Chapter 117: Withdrawal
Guo Wenying saw that the time was almost up, and ordered the cavalry of the Northwest Army, which had been waiting behind the formation, to rush out. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On both wings were powerful and dense crossbow arrows cast by bed crossbows, sometimes mixed with the powerful fire of artillery, and on all sides they were slashed by improved and extremely sharp broadswords, which cut down a large area in an instant. Behind this group of invincible cavalry, accompanied by three groups of fire battalions, a burst of fire guns shot out, covering the fierce charge of the cavalry.
The Varat Iron Riders had never suffered such a blow, and the formation was soon scattered, and the shouts and screams were incessant.
However, the Wara Iron Cavalry can not only beat the Northwest Army for several years, but it has its own advantages, plus the cavalry of the Northwest Army commanded by Guo Wenying is brave but not in love with war, only in the Wara cavalry formation left and right suddenly galloped away quickly, so although the Wara cavalry suffered a lot of losses, it still rushed to the front of the infantry of the Northwest Army.
But they soon found out that it was better not to rush to it. The chariots of the Northwest Army were pushed back from the two wings again, the screen that was usually placed on the wheels was opened, and the chariots were replaced with another kind of crossbow arrows fired at close range, and they were continuously fired, and three hundred chariots could be connected side by side, and the hundred crossbows in the vehicle formation were fired at the same time, and the Warat cavalry became the target of the arrows again. This time, however, it was mainly the front cavalry at close range.
Balchi's face was pale, and he almost collapsed, screaming and spitting out a series of Warat words, about greeting Guo Wenying's ancestor. He really didn't expect that the chariot could be used in such a way, and the weapons on the vehicle could be dismantled and replaced at will, and changed so quickly?
He vaguely felt that this battle could not be fought, the Warat people had been rampant in the northwest for many years, and what they lost today was not in the hands of people, but in the hands of these weapons, which was really infuriating.
Fortunately, at this time, he was still calm, and decisively ordered the cavalry in front of the formation to dismount, trying to break through the defensive vehicle formation of the Northwest Army with infantry. At the same time, he sent a flying cavalry to order the vanguard general of Warat, who was blocking the mouth of the fishbone, and ordered him to take 20,000 cavalry to attack the Northwest Army formation from behind. They wanted to flank the front and back, and wrapped the Northwest Army with dumplings at the fishbone diameter.
The Warat cavalry turned into infantry, and soon someone was pleasantly surprised to find that the chariot could be separated, one was dismantled into two, and the number of crossbow arrows was doubled. At the same time, from the middle of the separated chariots, two teams of muskets suddenly appeared, and there was another burst of fire with guns in their hands.
The Warat people couldn't help but scold in unison, I've never seen such a war, isn't this a play?
After sacrificing countless people, the cavalry that Warat then caught up with finally broke through this line and came to the infantry of the Northwest Army. At this time, all the chariots retreated, and they were greeted by a huge Celestial Star Flying Eagle Formation. This is the formation within the formation that Guo Wenying and Feng Jingting have recently researched.
This array is a mixture of two formations, which are not often divided and combined, and when you hear the drums, you will gather, and when you smell the gold, you will disperse. When the cavalry arrived, the first army was divided into dozens of clusters, and the cavalry was divided into troops, and then they gathered in drums.
To put it bluntly, I didn't fight with you when you rushed up, I turned around and ran, you dare to chase me, and there are fire arrows next to you to greet and touch. And when you are tired of running and rushing slowly, we will rush up and immediately beat your grandma.
You dare to beat me, Lao Tzu has a brother to clean you up, and the two beat you up, and the one who beats you is the slowest one. You're running fast, I'm too lazy to chase it.
In fact, this is a very scoundrel style of play, which is quite a bit of a rag fighting in a group. Never confronting you head-on, it's just a group of people swarming up, paying attention to the fact that there is me in the enemy, there is an enemy in me, there is a formation in the array, and it is impermanent. And the most fearful thing for the Warat people is the fire battalion surrounded by chariots, these people also have shields around them with shields to cover up, you can't rush over, and the arrows can't hit people, but people's guns are raised, people and horses can penetrate them, where can ordinary armor resist, even if they are on the shield, they still shoot through the shield together.
The Warat army's eyes were blood-red, but they still couldn't stop the rout. First, the 30,000 cavalry of the Bar Red Belt was defeated, and then the 20,000 iron cavalry led by the forward general also began to collapse.
The battle lasted from morning to evening, and the battlefield was in shambles, with corpses lying in patches, and it was difficult to find a place to stay.
Although many tanks of the Northwest Army were hit by rockets and caught fire, thick smoke rose into the sky. But more of it was the corpses of the Warat cavalry, the blood of men and horses mixed together, soaking the ground outside the trail into patches of deep and light red.
After the battle, the number of people was counted, and the Northwest Army lost 5,000, while the Warat Army lost nearly 40,000 people.
With a small broad, a small win more, Guo Wenying led his troops to a head-on conflict with the Wara army for the first time, and finally won a big victory.
The victory of the fishbone Jingkou spread to the Western Route Army led by Chu Tang, and the army cheered, and the original questioning of Guo Wenying's ability to lead the troops also turned into praise. For a while, Guo Wenying's popularity soared, especially since everyone knew that many of the weapons they used were designed by this seventeen-year-old general, and they all admired her greatly.
On December 9, Guo Wenying and Chu Tang converged, and on December 10, the Northwest Army attacked Liangzhou again with 90,000 troops.
And on the day they were about to send their troops, the will of the imperial court to negotiate peace came down, ten days earlier than expected, which was completely unexpected.
After the order was issued, there were officers and soldiers who planned to retreat back to Hirohito Pass, but the imperial court did not allow them to fight, and whoever fought was tantamount to rebellion.
Chu Tang also found Guo Wenying and told her that he wanted to withdraw his troops and return to Yuren Pass.
Guo Wenying disagreed, and the two quarreled in the big tent.
Chu Tang relied on his old qualifications and high rank, and he didn't take Guo Wenying in his eyes, and scolded loudly, saying that Guo Wenying was just a yellow-mouthed child, and if she refused to withdraw the troops, he would take people with him by himself. Of the 70,000 Northwest Army, 50,000 were his Western Route Army, and if he took people away, this battle would not be able to be fought.
Guo Wenying jumped to her feet in anger, took a few breaths, and said: "General Chu, the talisman is in my hands, and I said that if I don't withdraw the army, I won't withdraw the army." ”
Chu Tang was furious, "You are not a marshal with a talisman, even if you are a marshal, you have to listen to the imperial court, are you trying to rebel?"
Guo Wenying sneered, "I just want to rebel, and I want to kill you first, General Chu, don't force me to kill." ”
Chu Tang saw her turn her face, and his heart also "chuckled", turned around and wanted to run out, but Lu Weixin's ambush had already blocked him, and even grabbed the tie and tied it, and even blocked his mouth.
It turned out that as early as when the news reached the army, Guo Wenying expected that Chu Tang would not be at their mercy to attack Liangzhou, he was the son of the eldest princess, and he was devoted to the emperor and would never disobey the holy will. So she discussed with Lu Weixin and took down the people first.