12, outside the city of Qizhou
In the first year of the Warring States Period, in March, the Liang army defeated the Qi army at Shilipo, the king of Qi was captured, and the commander of the Liang army became famous in the first battle on Tuesday and became one of the world's famous generals.
When the battle of Shilipo was in full swing, the 30,000 Liang troops stationed in Qiucheng on the other side were all pulled out, under the command of Qin Ming, the general under the command of King Liang, they attacked Qizhou City with all their might, and Xiangguo Tian Heng quickly sent troops to the general Huang Qu to ask for help, and organized Qingzhuang to defend the city. The city of Qizhou was high and thick, and it could not be attacked for a long time, so the Liang army set up camp outside the city.
Huang Qu's 150,000 army was on the way to Qizhou City, and arrived earlier than Tian Heng's letter for help, which was a letter from the King of Qi, which detailed that 80,000 Liang army foot soldiers and 50,000 Fengzhou cavalry appeared behind the army of King Qi and challenged the King of Qi, but the result was that the Liang army was defeated by 300,000 horses led by the King of Qi, suffered heavy losses, and had withdrawn from Qi and fled to Liangzhou, so the Liang army stationed in the north of Qi only had 30,000 foot soldiers and 20,000 cavalry, and finally it was even more stern, so that Huang Qu could quickly whip his horse, Cooperate with Huang Ming to annihilate the Liang army stationed in Qiucheng.
Huang Qu received the news, looked at the private seal of the King of Qi, was convinced, and immediately sent an order to Huang Ming, asking Huang Ming to block the retreat of the Qiu Cheng Liang army from the north, and he would lead his troops to arrive as soon as possible.
When Huang Ming received the news, it happened that King Liang's attack on Qizhou City failed, Huang Ming listened to the advice of his subordinates and inserted 50,000 cavalry into the Liang army and Qiu Cheng to prevent the Liang army from retreating into Qiu City.
30,000 Liang troops out of the camp to form a formation, Huang Ming 50,000 cavalry in front, Huang Ming has doubts, even if the 30,000 Liang army is elite, it is not enough for 50,000 cavalry to sprint back and forth a few times, what he is worried about is where are the 20,000 Liang cavalry?
Until the defenders of Qizhou City behind the Liang army appeared, and finally, 20,000 Liangzhou cavalry couldn't bear to slowly come out on the side of the battlefield, and the army was in order. Huang Ming immediately sent 20,000 horses to meet him, and Huang Ming explained to the commander of the 20,000 cavalry, "Your task is to lure the 20,000 Liangzhou cavalry away, and when my side and Xiangguo completely annihilate the Liangzhou infantry soldiers, I will go to support you." The cavalry general took the order and left.
The 30,000 Liangzhou infantry began to move towards Huang Ming, and the formation began to loosen. Huang Ming was slightly angry in his heart, since ancient times, the infantry against the cavalry can only follow a strict formation to block the cavalry charge, otherwise they can only be slaughtered. Now only 30,000 Liangzhou foot soldiers dare to move towards themselves?
Huang Ming raised his spear and pointed forward, and the 30,000 Qi cavalry began to charge. On the other hand, the Liangzhou foot soldiers stopped moving, next to the main general standing in the center, the order flag of the herald was swaggering, and the military formation instantly became tight, the first and second rows of soldiers, holding shields in both hands, and the third row holding spears, stretched out spears from the gap between the first two rows of shield soldiers, and the soldiers in the fourth row had a knife in one hand and a shield in one hand. Then one, two, three, four repeated, shield, shield, spear, sword shield, interspersed with five thousand archers, all the way to the last row.
When Huang Ming saw the Liang army change formation, he had some doubts in his heart, but the cavalry that charged up had to be fired. The cavalry is in the shape of an awl, the tip of the cone is the best riding Huang Ming and several generals, three hundred steps away from the Liang army, a round of arrow rain poncho down, hitting the helmet with a clanging sound, a hundred steps, another round of arrow rain. Huang Ming heard the dull cries of people falling off their horses around and behind him, but he knew very well that once the cavalry charged, it was impossible to have the slightest concern.
Continuing to charge, he had already seen the panicked and frightened eyes on the faces of the Liangzhou shield soldiers who greeted him in the first row, he grinned, pulled the reins up, and the war horse leaped over the big shield soldiers in the first two rows, and when he was about to land, the horse spear swept and continued to move forward.
Like a red awl, it pierced into the white wall.
After shooting two rounds of arrow rain, the archers of the Liang army moved to both sides, giving way to one passage after another, and the archers moved to the rear of the army formation, quickly moved to throw the bow and arrows away, drew the long knife at their waists, and waited for the battle. They saw that the Qi army continued to rush through rows of shield formations, and the originally neat military formations became sparse, and cavalry continued to fall off their horses, and the tight cavalry torrent became slower and thinner.
They're coming! The archers shook their long knives, then raised them high and slashed them down, most of them crashing into the heads of their horses before they could hit anyone. But they did not flinch, from the beginning of their joining the army, their fate was already doomed, King Liang told them very clearly in front of the station, soldiers, died on the battlefield, horse leather shrouded only, once you set foot on the battlefield, let you be a pawn, or he King Liang, say death is dead.
On the other side, Huang Ming's 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 Liangzhou cavalry, a total of 40,000 people, gradually moved away from the battlefield, what the Qi army did not expect was that after the Liang army attacked them twice, they lost more than 1,000 people to each other, so they no longer entangled with them, but pulled out their horses and ran, and the Qi army naturally chased after them, as long as they were entangled, and after Huang Ming's side solved the Liangzhou foot soldiers, the combined troops were together, and the 20,000 Liangzhou cavalry could only be surrounded and killed.
Suddenly, the white-armored Liangzhou cavalry no longer fled, but turned their horses' heads and hedged against the red-armored Qi army, so that the two sides switched positions and became sandwiched between the main battlefield and the Qi army. The Qi army was overjoyed, and the next thing was to block the retreat of the Liang army in front and wait for Huang Ming's army to come.
A white-armored cavalry appeared behind the Qi army, and without saying a word, it surrounded the 20,000 Qi troops one after the other with the previous 20,000 Liang troops.
When Huang Ming rushed into the Liang army's formation, the 50,000 defenders from Qizhou City also surrounded and killed from behind the Liang army under the order of Xiangguo Tian Heng, and the 5,000 archers and swords at the back of the Liang army became the first line of the front row, and in an instant, the Liang army fell into a situation of being surrounded by the front and rear. But Huang Ming frowned, after he broke through the Liang army's formation, he would collide with the defenders of Qizhou City who appeared in the city. These troops were improvised by Xiang Guotian Heng, and most of them were still young and strong, and they could not be expected to get out of the way and let their cavalry pass smoothly.
Huang Ming looked at the Liang army around him, under the charge of the cavalry, it was already difficult for the Liang army to maintain the formation, and if he sprinted twice, the 30,000 Liang army would be killed and wounded, but looking at the defending troops rushing up from all directions, Huang Ming sighed, the most correct way now is to rush forward directly, and then lead the troops, taking advantage of the fact that the defending troops have not yet completely rushed into the battlefield, turn at the junction of the two armies, regardless of the enemy and me, and rush directly out of the battlefield, ready for the second charge. Although there will be some damage to the defending troops, at least the cavalry will not be in danger.
It's just that this is under Qizhou, if he does this, even if he wins this battle, in the future, the Huang family will be in Qi State, and he will be a butcher, villain, and the mouth of those people in the Jixia Courtyard who can kill the killer in order to achieve the goal, which can make his Huang family notorious from now on. So Huang Ming gave up the second charge, and could only take the cavalry and the Liang army to strangle together, and then cooperate with the defense troops sent by Tian Heng outside to besiege and kill the Liang army together.
Liang Jun, who was wearing white armor, was instantly submerged in the sea of red. The Liang army, which still had more than 10,000 people left, was divided into small pieces and struggled to support in the large army of the Qi army, and it was only one step away from the annihilation of the entire army.
Huang Ming's heart jumped, feeling that something bad was about to happen, he raised his eyes and looked around, just one glance made his heart beat in shock. Around, a large number of cavalry of the Liang army appeared.
It was the Liang army that had just annihilated 20,000 Qi cavalry.
The cavalry of the Liang army totaled 50,000, and in the encirclement and annihilation battle just now, more than 10,000 were lost, and there were 35,000 cavalry appearing on the battlefield at this moment. The Liang army also completed the preparation of the cone attack state, but unlike Huang Ming, the Liang army had a cone shape and a total of ten.
The first white awl was activated, he stabbed into the chaotic battlefield, towards the densest place of the Qi army, rushed through, and killed directly to the edge of the battlefield, when he was about to come out, the second awl also moved, and then the third ,,, the same way they charged, the goal was the most dense Qi army, until the tenth awl completed the charge, the first awl at the beginning had been rectified, and it came again. They never love to fight, rushed through, but intentionally or unintentionally drove Huang Ming's cavalry to the defending troops who tried to assemble, causing chaos in the Qi army again and again, after several rounds of charges, nearly 30,000 Huang Ming cavalry who lost their speed and nearly 50,000 Qizhou garrison troops who had no formation at all, a total of nearly 80,000 people, more than half of them were killed or wounded.
Huang Ming felt sad in his heart, watching the Qi army being shocked again and again, and then being killed on the ground, he knew that he had fallen into a trap, no, not just a trap, it was a trap, starting from the king of Qi sending a letter to his father, the king of Qi and his father, there must be someone who was deceived, and the target of this trap was himself from the beginning. The 50,000 cavalry is over, and the defenders of Qizhou City are also over.
Thinking of this, Huang Ming immediately gathered all the cavalry that could be gathered and struggled to break through to the periphery of the battlefield.
At this time, on a high slope far away from the battlefield, there were two people riding side by side, and at the bottom of the slope, they were watching the situation in the field from a distance, and at the bottom of the slope, there were two thousand horsemen who were recuperating.
One person has a strong figure and long narrow eyes, it is Zhou Rong, the king of Liang, and he only heard him say softly, "General Qin Ming is really extraordinary, 30,000 horses have fought so far, and there are nearly 10,000 people, and Ding Taishou's Fengzhou cavalry is also well-trained." ”
The person next to him was King Liang's proud student, Fengzhou Taishou Ding Yuan, at this time hearing Zhou Rong's words, he said respectfully, "What King Liang said is extremely true, General Qin is extremely brave, and King Liang is strategizing, I Fengzhou cavalry, but it's just icing on the cake." ”
Zhou Rong was noncommittal, turned his head to look at Ding Yuan, and paused slightly, "Ding Yuan, over the years, you have done a good job, you have worked hard"
Ding Yuan was flattered, "The student inherits the teacher's cultivation and promotion, and there is only one thought in Fengzhou these years, to take care of Fengzhou for the teacher, and the Fengzhou cavalry will always be the cavalry of King Liang"
Zhou Rong's face was displeased, "Ding Yuan, you remember, Fengzhou is not mine, it belongs to the Yanhuang royal family, don't say this kind of thing again in the future." ”
"Yes, teacher" Ding Yuan said suddenly: "Teacher, Huang Ming is going to run away"
"Let's go"
Ding Yuan waved his hand, and the two thousand cavalry behind him immediately reorganized the formation, and followed Ding Yuan to ride towards Huang Ming.
Huang Ming gathered nearly 10,000 cavalry with difficulty and rushed out of the battlefield, Tian Heng's defending troops were scattered by the Liang army, scattered and fled, and the Liang army still had 8,000 foot soldiers left, and began to besiege and kill the Qi army that was still resisting on the battlefield under the command of the general Qin Ming.
With the appearance of Ding Yuan's 2,000 cavalry, all the cavalry of the Liang army in the field began to gather and chase down the remnants of Huang Ming's army who were about to escape.
Huang Ming's horsepower was seriously consumed, and the cavalry of nearly 7,000 people was basically wounded, many of their riding spears had been broken, their sabers were full of gaps, and their bright red armor was in tatters. With the cavalry of the Liang army that followed, the Qi army left 2,000 people behind, and the remaining 5,000 people continued to escape, the Liang army also left 2,000 people, and the others continued to chase and kill, and so on twice, Huang Ming only had 1,000 horsemen around him, and it was Ding Yuan's 2,000 fresh troops who followed closely. The Qi soldiers and horses were exhausted, and some soldiers even fell directly from their horses, and finally, they were caught up by Ding Yuan a hundred miles away, and the two sides stopped their horses and stood opposite each other.
Huang Ming looked at Ding Yuan opposite, his military appearance was neat and energetic, while his subordinates, on the other hand, were all tired and wounded, and some of them only had half a riding spear left in their hands, and they didn't know where the head of the gun was.
Huang Ming saw Ding Yuan riding towards him, and mocked loudly, "The dignified Fengzhou is too guarded, and he is willing to be a lackey of Zhou Rong's subordinates, Tian is shameless."
Ding Yuan was not angry, at this moment, his face was no longer respectful and respectful to Zhou Rong's side, and his eyes were sharp, "Hmph, Qi Wei is rebellious, trying to establish himself as a king, ignoring the laws and disciplines of the court, committing chaos, and we are just ordered to beg for thieves." Ding Yuan sneered and said, "You Huang are acting as a tiger, you are an accomplice, and I advise you to know your way back and surrender quickly." ”
Huang Ming snorted, "I am a great Qi Huang family, a generation of heroes, how can there be a person who sells humiliation and seeks glory?" Huang Ming raised his spear obliquely, "Only death"! was about to charge, only to hear Ding Yuan say, "Huang Ming, do you know why I have 50,000 cavalry here"?
"Hmph, treacherous and scheming."
"Do you think General Huang Qu is easy to be deceived?"
"What do you mean?"
"The King of Qi has been captured, and the news that General Huang Qu gave you was all passed on by King Liang through King Qi"
"Presumptuous" Huang Ming faintly felt that what Ding Yuan said was definitely not a mouthful, and he would never believe that King Qi would become a prisoner when it expired, if what he said was true, then everything was over. "Ding Yuan, don't you want to mess with our army's heart, and if you want to fight, you will fight"
Ding Yuan didn't talk nonsense, "General Huang seems to have rested enough", with a wave of his hand, all the cavalry under his command returned to the queue, and let go of Huang Ming's escape path "Believe it or not, when you see General Huang Qu, you will know as soon as you ask"
After Ding Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and pulled his horse away, and the cavalry under his command also left.
Huang Ming seized the opportunity and rushed away with his subordinates, feeling uneasy along the way, what Ding Yuan said and did was too unbelievable, his 50,000 cavalry, only 1,000 remnants of the defeated army under his command, 50,000 Qizhou troops were defeated, Qizhou City will definitely not be able to hold, ,,,,,in case what Ding Yuan said is true, then Huang Ming is flustered, and now he just wants to go to his father quickly and let him preside over the overall situation.
At this time, in Huang Qu's camp, an unexpected person came.