Chapter 397: Bloody Battle to the End
Seeing a new wave of enemies rushing towards him, Sun Tu immediately shouted: "Array!" ”
At this time, the Qingzhou army under his command also put the despair and anxiety in his heart behind him for the time being, and quickly set up a defensive formation again at the mouth of the valley to resist this round of charge, and as for those Liao soldiers, they also went up to the high place as a side response according to the previous arrangement under Yelu Xiongge's order.
At this point, they can't retreat, let alone die, so they can only continue to rely on the relatively favorable terrain here to fight the enemy to the end, even if the number of enemy troops has more than doubled this time, they can only continue to hold on.
And the captain of the pro-soldier who had dragged Sibuda outside the valley to force his subordinates to retreat was also furious at this time, and shouted frantically at the enemy who was only fifty or sixty steps away: "Don't come here, or I will kill him......" In his opinion, Yelu Sibuda is the Xuanhui envoy of the Great Liaonan Academy after all, and there are thousands of his subordinates over there, even Xiao Dude has to worry about it at this time, and he doesn't dare to let him die here.
But soon, he realized that his idea was completely wrong. Just in the team rushing forward, a trace of killing intent flashed in Xiao Dude's eyes, and he suddenly shouted: "Ping'er! ”
A young man who rushed in front of him immediately understood when he heard this greeting, and immediately bent his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at the two guys who were attached to him with a whoosh, and at the same time shouted the order: "Release the arrow!" ”
After seeing that he, the leader, had shot arrows, Xiao Dude's personal subordinates did not hesitate to follow the arrows that had already been wound up like raindrops in front of them, and shot them towards the defenders at the mouth of the valley in front of them, and the two guys who were standing alone.
Sibuda and the captain of the pro-soldier roared unwillingly and angrily at first: "You dare to ......" but after only three words, they had already turned into two screams. The two of them were completely unobstructed in front of them, and in the blink of an eye, they were shot like hedgehogs by these hundreds of random arrows, and their deaths were extremely tragic.
However, the soldiers in the valley behind them, although they were also damaged, but they relied on their shields to resist, coupled with the impact of this heavy rain, they were finally not disrupted by this round of random arrows, but at this time the enemy had rushed to the front, and the bright scimitars had been raised high in the dim sky.
"Kill!" All the spearmen shouted violently, and the spears in their hands soared into the air like angry dragons, and stabbed the enemy's mounts in front of them with all their strength, killing those war horses Herod for a while, and many cavalry were upside down. The swordsmen, who had already been prepared, did not need anyone to give an order, and they quickly used their swords to reap the lives of the struggling enemy soldiers who fell to the ground.
On both sides, the Liao archers shot all the remaining arrows at the enemy below as if they didn't need money, and the cavalry continued to fall from their horses, plus the people who were killed by the defenders, Taniguchi actually hoarded hundreds of corpses in a short time.
However, the price paid by the Song army who defended the valley mouth was also extremely miserable, their troops were too weak after all, and it was difficult to continue after being hungry, and some people were still rushed to the front by the cavalry, and where the sword flashed, many soldiers fell, and even showed a gap.
Fortunately, Sun Tu, who stayed in the rear to command, reacted quickly enough, and as soon as he found that the defensive army formation was about to be torn open by the enemy, he personally brought the remaining twenty or so people, and together with Wu Song Luda, they made up for it, and launched a desperate fight with the enemy who could rush into the gap.
At this time, the Song army had already done everything they could, except for the two personal guards who had never left Tong Guan's side and did not come forward, the others had all thrown themselves into the battle. As for the Liao people, it was almost the same, only two or three of their own soldiers were still guarding Yelu Xiongge, and the others were also killed.
The two high-ranking officials of Song Liao and Liao, who were both about to become commanders, were also pale at this time, and their bodies trembled slightly. However, they still stood upright in the rear of the army, and did not intend to flinch. The soldiers and horses under their command are making a final fight to protect them, and they can only hold on to the end.
Fortunately, because the two sides have been completely strangled together, and the heavy rain has completely made the surrounding air completely wet, making the bowstring soft and difficult to use, there is no need to worry about the two of them being injured by cold arrows, otherwise I am afraid that in this melee situation, the two main generals would have been shot and killed.
Tong Guan, who stepped forward unintentionally, suddenly spoke at this time: "Why did he not hesitate to order to kill Si Buda?" ”
Yelu Xiongge chuckled: "Do you still need to ask, of course, so that after getting rid of me, you can take the power of Nanjing alone." Xiao Dude has been waiting for this day for too long, how can he share such benefits with this idiot? Sibuda actually thought of cooperating with him, that is, to seek skin with the tiger and find death by himself! ”
Yelu Xiongge knows Xiao Dude's methods and ambitions too well, and it would be good if he had always had the advantage, otherwise this guy would definitely take action. As for the brave and unscrupulous Sibuda, he is not Xiao Dude's opponent at all.
Obviously, this time, Xiao Dude had the intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight one day late, and he planned to wait until Sibuda and Xiong were both defeated and injured before cleaning up the mess. Of course, this plan of his was impossible to realize in the eyes of Yelu Xiongge, because there was still Yelu Dashi in Nanjing, that terrible figure who even thought he was much inferior!
Moreover, the battle in front of him was indeed greatly beyond Xiao Dude's judgment and prediction-
The rain poured down, and quickly merged into streams on the ground, but these streams had already turned red. At this time, the defenders of the valley were already making their last struggle, and everyone gritted their teeth and desperately stabbed their weapons at the enemies who were constantly leaning up, even if they would die, they would make the enemy pay a greater price.
This determination to fight to the end finally made Xiao Dude feel a little cold and regret after fighting the other party's two hundred people, and after a little hesitation, he still chose to temporarily withdraw his troops.
Even he can't afford a large number of casualties among these elite of his true cronies for a while, and he still needs these people to help him suppress everything after returning to Nanjing. Also, the subordinates on the side of Sibu stood there silently all the time, not making any moves, and no one knew what they were thinking.
Xiao Dude had people shoot their main general in front of him just now, even if it seemed to be out of helplessness, but the fact that Yelu Sibuda died because of him was ironclad would naturally attract the dissatisfaction of those people.
What's more, Yelu Xiongge and the Song people have already become turtles in the urn, even if there is actually a way out behind them, it will not help, so why should they be in a hurry? After figuring out all this, Xiao Dude decisively gave the order to retreat.
As some slow horns sounded from the rear, the Liao soldiers, who were already intent on retreating, slowly retreated after a little entanglement. The defenders in front of them did not dare or have the power to pursue at this time, and could only watch the enemy retreat.
Once again, the battle was over, and the valley was not broken, leaving only hundreds of corpses piled up in front of the valley. Among them, more than 200 people were on the attacking side, and the defenders also lost more than 100 people, and the Song army, which was originally close to 200, was still less than 80 people who could continue to stand there at this time, and the others had already fallen.
Sun Tu and the others were even more covered in blood, and they didn't know where they flowed out and where the enemy's blood was splashed. At this time, it was poured by heavy rain, and it merged into red streams under his feet. Everyone was there bent over and panting, even the three of them were just tired......
The battle between the two armies is not an ordinary fight, and individual martial arts do not play a big role in this chaotic battle, and they can only have a chance to kill the enemy and protect themselves by cooperating with the robes around them. So even for them, this battle was fought extremely hard, even painfully.
It wasn't until it was confirmed that the Liao army had indeed retreated, and many people finally relented, and then sat on the ground with their butts, and it seemed as if they had no strength to fight again. Only Sun Tu, who was still holding his body back at this time, looked at Tong Guan and Yelu Xiongge: "Tong Shuai, King Xiongge, now that the situation is critical, I am afraid that it will not be able to defend it." Even if they don't attack again tonight, tomorrow, once the enemy recovers and refreshes his spirits, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold it anymore! ”
Tong Guan and Yelu Xiongge also had heavy faces, and nodded in unison: "Yes, what else can we do now?" ”
Hearing this, not only a few of them, but also the soldiers on the side, regardless of Liao and Song, all set their eyes on Sun Tu, waiting for him to give a countermeasure.
Unconsciously, Sun Tudu was about to become the backbone of this Song-Liao coalition army. Because his previous performance was too eye-catching, from the beginning of leading the army to hold the valley mouth, to the later surprise soldiers to highlight and capture Sibuda. If it weren't for Xiao Dude's sudden arrival with his troops, I am afraid that they would have left safely and walked on the way back to Nanjing.
These performances have won the respect and trust of almost everyone. At this time, they were all waiting for Sun Tu to come up with another way to let everyone escape.
"It's impossible to defend, and it's a dead end to retreat. Then the only way is to break through and kill them by surprise. Sun Tu's eyes flickered and gave his thoughts out loud, but Tong Guan and the others were stunned - is there any essential difference between exiting the valley and breaking through?
It's all about abandoning the easy and difficult terrain here to face the threat of a tenfold enemy, and maybe it's safer to retreat in comparison.
At this time, Sun Tu said loudly: "Although there is no difference between retreating and breaking through, it is completely different from the perspective of our army's heart. To retreat is to flee, and at that time the hearts of our army have long been broken, and once we are caught up, I am afraid that we will not even be able to resist. But the breakthrough is different, it is desperate with them, we can muster up the last breath of courage, maybe we can fight a bloody way! ”
Hearing this, the soldiers present were stunned for a moment, but soon, Song Jun shouted: "I'm willing to follow the capital eunuch and kill again!" ”
Then, even the Liao army shouted: "Don't retreat, kill!" ”
is already in a desperate situation, so simply do everything to fight it. It's good to be able to kill it, but even if you can't do it, you have to pull the enemy's back!