Chapter 575: The Battle of Fate
Zhang Xutuo's main army has to fight a decisive battle with the soldiers and horses of the Pushan Gong battalion led by Li Mi, which is related to the fate of the Great Sui, and also directly affects the life and death of the commanders and generals of both sides, as well as the direction of life, which is very critical and can be regarded as a fateful battle. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
All factions also sent intelligence personnel to pay close attention to the victories, defeats, and trends, and the forces of Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, Li Zitong, Xiao Liang, Yang Tong, the king of Luoyang Yue, and Yang Yun, the king of Daxing, all sent people to pay close attention.
"Knock knock!"
The drums of war were like thunder, roaring constantly, and both sides were gathering morale and adjusting the phalanx.
Zhang Xutuo's army invested 50,000 troops, and the elite soldiers went into battle, trying to defeat the Wagang army in one go and lock the victory.
The 50,000 horses are divided into five large blocks, in line with the front, rear, left, right, and middle directions, and the 10,000 people in each area are composed of ten thousand Yu Hou regiments, which are strictly organized and have a detailed division of labor, and can effectively organize attack and defense once they fall into a fight.
Li Mi's corps invested 60,000 horses, known as 80,000, and the troops in the rear area were obviously sparsely arranged to fill the number, and the elite 30,000 were all withdrawn.
At this time, the flags were fluttering, the horses were running, and the dust was flying, showing the huge and numerous troops.
The military formations of the two sides are neat, the armor is shining, the soldiers are cold, the swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes and crossbows are hidden in each other, like a meat grinder array.
In the event of a battle, it is conceivable that many soldiers will die in the formations of both sides.
Zhang Xutuo and Li Mi both stood on the high platform of the chariot, staring ahead, with a wide field of vision, and faintly saw the big banner of the opposing coach.
"In today's decisive battle, he finally appeared." Both of them have a plan in their hearts, so they both want to see each other's figures.
Luo Shixin, Cheng Zhijie and other generals of the Sui army all appeared in military uniforms, staring ahead, most of them were eager to make military achievements, calm the trouble, and return to their hometown as soon as possible.
Qin Qiong was arranged to sneak attack the camp behind the Wagang Army, and he was not among them.
And Wang Bodang, Xu Shiji, Wang Junkuo and others on the opposite side were also there, in order to attract the attention of the Sui generals.
The generals who went to the Dahai Temple to set up an ambush included Zheng Ting, Cai Jiande, Wei Bao and others.
In the era of cold weapons, even if you are brave enough to crown the three armies, how to resist the tsunami-like rush and kill of thousands of troops and horses, and fight a war, you always have to rely on the overall fight of all the soldiers and soldiers.
If there is no cover from comrades-in-arms, in the face of ten spears stabbing at him, unless there is a fierce general with excellent martial arts, the soldier will block one, and he will not be able to block ten, and he will only be killed.
The neater the formation and the stricter the discipline, the only way to bring into play the collective superiority and combat power of the large corps.
Although the two armies did not clash, they already exuded a thick murderous aura.
"Drums, trombone, ready to attack!" Zhang Xutuo felt that the time was almost up, and began to order.
The two sides combined with more than 200 big drums were beating fiercely, going straight up for nine days, shaking for ten miles.
The trombone is low, piercing the sky and exhilarating.
The flag was waved, which was a precursor to the dispatch of troops.
Boom Boom –
The cavalry went out first, and Zhang Xutuo sent Luo Shixin with 5,000 cavalry to directly kill them with a chariot hanging from the formation, deterring the Wagang army and disintegrating the opponent's morale.
"Bang Bang!"
The Sui military formation began to move forward, not directly out, this kind of parade-style formation moved forward, from slow to fast, and then ran, in fact, it was a sign of the start of war immediately.
Otherwise, if you run directly, you will be in a mess, and you will only be given food to the neat enemy army.
Seeing this, Li Mi also ordered an attack, and Wang Bodang took the lead, holding a horse lance, and led the cavalry to fight Luo Shixin.
Subsequently, Xu Shiji and Wang Junkuo advanced with the infantry to fight with the main army of the Sui army.
The scorching sun was in the sky, thousands of troops and horses were charging into battle, murderous spirits, swords, swords, halberds, cold and cold, the chill seemed to suppress the scorching sun in the sky, and everyone felt a cold breath.
When the soldiers and horses of both sides rushed into the place where the opponent's archers were a stone's throw away, the phalanx of bows and crossbows in the military formation began to attack.
The archers of the Sui army were well-trained, with a large arc per thousand people, a total of five layers, and the archers of the first layer shot at a forty-five degree angle to the sky, and immediately squatted, flowing out enough space and perspective, and the back row continued to shoot, so that the undulating waves were connected without error, and the long arrows covered the past like a torrential rain.
The cavalry that rushed to the front was the first to be attacked, and this indiscriminate shooting mainly depends on who is unlucky.
The bow and arrow phalanx of the Wagang army was not well-equipped, and the firing range was not as large as that of the Sui army, and when they also shot a rain of arrows, they did not have the lethality of the Sui army.
"Boom!" Some knights fell off their horses, and people turned on their backs, screaming miserably.
But this could not stop the charge of the cavalry on both sides, and in a moment, the cavalry of the Sui army and the Wagang army officially collided together, fighting fiercely, and flesh and blood flew sideways.
Sharp sabers, stabbing spears, slamming at each other, miserable screams, angry screams, mixed together.
Luo Shixin and Wang Bodang fought viciously together, fighting against generals, soldiers against soldiers, and fighting for martyrs.
Soon, the infantry also began to fight, all of which invested more than 30,000 people, the elite of the Sui army, and the medium-grade troops of the Wagang army, engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
"Rush—"
Blood flowed everywhere, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the corpses of partners were ruthlessly trampled like rags, and robes fell down one after another, becoming a dead body that was trampled on, with stumps and broken arms, brains and intestines, scattered everywhere, very bloody.
Li Mi and Zhang Xutuo both stared at the battle situation with calm faces, as steady as Mount Tai, and did not seem to care about the death or injury of the soldiers, and were waiting for the opportunity to kill the opponent.
Half an hour later, the two sides continued to invest their troops to fight and change formations, but the Wagang army suffered heavy casualties, almost two people died, and only one of the opponent's elites died, even so, it also consumed a lot of the elite main force of the Sui army.
However, if this situation continues, the Wagang Army will inevitably be defeated and retreated, because the new reinforcements are all new troops that were withdrawn last time, and their combat effectiveness is even worse.
The war drums sounded ...... "Knock knock knock" to urge the attack, but when the Wagang soldiers heard the drums, they no longer had the excitement of blood and blood, and only felt irritable.
These ordinary soldiers didn't know the boss's strategy, they were all kept in the dark, and at this time, in the face of the elite of the Sui army surging over like a torrent, they felt powerless, and even a little timid and afraid, and they were really scared last time.
At this moment, outside the large camp in the rear of the Wagang army, a cavalry appeared silently, and when the camp lookout whistle sounded, Qin Qiong had already led three thousand cavalry into their camp with one blow.
The iron cavalry was vertical and horizontal, roaring, wrapped in an extremely fierce and powerful murderous aura, like a hurricane from the sky, kicking the camp to break the formation, invincible.
The Wagang army camp was in flames, and some scouts quickly came to tell the news, and many soldiers in the surrounding phalanx heard the news and subconsciously wanted to escape, and the morale of the battle was completely gone.
Li Mi frowned, he was stunned at first, but he was quickly relieved, this is okay, the big battalion is gone, and he will give it to the Sui army for the time being, which can make his rout more natural.
"The order went down, the Sui army attacked the camp secretly, and it was not good for our army to stand down, in order to avoid being ambushed by the rear, the rest of the formation immediately retreated to the northeast." Li Mi gave the order, and some of the captains and lieutenants were stunned, thinking that if they withdrew over there and made more detours, could they escape the pursuit of the Sui army?
"Go and give the order!" Li Mi was stunned when he saw these military attaches and the herald scouts, and immediately reprimanded them seriously.
"Yes!" Soon, the military order spread, and the remaining phalanx, which was less than 20,000 people, took the lead in fleeing towards the northeast, and then Jingong collected the troops and let the soldiers who were moving forward withdraw and flee.