Chapter 1116: The Defeat of Lu Meng
At this moment, Li Shimin truly demonstrated what it means to be so powerful that he can move at will. He started later but arrived first, and he was unpredictable and could defeat the enemy with ease. He led the heavy cavalry in black armor and rushed towards Lu Meng like a dragon.
Under normal circumstances, Li Shimin's charge would be easily resolved by Lu Meng like Yuchi Gong, and then beaten to death with a heavy hammer.
Not all military situations can overthrow the command of a large army. Military situations are also divided into different levels, and Han Xin can completely ignore all except the top military situations.
But Li Shimin's arrangement and the timing he seized were just right.
The successive mobilizations allowed Lu Meng to completely suppress all enemies and was even on the verge of completely tearing apart the formation of Li Shimin's army.
But it was like using a pair of hands to push open a big door. The moment the door was pushed open, the middle door was completely open, and the defense was at its weakest link.
At this moment, the black-armored cavalry followed behind Li Shimin, shuttling quickly in the chaotic battle line, as if the route had been arranged in advance.
“Oh no!”
Lu Meng subconsciously changed his position because Han Xin could only choose to avoid Xiang Yu when facing him.
But he forgot that he was not Han Xin, and Li Shimin was not Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu's target would not be him, but only Liu Bang. Han Xin only needed to command Liu Bang to run away to keep Xiang Yu hanging, and he could command safely.
Even when Xiang Yu was chasing him, he could still command while running away, but that was the complete form of Han Xin.
If Lu Meng wanted to do this, he was still a hundred thousand years ahead of time.
Since Li Shimin only had eyes for him, Lu Meng couldn't give command safely.
Once he lost his command, Yuchi Gong, who was originally trapped in the army, would become a fatal blow that pierced his heart.
The miscellaneous soldiers can be defeated by the elite soldiers under command, but without command, the elite soldiers can kill all the miscellaneous soldiers.
Although Li Shimin had not yet rushed to the front of the battle, Lu Meng already understood everything that was going to happen next.
If the opponent is an ordinary light cavalry, he can try to use a rain of arrows to clear the ground and force an exchange to open up the situation, but the Black Armored Cavalry is an out-and-out heavy cavalry, and a galloping heavy cavalry at that. It is simply a dream to want to stop the opponent with a rain of arrows.
The layers of calculations by Li Shimin's side pushed the situation to the outcome they expected. Lu Meng was like an insect being preyed upon by a spider, and was at the end of his rope.
“Follow me!!”
Lu Meng took a deep breath , then got off the chariot and jumped onto the horse.
Now that there is no way to retreat, the only option is to fight bravely and win.
He also knows the military situation.
He simply gave up his spiritual talent for imitating Han Xin, Bai Qi, and Sun Wu, and started imitating Huo Qubing instead.
Huo Qubing was too flamboyant and aggressive, while Wei Qing was too calm and rigid. The styles of these two were incompatible with others, so Lu Meng did not often use them.
After all, for him, one plus one may not be greater than two, but it is always greater than one. The more imitations he makes, the more obvious his strength will be.
But it does not mean that he cannot imitate Huo Qubing. In terms of military situation, Huo Qubing is definitely one of the top military gods.
Or perhaps it was his own youthful spirit that allowed him to imitate Huo Qubing to greater effect.
"Kill!" Li Shimin's eyes flashed with admiration when facing Lu Meng who was rushing towards him. He chose the most correct way to deal with the situation in the most unfavorable situation.
But the next second, Li Shimin's eyes narrowed.
Although he admires him very much, Li Shimin wants this victory!
A golden sword directly penetrated the sky and the earth and appeared in Lu Meng's hand. At this moment, Lu Meng abandoned all other thoughts and directly added all the power of the elite Danyang nearby to himself. Then he mobilized the clouds to condense into a sword, and then slashed heavily at Li Shimin.
"Break!" Li Shimin roared, gathering the energy and spirit of the black armored cavalry, and a black sword was unsheathed.
When the long swords collided, they suddenly burst out with infinite power, and a strong wind spread, directly blowing away the soldiers around.
"Yuan Ba!" Li Shimin roared and used his last killing move.
Li Shimin had three killing weapons: Yuchi Gong, Black Armor Cavalry, and finally Li Yuanba.
He used everything he had to the fullest. If this trick couldn't defeat Lu Meng, then he, Li Shimin, was willing to admit defeat.
"Look at the hammer!"
Soldiers from both armies were staggering under the strong wind. Li Yuanba rode alone against the strong wind and directly forced his way to Lu Meng's face. The golden hammer in his hand smashed down like a punishment from heaven.
"Puff~" Lu Meng hastily mobilized the power of Danyang's elite to strengthen himself, but it was of no use. Li Yuanba smashed down with a hammer, and the heavy force directly poured into Lu Meng's chest with overwhelming force.
Li Yuanba never held back, and he attacked with all his strength. If Lu Meng had not mobilized the elite forces of Danyang, Lu Meng would have been dead with this blow.
But even if he resisted, Lu Meng fell into coma in an instant.
"Hurry up and send the general away!" Li Yuanba still wanted to capture Lu Meng alive, but the next moment Lu Meng's personal guards rushed up as if they were risking their lives.
Even Li Yuanba could not fight against so many soldiers under the cloud, and he retreated step by step under the enemy's tide-like death attack.
"Yuanba, withdraw!"
Li Shimin was worried that Li Yuanba might be in trouble, so he quickly called him back. Anyway, the goal had been achieved. Lu Meng was hit hard and his life or death was unknown. Now the army had no one to command, and it was a good opportunity for them to turn defeat into victory.
Although they inflicted heavy damage on Lu Meng, their army was actually torn to pieces.
If they are determined to pursue us, it might end up being a lose-lose situation.
"Forget it, let's win first!"
Li Shimin's eyes were sharp, but he was only tolerant for a moment. It was not his style to just take a beating without fighting back. After he won this battle, he would immediately launch a counterattack. He, Li Shimin, was not a soft persimmon.
"Sun Quan, clean your neck and wait for me!"
Li Shimin glanced in the direction of Sun Quan, and immediately began to work with the Black Armored Cavalry and Yuchi Gong to split the army.
“Retreat, retreat, retreat!”
After all, Zhu Huan was also a famous general who defeated Cao Ren and Cao Xiu. Seeing that Lu Meng was defeated and his life or death was unknown, he immediately took over the command and issued a retreat order.
As the saying goes, even if there are 100,000 pigs, it will take several days and nights to catch them.
As the prisoners fled in all directions, even if Li Shimin wanted to capture more prisoners, he could only sigh in despair. Finally, he ordered his subordinates to start cleaning up the battlefield.
"My lord, we have won a great victory in this battle!"
Yuchi Gong couldn't stop smiling, he knew now he felt a little dreamy, he was about to be defeated, suddenly Lu Meng's army was completely defeated.
He knew that all of this was inseparable from the wise and brave lord in front of him. It was his command that helped them win the battle.
"Don't be happy too soon, the battle isn't over yet!" Li Shimin glanced at Yuchi Gong and said helplessly.
"Once the battlefield is cleaned up, immediately send the cavalry to follow me and chase them down. This defeated army will become my best siege weapon!"
Li Shimin sneered. A successful defense was not what he wanted. What he wanted was a complete victory.
Sun Quan, Sun Zhongmou, since you have come to my door, how can I not fight back?
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"Ziming? Ziming?"
Seeing Lu Meng being carried in front of him, Sun Quan panicked, and the ominous feeling in his heart completely turned into reality.
"My lord, Bo Yan... Ziming failed to live up to expectations and was defeated!" Lu Meng opened his eyes and said tremblingly.
"The enemy is very well versed in military situations... and is good at taking the initiative... I'm afraid they will choose to counterattack next... Be very careful!"
"Ziming, don't worry, leave the rest to me!" Lu Xun grabbed Lu Meng's hand and said firmly.
"Then... I'll leave it to you!" Looking at Lu Xun's eyes, Lu Meng's tense nerves relaxed and he closed his eyes.
"Ziming! Ziming!"
Without caring about anything else, Sun Quan quickly exerted his monarchical talents to the maximum extent possible to minimize Lu Meng's injuries.
"Don't worry, my lord. General Lu is fine. He just needs to rest for a few months!" The army doctor hurriedly gave him treatment, and finally let out a sigh of relief and said to Sun Quan.
"Send General Lu back to recuperate immediately!" Sun Quan looked extremely sad and quickly sent someone to take Lu Meng back to the city for treatment overnight.
"My lord, this is not the time to be sad. The news that Ziming brought back with all his strength will become our biggest trouble!"
Lu Xun's face was as gloomy as water, and he was the one who would avenge Lu Meng.
"From this moment on, the entire army, including me, will be under Boyan's command!" Sun Quan suppressed his grief and handed his sword directly to Lu Xun.
"My lord, take your men to gather the defeated soldiers. Although the situation is strong, since Ziming was able to break through, it proves that the enemy is destined to be unable to annihilate our army. The best strategy is to gather our forces now!"
Lu Xun pondered for a moment and gave orders directly to Sun Quan.
"Okay, I'll leave right away!" Sun Quan had fought in wars many times and was no longer a rookie. After Lu Xun gave the order, he led his personal guards to retreat in all directions without saying a word.
After Sun Quan left, Lu Xun's face became gloomy.
"Military situation! I want to see what you rely on to form a military situation!"
"Build the frontier camp immediately and set up the camp directly for me!"
Lu Xun issued several orders in succession, and he wanted to prepare a big gift for Li Shimin.
On the other side, Li Shimin cleaned up the battlefield at the speed of light, rested on the spot for three days, left half of his men behind, and led 30,000 soldiers in good condition directly towards the direction where Lu Meng left.
But when Li Shimin pounced, Lu Xun had already set up several camps along the way and was ready for battle.
" I didn't expect that there are capable people under Sun Quan's command?" Li Shimin looked at the camp in front of him with a headache.
The biggest shortcoming of their area right now is the problem of intelligence. They are all busy developing themselves and have no time to set up a mature intelligence organization. They have no way of finding out who is leading the army and can only guess based on experience.
Previously, they relied on the camp’s defense to resist Lu Meng’s attack, but they didn’t expect that now that the character was called, they would have to face such a difficult problem.
However, despite the headache, Li Shimin still did not plan to retreat. Although Lu Meng was defeated, to be honest, he was not seriously injured. At least 70,000 of the 100,000 troops escaped, and they captured more than 10,000 people at most.
If they do not completely defeat Sun Quan's army now and allow the other side to gather their defeated soldiers.
Once the other side has caught their breath, we can still gather an army of 100,000 to cause trouble.
Whether they can kill the opponent next time, only God knows.
Only by hitting Sun Quan hard and painfully this time can we gain more initiative and give ourselves more room for development.
"My lord, I will go and lead the way." Yuchi Gong stepped forward and asked for a fight. Having defeated Lu Meng, he was full of confidence. No matter who the opponent was, he dared to go up and give it a try.
"Okay!" Li Shimin nodded and agreed directly. Even if the camp in front of him was difficult, he had to fight.
Although Lu Meng was defeated, it is undeniable that in the past year or so, Lu Meng greatly accelerated Sun Quan's accumulation of strength. Many refugees and bandits almost surrendered at the sight of Lu Meng.
In addition, the wealth and territory that Sun Quan seized in the battle that made Lu Meng famous made Sun Quan the most powerful force among the eight of them.
Even if they defeated Sun Quan this time, it would only put him and them back on the same starting line.
Therefore, we must pursue the victory and turn Sun Quan's small defeat into a big one. Otherwise, God knows what to do.
Then Yuchi Gong led his troops and broke through seven or eight camps in one hour. Li Shimin's face turned dark in an instant.
Surprisingly, most of the people in the camp were straw men and the like, with only a small number of soldiers.
"It's actually a delaying tactic!" Li Shimin's face turned dark.
He instantly understood what Lu Xun meant.
Lu Xun used tactics of confusing the enemy and delaying the attack. It was possible that while they were disbanding their camp, Lu Xun was already setting up the subsequent camp.
Lu Xun almost told Li Shimin clearly that if he wanted to win completely, it would depend on how fast he was.
The camp is right here. You can either pick them off one by one, or you can just charge at me head-on. But if I hide some ambushes in one of the camps, you'll just have to prepare to get beaten.
He really had no way to bet on this possibility. The other party was clearly trying to delay time, and it was definitely a combination of real and fake tactics. If he rushed forward, he might really turn his advantage into a disadvantage.
If all his men were elite soldiers with dual talents, he would have rushed forward directly, but looking at the uneven levels of his soldiers, he could only be patient and let Cheng Yaojin go with him to dismantle the camp.
If he delays for one more minute now, Sun Quan's men will gather more soldiers. By the time the enemy has reorganized their defeated soldiers, the outcome will be very different.
Even a draw was something he couldn't accept.
Sun Quan could afford to lose, but he couldn't. After his strength was greatly weakened after a wave of battles, Li Jiancheng and Wu Zhao would not let go of this piece of fat meat from him.
After thinking it over again and again, the anxious Li Shimin started to take action himself, taking down the camps set up by Lu Xun one after another.
"Success!" After receiving the message from the messenger, Lu Xun's face was full of sneer.
He used the strategy of confusing the enemy and delaying the attack at the same time in order to wear out Li Shimin's patience.
However, these are all pretenses, combined with his misjudgment of spiritual talent, to hide his true intentions under a thick fog.
Next, he just had to wait.
