Chapter Twenty-Eight: Losing Both
Although Li Zuoche was difficult to ride a tiger, he was not worried, because Meng Tian's troops were too small and too few, and what he was exposed to now was only a part of his total strength, so although he knew that Meng Tian was retreating to find a fighter, he still did not hesitate to catch up.
Even if he threw the left and right armies far away, he didn't care at all.
When he saw Meng Tian's more than 30,000 rapidly retreating foot soldiers, who had changed the formation in the blink of an eye to form a huge attack formation with the sound of drums, Li Zuoche was amazed, and the elite was always the elite.
But seeing Meng Tian's tooth flag appear in front of the battle, and with the more than 30,000 soldiers pointed out by the tooth banner coming straight to his own Chinese army, Li Zuoche was not surprised. This is exactly what he wants.
Although the more than 30,000 foot soldiers of his Chinese army are far behind Meng Tian's Jiuyuan army. But these 30,000 foot soldiers are not his real strength, his real killer is the thousand-ride chariot heavily wrapped by 30,000 soldiers and the more than 10,000 flying horses in the rear of the Chinese army.
The more than 20,000 archers who were originally prepared were also left behind, but Li Zuoche thought that with Meng Tian's pitiful 30,000 foot soldiers and more than 10,000 Jiuyuan elite cavalry cruising outside, it was impossible to chisel through his Chinese army formation in a short time.
And as long as he delays the tea time of Meng Tian's army, the left and right armies, which are now nearly a thousand steps behind, can quickly catch up, encircle the left and right, and calmly besiege Meng Tian's more than 30,000 soldiers.
Li Zuoche's plan Meng Tian is not clear at all, but Meng Tian's plan Li Zuoche guessed not all right.
The distance of more than 200 steps was still advancing when the Qin army counterattacked and the Zhao army was still advancing, and in the blink of an eye, most of the Zhao army entered the range of the Qin army's strong crossbow.
Tooth flag tap!
The familiar and pleasant "buzzing" sound suddenly rang out.
However, the difference this time is that Meng Tian, who got Hu Hai's point, has already changed the method of firing the Qin army's strong crossbow on the way north.
More than 10,000 foot soldiers who rushed to the front were the first to fire, still throwing, and more than 10,000 crossbow arrows formed a black arrow rain and roared into the defenseless Li Zuoche Zhongjun infantry formation that did not stop in the blink of an eye.
The powerful crossbow arrows used gravity to tear apart the more solid armor of Li Zuoche's army compared to other soldiers, and the blood flashed, screaming miserably, and a large number of Li Zuoche's infantry soldiers who were still chasing fell in an instant.
As soon as the first wave of crossbow arrows passed, "hum" followed by another wave of more than 10,000 crossbow arrows thrown out from the middle of the counterattacking 30,000 Yuan Army.
No one expected that the Qin army would be able to reload the crossbow so quickly and shoot a second wave of crossbow arrows in the rush. After another series of miserable screams, the infantry of Li Zuoche's army, which had already been much sparse, had already decreased by almost five or six thousand.
Li Zuoche's face suddenly turned pale when he heard the second wave of crossbow arrows whistling in front of the Qin army's formation, if the Qin army was really equipped with a strong crossbow that could be fired continuously, then his 30,000 troops could only be eaten by the Qin army as a snack.
"Blow the trumpet!" Li Zuoche shouted.
"Woooooo
The rapid sound of the horn sounded from Li Zuoche's middle army, which was calling for the left and right armies to come to support quickly.
The roar of the third wave of arrow rain instantly overshadowed the sound of the horn sounded in Li Zuoche's Chinese army, and this time the crossbow arrows were obviously much more dense than the previous two times, densely covering the sky, forming a large black cloud surging down.
This is a crossbow arrow thrown at the same time by 10,000 foot soldiers of the front army and 10,000 foot soldiers of the rear army of the counterattack. After the buffer of the Chinese army, at this time, the front army had already reloaded the crossbow arrows in the run, and the front army was the first to receive the enemy's forward, so this time it shot the best crossbow arrows with the rear army that was launched last.
This wave of arrow rain has just fallen, and the last wave of arrow rain of the Chinese army has rained down again.
In just a few breaths, four waves of crossbow arrows rained out a total of 50,000 crossbow arrows!!
The results caused by these 50,000 crossbow arrows were also extremely brilliant, even Meng Tian, who used the segmented shooting for the first time in actual combat, couldn't help but lose his mind for a moment when he saw the tragic situation of Li Zuoche's Chinese army on the opposite side.
After losing his mind, he was deeply afraid.
Because after the crossbow arrows, the more than 30,000 foot soldiers hidden in front of Li Zuoche's army could still be blessed by God, and there were less than a few thousand intact, and the rest were either killed on the spot, or fell to the ground wailing, and the blood flowed like a river.
Because of this, Li Zuoche's truly hidden thousand-ride chariot and more than 10,000 flying horses were completely exposed. Because the footmen who were covered were now basically lying on the ground.
If it weren't for such a wonderful method taught to him by His Majesty the Emperor, then at this moment, he originally thought that he could successfully counterattack in one fell swoop, but now it has become his burial place.
Meng Tian's gratitude to Hu Hai coupled with too many unknowns in the emperor made Meng Tian's awe of Hu Hai in his heart completely rise to another level. Heaven and man are no different, right?
Compared with the loss of consciousness of Meng Tian for a moment, Li Zuoche was truly lost and depressed, and several crossbow arrows floating over his head were inserted into the Chinese chariot as the command post.
Seeing that the Chinese army foot soldiers, who thought they were elite, were wiped out under the fierce crossbows of the Qin army in just a few dozen breaths, Li Zuoche's heart was dripping blood. A deep fear ensued.
He always thought that with his own talent and an army several times that of Meng Tian, he would definitely be able to take down Meng Tian's Jiuyuan Army in one fell swoop and lay the foundation for the restoration of the Zhao State. Now I have discovered that sometimes people may not be able to win the sky, and more people may not necessarily win weapons.
If Meng Tian is allowed to run away this time, then with the advantage of Great Qin's current weapons, it will not only be tens of thousands of foot soldiers who will be annihilated next time, but Zhao Guohe, who has just been restored, and himself and others.
Whether it was the Qin army, which had personally caused such a major victory, or the surviving foot soldiers who had personally experienced it, or the cavalry soldiers of Li Zuoche, they were all shocked by the incomparable lethality of the crossbow and stopped on the spot.
The battlefield, which was supposed to be a shouting and killing, fell into an eerie silence at this moment.
"Those who capture or take Meng Tian's head will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!"
Li Zuozhan shouted sharply on the chariot, and his high-pitched voice soared into the sky.
As the sound of Li Zuo's chariot fell, more than 10,000 flying horsemen rushed out from behind the chariot with the momentum of Mount Tai. More than 1,000 chariots followed closely behind under the control of Mite, and they were outflanked in two groups, apparently trying to surround the 30,000 original army.
Meng Tian heard Li Zuoche's shout, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and the tooth flag pointed to where Li Zuoche was.
More than 30,000 Jiuyuan infantry soldiers descended the mountain like fierce tigers, drew their long swords, and pounced fiercely against the more than 10,000 flying horses who rushed over.
More than 10,000 flying horsemen tightly clamped their legs on the horse's back, skillfully took off the longbow on their backs, and took the lead in catching up with more than 30,000 Great Qin infantry soldiers who pounced on them.
This sudden attack of more than 10,000 feathered arrows suddenly caused the thousands of Jiuyuan infantry soldiers who rushed up to the front to suffer heavy casualties, and thousands of people fell to the ground screaming. Meng Tian, who was in the middle army, watched the thousands of soldiers of the former army who followed him in the southern and northern battles fall to the ground one after another, and his eyes were torn.
With a hard slap of the war horse, Meng Tian rushed out first, followed by more than a dozen dragon guards and thousands of guards who guarded Meng Tian holding a tooth flag, and rode their horses to catch up, firmly protecting Meng Tian in the middle.
Li Zuoche's more than 10,000 flying horses could only shoot one round of feather arrows, and the two armies collided fiercely.
At the moment when the two armies intersected, the sound of broken bones and tendons was accompanied by the continuous neighing of war horses.
The Jiuyuan infantry at the front suddenly fell, after all, the infantry and the cavalry intersected, and the advantage of the cavalry with a combination of men and horses was too great. Fortunately, the cavalry three artifact Great Qin cavalry has not yet been fully equipped, let alone Li Zuoche's flying cavalry.
Of course, the sacrifice of the Jiuyuan infantry in the front row won the opportunity to kill the enemy for the many Jiuyuan infantry soldiers in the back. Coupled with the blocking of the Jiuyuan infantry who forgot to die, Li Zuoche's flying cavalry could not penetrate the thick depth composed of the 30,000 Jiuyuan army.
If there is no room to move, then it will be a tragedy for the cavalry to face several times its own foot soldiers, especially the well-equipped brave Jiuyuan foot soldiers.
Jiuyuan infantry has been fighting with the Hun cavalry for a long time, and they have long figured out how to deal with the cavalry, not to mention that Li Zuoche's flying cavalry is far inferior to the Hun cavalry.
Chopping off the legs of horses, chopping people and chopping people, the two armies are intermingled, and countless people fall every moment. However, due to the obstruction of more than 10,000 flying cavalry, the Jiuyuan infantry could not quickly chisel through the cavalry array, and therefore could not pose a threat to Li Zuoche.
If the strength of the two armies is equal, then everything is easy to say, the key is that Li Zuoche still has a thousand chariots on the periphery, and more than 100,000 foot soldiers from the left and right counties are surrounding, and they are about to arrive to completely surround Meng Tian's 30,000 troops who are lone and deep.
At this time, Li Zuoche's chariot had already separated from the left and right, and he was about to take the lead in completing the initial encirclement of Meng Tian's army.
The 10,000 Jiuyuan cavalry, who had been cruising on the right flank of Meng Tian's army, saw that the Qiancheng chariot was getting farther away from Li Zuoche, and suddenly entered the battlefield at this time, and went straight to Li Zuoche, who was only guarded by more than 1,000 personal guards.
This suddenly frightened the more than 500 charioteers who had already moved to the right flank of Meng Tian's army and were about to complete the encirclement, and hurriedly gave up the encirclement and rushed back to rescue Li Zuoche. It's no wonder that they are not to blame, the battlefield is now full of shouting and killing, and they who were originally surrounded in the center did not notice this cavalry cruising in the distance at all.
And the charioteers who moved to the left flank of Meng Tian's army were in no hurry even if they wanted to rush back at the moment, so they could only wander around the periphery of the left flank of Meng Tian's army, and Jiuyuan infantry soldiers were constantly knocked to the ground and crushed to death by the chariots wandering around.
The spearmen on the chariots also continued to sneak attack, and the casualties of the Qin army increased dramatically.
The balance of victory seems to be tilting on the side of Li Zuoche~~~!!
(To be continued)