Chapter 171: Mighty General
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Wu Sangui can be described as crazy at this time, he can't figure out how to press up so many people, but he has never seen the thief army completely collapse, the shouting and killing in front of him has not subsided, this is really hell, although the Xingtian Army is strong, but he has never seen it before, in his opinion, the strongest soldiers and horses in the world may only be the Jiannu Army, today he can say that he has tried his best, if the opposite side is the Tartar people, this time must also collapse, But he didn't see the result he wanted to see for a long time, which undoubtedly made him, who was known as the most promising general in the Ming Dynasty, very faceless, the first battle of entering the customs was like this, and it was in the case that he had an absolute advantage in troops, which really made him unacceptable, so in a hurry he ordered to continue beating the drum to help the battle, driving more officers and soldiers to press forward.
At this time, a general with a terrible wound on his neck staggered back, and knelt on the ground with a grunt from afar, covered the wound on his neck with one hand, and fell to the ground and cried: "Military Gate! Collect the troops! Ask the army to collect the troops! The lowly are dead! The thieves are not people, and the brothers used to die one by one! If we continue to fight like this, our people will die! ”
Wu Sangui's thick eyebrows jumped a few times and yelled, "Fart!" No troops! Continue to attack me, if this official doesn't believe it, he won't be able to defeat these thieves! We are human beings, and they are human beings! Kill them all and avenge the brothers who died in battle! ”
Immediately after that, he glared at the general who fled back, and shouted: "What did the official say just now?" What should I do if I don't get the order to retreat without permission? ”
"No mercy!" The housekeepers around him immediately shouted, and as he spoke, someone with bloody steel knives rushed towards the boss to be executed.
At this time, in front of Wu Sangui, there were already a bunch of human heads, these heads were the heads of the fugitives who had just escaped, at least dozens of people had been beheaded by Wu Sangui, this one always covered the wound on his neck, looked at the corpses and heads of these fugitives in front of him in a blur, and showed a strange smile on his face, a large amount of blood was still leaching out along his fingers, flowing down his neck and into his armor, even his legs were full of blood at this moment, his face was white and terrifying, His eyes began to become even more sluggish, and when the two family members rushed in front of him, he suddenly shook his body, and fell to the ground, and after a few slight twitches, he fell silent.
The two family members who were about to be executed walked up to him, squatted down and touched him under his nose, turned his head to Wu Sangui in a little surprise and said, "Qiqi Junmen, Mr. Xiao is dead!" ”
After Wu Sangui's face jumped a few times, he closed his eyes and waved his hand: "Lift it down!" I know this person, he has always had a belligerent reputation in the army, and he is by no means greedy for life and afraid of death, so he turned around and got a coffin for him and buried him! Punishment thief! Are you not beaten with iron? ”
Wu Sangui was really right, opposite him was the Iron Bone Battalion, which was known as the Iron Bone Battalion in the Xingtian Army, and this time he really ran into a hard stubble and kicked an iron plate.
Liu Yaoben's tactics are very simple, that is, to use simple and effective anti-infantry trenches to block the offensive of the official army, and in the war, it showed great power, with their limited strength, but they blocked the offensive of the official army, and slaughtered the officers and soldiers who came up in batches at the edge of their large array, although they also had occasional damage, but compared to the official army, the loss was very small, this is where the collective strength of the Xingtian Army lies, and the mutual cooperation between the various arms is already in full swing at this time, The combination of firecrackers, spearmen, and sword players from far and near kills the chills of the officers and soldiers.
But at this time of the battle, Liu Yaoben's side began to be a little unable to hold on, after all, there were too many officers and soldiers coming up, and many archers kept throwing bows and arrows towards the formation on the periphery, on one side they killed and injured some of the generals of the Xingtian Army, and on the other side also interfered with their mobilization, even the two medical soldiers were only busy caring for the injured robe, and they were also hit by stray arrows on the spot, one dead and one wounded, which made Liu Yaoben and his subordinates under a lot of pressure.
As the pass wall was filled, more and more officers and soldiers did not have to climb the wall to enter, almost stepping on the pile of corpses to jump into the inner side of the low wall, and the Xingtian Army fought in close combat, and gradually the Xingtian Army was squeezed backwards and began to slowly retreat, and the casualties of the pikemen began to increase, and the sword players were even more in order to cover the pikemen, and the casualties were getting bigger and bigger.
"Listen to the firecrackers! Upper Short Blade! Liu Yaoben also saw that the situation was not good in the formation, so he yelled loudly.
The firecrackers who had already retreated into the formation to rest all shouted loudly when they heard the sound, and they all pulled out their short blades from their waists, and clicked up to the front of the firearms, and in an instant, a forest of bayonets was erected, which looked so dazzling ...... in the sun.
Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and forcibly endured to order Mingjin, at this time he already knew the tragedy of the battle ahead, knew that his soldiers under his command had suffered heavy losses, and Ma Dazhi, the general of Sun Chuanting, who was responsible for attacking the right wing of the Xingtian Army, had already collapsed at this time, he Wu Sangui could kill his own soldiers, but it was not easy to deal with generals like Ma Dazhi, after all, he was not Sun Chuanting, he had Shang Fang's sword in his hand, and he could cut down those generals who did not obey orders in the war. Even one of the generals under his own command couldn't help but beg Wu Sangui to quickly withdraw his troops, such a fight was too tragic, in a short period of time, hundreds of people's lives were filled in like this, if they couldn't win the battle, they didn't know how many people would die!
But Wu Sangui really had a bullish temper today, he refused to give the order to retreat at all, continued to beat the drum to help the battle, ordered the onslaught to attack non-stop, and divided the troops out, replaced Ma Dazhi's men and horses, and continued to attack from the right flank of the Xingtian Army's big array, but he also knew that the battle had reached such a point, and the soldiers and horses under his command were already at the end of the crossbow, if they couldn't defeat these thieves, then they would collapse.
So he was hesitating, whether he should withdraw and rest first, and wait for the reinforcements to come up, if the loss is too great, it will undoubtedly affect the morale of his generals in the future, but he is still a little unwilling, although he is already the end of the strong crossbow, but the thief army on the opposite side should also be the end of the strong crossbow, and now it should be compared to a breath, whoever can hold it is the final winner, as a general, he knows this very well, so even if he is distressed to death, he still gritted his teeth and persisted, looking forward to the reversal of the battle situation.
Similar to what Wu Sangui thought, after a fierce battle on Liu Yaoben's side, it was indeed the end of the crossbow, the pikemen lost more and more, and the spears were broken more and more, and they could no longer form an effective gun forest.
Yan Ting had already personally taken the spear of a fallen pikeman at this time, stood at the front of the formation, and shouted and commanded the soldiers under his command to fight with the officers and soldiers opposite: "Brothers, kill!" The officers and soldiers can't hold on! They're going to lose! Don't embarrass our Iron Bone Battalion! Kill, kill, kill! Kill them all......"
Before his words fell, he stopped abruptly, and an arrow flew from nowhere, which shot at his cheek from the side, and in a blink of an eye, it came out from the other side of his cheek, Yan Ting, who was in pain, snorted, and almost fainted, and after staggering to stabilize his body, he felt that two of his big teeth on both sides were shot off by this arrow, and this arrow seemed to have cut off a section of the tip of his tongue, and the shaft of the arrow was across his cheek, making him look extremely hideous and terrifying.
Yan Ting was in pain and angry, endured the pain, but refused to retreat, and couldn't scream out and stabbed desperately, the officers and soldiers on the opposite side saw that the thief was wearing an arrow on his face, and he was still fighting so fiercely, everyone was frightened and frightened, and couldn't help but retract their legs, not daring to attack forward, and the rest of the soldiers also saw Yan Ting's situation at this time, first surprised, and then they were enraged, seeing that Yan Ting was seriously injured and did not retreat, they didn't care about anything, and shouted to kill the earthquake one by one. Unexpectedly, the generals squeezed the officers and retreated.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Yaoben also saw the opportunity, raised his waist knife and roared: "Kill me!" ......" After saying that, he rushed forward with the first soldier.
The rest of the Xingtian Army members saw that their Commanders were all crazy and desperate, and they all puffed up Yu Yong, shouting and following closely behind, escorting Liu Yaoben and rushing forward.
The officers and soldiers who already had the advantage, at this time, were counterattacked by Liu Yaoben and them, and they actually began to retreat, and they were beaten beyond parry, and the brave one who met the two strong won the battle, and the bravery shown by the generals of the Xingtian army drove their subordinates to go crazy, and the momentum of the officers and soldiers was covered almost instantly, and they began to turn around and flee in panic.
Xiao Tianjian, who was watching the battle from a distance on the roof of the village, suddenly put down the binoculars in his hand and shouted: "Defeat the official army at this moment!" Herald signals! All the army is attacking! ”
Just a few times Li Xin couldn't help but persuade Xiao Tianjian to send a reserve team out to rescue Liu Yaoben's two battalions, Xiao Tianjian almost couldn't help but agree, but in the end he still didn't give an order, and now when he saw Liu Yao's department, which was already at a disadvantage, suddenly broke out, and knocked the officers and soldiers back, he breathed a long sigh of relief and gave the order for a general attack.
A succession of three red-glowing fireworks burst into the village, and then the remaining reserves hiding at the back of the village also stood up, and under the command of their respective generals, they rushed out of the village like a tide and rushed towards the battlefield in the distance.
In the distance, a series of red fireworks began to rise, like a beacon tower, transmitting the signal of the general attack to the farther and farther places in a relay manner.
In this era, there was no telephone or radio, and communication was either transmitted by manpower or by fireworks, which was also the reason why countless beacon towers were built at the ancient border gates, and the Xingtian Army transmitted signals at such a long distance, and conveniently used a large flower as a signal flare, and the gunpowder of the flower was mixed with some things, one is that it can emit red light, and the other is that it can pull out thick smoke, even in broad daylight, it can be seen from a long distance, plus there are scouts arranged along the way to relay, and one by one signal flares are launched into the air. As a result, the signal can be transmitted very far in a very short time.
At this time, a large group of soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army stationed on the north bank of the Jindi River and the east bank of the Tuxiao River all saw the letter bombs that rose into the air from a distance, so Luo Li, Situ Liang, Li Dingguo and other generals immediately turned over and jumped on their respective war horses, and they all pulled out the waist knives at their waists, raised their arms high into the air, and shouted loudly one by one: "Attack!" ……”