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Chapter 823: The Battle of the Fog River (I)

On March 1, after Hu Zequan and his troops cut off Zu Wupo's 5,000 soldiers, the main force broke away from the battlefield and retreated backwards. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 On the same day, the Lu Army, which had set out from Weizhou City, gathered all the nearly 10,000 cavalry of the Red Division, and moved forward, preparing to assist Xu Jinchao in defeating the frontal Zu Wupo Division and opening the portal to pursue the enemy.

Standing on a hill, Hu Zequan glanced nostalgically at the direction of Weizhou City, this time, he no longer had any hope of fighting back, the battle of Weizhou would end with the defeat of the Southern Army, and now the remaining question is how many people he can bring back. Thinking that no matter how far away Quanying was on the front line, there was still a strong team that needed to break through by itself, Hu Zequan couldn't help but sigh silently.

"General, let's go, go back and regain our strength, maybe we will fight back one day." Ai Yongjun whispered and persuaded, but even he didn't believe it.

"Let's go, let's go!" Hu Zequan walked to the war horse not far away, looking at the retreating team that stretched for dozens of miles, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

"General, General Hu, it's not good!" In the distance, a fast horse galloped over, and before the horse could stop, the person who came had already jumped down.

"General Hu, the Dingzhou Army Brigade is confident that the mausoleum direction will swoop down on our army."

"What?" Hu Zequan and Ai Yongjun almost didn't believe their ears, "The Dingzhou army is coming from the direction of Xinling?" What about Zeng Yifan, where did Zeng Yifan go? ”

The person who came said in shock: "Zeng Yifan ran away, he and the Liaoshen army suddenly retreated yesterday, completely exposing our flank, and now tens of thousands of Dingzhou troops are rushing towards us." ”

With a poppy sound, Hu Zequan fell to the ground, unconscious. There was chaos in the field.

"General, General!" Ai Tuojun half-squatted on the ground, picked up Hu Zequan, and pinched his people, "Come on, come on, bring water." Ai Yongjun shouted.

Slowly opened his eyes, the white clouds in the sky were leisurely, fluttering with the wind, entering March, the weather was already warm, the sun was shining on his body, warm, but Hu Zequan was cold to the bone.

I don't know where the news leaked, Zeng Yifan suddenly retreated at this critical time, which allowed Lu Dalin's troops at the mouth of the two rivers to attack him without any worries, once they were entangled by the opponent, the enemy on the opposite side pounced again, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Xiao Ai, Xiao Ai!" Hu Zequan shouted in a low voice.

"General, I'm here!" Ai Yongjun said loudly.

"Quick, go quickly, you personally take 10,000 soldiers to reinforce the Wudu River, you must hold the Wudu River, this weather is warmer, as long as you can hold it for a few days, the Wudu River will thaw, and the river will become our natural line of defense, and it will earn more time for the main force to hold the Wudu River." Hu Zequan's trembling fingers pointed in the direction of the Wudu River.

"Yes, General Hu, I'll go right away, how are you?"

"I can't die, let's go!" Hu Zequan said sharply.

Ai Yongjun led the troops away, but Hu Zequan's face was still like ashes, Zeng Yifan dared to retreat in advance, that is, he saw that the southern army was now unable to take care of him, since he dared to take this first step, then he must still have a backhand, grain and grass, yes, grain and grass. The grain and grass in Zeng Yifan's army was originally supplied once every three days, and now that the opponent is retreating, the first step is to get enough grain and grass to be able to support it to the end in this great retreat.

"Someone, immediately send an elite messenger to Sifangyan, go to the fort, and order the defenders there to strengthen their vigilance, and strictly prevent the Zeng Department from seizing grain and grass, and carrying heavy baggage!"

Hu Ze thought of everything he could think of, but it was too late, and when his messenger was still running on the road, Guo Quan was already throwing his horsewhip and in the material warehouse of the Southern Army in Xiabaoping.

"Guo Quan, do you want to rebel?" The general of the Southern Army of Xiabaoping, who was pressed to the ground by several Fengli battalion soldiers, shouted hissed, he never dreamed that Guo Quan would suddenly storm Xiabaoping, and when Guo Quan's department arrived in Xiabaoping yesterday, claiming that he was passing by here to pursue Wei Xin, he was still convinced, but Guo Quan suddenly killed a horse gun in the middle of the night, and defeated the defenders of Xiabaoping in one fell swoop.

"You're right, Lao Tzu is a rebel!" Guo Quan grinned.

"Someone, tell the brethren to clean up the outside, come in and get something, and get everything for me." Guo Quan roared and walked out, and behind him came the sound of the steel knife coming out of its sheath and the short screams of the general of the Southern Army.

When Guo Quan conquered Xiabaoping, a sky-high fire ignited in the direction of Sifang Weir, that is, after Wei Xin conquered Sifang Weir, a fire burned it to the ground, except for what his troops could take away, he couldn't take it, he couldn't take it, Wei Xin certainly wouldn't leave it to his opponent.

Xu Siyu of Xianglu Mountain suddenly found that Xiong Jiwang, who was already crumbling in front of him, had obviously received reinforcements, not only stabilized the defensive line, but also had the spare strength to start a counter-assault, this kind of counter-assault was blooming everywhere on the battle line, and unconsciously, he was already at a disadvantage, and between him and Changning, he actually found a small number of red cavalry haunting, which made Xu Siyu unfortunate, if Lu Dabing's red cavalry appeared in this place, it would mean that the connection between himself and Changning had been severed, In other words, he was alone.

There must be something big wrong over there in Changning. Although he didn't know what was going on, Xu Siyu still came to this conclusion based on his own experience, otherwise, Hu Zequan of Changning would not have allowed such a huge cavalry to cut off his connection with him.

"Order all departments, move closer to Wangjiang, and let's go find General Lan." Xu Siyu ordered categorically.

Xu Siyu's sudden contraction turned, Xiong Jiwang opposite him failed to react in time for a while, and when he confirmed that the opponent had moved towards Wangjiang, it was already a day later, so he could only raise his army and cut into the area near Xianglu Mountain, one to pursue Xu Siyu to Wangjiang, and the other to Changning and attack Hu Zequan's other side.

At this time, Lu Dabing's Red cavalry had been interspersed behind Zu Wupo, and Xu Ji and Jin Chao had completed the encirclement of Zu Wupo.

After Hu Zequan sent Zu Wupo and Ai Yong's army, he still had nearly 80,000 troops in his hands, and he ran all the way non-stop, retreating sharply in the direction of Xiabaoping.

And in the Wudu River, a tragic blocking battle unfolded fiercely in the footsteps of Hu Zequan's retreat.

Hu Zequan can only reassure him by sending Ai Yongjun, a person who has followed him for decades to fight a blocking battle, he knows that even if he fights to the last person, Ai Yongjun will not retreat, and if he is replaced by another person, it is impossible to say, and Ai Yongjun already knew the task and result of his trip when he set off, that is, to fight to the last man, and to gain more time for the retreat of the main force.

The ice on the Wudu River still has not melted, but compared to some time ago, it has been very thin, under the sunlight, the layers of water stains are shining, Ai Yongjun led the troops to arrive at the Wudu River, and did not have time to dig a trench wall, set up a fence, then saw the cavalry of Dingzhou Dong Dasheng in the distance overwhelming, Ai Yongjun immediately set up a formation with 3,000 people, set up a chariot in front of the formation, and set up a scorpion cannon and ballista on the car, on the other side of the river, Ai Yongjun lined up the second army formation with 5,000 people, behind them, Three thousand men are desperately erecting heavy weapons such as trebuchets, while cutting down wooden walls, filling in earth and stones, and establishing positions.

From the moment Ai Yongjun came out, he didn't think about going back alive, resisting Lu Dalin's troops, and not letting them stop and cut off the main force, this is Hu Zequan's intention to send him out, Ai Yongjun doesn't know how long he can block, and he doesn't know how Hu Zequan can get out of such an embarrassing situation in the next few days, he just wants to do his best to be loyal to His Royal Highness King Ning.

The cavalry rushing in the distance did not stop for a moment, and pounced on the southern army position of the Wudu River in a whistling sound. The enemy's unstable foothold is a good opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to strike.

"Charge!" Dong Dasheng's banner waved.

"Dingzhou Army, Wansheng!"

The horse is like lightning, the momentum is like a swimming dragon, and the sound of the horse's hooves is like thunder.

"Kill!" On the side of the southern army, all the spears, ballistas, and scorpion cannons were fired in unison, and the stone bullets suddenly filled the sky, and the stone chips fired by the scorpion cannon rotated at high speed, making a sharp whistling sound.

The Dingzhou cavalry bowed down, holding a gun in one hand, holding a shield in one hand, slamming the horse's belly with both feet, constantly destroying the horse to accelerate, in such a long-range coverage attack, it is pointless to dodge, the high-speed galloping war horses one after another, the distance between the two horses is often less than a few meters, and it is there in the blink of an eye, and there is no room for you to stop, at this time, you can only bet on whose luck is better. Only by accelerating to the front of the formation and rushing into the formation will the chances of survival be greater.

Pieces of cavalry fell off their horses in the process of charging, and the unridden war horses were still rushing forward, because behind them, more war horses were rushing up, and some war horses fell to the ground, and the huge body tripped over the cavalry and horses that were galloping behind, but this could not stop the speed of the Dingzhou cavalry charge.

The first war horse rushed out of the attack range of the long-range weapon, and then, more war horses rushed over with the first one, and a rain of arrows immediately covered this area, but compared to the effect of ballistas and scorpion cannons, this round of arrow rain is much smaller, and the armor of the Dingzhou cavalry is extremely fine, as long as it is not a hit, even if there are more than a dozen arrows hanging on the body, it is still a horse rushing over.

"Kill!" Behind the formation of the Southern army, rows of spears poked out, the tips of which glittered in the sun.

The first cavalry rushed up, facing the front of the car formation, facing the dense gun forest behind the car formation, the cavalry did not hesitate at all, a shout, the bayonet in his hand was thrown violently, the long bayonet swept through the car formation, stabbed to the rear, the gun forest shook for a while, and the bayonet gun was knocked down, but immediately, hundreds of bayonet guns swept through the car formation, pierced into the gun forest, and the screams immediately sounded.

The first cavalryman did not mean to slow down at all, the war horse jumped up under his strong reins, crossed the car formation, and fell straight into the formation, and there were bursts of exclamations from below, a horse itself weighed one or two thousand pounds, carrying the high speed when running, which fell, how could it be stopped by manpower.