Chapter 250: The Bloody Battle of Huanggongling (3)
The southern slope of the Huanggong Mountains.
Staff General Dai Jingkui looked at the army of thieves all over the mountains on the east and west lines, and couldn't help but feel secretly anxious.
At this time, Liu Juntao's department, which was fighting in the north of the southern slope, had already sounded the war drum of alarm, signaling the Chinese army to be vigilant against the attack of the two wings of the thieves.
Staff General Dai Jingkui also immediately ordered the 20,000 troops of the Beijing camp to form a formation and defend it, preparing to fight a bloody battle with the 200,000 thieves who were killed by the flank, but the difference in strength between the two sides was ten times, and this gap made Dai Jingkui and his 20,000 Beijing battalion officers and soldiers a little frightened.
"Grandma's! It seems that these thieves are going to fight hard? ”
General Dai Jingkui also gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and shouted: "Soldiers! Decisive battle, decisive battle! ”
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”
The 20,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion, under the leadership of their respective superiors, also let out bursts of angry roars, as if a huge roar could vent the fear in their hearts.
At the same time, Dai Jingkui, a staff general, also ordered more than 4,000 Mongolian iron cavalry to immediately attack the 100,000 thieves in the east, at least to delay the attack speed of the thieves in the east, so that the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp could free up their hands to deal with the 100,000 thieves in the west first.
With the sound of rumbling iron hooves, more than 4,000 Mongolian iron horsemen roared away, forming a formation and killing the 100,000 thieves army that had rushed up the southern slope to the east.
Although these Mongolian iron cavalry are poorly equipped and belong to drills, they still have the fierceness of the Mongols in their bones, and they are still an elite soldier that cannot be underestimated.
At least in the face of 100,000 enemy troops, these Mongolian iron cavalry can still rush forward without fear and fight to the end!
"Boom!"
After a loud bang, more than 4,000 Mongolian iron horsemen rushed into the crowd in one fell swoop, and trampled a flesh and blood path among the army of 100,000 thieves.
From a distance, the huge thief army formation seemed to be hit by a giant hammer, smashing out a big gap, as the Mongolian iron cavalry army continued to charge deeply, at least thousands of thieves and soldiers were knocked down, slashed, trampled to death, the entire thief army was suddenly in chaos, and the momentum of the charge of the 100,000 army was also stagnant.
Seeing this, General Dai Jingkui also breathed a sigh of relief, so he concentrated on facing the 100,000 thieves army in the west.
At this time, the 100,000 thieves in the west were less than 200 steps away from the phalanx of the Jingying army, and the general Dai Jingkui immediately ordered the archers in the army to start firing a volley, while the musketeers were ready to shoot.
Although there are also a lot of firecrackers in the Beijing camp, they are equipped with old-fashioned firecrackers such as bowl-mouth guns, which not only have a short range, low lethality, but also slow to reload.
Staff General Dai Jingkui knew very well that this only opportunity to open fire must be grasped to completely curb the momentum of the thief army's charge.
In an instant, the rain of arrows roared into the air, smashing into the army of thieves, wave after wave of arrow rain continued, countless thieves were shot on the spot, many people fell to the ground without dying for a while, and in the blink of an eye, they were trampled to death by their companions who rushed up from behind
Although the thousands of archers in the Beijing camp tried their best to release their arrows, these seemingly dense arrow rains were still a drop in the bucket compared to the 100,000 thieves' army, and they couldn't restrain the offensive of the thieves' army at all.
It didn't take long for the army of thieves to rush within a hundred steps in front of the Beijing camp!
"These thieves are far stronger than before, how long has it been? It seems that Liu Guerrilla is right, and the thieves must be exterminated as soon as possible, otherwise in time, these thieves will surely become the henchmen of the dynasty! ”
General Dai Jingkui looked at the army of thieves who were getting closer and closer with an unkind face, and suddenly shouted: "Fire hand! Put! ”
"Fire!"
"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”
"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”
"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”
After a loud bang, a burst of gunpowder smoke rose in front of the Beijing camp phalanx, and the thieves and soldiers who rushed to the front suddenly pounced, at least hundreds of thieves were shot, but the thieves and soldiers who rushed up from the rear were still unabated.
"Engage! Engage! ”
"Steady!"
The generals of the Beijing camp roared loudly and angrily, commanding their soldiers and horses to strictly guard the large formation.
At this moment, an army of thieves rushed to him, and a bloody battle ensued between the two sides.
"Kill!"
The boundless army of thieves slapped towards the Jingying phalanx like a stormy wave, and was immediately blocked by the impregnable shield encirclement, and then was poked to the ground by the spears like jungles!
At this time, at the front of the Beijing camp, three rows of shield bearers blocked the impact of the thief army, and thousands of pikemen fought hard to kill the enemy, fighting each other with the thieves and horses.
In the phalanx, thousands of archers gritted their teeth and continued to release arrows, constantly shooting and killing thieves and soldiers in the distance, and the entire phalanx began to fight with all its might.
However, the disparity in the strength of the two sides began to show itself over time!
Although the soldiers of the Beijing camp killed thousands of thieves and soldiers in a short period of time, the remaining more than 90,000 soldiers and horses were still in high spirits, fighting the Beijing camp phalanx head-on, and at the same time, they also rushed towards the two wings and rear of the phalanx.
Only half an hour after the start of the battle, more than 90,000 thieves and soldiers surrounded the 20,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion.
Staff General Dai Jingkui looked around and saw that the 20,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion were under the attack of the army of thieves, like an isolated island in the vast ocean, looking so helpless.
"Kill!"
Staff General Dai Jingkui roared and commanded the soldiers of the Beijing camp to fight hard, at this moment he could only hope that the Mongolian iron cavalry in the east could hold on for a while longer, and hoped that Liu Juntao in the north could send men and horses to support as soon as possible.
At the same time, Liu Juntao also noticed the fierce battle on the southern slope of Huanggongling, and he was also anxious.
At this time, Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu each led their troops to attack the front thief army, and at least 10,000 or 20,000 thieves were killed at this time, and the front army of thieves and robbers had already lost their previous fighting will.
At the same time, Liu Juntao also led the Yanzhou Mansion Qi Barracks to slowly retreat and return to the camp to defend it.
As soon as he returned to the camp, Liu Juntao urgently ordered Sun Xu to lead the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks back to the Beijing camp.
Sun Xu immediately led the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks to set off, and nearly 5,000 soldiers marched south in formation towards the southern slope of the Huanggong Mountains.
Along the way, Sun Xu ordered the war drums in the army to be beaten, and one after another majestic war drums spread out, announcing the news that reinforcements were coming.
At this time, the general Dai Jingkui's face was hideous, and there were mottled blood stains on his body, and the army of thieves relied on the strength of the crowd, and under the onslaught regardless of casualties, they had rushed into the phalanx of the soldiers of the Beijing camp several times, but fortunately they were driven out by the general Dai Jingkui and the reserve team in a bloody battle, but the soldiers of the Beijing camp also suffered a lot of casualties.
Suddenly, bursts of passionate war drums came, and General Dai Jingkui suddenly burst into laughter, and said loudly to the soldiers of the Beijing camp beside him: "Brothers! Reinforcements have arrived, kill! Hold on, kill me! ”
For a while, the morale of the soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp was greatly boosted, and the phalanx that had begun to shake became indestructible again, and the army of thieves also discovered the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks phalanx that was rapidly approaching, and the morale of the army began to decline rapidly.
At this time, the leader of the thieves who led the army was also in a hurry, and immediately divided an army of 20,000 to meet Sun Xu's subordinates and kill them, preparing to block the reinforcements of the official army first, and buy time for himself to annihilate the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp.
Sun Xu looked at the 20,000 thieves and soldiers who rushed up, with a contemptuous smile on his face, and immediately ordered the army to stop advancing and line up.
"Fight!"
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”
Nearly 5,000 soldiers from the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks lined up to prepare for battle, long swordsmen lined up in front of the formation with large shields with eyebrows, protecting their comrades behind them, and thousands of bird gunners were on standby, ready to start shooting.
"Ready! Put! ”
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
The four rows of bird-gunners took turns firing, and the fierce and continuous firepower continued to output, beating the army of 20,000 thieves more than a hundred steps away to the back, and a line of death suddenly appeared in front of the main barracks of Yanzhou Mansion, and countless thieves and soldiers fell to the ground in front of this line of death, and they couldn't rush into the front of the big array within a hundred steps!
The huge roar here suddenly attracted the attention of the main forces of the Beijing camp soldiers and thieves who were fighting on the southern slope of the Huanggong Mountains, and the powerful firepower of the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks made both sides secretly frightened, and the balance on the battlefield began to tilt towards the side of the officials and soldiers!