Volume 1 Chapter 123: The Bloodstained Bridge (3)

Qiu Fu rubbed his round forehead vigorously with his thick fingers, straightened up and looked around, trying to figure out the situation on the battlefield.

On the north bank of the small river of Suishui, the field is like a huge pot of boiling porridge. The dust kicked up by the horse team drifted across the earth like a muddy flood. There were scattered rebels running around, adding to the chaos of the battlefield.

Qiu Fu inspected the chaos in his sight, and thought hard at the same time, trying to connect the scene in front of him with the initial deployment and threading!

His men and horses first assembled in the military camp on the north bank of the small river, and then advanced in the direction of the pontoon bridges to the south, hoping to recapture the several pontoon bridges that had been painstakingly erected.

But after the officers and soldiers of He Fu crossed the river, the army became more and more numerous; Therefore, the Chen Wenbu of the Northern Army, which was located behind Qiu Fu, took the lead in catching up and reached Qiu Fu's right flank, forming a large front line.

Qiu Fu, Chen Wen and other northern army cavalry, and the official army He Fu's men and horses hedged north and south, and the situation was quite clear so far...... At this time, Ping An led a large group of officers and troops to the west side of the battlefield and attacked the right flank of the northern army.

The scene is a little complicated, the three groups of men and horses are facing different directions, and the cavalry is detouring, and the situation is getting more and more muddy.

Then Chen Wen, the general of the Northern Army on the right flank, was beheaded by the cavalry of the official army, and most of the infantry army was scattered. The Ping'an infantry cavalry divided its troops to attack the right flank of Qiu Fubu, and then divided its troops to attack the Yanwang camp in the north.

This is not chaotic enough, the northern army Gaoyang Wang Bucai came from the forest in the northwest and attacked Ping'an's flank again!

…… King Gaoyang's cavalry was interspersed left and right, and Qiu Fu didn't know where they were now.

But at this time, all the officers and cavalry withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the northwest for reinforcements, and Qiu Fu felt that the pressure on the right flank had dropped sharply. He estimated that it should be the King of Gaoyang who attracted the officers and soldiers.

Seeing that the front camp was stable and the flanks had finally avoided the danger of being torn, Qiu Fu suddenly took a sharp breath and exhaled a long breath.

A foul smell of feces and urine, mixed with a fishy smell, poured into Qiu Fu's mouth, Qiu Fu suddenly felt a burst of retching, and almost didn't vomit out the contents of his stomach! This smell is not unfamiliar, and the more people die on the battlefield, the stronger the stench will become...... People who have eaten enough will become incontinent after death.

Qiu Fu frowned and thought for a long time, then shouted, slapped his horse and rushed out of the big formation, and a group of horses followed him and poured out to the west.

In the barren fields, groups of infantry of the Northern Army were fleeing in the northeast direction, and it was Chen Wen's rout.

"Come, go to all directions to give orders, and tell the soldiers under Chen Wen's command to find their hundred households! If there are no 100 households, call 100 households and the general flag to stand up and convene subordinates! Qiu Fu ordered, "The rout army will gather at the rear of our large array and stand by!" ”

"The last general will wait for the order!" A few people around him responded, patting their horses and leaving the cavalry brigade.

Qiu Fu led the crowd to continue westward, and soon in the depths of the gunsmoke, he saw a group of officers and infantry advancing in formation, driving the northern army to flee eastward.

If the previous Ping'an Army horse team had not withdrawn, and came to chase the defeated soldiers, the pursuit speed would be faster, and the men and horses under Chen Wen's command would have been even more miserable!

At this moment, the infantry phalanx of officers and soldiers in the west all stopped. Qiu Fu looked at it for a while, and saw dust rolling up in the depths of his sight, and two groups of cavalry rushed from the two flanks of the official and military formations. In the distance, there was a loud shout, arrows flew in the air, and horses neighed and people screamed.

Soon Qiu Fu saw clearly that a red flag of the horse team was flying in the north, and he looked at it again, and the words "King Gaoyang" were faintly written on the big flag. He knew that it should be Zhu Gaoxu's horsemen coming.

Sure enough, after a while, Qiu Fu saw Zhu Gaoxu, who was sweeping the left flank of the official army with an iron cavalry and rushing towards this side.

"General Qiu!" Zhu Gaoxu's voice shouted.

Qiu Fu also immediately hugged his fists and said, "King Gaoyang!" ”

The two of them rushed out of their respective herds and approached in the middle. Qiu Fu said with a grateful face: "Fortunately, King Gaoyang came to help, otherwise the official army may have the upper hand all day long!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked very humble and said: "You and I are in the same boat, this is my business!" Didn't General Qiu save me too? ”

Qiu Fu didn't want to talk about these personal friends anymore, and hurriedly exchanged military information with Zhu Gaoxu, he said, "The south is the official army He Fubu!" He Fu's infantry army is in the front, and the cavalry army is out of our right flank; He Fu's cavalry and Ping'an army's infantry combined and defeated Chen Wen's army.

Ping'an personally led a cavalry, attacked the Yanwang camp on the north side, and broke the camp in many places. At that time, after King Gaoyang left the Ping'an side, the two horse teams in the north and south of the Ping'an Army passed. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded after hearing this, and also said: "Ping'an's cavalry has few people, and they are inferior to our horse team. He went around in circles, fought with me for a round, and ran again!

However, the officers and soldiers had multiple infantry in formation, with armor spears and spears and shields in front, and the formation was very strong, and our troops could not defeat it after several charges; There were also Ping'an cavalry circling around the vicinity, waiting for an opportunity to attack. We can't make any more progress for a while! ”

Qiu Fu rubbed his round forehead a few times, and suddenly said: "The infantry battalion of the Ping'an Army is advancing to the south, and it must be to move closer to the flank of He Fujun, so that the two officers and armies can meet and increase the military momentum!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The hero sees the same! He paused and then said quickly, "After two incense sticks, please General Qiu launch a counterattack against He Fu in the front!" Taking advantage of the fact that the Ping'an army did not join He Fu, our cavalry made a detour to the west and instigated General Qiu to attack He Fu! ”

Qiu Fu hugged his fists and said: "Very good! ”

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "I will send another order to President Qianweida, and ask him to ask the Yan Wang Army in the north to reinforce and counterattack from the northwest, and we will reverse the passive situation in one fell swoop!" ”

Qiu Fu nodded in reply, and then saluted: "See you on the battlefield!" ”

"Farewell!" Zhu Gaoxu also hugged his fists.

Qiu Fu turned around and went back to his large array, and immediately ordered the generals to prepare in short words.

When he returned to the army, he remembered that Zhu Gaoxu had arranged a new strategy in an instant just now, Qiu Fu came back to his senses, and said in his heart: King Gaoyang is not yet twenty years old, and he has such knowledge, I am afraid that it is even better than that of King Yan back then!

And King Gaoyang was more humble and kind than King Yan, so Qiu Fu unconsciously became closer to King Gaoyang in his heart.

...... "Boom! Boom! "After the drum sounded, the sound of the horn filled the sky. Qiu Fu looked ahead, and more than a dozen military formations were slowly advancing in unison! He rode his horse and paced behind the phalanx with the cavalry. The pro-soldier law enforcement team with swords and axes on their shoulders followed the infantry phalanx, ready to slash and kill the soldiers who escaped without permission.

At this moment, the hooves of the horses on the right flank roared, and several iron horses had appeared in sight, and a red flag in the middle was like a red flower growing on the field.

King Gaoyang's cavalry arrived very punctually! said that the two sticks of incense were good, Qiu Fu only estimated a rough idea, and he started to do it almost immediately. And King Gao Yang cooperated just right, I don't know how he did it.

"Boom, boom, boom......, boom" The bell rang out in the distance, and after the white smoke cleared, there was occasional commotion in the phalanx of the northern army, and the screams were heard vividly from two hundred paces away. But the infantry of the Northern Army did not stop at all, and the phalanx group was neither fast nor slow, and pressed towards the opposite side in a neat queue.

King Gaoyang's horsemen gradually approached, and they divided into several groups and rushed directly to the flank of the official army. The phalanx on the side of the officers and soldiers picked up large shields and spears to defend against the enemy, and the swaying queues everywhere showed the panic of the officers and soldiers.

Qiu Fu heard the shouts in front of him, which shook the earth. When the hand-to-hand combat is fought, people shout especially loudly!

At this moment, Qiu Fu suddenly found that a group of official cavalry appeared in the northwest, facing the left flank of the Gaoyang Wangma team and rushing over quickly...... Qiu Fu's heart tightened, but he soon saw that a group of horses in the army of King Gaoyang was turning around, and he guessed that King Gaoyang should have also discovered Ping'an's cavalry reinforcements.

Qiu Fu Ma ordered the horse team on his side to immediately go out of the big formation and attack the horse team that came to the aid of Ping An to cooperate with the cavalry of King Gaoyang!

The battlefield soon became chaotic, and the cavalry turned in a roundabout way, staggered and staggered, like a whirlpool in a sea of people. The infantry in front of them wielded swords and spears, and arrows and firearms were mixed in, and they tumbled violently like boiling water.

If the phalanx in the first row could not defeat the enemy, it would retreat according to the golden drum order, and then the phalanx in the second row would go up and continue to fight.

Between countless people and horses, the corpses lying in the dry land are getting denser and denser!

The battle lasted until the afternoon, and the two sides could not distinguish between victory and defeat, only casualties continued to increase. But the Northern Army has reversed the passive situation and constantly launched counterattack offensives.

The Ping'an Army was forced to reinforce and defend many times, but it also achieved the goal of the official army: after several battles on foot, the Ping'an Army was able to connect with He Fu's head and tail and respond to each other.

In the evening, the chaotic situation of the two armies flanking each other and attacking each other gradually turned into a situation of confrontation between the north and the south. It was even more difficult to decide the outcome of the battle, and the two sides retreated to reorganize their armies, and the atmosphere on the battlefield slowly eased. Only the cavalry was left running in the open field on the side of the battlefield, grazing and killing each other.

…… After dark, the fighting gradually stopped, and the northern army had no city to hold, so they held the camp after dark. Later, the scouts reported that most of the officers and soldiers retreated from the pontoon bridge to the south.

Ping'an and He Fu joined forces, so the north and south became a situation of confrontation across the river.

That night, the fog gradually rose again, and the air was moist and cold, filled with a complex stench. The fire flickered in the mist, like ghost fire, and the soldiers were clearing the battlefield to find the wounded soldiers who had not died. There were many people moaning and screaming in pain, and the foggy battlefield was like an underworld.

Qiu Fu pressed his sword and rode on his horse, watching the scene of Siye. At this time, I heard a voice say: "This battle has stopped, and my brother can recuperate from his wounds......"

Qiu Fu glanced sideways slightly, and said in his heart: The pawn just doesn't know it, and this battle can't stop here!

The northern army drove south, approaching the Huai River, and there was nothing to rely on. Now that the army is blocked here, if you don't try to attack and break through, do you have to defend...... Having penetrated into enemy territory, what can you hold?