Chapter 223: Fire Thunder Arrow Breaks Through the Enemy Formation, Wang Shichong Returns in Defeat
"Lord Wang, the gate of Wagang City was opened, and about 10,000 cavalry rushed out of the city." A partial general rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army in a panic to report.
In the tent, Wang Shichong is gathering to discuss the next step of attacking the city. Interrupted by a sudden change, the generals in the tent suddenly showed surprise on their faces, and some even showed joy on their faces.
"Lord Wang, this is the best, the last general is willing to lead the troops to break the enemy." General Dong Jun stood up and shouted.
"Yes! Lord Wang, the Jin army retreated in the city and had a favorable weapon to support it, our army was repeatedly frustrated, and it was good for him to come out of the city. The general, Wang Renze, also got up and responded.
"Good! This king will order your two generals to lead 20,000 troops from their headquarters to meet the Jin army. Wang Shichong stood up and ordered sharply.
"Order." After receiving the order, the two generals Dong and Wang turned around and left the military tent and ordered the troops.
"Everyone, how about watching the battle with this king on the high slope of the wall?"
Obviously, being able to defeat the Wagang Jin army in the field battle is also equivalent to being able to take Wagang Mountain, and he still has a lot of trust in his generals, not to mention that his troops are twice as large as the Jin army.
After listening to Wang Shichong's invitation to watch the battle on the high slope, the tent Chinese Wu became relaxed, and they all got up and walked outside the account.
Li Mi, who was dragging behind, suddenly grabbed Zhu Deng, who was also behind the crowd, and whispered: "King, how can you have the heart to watch the battle?" Isn't it strange that the Wagang army went out of the city to fight instead of defending the danger? There must be deception in it! The king should quickly go to the rear camp to rectify our army, and if there is any change, he should retreat quickly! ”
"What the gentleman said is that he will return to the camp with this king." After Li Mi's guidance, Zhu Deng suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly took advantage of Wang Shichong's unpreparedness with Li Mi to quietly lead the guards back to the back camp.
Wang Shichong and others led the civil and military forces up the hillside and looked beyond Dazhai. At this time, Dong Jun and Wang Renze's 20,000 troops had already been arrayed, and everyone was holding spears and huge shields to look at the cavalry of the Wagang Jin Army that was gradually galloping.
"The archers are out of line." With Dong Jun's order, 5,000 archers stood in front of the military formation and made preparations for opening their bows and arrows.
"Prepare to ---" Dong Jun raised his arm and waited for the Jin cavalry to enter the 200-step range. After hearing the order, the archers in front of the formation all raised their bows and arrows in their hands, pointing forward at 45 degrees, waiting for the main general to shout the word "release" from his mouth. But to the disappointment of the archers, the main general Dong Jun couldn't call out that word for a long time, because at this time, the cavalry of the Jin army all stopped at a distance of 200 steps outside the range of the bow and arrow, and continued to attack without following the cavalry attack routine.
I saw that the main general Dong Jun and the deputy general Wang Renze were also stunned, not knowing what the Jin army wanted to do.
Looking at the Luoyang army, which was already in full battle, Lai Hu'er and Zuo Tiancheng, who stopped their horses and stood at the front, couldn't help laughing.
Immediately, Lai Hu'er turned his head and faced the 10,000 White Horse Yicong soldiers behind him and ordered loudly: "Brothers from the White Horse Yicong Battalion, it's up to you below, give me a ---bang."
As soon as the words fell, Bai Ma Yi, who had already prepared, raised all the crossbow fire and thunder arrows hidden under the cloak from the battalion, and aimed them at the Luoyang army formation in front of them, and the sky between the two armies was suddenly covered by the rain of arrows pressed by black.
"Not good! Quickly withdraw ---" Wang Ren, the general who reacted first, shouted, ignoring Dong Jun, who was still stunned next to him, turned around and fled to his own formation, and at the same time stuck his body on the neck of the war horse.
When Dong Jun and the Luoyang soldiers heard Wang Renze's shouting and wanted to turn around and flee, it was already too late. The Luoyang army was already in chaos, and the shield soldiers were even unaware of the shields that were ready to cover their bodies, standing motionless.
In an instant, the first wave of fire, thunder and arrow rain fell on the 5,000 archers of the Luoyang Army who came forward.
"Boom, boom, boom---" I couldn't count how many explosions sounded, only to hear a burst of painful screams from the explosion. Almost all of the 5,000 archers were blown to the ground. Dong Jun in the back turned around and ran to the rear formation, and the Luoyang army who reacted in horror didn't care about the formation, the front army ran to the rear army in a panic, and the rear army couldn't stand and was knocked down countless times.
"The whole army is a hundred steps forward." Seeing that the first rain of fire, thunder and arrows had achieved its goal, Laihu'er eliminated all the archers in the Luoyang army, eliminated the biggest threat to himself, and took advantage of the panic of the Luoyang army, and hurriedly ordered again.
When Bai Ma Yi heard this, he urged the war horses to step forward. Immediately afterwards, another round of arrows rained down on the Luoyang army.
As a huge explosion sounded, Dong Jun and his subordinates, who had no time to escape, were surrounded by the explosion. Dong Jun was killed along with the horse that sat down, and most of the 20,000 Luoyang troops brought out were damaged in a moment, and the remnants fled to the Chinese army Dazhai behind them.
"The brethren chased me and shot me inside outside his gate." After that, Laihu'er urged the horse to rush forward first.
At this time, Wang Shichong and others standing on the high slope finally understood. The cavalry of the Jin army actually held that powerful firearm in their hands! No wonder they dared to go out of the city to fight.
Seeing that the two generals who were fighting died in an instant, Wang Ren was the first to flee to save his life, and all the soldiers who were lucky enough to not die took refuge in the village, impacting the defenders in the village and making a mess.
"Lord Wang, the Jin army has powerful firearms, our army can't be defeated, seeing that the morale has collapsed, flee with the general!" Just when Wang Shichong and the others were at a loss, Wang Ren, who had fled in a hurry, rode his horse and shouted urgently.
"Hurry up, the enemy will rush over when it's too late." Guo Shiheng, the general next to him, pushed Wang Shichong down the hill with a pull, and at the same time, a more deafening explosion sounded in his ears, as if it was exploding around him.
Wang Shichong hurriedly covered his head, kicked a war horse led by the guards, and ran in the direction of the rear army regardless of the support of all the civil and military forces.
"Stop! No need to shoot anymore, no more shooting, there will be nothing to do with General Wu Bao, the whole army raises a lance, rushes to the camp with the general, and kills the ----" to protect the children to see that only three rounds of salvo fire have already made the Luoyang army a frightened bird, and it is a waste to shoot fire and thunder arrows, and the next thing to do is to cooperate with General Wu Bao behind to catch and surrender the troops.
Luo Cheng and Luo Shixin couldn't bear it for a long time, and after hearing the order of Hu'er, they jumped out with a spear and went straight into the Luoyang Army Village, looking for generals to fight, regardless of whether Luo Shixin raised a hammer to follow up.
Li Mi and Zhu Deng, who were originally in the rear army, heard the continuous explosions in the front camp, and knew that Wang Shichong of Luoyang was bound to be defeated. Seeing that there were rebels retreating towards the rear army, he opened the gate of the rear camp early, and fled in the direction of Luokou City with his only remaining more than 5,000 people without returning.
As the saying goes, defeat is like a mountain! Wang Shichong's army was attacked by Luo Cheng and Luo Shixin in the chaos, and no one could stop it, and it was already a big defeat. The Luoyang army had to abandon the grain and grass military tents, etc., and followed Wang Shichong to retreat in the direction of Luokou City, and then Luo Cheng and Luo Shixin kept covering up and killing, and they had been killing Wang Shichong's Luoyang army for more than 30 miles before stopping.
"Luo Zi, stop chasing, there are not many people left, enough!" Luo Cheng was already bloodied at this time, and the little white dragon in the west under his crotch had also turned into a red horse, and he was panting from the horse.
"Okay, you said you wouldn't chase it--- you wouldn't chase it. Little --- master is also tired--- tired! Luo Shixin also stopped his horse and patted his mount "Wanliyun" lovingly. It's not that he's tired, it's that the BMW can't run anymore. After all, his two hammers are far heavier than the gun in Luo Cheng's hand, and the burden of this horse is too heavy.
On the way back, I saw Wu Bao with 3,000 soldiers from his headquarters who couldn't stop collecting the weapons of the defeated soldiers, and escorted the soldiers back with the cooperation of the soldiers of Bai Ma Yi's battalion.
In the righteous hall on the top of Wagang Mountain, Yang Er, who had already predicted the result, instructed Lu Zhaolin: "This time, our army won a great victory, seized countless materials, and severely defeated Wang Shichong. Lian Zhan worked very hard, and it was a big feast for three days. ”
"Huh! The lord is wise, and the whole mountain has already thundered with joy, and the lower officials will go to prepare for the victory banquet. Lu Zhaolin replied with a laugh. Originally, he was worried that Major General Wagang would fall into a bitter battle, but he didn't want his lord to retreat the Luoyang army with a smile, and victory came so easily.
Like a frightened bird, Wang Shichong led the remnants of the defeated generals all the way to Luokou City and fled overnight. The wind and snow at night did not stop them, and it was not until dawn the next day, until they could see the Luokou city wall in the distance, that Wang Shichong stopped after Sima Yang Zhu grabbed the reins of his horse on the march, and looked at Yang Zhu who had dragged him to a halt with a blank face.
"Lord Wang, there is Luokou City ahead, and our army is safe." Yang Zhu said to Wang Shichong with a white mist.
"Are there still pursuers in the back?" Wang Shichong asked with a look of horror.
"Lord Wang, the pursuers were got rid of by us, and there were no pursuers behind." Guo Shiheng, the general who caught up, answered.
"Alas! If there are no pursuers, it is good to enter the city. ”
Everyone was frightened, and let the horses slowly walk towards Luokou City like reins.
Guo Shizhu, the defender of Luokou City, had already found out the news of the defeat of Luoyang, and had been waiting at the head of the city, and saw that his soldiers and horses had been defeated from a distance, so he hurriedly went down to the city to open the city gate and greeted Wang Shichong and his party with a depressed face.
When they arrived at the Luokou City Marshal's Mansion, under the baking of a few pots of charcoal, Wang Shichong and other civil and military talents slowly calmed down, and their faces gradually became a little angry.
"General Guo, have you counted the soldiers who survived and returned to the city? How many more? Wang Shichong asked Guo Shizhu, the guard of Luokou City.
"Lord Wang, my subordinates have already counted 5,218 officers and soldiers who entered the city, including 1,864 wounded, and there is no food for the chariots." Guo Shizhu replied in a low voice.
"Alas! When I went to 80,000, there were only more than 5,000, woo woo woo ---" Wang Shichong was so sad that he couldn't help but sobbed softly. The Chinese martial arts of the Shuai Hall were also sad, and several civil officials were also choked.
"Lord Wang, the matter has come to this, there is no need to be sad, so as not to break your body. I still have more than 200,000 elite soldiers in Luoyang City, and although the battle was defeated, it did not hurt the bones. Master Hu whispered to persuade Wang Shichong, such a fiasco was not only unexpected, but even he, who had always been pretentious, did not expect it.
"Zhu Deng's guy hasn't seen it, is he still alive?" Wang Shichong suddenly thought of Zhu Deng and asked.
"Back to the prince, the boy Zhu Deng opened the back gate and ran away at the beginning of my defeat. It is estimated that it is time to escape to the Red Hearts Mountain at this time. General Zhang Tongren shouted angrily.
"Zhu Deng is brave and not afraid of it, but his adviser Li Mi is a character. General Guo sent someone to Red Peach Mountain to tell Yang Xuan to feel that Luoyang was discussing. Wang Shichong instructed Guo Shizhu.
Wang Shichong and his entourage only stayed in Luokou City for one day, and returned to Luoyang City with everyone the next day. Before leaving, he left the general Wang Ren to defend the city with Guo Shizhu in Luokou City.
Let's talk about Zhu Deng and Li Mi, who fled directly back to the Red Peach Mountain. Although Zhu Deng lost most of his men in this battle, seeing that Wang Shichong's 80,000 troops were almost lost, Zhu Deng seemed to have found comfort in his heart, and there was no sense of sadness, and some were only gloating.
"Deng'er, it's good that Mr. Xuansui can go back with his whole body, and he is recruiting if he loses people. It's just that don't think about revenge in a short period of time, Yang Guang's guy is really not easy to deal with. Alas! Yang Xuangan looked at Zhu Deng, who had been running all night and was eating meat, and said.
"Thanks to Mr. Xuansui going down the mountain this time, if it weren't for Mr., I wouldn't be able to climb here." After that, he raised the wine glass in his hand to salute Li Mi. Seeing this, Li Mi hurriedly raised his wine glass and drank a glass of hot wine with him.
"Brother Xuangan has won the award, although the king is arrogant, he can still hear Li's words. This defeat is not due to our lack of ability, but because the firearms in Yang Guang's army are too strong, and our army has no power to fight back. In the future, if it is not a good opportunity, we must not fight with Yang Guang again. Li Mi shook his head and sighed and said, although Zhu Deng was not convinced, he couldn't help but nod his head and didn't dare to speak again.
"Report to the ---, King, someone from Luokou City brought a message from the King of Luoyang." A minion colonel entered the house to report.
"Call in."
In a few moments, the little colonel brought in a person, and only listened to what the man meant.
Yang Xuangan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and said to Li Mi: "Mr. Xuansui, now that the king of Luoyang has just been defeated, he doesn't want to recuperate, but why do you want to recruit me to Luoyang?" ”
"The weather is unusually cold for my father-in-law, according to Deng'er, just ignore him, what military affairs are there to discuss." Juden said as he sipped his mulled wine.
"Huh! Brother Xuangan, I don't know if I want to hear a word? Li Mi put down the wine glass, wiped his mouth, pulled his beard and asked with a smile.
"Brother Xuansui, you and I are old friends, there is nothing you can't say, but it's okay to talk about it."
"Good! Does Brother Xuan Gan want to always be committed to the king of Luoyang or do he want to fight for a great cause by himself? If you just want to commit yourself to self-preservation, go to Luoyang, hehe! Maybe you can bring back 10,000 stone grain. If your father and son want to achieve something great, take advantage of this defeat in Luoyang to establish themselves as kings. Where to go, but listen to the respect! After Li Mi finished speaking, he ignored the stunned Yang Xuangan and Zhu Deng, and poured wine and ate meat by himself.
"Father-in-law, the king of Luoyang has always only sent us as cattle and horses, when to take a second look, why don't you listen to Mr. 's words, take the mountain of hearts as the foundation and stand on his own as the king, and Deng'er is willing to be the next general under his father-in-law."
"Although the year of the king is small, he has some insight, which is good!" Li Mi listened to Zhu Deng's words, and couldn't help but admire in his heart.
"Mr. said that the king of the matter still needs to be slow, now there is Wang Shichong in the west, there is Tang Bi in the east, Xiangzhou Wang Gao talks about the saint is not far from here, at this time called the king will be a foreign enemy. Luoyang doesn't have to go at this time, and Wang Shichong's new defeat is helpless. ”
"Hmmm! Brother Xuan Gan thinks long-term, and it is okay not to be the king before the time comes. Wang Shichong is wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, and he will be harmed for a long time, and it is best not to go. Although our army was defeated, when the armament should be reorganized, it was expected that Tangbi, the king of Jinan, would definitely attack Weicheng within a month. ”