Chapter 334
After the Peng army's chariot and rock-beating, look at the Chifeng army. The army was killed and defeated, with no formation at all. The painful screams of the injured and the panic screams of the living made the hillside of Huya Mountain instantly turn the hell on earth.
At this moment, the originally defeated Peng army rushed out of both sides of the hillside, shouting in unison to rush down from the hillside. The military strategy was cloudy, and the two armies fought, and those who were at the top won. The charge from top to bottom was like a scattered sea of force. The Chifeng army, which had been smashed by the chariots and rocks, could not resist it. Almost everyone rolled and climbed down the mountain.
The soldiers were defeated like a mountain. The soldiers trampled on each other, fell and rolled, and countless casualties were killed and injured.
At this time, Li Wei was stunned, his mouth opened unconsciously, his eyes widened, and he looked straight at the battlefield ahead, unable to speak.
"General? General?" Peng Haochu called out repeatedly.
"Ah? Ah..." Li Wei came to his senses and turned his neck stiffly to Peng Haochu. His eyes were looking at him, but his eyes had lost focus.
Peng Haochu said anxiously: "General, please order the troops to retreat quickly. If you drag it down, our Chifeng army will be wiped out!"
"Ah? Ah! Yes, yes!" Li Wei just agreed, but he did not give the order for a long time.
At this time, Peng Haochu couldn't take care of that much, so he turned to the messenger and shouted: "Quickly mourn the gold to withdraw the troops! Hurry!"
"yes!"
The commander looked at Li Wei, and saw that the latter was dull and made a fuss. He made a fuss, conveyed Peng Haochu's orders and ordered the entire army to withdraw.
Dang, Dang, Dang - the rapid sound of gongs sounded, and many Chifeng soldiers in front who wanted to continue fighting with the enemy who heard the sound of gongs gave up the battle. The rear army turned into a front army and retreated across the board. To say that retreat was good, it was actually a retreat, and was chased by the Peng army and beaten by the butt. Even the Peng army had just captured the foot of the Peng army.
The Chifeng Army retreated for more than twenty miles, but the Peng army behind did not stop chasing, and it was very stance that they would not stop until they wiped out the Chifeng army. Many of the fallen Chifeng Army were stabbed to death by the Peng army chased from behind, or trampled into flesh mud. Their miserable defeat was unbearable to witness.
Just when Li Wei thought his Chifeng army was going to be wiped out by the Peng army, a huge Feng army suddenly came forward. The big flag in the army had the words "Tianyuan" written on it, and the big flag behind the military flag had the words "Auntie" written on it. After seeing it, Peng Hao immediately showed joy and said to Li Wei: "General, it is General Gu Yue who is here to pick us up!"
"Ah?" Li Wei raised his eyes and looked forward carefully. After seeing it, his heart finally fell down, and then he felt sad, his eyes turned red, and tears fell down. He shook his head and said, "It was me who was hasty and underestimated the enemy. He had not listened to General Peng's words, so he suffered this great loss, which caused tens of thousands of soldiers in our army..."
"Oh, General, don't say this now. Go and meet with General Gu Yue!"
Seeing that the Tianyuan Army had reinforcements came again, the Peng army behind him stopped chasing, and the entire army changed direction and returned victoriously.
After Li Wei, Peng Haochu and Gu Yue met, the latter looked up at the two of them and almost smiled bitterly. At this time, the two of them looked too embarrassed, with crooked helmets and slanted armor, and were covered in dust. There was no trace of the mighty power when he left Xibaicheng. Before he could ask what was going on, Peng Haochu asked first: "General Gu, why are you here?"
"Mr. Qiu is afraid that the two of you will be wrong, so he sent me to lead the army to support him!" Gu Yue said seriously.
Peng Haochu nodded secretly. Qiu Zhen really thought it was a magical idea. He could actually keep his back in advance. No wonder the lord relied on him so much! He bowed and sighed: "Thanks to General Gu arrive in time, otherwise..." As he said that, he turned his head to look at Li Wei and did not continue.
The Chifeng Army was defeated in this battle, with soldiers and generals losing. After statistics, the total number of casualties reached 50,000. It can be said that after a battle, one-third of the Chifeng Army's troops were exhausted. Because the Peng Army's strength was beyond imagination, Gu Yue did not dare to continue to march forward, and joined the remaining defeated generals of the Chifeng Army and retreated to Xibaicheng.
After the two armies came back and reported the detailed battle situation to Qiu Zhen, the latter was so angry that he stomped his feet. It was not that he had told Li Wei that he would discuss with Peng Haochu more before doing things, but why did he not listen to him, and he insisted on doing it alone. In the end, he ended up losing 50,000 troops, which would increase the enemy's prestige and destroy his own aura.
In the handsome tent, Qiu Zhen looked at Li Wei coldly, and after holding it in for a while, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Li Wei, what else do you have to say now?"
Li Wei lowered his head and said with a slight silence: "This defeat is all my fault, I am willing to be punished!"
Qiu Zhen nodded and said, "As the commander, you are careless and marching rashly, and fell into a trap, killing countless soldiers of our army. What's the use of me to keep you?" As he said that, he shouted coldly: "Where is the sword and axe master?"
"Here!" Two strong men with bare upper body, shirtless and holding a ghost-headed sword walked from outside.
Qiu Zhen waved his hand and said, "Let the sin behead Li Weilai out and behead him!"
"Yes!" The sword and axe driver, no matter whether you are a general or a soldier, just follow the orders. After Qiu Zhen finished speaking, the two sword and axe drivers agreed and stepped forward. One of them raised Li Wei's arm and dragged it outwards.
"Wait a minute!" Seeing that Qiu Zhen was about to kill Li Wei, the generals and counselors around were shocked and stepped forward to stop him.
"Mr. Qiu, Li Wei is indeed wrong and deserves punishment, but our army has suffered a defeat and his morale is low. It is probably even more difficult to increase the morale of the entire army when he kills the general at this time! I hope Lord Qiu thinks twice!" Gu Yue, Letian, Ai Jia and others, who are from the same group of thousands of men as Li Wei, stepped forward to plead for him.
"General Gu is right! Even if Lord Qiu wants to severely punish General Li, it is not the time now. We should wait until our army defeats the enemy in Huya Mountain before handling it."
"Yes! I hope Lord Qiu will show mercy!"
The generals and the counselors spoke in a word and a word, and persuaded each other.
Qiu Zhen is actually just pretending. He has known Li Wei for a long time and has a good personal relationship. Moreover, Li Wei is also Tang Yin's confidant, so he can kill him just by saying that he can kill him. No matter whether it is public or private, he cannot kill Li Wei.
Seeing that all the generals and the strategists came to plead, Qiu Zhen took a deep breath, frowned his eyebrows, pretending to be thinking. After thinking for a long time, he waved his arms to the two swords and axemen and said, "Li Wei can be spared the death penalty, but it is hard to spare the life penalty. Your position as the commander of the Chifeng Army will be temporarily taken over by General Peng Haochu, and you will be temporarily appointed as the deputy commander. Li Wei, are you convinced?"
Li Wei thought he was dead this time. Qiu Zhen was so angry that he seemed to be trying to eat people just now. Unexpectedly, he could really listen to the advice of the crowd and leave him behind. He was just exempted from the position of commander. He would not be dissatisfied at this time. Li Wei hurriedly knelt on the ground and choked and said, "I thank you Lord Qiu for not killing me!"
"No need to thank me. If you want to thank you, thank these generals and gentlemen who pleaded for you!" Qiu Zhen deliberately turned his head and stopped looking at him.
In fact, Qiu Zhen’s real purpose was to eliminate Li Wei as the commander of the Chifeng Army.
Now, the Tianyuan Army is composed of four legions, Xiao Muqing, the commander of the Pingyuan Army, is an old fox on the battlefield, and is good at attacking and defending. Liang Qi, the commander of the Sanshui Army, was already a famous general of the Feng Kingdom before Tang Yin became famous. Gu Yue, the commander of the direct army, was a little weak, but he was cautious and calm and calm in the face of things. He can also be called a general with a normal character. Among the four armies, only Li Wei, the commander of the Chifeng Army, has the worst ability and is the most worrying. Of course, Qiu Zhen also understood the purpose of Tang Yin's promotion, but this does not mean that Qiu Zhen agreed with Tang Yin's approach. If he only arranged important positions for reliable people, it would be too stupid. Moreover, there are not without talents in the Chifeng Army, Peng Haochu is more suitable for the commander than Li Wei.
This time, taking advantage of Tang Yin's absence and Li Wei made a big mistake again, Qiu Zhen exchanged the positions of Li Wei and Peng Haochu, and appointed the latter as the main and the former as the follower. In this way, the Chifeng Army will be more reassuring.
The Chifeng army suffered a crushing defeat in the attack of Huya Mountain. Qiu Zhen planned to lead all the soldiers to the war and take down Huya Mountain in one fell swoop. At this time, Tang Yin followed Zhao Ju's caravan back to Xibaicheng.
Tang Yin's return was just right, and the generals' floating emotions were calmed down. Tang Yin first learned about the big and small things that happened during this period of time he left. When he heard that Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuanrang from Tongmen had successively beaten Ning's counterattack, he couldn't help but smile and nodded secretly. His decision to send Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuanrang was really right. The two of them cooperated together was indeed powerful. Only the Sanshui Army, which had only 80,000 consecutively could repel Ning's several large-scale counterattacks. I'm afraid that only the two of them could do it.
Then he heard that Li Wei was defeated in Huya Mountain and was dismissed by Qiu Zhen after he came back.
Tang Yin couldn't help but frown secretly. Li Wei was the commander of the Chifeng Army he chose. If there was any fault, the punishment would be. Why did Qiu Zhen withdraw and withdraw it if he said he wanted to withdraw?
Seeing his face darkened, Qiu Zhen could not feel the unhappiness in his heart. He bowed and said, "Sir, General Li Wei did not listen to advice on the battlefield and insisted on his own, resulting in a crushing defeat in the entire army, with more than 50,000 casualties. According to military law, he would be severely punished. Now he has only been demoted to one level, which is the lightest punishment!"
Before Tang Yin could answer, Li Wei, who was standing among the generals, walked out, lifted his armor, knelt on one knee, and intervened and said, "Sir, this battle is indeed the fault of his subordinates. He did not listen to General Peng's advice, which led to the defeat of the entire army. Lord Qiu has already made great kindness to his subordinates, and he has no complaints!"
Chapter completed!