Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 179

The night is slowly falling, but in this silent wilderness, murderous intent is pervasive.

Li Mu watched Subotai and others leading the soldiers downstream, knowing that the battle had already begun. The soldiers of the Yuan army were gearing up in the dark like wolves thirsting for blood.

Li Mu was called away by Badu, but this time Li Mu's mission was even more important.

This time, Li Mu didn't ride a horse. The Chimu Army soldiers beside him also walked, holding scimitars and step bows in their hands, and they were walking slowly through the night towards the brightly lit bridge.

"Qianhu, shall we all rush up then?"

While walking forward, Daryl, who came to Li Mu's side in the dark, asked Li Mu in a low voice. Li Mu walked forward, glanced at the other party in the dark, and whispered.

"Play by ear, the opponent has 1000 people, we'd better echo the cavalry."

In fact, the basic tactics Li Mu had already told everyone in the evening, but tonight is the decisive battle, and it is also a rare stubble encountered by the Yuan army on the way to the west, so now Daryl is a little nervous to face Li. Mu asked again.

After calming down his subordinates, Li Mu also led them to the edge of the stone bridge. Covered by sparse bushes and shrubs, Li Mu looked at the land cleared by the coalition forces and the river from here. The only stone bridge left on the road.

The reason why Bella IV left the bridge was that he failed to dismantle it in time, but wanted to use it to attract the Yuan army's strength, forcing the Yuan army to compete for the stone bridge, and then try to find a way to fight with the Yuan army here. The Yuan army fought, and hoped to find the flaws of the Yuan army, and then win.

But obviously they didn't realize that the Yuan army would launch such a bold attack in the dark night, and even decided to win in the dark night.

Li Mu took a closer look at the guards at the bridgehead. Although the allied forces dragged the horses from nowhere and deployed thousands of troops, they probably felt that the Yuan army did not dare to launch a big attack in the dark. The lights are bright, but it is a little lazy.

Moreover, Li Mu also keenly noticed that most of the soldiers here seem to be infantry, and the number of archers and cavalry is very small.

It seems that this is a decision to be nailed here, and to guard against the Yuan army's cavalry as much as possible.

But they obviously forgot that the Yuan army was not only an excellent cavalry archer, but also an excellent infantry.

Li Mu saw these situations in his eyes and watched the soldiers coming behind him continuously. Although Batu was not visible in the dark night, he already had absolute control before he set off and could launch an attack at any time .

So Li Mu ordered a few soldiers under his command to touch the right side of the bridge quietly, pretending to be a scout, showing his figure slightly, and it is best to lure some people to leave.

On the other hand, I and the others are ready to attack as soon as the troops at the bridgehead make a move, or look at the place where the scouts are attracting.

In the dark night, there were constant chirping of insects, Li Mu's heart was pounding, and the people around him also clenched their bows and arrows tightly.

At this moment, someone in the camp shouted loudly, and then the soldiers sitting around the fire stood up one after another. People stood up one after another.

Those Yuan soldiers took the opportunity to shoot a few arrows into the camp, and shot one person to death, which angered the officers in the camp. At that moment, some people shouted, and the sound of hula-la armor rang out. People and horses chased after it, and there were people on the bridge watching the situation over there.

Seeing that the plan worked, Li Mu immediately stood up from the bushes, shot several arrows in his hand, then raised his walking bow and roared, leading everyone to rush out.

The crowd ran extremely fast, and they kept throwing arrows towards the camp not far away along the way. Although they didn't cause much casualties, the officers and soldiers guarding the bridge were shocked by the sudden rush of a large number of Yuan troops. Fainted, they gathered together under the command of the chief, and at this time Li Mu and others had already rushed into the camp.

Li Mu couldn't control that much, he just shot all the arrows in his quiver, then drew out his scimitar, and directed the soldiers to rush towards the stone bridge.

It has to be said that the sudden attack of the Yuan army had a great effect. The soldiers of the coalition army were not prepared in a hurry, and many of them were knocked down. The rest retreated to the bridge and began to counterattack under the command of the officer.

And this narrow stone bridge immediately suffered a great loss for the Yuan army. Those coalition soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding long spears and shields blocked this passage, and the arrows of the Yuan army suddenly lost their power. The sword helped out, but the long spear prevented the soldiers of the Yuan army from using it.

The coalition soldiers guarding the bridge were obviously not a miscellaneous army, and they attacked in a decent manner. As a result, the casualties of the Yuan army increased a lot.

The Yuan army, who only wore leather armor, was obviously at a disadvantage in such close combat. Li Mu also rushed to the bridge, and saw several of his subordinates fell, but when the coalition forces advanced in an orderly manner, he was shocked and ordered The arrows were released by the subordinates, and after the jingling, someone fell down on the opponent, but the gap was filled in a blink of an eye, and there was still no effective result.

Seeing this, Li Mu didn't want to fight, knowing that this was just killing his subordinates for nothing, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat.

Everyone left from the bridge head unwillingly, and walked calmly, taking away the corpses of all their companions, but the cheers from behind cast a shadow over the hearts of every soldier of the Yuan army, and also aroused everyone's anger.

Dalier was furious at the moment, and wanted to turn back with a bow, arrow and scimitar, but Li Mu grabbed him and forcibly retreated.

After retreating not far away, everyone also stopped, and at this time Batu had already arrived.

Seeing that the troops led by Li Mu failed in the attack, he looked at Li Mu with rare anger on his face, and asked immediately.

"Battle, what's the situation? Why did you retreat?"

Li Mu looked up at Batu who was sitting on the horse. He was a little hesitant and even a little ashamed. After all, this was a rare defeat, but he still opened his mouth.

"Back to the Great Khan, the stone bridge is too narrow, and the enemy is strictly defending it. We have lost many warriors for nothing, so we had to retreat."

"Ridiculous! If we don't capture this stone bridge in one go, the enemy will react and we will have no chance!"

"The death and injury of some warriors now is to save some warriors from dying in the next battle!"

Batu didn't give Li Mu face at all, so he reprimanded Li Mu in front of many people, and Li Mu could only kneel down on one knee to confess his crime.

But after Batu finished speaking, he didn't say anything. His face was gloomy and uncertain, but he immediately issued an order, ready to do it again.

But this time, they will attack together on foot, bow and cavalry, and selected some men who rarely understand water, not afraid of the icy cold river water in April, and cross the rushing river with a knife in their mouth, so as to increase the chances of the bridge attacking companions.

Li Mu naturally asked Ying to stand in front, and Batu also gave Li Mu this opportunity, and even collected the few full armors in the army for everyone to wear, and asked Li Mu and others to take down this stone bridge.

Batu personally supervised the battle, and this time he was determined to take it down. Li Mu also knew that this was his last chance. Whether he could regain his majesty in front of Batu would be related to his identity in Batu's heart in the future. status.

The Yuan army regrouped and launched an attack on the stone bridge again. This time, the defenders were obviously ready, and there were also many torches in the army camp in the distance, which was obviously discovered. The situation here is ready for reinforcements.

Li Mu rushed forward wearing heavy armor, the bow and arrow in his hand vibrated constantly, and the arrows were shot out one by one, everyone roared and rushed forward.

Li Mu shot out all the arrows in his hand, put the longbow behind his back, saw that the spear on his back was taken off, and rushed forward in the lead.

This spear was taken from the horse by himself. Although it was not convenient, Li Mu was not prepared to fight with it.

Li Mu approached the team waiting in full force on the bridge, found a gap in it, and threw the spear in his hand fiercely.

At the same time, someone in the Yuan army around him also made the same movement. A dozen spears were thrown out at the same time. The huge force was incomparable with bows and arrows. Several spears sneaked into the gap, Several people fell down in pain, Li Mu's eyes flickered.

The next moment he drew out his scimitar, and slammed into the crowd with heavy armor.

Regardless of the pain in his arm, he swung the scimitar immediately, the light of the knife flickered, and the surrounding soldiers were swept away, and Li Mu successfully opened the gap.

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(End of this chapter)