Chapter 633: Fight to the Death and Don't Retreat
As the eldest son of the general Liu Yi, Liu Huan's wedding ceremony guests are like clouds, the scene is extremely grand, and at this time the scene of the Sizhou battle is also magnificent, hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides are twisted together, has gradually entered the stage of strategic decisive battle, if you can look down from the sky at this time, you will find that there have been Sizhou cavalry activities on both sides of the long marching army column of the coalition army, they are like sending off the enemy in the middle of the road, but the goal of this farewell is not big.
After the last 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry was defeated by Yan Gang's White Horse Battalion with the cooperation of Zhang Liao, the coalition army had completely fallen into the disadvantage in terms of mobility, and in the face of the harassment of the enemy cavalry, they could only be beaten and could not fight back, so that Han Sui and Zhang Wei both had the urge to vomit blood, but at this time they could only swallow the blood in their mouths back into their stomachs, and urged the army to retreat desperately to Hangu Pass, which was their only way to live, for which the coalition soldiers had almost turned a blind eye to the harassment of the enemy army, In addition to the necessary precautions to prevent it from rushing into battle, life and death depend on God's arrangement.
Here to retreat to Hangu Pass still need to pass through Mengjin and Yuanluo, and then it is almost a horse Pingchuan, at full speed, the infantry army can reach Xiongguan in two days, but at this time, not only Han Sui Zhang Wei and other coalition generals, even ordinary soldiers know that this road is not easy to walk, Liu Yi still doesn't know what kind of means are waiting for them? It's not that the two of them haven't considered avoiding the avenue and detouring, but in this way, the time required will increase, and at this time, regardless of Zhang Liao, Yan Gang and others are with them, even the defenders of Luoyang have also pressed up, and the banner they are playing is Liu Yi's world-famous Golden Wolf Banner, it seems that this time he personally dispatched to make the final pursuit.
At present, Han and Zhang have even lost the courage to turn back and fight, the Yellow Shirt Battalion where Liu Yi personally sits and the tens of thousands of cavalry troops in Sizhou occupy an overwhelming advantage, they have no chance of winning at all, and the retreat has become a solid and inconvenient idea for the coalition army from top to bottom, but when they broke through the layers of interception of the soldiers of the second battalion of Qinglong Yanyun with all their strength and arrived at Mengjin, the camp in front of them and the flying tiger flag fluttering in the wind made everyone feel like falling into an ice cellar in this weather.
The white horse battalion of the cavalry battle shocked the Quartet, they destroyed the last mobile force of the coalition army as soon as they struck, although they had already prepared in their hearts, but the coalition army was still extremely reluctant to see the appearance of the tiger guard battalion, Zhang He has always been quite proud of the generals under Liu Yi, but even in the mouths of Zhang Wenyuan and Yan Zhongfu, they have to admit that Zhang Junyi does have proud capital, in addition to his own ability to use troops, the strength of the tiger guard battalion is his biggest reliance, especially in the past few years of operations, The most difficult and arduous tasks were completed by Zhang He and the Tiger Guard Battalion, since the beginning of the First World War of Merging States, which time the casualties of the Tiger Guard Battalion were not the first of the whole army? Of course, this is by no means to say that its combat strength is not strong, on the contrary, it is precisely because it has to carry heavy burdens in every battle that it has caused such a situation.
Yan Gang, the commander of the White Horse Battalion, said: "Don't let go of life and death and enter my camp!" And Zhang Junyi, the commander of the Tiger Guard Battalion, also said loudly: "Which soldier of my Tiger Guard Battalion didn't roll out in the sea of blood in the sword mountain?" "Their combat strength not only respects their comrades, but also makes the enemy fearful, and even in Liangzhou, thousands of miles away, the name of this battalion is also spread, and now this hundred battles are on the retreat of the coalition army, just look at the sturdiness and ingenuity of its camp layout without a fight.
Of course, Gao Lan was able to build a solid camp in a relatively short period of time, in addition to the Tiger Guard Battalion soldiers, everyone worked hard, the people of Sizhou played a great role, just within five days of setting up the camp, the counties, counties and townships dispatched 160,000 people, and the organization saw the advantages, Gao Lan saw and couldn't help but sigh that the people of Sizhou for the kind of support of the lord, these people not only include the young and strong, but even some old people and women and even children are doing what they can, and some are still the whole family and the whole family go into battle, How can the lord of the war of Minsi Prefecture be invincible, the news of the front line reached Gao Ran's ears from time to time, which made his determination to hold on to this place even greater, and when the officials of the various provinces led the people to evacuate that day, Gao Ran specially ordered the whole army to line up, and he also saw off these people in front of the head, and the scene at that time was extremely moving.
The situation in front of the coalition forces has no way to retreat, even if they know the strength of the Tiger Guard Battalion, they have to bite the bullet, under the encouragement of several commanders, the hope of returning to Hangu made the morale of the coalition soldiers barely shake, and temporarily put aside fear and disappointment, they sacrificed their lives to launch a crazy attack on Gaoran's camp, not caring about the size of the casualties, a posture of piling up here with human lives, the fierce battle has not stopped from the moment it began, even at night, The coalition forces took turns in formation of 10,000 people, vowing to fight in one go!
The art of war is cloudy, and it is important to return to the army, because the soldiers' desire to go home can easily be transformed into strong combat power, even far beyond the usual level, and the coalition soldiers in front of them are like this, and the death and wounded pillows of groups of comrades have not weakened their determination and morale, but have become more hysterical, and that desire has made their spirit surpass their bodies for a moment.
In the face of such a returning division, the pressure of the Tiger Guard Battalion led by Gao Ran can be imagined, at present, these 30,000 soldiers are newly incorporated into the battalion after the Battle of Jizhou, and the recruits occupy a large proportion, and there is no doubt that its combat power has weakened compared with the time of Jizhou, and no matter how strong the camp is, it must not be compared with the city! In just eight hours, although the Tiger Guard Battalion did not let the enemy advance a step forward under Gao Lan's personal leadership, it also paid nearly 7,000 casualties, which was nearly a quarter of the strength in Gao Lan's hands.
"Arrows, give me arrows, move the fuck quickly, the enemy is coming up again." On the dirt slope built by the people of Sizhou, an officer who looked like a lieutenant was angry, at this time his face was already dark, and the coalition army used the wind to smoke and invade the defender camp, although he covered his mouth and nose with a wet cloth, he was still inevitably smoked like this, at this time the impact of the enemy army was launched again, he fired several arrows in a row and hit several enemy soldiers, but the arrow pot was empty, this is not that the logistics of the Tiger Guard Battalion are not in place, but the loss of military resources is too huge under the madness of the coalition army.
"Damn. Thank you very much. The lieutenant's shouting was only half of it, but he felt that the quiver was sinking, and several feathered arrows were handed to him, and at this time he didn't even have time to look back and hurriedly opened his bow and shot arrows, and the enemy soldier who was eighty paces away fell in response!
"Good archery." The man who handed him the arrow applauded, but his voice was hoarse.
"What's good, when Lao Tzu was in the guard camp, the archery technique of the Taishi commander was called wonderful, and there were eight arrows in one hand... Damn, this kid is so clever. The lieutenant said without replying, but the words in his mouth did not affect the speed of his arrows, this person is the officer who was transferred to the Tiger Guard Battalion this time, and there are many like him, for this Zhang He did not ask in front of the lord, once Liu Yi discussed Zhang He for a day outside the door for the matter of heavy snow, and Liu Yi was also a little helpless to be so persistent Liu Yi had to allow it.
When it comes to martial arts in the Youzhou army, Liu Yi is naturally the crown, but there are different opinions among the soldiers next, some say that they are the third general, some say that they are the second generals, and more mention their own commanders, Zilong only accounts for the majority of them. But when it comes to archery, Tai Shici, the commander of the Beiping battalion at this time, is recognized as the first magic arrow in the whole army, and absolutely no one is unconvinced, and Ziyi was the commander of Liu Yi's guard battalion before he became the Beiping battalion, and he is also one of their pride.
"Good! Brother, you are a good archeryman, that song? Yes? Checkmate? The captain's arrow was deftly flashed by the enemy's officer, and before he could continue to shoot, he heard the sound of the bowstring, and two white lights rushed towards the enemy, and the line of his dodge was calculated extremely accurately, and the arrow that came later pierced his heart, and the captain forgot to cheer loudly, but immediately reacted as if he had never heard of such a good shooter in the battalion, and only then did he turn around, but saw that the person was Gao Lan!
"Don't look back, continue to release arrows, everyone listen, the enemy army is desperate for their lives this time, as long as we resist the first two days, their sharp spirit will be discharged, my Tiger Guard Battalion has not retreated since it became an army, and now it is the same, Gao will always be here to accompany the brothers, as long as I don't die, they will not want to pass." Gao Ran snorted coldly and then said loudly, at this time his hoarse voice shouted out quite harshly, but it was like a shot of heart in the ears of the soldiers, the generals were desperate, what else could they do, and the arrow rain on the high platform was extremely strong for a while.
Originally, Gao Ran had a echelon configuration in the arrangement of the position, and he could completely abandon some of the camps in Mengjin and retreat to Yuanluo, but the madness shown by the enemy army made him immediately dispel this idea, he must beat the last bit of the enemy's sharp energy here, otherwise once they rise up, the defense behind it will become more difficult, and the first two days are the key.
Gao Tingxuan is a famous general in Hebei, and Yan Liangwen Chouzhang is called Hebei Sitingzhu, who is familiar with the military book and war strategy, he naturally knows the truth of returning to the teacher, but he does not have the slightest hesitation about the arrangement of the lord, because his vision is from the overall consideration, as long as he can stick to this place, the rest of the friendly army will be able to give the trapped beast fighting coalition army a fatal blow, of course, the Tiger Guard Battalion will pay a heavy price for this, but this is also the mission of the elite, although Gao Ran, who is running around and on the front line, shouted hoarsely, The determination in his heart is even stronger, even if he loses his 30,000 Tiger Guard Battalion soldiers, he will not let the coalition army move forward!
In fact, with the current situation, Liu Yi and Zhang Hu can launch a full-scale attack on the coalition army, but before their spirit is gone, such a decisive battle will definitely bring huge casualties to Sizhou, which neither of them want to see, although the Huwei battalion's resistance is extremely hard, and the casualties are not small, but it is much lighter than the melee of the whole army, and they will be far smaller than the enemy in terms of battle losses based on strong camps, which is not only consuming the spirit of the coalition army, but also consuming its strength.
At this time, the rest of the soldiers of the Sizhou army are constantly mobilizing to rush to the best sortie position, in preparation for the final general attack on the enemy, these times are fought for by the Tiger Guard Battalion with the lives of the soldiers, for the sake of the overall situation, Liu Yi's ideas are no different from Gao Ran, the so-called Ci is not in charge of the army here can be withdrawn to the fullest, Liu Yi is also waiting, waiting for the moment when the spirit of the coalition army is captured, in his heart Gao Ran also has firm confidence in the Tiger Guard Battalion, such a strong army will never be easily defeated, The price they pay will also be exchanged for a global victory.
In the dark night, you can see a fire dragon penetrate into the camp tent of the Tiger Guard Battalion, and then there will be a large ball of fire to meet the general, engulfing all those fire dragons, under the mobilization of Gao Ran, the morale of the Tiger Guard Camp has also reached its peak, although the number of people is not as good as the other party, but they can use the ingenuity of the camp to deal a merciless blow to the coalition soldiers who entered it, at this moment, the honor of the Tiger Guard Battalion in their hearts is also beyond everything, and the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion in the face of the enemy army will have to deal with it with more madness, Rather die than retreat has become a firm belief in the hearts of every soldier.