Chapter 207: Bloody Battle in Longxian
Horse Wasteland.
"Oh~~"
"Ahhh~~"
In the strange screams one after another, four teams of cavalry launched a fearless charge towards the 10,000 Liangzhou army in the center from four different directions, the sound of hooves was like a tide, and the sword flashed, although the charging enemy cavalry was less than 500 horses, but the Liangzhou army in the middle was still like a big enemy, and did not dare to be careless.
"Spearmen in formation!"
"Archer ready ~~"
"Shoot the arrows!"
At the command of the leading colonel, the two thousand archers were divided into four teams, and at the same time they pulled their bows and released arrows in four directions, and the dense arrows suddenly swept into the air, and fell head-on towards the enemy cavalry galloping in front. However, it is disappointing that the scene of people turning on their backs did not happen.
The four teams of cavalry suddenly changed the direction of the charge, cut diagonally from the front of the formation when they were still a stone's throw away from the Liangzhou army formation, and then went around in a big circle and returned to the origin of the charge just now.
The cavalry who returned to the original point began to wait in place, and the scene was like hundreds of wild wolves indifferently monitoring a huge prey, consuming the prey's physical strength with their cold will, and then, when the prey showed fatigue, it suddenly launched a new round of charge~~
This was repeated several times, the sun gradually rose, and the wasteland began to become hot, the four teams of cavalry were certainly hot, but the Liangzhou soldiers who were guarding the unsheltered wasteland were even more miserable. At the slightest negligence on the part of the guard's archers, these wolf-like cavalry would rush straight to the front of the line, throwing rows of sharp throwing spears into the dense crowd.
In order to break this suffocating "cage", Huang Fujian sent a team of five hundred cavalry to counterattack, when the Liangzhou cavalry began to charge, the enemy cavalry on the opposite side did not hesitate to turn around and retreat, the two cavalry chased after each other, and soon disappeared into the endless wasteland, and then until dark, Huang Fujian did not wait for the return of the five hundred cavalry.
With the toes of his toes, he could think that these five hundred cavalry must have suffered another accident.
There are definitely not only these four teams of cavalry in the wasteland, there must be an even larger cavalry lurking in the nearby shadows, like a vicious wolf hidden in the dark, waiting for the Liangzhou army to pounce out when it is alone, and a fatal blow!
After Huangfu was worthy of being a famous general, he quickly learned his lesson and made corresponding adjustments, dividing the last remaining 1,200 cavalry into four teams and roaming around the army-for-tat, forming a counter-deterrent to the four groups of enemy cavalry. In this way, the army can rest without worrying about the surprise attack of the enemy cavalry.
However, compared with the battle-hardened horse butcher, Huang Fujian still looks a little tender!
Huang Fujian just made the corresponding adjustments, the horse butcher also immediately saw the move, made adjustments, the endless horn sounded again, a team of black cavalry appeared again on the endless wasteland, and after less than a moment, another team of cavalry, and then another team ~~
A whole ten teams of cavalry, each with more than 100 horsemen, came out of the same direction like a ghost, and slowly crushed towards the Liangzhou army in a successive formation. Huangfujian hurriedly ordered to gather the cavalry around Youge and line up within the range of the infantry archers to defend against the enemy.
Time is quietly passing, the sun that has poisoned the whole day has finally sunk to the horizon, the sky is gradually getting dark, the Liangzhou soldiers who have been nervous for a whole day are hungry, thirsty, exhausted, and even more worrying to Huang Fujian is that he still doesn't know how many cavalry the enemy has?
I don't know how powerful the enemy is, as time passes, the fear in the hearts of the Liangzhou soldiers is infinitely magnified, when this fear accumulates to a certain extent, it only needs a slight external force to press, and this seemingly huge army will collapse at the touch of a button! After all, this is just a temporary gathering of county soldiers, not a battle-hardened regular army.
The melancholy in Huangfu Jian's eyes is getting stronger and stronger, when will this insidious opponent hidden in the shadows show its hideous fangs?
In the distance, on the vast horizon.
Dian Wei said angrily: "Lord, why bother so much to deal with this rabble? ”
Ma Yue said indifferently: "If you can exchange victory for the smallest price, why not?" ”
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Lintao.
Dian Ling led more than a dozen Qiang generals to hurriedly meet out of the city, only to see the horse hooves in front of him, hundreds of cavalry had already escorted Dong Huang surging forward, Dian Ling saw that Dong Huang did not have the slightest intention of stopping the horse, and hurriedly flashed to the side to get out of the way, at this time, Dong Huang's personal soldiers flashed in the figure, and rushed out of a military general with a spear straight to the chest of Dian Ling.
"Huh?"
Dian Ling's eyes were cold, and he instinctively dodged sideways, but the distance between the two was close, and the gun was fast, Dian Ling could only turn his body sideways, and the sharp blade had already pierced his chest, and the dozen Qiang generals who followed Dian Ling out of the city were stunned when they saw this, and the next moment, dozens of cold and shining horse chopping knives had been cut off ~~
The blood splattered, and Dian Ling and more than a dozen Qiang members will be splashed with blood in an instant, and the corpses will be outside the city.
Fang Yue raised his steel spear and slammed forward, hundreds of elite horsemen swept through the city gate like a tide and entered the city, not far from the city gate, the endless cavalry swept like a flood that broke the embankment, the loud hoofs almost wanted to fill the whole world, and the strong city of Lintao City was trembling gently.
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Long.
After a whole day of fierce fighting, after paying a heavy price of 2,000 soldiers killed and wounded, the Liangzhou army finally burned the drawbridge at the east gate of Longxian County, and the trench near the city gate has also been filled.
The sky finally got dark, but the Liangzhou army didn't seem to have any intention of quitting and returning to the camp.
The horns sounded in unison, the drums shook the sky, and the black-pressed Liangzhou army began to change formations again, and another attack was brewing. Under the cover of night, dozens of towering towers have been erected from the back of the Liangzhou army.
At the head of Longxian County, Xu Huang's slightly narrowed eyes opened, and an inexplicable cold light swept by, is the Liangzhou Army going to fight at night? General Ben will accompany you to the end! Huo Ran looked back, Xu Huang looked around, but saw that the Hedong athletes waiting at the head of the city were all in high spirits, and their eyes were full of murderous intent.
"Woo woo~~"
"Knock knock~~"
Outside Longxian County, the sound of drums and horns suddenly turned loud and high-pitched.
In the main formation of the Chinese army, Xu Rong drew his sword and raised it high above the top, and then waved it forward, and a strong general standing behind Xu Rong pulled his bow and arrows, and a soldier had already stepped forward to ignite the hemp rope that was wrapped around the arrow cluster and soaked in fire oil, and the next moment, the key let go of his hand, and the burning rocket suddenly swept into the air, and crossed a striking trajectory in the air towards the head of Longxian County.
"Kill~~"
"Rush~~"
Outside Longxian County, there was a sudden roar like a landslide, and the two infantry phalanxes that had been waiting for a long time, a full 4,000 elite infantry were like wild horses that had escaped the reins, swarming towards Longxian, and the dotted sheep finger torches illuminated the hideous and poignant faces of the Liangzhou soldiers, at this moment, there was only tyrannical murder in their eyes.
"Roar~"
"Roar~"
"Roar~"
Almost as soon as the two infantry phalanxes charged, the rear of the Liangzhou army sounded a neat and loud trumpet, accompanied by a rhythmic trumpet, dozens of towering towers began to squirm forward slowly. In the main formation of the Liangzhou Army, Xu Rong looked back leisurely, and when his eyes swept over the dozens of high platforms, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but float a hideous sneer.
Longxian Chengtou.
Xu Huang stood upright like a pine, staring at the Liangzhou soldiers swarming under the city, his raised right arm was as immobile as a mountain, and on the city tower, the eyes of more than a thousand archers focused on Xu Huang's raised right arm, but when Xu Huang's right arm was waved down, he would pull the bow and release the arrows, and pour a tent of arrow rain onto the heads of the Liangzhou soldiers.
Closer, closer!
There was a red fire shining on Xu Huang's face, and Xu Huang's eyes seemed to have two flames burning, and the whole person looked extremely fanatical. In the deafening shouting and killing, the Liangzhou soldiers finally swarmed in, like a black oppressive ant, crowded at the foot of the thick city wall of Longxian.
"Boom Boom~~"
Dozens of ladders were erected almost at the same time, and then leaned heavily on the head of Longxian County, almost at the same time, more than 100 Liangzhou elite soldiers with huge shields on their heads and heavy armor also guarded a crashing car bones and crushed over, when the sharp and heavy impact horns hit the city gate heavily, a violent crashing sound suddenly sounded inside and outside the city.
At this moment, it was as if the entire city wall of Longxian County was trembling and moaning.
There was an inexplicable murderous outburst in Xu Huang's eyes, and the raised right arm finally waved down fiercely, and a thunderous roar resounded through the city: "Brothers~~ Kill!" ”
"Kill, kill, kill~~"
The elite soldiers of Hedong who were waiting on the city wall roared hoarsely, and the cold rain of arrows fell on the heads of the Liangzhou soldiers one by one, and the Liangzhou soldiers were crowded under the city wall, and the archers guarding the city tower did not even need to aim at all, and they could hit the target by shooting an arrow casually.
"Ah~~"
"Uhhhhh
The endless howl rushed into the sky in an instant, and there were constantly Liangzhou soldiers who fell down with a wail, but the offensive of the Liangzhou soldiers did not stop because of this, and dozens of cloud ladders were soon crawled with Liangzhou soldiers who were not afraid of death.
Longxian Chengtou.
"Archers stand back and shoot to kill!"
"The pikemen rush forward and stop the enemy from landing in the city!"
"Sword and shield soldiers assemble, ready to fight back!"
Xu Huang's military order was issued in an orderly manner, more than 1,000 bows and arrows quickly retreated to the city wall, and began to continue to shoot arrows at the Liangzhou soldiers outside the city, and more than 1,000 pikemen who had been waiting for a long time quickly rushed forward, crowding the head of Longxian County, and the Liangzhou dead soldiers who were easy to climb to the head of the city had not had time to pull out the sharp blade in their mouths, and dozens of sharp spears had already stabbed in the air, and he was stabbed into a hedgehog in an instant.
"Puff~~"
The spear stabbed like lightning, and then retracted like a poisonous letter, and the corpse, which had lost its support, suddenly fell from the sky.
In the next moment, dozens of heavy siege ladders had been lifted by extra-long spears, and they continued to tilt outward after being upright, and finally fell with a bang. Dozens of Liangzhou soldiers who climbed on the ladder were like drowning people who fell into the water, falling down from mid-air, and dozens of Liangzhou soldiers who had nowhere to dodge were pressed under the heavy ladder, and their tendons were broken and fractured in an instant, but they did not lose their breath for a while, and they were screaming bitterly~~
"Woo la la~~"
More than 100 elite soldiers of Liangzhou howled frantically, clustered around the city crashing car and rushed forward, and then hit the solid city gate again, and there was a violent crash, Xu Huang felt that the city walls under his feet were shaking violently.
"Damn it." Xu Huang cursed viciously and shouted bitterly, "Fire oil, quickly bring the oil up!" ”
At this time, a canopy of rockets suddenly shot from outside Longxian County, one of the rockets just hit the boiling oil pot, and a flame suddenly rose on the city tower, illuminating the inside and outside of the city as bright as day, and the two soldiers were swallowed by the flames in an instant~~
But the remaining pots of fire oil were finally carried to the head of the city, pouring down towards the Liangzhou soldiers crowded under the city tower, when the hot oil soaked through the shield and the cover of the iron armor, the hot moxibustion heat was enough to make the strongest soldiers start to run wild~~
The next moment, dozens of rockets fell brutally from the city tower, and the fire oil splashed all over the ground burned in an instant, and the raging flames soon completely devoured more than 100 Liangzhou elite soldiers and the city crashing car! In the scorching white flames, you can still clearly see that the Liangzhou soldiers who have not lost their breath are wailing and struggling desperately~~
Outside Longxian County, the Liangzhou army was in the main formation, and the corners of Xu Rong's mouth suddenly twitched, but when his gaze swept over the dozens of towers that were slowly moving forward, the murderous intent in his eyes couldn't help but become more intense.
Longxian Chengtou.
The sea of fire burning under the city shines on Xu Huang's strong body, majestic as a mountain, looking around, rolling wood, skulls are pouring down from the city like raindrops, the Liangzhou soldiers who were hit are either dead or wounded, under the fierce counterattack of the defenders, the Liangzhou army crowded under the city wall finally can't hold on.
When the low and desolate horn began to sound, the Liangzhou soldiers crowded under the city wall finally retreated like a tide, and the tragic siege battle came to an end for the time being.
"Roar~"
"Roar~"
"Roar~"
Before the defenders at the head of the city had time to catch their breath, a neat and loud trumpet suddenly sounded outside the city, Xu Huang raised his head in shock, and under the dark night sky, dozens of towering towers had appeared like ghosts! It was a large increase in the height of the city wall, and the huge figure was like a giant beast, slowly approaching the head of Longxian County.
Xu Huang's eyes shrank suddenly, what is this? Could it be the well~~ well array!?
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Horse Wasteland.
The earth was once again shrouded in dark night, and the empty wasteland was like a giant beast with a bloody mouth open, looking greedily and hideously at the 10,000 Liangzhou soldiers crowded together, and the cold fear continued to spread in the hearts of the Liangzhou soldiers. When the time came to midnight, the decisive moment finally arrived.
The north, east, and south directions simultaneously roared with hooves and killings, and the clouds covered the moon, and the wasteland was pitch black, and the trembling Liangzhou soldiers could not see how many cavalry were charging in front of them, and the terrified archers began to release their arrows aimlessly without even waiting for the officer's order.
The sound of hooves and killing lasted for half an hour, but the expected charge did not come, and when the desolate horn sounded ghostly, all the sounds dissipated and became invisible, and there was a dead silence on the wasteland, a strange dead silence! The overly nervous infantrymen, as well as the archers who were unable to raise their arms with their bows and arrows, just sat down to take a breath, when a heavy armored iron cavalry of more than 100 horsemen appeared ghostly on the west side of the Liangzhou army!
When the dull sound of hooves alarmed the outermost Liangzhou soldiers, the heavy armored iron cavalry of more than 100 horses was less than twenty steps away from the Liangzhou soldiers! The Liangzhou soldiers, who were like frightened birds, didn't have time to react, and the unstoppable heavy armored iron cavalry had already cut into the Liangzhou formation.
"Roar!"
Dian Wei, who was wearing heavy armor, shouted violently, urging the horse to rush into the Liangzhou array, two heavy iron halberds flew up and down, like two tyrannical black dragons, setting off a bloody storm in the Liangzhou array, Dian Wei people rode everywhere, Liangzhou soldiers suddenly split like waves, and no one could stop them for a moment.
Behind Dian Wei, more than 100 heavily armored iron horsemen accompanied him like a shadow, rushing forward, causing bloodshed, panic, and chaos of the Liangzhou soldiers with cold sabers and violent collisions~~ Then, when the entire Liangzhou army began to fall on the verge of collapse, the two thousand Wuhuan wolf horsemen led by Ma Yue himself finally appeared on the periphery.
This time, it's not a painless scratch anymore.
Liangzhou in the array.
The Emperor roared hoarsely, trying to control the army on the brink of collapse, but soon he found to his sad disbelief that it was wishful thinking to make this army from several different counties, even unfamiliar with each other, carry out orders and commands.
Guo Hao, Li Ju, Li Xian and others have long since disappeared, only the sixteen cavalry Huangfu family will follow Huang Fujian's side with an indifferent expression, these eighteen cavalry generals have followed Huangfu Song to fight in the south and the north, what kind of battle have not been seen? Even if you have a sword and axe, you will never mess with yourself.
There was nothing to do, Huangfu Jian sighed and fled under the protection of the sixteen horsemen.
In this battle, Huangfu was defeated very unjustly, and he didn't know until the end that in fact, his enemy only had 2,000 cavalry! If Huang Fujian had sent cavalry to contain Ma Yue's 2,000 cavalry at the beginning, and then ordered 10,000 troops to step up the construction of the barracks, the outcome would have been completely different.
With the advantage of troops and a large amount of grain and grass carried by the army, the Liangzhou army only needed to build a simple camp to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from the Western Regions.
It's a pity that Huang Fujian has never really been on the battlefield before this, and the three sons of Li Ju, Li Bei, and Li Xian can only command and intrigue. When Ma Yue's four teams of cavalry suddenly appeared, these battlefield newcomers made an unforgivable mistake, and actually made 10,000 troops wait for the attack of 400 cavalry.
In the tense and desperate watch, the 10,000 Liangzhou army ran out of energy, lost their courage, and missed the last chance of life, and the final defeat was inevitable.
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Longxi, Lintao.
Fang Yue strode up to the enemy tower, waved his hand to Jia Xu, who was standing solemnly, and said loudly: "Military division, our army has cleared the remnants of the enemy in the city, and Lintao City has been captured. ”
"Is there a single one who has slipped?"
"Rest assured, the four gates are all blocked by our cavalry, and not even a single mouse has escaped from Lintao City."
"Hmm."
Jia Xu bowed his head lightly and fell into deep thought.
"Military Division~~" Fang Yue hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Is it time to go back to Shilong County now?" Longxian is not only a place for our army to store grain, but also a strategic point connecting the 36 Qiang, once it falls, the consequences will be unimaginable! Although General Xu Huang is brave and good at fighting, he only has 5,000 soldiers and horses after all, and it will be very difficult to withstand the onslaught of Xu Rong's 30,000 army. ”
"Back to Shilong County?" Jia Xu shook his head indifferently and said, "No~~ It's not time yet." ”
"Huh?" Fang Yue was shocked, "Why did the military advisor say this? ”
"Time!" Jia Xu took a deep breath and replied, "We need time, it's a gamble!" ”
"What?" Fang Yue lost his voice and said, "Gambling!" ”
"Yes, gambling!"
Jia Xu nodded, but he still didn't say some words, this is indeed a big gamble, now, it depends on whether Xu Rong captured Longxian first, or Gao Shun first defeated Zuo Fengyi, from the initial eight hundred miles to the Hetao to send the book to now It has been half a month, Gao Shun's soldiers and horses should have entered Zuo Fengyi's territory.
For three days, Xu Huang only needs to hold Longxian for three days, and Zuo Fengyi's 800 miles will be sent to Liangzhou in an expedited manner! The fall of Longxi, Xu Rongshi's ** will be put behind him, but it is impossible for him to sit idly by and ignore Zuo Fengyi's urgency! Once Liangzhou falls, Guanzhong Chang'an is Dong Zhuo's only way to retreat, how can he afford to lose?
Fang Yue said in a condensed voice: "Military Division, what should our army do now?" ”
Jia Xu's tightly locked eyebrows Huo Ran stretched out, and said loudly: "Leave five hundred elite soldiers to garrison Di Dao, tell Di Dao to guard the generals, before the situation in Liangzhou is decided, it is strictly forbidden for any people to enter and exit, and those who violate the order ~~ will be killed!" You can plant more flags at the head of the city, and then hold the people in the city to stand at the head of the city with sharp armor and sharp spears, thinking that they are suspicious soldiers. ”
Fang Yue said: "Obey." ”
Jia Xu said again: "Then put 1,000 elite soldiers in the armor of the Yunnan Lingqiang soldiers, defend the city, and then set up a large camp outside the city of Lintao, leaving 2,000 elite soldiers to guard, and the camp can hold some more Lintao people hostage, so that they can also wear armor and be sharp, pretend to be soldiers, think that they are suspicious soldiers, and put on the posture that our army is still besieging Lintao." ”
Fang Yue's expression moved, and he asked, "Our army still has more than 15,000 people, what do you want to do?" ”
Jia Xu's eyes suddenly brightened, Huo Ran looked back at Fang Yue, and said word by word: "Destroy Xu Rong first, and then Kou Chang'an!" ”
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Long.
Under the cover of the hoplites, thousands of elite soldiers dragged dozens of wells and finally approached the city wall, and the archers guarding the city wall desperately gathered fire, but they could not stop the advance of the well formation, Xu Huang quickly ordered to stop this ineffective and wasteful arrow resistance.
"Drink~~"
With a loud howl, the slowly squirming well formation came to an abrupt halt, followed by two thousand hoplites who followed quickly over the well and set up a strong defensive shield wall in front of the formation. At this time, the well camp was only thirty steps away from the city wall of Longxian, and as long as it went a little further, the fire oil canisters thrown by the defenders would be able to get these well boxes.
As long as the canister can be thrown onto the well, the defenders can burn the well with the technique of fire attack, but unfortunately, Xu Rong has obviously been prepared for this, and it is only a little bit away from it, making it difficult for the defenders' fire attack technique to work.
Behind the hoplites and the well formation, two more infantry phalanxes were nervously assembled, Xu Huang's eyes couldn't help but pass a trace of haze, the well formation is not terrible, what is terrible is the infantry siege battle under the cover of the well formation! Due to the suppression of the wells, the defenders will pay an extremely heavy price when defending against the enemy siege.
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(To be continued)