Chapter 14: Battle Against the Lüong Army!

  Bai Ren saw Gong Sun Zhan make up his mind to become a fisherman, and coldly snorted: "I hope you won't be defeated by the Leng army one by one! You're on your own!" With that, he turned around and left without any hesitation.

  Liu Wei was puzzled and asked: "The winning rate is higher when working together, why don't you work with them?"

  Gongsun Zan replied simply: "I'm afraid of treachery! Moreover, we are all spearmen, and as long as we defend ourselves and don't let others get close, we will be safe. If we join forces with them and they suddenly turn against us, our entire army will be defeated in the blink of an eye! Besides, it's better to be a fisherman, using the least effort to gain more things, without having to share with others!"

  Liu Wei and Guo Liang nodded to show they understood, but how did they know there was another reason that Gong Sun Ce didn't mention. Together they only had over fifty people, while the other side had over three hundred people. In the past, even if they joined forces, they could only be treated as vassals. What are vassals? Those who can be used at will are vassals!

  Suddenly, a group of soldiers wearing earth-colored armor appeared, and without stopping, they charged to the front of the three hundred strong army in groups of three or five, shouting loudly. The small groups of soldiers were constantly being mowed down by the gun array, but they couldn't withstand the continuous replenishment of the soldiers, and soon they engaged in a full-scale battle with the strong army. The later-arriving soldiers began to surround the two sides of the strong army, planning to swallow this group of strong army in one go!

  Gongsun Zan had his troops form two rows, advancing slowly sideways. When they were about a hundred meters away from the two armies' vanguard, the defeated army was left with only around 200 men, their original formation having been broken and scattered by the Liao soldiers, barely managing to form a circular defense and struggling to hold on.

  As he approached Gong Sun Zan, he discovered that in just one day's time, the chaotic army's strength had increased significantly. Each soldier's body began to become more complete and full, and their speed with knives also quickened, as well as their ability to coordinate with each other becoming increasingly familiar. These were all things that made him think deeply.

  "Guo Liang, you're on the left flank, don't get surrounded, then play as you like!" Gong Sun Ce saw that the Liang army had all arrived, with about 500 people, which was still within his confidence to devour! The premise was that the chaotic army could hold on for a little longer and consume more of the Liang army.

  Kuo Liang swung his spear a few times, warming up, and gazed at the sun with narrowed eyes. He smiled at Gong Sun Ce and said, "Alright! Let's get rid of them quickly, I'm getting hungry." With that, he charged forward on horseback, his warhorse galloping majestically. At 18 years old, Kuo Liang was even more dashing and heroic, making Gong Sun Ce take a liking to this handsome young warrior. The halberd-wielding cavalry followed closely behind Kuo Liang, their orders being to follow him until they fell off their horses or died in battle.

  "Liu Wei, hold our right flank and don't let anyone through! We must ensure there are no enemies behind us, or you know what will happen!" Gong Sun Ce would command the halberd troops in the formation, the left flank was not a concern, the cavalry could keep the Liang army bunched up and afraid to attack. The only weak point was the right flank! Halberd troops advancing, fighting infantry on flat ground, he believed that under the premise of no long-range troops, there were not many troops that could restrain halberds.

  "Wind! Wind! Big wind!" The halberdiers stepped in unison, the front row of halberdiers holding their halberds forward, their job was to use their long halberds to push back the charging enemy or hook them to death. The rear row of halberdiers held their halberds forward and upward at an angle, their way of killing was a single word: Peck!

  Within fifty meters, the cavalry squadron flashed to the rear of the Liang army. These Liang soldiers were busy besieging the surrounded vanguard and chose to ignore Gongsun Zan's unit with only fifty men. They would pay a huge price for this! Guo Liang took the lead on horseback, galloping past the side of the Liang army, constantly swinging his spear, using force to augment his strength, and every Liang soldier he hit had their skull burst open, their dry bodies splashing everywhere, turning into flying ash before they even hit the ground.

  Behind him, the three halberd-wielding cavalrymen were even more ruthless. They grasped their reins tightly and held their halberds in their right hands, sweeping them across the necks of the Liao soldiers from behind. The sharp blades of the halberds were like scythes, cutting down the heads of the chaotic army like weeds. Those who were beheaded cleanly had their heads fall to the ground, with their black blood not yet spilling out before it turned into flying ash. Those whose necks were only half-severed sprayed blood everywhere, and their heads were still connected by a piece of skin, hanging from their chests without falling off. As long as they were injured in the neck, these soldiers would inevitably die, it was just a matter of time!

  Kuang Liang's four riders were just one wheel, and they cut off the first layer of Liao Jun's heads! This is also because Liao Jun did not take precautions early, and Liao Jun's military soul had just recovered, so their consciousness was dull. When Gong Sun Ce's halberd soldiers were about to join the battle array, the hundred Liao Jun soldiers who surrounded the rear of the chaotic army would let out a loud shout, turn around with their knives and guns, and charge towards Gong Sun Ce.

  Before they could even get close, the vanguard of the Liang army was knocked to the ground by the long-handled pike. As they struggled to get up, they were struck down again by the approaching pikemen. One pike pierced through the chest and back, pinning them to the ground. The pikeman then pulled out his pike, and the sharp blade sliced open their withered bones and rotten flesh. The freed pike continued to thrust or hook under the command of the pikeman, sometimes striking down fiercely. The Liang army on the ground convulsed for a moment before turning into flying ash, and the scattered airflow split into several streams, flying towards both the pikemen and the tiger tally in Gong Sun Zan's arms. The tiger tally vibrated repeatedly, and again divided out a small portion of soul energy to Gong Sun Zan.

  "Triple formation!" Gong Sun Zan greatly overestimated the Liang army's hundred-man general, seeing that he was just recklessly leading his men in a direct charge, trying to tear apart his own halberd array. He didn't even have the idea of flanking from the side! The original two rows of halberds seemed a bit thin, and he had to thicken them up! On the right flank, Liu Wei was like a wolf, killing into the Liang army's flank, his spear stabbing or thrusting, the fallen Liang soldiers around him rapidly decaying, their scattered energy being absorbed by him.

  The Liang army's hundred men did not expect that the thin two rows of halberdiers would form a battle line, because the halberdiers were tightly coordinated and extremely difficult to approach, let alone break through the defense line. Then he saw Gong Sun Ce shorten the array line, thicken the array line, shout loudly, and thrust his spear towards Gong Sun Ce. Unexpectedly, five or six long halberds came continuously, these halberdiers were all white silver first-class soldiers, their strength was not to be underestimated, after they held up his body with their halberd heads, the halberd blades then passed around from both sides and were suddenly pulled back by the halberdiers, his two arms were directly hooked off by the halberd blades!

  A hundred men will look up to the sky and let out a loud roar, one halberdier thrusts his halberd from behind his ear, hooks it back, and directly hooks off his neck, a big mouth agape, a ferocious head falls under Gong Sun Ce's feet, and in the blink of an eye, it rots into ash. Gong Sun Ce steps on the withered ash, commanding the halberdiers to advance and trample forward.

  Liubing was wrong from the start for not forming an array and ignoring Gong Sun's fifty or so men. Now it's their turn to suffer, on the left side, Guo Liang led four riders back and forth, charging and breaking through, each time a horse collided with people and chopped, they could reduce five or six people, in no time Gong Sun's unit had solved the Lian army behind and on the left for the rebel army, making it so that the rebel army only needed to face two sides of enemies, greatly increasing the rebel army's survival ability, allowing them to consume more of the Lian army.

  Gongsun Zan annihilated the Liao army in front of him, and he didn't even have to lift a hand. He simply blocked off the retreat route of the defeated troops, forcing them to fight to the death with the Liao army! It can be said that this was ruthless and cruel. Nearly a hundred Liao soldiers were eliminated, and eight of Gongsun Zan's own halberd-wielding soldiers also fell, which was quite a heavy loss for him - equivalent to 15% casualties!

  The hundred-strong vanguard led by Guo Liang retreated, pulling back. Guo Liang wiped the hot sweat from his face and returned to Gongsun Zan's camp with three halberd-wielding cavalrymen. Dismounting, he said: "Wonderful! Old Master Gongsun, your military tactics are truly divine! With hardly any losses, we've taken out so many of them; the rest will be finished off in the blink of an eye!"

  Gongsun Zan threw a bottle of water at Guo Liao and said, staring at the sticky front line: "When the cavalry expands in the future, one charge can trample them! You're not a bad cavalry general. In a horse-to-horse duel, you can't beat me. Leading the cavalry to fight a cavalry battle, I can win with 100 horses, draw with 200 horses, and above 300 horses, I can only escape. With 500 horses, you can defeat me! Work hard!"

  After listening to Gongsun Ce's objective analysis, Liu Wei, who couldn't ride a horse, squatted on the ground drawing circles. Guo Liang kept smiling foolishly, Gongsun Ce's meaning was very simple, from now on all cavalry would be under his command! The premise is that he must work hard, how to work hard? Actively get close to Gongsun Ce, secondly, one's skills cannot fall behind.

  The chaotic army continued to disappear under the blade of the Leng Army, and as the death toll increased, the remaining chaotic army became fewer and fewer, causing less and less harm to the Leng Army. The Leng Army's attack intensity did not decrease, and the sparse chaotic army was unable to counterattack against the Leng Army's attacks, so the speed of death accelerated.

  This is the reason why two armies need to form a battle array. A battle array is about reasonably applying the offensive and defensive attributes of each type of soldier, scientifically increasing one's own killing ability and survival ability. If the difference in military strength is too great, generally speaking, if only infantry can be deployed on flat ground, with equal equipment and morale, ignoring the commander, then the side with more troops will win! Even if it's 2000 against 1800, the side with more troops will still win.

  Because the plain battlefield has no danger to defend, it can only be a hard fight, and the battle array is mutually cut. The more people there are, the more they can attack the fewer ones, increasing the intensity of the attack. As time goes on, the situation becomes that the fewer ones become less and less, and the gap between the two armies' strength becomes larger and larger. For the army with fewer soldiers, this is a vicious cycle. This kind of battle situation is difficult to appear, because there will be changes in the morale of the generals and soldiers, as well as the appearance of other types of troops.

  But now it has appeared, and for the next period of time, this will be the situation. The revived military soul only has a simple killing consciousness, and only a hundred people have a simple consciousness, making it difficult to reasonably apply tactics. Moreover, there are only infantrymen, no archers, no cavalry, and no generals.

  But when their strength has recovered and strengthened in the future, that's when the nightmare of Gong Sun Ce and other inheritors will begin! They are now just using the weakened Husong to upgrade and gain experience.

  These things Gong Sun Zan had partly guessed, so time was extremely important to him. Taking advantage of the weakness of the enemy's morale, he must advance vigorously now. The more enemy morale is destroyed, the fewer powerful enemies will be faced in the future. Moreover, he can continue to increase his own strength and avoid becoming a miscellaneous oil party in the future.

  Think of those historical famous generals, and the well-known military forces under their command. Just to name a few from the Three Kingdoms period, there were Guan Yu's First Legion, Gao Shun's Vanguard Camp, Gongsun Zan's White Horse Volunteers, Liu Bei's White Eared Elite Troops, Cao Cao's Tiger Guard, Tiger Cavalry and Leopard Cavalry! Even Dong Zhuo's Flying Bear Army was a powerful force that would be one of the first to face Gong Sun Ce in the future.

  The chaotic army in front of him was left with only four hundred men and less than twenty soldiers, when they suddenly turned around and ran towards Gong Sun Ce. The remaining two hundred Liang troops would not let them go, and after beheading the last remnants of the chaotic army, they chased after them with a loud roar.

  Gongsun Zan had already formed his battle lines and made up his mind to first eliminate the four rebel generals, each with a hundred men under their command. After that, he would engage in a decisive battle with the Liang army. He believed that if he emerged victorious from this battle, he would be promoted to the fourth rank and become a commander of a hundred men. This battle would bring him nearly eight hundred soldiers, and even if he lost some of them, the Tiger Tally would allow him to create an additional one hundred elite soldiers!

  What he didn't expect was that the four disorganized soldiers who came running would do something very unexpected, making it difficult for Gong Sun Ce and his two companions to understand.