Chapter 79: Escape (3)
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The loud sound of the opening of the gate of Shanwu City inadvertently interrupted the movement in their hands, and several heralds were quickly sent to the Chinese army by the commander of the front-line troops to report the situation, and more than 10,000 soldiers ran around under the leadership of their respective leaders, wanting to get on their horses as soon as possible to deal with the unexpected. However, the city gate opened too suddenly, so that the front army was caught off guard, and in general, in this case, there was often a situation of getting busier and more chaotic, and the Xiongnu front army without a unified and orderly command was obviously inevitably caught in a chaotic situation.
The Hun warriors who were scrambling for horses, swords, armor and other equipment looked at the south gate of Shanwu City from time to time, and they all looked worried and highly nervous about the situation at the city gate, hoping to make the best response at the first time to save their lives on the field.
The sound of horses' hooves suddenly remembered, and batches of war horses passed through the city gate and rushed towards the Hun army. In an instant, the chaos intensified again, and the Xiongnu front army faintly showed signs of collapse. The soldiers who were not equipped began to flee in panic, and the cavalry who had been equipped with horses and other equipment were also shocked by their comrades and could not stabilize their positions, forming a defensive counterattack formation. After personally killing dozens of fleeing soldiers but still unable to stop the collapse, the supreme commander of the former army, Shan Yu's close general, Yi Chixi, had to pessimistically issue an order to fight separately, and the front army completely collapsed.
More than 1,000 elite cavalry of the Zhao Army easily rushed into the camp of the former Xiongnu army, wantonly harvesting the lives of the blockers, arrogantly igniting the soldiers' tents, and the entire Xiongnu front army was in a mess, and the wails soared to the sky. When the soldiers on the walls of Shanwu City saw this scene outside the city, they all applauded.
More than 1,000 elite cavalry soon broke through the camp of the former army and arrived at the place where the Xiongnu's Chinese army was located quite smoothly. This time, what they encountered was not a chaotic army like the previous army, but a single 5,000 pro-army with a complete formation and always known as the elite. There is a long road ahead, and I don't know how many troops are waiting for them to break through, just thinking about it can't help but make people's hearts tremble. But for the 1,000 people who assaulted, there was no way to retreat, they could only rush as soon as possible, and only by rushing as soon as possible could they earn a way to survive. The Xiongnu front army, which had just broken through, was now being reorganized, and once it regained its original combat effectiveness, it would be the end for more than 1,000 people, and the possibility of surviving the enemy was almost negligible.
"Kill!" Sima Shang shouted loudly and shouted: "Brothers, kill me!" The war horse under the crotch seemed to feel the strong fighting spirit of the master, and after a long neigh, he rushed towards the enemy regardless of it.
Shan Yu's pro-guard army really lived up to its reputation, and the most elite 1,000 cavalry of the Zhao army played against the opponent in chess, and he would meet a good talent. The Zhao army continued to nail into the Xiongnu's defense line like a wedge, and the Xiongnu army squeezed the living space of the Zhao army like a clip, and in the not wide combat area, almost every time a Zhao cavalry fell off the horse, a Xiongnu warrior was killed. Although the battle was scorching and the casualties were heavy, fortunately the Zhao army was still moving forward.
"Boom!" A loud bang sounded at the tail of Zhao Jun's wedge-shaped formation, and a carriage was mishandled and overturned due to the chaos of the battle situation on the way. As a result, dozens of small boxes stacked in the carriage were thrown out, and the huge impact caused the wooden boxes to shatter instantly after hitting the ground, exposing the gold, silver and jewelry inside.
Although ordinary Huns mostly bartered with each other, many years of interaction with the Central Plains at least made them understand what money is. They may not know the nature, source, and craftsmanship of their money, but they all understand that money can allow them to buy the goods they want from the Central Plains, so many Hun cavalry in exclamation left the Zhao army fighting with them, and began to loot gold, silver and jewelry.
Fighting on the battlefield has always been a team activity, and it is important to cooperate with each other, and it may be just a sudden distraction of one person, or it may cause the death of others. After the front team of Xiongnu soldiers broke away from the battle sequence, the Zhao army at the tail of the wedge-shaped formation that was liberated quickly moved forward to support the Zhao army in front, so the Xiongnu warriors of the phalanx squadron and the rear team suddenly felt the pressure gradually increased, and they actually had a feeling of powerlessness.
"What the hell is going on up ahead?" After perceiving the sudden increase in the counterattack power of the Zhao army, such a question appeared in the minds of the rear generals, but there was no useful news to answer for them.
In ancient times, the timely dissemination of battle news has always been a huge problem, and the retreat of the front army in the Battle of Feishui was directly made up by the soldiers in the rear and turned into a rout, resulting in the loss of millions of troops in the former Qin, which is not a classic case. For today's elite Hun cavalry, it seems that everything is also pushing on this similar path.
"It's not going to be a rout ahead!" "Could it be that Zhao Jun's reinforcements have arrived!" "It's important to save your life, it's important to save your life!" āā¦ā¦ All kinds of ideas of self-replenishment were formed in the minds of the soldiers in the rear team, thanks to the pride of the elite soldiers and horses, they were not allowed to collapse without a fight, otherwise I am afraid that the soldiers would have scattered and fled in all directions.
The distraction of the rear team of soldiers and horses gave the Zhao army a chance to break through the formation, and the Zhao army, which had a sharp decrease in pressure, successfully broke away from contact with the Shan Yu Protector Army, easily passed through several temporarily established blocking lines in the Chinese army camp, and rushed into the rear army camp of the Xiongnu army. In the course of the assault of the Chinese army's battalion, the Zhao army lost more than 500 people, which can be said to be without heavy damage. As for whether the remaining 500 people can successfully break through the Xiongnu rear army, although Yan Ju faintly had a trace of worry in his heart, he did not take him to heart, and now the most worrying thing is how to appease the army.
The striker was still struggling to assault forward, and bursts of killing sounds came into Yan Ju's ears from time to time, and Yan Ju, who was sitting in the carriage, lifted the curtain and glanced at the soldiers around him. The surrounding soldiers silently guarded the carriage, and indifferently beheaded the Hun soldiers who could not solve the problem on the periphery under the horse, and occasionally the peripheral combat soldiers and horses who passed by glanced at the carriage, and their eyes were full of disdain.
The worship of heroes who have the courage to sacrifice their lives and the contempt for villains who are greedy for life and afraid of death have always been the nature of soldiers, because of the overturned cart of gold and silver, the soldiers began to doubt Yan Ju's motives for leaving Shanwu City, and the military heart naturally alienated Yan Ju. The reason why he is still guarding Yan Ju now is just an order and a group to keep warm.
Yan Ju sighed slightly, reluctantly lowered the car curtain, and said secretly in his heart: "Now I can only take one step at a time!" ā