Chapter 148: The Battle in the River (3)
As soon as Li Keyong moved the rear army and just joined the battlefield, Xu Tianxiang and Yang Tiancheng discovered this problem for the first time, and the latter was even more ecstatic, and even directly ordered the ballista brigade not to intercept it for the time being, so that the other party could rest assured that he would put his troops in.
At this time, the troops deployed on the two wings of the Tiance Army have also begun to emerge on the horizon, so far all the troops on both sides have been projected, which also means that this battle has really entered the decisive stage. In order to strengthen his front-line command and adaptability, Li Keyong sent Zhou Dewei to Li Cunmiao's side.
"Hellfire brigade, press on my whole army and send all the firearms out." Xu Tianxiang also clenched his fists tightly, and began to give the final order to the support team around him, and at the same time came to Yang Tiancheng with his own personal guards.
At this time, Yang Tiancheng had already made contact with Chen Yu on the left flank, and the front army war drum team kept conveying the order to encircle, and the rumbling war drums gave endless blood to all the soldiers of the Tiance Army on the battlefield, and this hurried war drum was also telling all the soldiers that the victory and defeat stage had arrived.
However, Chen Fan's mixed corps was not the first to arrive on the battlefield, Wu Huan's cavalry corps was the first fully formed Han cavalry corps in the Tiance Army, equipped with the best war horses and weapons and equipment in the whole army, and in order to select the sick, the Fifth Cavalry, the predecessor of the Eighth Legion and the Seventh Legion, could be formed from the whole army. When the huge cavalry army appeared on the battlefield from the southeast, Li Keyong almost fell off his horse in shock. But at this time, Li Cunmiao's rear army had been pressed up, and the Tiance army was entangled together, in order to contain the last living force of the Jin army, Li Tianyi even ordered the first-line infantry brigade to directly meet the opponent's cavalry counter-charge, and exchange sacrifices and casualties for the other party to enter the depths of the battlefield. Therefore, at this moment, Wu Huan's appearance is equivalent to directly wrapping Li Cunqiao's dumplings from the rear, blocking all the latter's retreats.
The current battlefield situation is that the Central Corps of the Tiance Army and the brigades of Li Siyuan and Fu Cunxian are inextricably linked, and the two sides are intertwined. And Li Cunqiao and Zhou Dewei began to readjust their formation after leading the rear army to press, using cavalry to drive away the infantry of the Tiance Army and suppress the opponent's edge. And the army led by Wu Huan appeared behind the Jin army, which also gave the Tiance army a chance to encircle the other party.
"Tiancheng, Chen Yu has also joined the battlefield, you and I will start acting, I will go to join Chen Yu, you go to find Wu Huan, I have already explained to Tie Liang before the war of the Central Corps, and the Chinese army can advance without brains." Xu Tianxiang saw that Chen Yu had also arrived at the battlefield, outflanked the other party from the left flank, and immediately prepared to implement the pre-war plan, but was stopped by Yang Tiancheng, "Tianxiang, the Chinese army still needs to be commanded, Chen Yu doesn't have to worry about it, if you really want to go, go to Wu Huan, his cavalry corps will also be responsible for pursuing the Jin army in the later stage, let him find a way to catch Li Cunqiao for me, it's really not okay Zhou Dewei Li Siyuan is okay, I will stay in the Chinese army." ”
Xu Tianxiang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "That's fine, but Li Keyong, you still don't think about it, it's better to let Li Cunqiao go, and don't leave him some hemp yarn, I'm afraid that Zhu Quanzhong will grab land with us at that time." ”
As soon as Xu Tianxiang left, Yang Tiancheng also began to take over the command of the support team, compared to Xu Tianxiang, he had to consider whether he would scare Li Cunqiao away, the support team at this moment was really full of firepower, and the explosive bag was thrown in the crowd of the Jin army without money, and the fiery red fireballs came and went, and the sound of the explosion even overshadowed the sound of fighting on the battlefield. Such explosions also made Zhou Dewei and others on the front line unable to organize effective command at all, and the entire battlefield began to slide in an unpredictable direction, and these explosions had even affected the troops of Wu Huan of the rear army, and the cavalry of the Tiance Army was also chaotic for a while.
However, at this time, the explosives packages of the support brigade were also about to run out, and the last dozens of explosive bags were put away by Su He, ready to be used at a critical moment. The sound of explosions on the battlefield also began to subside with Su He's movements, but the billowing smoke made the battlefield blurry, and all orders could only be conveyed by the war drum corps, which was why Xu Tianxiang went directly to the front line.
However, at this time, the combined array of Tie Liang and Li Tianyi had withstood the pressure of the other party, and began to rely on the attack power of the heavy cavalry battalion to steadily retreat the battle line.
At this time, after Chen Yu joined the battlefield, the infantry brigade opened a gap from the flank, allowing Li Siyuan and Fu Cunxian's flank to be wide open, so that the complete system of the Jin army was completely broken. The 10,000 cavalry in Chen Yu's hands set off independently, rushing towards the command center of Fu Cunxian and Li Siyuan, his cavalry battalion was composed of party members, and he was unforgettable for his old opponents.
At first, Fu Cunxian didn't notice the movements of these party members, but as the heralds he sent to the front line were intercepted and killed, he suddenly found that party members suddenly appeared around him, and he was shocked at the moment and began to mobilize the only remaining guards around him to intercept them under the leadership of Li Sixun. However, since then, the front army of the Jin army has completely lost its command, and all orders can no longer be conveyed to the front-line generals.
Chen Yu and Li Tianyi were the first troops to converge in the war, and after the two infantry brigades met, they suddenly concentrated more than 50,000 infantry on the right flank of the Jin army, which also gathered almost all the infantry of the Tiance Army in this war, such a huge force made Chen Yu and Li Tianyi instantly become the driving force of the left and right battle situation, the two glanced at each other and began to lead the army to drill into the gap opened by the party cavalry battalion, and the infantry of 50,000 people rushed up with a hula and cut off the front army brigade of the Jin army. The contact between the front army and Li Cunmiao's rear army was completely isolated. In this way, Tie Liang quickly let his heavy cavalry battalion rush up, and at this moment the power of the heavy cavalry battalion was once again reflected, and the unparalleled combat power completely overturned the main force of the Jin army, which was already less than 50,000 people, but seeing the heavy cavalry battalion of tens of thousands of people rushing past, the Shatuo cavalry on the battlefield was as if it had been sunburned, and there was no system at all.
Tie Liang asked the follow-up 10,000 people to stay on the battlefield and continue to sweep away the remaining Jin army, and he led the main force of the heavy cavalry battalion to begin to converge Li Tianyi and Chen Yu and rushed towards the junction of Fu Cunxian and Li Cunxuan. Originally, since the start of the war, Tieliang's heavy cavalry battalion has not had much combat effectiveness, but the desperate atmosphere and almost indestructible battle armor cover of the heavy cavalry battalion, which could not withstand tens of thousands of people, actually relied on their own momentum so that the core guards of Fu Cunxian, who had been caught off guard by the infantry brigade, could not raise their heads.
"Wu Huan, hurry up and let the cavalry rush up, the front army has been broken, now it's up to you to see if you can break up Li Cunqiao's rear army." Xu Tianxiang also made a detour to Wu Huan's side at this time, compared to Wu Huan, Xu Tianxiang knew too well about Yang Tiancheng and Chen Yu's movements, so he immediately gave Wu Huan an order.
Wu Huan heard the words and directly blew the horn, this Han cavalry for the first time in front of the nomads to show their charging speed, only to see the cavalry corps of 30,000 people rushed up in an instant, hundreds of thousands of horse hooves trampled the earth, the war horses galloped past, the sword flickered one by one human heads rushed to the sky, countless Shatuo cavalry was left in the river forever in a daze.
In this way, the fierce battle of the rear army instantly surpassed that of the front army, and Wu Huan also successfully used his cavalry advantage to bring up the rhythm, firmly containing the sight and energy of Li Cunqiao and Zhou Dewei in the rear army, and could not do anything about the front army being divided and surrounded.
The battle has been fought so far that there is no chance of reversal, and even if Li Ke is looking at it from behind, there is no way to do it. Under the combined attack of Li Tianyi and Chen Yu, the heavy cavalry battalion has pointed the spearhead of the attack directly at the core of Fu Cunxian's front army, and after stripping away all the mobile forces of Fu Cunxian layer by layer, the party cavalry has also arrived in front of Fu Cunxian, these party cavalry are very familiar with Li Siyuan and others, and the enemies are very red when they meet, and they rush towards these famous Shatuo generals almost regardless of casualties. The continuous impact also caused the number of guards in Li Siyuan's hands to plummet, and there was no way to deal with these Tiance troops who had already killed the red eye.
In the fierce battle, Li Siyuan was shot off his horse by a cold arrow, and Li Sixun next to him tried his best to rescue him, but he was stabbed in the chest by a Tiance Army infantry behind him, and then he was rushed by the cavalry behind him, and he didn't even leave his figure, and he was frozen here forever.
Li Sixun's death and Li Siyuan's serious injuries suddenly made Fu Cunxian no longer have a way to care about the opponent's endless attacks, and in desperation, he could only blow the horn and find a way to make the front army gather its forces and want to join Li Cunxuan, trying to rely on the joint efforts of the two armies to open a gap.
But at this time it was too late, Fu Cunxian's front army had already staggered with the Tiance army, there was no way to pull out, after hearing Fu Cunxian's call, some soldiers retreated directly regardless of it, which made the already precarious situation out of control, Yang Tiancheng had also arrived at the front line at this time, and no longer hesitated to directly order the whole army to pursue, this time once again gave the Jin army a fatal blow, directly making the front army completely collapse. The most feared thing about cold weapon warfare is that the battle situation collapses, and your own soldiers are crushed by the opponent like headless flies. At this time, the Jin army fled all over the mountains, but completely disrupted Li Cunmiao's battle formation, and the chaos of the rear army gave Wu Huan a chance, and the situation that was originally stabilized by the other party was also broken in an instant.
Li Cunmiao successfully escaped from the encirclement, but Zhou Dewei completely blocked his vitality, Wu Huan personally led the personal guards and Xu Tianxiang to the front line, and pointed his head directly at Zhou Dewei, the backbone of the Jin army under the joint attack of Wu Huan and Xu Tianxiang, and only lasted less than ten rounds before being taken. As soon as he was taken, the rear army, like the previous army, lost its command center.
So far in the battle, Xu Tianxiang also breathed a sigh of relief, and after letting Wu Huan and the cavalry corps converge with Yang Tiancheng, he took his personal guards and began to go in the direction of Li Keyong.
At this time, Li Keyong had also joined Li Cunmiao, but Li Cunmiao brought out less than a few thousand people from the front, and almost all of them were injured, and when he saw Xu Tianxiang leading the troops to come again, his face turned pale, and he pushed Li Keyong's war horse aside and roared angrily: "Father, you go quickly, I will deal with him." After speaking, he was about to rush up, but was grabbed by Li Ke.
"Cunqing, you immediately take these clansmen back to Taiyuan Mansion, and then gather Xue Atan and Cunjin's men and horses to stick to Taiyuan Mansion, and don't compete with Li Xuanqing for a short period of time. My father is old, and Cunxiao is Li Xuanqing's sworn brother, I killed him, he wanted to avenge Cunxiao. Li Ke said in a rare sad tone: "It's all my father's fault, if I don't die with filial piety, how can my father fall to this point?" Let's go. ”
Before Li Cunqiao could answer, Xu Tianxiang had already rushed up and said to Li Keyong from afar: "His Royal Highness King Jin, are you in such a hurry to leave?" ”
Xu Tianxiang's words made Li Cunmiao's face turn red, and when he heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore and rushed over, raising the spear in his hand, stabbing at Xu Tianxiang like a shocking rainbow.
Seeing Li Cunmiao's spear approaching him, Xu Tianxiang shook his head, waved the spear in his hand to frame the opponent strongly, and said with a smile: "Little prince, let's go back quickly, my lord explained before leaving, for the sake of Li Cunxiao, you can temporarily let go of your father and son, but you remember, your father and son killed the general and framed Zhongliang, this feud will find you sooner or later." After finishing speaking, he swung Li Cunqiao's spear far away with both hands.
Xu Tianxiang's words are nondescript, but he himself is too lazy to care so much, anyway, the relationship between the high-level of the Tiance Army and Li Cunxiao is also very complicated, on the one hand, he thanked the other party for his relief back then, and on the other hand, he tried every means to attack the other party for the benefit of the Tiance Army, but the other party was killed by Li Keyong before he could do it.
But his words sounded very harsh to Li Keyong's ears, and after the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, his single eye flickered with an indescribable cold light. But at this time, the battle situation in front of it has also come to an end, Wu Huan Shengli and Tie Liang converged, the two armies converged before and after completely scattered the Jin army, the Tiance army all over the mountains began the process of capturing prisoners, and the Tiance army, which had experienced this life-and-death battle, came out bloodily, and the whole army exuded a momentum of looking down on the world. Among them, Wu Huan also carried Zhou Dewei to Xu Tianxiang's side with a horse in his hand and said with a smile: "Chief of Staff, the last general will not disgrace his mission, catch the enemy general Zhou Dewei, and come to pay the order." ”
Xu Tianxiang saw Zhou Dewei, who was tied to the horseback after being knocked unconscious, his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "Little prince, the eldest husband has clear grievances, and I will use Zhou Dewei's life to repay the kindness of my filial brother to my Tiance army today, and he will definitely take the head of your father and son when you and I meet on the battlefield in the future, in order to pay tribute to the thousands of Han people who were killed by your Shatuo people in the land of China." After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Wu Huan to speak, and directly let Zhou Dewei throw it over, and then turned his head away, but he didn't give the other party a chance to speak.
Wu Huan was stunned, then reacted to Xu Tianxiang's intentions, smiled at Li Cunqiao, and turned away.
"Father." Li Cunmiao walked over and beckoned his subordinates to wake up Zhou Dewei, who saw that the two were still on the battlefield and was immediately anxious, but was immediately interrupted by Li Keyong, "Cunmiao, pack up the people, let's go, go back to Taiyuan Mansion." ”
Li Keyong's departure, also means that the battle in the river is over, the battle of both sides of the total number of troops invested in a total of more than 400,000, lasted nearly two months, the battle itself alone from morning to night, after the war, half of the soldiers of the heavy cavalry battalion of the main force of the Tiance Army were directly tired and fainted, many people fell off the horses while walking, and those heavily armored war horses also had a lot of tired and fell to the ground. It can be said that the non-combat attrition of the Tiance Army in this battle is not much more than the combat attrition.
But after all, it was won, after the follow-up two wings of the new army completed the cleaning of the battlefield, the whole army of the Tiance Army entered Hezhong Mansion to rest, and at the same time Yang Tiancheng and Xu Tianxiang began to write a battle report, and the flying cavalry informed the base camp and Chen Fan on the northern front, and the battle in the river came to a complete end.