Chapter 123, Guanzhong Crisis 3
Zhang Xianzhong drew his broadsword and shouted loudly: "Javelinmen step forward and throw javelins." No one is allowed to retreat, and those who retreat are immediately beheaded. ”
The javelinmen came behind the archers, and at this time the archers had already shot the third arrow, and Zuo Liangyu's cavalry had already rushed five zhang away.
Bows and arrows were useless, so the archers retreated to both sides.
The javelinmen stepped forward and threw their javelins at the officers and soldiers, and dozens of officers and soldiers were stabbed in the body or on their horses and fell to the ground, but many more had already pounced.
The speed of the cavalry is very fast, once it rushes into the crowd, it is impossible to stop it, where the war horse rushes, where the people will fall, Zuo Liangyu's soldiers are extremely brave, their hands are thickened and lengthened swords, and they are very easy to slash, as soon as they break into the Chinese army, hundreds of peasant troops are knocked to the ground.
Zhang Xianzhong's eyes were red and he shouted: "Shieldman, shieldman, trap them, trap them, don't let the war horse run......"
The people with shields in the Chinese army rushed up, and the people shrank behind the shields, and the shields pushed forward hard, forming shield arrays one after another, rushing towards Zuo Liangyu's cavalry, desperately resisting.
Zuo Liangyu saw that the opponent's shield array was very thick, and more than a dozen teams of people in front and behind, together with the shield, formed a wall, and his own cavalry line was a little thin, but he was afraid that he would not be able to break through. Once the shield formation cannot be broken, the cavalry speed will be reduced, and it will be difficult for the peasant army to surround it at that time.
So he ordered his soldiers: "Come with me......
He took the lead, no longer rushing to the center of the Chinese army, but stabbing out obliquely, clinging to the periphery of the Chinese army, this cavalry under his leadership, like a ghost, sometimes rushing into the crowd, sometimes piercing out, always picking the weak defense of the peasant army, once rushing in, it was a fierce beating, and when the reinforcements of the peasant army from other places came, he had already taken the cavalry to kill out, so angry that Zhang Xianzhong stomped his feet and scolded in the kick.
However, there was no way to do it in a hurry, the infantry could not run, they could not catch up with the cavalry, and the peasant army did not have weapons and phalanxes to deal with the cavalry, so they could only be beaten and could not fight back.
Zuo Liangyu boldly divided the troops again, and ordered a deputy general to lead five or seven hundred military horses to attack from the other side.
Of course, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai refused to be defeated like this, they each ordered their men and horses to quickly assemble together, protect the periphery with iron shields, and the archers included, so as not to let Zuo Liangyu break through the formation.
However, the peasant army was already scattered at this time, and the men and horses were in the east and west, and it was not easy to convey the order, and it took a long time for more than half of the men and horses to assemble.
Zuo Liangyu saw that the peasant army began to assemble, and he was not in a hurry, but only ordered to surround the peasant army that was still scattered, catch up with one and kill one by one, and prevent them from escaping back into the formation.
In this way, the peasant army, which had not been assembled, was killed by two or three thousand people.
Zhang Luo and the two watched their men and horses reassemble into a formation, and then they breathed a sigh of relief, the peasant army formed two large circle formations, which were respectively led by Zhang Luo and the two people, each array had more than 10,000 people, the outside of the circle was full of iron shields, and the wind was impenetrable, and the people in the formation held wooden shields in their hands to prevent the officers and soldiers from releasing arrows, and the archers in the center were looking at the officers and soldiers and horses, and kept releasing arrows.
Zuo Liangyu was able to sweep away the scattered peasant army, and when he saw these two impregnable round formations, he just sneered in his heart: Zhang Xianzhong was frightened by him, so he could only defend himself and could not attack. He ordered his men and horses to withdraw from a stone's throw away, take a short rest, and then he took all the men and horses and rushed to attack Li Dingguo.
His main targets were actually the cavalry under Li Dingguo. As long as these cavalry are eliminated, the infantry of the Zhang Luo coalition army will become the meat of the army, and he will be slaughtered.
Zhang Xianzhong watched Zuo Liangyu go to attack Li Dingguo, he was in a hurry, he couldn't catch up with his troops, and he didn't dare to disperse the formation, for fear of falling into Zuo Liangyu's plan, so he had to order the whole army to not disperse, move slowly, and meet Li Dingguo as much as possible.
Besides, on the battlefield over there, Li Dingguo had the advantage in numbers, but he was entangled by Zuo Liangyu's cavalry and was always in a state of entanglement. His cavalry is not as well equipped as the official army, the people have helmets and armor, each person is equipped with bows and arrows in addition to sabers, and some officers and soldiers even have copper hammers and other things such as threads, which can be attacked from far and near, and the combat effectiveness is too strong.
Therefore, although Li Dingguo has many people, he can't have the upper hand for a while. The two sides are inseparable.
At this moment, Zuo Liangyu personally led nearly 2,000 cavalry to arrive, and when Li Dingguo saw Zuo Liangyu under the banner of Zuo Zi, his heart was on fire, and he secretly scolded his opponent for being cunning.
Li Dingguo has been on the field for a long time, although he is young, his mind is still very clear, his 3,000 cavalry against a thousand officers and troops, can not have the upper hand, not to mention that the two sides are evenly matched at the moment, plus Zuo Liangyu has a good command, and if he continues to fight, he will have to suffer a big loss, so he immediately made a decision and ordered his subordinates to follow him to open a bloody road and join the team behind.
Thousands of cavalry of the peasant army followed Li Dingguo, desperately rushing back, Zuo Liangyu also had red eyes, he knew that if these thieves returned to Zhang Xianzhong's side, then it would not be easy to defeat the peasant army, so he had to annihilate Li Dingguo's thousands of men and horses before Zhang Xianzhong's brigade arrived.
The men and horses on both sides rushed towards each other with shouts and shouts, like two rapid waves, mixed with the momentum of thunder, colliding together.
Blood splattered, horses neighed, and the sound of men and horses colliding was like a drummer breaking the drum surface, making a dull and terrible sound, shaking the ground and hundreds of horses crashing head-on, the scene was terrifying.
Li Dingguo's horse also collided with a horse of an official army, and the second horse immediately fell to the ground, but Li Dingguo had already flown up, jumped into the formation of the official army, and kicked in the chest of an official soldier, the official soldier spit blood from his mouth, and fell off the horse, Li Dingguo turned over, sat firmly on his horse, and the iron spear in his hand danced impermeably, and knocked off the horse of four or five officials and soldiers around him.
The men and horses on both sides are mixed together, and they don't talk about any battles, what formations, and everyone has only one belief at the moment, let's kill the enemy in front of them.
Zuo Liangyu brandished an iron knife and fought Li Dingguo, and the two of them were killed in one place. This is the second time they have played each other, and the battle is only more intense than the last time.
Four or five thousand cavalry in the vast battlefield, the sky is dark, sparks splashed, in addition to the collision of swords and guns, the neighing of war horses, only the call sign of the dying man and **, the two sides of the war gritted their teeth, fought to the death and did not retreat, a few knives and arrows on the body, and struggled to support until the last point of strength was exhausted, and the last drop of blood was drained.
It's a life-and-death fight.
After fighting for a while, Li Dingguo peeked at it and felt that it was not good. His cavalry was already somewhat overwhelmed.
Zuo Liangyu trained the cavalry very well, so his men and horses were very routine in fighting, in contrast, the cavalry of the peasant army was far behind, they generally fought on their own, only with courage and blood, fighting with the enemy, and the equipment was not as good as the officers and soldiers, so they suffered a lot.
Since there was no armor, as long as the saber of the official army struck the peasant army, it was a bloody wound, deep and long, and if it hit the arm, it would be cut off immediately. However, the swords of the peasant army were cut on the officers and soldiers, and the people were blocked by armor, so they were generally not injured, and even if they were injured, they were not serious, so the peasant army suffered more and more casualties, and the situation was not good.
Li Dingguo was in a hurry, and tried his best to break through a bloody road, but Zuo Liangyu who was in front of him was on a par with him, and no one could take anyone, and if he continued to fight like this, his own men and horses would be lost.
When Li Dingguo was in a hurry, the savior finally came, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's brigade of infantry finally arrived, Zhang Xianzhong had already seen Li Dingguo leading the cavalry to fight hard with Zuo Liangyu, the situation was critical, he immediately ordered to release arrows behind the officers and soldiers, and all the javelinmen rushed up.
When the first wave of arrows came, Zuo Liangyu knew that the best opportunity had been missed, and he didn't expect Li Dingguo to have such a strong combat effectiveness, and if he continued to fight, he would be attacked from the front and back, so Zuo Liangyu had to sigh secretly and ordered his cavalry to disperse, withdraw from the battlefield, and assemble in the southeast.
The cavalry on the two sides was finally separated, Zuo Liangyu led the people to retreat, and Li Dingguo finally took a breath and brought the cavalry back to the Chinese army.