Chapter 12: The Fierce Fight (II)
Most of the guards of the East Palace of Hu Hanguo were born in noble families, with ordinary brocade clothes and jade food, fat and strong, plus diligent practice of archery and horses, and their arms were as thick as ordinary people's thighs; And although it is only dressed in leather armor, only a small amount of copper and iron is added, it is painted with brocade patterns, and even painted with gold lacquer, just like oversized beetles. In contrast, Xuzhou is a light ride, although the equipment is excellent, but it is not expensive, and the number is scarce, like a small column of ants......
The ants rushed straight at the beetles, who were bigger than their own circles, and they laughed - this is to send them to death, and we are just going to behead them. At that moment, most of the people stopped shooting, put on their horse bows, picked up their spears, and outflanked the Xuzhou cavalry from three sides and five directions. The Xuzhou cavalry each looked at each other, and said in their hearts: "In order to save my comrades, I will die today!" All of them bowed their bodies, spears in their hands, and charged straight at the nearest enemy horseman.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, seven or eight people each fell from their spears and horses - for Xuzhou, it was almost a quarter, and for Hu Jun, it was a big bird and a giant beast. However, the Hu soldiers were heavily equipped, and most of them could not get up when they fell off their horses; The Xuzhou soldiers were lightly equipped, and a few lightly injured jumped up again, drew their knives, and regardless of the horse's hooves, they were seriously injured when they kicked, and even lowered their bodies to cut off the legs of the nearest enemy horse.
Seeing the enemy rushing on foot, one of the Hu cavalry hurriedly reined in his horse, but their queue was already chaotic, but the comrades behind him happened to rush closer, and the two sides collided together, and both fell. Before they could sit up and struggle, the Xuzhou soldiers who rushed over before immediately stabbed them one by one and sent them to see the king of Hades.
You must know that these East Palace guards also practice queues, but most of them are used as honor guards, as for the art of arching horses, it is everyone's business, and they rarely get together to practice cooperation - the emperor's younger brother is precious, and he will not go into battle when he is idle, I will wait for him to guard him for a year or two, and then I can accumulate merit and be promoted to other places, so why cooperate with my colleagues? Then who is not slaughtering all the noble races, and Ander is like me? I don't even bother to pay attention to him, let alone train together......
- "Tu Ge" that is, the Han Dynasty's "Hugh Tu", for the Xiongnu of another species, and then followed the Southern Xiongnu into the fortress, after more than 100 years, I don't know how, actually usurped the dominant position, so the "Book of Jin" is contained, saying that the Huns "Tu each is the most noble, so it has to be single Yu, leading all species". Later generations think that Liu Yuan is really a butcher, and he is not a descendant of the Luan family.
Another Hu cavalry next to him took the opportunity to gallop from the oblique thorn, raised his spear, hit the Jin soldier in the back of the heart, and pinned him to the ground. But then the arrow broke through the air, and the Hu rider was hit by an arrow on the side of his neck, and his head was crooked, and he immediately hit his horse sideways - it turned out that Lu He also galloped out of the queue, followed by the cavalry, he fired five arrows in a row, killing and wounding four enemies, and then galloped back to the main battlefield with tears in his eyes.
He knew that these cavalry who went out to drive the enemy on the side would definitely not survive, and once they were lost, he would no longer have the strength to disperse the enemy cavalry......
More than half of the nearly 100 cavalry of the left battalion of the "Wulin" sent back to report for help, and the remaining 30 or so cavalry threw themselves into the torrent of enemy cavalry, and in less than half a moment, they were all wiped out...... But no one would run away. On the contrary, the casualties of the guards of the Hu army's East Palace were not less than theirs, and nearly 100 horsemen were frightened on the spot, riding their horses and running diagonally. Liu Dan saw it on the high turret, and couldn't help but shake his head again and again: "Your Highness, why do you seem to be called my Hun noble race and the guard of the East Palace?" After this battle, His Royal Highness should also reward and punish the crime, and drive it well. ”
However, the annihilation of the cavalry finally temporarily stopped the flank attack of the Hu army's Donggong guards, giving Lu He the opportunity to launch a fierce charge, forcing the frontal enemy back half an arrow, and then restraining the troops and horses, retreating while fighting, and returning to the camp. The Hu army was also exhausted, and was forced to close the team and rest for a short time before approaching the camp.
The red sun slowly sinks, and the sunset fills the sky, casting a dazzling light......
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During the Shen period, the Hu soldiers from both the east and west approached the Jin army camp and launched a fierce attack. The "Wulin Battalion" was running out of arrows, and even the archers were forced to draw their short blades to fight the enemy hand-to-hand, while the Hun cavalry frequently threw fire on the flanks, and the shields in the Jin camp were insufficient, and many were wounded.
The right battalion on the east side was almost beaten by Liu Guang, and the horses had all been overturned, and even the trenches had been broken twice. Hu Bing tore open the gap several times and entered the Jin formation, but they were forced to retreat by Xiong Yizhi's personal soldiers regardless of casualties. Xiong Yizhi was covered in blood—but it was basically the blood of enemy soldiers—and he was still a little timid, but at this time, his eyes were inevitably red, and his voice was hoarse, but he was holding a spear in his right hand and a command flag in his left hand, gasping for breath.
Fortunately, the number of Hu soldiers in this aspect is not much, and it is slightly inferior to the "right battalion of martial arts", although Liu Dan's troops are extremely brave, after all, the infantry has not yet been able to really penetrate into the Jin formation, and the cavalry should not rush in alone to find death. As dusk approached, Hu Bing was facing the west and began to feel that the sun was dazzling, and Liu Guang planned to rush again, even if he failed to do his job, he would have to scatter his troops - otherwise he would be unable to win today.
The situation in the west was relatively better, Lu and Wu Yong, regardless of their lives, led the right battalion soldiers were encouraged by the main general, and they also fought hard to repel the attacks of the Hu army many times. Since they have entered the base, the Hun East Palace guards are not of much use, they can only shoot arrows far away with Di and Qiang horses, and although the Hu army in front of them is twice as large as themselves, the quality is worse than that of the Jin army, even if Liu Dan even gave strict orders, and even killed the three generals who retreated, they were never able to rush away from the front of the formation and refuse the horse, let alone step through the trench.
If there were no cavalry roaming around, maybe Lu He would have killed him again, and he would have been able to kill twice as many Hu soldiers as he had in one fell swoop and flee back to the camp.
When Liu Guang launched his last onslaught in the east, the situation was reversed in an instant. You must know that the two armies began to confront each other early in the morning, because they were tired from their night marches, so they only fought once in the morning, and most of the time they spent camping and resting; In the afternoon, there were a series of fierce battles, adding up to more than an hour and a half, most of the Hu soldiers were sore and tired, while the Xuzhou soldiers were still brave because they usually ate well and had great training intensity. Therefore, Liu Dan charged again against the dazzling sunset, not only failed to break through the already devastated enemy base, but left dozens of corpses in an instant, with great losses.
It's just that by this time, he had already killed the red eye, and immediately put on his armor and mounted his horse regardless of the situation, and personally led two hundred parts to insert from the infantry army and rush straight into the enemy formation. The horses on the east side of the Jin army have all been overturned, and the narrow trenches can't stop the horses from leaping, and it is inevitable that the infantry will be scattered in the battle, and the direction of the spear is uneven, and it is actually rushed in by the Hu cavalry.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiong Yizhi didn't even have time to get on the horse, so he hurriedly rushed to the front line to command. Liu Guang glanced at it, saw that he was wearing armor all over his body, and knew that he was a general, so he immediately circled around and approached, and stabbed him with a spear. One of the bears was caught off guard, and he was speared in the ribs, and he couldn't help screaming, and he turned over and fell. Liu Guang pulled out his spear, and the tip of the spear brought up a line of red blood...... I wanted to make up for it again, but I was desperately protected by Xiong Yizhi's personal soldiers.
Several archers in the Jin army took the last few feather arrows and shot Liu Guang together. Liu Guang abandoned his spear and swung his sword to block it—this was his best weapon—but was still shot in the shoulder by an arrow through the blade. Fortunately, the opponent was tired, and he hastily drew the bow for the Savior's general, but he couldn't pull it full, and the arrow did not penetrate deep into the flesh, but only slightly injured.
Xiong Yizhi was seriously wounded, and the chief and deputy platoon commanders and captains of the Jin army still commanded the soldiers and did not retreat, especially the dozens of cavalry in the right battalion tried to launch a counter-charge, and finally forced Hu Cai out. Liu Guang returned to the back of the camp in a huff, still wondering, the sky was still bright, should he try to rush again? Suddenly, someone reported that a Jin sentinel had been captured.
In fact, this is not a sentry detective, it is a cavalry sent by Lu He to report a message for help, and he rushed to Fengqiu in one breath during the day, and after a while, he knew that his colleagues had gone south to ask for help, and he himself could not find reinforcements in Fengqiu City, so he rode his horse back, and as a result, he was not far from the city, and was hit by Di and Qiang miscellaneous horses, and more than a dozen horsemen surrounded him, and soon he was counted arrows, and fell off his horse and became a prisoner.
The weapons of the Di and Qiang horses were poor, and a few bone clusters could not kill people for the time being, so he could be tied up with ropes and escorted back to the Hu array. At that time, Liu Guang was personally leading his troops to launch the final charge, and the remaining Hu general immediately went to torture to extract a confession, although he quickly killed this Jin pawn, but still took out a lot of information from his mouth.
So he reported to Liu Guangyu, who had just returned, that the recent Jin army was in Cangyuan and Xiaohuang, with about 1,000 people, and Pei Cai's main force was still in Waihuang yesterday, and it was estimated that it would be possible to arrive in Xiaohuang this morning at the earliest. Liu Guang pinched his fingers and calculated, even if Pei should get the letter in the morning and leave at noon, this seventy or eighty miles would not be able to walk at all in half a day. If he had sent cavalry out first—though it was said that there were not many cavalry in the Jin army—he should have come now, and since he was gone, it could be seen that the army rode together. If you can't walk fast in the dark at night, and you don't dare to get too close to the battlefield, then it is estimated that you will have to arrive before noon tomorrow.
There's still one night to go.
Today's battle is a real fight, except for Liu Dan's troops, most of them are hungry and tired - the troops have just fought hand-to-hand once, and they have only taken turns galloping and firing arrows before, and the physical consumption is not great - maybe they can try a night attack in the second half of the night, and there is a great possibility of victory. In that case, let's stop rushing today and take a good rest.
So he sent a fast horse to send a message to Liu Dan, reporting the intelligence of the enemy's main force, and suggesting that he should come here during the day, I will try to attack at night, my lord, whether you plan to cooperate or not, you yourself will decide according to the actual situation.
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In the last battle in the west, because the Jin army stood facing the setting sun, it was crushed down, and the number of rare casualties was comparable to that of the Hu army, and most of the outer bases were destroyed. Lu He shouted a fierce battle, and finally forced the enemy army to retreat, seeing that the situation did not dare to come again today, he just breathed a sigh of relief, but then he heard the news that Xiong Yi was seriously injured.
In fact, Lu He was also covered with wounds, from arrow wounds to knife wounds and spear wounds, no less than ten places, but with armor protection, most of them did not penetrate into the flesh, but the blood flowed a lot, and he felt very tired. He stubbornly came to visit Xiong Yizhi, who lay on the ground, took his hand and said, "It's rare to survive today...... Brother Xian, let's go away at night, and leave me and the wounded soldiers here to stop the thieves. ”
Lu He comforted him with tears: "The thief can't break me today, and he won't be able to break me tomorrow." At most, one more day, the Governor's army will arrive, and I will go hand in hand with my brother to ask the Governor for credit. I will not escape, even if I die here, I will not escape! ”
Xiong Yizhi sighed: "Brother Xian, don't talk about it, it's a fluke to survive today, where can you survive tomorrow?" Lu He repeatedly comforted him and asked him to rest before leaving.
Xiong Yi ordered his cronies to take a knife and put it in his hand, saying in his heart that I guess I won't survive, but if it's not so badly injured, I will run away tonight...... Even if I jumped into the water, after all, I grew up by the Yangtze River, and the water is very good. But now you can't get up, let alone escape?
The soldiers were exhausted, and the barracks were in tatters, and if the enemy attacked at night tonight, the whole army would be destroyed...... Even if the enemy army rests until dawn, it will certainly not be able to carry it for a morning. If the thief enters the camp, I will kill myself with this sword...... Or do you want to surrender? Will they accept this half-life?
Thinking about it, his hand pinched the handle of the knife tightly, loosely, loosely, and tightly, and he couldn't make a decision......