Chapter 588: Run Faster
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Indeed, as Di Qing said, this battle is easy to win, but if 80,000 people want to annihilate more than 200,000 opponents, it will be a little difficult. The generals standing beside Di Qing www.biquge.info pen "Fun" Pavilion did not look embarrassed or nervous at all, and they all showed excited expressions.
Di Qing was very satisfied, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll repeat your task again." The whole war was divided into several steps, starting with a frontal attack to attract the enemy's forces, with the aim of pulling their lines apart. Zhang Zhong, this matter is left to you, remember, you have to put a lot of pressure on the enemy, force them to shrink their forces, and at the same time not too fierce, if you scare the Dongying people and turn around and run away, I am the only one who asks! ”
Zhang Zhong commanded: "Don't worry, big brother, I know how to do it." ”
Di Qing turned his head to Liu Ping and said: "Cutting off the enemy's back road must be successful, I believe you, so I won't say anything, remember, the grasp of time is the most critical, if you go early, the enemy will find out, if you go late, the enemy will run away." ”
Liu Ping also knew and nodded: "Please be relieved by the general, the last general dares to make a military order, and it will definitely not ruin the general's plan." ”
Di Qing smiled at him and looked at Li Yi, who was standing on the side, who was about to move: "After all, we have a lot of people on the other side, if you want to eat quickly, you have to cut the other party apart, your task is to take your people and cut them off from the middle!" ”
Li Yi received the order.
Di Qing looked at the sky now: "It's getting dark, everyone remember, we will attack tonight, we will only fight this battle, and we will end the battle in one battle!" ”
"Yes!"
Try to simplify the battle in Dongying, which is also what Chen Yuan meant. It's not just to not give Liao too much time so that they can calmly dismantle the move. Also, fighting across the sea is a great waste of money.
Tonight, the sky was full of stars, and Musashi from Momoyama was standing under a big tree with his bamboo spear in his arms, his short body leaning against the trunk, listening to the sounds of insects and birds around him, he felt very lucky.
He was originally a very ordinary resident, and he couldn't eat at home, because of physical reasons, he wanted to go to the daimyo to be a samurai and was refused, and his wife couldn't stand that miserable life, so she ran away with a samurai, leaving him with the child under three years old, and life was even more difficult.
This time, the daimyo posted a notice on the street to recruit samurai, and he didn't hesitate to sign up, originally wanting to try his luck, but he didn't expect to be selected this time, which made Musashi very happy.
The daimyo gave him some food, and he gave it to his sister to take care of the child for him, and if he could go back alive this time, he would be a real samurai, and he could receive a little food from the daimyo every month, and the child would not have to starve.
Will you be able to go back alive? Musashi's body shook as he thought about it.
Today he followed the brigade to charge, and he didn't get close to the military formation of the Song army at all, the crossbow arrows were so powerful that the whole sun was covered, Musashi didn't know how he survived, and he didn't know if the general let himself rush a second time, if he still had the guts.
It's time for the changing of the guard, but today no one came to change his position, and he had to stand here all night, which was the punishment of the Toei people for the samurai who retreated from the battlefield.
He didn't want to retreat, but when he crawled out of the pile of dead people, there were no more people of his own around, and those Song soldiers pushed the shield wall over, and he rushed up to no avail at all. The shogun said that as a samurai, as long as you step back, you are a coward, and there is no reason for it.
Musashi didn't tell the difference, maybe the general was right, he was really not a qualified samurai, and the purpose of being a samurai was to live, so that he and his children could live.
Gozo thought of his child, and a smile appeared on his face.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a frog croaking next to him, which was very urgent.
Wuzang is a poor man, he often has to catch some frogs at night to ensure that the child has food the next day, he knows that the frog is so bad, there must be someone walking by, and there are many people!
His heart tensed violently, and his whole body squatted under the tree, not daring to move, and his eyes were looking straight ahead.
Sure enough, by the starlight in the sky, he saw a lot of swaying figures, many, many.
Musashi knew that this must not be a Toei person, and there was no need for a Toei person to sneak over like this, so he quickly lay down, put his whole body on the ground, and moved back little by little, moving as little as possible and as fast as possible.
This is a skill he practiced when he used to steal dishes from the backyard of the famous family, but he didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.
The Song army didn't notice the movement in front of them at all, and seeing that they were approaching the camp of the Dongying people, the leader waved his hand and asked the entire team to stop and reorganize a little, because from this position, they not only had to prepare for a sneak attack, but also be ready to fight a tough battle with the other party at any time.
When the head was adjusting the team, Musashi had already retreated to the door, he looked at the distance behind him, and after making sure that he could jump back in a very short time, he suddenly stood up, reflexively ran behind, and shouted loudly as he ran: "The Song Dynasty is here!" The Song Dynasty is coming! ”
Although I couldn't understand what he was shouting, the countless torches that lit up in the camp of the Dongying people made Nadu scold: "Damn, it's been discovered!" ”
The soldier next to him asked, "Head, what should I do?" ”
Du Tou gritted his teeth: "What else can I do?" Formation! ”
More than 100 Song troops also stood up from their hidden places and set up a small formation, preparing to fight to the death with the Dongying people who rushed out.
Zhang Zhong in the back also saw that the sneak attack had failed, and immediately drew his sword: "All the soldiers!" Kill the enemy and make a meritorious service! ”
"Kill......"
The Song army rushed over like a wave, but they were still two miles away from Dutou, and at this distance, during this period of time, Dutou had to rely on his own strength and take these brothers around him to fight against the enemy.
There were a lot of Dongying, but he was not afraid, the cold eyes pierced the night, and he felt a kind of honor, even if the sneak attack failed, the first shot of the entire battle would stab the Dongying people from his own phalanx.
The Dongying people in the opposite camp also formed a formation to kill, seeing that there were only more than 100 Song troops in front of their camp, these Dongying people were a little excited, they always wanted to compete with the Song army like a warrior, it was the kind of pure physical strength and skill to fight, but the Song army's bows and crossbows and stone cannons never gave them a chance.
Now it's okay, this hundred Song troops are in front of them, their bows and crossbows won't be too many, rush up and kill them!
There were only more than 20 crossbows in the 100 Song army, which obviously could not stop the enemy's offensive, after killing and wounding some people, the bamboo spear of the first Dongying warrior was pierced on the shield of the Song army, and the shield hand only felt that his arm was shaken, and he was a little sore, and before he could speak, the comrade behind him pierced out with a shot.
"Poof,"
The sound of a sharp blade entering the body, followed by a miserable howl, the tip of the spear pulled back, and a little bit of minced flesh still hung on the tip of the spear.
Then, there was a dense sound of blows coming from Song Jun's shield, some of them were metal collisions, and some of them were stronger, obviously those Dongying people were hitting with their feet or bodies.
The sword and shield hands in the front row held the shield stiffly, and they all raised their knives: "Kill!" ”
A platoon of spears pierced out, and screams from outside rang out one after another.
After a while, the Dongying people saw that this style of play was not working, and also found that the Song army could only form a small semicircle due to the small number of people, and the back half was completely empty, and someone immediately shouted: "Go around!" Hit from behind! ”
Du Tou didn't know what the enemy said, but from the other party's footsteps and the movement of the figure, he immediately judged the enemy's intentions, and waved his long knife at the moment: "Retreat!" Swing it out! ”
The formation of the Song army changed suddenly, the attack power on both sides suddenly strengthened, and the shield players who were originally at the bottom of the semicircle moved to the side, and the raised part in the middle quickly concave, and the formation that was originally a semicircle became like a long snake, but in the process of the side formation, there were no obvious gaps in the shield wall, which was enough to show that the Song army was well-trained.
The Dongying people continued to run, trying to copy the back roads of these Song troops, but they all retreated unhurriedly, and at the same time used the ever-changing formation to delay the enemy's footsteps, and occasionally a few of them rushed fast and were also shot by those crossbowmen.
Obviously, he saw that Song Jun's flaws were behind, but the Dongying people couldn't reach it. That's tactics. In layman's terms, this is how infantry fights.
After retreating more than a hundred steps, the Dongying people have suffered heavy losses, Musashi originally rushed out with the team, and he also wanted to outflank the rear of the Song army, so as to prove that he was not a coward, and he was a qualified samurai like these people. However, he felt that he was running very hard, either a companion blocked his path, or he had to face the shield of the Song army, or there was a gun of the Song army piercing him, and he had to dodge.
Slowly, he found that his companions were falling more and more, and although the opponent's formation was shrinking a little, it was still not the slightest flustered, and he still couldn't find a chance to get up between advance and retreat.
Musashi lost his patience a little, he absolutely couldn't break this shield wall by himself, so he had better go back. But everyone around him was charging, he was embarrassed, and he didn't dare to run alone.
The one who broke the last bit of defense in Musashi's heart was the Song Army, a brigade that came from behind!
Before the Song soldiers arrived, a black crossbow bolt rushed behind Musashi, and he heard a scream from behind, just like the screams of his companions when he charged in the morning.
Musashi was so panicked that he didn't dare to step forward anymore, his legs shook sharply a few times, and he didn't know what to do.
At this time, he saw a samurai turn and run back, and Musashi did not hesitate any longer. People are real samurai, and even real samurai have run away, why can't they run themselves?
So he turned around. When he turned around, he realized that the little hesitation just now had slowed him down, there were many people in front of him, and there were many people behind him.
Because it should be said that the people in front were lucky, because the Song army did not release the bow and crossbow after rushing over, but behind it was a sword and sword shadow, the shouts of the Song Dynasty and the screams of the Dongying people before they died were mixed together, when these voices came to Musashi's ears, his whole head suddenly went blank, and only one voice echoed in his ears: "Run faster, run faster." ”
(To be continued)