Chapter 84: The Battle (4)
The water is on the side, and the wind carries a slightly cool water vapor.
In the military formations of the Yan and Qi armies, the horns were repeated, and the flags were flying.
Both armies began to move frequently before the war.
On the command platform of the Yan army, the main general Wang Shi used the telescope in his hand to look at the layers of military formations of the Qi army opposite. In the end, the camera was fixed on the high platform in the Qi army, and a veteran sitting in the middle was vaguely seen.
He knew that this veteran was the opponent he was fighting this time - Qi General Damin.
In the telescope, Wang Shi saw that the army had been prepared. And the army of the opposing camp is still moving.
Knowing that the fighter plane has appeared, one cannot hesitate.
Wang Shi put down the telescope in his hand and shouted:
"Order, order the left and right armies, give me a shock to the enemy, and give me a drum."
In the camp of the Yan army, the war drums beat rhythmically.
Zuo Zong and Hu Guiliang gave the order to attack almost at the same time: "Fall under the cover, attack." ”
With the dispatch of the heavy cavalry of the left and right armies of the Yan army, the main general of the Qi army, Damin, was taken aback.
He didn't expect that the speed of the Yan army's movement in front of the formation would be so fast.
In the skirmishes between the two armies in the past few days, most of them were infantry.
The heavy cavalry of the Yan army has never been dispatched at all.
Before Damin fought with the Yan army, he also collected the army information of the Yan army in many ways. I have heard that the heavy cavalry of the Yan army is very good, but now when I look at the equipment of the heavy cavalry of the Yan army, it is even more excessive than the rumors.
Damin knew that this was destined to be a tragic battle.
At this time, it will be a severe test for the main general.
Damin ordered: "Order me to set up shields on the left and right armies, prepare with archers, and defend at different levels." Chinese army, prepare me to storm the enemy position. ”
With the advance of the heavy cavalry on the left and right of the Yan army, the sound of horses' hooves has "boomed, boomed" and shook the four fields.
In the eyes of the Qi army on the opposite side, the heavy cavalry of the Yan Kingdom, lined up in columns of advancing military formations, were like red waves, rushing towards their own military formations.
I've never seen it, I really haven't seen such a cavalry!
With the sound of the war drums of the Yan army, the cavalry of the Yan army became faster and faster.
The soldiers of the Qi army all had numb scalps when they saw this, including the main general Damin.
Damin knew that he had to fight back at this time, otherwise the momentum of the entire army would be taken away by the Yan army.
He ordered the herald beside him, "Come on, beat the drums." Let me be in the middle of the army, and I can go out. ”
The war drums of the Qi army camp also began to beat.
The deputy general Wang Ting, led the Qi army in the middle of the road, and began to drive the chariot and kill the Yan army.
Following the chariots and cavalry of the Qi army were the infantry of the Qi country. With the issuance of the military order, the footsteps of the infantry of the Qi army in the middle also sounded neatly and began to move forward.
The heavy cavalry of the left and right armies of the Yan army has entered the range of the crossbowmen of the Qi army.
The main generals of the left and right sides of the Qi army all shouted: "Open the bow, release the arrows, and shoot three times in a row." ”
With a "hum" sound, from the left and right rear lines of the Qi army, arrows suddenly filled the sky, densely rushing towards the Yan army. Shot on the armor of the Yan army, making a "clanging" sound.
And the chariots and cavalry of the Qi army in the middle also entered the range of the Yan army's catapults.
On the command platform, Wang Shi shook his head after seeing that the Qi army was still the same old tactics in the past.
Somehow, I suddenly remembered what the generals of the Yan Army often said: "Dimensionality reduction strike." ”
With a wave of his hand, he ordered: "Launch the catapult and give me a blow to the enemy chariots and cavalry units in front." Crossbowmen ready. ”
The mid-lane catapult camp has long been preparing for launch.
After receiving the military order issued by the commander on the command platform, one after another the pennant flag waved downward.
"One squadron, launch."
"Second squadron, launch."
“……”
Suddenly, the stones launched from the Yan army's camp filled the sky and smashed towards the chariots and cavalry units of the Qi army.
Almost at the same time, the cavalry units on the left and right of the Yan army also rushed into the phalanx of the Qi army.
On the entire bank of the Ji River, the shouts, fights, and screams of the soldiers of the two armies suddenly sounded.
Wang Ting, the deputy general of the Qi army, did not expect that the catapult of the Yan army could strike so far.
I saw with my own eyes that a chariot next to him was hit by a boulder launched by the Yan army. The entire chariot was suddenly torn apart, and the three soldiers on the chariot flew out like puppets.
Wang Hearing this, he suddenly sweated like a spring of sweat, and looked at the soldiers and archers driving beside him, and found that the beads of sweat on their faces also ran down their cheeks.
Raising the Changge in his hand high, Wang Ting shouted: "Speed up the chariot and storm the enemy camp as soon as possible." ”
Wang heard that this chariot was lucky, and it escaped the blow of the Yan army's catapult.
But as soon as he rushed through the middle of the positions of the two armies, he encountered the resistance of the Yan army's crossbowmen.
The cavalry of the Qi army, which was accompanied by the charge on both sides of Wang Ting's chariot, fell off their horses one after another.
At this time, an arrow was shot at Wang Ting, and Wang Ting blocked it with the Changge in his hand.
But the horses in front of the chariot were completely covered by the arrows fired by the Yan army, and the two horses neighed and fell to the ground, and the chariot stopped. Wang Ting was also thrown out of the chariot that had suddenly stopped.
After falling to the ground, Wang Ting's forehead suddenly bled profusely.
Standing in the formation of the two armies, Wang Ting, the deputy general of the Qi army, only found out at this time. The chariots and cavalry armies that attacked the Yan army under his command were almost all lost at this time.
Wang Ting saw that the few remaining chariots and cavalry also encountered the blow of the Yan army's javelins in front of the Yan army's formation. It was a few chariots and a few cavalry that attacked the Yan army's formation, and in a blink of an eye, they were also wiped out in the crowd of the Yan army.
Wang has never encountered such a situation in the more than 20 years since he joined the army.
In the midst of the attack, an arrow was fired at the king.
The rider, who was thrown off the chariot with Wang Ting, shouted: "General......"
He used his body to block in front of Wang Ting, and with a "poof", the rider who had been with Wang Ting for many years fell to the ground and stopped breathing.
At this time, Wang Ting found that in the open space between the two armies of Yan and Qi, only he was standing now.
Wang Ting took a deep breath and shouted, "Kill." ”
He raised Changge in his hand and staggered towards the phalanx of the Yan army in front.
The Yan military array in front of them was silent.
The blood on Wang Ting's forehead flowed more and more, and his eyes were already blood-red.
In a trance, I saw the Yan army in front of me kneeling on one knee and saluting himself.
Immediately afterward, it was as if he heard an order to "shoot" from the opposite side.
He was greeted by a rain of arrows, and Wang Ting, the deputy general of the Qi army, fell on his back.
When the king fell, he did not look backwards.
He already knew that the large array of the Qi army behind him must have been crushed by the Yan army at this time.
The main general, Damin, saw Wang Ting, the deputy general who had followed him for many years, and fell in front of the Yan army so heroically.
Seeing the Qi army on the left and right, they had been chased and fled by the Yan cavalry.
Know that the tide is turning.
Da Min didn't pay any more attention, and there were already two trembling Qi generals beside him.
He stepped down from the general's platform and boarded his chariot.
To the guards who followed him, he shouted, "You are willing to die with me." ”
"I am willing to die with the general." Damin's guards shouted in unison.
"Good. We will go to Huangquan together to protect the grace of the country! ”
Damin laughed.
Yan Xiao became king for three years, April 22.
The 150,000 troops of the Qi State, together with the four main forces of the Yan State, fought on the south bank of the Ji River north of Linzi.
The main general of the Qi army, Damin, and the deputy general Wang Ting, died in battle.
The Qi army was captured as many as 130,000.