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Volume 1: Entering the Curtain Chapter 137: Misfortune

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    Four thousand Southern Tang cavalry rushed out of the city first and formed a wedge-shaped attack formation below the city. The following infantry poured out from the city gate and formed three formations in the north, middle and south.  The Zhou soldiers who were camped under the city did not panic and immediately gathered in front of the drum beating formation.  After hearing the news, Wusheng Jiedushi envoy Hou Zhang and Zhao Kuangyin rushed out of the camp on horseback and watched the enemy in front of the formation.  Zhao Kuangyin looked at the rapid but not chaotic speed of the Southern Tang soldiers, and was suddenly confused: "What does Li Jingsui mean by sending troops to fight now? Could it be that they have seen through our deceptive tactics." Hou Zhang also knitted his brows.  No words were spoken.  As time went by, more and more soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty came out of the city to form formations, and they looked like a decisive battle between the entire army.  Zhao Kuangyin's doubts became more and more serious, and he did not dare to hesitate any longer. He whispered to General Hou for a while, and after obtaining his consent, he quickly sent several teams of cavalry to attack the outside.  Not long after, intensive drum beatings rang out from the three camps in the north, east, and south gates of Chuzhou City. The three military camps also began to assemble. Some of them formed a posture to attack the city head, while others lined up and ran to the west gate for reinforcements.  There is no way around this. Hou and Zhao claimed to have led 80,000 troops, but the actual number was just over 40,000. There are still 8,000 defenders left in Qingliu Pass. The average strength of each camp is less than 10,000. If we really wait until  All the tens of thousands of soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty in the city have left the city. Once they quickly break through the West Camp and go straight to Qingliu Pass, they will most likely seize the pass. These tens of thousands of soldiers from the Zhou Dynasty will become rootless water and be in danger.  Qi King Li Jingsui, who was standing on the top of the city, ignored the alarm drums coming from the other three cities. He just urgently ordered the tops of each city to defend. He concentrated on the enemy reinforcements appearing in the north and south of the city and calculated the arriving troops.  , and at the same time constantly ordered the army to maintain the speed of leaving the city and not to panic or move rashly.  In this way, time slowly passed as both sides dispatched troops. The Southern Tang Army formed three almost identical large square formations, standing side by side. Each formation had 10,000 people. Four thousand cavalry were now lined up on the north and south sides.  Zhou Bing specifically set up an inverted triangle battle formation with three in front and one in back.  "There are less than 40,000 people in total. Wu Qing's information about the enemy's troops is very accurate." Li Jingsui compared the enemy's strength that he personally estimated with the governor Yao Feng and others. He was suddenly convinced and raised his hand and shouted, "  "Come here, order the three formations to advance together and keep up the speed." Twenty-four drums sounded in unison, and the thirty thousand Southern Tang soldiers shouted "kill" at the same time. The first row of Dutch shield soldiers moved forward as a whole, and the rear row marched forward.  The pikemen and archers stepped forward one after another, and the scene was like a strong wind passing through three wide wheat fields at the same time, setting off a very spectacular wave pattern.  Hou Zhang and Zhao Kuangyin¡¯s expressions changed drastically at the same time.  Zhao Kuangyin blurted out: "The enemy must have learned about the situation in Shouzhou, and they are going to fight us." If Li Jingsui didn't know the victory or defeat in Shouzhou and didn't know the details of his own side, it would be impossible for him to directly carry out a war of attrition.  Hou Zhang couldn't help but turn his head and look to the west, shaking his head slightly. At this point, it was impossible to deceive Chuzhou by cheating victory.  The two had an urgent discussion and ordered the three armies to tighten up and move closer, and the rear army slowly advanced forward.  The Southern Tang Army kept shouting to kill, and kept marching in neat footsteps. Shield soldiers and spearmen cooperated, and archers and shield soldiers cooperated to form rows of small shield arrays. They continued to move forward like waves, and soon entered the bows and arrows of both sides.  range.  With a piercing and deafening roar, arrow rain burst out from both armies almost at the same time, instantly covering the sky between them. Except for a few arrows that hit each other in the air and landed, the two black shadows quickly crossed and separated, along the basic line.  Bite towards the target in a consistent arc trajectory.  Judging from the volume and coverage alone, the arrow rain from east to west is much larger than the arrow rain in the opposite direction. However, because both sides were well prepared, most of the arrow rain that rushed quickly fell on the shield and the ground.  Only a handful of arrows luckily passed through the blind spots guarded by the soldiers, causing a few screams from both sides.  Just two arrows later, the rushing shield formation of the Southern Tang Dynasty had already collided with the waiting shield formation of the Zhou army. Immediately, there were screams and shouts one after another along the entire front.  Zhao Kuangyin, who had already stood on the horse, could tell at a glance that something was wrong, because most of the soldiers who were knocked away were his own brothers.  The first row of shield soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who had the upper hand, waved their large shields at the same time, knocking away the shields and spears of the Zhou army in front of them. At the same time, it was revealed that their clothing was different from that of ordinary soldiers.  "Most of them are Dutou, but there are also Duwei and Du Yuhou." Zhao Kuangyin took a breath of air. The first group of soldiers attacked by the Southern Tang Army were all Forbidden Army officers. This is incredible.  As Zhao Kuangyin saw, the grassroots officers of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the first row took the lead and shouted to kill the enemy. They were like skilled bricklayers who deftly demolished brick walls one after another, advancing extremely quickly.The reason why the officers of the Southern Tang Dynasty risked their lives is very simple. Before going out to fight in the city, King Li Jingsui of Qi summoned the officers of the imperial army, large and small, and said with a straight face: "Lin Feng, a weak scholar, led a group of rabble, can be killed in longevity  The state easily killed 50,000 enemies. I, the majestic Marshal of the Tang Dynasty, led the most elite imperial army of the Tang Dynasty. Now I want to attack 30,000 with 50,000. I am waiting to see how you perform on the battlefield. " Everyone is shameless.  , King Qi¡¯s words have come to this point. These officers were all red-eyed. They swore on the spot that they would fight the enemy bravely, serve the country with their own lives, and live up to King Qi. They turned their heads, these people looked at each other, and as soon as they met, they quickly reached an agreement.  Agreement: The officer takes the lead, selects elites, attacks continuously with the strongest lineup, and must quickly open up the situation.  It was this kind of inspired morale that allowed the battle formation at the front of the Southern Tang Dynasty to advance rapidly.  When Zhao Kuangyin saw that the momentum was not right, he immediately ordered the entire army to continue to press forward to withstand this wave of offensive first. At the same time, he hurriedly ordered the cities to attack the city to relieve the pressure on the frontal battlefield.  The Zhou army's rear army was divided into three teams, and they merged into three square formations on the left, middle, and right respectively. The square formation was made thicker and wider, and the formation was temporarily stabilized.  However, those messenger soldiers soon accompanied the messenger soldiers from each city on their way back, and reported anxiously: "There are Tang soldiers from the three cities going out to invite battle, and the number is more than 3,000." Zhao Kuangyin was shocked.  There are only two thousand soldiers left in the gate camp to pretend to attack. Basically, one is blocking two, which is dangerous.  Before these messengers could turn back, more messengers rushed to each city on horseback, reporting urgently: "A small number of enemy cavalry and infantry left the city and fled far away, and our army was unable to stop them." Before he had time to digest the significance of this news,  Immediately afterwards, the third group of messengers arrived one after another: "Report, the enemy soldiers have come out of the city for reinforcements." Zhao Kuangyin and Hou Zhang looked at each other, feeling their hands and feet were cold at the same time. Hou Zhang hurriedly ordered: "Command all the city gates.  Quickly retreat to the West Camp." Zhao Kuangyin's face was solemn, he threw off his cloak, clasped his fists and said urgently: "Mr. Hou, please lead your troops to retreat gradually, and your subordinates will step forward to support you." Hou Zhang looked at this with some concern.  The brave young man glanced at him and warned: "Yuan Long, don't fight all the time, be sure to retreat in time, I'll wait for you at the foot of Qingliu Pass." Zhao Kuangyin nodded gratefully, waved his head and led the guards and brothers.  Rushing towards the front line, these fresh troops rushed directly into the fighting group, immediately stabilizing the already shaky battle line.  At this time, the sound of golden gongs rang intermittently in the rear, signaling the Zhou troops in front to retreat one by one.  Zhou Jun's position slowly loosened from back to front, and began to retreat gradually. Every time he withdrew a certain distance, he immediately turned around and set up a formation, waiting for the brothers who continued to retreat to detour and re-enter the formation before withdrawing and retreating.  Withdrawing troops when they are defeated can best reveal the basic quality and ability of an army. Li Jingsui on the top of the city saw the Zhou army shrinking and retreating in an orderly manner through the telescope. He couldn't help but secretly promised himself, and urgently ordered the troops to press forward slowly and not to advance without authorization.  Zhao Kuangyin led a group of brothers to retreat while fighting, and retreated into their own military camp. Zhou Jun, who had prepared torches, immediately lit the tents in the camp. The fire spread rapidly in the cold wind of winter, and the entire military camp was destroyed in an instant.  Caught in the fire, he temporarily isolated the pursuing soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who were pressing every step of the way.  Zhao Kuangyin led a group of brothers quickly through the military camp, and together with the brothers who had withdrawn from other cities, merged into the rectangular shield formation behind the military camp, and began to retreat to Qingliu Pass in the northwest. The Southern Tang Army, which had been surrounded from three sides, was facing this  The turtle shell shield array had little choice but to "escort" these Zhou troops to Qingliu Pass outside the range of bows and arrows.  At this moment, the scene when the Qingliu Pass defenders of the Southern Tang Dynasty retreated to Chuzhou reappeared, on a larger scale, but this time the attacking and defending sides exchanged positions.  The two armies "friendly" retreated to the Qingliu Pass. The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty stopped and watched as some of the opponents were preparing to set up camp while others slowly withdrew into the pass. They immediately cheered in unison to celebrate this major victory.  "The King of Qi's military use can be described as a heavy sword without an edge. The great work was unlucky. It suddenly changed Chuzhou's offensive and defensive situation, and at the same time successfully passed on the news of Shouzhou's victory. It was indeed a stroke of luck. Our future will be much easier."  Wu Qing, who was hiding on the east side of Qingliu Pass, listened to the cheers in front of Qingliu Pass, and then looked at the still-burning flames of the camp next to Chuzhou City. His expression was extremely excited, "Okay, from now on, our special forces must  We have truly begun to go our own way, and the achievements are waiting for us. " Wu Qing waved his hand and led more than 500 brothers into the back of the mountain and quickly disappeared. This book was first published from 17K Novel.  Online, watch genuine content for the first time!
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