Chapter 392 The decisive battle was originally for the Yan army, naturally hoping to take advantage of the situation to go south and directly defeat Li Jinglong's army, if it could take advantage of the situation to capture Shandong, it could be said that the strategic situation between the Yan army and Jinling would be reversed, and whether to attack or defend in the future would be directly decided by the Yan army.But after all, the emaciated camel of the imperial army was bigger than the horse, and at this time, it was fully defended, and the Yan army did not dare to press it with all its strength.The city of Dezhou is high and thick, and it is extremely difficult to capture, and if Dezhou does not fall, even if the Yan army can move south from other places, enter Shandong, and even attack Jinan.But it will always be under the influence and containment of Texas, and if you don't pay attention, you may face a desperate situation where the grain road is cut off and the front and back are attacked.However, what he didn't expect was that Li Jinglong actually gave up the defense and began to send troops north when the number of troops was equal.On September 20, 15,000 people of the vanguard army had entered Jingzhou under the leadership of the general Chen Hui.In October, nearly 200,000 troops of the imperial court set out from many places in Shandong, marched side by side, and marched north under the order of Li Jinglong, with a posture of a decisive battle with the Yan army.For this situation, Yanwang Zhu Di naturally couldn't ask for it.Compared with cowering in the city and blocking the strategically important place of Dezhou, so that the Yan army could not go south with confidence, Li Jinglong's whole army attacked and fought to the death, which was more in line with the interests of the Yan army.Naturally, there were many people in Li Jinglong's army who opposed his decision, but after the purge after the last defeat, this voice was already very weak and could not interfere much.On the other hand, among the Yan army, some people also suggested that the king of Yan should be cautious about the abnormal behavior of the imperial army, which may be a treacherous plan of the southern army.However, the coaches on both sides made the same decision - a decisive battle in Jingzhou.Li Jinglong was because he had conspired with Gu Xinyang, the "owner of the Taiping Building", and had made a plan.And Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was because through Wang Ge's report, he knew the reason why Li Jinglong suddenly acted like this, and he was ready to make a plan.…… In mid-October, after a period of trial and small friction between the two sides, the main forces of the two sides ushered in a battle under the deliberate arrangement of both sides.The place of the decisive battle is on a wilderness plain more than 20 miles away from Jingzhou City, and the endless plain can accommodate the main forces of both sides to set up a position without worrying about ambushes.The Yan army lined up with its back to the camp to meet the enemy, and the imperial army commanded by Li Jinglong had already arrived before dawn, but the Yan army did not take advantage of its unstable foothold to attack, but waited patiently.Field battles of this scale are extremely rare, and under normal circumstances, the superior side seeks to fight, while the inferior side avoids the battle, and when the strength is equal, it will also use all kinds of local battles and small-scale battles to slowly wear out, establish superiority, and then force the other side to fight.And now this sudden conference battle is completely because both sides have their own ghosts and want to finish their work in one battle.In terms of troops, the two sides should be evenly matched, but it is obvious that the quality of the Yan army, both in terms of commanders and middle and lower ranks, is much stronger than that of the imperial army.And in terms of morale, it is also obviously overpowered.However, after an hour of fighting, among the imperial army, there was a force of about 1,000 people who was very fierce and good at fighting, and rushed all the way to the Chinese army commander banner of the Yan army.It seems that Li Jinglong has fallen into a desperate situation, and he can only rely on this strange army to reverse.At the banner of the Chinese army, it is naturally Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who is not worried about being endangered under the escort of thousands of elite personal guards.The elite of the imperial court, the more they fought, the slower and slower the speed of the assault, and it seemed that they were about to drown in the tide of soldiers of the Yan army.At this time, many generals of the imperial army also received Li Jinglong's instructions and knew Li Jinglong's real killing moves, so they also regained hope - although their soldiers were indeed not as good at fighting as the elite of the Yan army, and they really couldn't beat the head-to-head duel, as long as the strange army arranged by the general could attack and kill Zhu Di, the king of Yan, in the battle array, then they would be able to turn the tide immediately!
And Li Jinglong told them that among that strange army, there were dozens of first-class masters and four grandmasters!
These generals naturally know what the grandmaster means, in this great battlefield of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, there is a vast sea of people at a glance, and there is no end in sight, and if there is only one grandmaster master alone, it is nothing.If you are prepared, even if you can't kill it, you can consume it.But if four grandmaster masters are paired with dozens of first-class masters, and the entire army cooperates, then the meaning is completely different.So all of a sudden, the imperial army actually began to counterattack, and there was a fierce battle on the front that stretched for more than ten miles.And the "surprise soldier" that broke into the depths of the Yan army also seemed to have suddenly re-injected "vitality" and suddenly began to join the breakthrough.In particular, the dozens of people at the front of the team, although they did not look as neatly formed as other sergeants, when they rushed to kill and waved their weapons, the momentum caused by them was far beyond ordinary people.This way, in fact, it has always been those dozens of first-class masters who are exerting their strength, including Gu Xinyang, the four grandmasters, all wearing the clothes of ordinary soldiers, riding horses and hiding in the middle of the team, and did not make a move.Even those first-class masters did not give their all, and they didn't want to expose their strength too early and surprise the snake.But approaching here, in the face of the elite Yan Wang's personal guards intercepting, it is not possible to go all out.The sound of the horn coming from the rear imperial army formation was also a signal from Li Jinglong to them - now he would start to attack the Yan army with all his might, relieve them of pressure and create opportunities.At this time, there were only four or five hundred paces away from the Yan Army's Zhongjun Daxu, if their group of men and horses were just ordinary elite cavalry, then the remaining hundreds of people were intercepted by the Yan King's elite guards in front of them, and this distance was as far away as a moat.But for the Grandmaster Master, this distance can be shortened with just one breath.So, under the leadership of Gu Xinyang, the four grandmaster masters in the team directly rose into the air, relying on their strong innate true qi, and rushed directly to the great sword where King Yan was located.However, what surprised them was that under the Great Order, King Yan, who saw the four of them rushing towards him, did not have a trace of panic and panic."
Oh no, they're prepared!"
Gu Xinyang instantly judged the reason why King Yan was so calm, and in the next moment, they immediately knew what King Yan's "preparation" was.The same four figures greeted King Yan and rushed towards them."
Zhang Jue!""
Gozen!""
Miaoshi!""
Zhihai!"
The four people who appeared turned out to be all "acquaintances", the former "Hedong Hero", "Sacrifice Knife" Zhang Jue, Shaolin Abbot Master Wuzhen, Shaolin Monk Miaoshi, "No. 1 on the Ground List", and Master Zhihai, Abbot of Tanyuan Temple.Four Grandmasters too!