In the early morning of May 6, 616 A.D., in the first year of the Republic, Li Mi, while sending envoys to Yan and Chen, also began to lead the whole army to retreat, preparing to turn around and recapture Luokoucang-1-

At the same time, Zhang Zhongjian and Zheng Xuanying issued an order to attack the Wei army, and by the Luokou River, the war resumed.

There was a light rain in the sky, thousands of troops and horses were floating in the rain and fog, and the battle line was winding and turbulent like a long snake.

Wang Xuanying led 100,000 Jianghuai troops to attack on all fronts, personally to the front line, the ranks of the Jianghuai army slowly approached like dark clouds, their team covered the entire land, the two wings of black pressure stretched out for a long time, and there was no end in sight, and the dust raised covered the sky and the sun, and the footsteps of "rustling" were like walking in the hearts of the Wei soldiers.

The blue Jianghuai army flags, general flags, and team flags fluttered one after another. Under the battle flag, the Jianghuai Army's infantry phalanx, which showed its skills in the previous battle, lined up in a neat array, stepped on neat steps, held a platoon like a forest, and rumbled towards the Wei army's front to launch a trapezoidal attack formation.

The two wings of the huge trapezoidal infantry formation are the Jianghuai light cavalry guarding the two wings of the infantry formation and following the slow advance. Thousands of troops and horses, marching in a row.

The Wei army formed a formation with his back against the mountain, Li Mi was dressed in purple Mingguang treasure armor, wearing a purple helmet on his head, stepping on a jujube red high war horse, holding a long sword of autumn water, standing solemnly in the front.

The slowly approaching Jianghuai army was like a heavy mountain, making the Wei soldiers who had just been defeated by the Jianghuai army a few days ago turn pale and their palms sweaty.

Li Mi pulled out his long sword, held the sword in his hand, jumped forward, and shouted, "Jumping beam clown, dare to come out arrogant!" "After a night of urgent deliberation last night, the Wei army has already decided on a plan to connect Yan and Chen and pull them all to the battlefield in the Central Plains.

However, although the envoys had been sent, they could not wait for reinforcements to arrive. There were 100,000 Wei troops in Luokou, but there were only three days of food left, and the Wei army couldn't afford to wait. Moreover, only by recapturing Luokou can the Wei army recapture the grain and grass, and join up with several other soldiers and horses.

The plan is set, but it is not easy to implement. The Wei army had just been defeated at the hands of the Jianghuai army, and it was not easy to easily withdraw from Luokoucang under their noses. Originally, Fang Xuanzao proposed to quietly withdraw the army at night, but Li Mi vetoed it. The two armies were only a few miles apart, how could the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Wei camp want to evacuate quietly at night? In particular, there are many soldiers in the army who have evidence of night blindness at night and cannot see.

Moreover, the Wei army is newly defeated, and the withdrawal of the army at this time must be panicked. In case it is discovered by the Jianghuai army, the other party chooses elite light cavalry to attack, and if it is not careful, it will cause chaos in the Wei army, and even cause a catastrophic rout.

Li Mi knew in his heart that although he was only a few dozen miles away from Luokoucang, if he wanted to retreat, he had to show a desperate and decisive heart. Only by fighting a tough battle with the Jianghuai army at the foot of the mountain, defeating the Jianghuai army, and demoralizing it, can he return to Luokoucang.

Moreover, Li Mi has carefully studied the process of fighting with the Jianghuai army with his subordinates these days, and has summed up some experience for the defeat of that day. In the eyes of the Wei army, that defeat was due to the fact that the Wei army was a little underestimated by the enemy, and only thought that the Hebei army only had 50,000 or 60,000 people. Second, they felt that they occupied a favorable position, but unexpectedly, the Jianghuai army rushed to land on the beach, although the situation was unfavorable, but the Jianghuai army was also fighting against the water, but everyone had the heart to die. In addition, the Jianghuai army suddenly shot the trump card that had been hidden, and the Wei army was caught off guard. In particular, the heavy cavalry of the Jianghuai Army was the key to the defeat of that battle.

In response to this, Li Mi formed a formation with his back to the mountain this time, swooped down against the enemy, and occupied a favorable position. And there is a mountain as a screen, and the back of the Wei army is also very safe, and it can fight the enemy wholeheartedly. In addition, with the lesson of underestimating the enemy last time, Li Mi believed that no soldier would underestimate the Jianghuai army this time. And the sharpest heavy cavalry of the Jianghuai Army, he has already had a countermeasure. …,

Li Mi shouted impassionedly in front of the battle, "Brothers, Wang Shichong's Hu people were beaten by us and abandoned their armor and fled to Hedong. Now, are we still afraid of his little cub whose hair has not yet grown? ”

"Brothers, the day before yesterday, Wang Xuanying gave us a little cub to play yin, and we were yin, this time, we will defeat them in this hall. We want to let them know that those soft-footed shrimp who grew up in Jianghuai water towns should go home to fish, and the Central Plains is not a place where they can stay! ”

"Brothers, there are only 100,000 Jianghuai troops on the other side, Chen Pojun already knows the strength of our Wei army, and he has avoided the edge, just Chen Pojun's 100,000 lackeys, what are we afraid of? At the beginning, Yang Guang sent so many officers and troops to encircle and suppress, who won in the end? ”

Li Mi's shouting in front of the battle was very effective, and as he shouted one by one, the morale of the Wei army continued to rise.

"Brothers, before dark, completely annihilate the little cubs of the Wang family, and after the war, each head will exchange 100 acres of land! Those who capture Wang Xuanying alive will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars and given ten thousand households! ”

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men.

In front of Li Mi's three armies, such a heavy reward was offered, which completely ignited the morale of all Wei troops at once. In the Wei army's array, 100,000 Wei troops struck the weapons and armor in their hands one after another, and let out bursts of roars. 100,000 Wei troops, blood boiling, momentum like a tiger.

The uproar of the Wei army also seemed to suppress the Jianghuai army, and the 100,000 Jianghuai army was still slowly advancing, but there was no fanatical morale to be seen.

The two armies were less than two hundred paces apart, and the Jianghuai army took the lead in attacking.

Braving the oncoming wind and snow, the 150,000 half-orcs and snakes began to move slowly

Moving at the front, countless Jianghuai platoon soldiers panting in bright light armor held high their rifles and shields. The light cavalry kept kicking and beating the belly of the horses, keeping pace with the infantry formation, and they brandished their cavalry guns while shouting: "The Jianghuai army will win!" "King Zheng will win! The voice was earth-shattering. The black-pressed queue poured into the Wei army's formation like a tide, the drums rolled, the trumpets sounded in unison, and the soldiers seemed to be rushing to the big gathering.

The Wei army's formation was immovable, compared to the hustle and bustle of the coalition army, although the Wei army's camp was faintly restless, but it was also a forest, like a mountain of spear forests erected high in the sky, the wind blew the flags, and the sound of hunting.

The sound of horses' hooves continued one after another, and the heralds on horseback ran through the passages between the phalanxes, shouting the command: "Hold your ground!" "Get ready! The infantry in the front row crouched down obediently, and dug their shields and spear butts deep into the mud to form a defensive formation, behind which 30,000 archers were divided into ten columns, and were loading arrows for their strong bows, with grim expressions.

When the two armies approached a distance of 100 paces, the Jianghuai archers, who could not hold their breath, released their arrows first. The arrows flying densely in the air fell into the dense queue of the Wei army, splashing a splash of blood and groaning. The Wei soldiers who were hit by the arrows fell silently, and the soldiers in the back row stood silently and stepped forward to fill the gap in the queue. The officers commanded: "Raise your shield!" All of a sudden, the shield bearers raised their shields to the sky, and from above, the front row of the entire Wei army's camp showed a metal reflection, as if they suddenly had a metal roof. All of a sudden, the arrows of the Jianghuai archers clanged and shot all over the shield wall, but they couldn't do any damage.

"Brothers, for King Zheng, rush!" Wang Bi, the general of the 30,000 Jianghuai platoon soldiers at the forefront of the Jianghuai Army, shouted.

"Kill!" The platoon soldiers roared like thunder and launched a charge, they took 256 people as a small platoon of infantry formation, ran forward in neat strides, and rushed towards the enemy formation with the surging momentum of the mountains and seas, and the crowd in blue armor rushed and expanded like waves, shouting and killing to the earth. Countless small infantry phalanxes formed a huge trapezoidal infantry array, like a huge hammer smashed into the Wei army's formation, and the momentum was amazing. …,

Facing the Jianghuai army surging like blue waves, countless Wei troops wearing red armor and robes stood still like an iron wall.

When the wave-like Jianghuai army rushed to fifty steps in front of the Wei army's formation, Li Mi, who was watching the battle from the tall building in the Chinese army's formation, waved his hand, the drums and horns behind him sounded in unison, and a row of eight standard-bearers waved the flag vigorously.

The commanders of the phalanx of 30,000 archers, divided into ten arrays, immediately received the order, waved their big hands vigorously, and shouted, "Release the arrows!" ”

The first row of archers stood up and released their arrows, and the dense rain of arrows was like a torrential rain hitting the array of the Jianghuai army. At this distance, the damage caused by a strong bow shot was terrible, and there was an astonishing clamour, "Ahh The successor moved forward bravely, but at this time, the first row of archers of the demon clan had already crouched down to wind their bows and arrows, and the second row of archers began to shoot again, and another terrible metal storm swept into the middle of the Jianghuai army, followed by the third row, the fourth row... Immediately there were heavy casualties.

However, at this time, the Jianghuai Army also showed its strong combat effectiveness, and the formation that gradually dispersed in the original charge did not collapse after receiving a tragic blow, but quickly closed. The trapezoidal infantry formation soon formed a half-moon formation. The platoon soldiers raised the round shields in their hands with their left hands, and the shields in the hands of their companions on the left and right protected each other, and quickly formed a huge metal shield array in the rain of arrows of the Wei army.

The tens of thousands of Jianghuai light infantry, who had already charged ahead, quickly moved towards the shield wall formation formed by the platoon infantry under the cover of the shield infantry.

"Ho! Ho! Ho! ”

Like a turtle retracted into a turtle's shell, the 30,000 Jianghuai platoon infantry suddenly began to sound from the formation behind the formation of a half-moon formation. As the voices continued to gather, the shouts of the infantry became more and more uniform.

The war drums behind the formation sounded rhythmic drumbeats, which gradually merged with the cheers of the Jianghuai platoon. And in this drumbeat and cheers, the rhythm of the 30,000 platoons of lance infantry gradually unified.

"Ho!"

With the sound of a neat shout that rose from the sky, the half-moon-shaped shield array that shone with metallic light suddenly bloomed like a thousand flowers, and from between the shields, thousands of long lances pierced out, advancing towards the front of the Wei army again.

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