Chapter 219: Broken Soldiers
"What do you say? You repeat, Yelu Yuchi was killed? Xiao Tzu Rin asked in disbelief: "How could he be trapped in the position of the Song army, and why didn't the subsequent 3,000 soldiers and horses be saved?" ”
A Liao general swallowed bitterly and replied: "General Yelu led his men to rush through the giant wooden array, and the Song army set fire to the trees in the outer dense forest, forming an irregular wall of fire. Yelu Yuchi and they were surrounded and outnumbered, so they were ...... by the other party"
Xiao Tzu Rin clenched the horsewhip tightly with both hands, his knuckles clicked, and it took a long time before he said in a deep voice: "Someone, pass my order, and send 10,000 leather room troops under the mountain to rush to reinforcements." You, Halle, select a thousand severed soldiers, as the assault vanguard of the whole army, concentrate on digging through one of the enemy's positions, Xiao Jinshu, you still lead three thousand charging warriors to follow behind, give me a brave kill, and slaughter all those barbarians! ”
Xiao Jinshu, who was kneeling on the ground, was quite embarrassed: "King, the fire on the periphery of the dense forest has not been extinguished yet......
"What are you afraid of!" Hale Xiongtu next to Xiao Tzu Rin smiled contemptuously: "There is heavy snow all over the ground, cover your mouth and nose with a strip of cloth, and then wet your cloak and wrap your body tightly, just rush in directly." ”
Xiao Jinshu gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "I understand, there is General Laohal leading the broken troops to open the way in front, and the lowly will definitely follow closely and slaughter those Han barbarians!" ”
The so-called broken soldiers are actually improvised death squads in the Khitan army. The people who are chosen are often those veterans who are skilled in martial arts and brave and ruthless. After joining the Severed Soldiers, they all wore no armor, only went into battle shirtless, and also cut off a large piece of their hair to show their will to die.
The Liao army generally does not easily organize broken troops, but once recruited, it must also encounter an extremely difficult battle, and it must be won by brave warriors who are not afraid of death.
This kind of practice of disregarding life and death, regardless of the cost, can often achieve miraculous results, bringing great victories to the Khitans again and again.
But then again, there are exceptions to everything. When the Liao army attacked Yingzhou in a big way, it couldn't break the city for more than ten consecutive days, during which it organized no less than five broken soldiers to fight and rush, and half of the entire Khitan army turned bald, but in the end they still returned with a feather.
Tonight, the wolf lord Xiao Tzu Rin heard that his favorite general, the emperor's cousin Yelu Yuchi, was actually killed by a lone army of the Song Dynasty, and he was immediately furious, so he once again sacrificed the traditional life show of the Khitan heroes - the broken soldier.
However, it is very difficult to say whether this time it will be like in Yingzhou before.
Khalxiongtu selected a thousand warriors among the officers and soldiers of the leather room, enthusiastically undressed, cut their hair, and performed a ritual of worshipping the heavens and praying, and then rushed into the fire recklessly, without even tying the strips of wet cloth to protect their mouth and nose.
Don't say it, stupid people have stupid blessings, the fire in the dense forest looks quite scary at this time, but in fact, the core area is basically extinguished. The reason is simple, the snow has reduced the degree of flammability of trees, and the previous loud noise was all due to the effect of the oil. After burning for half an hour, the oil was basically exhausted, and the trees no longer burned too much.
Although the open flames have subsided significantly, the temperature and smoke in the fire are still very difficult, Hale Xiongtu is an iron man, I don't know if it is courage, or choking really can't stand it, in the front of the team desperately ran all the way, the broken soldiers behind him were naturally not to be outdone, closely following the main general to advance rapidly.
Their reckless move was completely unexpected by the defenders.
When the thousands of Khitan death squads had almost run past half of the giant wood array, the treetop sentries could see the enemy's figure clearly through the smoke and dust.
At this time, the arrow from above can only play a little interference role, and it cannot achieve the effect of blocking the enemy's advance at all. The only thing the Rapid Reinforcement Division can do is to shake it head-on, and drive this group of lifeless guys out of the Giant Wood Formation before the enemy's reinforcements arrive!
No matter how bad it is, at least we have to block the broken soldiers in the giant wood formation, leaving enough time for the rear positions to reorganize the defense.
In the face of the critical situation, the rapid aid division reflected the strong side of the Song army. Without saying a word, hundreds of warriors closest to the enemy rushed towards the Liao soldiers, blocking Halexiongtu's way at the edge of the Giant Wood Formation.
At this time, both sides were already red-eyed, holding all kinds of weapons, shouting and roaring and crashing into one place, and in the blink of an eye, knives and guns were exchanged and blood was splashed.
Zhao Liang grabbed Zheng Luya, who was about to rush out, and before he could speak, he was kicked in the stomach by Xiao Ya: "I hate it, and you want to stop me from killing the enemy!" ”
Zhao Liang was almost out of breath by her kick, and snorted in pain: "Don't mess up, you ...... now." Now we have to quickly organize archers, block the perimeter of the giant wooden formation, and cut off the ...... Truncated ......"
When Xiao Ya heard him say this, she immediately reacted, if she only cared about rushing over to plug the gap, she would inevitably miss the opportunity and let more Liao soldiers kill her.
So she hurriedly said sorry to Zhao Liang, then turned around and shouted: "Everyone listen to the order, line up immediately!" The spear and shield men held their positions, and the archers fired on their backs, blocking the perimeter of the giant wooden formation. The defenders in other directions are on guard at the same time to prevent the enemy from outflanking in a roundabout way! ”
A series of orders calmed down the Song army from a brief panic, and the soldiers followed the orders of Commander Mu to hold their posts.
Fortunately, the Speedy Reinforcement Division had a very good supply and equipment this time, and the number of arrows was outrageous. Therefore, a large number of archers had no scruples, only knew how to shoot with their lives, and the feathered arrows whizzed out and slashed out along a graceful arc into the night sky.
In the blink of an eye, the area outside the giant wood array crackled as if it had suddenly rained. Xiao Jinshu, the Liao general who was in charge of following up the charge, happened to come here with his troops at this time, and what was headless was a baptism of arrow rain, and he suffered heavy casualties in an instant.
In fact, Xiao Jinshu was also very helpless at this time, he had originally said that everyone would prepare together first, and then the broken troops and the charging army would attack in an orderly manner. But he never expected that Haller Xiong was eager to make meritorious contributions, and after taking off his clothes and cutting his hair, he rushed out in a hurry, completely ignoring Xiao Jinshu, who was still directing his subordinates to prepare wet cloth strips.
Seeing that the vanguard of the Broken Hair Soldiers actually rushed out, Xiao Jinshu was suddenly startled, and he hurriedly urged the three thousand Liao troops to speed up the progress of wet clothes and wet cloths. Everyone was in a hurry for a long time, and finally everything was ready, and the shouts of killing on the side of Hale Xiongtu had already sounded.
I'm Nima! It's not the right rhythm! Xiao Jinshu's hair almost stood on end, and the attack of the Broken Hair Soldier and the Charging Army was obviously disconnected, if they went late, Hale Xiongtu and they might be busy in vain.
At this time, Xiao Tzu Rin, who stayed behind to watch the battle, was also anxious, and sent someone to run to reprimand and ask, why the main force of the three thousand broken formations was still grinding and chirping and not starting! Xiao Jinshu didn't have time to explain more, so he hurriedly led the team to reinforce Hale Xiongtu, who was caught in the fight.
In this way, Zheng Luya's side had already completed the formation, and the ruthless blows of a large number of archers once again dragged Xiao Jinshu and his three thousand soldiers and horses forward.
Although the reinforcements of the Liao army were slow, the broken soldiers were really brave. Relying on the suddenness of the attack and the advantage of combat power, the Khitans, who were not afraid of death, gradually gained the upper hand and began to advance steadily, and the area of melee slowly approached the Song army's position behind the giant wood array.
Seeing that his own position was about to be torn apart by the other party, Zhao Liang, as a military advisor, couldn't help but feel anxious.
Once these Liao death squads are allowed to stick to the main position, then the archers' containment of the Khitan soldiers in the distance will immediately weaken, and at that time, Xiao Tzurin, the king of the Southern Courtyard, will most likely take advantage of the situation to launch a full-scale attack, and they will be powerless if they want to resist the enemy.
Just when he was anxious, Zheng Luya, who was standing at the forefront, shouted: "Pro-guards, press up with me!" With that, she rushed out of the spear and shield array first, and slew at Halxiongtu and the Breakers.
Seeing this, Zhao Liang shouted badly: I, Nima, want something bad! He couldn't hesitate anymore, and chased him out, staring at Xiaoya's back with his eyes.
Between a dozen breaths, three hundred elite Song army guards, along with the main general Zheng Luya, pounced on the Liao army that was getting closer and closer, once again setting off a fierce battle.
With the addition of this force, the morale of the Song army, which was fighting, was immediately boosted, and the offensive of the broken army was also suppressed at the same time. The position of the two sides moving a lot towards the side of the giant wood formation.
By this time, Halxiongtu and the others had fought several rounds in a row, not only suffering heavy casualties, but also being physically unable to support them. It is estimated that after a little more fighting, the severed soldiers will either collapse and retreat, or they will all die here.
"him, grandma! Why hasn't Xiao Jinshu, this bastard, come yet?! Hale Xiongtu couldn't help but roar angrily, and slashed down a Song soldier with a knife: "Sons, try to get as close together as possible and force back the Han barbarians!" ”
At this time, Xiao Ya also waved his sword and shouted: "Brothers, concentrate your forces and press the Khitan dog out for me!" ”
Although in the process of fighting between the two armies, all kinds of angry shouts continued one after another, but the voices of the two main generals clearly reached each other's ears.
Zheng Luya and Hale Xiongtu looked at each other at a distance of more than ten meters, and said at the same time: Okay, it turns out that you are here!
Locked onto the enemy's commander, where is there still a polite reason, the two reacted almost together, and at the same time rushed towards each other. Zhao Liang, who had been guarding Xiaoya's side, was startled, and hurriedly raised his hand to stun a haircut-off soldier and chased after him.
With a few snaps of his fingers, the Liao State fierce general Hale Xiongtu and the commander of the quick aid division Mu Ling exchanged hands.
Their kung fu was not at the same level, and if it was normal times, the three Zheng Luya might not be able to win against Hale Xiongtu. However, at this moment, Hale Xiongtu has been fighting fiercely repeatedly, his physical strength has been greatly damaged, and he also has four or five wounds on his body, and his combat power has been greatly reduced, and Xiao Ya has come to recuperate and regain his strength, and secondly, he is eager to recapture the giant wood formation, so his fighting spirit is extremely high.
In this way, the two fought hard, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner in a short period of time.
Zhao Liang rushed to them, not to mention how contradictory he was, he didn't want to see Xiaoya hurt by a single star, nor did he want Hale Xiongtu to hang up because of two modern people, for a while, he didn't know how to help.
This inner hesitation was only a few tenths of a second at most, and there was still a fierce scuffle all around, with hundreds of people rushing to kill, completely ignoring their battle here.
Zhao Liang turned around and made a stumbling block, put down a broken haircuter who was running past him, and stunned the other party with a palm, and when he looked back again, he was immediately stunned.
At this time, Xiaoya's weapon was knocked away by Halexiongtu. Perhaps frightened by this sudden scene, Zheng Luya was slightly stunned, and in a blink of an eye, she swept the other party again, and suddenly fell to the ground.
Hale Xiongtu showed a cruel smile, rushed to the front and raised his knife to slash, Zhao Liang was also frightened, and he didn't have time to launch any small lightning, and he didn't care about finding a weapon to block the opponent's scimitar, so he could only subconsciously fly and pounce, hugging Xiaoya and rolling on the spot, which was able to avoid the fatal blow.