Chapter 97: Ambush (2)
"Can't escape...... If you flee, you will die!'
Chu Jiang Shen Kang secretly reminded himself.
You know, they rushed all the way from near Yanshui to here, and in terms of physical strength, they could outrun this group of Wei ambush soldiers?
Thinking of this, he raised his arms and shouted: "Array, array to meet the enemy!" Don't run away! Don't run away! ”
His words, however, were of no use at all.
It's no wonder that the Chu soldiers under his command are too powerful, but the chariot's ability to harvest Chu soldiers is too strong.
You must know that crossbowmen are different from archers, they will not consume physical strength by drawing the bow, because they just repeat the process of loading the crossbow bolt and pulling the trigger, and even the aiming step can be omitted, after all, the Chu soldiers in front of them are densely packed, even if they have their eyes closed, it is impossible to miss the shot.
And the position of these crossbowmen, because the carriage is about a zhang high, even the spears in the hands of the Chu soldiers can't reach them at all.
The only thing that could pose a threat to them was the bow and crossbow of the Chu army, but unfortunately, there were a total of three shield soldiers placed on the chariot, one to protect the emperor, and two crossbowmen to protect the carriage above, this arrangement made it almost impossible for the Chu soldiers to pose any threat to the Wei soldiers on the chariot.
The only weakness of this type of chariot is its mobility, because the chariot and the people on it are too heavy, even if the four horses pulling the chariot pull the cart with all their might, the chariot is not as fast as a light infantry running hard.
But the role of this vehicle, which sacrificed speed, in storming the enemy's defense line is absolutely incomparable.
No, in the face of this kind of battlefield killing weapon, the soldiers of the Chu State had no fighting spirit and fled backwards one after another.
The short mountain col seems to have become a burial place for the Chu soldiers, and a large number of Chu soldiers could not fight back at all, they were shot in vain, poked to death by sharp blades, corpses everywhere, blood everywhere.
"Infantry clearing!"
Bailiba gave the order in a deep voice.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Junshui battalion on both sides of the chariot quickly dispatched and quickly dragged away the enemy soldiers who were shot in front of the chariot, so as not to pile up too high and block the way of the chariot.
As for the corpses of one or two, Wei's chariot ran over directly with his one-man tall wheels, and he didn't even need to stop for a while.
"Don't run! Counterattack! Counterattack! Don't run! ”
Chu General Shen Kang loudly ordered his soldiers, and even did not hesitate to raise his sword to kill a few deserters, but even so, he could not reverse the fait accompli of Chu's soldiers fleeing.
"In that case......
A hint of determination flashed in Shen Kang's eyes, and he led the guards to rush over first.
He hoped to destroy one of these terrifying chariots and boost the morale of his men.
Unfortunately, however, the spear in his hand slammed into the front side of the chariot, causing it to shake only slightly.
"Good...... It's so sturdy!'
Shen Kang's heart was filled with horror.
At this time, the crossbowmen on this chariot obviously noticed the general of the Chu army, and without saying a word, shot a wave of crossbow arrows at him.
"Tuk Tuk—"
Shen Kang had danced the spear in his hand as hard as he could, but he still couldn't stop this powerful crossbow bolt at close range.
Listening to the sound of a few tuks, he immediately counted arrows in his body.
At close range, even the general-style armor worn by Shen Kang could not stop the powerful crossbow arrows.
And after Shen Kang's arrow fell off his horse, the Chu soldiers who had originally plucked up the courage to fight back with the general were also shot by the crossbowmen on the chariot one after another.
When the rest of the Chu soldiers saw it, they immediately turned around and fled in fright.
"It's a massacre......
Glancing at the general of the Chu army who had fallen off his horse, and then at the corpses of the Chu army everywhere, Baili Ba glanced at the chariot with a complicated expression.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and felt that the person who transformed this chariot was their prince of Great Wei, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su.
Otherwise, if this terrifying chariot falls into the hands of other countries, then it will probably be their Great Wei infantry who will be slaughtered.
Shaking his head and putting this unrealistic idea behind him, Baili Ba ordered in a deep voice: "Pursuit!" Don't let a Chu soldier escape Yanshui! ”
"Oh oh oh!!"
The terrifying power of the chariot greatly boosted the already high morale of the soldiers of the Muddy Water Battalion.
"Cavalry! Sortie! ”
With the order of Baili Ba, the cavalry team that was still recuperating officially attacked.
The Junshui battalion has a cavalry team, and the entire battalion has 5,000 cavalry, accounting for almost 30% of the total number of cavalry in the entire Wei State.
Originally, the cavalry has always been responsible for attacking the enemy's defense line, but this time, because there are chariots that are better at impacting the defense line, the cavalry team of the Junshui Battalion can only be reduced to beating the water dogs and chasing down the Chu troops who fled.
However, not all the 5,000 cavalry went to chase and kill those Chu infantry, nearly 1,000 cavalry stayed, only to see them take out the rope with an iron hook from the bag on the horse's back, tie the rope to the saddle, and then hook the rings on both sides of the front section of the chariot with the iron hook, dragging the chariot to speed up.
The four horses of the chariot, plus four cavalrymen, this disguised eight-horse ride, made the chariot advance much faster than before.
And those Chu soldiers who fled, because they had rushed all the way from Yanshui to Yanling Hill before, how could the little physical strength they had left be enough to support them to flee back, and they could only be shot and killed in a short time in the process of struggling to escape, or they were killed by the remaining 4,000 cavalry of the Junshui battalion.
"Let's go along!"
A battalion general from the Junshui battalion shouted.
As a result, nearly 20,000 Junshui battalion infantry left a battalion of 5,000 men to follow the chariot to move together, and the remaining 15,000 Wei soldiers abandoned the slower chariot and followed the cavalry team to kill the defeated Chu soldiers.
The Chu army on the front line was defeated because of the fear of chariots, while the Chu army in the rear did not know what was happening in front of them at all, and just blindly followed the large army, turned around and fled together.
Defeat is like a mountain!
In the vicinity of Yanling Hill, Zhao Hongrun, Wuwei Wang Shu and Ma Zhang, also followed the counteroffensive route of the Junshui Battalion, rode their horses and slowly left the col, looking at the battle on the distant plain.
In other words, it was the unilateral massacre of the Chu soldiers by the Wei soldiers of the Junshui Battalion.
Glancing at the corpses of Chu soldiers all around, Wuwei Wang Shu scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "This is simply ...... It's the most inexplicable battle I've ever seen......"
It's not inexplicable, as many as twenty or thirty thousand Chu soldiers chased after them, chasing them all the way from Yanshui to Yanling Hill, one fled, one chased, both armies were exhausted, and at this time, the Junshui battalion suddenly jumped out, waiting for work, and killed those Chu troops without leaving a piece of armor.
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Shu and said with a smile: "The Art of War: A hundred miles and the one who is interested in the general will be the general, and the one who is interested in the fifty miles will be half a ...... Yanshui is based on the hill of Yanling, although it is only fifteen or sixteen miles, but the Chu army marches in a hurry to catch up, and once it is ambushed, it will still be defeated and retreat on the whole line, why is it inexplicable? ”
"I'm talking about our ......" Wang Shu scratched his head and said with a strange expression: "I always feel that we have nothing to do except run from Yanshui to this Yanling Hill......
Martial Lieutenant Ma Zhang glanced at the Yanling Wei soldiers with inexplicable expressions not far behind, and said to Zhao Hongrun with a strange wry smile: "Lord Jiang Run, no, you should be able to call His Royal Highness King Su right now...... You, from the very beginning, intended to use us as a lure to the enemy? ”
"Oh?" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Ma Zhang with a smile.
"Your Highness, don't quibble." Ma Zhang said seriously: "The last general finally understands, why His Royal Highness King Su didn't pay attention to the morale of our Yanling army after he arrived in Yanling...... I see, from the very beginning, you planned to lure the enemy with our army, lure the 60,000 vanguard of the Chu army here, and let the friendly troops of the Junshui battalion wait for work...... Thinking about it like this, you also expected that Chu Pingyujun Xiong Hu's so-called gambling fight was just a trick, and it was just a plan to contribute to the defeat of our Yanling army......"
"Is there such a thing?"
"Are you still going to cheat on it now? …… Your Zongwei fled in your name, which should be to boost the Chu army's determination to attack the north bank of Yanshui at all costs, and Yanling City, I believe that you also asked Lord Pei Zhan to burn it in advance, otherwise Lord Pei Zhan would definitely not have the courage to do so...... You deliberately asked the Chu army to see the people of our Yanling retreating to Anling in the rear, and induced them to march again to chase after them, trying to catch up with our army and the more than 100,000 Yanling people, and use us as a threat to take Anling by the trend...... The Chu army was not greedy enough, so they fell for Your Highness's plan and were ambushed by the Junshui Battalion......"
Seeing Ma Zhang's expression of 'I've seen through', Zhao Hongrun laughed in his heart and teased: "Are you blaming the king?" ”
"Don't dare to ......" Ma Zhang hurriedly hugged his fists, and then said with a wry smile: "I hope that next time, Your Highness, you can reveal a little, so that you don't call us ...... Like a fool, it is clear that His Highness has a clever plan in mind, but because we don't know, we are still jumping up and down in front of His Highness like a fool...... Looking back on it now, it's really humiliating. ”
"Heh, I told you, will you believe it?" Zhao Hongrun shook his head: "You didn't trust this king from the beginning, so don't blame this king for using you as bait...... This king, but he holds a grudge! ”
"......" Wang Shu and Ma Zhang glanced at each other and smiled bitterly, after all, they have scolded His Royal Highness King Su a lot of ugly words these days.
"Let's go, let's go back the way we came...... Tell the soldiers behind to follow. ”
As soon as they heard this, Wang Shu and Ma Zhang suddenly felt a burst in their hearts, and said with some excitement: "Does Your Highness want us to cooperate with the Junshui Battalion to kill the enemy together?" ”
Zhao Hongrun glanced back at Wang Shu and Ma Zhang, and shook his head.
"No, this king just wants to see if General Baili can defeat the vanguard of the 60,000 Chu army in one fell swoop, as for you...... When you go back the way you came, pick up your weapons and equipment first, right? By the way, the weapons and equipment of the Chu army were also picked up. ”
"Clean up the battlefield......
Wang Shu and Ma Zhang glanced at each other, drooped their heads and shook their heads with a wry smile.
Suddenly, Wang Shu seemed to think of something, and said anxiously: "Your Highness, are you planning to annihilate these 60,000 Chu troops in one fell swoop?" ”
"Yo? Did you wake up? Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Shu angrily.
Wang Shu was ridiculed by Zhao Hongrun for being red-eared, and waved his hand again and again to explain: "Your Highness, the last general didn't mean this, the last general just suddenly thought that it was really good to slowly chase and kill the Chu army like the Junshui camp?" If there is no army to quickly seize the pontoon bridge near Yanshui, even if the Chu army is defeated, it will still be able to escape Yanshui to ......"
"Yes." Zhao Hongrun interrupted: "In the upper reaches of Yanshui, isn't there still an army in our army!" ”
"Upstream...... Chen Shi?!'
Wang Shu and Ma Zhang took a deep breath.
"Good...... What a powerful use of soldiers...... In this way, maybe, maybe we can really annihilate these 60,000 Chu army vanguards in one fell swoop!"