Chapter 373: Fierce Battle on Biandan Mountain
Looking at the corpses left on the ground after rushing up again and again, and the wounded soldiers who were screaming on the ground with broken arms and legs after being blown up, Li Cheng couldn't help frowning, if he kept rushing like this, these mines would explode, but how many soldiers would be killed and injured in these hundreds of steps before it was the end.
He looked up at these hundreds of steps, and felt that it was the legendary Huangquan Road, long and gloomy, the wounded soldiers howling in pain were like wailing imps, and the mines hidden in the ground were like the mysterious flowers on the other side, seeing flowers without leaves, seeing leaves without seeing flowers...... And the trench is like the Lethe River in front of the Ghost Gate, I don't know how many soldiers' lives it will take to fill the trench, and I have to fight with the soldiers and horses behind the trench.
The heads are all big.
At this time, Yang Zaixing saw that Li Cheng commanded so clumsily, causing serious casualties among the soldiers, and even if he won, he would leave some soldiers to take care of the wounded, which inadvertently slowed down the speed of the army.
So he stepped forward and whispered to Li Chengdao: "My father-in-law can order the soldiers to cut down long branches and tie them into bundles, drag the ground behind the horse, and at the same time ignite the horse's tail, and the horses will inevitably panic forward when they are in pain, so that the mine array will be broken." We only sacrificed a few more horses, and the minefield became a path, and there was no resistance until the trench was reached. ”
When Li Cheng heard this, he immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare.
Frightened by the fire at the tail, the horses jumped around with the branches behind them in the explosion, and did not fall to the ground until they were dead or seriously injured.
Not to mention, this is really a wonderful way to clear mines, more than a hundred horses died, and the mines on the road hundreds of steps in front of the trench are almost lined up.
Li Cheng ordered a thousand-strong team to charge, and immediately thousands of arrows were fired on both sides of the mountain, and the Korean soldiers on both sides fell to the ground one after another, and then the soldiers crowded to the middle, but squeezed their own people into dizziness.
Immediately, the ambush soldiers in the middle of the road began to shoot arrows, and the dense arrows rushed head-on towards the dense crowd.
Yang Zaixing stood up again and said: "Father-in-law, there are too many drawbacks to this charge, and the soldiers have to guard against the bows and arrows on the mountains on both sides, and also against the bows and arrows on the opposite road." The child thought that he would send two teams to attack the mountain, pin down the enemy troops on the mountain, and provide cover for the soldiers to charge on the road. Li Cheng listened to Yang Zaixing's strategy, and the charge immediately began.
The Korean army attacking the mountain attracted all the 1,000 people who were guarding the mountain, and they greeted the enemy with stones, bows and arrows.
Due to the back-attack, there was still a little distance from the mountain, and the archers of the Korean soldiers could not do much and could only spread out and climb up.
Not only did the Korean soldiers have to dodge the stones and arrows that rolled down from the mountain, but they also had to be careful not to slip or step on the air under their feet, and with weapons in their hands, it was quite difficult to attack upwards.
Some soldiers think it's safe to follow someone else's buttocks, but when a rock rolls down, the person in front quickly dodges, and the person behind has no time to dodge. For a while, there were screams on the hillside, and the first wave of Korean soldiers climbed halfway up the mountain and were defeated.
However, the attack on the mountain still effectively supported the Korean soldiers attacking on the road, and without the obstruction of mines and the rain of arrows on the mountains on both sides, the attack on the road was much smoother.
Korean soldiers raised their shields and swarmed with oncoming arrows. When they arrived at the trench and looked at the deep and wide trench, there was no other way but to fill the trench, so the Korean soldiers took out their short shovels and filled the soil that had been turned over next to the trench when digging into the trench. At this time, the soldiers of the autonomous region on the other side of the trench suddenly attacked, and the grenades in their hands were thrown at the dense Korean soldiers, and in an instant, the Korean soldiers were enveloped in the sound of explosions.
Under the huge casualties, the fear of death made the Korean soldiers frightened, and they turned around and ran, and this wave of attacks by the Korean soldiers ended in failure.
Time waits for no one, and Li Cheng sent several groups of men and horses to charge in a row, but each time they returned in vain.
Li Cheng was anxious, it was obvious that the autonomous region team was delaying their precious time and preventing them from rescuing Jing Chao.
Seeing that the battle had been going on for more than an hour, and the army was still unable to move an inch in front of Biandan Mountain, how could he not make him anxious.
Li Cheng had no choice but to attack, he gave a death order, this time he sent out 3,000 people to attack, if he couldn't break through the trench, all of them would be beheaded.
There was no way back for the Korean soldiers to shout all the way to the trench, and this time none of them retreated, because retreating would mean a disgraceful death and would affect everyone.
So they ignored their fallen companions and stepped on their corpses to continue their run, with unprecedented bravery and cooperation.
The soldiers running behind drew their bows and threw them within the effective range, trying to keep the archers and bombardiers of the Autonomous Region team down and support their own attack. 19th Floor Literature
Those who ran to the front with shields and did not die continued to fill the trenches with short shovels, some soldiers directly used their shields to shovel soil, and some soldiers who were hit by arrows rolled directly into the trenches and filled the trenches with human bodies.
Some of the soldiers who followed closely followed fired at each other with bows and arrows, some threw their spears as javelins and picked up the weapons of the dead, and some jumped directly into the trench and tried to pass by a ladder......
However, there was no chaos in the ranks of the autonomous region, and although they were small in number, they were completely able to deal with it. Although the bombardiers in front of the trench were injured to varying degrees, they were a minority, because the Korean soldiers fired blindly, and the grenade shells still killed a large number of enemy soldiers.
Seeing that the enemy was rushing forward without dying, the deputy commander of the regiment led the team to change into a short-range crossbow and move to the edge of the trench and fight at close range.
As a result, crossbows were fired in front of the trench, grenades exploded one after another, and the pikemen were specially used to deal with the enemy soldiers who jumped into the trench...... In a flash, the front of the trench was bustling.
The battle was concentrated in front of the trenches, and the superiority of the autonomous region's weapons was highlighted, and their repeating crossbows and grenades were often used in large areas to harvest the lives of Korean soldiers.
Therefore, more than 3,000 people who fought more than 1,000 people were terrified, and although they were defeated and retreated from the trench even if they had a death order, they did not dare to return to their positions, and they did not know what to do in the middle.
Seeing this, Li Cheng was furious, and he ordered another 3,000 men to charge and kill all the deserters who stayed in the middle.
Seeing this, Yang Zaixing hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Although the righteous father did this to strictly enforce military discipline, it also made the soldiers feel cold. The powerful attack caused our army heavy losses, and the child thought that changing the direction of the main attack would definitely make the battlefield suddenly change and the victory and defeat change hands. ”
Li Cheng knew that Yang Zaixing must have a recipe, and said with great joy: "Xing'er don't keep it, there is a wonderful plan to come quickly!" ”
Yang Zaixing said: "Give the deserters a chance to make meritorious contributions, and send another 1,000 teams to join them in a feint attack on the middle road, General Liu Wuguo and I will each lead a team to storm the two mountains, and we must take Biandan Mountain within half an hour." Then down the hillside, the two wings of the thief army were attacked on the road, and they were defeated immediately. After Li Cheng heard this, he sent 3,000 soldiers to attack the two mountains.
The siege around the mountain, the disadvantage of the small number of people on the mountain was highlighted, and Yang Zaixing personally supervised the battle, the mountain road was torn open a few times, and the Korean officers and soldiers attacked the mountain.
Han Shunfu decisively let the soldiers defending the mountain retreat while fighting, leading the enemy to the other side of the mountain. After a symbolic chase, the Korean officers and soldiers turned their heads, and then descended down the hillside to attack the autonomous region contingent on the road.
Han Shunfu was shocked when he understood Yang Zaixing's intentions, and now he had already exceeded the task of blocking for two hours, even if he let the Korean officers and soldiers pass, he would have completed the task. But in this way, more than a thousand comrades-in-arms on the road will be surrounded by them.
After thinking for a moment, he ordered all his warriors to attack the enemy on the mountain, and strive to take the mountain to join his comrades on the road and retreat together.
After Yang Zaixing received the news that the troops of the Mountain Autonomous Region were desperately attacking them, he already understood their intentions, and Yang Zaixing would not let them disrupt his deployment, nor would he let them retreat after meeting.
He ordered the deputy general to lead people down the mountain to kill the troops of the autonomous region, and he personally led people to block Han Shunfu, so an unusually tragic hand-to-hand combat began on the mountain.
The ranks of the autonomous region are strictly disciplined, obey orders in all actions, and kill the officers wherever they direct, and never retreat. Even the militia who had temporarily inserted themselves into the ranks regarded death as if they were at home, and the Korean soldiers who were killed for a while showed signs of defeat and retreat.
Yang Zaixing shouted when he saw it: "Those who retreat die!" ”
A single shot was then stabbed to death by a soldier who was about to flee, and then the body was raised high for public display. The soldiers did not dare to retreat when they saw it, so they could only grit their teeth and fight desperately with the soldiers of the autonomous region. After all, the Korean officers and soldiers were superior in numbers, and they slowly gained the upper hand in the fierce battle.
Han Shunfu, who was covered in blood, saw that there were only more than 300 people around him, and he knew that there was no hope of rendezvous, and any further fight would only increase casualties, so he ordered a retreat, and he personally led a platoon to cover.
At this time, Yang Zaixing suddenly attacked, he ordered the team to pursue with all his strength, and joined the battle group to fight with Han Shunfu. After a while, a platoon led by Han Shunfu was surrounded on all sides, although there was no hope of retreating, they had already put life and death out of the way, and they raised their own knives to slash and kill, without fear.
It stands to reason that Han Shunfu's martial arts are indeed weaker than Yang Zaixing, but they are not much weaker, but after three rounds of fighting, Han Shunfu felt overwhelmed. The reason is that Han Shunfu has been fighting for several hours, and Yang Zaixing has been commanding with great physical strength.
Now knowing that there is no way out, Han Shunfu just gritted his teeth and fought hard, and finally refused to surrender and was shot through the chest by Yang Zaixing and died. The rest of the covering warriors were killed, and none of them surrendered.
Seeing the Korean officers and soldiers flocking on the slopes on both sides, the congratulatory note understood that if the battle continued, all the soldiers would be killed, and the soldiers would die meaninglessly. Seeing that the time for blocking had long since passed, and that the task of blocking had been completed, he led his army to retreat quickly.