Chapter 35 The Southern Front is in Danger

Wei Zeng and Zhang Ling did not stop after annihilating 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers, and quickly retreated in the direction of Hedong.

At this time, the South Road and the North Road of the Iron and Blood Army both sent people to outflank the back of the coalition army, wanting to cooperate with the main force of Bai Cheng in the middle road to wipe out the coalition army in Hexi.

Wei Zeng's strategic goal has been reached, as long as the Guanluo River is used to resist the attack of the Iron Army, then the deployment of the Iron Blood Army will definitely be disrupted, and then the coalition forces will be able to seize the opportunity to fight for some advantages.

Although there were no problems with the southern route, the northern route was conquered by Udli.

Zhang Ling had not enjoyed enough of the joy of victory, so he was anxious to lead his troops north to support. Because the land west of the river has been lost, if the east of the river is lost again, then the power sect will completely fail this uprising. Zhang Ling would never allow such a thing to happen.

However, Wei Zeng could not get out and go north, because Bai Zheng and the 20,000 people who came to support, a total of more than 40,000 people, were storming the Luohe defense line.

Because General Hu under his command did not listen to the command, Bai Zheng lost 10,000 soldiers in the first encounter. Because after the victory of the coalition forces, they immediately retreated, and the encirclement of Bai Zheng was not completed after all. After hearing the news of Wu Deli's attack on Hedong, Bai Zheng decided not to give the coalition army a chance to breathe, and broke through the defense line of the Guanluo River in one fell swoop, so that the coalition army did not care about each other.

In the face of Bai Zheng's attack, Wei Zeng led 30,000 men to defend, and finally held the Guanluo River after several days of hard fighting. A few days later, when he heard that Sagarli was supporting Hedong, Wu Deli's attack had been stopped, and Wei Zeng's heart, which he had not been able to let go of for several days, could finally be at peace for a while.

The Yanbei Righteous Army on the southern front was only defended by 10,000 people, and the hard fighting for days put a lot of pressure on the people on the southern front. Fortunately, the iron-blooded army on the southern front did not have any characteristics, and the generals fought decently, and although the southern defenders were hard, there was no danger for a while. Wei Zeng ordered Gu Chayi's cavalry to go south to support, so that Gu Chayi took the opportunity to kill and wound the enemy.

Gu Chayi's horse team did not return to the east of the river, and went south while on the west side of the river. On the way south, he encountered 10,000 iron-blooded troops.

These 10,000 people were sent by the Iron Blood Army of the South Road to support Bai Zheng's troops, and they didn't expect that before they arrived at the designated place, the enemy army had already been killed. The 10,000 men, consisting of 6,000 infantry, 3,000 crossbowmen, and 1,000 cavalry, immediately set up a formation to resist the army of Guchayi.

After careful investigation, Gu Cha found that these 10,000 people were not Bai Zheng's iron-blooded soldiers, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Gu Cha immediately decided to rely on the advantage of cavalry to teach this iron-blooded army a good lesson.

The 6,000 Zhantu rangers divided into left and right directions and circled the enemy's flank, and then began to shoot arrows to kill and wound the enemy. Gu Cha led 3,000 heavy cavalry and shot arrows at the enemy first.

Faced with the horse team of Guchayi, this army of heavy infantry was completely under beating. Although the crossbowmen's heavy crossbows could be used against the horses, the two wings of the Turquoise rangers deliberately avoided the crossbowmen's range and killed 6,000 heavy infantry.

The 3,000 men led by Gu Cha and his own relatives were all heavily armoured, and in the face of the enemy's crossbowmen, as long as they were not shot, they would not lose their combat effectiveness.

The generals of the Iron Blood Army saw that the enemy was only using guerrilla attacks to consume their combat power, but with a flat horse, the 10,000 Iron Blood Army had nowhere to avoid. The generals of the Iron Blood Army knew that they would not be able to escape defeat in the long run, so they ordered the crossbowmen in front and the infantry behind, and a thousand iron cavalry launched a counter-charge against the Janturian rangers, and the army gradually moved to the nearest small city.

The dense formation was too damaged by bows and arrows, and in the process of retreating, the 10,000 iron-blooded army formed a straggler formation.

Gu Chayi's 3,000 heavy cavalry was trained by him, and in addition to riding and shooting, these 3,000 people were also specially trained to attack with spears and horses.

As soon as Gucha saw that the enemy had formed a straggler formation, and that a thousand iron horsemen had been sent to hinder the Jantu rangers on both flanks, he launched an assault after a flurry of crossbow fire from the enemy.

When the crossbowman saw the cavalry in front of him rushing over, he hurriedly filled the arrows and fired at Gu Chayi's 3,000 men.

Gu Chayi's 3,000 heavy cavalry, in the face of the enemy's arrow rain, some fell to the ground and died, but more people still rushed to the enemy formation with several arrows.

Because of the heavy armor defense, the cavalry that was hit by the arrows did not suffer many casualties. The cavalry charge also did not give the enemy another chance to shoot arrows. There was a burst of spears, and the entire platoon of crossbowmen fell in pieces.

In order to prevent the bow and arrow from killing, the enemy formation is relatively loose. As soon as Gucha broke through the enemy's line, he asked the heavy cavalry to divide the enemy's formation.

The general of the Iron Blood Army saw that these cavalry were just guerrillas, so he ordered the crossbowmen to the rear of the palace. The crossbowmen could hardly do any damage to these cavalry, and the generals of the Iron Blood Army had already understood that the cavalry in front was heavy cavalry, so they hurriedly ordered the soldiers to form a dense formation to resist the onslaught of the enemy.

But it was too late, and Gu Chayi's 3,000 heavy cavalry quickly completed the division in the crowd, and the surrounding Zhantu rangers also took the opportunity to rush in, and for a time the Iron Blood Army was likely to fail.

Generally speaking, the armor of the archers is relatively thin, just to increase the flexibility of cavalry shooting; The Lancers have thicker armor to reduce their own casualties during impact.

And Gu Chayi's 3,000 heavy cavalry, which has the characteristics of both archers and lancers, made the generals of the Iron Blood Army make a mistake for a while, so the victory is tilted to Gu Chayi's side.

Gu Chayi's cavalry divided the retreating Predator Army into large and small pieces, and then concentrated their forces to destroy the scattered enemies one by one.

After a battle, the Iron Bloods were finally defeated, and the Iron Blood generals fled to the nearby city under the cover of a thousand Iron Horsemen, while the others fled separately.

Gu Chayi won the first battle in the south, pursued the defeated enemy a little, and then led his troops to continue south.

The generals of the Iron Blood Army on the southern route were also secretly surprised when they heard that the troops supporting them in the north were defeated by the enemy. In order to prevent Gu Chayi's horse team from moving south, the generals of the South Road relaxed their offensive on the Guanluo River and set up a large formation in the south of the Guanluo River, intending to annihilate Gu Chayi's horse team.

After the victory, Gu Chayi did not stop and continued to lead the troops south, his task this time was to stop the attack of the enemy army on the southern front, if he could completely defeat the enemy army on the southern front, it would be great.

The lack of temper that was beaten by the iron-blooded warriors before, so Gu Chayi has always been cautious in this battle, but the victory in the first battle has greatly increased Gu Chayi's confidence. Gucha was determined to completely defeat the enemy forces on the southern front.

As soon as Gucha came to the enemy army on the southern front, he saw an army in formation ready to meet him. As soon as Gucha saw the enemy army in a dense formation, with the crossbowmen in front, it was obvious that he had specially prepared it to deal with his horse team.

As soon as Gu Cha heard Wei Zeng say that the dense infantry formation is the nemesis of the light cavalry, even the heavy cavalry, surrounded by infantry several times his size, will suffer a crushing defeat. The way to deal with a dense infantry formation is to kill the enemy with bows and arrows, and then counterattack when the enemy is too wounded and has a rout. If the enemy forms a skirmish formation, using heavy cavalry to outflank the enemy and then break them down is the way to win.

This is the tactic of the Gucha Yima team, according to this tactic, Gucha won the first battle, and now Gucha Yi intends to repeat the old tricks.

The enemy spotted Guchai's horse team, but instead of attacking, the enemy gradually retreated under the cover of crossbowmen.

Gu Chayi ordered the Zhantu rangers to chase after the attack, and he himself led 3,000 heavy cavalry to wait for the enemy to show a flaw before counterattacking.

The Janturist rangers did not suffer many casualties due to their horse superiority, but the enemy army was ready, and the crossbowmen were all on the periphery, and the Janturist rangers could hardly approach the infantry and inflict heavy casualties on the infantry. Although the enemy's losses were large, the main infantry did not receive any damage at all.

The enemy retreated all the way, and Gu Cha pursued all the way, and after chasing for a few miles, Gu Cha Yi realized that something was wrong. The enemy suffered heavy losses under the blows of the Occupy Turquoise rangers, but the enemy's formation remained unscattered. What are the enemy forces doing this for? If you can't win, you can either retreat to the city or seek a counterattack. What is the purpose of the enemy's passive beating and constantly retreating?

As soon as Gucha realized that something was wrong, he ordered the army to stop the pursuit.

In order to annihilate Gu Chayi's horse team, the commander of the southern route of the Iron and Blood Army planned to surround Gu Chayi on all sides, so that Gu Chayi had nowhere to escape. The army in front of Gu Chayi was the bait that lured him to the bait. On both sides of the front of Gu Cha Yi, there were a large number of iron army foot soldiers in ambush, and there were 3,000 iron cavalry on standby at any time, ready to cut off the road of Gu Cha Yi's retreat.

The commander of the southern route of the Iron and Blood Army saw that Gu Chayi had stopped attacking, and was afraid that Gu Chayi would escape, so he ordered the ambushed army to dispatch. For a while, there was a loud shout of killing, and there were iron-blooded foot soldiers rushing over everywhere.

Gu Chayi was only hesitant just now, but now when he saw the ambush appearing, he immediately ordered the horse team to retreat. However, Gu Cha Yi chased this bait army for a few miles, and the enemy troops in ambush on both sides also stretched for several miles, and there were 3,000 iron cavalry blocking Gu Chayi's way back.

"Change all the spears and charge me."

Under the order of Gu Chayi, nearly 10,000 cavalry picked up their spears and rushed towards the 3,000 iron cavalry blocking the road. 10,000 spears hit together, and the scene was not spectacular.

The three thousand iron horsemen were also armed with a lance in hand, and in the face of the enemy's attack, they met them fearlessly. Their aim was to delay the enemy's escape, and as long as the infantry surrounded them, Guchayi's horse team would not escape the fate of the entire army. Therefore, these three thousand iron horsemen also received a death order, and at all costs, they must prevent Gu Chayi from escaping.

The spear of the horse spear was hedged, and first Gu Chayi's people were stabbed down, and then An Yun Tieqi suffered the same blow. After the hedge, the two armies were in a scuffle. The Zhantu rangers are all light cavalry, and the melee combat is not the opponent of the Anyun Iron Cavalry, and the three thousand heavy cavalry and the three thousand iron cavalry of Gu Chayi are inseparable.

If it was just a cavalry duel, the Anyun Iron Cavalry would definitely lose. But looking at the iron-blooded soldiers pouring around, the stalemate of the battlefield made Gu Chayi anxious.

Gu Cha did not have a fight, and ordered the cavalry to rush and kill, and then retreated. Gu Chayi's Shuai Qi was attacked by 3,000 iron cavalry, so Gu Chayi's Chinese troops were the last to withdraw.

The Zhantu rangers who escaped first saw that Gu Chayi's Chinese army was also out of the war, so they picked up their bows and arrows to attack the pursuing Anyun iron cavalry.

Guchayi escaped before the enemy forces encircled him. Seeing the enemy troops emerging from all directions, Guchayi ordered his soldiers to shoot back with bows and arrows, and then calmly retreated.

The generals of the Iron Blood Army on the South Road were also reluctant to see the enemy fleeing, but in order to prevent the enemy from retaliating, he still ordered the army to retreat and hold on to the city, and then sent a request for help to Bai Zheng.