Chapter 943: The Battle of Weishui (3)

As the sun began to reach the middle of the sky, the ice and snow on both sides of the Weishui River were full of dense Xu army infantry. By this time, the follow-up infantry had already erected two more pontoon bridges, and the speed of crossing the river had increased a lot.

However, due to the fact that Yu Wenshi and others had already led the cavalry to leave first, only Liang Yuanli was left behind to command the infantry to cross the river, but Liang Yuanli did not command and dispatch at all, and let the various departments cross the river like a swarm. By noon, in the middle of the night, Xu Junduo, who had been blowing cold wind by the river for half a day, was already hungry and tired. Xu Jun simply lit a fire on the spot to make food, half in the north and half in the south, and the 15,000 infantry was divided into two parts.

On the bank of the Luoshui River, not far north of Weishui, Chen Kefu, who had been lying in the snow and observing Xu Jun, couldn't help laughing.

The 5,000 cavalry of the Xu army's most elite army had already gone north for more than half an hour, and the remaining 15,000 infantry were on both sides of the Weishui River, and only 7,000 or 8,000 people crossed the river. Moreover, at this time, the seven or eight thousand infantry who had crossed the river did not even have the slightest warning and defense, and they stopped in Weibei completely at will, lighting fires and cooking on the spot, as if the peasants were rushing to a large gathering.

"Blow the horn, charge, and drive all the Xu Jun down to Weishui to feed the fish!" With the light of victory in his eyes, Chen Kefu slowly drew out his long sword and pointed at Xu Jun in the distance.

"Your Majesty has a will, blow the horn, attack, and charge the whole army!"

"Woo-woo-"

The long sound of the mournful trumpets startled countless birds and finches in search of food in the wilderness. Quaaking black jackdaws hovered in the dim sky, over and over again.

As the horn sounded, Ma Ning took the lead in rushing out from behind the slope with three thousand Xiliang cavalry.

The iron rider is vertical and horizontal, and the earth is slightly shaken.

The iron hooves of the war horse flew up, trampling countless snow powder, and raising a galloping snow mist.

The battle flag of the front army fluttered, the flag in the hands of the flag officer was the front of the army, and the black flying eagle seemed to want to break the flag.

"Enemy attack!"

A mournful scream rang out in Xu Junzhong, which immediately caused a huge chaos. The soldiers of the Xu army dropped the food in their hands and quickly went to get the spears placed in the snow.

Liang Yuanli, who was eating barbecue, almost choked to death. Turning his head to look north, he saw the black line like a tide coming, and immediately threw the barbecue meat on the snow, shouting: "Assemble!" ”

"Array!"

"Raise your gun!" ……

These infantry guarding Tongguan are also called elite, and although they are frightened under the attack, no one escapes. Under the order of the officer. Begin a rapid assembly array. The five thousand elite cavalry had already left, and at this time they were riding on foot, and only the military formation could restrain them.

The shield bearers have already erected huge cultural trees and hurriedly formed an iron wall. After the shield soldiers, the spearmen had already pierced their spears out of the shield array. On that shield wall, a dense array of cold spear tips pierced.

Two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps. One hundred steps!

The distance is getting closer and closer, and the sound of galloping iron hooves is getting louder and louder.

The fingers of the Xu soldiers holding the spears were white, and sweat was running down their foreheads.

"Shoot!" I only heard a loud shout from the other side. The next moment, countless arrows had already fallen from the sky with a whistling sound.

Damn, it's a projectile.

Liang Yuanli scolded hatefully in his heart, and hurriedly raised his shield upward. The enemy was very fierce, and although the infantry set up shield formations outside, these enemy troops fired projectiles. Ejection. This is a ruthless move to break the infantry formation. The arrows thrown do not shoot parallelly, but fall from the sky. With such a shot, the shield array in front was useless. The infantry, who were originally behind the shield array, could not completely resist at all.

"Woohoo!"

Feathered arrows came from the sky, most of them wearing only helmets. Or the soldiers in the armor were immediately hit by countless arrows. Some were hit by arrows in the neck, some in their backs, and even in their feet and knees. In just one round, a lot of people died.

Closer, the cavalry approached.

Fifty steps!

"Javelin projection!"

With a command, the fierce Western Liang cavalry immediately took out their traditional trick and threw javelins.

The javelins more than three feet long and between the umbilicus, each of these Western Liang cavalry carried five before going into battle. The javelins are heavy, weighing several pounds each. This is an essential weapon used by the Xiliang people to deal with the infantry formation.

Javelin after javelin projectile was more lethal than the previous bow and arrow projectiles. The heavy javelin carries a huge impact, and the one who hits it will die. Even the huge square shield was densely nailed, and several javelins were inserted into it, and the shield soldier's protection was greatly reduced.

The infantry formation was no longer tight, revealing a lot of gaps. However, the Xiliang cavalry did not rush in directly, and when the galloping Xiliang cavalry saw that Lin Lin collided with the shield array, they suddenly turned around, and the cavalry separated.

While circling the infantry formation, while riding and shooting, keeping a distance of about fifty paces, they just did not get close to the military formation. The spearmen in the infantry formation of the Xu army could not pierce the cavalry at all, and although the archers in the formation fired arrows, the mobile cavalry was not a good target.

The cavalry rushed to shoot on horseback, and before a pot of bows and arrows was fired, the infantry of the Chen army behind had already rushed up.

The infantry came in a neat formation, with shieldmen in front with shields, sword and axe men behind, spearmen second, and then archers and crossbowmen. What made Xu Jun's heart even more chilling was that in the distance, he could still see all kinds of large equipment pushed by the horse-drawn people in the row behind the infantry.

Rain of arrows.

Repeating crossbows, throwing stones.

Waves of attacks roared in, becoming more and more dense.

Xu Jun was beaten and had no power to fight back, and the soldiers in the formation continued to fall, and the formation became more and more sparse. Xu Jun wanted to get involved in the melee, but Chen Jun always kept a certain distance from Xu Jun and kept attacking with long-range weapons.

As soon as the Xu army emerged, it would immediately be attacked by the cavalry of the guerrillas on the left and right. Moreover, Chen Jun's shield array, sword and axe hands, and spearmen were also really strong, and several times several Xu military formations rushed forward, but in the end, in front of the iron wall, they could only be pierced out of countless holes and fall down with hatred.

Fall, fall, fall.

Xu Jun's array was already full of flaws, leaking everywhere in the cold wind.

The Xu army on the south bank of Weishui desperately wanted to cross the river to reinforce, but there were only three pontoon bridges, and they couldn't cross much for a while. With the speed of Chen's attack, the Xu army that crossed the river did not fall as much as the Xu army.

"Your Majesty, it's almost, let's attack the whole army!" He Ruolong stepped forward and said.

Chen Kefu nodded: "Assault, drive them all down Weishui, and those who abandon their weapons and surrender will not die!" ”

"Knock knock—"

The rumbling drums beat and the melodious trumpets began to sound.

The Chinese army's Panlong Daxu, which had been hanging high, also began to move forward at this time.

Move forward, the whole army will attack!

"Kill!"

In the midst of shouts of killing, Chen Jun's iron-clad shield array began to open, and countless Chen Jun soldiers raised their guns to attack. The Xu Jun array, which had already been damaged, could not stop the Chen army that was surging like a tide, and it retreated and kept falling.

Just when the Xu army was about to collapse, the shadow of the Xu army's cavalry appeared in Zhang Yu, the rear of the Chen army.

However, looking at the cavalry lineup of the Xu Army, it no longer has the momentum of the previous projection. When he went there was 5,000, and when he returned, he had only nearly 4,000 horsemen, and he had lost almost two men and horses. Behind them, the brothers He Ruolong and He Ruodong were leading their troops in pursuit.

Chen Kefu frowned, although he expected it, he didn't think that he could swallow Yuwenshi and this army. However, I was still a little disappointed to see that Yu Wenshi had lost more than a thousand horsemen and rushed back so quickly.

This time to lure the enemy into an ambush, Chen Kefu was not very sure. So for the sake of safety, he also left a team of soldiers and horses in Feng Yi and Imjin. Asabaka Castle was laid down with 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry.

On the north bank of Weishui were 6,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry.

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to go and intercept Yu Wenshi." Chen Lei stepped forward and asked for an order.

Chen Kefu watched the battlefield, and the more than 8,000 Xu troops who had crossed the river before had been copied by Ma Ning's 3,000 light cavalry at this time, and the retreat route was cut off. Now that Chen Jun was riding two bread clips, he had been driven into the triangular gap between Weishui and Luoshui, and there was a cold rushing river on the left and right, and there was no way back.

At this time, with more force, the remaining 6,000 or so people will be able to eat it in one bite.

But if you want to swallow the Yuwen and the four thousand cavalry, it is a little difficult. If you can't do it, you can't swallow it on both sides. At this time, the east bank of the pontoon bridge was still under the control of Xu Jun, and there was still a steady stream of Xu Jun rushing to cross, and there were still six or seven thousand people in this batch of Xu troops.

After thinking about the whole situation, Chen Kefu ordered to seize the time to swallow the infantry that had been surrounded first. As for Yu Wenshi, it can be intercepted by a part of the soldiers and horses, even if it runs away, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, it's best to be around, and if he runs, he also has a second plan, which just happens to be usable.

On the battlefield more than ten miles along Weishui, there were tears and killings everywhere.

Yu Wenshi and can be regarded as vigilant, the trap laid by the previous Chaoban City, he found it in time, retreated quickly, and after a battle, he only lost nearly a thousand men and horses, so the strong man broke his arm and retreated in time to escape.

At this time, when I returned to the Weishui River, I saw the sound of killing in the sky, and I almost fell off the Malay country in anger. Seeing that nearly half of the infantry was surrounded in the southwest corner, he also wanted to rescue. But the other generals were already frightened and resolutely refused.

"King, Chen Jun is cunning and has laid a net early. We have lost our troops, and if we do not withdraw to the south bank at this time, we are afraid that we will be besieged here by the whole army. The green mountains left are here, and I am not afraid of no firewood. Let's cross the river first, and then think carefully about what to do. ”

Yu Wenshi still wanted to insist, but when he saw the attitude of Zhang Jun, Cui Shi and other generals, he also knew that this matter was difficult. With a long sigh at the moment, he ordered to break out of the siege and retreat to the south bank along the pontoon.

When he retreated to the south bank, Xu Jun immediately burned three pontoon bridges, which was considered to be a complete abandonment of his comrades on the other side.

Yu Wenshi and a count, when they came, there were 20,000 horses, but at this time, there were only more than 3,000 cavalry and more than 6,000 infantry left. It only added up to half the time he came, and in just half a day, he lost 10,000 horses. When a mouthful of old blood spit out, he passed out directly. As soon as Zhang Jun and Cui Shi's second generals saw that the commander had fainted, they immediately ordered the whole army to withdraw to Guangfeng Cangcheng.

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