【Chapter 963】 Kill the wolf
After the crossbow, there were corpses everywhere within 500 steps in front of the Central Army Commander's Platform. Except for more than a thousand unowned war horses wandering on the battlefield, there were no Wuhuan cavalry. Apart from the five hundred steps, there were no less than 30,000 Wuhuan cavalry gathered. However, they were still panicked at this moment and stopped and did not dare to move forward.
When the last round of crossbow arrows roared and fell, Zhuge Liang, who was standing beside Li Li, sighed softly: "What a pity. The crossbow arrows could still be changed to a two-horse chariot after the crossbow arrows, and continued to strangle the formation. Unexpectedly, the battlefield in front of the formation was covered with corpses and the road ahead was blocked, and the chariot would be useless. Alas, human calculations are not as good as God's calculations, and it was unexpected!"
Li Li was speechless after hearing this, and his face appeared dull. Then he blinked his eyes, but rolled his eyes, with a very strange expression. Suddenly, a sentence appeared in his mind: "Zhuge Duozhi is almost a demon, and he has the ability to call the wind and rain, and is unpredictable to gods and ghosts; if Kong Ming is not dead, it will be difficult to calm down in troubled times." Li Li had heard this comment a long time ago, but he couldn't understand it, but at this moment he realized it.
When Zhuge Liang used troops, any inconspicuous details were an important part of his entire tactical planning, which was linked together and killed intent step by step. The previous infantry army launched a series of arrows and fired arrows at once. The purpose was to confuse the barbarian army, making them mistakenly think that the Han army had lost its skills, and they were still the same trick and could not play new tricks. Then, he used a giant shield to defend further aggravate the barbarian army's contempt and prompted him to underestimate the enemy and go straight to the central army's commander to kill the generals. Then, the crossbow appeared and gave the barbarian army a devastating blow. After the crossbow formation, there were attacking means, which was that the crossbow chariot turned into a chariot, and the chariot rushed forward. After the chariot, the central army attacked, took advantage of the situation to chase and beat the dogs in the water.
After the whole set of attacks, don’t talk about the inferior armor. The barbarian army with relatively single attack methods cannot stand it. If it were other troops, they would still not be able to bear it. Since they could not bear it, they would have to take advantage of it. It would inevitably lead the troops and lose their generals and suffer great losses. If it were Li Li, the leader of the troops, was no exception.
This is Zhuge Liang, a military advisor who is a god-like military force. He can use a series of methods in a head-on decisive battle, which is endless. It makes people unable to defend themselves. If it were other battles, he would probably have more room for exercise and more meticulous planning. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a perfect decisive battle, but deserves it.
"Lord, lord" Just as Li Li was distracted, Zhuge Liang's voice came from his ears: "The next battle will be a problem for the lord to take action personally. Taking advantage of the moment when the barbarians lose their fighting spirit, the lord can lead the Jinqi Guards to fight and fight. They strive to defeat the Tadun Central Army in one fell swoop. As long as Tadun's troops are defeated and fled, the troops on the left and right wings will inevitably collapse without fighting and flee in a hurry. If this is possible, the overall situation will be settled, and our army will definitely win in this battle!" When saying this, Zhuge Liang seemed full of confidence, his tone was strong and loud.
"Uh! That's so good." Li Li came back to his senses in shock and nodded happily. Then he ordered Li Zhi behind him: "Zicheng stays here to protect the military advisor. Do not leave a step, you must protect the security of the military advisor!"
"Ah! This" Li Zhi's expression changed when he heard this. He looked at Li Li in surprise and was about to make a statement. When he said that when Li Li glared at him, he swallowed it back.
Glazed at Li Zhi, Li Li looked solemn and said without any doubt: "If the military advisor lacks a hair, I will ask you Li Zicheng!"
"No, I will take the order!" Seeing that Li Li had made up his mind, Li Zhi did not say much and responded respectfully.
Before he finished speaking, Zhuge Liang interrupted, "The lord's move is very inappropriate. General Zicheng is the lord's personal guard commander. He should protect the lord's safety. How can he stay with me? What's more, the lord's charge is the time when he is using people. With General Zicheng to protect his left and right, he should be able to make a decision. I stayed at the back of the central army, and there are more than 20,000 infantry soldiers around him, so it is safe. Therefore, I beg my lord to take back the order and ask my lord to think twice."
Li Li shook his head when he heard the sound and said without thinking: "Kongming doesn't have to say much, this matter is settled. Only when Zicheng stays to protect you can I feel at ease and lead the army to fight without distraction. Otherwise, if you make any mistakes, how can I explain to your sister?" He originally wanted to say: If you make any mistakes, my losses will be great. But Li Li felt that this was too straightforward and too utilitarian, so he temporarily decided to bring Kong Ming's sister Zhuge Ling out as a shield.
After saying that, seeing Zhuge Liang still having to argue, Li Li waved his hand and signaled that he didn't need to say much, so he turned his head to look at Li Zhi and gave him a look that only he understood. Li Zhi immediately understood, Zheng pointed his head, and then rode his horse behind Kong Ming, and he was really indifferent to his steps.
Seeing this, Li Li smiled knowingly, so he held a golden sword in his hand, lifted his reins and rode the horse. The Hualiu horse under his crotch was very spiritual. He raised his hooves and took several steps, stood upright with his head held high, and was extremely majestic. Li Li on the horse's back immediately ran his sword and shouted loudly: "The Jinqi Guard obeyed the order and took the barbarian chief Tadun's head, followed me to fight, kill----!" With the sword, the Hualiu horse was flying like an arrow leaving the strings, carrying Li Li to the world and headed straight for the formation.
More than 10,000 Iron Cavalry of Jinqiuwei responded, jumped out, waved his horse and followed Li Li to the front of the formation.
"My lord treats me, Zhuge Liang so well. I am sure that I will follow you to the death and be willing to do whatever you want!" Seeing Li Li lead the army to the battlefield in front of the formation, Zhuge Liang was stunned and murmured to himself, his gratitude was beyond words.
After hearing this, Li Zhi, who was standing behind him, had a trace of brightness flashed in his eyes. Looking at Li Li's back riding a horse, he sincerely exclaimed: "The lord is really a god, and every move has a deep meaning!" This sigh is not caused by no reason, but because of the cause.
Before this, Li Li did not send generals to protect Zhuge Liang's safety, which is rare in the Xiliang army. To this day, any civil servants above the county magistrate or above or generals whose martial arts skills are not included in the top war generals are protected by personal guards. Among them, Li Xian, Li Xuan, Li Ru, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Lu Su, Zhou Yu, Li Jue and others have specially formed personal guards around him, ranging from 100 to 300 people. If he leads a battalion of troops alone, there will be 500 personal soldiers. However, because Zhuge Liang is still inexperienced and has just arrived, he has no guards to protect him.
Just now, Tadun led the army to a place less than a hundred meters in front of the commander's platform, while Zhuge Liang stood on the commander's platform, within the range of the Wuhuan cavalry's bow and arrow. At that moment, Zhuge Liang was undoubtedly extremely dangerous without guards to protect him; once the Wuhuan cavalry opened his bow and shot, his life was worrying. But at that time, Li Li did not send Li Zhi to protect him. It can be seen that although Li Li valued Zhuge Liang, he was still far from reaching the level of blind trust, otherwise he would not have let Zhuge Liang fall into danger.
However, as Zhuge Liang used the chariot and crossbow formation to repel the Tadun army and exhibited his amazing military ability, Li Li's attention to him immediately increased countless steps. He actually kept Li Zhi next to him to protect himself. The two completely different treatments over the years were really thought-provoking and quite interesting.
Tattata!
In the middle of the battlefield, stepping on the corpses of the Wuhuan barbarian army, the Jinqiu guards rushed like a tide, rushing towards the Wuhuan army a hundred steps away like a tsunami.
At this moment, there were no less than 30,000 Wuhuan cavalry directly in front of them, and Tadun, who had escaped in panic under the crossbow, suddenly stepped on his horse formation. Su Puyan was also beside him. At this time, Tadun was still panicked. Looking at the corpses in front of him, he was still scared, his eyes were indifferent and panicked.
However, the battle was not over. The Wuhuan and Xianbei coalition forces were not defeated. The death of more than 10,000 Wuhuan cavalry was insignificant for the 130,000 coalition forces. It had nothing to do with the overall situation. The coalition forces could still defeat the Han army and win the final victory. This was Tadun's idea of self-comfort. It was also his self-encouragement when facing the surging of tens of thousands of Han army cavalry. However, when he turned his head to look at the Wuhuan army behind him, his heart was tightened, and his fighting spirit that could not be mobilized was suddenly frustrated and he was very discouraged.
In an instant, Tadun also had an epiphany.
The crossbow formation just now did not have the ability to kill all the Wuhuan cavalry. There were less than 10,000 Wuhuan soldiers who were actually shot, but there were as many as 5,000 Wuhuan cavalry who died in the trampling of horse hooves and chaos. What does this mean? This means that the tens of thousands of troops led by Tadun were scared by the Han crossbow arrows, panicked, and fled in a hurry, which prompted them to flee under the attack of crossbow arrows, and fought and killed each other. It also means that the more than 30,000 soldiers who survived the attack of crossbow arrows had completely lost their fighting spirit, had no fighting spirit, and had no intention of fighting again, and they were unable to fight again. What was the difference between a group of prairie wolves who had lost their ferociousness and fighting spirit and the lambs to be slaughtered?
Seeing that the Han army's cavalry was getting closer, Tadun was anxious and looked melancholy, and was in a dilemma.
Knowing that the army behind him had no intention of fighting, as their leader, Tadun should make a quick decision and withdraw his troops immediately, otherwise the men behind him would stay here to die. However, the soldiers and horses on both sides were fighting with the cavalry of the Han army on both sides, and the 80,000 coalition forces and 40,000 Han troops were entangled, and they could not withdraw from the battle immediately. If Tadun took the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield at this time, it would undoubtedly be a disregard for the life and death of the Allies on both sides, betrayal and selfish. If this is true, how can Tadun and his own tribe gain a foothold on the grassland in the future?
However, if he fought hard, he would inevitably be massacred, which was exactly the situation that Tadun was most reluctant to see. Because the army behind him was all warriors of his and Su Puyan tribe, and they belonged to the absolute direct line. If his own soldiers were too injured and injured, his status in the Wuhuan tribe would inevitably plummet and be in danger in the future, and he would even be annexed by other tribes, and he would still be unable to escape death.
Faced with a dilemma, Tadun turned his head and looked at Su Puyan, and happened to meet Su Puyan's begging gaze. The two of them looked at each other, nodded tacitly, and reached a consensus.
Then, Tadun jumped out of the formation and shouted loudly: "Warriors, fight to the death with the Han army! Kill——!" He shouted and killed, but Tadun's next move was very strange. He and Su Puyan rushed to attack on the left and right, instead of rushing to the front of the formation, but rode their horses to both sides of the central army, and then rode their horses from the gap between the central army and the two wings, and ran towards the vast mountains behind him.
Obviously, Tadun and Su Puyan led their troops to withdraw.
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