Chapter 239: The Battle of Martial Arts 23
Dong Zhuo was very glad that he accepted Li Ru's advice and transferred 5,000 infantry to the left flank to fill the gap after the cavalry left.
The temporary transfer of 5,000 infantry just left the battlefield to the left flank of the army, Zhou Cang's 3,000 tiger guards cavalry slapped their horses to kill, before the formation, 5,000 infantry like a group of rabble, the tiger guard cavalry is equipped with 1,000 crossbows, 2,000 single-shot crossbows, in an instant, 12,000 crossbow arrows will kill the enemy army, Zhou Cang did not love to fight, immediately led the army to pass through the scattered enemy formation, and went straight to the small dirt slope where Dong Zhuo was.
Prior to this, Dong Ming and Dong Rong received Dong Zhuo's murderous order, secretly screaming "bad", and finally restrained their respective soldiers with all their strength, although they still did not cooperate with the infantry and cavalry, they finally did not commit suicide. Dong Zhuo just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but he saw a cavalry fighting out of the city, he panicked, and hurriedly asked Li Ru, at this time Li Ru had no good way, he could only hope that the temporarily transferred 5,000 infantry could resist for a while, and remobilize soldiers to form a new defense line before they were defeated to block the enemy.
Dong Zhuo had no choice but to order the remaining 1,000 guards to defend the dirt slope, and at the same time beat the drum to order Li Dao to transfer troops to rescue.
When he was young, Zhou Cang led his troops to arrive at the small soil slope where Dong Zhuo was, when Dong Zhuo suppressed the Yellow Turban, he killed tens of thousands of Yellow Turban captives, every time he talked about Dong Zhuo, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, etc. were hated and itched, and they wanted to swallow him alive, at this time he saw that he was surrounded by himself on the small dirt slope, Zhou Cang's heart was extremely happy, he really wanted to be more happy, and commanded the soldiers to rush directly to the dirt slope to kill Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop, but thinking of Gao Shun's advice, he dispelled this idea, the cavalry was not good at close combat, Moreover, when attacking from the back, cavalry and mounts are basically targets for others......
"Release the arrows...... Zhou Cang gave an order and took the lead in raising the repeater.
The 3,000 cavalry immediately turned around the small dirt slope, and the roaring knights fired their deadly crossbow arrows at the small dirt slope from time to time.
Dong Zhuo's 1,000 guards also pulled their bows and arrows to shoot back, the rate of fire of the bow and arrow was far less than that of the repeater, but it was far above the single-shot crossbow, and if the repeater wanted to shoot continuously, he could only stop at the horse. Once this is the case, the knight sits on a high horse, which is equivalent to completely exposing himself to the enemy, and also comes with a huge body (mount) for the enemy to aim, and the equally well-trained Xiliang army will not be merciful. Of course, Zhou Cang couldn't let his people become live targets for the enemy, and anyway, Gao Shun didn't ask him to kill Dong Zhuo, so he ordered the crossbowmen to adopt the same way of fighting as the single-shot crossbowmen, shooting an arrow to change places, and not giving the enemy time to aim, so that although the intensity of the attack was reduced, it could greatly reduce the losses of his own soldiers. Therefore, in a short period of time, the two sides actually had contacts and contacts, and no one could help anyone. Dong Zhuo was naturally happy to see it, he didn't think about defeating the opponent's 3,000 cavalry with 1,000 infantry, as long as he could hold on until the reinforcements came back to save him, he would be blessed by Shangcang!
Li Wei saw that the enemy camp was in crisis, and secretly felt that Liu Yigong was already looking for things, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, he was about to command the army to give the other party the final blow, but there was an urgent drum sound from the rear, he looked back, and found that three thousand cavalry were killing Dong Zhuo, and his face was suddenly green, if something happened to Dong Zhuo, the morale of the Xiliang army would be over, and in the end he would inevitably flee without a fight, without the slightest delay, he personally transferred 20,000 people from the rear army to prepare to rescue Dong Zhuo.
When Li Dao led his troops to leave about 100 zhang, Gao Shun was overjoyed and said secretly: "The emperor blesses, victory can be expected!" Then he ordered the soldiers to chant in unison, "Dong Zhuo is dead, Li Dao abandoned you and others, and fled for his life alone, the defeat of the Xiliang Army is a foregone conclusion, you still don't wake up, run for your life quickly, do you want to be martyred for Dong Zhuo?" ”
The Xiliang Army didn't know the truth, and when they looked back, they found that the small dirt slope where Dong Zhuo was stationed was surrounded by thousands of Yizhou cavalry regiments, and the killing sound shook the sky, and Li Dao also led many cronies to flee for their lives (Li Dao was originally going to relieve the siege for Dong Zhuo, but under the chaos of the army, the Xiliang Army was preconceived by the Yizhou Army's shouting, and he really thought that Li Dao knew that the Xiliang Army Building was going to fall after getting the news that Dong Zhuo was killed, and abandoned everyone and fled alone), and felt that the betrayed Xiliang Army had no morale. Especially the 50,000 recruits, who have been used as cannon fodder, and only half of them were left after the last battle, when did they see such a tragic scene when they were still farmers a few days ago? If Dong Zhuo hadn't sent troops to monitor, I'm afraid they would have all deserted a long time ago. This will hear that Dong Zhuo was killed, and the destruction of the Xiliang Army was imminent, how could they, who already had no sense of belonging to the Xiliang Army, be willing to be martyred for Dong Zhuo, and they even wished that Liu Zhang would free them from Dong Zhuo's clutches as soon as possible, so they immediately abandoned their weapons and scattered as birds and beasts.
After the last fire, only a little more than half of the 50,000 recruits remained, and at this time, the number shrank by half, leaving only 13,400 people, but the consequences of this 13,4000 rout were disastrous......
Of course, Gao Shun would not let go of the opportunity to beat the water dogs, although the north gate was blocked, and it was difficult to go out to pursue the enemy, he still ordered the soldiers to use bows, crossbows, bed crossbows, trebuchets...... Chase after the ass of the Xiliang Army with all the weapons that can hit the Xiliang Army until the other party escapes the range......
Seeing the retreating Xiliang army like a tide, Gao Shun was glad that he finally held the camp, but he couldn't help but worry about Huaxiong and Zhou Cang, especially Zhou Cang, the direction of the retreat of the Xiliang army was exactly in the same straight line as his position, if the three thousand cavalry were drowned in tens of thousands of enemy troops, the outcome would be self-evident. Gao Shun knew that it was impossible for a lie to deceive the enemy forever, as long as Dong Zhuo appeared in front of the army, it would not be a big problem to stabilize the rout with his prestige, at that time, although it was impossible for Dong Zhuo to organize soldiers to attack the city again in a short time, it was still possible to order the army to encircle and annihilate Zhou Cang!
It is said that Li Dao is leading the troops to rescue Dong Zhuo, but when he saw that the offensive army suddenly gave up the imminent achievement of breaking the enemy, chased his ass and fled in embarrassment, he couldn't help but scream badly, originally he saw Dong Zhuo in distress, and thought it was a good opportunity to pat on the back, and hastily led the army to rescue Dong Zhuo, but he didn't want to be used by the enemy, this time, I'm afraid he can't escape from this black cauldron! Li Dao immediately turned his brain, quickly looking for a remedy, thinking again and again, the best way is to completely annihilate the Yizhou army besieging Dong Zhuo, so it can be regarded as a merit, and the reason why he personally led the army to rescue Dong Zhuo is also because he is loyal to Dong Zhuo, right? I hope Dong Zhuo can understand!
Having made up his mind, he immediately ordered the army to speed up its march......
Li Ru realized that something was wrong when he saw Li Dao personally leading his troops back to help, but he still had a way to rescue him, but when he heard the Yizhou army shouting something like "Dong Zhuo is dead", he sighed "It's over", and then he was silent.
Dong Zhuo saw that the situation had taken a turn for the worse, and he was furious again, eager to cut Li Dao's stupid man with a thousand knives, but now even if he killed Li Dao, what could he get back when he was angry?
Zhou Cang immediately realized that his mission was completed after hearing Gao Shun's shout, but in order to further disrupt the morale of the enemy army, he did not retreat immediately, but ordered people to increase the intensity of the attack, and also cooperated with Gao Shun to shout "Dong Zhuo has been ambushed"......
Many Xiliang officers were calmer and wanted to prevent the soldiers from escaping, but they were knocked to the ground by the soldiers who were eager to flee, and countless pairs of feet stepped on their bodies, and at first they screamed a few times in response to the footboards that fell like raindrops, but soon they couldn't make a sound, and they had already been trampled into flesh......
Zhou Cang made a feint attack with all his might, until Li Dao was only a hundred zhang away from him, and then he gave an order, and the three thousand cavalry roared and rode away.
It was dark in front of Li Dao's eyes, and he almost didn't faint, don't bring such a playful person, you are happy, but you have to bear the consequences, at this moment Li Dao really wants to swallow Zhou Cang's belt bones cleanly! He really wanted to scold Zhou Cang for being a bad breed, and if he was a man, he would stay and fight to the death with himself...... But he really didn't have that strength, thinking of Dong Zhuo's gritted teeth, he couldn't help but tremble.
Looking at the helpless Li Dao, Dong Zhuo snorted coldly and said, "Wen You, what should I do now?" ”
Li Ru hurriedly said: "Xiangye, now we must immediately expose the lies of the Yizhou army, so that the soldiers can see that Xiangye is unmistakable, otherwise everything will be over......"
Dong Zhuo nodded thoughtfully.
"Please order General Li Dao to lead his troops to set up a formation and stop the rout, if the soldiers escape, it will be difficult to gather again!"
When Dong Zhuo heard Li Dao's name, he couldn't help but scold: "This useless waste, bad nature, big ......."
Li Ru hurriedly persuaded: "Xiangye, now is not the time to hold accountable......
Dong Zhuo nodded, and said hatefully: "Remember it for him for the time being, settle the account slowly in the future, come on, order Li Daobu to block the rout, if the soldiers are allowed to escape, his family will be gone!" ”
On the other side, Li Le, Dong Ming, and Dong Rong saw the main force fleeing, and the soldiers listened to the shouts of the Yizhou army, and their morale also plummeted. So the soldiers on both sides quickly ended the battle and left the battlefield one from the south and one from the north.