the heavy cavalry that was temporarily formed after the Young Commander's army seized the equipment of the Tiance Army? If so, it would not be fearful, because the heavy cavalry did not have long training and it was difficult for them to adapt to the heavy armor on their bodies, and the thick and long horse spear was not something that everyone could do.
What's more, the real power of armored cavalry lies in the battle formation. The heavy cavalry formed in a hurry not only cannot exert the power of armor, but will instead become a heavy target because of the lack of battle formation, which will only add to the laughing stock.
Erwenhuan felt relieved, but suddenly saw the general in front of the "Armored Cavalry". His dark face, needle-like short beard, and holding a horse spear. He was the brave general in the Tiance Army, Yuchi Jingde!
How could Yuchi Jingde be here? Did he surrender to the Young Marshal's Army?
The next moment, the thousands of armored cavalry began to move, and when they moved, they surprised Erwin Huan.
Because he clearly saw that these armored cavalry skillfully classified into four thousand-person battle formations, each of which was divided into five horizontal rows, one row of two hundred people, which was the most commonly used charge battle formations of the Tiance Army!
Then the neat charge that rumbling completely broke Erwinhuan's fantasy.
This is the real "armored cavalry"! The "armored cavalry" of the Tiance Army!
Erwinhuan's face changed drastically, and he stared at the four thousand armored cavalry that rushed down like a moving steel fortress, his hands and feet were chilling.
Under such terrain advantages, it is enough to accelerate the armored cavalry to approach. He and his three thousand horses under him are like paper in front of the armored cavalry that launched the charge, and will be easily smashed into powder!
Not only Erwin Huan, but also everyone's fear of the guards, chariot formations and the two thousand rangers behind him.
The archers in the chariot formation shot out arrows in vain, but the arrows hit the defense circle of the armored cavalry and were bounced away, and no heavy cavalry could be injured at all.
Erwenhuan looked at Yuchi Jingde's cold and stern face as black charcoal approaching, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Yuchi Jingde, have you actually betrayed the King of Qin and surrendered to the Young Marshal's Army?"
Yuchi Jingde's eyes were cold and he didn't answer at all. He just rolled over with his armored cavalry like a tank.
Behind the armored cavalry are nearly 8,000 elite cavalrymen, and the one who leads this cavalry is Chu Loujun, the commander of the Young Commander's Army!
Erwinhuan and his chasing troops were quickly torn to pieces, the armored cavalry's charge slowed down and continued to rush towards the remaining Changlin army.
The remaining seven thousand long Lin army was also ordered to pursue, but they never dreamed that most of the main general and his three thousand horses would be killed or injured. Seeing the remaining hundreds of cavalry fleeing back like crazy, behind them, the armored cavalry and the eight thousand young commanders were crushed like Mount Tai, they couldn't help but be frightened.
The soldiers who reacted first exclaimed and threw down their weapons to escape. The rest of them no longer had the intention of fighting and fled one after another.
Li Jiancheng was still surprised and happy about Erwinhuan's good news, and even fantasized that Erwinhuan might really be able to take Chu Loujun's head, so that his position as crown prince would be as stable as Mount Tai.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly became defeated like a mountain, and countless defeated soldiers fled back like pearl curtains. The 20,000 people he had just assembled were immediately dispersed and chaotic. The army in charge of supervising the battle had no time to react and was overwhelmed by the defeated soldiers.
Then Li Jiancheng was shocked to see the armored cavalry with a metallic cold light, covered in armor, and eight thousand elite cavalrymen who were sweeping towards him...
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The battle ended at dusk.
Li Jiancheng's Changlin Army completely lost its establishment and only fled wildly, trampled on each other, and suffered countless casualties.
Chu Zheng just ordered Ge Feng and Zhu Chaoge to disperse the pursuit and not give any enemy the chance to assemble and counterattack.
As for Li Jiancheng and his generals, Dongfang Bai and Aqing took a large number of masters from the Young Marshal's Army to track and capture them, Chu Zheng was not worried about the result at all.
Chapter completed!