Chapter 177: Encircled on All Sides
The golden sun shone on the grassland, and after the camp of Sumedo was busy, the army of 60,000 was assembled. When the horn sounded, the full moon with golden tassels danced in the morning breeze, and the Great Khan of the Celestial Wolf Khanate, Sumeduo, was about to set off. The Dragon Guard, who had been prepared for a long time, slowly approached Su Meiduo's army, and Su Meiduo rode on the white horse and turned to look at the Dragon Guard who was slowly approaching. She smiled contemptuously, then raised her right hand and waved it forward. The horn sounded again, and the army moved forward rapidly, and the Dragon Guard army also quickened its pace, and the two armies were separated by five miles.
When Su Meiduo's army approached Dingyuan City, it suddenly accelerated, stopped ten miles away from Dingyuan City, and quickly changed its formation. The army of 60,000 spread out left and right around the center of the full-moon golden wolf behind Su Meiduo, like an eagle spreading its wings.
Wu Li was confused when he saw the other party's formation, what was this for? He looked at the golden dragon flag fluttering at the head of Dingyuan City, and his heart was a lot more steady. Bluffing, Sumedo is bluffing. Wu Li made a judgment, and as soon as he gave an order, the 100,000 dragon guards also set up a formation, with the large infantry formation in the center and the cavalry on both wings. Dozens of iron-walled cars stopped directly in front of the infantry formation, which was a standard Dayan offensive formation. The golden dragon battle flag waved, and the dragon guard army resounded with the earth-shaking drums in the large array. Knock knock......
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”
Every step forward of the dragon guard formation let out a neat shout, and the roar of the waves, combined with the sound of advancing footsteps, shook the earth and trembled. The Dragon Guards slowly approached Sumedo's army.
Hundreds of horns sounded together, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from all directions of the Dragon Guard Army's array, and the wolf rode about five miles away from the Dragon Guard Army's large array when they stopped in unison. Ballista guns were pushed out and aimed at the dragon guard formation. Wu Li's heart instantly rose to his throat, and he took a cursory look, the heavenly wolf surrounded on three sides could not ride more than 100,000 people, plus Su Meiduo's 60,000 army, the strength was already twice that of the Dragon Guard. was careless and fell for Su Meiduo's tricks.
Jebeli urged his horse to the front of the battle and shouted: "General Wuli, our Great Khan of the Celestial Wolf Khanate, Sumeduo, asked me to tell the general that you and others have been surrounded by us. Either lay down your arms and surrender, or all die here. You are only given a quarter of an hour, and after a quarter of an hour without an answer, we will go on the offensive. ”
After Jeberi finished speaking, he urged his horse back to the great array.
"All the soldiers, the commander didn't notice it, and he fell for the trick of the captive. At this point, all the soldiers of our Dragon Guard Army have no choice, Dingyuan is still there, and we will break into the city. We are a strong army personally formed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, representing the majesty of the Dayan Emperor, passing on the military order of the commander, and all fighting to the death! The cavalry and rear army on the left and right flanks blocked the wolf cavalry, and the infantry army advanced in a large formation! ”
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! Fight to the death! ”
The horn sounded, and in an instant the gunners of both sides began to compete. Wu Li personally led the infantry forward, and the iron-walled chariot fired thunderbolts as it advanced. On the opposite side, Jebeli ordered the flag to wave, and a dense number of thunderbolts flew out from behind the Sky Wolf Rider and fell into the Dragon Guard Infantry Formation, and one after another the iron-walled carts lost power and stopped in place due to the death of the horses pulling the carts, and were hit by a series of thunderbolts. The iron-walled car was strong enough, and it still didn't fall apart after so many thunderbolts, but the people inside couldn't stand it, and a gurgle of blood flowed down the crack of the carriage to the grass.
The Dragon Guard's infantry formation moved forward stubbornly, and the infantry formation could not attack quickly, because it would cause the formation to be chaotic and lose the effect of the formation, so they had to move forward step by step with thunderbolts. The explosion rang out, and many soldiers fell with each step of the Dragon Guard's infantry, but they still marched forward bravely under the guidance of the golden dragon battle flag. The flag officer has changed more than a dozen, and now he is a young captain surnamed Long, he is a distant branch of the Dayan Imperial Family, graduated from the Dayan Imperial Lecture Hall Infantry Military Department, and his name is Long Xingbang. Now, Long Xingbang held high the battle flag and strode forward in the face of the thunderbolts that came rushing in his face.
"Eight hundred steps, tree shield. Crossbow ready, shoot! ”
Buzz, a dark cloud rose from the sky above the Dragon Guard's infantry array, and flew towards the Sky Wolf Rider at great speed. A row of one-man tall tower shields was erected in front of the large array, and the strong tower shield soldiers pulled the bracket to fix the tower shield on the ground, and then used their bodies to resist the tower shield, and the pikemen put down the spears and supported them on the tower shield to prepare for the cavalry.
The Sky Wolf Rider launched an attack in an instant, splitting into two wings to form two huge arrows and rushing towards the infantry formation.
"Karalongtai!"
Iron hooves like thunder, scimitars like snow, the wolf rode under the leadership of Jeberi and launched a fierce attack. The arrows of the dragon guard were like rain, desperately blocking the rapid assault of the wolf horse, the people in the open space in front of the tower shield shouted and neighed, and the war horses fell to the ground one after another, and the knights on the horse howled and were thrown out, and fell heavily to the ground, and after a rapid roll, they slammed into the tower shield.
The other three wolf cavalry also launched a surprise attack at the same time, and soon collided with the oncoming dragon guard cavalry, and the battle instantly entered a fierce hand-to-hand combat. The whole battlefield was rumbling with artillery, swords and guns were sonorous, and the soldiers on both sides were entangled and fighting fiercely, and now no one would think of being afraid, all they could think of was to cut each other or be cut by the other party. The entire battlefield was full of horses' hooves, people and horses came and went, and every person who fell was trampled into a pulp of meat in the blink of an eye. Blood stained the meadows, thousands of men and horses fell to the grass at every moment, and the battle was fierce, leaving no room for either side, knowing that only the last man of the other side could be considered victory.
The tower shield defense line of the Dragon Guard's infantry formation finally collapsed under the bombardment of thunderbolts and the impact of the wolf cavalry, and the wolf cavalry howled and rushed into the advance army formation, and the wolf cavalry in the front row didn't even have a chance to dodge, so it was directly pierced on the spear. The wolf riders behind did not stop at all, and took advantage of the flesh and blood passage opened up by their comrades-in-arms to urge the horses to crash into the advance army array. The powerful impact of the war horse knocked the Dragon Guard infantry into a bloody flight out. As more and more Sky Wolf Riders rushed into the Great Formation, the Dragon Guard Horse Chopping Squad rushed up. Under the command of the captain, the soldiers of the tower-like horse chopping knife team brandished a one-man long horse chopping knife, like mowing grass, and slashed the wolf riders who rushed in front of them, and each knife was a human and horse split.
The rear army and cavalry of the Dragon Guard desperately blocked the onslaught of the Sky Wolf Cavalry, preventing them from rushing into the advance army's large formation from the flanks and backs.
Toot toot, the horn sounded again. More than 100,000 celestial wolf riders instantly changed their formation, forming a circle that kept rotating in a counterclockwise direction. Running, this is the best tactics of the wolf riders, all the knights continue to shoot wolf tooth arrows in the run, and one wolf tooth arrow accurately hits the dragon guard cavalry chasing them. With each turn of this circle, nearly a thousand of the Dragon Guard's cavalry fell. The position of the Dragon Guard was gradually compressed, and the wolf tooth arrows flying in the sky fell on the position of the Dragon Guard, and the soldiers of the Dragon Guard fell one after another, and the white arrow feathers of the wolf tooth arrows seemed to cover the position of the Dragon Guard with a layer of snow.
Wu Li desperately urged the infantry to keep the formation and move forward, they had already seen the main gate of Dingyuan City, and saw the golden dragon battle flag fluttering on the city's head. Wu Li roared angrily: "The whole army enters the city!" ”
The infantry of the Dragon Guard Army, with the slashing sword team as the vanguard, fought a bloody way in the encirclement and interception of the wolf cavalry, and rushed towards Dingyuan City. The cavalry of the Dragon Guard and the rear army galloped back and forth, desperately blocking the overwhelming Sky Wolf Cavalry.
When all the soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army rushed to the main gate of Dingyuan City, with Wu Li's order, the tower shield soldiers erected the tower shield again and built a semicircular defense line to cover the main force entering the city. Archers and crossbowmen kept firing crossbow arrows, and the dense rain of arrows effectively blocked the killing wolf riders.
Long Xingbang rushed to the city gate and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, thunderbolts and crossbow arrows will be fired on the city." ”
Boom, hum, woo. Arrows rained down at the head of Dingyuan City, thunderbolts rained down, and the golden dragon battle flag was instantly shrouded in smoke and arrow rain. Long Xingbang was shot like a hedgehog, and the flying shrapnel cut his helmet in half, and blood flowed down the top of his head. Long Xingbang's eyes were blackened by the shock, he looked up at the head of Dingyuan City, and saw that the golden dragon flag had fallen under the city wall, replaced by a full moon golden wolf flag.
"It's over, Dingyuan is lost."
After Long Xingbang finished saying this, his eyes fell to the ground with black eyes, and the golden dragon battle flag in his hand also fell.
Su Meiduo stood at the head of Dingyuan City, and her eyes were a little blurry when she watched the Dragon Guards who were still fighting without fear of death. By this time, the battle had been decided, the victory had been decided, and what was waiting for the Dragon Guard was the annihilation of the entire army. The battle continued, the shouts of killing still shook the sky, and the soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army were still fighting desperately.
The red sun was slanting in the west, and the shouting and killing on the battlefield finally stopped. The corpses of the soldiers of the Dragon Guard were spread all over the grass, a mountain of corpses was piled up in front of Dingyuan City, the broken golden dragon battle flag was swaying weakly on the ground, and the screams of the war horses and the screams of the wounded were endless.
"They are all warriors, let them die with dignity."
Sumedo said to Jeberi, who turned around and gave the order. The Sky Wolf Riders scattered across the battlefield, cutting off the scimitars in their hands from time to time, and this time the entire battlefield was finally quiet.
"Karalongtai!"
There was a cheer in one corner of the battlefield, and Sumedo looked there suspiciously, only to see Bayintu urging his horse to the city gate.
"Great Khan, Wu Li, the general of the Yan Kingdom, is still alive and has been captured by us."
"Bring him back to the city to heal his wounds, he will be useful to us."
As twilight fell, the wolf riders piled up the corpses of the dead soldiers of the Dragon Guard into several corpse mountains, they poured fire oil on the corpse mountain, and then threw torches over them, and the flames rose into the air, lighting up the night sky. The outbreak of plague in the grasslands of so many corpses if not disposed of in time is a scene that is even more terrifying than war.
The Sky Wolf Riders, who had fought for a day and moved corpses for half a day, were also tired, and sat on the grass one by one. Ignoring the howls of wolves and the pair of green glasses in the darkness.
Long Xingbang pulled out the dagger inserted into the wolf's neck and swallowed the warm wolf blood. This gradually restored his strength. Fortunately, Long Xingbang did not die, and even more fortunately he was thrown to the top of this corpse mountain. The dead wolf licked Long Xingbang awake with his rough tongue, and contributed his blood to Long Xingbang.
Long Xingbang slowly climbed down the corpse mountain, dodging a few wolf riders and slowly climbed to the darkness. He picked up a long knife, a spear, and a crossbow, which he took and ran towards Lake Chagantara with his waist in hand. He knew that the road to Zhenbei City had been blocked, and he had to enter the mountains south of Chagantara Lake as soon as possible, this mountain was the remnant of Hongjila Mountain, connecting with the Wolf Mountain Range, and crossing this mountain range was Dayan Liaodong Prefecture. It's just that this mountain is steep and uninhabited, but Long Xingbang knows that there is a road there to reach Liaodong Prefecture, when Yan Wushuang raided Wenduer Mountain to kill the Great Khan of Beirong Naotu, it was from Liaodong that he followed this road to Chagantala Lake. Long Xingbang evaded the sentry of the Sky Wolf Rider, and luckily encountered an ownerless war horse, he turned over and ran in the direction of Hongjila Mountain. (To be continued.) )