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Chapter 254 Decisive Battle: The Battle of Breaking the Siege

The wind blew across the wilderness, and in the distance, a trace of fish white was faintly revealed.

The Chen army camp on the west side of the besieged Jiangling City was still shrouded in sleepiness. The construction intensity over the past few days made the entire army feel tired. At this time, the soldiers who were on duty all night were the most sleepy.

When Xiao Mohe was patrolling the camp in the morning, he ran into several dozing soldiers. After teaching a few words of humble faces, he was a little worried: "I heard that the general's old illness has relapsed in recent months. During the military meeting, he often fell asleep and was listless, which is really worrying."

Zhang Zhaoda suffers from chronic diseases and has never been cured. In recent years, his health has been getting worse and worse. He has been relying on his last breath of energy to survive. In front of his soldiers and generals, he has been holding on with a strong body. In order not to worry, he must patrol the camp every day and be present in every battle. But the Liang Kingdom was too tenacious to defend, and Zhang Zhaoda finally couldn't hold on.

"One hundred thousand soldiers were blocked by an old man from Lu Teng in the city for three months, and he couldn't move forward. It's really annoying! I heard that Qi had taken over the entire territory of Xiangyang. If I, Chen, could end this battle earlier, I would not sit idly by and watch Qi swallow Xiangyang...

"My army is 100,000, is it just to steal Jiangling? It's not cost-effective! The general probably heard that Qi State won and had no hope of regaining Jingxiang, which aggravated the condition..." Xiao Mohe waved his whip and looked dark, "The Qi people just picked up the advantage of my army's advance westward. It's not really a skill. If this battle is over, we have to find an excuse to touch the Qi people. We can't really ask them to take Xiangyang!"

At this time, a rumbling sound came from the earth, and the dewdrops hanging on the weeds shook off. Seeing the small stones under his feet trembling slightly. Although the feeling was still very weak, Xiao Moha could still feel it. He immediately changed his face and hurriedly pulled the horse's reins and turned around, shouting: "The enemy is coming!" This is definitely not an illusion of his own. If it weren't for Zhou and the six armies of the Liang coalition, it would be impossible for such a formation!

In the vaguely visible sky, teams of cavalry suddenly appeared in the distance of sight.

It was not until this time that I heard the vague sound of horse hooves.

This squadron of cavalry was strong and elite. The horse's hooves were covered with cloth and shrouds. The horses were silent and they ran as fast as the wind.

Lu Teng was like a tiger lurking in the forest, watching them coldly in the darkness for several days, and then launched a raid at this point in time!

Not only Xiao Moha, who extended east along the river bank, and the soldiers guarding the ferry on both sides also discovered the abnormal movements here. The Chen army camps were dense, and the Zhou army could not hide their ears and ears from the large-scale dispatch of the Zhou army. However, the enemy's actions were too fast. A cavalry of hundreds of people took the lead in front, with people rushing, and all the war horses had already mentioned the maximum speed!

These cavalry lie silently on the horse, holding spears, and shiny waist knives hanging under the horse's neck, rushing like a sea tide! Layers of them are advancing like walls! When we get closer, the sound of horse hooves can finally be heard, and the points can no longer be distinguished, but it just rumbling into a ball, as if the muffled thunder hidden behind the clouds enveloped the entire river bank and thousands of civilians!

A soldier fell from the earth wall in horror, rolled a few times and quickly got up, raised his spear forward, shouted loudly: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" More shrill shouts followed the response, and the sound of the golden drums in the Chen army camp was loud, and he beat the warning desperately.

The soldiers and generals who were resting in the camp were all alarmed, and the black people quickly gathered from the tent, behind the village wall, and in the wilderness. Faced with the sudden attack of the Zhou army, the commander Zhang Zhaoda also had estimates and preparations. After a brief period of turmoil, the generals left behind in the military camp quickly gathered the troops and issued orders one by one.

"The first post, defending the flanks of the camp, the second post, plus a bed crossbow, preparing to snipe the enemy, the third post..."

The Chen army camp in the east also received news. Deputy Commander Fan Yi pressed his sword and shouted loudly: "...The general has an order! Everyone is in their own position and will be dispatched by a certain unity. The troops will not be disobeyed, no noise, or escape at the fortress. All those who infringe on the morale of the army will be beheaded!"

Lu Teng raided the river embankment and suddenly touched the sensitive nerves of Chen's army. Although the army guarding the ferry entrance was equipped with many bows and crossbows, and there were also military-national weapons such as bed crossbows. Relying on the terrain on the river bank and backed by the camp, the Zhou army could definitely be beaten to the head of blood. However, this river embankment was the key to breaking the city. Fan Yi did not dare to be careless and hurriedly dispatched heavy armored cavalry to the central army.

"The whole army is defending and cannot attack!" Xiao Mohe deserves his courage and leads a team of personal soldiers into the enemy cavalry formation. After delaying until his side is ready, he snatches a war horse and runs back to death. Under the siege of the enemy, he killed and injured more than a dozen cavalrymen. At this time, his appearance is absolutely not good-looking, covered in blood, and several parts of his body are covered with color. Xiao Mohe's personal soldiers immediately scattered and scattered.

On the battlefield on the west side of the river bank is an open and flat area, which is extremely suitable for large-scale cavalry combat.

Hundreds of cavalry came in a fierce momentum, causing everyone's nerves to collapse.

Chen Jun held a crossbow and fired crossbow arrows, and rows of feather arrows were clearly inserted into the ground. This is the so-called "one-shooting place", which is annotation. When entering this range, they can cause large-scale effective damage to the enemy. At the same time, it is also a warning that those who dare to step further will die!

Everyone was holding a cold sweat in their hands. The cavalry in front of the opposite side frantically flew past the outermost row of short feather arrows on the low wall marked on the ground, and rushed towards this side!

"——Control!…Send!"

The general of Chen army shouted loudly, pulled the bowstrings, and aimed at them. With a command, a dark cloud rose from the sky, and countless short crossbow arrows fell like heavy rain, rushing straight to the enemy cavalry! Several rows of cavalry were knocked down almost at the same time, and the people and horses rolled into a ball...

The wailing and the horse's neighing were resounding in front of us. The cavalry that followed ignored the experiences ahead and quickly flooded the position...

They continued to charge forward even though the arrows penetrated the texture. No one looked at the dusty robes, and no one slowed down their speed slightly. Even the comrades who stood in front of them were able to step over without hesitation!

Facing such a hedgehog-like crossbow formation, the cavalry has always been constantly raiding from the side. They are close to the range and lure the opponent to shoot arrows until the opponent's bow and arrow has almost exhausted their physical strength. They are approaching or shooting step by step or riding and shooting to fight for another set of life, and then they will slash the physical strength and morale of the shooter again, and finally accumulate momentum and launch the most violent charge to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop!

The people in front of them were different. They were actually going to collide with Chen Jun head-on! Facing the fierce attack of Chen Jun's crossbow arrows, they did not retreat at all and shouted forward! With their flesh and blood wrapped in iron armor, they faced the sharp crossbow arrows. Every time they fired the opposite side, they would pay dozens of casualties, and they were not afraid! After seven or eight rounds of shooting, there were not many cavalry left, and the distance between the Chen Jun formation and them was less than twenty steps! The general Chen Jun was pale, and he could clearly see the faces of these people hiding behind the horse. A fierce look appeared on their faces. He lifted his long spear, and the war horses seemed to have four hooves flying into the air, and they crashed into the array in an extremely domineering manner, and the blood waves surged...

Behind them, countless step armor raised their long swords and rushed forward...

Fan Yi led more than a thousand heavily armored cavalry to help, but was blocked by a Zhou army of thousands of people. The commander of this army was Gao Lin, deputy general of Lu Teng. Gao Lin was old, wearing leather armor and sitting upright on the horse's back without any fear. A young general around him had a bright armor. Although he was young, he had a heroic aura. Xiao Cong, the prince of Xiliang, actually went to fight in person?

It seems that Lu Teng's purpose is indeed to destroy Zhang Zhaoda's fortifications in Xidi, otherwise why would he have reached this point? Things have developed to this point, and there is only one battle.

"Destroy you, I'll go find Lu Teng again!" A fierce light flashed in Fan Yi's eyes, and his arm just pointed in front of him, and the armored cavalry like an iron tower pressed up.

This heavy armored iron cavalry was cultivated by the Southern Chen, and the whole country was only a few thousand in size. Last year, the Northern Qi and the Southern Dynasties traded with each other, and sold thousands of war horses and the Southern Dynasties, and then hundreds of cavalry were expanded.

The Southern Dynasties had scarce resources of war horses, and the number of cavalry was far from comparable to that of the Northern Dynasties. The number was insufficient and the quality was enough. Their cavalry was extremely well-equipped and armed. For the sake of the Northern Expedition, Chen Xu almost gritted his teeth and pulled more than half of the heavy cavalry to the army. It was natural to say that the combat power was not to be mentioned. In Fan Yi's opinion, Gao Lin and Xiao Cong, an old man who was about to be silly and a young child who was still young, what could it be done? It can be destroyed by a blink of an eye!

Liang's spearmen, sword and shield, big axeman and other heavy armored infantrymen came out, putting their strength in front of the crossbowman. The crossbowman fired while retreating while firing bows and arrows. Although the iron cavalry was fierce, the ground was still the world of infantry. Fan Yi's distance was not yet widened, and the impact of the iron cavalry was slightly weaker, which gave Liang's chance.

Almost everyone is fearless and tries their best to protect their country. They are crushed and trampled to death by the iron cavalry! A Liang soldier was lifted by a long spear, and the spear tip was pulled into his stomach. The soldier was only in his twenties and held the spear pole tightly without letting go. The Chen Guojiaqi pulled back hard and even dragged his intestines out. The next moment, a long spear stabbed from the side, stabbed into his waist, dragged the armored cavalry from the horse. After the armored cavalry landed on the ground, several rolled around, asked the stabbed spear, pulled out the sword at the waist, and slashed hard. After blocking the open and hidden arrows several times, he was smashed to the ground by a strong man wrapped in iron armor, and then an axe fell to the top of his head...

The cavalry killed Liang's army standing in front of him. Liang's army rushed forward and killed the armored cavalry on the horse's back. There were fierce and bloody battles everywhere... Zhang Zhaoda looked at the railing from a distance, looking at the railing, with a pale face, but he still forced himself to take charge.

The sword light and axe shadows were flying, spreading out in front of him. The veteran was also a little moved at this moment, "It's Lu Teng... Cough cough cough... Cough cough!" As he said that, he coughed violently, hunched over, and his personal soldiers rushed forward to help him, but were stopped by Zhang Zhaoda. "Lu Teng is coming fiercely. We must fight quickly, otherwise there may be a big disaster. Let Shaoqing lead another army and cut off Lu Teng's retreat!"

Then he continued to watch the battle. After Fan Yi was conscious of underestimating the enemy, he immediately made adjustments. The army divided into several directions and pressed them all. This was a life-and-death battle, with prey and hunters fighting in the Shura field to survive.

Every country and country naturally has its own position and cannot force it.

Lu Teng and the rulers and ministers of Liang did not inform the news that the Qi people had broken through Xiangyang without telling them, and they had always created an atmosphere of life and death. At this time, the Zhou people and Liang people were naturally full of grief and anger, and the crowd was clamoring. Under the leadership of Lu Teng, they made their last attempt!

Xiao Cong kicked Chen Jun away, wiped the blood on his face, held a sword and looked around, and shouted loudly:

"If you kill Zhang Zhaoda's head, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and follow me to kill!"

…………

Towards Jiangling, Zhangshan County, a little shadow just appeared on the sun, and a thin layer of snow on the ground was dyed pink by the sunlight.

The vision spreads in front of the road, and countless flags obscures the figure of the mountain. In front of the schoolyard is a high platform, and several important officials of Xiliang with golden clothes and purple waists stand respectfully. Gifts are piled up on the platform, and above the dark red lacquer plate is the seal of the King of Xiliang.

Prime Minister Wang Cao presented his seal and ribbon without changing his face, "Our Liang Kingdom, from today on, will be a minister of the Great Qi..."

Lu Teng would never have thought that the ruler and minister of Liang would give him such a trick.

The elegant middle-aged man in front of him glanced at the lacquer plate, put it away carefully, then took it down and prepared wine and food.

"I am willing to give up my ancestors' foundation?"

"When you survive and die, you can't stand a moment of slowness," Wang Cao lowered his eyelids, "If you have a choice, you will naturally not give up your ancestors' foundation. Our Majesty has no choice."

"Hahahaha," Wang Lin laughed heartily, and then said solemnly: "Our Majesty has mentioned you so much, saying that you are a versatile talent in civil and military affairs. Now when you see you, you are really brave and determined! Fortunately, you have surrendered now, and our Majesty is eager to seek talents and will definitely be used for you!"

Wang Cao was unmoved at all and said lightly:

"I will talk about the future. If the Lord ordered me to serve, I would have no choice but to do so.

"The most important thing now is Governor Wang, when will you send troops to help?"

"The Liang State is already a vassal state of the Great Qi Dynasty. The Southern Dynasty attacked Liang was provoking the Great Qi Dynasty. As the Grand Governor of Your Majesty, how could he sit idly by the scene?"

Wang Lin smiled and stood up.

Under the high platform, thousands of troops spread out layer by layer.

“——Go to the battle immediately!”
Chapter completed!
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