Chapter 576: Unparalleled in the World [Two in One]
"But don't you come? Then I'll go over. โ
With a bit of arrogance, Xue Ao glanced at the group of Yuzhang Yishi soldiers in front of him with a smile on his face, and his calm expression proved the fearlessness and strong self-confidence in his heart.
This fearlessness and strong self-confidence do not come from blindness, Xue Ao is not the kind of mediocre who does not know how to advance or retreat, on the contrary, he sees the situation on the battlefield very clearly.
5,000 cavalry against twenty times the enemy?
No, in Xue Ao's eyes, the battlefield in front of him is not counted like this.
It is undeniable that the rebels still have more than 100,000 people, and the number of people in a single round is indeed 20 times that of his 5,000 cavalry, but in view of the fact that the rebels have put on a long snake-like formation in order to evacuate, what really stands in front of Xue Ao is actually only the 40,000 Yuzhang Yishi whom he considers the target.
What's more, even if it is these 40,000 Yuzhang righteous masters, in fact, not everyone has the opportunity to touch his Taiyuan cavalry.
According to Xue Ao's estimates, it would be good to have 2,000 Yu Zhangyi's soldiers come into contact with the cavalry under his command.
In other words, it was not 5,000 cavalry against more than 100,000 rebels, but 5,000 cavalry against 2,000 rebel foot soldiers.
How can this be unreasonable?!
"Blazing Mane."
Xue Ao leaned down slightly, stroking the mane of the black horse under his crotch, as if he was talking to the war horse: "Take me to rush over." โ
It is said that horses are human, and the black-covered war horse seemed to really understand Xue Ao's words, and snorted, and then in a horse neighing, it suddenly lifted a pair of front hooves, and then stepped heavily on the ground, startling the group of Yuzhangyi soldiers in front of it to retreat in surprise.
"Up!"
Xue Ao shouted in a low voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, the black horse under his crotch jumped out violently and rushed straight into the dense crowd in front of him.
"Bang bang bang-"
There was a chaotic sound, and the seemingly dense crowd was brutally rushed down by Xue Ao's horse, trampled by the heavy hooves of the black horse's mane, and let out bursts of screams and wails.
"The general is really ......."
Seeing Xue Ao's actions, the Taiyuan cavalry who were fighting nearby felt a little helpless in their hearts.
You are a general with the title of 'General of the Chevalier', how can a general take the lead in the charge?
But in desperation, many Taiyuan cavalry were also inspired by this general - these generals still personally led the charge, how could they not follow?
"Keep up with the General!"
"Keep up with the General!"
As several Taiyuan cavalrymen spontaneously shouted, hundreds of Taiyuan cavalry immediately stopped entanglement with the nearby rebels, shook the reins with all their might, and drove their horses to catch up with Xue Ao.
"I knew it was going to be like this......
Glancing at Xue Ao's location, the rider Dong Dian also sighed helplessly.
As a general, he is even higher than them rushing to the ground, what is this!
However, it was precisely because of such a character of that general that they would follow them willingly.
Taking a deep breath, Dong Dian raised his arms and exhaled: "Brothers, don't be thrown away by the general, let's rush over too...... Pierce through the enemy! โ
"Oh-"
Thousands of Taiyuan cavalry responded loudly with their weapons held high.
On the other side, Zhong Liao also made the same decision as Dong Dian, leading his cavalry to rush straight to the front of Yu Zhangyi.
For a time, the five thousand cavalry were divided into three torrents, led by Xue Ao, Dong Dian, and Zhong Liao, as if three sharp blades stabbed into the abdomen of Yuzhang Yishi.
Just as Xue Ao had judged before, the Yuzhang Yishi, who had more than 40,000 people, could not organize an effective blockade at all, and their snake-like formation to facilitate the march could not stop the sudden attack and rush of the three cavalry.
In just a few dozen breaths, 5,000 Taiyuan cavalry chiseled through the midbelly of Yuzhang Yishi, killed from one side to the other, and cut 40,000 Yuzhang Yishi and even more than 100,000 Yishi into two parts.
Looking at the corpses all over the ground after the cavalry swept from afar, and listening to the righteous soldiers who were brutally knocked down by the war horses and even trampled on the ground screaming and wailing, Cheng Zhou, the commander of Yuzhang Yishi, was shocked and angry, and his face was flushed.
He had more than 40,000 Yuzhang righteous divisions, and he was so easily penetrated by the opponent's 5,000 cavalry? Killed from one side to the other by the other party?
He scolded angrily: "Xu Di, what are they doing?!" Why can't you stop these damn cavalry?! โ
Hearing his angry rebuke, he said cautiously left and right: "Qu Shuai, that's Xue Ao personally leading the team......"
"So what?"
Cheng Zhou glared fiercely at the guard who spoke, and said in a deep voice, "What about the Five Tigers of the Chen Gate?" We have more than 100,000 troops......"
As he was talking, another guard suddenly pointed to the west side and shouted: "Qu Shuai, those three cavalry are regrouping on our right side, and it looks like they are going to raid our army again......"
"What?"
Cheng Zhou subconsciously turned his head to look.
Sure enough, the 5,000 cavalry that had penetrated his army really gathered again and put on a posture of attacking his Yuzhang Yishi again.
Obviously, the other party did not take them seriously at all.
"Damn it."
Cheng Zhou felt that he had been humiliated, and he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order Xu Di, Huang Jun, Lu Yu, and Zhang Dou, this time they must be blocked!" โ
"Yes!" Left and right hurriedly went to give the order.
At the same time, Wu Yi and Zhao Yin of Jiangdong Yishi, as well as Chen Miao of Jiangxia Yishi, have all learned the news that Xue Ao is in this Taiyuan cavalry, and also learned that Yuzhang Yishi was chiseled through the formation by Xue Ao with the 5,000 Taiyuan cavalry.
Around Zhao Yin, it also feels incredible, you must know that they have more than 100,000 people, so where did Xue Ao get the courage to attack them?
However, what made Zhao Yin feel even more unbelievable was that Xue Ao not only dared to attack them, but even really chiseled through the formation of Yuzhang Yishi.
"This is the Five Tigers of Chenmen, the general of the chariot cavalry, Xue Ao......
Le Ma turned his head and looked at the Taiyuan cavalry that was regrouping in the distance, and Zhao Yin felt that he was shocked.
He said to Wu Yi: "Looking at the actions of those Taiyuan cavalry, it seems that they are also preparing to raid Yuzhang Yishi again, General Wu, do we want to send someone to support?" โ
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Wu Yi frowned and looked at the Taiyuan cavalry in the distance.
If on the normal battlefield, Yuzhang Yishi is attacked, he Jiangdong Yishi will naturally send people to support, but the problem is that they are breaking through and retreating at the moment, if his 40,000 Jiangdong Yishi all turn around to deal with those Taiyuan cavalry, this will greatly delay the time to evacuate.
What's more, those Taiyuan cavalry on the opposite side are not fools, if they see a bad opportunity, the other party will definitely retreat immediately, how can the soldiers of his righteous division catch up with other people's four legs with two legs?
After thinking about it, Wu Yi finally made a decision: the rest of the army withdrew to the south, and at the same time sent a small force to support Yuzhangyishi, and strive to contain a part of the cavalry for Yuzhangyishi.
Thinking of this, he ordered in a deep voice: "Summoning Zhong Yi, ordering him to lead his subordinate troops to support Yuzhang Yishi and assist Yuzhang Yishi to contain a part of the cavalry." โ
"Yes!" Left and right clenched fists and left.
On the other hand, Chen Miao was also shocked that Xue Ao actually appeared on the battlefield here.
In addition to being shocked, he also made almost the same decision as Wu Yi: "Pass on my order and ask Zhu Yi to lead his subordinates to assist Yuzhang Yishi." โ
After giving this order, Chen Miao sighed worriedly.
Unlike Jiangdong Yishi, due to Zhou Gong's bad luck and the task of the palace, Chen Miao could only put his 20,000 Jiangxia Yishi in the final sequence of evacuating to the south.
At present, Yuzhang Yishi is being dragged by Xue Ao, and Jiangdong Yishi can continue to evacuate, but his 20,000 Jiangxia Yishi can't go.
Considering that Zhou Hu must be on the way to lead the army to come, Chen Miao was worried, after all, if it was delayed, when Zhou Hu led the army to arrive at the battlefield here, he was afraid that no one would want to evacuate.
At the same time, on the side of more than 100,000 righteous divisions, Xue Ao, Dong Dian, and Zhong Liao were indeed preparing to raid Yuzhang Yishi again, after all, repeatedly intervening the enemy army and disrupting its formation, which was originally a common tactic of cavalry.
Of course, before raiding Yuzhang Yishi again, Xue Ao had to make some deployments, after all, the enemies they faced were not only Yuzhang Yishi, but also Jiangdong Yishi and Jiangxia Yishi on both sides.
In view of this, Xue Ao calmly said to Dong Dian and Zhong Liao: "The two rebel armies of Jiangdong and Jiangxia will not let the Yuzhang rebels be defeated, Dong Dian, you will go to contain the Jiangxia rebels later, the Jiangdong rebels are called Zhong Liao to contain them, as for the Yuzhang rebels, it is enough for me to lead a cavalry alone." โ
Hearing this, Dong Dian and Zhong Liao showed worried expressions on their faces and dissuaded one after another, but they saw Xue Ao chuckling and said, "Are you two still worried that a group of rats can hurt me?" โ
Dong Dian and Zhong Liao wanted to speak and stopped.
Of course, they know the skills of their generals, but who can tell what is going on the battlefield?
But it's a pity that this general inherited the bravery of the old lady, and also inherited the stubbornness of the old lady.
In desperation, Dong Dian and Zhong Liaoer glanced at each other, clasped their fists and said, "So...... Please be careful. โ
"Hah!"
Xue Ao laughed, then raised the weapon in his hand and pointed forward, and shouted in a deep voice: "Up!" Taiyuan cavalry, chisel through them! โ
With an order, the five thousand Taiyuan cavalry turned into three torrents again, and rushed straight to the Yuzhang Yishi in the distance.
When they were about to approach Yuzhang Yishi, Dong Dian and Zhong Liao scattered to one left and one right, respectively, and happened to meet Zhu Yuan, the general of Jiangxia Yishi, and Zhong Yi, the general of Jiangdong Yishi, who were about to come to the aid of Yuzhangyishi.
"Car hanging!"
Dong Dian and Zhong Liao shouted in unison, reminding the cavalry behind them to use the method of hanging the car.
The so-called vehicle suspension method is a common tactic used by cavalry, simply put, the cavalry follows a circle trajectory, constantly riding horses and running, and at the same time approaching the enemy little by little, like a wheel that keeps rolling.
The subtlety of this tactic is that as the 'wheels' gradually get closer to the enemy, each cavalry has a brief chance to engage the enemy, and then they will immediately move away.
Although the power is average, it is better to directly let the cavalry charge, but the victory lies in the low casualty rate, and the entire cavalry can maintain a high-speed momentum from beginning to end, and can be transformed into other formations at any time, which can be called a panacea formation.
As for the disadvantages, that is, the physical exertion of the war horse is serious, even if the experienced cavalry knows how to save horsepower, this method of warfare will not last long.
But even so, the chariot hanging war horse is still an out-and-out move of the cavalry, except for the excessive consumption of horsepower and the fear of the enemy's crossbowmen covering the attack, there are almost no other shortcomings, and the effect is excellent in terms of containment.
No, in the face of Dong Dian and Zhong Liao, the two generals who rushed towards him in a hurry, Zhu Yu and Zhong Yi immediately ordered their infantry to form a formation to defend.
However, for the cavalry that adopts the method of car suspension warfare, the effect of sticking to the defense is quite poor.
I saw that the cavalry led by Dong Dian gradually approached the line of Zhu Yi like a wheel, and I saw those cavalrymen sweeping in a circular arc in front of the line of the righteous infantry, and at the only point of contact between the circle and the straight line, the cavalrymen waved their spears and smashed the shields in the hands of the enemy's foot soldiers.
This blow with the help of the power of the war horse's charge was not easy to block, and I saw that those righteous foot soldiers who used their shields to eat this heavy blow were immediately hit by this blow and retreated again and again, and even knocked down the robe behind them, causing chaos in the formation.
By this time, the cavalry had quickly left along the arc, and the other cavalry behind them launched an attack on these foot soldiers who had been disorganized.
Of course, it's also a one-hit retreat.
Even the reckless cavalry simply harnessed the war horse, rushed directly at those foot soldiers at an oblique angle, knocked it with the momentum of the war horse, and then pulled away - this can also play the same role, but the damage to the war horse is great, but the cavalry who cherishes the war horse will generally not take it.
Although each cavalry only had one or two chances to strike in a single round of attack, the subtlety of the tactics made it possible for the righteous soldiers who resisted them to be attacked at every moment.
Those who were attacked had no chance to return fire, because as soon as the first cavalry left, the latter arrived immediately, and if he could not raise his shield in time, he would be killed by the latter cavalry at once.
One, two, three, in just a few blinks of an eye, the foot soldiers in the front row were hit several times, and each heavy blow made their bodies shake, and in just a few times, these foot soldiers gradually couldn't hold on.
At this time, they felt pain all over their bodies, their arms were extremely heavy, and even their mouths gradually tasted the blood gushing up from their throats.
When these soldiers are no longer able to raise their shields, it will be their time of death.
During this period, all the Taiyuan cavalry had to do was to keep galloping their horses in a circle, and then when they were about to approach the enemy, they would swing the most lethal blow, and then leave with one blow.
Bang bang โ
Bang bang bang โ
In the face of the continuous offensive of the Taiyuan cavalry, the Jiangxia soldiers under Zhu Yuan had no choice but to resist hard.
At this time, from a bird's-eye view, the originally straight front of Zhu Yu has been significantly recessed in the middle of the Taiyuan cavalry's attack, which means that the righteous soldiers in that area are no longer able to withstand the Taiyuan cavalry's attack.
And the cavalry general Dong Dian also noticed this, and when he rode his horse close to the line of Zhu Yuan's army, he suddenly shouted several times: "Axe! Axe! Axe! โ
In the tactics of cavalry, 'axe' has another meaning, 'axe' represents a strong attack, and 'axe' represents a feint.
Especially in the car suspension method, one of the two cavalry plays the role of 'axe' and the other plays the role of 'Yue', which can make the enemy unpredictable.
But at this moment, Dong Dian shouted 'Axe Axe Axe', which means that he is going to change his formation, and change the car suspension that focuses on containment to a strong attack.
Sure enough, the next moment, Dong Dian led the cavalry to rush into the 'concave point' in the formation of Zhu Yuan's army, and the righteous division foot soldiers at that recess were already unable to resist the cavalry's attacks again and again, and where could they stop the cavalry's sudden onslaught.
Immediately, the formation of the Zhu Yuan army was broken by Dong Dian, and more than 1,000 cavalry followed behind his generals, as if a gust of wind swept by, disrupting the formation of the Zhu Yuan army.
However, this is not counting, after chiseling through the formation of Zhu Yuanjun, Dong Dian led the army back to the outside in a 'U' shape, turned into a car suspension formation again, and ran over Zhu Yuanjun again with a wheel.
Although Zhu Yan had reorganized the formation at the first time, he had nothing to do about the car suspension formation that Dong Dianjun put out again.
Dong Dian could have repeated his old tricks and once again chiseled through and disrupted the formation of the army under his command.
It is no exaggeration to say that the defeat of the Zhu Yuan army has been decided, and they who were sent to contain the Taiyuan cavalry are completely delaying the Taiyuan cavalry with their own lives.
On the other side, Zhong Yi, the general of the Jiangdong Volunteer Division who faced the cavalry general Zhong Liao, was also treated exactly the same as Zhu Liao, and he couldn't resist Zhong Liao's army's car suspension tactics at all.
If Dong Dian and Zhong Liao's second generals adopted exquisite tactics such as car suspension to gain an advantage, then Xue Ao, who was the most direct and brutal way, attacked the hinterland of Yu Zhangyishi at once.
This is simply not taking the 40,000 Yuzhang righteous teachers in the slightest!
"Order Xu Di, Huang Jun, Lu Yu, Zhang Dou and others, stop him for me! Stop that damn Xue Ao for me! โ
As the Qu Shuai of Yuzhang's righteous teacher, Cheng Zhou was almost mad by Xue Ao at this moment.
Xue Ao had just led five thousand cavalry to scuttle through his Yuzhang Yishi, but now, Xue Ao took only one or two thousand cavalry, and he dared to kill him back?
At this moment, Cheng Zhou no longer cared about whether killing Xue Ao would anger the undefeated general of the Jin Kingdom, and he vowed to surround and kill this arrogant Xue Ao!
Under Cheng Zhou's order, the 40,000 Yuzhang righteous divisions did not continue to retreat south, but tried to encircle Xue Ao, who was attacking the hinterland of their army, and the four generals Xu Di, Huang Jun, Lu Yu, and Zhang Dou, led their subordinates and came from all sides to cover Xue Ao.
Yu Zhangyishi, up and down, was angered by Xue Ao's actions without others.
However, in the face of the bag from all sides, Xue Ao was not in a hurry.
Perhaps in Cheng Zhou's opinion, he Yuzhang Yishi had faintly surrounded Xue Ao and his nearly 2,000 cavalry, but in Xue Ao's eyes, the formation of these 40,000 Yuzhang Yishi had been completely chaotic, and there was no need to be afraid at all.
"You want to kill me? Hah!'
Xue Ao saw the other side's attempt, sneered in his heart, and after looking around, he actually led the cavalry to kill a 'yellow' flag.
The owner of this general flag is the general under Cheng Zhou, Huang Jun.
"I actually sent it to the door myself...... Okay, let Huang understand the strength of the Five Tigers of the Chen Sect!"
Glimpsing Xue Ao leading the cavalry towards his position from a distance, Huang Jun sneered in his heart, clenched his weapon, and led his soldiers to meet him.
In an instant, Xue Ao led the army to kill within a hundred steps.
Seeing this, Huang Jun pointed to Xue Ao in the distance and shouted: "I am Huang Jun, the general of Yuzhang Yishi, Xue Ao, today is your death!" โ
"Less nonsense!"
Xue Ao in the distance shouted violently, his legs clamped the abdomen of the war horse's mane, brandished an iron spear, and simply scattered the nearby righteous soldiers and killed Huang Jun.
During this period, all the rebel soldiers who stood in front of Huang Jun were either killed or wounded.
"Death!"
Huang Jun shouted, and Zemati rushed forward to meet Xue Ao.
However, the spear he stabbed out was easily avoided by Xue Ao as soon as he lay down.
At this time, Xue Ao also stabbed the spear in his hand and pierced Huang Jun's chest with a pop.
Taking advantage of the two war horses passing by, Xue Ao grabbed the spear that pierced the former's chest from behind Huang Jun and pulled it out with the help of horsepower.
"Poofโ"
The hole in Huang Jun's chest suddenly burst out with blood, and the whole person fell off his horse with a pop, startling the rebel soldiers around him to retreat one after another.
They couldn't believe it, their general Huang Jun, just such a move, died in the hands of this Xue Ao?
"Xue Ao!"
Suddenly, a burst of angry shouting broke out all around, and it turned out to be Xu Di, Lu Yu, and Zhang Dou.
When he saw Huang Jun's corpse, the third general's face showed a look of anger, and there was a faint fear in it.
Because of the scene when Xue Ao killed Huang Jun, they could see it clearly from a distance.
"Let's get on it!" Lu Yu said in a low voice.
Xu Di and Zhang Dou glanced at each other, seemingly hesitating, but in the end, they still surrounded them silently.
Yes, the other party is one of the five tigers of Chenmen, even if it is besieged, it is not despicable.
At this moment, the three generals are afraid that they can only comfort themselves like this.
Noticing the actions of the three generals, Xue Ao was not shocked or annoyed, turned his horse's head and looked at the three of them with a subtle smile: "Is it enough, three people?" โ
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Xu Di, Lu Yu, and Zhang Dou's faces changed slightly, and after glancing at each other, the three of them stepped forward together.
Seeing this, Xue Ao laughed, held the gun in one hand in his left hand, drew the saber at his waist with his right hand, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and stepped forward.
For a time, the four people and four horses fought together.
What stunned the surrounding righteous soldiers was that Xue Ao was obviously one against three, but he actually had the upper hand, with a pistol in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, which in turn forced Xu Di, Lu Yu, and Zhang Dou to be in a hurry.
"Is this guy a monster?!"
Feeling that his arms were getting heavier and heavier after repeated struggles, Zhang Dou's face was shocked, and the fighting spirit in his heart gradually collapsed.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and when he reacted, he realized that his abdomen had been pierced by the spear in Xue Ao's hand.
"Dare to wander in front of me?"
With a sneer, Xue Ao slashed at Zhang Dou's neck with a sword, but when he heard Zhang Dou's scream, most of his neck was split in half, and blood burst out, obviously he couldn't survive.
"Zhang Dou!"
Xu Di and Lu Yu shouted, rushed forward in anger, and slashed at Xue Ao with their weapons.
"Up!"
I saw Xue Ao's legs clamping the horse's belly, and the front hooves of the war horse's black mane under his crotch jumped up, and kicked the chest of the war horse that Xu Di sat down.
But hearing a miserable neigh, Xu Di sat down on his war horse and pedaled back, even with Xu Di unstable.
"It's so strong, I didn't hurt you in vain."
Xue Ao shouted happily, and suddenly threw out the sword in his right hand: "Medium!" โ
With a scream, the sword pierced Xu Di's waist in response, and blood flowed.
During this period, Lu Yu had already swung his sword and slashed at Xue Ao, shouting in his mouth: "Death!" โ
However, Xue Ao turned sideways to avoid it, grabbed Lu Yu's arm with his right hand, and dragged his whole person over.
Before Lu Yu could react, Xue Ao strangled Lu Yu's throat with the barrel of the spear in his left hand.
I saw that he was straining hard, but when he heard a click, Lu Yu's throat was obviously concave in a large piece, and the whole person was weakly paralyzed.
In the end, as Xue Ao let go of the iron gun, Lu Yu's body slipped softly and fell to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, the three generals Xu Di, Lu Yu, and Zhang Dou, who besieged Xue Ao, were killed and seriously injured.
Seeing this scene, the nearby rebel soldiers gasped and retreated in fright.
At this time, he saw Xue Ao holding a gun in one hand, looking arrogantly at the surrounding righteous soldiers who were stunned, and immediately raised his hand and pointed at himself.
"Lao Tzu, there is no other in the world!"
At the same time, Zhao Yu finally led nearly 20,000 Jin troops to this battlefield......