Chapter 861
Lei Zhen's halberd was powerful and heavy, piercing Gao Jun's back, and the tip of the halberd poked out from his chest.
Gao Jun screamed, rolled over and fell off his horse. He lay on the ground and struggled to stand up, but the fatal wound had left him with no strength to get up again.
His pain did not last long, Lei Zhen urged his horse forward, raised his halberd and viciously chopped off Gao Jun's head.
Gao Jun, the fierce general of the Zheng Kingdom, did not die by Jiang Fan's arrow, but died in Lei Zhen's hands, becoming a stepping stone for Lei Zhen to become famous in one battle. What's funny is that Lei Zhen didn't know who he killed until this time, and thought he was just an ordinary general of Zheng Kingdom.
In fact, with Gao Jun's strength, it is not so bad. The key is that the old injury on his shoulder is too fatal. When fighting ordinary enemies, it does not affect him much. But once he encounters a master like Lei Zhen, the arrow wound on his shoulder will not affect him. It became his fatal injury.
In the battle outside Wancheng, Lei Zhen was the only one who won three games in a row and killed four Zhen generals in a row. Moreover, Gao Jun, who was so brave, also died in his hands. The 20,000 Zhen soldiers watching the battle behind him were extremely embarrassed. Changes occurred, my heart was horrified, and my morale dropped to the bottom.
The two corps commanders hurriedly gave an order to send people to rescue Gao Jun's body. Then they looked at Feng Jiang on the opposite side and the Feng Jun who were excited and cheering on the city. They felt cold in their hearts. This battle was no longer possible. After fighting, we can only retreat and report the situation to the general.
The vanguard of the Zhen Army came and retreated even faster, retreating like a tide. At the same time, they also snatched Gao Jun's body away. However, Gao Jun's head had already fallen into Lei Zhen's hands, and the Zhen Army soldiers did not dare to step forward and ask for it. .
Seeing the enemy troops retreating, the soldiers of the Feng Army on the city became more morale and shouted loudly. At this time, Wu Mei suppressed the excitement in her heart and showed a thick smile on her face. With the power of one person, he killed four generals in a row and frightened off 20,000 menacing enemy troops. Lei Zhen was as brave as Shangguan Yuanyi!
When Lei Zhen returned to the city alone and was treated like a hero, the surrounding soldiers of Feng Army swarmed up and stretched out their hands to help him, almost forcefully lifting him off his horse.
Lei Zhen was not used to the scene where he was so popular, and he was a little flattered. He waved to the surrounding soldiers repeatedly to express that he was not injured or tired and did not need help.
Even so, people still gathered around him, some holding horses and others helping him carry halberds, like stars holding the moon. Lei Zhen said a few more polite words, then he picked up Gao Jun's head and ran up the city wall along the steps. He quickly came to Wu Mei, still holding the severed hair in his hand, kneeling on one knee and intervening. Salute: "Madam, the general will come back and resume his life!"
While he was talking, he felt that it was not appropriate to place such a bloody severed head in front of the charming Wu Mei, so he kept it behind his back.
Wu Mei was not a lady, she was also a general who was galloping on the battlefield to attack cities and plunder territory. She had seen too many killings, how could a severed head scare her? With a smile on her face, she did not shy away from suspicion, stretched out her hand to help Lei Zhen up, and said with a smile: "General Lei, thank you for your hard work. I never knew before that General Lei is a brave general who ranks first in the three armies!"
She personally supported Lei Zhen, which made the latter's face turn red. He quickly lowered his hands and said, "Madam, this is a great reward. I will not be able to deserve it!"
Wu Mei nodded secretly, Lei Zhen was not only brave and extraordinary, he was also humble and polite. He was a rare general. Fortunately, the king kept him in the capital, otherwise, I really don’t know who to rely on to defend against the enemy! She saw sweat on Lei Zhen's cheeks and said, "General Lei must be tired after fighting three games in a row. Go down and rest for a while!"
With a formidable enemy in front of him, Lei Zhen could not let go and leave, and he was unwilling to leave with Wu Mei around. Lei Zhen is a young and strong young man. When he sees Wu Mei, who is both stunningly beautiful and heroic, he will be attracted to her unconsciously. Although he does not dare to think anything wrong, he still wants to see more of her.
In the first battle of Wancheng, Lei Zhen showed his power and killed Gao Jun and three of his generals. The 20,000 front troops did not dare to continue attacking the city and had to retreat to the central army first. Hearing the news of Gao Jun's death in battle, Li Cheng was also shocked and froze on the spot, unable to recover for a long time. Gao Jun would be killed by an enemy general. This was so unbelievable to Li Cheng that it was even impossible to happen.
Gao Jun is the Dangkou general personally named by King Zhen Li Hong. The word Dangkou also represents Li Hong's affirmation of his military power. Even in the battle with Jiang Fan, one of the four fierce generals of the Feng Kingdom, Gao Jun was only injured. This time How could Li Cheng not be shocked that his boat capsized in the sewer and was killed by an unknown person?
Li Cheng was like this, and the surrounding generals were even more confused. Some even didn't believe it. They walked to Gao Jun's body, lifted the white sheet covering it, and lowered their heads to take a closer look to confirm whether it was Gao Jun. The headless corpse was shocking and difficult to distinguish, but through the armor the corpse wore and its figure, people could still tell that it was indeed Gao Jun.
People stood up in front of the corpse in a daze and murmured: "It's really General Gao..."
"General!" At this time, Xun Xiao suddenly shouted, walked up to Li Cheng, stepped in to salute, and gritted his teeth and said: "Please send the last general to fight. The last general will go to the front of the formation to take off Lei Zhen's dog head and avenge General Gao. Blood hate!"
Xun Xiao and Gao Jun are equally famous generals. Their relationship is both competitive and personal. In the army, they can fight for a little military glory, but privately, they have similar interests and have a close friendship. Now seeing Gao Jun's tragic death and not even being able to save his whole body, Xun Xiao felt sad in his heart, filled with grief and anger, his eyes were blood red, and his facial features were so distorted that they moved out of place.
Seeing that Xun Xiao wanted to invite Ying to fight again this time, Li Cheng shook his head like a rattle and refused: "No! The intelligence of our army is obviously wrong. How many troops are there in Wancheng now? What generals of the Feng Kingdom are in the city?" , we all have to re-evaluate, no more fighting today, wait until tomorrow when the exact information is sent back before making plans!"
At this time, Li Cheng showed his wise and calm side and did not panic because of Gao Jun's unexpected death. He could keep his composure, but Xun Xiao could not. The latter's eyes widened and he asked loudly: "General, are you going to let General Gao die in vain?"
Li Cheng shouted in a deep voice: "I did not say that I would give up the attack on Wancheng, but that I would wait for the accurate information to be sent back. Don't say any more. Today, the entire army will rest!"
well! Xun Xiao stamped his feet hard and sighed in his heart. Li Cheng was the commander-in-chief. If he didn't order the attack, Xun Xiao would have nothing to do. He turned around and walked to Gao Jun's body, looked left and right, and said, "Tonight, I will keep vigil for brother Gao Jun!"
The emergence of Lei Zhen disrupted Li Cheng's offensive plan and made him pay attention to the not-so-big Wancheng in front of him.
The next day, the intelligence from the Zhenjun spies was sent back one after another. It was similar to the previous information and basically unchanged. The only additional information was the investigation of Lei Zhen. Zhenjun's intelligence recorded Lei Zhen's origin, background, and military rank in great detail. After reading it, Li Cheng figured out who Lei Zhen was.
It turns out that he is the new general selected by the Feng Kingdom's military recruitment order. No wonder I have never heard of a person like Lei Zhen before. However, if this person can become the number one in the military recruitment order, his strength is naturally extraordinary. After Li Cheng knew Lei Zhen's identity, he no longer sent people to challenge Lei Zhen in a duel. Instead, he directly ordered the entire army to attack the city and capture Wancheng.
Wancheng's soldiers are not strong, but Wancheng's city defense is far inferior to that of Chongcheng, Fangcheng and other cities. Not only is there a moat outside the city, the city walls are also high, but there are also city-breaking crossbows and army-breaking crossbows on the top of the city. This powerful weapon, in addition, trebuchets are also prepared in the city. Although the number of these large weapons is not large, they can also play a certain role in deterring and killing the enemy troops attacking the city outside.
The Zhen army had no reservations, and all 80,000 soldiers went into battle, including Li Cheng himself.
The sky was gloomier and the temperature was colder than the day before. Li Cheng was sitting on his horse, shuddering involuntarily. The soldiers below also had white lips and their upper and lower teeth were chattering.
Li Cheng exhaled, pulled out the sword from his waist, turned around and shouted loudly: "The forces of the Feng Army have been concentrated in Wancheng. As long as Wancheng is captured, Yancheng will be in our army's possession. At that time, we can go home! Yancheng is the capital of the wind, and it is at the feet of the emperor. There are countless gold, silver and jewels in it. If brothers want to live a prosperous life, then first capture Wancheng in front of me!" After speaking, he pointed the sword forward and shouted: "Charge the whole army! Kill!"
"kill--"
Li Cheng gave an order, and all 80,000 Zhen troops rushed forward. The Zhen soldiers charged forward extremely fast. What is commendable is that under such a speed charge, the entire army's formation was actually neat and orderly. There were 80,000 people in eight square formations, like eight fast-moving carpets. Yes, he rushed towards Wancheng quickly.
At the same time, Wancheng also entered a state of fighting. Wu Mei, accompanied by Zong Yuan, climbed to the city gate tower to watch the battle in person. As a military general, Lei Zhen did not go to the city gate tower, but walked back and forth on the city wall to patrol. Seeing that the enemy was about to enter his own firing range, Lei Zhen ordered the entire army to raise their bows and prepare to release arrows.
At this time, Zong Yuan poked his head out from the city gate tower and shouted to Lei Zhen below: "General Lei, don't fire your arrows yet. It's not too late to wait until the enemy is fifty steps closer before firing your arrows!"
The number of arrows they currently have in reserve is not sufficient and they must be used sparingly. Moreover, most of the soldiers guarding the city are new soldiers. Their arrow skills are not strong. Whether they can shoot a hundred steps away is a problem, let alone hurt the enemy. Yes, to be on the safe side, it would be safer to release the arrow after fifty steps.
Lei Zhen had never fought in a war, let alone commanded an army, so he naturally followed Zong Yuan's instructions. After hearing Zong Yuan's words, he lowered his raised arm again, and then said to the surrounding soldiers: "Everyone listen to my order and fire arrows." !”
After saying that, he held the arrow stack with his hand and almost leaned out half of his body. He stared at the enemy without blinking, while silently calculating the distance between the enemy and himself. Lei Zhen, who was on the battlefield for the first time, was extremely nervous and cautious. He was counting step by step, for fear that a few numbers would make his side passive.