AWB Chapter 444: The Great Xia Army...attacks!
Chapter 444: The Great Xia Army...attacks!
The three words "I would like to ask for your advice" came out of Nangong Shouyi's mouth.
Gu Jingzhi then said, "Beili is like the setting sun, while Daxia is like the rising sun. What do you think we should choose?"
"I am a marquis in Daxia, a second-rank official. Looking around the world, can anyone tell me who is my age?"
"I am the Imperial Tutor of Daxia. My status is noble. Even His Majesty shows respect to me. The students of Daxia treat me with the courtesy of a half-teacher. The politics of Daxia are clean and honest. I only need to do what I should do and do not need to walk through the smoke and miasma..."
"General, what do you think I should choose?"
Nangong Shouyi was indifferent.
Indeed, Gu Jingzhi is definitely a rare talent in the world, but the Beili court cannot give him these.
He would even be branded as unfaithful for defecting to Beili!
Seeing him silent, Gu Jingzhi suddenly smiled and said, "How about you, General, surrender to Daxia? As one of the most famous generals in the world, you will definitely be able to enter the central government and become the Minister of Military Affairs of Daxia in the future!"
"Ah!"
Nangong Shouyi smiled and said with interest: "Your army will soon lose. I hope you can still be so confident!"
"Then don't bother, General!"
Gu Jingzhi pulled the reins and said, "I, Gu Jingzhi, have been an official for eight years. I have fought against the powerful, governed the local areas, and written books, making my name known throughout the world. However, this is my first time leading an army into battle. Especially if I can defeat the world-renowned general Nangong Shouyi this time, I will have no regrets in my life!"
"You, Beili, are too arrogant. Today, I, a scholar from Great Xia, will break the backbone of your Beili warrior! Go..."
Gu Jingzhi kicked the horse's belly, and the warhorse immediately galloped away and came to the front of his own army!
"Keng!"
The Great Xia Dragon Bird was unsheathed and held high.
"Commendants, do you recognize the sword in my hand?"
"Wow!"
Sixty thousand people raised their weapons at the same time, their eyes fixed on the cold and gleaming Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Sword, their faces filled with reverence.
"Yes, this is Emperor Taizu's Great Xia Dragon Bird!"
"Twenty years!"
"The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Sword, which has been away from the battlefield for over twenty years, now appears on the battlefield once again!"
"It will represent the glory of our two former emperors, and symbolize the bravery and undefeated valor of our warriors!"
"The people on the other side, more than 20 years ago, they rode on warhorses, holding swords. Two hundred thousand of my Great Xia comrades were buried on the border. Their heroic deeds speak of the lifelong ambition of my Great Xia army!"
"Loyal bones are buried everywhere in the green mountains, why should we return home wrapped in horsehide?"
"Soldiers, I will follow the example of my predecessors today. Today, you and I will only have one title..."
"Xia Jun!"
Gu Jingzhi's eyes lit up as he shouted, "The Xia army is mighty!"
"boom!"
The hearts of the Great Xia army soldiers seemed to be burning with passion. They held their weapons and roared, "The general is mighty!"
"The Xia army is mighty!"
"The general is mighty!"
Sixty thousand people shouted in unison, like the earth cracking and the mountains collapsing. Their morale, which had been low due to the defeat, was immediately boosted to the highest level by Gu Jingzhi's words.
Gu Jingzhi's gaze passed through the gaps in the battlefield, as if meeting Nangong Shouyi. He grinned and suddenly looked arrogant.
"Daxia Army, attack..."
At the command, Gu Jingzhi took the lead and rushed out like a sharp arrow.
As the commander-in-chief, he leads by example, and wherever his flag points, the soldiers will naturally follow and charge into battle.
"kill!"
The 60,000 Great Xia troops actually rushed directly towards the 130,000 Beili troops.
Nangong Shouyi was also a little shocked when he saw the Great Xia Army taking the initiative to attack. How many years had it been since he felt this kind of blood boiling?
Although the other side had only 60,000 people, he did not dare to take it lightly.
Gu Jingzhi led the charge, but the real commanders of the battle were his generals. He really did not know how to command the army in battle.
All he could do was to rely on his position as the commander-in-chief to awaken the morale and passion of the Great Xia Army!
Following him were Lin Chong's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. The mission of these hundreds of people today was to break through the Beili army formation and protect Gu Jingzhi as personal soldiers.
A group of hundreds of riders, like a black spear, directly charged towards the Beili formation of more than 100,000 people, and the 60,000 people behind them also charged forward!
Not long after, Gu Jingzhi was the first to encounter the Beili Army.
"Ho!"
Gu Jingzhi shouted loudly, and swung his sword diagonally, cutting off all the spears blocking his way. Then he rushed directly into the Beili army formation on horseback!
"Kengkeng!"
Relying on the advantage of the Great Xia Dragon Bird, Gu Jingzhi killed all the Beili troops that rushed up in an instant.
The current Gu Jingzhi is no longer the Gu Jingzhi who had just started practicing martial arts eight years ago. He has mastered martial arts to such an extreme that no one in Beili can get close to him.
Nangong Shouyi stood on the high platform of the central army. He looked at Gu Jingzhi in the battle formation and his expression changed.
He had never imagined that Gu Jingzhi, a mere scholar, actually possessed such martial arts skills. With just one sword and one horse... he could kill so many people that no one could get close to him. Hundreds of tiger and leopard cavalry followed behind him, and these hundreds of people actually opened a gap in his army formation with just one charge!
"Mobilize the army and kill them for me!"
In a decisive battle, the first thing to look at is morale, and the second is the command and tactics. But once the two armies meet, the most terrifying one is this kind of general who can defeat ten thousand enemies!
Nangong Shouyi found it hard to imagine what would happen if Gu Jingzhi had a long weapon in his hand!
Lin Chong and Hou Yong rushed over with their men from behind. Seeing that a gap had been opened in the Beili army formation, they immediately rushed towards the gap, and the flag-bearing soldiers behind them followed them all the way.
Gu Jingzhi and the hundreds of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had almost no opponents, but the enemy was too numerous. They had just split the army formation, but before they had time to disrupt the enemy's position, someone took over in an instant.
The Beili Army, which has been fighting for many years, has a tacit understanding in their cooperation.
Lin Chong naturally knew that Gu Jingzhi's hundreds of men were actually used to disrupt the enemy's formation. If they could not keep up in time, with the enemy's military strength, no matter how many times they disrupted the enemy's formation, they could quickly make up for it.
Fortunately, as the army continued to join the battle, the pressure on Gu Jingzhi and others became less and less!
However, due to the huge disadvantage in military strength, the Daxia army's attrition rate was much faster than that of the Beili army.
A quarter of an hour.
Two quarters of an hour.
An hour...
Before they knew it, the two armies had been fighting for two hours. Half of the soldiers under Gu Jingzhi's command were killed again, and 30,000 of them were held back by the Beili army.
The battlefield was littered with broken limbs and blood that gradually pooled together and merged into the soil. The ground became muddy due to the trampling of people coming and going.
After fighting for an hour, Gu Jingzhi felt a little anxious.
He had informed Qiao Zhen of the time for the decisive battle with Nangong Shouyi a long time ago, but it had been an hour and Qiao Zhen still hadn't arrived.
Even though he was a master of Hua Jin, this kind of high-intensity battle had already consumed most of his physical strength in just one hour.
This kind of large-scale mutual attack is actually more physically demanding than a fight between masters. At this time, those ordinary soldiers almost rely on their inner desire to survive.
They were all blood-thirsty and would not stop until the enemy fell.
The cruelty of the battlefield has touched Gu Jingzhi's heart for many years!