Chapter 0051: Bamboo Spears Like a Forest
On the official road
"Father, it was our surprise attack that caught the enemy off guard. Otherwise, if they had defended the city, we would have suffered heavy losses. Now we are in the wild. No matter how brave Li Yu is, he only has a thousand soldiers and is no match for us. Look at the enemy. Even those untouchables are out. Tsk tsk, I can take care of these untouchables with just a charge." Yin Hongzhi looked at the weapons in the hands of the people and said with a smile.
Yin Hongzhi shook his head and said, "This battle is conducive to a quick victory. The soldiers have traveled a long distance and are physically and mentally exhausted. If we fight for a long time, the soldiers will not be able to keep up physically, not to mention that Li Yu has a thousand elite cavalry, which is enough to change the situation on the battlefield. He deployed those civilians on the hillside just to prevent us from occupying the terrain. The main force is still in the middle, with fewer troops. He uses the surrounding terrain to prevent our superior forces from being effectively exerted. When we defeat his infantry, the cavalry will take the opportunity to charge out, and we will suffer heavy losses."
Yin Shishi was still very steady. Even though he had more troops than Li Yu, he was still cautious in the face of the current situation. He quickly saw what Li Yu was planning.
"In that case, I think we should attack from his two wings." Yin Hongzhi held a long spear and said loudly, "We should attack his weak points."
Yin Shishi thought about it, nodded, and said: "You lead 5,000 soldiers and attack the two wings first to test the waters." Yin Shishi also agreed with Yin Hongzhi's opinion. It seemed that Li Yu had more soldiers on the two wings, but the soldiers on the two wings were the weakest. If they could defeat Li Yu's soldiers on the two wings, it would definitely lead to the collapse of the two wings. Finally, the army would surround the central army and defeat Li Yu.
"Yes, father. This time I will definitely kill Li Yu." Yin Hongzhi was overjoyed. In the battle at Mangshan, Yin Hongzhi was defeated by Li Yu, and this time he was ready for revenge.
Beside Li Yu, Cen Wenben and Fan Jin stood on one side. Cen Wenben saw the enemy's movements and immediately said, "It seems that Master Yin Shi is preparing to deal with the general's left and right wings."
"Then let them hit a snag!" Li Yu stepped on his warhorse and said, "Two gentlemen are here. Li Yu will go to the front line now." Li Yu's face was calm. Facing an army of 30,000, there was no worry on his face. As usual, he held a big knife in his hand and slowly went up the hill. In front of were countless enemies, densely packed in front of him.
"The general is the courage of his soldiers. Maybe we can really win this time." A thought suddenly came to Fan Jin's mind.
"Brothers, have you ever stabbed fish before? There are fish in front of you, but these fish are relatively large. But because of this, it is much easier for us to stab them. Everyone listen to my orders." Li Yu looked at the enemy troops rushing towards him, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted loudly.
"Listen to the general's orders." A voice sounded, and soon more voices sounded. Most of them were refugees from nearby areas. They had lost their land and it was difficult for them to even get food on weekdays. Only by following Li Yu could they save their lives and have food to eat. When the enemy came at this time, how could these people not resist?
"Kill." Yin Hongzhi saw Li Yu on the hill, a familiar figure. He was defeated by this man in the past. Today he came with a strong army just to take revenge.
Countless soldiers, led by Yin Hongzhi, began to charge towards the hill, while Yin Shishi in the distance also began to command bows and arrows to cover the central army. He could see that Li Yu's central army was elite, and once these elite troops replaced the two wings, the troops on the two wings would definitely have the upper hand.
Li Yu had already jumped off his warhorse. In his hand, he was holding a long bamboo pole with a sharp tip at the front. He looked at the approaching enemy and heard the sound of the young men around him spitting. They had never fought a war before. If there was no way to retreat behind them this time, these people would have probably escaped long ago.
"Stab!" Li Yu saw clearly that the enemy was approaching, and suddenly he roared and stabbed the bamboo pole in his hand fiercely. The powerful force and sharp bamboo tip pierced the enemy's leather armor fiercely, and after encountering a period of resistance, it stabbed into the enemy's chest smoothly. The enemy on the opposite side obviously did not expect that the enemy had stabbed him before the spear in his hand touched the enemy, and he could not help but let out a scream.
Around Li Yu, the young and strong men stabbed out the long bamboos in their hands. Some of them used less force and could not pierce the enemy's leather armor at all, but they still stabbed the enemy and pushed the enemy down from the mountainside. Of course, many people stabbed the enemy to death or injured him. For a while, bursts of screams came from the hill.
Yin Hongzhi had a gloomy face. He held a long spear in his hand, and thought he could show his great power and kill many enemies. Unfortunately, the enemy's weapon was longer than his. Before he could stab the enemy, the enemy had already stabbed him. Although it did not pierce his armor and cause him any harm, it blocked his progress.
"Damn it." Yin Hongzhi saw many soldiers injured by long bamboo poles and rolling down the hill. They were either dead or injured. No progress was made at all.
There were only some unlucky people on the other side who were caught by the enemy's bamboo poles and pulled down, and finally died under the long swords of the army. Most of them had blood on the tips of the bamboo in their hands, which obviously showed that they had gained something.
Compared to the beggars on the hill, these people had excitement on their faces. They were almost all farmers who had just put down their hoes. They had only undergone simple training along the way and had never even seen blood. But this time, they killed the enemy for the first time, and it was so easy. The tension and fear in their hearts disappeared without a trace in an instant.
"Brothers, follow this general, raise your bamboo spears, go, and stab." Li Yu struck while the iron was hot and took another step forward. He stabbed out with the bamboo spear in his hand, killing another enemy. The beggar soldiers behind him followed closely and stabbed forward one after another.
It was like a long wall of spears, densely packed and terrifying . The imperial army was terrified and retreated. Even if they risked killing a rebel, they would soon be stabbed to death by the surrounding rebels. Their bodies were covered with blood holes. They were terrified. However, they did not expect that leaving their backs to the beggars would make them a moving target.
It was only a dozen steps from the top of the mountain to the bottom, but the mountain was already full of corpses, and blood flowed down the mountain, dyeing the ground red. The army went straight to the bottom of the mountain, and Li Yu withdrew his troops and returned to the hill, waiting for the enemy to attack again.
