Chapter 43: The Storm in Xuzhou (18)
The clouds are light and the wind is light, the bright moon is in the sky, it should be a quiet and beautiful night, but at this moment, it is a shouting and killing, the battle is as hot as that jubilant flame, the opposing sides are frantically slashing each other's bodies, and the original fresh life is constantly taken away by the cold spear tip and blade.
Both sides were red-eyed, and the Wei army continued to attack frantically, but under the tight defense of Chen Qingzhi's army, in addition to piling up a layer of corpses, it was never able to break through the defense line of the Liang army.
At this time, the assault role of the cavalry has disappeared, in addition to the Liang army's arrows, swords and guns, thick shields, chariot formations, etc., the corpse mountain and blood sea on the ground have also become an obstacle to the cavalry, and many Wei troops have no choice but to get off their horses to fight.
And Chen Qingzhi's army, although numerically inferior, showed its true elite nature - even in the face of the constant onslaught of the Wei army, the morale still did not waver in the slightest.
They fought side by side, and since the beginning of the war, they had kept their formations tightly aligned, and if someone fell, someone else would immediately fill in and fill the gap. Everyone united and turned the defense line into an impenetrable wall that the Wei army had been unable to cross.
Neither side gave in, Qiu Daqian kept urging the Wei army to attack, they were outnumbered, and they were holding back their strength to eat this Liang army in one bite. And the Liang army has no way to retreat, the only thing they can do is to resist desperately, desperately defend their own defense line, if the Wei army opens a gap, they will be annihilated.
The battle has fallen into a stalemate, and it has turned into a positional battle.
Chen Qingzhi and Hui Ze were in front, and they faced the most fierce attack of the Wei army with heavy wagons and grain and grass supplies as cover.
Chen Qingzhi took the lead, holding a spear and constantly stabbing at the Wei army who were trying to climb over the vehicle - fighting in battle was not his forte, at this moment, on his palm, many blood blisters were ground out by the barrel of the gun, and these blood blisters were worn out again, and his hands were already blurred with blood; His left arm was also wounded by the spear of the Wei army, but fortunately it only cut through the flesh and did not cause any serious problems. The physical pain was numb at this time, and Chen Qingzhi kept stabbing the spear and fighting tenaciously, which also inspired the soldiers to firmly defend the front and not retreat a single step.
Hui Ze has always been guarding Chen Qingzhi's side, and he will do his best to ensure that Chen Qingzhi will not be fatally injured in such a melee.
Chen Sibao and Ma Funian led a few soldiers to bandage the wounds of the wounded soldiers in the small space in the center of the defense line.
Song Jingxiu, who guarded the left wing, and Yu Tianchou, who guarded the right wing, also fell into a bitter battle at this time. Despite the valiant battles and fierce defenses, the enemy is still in a steady stream, as if it can never be destroyed.
The Wei army's attacks were as fierce as a flood tide, constantly crashing in; But the stubborn defense of the Liang army was like a strong embankment, standing still.
In such a tragic hand-to-hand encounter, the soldiers' physical strength and spirit were faced with a huge test, and some soldiers even vomited while fighting with bayonets and knives. Both sides continued to suffer casualties, and although the Wei army's damage was much greater than that of the Liang army, the Liang army's ability to withstand casualties and losses could not be compared with the absolute numerical superiority of the Wei army.
The flames behind the Liang Army's front burned more and more fiercely! The flames that soared into the sky brought up countless sparks and ashes, flying all over the sky, adding a poignancy to this bloody and cruel battlefield, and the soldiers' fighting burned out their lives, just like this flickering spark, after the brilliant light, it fell silent......
Maybe the fire was too dazzling, and Qiu Daqian and the Wei soldiers were all attracted to that side, and they didn't notice Xu Jin and the others who were suddenly attacking from the side.
Xu Jin took the lead, led his cavalry brothers, lined up in a sharp formation, and sprinted towards the position of Qiu Daqian, the commander of the Wei army.
By the time Qiu Daqian noticed Xu Jin and them, they were already close at hand!
"Quick! Protect me! Qiu Daqian was shocked, he never expected to kill a surprise soldier from the side, and it was obviously coming for himself!
The Wei army hurriedly responded to the battle, but before they could form a defensive line, they were hit by Xu Jin and others with a landslide.
With a gun in his left hand and a knife in his right, Xu Jin took the lead in rushing into the Wei army.
The black thunder hissed wildly, unreasonably rampage, Xu Jin slashed and picked the spear, and led the brothers to slash all the way, like a sharp blade, ruthlessly piercing into the camp of the Wei army.
The Wei army was caught off guard, and suddenly people turned on their backs, and as Xu Jin and others rushed forward as fiercely and ferociously as wild boars, the front behind the Wei army began to be chaotic.
Qiu Daqian raised the big knife in his hand and roared loudly, preparing to meet Xu Jin, who was rushing straight towards him.
But when Xu Jin got closer and closer to him, Qiu Daqian suddenly became frightened - because the two of them looked at each other, Qiu Daqian saw that Xu Jin's eyes were a decisive decision to take death as an enlightenment; And Qiu Daqian himself obviously doesn't want to die here!
Qiu Daqian quickly rode his horse to the side, and shouted to his soldiers to come around to protect him.
Xu Jin saw that Qiu Daqian had dodged, and he did not follow, but took his brothers to completely break through the line of the Wei army and kill him from the other end.
Unable to give the Wei army time to breathe and regroup, Xu Jin and the others turned their horses' heads, did not take the slightest rest, and once again rushed towards the Wei army with all their might.
The Wei army was still in a panic, and Xu Jin killed again!
Under Qiu Daqian's nose, Xu Jin led his brothers to once again penetrate the formation of the Wei army.
This back and forth was interspersed twice, although the Liang army was far inferior in number to the Wei army, but its fierce momentum and resolute assault almost completely dispersed the Wei army's front at the cost of about 30 people, and brought several times the casualties to the Wei army.
When Xu Jin began to launch the third attack, the Wei army was a little shaken! No matter how Qiu Daqian shouted and screamed, trying to get the soldiers to gather to resist the impact, but the panic and fear in the hearts of the soldiers made it impossible for them to respond quickly.
The third impact was as violent and resolute as the first two! But because of the chaos of the Wei army itself, it brought greater results - they were also cavalry, but the Wei army became fish on the chopping board at the moment, at the mercy of others.
The Wei army was already scattered to the point that there was no formation to speak of, and some soldiers on the fringes even began to flee for evasion.
Xu Jin broke through the Wei army for the third time, and at this time he was also tired. Seeing that the Wei army was in chaos, Xu Jin stopped, did not immediately launch the next round of charge, and was ready to take a little breather.
Although Qiu Daqian did not have the determination to fight to the death here, he did not want to be defeated by the Liang army's trapped beast battle in the case of taking advantage of the situation.
Seeing that Xu Jin did not continue to attack, Qiu Daqian immediately gathered his soldiers and gathered around him.
The Wei cavalry was no rabble, and they quickly gathered together and lined up for the next attack by the Liang army.
When Xu Jin saw that the Wei army had regrouped in the queue, he immediately shouted to the brothers, "Brothers, Brother Chen, they are still fighting hard, whether they can survive tonight depends on whether we can break up the Wei army!" Follow me and rush again! Don't stop, let them see our blood! ”
Xu Jin began to attack.
The Wei army lined up in a straight line and began to move towards Xu Jin.
After the distance between the two sides was closer, the two flanks of the Wei army began to accelerate, and they began to outflank Xu Jin and them from both sides.
"The Wei army wants to surround us, everyone must not stop, once we stop, we will only be surrounded and annihilated!" Xu Jin shouted loudly to the brothers, "Follow me!" Breaking through the front of the Wei army, this is the only way to survive! ”
The distance between the two sides grew closer, the flying hooves of the horses trampling the earth, and the rumbling sound hit everyone's eardrums.
The Wei army had already achieved a closed encirclement, and they began to shrink the encirclement.
Facing the tips of the spears coming from all sides, Xu Jin let out a roar of rage, facing the Wei army in front of him, and plunged into it!
Hei Lei frantically shook his head to ram the war horse that was biting the other party, and Xu Jin also waved his sword and gun furiously, striking at the Wei army. The brothers behind him were also like crazy, just burying their heads in the slaughter and rushing forward, because they knew that if they could not break through, there was only a dead end.
Swords, guns, horses, and soldiers of the two armies were crowded together, and the Wei army had to break through the Wei army in front before the soldiers on all sides of the Wei army surrounded it, leaving not much time for the Liang army.
Under the leadership of Xu Jin, the Liang army was bloody, fighting to the death one by one, breaking through from the Wei army head-on, and killing a bloody road!
Qiu Daqian's plan fell through. Originally, he wanted to rely on numerical superiority to encircle and annihilate the Liang army, but he obviously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Liang army and underestimated their determination to fight to the death.
The Liang army, which broke through the encirclement, was reborn in blood, and broke out into a fierce shout, which shook the clouds. On the other hand, the morale of the Wei army was low, and they couldn't believe that this group of southerners, the Liang soldiers who had never been good at horsemanship, not only attacked them several times in a row, but even broke through their encirclement!
Xu Jin locked Qiu Daqian's position here, and he shouted, "Don't run away from the enemy general, watch me take your head!" ”
After speaking, he rushed towards Qiu Daqian. The brothers also followed Xu Jin closely, shouting furiously, and attacked the Wei army with murderous anger.
In the eyes of the Wei army at this time, the cavalry of the Liang army was not a human army at all - both men and horses were stained with blood, and they glared angrily, grinning and shouting to kill, as if they were evil ghosts killed from the depths of the underworld, coming to harvest their lives.
At this time, Qiu Daqian felt a strong sense of helplessness and fear wrapped his heart tightly, he felt that even if he had more soldiers and horses, he would not be able to defeat this Liang army, his neck began to chill, as if there was a blade on it.
He shrank his head and watched in amazement as Xu Jin rushed all the way, and the soldiers in front of him fell one after another under the Red Refining Spear, and soon, it would be his turn!
Seeing that Xu Jin was about to be killed in front of him, Qiu Daqian let out a wail in horror, turned his horse's head, abandoned his soldiers, and fled.
When the soldiers saw Qiu Daqian fleeing, their morale suddenly collapsed, and they also scattered and fled for their lives.
Xu Jin didn't chase either, and led his brothers to shout, "The Wei army is defeated!" The Lord has fled! "While killing the Wei army who was still besieging the Liang army's defensive line.