Chapter 21 The straw boat borrows arrows
It's getting dark. Xiang Xunjun fought hard, but his troops were limited, and he penetrated the enemy formation with courage in the early stage, and soon rushed to kill. Some of the cavalry were looking for weak gaps in the formation to gallop back and forth, and more people were entangled in the Liao army and fighting, and most of the men and horses with combat power could not escape.
At this moment, I suddenly heard Xiang Xun shouting: "Shi Yanchao is in front, who is going to break the siege?" ”
Guo Shao and the others fought on foot while keeping up with the cavalry, and the position was low, so they couldn't see Shi Yanchao. But following the direction of Xun Zhi, he saw a large group of Liao soldiers and cavalry very dense, incredibly dense...... Horse troops need to maneuver, and if they are a little faster, they are easy to collide with each other, so usually the gap between horses is relatively large; But the Liao soldiers and cavalry in front were crowded together, surrounded by groups in the middle, and the men and horses basically gave up maneuvering there, because they were so dense that the horses couldn't run at all.
When it was, a military general beside Xiang Xun led his troops to rush up, all of them only had dozens of horses, which was already the majority of the cavalry that Xiang Xun could maneuver. The military general took the lead and rushed forward first, wanting to squeeze away the cavalry soldiers who had stopped moving; But as soon as he got closer, a few spears stabbed up, and the general didn't have three heads and six arms, and he couldn't resist being stabbed off his horse immediately, and then he was chopped miserably by a random knife.
Followed by another knight of the Zhou army, who followed the general, and saw that the people in front of him were cut in a bloody shape, and turned around in shock. Unexpectedly, he was stabbed in the abdomen, and was rushed horizontally by the running war horse, and the long knife pierced into the abdomen immediately tore the wound again. "Ahh The knight's screams were terrible, and after falling from his horse, he could not die immediately, and lay on the ground with his mouth open and cried.
The hand that covered his abdomen immediately turned dark red, and a piece of intestines flowed out, and the scene was very terrifying.
The cavalry of the Zhou army in the back rushed to the front of the Liao army and fought a few times, and then rode back and forth, and was completely unable to break through the siege.
Yang Biao here watched for a while, then turned back to Guo Shao and said, "Let's go and rush to the opening, so that General Xiang's horsemen can reinforce in time!" ”
Guo Shao stretched his neck to watch, and saw that Zhang Jianxiong was still by Xiang Xun's side. This Zhang Jianxiong can really be regarded as a fierce general, the first time he broke the siege for Shi Yanchao before, he solved it with one blow, if he is not fierce, it is difficult to do it...... Because the cavalry of the Liao army is already powerful enough, this vicious battle is almost the strongest and most endurable ancient army that Guo Shao has encountered since he joined the army.
"Don't be impatient, wait for Zhang Jianxiong to go first." Guo Shaodao.
Xiang Xun participated in the battle at any cost this time, regardless of his life, and the tactical goal was to rescue Shi Yanchao; Now that Shi Yanchao, who is besieged, is close in front of him, it is impossible for him not to do his best to make the last effort!
Sure enough, as Guo Shao expected, after a while, Xiang Xun forcibly ordered: "Zhang Jianxiong, you immediately break through the Liao array in front, if it doesn't work, come and see you!" ”
"Order!" Zhang Jianxiong immediately beckoned the only horsemen around him to turn around and pounce. At this time, Xiang Xun's side is already thin, and if a small force of the Liao army can break through to the center of Xiang Xun's department at this moment, the main general will be in danger!
Zhang Jianxiong jumped on the horse and shouted: "The limit has come, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent!" Attack with all your might! ”
The tragic and passionate roar made Zhang Jianxiong's image at the moment very dazzling, the courage of the army doubled, the military heart gathered on him, and suddenly the momentum won the three armies!
Zhang Jianxiong took the most elite small number of elite soldiers as the edge, and he took the lead in the middle, rode his horse and charged, and only twenty or thirty horsemen followed behind him. The Liao cavalry is densely arranged, and the spears are currently like a forest to resist; Zhang Jianxiong's forward first approached with a high-speed charge, and the war horse instinctively slowed down when he got close to the front of the formation, but the front section of the charge was too fast to stop at all, and a thousand-pound man and horse crashed straight in.
I only heard a long shout, and there was a loud "bang" in the chaotic army, I don't know if Zhang Jianxiong's *** was cut on something, and the sparks were clearly seen shining in the fading light. Its powerful roar made Guo Shao think of the strength of the stonemason's dozens of pounds of hammers smashed on the stones...... It is said that the stonemason roared the most fiercely, which was to prevent too much vibration from causing internal injuries; Thinking about it this way, any melee warrior likes to shout before making a move, and it may also be shockproof.
The people in front of them turned over on their backs, clanging and clanging, the Liao army's cavalry formation was loose and scattered, and the horsemen ran around indiscriminately.
Seeing this, Guo Shao shouted: "It's time for us to go!" ”
As soon as the words fell, before he could give an order, Yang Biao raised his knife and strode forward, and Guo Shao and the others hurriedly followed up with weapons to protect their flanks. Yang Biao bravely drove forward, his iron shoes stepped heavily on the ground, and he splashed dust step by step, as if the locomotive was smoking.
This regiment of Liao cavalry did not move, it was similar to the infantry, but it sat higher than the infantry, and the array had been rushed by Zhang Jianxiong, and the left and right could not take care of each other. Yang Biao rushed up and opened a killing ring, killing people when he saw them, and the loud sound of the sword soldiers hitting the iron armor shook people's ears and buzzed.
A Liao soldier was split off his horse, and just turned over and was about to get up, and immediately ushered in the follow-up infantry stabbing indiscriminately, and before he could parry, he was stabbed all over his body and bled everywhere, screaming miserably. Everyone stared at the other cavalry who was close to the flank, and the Liao cavalry swung sideways and slashed the spear that stabbed it, but it was stabbed several times in an instant, and the blood of men and horses was scattered.
Yang Biao was red-eyed, and he rushed to kill without regard for himself. Guo Shao called Luo Mengzi to protect his flanks with a shield hammer, and he also saw the opportunity to act and specially covered. There is a fierce general charging, like a sharp knife, Guo Shao does not need to fight hard, and he is not good at long weapons such as spears and ***.
Guo Shao and Yang Biao fought from Gaoping to Jinyang, and fought with their lives several times, and their cooperation was already very tacit...... Yang Biao took the lead and suppressed the scene with violence and might. Guo Shao's strength is that he is good at perceiving the situation, when Yang Biao is most dangerous, he can always take action in time, often in a situation where a slow step will be bad; This ability of his is probably cultivated by practicing the bow and arrow for a long time, because the accuracy of the bow and arrow requires good observation, especially for moving things, not only to observe its movement, but also to guess and comprehend its motives.
After a while, Guo Shao followed Yang Biao to break through the encirclement. When I looked up, I saw a circle of corpses inside, including Liao soldiers and Zhou soldiers, as well as many horse corpses, and one place was piled up almost into a simple fortification, and there was a pool of blood on the ground. Guo Shao thinks that he went to the wrong place and strayed into the slaughterhouse!
Shi Yanchao fought to the death with dozens of wounded people inside, and the horses were all gone, and they were surrounded and killed by the Liao Corps. Under the violent beating and shooting of the Liao soldiers, in a moment, I saw many people fall left and right of Shi Yanchao, and the situation has reached a critical juncture. The Liao people may already know that this guy is Shi Yanchao, and they simply want to kill him at any cost...... The first general's personal soldiers, it's really not so easy to do, it's so miserable to see them!
The most peculiar thing is Shi Yanchao himself, this guy is the tallest and most eye-catching, and his whole body is full of arrow feathers, especially on his back, which looks no different from a hedgehog. What's even more strange is that this guy is not dead yet! The Liao soldiers were skilled in bows and horses, but they didn't kill him after shooting so many arrows...... It can be seen that the precise archery like Guo Shao's shooting of Zhang Yuanhui is rare in the world; Maybe this thing not only needs hard training, but also talent and qualifications.
The Liao army here does not have "Brother Shao", so Shi Yanchao can stand there.
Guo Shao really beat his mother's womb and never seen someone who was ejaculated like this...... I don't know, I thought he Shi Yanchao was playing a grass boat to borrow arrows! If it wasn't for borrowing arrows, how could he get so many shots?
"Striker!" Guo Shao shouted.
Shi Yanchao glanced back at him, and finally recognized it as Zhou Bing's allies. A moment later, Zhang Jianxiong also tore open the Liao formation and led the cavalry to rush in.
As soon as the encirclement was lifted, Shi Yanchao was not stupid, and hurriedly ran to this side with his sword, and there were a few more arrows on his back halfway. Those pro-soldiers can not run much, most of them are injured and hung in one breath, Shi Yanchao shook as soon as he left, and the Liao cavalry swarmed up and quickly divided, and screamed in the back.
The group converged all the way, turned around and fled, the Liao cavalry pursued, and met Xiang Xunqin led the cavalry to respond, and the situation eased slightly.
At this time, Guo Shao found that the various departments of Xiangxun had shrunk and concentrated from the surroundings, and nearly half of the troops had been lost in battle, so that the space for activity was even smaller. Looking back, the south was reinforced by the Liao army, and the troops who came to Xun to relieve the siege were all caught in a large encirclement.
The reinforced Liao army reserves even beat the right flank of Shi Yanchao's main force, which was fighting head-on, into chaos, and Shi Yanchao's troops almost collapsed on all fronts. In such a bad battle situation, they did not disperse in a hurry, probably because they felt that Shi Yanchao was not dead, and they pinned their hopes on reinforcements.
Fortunately, it was completely dark in a few moments, the sky was full of stars but no moon, and the army fighting in front had not had a chance to light the torches, and the light was extremely dim. Guo Shao and the others found mounts, followed Xiang Xun's soldiers and horses to rush and kill, and everyone finally rushed out of the Liao array with the remaining elite horses. Xiang Xun's total cavalry was nearly 400 cavalry, and now most of them have been lost. After the main force of Shi Yanchao's division was defeated on the right flank, the whole line fled, and was rushed and killed by the Liao army, making a mess.
The rebels fled south together, and soon encountered the infantry in a line behind. The light was dim, the vision was blurred, and the retreating cavalry rushed away from the infantry camp, and the infantry first dodged their own horsemen, and soon scattered and ran.
The footmen ran wildly in the night, and they were defeated. In one day today, the Zhou army's Shi Yanchao and Xiang Xun's troops lost more than 4,000 people in one day, including unknown casualties.
The only thing that is okay, no matter what, Xiang Xun's tactical goal has been achieved, and Shi Yanchao, who has half a life left, has finally been rescued.
Everyone didn't say anything all the way, Guo Shao didn't want to say a word, his whole body felt like he had collapsed, if it weren't for the fact that there might be chasing soldiers behind him fighting for a breath, he would want to lie down on the side of the road now.
At this moment, the hedgehog Shi Yanchao suddenly turned around and asked, "What's your name?" ”
"Guo Shao." He didn't want to say a word more, including which army he belonged to. But after thinking about it, he still said: "Although we were the first to break through the encirclement, the person who should be grateful to Shi Qianfeng is General Zhang Jianxiong." ”
Zhang Jianxiong was also not far away, and he snorted after hearing it.