Chapter 94: Fight to the Death for the Dragons
"Lord Weilong, if we don't go back, we will avenge Lord Xuanliang and the thirty-nine brothers who died."
The twenty-eight people who followed Xuan Liang had a deeper hatred in their hearts than Wei Long and the others, and they were resolutely unwilling to look back at the mountain station. Wei Long can only change the order.
"Tianli, Lin Wei, you two squads escort Lord Xuanliang and these eight injured brothers back, and you must ensure the safety of your lordship. After crossing the river, try to get in touch with Kumayama-sama and ask him to send someone to meet you. ”
"Yes, Lord Weilong."
Wei Long brought a total of eighty-seven cavalry, Tianli and Lin Wei took two squads, twenty-four people, and there were sixty-three people left, plus the twenty people left by Xuan Liang, there were eighty-three people in total, and if you count Wei Long, it would be eighty-four.
After a few days of rapid marching, Wei Long also needed to rest and recuperate, and continued to stay in the hiding place of Xuan Liang and others that day and rested for a day. Wei Long knew that the troops on the Wangshan garrison were tight, and he also needed them to go back to participate in the battle, but after weighing it in his heart, he still felt that he would stay. If the garrison of the northern ethnic group is turned upside down, it is not believed that the soldiers of the northern ethnic group who attacked the Wangshan garrison on the front line will not worry about their relatives after receiving the news. As long as it can disturb the morale of the other party's army, it is far more effective than going back to participate in the battle.
At this time, the Wangshan station also reached a critical moment of life and death. Xiao Yiran sent all 23 of the 24 guards who remained in the station to participate in the battle. Wei Wen, Wei Wu, Wei Shuang, and Wei Quan entered the center of the Five Elements Bagua Array and were responsible for maintaining the safety of Li Yu, who was dispatched from it. Wei Fei, Wei Zai, and Wei Tian followed Tian Yuan's actions, observing the enemy's movements on the battlefield at all times, and reporting to Huanghe Xianglin at any time. Wei Qian, Wei Kun, Wei Yu, and Wei Zhou were assigned to the archers responsible for the safety of the two wings of the Five Elements Bagua Array. Weidong, Weixi, and Weibei were transferred to assist Xiongshan. Wei Fu, Wei Shou, and Wei Lu accompanied Xiao Yiran on a chariot and were responsible for guarding. Weiri, Weiyue, and Weixing each choose a chariot and are responsible for coordinating the pace of the chariot formation. Only Wei Nan was left behind by Xiao Yiran, the Ministry of Education, and the school is the hope of the future of the dragon clan, Xiao Yiran doesn't want Wei Nan, the Minister of Education, to miss anything.
Except for Xiao Yiran's guard platoon, which was left as a reserve, all the soldiers were thrown into the battle.
Standing on the chariot, Xiao Yiran could clearly see the every move of the soldiers of the northern tribe. After a day's rest, the other side also put on a desperate posture, and all the forces were put into battle, with the cavalry in front and the infantry behind, launching a more fierce attack on the dragon soldiers.
It is estimated that the other party also discovered Xiao Yiran's special status, and almost more than half of the cavalry rushed to the middle of the chariot queue and attacked the chariot where Xiao Yiran was. Javelins thrown in the air first knocked down the horses pulling the chariot and then into the chariot. Wei Fu, Wei Lu, and Wei Shou simply used their bodies to block the javelins thrown by the other party. First, Wei Shou was the first to be shot and fell, followed by Wei Fu. By the time the cavalry of the northern tribe approached the chariot, Xiao Yiran was the only one left by his side, Wei Lu. Fortunately, the guard platoon arrived in time, so that Xiao Yiran escaped.
The long snake formation of the chariot was soon smashed by the opponent's cavalry. After cutting most of the horses of the opponent's nearly 500 cavalry, the 500-man hook and sickle troops were almost wiped out.
Xiao Yiran saw that the long snake formation could no longer operate flexibly, so he had to order the chariot to break into the infantry group attacked by the opponent and start fighting separately.
Due to the loss of the chariot array, a large number of soldiers from the northern tribe rushed into the Five Elements Bagua Array, and an even more tragic battle began.
At this time, Wei Long, who was far away in the western grassland of the northern ethnic group, led eighty-two cavalrymen, after a night's rest, and after a full meal before dawn the next day, he galloped along the same road to the station of the northern ethnic group. This time, because the hearts of each soldier were filled with hatred, and at the same time, because there was only a group of wounded soldiers and ordinary people left in the northern tribes, it was no longer possible to organize effective resistance. The more than 80 cavalry of Weilong, as if they had entered a no-man's land, turned the entire northern ethnic group station upside down.
Wei Long did not let the soldiers kill innocents indiscriminately, and Wei Long did not let his soldiers harm the ordinary tribes and soldiers of the northern tribes who did not participate in the resistance. For those who resist, the killer will be killed.
In less than a morning, there was no resistance from the northern ethnic settlements. Wei Long was concerned about the war at the Wangshan garrison and Xuan Liang's comfort, and did not covet the wealth of the northern tribes, but only ordered the soldiers to take all the war horses of the northern tribes, and along the north bank of the Great River, they went straight to the ferry where they came.
Wei Long's speed was not unfast, and when he led eighty-three cavalry to the ferry, Tianli and Lin Wei had just crossed the river with Xuan Liang. After crossing the river on the raft sent by Tianli and Lin Wei, Wei Long ordered Tianli to lead a squad to guard Xuan Liang in a coma, as well as eight wounded soldiers, so that Lin Wei could join in, and led ninety-five cavalrymen to launch a surprise attack on the 1,500 or 600 troops of the northern ethnic group surrounding the Wangshan garrison on the eastern front.
The cavalry of more than 90 people charged the infantry team, and soon broke through a passage, Xiongshan had already discovered Weilong's cavalry, let his hunting troops take charge of the defense, and led a company of soldiers sent to reinforce it, and then launched the first active attack since defending the eastern front.
Under the front and rear attacks, the eastern front troops of the northern ethnic groups had to retreat to a distance of twenty miles after being beaten for the first time. Xiong Shan immediately led his men and horses to move the defensive front forward fifteen miles.
Wei Long did not linger on the Eastern Front, leaving thirty cavalry to Xiongshan, leading the rest of the men and horses to escort Xuan Liang back to the Wangshan garrison without stopping, and after handing over Xuan Liang and eight wounded soldiers to Xuan Yun of the Ministry of Health, he turned around and rushed towards the battlefield to the west.
Although the sixty-five cavalry led by Wei Long were also a tired division, when the cavalry of the northern tribe had been exhausted, the sixty-five cavalry that suddenly appeared in the dragon clan was still a force to be reckoned with. After all, the sixty-five cavalrymen of Weilong could break through into the opponent's infantry and use the imperial crossbow at close range, which undoubtedly brought huge casualties to the infantry of the northern tribes.
Not only that, the sudden appearance of Wei Long and sixty-five cavalrymen was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the dragon soldiers who were already close to their limit.
No one doubts the impact of morale on the battlefield on the whole of the war. Compared with the two, the improvement of the morale of the dragon clan and the low morale of the northern clan are enough to affect the development of the entire battle situation.
The moment Xiao Yiran, who was standing on the chariot, saw Wei Long, he knew that Wei Long was able to rush back so quickly, he must have found Xuan Liang, but Xiao Yiran didn't know what the situation of Xuan Liang was now, was it life? Is it death?