Chapter 674: Left-wing Crisis
The war drums roared again, the shouts of killing rose to the sky again, and on the left flank of the invading army, the dust suddenly rose, and countless flags swayed, rushing to the left flank of the invading army, where a tragic battle also began.
Lu Shi straightened up on his horse and looked in that direction with all his might, hoping to see the progress of the battle and the outcome of the battle at first glance.
However, the battlefield was too big, almost 100,000 horses were tumbling and rolling together, and the dust and smoke that covered the sky and the sun made Lu Shi unable to see anything.
At this time, a herald galloped over on horseback, rushed past the guards similar to the surrounding area, and galloped to Lu Shi's eyes, and he brought Lu Shi the news he wanted to know about the battle situation.
"Report - report to the king, the officers and soldiers of the brigade have launched an attack on the left flank of our army."
"What kind of centaur is it?" Lu Shi wondered very much, the official army was now in a precarious position in front of him, and was on the verge of collapse, at this time, where did the official army come from to attack his left flank?
"Look at the banner, it's Zhang Yuan's troops." The herald affirmed.
Zhang Yuan, this Zhang Yuan, this haunting guy, launched an attack on his left flank when he was most important, and this attack was very fatal and dangerous. Because, on their left and right flanks, it is no longer their own elite cavalry, but the most vulnerable, the archers of the firearms battalion, who have no strength.
Those archers usually train hard with bows and arrows, not fighting in battle formations, especially now equipped with their most unfamiliar guns, swords and shields, and their combat effectiveness is definitely inferior to that of the officers and soldiers. And the haunting Zhang Yuan, who has been recuperating in the rear for a long time, joins at this time, which can be said to have been deliberated for a long time, and it is really a hit on the nail on the head, and a sword seals his throat.
In fact, Lu Shi still overestimated Zhang Yuan's wisdom, originally colluded with the governor, and after a period of fighting, Zhang Yuan was withdrawn to the back to preserve his strength, but he didn't want to, the war has developed to the present, and everyone has no way to retreat, so whether it is the governor or Zhang Yuan, they have to give up the idea of preserving their strength, and once again send this team with the most combat effectiveness in this coalition army to the battlefield.
But this time back and forth, they got an unexpected gain, that is, they saw the weakness of Lu Shi's two wings, so He Renlong did not hesitate to send Zhang Yuan's fresh force to Lu Shi's left flank and launched a desperate attack. "Tear open the left flank of the thief, cut through their array, and kill directly at the thief's big wall, and cut him down." He Renlong gritted his teeth and ordered, this is his only chance to turn the tables.
Again, Zhang Jiajun is different from other troops, they go into battle to face the army, whether it is an officer or a non-commissioned soldier, they will not work like other officers and soldiers, as long as they face the army, it is a fight to the death, never die, so as soon as the Zhang army enters the battlefield, it brings incomparable pressure to the left wing composed of exhausted archers.
At the same time, Xiao Seventeen, the leader of his Zhang Jiajun, also felt that the combat effectiveness, formation, and organizational training of this left-wing thief were not as strong as the thieves he had encountered before.
"This is the weakness of the thief, and we have caught the weakness of the thief." Xiao Seventeen suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "Press up, press up, all the cavalry will not be left, and victory or defeat will be in one fell swoop." ”
So, Zhang Jiajun shouted, and rushed to the left flank of the invading army like a tide, and rushed to the weak point of the invading army.
At the same time that the order for the white-knuckle assault was issued, the Ming army had already made several shallow openings on the left flank front. Behind the battle line, the officers and soldiers on horseback were rushing in from the opening, and the left flank of the Ming army was already about to break up. There is no doubt that after the left flank of the invading army has been defeated, the officers and troops will roll horizontally along the tore gap to the central front of the invading army. At that time, the main formation of the invading army will be penetrated, and at that time, the gun array will be in a dangerous situation of being exposed to the enemy on the back.
Zhang Qiqi saw it, and He Renlong Du Wenhuan also saw it, and he praised the rising star of the Zhang family and the strong army of the Zhang family in his heart, and also gave birth to infinite hope and sustenance. In this battle, we can really turn the tables.
They saw this danger, and Lu Shi and Geng Kui also saw it.
Geng Kui immediately suggested that a group of armed masters should be put on the right wing, on the one hand, to strengthen the strength of the right flank, to prevent the recurrence of such an enemy army, so that the two wings of the large array of the army were attacked, so that the situation collapsed, and at the same time, to launch a right wing attack to disperse the pressure on the left flank, and at the same time, mobilize a group of master and son auxiliaries to strengthen the left flank, attract and entangle the only mortal enemy main force in the Ming coalition army, and buy time for their main force. But Lu Shi rejected the suggestion.
There are two reasons, first, if it is not a last resort, Lu Shi still does not want to mobilize the master to fight, the master is the master, not a real soldier, although they have all gone through the simple training of each village, but, after all, there is no actual combat experience, once they are put into battle, their losses will be huge, will be more than worth the loss, such a takeover, is Lu Shi no matter what.
Second, Lu Shi has never seen He Renlong, but Lu Shi knows He Renlong better than everyone now. It was a generation of unborn famous generals at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and that was the nemesis of the sworn enemy of the Liukou Righteous Army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if it weren't for the Ming civil officials who killed him for the sake of prestige, then Li Zicheng and others would definitely be exterminated by He Renlong, at least they would suppress Li Zicheng for countless years, and finally they would not let the Liukou occupy Beijing, so that they would destroy the Ming Dynasty with a group of people who had destroyed and not built. Therefore, this kind of famous general will definitely not make the mistake of dispersing his forces, and he will definitely command Zhang Jiajun to launch a non-stop attack on his weak left flank, hoping to achieve the goal of breaking through.
He Renlong sent such a new force, and his target must be his own big man.
"Now, I need my archers to hold on until we win." Lu Shi ordered the herald who was following closely behind.
The archer herald accepted Lu Shi's order without hesitation, and galloped towards his battle position with a circle of war horses.
The large array of archers of the intruding army suppressed by Zhang's army, although they continued to launch counterattacks, almost did not cause casualties to the enemy, and could only use layers of battle lines to consume the impact of Zhang's army, and struggled to support a complete line of defense.
The muscles on the face of the commander of the firearms battalion trembled violently, and he gritted his teeth and sent all the troops in his hands in that direction to fill the huge hole and support the crumbling defense line. At this time, the combat effectiveness of the two armies has been revealed, the Zhang Jiajun is strong, and the archers of the army are just struggling to persist with a momentum and will.
When the order of the herald arrived, Battalion Commander Zhang accepted it without hesitation, and said to him: "Go and report to King Chuang, the left wing will definitely not be lost, and I am convinced of victory." Then, not looking at the herald who had gone away, he took a deep breath and shouted to the last gunner brother who followed him: "For the sacrificial brother." Camp Commander Zhang shouted. These people behind him are the most valuable personnel of the firearms battalion, and they will never take it to fight with the enemy unless they have to, that is, they will exchange gold and scrap iron, and the gains will definitely outweigh the losses, but at this time, it is already a matter of life and death, and everything is no longer cherished.
Hearing the shouts of Battalion Commander Zhang, the gunners of the firearms battalion who had never faced the officers and soldiers at all, and had never fought directly at all, all clenched their guns that they were not familiar with at all, and no one would doubt their bloodiness, and the soldiers of the firearms battalion also raised their arms and shouted: "For the sake of the sacrificed brothers." Then without hesitation, he threw himself on the left flank, where the brothers were bleeding incessantly.
Pound was holding the pistol he was least familiar with, and was engaged in the hardest battle of his life. He stared at the enemy on the other side, and roared angrily. But the opponent is a team of pro-soldiers built by a heroic son in the Zhang family army with all his might, and the equipment is like a moving iron mountain, all of which are arc masks. There was no expression on it except the cold light of metal. Their eyes were bright and hateful in the dark cracks of metal. That look gave people a gray feeling, yes, it was gray Weijue - Pang Ze confirmed this feeling of his own.
Just under the attack of these steel monsters, he took two steps back in a row to avoid a few stabbing blades, and at the same time he dodged with difficulty, blocking the vicious stab on the right side with the rattan card he had just issued, he was shocked to take a step back, and after escaping death, he excitedly let out a demonstrative roar, yes, he should indeed be excited, because, at this moment, he seemed to be beginning to become familiar with the guy in his hand, the rattan card, the saber. However, the row of cold masks on the opposite side was still expressionless, only countless knives and guns stabbed again......
He had just entered the center, and the reason why this was the case was because the Pao Ze brothers in front of him were either killed or wounded in battle, and there was already a crack in his battle line, so he went up to the front line and faced the enemy directly.
When he just came up, he saw that the battle line had been broken, and a large number of Ming troops in iron armor were pouring in, he looked at the obviously iron masks of the Ming army on the other side, and he was used to thinking that if he had his longbow in hand, then these guys who looked sturdy would be as vulnerable as waste paper.
However, the longbow was still there, but the arrows were exhausted, and besides, his arms were swollen enough to draw the powerful longbow, and now, he could only barely wield his light saber and fight the enemy hand-to-hand. So, the idea of shooting a bow and arrow straight at the door was abandoned.
However, at that time, with the fluttering saber and the sturdy rattan card, I really didn't know how to use him, and I didn't know how to attack the enemy's position. His first thought was to cut it down, no matter what part of the enemy it was, just cut it over, and as soon as he finished this action, the Ming army had already rushed in front of him, and a cold light spear blade was also coming.