Chapter Fifty-Eight: Ordered in Danger
But now this situation no longer allows him to retreat, and the phalanx of the enemy army in front of him has been pressed to a place of less than a hundred paces by himself, and the enemy army has even given up the bow and arrow attack in order not to give himself time to react and retreat.
Yuan Ming gritted his teeth, pointed his sword forward, and roared: "Long lance hand, forward!" Whoever takes a step back, slash!"
The long lance of the Sui army once again held a long lance of about four meters, with a firm and powerful step, under the command of the governor of each team, slowly crushed towards the front, just now they relied on the frontal battle of the long lance phalanx to defeat the Chen army with a considerable number of people, this time, they also have the confidence of victory. Only this time, they were a little strange, and the front of the other party didn't seem to be pikemen.
With the sound of a wind breaking through the air, thousands of flying axes, like a black and oppressive angry wave, flew from the hands of the sword and axe hand in front of the Chen army to the long lance hand in front of the Sui army.
The distance is only a dozen steps, and this time the flying over are more than a dozen pounds of battle axes, no longer bows and arrows, double leather armor in front of the axe is as fragile as paper paste, just one face, the first line of the Sui army's lance bearers fell more than 300 people, compared to the casualties that fought with the spearmen of the Chen army for half an hour just now, almost half of the soldiers in the first row were stoned to death, and the gun array, which had always been calm as a mountain, also had a little chaos.
Chen Jun's knife and axe hands did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and they all pulled out the ghost head broadsword on their backs, like a group of bloodthirsty beasts, rushed towards the Sui army's lance array, due to the chaos caused by the flying axe assault just now, the long lance soldiers in the second row of the Sui army did not have time to put down the raised lance, and were directly approached by Chen Jun wielding a big knife.
In front of the big knife and these strong Chen soldiers, the Sui army, which had lost the protection of the spear, fell in pieces like harvested rice, and Yuan Ming saw that the situation was not good, and shouted: "The knife and axe hand step forward, cover the retreat of the spearmen, quickly!"
The swords and axes of the Sui army also held high the big knives and battle axes, and rushed to the front from the gap in the ranks of the long lance hands, the sword and axe hands on both sides had red eyes, panting, holding high the big knives and sharp axes, and slashed indiscriminately, because there were no shields and spears, the leather armor worn by ordinary soldiers was defenseless in front of the big swords and battle axes, so this slashing was really a knife to blood, axes and axes to the flesh, and in an instant, more than 100 people on both sides fell in a pool of blood.
The sword and axe men of the Sui army counterattacked and stabilized the already retreating front slightly, and the stalemate temporarily formed on both sides, but at this moment, a low gong sound sounded in the rear of the Chen army, and it was a ringing of gold!
After Chen Jun's knife and axe hands slashed forward a few times, they turned around and ran, and the soldiers of the Sui Army just chased a few steps, but suddenly found that the fleeing Chen Jun fell on the spot, and what appeared in front of him was a gun forest composed of long lances, and a dozen fast soldiers did not have time to stop their steps, and suddenly hit this gun forest, and were immediately pierced into meat skewers.
The sound of gold suddenly turned into the sound of drums, and Chen Jun's lance bearers held their lances, took steps and ran forward to impact, and the spears of the latter soldiers rested on the shoulders of their companions in front, forming an indestructible steel forest, crushing the living creatures in front of them, and even the Chen army sabers and axes, who were lying on the ground and getting up a little slower, also trampled to death a lot of these lance soldiers.
The Sui army's front finally began to waver under such repeated impacts, and no matter how brave the swords and axes were, they also knew that their flesh and blood could not resist the opponent's rushing gun formation, so they all turned around and ran backwards, and in a hurry, they also disrupted the formation of their own long lancers.
So the battle turned into a one-sided slaughter, the Chen army's lance men rushed in formation, the Sui army's lance men could not resist at all, and were scattered by a rush, and many of the knife and axe men who rushed with the Chen army's lance hand were to chop melons and vegetables from the Sui soldiers who had been knocked down
Yuan Ming's eyes were dripping blood, but he couldn't do anything now, he could only watch his own soldiers being slaughtered, and the cavalry on the left and right flanks were fighting, it seemed that his side was also defeated, but one thing that was stronger than the infantry was that after the defeated Sui cavalry threw down four or five hundred corpses, they finally withdrew from the battlefield and fled behind Jiang Shan.
Yuan Ming slapped the armor on his chest fiercely, gritted his teeth, and raised his sword again, he had no other thoughts at this time, leading more than 100 cavalry escort cavalry, rushing to the enemy formation to fight to death, in order to wash away his shame, avoid being beheaded as a general of the defeated army, and also bring disaster to the fate of his family.
At this moment, Yuan Ming suddenly heard a cold voice behind him: "General Yuan, I thought that you shouldn't be in such a hurry to send you to death. ”
As soon as Yuan Ming turned around, he saw Wang Huaqiang with hundreds of sergeants holding dry firewood and wolf cigarettes, standing behind him, he had only seen Wang Huaqiang before, but he was deeply impressed by his high-nosed and deep eyes, and his green eyes were impressive, and he immediately remembered: "Are you?" Are you the extra-tent governor who followed Wang Kaifu? ”
Wang Huaqiang nodded: "Exactly, it's just that now the last general will join the army under the command of General Han." General Yuan, General He asked me to cover your retreat. ”
Yuan Ming's face sank: "Wang Dudu, you are not General He's subordinate, how can he send you here?" ”
Wang Huaqiang directly showed Yuan Ming He Ruobi's general's arrow, and said: "The military situation is urgent, it's too late to elaborate, these General He's personal guards, as well as this arrow, General Yuan can always be trusted." ”
Yuan Ming nodded: "But now the troops are in close contact with the enemy, how can they withdraw?" ”
Wang Huaqiang said coldly: "That's what I'm here to do, General Yuan, please hand over the command flag to me now." General He told you to go see him immediately. ”
Yuan Ming's face changed: "What? You want to take my command? ”
Wang Huaqiang said sharply: "Yuan Ming, every time you hesitate for a moment, you will make the soldiers in front pay hundreds of lives, and if you don't listen to the order, don't blame me for enforcing military law!"
Yuan Ming remembered the scene of Lu Guangda's battle to behead Tian Rui just now, and a chill surged up in his heart, and he said to the herald behind him: "Listen to this General Wang." With that, he galloped directly to the high post where the congratulatory banner was located.
Wang Huaqiang said to the herald: "Order the archers, the front where the two armies are fighting in front of you, ten bows and arrows are firing quickly, fast!"
As soon as the herald raised the small flag and lowered it again, his eyes were full of doubts: "This will kill your own people." ”
Wang Huaqiang said in a deep voice: "Of course I know, but this will also kill the enemy soldiers, if you don't use this method, if you directly Ming Jin, the retreat will turn into a rout, quickly pass on my order." ”
The herald woke up like a dream, took out his horn and blew it, and several flag guards behind him also quickly sounded the flag.
The black arrow clouds covered the battle lines where the two armies were fighting one after another, and the soldiers of the two armies, who were only concerned about the bloody battle with the enemy in front of them, had no time to resist the large rain of arrows that roared from the sky, and the screams came one after another, and five or six hundred people were shot into hedgehogs and lay on the ground.
There was a slow gong sound from behind the Sui army's formation, which was a signal to fight and retreat, and a burst of black wolf smoke also drifted from behind with the sound of the gong, enveloping the two armies that were still entangled.
Wang Huaqiang was riding on a horse, coldly watching the battle situation in front of him, behind him, more than 500 He Ruobi's personal soldiers were blowing the wind vigorously, blowing black smoke to the front, and more than 1,000 archers were constantly pulling their bows and shooting arrows, pouring arrow rain towards the battle line where the two armies fought just now.
Wang Huaqiang's trick was taught by Wang Shiji that night, when Wang Shiji's warship on the river fired indiscriminately at both the enemy and us on the river cliff, and as a result, the two armies that were still fighting for their lives just now all fled for their lives, and they didn't even fight the enemy face to face, and when they finally fled to the high ground, they were even more indistinguishable from each other.
So Wang Huaqiang can only gamble like this, if Chen Jun has good protection and is willing to rush forward regardless of a qiē, then his own move will only backfire, although he was calm on the surface just now, but his close-fitting underwear has already been sweaty.