Chapter 148: Tiger Father Without Dog Son (II)
The Han army's successive attacks were blocked, and they lost about 5,000 people, nearly one-tenth of their troops.
Generally speaking, if a soldier's losses exceed 30%, the morale will be greatly affected. Even the real elite, with more than half of the casualties, must retreat.
These 50,000 Han troops can be regarded as elite, and the loss of one-tenth of the original troops is nothing.
However, Li Danghu practiced his subordinates like that, and it was obvious to all that the Han army could still maintain its original morale.
This is also the reason why Yu Meng dared to make up his mind to take the initiative.
The lineup of the Han army has been laid out early, the Chinese army is very strong, and the right wing is also decent, but the left wing seems to be a little incomplete.
And among the left wing, hanging high is the banner of the pioneer Lin Jue.
"Charge to the left flank!"
Yu Meng, who had left the city, pulled out the long sword at his waist and swung it towards the left flank.
More than 10,000 soldiers of the coalition army shouted, and under the leadership of Li Yan and Chen Zhaoming, they rushed towards the left flank of the Han army.
Under the middle of the Han army, a young man who looked to be less than thirty years old squinted at the coalition army that began to charge in front of him.
On his slightly rough face, he could even see that the wine had not faded last night.
"Major General, here you are."
There was a slight hint of excitement in the eyes of the general next to Li Danghu.
"Good! After waiting for half a month, I finally hung the turtle out of the city! Li Danghu waved his arm excitedly, and at the same time pulled out a command flag.
"Pass my general's order, the Chinese army presses up, and the right flank intercepts the enemy's retreat!"
"Whoa!"
The general quickly led the flag and left. Immediately afterwards, bursts of drums also sounded in the Han army's military formation.
Kan Yu is not large, so the number of people who can really be directly placed by the Han army is only 20,000.
The remaining half of the people, at most, can only serve as a reserve, waiting for the people in front of them to die, and then rush forward again.
Of course, this is a favorable situation for operations.
Once the battle is unfavorable, there is a risk that those behind will collapse early.
This is the judgment of Xia Huan and others.
Therefore, as soon as he came on the field, Yu Meng directly gave up the principle of soldier against soldier and general on the battlefield. concentrated the most elite 3,000 people and directly broke through the left flank of the Han army. In order to crush the morale of the Han army as soon as possible.
The so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and they are waiting for Yu Meng, who is ready to block the Han army, and their grasp of the situation is naturally not as good as Xia Huan who is standing on the city wall.
The coalition army's attack on the left flank of the Han army can be described as sparing no effort. The same is three thousand against three thousand, the Han army is a foot soldier, and the coalition army is almost all cavalry.
It is conceivable that it will not even take an hour for the left flank of the Han army to collapse.
However, even so, the Han army's central army was still advancing, and even the right flank had the intention of faintly cutting off the retreat of the coalition army.
"Could it be that Li Guang's son is really so unbearable?" Xia Huan couldn't help but think with some apprehension in his heart.
Xia Huan, who still felt uneasy in his heart, immediately ordered Sun Qian: "Prepare the army and horses, and respond to the friendly troops outside the city at any time to retreat into the city." ”
Sun Qian was stunned for a moment, then arched his hand and ran down the city wall.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
The footsteps of the Han army were not very neat, but they could barely step on the drum.
The Chinese army of nearly 10,000 people pressed on, and the big oars were like a wall, and the appearance of a long and long forest still gave a lot of psychological pressure to the coalition army of only 7,000 people.
"Kill!"
As if to vent the pressure in his heart, with Yu Meng's order, a deafening shout of killing also sounded among the coalition forces.
A hodgepodge of 7,000 men and 10,000 men, like wheat being harvested, fell one by one.
Time passed minute by minute, and unconsciously, Xia Huan's forehead was already covered with a layer of fine sweat.
"The left, it hasn't collapsed yet!"
Xia Huan's hand clutched the city wall. At this time, even the most stupid person will definitely be able to see the clues.
In the left-wing army, the big banner of the word "forest" fluttering high still stands.
The left wing, which originally numbered just over 3,000 people, had already harvested nearly half of its numbers in less than half an hour.
However, the remaining more than 1,000 people just didn't collapse!
"Out of town! Out of town! ”
Xia Huan couldn't hold back any longer, the central army of the Han army completely suppressed Yu Meng, and the five thousand men and horses on the right flank also pressed towards the city gate at the speed of cannibalization.
"Your Highness! You're here, I'm going! ”
Sun Qian, who was on the side, immediately hugged Xia Huan and stopped Xia Huan's irritated behavior.
"You, there's something more important!"
Xia Huan stared at Sun Qian, without the slightest intention of letting go.
After Sun Qian and Xia Huan looked at each other for two seconds, they immediately knelt down and said, "Please command, Your Highness!" ”
"Take all the palace guards, immediately kill the left wing of the Han army, and Chen Zhaoming and Li Yan round, and then take the cavalry to directly attack the Han army's central army!"
Although the left flank of the Han army withstood the attack of the coalition army, it did not mean that it could stop the pace of so many cavalry.
"The last general commands!"
Sun Qian replied loudly, then got up and left. Time is like money, and a moment later can cause an irreparable situation.
Almost at the same time as Sun Qian left, Xia Huan also ran towards the city.
Below, more than 2,000 foot soldiers were already on standby there early.
"Brothers, this is the day when you are accomplished. The people outside the city are eating meat, and you are willing to wait? Xia Huan rode on his horse and shouted at the two thousand foot soldiers.
"I don't want to!"
Most of the two thousand foot soldiers were recruits. I also heard from my elders a long time ago that the Chu State has made military exploits, which can bless the family.
If you give enough money and land, you may not dare to let it go.
In particular, now everyone still thinks that the Han army is going to be defeated, and their eyes are even more impatient.
Although he is a new soldier, he has seen blood on the city wall a few days ago.
"Then set off with this king!" Xia Huan waved his long sword and rushed out first.
Everyone roared, followed Xia Huan, and rushed towards the city gate.
"Major General! The enemy is moving again! ”
Looking at the more than 2,000 people who had just rushed out, Li Danghu showed a disdainful smile on his face.
"Thinking about rescue now? It's late! ”
After speaking, Li Danghu and the generals around him laughed together.
However, what Li Danghu didn't notice was that after more than 2,000 people left the city, another cavalry of 100 people rushed over with lightning speed, thinking about the left flank of the Han army.
However, even if you notice it, you probably won't pay much attention to it.
Although the palace guard is a silver armor, but at such a distance, the silver armor is not so dazzling.