Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Battle of the Central Plains (9)
Outside Fancheng, the cavalry of the Yan army continued to attack, and the Zhao army, which was retreating from Fancheng, was retreating the entire formation.
The refined saber in Hu Guiliang's hand was constantly waving in the crowd, slashing and slashing the enemy soldiers who dared to approach him.
After leading the guard battalion behind him, and breaking through a phalanx of the Zhao army, he rode his horse and looked back, only to see his own guards, all with bloody faces and flesh and blood.
Hu Guiliang laughed wildly and looked at the saber in his hand, where there were gaps.
Throwing away the saber in his hand, he pulled out another saber from his waist.
Pointing at Zhao Jun, who was already in chaos in front of him, he shouted: "Kill." ”
Riding his horse forward, he faced a phalanx of the Zhao army and began to charge again.
The personal guard battalion followed closely behind Hu Guiliang, and many Yan cavalry also followed behind him, charging towards the Zhao army like a torrent. This charge finally broke the last line of defense in Zhao Jun's heart.
For the Zhao army, several days of high-intensity siege have just been withdrawn from Fancheng.
No matter how brave and good you are, you are already tired at the moment.
In the face of the iron cavalry charge of tens of thousands of Yan troops, the Zhao army finally collapsed and did not obey orders. Some Zhao Jun even lowered their blades and shields in their hands, screaming and scattering in all directions, desperate to leave this place.
"Drive them away." Hu Guiliang ordered loudly on the horse.
This kind of scene has entered the attack rhythm of the Yan cavalry.
The numerous cavalry of the Yan army controlled the rhythm of their attacks, unhurriedly drove the fleeing Zhao army, and headed towards the veteran Lian Po's Chinese army, preparing to let these scattered Zhao troops disperse the large array of the Zhao army.
Ma Liang, who was above the city, originally wanted to lead the Yan army defending the city to go out of the city to cooperate with reinforcements and attack the enemy army. But he looked at the few men left on the city wall, who had escaped death. I saw that many soldiers were leaning against the battlements and fell asleep.
In the days when they were defending Fan City, their own soldiers, including themselves, had not slept well.
Now that their reinforcements have arrived, the general trend has been decided, and everyone is relaxed, following the instinct of the body, just to want to have a good rest and a good sleep.
Once this relaxation is relaxed, not only does the whole body feel sore, but there is no strength in the body. The main thing is that my consciousness is also a little blurred, and my mind is blank.
Ma Liang smiled, sat on the top of the city, and fell asleep with his eyes closed and like the soldiers guarding the city.
The Chinese army of the Zhao army, which was arrayed, had already ordered the generals with rich war experience to start shooting arrows at the people who were attacking the Chinese army. Because they knew that if their array was scattered by these routs, it would be a doom.
The sound of arrows, the cries of the rout, the scolding, and the screams resounded in this battlefield.
Killing one's own military robe is an unbearable burden for every army.
Even in this situation, there were still many Zhao troops who ran to their own army formations regardless of it, trying to be protected by their own people. It's human instinct, and in this chaotic situation, it simply can't be avoided.
The Yan cavalry was behind, and continued to charge and kill at their own pace. Driving the Zhao army to rout, he rushed into the military formation of the Zhao army, and under such an attack by the Yan army, the larger Zhao army became chaotic and began to collapse.
Listening to the battlefield the sound of weapons colliding, the neighing of war horses, the fighting and shouting of soldiers.
General Hu Guiliang enjoyed it very much, and shouted on the horse: "Happy." ”
Ever since he submitted to his own king, he has been cautious and fearful for the sake of his people.
But today, there are no more concerns.
His own life should be so happy, he should charge into battle, kill all enemies who dare to offend his king, and conquer all these enemies under his horse's hooves.
Wang Shi, who was in the rear of the Yan army, saw that the Zhao army was already in a complete collapse, and ordered: "The infantry charge the formation." ”
"Kill." The infantry of the Yan Army, lined up around Wang Shi, shouted.
A neat phalanx was arranged, slowly pressing towards the Zhao army.
Lian Po, a veteran general in the Zhao army, saw the Yan army's infantry coming like a tide, and knew that the defeat of the Zhao army was irreparable. In the face of such a situation, even if he has rich experience in battle formations and has made outstanding achievements, he has no choice but to do so.
"This place can't stay for long, please make up your mind quickly."
Several Zhao generals beside him suggested to Lian Po.
Lian Po's face was like ashes, and he ordered: "Pass my general's order, and the Chinese army slowly retreated." ”
The war has developed to this point, and there is no way to reverse it. Only by taking advantage of the collapse of the war situation, it has not yet spread to the Chinese army, so that the 20,000 Zhao troops of the Chinese army can retreat as soon as possible.
After the veteran Lian Po ordered the Chinese army to retreat, he laughed miserably:
"Since I joined the first Wuling King, I have attacked the Tang Dynasty, Linzi, Yang Jin, and the Qin army. In Shangdang, he led the army to resist the Qin army of tigers and wolves for several years, so that hundreds of thousands of Qin troops could not cross the Danshui River one step. ”
"In the battle of Handan, the general led me to cripple the Zhao army, and after three years, the Qin army was defeated and returned. Now that I have high hopes from the king, I have led 100,000 elites of the Zhao army, and even cut down Yan, but I have actually lost my halberd here, what face do I have to go back to Handan to see the king? ”
Lian Po muttered, the more he said, the more his heart was like a knife, and his face became more and more gloomy.
As a veteran, he knows very well in his heart that the current battle situation must allow the Chinese army to retreat so as not to annihilate the whole army. But the remaining tens of thousands of Zhao troops had to break their wrists and give them up.
After this battle, Yan Guo will definitely not give up, how will Zhao Guo respond?
When several Zhao generals heard it, they knew that Lian Po already had a dead thought in his heart.
The generals glanced at the guards behind Lian Po.
A few guards behind Lian Po understood it, and took advantage of Lian Po's inattention, and made a ruthless move behind him, found the right position, and directly gave Lian Po a blow, knocking him unconscious.
Everyone stepped forward, carried the veteran Lian Po, who had passed out, and got on top of the chariot. Put down Lian Po's handsome banner, led the 30,000 Chinese troops, and began to retreat to the Great Wall of Zhao in the north.
After Zhao Jun's handsome banner disappeared, on the battlefield, Zhao Jun's last bit of psychological support disappeared completely.
Wang Shi saw the retreat of the Chinese army of the Zhao army, and ordered:
"Pass my general's order to let the Zhao army on the battlefield abandon their weapons and surrender."
"No." The herald behind him hurried down to give the order.
After a while, on the battlefield outside Fan Cheng, there were many shouts from the Yan army:
"Those who kneel and abandon weapons do not kill."
After hearing the shouts of the Yan army, many soldiers of the Zhao army threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground.
Of course, in some parts of the battlefield, there are still some Zhao troops who have no intention of surrendering and are desperately resisting.
These resisting Zhao troops were surrounded by the Yan army, and in order to reduce casualties, the Yan army mobilized crossbowmen to shoot and kill these Zhao troops who were still resisting.
Wang Shi saw that the overall situation had been decided, and looked at the whole field, on the battlefield, the Zhao army that resisted was getting fewer and fewer, and most of them were covered in blood, fighting in vain, and were killed by the Yan army one by one.
On the battlefield that stretched for more than ten miles, there were blood stains, corpses, weapons, military flags, etc. were scattered all over the ground.
After another hour, the battlefield outside Fan City finally fell silent.
At this time, it was already the unitary hour of the afternoon (17 to 19 o'clock).
After several days of hurrying, coupled with today's battle, the reinforcements led by Wang Shi were also very tired.
For the retreating Zhao Guozhong army, after covering up for a while, he followed Wang Shi's order and did not pursue too much.
Hu Guiliang, the commander of the Third Army, rode to Wang Shi, covered in blood, and laughed at Wang Shi:
"General, after this great battle, General Zhao is no longer the opponent of my Yan Kingdom. Our army should go to Diqiu as soon as possible, gather our army in front, defeat the other coalition forces, and then wave north to destroy its Zhao state. ”
At this time, the news of the defeat of the Three Kingdoms Alliance in the front of Diqiu, Wang Shi, Hu Guiliang and others did not know.
Wang Shi nodded, and said to Hu Guiliang in a deep voice:
"This Zhao Wang Dan is simply stupid, my Wang Nianqi is his own uncle, and he is very friendly to Zhao Guo. But he took advantage of the danger of my Yan country and fell into the ground, wanting to cross other countries and attack my Yan country. ”
"At this point, the elite of Zhao State was lost, and the national strength was greatly damaged. Even if Lian Po can escape back with tens of thousands of remnants, Zhao Guo will not be able to stop the attack of our army. But how my king decides, I'm afraid ......"
Speaking of this, Wang Shi was shocked, held his mind, and did not say any more.
Yan Guo faced Zhao Guo, and the situation was still very complicated.
At this time, Wang Shi was not a middle-class officer when he followed Ji Kang to Liaodi, but a world-famous and famous general of Yan State. You should pay attention to your words and deeds.
The soldiers of the Yan Army were already cleaning up the battlefield at this time.
Wang Shi raised his head and looked at Fan Cheng in front of him.
At this time, Fan City was already in tatters.
Above the city, the shattered banner of the Yan Kingdom was also fluttering in the wind.
Under the light of the setting sun, the flag looks even more red.