Chapter 90: Bloody Battle of Du Yang (19)
Yao Sheng's 4,000 people were killed together, and the vanguard cavalry team responsible for overturning the wooden fence of the Jin army and rejecting the horses with lassoes and rope hooks took the lead, opening a gap in the Jin army camp. At the same time, the Jin army was well prepared, and the strong bow and crossbow camp had been on standby for a long time, and as soon as the cavalry vanguard broke through the north gate of the camp, they were shot by a burst of arrows, killing most of them.
Baili Yan Baili Yan saw that the situation was not good, and was busy saying:
"General Yao Sheng, quickly turn to the northeast and enter from the east gate of the camp!"
"Okay, the army listens to the order and quickly turns to the east gate of the camp!"
Before the battle, Yao Sheng summoned his commanders, commanders, and centurions to give advice, and once the north gate of the Jin army was broken, he immediately turned to the east and entered the Jin army camp from the east gate. In this way, the 6,000 foot soldiers who followed could enter through the breached north gate, and of course, the casualties would definitely be very heavy.
However, the cavalry avoided being killed and wounded by the Jin army with bows and crossbows, spears, hooks and sickles, so that the infantry of the two armies fought and pinned, and the cavalry of the Xian army detoured to the flank of the Jin infantry to attack.
Han Heding, on the other hand, strengthened the northern and western defenses of the Northeast Battalion, and the east and south were bound to be weakened due to their distance. Therefore, once the gate of Zhengbei camp is opened, and the Xian army foot soldiers enter from this, the Jin army will come like a tide for the first time. At this time, the east gate and the south gate were empty, but they were unlucky for the 6,000 foot soldiers.
But I can't help the wolf if I can't help the child, and there is no one to act as cannon fodder, how can we achieve strategic intentions.
As the soldiers turned to the east, they followed Yao Sheng's 6,000 foot soldiers in a moment, and what was waiting for them was indeed thousands of arrows as dense as flying locusts.
A burst of bows and crossbows fired, and the soldiers of the Xian army fell in patches in a pool of blood like harvested wheat.
At the same time, Yao Sheng's cavalry concocted the North Gate in the same way, and then ordered the vanguard to ride with a lasso and rope hook to overturn the east gate of the Jin army camp to reject the horse and the wooden fence, perhaps it came too suddenly, most of the main forces of the Jin army were on their backs or on the side towards the Xian army cavalry, Bailiyan just picked a gun and entered, and a flash of inspiration:
"General Yao, the main force of the Jin army's battalion is facing away from our army, and quickly order two thousand men and horses to rush from behind to help our army's foot soldiers rush and kill."
"That's good."
Yao Sheng got the plan and quickly sent two thousand cavalry to rush behind the Jin army.
The Jin army of the northeast battalion focused on fortifying the west gate and the north gate, not to mention that more than two-thirds of the troops were concentrated in the second gate, so that most of the two Jin troops were facing away from the east gate, and once they entered from the east gate, they must not be in a hurry.
Seeing this, Bailiyan urged the horse to go straight to the Jin army's big tent, and thousands of people such as Yao Sheng followed closely behind.
"Wei Xian, quickly lead out Xi Changlai." Yao Sheng was as anxious as a spark, and his tone was that he couldn't delay it for a moment.
Bai Liyan was rushing with the cavalry of the Jin army, and he blocked a shot and said loudly:
"Ji Chang is not in the camp!"
Yao Sheng was surprised:
"How so!"
"If you don't see the palace guard of the Jin Kingdom here, then Ji Chang must not be there!"
"That's set in the southeast camp."
"Exactly, we will first go to the north gate of this camp to meet our cavalry, and then attack the south gate."
At this time, the cavalry of the Jin army came from all directions of the camp, if they directly killed the south gate of the camp, then thousands of cavalry of the Jin army would follow, and at the same time, there were cavalry in the southeast camp of the Jin army, and Yao Sheng's 4,000 men and horses must have killed them.
But if you attack to the north, at this time the six thousand infantry of the Xian army is in a melee, the two thousand cavalry sent by Yao Sheng from behind the impact of the Jin army, at this time if Yao Sheng's headquarters kills again, it is a front and rear attack, and what is more fatal is that the Jin cavalry all came, and it was rushed to the back of the Jin army's own infantry. You can imagine what the result will be when you see your own people stepping on your own people.
The cavalry under Yao Sheng's command immediately turned their horses and ran rampant with guns all the way to the north, not assassinating at all, in fact, they didn't have to fight, they directly crashed into the back of the Jin infantry with their eyes closed.
At this time, the Jin army lined up to block the west gate and the north gate, and these thousands of cavalry killed from behind, just like a bulldozer, directly stepping on it.
Originally, there were Jin cavalry at the west gate and north gate of the camp, and after Yao Sheng and Bailiyan entered from the east gate, the Jin cavalry at the west gate and north gate surrounded the front, but they didn't want the Xian cavalry to rush to the south first, and when the Jin cavalry wanted to encircle, they didn't entangle to the west and then turned to the north, so that the Jin cavalry was tired of rushing and could not prevent the Xian cavalry from attacking the Jin infantry from behind
As a result, the infantry was heavily injured by the Xian cavalry in the back, and the front was killed by the Xian army's foot soldiers. There was no more.
The cavalry of the Jin army collided with their own infantry, and without waiting to stabilize their position, Yao Sheng's cavalry reversed and killed again:
"Kill! Follow me to the south gate! ”
In the midst of the chaos, Yao Sheng shouted, and most of the cavalry of the Xian army were scattered in the north camp, and the killing sound shook the sky, where could the military order be heard. It's just that Yao Sheng had an order before, but whenever he gave the order, the nearby soldiers had to shout, so that no matter how noisy it was, dozens or hundreds of people shouted together, it was naturally clear to hear.
Of course, the Jin army must be able to hear it, but the cavalry of the Jin army is being blocked by the infantry that has broken down by itself, and the Xian army has no worries, the infantry of the Xian army has not yet fully broken through, and the foot soldiers who have broken down one after another are all Jin troops, where can this stop the trampling of the cavalry of the Xian army.
So Yao Sheng fell on the spot and fought, gave up a space, and immediately urged the horse to kill the south gate again.
At this time, the cavalry of the Jin army was blocked by their own rout, and it was difficult to let go of their hands and feet to rush to kill, and under the battle with the cavalry of the Xian army, they could only see the arrogant trampling of the Jin army's foot soldiers, but the cavalry of the Jin army could not chase so vigorously, if they followed and chased, it was tantamount to stepping on the corpses of their own people.
The news of Yao Sheng's breakthrough of the Jin army's northeast camp has reached Zhao Xun's account of the left army at this time:
"General Zhao, General Yao Sheng has led the cavalry to break through the northeast camp of the Jin army, and is fighting to the south."
"Order Zhong Heng, stop the siege and immediately kill the northeast camp."
"No!"
The scout retreated, and Zhao Xun stood up and shouted:
"Where is the herald?"
"The last general!"
"Order the remaining men and horses of the left army to rush to the north of the city and prepare to attack the city."
"No!"
According to the calculation, Yao Sheng broke through the northeast camp and attacked to the south, Zhong Hengdang immediately stopped the siege and led all the horses to attack the northeast camp of the Jin army.
At this time, the six thousand Jin army infantry who attacked the northeast camp before were obviously unable to support it, and if Yao Sheng's cavalry withdrew again, it was bound to be eaten by the Jin army that held the camp.
But in order to prevent the Jin army from drawing troops from the city, Zhao Xun had to personally go to the north of the city to attack the city, so as not to let the Jin army have a chance to breathe. At this moment, he has violated the military order of Ding Yang Hou, if he can't capture Ji Chang, his post as the general of Zhendong is very likely to be dismissed by Ding Yang Hou on the spot.
Zhong Heng got the military order, immediately withdrew the siege men, led more than 9,000 people to the northeast camp of the Jin army, and did not wait for the Jin army to understand the north of the city, Zhao Xun had already led people to kill and took over Zhong Heng's siege.
At this time, less than sixty percent of the 4,000 men and horses led by Yao Sheng were killed, and after they got out of the south gate, they were only followed by a small group of cavalry of the Jin army, and most of them had fallen into the northeast camp.
Waiting to be killed and rushed to the southeast camp, the Jin army was still in order, obviously the Dingyang Marquis who attacked the southeast camp of the Jin army did not launch a more aggressive offensive, but it also led away most of the Jin army's troops.
Contrary to the northeast camp of the Jin army, the main force of the Jin army in the southeast camp is concentrated in the south gate and the west gate, and the north gate and the east gate are weakly defended, after all, the north gate leads directly to the east gate of Duyang City, and the reinforcements are extremely fast.
Yao Sheng continued to send vanguard horsemen, and after destroying the camp with lassoes and rope hooks, he led people into the camp in one go.
It is estimated that the battle of the Northeast Battalion attracted the attention of the Southeast Battalion, at this time just entered from the north gate, the cavalry of the Jin Army quickly killed, and even the heavy infantry, the configuration far exceeded the Northeast Battalion, and there must be no doubt that it must be the real Chinese army of Han He here.
At this time, he had just entered the north gate less than a hundred feet, and faintly saw the outfit of the Jin army palace guards and forbidden troops. Bai Liyan's spirits were greatly lifted, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and said:
"General Yao Sheng, fifty zhang ahead found the palace guards of the Jin army, presumably Na Chang must be among them!"
"Yes, this battalion actually has heavy armor infantry of the Jin army, I think it must be where the Jin army is located!"
The number of heavy armored infantry is not large, all of them are strong men, and the age is also twenty-seven or eighty thirty, if ordinary soldiers wear heavy armor, it is difficult to fight flexibly, so heavy armored infantry must be used to kill the enemy at critical moments.
There was no heavy infantry in the northeast battalion, and now as soon as they entered the camp, they were besieged by heavy infantry soldiers, and it was obvious that the southeast battalion was where the Jin army was located.
At this time, Yao Sheng's cavalry fell into a bitter battle and was blocked at the north gate, Bailiyan rushed to kill, it was still far away from the Xichang Guards, but he couldn't care so much, he suddenly let go of his voice, and shouted in a Jin Guoping soup accent:
"The son of Ji Chang has been captured by the Xian army, and he quickly rescued the driver......"
Repeated like this twice, the Jin army was also stunned, and immediately attracted the Jin army generals to ask for verification loudly:
"Where is the son, where is the son!"
"The son of this world is here, who is deceiving the public and disturbing the morale of the army!"
Ji Chang urged him to immediately step forward and hide behind the guards, the voice just now was familiar, Ji Chang mistakenly thought that his own people lied about the military situation, and had to show up to stabilize the army's heart, but he didn't know that this was Baili Yan's plan.
Baili Yan expected that this person must be unable to hold his breath, he is good at rushing to kill, so in such a chaotic army, Han He must hold him down, and do not let him go into battle to rush and kill, so as not to have an accident. Now that he has been arrested by the Xian army, he is not allowed to come forward to set the record straight.
However, in this way, Bailiyan had not found any trace of Xi Chang, but when he saw a commotion in the rear of the Jin army, he knew that Xi Chang must have been guarded by the Chinese army.
So he urged the horse to jump forward, picked up the heavy armor soldiers of the Jin army, and rushed all the way to Yao Sheng:
"General Yao, if you find the trace of Ji Chang, quickly let the horse kill me with me."
"It's already in danger right now, how can you still draw people!"
Yao Sheng blocked a shot, already out of breath.
The combat power of the southeast battalion of the Jin army far exceeds that of the northeast battalion, and it has been a moment since it entered the north gate, and it is only a dozen zhang to advance.
"Wei Xian, I only give you two hundred light horses, if you can't capture Ji Chang, you will retreat by yourself, if you are captured, you will join me immediately."
"No, take care, General!"
With that, Yao Sheng waved his hand and summoned two teams of cavalry, with less than one hundred and fifty people.