Chapter 780: Siege from All Sides Collapse is imminent
After Sha Dingzhou scolded sharply, he ordered his guards to step forward to supervise the formation, straighten out the formation, and force these Sha Dingzhou soldiers who were driven away from pigs and sheep to rush forward immediately.
Their goal was to attack the shield and fight the Tang army in hand-to-hand combat.
With no way back, they were shot forward, and these poor fellows, whose courage and will had been weakened at this time, were still forced to rush forward, and the situation was quite miserable.
It's just that they have no choice, and they know that the only way for them to survive now is to rush to the front of the Tang army as soon as possible, and engage the Tang army in hand-to-hand combat, so that they can no longer play the fire, and the only way to save their lives is to save their lives.
As a result, the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department waved their swords and swords, stared at the blood-red eyes, and rushed forward with a shout, and the fire guns of the Tang Army were also ruthlessly fired one after another, and in this distance of only about a hundred paces, the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department kept wailing and fell.
The soldiers of the Shadingzhou tribe were all the adult men and women under his rule, so there were quite a lot of them, these barbarian warriors with terrible faces were not afraid of death, they roared like wild beasts and marched desperately, and finally reached about a dozen paces away from the long formation of the great shield.
And at this moment, in the Tang army array, the more than 2,000 Tang army auxiliaries who had been holding back finally waited for the best time to attack. They all exerted their strength to eat, and threw the burning individual soldiers in their hands at the rolling Shadingzhou soldiers at the rolling Shadingzhou soldiers.
Bang bang! ……”
Dozens of steps away, the deafening sound of continuous explosions resounded into one piece, almost bursting people's eardrums, the dazzling golden firelight, in the large cloud of suffocating whistle smoke from time to time, broken limbs and blood in the air burst out in all directions, screams one after another, the scene was like a bloody hell.
The Tang Army's unexpected earth-shattering bombardment can be described as a fatal blow to the enemy.
These fragments had a killing radius of more than 10 paces, and the killing effect on the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Division was very terrifying.
The 2,000 single-hand-thrown earth-shaking thunderbolts were thrown intensively, and a total of more than 1,600 of them exploded smoothly, causing less than 2,000 Shadingzhou soldiers who were charging intensively to kill them instantly, and countless people were injured.
Many of the enemy's ears had been shaken to the point of deafness, and they froze in place, not knowing what to do next.
For a time, the formation of the soldiers of Shadingzhou was in chaos, and the morale fell to the bottom.
At this time, the second round of individual thunder throwing by the Tang Army's auxiliaries began again.
"Bang bang bang! ……”
Dozens of paces away, there was another continuous violent explosion, human stumps and blood and internal organs flying in all directions, and as many as 2,000 Shadingzhou soldiers who had no time to retreat and disperse, were killed in an instant.
Immediately after that, another third round of throwing began.
And when the earth-shattering thunder was mighty, the 5,000 flint guns were fired in unison, and the dense gunfire and the deafening explosions were mixed with each other, deafening, and did not stop for a moment.
In the face of such a powerful firearm attack by the Tang army, in the face of this violent massacre that was almost absolute death, most of the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department who rushed into battle with their flesh and blood were only more than ten steps away from Haogou, and in this place almost close to the Tang army, they could no longer support it and completely collapsed.
A large number of soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department threw away their weapons one after another, turned around and fled crying, like a group of pigs who do not care about their stomachs, and there is no organization and discipline, everyone is desperately retreating and running, lest they fall behind, and they will become the ghosts of the Tang army.
There were only about 2,000 soldiers of the Shadingzhou Division, who were extremely lucky to rush to the front of the Tang Army's big shield almost subconsciously, but before they could wave the weapons in their hands, a large number of Tang Army spearmen with complete armor and sharp steel spears could not hold it back, and they used all their strength to use the 4-meter stainless steel spears that had been accumulating for a long time to stab at these chaotic and low Shadingzhou soldiers in a chaotic and low formation.
A 4-meter-long stainless steel spear, with a sharp and terrifying three-edged blood trough head, stabbed towards the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department who were fleeing for their lives.
Being stabbed by the three-edged stainless steel spear head engraved with a deep blood groove is like being kissed by a poisonous snake, which can be said to be dead when touched, and dead when touched. Under the ferocious stabbing of the Tang army's spearmen, the soldiers of Shadingzhou screamed again and again, and continued to struggle and fell to their deaths.
Such a rigorous and accurate killing made the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department feel as if they were in an infernal hell.
"Don't run away! If there are escapees, kill them! Seeing that he was already close to the Tang army, but the formation was in such a chaotic situation, Sha Dingzhou was furious, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Go, kill all those who escaped from the battle!" ”
He roared away with his cavalry guards, slashing at the routs who had managed to escape to the rear, killing the poor fellows with a wail and scream. I had to bite the bullet and rush forward again.
Under the strong suppression of Sha Dingzhou, the soldiers of Sha Dingzhou began to restore order, and they rushed over quickly without fear of death like crazy beasts, and began to make a strong impact on the Tang army's gun and shield battle array.
Because the enemy army had already arrived in front of the battle, in order to avoid killing and injuring their own people, the Tang army's auxiliaries had to retreat together with the musketeers, but at this time in the battle, they had already killed and wounded seven or eight thousand Shadingzhou soldiers together with the musketeers, and the efficiency was amazing.
More brutal and bloody hand-to-hand combat has officially begun.
Above the shield wall as solid as a city wall, spears flew up and down, like a roaring poisonous dragon, constantly piercing the head, neck and chest of the Shadingzhou soldiers, and the sharp and strong three-edged steel spear heads, like the claws of death, kept grabbing the lives of one Sha soldier after another.
And at this time, in order to save their lives and for their military exploits, everyone rushed forward more and more frantically, and the spikes of each big shield were like barbecue frogs, and the corpses of the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department were constantly pouring in. Fearless of death, they rushed forward with the tips and spikes of their spears and spikes, and frantically slashed and slashed the spearmen and shield soldiers of the Tang Army behind them.
Due to the fact that there were too many soldiers in Shadingzhou, in the face of this dense and powerful impact, the shield wall of the Tang army finally began to loosen, and larger and larger gaps appeared, and the shield soldiers and spearmen of the Tang army also continued to fall, but as soon as someone died or fell, there were new soldiers to fill their positions, ensuring the integrity of the entire battle array.
In such a pure cold-weapon fight, the army's courage, courage, organization, discipline and other key factors were extremely tested, and in these things, the Tang army was far stronger than the soldiers of Shadingzhou.
What's more, the Tang army had a big shield as a solid protection, and it was quite difficult for the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department to cross the big shield to attack the shield soldiers and spearmen behind. Because of this important factor, the battle damage and death of the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department were exacerbated.
Of course, the soldiers and horses of the Shabu also have their unique advantages, that is, their soldiers, many of them have swords and guns in their hands, all of which are quenched with great poison. Whenever the Tang army was hit by a knife or gun, it was impossible to escape death. Therefore, when a large number of Shabu soldiers wailed and fell, many Tang soldiers fell to the ground and died.
Rao is like this, the casualties of the Shadingzhou army far exceeded the Tang army, and after a bloody battle, the battle loss exchange ratio between the Tang army and the Shadingzhou army was basically maintained at about one to five. For the Tang army, after resisting the initial onslaught, they had already begun to move from a stalemate to quickly gaining the upper hand.
However, the number of soldiers of Shadingzhou was extremely large, and after they paid huge casualties, they soon relied on the advantage of troops, and the entire battle array continued to extend to both sides, and these barbarian warriors who were not afraid of life and death tried to encircle the Tang army's gun and shield battle formation from both sides to achieve the effect of a joint attack on three sides.
The intention of the soldiers of Shadingzhou was quickly recognized by Huang Degong, the ninth mayor of the Tang Army.
He flipped the command flag in his hand, and quickly issued a military order, so that the rampant general members who had been staying on both flanks, and let these most elite heavy infantry in the Tang army go out to attack and protect the two wings.
After the military order was issued, those rampant team members who were covered with heavy armor from head to toe and everyone armed to the teeth roared loudly like a tiger coming out of the mountain and a dragon going down to the sea, brandishing heavy weapons such as tiger knives, tiger spears, long-handled knives, and Houbei army sickles, jumped into the wings of the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Division, and slashed and killed.
These most elite heavy infantry in the Tang Army, they were like miniature tanks, in the unprepared Shadingzhou Army's soldiers, rampage, as if into a no-man's land. They slashed mercilessly, slashing and screaming everywhere they went.
On the contrary, under the fierce attack of the Tang Army's rampant soldiers, the soldiers of Shadingzhou in front of them kept screaming and fell, and the entire formation began to retreat continuously.
Seeing his own soldiers, the strength was still twice that of the Tang army, but in such a cold-weapon battle, he could not even gain the upper hand, but began to gradually decline and chaos, and Sha Dingzhou, who was watching the battle behind, was suddenly angry and anxious.
What to do?
Now that all the belongings are on the stake, if you can't defeat the Tang army and open a way of life, then next, the fate of yourself and your subordinates can only be surrounded and destroyed by the Tang army?
Just when he was extremely anxious, in the Tang army's array, another big banner was raised high, conveying orders to the Tusi soldiers and horses who were still slowly advancing around.
After receiving the order of the Tang Army, the soldiers and horses of all walks of life, who were originally moving forward slowly and were still in a wait-and-see state, suddenly howled and marched forward bravely.
Seeing those Tusi soldiers and horses quickly surrounding him from all directions, Sha Dingzhou felt the blood all over his body, and it was cold when he brushed it.
No, the whole army is fighting with the Tang army with all its might, if these hyena-like Tusi soldiers and horses are impacted from behind, then the whole army will inevitably be defeated, and the Tang army and Tusi soldiers and horses will slaughter pigs and sheep, and slaughter them cleanly.
It's just that if the whole army withdraws, the Tang army will also chase and kill, so that maybe their own soldiers have not been able to retreat to their own positions, and they will be defeated by the Tang army.
Sha Dingzhou's mind was suddenly confused.
"Big boss, we have to quickly withdraw half of the soldiers and horses to resist the rest of the Tusi soldiers and horses!" His wife Wan Shi on the side couldn't help but scream.
Withdraw half?
Is this really going to work?
What if the formation of the whole army is loosened and divided by the Tang army?
It's just that if you don't try him now, what else can you do?
Sha Dingzhou gritted his teeth and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Let's go, at such a critical moment, the only dead horse is a live horse doctor, so let's give him a try.
Summoned the order left and right, ordered them to play flags and drums, and asked the brother-in-law Tang to withdraw first and hold the position.
The flag flew over, and the strange and rapid sound of the bull's horn immediately sounded sharply and continuously.
Hearing the sound of withdrawal from the rear formation, all the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Division, who were concentrating on fighting with all their strength, suddenly couldn't believe their ears.
No, how could it be.
At this time when the battle situation is so stalemate, the main general Sha Dingzhou actually ordered the whole army to retreat, isn't it crazy?
What the hell is going on?
It's just that the clear and sharp sound of the golden sound is not broken, like a heavy hammer, constantly beating in the hearts of the remaining nearly 40,000 soldiers of the Shadingzhou Division, making everyone's already low morale like a deflated ball, completely depressed.
Fuck it! What a bird fight!
In such a stalemate, when the victory and defeat are not decided, the queen has to withdraw in a hurry, which is simply to hand over the victory to others, which is simply a suicide!
Besides, now that the two armies are fighting like this, how can their own side, even if they want to retreat immediately, how can they do it easily.
Among them, the most complicated and shocking mood is the brother-in-law Tang guest who was recalled by Sha Dingzhou's order.
The bitterness in his heart is hard to describe in words.
Is it really going to be withdrawn?
In this retreat, if the Tang army divides its troops to chase after it, it is afraid that the whole army will be defeated before it has been harmed.
It's just that the military order is ruthless, how can you disobey it. What's more, he has several Tusi soldiers and horses, all of which are pressing towards this formation as soon as possible, how can he sit idly by.
The Tang guest sighed and ordered loudly: "Our soldiers will listen to the order and immediately return to the formation with the general, and they must protect the formation!" ”
"Order!"
For a while, the rear team of the soldiers of the Tang Guest Department changed to the front team, and they turned around and retreated, and the formation of the entire Shabu army suddenly changed greatly, and the order was chaotic.
The thing that worried the Tang guests the most really appeared.
As soon as the Tang troops retreated, the rest of the Shadingzhou troops closest to them immediately began to panic and disperse in a large area, and first began to turn around and flee.
They were like a group of wild boars who didn't care about their heads, they had no desire to fight, and they fled frantically backwards, not caring about what was going on behind them.
Seeing that the enemy's battle formation began to collapse in a large area, Huang Degong, the commander of the Tang Army, could not let go of such a rare opportunity!
The command flag was raised high, and it was waved down violently, and a large number of Tang cavalry, who had been waiting for a long time and were holding back their strength and had nowhere to go, finally began to move violently.
These Tang cavalry immediately divided into two parts, one was a flying harrier light horseman, and they rushed forward all the way, intending to turn in front of them and intercept all their route.
The other is the Xuanhu heavy cavalry with the strongest impact of the Tang army, these men and horses are heavily armored, and the steel monsters weighing more than 500 kilograms turn their heads and rush towards the soldiers and infantry of the Shadingzhou Department who are retreating and fleeing one after another.