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Chapter 824: The Battle of the Fog River (Medium)

As soon as the horse fell, more than a dozen spears stood up below immediately pierced it, but the huge impact force also pressed the dozen soldiers under the horse to break their tendons and fractures, and the cavalry on the horse fell at the moment when they had already flown up, holding a shield in one hand, pulling out a war knife with one hand, roaring and sweeping with a knife, the blade of the steel-clad steel easily cut off the spear shafts of several spears, and when it fell to the ground, the knife had already stabbed into the chest and abdomen of a soldier closest to him, but almost at the same time, several spears also pierced into his body. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The Info spear shook and threw him out of the way.

More horses rushed into the air, screaming endlessly, the strict military formation was shocked in an instant, more horses rushed up, too late to jump into the air, slammed into the chariot, the horse immediately fell to death, and the knight was shocked by the huge shock force and flew upside down, falling into the cavalry rushing behind.

The tight formation of cars was rushed to a crooked angle. Gaps are exposed. The Dingzhou cavalry immediately adjusted the direction of the attack and attacked these gaps with all their might, and the huge impact of the cavalry immediately caused the infantry to retreat step by step.

The soldiers of the Southern Army did not lack blood and courage, but they lacked experience in fighting cavalry, and at this time, as long as one step backwards would cause an avalanche-like effect, the looser the military formation, the greater the space for the cavalry to move, and for the infantry, it was not worth digging their own graves.

Dong Dasheng saw that the opponent's formation had shown a loose trend under his own onslaught, and immediately ordered: "Hu Che'er, give it to me, and make the gap bigger!" ”

"Order!" Beside Dong Dasheng, a hideous-looking general shouted, lifted the reins of his horse, and jumped out, and behind him, a cavalry roared out.

Without the intensive blocking of scorpion cannons and ballistas, Hu Che'er led his troops to easily rush to the array, and with a loud shout, Hu Che'er poked out the steel gun in his hand, inserted it into the bottom of a chariot, and picked it hard, this chariot weighing hundreds of catties was actually picked up by him.

The chariot was lifted into the air and flew upside down towards the Confederate soldiers, and the soldiers below immediately retreated in surprise and became a mess.

After several loud shouts, Hu Che'er picked up five chariots in a row, and then he stopped out of breath, and the cavalry behind him immediately crossed his side and rushed towards this section of the gap.

"Beat the drums, break the formation!" Dong Dasheng shouted.

The sound of war drums rumbled, and wave after wave of cavalry continued to assault the Southern Army's array, thinning the array layer by layer, forcing the Southern Army to retreat step by step to the ice surface of the Wudu River.

On the other side of the river, Ai Yongjun was also shocked to see Hu Che'er so violent, he was able to pick up the chariot with manpower, such a brave general, it is rare to see in the world.

"How long will it take for a trebuchet to stand up?" He shouted.

"General, it'll be right away." One of the lieutenants had a nervous look on his face, and he could see that the friendly forces on the other side were about to run out.

Hu Che'er took a breath, regained some strength a little, and rushed up again with a steel gun in his hand.

"Kill, drive them down the river!" Hu Che'er shouted wildly, the spear in his hand stabbed indiscriminately, rushed into the enemy formation, killed several people in a row, but was also poked several times in the body, fortunately he was not injured in the vital point, although the blood was wild, but he still shouted and rushed left and right.

When Lü Dalin arrived at the Wudu River, more than half of the 3,000 Southern troops on the shore had suffered casualties, and they had retreated to the Wudu River, and the formation was scattered, and it had been cut into several pieces by the Dingzhou cavalry.

"General Ai, we can't stand it, please order the brothers to come back!" A general of the Southern Army, covered in blood, rushed back to the opposite bank, ran to Ai Yongjun's war horse, pulled the reins of the horse, and pleaded with Ai Yongjun: "General, if you continue to fight, my brothers will all die." ”

Ai Yongjun looked at him coldly, "As a general, your subordinates are still fighting desperately on the front line, why are you here?" Come on, take it for me! ”

Several soldiers rushed from both sides and knocked the general to the ground.

"General, General Ai, I'm not afraid of death, look at it, the military formation has been dispersed, this is not fighting, this is sending death!"

"Chop!" Ai Yongjun shouted. "Hang his head on the flagpole for me, and warn all the soldiers that whoever withdraws without an order will be beheaded!"

One of the guards drew his sword, and in a flash, the bloodstained and wounded general was immediately beheaded.

"General Ai, five trebuchets have already been set up." The previous lieutenant stumbled over, and behind him, the roar of trebuchets was heard, and one after another stone bullets crossed the foggy river, hitting the crowd of cavalry charging on the opposite bank.

"Bastard, who told you to hit where?" Ai Yongjun was furious.

The lieutenant was stunned, the general was confused, what else could he do if he didn't shoot at this time?

Looking at the captain's somewhat dull face, Ai Yongjun shouted: "Hit the ice, hit the ice!" Pointing to the battlefield where the battle was raging, "Where to fight, hit the ice!" ”

"Got it!" Looking at Ai Yongjun's murderous face, the captain shuddered, turned around and ran back.

"All trebuchets, hit the ice!"

The ice surface of the Wudu River has begun to melt, and by this time, thousands of people are fighting fiercely on it, and the cracks in the ice are getting longer and deeper. As the first stone bullet slammed into the ice, there was a loud bang, and a crack immediately extended, and the stone bullet bounced off the ice, jumping all the way, and everywhere it passed, regardless of friend or foe, they all fell to the ground.

Seeing Ai Yongjun hitting the ice with a stone, Lu Dalin's face changed, and he ordered: "General Dong, Mingjin, withdraw it!" ”

"Why, General, we can rush to the other side in no time!"

"Withdraw, this ice is about to break!"

Dong Dasheng was taken aback, and then he took a closer look at the ice surface, those cracks had become longer and deeper, and the river below was squeezed, and it was already beginning to spray water upward.

"Withdraw, blow the trumpet, withdraw!"

The horn of the retreating army sounded, although the Dingzhou cavalry who were fighting was strange, but the inertia of the daily orders still made them immediately turn their horses' heads and run back to the shore, as the cavalry's hooves stepped heavily on the ice, the sound of pulling and pulling was endless, first a piece of ice with a radius of dozens of zhang shattered with a bang, and sank into the water, and the two sides of the fierce battle above immediately sank to the bottom of the river with the broken ice.

The shattering of this piece of ice made everyone shocked, and the cavalry understood the intention of withdrawing their troops and accelerated to run back.

Hu Che'er killed too deeply, he was one person and one horse, almost to the other side, heard the call to withdraw the army, and when he reined in the horse's head, he found that the ice behind him was shattering, the way was blocked, dozens of southern troops around him were rushing up, and there were less than five cavalry around him.

"*** mother!" Hu Che'er scolded angrily, the steel spear stabbed and slashed, and in an instant, more than a dozen enemy soldiers were killed, and he ran forward dozens of steps, but he was getting closer and closer to the other party, seeing that the other party rushed out of a team of men and horses, and rushed onto the riverbank, afraid that there would be nearly 100 people, Hu Che'er gritted his teeth and rushed back.

"Kill back!" With a few of his men, he rushed back.

The cracked ice approached rapidly, and the horse under its crotch whirled in fear, constantly retreating. Hu Che'er looked back, and the ten soldiers on the opposite side had already pounced.

"***!" Hu Che'er slammed his backhand punch on the crotch of the war horse, the war horse was in pain, raised his head and neighed, and his hooves ran forward, and when he rushed to the front of the fault, he jumped up with all his might, but at this time, almost half of this section of the river had been broken, and he could jump over, and the horse immediately fell into the river, and was washed away by the turbulent water, and suddenly disappeared.

"Hu Che'er!" Seeing Hu Che'er fall into the river, Dong Dasheng was shocked.

"General Dong, look, where is General Hu!" A soldier next to him pointed to the surface of the river and said with surprise and joy.

Dong Dasheng looked in the direction of his soldiers' fingers, but saw that in the turbulent river, Hu Che'er was holding a piece of broken ice the size of a tabletop, his legs flicked violently, and he was swimming hard to this side. On the other side, the Southern Army was stretching its bow and arrows, aiming at Hu Che'er.

"Go, go quickly, cover General Hu's return."

There was a constant whizzing sound, and a group of soldiers rushed down the embankment, stood on the ice that had not yet broken, and fired at each other. When it comes to the art of cavalry and archery, the Dingzhou soldiers are much stronger, and they shoot down several opponents in a round of shooting, although the distance is a little far, not enough to kill, but it is a big boost to their morale.

Hu Che'er finally swam to the side, and several soldiers pulled him up with all hands and feet, and Hu Che'er, who had almost exhausted all his strength, was panting like a cow and lying on the ground, with no strength in his body.

"General Lu, the last general has not been able to snatch the fog to cross the river, please punish the general!" Dong Dasheng said to Lu Dalin with some shame.

Lu Dalin shook his head, "On the opposite side is Hu Zequan's deputy general Ai Yongjun, I didn't expect Hu Zequan to react so quickly, and the soldiers and horses led by Ai Yongjun are Hu Zequan's descendants, and their combat power is extremely strong, you can defeat more than 3,000 opponents in one battle, and only pay the price of less than 500 horsemen, which is already very good." ”

"However, we didn't grab the Wudu River, and now the ice surface of the Wudu River is broken, and it will be difficult to fight again!" Dong Dasheng watched the broken large ice surface constantly impact the ice in the distance, and the naked eye could see more and more ice shattering, and the fog crossing river, which had been frozen for several months, was rediscovering the light of day one by one, and he couldn't help but regret it, if he came an hour earlier, the situation would be different.

Lu Dalin smiled, "It's okay, they can't stop us for a few days, Hu Zequan has retreated this time, the road is not so easy to walk, we have time to pursue them." ”

Turning over and getting off the horse, "let the soldiers cut down wood to build bridges, prepare to cross the river to attack, and order the follow-up troops to quickly bring in heavy weapons to suppress the opposite bank." ”

"Yes, I'll do it right away."

Ai Yongjun looked at the constantly rising Wudu River, and let out a long breath, in this battle, he paid nearly 2,000 casualties, but finally blocked Lu Dalin on the other side of the Wudu River.

"Fortify the barracks, dig trenches and walls, and we will hold here to the death, covering our main forces. All the soldiers, be ready to be loyal to His Royal Highness King Ning, until the last person, and you must not take a step back. He snapped.