Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

The scorching June sun scorched the earth, and the wild grass on Luoyue Slope was curled and turned yellow.

At dawn, the morning mist had not yet dissipated, but the Tang army's war drums had already sounded.

Li Ge was wearing gilded Ming Guang armor, and his scarlet cloak fluttered in the morning breeze.

He stood on a high slope, looking at the continuous camps of the Chu army in the distance, with a sneer on his face.

"The whole army obeys the order!"

Li Ge drew the sword from his waist, the blade gleaming coldly in the morning sun: "Today, I will crush the Chu army!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Tens of thousands of Tang soldiers shouted in unison, shaking the valley.

The sound of war drums suddenly became urgent, and the Tang army's cavalry rushed towards the Chu army camp from three directions like a tide.

General Zhou on the left wing led three thousand heavily armored cavalrymen, their horses covered in iron armor, their hooves thundering on the ground.

Five thousand light cavalry on the right wing drew their bows and shot arrows at the Chu army's sentry tower like locusts.

Ten thousand elite infantrymen in the central army, armed with spears, advanced forward in orderly steps.

When the Chu army sentries discovered the enemy, the Tang army's vanguard had already rushed to within a hundred steps of the camp.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The sentry's shrill cry pierced the morning sky.

But it was too late.

The Tang army's heavy cavalry smashed into the wooden fence of the Chu army camp like hammers, and the wooden stakes as thick as bowls broke with a sound.

General Zhou took the lead and used his spear to knock two Chu army sentries away, and blood drew an arc in the air.

"Charge in!" General Zhou roared, and the cavalry poured into the Chu army camp like a torrent.

The left wing of the Chu army was suddenly in chaos.

The soldiers who were having breakfast were scattered by the cavalry before they had time to put on their armor.

Some people grabbed spears to resist in panic, but were knocked several feet away by their horses. Some people turned around and fled, but were shot like hedgehogs by Tang army archers.

The blood soon dyed the yellow soil of the camp red.

"Report! The left wing has been lost! The Tang army has broken through the first line of defense!" The messenger stumbled to the central army tent.

Guan Yun stood up suddenly, knocking over the teacup on the table and spilling tea all over the floor.

The battle-hardened general had a gloomy expression, but there was no panic in his eyes.

"Order the Modao team to form a battle array to meet the enemy!"

Following Guan Yun's order, a low horn sounded in the Chu army camp.

Three thousand Modao soldiers gathered from all over. They were wearing heavy armor and holding seven-foot Modao. The blades shone coldly in the sunlight.

This elite force is the ace troop personally taught by Guan Yun.

Every Modao warrior is a warrior selected from hundreds of miles away. They practice chopping and slashing thousands of times every day and have amazing arm strength.

Their Mo Dao weighed dozens of pounds, and with one blow, they could cut a man and his horse in half.

"Array up!"

Following the captain's order, the Modao soldiers quickly formed three rows of battle formations.

The front row was squatting, the middle row was half-kneeling, and the back row was standing. Three thousand Mo Daos formed a wall of death.

The Tang cavalry had already approached. General Zhou, who was rushing in the front, was startled when he saw this wall of swords, but the momentum of the charge could not be stopped.

"kill!"

The warhorses neighed as they charged towards the Modao formation. Just as the cavalry were about to collide, the Chu army captain shouted:

"cut!"

"Swish!" Three thousand Mo Daos were swung out at the same time.

In an instant, blood rushed into the sky.

The more than one hundred Tang cavalrymen who were at the forefront were cut into two parts, including their horses.

General Zhou's horse had its chest chopped open by a sword, and he himself had half of his shoulder cut off, and fell heavily to the ground.

"General!" The bodyguards shouted and rushed forward to rescue.

But the Modao formation had already begun to advance, and the Chu army marched forward in neat steps, swinging their swords with every step.

The knife light advanced like a wall, and blood and flesh flew wherever it passed.

The Tang cavalry could not maneuver in the narrow passage of the camp and could only charge forward, resulting in large numbers of them falling down.

Li Ge saw it clearly from the high slope, his face as gloomy as water. He did not expect that the Chu army had such elite troops.

"Order the archers!" Li Ge gritted his teeth and said, "Shoot them through for me!"

Pei Xingjian had already led a thousand archers to occupy the commanding heights.

Hearing the order, he took a deep breath and pulled out a black feather arrow from his quiver.

"Target, Mo Dao Formation, release!"

A thousand strong bows trembled at the same time, and arrows poured down like a rainstorm.

Although the Chu army's Modao soldiers were wearing heavy armor, they still could not escape the dense rain of arrows.

Arrows penetrated the gaps in the armor and soldiers fell one after another.

"Raise your shields!" shouted the Chu army captain.

The soldiers in the back row immediately raised their shields, but the formation was already in disarray.

Pei Xingjian seized the opportunity, drew his bow and shot an arrow through the captain's throat.

"Excellent archery!" Li Ge clapped his hands in admiration. "Order the remaining troops of General Zhou to coordinate with the archers in the pincer attack!"

The Modao formation, without its commander, began to loosen.

The Tang infantry took the opportunity to encircle the Chu army from both sides, stabbing them with spears like a forest.

Although the Modao soldiers were brave, they gradually fell into a difficult battle after losing the advantage of their formation.

A Modao warrior was stabbed in the abdomen by three spears at the same time. He roared angrily, swung his sword to cut off the spear shafts, and killed two more enemy soldiers before falling to the ground with a bang.

Another Modao warrior had his legs cut off, but he still sat on the ground and waved his sword until he was shot to death.

Guan Yun, in the middle army, saw that the Modao team was in a tough fight and immediately ordered: "Order the right wing cavalry to attack and rescue the Modao team!"

However, before the order was issued, the scouts came back with an urgent report: "Report! The Tang army has broken through the right wing camp!"

It turned out that Li Ge had anticipated that Guan Yun would rescue the left wing, and secretly sent a surprise attack on the right wing.

At this time, the Chu army was attacked from both sides and its formation was in chaos.

"General, we can't hold on anymore!" Deputy General Zhou Cang said anxiously.

Guan Yun looked at the Chu army retreating step by step on the battlefield and sighed: "Order, the entire army retreat!"

The remaining Chu army began to retreat to the second line of defense.

The Modao team was responsible for covering the rear. They formed a circle and used their flesh and blood to buy time for their comrades to retreat.

The last thirty Modao soldiers stood back to back on a high ground, fighting to the death despite the siege of hundreds of Tang troops.

"The Chu army is mighty!" the captain shouted, and chopped off the head of the enemy soldier in front of him with a knife.

"The Chu army is mighty!" The remaining soldiers shouted in unison until they were all killed in battle.

As the sun set, the battle finally ended.

There were corpses everywhere on Luoyue Slope, and blood gathered into streams, dyeing the river water below the slope red.

Crows circled in the air, making shrill cries.

Li Ge walked through the bloody mud and inspected the battlefield with a winner's smile on his face.

When he saw the body of the Mo Dao captain, he actually nodded slightly: "He was a good man."

Pei Xingjian finished counting the casualties and approached with a serious expression, "Your Highness, our army has over 4,000 dead and over 10,000 wounded."

Li Ge waved his hand nonchalantly, "There are always casualties in war! Pass the order down, rest for an hour, then set out immediately, rushing to Yuling!"

"Your Highness, the soldiers are exhausted. Why don't you rest for a day?"

"Speed is of the essence in war!" Li Ge interrupted sharply, "Chu Ning doesn't know that Luoyuepo has been lost yet. A surprise attack now will surely wipe out the main force of the Chu army!"

Pei Xingjian looked at Li Ge's fanatical eyes and knew that it was useless to persuade him any further, so he could only accept the order and leave silently.

As night fell, the Tang army hastily buried the bodies of their comrades and set out on their journey again.

A long dragon of torches meandered in the night, like a bloodthirsty python, swimming towards Yuling.