Chapter 16: In the Midst of the Rebellion (Part II)
In the military department of the Anzhou army, Yu Wenliang, the commander and governor of Anzhou, watched the enemy cavalry charging towards him stand still, and the soldiers around him were surrounded by layers and ready to meet the impact of the enemy army.
Yu Wenliang doesn't plan to hide and can't hide, because he is next to Shuai Qi, Shuai Qi is in the heart of the army, Shuai Qi is in the heart of Shuai Qi, and the army is scattered, even if he dies under the flag, as long as he can keep Shuai Qi, then the battle situation may be reversed.
After the initial panic, Yu Wenliang calmed down, the opponent used a deceitful strategy to attract his own attack, and the price to be paid was that more than half of the troops were scattered, and it would take time to gather the rout, even if they were put into battle again, the effect might not be much better.
Therefore, as long as you stand firm and resist the counterattack of the enemy's ambush, the situation can still be reversed, because the opponent can not put in more troops to counterattack.
The composition of the respective armies of the same Great Zhou officers and armies was similar: the soldiers who served as skeletons plus the number of conscripts. Both sides claimed to have more than 100,000 troops, but the actual number of soldiers who could fight was only about 50,000 to 60,000, and the rest were just temporary conscripted croppers.
The other party dares to use a deceitful strategy, so most of the bait must be conscripts, and those who can be put into a counterattack are nothing more than about 50,000 soldiers, of which at least more than half are foot soldiers, Yu Wenliang saw the fire in the north, and knew that the other party set fire to cut off his own vanguard troops, so most of the foot soldiers who were ambushed over there should be.
In turn, it is inferred that the cavalry that will attack the main position of the Anzhou army is about 1 to 20,000 cavalry, as long as they can resist the impact, they can stabilize the situation and wait for an opportunity to counterattack, but there is a premise for all this: the Chinese army is still there.
To be exact, the flag of the Chinese army is still there.
On the battlefield, the soldiers are looking at the color of the flag, especially when the battle situation is unfavorable, the Chinese army commander's flag is not the biggest morale support for the soldiers, if the battle situation is stalemate, if the army's flag falls or retreats, then the blow to morale will be disastrous.
Five years ago, the Great Zhou sent troops to attack the Qi State and took the important town of Jinzhou City, and then the Emperor Gao Wei of the Qi State led a large army to counterattack the siege of the city, defending the city, the Zhou army was in a critical situation, and Emperor Wu of Zhou Yuwen Yong also led 80,000 reinforcements to arrive in time to start a major battle between the two sides.
The first battle of the Qi army was unfavorable, and the front-line soldiers retreated slightly, as a result, Emperor Qi Gao Wei, the faint king, saw this and wanted to retreat first, as a result, the front-line Qi army caught a glimpse of the banner and retreated, and the morale instantly collapsed, and the whole army collapsed, and the Zhou army took advantage of the victory to pursue and kill all the way, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and in the end, the Qi State did not last a few months and was finished.
Yu Wenliang was in the army at that time, witnessed the rout of the Qi army, so the memory is still fresh, as a perennial general who led the troops to fight, he also knew the truth that the banner of the Chinese army should not be moved, so he decided to stick to the position.
He knew that his left flank cavalry was only temporarily entangled by the opposing cavalry, and the soldiers would also stand still after the initial panic, and the opponent could only use the cavalry to attack the middle army formation, either kill himself or cut off the flag of the Chinese army.
It doesn't even matter if they die or not, as long as they bring down the banner, it can cause a general panic among the soldiers of the Anzhou Army: the enemy army has captured the Chinese army formation, and the general trend is gone!
If you get on your horse and evacuate at this time, not only will the handsome flag be put down, but you won't be able to run far, and the speed of the opponent's cavalry has already come up, even if you want to run on your horse, you can't run away.
"This chief swears to live and die with Shuai Qi, and you will fight hard to kill the enemy!" Yu Wenliang made up his mind and shouted, then pulled out his saber and pointed at the oncoming enemy cavalry, and the archers around the periphery of the Chinese army desperately pulled their bows and released arrows despite the cavalry who were about to rush to the front.
The cavalry of the Zhengnan Army who fought hard braved the rain of arrows and galloped, some of them were hit by arrows and fell to the ground in front of their horses, but more of them still bravely moved forward and crashed into the Anzhou soldiers who were blocking in front of them with their flesh and blood.
They want to open the way for their comrades behind them, even if they are infantry with spears in front of them, they are not afraid at all, the cavalry who first collided with the formation was stabbed by spears, but they still rushed into the formation with the weight of hundreds of pounds of men and horses by inertia, and knocked the Anzhou soldiers into the flesh and blood.
Feather arrows were shot at the heavily armored cavalry, which could not stop their charging unless they hit the vital point, and the vanguard cavalry who were not afraid of death rushed into the formation of the Anzhou army one after another, stirring up a bloody storm.
The cavalry of the Zhengnan Army who charged forward used the cost of hundreds of horsemen to knock out a big hole in the Anzhou Chinese army, which was densely arrayed with thousands of infantry, and the cavalry that followed followed the gap and stepped into the formation, seeing that they were about to rush to the banner of Shuai, but were stopped by the Anzhou soldiers who rushed up with their bodies.
The cavalry of the raiding Southern Army was not afraid of death, but the soldiers of the Anzhou Army who guarded the Chinese army were also not afraid of death!
It is true that the cavalry is very powerful, but as long as the opponent's speed can be staggered, there is a chance to counterattack, as the soldiers who protect the Chinese army also have the belief of death, one by one the soldiers rushed to the opponent's war horse, although they were then trampled into meat sauce by the horse's hooves, they did not hesitate.
As long as you can stick to the cavalry, your comrades will avenge themselves, and as long as the army wins, the governor will take care of his family!
They are the elite troops of the governor of Anzhou, and the governor's office gives them priority to give them fields to be exempted from family labor, as long as the governor is there, then the family can still live a good life, if the governor dies and the army is defeated, then everything is gone.
At the cost of their lives, the soldiers of the Anzhou Army stubbornly pulled the charging speed of the cavalry of the Southern Army, and the cavalry saw that the speed slowed down, and the infantry on the horses could not resist at all, and the infantry surging up on both sides also drew their sabers and dismounted in hand-to-hand combat.
The Anzhou military marshal's flag is twenty steps away, and the opposing coach is twenty steps away.
They frantically walked and attacked, facing the blades of the Anzhou soldiers head-on, they did not dodge or dodge, let the opponent slash themselves, and then slashed at the opponent with a backhand, maintaining the speed of the assault by exchanging one life for one life.
Before they began to attack the Anzhou army, they were determined to die: killing one is enough to kill two, and they will make money!
There is no time to entangle, there is no time to hesitate, as long as the soldiers around the other party can kill the opponent's commander and cut off the handsome flag before the soldiers around the other party react to the rescue, then it is worth the whole army to be annihilated here.
When the first person was covered with more than ten wounds, his body was covered in blood, his hair was scattered, but his eyes were red, and he struggled to slash and kill, Yu Wenliang looked at the man quite surprised, because he recognized the other party.
Liang Mo, the leader of the elite troops under the command of Liang Shiyan, the marching marshal and the Duke of the Servant State, is also a fierce general of the three armies.
An Anzhou soldier swung a knife and slashed at Liang Mo's shoulder, but the blade was on his armor and couldn't move, Liang Mo didn't say much, and directly slammed his head into a bloody spat.
Two more soldiers swung knives at him, one left and one right, Liang Mo let the other party slash at his ribs, and ate two knives with his armor, and then stretched his ape arms, pulled the necks of the two people, and hit them in front of him, and both heads were hit hard, and he instantly fainted.
Seeing that the long knife in his hand had been cut off, Liang Mo pulled over an Anzhou soldier as a stone, lifted it up and smashed it at the other soldiers who surrounded him, and under his leadership, the cavalry of the Zhengnan Army broke through the encirclement of the Anzhou soldiers and rushed towards Yu Wenliang under the banner of Shuai.
"Even you sent it, the Duke of Yu Guo is considered to have made a bloody investment." Yu Wenliang laughed and then shouted: "Cut off Liang Mo's head!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the elite troops around Yu Wenliang entered the battle, they were the private soldiers of Lord Lang, and Liang Shiyan had elite troops, and Yu Wenliang also had elite troops.
"Death to those who stand in my way!" Liang Mo looked like a madman, faced with an enemy attack, did not dodge, did not dodge, and after taking a hard knife, he suddenly hunched his body and hugged the opponent's waist, using it as a shield, and pushed forward with his shoulder.
No matter how many knives the opponent slashed at his back, no matter how much the armor on his body was damaged and about to break, Liang Mo struggled to advance with a certain heart of death.
The troops guarding Yu Wenliang stood in front of Lord Lang and slashed at the humanoid beast with their swords, and several long knives slashed at the opponent through the armor, but they still couldn't stop its progress.
With the help of Liang Mo to attract firepower, the rest of the soldiers of the Southern Army rushed forward and fought with the troops guarding Yu Wenliang, and the number of people on both sides became smaller and smaller, and Yu Wenliang was getting closer and closer.
Liang Mo's left arm was cut and wounded, but he took advantage of this to knock the other party down, there was no one else in front of him, only Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou who rushed with a knife, let the long knife stab into his abdomen, and then Liang Mo frantically pulled Yu Wenliang's hand holding the knife, and then a head hammer hit his head.
There was a bang, blood splashed, Liang Mo's forehead was broken, and Yu Wenliang was wearing a helmet but was hit and dizzy
"Lord Lang asked me to cut off your head!" Liang Mo shouted, pulled out the long knife that stabbed into his abdomen, and swung it high and was about to slash at Yu Wenliang, who was half-sitting on the ground, when a middle-aged man suddenly rushed next to him, knocked Yu Wenliang away, and then took the knife for him.
Liang Mo saw that a knife failed, and he wanted to draw the knife and cut again, but the man grabbed the blade of the knife tightly with both hands, although his strength was not as good as Liang Mo, but he twisted the blade of the knife regardless of the cutting of his hands, and snatched the long knife from Liang Mo's hand.
"I want to get past unless I'm dead!"
Seeing that Liang Mo was about to pounce on Yu Wenliang next to him, the man shouted, and then hugged the other party's legs, pulled him to the ground and rolled into a ball, taking advantage of the opportunity, Yu Wenliang got up and retreated, and was protected behind him by two soldiers who caught up.
Liang Mo's left arm was weak, and he was in hand-to-hand combat, but he frantically bit off a piece of meat on the middle-aged man's arm with his mouth, and took advantage of the strength of the opponent's hand to loosen up another headhammer to hit him dizzy.
However, the middle-aged man was also crazy, he knew that his strength was not as good as the other party, so he didn't dodge or dodge, and collided with his head, and after a few rounds, he finally lost his physical strength and was choked by Liang Mo's neck.
Liang Mo, whose face was covered with blood and dizziness, missed the opportunity because he was entangled by middle-aged people, and Yu Wenliang had been protected by the soldiers who rushed to support him, and he could no longer get close.
The comrades behind him were all wounded and wounded, and there were more and more soldiers of the Anzhou Army who rushed to reinforce the Chinese army, and the other cavalry had not yet rushed into the Chinese army, and now they could not cut off Yu Wenliang's head, let alone retreat, so Liang Mo decided to kill another person to accompany the burial.
"Old dog, die!" His eyes were scarlet, and his hands were about to crush the middle-aged man's throat.
The sound of breaking the sky sounded, Liang Mo only felt a pain in his head, and then his whole body strength dissipated, his eyes deflected, and he saw a group of Anzhou cavalry rushing towards the Chinese army where he was, and one of them was holding a riding bow, as if he had just finished shooting arrows.
The man was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he had some resemblance to the middle-aged man who had almost had his throat crushed.
"It's just a little bit" Liang Mo fell to the ground and muttered unwillingly, just before he was about to lose consciousness, he glanced at Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, who was surrounded by soldiers.