Knowing the identity of the enemy general, Zhang Jackal couldn't help but be a little surprised, but also a little relieved. Although Pingyang Guo Yu is not a famous person in the north, he is by no means a lonely person, and the generals who have risen in the country in recent years may not be heard of, but Zhang Jackal is no stranger to Guo Yu's reputation.

Zhang Jackal was originally a general of Wang Jun's subordinates, and later led his troops to surrender to Zhao Zhushile. When Guo Yu won more with less in Yangzhai and broke through the stone, Zhang Jackal was still an ordinary general in the slave department, so he had no chance to officially fight against each other. But for Guo Yu's bravery and good fighting, Zhang Jackal has also heard a lot.

Although he also knew that Guo Yu was now being used in the Huainan Army, Zhang Jackal did not expect that this person would personally fight in the first battle. However, when he learned that his department was killed by Guo Yu, Zhang Jackal felt a little relieved.

Although Hedong King Shisheng is not as far as the King of Zhongshan, he is also the king of Zong, sitting on one side, and even the king of Hedong was defeated in the hands of Guo Yu, and his department can not be called defeated this time, it can only be said that both sides are defeated, and it is also in the case that the enemy army occupies the right time and place. Such a result is enough to explain the past.

Therefore, Zhang Jackal personally returned to the camp to report Guo Yu's identity, and at the same time, he also wanted to take the opportunity to test for instructions on whether to stop the battle today. Because Guo Yu led the crowd to kill bravely, causing his men and horses to retreat from the whole formation, the two sides are no longer in a state of stalemate, Guo Yu can lead his troops back to the camp at any time, and continue to fight with a new division.

Even if his men and horses rushed hard, they would inevitably fall into the rhythm of the beginning of the war, and they did not know what huge casualties they would have to pay. Zhang Jackal was really distressed, and he really couldn't bear to spend the lives of these elite soldiers here. You must know that these soldiers are the foundation of his achievements, and the opposite is a fierce general who has been famous in the Central Plains many years ago. The attack on Yingkou is still the first battle in Huainan, if a large number of elites of his department are lost here, it will naturally be difficult to make any achievements in the follow-up war.

In fact, there is no need for Zhang Jackal to return to the camp in person to report, Shi Hu's location is not too far from the battlefield, and he has already heard the shouting of the Huainan Jin army on the opposite side, and his face is already extremely cold.

When Zhang Jackal approached, he saw that the King of Zhongshan was so unkind that he didn't dare to mention the boycott of the war at all, but simply reported the identity of the enemy general Guo Yu.

"Who is so vicious, it turns out that it was Guo Chan, a frightened disciple in the early years. In previous years, he worked with Li Ju, stubbornly standing in Heluo repeatedly resisting the king's orders, and the king of Hedong was ordered to supervise, but the thief was narrowly defeated. When I led my troops to strike out, the thieves were already frightened and fled, and it was a small pity that I could not personally wash away this family humiliation. ”

After a moment of silence, Shi Hu snorted coldly and talked about the old things, and there was no lack of contempt for the defeat of Hedong Wang Shisheng. After hearing the sound, the Jin and Hu generals on the side also opened their mouths one after another, praising the mighty and unparalleled King of Zhongshan, so that the thieves absconded in fear.

Hearing the many sycophants of everyone, Shi Hu's face improved slightly, and then he raised his hand to the opposite battle formation, and sneered: "This person has a thin name, and he is also a strong warrior in the Central Plains. In the first small battle, the thief's general was forced out, and it can be seen that the southern thief will be skilled. In previous years, thieves were still able to escape, which makes me regret. Today's army has become a dilemma, who can break the formation and capture the thief, he will be rewarded with a big reward! ”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Jackal, who was slightly uneasy and stood in front of him with his hands down, and barely squeezed out a smile on his face: "The thieves were forced here in the first battle, and you can be regarded as a little meritorious, and you will lead the department to temporarily retire and rectify, so as to make room for the rest of the soldiers to compete." ”

When Zhang Jackal heard this, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he was happy that the king of Zhongshan was still sympathetic to his cronies, and finally he didn't have to consume the lives of his subordinates here. The worry is that the battle has reached such a tragic appearance, and it is not as strong as a bamboo, which still caused the dissatisfaction of the King of Zhongshan, and directly flashed him out of the siege of Yingkou.

Zhang Jackal was in a worried mood, retreated in response, returned to the front and began to assemble his subordinates. At the same time, at the rear of the battlefield, several generals received orders in front of the Zhongshan throne and rushed down to gather their troops to prepare for the second round of attack.

In fact, after watching the battle for half a day, Shi Hu was also a little hesitant in his heart, realizing that it was a little hasty to launch an offensive against Yingkou at the moment. Yingkou's cramped geographical environment, coupled with the fact that the control of the waterway is not in his hands at all, makes it impossible to give full play to the advantages of the large number of soldiers. And the degree of resistance of the Huainan army also exceeded his estimate, making him feel like he was kicking on the stone.

But Shi Hu made this decision, and naturally there were also considerations, and it was not just a simple so-called battle of the June Covenant. This time he came south, his opponent was not in the south, but in the middle of the land. Shi Sheng in Guanzhong, Guo Ao and Shi Kan in the east, and even his ally Tao Leopard, can be described as his competitors.

Although he is the nominal commander in charge of the south this time, the battle line spans so much that there is no shortage of people from all walks of life who have deep grievances, and he can't make a decision in a word. Moreover, on the battlefields of all sides, relatively speaking, the Huainan he faced was the weakest military town of the southerners, and if he could not take the credit of a quick battle, it was conceivable how the rest would look at him. If you want to hold each other for a long time, even if you finally win Huainan, you will not be able to achieve the effect of deterrence at all.

Therefore, he needs to be one step ahead, take Yingkou as soon as possible, break Shouchun by taking advantage of the situation, and gain a foothold in Huaizhong first, so as to exert enough influence on the left and right battlefields. Therefore, no matter whether the Huainan enemy resists or not, whether Yingkou can be easily taken is not enough to affect Shi Hu's decision. He just wants to take Yingkou as quickly as possible and at any cost, open up the passage for boats and ships to come south, and besiege Shouchun by land and water!

While the slave army retreated here to rectify the formation, the Huainan army in the front finally breathed a sigh of relief. The pontoon bridge that had been cut off was connected again, and the followers led by Hurun poured into the battle line, bringing back Guo Yu and other tired troops from the long battle, and at the same time seizing the time to build up the destroyed defense facilities again, but it was too late to collect the bones of the corpse of Pao Ze, the slave army had already made a comeback, and several large formations of more than 1,000 people were regrouped in front of the battle line, and the offensive was even more than before.

So after a pause of less than half an hour, the fierce battle began again. The Huainan army had learned the previous lesson and did not dare to have any more strength, and bows, crossbows and arrows poured down in front of the formation.

On the slave army's side, since several trenches had been bulldozed and filled in succession, there was no obstacle in the first half of the formation, so this time large ladders, arrow towers and shield vehicles were also used. There are strong men in front of them with heavy shields held high, and it often takes several people to exert their strength in unison to withstand the impact of those charged arrows. Once a thick shield is shattered by too many arrows, then the soldiers after the shield block will instantly fall to the front line!

Although Guo Yu retreated into the rear, he did not return to the camp, but only ordered people to fetch water to wash away the plasma all over his body, and still swept in front of the camp, mobilizing troops to rush to the aid of the emergency battle lines everywhere.

Shen Zhezi was originally cruising on the river, and when he learned that Guo Yu personally entered the battle to fight, he was also nervous in his heart, and even if he changed to a light boat to enter the camp. When he saw Guo Yu retreating, he went out of the camp surrounded by soldiers, and ordered someone to send a pair of clean and refreshing light armor to help Guo Yu change it, and then said: "Guo Hou Xiaoyong, it is the morale of my Huainan army and people to look up to, or to love this body, focus on stabilizing the town dispatch." Similar to the previous evil formation, even if he defended Yingkou, but he lost Guo Hou, although he was useless, although he was victorious! ”

Guo Yu also knew that there was a small change before the battle, so he thought that the town general was light, there was some impulse, and when he heard Shen Zhezi say this, he also nodded and admitted his mistake, but still sighed: "The slave is especially expected, I was trapped in the formation before, and I am a strong man in Huainan." If it is completely lost, the soldiers will inevitably be afraid and shrink inward. The narrow base cannot be relied on for a long time, and it is still necessary to strive to bruise the slave blade in the field. ”

"In the face of the enemy, the response and dispatch have been exhausted to Guo Hou, and Guo Hou should be self-determined. I'm here, but I'm just a spectator. ”

Shen Zhezi only expressed the importance he attached to Guo Yu, but he did not accuse him of adding more pressure to him. When he turned his head and saw the fierceness of the battle in front of him, his brows furrowed deeply.

As far as he is concerned, he naturally hopes to be able to keep the slave soldiers out of Yingkou for a long time. In the face of an enemy who is strong and several times larger than itself, it is the best way to try to break through the frontal battlefield. Although victory or defeat on the frontal battlefield is an extremely important part of the war, it is by no means the whole story.

The bigger the target, the more attacks you have to endure, and they come from all sides. Although Shen Zhezi is not a rare celebrity, he also understands this truth.

Using a small number of lonely soldiers to meet the powerful thieves is undoubtedly the most unfavorable situation for the Huainan army. In particular, knowing that there are many contradictions at home and abroad, the Huainan Army's opportunity to win this victory is by no means to eliminate many opponents on the frontal battlefield, but to hold on to the defense, turn the rhythm of the war into a long-term confrontation, consume each other, and wait for and strive for variables and opportunities.

But looking at the surging offensive of the slave soldiers, it was obvious that Shi Hu would not follow this rhythm. This also made Shen Zhezi worried, it is very likely that the war goal that was firmly held in Huai will not be completed, and it is necessary to make a response plan in time to adjust the emergency.

Fierce fighting continued from day to night in this narrow area near Yingkou, although the slave army did not reach the Yingkou camp until nightfall. But in this all-day defensive battle, the consumption of the Huainan army was also amazing. The arrows accumulated before the battle alone consumed more than half of them in this full-day high-intensity defensive battle!

In order to maintain this high-intensity long-range attack, the Yingkou garrison was almost all in battle. Moreover, soldiers such as the Shengwu Army have entered the battle more than once to control the strings, and the mental tension and the fatigue of the hard battle, many soldiers even collapsed on the side of the road during the retreat, and the physical consumption can be described as huge.

And in this defense, the only hand-to-hand combat, the three soldiers were in the middle of the fight, and when Guo Yu led his troops to help them, the loss had already been more than half. There are less than 1,000 soldiers who can really retreat, including the 500 people led by Guo Yu!

This battle alone makes people fully realize the cruelty and murder of the elite of the slave soldiers, and the Huainan soldiers who are besieged in the array, not everyone is determined to fight to the end, and many of them collapse and even beg to surrender, but those slave soldiers do not leave prisoners in front of the formation, whether they resist or beg, a large number of soldiers have lost their lives in this short battle.

If it weren't for Guo Yu leading the crowd to kill and repel the rampant slave forces, this field battle alone would be enough to destroy the fighting spirit and morale of many Huainan troops that were not easy to maintain.

As for how many slaves were killed in this battle, it is still unknown because there has been no opportunity to clean up the battlefield for a long time. But the greatest significance of this confrontation is that Guo Yu relied on his heroism and bravery to recover the morale of the fall, so that there was a follow-up battle for half a day and the victory situation of keeping the slave soldiers of the general trend out of the battle line.

As for the specific number of slave troops killed in this battle, in the face of hundreds of thousands of slave troops, in-depth study of the specific figures of actuarial calculations is a kind of damage to morale.

In this fierce battle during the day, in addition to the unexpected battle that lost more than 2,000 people, the rest also suffered small losses, with a total loss of nearly 4,000 soldiers! Rao is generals had already made full psychological preparations, and after seeing this battle report, his heart was as heavy as a boulder. In just one day, the losses have been so amazing, if it continues to hold on for a long time, how many lives will the Huainan army consume here!

Moreover, within this day, more than half of the fortifications built by the Huainan army outside the Yingkou camp have been destroyed, and the slave army front has advanced several miles, which means that in the coming day, whether it is the rotation and mobilization speed of the soldiers or the frequency of attacks, the battle will become more and more difficult and tragic.

Of course, except for that mistake and some subsequent small-scale contacts, most of the time the long-range strength of the Huainan Army was fighting against the Slave Army, so the battle losses of the Slave Army should be only a lot more than that of the Huainan Army, or even more than a multiple! But this kind of capture still makes people unhappy, and the slave army is desperate for human life, which is really a short blow and a long one, and it is beyond its strength.

Shen Zhezi left Yingkou after watching the battle for a while, so when the battle report was summarized for a day, all the generals frowned and looked at Guo Yu. And Guo Yu was also full of entanglement and heaviness, if the slave army still maintained such an intense offensive tomorrow, or even more intense, then it would be extremely difficult to hold on for another day with Yingkou's current military strength and reserves.

"Please help......"

After a long while, Guo Yu slowly spit out such a sentence in his mouth, and as soon as the words came out, his face was already hot. Previously, he was not lacking in ambition, and repeatedly said that he wanted to stick to Yingkou, but he didn't expect that after only one day, Yingkou was already in danger of being broken. He had done his best, and even rushed into the battle array to fight in person, but the reality was so cruel that he still felt guilty and disappointed.

However, the envoy of Yingkou has not yet left, and the military order of Shouchun has been transmitted: there is no backup, and it is necessary to hold on to Yingkou for at least another day and night, and then its own boats and boats will be evacuated.

"Did the colt decide to give up on Yingkou?"

After learning of this military order, the expressions of all the generals changed. Although they also deeply felt the pressure of defending Yingkou, since they were ordered by the military order, they did not want to give up, and tried their best to defend the fierce battle. But after only such a short period of time, the town decided to give up Yingkou? So what is the meaning of the soldiers who died in the daytime battle, they threw their heads and spilled their blood, and fought here?

When Guo Yu received this military order, his breathing was also a little blocked for a while, and some of them were unacceptable, but after being silent for a long time, he still said astringently: "In terms of sitting on the horse, Kuang looks at the overall situation, and the choice has its own deep meaning. We and other soldiers should not question it, since we have this order, we must fight more thieves in the future! ”

The battle did not have to wait until tomorrow, for soon after nightfall, the wilderness outside the camp was brightly lit, and the slave camp was full of formations, as if they were planning to continue the attack at night!

After hearing the letter, Guo Yu sat down in difficulty, and immediately led the generals out of the camp again, and saw that the slave army on the opposite side had been arrayed neatly, and advanced towards the battlefield. So he ordered 3,000 troops to rush into the line to wait for battle, and at the same time, the generals each supervised the formation to temporarily fill the army formation, and at the same time quickly assembled the rest of the soldiers in the camp, and the second array went out to meet the enemy.

In order to be able to win Yingkou as soon as possible, Shi Hu also invested at any cost. In a fierce battle during the day, the slave army suffered a lot of losses, even if he was a fierce man who did not care for human life, but in just one day, he lost tens of thousands of lives, which still made him deeply feel the tenacity of the Huainan army.

During the day, the dispatch was assembled, and more than a dozen roads and hundreds of battalions of men and horses were rotated to participate in the battle, all of which were damaged, and they were scattered within this huge base, which was not conspicuous. The commanders of each unit only knew the losses of their own units, and did not have a clear understanding of the total number of battle losses. But if time drags on, such a large battle damage will inevitably be difficult to conceal for a long time.

Therefore, after weighing it, Shi Hu decided to take Yingkou as soon as possible and open up the passage for boats to enter the Huai, and he must not let the army be blocked here for a long time to wear off his spirit. As long as the passage into the Huai is controlled, the waterway converges, and the Huai Shang advances and retreats freely, the human lives and material materials lost here can be quickly replenished.

The soldiers in the first round of night attacks were new troops transferred from other units, and once they entered the battle, their morale was high. However, the Huainan Army did not have such sufficient troops to rotate, and the defenders had already gone through several rounds of fierce battles during the day, and their combat effectiveness would inevitably decline. Therefore, in the early days, the advance of the Kahu army can be described as smooth, and despite the increasingly numerous sniper attacks, thousands of people actually rushed into the enemy formation.

But these new divisions are not without their shortcomings, that is, they have not yet adapted to the tragic rhythm of battle during the day. These thousands of soldiers rushed to the front and back, and the Huainan army suddenly organized a concentrated shooting, and in an instant, nearly half of the slave soldiers were shot on the spot! The slave soldiers who survived were killed for a while, and after a while, they collapsed without a fight, and did not dare to rush forward for their lives, but turned and fled backwards, and by the way broke the attacking army formation.

The Huainan army won a small victory at the beginning, and its morale was inevitably boosted for a while, and the defense line was more solidly guarded, and it gradually felt that the invading slave soldiers were more inferior in combat effectiveness than during the day, and they were not stubborn enemies.

Of course, it was mainly the Zahu Yi soldiers in the slave army who launched the attack at night, and they were not the elite of the slave army, so the Huainan army was naturally much more calm in dealing with it.

Even so, after a whole night of defensive operations, although the Huainan army was fighting several rounds, it was also tired and wanted to die when the sky dawned. Including Guo Yu, Hu Run and other commanders and generals, their eyes were bloodshot, and they could only barely cheer up.

After daybreak, the Zahunu army withdrew from the military formation, while the elite of the Chinese army continued to press, so the battle became fierce again. After hard fighting day and night, the Huainan Army's physical strength was seriously exhausted, and long-range strikes were no longer enough to cover the whole field, so hand-to-hand combat was frequently staged. Including Guo Yu, almost all the generals entered the fight to fight.

However, the purpose of repelling the enemy is to try to wear down the enemy's morale and reduce the casualties of his own side. At present, this tactical goal no longer exists, so all units of the Huainan Army left the battle one after another, abandoned the defense line outside the camp, and all retreated to the camp to hold on.

By mid-afternoon, the army had pressed under the walls of Yingkou, and the offensive became more violent. Yingkou's camp here, after all, the operation is short, and the city has not yet been built, and the Huainan army has consumed too much outside the camp before, so all the reserve forces are pressed at this time. But around the entire Yingkou camp, as far as the eye can see, the black oppresses the enemy, and the killing is endless, almost endless, it is simply desperate!

Moreover, in order to prevent the Huainan Army from reinforcing the waterway, there were thousands of slave soldiers who were good at swimming under the order of the commander, put boards floating in the water, and put down more wooden fences to block the approaching of boats and boats!

But even so, Guo Yu still led the crowd to fight, and according to the fort to frequently repel the attacking enemies, he held out until the middle of the night!

As far as the war is concerned, the war has advanced to this point, and there is no doubt that Yingkou will be defeated, and if the offensive is slowed down, it may give the enemy a chance to breathe, so that the war will repeat again. Therefore, Shi Hu also personally sat in the rear, mobilized all the troops to concentrate here to maintain sufficient offensive intensity, and the number of soldiers gathered around the Yingkou camp alone has reached nearly 50,000!

Yingkou, the camp, is half on the water and half on the land. As more and more enemies attacked the camp, this half of the battalion defense on land had changed hands, and Guo Yu had already led the remaining soldiers to retreat to the water platoon, and at the same time, some of the personnel in the battalion had already boarded the ship offshore to prepare for evacuation.

"General, on the water...... Reinforcements, reinforcements have arrived! ”

When the battle was still raging, Guo Chen's personal soldiers suddenly let out a surprise roar, everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a continuous fire on the water, and under the light of the fire, it was a boat full of soldiers, at least a hundred, converging from all directions!

"Rush, rush! Although the southern thieves have rushed to help, as long as they take the camp and defend the shore, it will be difficult for them to get to the shore! ”

Shi Hu naturally saw a large number of southerners approaching in the rear, and even jumped off the high platform in a hurry, wanting to personally put on his own clothes and supervise the battle. However, he didn't move forward for a few feet, but Zhang Jackal on the side suddenly stepped forward to stop him: "King, there is something strange...... The southern thief controls the waterway deeply, if he wants to rush to help, why wait at this time? ”

"How did they know that our army was in flames......

Shi Hu laughed after hearing this, and his mood was quite good, but soon, there was a sudden roar that shook the world in the night, and when he heard this sound, he was slightly stunned, and then his face changed dramatically, remembering that the soldiers had reported that there were many water storage weirs near the left. At that time, he was full of only the capture of Yingkou, and after hearing it, he only felt that the southerners were deeply dependent on the water power, and once they left the waterway, it would be difficult to move an inch.

Of course, it is not without precautions that the southerners may dig weirs and flood the army in an emergency, so the camps of the army are all selected highlands, and they are scattered in the wilderness and do not gather, even if there is a flood, the damage is limited.

But now, although the camp can be safe, there are tens of thousands of soldiers gathered here......

"Huaidao Water Epsom...... The flood is coming! ”

A panicked roar in the distance interrupted Shi Hu's train of thought, and he opened his mouth before he could give an order, but Zhang Jackal jumped up and hugged him and dragged him backwards: "Send the king to the heights quickly!" ”