Chapter 659: Curtain call

The course of this decisive battle can be described as ups and downs, although there were several repetitions, but the Zhao army finally gained the upper hand. And the arrival of the strange army of Post Wuzheng gave the Zhongxing clan and the Fan clan the final blow, burning the enemy's rear camp into a world of suffoces, and their military spirit was suddenly dispersed.

Zhao Wuxian's Chinese army commander flag also kept moving forward, he stood on the chariot and looked around the battlefield, now there is only one enemy left on the battlefield that is still resisting, that is, the three thousand Zhongxing soldiers. These people went into battle on the first day of the confrontation between the two armies and confronted Zhao Yibu, and they were the backbone of the enemy army, so they have been able to hold on to this day.

Now the Di people have scattered and fled, and the Di people of Zhai Fengdi rode horses and continued to surrender, and even began to fight back, setting off a climax of collective surrender to the Zhao army. The Fan and Zhongxing fronts on the left and right flanks were also broken, and the remnants of the two flanks, together with the rear army, nearly 10,000 people fought and retreated in the direction of Gongcheng.

Only these people who acted as frontrunners were abandoned, like a dying fish on a dry and receding beach.

The Jinyang Zhao soldiers commanded by Yang Hu, the Han archers under Han Hu's jurisdiction, and the horse head Zhao soldiers of Zhao Yi's department surrounded these people in a total of three formations.

Yang Hu used his soldiers to lead the soft, and when he found an opportunity, he did not hesitate to send his soldiers up, regardless of their casualties, but it was extremely effective on this battlefield of fighting for his life.

Although Han Hu had also led troops to suppress the Rongdi tribe in his territory in the past and fought several small battles, it was the first time to participate in this kind of 10,000-person level general battle, and the front he was guarding had made a big mistake, causing Zhao Ying to be in distress, and he himself suffered heavy losses, and he was ashamed. With this in mind, he now marched forward bravely, but unfortunately there were almost no soldiers who could fight in close combat, and only a few long-range archers were left to occasionally fire arrows into the enemy's ranks.

Zhao Yi is the one who dares to kill, and he personally bears the armor and shield. Fencing bravely, advancing and retreating quickly, and wherever they passed, the middle foot soldiers fell to the ground one after another, like wheat seedlings that had been overwhelmed in the field.

The wheel battle of the three formations in rotation consumes the arrows and physical strength of the middle pawn, and it is not long in time. The morale of these Zhongxing soldiers collapsed, and they surrendered and died.

At this point, there was no more organized enemy resistance in the battlefield, and they were all frantically fleeing, trying to flee into the city two miles away.

It was a two-mile journey, and it only took two moments to walk on weekdays, but now it was difficult to move an inch, because the pursuers were biting their tails.

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Yu Xi rode a horse and held a knife. The cavalry on the north and south flanks were combined as a team, and they pursued closely behind.

Hundreds of light horsemen are like rainbows, they are murderous, spears and knives in their hands are raised, and they do not pay attention to the scattering of crows, but everyone is striving to move forward. The defeated soldiers of Fan and Bank of China on the opposite side were like sand castles battered by huge waves, and they were instantly shocked to pieces. And even penetrated from it.

After the enemy army was pursued, it was divided into two parts. A group of about 3,000 men, the soldiers of Fan Ji's own tribe, tried to escape into the city through the large camp outside the city, which had not yet all fallen.

The other was about 4,000 men, the only remaining troops of Zhongxingyin, who were suddenly inserted by the pursuing cavalry. After hesitating for a while, the core of the bear flag turned to the east, and the rest of the people naturally followed.

Seeing that the enemy fled in two parts, he pursued him in a burst of pursuit. Yu Xi, who was panting for both men and horses, was a little embarrassed, and he could only turn his face to look south, waiting for Zhao Wuxian's order.

After a short time, I saw the flag waving under the red sun over there, and it was Zhao Wuxian who conveyed the instructions.

"The general has an order! The infantry marched into the enemy's camp, while the cavalry pursued eastward! ”

Yu Xi rode the green horse, rushed forward, and shouted to everyone: "The boss has a word first, the one who defeats the enemy, the upper doctor is subject to a thousand rooms, the lower doctor is subject to a hundred households, a hundred acres of Shitian, and the people are prosperous." At present, the enemy thief, the people with lofty ideals are brave, and today is the time for us to make meritorious contributions to the Lord to kill the enemy! ”

Hundreds of cavalrymen were already very tired, but at this moment, their spirits were shocked, and they shouted in unison: "Kill the enemy for the Lord and make meritorious contributions!" ”

So Yu Xi let the wounded withdraw, and all those who were still able to ride horses got on their horses again and pursued Zhongxing to the east, and he would find a gap to attack according to his own style of play, and be sure to hold back his hind legs.

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The light cavalry went away, and the soldiers and the right army of the Lu State made persistent efforts and began to catch up with the defeated soldiers of Fan Ji.

At some point, the south wind became more and more intense, shouting "wind, strong wind", and Zhao Bing broke through the stubborn military formation left by Fan, and followed into the enemy's camp. They merged with the strange soldiers of the post Wuzheng, cut off the way of the Fan soldiers, and then divided into several units to chase and kill the defeated soldiers of the Fan clan.

However, Fan Jishu escaped, he only had more than a thousand remnants of the defeated generals, and the imperial dragon general fled north in a hurry, and was rescued by Wang Sheng, who came out of the city to respond, and retreated to the city.

"Won!" It wasn't until the remnants of the enemy battalion's resistance were completely extinguished that Zhao Wuxian let out a long breath.

At this time, the sky was full of red clouds, and the sun was setting, and this fierce battle was fought from noon until twilight, and then the final victory and defeat were decided.

By the time night first rose, the battlefield was littered with corpses and rivers of blood. But I saw that the soldiers of the Zhao army were all tired, some were barely standing with weapons, and some were sitting on the ground, all panting and scarred, but their faces showed happy smiles of victory after the war.

The previous brilliant performance, the heads, ears, and prisoners in their hands are all military merits, and they can all be exchanged for farms and slaves!

The Fan soldiers in the city responded to Fan Ji's shot into the city, and then closed the city gates. Zhao Wuxian left a group of men and horses to continue to monitor them outside the city, in case they broke through at night, and divided the rest of the men to chase and kill the scattered and fleeing defeated enemies, and collect the capture.

After a rough count after the war, the casualties of the Zhao and Han coalition troops were about three or four thousand, which cannot be said not to be heavy. But Fan and Bank of China suffered greater losses, and more than 10,000 main forces were killed or injured or surrendered, which was considered a blood loss, especially Fan's, who had already exhausted the capital in the Hanoi area.

In addition, there were still more than 1,000 Fan soldiers and Di soldiers who had fled into the city with Fan Ji, but they were already trapped in the city. There are also thousands of remnants of the Zhongxing clan rushing east with Zhongxing Yin, and Yu Xi is being ordered to pursue, and he doesn't know what the result will be.

Looking at this considerable result, Xiang Lu said happily: "This place is a hundred miles away from Chaoge, but the cavalry of Master Yu is only a stone's throw away from him, where can Zhong Xingyin wait until he escapes into the city?" I'm afraid that before dawn, they will be killed by Master Yu. ”

Zhao Wuxian said: "I hope so, the night is dark and the wind is high, the road is unfamiliar, and the riding is also troublesome." When it was dark, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was not much higher than that of the foot soldiers, not to mention that there were also many enemy troops along the way. Having said that, Zhao Wuxian also believed that with Yu Xi's ability, even if he couldn't catch up, he could bite a piece of meat hard.

Next, things get a lot simpler.

"The head of the Fan family retreated to the city and could not abandon it. As long as the Gongcheng is pulled out, and then turned to the east to force Chaoge, Fan and Handan are both remnants, and the Zhongxing clan has only half of its combat strength left, and has lost the possibility of counterattacking, we will win not only this battle, but also the entire war! ”

Recalling that he crossed from the north of the Great River, it was just a matter of more than a month ago, and in this short period of time, he defeated the two major Qing clans of the Jin State in one fell swoop, which can be regarded as a "blitzkrieg" in this era.

This was fast enough that the Qi people didn't have time to recruit soldiers, and so fast that Zhibo's annoying old fox was shocked to miscalculate......

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After breaking the enemy's camp outside the city and beheading Gao Qiang, the morale of the Zhao army was high, and Zhao Wuxian decided to rest for a while, and after collecting the prisoners and watching them, he tried to attack the city at night.

But first, he wants to take today's results to report to his father Zhao Ying, and at the same time visit his injury.

On the way there, Zhao Wuxian thought to himself a little smugly: Zhao Ying will be very happy to learn of such a big victory, and his injury can be a little faster, right?

However, when he rode to the improvised camp in the rear, what he saw was a hurried scene: the black-clothed guards led by Zheng Long had guarded the place tightly, and he himself was sitting at the gate of the camp with a sword on his knees, his face resolute, looking fixedly ahead.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Wuxian felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly dismounted and asked.

Zheng Long bowed down to him, and when Zhao Wuxian helped him up, he saw a few tears in his eyes, and this iron-like and resolute guard chief cried like a child, and he didn't say anything when he asked him about things, but even called himself "ineffective in protecting the lord, and he deserves death."

Wuxian felt bad, he bypassed Zheng Long and entered the camp, but saw that around the camp tent, the Lingque healers who accompanied the army wore white robes and went in and out, some boiled water to boil gauze, some roasted copper in the flames, and some reprimanded loudly, saying why there was no strong wine in the army?

"How is my father's injury!?"

Zhao Wuxian's eyes were sharp, and in this hectic scene, he grabbed Yang Yin, who was close to the left when Zhao Ying's arrow was hit, and then followed back, and yelled at him.

Yang Yin's face was also haggard, he didn't dare to look at Zhao Wuxian, he lowered his head and bowed: "The previous lord was afraid that the army's heart would be shaken, and he was afraid that the gentleman would be worried, so he endured his injuries and didn't let us speak. Yang Yin didn't dare to hide it from the gentleman anymore, the arrow that the lord had received before was not the shoulder, but the ...... It's the chest! ”

PS: The one who said I was going to write Gale to (108), don't run! (To be continued.) )