Chapter 188: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas and Yellow Sparrows (4)
Everyone in Jingguo camp knew that they had won the plan when they heard Xiu Wuzhi's war drums, Su Yi was so frightened that he was sweating, and he never understood how Zhang Shumo saw through his plan.
Zhou Gang sneered: "Sure enough, there is fraud, it seems that Zhang Shumo does have some skills, but the old man has already prepared!" Speaking of this, Zhou Gang said to the herald: "Immediately notify Geng Li and order him to bring someone to pick up Yingxiong." Inform Chai Meng and let him wait for the opportunity to move, if Xiu Wuzhi has a pursuer coming out, he will directly step on the pursuer. If there are no pursuers, they will take the stockade southeast of the city for me! ”
After the herald left, Ji Wen asked worriedly, "Do you need me to take the Chinese army to support?"
Zhou Gang smiled slightly: "Don't worry, the prince is in the old man's hands."
The time turned back a little, and Jiang Bin in the southeast camp was looking anxiously at the direction of Xiu Wuzhi: "Why don't you beat the drums?" It can't be some kind of accident, right? ”
Han Jia pursed her lips and didn't know what she was thinking, when she heard Jiang Bin's words, she said, "What are you anxious about?" Zhang Shumo's plan seems to be thorough, but Jing Guo is powerful, even if he loses some soldiers and horses, he still has the strength to eat us. These more than 10,000 horses are the last old capital of our Northern Route Army, and after the fight, there will be no chance to avenge General Liu! ”
At this moment, the drums in Xiuwuzhi City were thunderous, Jiang Bin was overjoyed, and immediately turned over and got on his horse: "General Han, let's attack and avenge General Liu!" ”
Han Jia took a deep breath: "Don't worry, send scouts to see the battle situation before making a decision!" After speaking, Han Jia sent a scout team to find out the camp.
Jiang Bin was a little puzzled: "General Han, if the fighter plane is delayed, Zhang Shumo and they may suffer heavy losses!" ”
"I can't control so much, I can only send troops if I make sure that nothing goes wrong, we can't afford to lose!"
Hearing Han Jia's words, Jiang Bin clenched his fists, and finally chose to be patient.
At this time, Pang Yuan and Pan Feng led their men and horses to chase out of the city, and the 5,000 Jingguo soldiers who originally came to sneak attack are now less than 1,000. Geng Li in the north, Chai Meng in the south saw the Wu Xiu army chasing out of the city, and the two groups of men and horses, one south and one north, attacked the Wu Xiu army.
Zhang Shumo saw an army suddenly appearing from the north and south on the city wall, and he sighed in his heart. I thought that Jingguo's army would meet in the camp, so that the Wu Xiu army could rush to kill Jingguo's reinforcements with their victory. I didn't expect them to leave a back hand, so that the Wu Xiu army would be attacked, and it would be difficult to say who would win and who would lose!
Thinking of this, Zhang Shumo immediately looked at the southeast of the city, now the enemy's troops in the south are just facing the camp of the Northern Route Army, and he can only hope that the Northern Route Army will kill from behind and defeat the army in the south!
But after watching it for a long time, there was no movement at all in the North Road military camp, Zhang Shumo was in a hurry, and immediately said to Hu Kun: "Brother Hu, you go to the North Road military camp quickly, let them send troops quickly, don't delay the fighters!" ”
At this point, the traps outside the city have already begun to work. In addition to the official road, a large number of horse traps were dug around the city, and sharpened wooden stakes were erected at the bottom of the pits, which caused great trouble to the Jingguo cavalry.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves in the south, Pang Yuan immediately judged the other party's arrangement, and said to Pan Feng: "Their cavalry is in the south, I will lead people to block the cavalry, and you will deal with the people in the north!" ”
Chai Meng saw that his cavalry had fallen into a horse pit, and immediately ordered the army to slow down, no longer advancing in a charging posture, but only slowly exploring the road while moving forward.
Geng Li in the north was also attacked at first, but fortunately, his men were all infantry and there were no mass casualties. In this way, it was Geng Li from the north who was the first to arrive at the battlefield and saved the defeated soldiers.
Seeing that there were only a few hundred of the 5,000 soldiers who went to sneak attack, Geng Li was furious in his heart, and when he saw that Yuxiong was not in the team, he hurriedly asked the soldiers: "Where is Yuxiong?" Why didn't I stay with you? ”
A soldier was shocked, pointed to Pan Feng, who was chasing behind him with a big axe, and said: "General Yuxiong was cut off by that man's axe, and he has sacrificed his life for the country!" ”
When Geng Li heard this, he looked at Pan Feng in horror. As Xuxiong's boss, Geng Li knows the strength of Xuxiong best, Pan Feng can cut off Xuxiong's head with an axe, how terrifying is this? Thinking of this, Geng Li made up his mind not to fight hard with Pan Feng, but to send his generals to encircle and suppress Pan Feng: "Whoever kills this enemy general will be added to the knighthood!" ”
Pan Feng led 5,000 Wuxiu troops to kill, but found that the number of enemy troops was far above his own, and he couldn't help but retreat in his heart: "The soldiers of Jingguo are fierce, and the number of people seems to be too big to fight, so pretend to withdraw the troops." ”
Just thinking about it, the soldiers of Jingguo had already killed under Geng's urging. But the other generals of Jingguo were not stupid, and when they learned that Pan Feng killed Yuxiong with an axe, they thought that Pan Feng had the courage of ten thousand people, and no one dared to approach Pan Feng even if he rushed over.
Although Pan Feng made up his mind to withdraw, he couldn't withdraw when he saw someone, so he had to fight with the other party, so Pan Feng rushed towards a military general with his men. This military general couldn't even catch a move when he fought with Yuxiong before, and when he saw Pan Feng's posture, he was so frightened that he immediately retreated. His run disturbed the morale of the army, and the others did not dare to fight with Pan Feng, so they fled in all directions.
Geng Li saw that Pan Feng had killed his subordinates with the strength of one person, and he was even more jealous in his heart. I had to urge the soldiers to resist, and I didn't dare to step forward from afar.
In this way, Pan Feng took 5,000 military horses and began to rush and kill at will in the 10,000 Jingguo army, as if entering a no-man's land!
On the other side, Pang Yuan didn't have such good luck, although the horse pit and fire cart limited the cavalry's charge, but the enemy army was large after all, and 20,000 cavalry fought 10,000 infantry, which still had some advantages.
But Pang Yuan was also born in leading cavalry, and he knew the weaknesses of the cavalry very well, and the cavalry could not rush, so it lost its impact and mobility. He ordered his soldiers to form a square formation. The outer soldiers erected their tall shields, and the soldiers inside set up their halberds, forming an impenetrable iron bucket array.
In the face of the iron bucket formation of the Wu Xiu Army, the Jingguo cavalry had nothing to do. There was no way to charge, and when he walked over, he became the target of the halberd soldiers, so Chai Meng had to order his subordinates to pick up stones and throw them into the Wuxiu army formation with a cloth, but with little success.
In the Jingguo camp, Zhou Gang looked at the situation on the battlefield from afar, and he no longer had the calmness he had just now. He couldn't figure it out, his more than 30,000 people fought against the other party's more than 10,000 people, but they only fought evenly matched, could it be that the combat power of the Wu Xiu Army was already so fierce?
Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was not optimistic, Ji Wen immediately said to Zhou Gang: "National Teacher, what are you doing with more than 20,000 Chinese troops?" Wouldn't it be okay to fight them now and destroy them in one fell swoop? ”
At this moment, Zhou Gang remembered Liu Tiantian's words, and hesitated in his heart. Ji Wen didn't know why Zhou Gang was so anxious that he refused to give the order, he shouted at Zhou Gang: "National teacher, if you don't speak again, I will order someone to kill you, don't forget that I am the supreme commander!" ”
Zhou Gang gritted his teeth: "The old man doesn't believe in this evil!" Immediately ordered, let the Chinese army kill it, and take Xiu Wuzhi in one fell swoop! ”