Chapter 429: Breakout
It's just that in what direction to break through, Tian Jia is uncertain.
Although there are not many Chu troops on the north and south sides, there are mountains, and the road is not easy to walk, if you go here, most of the Qi army soldiers will definitely be intercepted by the Chu and Song coalition forces, so Tian Jia directly abandoned these two directions.
To the east is the more than 100,000 Chu and Song coalition troops led by Jing Cui, Jing Cui is famous, and the army is waiting for work, and this direction is not easy to go.
West...
The Qi army has just retreated from the west, Tang Wu has defeated the Qi army one after another, and the morale is flourishing, at this time, going west will only make the Qi army chaotic, and then Tang Wu will kill him, so the west is not a good choice.
Seeing that Tang Wu's department was getting closer and closer, and the time to choose was getting less and less, Tian Jia looked at the southwest direction, and then looked at the northwest direction.
Then he gritted his teeth, made a quick decision, and ordered:
"Order, let General Tian Jia stick to the Chu camp and arrive at Jingcui's attack."
"Order, the whole army is advancing in the northwest direction and preparing to go to Xue City."
"No."
As soon as the military order was given, the general of the army drove the soldiers to break through in the western direction.
The Qi soldiers outside the Chu camp thought that they were defending outside the Chu camp, but they were driven to the northwest, and they were all at a loss for a while, not knowing what was going on.
Tian Jia didn't care about this, and then ordered: "Send an order, tell the two generals of Ji and Zhang Ding, just say that Jing Cui has captured the Qi camp and is now attacking the Chu camp we occupied in the east, and we have been surrounded by the Chu and Song coalition forces, let them immediately lead the Qi army to break through to the northwest." β
"Order, let the Qi army guarding the mountain road leave 2,000 people behind, and everyone else will all attack west and set off towards Xue City."
"No."
When the military order was issued, Tian Jia immediately urged the Qi army to advance to the northwest.
On the other side, Tang Mo was chasing and killing the Qi army, and when he found that the Qi army, which was fighting and retreating, was moving to the northwest, a sneer immediately appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Then, Tang Mo smiled and ordered: "Order, let the Song army prepare, just say that the Qi army has been defeated and is breaking through in the northwest direction, let them shoot the Qi army as much as possible." β
"Order, tell Xiang Jun Changsha Gong and Zhong Lijun, just say that the Qi army has been defeated, and plan to flee to the northwest, let them attack the Qi army with all their might, try to bite the Qi army, and don't let them escape."
"No."
Not long after, a scout came to report: "General, Xiang Jun and Changsha Gong have reported that the Chu army has destroyed the Qi army in front, and the Qi army is fleeing in the northwest direction." β
"Okay." While directing the army to continue the pursuit of the Qi army, Tang Mo replied: "Tell Xiang Jun to pursue them, pursue the Qi army." β
"No."
Then, another scout came to report: "General, Zhong Lijun came to report, but failed to stop Tian Jia, Tian Jia has already led more than 40,000 Qi troops to the northwest." β
"Hmm." Tang Mo nodded and responded, "Let Zhong Lijun not have to care, just pursue the Qi army with all his might." β
"No."
On the other side, Tian Jia led his headquarters of the Chinese army and Li Fu's rear army totaling more than 40,000 people, and without the interference of the Chu army, they quickly headed northwest.
After running all the way for seven or eight miles, I saw that a Song army of about 30,000 had already set up a position in front of me.
Looking at the dense crossbowmen behind the shield soldiers of the Song army and the Changge soldiers, Tian Jia gasped.
No wonder the Song army, which had rushed to the aid of Tang Yu before, had not participated in the war, and was waiting for him here.
It's just...
Tian Jia continued to run forward, and looked around him after running seven or eight miles, most of them had already discarded their armor, and even their weapons had lost their soldiers.
Will such an army be able to break through the Song army's defenses?
Tian Jia hesitated.
Just as Tian Jia was about to open his mouth to change his way, a scout came from behind: "General, General Ji is in an urgent report, the left and right wings led by him and General Zhang Ding have been killed by the Chu army, and Tang Wu is chasing after him." β
Tian Jia's color changed when he heard it.
Then, Li Fu, the general beside Tian Jia, spoke: "General, it's not good, there is a fire in the direction of Chu Ying. β
"What?" Tian Jia hurriedly looked back, of course, the Chu camp behind him was braving a raging fire at this time.
Tian Jia remembered the order he gave to Tian Da before, and there was a disagreement, and after the camp was burned.
In other words, the Chu camp was lost, and Jing Cui was quickly killed.
Thinking about it, Tian Jia gritted his teeth, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth and said, "Order, charge forward and break through the defense line of the Song army." β
"Summon, tell the bureaucracy, let him follow, Ben will fight his way out."
"No."
In the Song army, the main general Zang Xin looked at the approaching Qi army, his face expressionless.
It wasn't until the Qi army entered and shot out that he said flatly: "Order, the strong crossbow shoots forward." β
At the order, the crossbowmen of the Song army immediately shot arrows in their hands.
Arrows rained down like a steady stream of Qi troops, and the Qi soldiers who had no armor and shield defense suffered heavy casualties.
However, under Tian Jia's forcible orders, he had to brave the rain of arrows to move forward.
After a short time, after paying some price, he quickly approached the front of the Song army.
Seeing that the Qi army was within the range of the bow and arrow, Zang Xin spoke again: "Order, the archers shoot forward and keep the arrows continuous." β
The rate of fire of the bow and arrow far exceeded that of a powerful crossbow, and after three rounds of rapid fire, the offensive of the Qi army suddenly stalled.
When the Qi army rushed to a hundred steps in front of the Song army, in the face of the Song army's arrow rain, basically every step forward had to pay a heavy price.
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In the Song army, Zang Xin saw that the Qi army rushed to twenty paces ahead, and still said in a flat tone: "Erect a shield and hold a spear, ready to intercept the Qi army, and the crossbowmen continue to throw forward, keeping the arrows continuous." β
By the time the Qi army reached the front of the Song army, the dense army that had been charged had become sparse at this time, and the soldiers who were all wounded were extremely weak in the face of the Song army with spears and shields.
Wave after wave of Qi troops continued to rush towards the Song army's defense line, but as a result, under the strict defense of the Song army, the effect was not obvious.
The battle situation fell into a stalemate, just as the Qi army opened several gaps in the Song army's defense line, preparing to fight a bloody way.
The discipline bureaucracy, who was not lightly injured, hurriedly came to Tian Jia's side, and said with a sad face: "General, the last general's headquarters has been dispersed, and Tang Wu has already killed the rear of our army. β
Tian Jia immediately looked back quickly, and sure enough, Tang Wu's general flag had already appeared in sight, not only Tang Wu, but on the other side, the direction of the Chu camp, also killed a Chu army, and it wouldn't be long before it would rush behind the Qi army.
After taking two or three breaths, Tian Jia slowly turned his head and said: "Order, tell the generals that the Chu army has been killed behind you, fight hard to kill the enemy, and fight a bloody way from the Song army's defense line, and we will be able to break through." Otherwise, our nearly 100,000 troops here will all become prisoners of the Chu State. β
After a pause, Tian Jia spoke again: "Tell the soldiers that General Ben will personally lead the personal guards to charge, if you don't want to become a prisoner and shame your ancestors, then you will follow Ben." β
After speaking, Tian Jia did not wait for the surrounding Qi generals to reply, directly jumped out of the chariot under his command, and commanded the guards around him to rush towards the nearest gap in the Song army's defensive line.
After Tian Jia was killed, the Ji official beside him glanced at the other six generals, and then he was ruthless, and immediately followed with his personal guards.
Life and death, in one fell swoop.