Chapter 285: The Battle of Taibi (Part II)
With a loud "boom", tens of thousands of iron horsemen slaughtered into the Houyan camp
Murong lowered his eyes and took a look, just in time to see the sun and moon battle flags fluttering in the wind in the firelight. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Seeing this group of brightly armored iron horsemen on the battlefield and clashing back and forth like no one, I couldn't help but be taken aback, and secretly thought: "It's not good, I fell for the enemy's tricks!" ”
Suddenly attacked, Hou Yan seemed to be a little dazed, and forgot to take countermeasures for a while.
However, the iron cavalry of the coalition army did not care, as soon as they rushed into the enemy formation, they stabbed forward and back, rushed left and right, and each showed its might.
Tuoba Qian, Kuaien, Gao Jinzhi, Xue Tong, Huan Zhen and several other fierce generals, armed with sharp weapons to kill the Houyan ghosts crying wolves.
The earth shook violently, and 30,000 reinforcements swept in the dark night, accompanied by terrible shouts and killings, like demons from hell riding the black clouds to kill.
Since the Houyan people had surrounded Murong Yong, they were waiting to reap the results.
At this time, the reinforcements of the iron cavalry suddenly killed, and they were caught off guard, and the Houyan people couldn't stop the wolf-like iron cavalry at all, and gradually messed up.
The reinforcements of the iron cavalry set fire while killing people, and the originally orderly Houyan camp exploded in an instant!
Miserable shouts, loud crashes, burning fires, all sorts of sounds mingled.
The reinforcement offensive was unexpected by Murong Chui, and it was obvious that he had underestimated the enemy's strength.
After thinking about it for a while, Murong Chui had to reluctantly give up the opportunity to completely annihilate Murong Yong, and turned around to face the sudden attack of the coalition iron cavalry.
He immediately ordered Murong Lin to continue to besiege the remnants of Murong Yong, and the others who entered Murong Nong, Murong Guo and others immediately led their troops to start a field battle with reinforcements on the periphery.
At this time, except for the nearly 10,000 foot cavalry that surrounded Murong Yong's remnants, the remaining nearly 40,000 people were all transferred by Murong Chui to deal with reinforcements.
Murong Trai's purpose was obvious, that is, to rely on the superiority of troops to defeat the reinforcements.
As long as the reinforcements fail, the remaining Murong Yong has nothing to worry about, even if the other party escapes back to the eldest son, he is sure to catch the other party again.
I have to say that Murong Chui is like a sea god needle to Hou Yan, although he was suddenly attacked before, which caused Hou Yan to panic.
But now, as Murong Chui began to adjust the offensive in an orderly manner, the originally chaotic Houyan army calmed down at once, and everyone began to fight back according to the order.
After receiving the order, Murong Nong took the lead in engaging the reinforcements.
In the face of the tens of thousands of iron horsemen who came wildly, even if he knew that he had encountered a hard stubble this time, he did not flinch in the slightest.
After 3,000 years, Yan Tie rode under the leadership of Murong Nong and killed the reinforcements.
Murong Yong, as a famous general of Houyan, was also taught by Murong Chui, so he was not a reckless and brutal person.
He knew that there would be no good fruit to eat at this time with a weak force, so he just bluffed forward for some distance, and when he was about to enter the range of bows and arrows, the whole team turned to the right and tried to intercept the right flank of reinforcements.
It turned out that in the shortest period of time, Murong Nong had noticed that the reinforcements on the right flank were obviously weaker than those on the center and left, and it seemed that it was easier to break through.
Houyan Tieqi was well-trained, and he changed the direction of attack in front of the formation, and did not cause a little confusion.
As soon as he fought Murong Nong, he was overjoyed, it turned out that his previous guess was right, the right-wing reinforcements were all composed of soldiers who aided the West Yan, and their combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of the Hexi Army and the Wei Army.
Although the number of Xiyan Iron Cavalry was superior, they were still successfully intercepted by Murong Nong, and they could no longer advance as bravely and diligently as they did at the beginning.
Next, under the desperate resistance of the Houyan cavalry, the infantry behind finally completed the formation under the command of Murong Kai.
At the same time, the Hexi Army and the Wei Army of the coalition army fought with the enemy one after another, and a bloody battle officially began.
When the allied cavalry broke into range of their bows and arrows, the Houyan archers fired arrows in their hands.
The riders who were speeding down lowered their bodies, and with a popping sound, people continued to fall from their horses.
Fortunately, the Hexi army was equipped with paper armor, and the casualties caused by bows and arrows were far lower than those of the Northern Wei cavalry.
The defense of paper armor is not bad, especially for defending against attacks from ranged weapons.
The chopping of ordinary swords at close range can also be prevented, and the weight is relatively light, which is deeply liked by the Hexi army.
It's just that this armor is very durable, and it can be completely damaged in a fierce battle.
After receiving the first round of blows from the Houyan archers, the allied iron cavalry raised the sprint speed to the extreme, and rushed to the front of the Houyan array in the blink of an eye.
Without waiting for the Houyan archers to open their bows and shoot again, the allied cavalry rushed in unison.
Among them, the Hexi Army was even holding a repeating crossbow and fired at the Houyan array, but the front row of soldiers was caught off guard and was shot over, causing chaos in the formation.
At the same time, the iron cavalry of the coalition army took advantage of the situation to draw their weapons and rushed into the Houyan camp like a wedge.
For a time, arrows flew all over the sky, firelight splashed everywhere, and the battlefield was full of stumps flying around, and both the enemy and us suffered heavy casualties.
In the face of the swarming attack of the coalition iron cavalry, with a strong camp, the Houyan soldiers braved desperately counterattacking, and for a time thousands of arrows fired a salvo, and the arrows flew up and down like heavy rain.
And Murong Trai saw that he was in a bitter battle head-on, but Murong Nong's attack on the right flank went smoothly, so he hurriedly adjusted his deployment and began to concentrate his forces to attack a corner of the coalition army.
At this time, after several attacks, Murong Nong had already found that the reinforcements on the right flank were very weak, and now he received an order from Murong Chui to launch a fierce offensive on the right flank without hesitation.
Although his right wing gradually collapsed, neither Tuoba Qian nor Wang Zhenwei seemed to have seen it, and let Murong Nong slaughter the Xiyan people.
At this moment, the two of them have the same mind, kill, kill, kill, it is best to slaughter the Xiyan people.
Soon, under Murong Nong's all-out attack, the Xiyan people on the right flank could no longer support it and began to retreat.
However, when Murong Nong returned to support the Chinese army, he found that a huge gap had appeared in the position, and the Wei army and the Hexi army had almost jointly broken through their own position.
If it weren't for the critical moment, Murong Chui personally led people to the gap to supervise the battle, but unfortunately he was injured by a stray arrow, but he still couldn't hold on to the line of fire, which greatly boosted the morale of the whole army of Hou Yan, and he was able to kill and retreat the enemy who was about to break through the big array.
At this time, both Wang Zhenwei and Tuoba Qian also underestimated the combat power of Houyan, they did not expect that under the attack of nearly 30,000 iron cavalry, the resistance of Houyan people after experiencing a bloody battle would be so tenacious.
After a bloody battle, the coalition army has now lost nearly 10,000 people, including 6,000 in Western Yan, 1,050 in Hexi, and 3,500 in Northern Wei.
Seeing that the battle was still not progressing in the slightest, and that Murong Yong had successfully broken out of the siege with the remnants, Wang Zhenwei ordered the attack to be stopped.
And Murong Chui also knew the news of Murong Yong's escape, even if he was unwilling, he could only put it down for the time being, and then returned to the division to deal with the reinforcements with all his might.
The iron cavalry armies of both sides lined up outside the platform wall, and tens of thousands of cavalry attacked each other, and the scene was indeed terrifying.
I saw horses all over the field, and knights with weapons.
It has to be said that from the very beginning of this battle, the coalition forces had a lot of advantages.
First of all, the coalition forces took advantage of the sneak attack, and there were an additional 20,000 Wei army iron cavalry to help.
In addition, due to the barrier of Taihang Mountain, the heavy armored cavalry that Hou Yan was proud of did not participate in the battle with the army.
The battle lasted until dawn, and after all, the iron cavalry of the coalition army, which was still waiting for work, had the upper hand slightly, and then Yan gradually became a little low-grade.
Some of the infantry camps have been crushed, and many leading generals have been killed in front and behind.
Fortunately, Murong Trai was still calm and calm, and he was still commanding the troops to stabilize his position.
It was a tragic fight, with both sides attacking each other with all their might, and at one point it was a draw.
The two warring sides fought fiercely for half a day, and they were now exhausted.
At this time, Wang Zhenwei thought that it was impossible to encircle and annihilate the Houyan army this time, so he no longer launched a strong attack and began to consciously preserve his strength.
And Tuoba Qian was even more decisive, and even began to make the troops retreat.
As soon as the Wei army gave the order to retreat, the soldiers who were still fighting bravely to kill the enemy suddenly stopped and began to retreat to the periphery of the battlefield step by step.
Seeing this, Wang Zhenwei had no choice but to lead the Hexi army to retreat, but fortunately, at this time, Houyan was at the end of the crossbow, and the coalition forces were all iron cavalry, so they did not cause many casualties.
The retreat of the coalition forces also gave Murong Trai a respite to regroup his team.
At this time, Murong Trai saw that the battlefield situation was still unfavorable to Hou Yan, and he had lost the opportunity to gather and annihilate Murong Yong, coupled with Hou Yan's huge losses, he also announced the withdrawal of his troops.