Chapter Eighty-Three: A Great Victory
Although it was an infantry charge, the two armies were not far apart, and soon the two sides were within range of each other's fire, and at the sound of a command, the archers stood still in lunge, and the rain of arrows fell overwhelmingly on the enemy position. ()
The melee class kept moving, cutting through the gaps left by the archers and charging towards the enemy.
As the distance approached, the archers slowly moved forward, and the rain of arrows fell behind enemy lines.
The hand-to-hand combat of the infantry on both sides immediately began, and our army was far superior to the enemy, although the enemy had a huge advantage in strength, but by a wave of impact from our army, he actually slowly retreated backwards.
The iron spear was like the wind, and with one majestic move, an enemy soldier in front of him was swept to the ground, followed by a spear and stabbed, and an enemy who pierced the armor of the general was pierced by me and fell to the ground with blood in the lower abdomen.
In an instant, the iron spear in my hand had stabbed seven enemy soldiers to death, judging from the speed of their parrying and the strength of the counterattack, these soldiers only had about one-third of the combat power of the time of the battle, that is to say, it was equivalent to the combat strength of only 30,000 people in peacetime, which was not far from the strength of our army.
I don't know what happened to the enemy's rear formation, but the enemy no longer retreated, but pressed on our army.
I don't care about what happened to the enemy army, I just want to stop the enemy army at this time. We must not retreat, we must not allow the enemy to regain morale.
"Kill-" I shouted angrily, the gun in my hand turned into a raging storm, and the enemy troops in the square radius did not want to get close, and several enemy soldiers who were unable to follow up were killed by my sweep.
Luo Rou was on the side, and she also screamed, the iron spear held up eight spear flowers, the cold light shot through, the blood soared, and the eight enemy soldiers looked down at the huge hole in their chests, and they couldn't sleep with an incredible expression.
The surrounding soldiers were encouraged, and they screamed in unison and launched a fierce attack on the enemy in front of them.
More than half an hour passed, and although the enemy suffered heavy casualties, it had a large advantage in its strength, and it was better able to bear casualties than our army, and it was still difficult to distinguish between superior and inferior troops in a short time.
I lost count of how many enemy soldiers I had killed, and I wiped the sweat from my forehead and looked up at the sun, and in a trance it seemed to be dyed blood red as well.
After just one glance, the sweat from the palm of my hand pounced on the enemy again, I didn't dare to forget the environment I was in, and I didn't dare to forget my duty.
After another half an hour, only fifteen thousand of our troops were able to stand upright, and the enemy suffered heavier casualties, but still three or four people besieged our troops.
Faintly, I seemed to hear a long horn sounding.
Again, no, not an illusion! The voice is so familiar, it seems...... Isn't this the sound of the trumpets of our cavalry? Yes, that's right!
My heart was filled with ecstasy, and my ears were filled with the sound of war drums beating and trumpets sounding in unison, and I couldn't help but raise my arms and shout: "Reinforcements have arrived, the time has come for the enemy to perish, everyone rush!" Kill—"
As soon as our soldiers heard this, they immediately cheered loudly, and after more than an hour, their bodies were instantly replenished again, and one by one they tortured and killed the enemy like tigers in the mountains.
The soldiers of Champa only did not understand my words, and looked at our army who suddenly became excited very strangely, somehow.
Suddenly, hundreds of people in the rear shouted in unison, not understanding what it was, not knowing whether it was Champa or Annam. When the soldiers of Champa heard the shouts from the rear, their morale was boosted, and they howled and waved their weapons.
Needless to say, this is the Rajandra who knew that reinforcements were coming, and made people shout out, so as to boost the morale of the Cham troops.
The unstable and toiling Annan soldiers were already at the end of their crossbows, and our troops attacking from the rear undoubtedly became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Of course, there are a lot of straws, and it will take thousands of cavalry. Soon, the Annamites scattered and fled with their weapons thrown away.
When they put down their weapons, they appeared, on the left was the magnificent Red River, on the right was the bottomless West Lake, and they were greeted by bright swords and guns in front and behind.
After a while, I finally saw a familiar figure - Duan Yonggang. I don't have time to lament that the remnants of the enemy army are still waiting to be cleared!
At this time, most of the enemy army had surrendered, and only more than 1,000 people on the right side were desperately rushing to the west. Duan Yonggang was ordering the cavalry to surround the stubborn enemy.
That's probably Ruan Zhaoqi's personal soldiers who want to protect him to break through! But in this land of horses and rivers, how can the two-legged infantry outrun the cavalry. There is no doubt that this enemy force was quickly surrounded.
I didn't mix it, although catching Ruan Zhaoqi is a big achievement, but what does this have to do with me? Originally, I was a volunteer laborer, and no amount of credit could be reaped. I don't want to be stupid enough to fight other people's extra legs with two legs.
These more than 1,000 enemy troops were also brave, but no matter how powerful the infantry was in the face of cavalry on the plain, they also suffered a great loss, and after a few rounds of attack, the enemy army trapped in the center was only more than 20 people.
Although there were only more than 20 people, none of them showed a look of fear, and one by one they clenched their weapons in their hands to prepare for the last glorious moment.
The core of these people is a general with a golden face, a small stature, but a heroic spirit.
"That should be Ruan Zhaoqi!" I looked at Luo Rou, who was covered in blood and armor, and said.
Luo Rou nodded: "I guess so, being able to command hundreds of thousands of troops really has its advantages!" ”
Over there, Duan Yonggang faced Gou Ting's remnants of the enemy army, and did not rush to attack, but turned his horse's head and walked towards me. When he came to three feet in front of him, he turned over and dismounted neatly and ran towards me. The colonel next to him immediately led the horse away.
"Hello General Wang, long time no see! Congratulations on your amazing achievements! Duan Yonggang arched his hand and laughed loudly.
"General Duan, I haven't seen you for a long time, a little bit of hard work is not enough to worry about, and all the soldiers used their lives, so it was a fluke." I hugged my fists.
Duan Yonggang said: "General Kang got your information and made a deployment that night, who expected that the enemy army would go to the city at dawn." General Kang was worried that General Wang's troops were insufficient, so he immediately ordered me to come with 20,000 cavalry. It was only because he encountered the cavalry troops left by Ruan Zhaoqi on the road to block the attack, so it was too late. Please don't be surprised, General Wang! ”
No wonder the Annam cavalry was missing, it turned out that they were left behind to stop the pursuers.
"It's okay, General Duan has worked hard all the way! Being able to defeat the enemy in a short period of time to stop the troops, and then galloping to the aid again, this hospitality is in my heart, thank you! ”
"Don't dare, it's good if General Wang doesn't blame him, fortunately, the big thing is correct!"
The two laughed in unison.
An Boya and Luo Zhendra also came over, and after everyone had finished intersecting, Duan Yonggang proposed to ask An Boya to send someone to persuade Ruan Zhaoqi to surrender, if he could capture the enemy commander alive, it would be a great achievement.
An Boya immediately agreed, and he personally escorted Lai Xiangrong and Ruan Weijia to Ruan Zhaoqi who was besieged.
I didn't understand what they said, so I didn't have the heart to go up and watch, so I sat on the war horse with Luo Rou and watched from afar, and the others ran to watch the play one by one.
Seeing what An Boya said to Ruan Zhaoqi, Ruan Zhaoqi ignored it and kept silent. An Boya pulled Li Xiangrong out. As soon as Ruan Zhaoqi saw Li Xiangrong, he immediately fell to the ground and bowed three times and nine times, and the more than 20 soldiers who were surrounded also did the same. This Li Xiangrong is at most a pseudo-prince, this gift doesn't seem right, right?
Li Xiangrong looked at Ruan Zhaoqi, his face showed embarrassment, and he didn't open his mouth for a long time.
An Boya looked bitter again, and he didn't know if he was persuading Ruan Zhaoqi or Li Xiangrong to let him order Ruan Zhaoqi to surrender.
The two turned a deaf ear to An Boya's words, and the impatient An Boya had to pull out Ruan Weijia. Who expected that when he saw Ruan Weijia, Ruan Zhaoqi, who had not said a word, opened his mouth, judging from the angry look and excited look, he seemed to be scolding his son, perhaps, his son did not die on the battlefield, but was captured by the enemy and embarrassed him! If that's the case, I really don't understand how my father can be like this? Isn't that his own son? Did he want his son to die? Just for that little name?
Ruan Weijia, who was speechless after being scolded, screamed and wiped the big knife on his neck. The soldiers guarding didn't expect Ruan Weijia to be scolded a few words and were ashamed, and they killed themselves in public, but they couldn't withdraw the knife, Ruan Weijia's neck was cut, and blood spurted out several feet away, and the surrounding soldiers dodged the ensuing blood rain.
The knife on his neck was let go, Ruan Weijia looked at his father, said something in his mouth, and immediately fell to the ground and died!
Witnessing the tragic death of his beloved son and hearing his beloved son's last words, Ruan Zhaoqi, who had just been full of voice, suddenly fell to his knees and burst into tears. The situation is unbearable.
Li Xiangrong, who was squirted by Ruan Weijia's blood, looked frightened, and seemed to be a little unbearable, he opened his mouth and said something to Ruan Zhaoqi. After Ruan Zhaoqi heard this, he said a few words to Li Xiangrong, and then kowtowed three times.
I suddenly knew what he was going to do, and I couldn't bear it, but I couldn't do anything about it. He has sinned heinantly in the first place, and perhaps he can atone for his sins in this way!
Ruan Zhaoqi faced his son, muttered something in his mouth, and suddenly pulled out a dagger with a cold light and plunged it deep into his heart. Watching his son slowly fall to the ground, his hand raised high in the direction where his son was, he seemed to want to hold something.
Ruan Zhaoqi, whose heart was broken, soon died, his raised hand fell on the bloody ground, and his eyes were still looking at his son until death.
There was no cheer of victory, and everyone's mood was heavy.
The more than 20 pro-soldiers Duan Yonggang did not kill, and they did not have the belief to fight after losing their commander, so they surrendered one after another.
In this battle, 70,000 of Annan's 120,000 troops were beheaded, and all the rest surrendered, and no one escaped. When I set out on the expedition, there were only more than 5,600 of the 10,000 people I brought with me, and nearly half of the casualties were lost, but fortunately, Luo Rou and Brother Niu were fine. The Cham forces also paid the price of nearly half of the casualties. Duan Yonggang's troops only suffered more than 1,000 casualties, which can be regarded as insignificant.