Chapter 39: Breaking the Siege (1)
Shen Yikui led the team to the front, and he rushed directly in the direction of the official army's foot soldiers. Zhou Shaoteng also followed the big boss Zhang Mengjin out of the security city and went to support Ma Xiangbo and others.
Others are supporting the already troubled rogue cavalry, including Cai Dwarf at the top of Artemisia. He took his fourth and sixth brothers with him to support the cavalry brothers who were gradually falling into disadvantage on Jinding Mountain and Artemisia Peak.
Originally, seeing that the infantry and horsemen who had killed their own side out of the city were in trouble one after another, the leaders of the security city were quite anxious. However, they saw that Du Wenhuan, the Chinese army of the official army, had been leading the brigade to stay still, and the leaders could only continue to stabilize their anxious mentality, hoping that the brothers in the city would continue to support it. At the same time, the leaders of the security guards were very dissatisfied with the fact that reinforcements from Ninsai had not arrived.
Just when one of the big leaders couldn't help but want to rush out, they finally found that a small group of cavalry had killed the rear of the officers and soldiers. Shen Yikui didn't care that there were not many people coming, and directly rushed out of the security city with all the men and horses in the city, intending to stir up the situation and defeat the officials and troops outside the city in one go.
Zhou Shaoteng and Fan Shunjiang's cavalry were very good at fighting, and it didn't take long for them to lead the team into the infantry of the official army, and the big boss Zhang Mengjin had already received the injured Ma Xiangbo and He Zongwei at this time. The morale of the rogue foot soldiers who had been supported was greatly boosted, and they cooperated with the new force to charge again against the officers and troops in front.
Shen Yikui led more than 20 elite cavalry to quickly disperse a group of Ming army foot soldiers, and then directly led people to the location of Du Wenhuan's military banner. The other leaders who followed out of the city also continued to kill the officers and troops in front of them, and successfully defeated the officers and soldiers who had been blocking the front.
The fleeing Ming soldiers seemed to have caused an avalanche, and all the Ming troops on the entire front collapsed and fled behind them. Zhou Shaoteng refused to let them go, and continued to chase and kill with more than ten brothers, and hundreds of Ming soldiers were driven away by them.
"Old Zhou, leave them alone, and go directly to Du Wenhuan's Chinese army. That group of people just now seems to be Xiucai, there are not many of them, and now we have to hurry in to support. Fan Shunjiang rushed over on a horse at this time and stopped Zhou Shaoteng, who was constantly rushing and killing.
Zhou Shaoteng heard that he was the brother of his own Jinding Mountain, and he no longer pursued and killed the scattered Ming army fugitives. Holding aloft the saber that was still dripping blood, he rushed towards Du Wenhuan's Chinese army. Fan Shunjiang also beckoned his subordinates around him and killed him in the direction of Du Wenhuan together.
Zhou Shaoteng, who was also quite brave, inserted the saber in his hand into the eye socket of a Ming cavalryman blocking the road, and the tip of the knife penetrated a few inches under the blessing of horse speed. The Ming cavalry, who died tragically, failed to stop Zhou Shaoteng, nor did they stop the other enemies who broke through. The corpse that then fell from the horse was quickly trampled by the other cavalry who followed.
Zhou Shaoteng relied on his martial arts and bravery, and directly entered the vicinity of the Chinese army to look. After looking for a while, he finally saw Zhang Zhaoen, who was covered in blood, and shouted in his thick local tone: "Huzi hold on, I'll bring someone to kill me." ”
Zhou Shaoteng shouted as he cut down another Ming cavalryman. Fan Shunjiang followed behind, and after killing a spearman who was trying to sneak up on Zhang Zhaoen with an arrow, he also rushed to Zhang Zhaoen's location with his team.
At this time, Zhang Zhaoen had just smashed the head of an officer and soldier with a bone, and after hearing Zhou Shaoteng's loud shout, he led the three cavalry around him to quickly converge with Zhou Shaoteng and others. Zhang Zhaoen said anxiously to the two leaders: "Uncle Zhou, Uncle Fan, I'm fine, hurry up and find my fifteenth uncle." I hunted down Du Wenhuan with him, but Du Wenhuan's family entangled us, and I slaughtered him. My fifteenth uncle doesn't know where to go. ”
Without giving Zhou Shaoteng and the others a chance to reply, the Ming cavalry and infantry around them once again launched an attack on the rogue cavalry that rushed into the Chinese army. The two sides once again fell into a scuffle, and from time to time people died tragically and fell to the ground.
It's just that the stalemate didn't last long, and at this time, Shen Yikui finally defeated a group of Ming cavalry that had been blocking him and came to the position of the Chinese army, and joined forces with Zhou Shaoteng and others to defeat this group of Ming troops.
"Cut down the banner of the official army and the Chinese army, and shouted to the officers and soldiers around that Du Wenhuan is dead." Shen Yikui, who had just defeated the surrounding enemy army, hurriedly shouted at his subordinates and Zhou Shaoteng and the others.
Zhou Shaoteng and the others also reacted, and hurriedly cut the banner of the Chinese army of the Ming army, and shouted around with Shen Yikui's subordinates: "Du Wenhuan is dead, and the official army has been defeated." ”
Shen Yikui also shouted loudly, and at the same time held a blood-stained head to show around.
"The generals of the officers and soldiers have been slaughtered, and the brothers will do the rest of the officers and soldiers in one breath."
"We've won, don't let go of an officer."
"What, Lord Du is dead, how is it possible!?"
"Don't fall for it, this is a trick of thieves and deceiving people, Lord Du is ......, where is his mother's Du Wenhuan dead, and where is the banner of the Chinese army?"
"I can't bear it, let's run away, woo."
The Ming troops who were still fighting around saw that the banner of the Chinese army was cut down, and a group of rogue cavalry still held the head of "Du Wenhuan" to show off. The Ming troops around them suddenly lost their fighting spirit, and they fled to the rear, shouting the news that the officers and soldiers had been defeated and Du Wenhuan had died.
The news that Du Wenhuan was "dead" quickly spread across the battlefield. The other Ming troops who were still fighting against the thieves couldn't help but look in the direction of the Chinese army and found that the banner of the Chinese army had indeed been cut down. Everyone has understood that the end is decided, and they have fled in embarrassment regardless of the situation.
Although the officers and troops on the battlefield have been defeated, and many men and horses have lost order and become lambs to be slaughtered by their opponents, there are still some men and horses who retreat in an orderly manner. Among them, Zhang Yingchang and Zuo Guangxian were the representatives, who saved many defeated Ming officers and soldiers.
"All the soldiers obeyed the order, and each team acted in turn, covering each other to disengage with the thieves, and evacuated the battlefield in batches." Seeing that the situation was irreparable, Zhang Yingchang gave up the final blow to the rogue cavalry that broke into his formation. He began to flee the battlefield with the rest of his troops.
"Don't entangle with the thieves' cavalry anymore, the brothers will follow me, and let's kill them together with Deputy General Zhang's team." And Zuo Guangxian, who was lonely, also gave up the battle and quickly fought out of the encirclement with his subordinates. and coordinated with Zhang Yingchang's subordinates, and repelled several bandits who tried to pursue in a row.
And the cavalry of the thieves was also at the end of the crossbow at this time, and it was impossible to leave the two generals who were very good at fighting in the official army together. Changing the target of pursuit, they can only chase and kill other officers and soldiers with their own foot soldiers.