Chapter 751: Throwing and Killing Abatai
At this very critical moment, the adjutant general next to him shouted again: "Yubele, the left and right battalions of our army behind seem to have arrived together!" ”
Abatai turned his head to look, and sure enough, two long torches could be seen in the distance, all the way to him and quickly.
Abatai, who was originally in a very low mood, suddenly felt like a shot of chicken blood, his eyes were burning and shining, full of hope, and he shouted loudly: "Very good! As soon as reinforcements arrive, our army should be able to continue the confrontation with the Tang army! The whole army obeyed the order, could not retreat, desperately blocked the attack of the Tang army, and waited for the convergence of reinforcements! ”
Unfortunately, Abatai's encouragement did not achieve the desired effect.
In the Tang army's battle array, among the soldiers and horses of the 12th town of the Tang army that stood out from the city, those Tang cavalry who were originally going to take Abatai directly, also saw clearly that there were enemy troops in the distance and a large number of Qing army reinforcements were coming, so they immediately adopted the second set of action plans, and all the cavalry made a sharp turn, while circling, while regrouping into the wedge-shaped battle formation that the Tang army was accustomed to, and then directly attacked the weakest rear of the Qing army's battle formation.
In this wedge-shaped battle array, the wedge tips in front of them are all heavily armored men and horses, and the Xuanhu heavy cavalry weighing as much as half a ton is combined. These rushing heavy horses, like terrifying steel beasts, rushed into the pure infantry Qing army in front and behind the enemy with a fierce and high-speed attitude, and their impact reached an almost terrifying level.
Hasten! Charge! Impact!
The horse's hooves rumbled, galloping rapidly, the thick black wedge tip, like a sharp and blazing knife instantly stabbed into a ball of soft butter, countless Qing soldiers, by the impact of the iron horse like a piece of paper, flying all over the sky, after crossing a long or short arc in the air, and then falling to the ground with a snap, not dead or disabled.
More Qing troops were knocked to the ground by this iron-armored heavy horseman, and then their heads or stomachs were trampled alive by the thick iron hooves, and a terrible popping sound sounded on the ground.
The incomparable Tang Army's Xuanhu Heavy Cavalry, in the screams of the Qing army, from the fleeing Qing army, used violence and death to plow out a bloody road with blurred flesh and blood, covered with broken limbs and wreckage.
The remaining Qing infantry of more than 10,000 people, surrounded from all sides, was attacked from behind and collapsed.
They are like a group of wild boars who do not care about their heads, they have no desire to fight, they flee frantically, and they no longer have any fighting spirit and morale.
Such transients have only happened in a very short period of time.
Seeing the instantaneous change in the situation, the Qing army withdrew from the queen, and the commander of the Tang army, Duan Shi, made a quick decision, and Rieter issued an order for the whole army to attack.
Don't miss out on such a great opportunity!
The gun and shield battle array, which had been deliberately maintained, dispersed in an instant, and a large number of Tang army spearmen, like tigers out of the mountains, desperately pursued the fleeing Qing army.
A sharp spear stabbed the Qing army who were retreating desperately, and one after another the Qing soldiers who fled fell to the ground and died.
When the Tang spearmen were able to kill, the Tang cavalry who rushed out of a bloody road formation turned their horses' heads again, like steel tanks, and ruthlessly flanked from both sides and rushed into the Qing army formation that was turning around and fleeing in chaos.
Such a fierce pursuit made the Qing army scattered everywhere instantly become prey that could be hunted and killed at will. They abandoned their weapons, wailed loudly, and even took off their armor as they ran, in order to be able to escape as much as possible in this escape competition.
The cavalry and spearmen of the surging Tang Army were like beasts chasing their prey, and continued to bite and hunt them mercilessly.
Seeing that more than 10,000 of his own soldiers, under the fierce back charge of the Tang army, they went to a complete rout, and Abatai's heart was as painful as a knife, but he was powerless.
It's hateful, I wanted to get lucky, but in the end I lost completely.
At this time, he had no choice but to watch the Qing soldiers fleeing all over the slopes under the vast night, and were slaughtered by the Tang army like pigs and sheep.
At this point in the battle, the defeat was decided, and Abatai knew that now that the Tang army was full of momentum and had a large number of troops, even if his left and right battalions could arrive as soon as possible, he was afraid that it would be powerless and useless.
What a pity! The people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant, and they originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the left and right battalions to come to the rescue, take a good gamble, and want to regroup to protect themselves and even defeat the Tang army, but now it seems that this approach is more like a very ironic joke.
If he could have given the order to retreat earlier, and if he could have ordered the whole army to retreat when the Tang army launched a backcharge, then even if there were many losses, it would not have fallen to the point of the whole army collapsing and being slaughtered.
The lives of the poor Qing soldiers of nearly 20,000 people came to the end of their fate in this drowsy night, with such a wretched ending.
The military formation of the middle battalion of the Qing army has collapsed, and the next target of the Tang army is the soldiers and horses of the left and right battalions of the Qing army that came from afar.
Of course, before fighting with these two battalions of soldiers and horses, the first thing the Tang army had to solve was the Qing army's chief general, Abatai.
Just when Abatai was at a loss, more than 2,000 Tang cavalry, with an extremely fierce posture, raised a huge amount of smoke and dust all the way, roaring and rushing towards him.
Seeing that in the dark night, the cavalry of the Tang Army rushed like wild beasts, Abatai knew that something was wrong, and immediately changed his original intention without hesitation, and gave the order for the whole army to retreat immediately.
When Abatai's escort cavalry encountered an amnesty, they immediately turned their horses' heads, tightly guarded Abbatey, and fled as fast as possible.
It's just that their speed, after all, is still a little slower.
The two thousand cavalry of the Tang Army, mainly the light cavalry of the Flying Harriers, galloped on horseback and quickly approached the escort cavalry of the Abatai Division. Swords and spears, fierce pursuits, continuous screams rang out, and people shouted that the horses fell off their horses neighing.
Abatai galloped on his horse, not daring to turn his head to look behind him, now he just wanted to escape the pursuit of the Tang army as soon as possible, and go to join the two battalions on the left and right that were getting closer and closer.
A ferocious assault of a cavalry spear slammed in, ending Abatai's humble and eager dream.
The flying lance, chirping merrily in the moonlight, cut through the crowds of guards and pierced through the back of Abatai's neck with great accuracy, and the sharp head of the spear peeked through his front neck, sending out a large cloud of blood mist.
"Lord Belle!"
"Master!"
As the guards beside him wailed, Abatai opened his mouth wide and ho-ho, and he subconsciously raised his right hand with difficulty, as if he wanted to pull out the spear that had been inserted into the back of his neck, but his trembling right hand only raised slightly, and then shook his horse, plopped, and fell off the horse, drowning in a dense cloud of horses' hooves.
In the darkness, Abatai suddenly felt that he had become very light, and the past flashed in front of his eyes like dew and lightning, from his childhood, to the juvenile conquest, to the unification of the Jurchens, to the invasion of the Ming Kingdom, to the conquest of Korea, to the conquest of the Tang army in this golden soup city, all the past, like an unreal dream.
Gradually, he felt that he had flown higher and higher in the darkness, scattered and separated, and finally disappeared completely, leaving no trace behind.
As soon as the main general died, the hearts of his subordinates were scattered, and the guards and cavalry who had been running all the way to the reinforcements suddenly had no heart, only to save their lives, they were like a group of fleeing beasts, scattered and fled, completely disorderly, everyone was slamming the horse's belly, speeding up the speed of escape, all the way away, quickly disappeared into the darkness.
The Tang cavalry, who were originally chasing closely, saw that they suddenly scattered and fled, and the speed of escape was so fast, they all immediately knew that now the main general of the Qing army must be dead, and these Tang cavalry chasing after them suddenly let out a burst of beast-like dense cheers.
After a symbolic pursuit of the routs, they pulled their horses and turned back, no longer pursuing them, but continuing to hunt down the fleeing enemy.
At this point, the entire vast wilderness has become a place for the Tang army to slaughter to its heart's content, and the Qing army that has fled all over the slopes is like a cow, sheep, pig and dog that is frantically fleeing for their lives, appointing the Tang army to chase and kill and hack to death, and there is no possibility of saving their lives at all.
What's even more terrifying is that in such a scattered rout, even if there were sporadic Qing soldiers who wanted to surrender, they were immediately killed by red-eyed Tang soldiers, cut or stabbed, and killed on the spot, without mercy.
It's just that the two-legged infantry, how can they outrun the four-legged cavalry, in the end, about 7,000 people, were cut off by the Tang cavalry, and they were about to be surrounded and killed.
Of course, this group of people understood their fate, and they knelt on the ground one after another, kowtowing in the face of the cold blades of the Tang army approaching more and more, and begging for surrender.
In the end, it was Duan Shi, the commander of the Tang Army, who issued an order to stop the killing, and surrendered to the thousands of remnants of the Qing army, and this fierce battle came to an end for the time being.
So far, nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in the battalion of the Qing army, only about 2,000 people escaped with their lives, another more than 7,000 people became prisoners of the Tang army, and the remaining more than 10,000 people were slaughtered by the Tang army.
The continuous cheers were like rolling spring thunder, resounding through the field.
Duan Shi, the commander of the Tang army, was also smiling, and he immediately ordered the whole army to continue to attack and go straight to the reinforcements of the Qing army, which had already become closer and closer to the integration of the two battalions.
Just as the Tang army was advancing all the way, a rout had already rushed to the front of the two battalions of the Qing army, and then cried to the ground.
"Two masters, spare Baylor, he, he ......" The cavalry of the guards who fled back from the rout couldn't continue with a crying voice.
"What's wrong with him! What the hell is wrong with my Amma?! Gushan Ezhen, Yue Le, the son of Abatai, saw him like this, and his heart was extremely tight, and he shouted angrily.
"It's true, when Lord Belle was retreating, he was pierced through the back of the neck by the cavalry spear thrown by the Tang Army, fell off his horse, and died on the spot. Because of the darkness of the night, the body is no longer to be found......"
"Bastard! You stupid minions, what the hell are you doing [reading books at zero o'clock]! Yue Le's face trembled, his eyes were filled with tears, he drew his riding knife with a brush, and he wanted to cut off the head of the sentry rider: "Amma's death is useless!" So go and bury me with Ama today. ”
"Ding!" With a crisp sound, a waist knife resisted the blade that Yue Le slashed downward.
Yue Le turned his face angrily and saw the solemn and solemn face of the veteran first-class Laezhen Turge.
"Why stop me! Let go! Yue Le shouted with a hideous face.
"Young master, no!" Turge, who was blocking Yue Le's blade, had a melancholy look on his face: "Yue Le's really, after the death of Lord Belle, this person did not flee in all directions like other escort cavalry, but continued to come back to us and wait to report it, which shows his loyalty." It is ominous to kill this faithful man now. Please let the young master let him go! ”
Yue Le let out a long sigh, tears falling down in large pieces, and slowly pulled the knife back while choking.
Turg also put his sword back into its sheath, turned his head and shouted to the trembling escort cavalry who was kneeling on the ground: "Let me ask you, do you know how many troops the Tang Army has?" Did Lord Belle ever send someone to contact the Shun army in the east and south of the city? ”
The guard listened to the question, and hurriedly replied: "It's true, this time the Tang army suddenly attacked, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses it has. What is hateful is that when our army was originally struggling with it, the damned Tang army still had a back hand, and a large number of soldiers and horses were killed from the north gate. The two Tang armies attacked together, and our army was really unstoppable, so it finally collapsed......"
"Enough!" Seeing that this guy was nagging for a long time and didn't say a reason, Turg was restless in his heart, he interrupted him sharply, and asked again: "Then you say, did Baylor send someone to contact the Shun army and ask them to rush to help?!" ”
"Yes! Yes! The sentry replied one after another: "Before the official battle with the Tang army, Lord Belle sent a number of envoys to contact the Dashun army in the east and south of the city, but for some reason, those Shun reinforcements have not arrived, which makes my army unable to support the offensive of the Tang army, so that it ......."
"That's it! Needless to say, stand down. Seeing that he was about to tremble again, Turg waved his hand in annoyance and told him to step back first.
After the escort cavalry retreated like an amnesty, Yue Le sobbed in a low voice, and Turge was tense face, but seeing the Tang army in the distance approaching quickly, the two did not dare to take a break, and immediately arranged for their soldiers and horses to quickly line up on the spot to meet the enemy.
In fact, their best response now is to quickly lead their troops to withdraw, but the Tang army is approaching quickly, and they are worried that if they retreat in such a hurry, the Tang army will then cover up and kill, and the whole army will most likely collapse on the spot.
Therefore, the only feasible solution now is to fight the enemy army head-on.
Perhaps, when he is struggling to support, there will be soldiers and horses from the Dashun Army to help, and he will have a chance to escape.
More than 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Qing army finally hurriedly lined up the battle, and the soldiers and horses of the two towns of the Tang army had already been killed together.
Seeing that the Tang Army was so grand and the momentum was so vigorous, Yue Le and Turge were both shocked.