Chapter 541: All-Out Attack

Prepare for war!

Under Lin Chen's instruction, the army under Zhong Shidao and Xin Qiji marched westward from Xiangwu Prefecture and stationed at Xiaohetanbao and Linanzhai, forming a pincer attack.

As soon as the news came out, the soldiers and civilians of Weizhou were shocked.

"Why did the army take the initiative to attack?"

The evil monsters are beyond human power, so it is best for the government army to wait for reinforcements!"

"Yes, if the army fails, I am afraid that the entire Weizhou will be doomed!"

"Hateful! Who gave the order to attack? ! ”

Any knowledgeable scholar in Weizhou could see the strangeness in it.

After all, the horror of hungry ghosts had long been known to everyone from the mouths of Xixia refugees.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is an existence that cannot be resisted by human power!

Now that the evil spirits can be kept out of Weizhou, it is a blessing in disguise.

But when the discussants learned that this was a military order issued by the current general Yu Lin himself, everyone was stunned.

"I said, what do you scholars know?"

"That's right, do you think you know more about fighting than the general Yu Lin? ”

As the saying goes, a person’s reputation is like a tree’s shadow.

Lin Chen’s prestige accumulated over the years of fighting in the south and the north without any defeat calmed down the entire Weizhou, and the noisy voices of doubt gradually disappeared.

Perhaps, General Yulin’s arrangement must have a deep meaning!

From a certain perspective, Lin Chen’s move actually calmed the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in Weizhou.

Of course.

As a general of the army, even if Zong Shidao had some complaints about Lin Chen’s deployment in his heart, he could only suppress it and keep it secret.

In his opinion, the number of Tang troops now is indeed not enough to confront the hungry ghost army head-on.

However, It's not that there is no good news.

That is the 8,000 elite cavalry that General Yu Lin values ​​so much. Their momentum is the strongest army that Zong Shidao has never seen in his life.

It is precisely because of this that he Zong Shidao is willing to take this risky move.

Using more than 100,000 Tang troops as bait to lure the hungry ghost army to come.

Just as Lin Chen expected!

The scattered hungry ghosts who can't resist the taste of human blood can't wait to attack the Tang army in the two places without waiting for the ghost king to cross the mountains.

However, these hungry ghosts made a wrong calculation.

The Tang army is not the Xixia soldiers whose morale collapsed after being injured. How could they be chased? !

Hundreds of scattered hungry ghosts attacked the camp, and before they arrived, When they reached Tubao, they were suppressed by the bloody aura, and were immediately surrounded by the Tang army, which was several times larger than them.

In just a few days,

thousands of hungry ghosts were killed, while the Tang army suffered very few casualties.

This made many generals feel refreshed, and they felt that the evil ghosts were nothing more than this.

Who would have thought.

When the hungry ghost army that covered the sky and the sun really approached, all the Tang army fell silent and dared not speak.

The gloomy and terrifying ghost aura rushed straight into the sky, even the sun's light was blocked by it, and the sky and the earth were filled with heavy haze!

This ghost aura alone made tens of thousands of Western troops in the fort breathless.

Seeing this Seeing the situation, Zong Shidao was shocked. He also climbed up the city wall with armor and sword, and used the method of the Western Army's military formation to barely maintain the morale.

But if this continues, the Tang Army's fighting spirit will be reduced by 30% before the battle begins!

Zong Shidao can only hope that General Yulin is not a man of false reputation.

Otherwise.

Not to mention the tens of thousands of Western Army, the millions of soldiers and civilians in Weizhou will also be killed by hungry ghosts.

As for Lin Chen.

"Woof~"

Lin Chen slapped Bai Ze's little head in annoyance, causing the latter to look aggrieved.

"You are a lucky beast, why do you learn to bark like a dog? "

Lin Chen complained with a smile, who knows how his master usually takes care of Bai Ze.

Speaking of which, after he got Bai Ze, he deliberately placed him in the Emei Secret Realm and let Guo Xiang take care of him.

After all, the concentration of spiritual energy in the secret realm is much higher than that of Li Tang at present.

Look.

After just a few months of not seeing each other, Bai Ze's aura has become much stronger, and his fur is shiny.

According to Lin Chen's estimation, this little guy can now kill a martial arts master in the early stage of the innate with a slap!

Of course.

Lin Chen brought Bai Ze here at this time, of course, it is very useful!

Bai Ze is an ancient auspicious beast, and just roaring can dispel the evil spirits in the world!

And these sneaky things in front of him are also evil things, which is the perfect opportunity for Bai Ze to show his magical powers.

"Woo woo ~"

Bai Ze rubbed Lin Chen's palm in a flattering way, then lightly jumped onto his shoulder, looking at the ghost spirit in the distance.

A threatening whimper came out of the pair of clear animal eyes.

"No hurry, no hurry. "Lin Chen rubbed the dog's head and whispered.

The next day,

the ghost king's army arrived at Xiaohetanbao and quickly split into two groups. One group attacked the Tang army led by Qigong Zhong Shidao, and the other group rushed to Xin Qiji's defense line.

Facing scattered hungry ghosts, the Tang army could still barely cope with it with blood and energy, but once the ghosts increased in number, they could not be scared away by blood and energy.

Moreover, hungry ghosts are different from human armies. The big killing weapons in the army, such as bed crossbows and rolling logs and stones, are useless.

Often, countless hungry ghosts floated to the top of the city and fought with the Tang army in formation.

The losses were more tragic than that, which was shocking.

It often took dozens of Tang soldiers to pile up a hungry ghost!

In just one day,

the Western Army led by Zhong Shidao suffered more than 5,000 casualties. If this continued, the 50,000 Western Army might not last for three days and would collapse.

Fortunately.

Lin Chen's original intention was to let the two armies share the number of hungry ghosts.

After the Ghost King divided his troops, there were only less than ten thousand hungry ghosts left in the camp.

"Woo woo woo --"

Suddenly,

the continuous sound of horns echoed over the wilderness, and then a long shadow appeared at the intersection of the horizon.

"Awoo!"

Bai Ze was very excited and jumped on his master's shoulder.

Looking at Lin Chen, who was wearing armor and a feather helmet, he rode out of the front of the formation and paced around.

"Hehe! Hehe!"

There was no need for him to boost morale, and the eight thousand imperial guards raised their arms and raised their guns in unison, and the high-spirited sound temporarily overwhelmed the horns!

"Go out and cut the flag!"

Lin Chen gave an order and immediately rode his horse.

Following closely were eight thousand cavalrymen who no longer concealed their breath.

The momentum of eight thousand innate warriors mixed together and actually tore apart the gloomy ghost energy in the sky!

The long-lost sunshine fell in this land.

"Commander-in-chief! Commander-in-chief! General Yu Lin's troops are moving!"

In Lin'an Village, the Liaodong Border Army, which was originally in low morale, also felt the shock of this momentum and hurried to report to their commander.

When Xin Qiji climbed up to the top of the village and squinted at the distant scene, he was shocked!

How could he not see the extraordinaryness of the iron cavalry led by Lin Chen?

Not only that.

Lin Chen casually added a military formation BUFF to his Imperial Guards, which increased their momentum by three points!

The movement here naturally attracted the attention of the hungry ghost army.

But when there were hungry ghosts who wanted to block the front of the army, they were almost torn to pieces in an instant.

Unstoppable!

In the blink of an eye, an army of no less than 5,000 hungry ghosts was torn to pieces.

In the horrified eyes of countless hungry ghosts, the iron cavalry rushed straight to the ghost king's camp as if they were in an empty space.

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