Chapter 1378 - 336: Po Jun! (5)

Chapter 1378: Chapter 336: Po Jun! (5)

A Ming calmly faced Lord Zheng and said:

"His days should be quite comfortable now. Maybe in the Liang State, he really found a size that suits him."

Lord Zheng nodded. After A Ming turned around, he pulled the axe out from A Ming’s back and threw it towards the distant Chu army formation.

With two holes in his body, A Ming spoke with a slightly airy feeling:

"My lord, if after this battle I have to lie in a coffin for a long time again, remember to tell A Cheng to pour blood for me on time like last time."

"No worries, we might have to lie in a coffin together."

A Ming reached out, snatched a weapon from a Chu soldier’s hand, and forcibly pressed the blade across the opponent’s neck, saying:

"That’s too crowded."

At the moment of crisis,

they could still argue about whether it was crowded.

Guo Dong and Hui An, who had been guarding Lord Zheng from afar, were shocked upon seeing this scene, especially watching Lord Zheng calmly pull the arrow and axe out of A Ming as if nothing had happened, which really challenged their worldview.

Clearly a very tragic scene, yet they performed it like a child’s play.

......

"Press on!"

On the battlefield, Shi Yuantang dispatched his personal guards. This was not only the addition of an elite new force, but also a signal to the various levels of generals of Chu State’s royal guard at the front that Master Shi was very dissatisfied with their performance.

Shi Family rules their household strictly; their military governance is even stricter.

Generally, armies composed of private soldiers of nobles have strong cohesion, but in terms of military discipline, it’s hard to establish strictness, due to intertwined relations among relatives.

But the royal guard does not have this problem, and Shi Family will not allow such issues in their governed royal guard.

Therefore,

when the personal guards moved up, the Chu army’s morale surged again, especially in the area filled by the personal guards, where Lord Zheng was, specifically meant to break through the Yan people’s command platform!

......

At the opposite end of the battlefield, separated quite far from the command platform, Liang Cheng and his subordinates were still fighting fiercely with the Chu people.

Actually, since the battlefield had been divided into several sections from the beginning, and after fighting until now, the original section had again split into several sections.

The position where the most intense stalemate and slaughter occurred was the area with the Yan army’s command platform, which became the most tragic area and the key point of victory or defeat.

"It’s over, can’t hold on anymore."

Blind Man said wearily, his mental force already exhausted too much.

"No, not at all."

Liang Cheng directly denied.

Blind Man suddenly felt a rise of confidence and said: "Quickly tell me, did you leave a backup plan? Though I will blame you for not informing early, I will reluctantly forgive you."

Liang Cheng shook his head and said, "I said before, I did not know in advance that Chu State’s royal guard was here."

"Then what did you mean by what you just said? Let me die with hope?"

"My lord lit the fire signal. When we were attacking the city, we laid many roaming troops and scouts around the perimeter. But have you seen how many have rushed to reinforce here?"

"Didn’t they return?" Blind Man asked puzzled.

Liang Cheng nodded and said: "They didn’t return. Actually, batch after batch returned, but it’s useless. Either intercepted and entangled by the Chu army specifically deployed by the Zhuguai outside, or even if they joined the battle, it’s just like adding a drop to the bucket, with no practical application."

"Why didn’t they come?"

Liang Cheng did not answer Blind Man’s question, instead said:

"Back when Prince Jingnan managed to defeat the Wild King’s main force in one fell swoop at Wang River, what did he rely on? We made a thousand-mile raid to capture Snow Sea Pass, blocking the Wild King’s retreat, forcing him to choose a radical decisive battle method.

Actually, Tian Wujing himself did not anticipate this. It was us, who made our own decisions."

But often,

at times,

making our own decisions can have miraculous effects.

In warfare, the masterstroke is needed, and a masterstroke requires a leader who truly understands to wield and execute it.

Prince Jingnan had our lord back then,

we,

can also have one, and it seems we really do have."

......

"Not deploying troops yet? Not deploying troops yet?"

Keyan Dongge roared almost beside Jin Shuke.

During the siege warfare, most of their headquarters’ troops had been moved away, leaving the two with each having five hundred cavalry to support outside East Mountain Fortress.

Generally, during a siege, the most feared scenario is a sudden appearance of enemy reinforcements from the outside unexpectedly attacking you.

In contrast, the city defenders don’t need to rush because if they have the ability and courage to proactively come out and fight you, they won’t be hiding in the city waiting for you to attack."

But today, the East Mountain Fortress broke this rule, sending troops from within to launch a large-scale counterattack just as the Yan people were fervently attacking the city.

"Lord Zheng’s fire signal has long been released, and you’re still waiting? You’re still waiting? You dare to wait!!"

Keyan Dongge was nearly going mad. He originally wanted to take troops to support immediately but was stopped by Jin Shuke.

Not only that, Jin Shuke also intercepted the groups of scouts and other roaming troops from Gong Wang’s unit and Gongsun Zhi’s unit in the nearby perimeter.

Forcibly holding them back, not allowing any current attacks.