Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Last Battle
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The two armies clashed, each showing its ability, Du He's soldiers and horses, the soldiers and horses were strong, well-equipped, in the situation of being at a disadvantage, even in the face of an enemy three times their size, but with the subtlety of the backwater array, they were still in the upper hand. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the bank of the Saiyin Shanda River, Du He stationed his horse on the bank, the handsome flag of "Du He, the deputy head of the marching road" danced wildly in the cold wind, and the charcoal black and black like the god of death "Elect the Front Army" iron cavalry protected the Chinese army, under the handsome flag, Du He wore bright light armor, riding a snow-white and variegated snow without a trace to look at the thousands of troops on the battlefield. He held the handsome flag and personally commanded.
On the right side of him was Xue Rengui, dressed in a white robe, the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand exuded a dazzling cold glow, the huge iron tire bow hung diagonally on his waist, and his gaze was as cold as ice. On the left side is Xi Junmai, dressed in light armor, and the cross-shaped scar on his face gives people a murderous atmosphere.
Du He passed down various orders from time to time, commanding the battle ahead, Luo Tong, Xue Wanche, Fang Yiai, Wang Dezheng, the four generals, under his command, continued to work together to kill the enemy, with a relaxed and confident demeanor, and directly regarded the opponent's army as nothing.
In the enemy camp in the distance, Dadushi was not so easy.
The handsome banner of the steppe people is a big silk, made of the feathers of wild beasts, under the cyan big silk, the magnanimity is not as comfortable as Du He, although it is conducive to the cold wind, but the forehead has a slight trace of fine sweat.
On the bank of the river, the 80,000-strong army could not encircle Duhe, nor could they all go into battle at the same time, but this time he dispatched more than 30,000 cavalry, and the force was just enough to suppress Duhe. However, the outcome of the battle was not what he expected, and with the advantage of his forces, he found that he could not break through the backwater array under Duhob.
"Damn ......" Dadu's eyes flashed with a hint of anger, and there was also a hint of helplessness. In all fairness, Duho's backwater array is indeed clever. Relying on the Saiyin Shanda River to weaken Xue Yantuo's advantage of having many soldiers, the Modao Army, which has the most defensive and offensive force, is located in the eye of the formation, and the flexible and mobile cavalry attacks left and right, attacking and retreating, and almost no flaws can be found. Occasionally, there is a little problem, and before he has time to transfer troops to break it, Du He will decisively make up for the flaw.
The real headache for Dadu is still located in the rear of the selection of the front army, they are the real trump card, as long as they have a loophole, the selection of the front army will be merciless with the power of terror, to give him a heavy blow, once he transferred troops to support, Du He will command the soldiers to retreat at the first time, clean and neat, without the slightest drag.
It was only at this moment that Dadu Shi believed that Du He was really not in vain, and that the leading troops were indeed above him.
There is unwillingness to set up a generous heart, and there is a feeling of powerlessness. At this time, he thought of Hou Junji, when Hou Junji was fighting against Du He, he had both offense and defense, and he fought well, although he was defeated, but the battle was extremely exciting.
But he couldn't do this, and he couldn't help but ask himself in his heart: "Am I really inferior to Hou Junji?" ”
Generosity has a very high self-esteem, and it will not grow the ambition of others and destroy its own prestige. Now I have such an idea, just because I racked my brains and couldn't think of a way to break the formation.
But he had this idea, and there was nothing he could do.
The injuries on Hou Junji's back were not all good, and they were not suitable for the pursuit of a long journey, and he was unwilling to take Hou Junji with him, so he abandoned Hou Junji in the rear and did not show up in the army.
Liuhun glanced at Dadushe, then looked at the lineup of the enemy army and muttered: "The backwater array, in the words of the Han people, its power lies in the fact that it is trapped in the place of death and then born, and then survived, and uses the method of cutting off its own back road to stimulate the morale of the whole army." But in the face of absolute strength, it doesn't help. I don't think there is any need for us to rub shoulders with them, and directly use our absolute superiority to continuously put pressure on the Tang army and break them in one fell swoop. ”
Dadu nodded solemnly, knowing that now is not the time to be vindictive, and he can't defeat Du He tactically, so rely on absolute strength.
He ordered two commanders and eight commanders in a row, avoiding the most incomprehensible Modao army, and attacked the left and right flanks of the Tang army respectively.
The power of the Modao Army has already made Xue Yantuo's cavalry avoid it.
The disparity in strength was gradually manifested at this moment.
Du He only had 25,000 soldiers, of which 20,000 soldiers and horses were spearmen, cavalry, crossbowmen, and Modao troops. The remaining 5,000 maneuvers guarded Du He's left and right. Almost every soldier was used by Duhe, and there was not even the strength to replace the tired soldiers.
On the contrary, compared to Du He's defensive formation, Xue Yantuo's dispatch this time was much larger. More than 20,000 cavalry joined the battlefield from the left and right, and eight commanders each led a team of more than 500, cruising outside the backwater array, and from time to time sent troops to attack and harass. The Xue Yantuo soldiers on the battlefield suddenly expanded to 50,000.
Du He, who was unhurried, couldn't help frowning. The addition of 20,000 new forces gradually reversed the originally dominant situation, and Duhe had to reduce the lineup and switch from offense to defense.
Suddenly, Du He smiled slightly, and said: "Rengui, Jun Sell, you each lead two thousand selected front troops, and knock out the flies cruising left and right, pay attention not to kill the enemy, the other party has soldiers and horses far superior to us, even if you kill softly, you can't kill until dark and dawn......"
Slash first!
The meaning of Du He's words, Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai both understood, the former brandished Fang Tian's halberd and shouted: "Come with me!" Without any hesitation, he took the lead, fearlessly galloped out of the backwater array, and killed the cruising Xue Yantuo army.
The Tang army can't afford to fight a war of attrition, but in this kind of breakthrough war, Xue Yantuo has no army that can be compared with the Xuanfeng army, let alone Xue Rengui's martial arts.
Xue Rengui seemed to turn into a bolt of lightning and drove straight in, directly killing a thousand-commander in front of him. Before the other party could react, he raised his hand and slashed it under the horse.
Xi Junmai's martial arts were not as brave as Xue Rengui, but he merged with Xuanfeng's army, forcibly tore apart the enemy formation, poured into it like a tidal wave that broke the embankment, and wantonly slaughtered.
The battle was fought almost at the same time in various places along the river, and countless Xue Yantuo soldiers fought one after another, and the soldiers fought extremely fiercely.
In less than half an hour, there were more than 3,000 soldiers on each side, and they disappeared into this cannibalistic battlefield.
As the opponent's troops increased and increased, Du He also had a feeling of being powerless, but fortunately there was a "selection of the front army". Whenever it is not supported, the "Chosen Front" will rush through the opponent's offensive with strong force, so that the backwater formation can run smoothly.
Night came, and in the dark night, thousands of torches shone like day.
The numerical superiority has always pressed Duhe, and the backwater array is gradually unable to operate freely.
At this most unsustainable time, the earth-shattering war drums appeared in the rear of Xue Yantuo's army.