Chapter 257: The First Battle of Lu County (Part II)
When the cavalry charges forward, no cavalry will ever consider what is in front of them, when ten thousand horses are galloping, stopping means death, and no one dares to stop, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of them, the cavalry at the front must rush over without hesitation.
However, it was not the sea of swords and fires that greeted them, but the muzzle of 10,000 black holes, even Luo Wei's eyes widened, and his heart was also full of doubts, he had already vaguely guessed that this might be the mysterious weapon to defeat the defenders of Jinan.
But the war is not to be regretted, all decisions and tactics must be prepared in advance, once the war is launched, it is difficult to change, even if those mysterious weapons will completely destroy the cavalry, Luo Wei does not dare to let the cavalry withdraw, the distance between the two sides is only three miles, the withdrawal of the cavalry is likely to lead to the rout of the whole army, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, he has to let the army kill it.
"The cavalry of the second army and the infantry of the third army are dispatched to cover the kill!"
As soon as he gave the order, the war drums of the attack sounded like a landslide, and another 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry of the Qi army were launched, overwhelmingly rushing to kill, if the first cavalry was a meat shield, then the 40,000 troops behind were the real rush.
At this moment, the muskets of the Chu army opened fire intensively, 10,000 muskets were fired in three rounds, one after another, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the bullets were densely shot at the 10,000 cavalry of the Qi army like a torrential rain, one hundred and fifty steps away, 10,000 cavalrymen turned over on their backs, and the casualties were heavy, only three rounds of guns, the cavalry of the Qi army was killed and wounded more than 3,000 people, within 100 steps, the corpses were piled up on the road ahead, no cavalry could rush into 100 steps, the morale of the forward cavalry was exhausted, the heart was frightened, and they turned around and fled in panic.
On the high platform, Huangfu Wujin saw the rout of 10,000 cavalry, and immediately ordered: "The cavalry pursues and is completely defeated!" ”
The drum sounded, the blue flag waved, and the 10,000 cavalry deployed in the south retreat was launched, such as the breakout of the causeway, the 10,000 cavalry were like a big wave, swept away to the defeated Qi cavalry, and the 10,000 Qi army was defeated, and at this time, the Qi army's large team of men and horses came to cover up, the Chu army bell sounded, the white flag waved, and the 10,000 cavalry of the Chu army roared back, and instantly galloped past the 10,000 musketeers, and the Qi army pursued a hundred steps away.
The musketeers fired fiercely again, and the bullets pierced through the shields and armor like a storm, and a large number of Qi troops fell to the ground screaming, while the 10,000 crossbowmen of the Qi army at this time were in the rear and could not play a role.
The strange tactics of the Chu army are all carried out around 10,000 musketeers, and Luo Wei in the rear also discovered this, if he does not defeat this sharp and mysterious firearms team, he will be defeated today, Luo Wei yelled hysterically, "Give me a drum charge!" ”
He snatched the drumstick, 'Boom! Boom! Boom! Dense drums sounded, this was the order to charge, 50,000 Qi troops, urged by the war drums, at any cost, rushed towards the Chu army, fell one by one, rushed up in groups, and approached the Chu army's musketeers step by step, and had reached thirty paces away.
From one hundred and fifty steps to thirty steps, in a short distance, the Qi army has already paid more than 15,000 casualties, and at this time, Huangfu Wujin did not take out the mortar cannon, although he knew the sharpness of the mortar cannon, but he preferred to use tactics to win the battle.
"The musketeers retreat, the cavalry and infantry meet!"
The drumbeat of the Chu army changed and became slow and powerful, 'Knock-knock-knock!' Then the red and blue flags waved, 10,000 muskets retreated like a tide, guarding around the high platform, 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry rushed up, the two armies collided violently, and a fierce hand-to-hand fight began.
The battle on the field on the south bank of Zishui has been white-hot, Jin Ge Iron Horse, the sound of killing shook the sky, the drums beat hard, the horn whimpered, although the number of the Chu army was slightly less than that of the Qi army, but the high morale and abundant physical strength still made them have the upper hand, cavalry to cavalry, infantry to infantry, blood flowed like a river, corpses were lying on the pillow, an hour had passed, at this time, Huangfu Wujin stared at the east, with a hint of a smile on his face.
Like the Chu army, the 10,000 Qi army crossbowmen stayed in the rear, stretched their bows and crossbows, guarded the commander, and almost all their attention was on the battle on the battlefield, at this moment, a gust of wind blew away the morning fog that had shrouded the river, the sun was shining, the sky was clear, and many of the soldiers behind saw a terrible scene, making them lose their last hope.
Zishui is about ten zhang wide, the water flow is calm, meandering between the hills in the north of Qizhou, and finally flows into the Daqing River, and on the clear and sparkling river, a fleet of nearly a hundred thousand stone military ships appeared behind them, less than three hundred steps away from them, the muzzle of a black hole hole was aimed at them, and before he could react, five hundred cannons on a hundred warships opened fire at the same time, the cannon sound was like thunder, and the dense cannonballs fell into the unsuspecting battalion and bow and crossbow array, like hundreds of sparks blooming, In the crowd exploded violently.
More than 2,000 crossbowmen by the river suffered heavy casualties, crying for their fathers and mothers, and fled in all directions, at this time the camp was also ablaze with fire, although most of the crossbow soldiers were not within the range of the artillery, but the shock of the sudden attack and the explosion of the shells, as well as the Chu army killing from behind, still made the crossbow soldiers a mess, and many people were terrified.
The fear of death and the bad situation of the Qi army, some soldiers began to take the opportunity to escape from the army, one person led ten people, one hundred people led a thousand people, more and more soldiers escaped, Luo Wei shouted and scolded, drew his sword and slashed, killed more than a dozen people in a row, but could not stop a large group of soldiers from fleeing.
The artillery of the Chu army was still bombarding fiercely, the explosion resounded throughout the field, the flying shamprapnel continued to make a large number of soldiers fall, and the entire rear army fell into a kind of frenzy.
However, the bells, drums and horns on the battlefield were a kind of signal to command the army to fight, not an alarm when defending the camp, and the bells and chaos seriously shook the morale of the Qi army.
The Qi army in the fierce battle showed signs of rout, and as the five-zhang high handsome flag was hit by a cannonball, it fell with a bang, and tens of thousands of Qi troops were finally routed on all fronts.
Nearly ten miles long battle line, the Qi army was defeated like a mountain, lost their armor, and scrambled to flee for their lives, and the Chu army then covered up and killed, killing rivers of blood, and the corpses were piled up like mountains, and at this time, the 10,000 Chu troops who had gone ashore in advance came from the east to block the Qi army's rout and escape, and the Qi soldiers knelt down and begged for mercy...... At noon, the battlefield finally quieted down, the Chu army began to clean up the battlefield, the enemy's corpses were burned in a concentrated manner, and the dead soldiers of the Chu army were registered one by one, and they also began to burn, and finally the bones were put into clay pots.
"Of the 80,000 Qi troops, more than 28,000 were killed and wounded, not counting the wounded soldiers, more than 45,000 people were captured, more than 13,000 war horses were captured, and thousands of Qi troops were defeated and fled south."
"What about our casualties?" Huangfu Wujin asked.
"Our army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and more than 1,000 horses were lost."
Huangfu Wujin nodded, as long as the casualties were controlled at as many as 5,000 people, then this battle would be a big victory, and he asked: "What about Luo Wei?" Did you find him? ”
"No, according to the surrender of the troops, hundreds of his own soldiers were the first to withdraw from the battlefield, protecting him to flee south.
"Count him lucky!"
Huangfu Wujin immediately ordered, "The army will be re-encamped and wait until the southern army arrives to converge." ”
On the evening of that year, the general Wu Jun led 30,000 Jianghuai troops to arrive in Liangfu County in advance, and the Huangfu Wujin army converged, two days later, the Jianghuai army arrived in Lu County one after another, Huangfu Wujin ordered the general Zhou Yanbao to garrison Qizhou, control the situation in Qizhou, and ordered Qi County Governor Shi [***] as a special envoy to Youzhou to pass the message, persuade Liu Hanzhang, the general who guarded Youzhou, to surrender, and promised that if he surrendered, he would be named Zhao Guogong and Fan Yang Jiedu envoy.
The news would not come back immediately, and after resting for two days, Huangfu Wujin led 100,000 Chu troops to the west of the Yellow River in 800 large ships and advanced to Yuzhou.
......... Luojing City has been surrounded for nearly ten days, from the seventh day, the Yongqi coalition army began to attack the city fiercely, the two sides have reached an agreement, with Luoshui as the boundary, the two sides occupy half of the city, the Qi army occupies the north city including the palace, the Yong army occupies the south city, and all the personnel and materials in the palace, including Huangfu Heng must be handed over to Yongzhou, after reaching this agreement, the two sides began to attack Luojing on a large scale.
Unexpectedly, after seven days of preparation, Luojing's defense has been gradually established, and the garrison army has increased to 30,000, and the general Li Mi has also built a lot of heavy trebuchets on the city, and used fire oil and earth-shaking thunder to inflict heavy losses on the two armies besieging the city.
Three days of bloody battles, so that Yongzhou County killed and wounded more than 30,000 people, Qizhou army also has more than 20,000 casualties, and Luojing is still standing majestically, at this time, the news of the Chu army's surprise attack on Qizhou has reached the Qi army camp, although the emperor Fu Yuan ordered to block the news, but the disappearance is still spreading, spread all over the barracks, most of the Qi army officers and soldiers are in Qizhou, suddenly people are panicked, the army is home, and the uneasy mood permeates the Qi army camp.
Inside the tent, the Emperor of Qi was extremely troubled, pacing back and forth in the camp with his hands behind his back, and the emotions of chagrin, remorse and anger were intertwined in his heart, making him lose his usual calm.
He had just received information that Luo Wei led 80,000 troops to the north, but encountered the main force of Huangfu Wujin in Liangfu County, and the Chu army used a sharp firearm, which wiped out Luo Wei's entire army, and the Jianghuai Chu army also fully entered the territory of Qizhou, and there was no army of its own in Qizhou.
Huangfu was very aware of what had happened, his Qizhou was lost, in order to seize Yuzhou, but his nest was occupied by others, and the gains outweighed the losses, which made him feel remorseful in his heart, and the whereabouts of the princess's wife and concubines and more than a dozen children were unknown, which made him have any meaning in Yuzhou.
Huang Fu wanted to give the order several times and the army returned to Qizhou, but the last shred of reason told him that if he returned now, there might be nothing.
At this moment, his advisor hurriedly walked in, "Your Highness, I just got the news from Youzhou. ”
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(To be continued)