Chapter 25: The Battle of Xiangyang
"There is no need to worry about the strong external and internal cadres of the Guanzhong army."
Tian Xin returned to his main formation, looked at the light cavalry of Guanzhong, which was rounding around to the back of Li Ji's formation, and said to the left and right: "The battle spirit of the Guanzhong sergeant is slack, and I have repeatedly fought the battle, and no one responds to the battle. Zhao Yan was worried that his morale would be greatly discouraged, so he tried his best to ride lightly and flanked our army in a roundabout way. This is to turn the passive into the active, which shows that the other side is in a bad situation. ”
Verbal disparagement of the enemy army is currently the most effective means of stabilizing morale.
While speaking, more than 1,000 Jiangxia soldiers of Li Ji's department have been covered by grass clippings and dust, but there are also drums, and Li Ji's department has marched, and the light cavalry of Guanzhong has joined forces, and the foot cavalry is advancing simultaneously.
On the Eastern Front, Cao Ren smashed his fist on the armor skirt and made a noise: "Hateful!" ”
hated the army of Jingbei for slacking off, hated Guan Yu for not being able to rectify the army of Jingbei on the side; also hated Sun Quan's attack on Huainan, and Huainan gathered 26 armies for battle, resulting in the emptiness of Jingbei and the Central Plains; I also hate Pound for being self-conscious, if Pound's 7,000 troops participated in the war, and he was so passive?
Hu Xiu and Fu Fang's two Jingbei armies are about to change their banners, if Pang De's troops participate in the battle, no matter how these two Jingbei armies are separated from Germany, they will have to rush up and fight with real swords and guns.
It's like now, it's clear that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.
The two thousand Guanzhong light cavalry made a roundabout attack to the east, and the direct consequence was that Guan Yu immediately beat the drum and marched westward.
Zhou Cangdu, the governor of the tribe, led a dignified array of 3,000 people to press towards Niu Jin's flank, Guan Yu only led more than 100 knights, and a battalion of foot soldiers did not move, the intention of inviting battle is obvious, you Cao Ren has a thousand horsemen, can you fight?
The light cavalry in Guanzhong attacked in a roundabout way, and the two infantry armies of Li Ji and Zhao Yan would also attack, otherwise the light cavalry would not be able to rush the infantry array without infantry to respond.
Moreover, withdrawing light horses at will will consume physical strength and horsepower irreversibly, and will also lose morale and prestige.
The light cavalry detoured, and whether it was Cao Ren or Zhao Yan, they would lose control of the army, unless they gave up the two thousand light cavalry and left themselves to fight.
"The big husband is serving the country today!"
Among the Jiangxia soldiers, Li Ji shouted loudly with a halberd, and crashed into Guan Ping's infantry battalion battle formation with more than 1,000 foot soldiers, and immediately fought fiercely on the plain.
Guan Ping led 300 horsemen and began to fight with Guanzhong's light cavalry.
Zhao Yan also led 3,000 Guanzhong infantry to march for one mile, entangled and strangled with the front battalion and rear battalion of the Southern Army; Xi Hong led the left battalion to line up to guard against the light cavalry attack in Guanzhong, and the right battalion was under the control of Dong Hui, the protector army, and acted as a reserve.
In the melee, Tian Xin quickly opened the gap, and the two teams of sharp soldiers on the left and right behind him followed closely behind, rushing towards the location of Zhao Yan's battle flag.
Lin Luozhu held a Tianzi battle flag like a red flower in the green leaves, the front and back were the Cao Army flags, Geng Jaw raised the halberd to protect Tian Xin's flanks, did not dare to approach Tian Xin's back, and shouted one after another to attract Tian Xin's attention, Tian Xin retreated with the halberd and listened to Geng Jaw shouting: "Du Lieutenant!" The front camp was blocked and couldn't keep up, and we have been cut off by Cao Jun! ”
Tian Xin's subordinate governor and fellow villager Yan Zhong also shouted: "Lord, the thief army is afraid, and now you must bravely rush forward to capture the flag to survive." If we retreat, even if we can return to our own formation, we will lose more than half! ”
Tian Xin gasped, resisted the urge to add attribute points to his physical strength, and looked around and stared at Zhao Yan's battle flag: "Left and right, kill the enemy with me!" ”
On the commanding car, Zhao Yan looked at Tian Xin, who was attacking here a hundred steps away, and looked left and right and felt helpless.
In the previous battle, many Guanzhong soldiers had seen Tian Xin's martial bravery, and at this moment, no military officer took the initiative to encircle and suppress Tian Xin, but he could avoid it.
How can you pity Ben at this time?
Zhao Yan's subordinate governor immediately led more than 200 armor soldiers to deploy defense, and the Guanzhong army of 5,000 people, counting Zhao Yan's 200 personal soldiers, was worth 500 people wearing armor.
How can a sergeant without armor to fight without his hands and feet?
When Tian Xin saw Zhao Yan's 200 armor soldiers blocking in front of him, he was inexplicably angry and provoked to ask: "You have armor, why don't I have armor?" I know that the people of Guandong can't wait for me to die! ”
"Kill!"
couldn't help but say, Zhao Yan's subordinate governor waved his sword and shouted, Tian Xin stared at this person desperately galloping, and the armor on his body was hit by seven or eight swords, but he still failed to stop Tian Xin, Tian Xin's iron halberd in his hand stabbed Zhao Yan's subordinate governor to death with just one face, and there was a purple negative flag behind this qudu, and the person fell down.
In the melee, Geng Jaw mixed in the crowd, followed by seven or eight wounded soldiers who could barely walk, he held a bow and arrow in his hand, and when he rushed to command the Rong Chariot twenty steps, Geng Jaw suddenly raised his bow and arrow to pull it full, aiming at Zhao Yan An arrow shot out, and Zhao Yan's shoulder socket arrow fell from the Rong Che.
When Zhao Yan's troops and military officials helped Zhao Yan onto the horse, Tian Xin had already boarded the chariot, drew his sword and cut off Zhao Yan's battle flag with one blow, and his body was like a bloodbath.
He turned to look at the south, raised his halberd and raised it high, and with a shake, the sharps and troops surrounding the chariot shouted: "Cai! ”
Tian Xin's horizontal halberd raised his arms again, and a cry of uneven levels came from the direction of the Southern Army: "Cai! ”
He raised his arms again and again, and the cheers were like a mountain shout, and the soldiers in Guanzhong collapsed, discarding the oars and weapons and turned around and fled.
Tian Xin looked into the distance, but saw that the water division had opened up the situation, and the two armies of Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hu Xiu and Nanxiang Taishou Fu Fang had been defeated under the attack of the water division and Lei Xu, and they rushed into the Han River like dumplings and swam across the north bank.
The right-wing naval division did not divide its forces to support the center at all, but concentrated all its efforts on the enemy forces on the left flank of the western front near the shore.
He looked back to the east, and Guan Ping's cavalry had retreated to the infantry formation to rest their horsepower, and Guan Ping seemed to be looking at him as well.
Did Guan Ping deceive himself, or did Guan Yu's pre-war plan also deceive Guan Ping?
Or, there was no deception, it was the decision of Governor Zhao Lei to defeat Hu Xiu and Fu Fang, who had low fighting spirit, with an absolute advantage, and blocked Cao Ren's retreat?
This is probably a secret that I will never be able to figure out in my life.
Tian Xin held the halberd in his hand, and waved his arm in the direction of Guan Ping, who also returned the salute with a sword that cut off horses.
Gather Cao Ren here to annihilate?
Or drive Cao Ren to Xiangyang City and encircle and annihilate him with Lu Chang?
The larger the battlefield and the more troops involved, the more out of control the collapse of the army becomes.
Almost at the same time, the rout began to rout from the two nodes, which was no longer something that Cao Ren could drink, and he simply led more than a thousand horsemen to retreat towards Gucheng.
The man who guarded the fortified city also brought Runan soldiers to meet Cao Ren, and the center of the battlefield was shifted.
Without much consideration, Tian Xin jumped out of the car: "Order the whole army, Cao Ren has fled, and those who surrender will not die." ”
At such times, there is no need for encouragement, and the officers and men of the whole army will try their best to chase after the defeated and remnant enemy.
The first-level military merit and the prisoner's military merit are the same, and now as long as you run fast, you can grab more prisoners.
The formation of the Southern Army was almost dispersed in a hurry, and hundreds of people ran after each other.
If the tun general wants to be promoted, he can accumulate meritorious service by capturing and killing the thirty-third level; If you participate in a battle, the capture of the tun general is less than one level, or the countdown, then in the case of winning the battle...... will be severely punished.
Tian Xin no longer had the strength to chase, not even the strength to chase on horseback.
He sat on the frame of the car, picked up a pot of water to drink, clasped a layer of blood scabs on his face with his left hand, and the military doctors who had rushed to bandage the wounded soldiers around him, and hundreds of nearby Guanzhong soldiers abandoned their weapons without running.
The afternoon sun was scorching, Tian Xin looked at the sky, in addition to the sound of his heart pounding rapidly, there was also the roar of chasing and killing in the distance.
I don't know how many Guan Yu prisoners were killed in the first battle of Xiangyang without his own intervention?
"A hearty victory."
"The quality of the weapon has been improved as well as that of the carry."
As Cao Ren crossed the Han River on a white horse, the battle on the south bank finally ended.