Chapter 65: Defeat of the Enemy Army

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  Zong Bao was full of momentum, with unparalleled confidence, holding a large green steel knife in his hand, wearing armor, and under the protection of his relatives and guards, he prepared for battle.

  It wasn't until a whole incense stick later that Zong Bao's army was finally assembled. As for this speed, he was extremely satisfied. Being able to organize 6,000 soldiers within an incense stick of time, in his opinion, although it didn't count as the strongest army in the world, it was still passable.

  Zong Bao's arrogance grew even more, leading the large army to prepare for battle against Guan Hai and Wu Qing's 8,000-strong army. At this time, a messenger rushed in, urgently saying: "General, the enemy is now less than five miles away from our army!"

  "What?!"

  Zong Bao was furious: "The enemy army has arrived so quickly!"

  In his view, this seemed to be an impossible thing, a large army marching, and in one hour it had actually passed through twenty-five miles of land. Was this the bandit cavalry? Even stronger vassal armies would find it difficult to achieve such a feat. Therefore, Zong Bao was furious, thinking that this was a mistake on the part of the scouts, an intelligence failure. How could these bandits possibly achieve such a thing? Did they think he was a three-year-old child?

  Zong Bao considered himself the number one general under Kong Rong, and he was extremely well-versed in military affairs. Even those elite armies that were known for their speed could not match his level of expertise. After all, mobilizing tens of thousands of soldiers was no trivial matter. Just like him, gathering 6,000 soldiers in just one hour to prepare for battle was already an impressive feat, and he couldn't help but feel proud of himself. How could those insignificant bandits possibly achieve such a thing?

  "Come on, men! Take down the scout camp and bring them to me. Anyone who dares to make false reports about military information will be severely punished!"

  When the camp was taken down, Zong Bao didn't listen to their explanation and directly beheaded them. This is the extremely powerful way: "Everyone has a share, welcome the enemy army, dare to retreat and die!"

  After finishing, Zong Bao ordered the messenger to pass on the military order, and he led his most elite thousand personal soldiers to sit in the rear as a supervisor, whoever dares to retreat will be killed!

  Under the command of several third-rate generals and dozens of fourth-rate generals, the 5,000-strong elite army directly charged towards the armies of Guan Yu and Wu Qing.

  At this time, the army of Gan Hai was strictly disciplined, and the entire army marched in an orderly manner without any chaos or confusion. The 7,200-strong army, with each branch working together in harmony, looked extremely neat and tidy. Above them, clouds gathered and condensed into a dense mass.

  "Kill him!"

  After a brief moment, the two armies met on a small plain area. There were no obstacles here, but it was conducive to the charge of the main army. The enemy general looked at the situation of Gan Ning and Wu Qing's army in front of him, and his heart suddenly felt a chill. They had also thought that the enemy was just a bandit, but now they were wearing bright armor, which made them feel inferior. More importantly, the enemy's demeanor was not something they could compare to.

  "This, this is where the bandits and soldiers are, even in the Central Plains, they are all the bravest warriors of our time!"

  The two armies met in an instant, and even before the battle began, the enemy's momentum had already weakened by a notch. When they finally clashed, it was even more terrifying.

  Although this treasure army was also a regular army that had been trained and even fought on the battlefield, in this exchange of blows, they immediately felt a huge gap!

  At first, the Zongbao army was able to hold its ground, with each general working together and causing some damage to the enemy. After all, at the beginning, some soldiers were still a bit unaccustomed.

  However, as the atmosphere came together, countless soldiers united as one, and that sense of cohesion made Zhang Xu's loyal soldiers immediately burst out with strong fighting spirit, wave after wave of attacks, never showing any signs of stopping. The death of comrades, although it also made them afraid in their hearts, the stimulation of blood was even more terrifying, but as soon as they thought that they were glorious soldiers defending their master and their homeland, they gritted their teeth and persevered.

  The brutal battlefield did not crush them, but instead made these soldiers grow rapidly. Under the command of Wu Chang, Huo Chang, Dui Zheng and Wei Jiang, they exerted their collective might!

  "Ah!"

  After a prolonged confrontation of about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the physical strength of Zong Bao's army began to decline rapidly, and the consequences of not undergoing rigorous training appeared. They felt their fighting spirit slowly weakening, while on the other hand, under the command of Guan Hai and Wu Qing, the morale of their army became more and more cohesive, and the overall strength of the troops began to erupt.

  At the same time, after undergoing rigorous training, the new recruits, under the leadership of the old soldiers, gritted their teeth one by one.

  "Hold on, the enemy is about to collapse!"

  Looking at the enemy's appearance, the experienced old soldiers Wu Chang shouted loudly one by one, instantly making the morale of the army more vigorous.

  "Ah, run!"

  Finally, it was unclear which soldier in the Zongbao army fled first, but a loud cry of fear and panic triggered a chaotic retreat. Faced with an enemy that seemed to never back down, with their powerful attack force and fearless fighting spirit, they were unable to maintain any psychological advantage as a regular army, and instantly collapsed completely.

  "Run!"

  One routed soldier, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, instantly triggered a chain reaction of collapse. The Zongbao army, which had already lost more than 400 men, was on the verge of collapse. In ancient times, an army that suffered a loss of over 10% in a field battle was considered defeated, and this was already considered a crack troop. However, Zongbao's army was still far from being a crack troop, so defeat was already a foregone conclusion.

  "Kill!"

  The well-prepared army of Gan Hui immediately charged out with swords and began to pursue and kill the fleeing soldiers. The long spear phalanx was not suitable for this pursuit battle, only agile swordsmen could do it!

  "Release arrows, drive away enemy troops!"

  The subsequent battles were no longer suspenseful, the enemy's defeat triggered a ripple effect, and the rear enemy troops could not stop these defeated soldiers. With the pursuit of the swordsmen and the archers, there was no suspense at all. The 5,000-strong Zongbao army was directly defeated in one battle!

  "Shield wall, scouts relay signals, cavalry charge!"

  Guan Hai gave the order again, and suddenly a burst of wolf smoke rose up, this was the signal for the roaming cavalry to attack!

  "What?!"

  Zong Bao led a thousand troops, at this time his eyes were all red, his thousand personal soldiers, under the impact of such defeated soldiers, had no reaction at all, and were already dispersed. If it weren't for the protection of his trusted personal soldiers around him, he would have been impacted by the defeated soldiers, giving Zong Bao a dizzy feeling, this was really unthinkable...