Chapter 259: The Situation Suddenly Changes
At this time, a group of soldiers with long hammers suddenly came out from behind the Dafu soldiers, and as soon as they appeared, they smashed the long hammers in their hands towards the sword and shield soldiers in front of the Chu army.
The sword and shield are held with a short sword in one hand and a shield in the other, which is a very suitable type of defense for defense, especially against archers. It's just that their weakness is that their attack ability is not strong, and their action speed is also a little slow.
And the long hammer soldier that suddenly appeared in Dafu was the nemesis of this kind of sword and shield soldier, and a long hammer with a handle smashed viciously towards the sword and shield soldier. They were too late to dodge, so they hurriedly raised their shields to resist, but how could these wooden shields hold off the heavy hammer.
In addition, soldiers who can become longhammer soldiers generally have more strength. They swung down one hammer after another, and some of these sword and shield soldiers were smashed to the point that their heads were bleeding, some were directly smashed to the point that they vomited blood and fell to the ground, and some were directly smashed off their hands and feet, lying on the ground and moaning incessantly.
"After the sword and shield men quickly retreated, let the pikemen go to the front." Seeing that the situation was not good, the leading generals behind the Chu army immediately commanded loudly.
Hearing the order of their general, the already frightened sword and shield soldiers quickly withdrew to the rear, revealing the pikemen behind them.
At this time, the commanding generals of Dafu obviously also knew the truth of accepting it when they saw it, and immediately let these long hammer soldiers withdraw to the rear. Because these pikemen are agile, the relatively clumsy longhammermen are clearly no match for them.
Da Fu's command of the generals came very timely, these long hammer soldiers quickly withdrew to the rear, most of the long hammer soldiers successfully retreated to the rear, but there were also a few slow moving guys, who became the ghosts of the opponent's spears.
At this time, Dafu's pikemen and long knife soldiers also drilled out from the rear, holding spears in their hands and fighting with Chu soldiers, and even the sword and shield soldiers in the rear of both sides also discarded the shields that were useless at this time, rushed out from the rear, and the two sides fought together.
The Chu soldiers wanted to break out of the encirclement as soon as possible, so they attacked desperately, but the Dafu soldiers obviously knew that as long as everyone held their positions to the death, the life of the Chu soldiers trapped inside would become more and more difficult, so they also tried their best to defend to the death, but they did not let the Chu soldiers take a step forward.
Time went back little by little, and the battle was still in a stalemate. If this situation continues, the situation will become more and more favorable to the Dafu soldiers, and the breakthrough of the Chu soldiers will end in failure.
Looking at this situation on the battlefield, Yang Ming, who was standing on a high ground and watching the battle, was in a good mood, and if it continued like this, it would only take less than three or five days for the Chu army to be disheartened and accept the fate of defeat.
At this time, there was a sudden sound from the rear of the Dafu army, and listening to this sound, it seemed as if a large group of people and horses were coming from behind.
There were more than 200,000 soldiers led by Yang Ming to attack this time, and these more than 200,000 people would consume a lot of grain every day, and many people would send grain and grass from the rear every day.
Therefore, Yang Ming, who heard the sound, did not feel strange. But as the sound got closer, there was a lot of horses' hooves and neighing in the sound.
Hearing this voice, Yang Ming's face immediately changed color, it seemed that the person who came was not a man who was transporting grain and grass, because it was impossible for them to have so many horses. Moreover, from the neighing of the horses, it can be heard that the voices of these horses are very loud, and it is obvious that they are strong war horses, not the inferior horses used by the people.
Yang Ming hurriedly turned his head to look behind, but he could only see the dust and smoke billowing from behind, and he couldn't see how many people were coming behind, let alone who they were.
"Your Highness, it's not good, the Liuyi cavalry is rushing over!" At this time, a knight covered in blood from the rear rushed over, shouting to Yang Ming as he ran.
"What? Liuyi cavalry? How could there be Liuyi cavalry here? This knight's words surprised Yang Ming, and he hurriedly ran over to this side, in front of the knight who had just dismounted, and asked loudly.
"Your Highness, it is indeed a rogue cavalry, there are fifty or sixty thousand people, they rushed over, and everyone who saw us resolutely did not leave a living mouth, and I was the only one left in our pair of scout brothers." The cavalryman's tone was sad.
"Oh no, it seems that we fell for Yu Xian, he deliberately dragged us here, and then let the Liuyi cavalry flank us from behind." Hearing the scout's words, Yang Ming was suddenly blindsided, and said with some weakness.
"Your Highness, now is not the time to think about this, you can quickly tell me, what should we do now?" The deputy general on the side saw that Yang Ming was a little master of the six gods at this time, and hurriedly shouted anxiously.
At this time, the Liuyi cavalry was getting closer and closer to the rear of the Dafu army, and they could already see their appearance clearly from Yang Yun's position, while the Dafu soldiers in the rear were already a little flustered when they saw the Liuyi soldiers who were rushing towards them.
"Yes, you have to evacuate." Yang Ming only reacted at this time, he looked at the battlefield and immediately made a decision.
"Quick, the rear team becomes the front team, the part closest to the Chu soldiers stays to block the enemy, and the rest form an attack formation, at all costs, crush the Liuyi cavalry in the rear, and then rush out as fast as possible." Yang Ming, who had calmed down, immediately asked the herald to beat the war drums according to his own intentions, wave the battle flag, and command the soldiers to kill the oncoming Rogue soldiers.
These rogues cavalry were also very strong, regardless of the fatigue of the long-distance attack, as soon as they came to the battlefield, they raised their blades and frantically killed the Dafu soldiers.
"It's the cavalry under the Liuyi Kuban, the Kuban actually came over in person, and the leopard-skinned old man who was surrounded by a group of Liuyi cavalry regiments and was rushing towards our Chinese army was the Kuban." At this time, a general who often dealt with Liuyi said to Yang Ming.
This Kuban was able to suddenly appear on the battlefield of Yunzhou, in fact, Yu Xian had planned it a long time ago, and this was a big game of chess played by Yu Xian.
Before attacking Dafu, the state of Chu agreed with Kuban, the king of Liuyi Western Khan, and formulated a strategy to flank Dafu's army.
At the beginning of the war, the Kuban suddenly sent troops, crossed the Ur River, and occupied a steppe that belonged to Tuobada. And this grassland is the closest area to Yunzhou in the ancient grassland, and from here through more than a hundred miles of desert, you can reach the territory of Yunzhou.
When Kuban suddenly occupied this area, he led his soldiers to set up camp here and hold on to this steppe in preparation for the current raid.
After realizing the first step of the plan, Yu Xian deliberately led Yang Ming to engage in a formation battle with himself, after the first few days of strong catch-and-match.
Yu Xian deliberately showed his defeat and moved the camp back again and again, in fact, in order to paralyze Yang Ming, and at the same time, it was also to let the more than 200,000 Dafu soldiers led by Yang Ming get farther and farther away from the soldiers on their rear defense line, leaving enough space for Kuban to break through from the gap between the front and rear of the Dafu soldiers, and at the same time, it could also avoid the Dafu soldiers in the rear rushing to reinforce.
When the two armies began the formation battle, the Kuban Department frantically launched an attack on the Tuoba Du Division, which made the Liuyi soldiers led by Tuoba Du exhausted, and had the idea of a truce, that is, when they led their troops through the desert, their camp tents would not be attacked by the soldiers belonging to Tuobada.
After all this was done, Kuban left a part, the old and weak soldiers and some civilians in the tents. Every day they deliberately made a lot of noises, and when they cooked, they burned the stoves and stoves, so that their smoke drifted far and wide, creating the illusion that there were many soldiers in the camp.
Immediately afterwards, Kuban personally led his 50,000 cavalry through the desert and broke into the territory of Dafu Yunzhou. Although it was not easy to cross the desert, the Kuban headquarters had made sufficient preparations, and they often walked around in the desert, so they were very familiar with the climatic conditions and terrain in the desert.
The current situation is caused by three mistakes made by Yang Ming.
The first mistake Yang Ming made was to be too proud, and when he saw Yu Xian's troops retreating again and again, he pressed forward step by step, making the soldiers he led farther and farther away from the soldiers at the back of the defense line.
The second mistake was that he did not expect that the Kuban headquarters would be able to pass through the desert, and there were no defensive soldiers and scouts on the edge of the desert.
And the last mistake was that he did not unite with the Liuyi cavalry under Tuoba Du and attack the Liuyi soldiers led by Kuban. If he sent troops to cooperate with Tuoba Du and Quanzhou soldiers to defeat Kuban together, and the three troops and horses besieged the Chu soldiers led by Yu Xian together, then the chances of victory would be much greater.
The speed of the Liuyi cavalry is very fast, and soon met with the soldiers in the rear of Dafu, the Liuyi cavalry is very famous in the surrounding countries, one is because the Liuyi people have grown up almost on horseback since childhood, and they are handy at fighting on horses, plus the Liuyi war horses are full of wildness, and they are not afraid of cruel fighting.
Most of the soldiers in the rear of Dafu were infantry, and the cavalry that had already rushed up on the infantry team was already very at a loss, and at this time they hurriedly organized an attack, looking so pale and weak.
As soon as the soldiers on both sides engaged, it became a one-sided massacre, and many Dafu soldiers were cut down to the ground by the Liuyi cavalry almost as soon as they met the Liuyi people.
For a while, many Dafu soldiers quickly fell to the ground, and the Liuyi cavalry became more and more courageous, watching the comrades around them be harvested by the Liuyi people like cutting leeks, and the Dafu soldiers began to chill, and they retreated step by step.
And the Chu soldiers on the battlefield on the back, after seeing this scene, their morale immediately increased greatly, and they excitedly raised the weapons in their hands and killed the Dafu soldiers in front of them.
"Brothers, kill with me!" Seeing that the situation was obviously unfavorable to his side, Yang Ming roared, raised the spear in his hand, and took the lead in rushing towards the Liuyi soldiers.
Yang Ming's kung fu is very high, he has almost no enemy against the Liuyi cavalry, and the guards and generals around him are also masters in the army, and they do not suffer a loss against the Liuyi cavalry, and they quickly broke into the Liuyi team and killed them one after another.
But after all, Yang Ming's guards were a minority, they only achieved a partial advantage, and the entire battlefield Dafu soldiers were still suppressed by the Liuyi people.
Kuban also discovered Yang Ming and the others, and while directing his cavalry, he broke into the position of the Dafu soldiers and separated them. And he himself led a group of subordinates to kill in the direction where Yang Ming and the others were.
The fighting style of the Liuyi people is different from that of Dafu and Chu, and most of their leading generals are brave people, and they always like to rush in front of the soldiers when fighting, which is very beneficial to their morale.
Kuban is also such a person, although he is a khan, he always rushes to the front when fighting. A group of subordinates beside him were also accustomed to his style, and they followed him all the way shouting and rushing towards Yang Ming and the others.
In this way, shortly after the battle began, the commanders of the two armies and a group of soldiers with the highest kung fu and the bravest battles were killed together.