Chapter 465, Tribulation Sees Truth 7
Unexpectedly, in Sichuan, there was a large group of Qin troops. 【Latest chapter reading. 】
When Zeng Yu was surprised, the more than 4,000 cavalry in the vanguard had approached the corner of the Qin army, and these people knew that it was not their own people and horses when they looked at the opposite formation.
Li Yan stared at the opponent's forward, and when the official cavalry entered the land of arrows, he ordered the archers to release their arrows. The first rain of arrows fell, and the officers and soldiers did not fall much, because these cavalry were covered by shields, so Li Yan ordered to stop firing arrows.
As soon as the officers and soldiers saw that the other party was no longer letting go of their arrows, their momentum became more fierce, and they got closer and closer to the Qin army's formation.
At this time, Li Yan ordered to release the signal, only to see the black handsome flag behind him begin to sway from side to side, and at the same time, a personal soldier shot an arrow into the sky.
This is the signal to the Great Crossbowmen.
Those three thousand giant crossbowmen who were ambushed on the high slope not far away had been waiting for the signal for a long time, and these people took Xiaoqing as the main general, looking at the handsome banner with their eyes blank. At this time, I saw the handsome flag shaking and the arrow rising into the air, and immediately released the arrow.
The place where they lay in ambush is the side of the official road, the officers and soldiers are rushing forward, the entire flank is completely exposed, unobstructed, and they are all huddled on the official road, like a giant python lying in front of them, everywhere can be attacked.
I only heard the sound of crossbow strings, and arrows about three feet long and thicker than my thumb rained down.
The officers and soldiers are rushing forward, and the shields are all protected on their chests, and they can't take care of their sides, and besides, this kind of giant arrow, it is useless to have a shield. Thousands of huge arrows shot into the official army like hail meteors, and people immediately turned on their backs.
Many horses were pierced through the belly of the horse by arrows and neighed and fell, not to mention the officers and soldiers on the horses, some were shot into the ribs and flew directly out of the horse's back, knocking the people on the side into the air together, and some people were shot in the shoulder and thigh, and also fell off the horse.
The offensive of the officers and troops immediately collapsed, and there were no arrows in the back, and they could not stop the momentum of the impact, and they tripped over the dead men and horses in front, and the screams were endless.
Zeng Yu was taken aback, he didn't expect that the Qin army would ambush such a powerful crossbow array, looking at this distance, it was the range where the crossbow arrows could exert the greatest lethality, and his cavalry was crowded on the road and became a live target, which was too much of a loss.
So he immediately ordered a partial general to bring 2,000 cavalry to crush the crossbow array of the Qin army.
After listening to the order, the two thousand cavalry shouted and rushed towards Xiaoqing's position.
Li Yan had already thought of this layer, so he had specially ordered Xiaoqing before arranging the formation, and Xiaoqing had confidence, so he did not panic, and ordered his crossbowmen to shoot at the cavalry of the two thousand officers.
The crossbow was like a flying locust, dense as a torrential rain, and shot off the horses of the officers and soldiers who rushed forward one by one. Li Yan also ordered the archers in the army to release arrows at the two thousand cavalry.
Under the front and rear attacks, the two thousand officers and cavalry were hit by arrows one after another, and the formation was completely scattered. The partial general couldn't get close to the Qin army, so he had to retreat. Zeng Yu was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and ordered the deputy general to lead 5,000 infantry, with an iron shield in front, to defeat the crossbow array of the Qin army.
At this time, Li Yan felt that the time had come, and as soon as he gave an order, the Qin army began to launch and kill the official army. At this time, the soldiers and horses that were shot by the officers and soldiers had almost covered the road, and the cavalry could not clash, but it was just right for the infantry to fight. More than 10,000 Qin infantry stepped over the corpses of the officers and soldiers and slaughtered into the ranks of the officers and soldiers.
At this time, not only the more than 10,000 Qin troops commanded by Li Yan, Zhang Xianzhong had already gasped for breath in the back, and when he saw Li Yan pounce with men and horses, he immediately ordered the whole army to attack, and he had more than 30,000 people under him, and they also killed from behind. These people have been chased by the official army and complained bitterly, at this time, seeing that there is a chance to win, they can let out a breath of evil anger in their chests, and immediately lift their spirits, shout to kill, follow Li Yan, and rush into the official army.
Zeng Yu led 20,000 horses, and the thousands of cavalry in the vanguard were shot and killed, and if he wanted to resist the 50,000 troops of Li Yan and Zhang Xianzhong, he was naturally invincible. Moreover, his men and horses were already exhausted, and they couldn't resist the Qin army's rush. Zeng Yu looked bad and wanted to retreat, but when he thought that Qin Liangyu was behind, he must have been reinforced, and if he retreated here, he would definitely crush the men and horses behind, so he gave a death order, and no one in the army was allowed to retreat, and anyone dared to retreat and be killed.
In this way, 20,000 officers and soldiers and 50,000 righteous troops fought together, killing voices everywhere, and blood reflected the sun.
Xiaoqing was no longer able to release arrows at this time, so she ordered to abandon the bow and crossbow, and the three thousand Qin troops pulled out their steel swords and rushed into the battle group.
Zeng Yu's idea was correct, and Qin Liangyu really killed him.
She supervised the formation in the back, and when she heard the loud killing in front, she knew that Zeng Yu had already fought with the peasant army, but she didn't know that the Qin army had arrived, so she ordered the whole army to speed up.
When she turned the corner and took a look, she couldn't help but be stunned, in the battle array in front of her, in addition to her own official army, Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army, there was also a team of men and horses, very brave, and with different banners.
Qin Liangyu saw at a glance that this was Qin Jun. And there are quite a few of them.
She was secretly surprised in her heart, she didn't expect that the Qin army would come here to reinforce Zhang Xianzhong, and then look at the official army led by Zeng Yu, they just gritted their teeth and fought to the death, but they had fallen behind, and the men and horses were surrounded by the Qin army and the peasant army, and it was already unsupportable.
Qin Liangyu did not hesitate and immediately ordered the whole army to fight.
30,000 officers and soldiers shouted and killed.
Li Yan had already paid attention to Qin Liangyu's movements, and when he saw that she commanded the men and horses to rush up, he did not panic, nor did he release the cannon, but just ordered the red lady to take 10,000 people to step forward immediately to block Qin Liangyu.
In this way, the people and horses on the road were divided into several sections, the front was Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses, the back was Zeng Yu's official army, and then the 10,000 Qin troops of the Red Lady were behind, and the last was Qin Liangyu. People and horses from several sides are fighting on the spot, and there is no rule at all.
Qin Liangyu was intercepted by the Red Lady, this 10,000 Qin army is very brave, and it is a new force, unlike the official army who have been chasing hard for a few days, and they are already exhausted. Therefore, Qin Liangyu's 30,000 official troops have never been able to break through the interception of the Red Lady.
Tens of thousands of horses and horses scuffled, and the battle line stretched several miles away. The sound of fighting and shouting was heard for dozens of miles.
After fighting for a while, Li Yan felt that it was time, at this time, the Qin army had been killed for a while, and he was also a little tired, Zhang Xianzhong besieged Zeng Yu, which was quite easy, and he had already killed Zeng Yu so much that he couldn't retreat, and he just wanted to meet Qin Liangyu.
If Zeng Yu and Qin Liangyu joined forces, there would be more than 40,000 men and horses, which was about the same as the strength of their own side, and they would not be able to defeat them quickly.
Therefore, Li Yan gave the order, put the cannon, and ordered the ambushed cavalry to charge.
At the sound of an order, the trumpet cannon of the Qin army resounded in the sky.
Hearing the sound of artillery, the five thousand Qin cavalry in ambush in the dense forest immediately rushed out of the forest.
Their position was just outside the side of Qin Liangyu's men and horses, and this rush out immediately broke Qin Liangyu's 30,000 officers and troops into two sections.
Qin Liangyu never thought that there was still an ambush here, so she immediately ordered the men and horses in front to retreat, but her men and horses had been broken off, and the order could not be transmitted to the front.
Five thousand Qin cavalry rampaged through the official formation, separating Qin Liangyu from her front army in an instant. As a result, more than 10,000 people of the official army fell into the flank of the Red Lady and 5,000 Qin cavalry, and they could not get the orders of the commander-in-chief, and the situation was dangerous.
The current situation is very chaotic, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Dang surrounded Zeng Yu's men and horses, the red lady and the Qin army cavalry surrounded Qin Liangyu's front army, killing into a group, there were fighting crowds everywhere, it was already a situation where the soldiers did not see the generals, and the generals did not see the soldiers.
Li Yan looked at the melee situation in front of him, calmly thinking about countermeasures, winning in chaos has always been Qin Jun's forte, he has been with Bai Qi and Wang Jian for a long time, and naturally he has learned a lot.
At present, his own men and horses plus Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army are not much more numerous than the official army, so it is not easy to win completely. Moreover, he is in Sichuan, once the officers and troops from nearby states and counties come to reinforce, the number of victories and defeats is still unknown.
Therefore, it is necessary to do it quickly.
At this time, the official army was divided into two heads, Qin Liangyu was the big head, and Zeng Yu in front was the small head, if you want to win quickly, you must go all out to attack and kill one head.
Li Yan decided to solve Zeng Yu's weaker side first, and then the whole army pressed him, and Qin Liangyu would definitely be defeated.
After making up his mind, Li Yan ordered Yizhimei to lead hundreds of cavalry, rushed into the formation, and sent a letter to the Red Lady, asking her to lead the 10,000 Qin army, abandon Qin Liangyu's men and horses, and attack Zeng Yu with all his might, and at the same time send someone to see Zhang Xianzhong, and also ask him to attack and kill with all his might.
Yizhimei got the order, took three hundred cavalry, and rushed into the battle like a gust of wind.
Her riding skills were naturally great, and her body was light, like a swift standing on a horse, and from time to time she flew up, leaped over the head of a man, and then landed firmly on the back of another horse.
In this way, Yizhimei relied on her small body skills, jumped and jumped, avoided the swords and guns of the official army, and finally came to the Qin army formation and met the red lady.
When the red lady heard Li Yan's general order, she naturally understood that she ordered two thousand men and horses to block Qin Liangyu's official army, and then the remaining six or seven thousand people turned around and pounced on Zeng Yu with all their might.
At the same time, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Dang also received Li Yan's order, they were already fighting with Zeng Yu with all their might, after hearing Li Yan's plan, Li Dang and Li Dingguo each brought a thousand cavalry, divided into left and right wings, and killed Zeng Yu's Chinese army.
The two of them shall be the head of the generals among the hosts.
Zhang Xianzhong ordered Sun Kewang and two generals Ai Nengqi to lead the infantry, move forward with all their might, and defeat Zeng Yu in one go.
Several groups of centaurs roared wildly, and began their last fight as if they were not dying.
Zeng Yu's side was originally small in number, and was attacked from both sides, with heavy casualties, although the Sichuan army was brave, but its physical strength had long been exhausted, and it was scattered by the Qin army and the peasant army, and there were already many small peasant armies that had entered the official army.
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