Chapter 719: Siege from both sides
No way?!
The reinforcements of the Tang Army arrived unexpectedly from the sky at this critical time, but they were completely caught off guard.
At the beginning, the whole country of Daxi did not take into account the possibility that the Tang army would send reinforcements from eastern Sichuan, but at that time, because now in the Huguang area, the Ming army's Zuo Liangyu department was fighting fiercely with the main force of the Tang army, and the monarchs and ministers of the Daxi Kingdom all thought that the soldiers and horses of the second town of the Tang army stationed in Chongqing should also be fighting with Zuo Liangyu, so it was impossible to divide the troops in two more ways to come to the rescue of the soldiers and horses of the Zeng Ying department, so they were relieved to send troops to attack southern Sichuan.
But he never expected that the soldiers and horses of the Tang Army, the second town, would still have the spare strength to divide their troops to come, and even look at this posture, it was to attack with the defenders of Xuzhou City inside and outside, and wipe out all their 60,000 soldiers and horses under Xuzhou City.
Bean-sized beads of sweat rolled down from Zhang Kewang's face.
The mistakes that were taken for granted at the beginning have finally become the irreparable bad situation now.
In front of him, the black line on the opposite side of the Hengjiang River became thicker and thicker, and countless soldiers and horses flags changed from it, but Zhang Kewang's mind was blank.
You must know that now the main infantry of the whole army, about 50,000 people, under the leadership of the deputy general Ainengqi, are all doing their best to attack the city. There were only 3,000 cavalry left, and they were still on standby around themselves, while the other nearly 7,000 logistics auxiliaries who had not been put into battle were scattered on all sides of the city wall, and for a while, there was no way to gather to meet the enemy.
What to do?
What the hell is going to do now?!
However, just before he could react to what he was going to do, the Tang Army military formation rolling in the distance, in front of it, suddenly a huge black arrow faintly appeared.
It was an assault battle formation of a large number of cavalry, and they rushed straight to the pontoon bridge connecting the north and south banks of the Hengjiang River, like a huge and sharp arrow.
It was only then that Zhang Kewang gasped and woke up from his trance abruptly.
"Quick! All the cavalry quickly crossed the bridge, and they must stop the Tang army! No matter how hard you try, you can't get them to cross the pontoon! ”
Zhang Kewang had cold sweat on his forehead, his fingers trembled and pointed in the direction of Tang Jun, and quickly issued this very hasty order.
"Order!"
The cavalry of the 3,000 Western Army hurriedly formed a team, and like a puff of smoke and dust rolled up on the ground, the horse's hooves rumbled and galloped across the pontoon bridge, and rushed towards the Tang cavalry in the distance.
The cavalry crossed the pontoon bridge to block the advance and defeat of the Tang army with all their might, and Zhang Kewang, who had no desire to fight, immediately issued an order, Mingjin retreated, and the infantry who were attacking the head of the city, as well as the auxiliaries outside the four city walls, all retreated to their own positions and held on to their positions.
After all, now that the situation is abrupt and the enemy is at present, it is impossible to take this Xuzhou City again, and how to preserve the strength and thwart the enemy's attempt to attack from both sides is the most important and crucial.
Hearing the sound of gold in this formation, and it was so clear, those Onishi soldiers who attacked the city wall almost couldn't believe my ears.
No way?!
Now that he has attacked the head of Xuzhou City, he is fighting such a bloody battle with the defenders, and now he has obviously occupied the advantage, and Zhang Kewang, the general of the unified army, actually ordered a retreat at such a critical time, which is simply ridiculous.
Could it be that my ears misheard?
It's just that the sound of gold is as tight as one, the sound is soul-inspiring, endless, how can you hear it wrong?!
This order for an urgent retreat is absolutely true.
The soldiers of the Great Western Army who attacked the head of the city were helpless, and everyone's faces were full of unwillingness, so they had to fight and retreat, and retreated from the siege ladder stained with dung and lime again. For a time, from the city wall to the siege ladder, the soldiers of the Great Western Army were all in a mess.
Of course, compared to the soldiers who attacked the city, those who withdrew the fastest were the auxiliaries who watched the battle from behind, and then those who attacked with siege carts and ramming equipment.
Pity them, they all tried their best to carry this huge and heavy siege ram through the moat with great difficulty, and before they could break the drawbridge, they heard the order to retreat, and they were really dejected.
Looking down from the sky, the Qing army that was originally besieging the city on all sides was like a retreating tide, and they were intensively retreating to the north, and there were even many soldiers of the Great Western Army, whose own soldiers were retreating like a tide, because they accidentally fell and were trampled to death.
Seeing that the Great Western Army retreated and retreated to the main formation like a tide from the four city walls, the soldiers of the tenth town defending the city broke out into thunderous cheers.
"! Monk An, this guy finally came when he was burning his eyebrows, and they really fucking came at the right time. Deputy Mayor Wang Xiang panted and wiped his face full of blood, but his face was full of ecstasy like other soldiers.
Everyone didn't expect that the Tang Army would be able to rush here at such a critical time, which was really to save Xuzhou City at a critical moment.
Zeng Ying, who was the main general, was also excited, he waved the waist knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Everyone! Reinforcements have arrived, and we will fight hard to kill the enemy and defeat the rogues to welcome the reinforcements! ”
Encouraged by the main general, the morale of the defenders of the city was like a rainbow, they rushed forward with a shout, and fought with the enemy troops who were retreating in a panic.
However, although the Onishi soldiers were killed a lot, they still maintained good order in general and continued to climb down the ladder. Zeng Ying, Wang Xiang and others, as well as all the soldiers defending the city, looked at the enemy troops who were fleeing farther and farther away, and their faces were suddenly full of regret.
", it's disgusting to let them run away like this!" Wang Xiang looked unwilling and took a bite fiercely.
Originally, when the Qing army began to retreat according to the order, the defenders in the city should take the opportunity to fight back, and even vigorously pursue these guys who fled in order to expand their military achievements.
But up to now, almost every defender in the city has run out of strength, almost everyone is wounded, and there is no power to pursue at all, but can only pant and watch the Qing army calmly withdraw.
Just watching them withdraw like this, the main general Zeng Ying was really unwilling in his heart.
However, now he is not completely helpless. Because although the infantry was physically exhausted and could not go out of the city to attack, there were still 2,000 cavalry in the city that had not moved, and now these cavalry were gearing up and preparing for a big fight.
"Pass my military order, with the two thousand cavalry in the city, led by you, immediately go out of the city to cover and kill!" Zeng Ying ordered Wang Xiang on the side.
"Order!" Wang Xiang's eyes flashed, he clenched his fists, and then turned away.
"General Wang, remember one thing, our army has limited strength, we must not fight hard with the enemy, we can sweep away the enemy, and expand the results as much as possible, and we must not attack the enemy's main position directly." When Wang Xiang turned his head and was about to leave, Zeng Ying hurriedly admonished again.
"The last general understands!" Wang Xiang replied loudly and quickened the pace of going down to the city.
Soon, the north gate of Xuzhou City was opened, and Wang Xiang led all the cavalry, like arrows from the string, to rush towards the large areas of the enemy army in front of them.
Under the bright spring sun, the 2,000 murderous cavalrymen in armor were like wild beasts smelling blood, and they were extremely excited and high-spirited, their horses' hooves rumbled, their guns pointed at their knives, and they slashed and killed the enemy troops on both sides of the horse formation, and the swords flashed everywhere, their heads flew everywhere, and their flesh and blood were splashed, and they screamed again and again.
Such a one-sided and merciless slaughter, don't be too cool.
And just when the Qing army was like a tide, retreating frantically from outside Xuzhou to the main formation, the cavalry of the Great Western Army that crossed the bridge and assaulted finally officially fought with the Tang cavalry that was rushing wildly.
The Tang cavalry rushed all the way at high speed, the overall formation was still very complete, and the black sharp arrows, like a fierce fist, rushed into the cavalry of the Great Western Army that rushed across the pontoon bridge to intercept them in an instant.
The cavalry of the Tang Army, which was heavily armored and weighed half a ton, made the arrows of the Tang Army's assault, and their impact was fierce, like a galloping tank, and the 3,000 enemy cavalry that had been scattered and had only turned around in a hurry to meet the battle became more and more scattered.
The worst were the cavalry of the Great Western Army that was facing the Tang cavalry, and many of them were killed by the Tang cavalry who rushed forward before they could make a move.
Under the fierce assault of the Tang army, the cavalry of the Great Western Army either fell off their horses screaming, or were stabbed in the chest by sharp cavalry spears, and many were pierced by the Tang Army's cavalry spears or cavalry knives, even men and horses were stabbed in pairs, and the death was very terrifying.
The cavalry of the Tang Army, which was almost twice the number of the enemy army and had a very strict formation, immediately dealt a solid and ferocious blow to the cavalry of the Great Western Army, which was inferior in numbers and scattered in formation.
Immediately, the two cavalry teams were immediately strangled together.
The clanging of swords and slashes, the tooth-aching porphyry sound of cutting bones, the dull pop sound of stabbing into the body of a human horse, the screams of dying and the mournful screams of a dying horse, suddenly resounded.
It's just that in the face of the strong combat power and fierce assault of the Tang cavalry, the cavalry of the Great Western Army, which was hastily put into battle and scattered in formation, although they resisted desperately, were almost in vain.
In this stalemate battle between the cavalry, it can be clearly seen that the wedge-shaped battle formation of the Tang army is constantly squeezing forward and impacting, while Tian Xiong and his subordinates are constantly retreating backwards, and the entire formation is becoming more and more messy.
As the battle between the two armies deepened, the formation of the Tang Army began to gradually change, and the entire military formation of the Great Western Army was gradually swallowed by the Tang Army's fierce and ferocious cavalry formation, and it began to be gradually swallowed by the Tang Army's battle formation in a semi-arc.
The two armies fought, slashing with swords and spears, shouting and shouting, and the cavalry fell from their horses screaming, or their mounts were cut to the ground, and they let out a mournful scream.
This cavalry battle, which had obvious superiority in the Tang Army, quickly showed a one-sided tendency, and the cavalry of the Great Western Army, which had struggled to support, was still struggling to wait for reinforcements. And as the Tang Army spearmen behind came quickly, the whole battle situation became clear in an instant.
A Tang Army spearman armed with a 4-meter stainless steel spear ran all the way here, and everyone was already out of breath, but he was still a hundred times more energetic, and his morale was like a rainbow. They shouted and rushed quickly, completely cutting off the rear road of the cavalry of the Great Western Army, and completely outflanking them from front to back, so that this group of enemy cavalry, who had been struggling to support, quickly fell into a desperate situation of being completely surrounded.
A sharp steel spear, like a flying poisonous dragon, roared and stabbed fiercely, and the rogue cavalry, men and horses, were stabbed by the spears one after another, one cavalry after another screamed and fell from their horses, and one after another the war horses neighed and fell to the ground.
The battle was fierce, the fighting was not stopped, the people shouted and the horses neighed, and in this sudden battle of encirclement and annihilation, the Tang army completely gained the upper hand in a very short period of time, and the whole battle has already shown a one-sided trend.
"Brothers, hold on, you must hold on!"
Seeing that the troops on the other side were completely surrounded by the Tang army, and the number of people fighting against them was getting smaller and smaller, the cavalry commander of the Great Western Army, who led the army to fight, let out a cry of almost despair.
At this moment, a sharp riding spear, like a poisonous snake flying from the sky, pierced his throat at once, and the sharp and sharp head of the spear pierced through the back of his neck.
The general's screams stopped abruptly, his eyes widened, his mouth snorted, and he subconsciously grasped the cold hilt of the gun, as if trying to pull it out of his throat.
And the Tang cavalry on the opposite side, who took his life, sneered, shook his right hand, and quickly pulled out the cavalry spear, and a terrible hole appeared in the throat of the main general, and blood spurted out wildly.
The commander of the Great Western Army rolled silently from his horse like a stake, smashing up large patches of viscous blood and mud, and never moved again.
Seeing that the Lord was about to be killed, the enemy cavalry next to him screamed in mourning, and the entire formation became more and more scattered, almost out of control.
The cavalry of the Great Western Army, which was attacked on its back, resisted with extreme difficulty for a while, and finally completely collapsed.
A large number of cavalry of the Great Western Army began to struggle to break through at any cost.
It's just that at this point in the battle, there are still people who have the strength to break through the siege, after all, there are only a few, and there are a lot of cavalry of the Great Western Army who cry loudly and throw their weapons on the spot, raising their hands and begging for mercy, looking very pitiful.
It's just that in this chaotic battlefield, the scattered enemy army is extremely difficult to control, and the Tang army is in a hurry to cross the river to fight, and it simply has no ability and time to collect the prisoners, so the red-eyed Tang cavalry and spearmen are still roaring like beasts, mercilessly trying to kill all the remaining cavalry of the Great Western Army.
In the end, the Daxi cavalry, which had less than 200 cavalry, fought to the death to break out of the encirclement, retreated to the pontoon bridge in embarrassment, and was extremely lucky to save his life and escape.
The remaining more than 2,700 Onishi cavalry were all killed by the wolf-like Tang army on this battlefield like a Shura slaughterhouse.
At a glance, the entire flat northern suburbs of the Hengjiang River looked like a slaughterhouse, and the ground was covered with the corpses of enemy soldiers and the corpses of war horses.
This long and winding river of blood, winding and long, red and dazzling, flows into the Hengjiang River, and dyes the river into a palpitating scarlet.
At this time, in the Great Western Army formation, Zhang Kewang, the chief general of the Great Western Army, who had been postponed to supervise, saw that his own 3,000 elite cavalry had been completely defeated by the Tang Army in a short period of time and it was difficult to clean up, and the anger and frustration in his heart were difficult to describe in words.
Fuck, this fucking fight is so damn that it can suffocate people to death!