The Era of Generals

Chapter 332   Old Rivalry

battlefield.

What is fought is military strength, but what is fought is people's hearts.

Just like Chen Ze, Yan Haomiao, and Ouyang Commander-in-Chief of the Zhuyan Empire, who has never shown his face, although the three parties are fighting each other, their secret strategic deployments have not stopped for a moment.

Yan Haomiao wanted to take down the Zhuyan Empire's fortifications. At the same time, he focused more on Chen Ze in the rear. He even did not hesitate to sit in the rear army himself to block Chen Ze's assault and serve as a support for the more elite front army. Get more attack time.

The idea is good, and no matter what kind of ideas Chen Ze is holding, Yan Haomiao has indeed accomplished the task of procrastination according to his own ideas.

But the problem is...

Zhu Yan Empire.

Or it could be said that it was on the Ouyang Zongbing who hadn't shown up all this time.

Yan Haomiao made a strategy for his army to put them to death and survive. Judging from the initial situation, everything went smoothly.

Those who should not attack should attack, those who should be blocked should be blocked, everything is ready, and when the fortifications are breached, it will be the time for Bai Lie's army to gain a breathing space.

But what Yan Haomiao didn't expect was that what he thought was an elite army, and his own soldiers who thought it would be no problem to fight one against two, were actually at a disadvantage when facing the soldiers of the Zhuyan Empire who took the initiative to attack.

It's not that the soldiers of the Zhuyan Empire were suddenly blessed by gods, and all of them burst out with super potential. In fact, in terms of the quality of the soldiers alone, except for the most elite tiger and wolf cavalry in Dongping City, which can fight against Bai Lie's army, the others The soldiers really had to fight two against one to kill a Bai Lie soldier.

In terms of quality, Yan Haomiao's estimate is correct, but the problem lies in quantity.

According to his estimation, Dongping City and its surrounding areas have gathered about two to three million troops, but because of the limited capacity of Dongping City, most of these troops are distributed in the surrounding cities.

And one million troops is probably the limit of Dongping City's accommodation. No matter how many, not only will there be problems with placement, but there will also be a shortage of supplies, which will hit the morale that is not high at all.

Moreover, this is a three-way melee, no one will be very clear about the trend of the war, an experienced commander will never choose to put all his eggs in one basket before the situation is clear at this moment inside.

In any case, you have to leave a backup for your side.

However, that Ouyang general did not spare himself.

Yan Haomiao's estimate of the opponent's million troops, after continuously rushing out of the fortifications, where is it only a million?

Two million is probably a conservative estimate!

With such a large number, Bai Lie's army was caught off guard, and even though they were attacking, what was going on in the rear had always been a hidden worry in their hearts.

Unable to fight the enemy with all his strength, and being stunned by the sudden increase in the number of the opponent, let alone attacking the opponent's fortifications for a while, he was directly dazzled by the large number of Zhuyan Empire. Those who can play to 60% in time can be regarded as a firm-minded generation.

Under such a harsh situation, Bai Lie's army was retreating steadily all the way, and they had long since lost their courage to move forward.

When the front army almost retreated to the rear position of the central army, Yan Haomiao was in despair.

He had already received the news when the army was blocked earlier, but at that time he had no better way to deal with it.

The sudden increase in the number of enemy troops became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Even if Yan Haomiao had a strategy, it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it was impossible to come up with a countermeasure at this time.

The most abominable thing was Zhu Yan Empire's first round of catapult volley. Yan Haomiao still can't figure out whether the opponent did it on purpose or hit it sideways. How did they manage to destroy his catapult troops so accurately?

If the catapult was still there, Yan Haomiao might still be able to think of a way, but at this moment, facing Zhu Yan Empire's advancing tactics of pressing forward step by step with superior forces, he really had no way.

It seemed that Chen Ze had also received the wind, and when the Zhu Yan Empire was aggressively suppressing the situation, Chen Ze also responded.

But instead of cooperating with the Zhu Yan Empire to launch an attack at the same time, he withdrew his only cavalry unit that broke into the rear formation, and completely gave up his plan to attack the Bailie Empire's rear formation.

On the contrary, the distribution of Chen Ze's main force is also deployed in a defensive posture, as if I drove this mountain and planted this road.

Facing the iron barrel array under Chen Zebu, what Yan Haomiao missed very much was still his catapult troops.

If there were catapults, how could the iron barrel formation deployed by Chen Ze with such a force cause any trouble to the superior force of the Bailie Empire?

But...just not!

"kill!"

The shouts and killings were so loud that Yan Haomiao had no room to think, but even if there was, Yan Haomiao knew very well that this battle... was lost by him.

Lost completely.

What he thought he was planning, and what he thought he was fighting desperately, seemed so insignificant in the other party's calculations, even vulnerable to a single blow.

Until now, he didn't know who was in charge of the Zhu Yan Empire, but seeing the other party's calculations so rigorously step by step, even taking his thoughts into account, this created such a deadly situation.

Being able to arrange everything without making a sound, this is definitely not a temporary intention of the other party. I am afraid that the other party has been making arrangements when they received the appearance of the Bailie Empire in Nantes Province.

Even though this arrangement may never be used, it is actually being implemented.

Otherwise, where did they get so many catapults?

How could so many troops be mobilized in one day?

All of this was planned when the situation was still unclear, just waiting for an opportunity that might never appear.

In Yan Haomiao's impression, there is only one person who can do such a rainy day.

And this man...

"You bastard, you are so bold as to come here yourself, aren't you afraid that Feng Qi will lose his life?"

In desperation, Yan Haomiao finally guessed the identity of the other party. This person is his old enemy. The two sides have been confronting each other for many years in Mohe Province and Fengqi Province. This person is the supreme commander of Fengqi Province, Ouyang Do it!

Yan Haomiao knew very well that the biggest characteristic of Ouyang Lixing was to take a quick look at ten. His vision was far-reaching, which even Yan Haomiao, an old opponent, admired.

Even Yan Haomiao's move this time was more or less influenced by this old opponent.

He thought that Ouyang Lixing would not dare to leave the main city of Fengqi, but he didn't think that the other party was simply following him. Wherever he was, Ouyang Lixing would appear there.

Under the enemy's openness and our darkness, Ouyang Lixing succeeded in overshadowing Yan Haomiao this time.