Chapter 104: The Battle of Jiaxing (7)

After sending Hou Zan away, Yang Wu instructed again: "Send an order to Zhu Siqing, tell him to be careful, if the soldiers of any battalion have suffered greater losses, they should be replaced and recuperated quickly, and do not leave a gap for the enemy." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Send an order to Qin Pei, let him boost his morale, and don't let the enemy break through the camp."

He was not worried about Zhu Siqing's guard, after all, he was trained by himself, and the military discipline was strict, and this casualty could not defeat them; But Qin Pei's guard was not so relieved. If you really break through the camp for the enemy army, then you will lose face this time.

Half a day passed, the sun gradually sank in the west, the bitter cold wind began to rage, and the sound of fighting on the battlefield came like a ghost crying wolf.

The battalion remained firmly in the hands of the Huainan Army. The ground near the wall has long been covered with thousands of corpses, some of them from the Huainan army, but more of them are from the Huzhou army.

"General, withdraw! If you don't withdraw, it's too late! ”

At this time, the fierce offensive of the Huzhou army could no longer be maintained, and many generals who had been trying to persuade Zhu Xing to send troops first had persuaded him to withdraw his troops at this time.

Zhu Xingxian didn't want to withdraw his troops, he was unwilling to launch this strong attack, but at this time, the Huzhou army and the other party had already been fighting together, even if he was unwilling, he didn't dare to retreat easily, otherwise the enemy army would take the opportunity to follow the attack, which would inevitably lead to a big defeat.

As for Xu Jun, Shen Xingsi and other generals who are now facing such heavy casualties, they also know in their hearts that the Huzhou army has no hope of breaking through the camp.

There was also a sound of fighting in Jiaxing City before, but now it has quieted down, and I don't know what the situation is over there. But at this time, everyone was in no mood to pay attention to the situation over there.

All they cared about was whether their side could successfully retreat next, in fact, it was too late for them to withdraw at this time, and when their offensive showed a slight decline, Yang Wu had already ordered Hou Zan to lead the cavalry around the enemy to launch an assault.

At this time, the roar of the horse's hooves had already shaken the ground, and those of them who had rarely seen the impact of the cavalry in Jiangnan for a long time also knew what was coming.

"Cavalry!"

The faces of the people turned pale. They had long heard of the impact of cavalry, but unfortunately there were few horses in the south of the Yangtze River, and Qian Biao could not establish his own cavalry even if he was very envious of Yang Xingmi's cavalry.

"Formation! Arrange in a dense formation! The spear is outside, and the crossbowmen are inside, blocking the opposing cavalry! Zhu Xingxian reacted quickly and shouted loudly for his subordinates to form a formation.

In this era, the best way for infantry to resist cavalry charges was to form a tight formation, with pikemen on the outside and crossbowmen on the inside, and constantly bleed the cavalry with long-range fire.

However, the Huzhou soldiers did not have much training for fighting cavalry, not to mention that they were already tired after most of the day's fighting, and their formation had long been chaotic.

At this time, the cavalry commander Hou Zan was shouting loudly: "Charge, charge at full speed......"

It was a rare flat area, best suited for cavalry charges. The cavalry warriors shouted loudly, and their whole bodies fell on the back of their horses, their bodies rising and falling rhythmically with the horses, as if they were part of the horses. The speed of the war horses became faster and faster, and they rushed towards the Huzhou army on the opposite side in a tight formation.

Just a moment of contact, the rear of the Huzhou army was beaten out of formation, and a large number of soldiers were directly hit by horses, and then died tragically under the horses' hooves. The soldiers of the Huzhou army were frightened, panicked, and ran around aimlessly. Some of the soldiers had already turned around and ran towards the Huzhou Army headquarters.

"Drive them over!"

Hou Zan was not in a hurry to eliminate the rear of the Huzhou army that had already been defeated by him, but drove these defeated soldiers to rush towards the front Huzhou army's main formation, using them to break up the opponent's formation; At the same time, Yang Wu in the large camp also seized the opportunity to kill the whole army, and attacked the Huzhou army with Hou Zhan's cavalry behind him.

Zhu Xingxian stood under the command of the Chinese army, constantly giving various orders.

"Shen Xingsi, you lead someone to resist the other party here first!"

"Xu Jun, you go back with Ben and fight off the enemy cavalry first, otherwise we will all die here!"

"Don't panic! Don't panic! Form up against the cavalry! ”

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However, after most of the bloody battle, the soldiers were already exhausted, and now in the face of the front and rear attacks, they were even more panicked and frightened, one by one like headless flies, running around, jumping up and down, no one listened to him at all, and everyone ran faster.

Zhu Xingxian watched the cavalry rushing out from behind devastate and decay, majestic, roaring like a hurricane, and more soldiers were as earth-colored as they turned around and ran instinctively, who could care about his shouts.

Seeing that the soldiers did not have the courage to resist the enemy at all, and fled one by one, holding their heads and running away, Zhu Xingxian was so angry that he scolded and wanted to take a knife to kill them.

"General, let's withdraw first! The army is over, and if we don't leave, we'll stay here too! On the side, Shen Xingsi had long lost his previous bravery, and all that was left at this time was deep fear.

"Yes, General, everyone is in chaos, and now they can't assemble at all! Why don't you withdraw first! ”

Zhu Xingxian looked at the fleeing soldiers around him, and couldn't help but feel desperate, this 10,000-strong army is the last main force in Huzhou, Gao Yan also expects him to lead these 10,000 people back to rescue, but now he has buried this new force here.

recalled what Gao Yan said to him when he sent troops: "If you are not sure of defeating the enemy, then try to delay as much time as possible and help Jiaxing hold out for at least a month!" In a month, you will have to find a way to withdraw to Huzhou! ”

Zhu Xingxian couldn't help but sigh with a wry smile: "Envoy, the last general is incompetent and has betrayed your trust!"

Now that the situation is out of control, the last general can only apologize with death! ”

After speaking, Zhu Xing first waved the long knife in his hand and prepared to kill himself, and the loyal guard Ah Liu on the side was startled and shouted, "Don't!" ”

Ah Liu's reaction was quick, and he flew over to stop it, but it was too late, the long knife in Zhu Xingxian's hand had already resolutely cut his own neck, and the blood flowed for a long time, and no one could save him.

"General!" Ah Liu cried loudly, he didn't expect that the general he had been following for so long would die like this.

Xu Jun and Shen Xingsi didn't expect him to be so strong, and Zhu Xingxian had already killed himself before everyone could react in a hurry.

The two of them regretted it for a while, and they also cried: "General! This is all caused by the last general's private troops! It's all the general's fault! ”

Of course, they did not accept Zhu Xingxian, but now that they forcibly sent troops to the point of defeat, how could they be ashamed in their hearts? What's more, although today's defeat can be said to be caused by them, Zhu Xingxian did not blame them from beginning to end, but apologized to himself, at this moment, the two of them were angry in addition to remorse.

"General Shen, I would like to lead people to break off here, and I also ask General Shen to lead the others to retreat first! Escape as much as you can! Perhaps out of remorse, Xu Jun, who was provoked by Zhu Xingxian's self-slaughter, pulled out his sword and roared wildly: "Defend the camp, kill ...... with me."

"Why should General Xu be like this, where is there any hope of escaping in today's affairs, it is better to die here!" On the side, Shen Xingsi also drew his sword and roared angrily, "Kill it, kill one is enough, kill two and you will make money!" ”