Chapter 20: The Encirclement of the Three Armies
The two scouts of the Iron Blood Army were separated by a few hundred meters, one after the other, and they probed the people led by Sagart. Many of them were gone, and the two ponies were always on the lookout for themselves.
Suddenly, a dark arrow was shot, and the probe horse in front of it was shot off the horse by an arrow. Seeing this, one person in the back hurriedly retreated and fled, but unexpectedly, on the originally flat snow, the two suddenly raised the throwing hook lock and hooked the probe behind to dismount.
It turned out that these two men were draped in white cloth and hid in the snow to ambush the horses of the Iron Blooded Army. deliberately let the two of them go over in order to prevent one of them from escaping. Looking at their costumes, it is clear that they are the relics of the goddess sect from Yaodong.
"Miss Sa told us to deal with these Central Plains Tanma, and that was not a piece of cake. In Yaodong, he is the most cunning snow fox, and it is difficult to escape the hook and lock in my hands. One of them grabbed the horse and said.
"Give this person to Miss Sa and see if you can find some useful information. I continue to monitor the enemy forces, and I must not let the enemy know about Miss Sa's movements. Another said.
Since Sagari led the troops on the expedition, she ordered the remnants of the Goddess Cult to guard against the horses of the Iron Army. The Goddess Cult inherited the tradition of the Yaodong barbarians, often training samurai to hunt wild beasts, whether the fiercest tigers or the most cunning snow foxes. It's just that the snow fox is a sacred relic in Yaodong, and it can't be hurt at will, and a warrior will only be praised if he catches a snow fox unscathed, and he will be punished if he hurts the snow fox.
Sa Jiali has known in the past few days that Wei Zeng is defending against the attack of the Iron Blood Army in the front. She also went around to the flank of the Predator Army according to the deployment, because the news was well protected, and the Predator Army didn't know where Sagaree was now. This can give the Iron Army a blow with a certain suddenness.
Hearing the news of the change of the banner of the Predator Army, Sa Jiali was also surprised, but the Predator Army after the change of banner was still the Iron Army after all, and Sagali still hurried to the agreed location.
The army led by Wei Zeng was still bravely resisting the attack of the Iron Army, and it was now the fifth day. On the first day, by surprise, the Yanbei Righteous Army successfully killed and wounded more than 2,000 people of the Iron Blood Army, but after that, the Iron Blood Army also adjusted its offensive, and the battle between the two sides gradually tilted in the direction of the Iron Blood Army.
The Iron Blood Army is the elite of a hundred battles, well-equipped, and has 30,000 people. The Yanbei Righteous Army relied on the advantage of the camp to narrow the gap slightly, but after all, it was a new army, and many people did not go through the battle formation at all, and after two days of fighting, the morale obviously began to fall.
On the third day, the Iron Blood Army successfully occupied the first three camps on the heights, and with these three camps, launched an attack on the camp of the Yanbei Righteous Army. It was all thanks to Wei Zeng as a pioneer that he could withstand it for two more days. But the six camps in the back were also in dilapidation, and after thousands of casualties, the rebels began to endanger themselves.
"General Qiyu, the enemy army has begun to outflank the rear of our army, and two more camps have been destroyed in front. If reinforcements don't come, it's very dangerous for us to be surrounded by enemy troops. Huang Yu flew to Wei Zeng, who had just returned from the front line, and said.
"Resist for another day, and according to the agreement, Miss Sa's reinforcements will arrive soon; I don't know about Cha Yi's side, but I think he must not be idle. If reinforcements don't come, we'll retreat to Stone Wind City tomorrow. Wei Zeng said, pulling out one of the feathered arrows stuck in the armor.
"The general is fine, the general should not rush to the front again in the future. If something happens to the general, the whole army is finished. Brother Yu and I will fight with all our might. Huang Yufei said worriedly.
"It's just a flesh wound, it's fine. Look at the morale of the whole army now, if I want to hide in the back again, where can I resist for a moment? Those who haven't been through the battle array just can't do it! A little bit of a bad thing, I started to be pessimistic. Watch out for enemy bows and arrows! Wei Zeng said helplessly, and when he saw that the Iron Blood Army began to shoot arrows again, he shouted.
Arrows rained down and stones were thrown like hailstones, smashing on the camp of the rebels, and the soldiers of the rebels dodged one after another. After the hailstorm, the Predators began a new round of attacks to the beat of war drums. Wei Zeng and several generals did not dare to slack off, and led their soldiers to meet them, and a melee began again.
"Our army has captured three enemy camps and destroyed two enemy camps, and will soon be able to encircle the enemy army. When the time comes, none of these people will be able to escape. As for that Wei Zeng, I will cut off his head with my own hands," Qian Qinwei gritted his teeth and said.
"The enemy can't resist for long, and I think they'll be absconding soon. You send people to spy on me, and if they want to escape at night, they will definitely pursue me, and I can't let anyone go. Let all the sergeants and soldiers never leave their bodies, and the soldiers will not leave their hands, and they will be ready to fight at any time. The royal guard commanded.
At this moment, a troop of more than 10,000 people appeared in the northwest, and Wang Qinwei now finally knew the movement of Sagargya's army.
"Useless thing, the enemy is so close, you just found out, almost missed my big thing." When Wang Qinwei heard that Sajiali's troops were less than thirty miles away from the Iron and Blood Army, he opened his mouth and scolded, but immediately calmed down and continued: "Now that the enemy is attacking from two directions, we have a great disadvantage. However, the strength of the army is still there, and I am not afraid of what tricks they will make. Order the army to retreat twenty miles to the south, reorganize the army, and wipe out all the rebels on both sides tomorrow. ”
When Sagart's army appeared, they attacked the rear of the Iron Blood; When the rebels on the high ground saw the arrival of reinforcements, they rushed bravely to the army formation of the Iron Blooded Army.
In order to avoid the edge of the rebel army and get rid of the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, the iron-blooded army abandoned the captured camps and retreated to the south.
The retreat of the iron-blooded army was extremely orderly, with crossbowmen covering, and the heavily armored cavalry counterattacking, although they retreated, they actually suffered little losses.
The sky darkened, and the fifth day of the battle passed. The pursuing rebels withdrew to their camps, and the Iron Blooded Army set up camp twenty miles to the south.
"Miss Sa, you came too soon, if you don't come again, we will plan to withdraw to Stone Wind City." Wei Zeng said happily when he saw Sagargly.
"In order to avoid the enemy's probe horses and give the enemy a surprise blow, I led people to spare a large circle, and also walked many uninhabited fields. However, depending on the situation, it did not cause much damage to the enemy. Seeing that under the attack from both sides, the Iron and Blood Bureau still retreated safely, and said with some annoyance.
"If the enemy knew of your movements, let them be prepared long ago, and I am afraid that they will not even be able to repel them when the time comes. Now that the enemy has retreated, there is less pressure on our side. What's the news over there? If we can't make some powerful moves over there, we'll have to retreat to Stone Wind City. Wei Zengyi said with a frown.
"We've just received news here that the Power Cultists have arrived at Gu Chayi, and they're not far from here now." Sagaree will find out the news said.
"Then we can still fight, otherwise it will be too passive to stick to Stone Wind City. As soon as they come, we will have a great advantage in numbers, and we may be able to defeat the Predators. Hurry up and send someone to the south to inquire and see where Chayi has gone? Wei Zeng hurriedly said.
"General Wei doesn't need to investigate, our Gu Commander is already fifty miles away from the south, and he can attack the Iron Blood Army at any time. This is a token given to me by the ancient commander. A warrior covered in blood and armed with a steel rod came to Wei Zeng's side, it was Zhao Jiahui who had arrived from Gucha.
"This token is fine, Cha Yi has already come, this is great! But what's going on with you? Wei Zeng looked at Zhao Jiahui's blood and asked.
"When I came, I was targeted by a few ironclad cavalry, and I killed all the way." Zhao Jiahui said lightly.
"You are the strong man who checked the new receipt, I remember correctly, it should be called Zhao Jiahui. You can face several ironclad cavalry by yourself, and you are also a well-deserved hero. Wei Zeng exclaimed.
"It turns out that the general also knows me, and that's an honor. In fact, it is not difficult to deal with ironclad cavalry, and it can be solved with a stick. Does the general have anything to say to Commander Gu? I'll go back and report on it. Zhao Jiahui smiled innocently and said.
"No need, you tell me the location of Cha Yi, and I will send someone to inform me immediately. I've formed a new wrestler battalion here, and there is just a shortage of instructors, so you can stay. Wei Zeng immediately said.
"But I won't go, won't the Gu Commander blame?" Zhao Jiahui was embarrassed.
"Cha Yi and I are good brothers, just say it when the time comes. I heard that your mother is in Stone Wind City, and I will order someone to take good care of it. Wei Zeng said immediately.
"As long as Commander Gu doesn't blame me, he has a great kindness to me. He gave me this sword. ”
"You don't look like you've ever used this sword, or have you been taking good care of it?"
"It's all, it's all there. What if such a valuable sword is broken? Even if you don't use it, you have to take good care of it. ”
Gu Cha rushed to Wei Zeng with reinforcements from the Strength Sect without stopping for a moment, and sent Zhao Jiahui to report when he was approaching.
There have always been iron-blooded cavalry, monitoring Gu Chayi's movements, and soon a thousand iron-blooded cavalry came to kill.
The masters of those power sects were very scattered, marching in groups of three and five like rushing to gather. Gu Chayi asked Wan Tianquan to help restrain him. But these people, there are fifty or sixty soldiers in the heavenly armor alone, except for the Emperor Li, who don't listen to anyone's words, how can they be restrained by the power of ten thousand heavens. Wan Tianquan was also very embarrassed to see this, but he was helpless.
Seeing that the people of the Power Sect were very scattered, the thousand iron horsemen adhered to the principle that persimmons should be picked up and pinched, and killed this group of people first.
If there were more of these Iron Horsemen, perhaps the Sect of Power would only have escaped. However, six to one, and these six people are all good martial artists, so the victory can naturally only be on the side of the Power Sect.
After killing and injuring a platoon of Power Cultists, the Ironclad Cavalry was surrounded by the masters of the Power Sect, and in the face of the combined attack of these masters, the Ironclad Cavalry was quickly defeated.
Although the masters of the Power Sect were victorious, they also paid hundreds of casualties, and several Heavenly Armor soldiers were almost killed. These are the elites of the Power Sect, but they can hurt Wan Tianquan's heart. A thousand men fought so badly, but the enemy army had 30,000 men. The masters of the Power Sect have also learned to be obedient for this, and they finally have the appearance of a military formation.
After Wang Qinwei led his army back twenty miles, he received the news of the defeat of a thousand iron cavalry, and he was immediately a little surprised. More than 10,000 people came from the direction of the ancient city, Wang Qinwei really couldn't sit still, he didn't understand how there were so many more people in the Yanbei Righteous Army, and why the combat effectiveness was raised so quickly.