Chapter 399: Breakthrough (Medium)
Xiao Dude really didn't expect that the Song-Liao coalition army trapped in the valley would advance without retreating in such a desperate situation, and desperately stormed his own camp.
You must know that no matter the time of day and the people are actually not on the side of this trapped Jedi coalition army, their strength is only half of the outside army, and they have been hungry all day, almost all of them are wounded, once they take the initiative to attack, even the last bit of geographical advantage has disappeared, how can they take the initiative to kill like death?
In Xiao Dude's judgment, they will only defend the valley, or retreat at night, trying to escape from this place, for this reason he has even sent a team of 100 people to patrol the periphery of the valley, once the other party has the movement of evacuating and escaping, he will notify in time, so as to chase and kill, and completely annihilate this enemy army in one fell swoop.
And even if they don't retreat, just wait for Xiao Dude to subdue Yelu Sibuda's subordinates tomorrow, they will surprise the whole army and encircle and annihilate the soldiers and horses in the valley in one fell swoop with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai. He even thought about how to deal with Tong Guan and Yelu Xiongge, so that the Liao people believed that Tong Guan, a Song man, suddenly killed Yelu Xiongge and Yelu Sibuda, while he turned the tide and killed the despicable Song army, and then he could take the opportunity to seize power in Nanjing, and then lead the army south to start a big war with the Song army......
All the scripts have been prepared, but what I didn't expect was that Sun Tu, an actor, didn't mean to act according to the script, and chose a path that looked even more crazy and dangerous, he actually took the initiative to lead hundreds of people to kill the barracks, and he actually wanted to break through!
What's even more troublesome is that in order to pursue the enemy in time, Xiao Dude's camp is only two or three miles away from the valley mouth, which is just a blink of an eye for the war horses charging at full speed. After defeating the team of 100 people who were not prepared in one fell swoop, Sun Tu led the army into the camp without the slightest hesitation, and at this time the Liao soldiers in the camp had just woken up, and many people had already heard the sound and drove out of the camp without even picking up their weapons.
The night watchmen were not slow to react, and immediately raised their swords and guns to meet them. But they were fighting on foot against the cavalry who were rushing with all their might, and it would be completely one-sided. At first, those Liao cavalry didn't care about facing their own clan at this time, and roared angrily and rushed to kill, and the enemy on the opposite side didn't even have the strength to parry, so they were all slashed and killed on the spot with a knife, and they didn't even lose their horse speed, and continued to rush forward, which was really like a rainbow.
But after all, Xiao Dude is also a powerful general here in Nanjing, Liao State, even so, in addition to being angry, he reacted quickly, and orders were issued one after another: "The left army will immediately send troops to delay, and the archers will shoot them with arrows." They have limited strength, they are just a single blow, as long as they block their first offensive, they can gather and annihilate here! In addition, immediately send a message to the headquarters of Si Buda, so that they can immediately attack from the flank and block the enemy army! ”
will be the soul of the soldier. Whether an army can survive in the face of danger and chaos is to a large extent tested by the adaptability and mentality of the main general. Xiao Dude was obviously a qualified general, and he was not distracted at this time, and under his command, his soldiers and horses quickly came out of the chaos and began to stop Sun Tu from their impact at all costs.
Even though the coalition forces had used all their strength at this time to advance with the most ferocious killing methods, after killing more than 100 enemies, as bursts of arrows continued to fly, their advance speed finally slowed down.
Seeing this, Sun Tu was also helpless, after all, they were a tired division after continuous battles, even if they plucked up their courage for a while, they still became the end of the strong crossbow after facing the full force of the enemy who was ten times stronger, and it was impossible to rush out from the front of the enemy.
And what is even more terrifying is that not only have these Liao soldiers in front of them gradually begun to suppress their own momentum, but there are also soldiers and horses quickly assembled in another camp that was originally very quiet next to them, and it is obvious that another army will soon launch a flank attack on their own from the side, and then the whole army will be trapped and killed in this camp.
At this time, as the battle deepened, many people were already weak, and they were killed under the continuous attacks of the surrounding enemies, and less than 200 people were left from the nearly 300 people at the time of the sortie.
Sun Tu had immediately made a judgment that it was impossible to continue to move forward, and when there was no way to retreat, and a large number of enemies were about to surround and kill in the east, breaking through to the west became the only correct choice. Therefore, he was in the middle of the team and immediately ordered loudly: "Change the formation to the left side of the arrow, kill it!" As he spoke, he had already turned his horse's head and charged west with his gun.
At this time, it finally once again reflected the strong discipline and combat power of the Qingzhou Army. The Liao troops who rushed to kill together hadn't understood what Sun Tu meant by these words, but the dozens of Qingzhou troops had already quickly turned their horses around, followed Sun Tu's pace, and rushed towards the west like sharp knives while turning into a sharp arrow formation.
The Blade Arrow Formation is the most conducive to breaking through the encirclement among the many formations, especially when Sun Tu, a master in the army, rushed to the front first, and waved the spear in his hand to open the way, they continued to kill forward like a sharp arrow off the string.
The Liao army here was still guarding them from continuing to attack to the south, so they deployed heavy troops in this direction. I didn't want Sun Tu to suddenly change the direction of the breakthrough, and led the army to rush to the weakest west side, and was suddenly caught off guard, and was torn open by life.
Sun Tu didn't dare to be the slightest slow, and immediately took the lead in breaking out of the encirclement and continued to rush forward. The two Liao soldiers slapped their horses and waved their swords to stop them, but they were killed on the spot by Sun Tu's swift swing of their guns, and this did not slow down the momentum of his forward rush in the slightest.
At this moment, the benefits of this heavy rain are also reflected again. The bows and arrows of the Liao people were already weak because of the dampness, and now they are shooting continuously and rapidly, and they have long been unusable, and a few waves of arrows from behind can no longer pose any threat to the Qingzhou army that is sprinting with all its might.
After only a burst of killing, they finally broke through the enemy encirclement and came to the open space in front of them. Behind them, the situation of the Liao people, who were a little slower to react, was extremely dangerous, and after the enemy had already reacted, they were quickly surrounded, and only thirty or forty people rushed out to protect the man who pretended to be Yelu Xiongge.
Sun Tu didn't mean to turn around and save them again, and Song Jun didn't have the ability anymore, so he immediately led the army to continue to run forward.
Seeing this change, Xiao Dude, who was in the rear, was even more anxious that his eyes were on fire, and he shouted angrily: "Continue to chase me, even if you chase to the edge of the sky, don't let them run!" ”
With his command, this Liao army of more than 1,000 people did not care about anything else, and after quickly killing the trapped more than 100 Liao soldiers, they all pursued and killed them to the west. And the Sibuda Division, which had just moved, did not dare to slack off at this time, and thousands of people followed suit.
In this dark night, there was an extremely rare scene in the empty plain area, a team of more than 100 people was running in front, and there were more than 2,000 people in the rear chasing and killing, as long as there were those who fell behind, they would be killed on the spot, which made the number of soldiers and horses running in front continue to decrease, and after running out for more than ten miles, there were less than 100 people left......
This breakthrough operation seemed to be a failure, and the Song-Liao coalition army not only did not get rid of the enemy's encirclement, but instead plunged itself into a new danger. But when Sun Tu saw the two thousand enemies chasing after him, he showed a happy smile on his face. At least his other plan was successful, and after luring all these enemies to his side, the valley was safe. Tong Guan and the others didn't say that they left from the rear, and at this time, they could even swagger out of Xifeng Valley directly from the front.
In fact, just as Sun Tu expected, after the two thousand Liao troops chased and killed Sun Tu and them in one go, Tong Guan and the others, who had been hiding in the depths of the valley, finally took action. However, they did not dare to risk going out of the valley from the front, but chose to quietly drill out of the valley from the other side, and then find another way back to Nanjing.
Although this will make them go around a big circle, at least it will be safer, and who can guarantee that the enemy will not have a few hundred men to guard the valley?
After you chased me and chased me for several miles, the situation became more and more favorable to Sun Tu and their escape. As time passed, although people continued to fall behind and be killed, the real distance between the two sides became larger and larger, and the pursuers were not as good as the escapees.
In fact, this is also a key factor that has been overlooked by both sides - as the king of the Southern Courtyard, the horses under the command of Yelu Xiongge are already superior to Xiao Dude and Yelu Sibuda, and since they were attacked and retreated to the West Peak Valley yesterday, their mounts have remained in the depths of the valley and have not continued to fight. However, Xiao Dude's cavalry had just arrived today, and they were already a little tired, but now they were pursuing with all their might, and they really reached the end of the crossbow.
So, as time passed, Sun Tu and the others distanced themselves from the enemy, and if they continued to run like this, they might really be able to shake off the enemy and escape.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, Xiao Dude's eyes were already cracked, and he immediately roared angrily: "Chase me up, don't let them run away!" Ping'er, shoot them for me! ”
The young man who had decisively shot and killed Yelu Si Buda in front of the two armies before immediately shouted after hearing his order, and then he had erected an extremely huge longbow on his horse, controlled the war horse with his legs, and had steadily drawn the bow with both hands, aiming at the most eye-catching one among the fleeers in front of him according to Xiao Dude's meaning, "Yelu Xiongge".
Normally, bows and arrows have lost their usefulness at this time due to the wet weather, but this hard bow is different, as the young man suddenly let go, the arrows above have swept forward with a whistle that breaks through the air, and in the blink of an eye, they have caught up with "Yelu Xiongge", and before everyone has time to react, the arrows have penetrated through his back, and pierced through his chest with a puddle of blood, causing him to fall directly from his horse after a scream......