Chapter 113 Crossing the Yellow River to Shengzhou (Middle)
The main force of the Khitan army is not far from the Khitan vanguard elite cavalry distance, a distance of thirty or forty miles, under normal circumstances, it is half a day's journey, if it is not for Li Congjing to lead the Datong army, with an almost lightning speed, the Yelu pheasant will be defeated, once its follow-up army support, the Datong army will be defeated. If the Datong Army and the Ma Army fail to stop the Khitan Army, but are defeated by it and become a defeated army, then thousands of soldiers of the Datong Army will inevitably be driven by the Khitan Army to the bank of the Yellow River and completely annihilated.
Fortunately, such a bad situation did not happen, and now it is not the Khitan army that is in the active position, but the Datong army led by Li Congjing.
The process of pursuit was long, but in fact it lasted for a short time, Li Congjing and others drove the Khitan rout, and soon encountered the main force of the Khitan follow-up pursuers who wanted to come to support.
When a large area of torches appeared in his field of vision, Li Congjing knew that the most important time for tonight had arrived. He raised his horizontal sword, and at this time when he needed to further improve his morale and shock the enemy, he suddenly let out a loud roar, "Kill! ”
His voice came out, swirling in the air, and first fell into the ears of dozens of guards who followed him closely, these guards were soldiers who had followed Li Congjing for a long time, they were not only sharp, but also knew Li Congjing's habits very well, after Li Congjing suddenly let out this loud roar, they raised their voices and shouted at the same time, "Kill!" ”
The sound of killing has reached this point, and it is already quite powerful.
The soldiers of the Datong Army were fortunate to have the power of Li Congjing, yesterday they were able to save their lives, the scene of Li Congjing's single cavalry retreat of the army, is even more fascinating, today's battle, they faced three times the enemy, but under the leadership of Li Congjing, with a kind of unreasonable hard fighting style, the Khitan barbarians were defeated, from the rout to the victorious division, each soldier's heart is full of blood, high morale, at this time I heard the shouts of Li Congjing and his guards in front, all of them responded in groups, and the shadow shouted from the shout. For a while, there was an overwhelming shout of killing in the night.
The defeated Khitan cavalry, the mood has already collapsed, when they see their own army, it is inevitable to cheer up a little, but suddenly heard the shouting and killing sound close behind them, this is like waking up from a dream, they have not escaped from hell, but are in the depths of hell, being chased and killed by evil ghosts, behind them, countless comrades are dying, becoming the souls of Datong under the saber.
This realization made the sense of security that had just risen in their hearts collapse, and the comrades in front of them could no longer give them half of their strength. On the contrary, seeing that the friendly army was in front of them, they knew that if they passed them, they would immediately become safer, for at this time these barbarians all spread their feet, like mad bulls, and seemed to rush forward without their lives.
In a sea of torches, it is underway, preparing to join forces with the vanguard elite cavalry to wipe out the Khitan infantry army of Datong in this place, and a small number of elite cavalry. But what puzzled them was that when there was a roar in the dark night, indicating that a large army was approaching, groups and groups of indistinguishable black shadows, unreasonably like a flood, rushed towards them, and the speed and momentum made them frightened.
Such a scene made them feel panic while being puzzled. Because according to the script in their minds, they should gradually approach the battlefield where the fierce battle is being fought, and then see the vanguard elite cavalry who is in the upper hand, and then they line up behind the elite cavalry, enter the battlefield, and rush to kill those vulnerable Tang troops with the elite cavalry.
But what is the matter with the black-pressed crowd running towards them in front of them?
At this moment, the earth-shattering shouts of killing suddenly sounded, and the bullfighting was angry in the dark night, as if it was about to break the sky.
Whose voice is that?
They finally saw that the black shadows running towards them were their allies, the vanguard cavalry who went to chase and kill the Datong army, and should have killed the Datong army to the ground!
The faces of these defeated allies were engraved with deep fear, and their faces were distorted to the point of being unrecognizable, as if their facial features had been violently rubbed by a powerful ghost, and they looked particularly hideous and terrifying in the blurred black curtain.
The sudden change and the unexpected faces of the friendly soldiers made these Khitan infantry soldiers feel a chill from the soles of their feet. They want to stop, they want to defend themselves, and even those who don't have the guts want to turn around and flee.
However, no matter what their inner thoughts were, at this point, there was nothing they could do to make it happen.
Because, in just a short moment, something that made them even more frightened happened!
Their supposedly invincible allies, mad bulls, came head-on at them, some of them were still sane, and knew how to go around an arc and avoid their front, but more often than not, from their sides, from the gaps in their ranks, the panicked routs intent on rushing through them in the shortest route with the least effort and the shortest route!
The queue was in chaos!
In front of the galloping war horse, they were knocked to the ground, and the sergeant who was lucky not to be trampled on by the war horse was lucky, but more often was hit head-on by the friendly troops who were in chaos and panicked, or the sergeant who was knocked down on the side, their bodies may be strong enough, but no matter how strong the human body is, it is impossible to hit the war horse that is galloping at full strength, so they are like kites with broken strings, thrown into the air!
The galloping war horse stepped into the formation, the wolf rushed into the pig, bumped into a piece of foot soldiers, and then he was brought down again, the men and horses were overturned, the armor and soldiers were torn, the flags flew sideways, and blood was sprayed. The sergeants who fell in front and had chaotic footsteps became an insurmountable obstacle for the cavalry behind, so more men and horses collided together, and in the midst of exclamations, howls, and neighing of horses, the Khitan army array was in chaos.
The neat military formation was in chaos in an instant.
It was at this moment that they heard these rout vanguard cavalry shouting: "The eldest prince is killed in battle, the third prince is killed in battle, the fourth prince is killed in battle, and the fifth prince is killed in battle!" ”
"The four princes were killed by Li Congjing in the array!"
"Li Congjing, Li Congjing, he caught up!"
When all the Khitan soldiers heard these panicked sounds, they became frightened and dazed, and the Tang army that followed closely behind them rushed up, their steps were steady, their formation was tight, the horizontal knives they raised in their hands, the long lances they clenched, accurately fell on the Khitan soldiers, the blades passed, the flesh and blood flew sideways, and one after another the Khitan soldiers fell down in panic, and they could no longer get up, and became meat cakes under the iron hooves.
The Tang Army, which was chasing and killing, was like the most vicious devil, mercilessly harvesting the fragile lives of the Khitan soldiers. Their killing further extended and spread the chaos of the Khitan army array, and almost all the Khitan barbarians who saw the Tang army and the tragic scene in front of them all turned around and ran in a hurry.
At this moment, they no longer had the strength to distinguish how many Tang troops there were in front of them. They only knew that in such chaos, if they did not try their best to escape, they would be trampled into pulp by their comrades in the next moment, and there would be no chance of survival.
Reason, at this moment, became the most extravagant thing; Escaping for their lives has become the supreme pursuit of these Khitan soldiers; Life is the only thing they want to grasp now.
Several high-ranking Khitan generals in the Khitan army quickly rushed to the front of the formation when the rout attacked the main formation, wanting to prevent the chaos from continuing to expand and limit the disaster to a minimum. Yelu Bona, the second son of Yelu Enemy Lie, as the commander of the infantry army, was among them at this time. He rushed to the front of the military formation, saw the terrible scene, and shouted anxiously: "Don't panic, stabilize your position, don't retreat!" ”
Those soldiers who usually did not dare to have the slightest doubt about his military orders, and obeyed his words, all ran wildly as if they had not heard his orders. This army, which had been commanded before, did not react at all at this time, no matter what kind of military orders he ordered.
Yelubona was anxious and angry, his face was flushed, as a high-ranking general in the army, he was valued and taught by Yelu Enemy, he knew very well what such a scene meant at night, and he shouted: "Those who retreat will be killed!" Dare to take a step back, there is no mercy! ”
His shouts, in the face of the chaotic sound of the mountains and tsunamis, seemed too small and too weak.
Eventually, Jerubona drew his saber and ordered his guards to stand with him and swing his sword at the soldiers who had disobeyed the order. From time to time, in front of their group, more than a dozen dead corpses lay down.
Raising his blood-dripping saber, he shouted angrily: "Those who retreat are killed, stop them all for me, and turn back to meet the enemy!" ”
He can kill one person, ten people, but there is no way to kill a hundred or a thousand people, and the Khitan barbarians who run backwards like a tide in front of him, the back waves push the front waves, and they can't stop their tracks. This proud son of the army, who was deeply martyred by Yelu's enemies, was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. And the Khitan barbarians in front of him gradually turned red, looking at the eyes that slashed at their comrades with a knife and took their lives, no longer the respect and fear they had before, but with a chill that made people tremble, that was anger, hatred and murderous aura.
The personal soldiers beside him stopped him who was still swinging his knife and slashing at the retreating sergeant, and said anxiously: "Second prince, the defeat is like a mountain, and I can't control it!" Withdraw quickly, it will be too late if you don't withdraw! ”
He pushed away his own soldiers and said sadly: "I lead the army of foot soldiers for my father, how can I retreat?" You are not allowed to retreat, otherwise you will be killed! ”
The soldiers admonished with tears, "Second Prince, look at the eyes of the soldiers, if you are obsessed again, I'm afraid, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave this place today!" ”
Hearing this, he suddenly came back to his senses, and finally found the unkind eyes of the soldiers, which made his heart beat violently.
In the end, he sighed, "The army has been defeated so far, if the situation is like this, what can I do, what can I do!" "If you are unwilling, you can only leave.
Li Congjing led the Datong army, and the autumn wind was like falling leaves, crushing the Khitan army in front of him.
Seeing the figure of the Khitan barbarians fleeing in the torches everywhere, Li Congjing gradually slowed down his horse's speed until he stopped, he looked at the battlefield condescendingly, sneered disdainfully, turned the horse's head, and rode away.
Behind him, there are no more Khitan pursuers who will not let go.