Chapter 25: The best plan is empty! Retreat!

After the heavy shield formation, two rows of archers quickly assembled.

The Jin people have always been known for their good cavalry and shooting. The bows are big and long, and the arm strength is super strong. The archers in the Jin army have always been the characteristics of archers in the Jin army. The archers in the array do not use short bows that are riding and shooting on horseback, but long bows for infantry that are long to shoulder height. The effective range is more than 100 steps. Although they are far from being as good as heavy crossbows, they are still threatening to Yang Jun and the others on the bridge deck, especially when there are enough bows and arrows and enough dense.

Yang Jun Yao showed his might for a while, but the other party refused to send a general to fight. How could he wait for the archers to come now? Seeing the other party's archers lined up, he laughed and pulled his horse back to the reeds in the south of the bridge. The Jin soldiers' archers were out of reach, and they could not help.

Wu Shu quietly breathed a sigh of relief: If this evil god rushed into the formation without any fear, I wonder how many casualties would be!

Yang Jun was another lucky thing: Yang Zaixing died under the sharp arrows of the Jin soldiers. It is said that Zhang Xian later collected Yang Zaixing's corpse, and the arrow clusters burned were as many as two liters! Since the trouble of the arrow formation has been solved, this life should be saved, right?!

The two armies looked at each other across the river again, and they were helpless. Yang Jun also understood that even if he returned to Yang Zaixing's spiritual sense and was willing to sacrifice himself to rush, he would probably not be able to break through the opponent's arrow formation and heavy shield defense at this moment. This battle is not as good as Yancheng. At that time, Wu Shu did not lead infantry at all, and it was impossible to arrange such a strong defense. He could rush around. The current Jin army formation has been formed and he does not have the ability to shake it. It is better not to be impulsive.

During the stalemate, Wu Shu stared at the Yang banner across the river and muttered to himself: "Don't retreat! Do not retreat!"

When Wu Shu thought that there might be no one in Yancheng, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. If this was the case, Yang Nanman would be even more disgusting. He actually blocked the nearly ten thousand army here with hundreds of cavalry and a crossbow formation.

But after hatred, the sun was getting higher and higher in the sky, the heavy armored cavalry had already sweated on their foreheads without fighting. The Yue family cavalry on the opposite side had no intention of retreating under the leadership of Commander Yang. They were still leisurely and coldly faced the main army of Wushu on the north bank of the river.

"What should I do? Retreat or not!" Wu Shu also saw sweat on his forehead.

I came here with excitement, and originally wanted to flatten Yancheng in one fell swoop. Judging from the defense ability, Yancheng was even far inferior to Shunchang, which Liu Qi defended. If he had not been in a hurry to attack Yancheng with light cavalry, but led the Qi army, he could rush from Linying to Yancheng at most one day. Even if Yue Fei could collect some reinforcements, he would still be very confident in taking Yancheng. How could he be blocked in Xiaoshang River like he is now!

Most of the siege equipment was brought, and the march started at midnight. Still, the difference was still falling, and the whole plate was falling. Once again, Yue Feihe was helpless!

"Yang Zaixing!"

Wu Shu roared in a low voice, hating Yang Jun to the core.

The army that followed Linying one after another confronted Yang Jun on both sides of the Xiaoshang River.

But soon, Wu Shu realized that he no longer had to hesitate.

The ground was trembling, smoke and dust were pouring out. Under the rising sun, the Yue family army had already arrived from the direction of Yancheng. The cavalry in the front team held high the banner of "Hebei Road Recruitment Deputy Envoy Zhang", with no less than ten thousand cavalry!

"Zhang Xian!"

Wu Shu's face was ashes.

On the Jingdong Road of the Song Dynasty, Liu Qi was just a commander of the guards. Only the Yue family army led by Zhang Xian conquered Mingcheng and defeated the Jin soldiers and ran away in a hurry. Unexpectedly, he had already led the army to transfer here!

"Boom! Boom!"

Unlike Wu Shu, Zhang Xian led the cavalry to marches slowly as the infantry front drive. After receiving the military report of the cavalry sent by Yang Jun, the news that "Wu Shu's army and the soldiers of Yang Commander met Xiao Shang Bridge" stimulated Yue Fei immediately ordered that Zhang Xian led the main force of the cavalry to Xiao Shang Bridge at full speed!

"It is easy to get a thousand troops, but it is hard to find a general. I wrote a letter to report to General Yang. The deputy commander must be able to protect General Yang without any worries!"

Yue Fei's face was as iron as iron. Who would have thought that Yang Tongzhi would use thousands of cavalry to fight against a hundred thousand army? The heroes of Yang Tongzhi were invincible and refused to turn back and escape, but would definitely fight to win time for the army!

Yang's rule is in danger!

Zhang Xian didn't care about a lot of things. He had all the elite 20,000 cavalrymen and rushed to Xiaoshang Bridge in two teams.

"Mr. Yang has met the deputy commander!" Yang Jun did not dismount, but just bowed to Zhang Xian on the back.

There was no need to say anything more. Zhang Xian was stunned when he looked at the dead men on both sides of the Taiwan Strait: How was this battle fought? The scene of General Yang's bloody battle in the imagination did not appear at all, but the two armies were silent in front of the formation as if they were drinking tea!

The Yue Family Army Brigade quietly lined up on the south bank of Xiaoshang River. Tens of thousands of people could not hear a single voice, only the rapid sound of horse hooves was moving.

Without waiting for the infantry to appear, Wu Shu already knew that his calculations were completely wrong.

There is no need to fight the battle in Yancheng anymore.

"Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing! Send your head first! Wait for me to take Yingchang..."

"Prime Minister..." King Longhu came up carefully and asked.

Wu Shu turned his head with a blue face: "Retreat! The front team is the back team!"

The infantry behind the cavalry formation first set off, with the heavy shield and archers not moving at all, staring at Xiao Shang Bridge. At the moment, the offense and defense are easy to attack and defense, and what we need to guard against is Zhang Xian's army crossing the bridge to chase and kill.

Zhang Xian silently watched Wushu's army go away without any reaction, and there was no reaction between the two ends of Xiao Shang Bridge. Wushu couldn't get through, so the Yue family army could not get through. He could only watch Wushu slowly disappear from sight.

The last group of golden cavalry roared loudly, archers carried their bows on horses, heavy shields abandoned their shields, and rode on horses left by the army and left.

"Deputy Commander!" Yang Jun shouted in dismay.

Zhang Xian nodded: "The brigade will arrive in a moment. Let's cross the river and wait! The commander leads his troops first and inquire ten miles from the road. You must not advance lightly! As long as you discover the cavalry that broke the back of Wushu, you will immediately return to the front army!"

Wu Shu didn't go far, he was behind the rear with the cavalry brigade.

Zhang Xian personally led the main force of the Yue family's cavalry behind him, and no one dared to take it lightly.

"Prime Minister, is the army going back to Linying or Zhuxian Town?" King Gai Tian asked behind him.

The commander of the front team was waiting for Wu Shu to answer. He just now had just the word "retreat" by Xiaoshang River, but there was no accurate statement wherever he retreated.

Return to Linying? Return to Zhuxian Town? Return to Kaifeng Prefecture?

But Wu Shu was hesitant!

Just at this moment, a horse ahead was far away and arrived like flying: "Report!"

"Prime Minister, the army in Zhuxian Town has arrived in Linying. How to stop it? Please decide!"

The cavalry who was summoning the horses knelt down in front of the horses and reported the military information from Lin Ying. Wu Shu's face was even more cold. Previously, many generals in the army advised him to gather and attack again, but he was a little determined to go his own way, causing the troops to retreat to Xiaoshang River. Although there is no victory or defeat, it is always difficult to explain in front of the generals. Now that the subsequent army has arrived, should he turn back to fight Xiaoshang Bridge?

"Let them prepare the ceremonial guards, and when I arrive, the army will make Yingchang!" Wu Shu became fierce.

"Prime Minister! The main force of our army travels back and forth between Linying. If we don't have a rest, what if...?" The Dragon and Tiger King made a speech, but saw that Wu Shu was unhappy and quickly closed his voice.

"It's not that I won't let the army rest!" Wu Shu explained with a rare smile: "If all the main forces of Yue Nan barbarians are released, will I let me go and fight Yingchang?"

The generals were silent.

"Leave 8,000 infantry troops to defend Linying! Can you hold the Yue family army for a moment, and the escapees will be killed!" Wu Shu shouted.

The generals around him felt cold: These 8,000 people were purely responsible for dealing with the main force of the Yue family army. I just hope that the 8,000 infantry army would be able to win a great victory in Yingchang City.

"Yingchang City has only 30,000 defenders, and I gather a total of 130,000 troops to go. If I lose again, God will not bless me with the gold medal!" Wu Shu thought in his heart, but he did not dare to tell the generals.

Two hours later, the commander of the enemy rushed to Zhang Xian's horse.

"Deputy Commander! All the troops are here, please decide!"

"No need to say that the troops were fired in Linying! This will be a winner with Wu Shu!" Zhang Xian did not hesitate and ordered the army to rush to Wu Shu's base camp with all his might. The strategy of this battle was originally from him. Now Yue Fei is in charge of Yancheng. When Linying fights, he should be responsible for the overall situation.
Chapter completed!