Qingling Punishing Heart

Chapter 437 Victory in the First Battle
Outside the city of Haojing, the wind howled.

The wind blows up the dust, and the gravel rolls wantonly.

Jiang Ling came with the determination to kill Ji Gongyan, and his soldiers approached outside the city of Haojing.

It is undoubtedly a great shame and humiliation for Ji Gongyu that the rebel army invaded the hinterland.Since the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty for nearly 300 years, only Zhou Tianzi led the princes to conquer the barbarians, and no Rong tribe has ever been able to fight outside the city of Haojing.

As the military adviser of the "rebel army", Ji Chengshi led his troops to attack the city of Haojing from both north and south directions.Although it was a pincer attack, the Zhou royal family had ten armies, each with [-] troops. Although the Six Western Armies dispatched, there were still [-] elite soldiers left in Gaojing, and Guo Shifu and Li Hongxi each led [-] soldiers and horses, a total of [-]. army.

However, the combined army led by Ji Chengshi only had nearly [-] soldiers and horses, which was less than half of the Zhou army.

From the perspective of military strength, the Zhou army clearly had the upper hand, so Ji Gongyan ordered the whole army to attack and annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop.

The left army that the Zhou family went out to meet the enemy was composed of the elite royal family led by Li Hongxi; the right army was composed of the Guo family army led by Guo Shifu;

The army has set up a murderous formation, and has an astonishing number of leading chariots.No matter what kind of strong army it is, confronting such a powerful army head-on is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

However, Ji Chengshi decided to let the army face the attack directly.

The result was no surprise, the first battle was defeated.

Following a rush of hoofbeats, an orderly soldier covered in blood rushed back from the front of the formation: "To the lord, the vanguard army of five thousand dog soldiers, the entire army was wiped out!"

Jiang Ling asked anxiously, "What formation did the enemy use to win?"

The messenger showed fear on his face, and spit out two words with lingering fear:

"Car array."

Hua Rulang's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice, "...the chariot formation is really powerful."

Ji Chengshi felt bored. He didn't expect that the main force of the Zhou army would still rely on chariots decades later, and still use the chariot formation created by Xibo Jifu when he broke the dog army.

The dragon head chariot used in the chariot formation, as the name suggests, looks exactly like a dragon head. "Dragon beard" is a spear fixed on the front of the car for stabbing.A leading chariot full of sharp blades is not only extremely powerful, but also extremely fast, no matter how brave and skilled the Rong soldiers are, it will not help.

Jiang Lingxiu frowned, glared at Ji Chengshi complainingly, and asked anxiously, "Will you lead troops?"

Ji Chengshi intentionally sold a loophole, but in fact, his inner thoughts are very simple, it's just a small test.

To Ji Chengshi, who had browsed the map of Jiangshan Sheji, this battle was like a game of chess without any suspense.He already knew the weakness of Zhou Jun's defense, and he could think of no less than a hundred ways to win a complete victory, but he just didn't use the simplest and most direct method because he wanted revenge.

At this time, the enemy he hated the most was not the royal family of Zhou, but the soldiers he was commanding.

Ji Chengshi's father Jin Muhou once received the order of King Xuan of Zhou, and led his army to follow the king to crusade against the Rong people, and finally returned in a disastrous defeat.Jin Muhou was ashamed of this war. At that time, his wife Jiang Shi gave birth to his first son. Jin Muhou named his son "Ji Chou" and made him the prince to show that he would not forget the shame of the Rong people.

At this moment, the soldier Ji Chengshi is commanding is his enemy.As Jin Muhou's son and Ji Chou's younger brother, how could Ji Chengshi let go of the opportunity to wipe out the soldiers?
Therefore, regardless of necessary or unnecessary sacrifices, Ji Chengshi would not hesitate to let those Rong soldiers go to the front of the battle to die.

Jiang Ling didn't know Ji Chengshi's small plan, but felt anxious and hoped that Su Ji would return from Lishan as soon as possible.If the coalition forces continue to suffer defeats, she might not be able to help but go out in person, wishing that as soon as the red lotus umbrella comes out, the thousands of troops will be wiped out in ashes.

When Jiang Ling was in a state of desperation, Ji Chengshi felt that the time was ripe, and said: "The biggest weakness of the chariot formation is that the chariots are heavy and difficult to turn around. Once the impact fails, you have to return to the starting point. If you want to break the chariot formation, you must use this The Achilles' heel is to quickly penetrate from the two wings to the flanks of the chariot, take advantage of the speed of the cavalry when the enemy chariots are difficult to turn around, and break up their formation in one go."

Everyone suddenly became enlightened, and immediately ordered the generals to act according to the plan.The soldiers of the coalition army poured out from both sides of her horse like a tide, and galloped forward in a mighty way, sending out a battle cry that was frightening to hear.

Less than an hour after the confrontation between the two armies, Jiang Ling rode on the horse and looked into the distance, with a smile on his lips, a triumphant smile.

On the distant horizon, Zhou Jun's proudly standing banner became messy and fell to one side one after another.Numerous leading chariots were torn apart from the side, and the formation of chariots became chaotic.

Ji Chengshi had a panoramic view of all this. The setting sun shone on the bronze mask on his face, revealing a confident arrogance.

After a while, a messenger sent a good news from the front of the formation: "Report to the lord, the chariot formation has been broken, and the enemy's right wing has been defeated!"

Hearing the good news, Ji Chengshi remained expressionless, as he had already expected such a result.Because the right wing is the army led by Father Guo Shi, Jin Hou Ji Qiu has already colluded with Father Guo Shi. Once the Zhou family is destroyed, he will support Ji Gongyu's younger brother, and Ji Wang, who is rumored to have committed "Oriental Taiyi", will become the next Zhou emperor.

"Take advantage of the victory and pursue!"

With Jiang Ling's order, the coalition troops rushed to the distance, and the roar of the wind was overwhelmed by the shouts of killing.

Seeing that the chariot formation was broken, Li Hongxi had no choice but to go out by himself.

Jiang Ling came out with a red lotus umbrella in hand, and asked, "General Li, it is more meaningful to shed blood for a benevolent king, isn't it?"

"Loyalty and righteousness are difficult to have both."

Li Hongxi's tone was firm, and he finally decided to stick to it until the last moment.

Jiang Ling faced this subordinate who had been loyal to him for many years without any hesitation, and went all out with every move.

However, Li Hongxi's fist was still merciful to this once respected Empress Shen, consciously or unconsciously.

The two fought evenly at first, but after twenty rounds of fighting, Jiang Ling clearly had the upper hand.Suddenly, a flame burned the left half of Li Hongxi's body.

Li Hongxi clutched his scorched flesh in pain, looked around the messy battlefield, and seeing that Zhou's army was in danger, he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.Following the call of retreating troops, Zhou Bing retreated hastily, throwing away his helmets and armor, while the coalition soldiers had smiles on their faces and carried all kinds of trophies in their hands.

However, only a small number of Zhou soldiers fled back to the gate of Haojing, and most of the Zhou soldiers were abandoned on the battlefield and slaughtered.

Ji Chengshi felt bored of winning, and when he was about to rein in his horse and go back, his eyes suddenly fixed on the left side of the battlefield.

There came the painful wailing of the abandoned soldiers, and the figure of a woman in green shirt walked between the bloody swords and swords.That graceful figure was incompatible with the surrounding dust, dirty soil, and splashed blood.

At first, Ji Chengshi thought it was his own illusion, but after rubbing his eyes, he found that the woman's back was still there, like an ethereal undead.

Ji Chengshi felt terrified, and looked sideways at Jiang Ling beside him, seeing that she was as immersed in the joy of victory as everyone else, and obviously didn't see the ghostly figure from behind.

At this time, the woman in the green shirt turned around slowly, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and smiled meaningfully at Ji Chengshi.

Ji Chengshi couldn't help but gasped, feeling that the woman was definitely not an ordinary person, but why did she appear in his eyes.Is this a provocation, a warning, or a mockery with ulterior motives?
The sun hasn't set yet.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Chengshi took a closer look, and could no longer see the figure of the woman in the green shirt, only a thin white silk, which disappeared with the wind.

(End of this chapter)