Chapter 187: Confrontation (10)
More than a dozen soldiers of the White Tiger Army came out of the grain stomp and immediately used flint to ignite the surrounding grain and grass, and at the same time, in the south of the village, more than a dozen soldiers of the White Tiger Army who were hiding in the cave came out and lit fires everywhere; Because a large amount of flammable products such as fierce fire oil were stored in the south of the city, the fire in the south of the village quickly spread.
"Walk the water, go ...... the water"
The soldiers of the Xirong army in the village began to shout to extinguish the fire, but by this time the fire had already risen, and it was not so easy to extinguish.
"What's going on?" Hearing the chaotic sound outside, Murong De asked.
"Dashuai is not good, the village is flooded, hurry up and withdraw! If you don't withdraw, it's too late. A commander hurried into the report.
"If you go to the water, how can you go to the water well?" Murong De asked.
"I don't know." Qianfu said: "What are you doing here, why don't you hurry up and protect the marshal to evacuate." ”
Several guards escorted Murong De left the Chinese army's tent, and the fire had begun to spread throughout the cottage, seeing this scene in front of him, Murong De's brain was like someone had thrown it***; No matter how stupid Murong De was, he understood at this time that this was a trap that the White Tiger Army had set for himself.
"Quick, herald Chi Tong to withdraw the army." Murong De ordered heartbreakingly.
"Dashuai, Zhaidong has been completely engulfed by the fire, and our military orders can't be passed on at all! Let's get out now! The commander of the thousand said as he led the guards to escort Murong De to the west.
Fortunately, the fire in Zhaixi was not particularly large, and these guards were very powerful, and they finally escaped from the gate of Zhaixi with Murong De; This walled gate was originally not there, and it was temporarily built after the Xirong army occupied the cottage.
On the other side, the city head of the Great Earthquake Pass.
After Hu Qiong saw the smoke billowing from the West, he immediately ordered: "Order all departments to go to war." ”
"Knock, knock, knock......" More than a dozen wrestlers beat the war drums together.
In the sound of war drums that shook the sky, the west gate of the Great Earthquake Pass was opened, and the Flying Bear Guard and the Flying Lion Guard, who had already assembled under the city gate, attacked 12,000 iron horsemen, like a tiger out of the cage, and pounced on the Xirong army outside the Great Earthquake Pass.
"General, you see that the gates of the Great Earthquake Pass have opened." The deputy said to Wei Chi Tong.
"It's not good, it's the cavalry of the White Tiger Army, we've been fooled." Wei Chitong was shocked when he saw the cavalry rushing out of the city.
"Newspaper, newspaper, newspaper...... General, the big thing is not good, our front-line Dazhai has gone to water, the fire is very large, and the back road has been completely cut off. "A 10,000-person person will come to report.
"How can you go out of the water? What about the handsome? Yu Chitong asked stubbornly holding the shoulders of the ten thousand generals.
"I don't know."
Naturally, the fire in Dazhai on the front line could not be hidden, after all, so many people could see it, and this was too big a blow to the morale of the Xirong army.
"Newspaper, newspaper, newspaper...... The general is not good, the White Tiger Army has ambushed a large number of men and horses in the mountains and forests on both sides, and we are completely surrounded. ”
"How many of them are there?"
"It's estimated that there are no less than fifty or sixty thousand." Someone came to stumble to report.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, where did the White Tiger Army get so many people?" Yu Chitong roared.
"General, we are now in a desperate situation, what should we do? Yours ideas! The deputy said to Yu Chi Tong.
Yu Chitong turned around and shouted to all the soldiers: "Brothers, we all know in our hearts what kind of situation we are facing now, it is the general who is incapable of bringing you into this Jedi of nine deaths and lives;
But Ben will tell you that now we have a way to live, do you see the pass on the front line? As long as we take this pass, there is still hope to live, brothers rush with me for their lives! ”
People can often burst out with extraordinary strength when they are desperate, and with Wei Chitong taking the lead, the Xirong sergeants, who were still demoralized just now, immediately became outlaws.
Looking at the Xirong army rushing towards him, Wei Ying, who was wearing heavy armor, sneered: "Hmph! Hitting a stone with an egg is not self-sufficient; Herald the Arrow Array. ”
"Woo, woo, woo......" A low and melodic horn sounded, and the Yongjun cavalry, who was running and charging, immediately changed formation in the march, looking like a sharp arrow from a high altitude.
The two guards hussars together have two heavy armored cavalry, there are more than 2,000 cavalry, and these two thousand armored cavalry are the arrows and spearheads of the Yongjun cavalry, and they will completely tear apart the defense line of the Xirong army.
"Touching ......"
The heavy cavalry of the Yongjun army had a close contact with the counterattacking Xirong army, as soon as the two armies collided, the Xirong army was turned over by the loaded people, and in just an instant, the entire Xirong army's military array was torn open by the Yongjun cavalry.
Fighting on flat ground, cavalry has an absolute advantage over infantry, and the infantry actually has a chance to defeat cavalry, but this must have several innate conditions, the first army must have enough troops, the second first batch of cavalry infantry must have a good heart, and the third and most important thing must have enough giant shield soldiers, crossbowmen and sickle gunners in the infantry army.
Among these three points, in fact, the Xirong army occupies the first two of them, but it is precisely the most important third point that is not; Since the Xirong army was attacking the Great Earthquake Pass this time, the soldiers in this battle were mostly equipped with swords and axes, which were used to climb the city for close combat; However, the sword and axe men fought against the cavalry, and they had no advantage at all, and were at an absolute disadvantage.
In just one wave of killing, the military formation of the Xirong army was rushed to pieces, and many Xirong soldiers found that in front of the heavy armored cavalry of the Yong army, the weapons in their hands hit the heavy armored cavalry of the Yong army, which could only leave a slight trace, and the people wanted their own lives with their backhands.
The army of Sijon was defeated, and it was a crushing defeat; The Xirong sergeants, who could not withstand the pressure of the Yongjun cavalry, began to throw away the weapons in their hands and scatter, but how could two legs outrun four legs! These scattered Xirong soldiers were soon killed by the Yongjun cavalry who caught up.
This battle was fought from early morning to early afternoon, and the mutilated corpses of Xijon soldiers could be seen everywhere in the valley before the earthquake; The Qingshui River on the edge of the battlefield has been stained red with blood and has become a river of blood.
After the battle, Wei Ying and Hou Ji came to the city pass and reported to Hu Qiongyu: "General Yu, most of the 30,000 elite infantry soldiers of the Xirong army have been killed by our army, and only about a few thousand have fled westward. ”
"The two generals have worked hard, but the rest of the Xijon thieves have run; Ben General ambushed 4,000 men and horses in the mountains and forests on both sides, compared to the third cottage that has been recaptured now, let's wait to hear the good news! Hu Qiong said with a smile on her face.
From the very beginning, this battle was actually a conspiracy designed by Hu Qiong, in order to be able to eat part of the Xirong army, so as to achieve the goal of weakening the Xirong army, so that the Xirong army would lose the possibility of attacking the Great Earthquake Pass in a short time; Obviously, in the battle outside the Great Earthquake Pass, Hu Qiong achieved his campaign goal.
In this battle, the White Tiger Army and the two guards cavalry lost only more than 1,000 people, while the 30,000 elite infantry soldiers of the Xirong Army only fled back less than 1,000 people.
The losses in this battle, coupled with the losses of the Xirong army in the previous onslaught on the three passes, have reached more than 60,000 people, which means that in the past half a month, the Xirong army has been gnawed by the White Tiger Army little by little to fall below the 100,000 mark.
After this battle, the Xirong army has lost the ability to attack the Great Earthquake Pass for a short time, and the two armies have entered a state of confrontation at the Great Earthquake Pass.