Liu Yanzhen is extremely confident because he treats the difficult job of commanding nearly 100,000 people as a small fight with hundreds of minions running around.

He treated life-and-death matters as child's play.

In fact, before the deployment of the northern camp capital, which was in charge of commanding the army, Liu Yanzhen actually commanded the army during the six months he served as commander of the Shenwu Army.

Although the Shenwu Army was the elite of the Forbidden Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, its number was not large, with only a few hundred core members.

He, Liu Yanzhen, was able to convince the public with only the horse on his hip, the hard bow in his hand and his family background.

Therefore, this resume does not provide him with much experience in commanding 70,000 to 80,000 people. It can be said that Liu Yanzhen has no experience in leading large corps in combat.

If one were born in Zhang Zhao's side, he would be qualified to be a Du Yuhou, a left-wing Lin Wei.

Liu Yanzhen should not have bragged so hard that she believed that she was a famous general, and even Li Jing, with the praise of the "Five Ghosts" around her, regarded Liu Yanzhen as a Great Wall.

Therefore, when this emperor, who had always been a bit silly and bold, heard that he was going to send troops, he immediately thought of Liu Yanzhen and handed over 30,000 elite soldiers of the Imperial Guard.

However, no matter how confident he was, no matter how ignorant he was, when he woke up the next day, it was already noon, Liu Yanzhen had not yet seen Zhang Yanhan’s rear army, and the entire Meng Zhuze was still dead silent, he immediately realized

Something is wrong.

He immediately ordered the provisions and grass that had been moved off the ship to be moved onto the ship again, and the troops immediately prepared to set off.

Hmm! It's still the same as a playboy. When he comes, he is aggressive and thinks he is unparalleled. When he has a slight setback, he doesn't even verify it. He just listens to the slightest hint and thinks of escaping.

When Chai Kehong, the Marquis of Yu of the Longwu Army, saw that Liu Yanzhen was acting foolishly again, the labor sergeant was so angry that he stepped forward to stop her.

Zhang Quanyue, who was on the side, grabbed the military academy member who was known for his bravery, sighed and shook his head.

"It's too late. The Zhou army must have intercepted and killed my rear army. Zhang Yanhan, a mediocre man, must not be able to resist. It's too late to do anything now. You and I are waiting to fight to the death."

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Quanyue finished speaking, a thundering sound came from the front, and the Youyi Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty wearing gray and black leather armor rushed back.

The Zhou army came from the east, north, and south, and surrounded the more than 20,000 Southern Tang Imperial Army.

Liu Yanzhen was moving in the ants, but when she saw the Zhou army arriving, she still knew how to go forward and deploy the formation.

At this time, the Southern Tang Army had built a simple water stronghold at the mouth of Mengzhuze's Bian River as a place to place large ships.

As soon as he saw the Zhou army coming from the land, Liu Yanzhen immediately ordered several naval warships to go down the river to see if they could rush out.

However, Zhang Zhao had already prepared. He connected the captured warships with iron ropes and placed them across the Bian River. The Southern Tang Army could not rush past them.

At this time Liu Yanzhen finally gave up, but Mr. Liu remained calm because he still had a magic weapon.

That was the ingenious plan he came up with to defeat the enemy with his clever little mind after reading several military books.

At that moment, Zhang Zhao ordered the Shenji Battalion to set up the Camel Tornado Cannon to drive the Southern Tang Army away from the north bank. He personally led the army to the south to join Bai Congxin's troops.

Liu Yanzhen also formed a formation in the south with his back to the water village. Mr. Liu placed his horses horizontally and erected a strange-shaped, green-faced and fanged lion and a tiger wooden statue in front of the formation.

Not to mention, it is quite realistic, specially painted, and even made of animal hair using silk thread and fur.

The most peculiar thing is in the front. Liu Yanzhen placed all the cavalry of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a total of four thousand, in front of the formation.

Well, the cavalry was in the middle. Zhang Zhao thought that Liu Yanzhen was mad and wanted to confront the Zhou army's cavalry.

But it's obvious that with Zhang Shengren's IQ level, it's impossible for him to guess through Mr. Liu's 'means!'

What kind of iron cavalry hedge? It’s so outdated!

While everyone was stunned, Liu Yanzhen ordered people to tie the legs of the cavalry horses together with ropes, and then drove them to the front of the army to use as a city wall.

Moreover, he was very careful and threw a large number of leather bags filled with iron pear in front of the horse as a trap.

In Mr. Liu's opinion, no matter how strong the Zhou army's cavalry is, they are still riding horses, right?

I imitated King Zhuge Wuning's old wisdom of destroying the elephant army, carving a lion and a tiger in front of the army. No matter how good your cavalry and horses are, if you see a liger right in front of you, how dare you attack?

It is easier to understand if the legs of the war horses are tied up. Liu Yanzhen put armor on the war horses and connected the legs to prevent them from running around. Isn't this a ready-made chariot formation?

When the time comes, the soldiers will hide behind the horses and shoot arrows and spears. When the Zhou army comes, the first thing to hit is not the people but the horses. It is definitely impossible to break them with one blow. Then he can take advantage of the Zhou army's exhaustion to counterattack. Isn't it easy to counterattack.

In addition, he sprinkled a large amount of iron pear in front of the horse, which could also kill the Zhou army. It was simply a victory in every battle!

This happens sometimes! If your imagination is too wild, it is not a good thing.

Mr. Liu has been pretending to be in the military camp all his life. He thinks he has learned many magical tactics, but in fact, it is useless and very stupid.

At least Zhang Zhao was stunned in the distance, and the assembled Zhou army also fell into self-doubt collectively for at least five minutes.

Murong Nobunaga pulled off a lot of the finely trimmed beard on his chin, and finally looked back at Zhang Zhai with certainty and said.

"Sir, I really can't imagine the reason for such a formation. But I know that as long as we charge, the Wu army will collapse."

Murong Nobunaga couldn't help laughing as he said this. His smile was careless, as if it was contagious. Suddenly everyone in the Zhou army burst into laughter. Even Zhang Zhao couldn't help laughing. For a moment Morale is boosted.

As for the Southern Tang Army, many people felt that this was indeed a bit silly.

I just feel like my future is bleak with such a coach, so I feel lifeless even before I play.

In the left formation, Zhang Quanyue roared loudly and asked people to push the withered lions and tigers out of the military formation. He could not control others, but around him, he was not allowed to travel, something that insulted his IQ.

Zhang Zhao waved his hand lightly, the rumble of war drums sounded, and all the 34,000 elites he had mobilized arrived.

As for the Southern Tang Army, after being devoured by the rear army, there were only about 21,000 people left.

The central army of Zhou's army was composed as usual of the elite soldiers from Shanshan City, but this time around them, there were a thousand more silver spearmen trained by Feng Hui.

The Barbarian Bear is in the center. His huge size can always attract enough firepower from the enemy. At the same time, his majestic figure is also the most important reference for our own soldiers.

Many times, as long as the soldiers see that the bear is still moving forward, they know that the army must also be moving forward.

It is precisely because of such a prominent role that Zhang Zhao ordered Barbarian Bear to wear two layers of cloth-covered iron armor, and inside there was a layer of wire chainmail armor that was extremely defensive but weighed somewhat less.

This chain armor was carefully crafted by Cao Yanming to honor Zhang Zhao. However, now that Zhang Zhao does not have to go to the battlefield himself, he usually gives it to his subordinates. Whoever is given it will be the main protagonist of this war.

The barbarian bear held a huge shield in one hand and a large flag in the other. To his left and right, the Zhou army was now also playing shield style, which was indeed beneficial for defending against crossbows and attacking enemy formations.

Amidst the beating of war drums by the officers and the shouts of one, two, three, four, the Zhou army formed a series of formations, like a wall, and pressed towards the Southern Tang army.

At the same time as they pressed forward, the main force of melee spearmen and jumping soldiers holding hatchets and hammers moved to the last row. Following the sword and shield soldiers were the crossbowmen, and behind the crossbowmen were the archers.

During the march, every time the crossbowmen finished loading, they would launch the crossbow arrows from the gap in the shield or from above. The archers would all change their heavy arrows and use the throwing method to shoot again.

The sound was like thunder and the arrows were raining down. Mr. Liu immediately discovered that his so-called strategy of binding the legs of the war horses and forming a formation as a city wall was all nonsense.

Under severe punishment, this person would still deserter because he was afraid of death, let alone a war horse.

Both Han Shandu and Yin Qiang advanced in formation, and the crossbowmen had a large number of divine arm bows in their hands. Not only were they powerful, but they also missed quickly.

A war horse covered in a thin layer of iron and leather armor could not stop the power of the crossbow arrows.

While the two sides were still shooting crossbows, the horses that were hit began to run wildly in pain. If a horse wanted to run away, it would immediately cause panic among the surrounding horses, and then they would fall to the ground together.

Because the legs are tied with ropes, if one horse falls, the rest of the horses will fall down.

For a time, before the battle really entered its climax, the front of the Southern Tang Army was already in chaos comparable to hell.

The crossbow arrows were fired, the war horse fell to the ground and screamed, the war horse struggled to get up, and the screaming soldier was pinned down by the war horse.

Man Xiong has been fighting for so many years, and the quality of the soldiers and equipment of the Southern Tang Army are pretty good, but he has never seen someone in such a mess and about to be defeated so quickly.

The giant bear roared loudly and threw the shield in his hand to the ground. The leather bag containing the iron beetle immediately lost its use. The other soldiers followed suit and spread the ground with their shields. Liu Yanzhen's iron beetle formation

, immediately lost its effect.

Dunzhu ran faster than a wild bear. He quickly jumped over the panicked horses, rushed like a god descending from the earth, and smashed directly into the Southern Tang army.

The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty gathered the embarrassed hedgehogs together and wanted to resist. Dunzhu roared, and the spears in his hands flew out one after another. The spear throwers behind him did the same.

The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who gathered together were immediately knocked over. They couldn't bear the loss, so they started to run to both sides and back with howling, and the gap immediately appeared.

Therefore, taking advantage of the gap created by Dunzhu, the Zhou army rushed in and attacked and killed.

If such a stupid enemy doesn't quickly use Wushuang to gain military merit, wouldn't it be a loss?

At the same time as the infantry assaulted, the Zhou army's cavalry separated from the left and right of the formation, and then attacked the waist of the Southern Tang army's formation.

Because Liu Yanzhen tied all the horses together, the Southern Tang army only had cavalry, and all of them became infantry. They had no ability to counter the Zhou army's cavalry, and could only try to fight with pure infantry.

It was a pity that although they had many bows and crossbows, the infantry on the front was defeated too quickly, causing the two wings of the central army to panic quickly.

Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui disrupted the organization, and each led a mixed cavalry of light and heavy cavalry to rush back and forth. It only took three rounds to defeat the Southern Tang Central Army.

It was only at this moment that Mr. Liu suddenly realized that this was not how battles were fought. The military books and tactics left by the ancients did have their own reasons. The battlefield was surprising, and it did not mean doing weird things.

However, he understood too late that the 20,000 Southern Tang Army, especially the 9,000 in his central army, had collapsed!

In despair, Liu Yanzhen was still somewhat heroic, perhaps because the blood of his father Liu Xin, the leader of thieves, had revived in him.

Liu Yanzhen got on his horse, holding a family heirloom bow, wearing a golden black light armor, and a unicorn walking on the snow under his crotch. He led more than a hundred Huainan heroes who had followed him for many years and rushed out towards the direction where Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui were attacking.

past.

'Boom! Boom! Boom!'

Liu Yanzhen was on horseback, and he shot out three arrows in a row.

An arrow hit Zhao Kuangyin's shoulder, causing Zhao Da to grimace in pain.

The two arrows hit Murong Nobunaga in the chest, with such force that Murong Nobunaga felt as if he had been punched twice in the chest, causing unbearable pain.

Li Cunhui, who was next to Murong Nobunaga, had his eyes red. He held a horse gun and rushed towards Liu Yanzhen.
To be continued...