Chapter 566: Escape

"Nayan," a commander of the Donghu Thousand Commanders reminded, "The Wei people's sea ships are powerful, and those approaching are all equipped with crossbows with large beds, and we may not be safe here." I'm not afraid of death, it's better to lead the guards back a mile or two. ”

Everyone nodded, these Donghu military attachés and nobles have entered the territory of Great Wei more than once, relatively speaking, they would rather fight with the Wei army on the battlefield than encounter a bed crossbow raid outside the state and county, this thing is too fast, such as a thunderbolt, it is not enough to react, when you hear the sound, you can basically determine where the crossbow arrow is shooting, people have no way to dodge and react, whether it is life or death, it is completely up to luck.

For many generals who have been on the battlefield for many years, can judge the strength and direction of arrows, and will not be injured by the long sword and horizontal knife when fighting with the enemy, as well as those nobles who have personal guards to protect them, they are afraid of bed crossbows, and when the crossbow machine sounds, everyone is terrified, but they are afraid that the crossbow arrows that are as thick as a child's arm will fly to their side, and they will be pierced by an arrow, and there is no possibility of survival at all.

Donghu and the Great Wei fought for decades, the Donghu people suffered the heaviest loss was a Nayan was shot by the bed crossbow and died on the spot, this kind of thing, there is no way to spread the Great Khan, the shield guards have no time to react, even if there is a reaction, as long as the shield that can be lifted by manpower is unable to block the bed crossbow and heavy arrows, there is no way to speak of.

Wanyan Zongshu was silent, the threat of the bed crossbow made everyone a little uneasy, but he knew in his heart that those small bed crossbows were not a big threat, and the heavy bed crossbows were slow to fire, and it was a good result to shoot dozens of people, and Wanyan Zongshu weighed the three thousand infantry in front of him.

Judging from the array, this is an elite, judging from the armor, weapons, and flags, this army is not an ordinary Great Wei Forbidden Army, its suddenness, it seems to be elite, but from the subtle reaction, it does not seem to be an elite forbidden army with a hundred battles and rich experience in actual combat.

If it is a well-prepared and well-equipped elite forbidden army in the north, Wanyan Zongshu will directly choose to retreat, although Yue Zhi is in front, the remnants are in front, and the final great achievement is in front, but there is no need to take risks, Donghu has already won, there is no need to risk his life and the lives of his soldiers.

But he is a little unsure about the army in front of him, whether it is strong or weak, from the perspective of equipment, the array is very strong, but it is not excluded that it is a flower driver who can only set up a formation and have good equipment, this time the Wei Guojing Camp Forbidden Army, isn't that the case?

"Its banner is the Qin Wangfu Army." Wanyan Zongshu muttered: "Yue Zhi told me before that there was a prince of Kaifu in the Wei State Sect, who was quite young, and his achievements were not small. It seems that there are so many ships coming from the sea this time, and more than 1,000 ships and tens of thousands of people have come to rescue the fugitive forbidden army, which does not seem to be the handiwork of the Son of Heaven. is so meticulous and meticulous, and has a strong mobilization, he is indeed the dragon and phoenix among the people, and he is a hero. Wei has such a prince, it must be a great trouble in the future, only from the three thousand government troops it brought can not see too much, its mobilization of so many ships and personnel at most said that its territory is large, manpower, and good at internal affairs, but it dares to send three thousand government troops ashore at this time, brazenly against the Donghu soldiers, not afraid of death and injury, not afraid of damaging prestige, from this point of view, Yue Zhi's evaluation of Xu Zixian, the prince really did not boast, this is indeed a masterpiece.

"Hmm......" The indifference in Wanyan Zongshu's eyes was obvious, and he was already ready to wave his hand and order.

Whether it is a masterpiece or not, the soldiers and horses brought don't work, after all, it still has to be done.

Take a look at it to see the real color!

As for how many people died, how many loyal and brave soldiers would die in front of the battle, Wanyan Zongshu would not think too much about it once he gave the order, as a Nayan, it didn't matter if he sacrificed the lives of the soldiers appropriately, Ci was not in charge of the army, when necessary, the more than 1,000 cavalry in front of him were damaged, as long as the gains were greater than the pay, the Great Khan and the rest of the Nayan people would not be dissatisfied.

In the cavalry array, under the banner, Yan Wanyan Zongshu raised his arm slightly, and the order to attack the government army was about to be issued with a wave of his arm.

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"Beat the drums, hold the drums, flank forward."

At the most critical moment, Li Xingwu and Dong Ruixiang both saw that Hu Qi had the intention of attacking, and the two glanced at each other, and they could see the determination in each other's eyes.

If you don't break it, you can't stand it, you don't die or you don't live!

Everyone will form their own style when they lead the troops, and the same is true for Xu Zixian's way of commanding.

The Battle of Stone Bridge, the Battle of Jiangtan, the raid on Qizhou over the mountains, when the pirates attacked in a big way, they recovered from their illness and went to the front line in person, led the cavalry to raid, and put them to death and survived......

Xu Zixian is not violent, nor impulsive, nor reckless, but when he needs to break the kettle desperately, he will never hesitate at all!

This style and direction of choice will of course affect every general under his command.

Although Li Xingwu and Dong Ruixiang are not descendants, and their style of using soldiers is not as decisive and violent as Zhang Huchen, when the time is right, how to decide, is also the same as most people in the army who were influenced by King Qin, how to decide, it is self-evident!

The drums sounded, and the officers and men of the 3,000 Prefecture Army suddenly quieted down, and those sergeants and military attachés all stopped the final mobilization on the battlefield and pursed their lips to calm down.

Only the exciting, monotonous, slightly dull drum beating, combined with the creaking sound of the bed crossbow pulled on the ship at sea, gives people a sense of storm and violence.

"Kill!"

More than 3,000 soldiers of the government began to move slightly to the right, and at the same time raised the long tower, and in an instant, the long tower in the array stood like a forest, and a murderous aura spread.

The long bow is raised diagonally, the sword and shield are covered, and the longbow and the divine arm bow are raised diagonally to the sky, once the enemy attacks, you can counterattack at the first time.

There is no doubt that these 3,000 people are heavily armored, well-armed, well-trained, with more than 1,000 heavy cavalry can try to break the formation, and most of them can succeed, but the Donghu cavalry is to chase the defeated soldiers with light cavalry, many Hu cavalry continuous armor, leather armor has been removed, only holding a bow, and no armor, the vest of the palace tent heavy cavalry, of course, has also been unloaded, light cavalry into battle, at this time want to break the formation head-on, or it is possible to pass through the formation, open the array, but most of them may still be in vain, heavy losses.

If you want to flank back and forth on both wings in the old way, the bow and arrows and physical strength are not enough, these horsemen are also chasing day and night, and the physical strength of the horses and soldiers is almost exhausted, and the arrows are left.

Moreover, the rangers pull and swing the arrows on the flanks and shoot the side attack, this is the method to deal with the infantry army that is not strong-willed and the array is not strict, the more than 3,000 Wei troops in front of them are in strict array, the armor is heavy, and the shields are not many, and the cavalry shoots arrows on the side, and the effect should be quite ordinary, and there will be no real gain.

After the government army beat the drum and prepared to meet the battle, the Donghu soldiers on the opposite side heard the horn of retreat.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief, many Donghu people were also dry lips, on the verge of exhaustion of physical energy, at this time it was quite difficult to call them to fight a tough battle, and the morale of the cavalry was also quite low, after hearing the order to withdraw troops, there was no doubt that everyone was relieved.

Wanyan Zongshu's face was unhappy, and he looked at the sea for a while, when suddenly there was a loud sound of collapse, and many Donghu people, regardless of whether they were generals or nobles, or ordinary cavalry, all changed color in shock.

As far as the naked eye could see, several large ships suddenly fired eight-bull crossbows, and the bed crossbows with thick arms suddenly flew towards the place where Hu Qi was, and almost when people heard the sound, the spear-like arrows were already flying in the air, no one would know where they fell, but everyone knew that if they were shot, they would definitely die.

The cavalry was chaotic, regardless of whether they were high or low, and everyone couldn't help but drive their horses to run, and at the same time lay on their stomachs, hiding their bodies on the side of the horse's belly as much as possible to narrow the range of being shot.

That is, one or two breaths, driven by huge kinetic energy, the arrows of the Eight Ox Crossbow have already reached the cavalry array, because they are too dense, although many methods have been taken to dodge, there are still many cavalry, including war horses, were shot at the first time.

The heavy arrows pierced the horse's belly, bringing up a large rain of blood, blood and scraps of flesh flew in the air, the horse seemed to be shot in two, and the internal organs were sprinkled with the flesh and blood in the air, and the knight lying on the horse was not spared, but was directly pierced, and died on the spot.

Although only one man and one horse were killed, and several other arrows of eight-oxen crossbows swept through the cavalry without hurting anyone, everyone's faces turned pale.

Such a way of dying, there is no way, there is no way to resist, and it is so sudden, and the death is quite tragic, which makes people feel creepy.

Wanyan Zongshu's guards began to persuade hard, this Nayan also knew that there was indeed a threat, so he could only stop looking at the moment, and ordered the whole army to turn and retreat, at least three miles away, so that the eight bull crossbows on the battleship were no longer a threat before stopping.

The cavalry of the brigade began to turn in embarrassment, and they didn't even care about chasing and killing the scattered Great Wei forbidden troops in the distance, after all, at this kind of moment when the result of the great victory had been determined, and the fruits of victory were about to be picked, no one wanted to die at such a time, and no one wanted to.

The Wei army let out a burst of cheers, mainly from the forbidden army, the officers and soldiers of the government army were still in a state of readiness without orders, no one turned their heads to look back, they were not allowed to look around, and they were not allowed to talk to each other, let alone cheer loudly.

However, the cheers also stopped in an instant, and the result of the fiasco would not change because of the small victory in front of them, the result was still as heavy as a mountain in everyone's hearts, the cheers stopped abruptly, and everyone began to rush into the sea again, only this time there was a lot less urgency and nervousness, although everyone was still moving quite fast, but there was no imminent urgency between life and death.

At dusk, the most dangerous moment has passed, taking advantage of the twilight and many forbidden soldiers out of the bushes and woods, they run hard, the farthest place is more than ten miles away from the sea, they also saw the confrontation between the government army and the Donghu soldiers, and knew that this is the last chance to escape, even if they are not killed by the Donghu people, they will definitely be captured as slaves, and life is better than death. In the twilight, many people ran with their last bit of strength, and many of them ran out of energy, and suddenly their eyes went dark during the run, and then they fell to the ground and died directly. More people lost their strength halfway, so they could only support each other and barely come to the beach.

Many sailors, officers and men of the naval division ran to the land a few miles away, helped to support, and used the method of towing to pull those who had exhausted their strength into the sea, and when they entered the sea, they were safe, and the warships on the sea were heavily guarded and scattered in all directions, and a small number of officers and men of the government army on the shore were patrolling with torches to illuminate distant targets for the warships.

From time to time there was the sound of horses' hooves in the darkness, which were the Donghu people, who had regrouped and whose cavalry were clearly increasing in number, and they spied and looked out from afar in the darkness, but feared the power of the bed crossbow, and avoided it without wanting to fight at night. It is conceivable that when the day is bright, how many Donghu cavalry will take advantage of the situation to cover up, as long as the enemy cavalry is equal to the infantry, even if it is a light cavalry attack, it is not easy for the infantry to resist, and the Donghu people must have gathered a part of the heavy cavalry, and the forbidden army that can escape alive and get on the ship smoothly can only look at this last night.

Xu Zi first considered that there would be some forbidden troops who would continue to walk in the direction of Yuguan, and then turned to the sea after realizing that something was wrong, so he sent some small boats to the north, and even if there was only one forbidden army soldier, he had to pick him up on the boat and rescue him safely.

After dark, the original remnants of more than 10,000 people had all boarded the ship, all the remnants of the forbidden army were excited, there were no typhoons and waves near the sea, the hull of the ship was only slightly shaking, everyone had the excitement of the rest of their lives, no one went into the cabin to rest, although the sailors gave up the hammocks, the soldiers of the forbidden army sat on the deck, and some even stood all the time, leaning on the side of the ship and looking at the dark continent.

In the second half of the night, all the government troops were withdrawn, and only a small number of people patrolled around to rescue the remnants of the forbidden army who were long overdue.

Before dawn, there had been no new forbidden army for more than an hour, many people had stayed awake all night, many had been awakened in their sleep while napping, and the previous few days were a nightmare that every fugitive would never forget.

When the sun showed its body on the distant horizon and the sky and earth were bright again, there was no trace on the coast, only a large range of cavalry five or six miles away was running non-stop, it was obvious that even if some soldiers of the forbidden army stood out from the encirclement, they could not reach the beach at this moment, and could only continue to flee to Yuguan, and they had to have the luck of going against the sky to get away with their lives from this big wave.