Chapter 77 The Battle Between the Two Armies Is Booming, and People Are Inside and Outside the Formation (5)
(Thanks to lengxin110 and Subeipo for the monthly pass.) )
Jiaolong went out to sea and went straight to the sky.
A soldier with a drop of water gathers three thousand dragons. The iron armor is scaly, the long lance is like claws, and the crossbow arrows are like waves.
When he was in Weizhou, Li Congjing led Congma Zhi, and it was also like this today, breaking away from the big array and killing directly to the Liang generals. At this moment, as if at that moment, Li Congjing led three thousand gentlemen to leave the battlefield where the battle was being fought and charged Wang Yanzhang.
Above the battle array, there is no retreat, only indomitable. Those who move forward will forget about life and death, and can have a glimmer of life.
At this time, Wang Yanzhang sent the third infantry array. It has been not a short time since the 10,000-person Liang army left the main formation, and it was halfway to join the battlefield, they had been rubbing shoulders in the rear for a long time, and they had already been itching and unbearable. Before the attack, Wang Yanzhang made it very clear to them that the Tang army on the opposite side only had 20,000 people, and now it was in a bitter battle.
In this battle, since Wang Yanzhang went out to fight on the river, he won the city first, and then fell into Panzhang, Majiakou, Jingdian and other villages, killing nearly 10,000 Tang troops. With such a good situation, the morale of the Liang army was high.
Many soldiers in the army have a spectrum in their hearts, since the Li Yazi of Hebei succeeded to the throne of Jin, the Liang army fought against him, defeated more and won less, in recent years, he occupied a lot of land that originally belonged to the Liang realm, so that there is no Liang Dynasty Xiongcheng in the north of the Yellow River, in this case, the Liang army soldiers want to make contributions, how difficult it is. And now, it is not easy for Wang Yanzhang to command the three armies and win one battle after another, which undoubtedly makes the officers and men in the army see the future and hope.
But there were too many Liang troops on the river, a full 100,000. Although some time ago, when Duan Ning led 30,000 troops to the west, he was severely defeated by Li Congjing on the opposite side, and the loss was not small, but it was only a flesh wound for the Liang army, and it was not enough to hurt the roots. Moreover, the defeat the day before yesterday was Duan Ning's inconvenience, but today is different, the commander in command is General Wang Yanzhang, who in the Liang army doesn't know, that is the backbone of our Liang Dynasty's current army, who is not convinced? Although Yang Liu was not captured, it was just that Yang Liu and Tang troops could not shrink, relying on the high walls of the city, and now the hundred battle army dared to fight with General Wang with 20,000 people, isn't that looking for death? In this case, what does it matter if Li Congjing's child is fulfilled.
Beauty, gold and silver, power, are all in front of you, as long as you defeat the Hundred Battles Army this time, you can get these in your hands.
Onward, go and slaughter the army of the Hundred Battles!
This nearly 10,000 Liang Jun seemed to see the red carpet avenue in front of him.
Until, when they saw the three thousand horsemen galloping towards them. The three thousand cavalry are placed together, which is not a small amount, but in the minds of this group of red-eyed Liang soldiers, they did not put these three thousand cavalry in their hearts at all, and in their minds, there was only one thought: when they saw the Tang army, they didn't need to ask, they didn't need to think too much, they just killed them.
The generals in the 10,000-strong Liang army array, seeing the 3,000 cavalry, had the same mentality, they raised their swords and shouted: "The army does not stop, continue to move forward, and meet the Tang army!" "There are 10,000 troops behind them, and there are tens of thousands of horses in Wang Yanzhang's own formation, so what can they do with this mere 3,000 cavalry? As long as they dare to charge into battle, they will be sure to bite these 3,000 horse troops and crush them to death in the formation.
The morale of the generals and the soldiers of the Liang army was high, they were full of confidence and their fighting spirit was boiling. But their confidence was so great that they looked only at victory and military prowess that they overlooked many things that should have been easy to alarm them. For example, the speed of these three thousand cavalry. But even if they find out, they won't admit it and will keep going. When the enemy is fighting, dare to rush and dare to kill, if you don't fight today, when will you wait?
The cavalry of the Hundred Battles Army arrived in front of them in an instant, and the generals ordered the archers under their command to meet the attack, and a wave of arrows rained out, and immediately fell into the formation of the three thousand cavalry. It was at this moment that the general's face changed for the first time. On the opposite side of the Tang cavalry, the knights on the horse all bowed down, hugging the horse's neck to protect their bodies to the greatest extent. This kind of action is not unusual, and it is strange that all of the three thousand people can do such an action when they are rushing into battle. It's like there are a lot of 100 enemies in the army, but how can everyone be a 100 enemy?
After two rounds of arrows, there were only a handful of Tang knights who fell off their horses, and when they straightened up, many of them had sharp arrows stuck in their backs, and some knights even became hedgehogs, which looked ridiculous. But that's it, they show their inherent hideous faces.
The thick evil aura was undisguised at this moment, and the coercion formed by the gathering of three thousand horsemen was like a roar of the wind, and the confrontation in momentum finally changed at this moment. However, this is not the reason for the chill of the Liang generals, what really frightened them was the change in the formation of the cavalry of the Tang Army.
These 3,000 cavalry made a strange bend in front of the formation, turning into two long streams, about 20 steps away from the military formation, galloping away from one left and one right, parallel to the Liang army's military formation. At this time, waves of crossbow arrows flew out from the Tang cavalry and smashed into the Liang army's formation. At such a close distance, the power of the crossbow arrows was brought into full play, and the sharp arrows easily penetrated the armor of the Liang army and drilled into the bodies of the Liang soldiers. The cavalry galloped through like the wind, and the Liang army fell down in rows, like wheat falling in the wind.
In the early war with the northern nomads in the Central Plains, the cavalry of the nomads came and went like the wind, which made the Central Plains army with infantry as the main combat force very unbearable, and those steppe cavalry did not break into the formation to fight with the Central Plains infantry army, but walked around the formation, shooting the infantry with bows and arrows, relying on a high degree of mobility, so that the infantry army was helpless. This is already the case with the nomadic cavalry armed with bows and arrows, not to mention the gentleman who uses a well-made crossbow.
After the three thousand gentlemen were divided into two groups, they ran around the Liang army's large array, and the crossbow arrows in their hands poured out one after another, not knowing that they cherished the expensive arrows, and the 10,000 Liang army infantry array, in addition to limited defense, had no power to fight back in the face of the salvo of crossbow arrows, falling down layer by layer, wailing constantly. The two gentlemen went around the Liang army formation for half a circle, and after meeting in the rear formation, they passed by, ran to each other's rear, and continued to kill the Liang army mercilessly.
The generals of the Liang army in the formation gritted their teeth with hatred.
Step by step, Liang Junjun's formation became smaller, just like a fat man's belly standing up, and he lost weight at a variable speed with the naked eye.
The gentlemen killed the enemy for a while, and they could withstand the hard battle of the army for half a day.
Soon after, the Liang army sent a cavalry from its own camp and galloped towards the gentleman.
Li Congjingle turned his horse's head, led all the gentlemen together, left behind the heavily damaged Liang army's infantry and corpses, and rushed towards the rushing Liang cavalry.
……
Meng Ping, Li Shaocheng, Meng San and others were the first to lead the troops to attack, and at this moment in the battle, the soldiers on the front line have changed several times, 3,000 soldiers, and almost everyone has fought face to face with the Liang army, the difference is only whether they are beheaded or not, and whether they are injured or killed.
In order to reasonably distribute the physical strength of the soldiers and coordinate the combat strength of the entire military formation, the front and rear must alternate positions. Especially when this kind of war is stalemate, and the two sides do not win or lose, it is necessary to compete for the longevity of the stamina.
It is precisely because of this that although Meng Ping's troops have already broken into the Liang army formation, they can not always rush to the front to kill, and on the premise that they can't take the other party in one go, they also need to be ventilated, although the Liang army has been defeated step by step, but it has not yet been defeated. Of course, in Meng Ping's eyes, the rout of the Liang army in front of him was only a matter of time.
And to achieve the goal of breaking the formation quickly as he thought in his heart, he also needed the cooperation of Li Shaocheng and the Mengsan Division. At this point in the battle, Meng Ping had already broken through sixty or seventy steps into the Liang army's formation, while Li Shaocheng and Meng San's division, because of their relatively weak combat strength, the distance they advanced was negligible.
At this time, the news that Li Congjing personally led the gentlemen to fight reached the ears of Meng Ping, who was resting in the battle.
"You say it again?!" Meng Ping jumped off the horse, grabbed the herald by the collar, brought him up in front of his eyes, and gritted his teeth, "The military commander leads the gentlemen, go to challenge the Liang army's main formation?!" ”
……
Li Shaocheng retreated from the front line of the fierce fighting, wiped a handful of blood and sweat on his face, his whole face was already red, like a jujube face Guan Gong, and the long scar on the left side of his face that spread from the corner of his eye to his chin writhed with his movements, which was extremely hideous.
He glanced left and right at the military formation, because the military formation did not break into the Liang army formation, so now it is still only the front formation in the battle, the first three command of the battle front, the enemy and our soldiers are all like hungry wolves, every moment there are people who can't see clearly, and then the people behind fill their positions, swords, guns, swords, halberds and you come and go, so that every step here is like hell. The ground was completely red with blood, corpses were everywhere, some of them rested their feet, and the most tragic place of the fighting, the soldiers had no place to put their feet, they could only stand on the corpses to fight, and then the next moment, they also became part of the pile of corpses under their feet.
Taking two deep breaths to calm the heavy breathing, Li Shaocheng climbed on his horse and looked to the right, where Meng Ping's troops were like a wedge embedded in the Liang army's military formation, facing enemies on three sides, fighting on three sides, but still moving forward steadily.
Twenty more steps...... Li Shaocheng silently calculated the distance Meng Ping was advancing in his heart, and after getting this answer, a look of chagrin flashed on his face, and there was even more shame in his eyes.
The herald ran out of the military formation, found Li Shaocheng, and said to him: "The army commander personally leads the gentlemen to challenge the Liang army's main formation, and I hope that General Li's troops will break the enemy as soon as possible!" ”
……
"Why don't you stop the commander?!" Meng San was called down from the battle line, but when he heard such a military order, he was immediately furious, "Wang Yanzhang still has tens of thousands of people!" How can you put the commander in danger? ”
The herald said coldly: "So that General Meng knows that the infantry army will not break the Liang army's formation, and Wang Yanzhang continues to increase his troops, and the army has the tendency to be surrounded, so in such a predicament, the army commander has no choice but to risk himself to stop the Liang army, so as to give the infantry army time to break the enemy!" After speaking, he took out the order flag behind him and threw it at his feet, pulled out a horizontal knife, and said to Meng San: "If General Meng is not strong enough, the last general is willing to help you a little, anyway, the commander is out, there is no need for the last general to give another order, so why not fight for this life?" ”
With that, he rushed forward.
Meng San was stunned on the spot, jumped to his feet and scolded: "Wang Yanzhang of the dog day, fuck your mother, you actually forced me to be a military commander like this!" Angry, he took off his helmet, slammed it on the ground, picked up his spear, and roared forward: "The lord humiliates the ministers to death, and if the commander has any accidents, you and I have to be buried together!" Last year's attack on Changhe on a snowy night was the marshal's decision to break the army, and today it is the marshal who risked his life to intercept the Liang army and win time for the army to break the formation! Straight mother thief, if you don't break the formation, what face do you have to go back to see your parents, wife and children?! ”
took off his armor, threw it on the ground, bare his chest, rushed to the battle line, and shouted: "Lao Tzu doesn't want this life, today I also vow to break the Liang army and kill Lao Tzu!" "Plunged into the Liang army's formation, the lance flew, and killed people again and again. The cloaked hair and topless appearance have fallen into a state of madness, and it is really fatal.
When all the soldiers saw the appearance of the lord like this, they were shocked, and they all blushed, ashamed and angry, and screamed, all of them rushed forward to kill.
For a while, the fighting spirit of all units of the Hundred Battles Army was boiling.