Chapter 1468: The enemy is outnumbered

Zarhan saw this, almost in despair. Although he still held on to a glimmer of hope and wanted to organize his own relatively superior soldiers and horses to rush out of the opponent's formation, his soldiers and horses were actually frightened. In the face of the other party's devilish killing methods, the Jurchens dismounted and surrendered, or fled in all directions. They have long since lost the courage to face each other's firearms.

Zarhan scolded and killed several soldiers who fled indiscriminately without obeying orders, but he could not restrain the situation. Zarhan knew that the soldiers could surrender, but not himself. Not to mention that he is a senior general of the Jurchen army, the other party will not let him go. Even if the other party is willing to accept his surrender, his family will be slaughtered by the big leader. The Jurchens could not be taken prisoner, as the great chiefs repeatedly emphasized. Either you die in battle, and surrender means betrayal, and the whole family will be killed, leaving no room for anything.

"Rush out with me, rush out with me." Zarhan roared loudly, and there were eight or nine hundred soldiers around him who responded to him. They rode their horses desperately and charged at the opposing cavalry. He wanted to break through and escape in the chaos.

However, it was all in vain. They only rushed out a few dozen paces, and in the roar, hundreds of their cavalry fell off their horses. Zarhan was in the middle of the group, and when the cavalry on the left and right around him were bombarded, he was also alone in the other party's field of vision. A large group of opposing cavalrymen armed with firearms rushed forward, and the black firearms were aiming at him and the bodies of less than two hundred cavalrymen beside him. Looking at the ground rolling all over the ground beside him, the bloody soldier who was killed by a firearm and dying, he had to give in if he couldn't think about anything else.

"Don't do it, we'...... We surrender...... We surrender. Zarhan shouted.

A tall cavalryman of the Luoyan Army sat on his horse and shouted coldly: "Those who offend me will never be forgiven. Now begging for mercy, but it is too late. Kill! ”

Boom, boom, firearms roared, and countless shotguns rained in, killing Zarhan and the more than 200 cavalrymen beside him. Zarhan was hit by numerous shotguns in the chest and abdomen, and his chest and abdomen were beaten to pieces, and he died in the same way as his predecessor Hulu.

Zarhan was killed in battle, and the remaining Jurchen cavalry still had half the heart to fight, and fled desperately backwards. Of the 10,000 cavalry who followed Zarhan to break into the formation of the Luoyan Army, less than 2,000 escaped from the formation, and the rest were all out of the formation. This was also due to the onslaught of nearly 30,000 Jurchen cavalry outside the formation, which dragged the two 10,000-strong cavalry teams of the Luoyan Army, making it impossible for them to free up their hands to block. Otherwise, the remaining two thousand would definitely not be able to escape from the 'weapon' word array of the Luoyan Army.

The news of Zarhan's death quickly spread throughout the battlefield, and Wanyan Aguda in the rear also got the news as soon as possible, and immediately scolded with disgust.

"Who made him charge into the enemy's ranks, this idiot? It's just confusing. The opponent's formation, as long as the four cavalry teams on the periphery are broken, the formation will collapse, what kind of cleverness does this dog thing do? It's okay to give the dog's life himself, and he has killed tens of thousands of my Jurchen warriors. Idiot, idiot. Wanyan Agu scolded loudly.

"Big Chief, the front seems to be unbreakable. Zarhan tossed like this, and the morale of the forward cavalry was greatly damaged. The two lieutenants of the forward army, Jebe and Kubaido, asked if it was time to withdraw their troops and recuperate. Someone next to him reported in a deep voice.

"Nonsense, tell them, dare to take a step back, Lao Tzu skinned them. Don't think about anything with the two of them, and drag me down the enemy head-on. On both flanks, our two cavalry have completed the encirclement, and even if they can't attack head-on, it's good to contain their two cavalry. Yaru does not spend and

They won't let me down. Wanyan Agu shouted loudly.

The order was quickly conveyed, and Wanyan Agu Dawu was angry at the death of Zar Khan. Li Guoqiu, who was sitting on the horse, said in a deep voice: "Great leader, the other party's firearms have been used, and he humbly asks to lead Tiefutu to battle. The front is difficult to break, so why not break its formation with the Iron Floating Massacre. I'm worried that even on the flanks, with the enemy's firearms to help defend with mobile defense, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through. ”

Wanyan Agu frowned and thought about it: "For the time being, there is no need, the Iron Floating Slaughter is the killer weapon of our army, and since the battle, the loss has been huge. Do not use it unless it is a last resort. The other party has firearms...... Always be careful. The flank encirclement has been formed, and if you are worried that you will not be able to break the formation, you can let the infantry reinforce it and form an iron bucket formation, which will definitely break the enemy's formation. Their formation is actually quite flawed, Lin Jue is smart and treats others as fools, this formation seems to be able to watch and help each other, but in fact, one side can contain half of its soldiers and horses, and the other three sides of the enemy can not be rescued at all. The 20,000 infantry in the array were even more useless, as long as they didn't rush into it like a fool like Zarhan, it was useless. Strategist, you don't have to worry. I can see that you are very interested in Lin Jue, and you are very unconvinced by him, and I want to meet him. Don't worry, I'll give you this opportunity. ”

Li Guoqiu had no choice but to nod his head and promise, he actually understood very well in his heart, after all, Wanyan Aguda was not willing to use Tiefutu to fight the other party's firearms. Although he assured Wanyan Aguda that the shotgun firearm would never penetrate the heavy armor of the Iron Futu, Wanyan Aguda didn't seem to believe it too much. He didn't want to destroy the Iron Float Massacre, which had cost huge financial and material resources to build, in the hands of firearms, which was his killer weapon at the bottom of the box. Therefore, he preferred to bet all his soldiers and horses on the other side, and exchange the most worthless human lives in his opinion for the opponent's firearms, which was a more cost-effective and safer way for him.

With Wanyan Agu's loud order, the 100,000 infantry in the rear also began to shout and charge towards the battlefield. Wanyan Aguda originally thought that he could solve the Luoyan army without infantry fighting at all, but in the end, he had to go all out. But even at this moment, Wanyan Aguda still believes that victory must belong to him.

Of course, Wanyan Aguda's self-confidence was not blind, although because of Zarhan's rash advance, the Luoyan army took a lot of advantage in the place where it fought. The Jurchen forward cavalry led by the 50,000 Zar Khans who rushed forward had already suffered nearly half of the casualties. When he charged, he suffered a bloody baptism of crossbow arrows, and Zar Khan himself sent another wave, and then Zar Khan's death demoralized the remaining soldiers and horses, and was suddenly attacked by Shen Tan and Ma Qingshan, and the number of dead and wounded had exceeded 20,000. And that's in the space of half an hour. It is no wonder that the two lieutenants, Jebe and Kubbid, asked for retirement and rectification, but they were a little unable to resist. However, while the frontal battle was frustrated, the battle situation on the flanks had already achieved the goal hoped for by Wanyan Aguda.

When Lin Jue led the firearms battalion and infantry to strangle Zarhan, the two cavalry outflanked with a total of 80,000 people had already braved the dense rain of arrows to reach the near rear. The two cavalry teams of the Luoyan Army in the rear were led by Mu Buping and Lu Yi, two battle-hardened old men in the Luoyan Valley. Both of them are well-known brave generals in the Luoyan Army, and they have experienced all kinds of difficult and bloody battles when the Luoyan Army was first established. It was precisely because of their fierce fighting style that Lin Jue arranged the two of them at the back of the zigzag battle formation, and each led two cavalry teams of 10,000 people to resist the enemy. Because Lin Jue understood that the scale of the battle in front may be the largest, because the enemy will obviously invest more troops and horses in the frontal attack, but the battle on the flanks will inevitably be more tragic. That's because the flanks must

Make sure to hold off the enemy, make sure that the formation doesn't crumble, and hold the line until help arrives.

Under the current attack situation of Jurchen soldiers and horses, the cavalry of the more than 20,000 Luoyan Army in the flank and rear will face the attack of as many as 80,000 Liao cavalry and Jurchen cavalry, which will be even more destined to be an extremely tragic battle.

In fact, Yalu Buhua's 40,000 cavalry and 40,000 Liao cavalry approached from the flank almost at the same time. After being shot by more than 2,000 people with bows and arrows, they successfully approached the flank and rear formation, forming a hand-to-hand combat posture. 80,000 cavalry wrapped around the flank and rear positions of the Luoyan Army, completing the overall strategic encirclement of the Luoyan Army. The two sides fought on a five-six-mile-long arc battlefield, and the battle was bloody and tragic.

With a total strength of less than 22,000 men, the two cavalry armies were under pressure to face an enemy four times their size. But Lu Yi and Mu Buping were warned by Lin Jue before the battle, telling them to stick to the overall formation no matter what. You can adopt the strategy of shrinking the formation, moving closer to the middle of the formation, and getting the support of the infantry in the rear. The infantry in the rear, consisting of 5,000 men, were soldiers trained to deal with the hook and sickle and the kicking knives of the horses. They are able to help. Especially in the melee between friend and foe, they are more able to show their skills.

The two of them remembered Lin Jue's words, and after resisting the most violent impact of the first wave of each other, the two soldiers and horses began to fight and shrink towards the center of the formation. The 5,000 infantry in the formation, which was specially used to deal with the Ma army, had already been reinforced. When the cavalry formation was about to collapse, the addition of 5,000 infantry stabilized the situation.

The other party did not pay any attention to the infantry of the Luoyan Army who rushed into the battle group, in their opinion, what use could the addition of thousands of infantry do? Just send more heads. However, when the infantry began to roll nimbly between their horses, their hooked scythes and sharp knives slashing off one leg after another, causing chaos on the battlefield, they realized that this was an infantry that specialized in cavalry. By the time they came to their senses, the other party had already stabilized their position. The momentum of the original ferocious forward pressure and the breakthrough of the opponent's formation was contained.

Soon after, when Lin Jue and Sun Dayong led the cavalry of the firearms battalion to come to reinforcements. In the deafening roar, after the terrifying scene of a nest of cavalry being bombarded and killed, the best time to break through the opponent's formation was completely lost.

The battle entered a state of anxiety, the cavalry of both sides mixed together, constantly engaged in tug-of-war on the outside of the formation, the number of casualties on both sides continued to rise, but no one seemed to be able to break the balance of attack and defense. The more than 100,000 Jurchen cavalry could not break through the formation of the Luoyan army, no matter how they pulled and attacked from time to time, the Luoyan army stabilized its own formation and responded flexibly. Every time I attacked, I was hit head-on. For a time the battle was at a stalemate.

But this situation lasted less than half an hour, and with the 100,000 Jurchen infantry joining the battlefield, the balance of the battle was once again broken. The 100,000 infantrymen were divided into three teams, penetrating through the gap in the battle formation, using the space pulled out by the cavalry to try to break through to the main formation of the Luoyan army. Although it was extremely dangerous to break into the middle of the opponent's formation, and it seemed unwise to see Zarhan's Yin Jian not far away, the situation was very different in the face of absolute numerical superiority. Zarhan's misfortune was that he broke into the battle too early and had too few troops. So much so that the infantry in the formation and Lin Jue's personal guard battalion could concentrate on dealing with them. But now it is different, more than 100,000 Jurchen cavalry in all directions have attracted the attention of all the soldiers and horses of the Luoyan army, and they are no longer able to separate, at this time, 100,000 infantry break into the formation, which is the final blow to break the formation.