Chapter 721
It was dawn and the sky was dim. Huzhou City was not as quiet as before, but it was filled with sounds of fighting that shook the sky and the earth. After a night of fierce fighting, the battle between the Song and Wu armies had entered a white-hot state. The vanguards of the two armies in the front had been completely disrupted, and it was difficult for us to separate from each other. There were constant people and horses in the rear, making the battle situation even more stalemate.
Of course, it was extremely difficult for the Wu army to regain the battle, and they also paid a considerable price for this.
Although the Wu army had an absolute advantage in military strength, it was always at a disadvantage after the war broke out. The more than 20,000 people who retreated were forced by the robes from the rear, and then they turned around and fought with the Song army. However, their courage was broken and they could not play 50% of the ten-month task. Naturally, they were easily pulled down by the Song army and even implicated the soldiers in the rear.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Pang Wanchun personally led the elite to take the lead in rushing. After a series of tough battles and fighting, he finally blocked the most fierce attack of the Song army with more than 20,000 new people leaving the city regardless of casualties. At the same time, he also killed more than a dozen soldiers who were afraid of the enemy and tried to escape. Finally, he stabilized the situation, divided the troops and harassed the Song army, which made the opponent only temporarily stabilize and did not press the entire line.
But thousands of Wu army corpses had fallen down on the ground ahead, and their defenses were stacked entirely by human lives. But even so, the Song army's offensive did not stop there. As long as there was a loophole in their defense, the Song army would easily break in and decide the outcome.
Pang Wanchun, who was already covered in blood, broke out of the siege again under the escort of his personal soldiers and retreated to the Central Army to breathe. Although it has only been two hours since he joined the war, his physical strength was consumed very quickly, and there were several wounds on his body, and his face became even more sad: "Sun Tu and the Shandong Army are indeed powerful. The whole army is one-stop and the change of the military formation is extremely fast, which is beyond our ability. If we want to break the enemy, we must find another good strategy!" Thinking of this, he stared forward with bright eyes, and after a moment, he decisively ordered: "Fu Xiong, take another squadron to attack from the left side, be sure to pull away their left wing defense line. If we encounter enemy reinforcements, we will retreat!"
Fu Xiong, a powerful general beside him, immediately took the order, held a horse spear, and took the troops under his command to attack again, and turned around and attacked the side of the Song army.
The troops here were led by Zhou Tong and Li Zhong and other old men of Qingzhou Army. Seeing that another enemy wanted to attack the army from the flank, these soldiers were furious and led the crowd to intercept the attack. For a moment, the two sides broke out in a more intense battle.
Pang Wanchun, who was staring at the war over there, ordered again: "Zheng Ting, you lead the army to attack the enemy's right side, and the others follow me to attack the enemy's middle side, kill!" As soon as the roar fell, he had already urged the horse to rush forward again, but this time he did not rush hard as before, and rushed before the team, but rationally chose to stay in the middle of the army.
The three-sided war became more and more intense, and the Song army on the opposite side began to make rapid mobilization. The battle formation continued to change, and suddenly transformed from a diamond formation into a circular battle formation that was easier to defend, so that the attacked surfaces on both sides quickly decreased. If the enemy rushed forward, they would fall into an unfavorable situation of using few to many.
This move made Pang Wanchun, who knew the military affairs well, was shocked. This kind of change of formation was more difficult than the previous arrangement of changing from rushing to steady defense. This shows how well-trained the Song army was. But while sighing that the opponent was powerful, he also grabbed the key point at this moment. He immediately grabbed the horse's belly and urged the horse to rush forward quickly, shouting and shouting: "Crash with me, don't fight with the enemy, focus on breaking the defense!"
The more than 2,000 personal soldiers on his side were all trained by one hand, and they were most agile and good at fighting. At this time, when he heard this order, he immediately rushed out. After encountering the Song army formation, he really walked around without making head-on contact, but continued to move forward.
This move was really beyond the expectations of the Song army. When they wanted to divide the troops to intercept them, they encountered the interception of the Wu army who followed behind them, which made them unable to catch up for a while, so they could only allow this enemy army, which was not too large, to break through the first line of defense. It was also until this moment that the Wu army's advantage in numbers was fully demonstrated. At least they could continue to add troops to help Pang Wanchun lead his army into the opponent's formation.
Pang Wanchun's eyes were locked in several flagpoles in front of him, and there were lanterns tied to the top. The Song army quickly changed the formation under the command of these lights. It was not until this time that he grasped the key to victory. As long as he broke the light of the command, he could mess up his position. Moreover, he had guessed that the Song army commander Sun Tu would definitely stay under the lights to issue orders. As long as he led his troops to kill him, if he could kill him, he would be able to turn the situation around in one fell swoop and achieve the final victory.
In fact, he felt a little helpless. Originally, the charge was not done by his leader, and he should have stayed in the central army like Sun Tu, and commanded it as if it were determined. However, this sudden early decisive battle forced him on the road of adventure. If it weren't for this, he would have been defeated in this battle.
After a series of rushing, the elite Wu army really tore through these defense lines and quickly approached the side of the Song army's central army. With a brief estimate of the distance, Pang Wanchun had quickly hanged his knife and grabbed the seven long arrows in his hand.
With a long breath, Pang Wanchun quickly rolled the arrow, his eyes were like lightning, looking straight ahead, and while locking the light above, he had already spread the bowstring. When the first sharp arrow roared straight to the target, he waved the strings again with his right hand, like a top musician playing the piano or a famous scholar splashing ink, he actually shot out all seven sharp arrows in the blink of an eye with an extremely casual and quick technique.
The seven arrows broke through the sky, each roaring straight for the target, both shooting towards the lights in the air, and some heading straight to the underside of the flagpole, wearing armor and helmets, sitting firmly on the way to the Song General. Pang Wanchun's meteor rushes the moon, and the seven arrows flying together are even more terrifying than the continuous beaded arrows of the northern foreign archers.
Under the flagpole was Sun Tu who was commanding, and there were Song Jiang and Dong Ping who was forcibly left by him. Although he also wanted to lead the army to charge again, he knew more clearly what his current responsibilities were as the head coach of the army. As the main general, leading the team to charge was no longer necessary. Staying in the rear and command was the way to win.
His choice was obviously correct. It was precisely when he issued orders through lights that the soldiers of Shandong Army frequently changed their formations, with fewer enemies and more enemies, and steadily gaining the upper hand. As long as he continues to fight like this, it will only be a matter of time before the enemy defeats it.
Of course, there were also variables. There were news from the front that a Wu army had entered the formation and rushed towards the central army. This made him feel louder and he wanted to send troops to intercept him. But just as he ordered the messenger to make a change of array light, a red light suddenly burst out on his head, which shocked everyone.
At the same time, Sun Tu suddenly felt a warning in his heart. The spear in his hand had immediately bounced up, and a gun shadow shook in front of him while waving. At this moment, a sharp arrow was whistling from the side. With a sound of his gun, he was hit by a shot, but his momentum remained unabated. He rushed to the side and stabbed into the body of a soldier, causing him to scream. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the second arrow had also been shot. At this time, the gun in his hand had just stopped due to the arrow and could not immediately rescue him.
Fortunately, Dong Ping was there next to him. Just as the arrow shot, he also reacted in time and shouted: "General, be careful, there are cold arrows!" The two guns were quickly slapped, facing the second arrow shot towards him and heading straight to Sun Tu's chest.
He was really quick-witted and used two guns, just blocking these two deadly arrows. But after two shaking sounds, Dong Ping's face also changed. He felt that his hands were numb and he almost couldn't even hold the gun. Although his martial arts were better than Sun Tu, he was still a little overwhelmed with blocking two arrows.
Two more lights above were shattered in response, and the last arrow went straight to the door of Song Jiang who had not yet reacted. Li Kui, who had been guarding him, immediately roared, jumped up quickly, and swung his axe with both hands. But the speed of this arrow was not something he could catch. Although he had swung the axe to the limit, he still failed to hit the arrow, passed through the gap and continued forward. This time, he was so shocked that he roared again, and he flashed and blocked Song Jiang's face.
With a squeak, the arrow came into his body, and Li Kui's short but strong body suddenly fell backwards. This arrow not only hit his chest, but also led him to fall straight down while passing through his body. With just one arrow, you can see how amazing the force of this move was.
"Iron Ox..." Song Jiang was stunned for a moment, and quickly came back to his senses. He quickly dismounted and hugged Li Kui, who had fallen to the ground and fainted, and his mind was shocked. At the same time, the personal soldiers around him came back to their senses and rushed over, quickly pulled the generals off, and surrounded them with shields, so as not to give the enemy another chance to attack.
Sun Tu was also shocked and sweated. If Dong Ping and Li Kui had not been fully rescued, he and Song Jiang would have been defeated by these cold arrows. At this time, an idea that he had been overlooking suddenly arises: "Pang Wanchun, Fang La's number one general, is not only good at leading troops, calm and capable, but also has amazing shooting skills with magical skills, known as Xiao Yang Youji!"
When this thought was a lifetime, he knew that he would never give the other party another chance to take action, and immediately shouted and ordered: "Kill it, it is the enemy's chief general Pang Wanchun who is by the side!" As he said that, his eyes quickly followed the direction where the sharp arrows broke through the air, and happened to meet a pair of sharp gazes like swords, with a little annoyance in his eyes.
The two leaders in their respective army finally really met at this moment!
Chapter completed!