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Chapter 39 The setting sun is like blood

The winter of December of the first year of Tianqi seems to be colder than any winter in Wanli. The gray morning gives up the army of the camp, adding a more solemn atmosphere. The oncoming north wind forced the soldiers to cover their cheeks with their arms and try to resist the biting cold wind.

Zhang Ping'an rode a horse at the gate of the camp, worriedly saying to Chen Xiucai who came to see him off: "Although our army is powerful in this battle, I always feel uneasy. The camp entrusted the sir."

Chen Xiucai said: "Master is safe, Chen will never let down the commander of the commander! I wish the commander a victory in this battle! Reappearing glory again!"

Zhang Ping'an nodded without saying a word. Under the escort of Lu Deyin and Zhang Tong, he walked to the battlefield.

When Zhang Ping'an arrived at the battlefield, he always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't think of something wrong in his head. Until the scout came to report, Duoyan's army had already formed a formation seven miles away. Zhang Ping'an suddenly realized that he wanted to slap himself in the face because he placed the military formation at the bottom of the enemy formation.

Zhang Ping'an immediately called the messenger: "Send the messenger to Chen Poe. When he heard the attack horn, attack immediately without waiting for the entire enemy army to attack!"

Zhang Ping'an said to Lu Deyin: "Go and check the fixed wooden spear!"

Lu Deyin lifted the reins of the horse and rushed out of the army. Lu Deyin rushed out a hundred feet and patrolled for a while. He came back soon to report: "Master, no problem!"

Zhang Ping'an raised his hand to Zhang Tong: "Let's start! It's a little more disturbing!"

Zhang Tong: "Yes! Grandmaster!"

Zhang Tong turned his horse's head and ran to the back formation. Then there was a shocking cry from the back formation. Obviously, the crying alarmed the Duoyan cavalry who had pressed forward for two miles. At this time, four or five hundred Duoyan cavalry began to attack independently without following the order. Soon, the iron-armored officers rushed out of the Duoyan military formation were driven back with a whip; there were also some disobedient cavalry, either cut by a knife or shot to death by a bow and arrow. The Duoyan cavalry lined up three thousand people to attack the arrow-shaped military formation. One thousand people pressed the rear ladder-shaped military formation.

Zhang Ping'an pulled out his knife and waved his fingers at Zhang Tong. Five hundred men and women and children in the Yan tribe were cut off. The crying was weak. Duozhan, who was slowly moving forward, began to become manic. It can be seen that the commander of Duoyan tribe was a veteran in the battlefield. He tried hard to suppress the anger of the troops, as if he was waiting for an opportunity.

When Zhang Ping'an ordered another five hundred Duoyan tribes to be killed, even God could not bear to see it. The more violent north wind, mixed with snow particles, hit Zhang Ping'an's military formation.

Zhang Ping'an knew that he had made a mistake in his arrangement today, but he had no time to regret it, so he could only grit his teeth and push it hard. The commander of the Duoyan division saw the opportunity and finally issued an offensive order. The direction of their attack was Zhang Ping'an's main position. This was something no one expected. It seemed that Duoyan's army wanted to use elite troops to capture the king and shake the morale of the other party in order to achieve the goal of winning with less.

Only then did Zhang Ping'an fully understand the opponent's intention to fight. He wanted to turn his horse and escape, but his personal soldiers surrounded him tightly in the middle for protection of the commander. Helpless Zhang Ping'an could only look forward expressionlessly.

People say that there are endless people on the battlefield, but the impact of the three thousand cavalry is still shocking. The sound of horse hooves like thunder and the snow fog rolled up by the horse hooves, like the white demons rushing out of hell. They raise their guns, swing their swords and roar, killing the enemy who murdered their relatives.

Due to the headwind, Zhang Ping'an's Po Nu Army had the longest-range crossbow arrow in the headwind, and the range was halved. The strong wind blew towards him made the Po Nu Army unable to open his eyes. At this time, Zhang Ping'an could only sound the horn for the entire army to attack.

The cavalry of Duoyan's army selected the best attack opportunity, and the Ponu Army suddenly fell into a passive position. Although they had the advantage in terms of number of people, the time was not good, which made the formation of the Ponu Army's attack chaotic. Zhang Ping'an saw this and wanted to wipe his neck. But he knew that he still had a chance, and this opportunity was the advantage of the number of Ponu Army. As long as he persisted, the final victory would be the Ponu Army.

At present, the enemy's cavalry had rushed in at high speed, and the wooden spear position 150 meters in front of Zhang Ping'an's commanding flag. Zhang Ping'an's heart was finally a little better. The dense wooden spear slowed down the impact of the enemy's cavalry. The cavalry in the front flipped one by one on the wooden spear position. The huge inertia of the horse's impact threw the cavalry on the horse's back three or four meters forward. If the luck was not good, the wooden spear pierced the abdomen or legs by the wooden spear. More cavalry were constantly falling off the horse due to the obstacles in front, like falling rolling stones. The cavalry of the Duoyan team rushed through the wooden spear formation trap when they lost nearly 400 people. They pressed Zhang Ping'an's commanding flag regardless.

Zhang Ping'an stood on the only hill on the battlefield, five feet high. His face was solemn, because he saw that Li Chen's troops had only two attacks on Duoyan's troops, and a large number of deserters were generated. Chen Pie's southern troops also appeared. Zhang Ping'an calmed down at this time. He was about to throw his personal soldiers into the battlefield. Usually, Zhang Tong's baggage unit, which was least favored, was actually waving various weapons, shouting and passing around Zhang Ping'an's personal soldiers to face the enemy cavalry. Although they had basically no combat skills, they were passionate. Regardless of their sacrifice, they used the deaths of two or three people to exchange for the lives of the enemy.

Under this desperate counterattack, the strongest intermediate formation of Duoyan's army began to slow down. The opportunity Zhang Ping'an was waiting for finally appeared with a group of desperate auxiliary soldiers fighting back. Zhang Ping'an yelled: "Brothers, come with me!"

Huang Wei's troops on the south battlefield were also helped by Zhang Li's troops and Hu Ming's troops, and finally seized the upper hand. Duoyan's cavalry was mainly equipped with leather armor, and their protection ability was poor. The three-wheeled shooting caused more than 300 troops to defend Chen Po's southern army formation. The commander of Duoyan's troops was indeed reluctant to fight all their money. He quickly gathered the attacking troops and retreated west under the cover of the ladder-shaped troops of the formation. Zhang Ping'an also ordered people to sound the horn to stop chasing.

Zhang Ping'an immediately ordered: Zhang Li and Hu Ming, with the cooperation of Huang Zhi and Huang Wei, to monitor the retreating Duo* soldiers.

Zhang Ping'an had a blue face and sarcastically said to Chen Pie and Li Chen who were riding over: "I didn't expect it! I didn't expect that the soldiers I had high hopes for were actually useless. You two, arrest me all the deserters. I'll get silver!"

Zhang Ping'an turned his head and ordered Lu Deyin: "You send all your personal soldiers to the two of them to supervise and arrest deserters. If anyone dares to be favored, the commander will kill them directly! If they plead with each other, hehehe..., tell me. If you don't obey the orders on the battlefield, you will be arrested and detained separately!"

Lu Deyin rode a horse to Zhang Ping'an and asked in a low voice: "Brother, do you really want this?"

Zhang Ping'an glared at Lu Deyin: "What do you think?"

Chen Poe and Li Chen took the order to Zhang Ping'an in a daze: "Yes! The Grand Marshal!"

After Zhang Ping'an said that, he ignored them and rode a horse toward Zhang Tong. Zhang Tong's subordinates saw Zhang Ping'an coming over and poked Zhang Tong with his hands to investigate the wounded. Zhang Tong looked up and saw Zhang Ping'an on the horse and immediately saluted: "Master!"

Zhang Ping'an returned the gift and asked softly: "How are the casualties of brothers?"

Zhang Tong was in great pain: "Report to the commander! More than 500 people were injured, and 356 people were killed! Not many of them were good."
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