Chapter 112: Chaotic Camp
Wu Zihou looked at the sudden chaos, opened his mouth, and didn't know what to do, while Liu Guangshi took the reins and stepped back to prevent him from colliding with himself, and let his subordinates gather together, ready to wait and see.
The Liao cavalry that rushed to the side of the formation invariably abandoned the Song army that fled forward, and turned their horses sharply, their speed did not decrease, and they turned towards the Song army's infantry at an extremely tricky angle. Only the front row of the Song army's infantry is the knife and gunner, and the back are all soldiers with bows and crossbows, at most there is a hand knife at the waist, facing the iron hooves and spears of the Liao soldiers, and subconsciously just about to raise the arrow to shoot at the Liao soldiers, they have been cut down to the ground by the Liao soldiers.
The Liao soldiers on the left and right rushed into the Song army formation like wolves into a flock of sheep in an instant, and with the impact of the huge speed of the war horse, they raised the spear in their hands or picked up the saber in their hands to kill the Song army without resistance. The front row of the Song army originally had swordsmen and pikemen, which were the main means of restraining the cavalry, but unfortunately, when the Liao cavalry rushing from both sides rushed into the formation, the crossbowmen who were killed by the Liao cavalry and dodged became an obstacle for the swordsmen and gunners. Without the protection of the battle array, the natural advantage of the cavalry over the infantry allowed the Liao army to give full play, rushing left and right, circling back and forth, and bringing a rain of blood between the swings of the blades.
Without coordination and protection, no matter how strong the individual soldier is, he is not the opponent of the whole cavalry, not to mention that at this time, the Song army has become a group of chaotic troops who have no fighting spirit and only know how to dodge, and can only become a lamb waiting to be killed under the Liao cavalry saber. The Liao cavalry repeatedly rushed and killed in the panicked Song army, only to kill the Song army in a river of blood, which was originally a solid and strict battle formation of two infantry troops, and under the mistake, it was forced to be rushed and crushed by the Liao cavalry.
The Song soldiers who scattered and escaped ran towards the gate of the camp behind them like people who had fallen into the water desperately fleeing to the shore. Behind the infantry formation was the cavalry of the Xuanfeng Army led by Wu Zihou and Liu Guangshi personally, watching the Liao cavalry enter the formation in amazement, but there was nothing they could do. The Song soldiers, who were killed crying for their fathers and mothers, stumbled and ran towards the camp. At this time, the guards on the wall saw that they were elbows and armpits, and they were in chaos, and hurriedly closed the gate of the camp. The Song soldiers who ran to the door cursed and pushed to squeeze in, and the guards on the camp under the command of the leader shot a few arrows at the crowded gate of the village, and the Song soldiers who were about to pour into the camp were immediately deterred, and they no longer dared to rush into the gate of the village.
Seeing that the wolf-like Liao soldiers in front of him were gradually approaching the front, and the gate of the fortress was about to close. Liu Guangshi suddenly turned around and rode his horse towards the gate of the wall, shouting to the wall of the wall as he ran: "I am Liu Guangshi, the deputy commander of the Feng Army, open the gate of the wall, and let me in!" ”
Liu Guangshi's personal soldiers naturally supported Liu Guangshi and ran towards the gate of the village, and if there were those who blocked the road in front, they slashed and kicked to the side. When he arrived at the gate of the village, there were more defeated soldiers, and Liu Guangshi's own soldiers worked hard, arm in arm, surrounded Liu Guangshi in the middle, and there was a special person in front of him who opened the way with a knife, not to kick over the Song soldiers who were blocking the way, which caused the Song soldiers next to him to curse more than once, but they were helpless.
The people on the wall were so embarrassed that they were about to explain politely, Liu Guangshi raised his hand and shot an arrow at it, whether he hit it or not, and shouted in a straight voice: "I am Liu Guangshi, the son of Liu Yanqing!" Open the door! ”
The guards on the walled wall wanted to persuade Liu Guangshi to retreat with good words, so as not to complain, but he didn't expect Liu Guangshi to be so rude and ruthless, and if he was unsatisfied, he shot an arrow. The guard just had a temper of eating soft rather than hard, and with the force of his hands, he wanted to completely close the gate of the wall.
Seeing that the guards were still going to close the gate of the wall, Liu Guangshi launched a ruthless attack, inserted the spear in his hand into the gate of the wall, and shouted to his own soldiers: "Open it for me!" "It was a felony to rush into the walled door, and the soldiers under him usually didn't dare to break it open, but now the group of tigers and wolves of the Liao soldiers are behind, and there are instructions from the master, which can be regarded as "convenient with others, convenient for yourself", dozens of people work together to push the gate open.
The gate of the village was originally to prevent people from being knocked open, and a mechanism was set up, but now it was inserted by Liu Guangshi with a spear first, and it could not be completely closed, and dozens of people worked together, and the defeated soldiers of the Song army who were going to squeeze in before saw that since they were carried by these two ancestors, they were naturally not far behind, and they also helped to exert themselves, only to hear a bang, and the heavy gate of the village was pushed down.
As soon as he saw the gate of the camp falling, Liu Guangshi rushed in first, but he was even more anxious than the enemy army attacking the camp. The accompanying soldiers, the defeated Song soldiers, and Wang Ji's deserters also rushed towards the camp.
Just like a river, it could have flowed quietly along the original river channel without incident, but once the embankment broke a hole, it seemed that all the river water would flow out through this breach.
The collapsed gate of the camp seemed to be like a sinful breach in the embankment of the River of Desire, which had destroyed all protection.
The Song soldiers who rushed to the gate of the camp in a panic seemed to lead the way for the Liao army, attracting the Liao army to rush towards the gate without stopping, and they didn't even care about the opponent they were fighting with. On the contrary, the left Song Jun was stunned and stunned in place, let's fight, I was going to escape, people don't fight with me, aren't they thinking about themselves? Don't fight, it doesn't seem right.
The incident happened suddenly, and no one expected that the big camp would be attacked by the enemy in this way. The defense of the gate of the Song army's camp is not tight, there is a thick gate below, there are guards with bows and crossbows on the wall, and there are also the soldiers who are waiting outside the gate. But such a strict protection was broken by his own people. In the panic, several guards on the wall of the wall shot downward, but they didn't know that they had injured a few Liao soldiers, and the Liao soldiers of the brigade had rushed in from the painless prancing horses at the gate of the wall.
The guards on the walled wall shot arrows downward to stop the Liao army, and the Liao army, with iron helmets and iron armor, did not care, and rushed into the camp of the Western Road army regardless of the arrows on the horse. Take out the rockets that have been prepared, light the rockets, and shoot indiscriminately at the camp tents and baggage in the village, the rockets fall on the curtains, grain and grass, and the fire borrows the wind, and suddenly ignites a raging fire. The camp of the Song army was suddenly in chaos, and I didn't know whether to put out the fire first or meet the enemy first. The Liao army took advantage of the chaos, and even went out in all directions, shooting rockets everywhere, and in a moment, the Song army camp was already full of fire.
Things happened too fast, Wang Ji was just about to lead the army to kill the Liao army again, but saw the east and west sides of the camp suddenly flash a bright and flickering torch, under the reflection of the torches, the swords and guns were dazzling, the flags were flying, the horns were in the sky, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves like thunder, like two torrents composed of torches and knives and guns reflected by torches rushed to the Song army camp.
This is Xiao Gan's main force!
(End of chapter)