100019429 Chapter 274

The war in Shenlie Mountain was in line, and the prince's rebels were at a disadvantage... Moreover, the two armies of Longwu and Japanese rushed down from a high place, and the rebels lost the advantage of the territories, so they had to do so. The rebels were in Shenlie. Under the plain at the foot of the mountain in the west, they formed a round defensive formation, holding shields outside and placing spears inside. In the circular formation, nearly 10,000 archers used shields to continuously shoot arrows upwards. Feng Qiudao and Han Dashi's troops suffered casualties and the war was in a stalemate.

At the same time, 50,000 troops from Youzhou border troops were rushing towards the riverside on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Chai Mengshan was riding on the horse, with a somewhat anxious expression. This general who had been fighting for many years and had decisive killing and decisive, and had long been no longer able to maintain his calmness in the decisive battle of life, death, honor and disgrace.

The weather was not good, and the heavy rains rained heavily for days. It caused great obstacles to the 50,000 troops. The road was muddy and the soldiers were unable to maintain their physical strength. Soldiers continued to fall ill due to rain. These unfavorable factors combined, causing the soldiers to march slowly, and even delayed the attack time privately with the prince and delayed the fighter jets.

Chai Mengshan knew the weight of the border army in his hands. In this battle to seize the throne, if the 50,000 capable and powerful border soldiers joined the battlefield at the foot of Shenlie Mountain, the role they played was immeasurable. Unfortunately, because of this damn weather, he was only about to reach the north bank of the Yangtze River. More than three hours had passed since the attack time agreed with the prince.

The delay in the fighter plane on the battlefield and the failure of the army to arrive as scheduled is what it means for a crucial battle. As a general in charge of the army, Chai Mengshan knows better than anyone else.

Meaning variables! Meaning failure!

Several times, Chai Mengshan wanted to order his soldiers to turn back to Youzhou and give up reinforcements to the prince. He did not want to come all the way, but to pay the 50,000 border troops and become a stepping stone under the monument of others' victory.

But Chai Mengshan still resisted not giving this order.

Like the prince, he had no way out. From the moment when he led the Youzhou troops and horses, without the emperor's imperial edict or the official document of the Ministry of War, the 50,000 troops drove south, he and his 50,000 border troops had already made the mark of a "rebel army". Unless the prince successfully seized the throne and won this battle, they would turn from "rebel army" to the dragon's "meritorial officials" to the dragon.

Therefore, despite the delay of three hours, Chai Mengshan still ordered the soldiers to rush on the road.

He wanted to gamble, he bet that the prince had strong enough strength, bet that the prince's 50,000 private troops could support him to cross the Yangtze River, and then the two armies merged and launched a counterattack on Shenlie Mountain.

A large part of the achievements of emperors, generals and ministers who have been famous in history since ancient times have been bet on?

"Report" The army's messenger rushed over in the rain and strangled the horse in front of Chai Mengshan. He saluted: "Report to General, the five thousand cavalrymen of the vanguard General Zhao have arrived in Dongmen Town, and there are still twenty miles away from the Yangtze River.

"Tell him that he is not allowed to stay, and immediately rushed to the Yangtze River, conquer the boats and civilians, cross the river immediately, and set up an array of alert on the south bank." Chai Mengshan ordered lightly.

The messenger took the order and rode his horse away, and Chai Mengshan quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

It has arrived by the Yangtze River, so there should be no more variables, right?

Jin. Time passed.

The 50,000 border troops had all reached the north bank of the Yangtze River. Chai Mengshan's face turned pale at this time, and he stared at Zhao Fan, a fierce look in his vanguard camp. The anger in his eyes almost wanted to burn Zhao Fan to death.

"Where is the ship? Your vanguard camp has been searching for an hour, but how could it be impossible to find a single ship?

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Zhao Fan lowered his head and whispered: "General, the last general has done his best. The nearby fishing villagers have searched all the fishing villagers, but there is not even a small fishing boat. It's a damn thing

When Chai Mengshan heard this, his heart gradually sank.

There was not even a boat on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which made a living by fishing on the river. This abnormal situation suddenly made him feel alert.

At this time, a deputy general walked to Chai Mengshan and reported: "General, there is still a situation, one kilogram. A moment ago, the general sent out more than a dozen spies to inquire about the enemy's situation, but no one has returned until now."

Chai Mengzhi was shocked and looked at the current situation of the army, and felt a little cold.

"Quick! The whole army will set off! Go north, retreat north!" Chai Mengshan, who had always been calm, seemed a little hysterical.

In front of us is the boundless plain, with 50,000 troops facing the Yangtze River, without any danger in front of us. If an enemy army appears here, he will surround them with the flow.

After Chai Mengshan's orders, the army started to move up and the soldiers rushed north despite the days of traveling, dragging their tired bodies quickly retreated north.

However, Chai Mengshan's order was still late.

The army moved, and a sound arrow cut through the tranquility of the night sky with a heart-shaking roar.

Immediately afterwards, at the end of the three plains on the east, west and north, among the densely stacked bushes, a torch, one, two, and a thousand, like stars, was burning and stunning.

"I fell into a trap!" Chai Mengshan's mind was trembling. He felt a biting chill, spreading from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

The 50,000 border soldiers also became turbulent at this time. The uneasiness and fear made the morale of this long-distance army, which was unable to support its physical strength, faded, and the soldiers stared at the frontier soldiers in amazement. At this time, they all knew that they were ambushed.

Tens of thousands of torches were like a group of flying fireflies, moving forward quickly, and the two armies were less than a thousand steps apart.

"Which army is this?" Chai Mengshan's eyes were covered with blood, like a wild beast suddenly trapped in a cage, roaring and screaming uneasy.

"General, take advantage of the fact that the enemy has not yet established a stable foothold and has no time to set up a formation, the last general asks for his order and leads the vanguard camp to disperse them!" Zhao Fan rode on the horse and shouted loudly.

Chai Mengshan hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, go, remember, you can't do anything and come back."

Although he was surrounded, Zhao Fan still didn't care at all. He laughed at him: "General, let's see if the last general takes the head of the enemy general!"

After saying that, Zhao Fan turned around and shouted: "Forward Camp. Get on the horse! Form a formation!"

The well-trained cavalrymen turned over and stepped on the war horses when they heard this. They soon formed a pointed cone-shaped attack formation by the river. Five thousand horses were unsheathed, and the long sword in their hands shone coldly. They exuded a murderous aura all over their bodies. They stared at the opposite side without saying a word.

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Zhao Dan's eyes were concave, and he held up a long sword and shouted! "Brothers, let's disperse their team and call the heads of the generals of the Yi army, come back to celebrate the merits! Crash!"

After saying that, Zhao Fan urged the horse to rush out first. Five thousand cavalry roared violently: "Run!" Then he followed Zhao Fan closely, and the five thousand horses still maintained their attack formation while running. They rushed towards the enemy army opposite like a huge arrow.

The sound of horse hooves is like spring thunder, majestic and sharp. Five thousand cavalrymen are like arrows shot out, carrying an invincible fearlessness and confidence, covering the sky and rolling thousands of steps away.

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The army on the opposite side saw Zhao Fan leading the cavalry to rush over, but there was no panic at all. The straitors and shield soldiers flashed to both sides calmly, making a clearing space on the front. Then thousands of archers quickly added a place, then set their bows and arrows, pointed their arrows diagonally, and then they began round after round of shooting.

Zhao Fan's five thousand soldiers were immediately frustrated, and people were constantly shot off the horse. Until more than 400 steps were left before the enemy, the attack formations set up by the five thousand cavalry had become incomplete and uneven. The charge of more than 1,000 steps had not yet officially fought with the enemy, and the vanguard battalion lost nearly a thousand troops.

Zhao Fan rushed in the front, and he no longer dared to look back. The five thousand cavalry in the Forward Battalion were his heart and had always been invincible. Among the border troops in Youzhou, the Forward Battalion was always considered a sharp knife in General Chai's hand.

But today he met a strong enemy. The other party seemed to know General Chai's method of marching and formation, and had prepared a long time ago, spears, shields, and bows and arrows. This was clearly a formation set up against the cavalry of his vanguard. Before he could get close, more than a thousand people died in the vanguard camp. This was really a big blow to Zhao Fan. At this moment, Zhao Fan only had a whirring sound of the wind in his ears, and he could vaguely hear the cavalry who were following him and kept falling off the horse. The brothers died one by one behind him. Zhao Fan could only grit his teeth and lay his body on the horse's back. He protected himself while running to the greatest extent.

"Roar over and kill them all!" His eyes were burned red by the anger of hatred. Zhao Fan raised his long sword and shouted with great strength.

"Run!" The cavalry behind him stared at his blood-red eyes and shouted loudly.

At this time, the archers on the opposite side suddenly stopped shooting archery. They put away their strong bows in an orderly manner and lined up and retreated.

Zhao Fan saw it and felt relieved in his heart. Suddenly, he heard a sound of cannons, and torches lit up on both sides. Under the jumping fire, the ambushers on both sides moved. The shouts of more than 10,000 people and the sound of horse hooves carrying the wind and thunder fell into Zhao Fan's ears in succession.

Zhao Dan's heart sank to the bottom.

Who is the cavalry against the cavalry? How could he be so familiar with the tactics of the Youzhou border army? Every battle, he pointed directly at the soft spot of the Youzhou army. Zhao Fan, who was charging at the horse, had already sweated from his forehead, and an ominous thought arose in his heart.

The Youzhou Army's vanguard battalion is over!

In the flash, the cavalry of the two armies had collided together. At high speed, sparks of gold and iron intersecting. Soon, Zhao Fan's thousands of cavalrymen of the vanguard battalion were like a wave thrown into the boundless sea, and were instantly flooded by the cavalry team of more than 10,000 people on the opposite side.

Half an hour later, the fierce battle ended, and Chai Mengshan's first wave of attack ended in complete defeat. The 5,000 cavalrymen in the vanguard camp, including his beloved general Zhao Fan, were wiped out.

Taking advantage of the fierce battle, the ambush on the opposite side had calmly arranged a formation around Chai Mengzhi.

The formation looks like a large urn, with the mouth facing Chai Mengshan.

Chai Mengshan's face was pale, but somehow he felt a funny feeling in his despair.

Once upon a time, I became the "sagging" who caught a turtle in a jar?

Of course, at this moment, he could no longer laugh.

Under the night, the torches of the ambush were lit more and more. The northern bank of the Yangtze River was as bright as daylight. Chai Mengshan glanced casually and knew that the ambush on the opposite side had a total of more than 80,000 troops. Which army was this? Why are he so familiar with his own battle formation? Among the four armies guarding the capital, there was absolutely no general who knew his troops so well. Apart from the four armies in the capital, who else would there be?

The answer is revealed soon.

The cannon sounded, and under the leaping flames, one man and one horse walked out of the opposite side. Under the gaze of more than 100,000 people from both armies, he walked slowly to the middle of the confrontation between the two armies, and smiled loudly at the opposite side, with a heroic but elegant voice: "General Chai, are you together in the capital five years ago? Are you safe?"

Chai Mengshan's face was ashamed when he heard this. It was not until this time that he heard this voice that he was completely desperate.

Is it him? How could it be him? He, Yuan, should have been right in Xia just now, why did he suddenly appear here?

At this moment, Chai Mengshan felt an invisible trap that was already on his head and was slowly tightening.

Chai Mengshan was in a state of great excitement and rode his horse out again. He stood opposite the generals on the other side. His face twitched. He gritted his teeth and said with a harsh voice: "Dong Cheng, you are the chief general of the border army stationed in Xiazhou. You are here at this moment, what do you mean?"

The ambushing Chai Mengshan's troops was the Xiazhou border army led by the chief general Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng smiled calmly and bowed to Chai Mengshan and said, "I have been waiting for Brother Mengshan here for a long time. The prince has been treasoned and has been seen through by the emperor. He is now surrounded. Well, it is the same as Brother Mengshan's current situation. Why is Brother Mengshan late to reinforce the prince?"

Chai Mengshan was shocked and did not answer his words. Instead, he asked: "You have all the soldiers from Xiazhou. Who did you order to come to the capital? Give up the garrison of Xiazhou. If the Turks go south, can you afford to be guilty?"

When Dong Cheng heard this, his gentle and elegant face suddenly turned dark. He remembered the hippie and smiling general in the capital with no seriousness.

OK, guy, it's a scum!

Half a month ago, Dong Cheng secretly entered the capital under the emperor's secret edict, but he did not see the emperor during this trip. The emperor ordered Fang Zheng to summon him in the shadow camp outside the city and conveyed the order to mobilize troops to him.

"Using the border army to deal with the border army, this trick is called using poison to fight poison, hahahahahahaha." Hey? General Dong. Why did your face become dark? It's so healthy, haha." Fang Zheng patted his shoulder at that time, smiling very much.

"General Fang, can your words be more appropriate? Why did my Xiazhou border army become poisonous?" Dong Cheng gritted his teeth and glared at Fang Zheng with dissatisfaction.

"Then, let's kill someone with a knife?" Fang Zheng scratched his head and said hesitantly.

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"General Fang, if all the troops in our county and prefecture are out, the Turks will take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation. What should I do?" Dong Cheng also asked the same question at the time.

Fang Zheng waved his hand indifferently and said with a smile: "It's okay, don't worry, the Turks will never dare to go south, at least not dare to go south in the past few months."

“Why?”

"I wrote secret letters to the two Khans of the Turks, saying that I, Hua Chao, have recently planned to mobilize troops and enter the grassland to help with the war. At the same time, I also emphasized that if the Khan has a good attitude towards us, we will help whoever we are. Do you think the Turks will dare to offend us at this critical period?" Fang Zheng smiled very honestly and innocently.

Dong Cheng was shocked: "Does our dynasty really want to send a large army to help the Turks?"

Fang Zheng looked at him strangely: "General Dong. I fooled the Turks, why did you even be fooled? I always talk to the Turks like farts. Don't you know?"
To be continued...