Chapter 68: The Battle of the Spike (7)
Just after midnight, the Xian army planted spears all over the place, and when the camp was extinguished, the Xian army camped as usual to "rest", and the Jin army scouts did not notice the abnormality of the Xian army in the dark.
Because Zhao Xun ordered all torches and bonfires to be halved before dark, not only did the camp have a poor line of sight, but his own people could collide with each other when they ate, and it was even more impossible to see what was going on in the depths of the camp from a long distance outside the camp gate.
Time flies in silence, and in the blink of an eye, there is a faint breath of restlessness in the air, and even a trace of cruel murder can be smelled.
Ji Chang led the Jin cavalry to jump out of the ambush site, and quickly launched the camp formation with the help of the silver glow of the moonlight.
Normally, the cavalry of the raiders divided into several shock waves, rather than a swarm of swarms, with the first wave being the least, responsible for using lassoes and rope hooks, pulling away the barracks' rejections, wooden fences, and blockages to open the way of attack.
The second wave was the charge wave, which took advantage of the suddenness of the surprise attack to take the lead in striking at the unprepared infantry in the battalion, and slaughtered from one end of the battalion to the other end of the battalion. This was followed by the third and most devastating one.
At this time, the enemy's battalion withstood the second breaking raid, and all arms began to form formations, and the personnel were dense, and the third wave of robbery camps and cavalry at this moment arrived, and the casualties were the greatest.
The fourth wave followed by the third wave, killing people is not the main purpose, arson and destruction is, and most of the cavalry are holding guns in one hand and fire in the other, in order to facilitate arson, the attack speed has been slowed down, so it is necessary to attack immediately after the third wave of cavalry, so that it can be taken care of before and after, so as not to be cut off by the enemy infantry.
At this time, Ji Chang opened the formation, one, two, three, four, and four echelon waves were ready.
"General Wei Han, can you attack at this time!"
"The Xian army has slept and can rob the camp."
"Okay, pass on the order of the prince of the world, and the whole army will attack!!"
"No!"
As soon as the spear of Jichang was horizontal, Wei Han gave an order, 10,000 cavalry entered the state of attack, and the first wave of hundreds of cavalry in the vanguard went out with all their might, and when they reached the Xian military camp, they overturned the wooden fence and rejected the horses, and the second wave followed closely behind, killing into the Xian military camp along the open gap.
At this time, Zhao Xun adhered to the Chinese army, and when he heard the news that the Jin army had robbed the camp, he walked out of the tent:
"Pass on the general's order, all armies and battalions, and those who trespass will not be killed."
"No!"
Yao Sheng got the order and quickly conveyed it to all armies and battalions, and each battalion defended the camp by itself, and watched the Jin cavalry attack the camp in a big way.
At this time, the second wave of cavalry of the Jin army killed the northern camp, and the momentum was flourishing, and only encountered weak resistance from the Xian army, so they quickly attacked the military tent of the Xian army. Zhao Xundong watched the fire and ordered again:
"Order the northern camp to retreat to the southern camp fifty steps behind the army!"
"No!"
Yao Sheng got the order and rode straight to the north camp, and then the north camp retreated in a big way, like a straggler.
At this time, the northern camp was already in chaos, and the Jin cavalry rushed out of the northern camp and began to divide their troops to kill the large camps everywhere, and at the same time, the third wave of attacks led by Ji Chang was brewing:
"General Wei Han, can this son attack!"
"Because when our cavalry is killed outside the middle army of the Xian army, our third wave of cavalry can attack."
"Why is that?"
"The Chinese army is the enemy's main general, where the elite is, if the enemy is deceitful, or concentrates the elite to resist our army's attack, it is scheduled to be ambushed by the Chinese army, so only if the Chinese army's assault is successful, our army can continue to assault!"
Under normal circumstances, the front army in the direction of the march is the vanguard battalion, which is the north battalion at present, while the south battalion is the rear guard baggage camp, and the east and west battalions are the side battalions.
Because the south camp is mainly baggage, there are many carriages and horses, if the cavalry assaults the south camp, it is easy to be blocked by sundries and cannot attack, so it is not suitable as the first choice of cavalry assault targets, usually the first to attack the vanguard, or the east and west side battalions, the south camp as the last arson target to be eliminated, and even completely looted and occupied for their own.
As a general, the Chinese army is also the elite, and if there is an ambush, it must be within the Chinese army.
Wei Han asked Ji Chang to wait to break through the Chinese army, and then launch the third and fourth waves of attacks, just to prevent the Xian army from concentrating its main force to attack his own cavalry. At the same time, if the Chinese army is broken through, the morale and position of the enemy army will also collapse.
Wei Han knew this truth, and of course Zhao Xun also knew this truth, so the people and horses of the northern camp retreated to the southern camp fifty steps behind, which was actually equivalent to escaping from the southern camp, forming a defensive formation outside the southern camp, and waiting for the second wave of Jin troops to slip through the net from the southern camp.
Not long after the Jin cavalry attacked and killed the Chinese army, Zhao Xun made people feign resistance, and after a while, he continued to feign defeat and retreated to Nanying.
At this time, the Chinese army broke through, and the east and west battalions were fighting.
"Pass my military order, kill me!"
"No!"
The sound of killing rose again, the third wave of cavalry was surging and the fourth wave of fire followed, at this time Zhao Xun retreated to the south camp, the south camp was full of horse guns, and the camp was surrounded by carts in the shape of pockets, once the Jin cavalry entered the camp, Zhao Xun ordered the hook and sickle soldiers to detour to the exit, covering the Jin cavalry from behind.
At the same time, two 4,000-strong infantry armies were dispatched, carrying mobile defensive repulsion spears such as horse rejection stakes and bamboo spears, and detoured to the west camp and east camp, preparing to encircle and encircle the third and fourth waves of Jin cavalry that entered the camp and cut off the retreat route.
Thousands of people from the department of Ji Chang went all the way to the north camp, and then the soldiers went to the east camp and the west camp in three ways and two ways, and he led the main force of the army to kill the Chinese army, and saw that the soldiers of the Xian army fled to the south camp one after another, at this time Ji Chang and Wei Han had been separated, and he was not addicted to killing, so he chased and killed with men and horses.
At the same time, most of the cavalry of the Jin army killed in the second wave were on the way to the southern camp, and like the other four battalions that had been plundered before, the Jin army did not encounter any effective resistance, and still resolutely carried out Xi Chang's order and continued to advance by surprise.
Until the first batch of horses fell in the dark night, followed by the second and third batches, more and more Jin cavalry did not encounter the counterattack of the Xian army, and collided with the 40-degree inclined horse rejection gun, and under the high-speed impact of the war horse, the horse rejection gun pierced the chest of the war horse. Immediately, the soldier stumbled and stumbled to the ground.
This is a charge, a sudden blow under the unpreparedness of the black light, stunned to smash the Jin soldiers who planted the war horses to pieces, and broke their necks on the spot with their heads down, and even stabbed to death by the horse pistol.
A large number of cavalry are still charging, the inertia of the huge battle line has been unable to stop, the former fell, the latter trampled, many people planted their horses not to fall to death at the first time, but died under the iron hooves of their own people, trampled to pieces.
At the same time, a skirmish pit was dug under the ground of the southern camp, and people squatted in the pit in groups of two, while the surface was covered with a copper shield, and a triphorse rope was pulled from one pit to another, and the cavalry galloped through, and countless tripping horses and ropes hurt the killers.
Burst...... Another group of people turned on their backs, and the iron hooves of their own people stepped on them in the dark night, and the front just fell, and the iron hooves in the rear stepped on it again.
Whether it was falling to death, crashing to death, stabbing to death, or trampling to death, the huge inertia of the Jin army's battle line gradually swallowed up the cluster of arrows splashed in the night.
At this time, Zhao Xun gave an order, and thousands of crossbowmen in the southern camp formed a formation of bows and arrows under the cover of the hook and sickle, and waves of bows and arrows were like locusts flying by, and there was no grass growing wherever they passed
The Jin army had just rushed through a horse rejection gun, and before they could figure out what was going on, a rain of arrows came and poured down like a storm, killing the Jin soldiers on their backs.
At the same time, as soon as Ji Chang rushed past the Chinese army, he saw a wave of cavalry coming from the direction of Nanying.
At this time, the night was dark, I thought it was the cavalry of the Xian army, but when I got closer, I took a closer look, but all the cavalry came in a panic:
"Report, report to His Royal Highness, the vanguard of our army has been wiped out, and the whole army has been wiped out!" The visitor couldn't cry silently, and shouted as if he had seen a ghost.
"Nonsense!" Ji Chang angrily reprimanded: "The Chinese army of the Xian army has been defeated by our army, why did the Xian army ambush." ”
"His Royal Highness, the Xian army has set up an ambush in Nanying, the Chinese army is fake, and our army has already been tricked!"
"Fake, impossible! It must have been the defeat of the Xian army that organized resistance in Nanying, and killed you to prevent it. When faced with such a setback, he cowered and still bewitched the people here. Come! ”
"What does the prince command?" The left and right soldiers stepped forward!
"Take this person down, and when this son captures and kills the main general of the Xian army, he will definitely be held accountable!"
"No!"
The soldiers were about to step forward in unison, but at this time someone shouted grievances:
"Your Royal Highness, the three thousand pioneers have been completely destroyed, and Your Highness can't go!"
"Fool the crowd, get out of the way!" Ji Chang urged the horse forward, kicked the capital to the ground, and then raised his arms and shouted: "All the troops listen to the order, the commander of the Xian army is set in front, kill me!" ”
"No!"
The army responded, and thousands of people immediately rushed to the southern camp.
At the same time, Zhao Xun's 4,000 men and horses from the east and west had already arrived, and because Xichang led the main force, the rest of the troops were setting fire to shrinking and moving closer to Xichang, preparing to crush the Xian army that was "fleeing" to the southern camp.
Unexpectedly, at this time, each part of the Xian army had already detoured to the east and west sides, launched an attack at the same time, and had withdrawn from the Jin army one after another. In addition, the pits were dug in the east and west camps before, and there were soldiers stumbling and hiding.
As soon as the reinforcements of the Xian army arrived, the stumbling horses were frequently threatening, and the Jin army was scattered and could not react, that is, they had already fallen on the road to kill. This downfall was piece-by-piece, and then it immediately became the target of the Xian army. A few hooked scythes poked at them, and the flesh was instantly stabbed into a blur.
After a short time, the Xian army recaptured the east and west battalions and rushed to the Chinese army, drove the Jin army to the vicinity of the Chinese army and the south camp, and set up a large number of horses, bamboo guns, and wooden stake thorns at all levels, and used hooks and sickles as mobile forces to strictly defend to prevent the Jin cavalry from escaping from the east and west battalions.
At the same time, Ji Chang led thousands of cavalry to rush and kill on the Nanying Road, which was exactly the same as the previous encounter of the forward cavalry, the Jin army did not fall on the way to kill, and all died without exception under the rejecting horse pistol and stumbling horse rope, as well as the arrows as dense as flying locusts.
In the end, he rushed through the horse rejection gun and killed Zhao Xun, and the formation of thousands of hooks and sickles hid behind the cart, slashing the horse's legs and soldiers through the gap, and at the same time, the bows and crossbows behind him were fired together, forcing the Jin army to spread to both sides.
The Jin army broke and dispersed to both sides of the southern camp, and was again blocked by carts and horse rejection gun formations, and suffered heavy casualties. During this period, the Xian army wandered among them, ambushed the Jin cavalry again, and finally forced the Jin army to retreat in embarrassment, and converged with Xichang at the entrance of Nanying.