Chapter 422: Fearless in the Face of Danger
Ning Jun analyzed the weaknesses of the Qin army, and then told Xu Mu about his arrangement, he pointed to the valley mouth in the rear and said: "I will lead my elite soldiers and the unwilling warriors in the Han army to set up a temporary resistance formation at the mountain pass to reduce the offensive of the Qin army." ”
He pointed back at the scattered Han army, and instructed Xu Mudao: "General Xu asked people to collect the retreating Han army, and those who retreated and stopped were immediately cut in front of the battle." You then send someone to quickly organize a crossbow arrow unit and rush to our rear reinforcements. Wait for my order to shoot at the pursuing Qin army. ”
Due to the urgency of the military situation, Ning Jun couldn't care about being polite to Xu Mu, although the other party was a lieutenant of South Korea and was in charge of the soldiers and horses of the whole of Korea, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no room for a set of hypocritical behaviors in the officialdom.
Xu Mu was really afraid that the situation was out of control, if even Sogo City was not protected, and Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea, was in danger, how could Han Hou allow him to live one more day? At the critical moment, it is still important to live!
The only time in the world that you can ignore the size of the official rank and seniority is the time of life and death on the battlefield, and those incompetent people who ponder interpersonal relationships all day long and do not do their right things are exposed. Xu Mu was at a loss at this time, so naturally he had to obey Ning Jun, who was more capable and strong-willed.
He hurriedly responded to Ning Jun and said: "Everything is decided by General Ning, and the Han army is saved by General Ning." As he spoke, he ordered his sergeant to take a red order flag from the Han army and hand it to Ning Jun. This red command flag is the highest-level command flag in the South Korean army, about a zhang long, embroidered with a large white "order" character, bright and dazzling.
Ning Jun saw that Xu Mu listened to his words, he said goodbye, then turned around and got on the war horse, he pointed the command flag in his hand to the mountain pass in front of him, and ordered loudly: "All the Korean troops obey the order, we can't retreat anymore, for the sake of South Korea, for the sake of parents, wives and children, the Han army must hold that mountain pass, and must not let the Qin army break through." ”
He rode his war horse and shuttled four or five times through the Korean army, shouting his orders loudly. Then with more than 500 mighty sergeants under his command, he went backwards in the direction of the mountain pass.
The five hundred sergeants also drove towards the mountain pass, and at the same time passed Ning Jun's orders to the surrounding Korean troops.
Naturally, there are many sergeants in the South Korean army who are not afraid of death, they are ashamed not to resist, and they are fleeing in embarrassment, and now they see the Lingqi going in the opposite direction, and then hear the general's order, in a short time, thousands of soldiers stopped their steps, turned their heads, and followed the Lingqi.
Ning Jun led the soldiers who did not retreat to the mountain pass, and immediately set up a triangular formation, with three thousand soldiers led by Han General Ji Ji to stand out at the front point of the triangle, and then arranged two other support points in the rear. He himself lived in the center of the triangular formation, holding the command flag in his hand, mobilizing the rhythm of the unified action of the commanding troops.
Soon after Ning Jun set up the formation, he saw Zhao general Zhou Shao leading his subordinates, retreating and fighting, and arrived at the mountain pass. Ning Jun saw Zhou Shao, waved the command flag in his hand, Ji Ji's advance troops got out of the way, and Zhou Shao rushed to Ning Jun's horse.
Zhou Shao didn't expect to meet Ning Jun on the way to retreat, only to see Ning Jun majestic and heroic, without the slightest panic and panic, he knew that Ning Jun was a rare experienced and heroic general in the world, and his heart suddenly swelled with warmth, like a pedestrian in the cold night drank a cup of steaming soup.
Ning Jun conveyed the order to Zhou Shao: "General Zhou does not need to retreat, you and Han General Ji Ji will hold the front point of the formation together, and watch my order flag act." ”
Zhou Shaoyi arched his hand and replied confidently: "The last general obeys orders, General Ning can rest assured." With that, he turned his horse's head and ran towards Han General Ji Ji to convey Ning Jun's instructions.
Zhou Shao's return was like sending charcoal in the snow, which made the front point of the triangle formation that Ning Jun was not worried about a lot more stable.
Not far behind Zhou Shao, more than 500 men and horses of the Qin army were closely pursued, and they rushed forward happily, and suddenly encountered the obstruction of the troops led by Zhou Shao and Ji Ji.
The South Korean army, with more than 3,000 people in the front, surrounded more than 500 Qin soldiers at once, slashed and slaughtered, and quickly resolved the battle.
More than 500 people in the Qin army died and fled, and they were wiped out in an instant. The Qin soldiers, who fled back, reported the situation in front to the rear.
Gongsun Yan, the pursuing vanguard of the Qin army, soon got the news of the Han army's stubborn resistance, but he disagreed, thinking that it was just a small episode.
Gongsun Yan didn't wait for the Qin army commander Sima Cuo to arrive at the back, he excitedly shouted to the troops around him: "The heroic sons of the Qin army, the Koreans dare to block the way of our army, you go with me to disperse them, and add a stroke of merit to our credit." ”
As he shouted, he motioned to the flag bearers around him to hold his flag high, move straight forward, and lead his men to the mountain pass.
Zhou Shao and Ji Ji simply cleaned up the battlefield after the victory, and the Korean army was encouraged by this small victory, and the army's morale was slightly lifted, and Ji Ji also smiled.
At this moment, wolf smoke billowed in front of them, and a large flag was vaguely swaying in the flying dust, and the flag was embroidered with two words: "Gongsun".
Zhou Shaozhi said that Gongsun Yan had already been killed, and he hurriedly asked the junior colonel next to him to transmit a message to Ning Jun behind him, and then prepared for the battle.
Gongsun Yan came to the front of the battle, looking at Zhou Shao and Ji Ji in front of him, as well as the three thousand soldiers beside them, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed and shouted loudly: "A few thousand Han soldiers dare to block the way of my Qin army, it is simply a mantis arm as a car." ”
While shouting, he raised his own command flag with his own hands, waved it forward, and ordered his subordinates: "Soldiers obey orders, we don't need to attack in echelons, we directly surround the past, and completely annihilate the stubborn Korean army." ”
With Gongsun Yan's order, tens of thousands of Qin troops rushed towards Zhou Shao and Ji Ji to kill. Zhou Shao ordered his troops to always maintain formation, desperately protect the two wings, and then meet the Qin army in echelons.
The Qin army came one after another, and the Korean army resisted one after another, but after all, they did not have an advantage in numbers, they fought and retreated, and after about half an hour, the Qin army's troops had reached the rearmost line of defense of the Korean army.
Zhou Shao looked at the black pressure of the Qin army surging like a tide, wave after wave, worried that his defense line could not be held, he rushed into the Qin army's formation, did not avoid the sword arrows, impact and slash, and was also injured in several places by the Qin army's knives and guns. But Zhou Shao gritted his teeth and insisted on acting under the command of Ning Jun's command banner.
Zhou Shao was originally a Zhao general, he could fight so bravely, and the Korean soldiers were also deeply encouraged, they followed Zhou Shao and would rather die than retreat.