Chapter Twenty-Six: Victory or Defeat is Determined
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With this in mind, Du He immediately made a decision, and no longer stupidly waited for Hou Junji to make trouble, but decided to find the door before he made trouble, and did not give him a chance to make trouble. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"General Xi Junmai, you lead all the officers and soldiers of the Xuanfeng Army under your command, go around to the right, go to the right, find Hou Junji's Chinese army main formation, bite him to death, and don't give him any chance to breathe."
"Yes...... The last general commanded. Xi Junmai let out a sullen sigh and led the three thousand soldiers of the Xuan Feng Army to detour to the rear of the enemy formation.
The Xuanfeng Army is one of the trump card powerhouses in all the armies of the Tang Dynasty, and it has a power that ordinary soldiers and horses are difficult to resist. Xue Yantuo's elite soldiers are certainly not afraid of death, but no matter the gap in equipment, or the bravery of the soldiers, or the wealth of experience, and the subtlety of the killing technique, they cannot be the same as the Xuan Feng Army.
Hou Junji's wolf-like eyes stared at the battlefield of the fierce battle between the three parties, calmly waiting for the appearance of the fighter.
The battle has reached this point, which has far exceeded his expectations. When he chose to send troops to Du He and Li Ji, although he expected to encounter some trouble, he didn't expect that it would be so troublesome, and he didn't expect that the person who brought him this trouble would be his enemy of life and death, Du He.
Today's battle is not what he wants. Hou Junji has spent most of his life fighting for the Tang Dynasty, and he knows the pros and cons of the Tang army in the environment. After receiving the news of the continuous heavy rain that day, he immediately had an insight into the disaster that the Tang army was about to face.
Because of the natural disaster terrain, Li Ji's headquarters, which was dragged down by the heavy burden of materials, could not arrive at the front line to support Du He at the scheduled time, and Du He's vanguard army almost became his meal.
But Hou Junji was not satisfied with this, he made two plans in his heart: one was to encircle the point to send reinforcements, surround Duhe's vanguard army, and lure Li Ji to fight. Second, if Li Ji perceives the crisis and leads the army to rescue, it means that he must leave behind the grain and grass of nearly 100,000 troops. In this way, they can use their speed to take down this batch of grain and grass.
No matter which plan it is, Datang must pay a painful price. But the premise of this plan was that the rain stopped, and that Doho was not aware of his intentions.
Hou Junji is still somewhat sure of this plan, as the so-called is not in his position, he is not in his position. He knew that Du He was militarily, except for this Northern Expedition, he had only participated in two battles, namely the attack on Tubo and Dinggaochang. When he attacked Tibet, Du He was just a small lieutenant general, and his status was only a vanguard general, and he had never been in contact with the matter of escorting grain and grass, so he should not see through his strategy. However, Hou Junji no longer dared to underestimate Du He, and for the sake of safety, he still took the risk and moved 20,000 soldiers and horses to the side and rear of Du He's military camp on a rainy night to prevent him from retreating.
Tonight he got the news of Du He's withdrawal, although Du He did it secretly, but each of the 20,000 troops could fart for miles, let alone withdraw the army. It is impossible to be undetected in this steppe.
Hou Junji was hateful and angry, Du He's withdrawal at this time was undoubtedly a failure of his plan, and he could only retreat to the next best thing, blocking his way and defeating him.
"With ......" Hou Junji watched every move of the battle situation, and his incomparable intuitive talent told him that the left flank cavalry led by Luo Tong was faintly chaotic. The Tang Army did not attach importance to individual martial arts, but discipline and cooperation, and once the formation was chaotic, its strength would drop by a notch.
It's just that......
Hou Junji's eyes were a little confused, and he could see that Luo Tong's formation was not chaotic because of pressure. Although it was also Xue Yantuo's fierce general who fought against Luo Tong, he didn't seem to be enough to defeat Luo Tong in this short period of time.
By the way, Hou Junji quickly thought of the reason, the three-day torrential rain made the combat site muddy, especially in the place where thousands of horses were constantly trampled, and countless mud and mud pits were formed, that is, people would sink into the entire soles of their feet when they stepped on it, not to mention the horses' hooves?
The Tang army fought in such a slippery terrain, and in the face of an enemy no less than them, how could they maintain a formation for a long time?
Xue Yantuo's discipline is poor, and he can still exert his strong strength without relying on the coordination formation, which has become an advantage here.
A smile of triumph hung on his emaciated face.
Once he detects a flaw in the battle, the opponent will no longer have the power to fight back.
At the moment when he gave the order to attack, Hou Jun suddenly found that a cavalry team in the oblique stab was actually coming straight towards him, and the power was irresistible.
Hou Junji snorted coldly, "It's really not the right time to come...... Without any hesitation, Hou Junji divided the five thousand soldiers and horses he led into three thousand to resist the incoming army, as long as he could hold out for a few quarters of an hour. He was able to grasp the weakness of the formation on the right flank of the Don Army, which was about to collapse.
Things do not turn out the way you want.
went to block the Xue Yantuo cavalry bought by Xi Jun, and Pu suffered a big loss as soon as he came into contact with the Xuanfeng army.
The two cavalry slammed into each other, but in a few breaths, the Xuanfeng army fiercely wedged into the cavalry of Xue Yantuo. The elite generals, one of the three major powerhouses of the Tang Dynasty, once again used their strength to tell the glory of their existence.
When it comes to white-bladed melee combat, Xue Yantuo's cavalry is more than one grade behind the vanguard in terms of armor and weapons, not to mention martial arts and formation. At this time, their cavalry was in groups of five or six, dividing the already loose lineup of Xue Yantuo's cavalry even more fragmented. In the distance, he stabbed and charged with spears, and in the near he slashed with his war knife in a series of slashes, cutting off the Xue Yantuo people from their horses like mowing grass, and the blood splashed on the muddy grass in large patches.
Xi Junmai struggled to attack, the steel gun in his hand, and a shot pierced the chest of a nearby Xue Yantuo soldier, urging him to step down the huge Hequ war horse, knocking the enemy's slightly short horse into a rolling gourd, and forcibly lined up a bloody road. The cavalry leading the Xuanfeng Army continued to advance towards the hinterland of Xue Yantuo's formation. In less than a quarter of an hour, it penetrated the enemy with a devastating force.
He did not forget his mission, found Hou Junji, bit Hou Junji, and made him unable to unintentionally play his strengths.
Hou Junji saw that the three thousand soldiers and horses had killed the Xuan Feng Army in an instant, and he also recognized the costume of the Xuan Feng Army, and his face couldn't help but change. Although he is good at combat, but training is not his strength, although there is also a group of dead soldiers under his command, but it cannot be compared with the Xuanjia Army, the Jiesheng Army, and the Xuanfeng Army, and he also knows the strength of this Xuanfeng Army, and in an instant he understood Du He's intentions, and scolded angrily: "Cunning rat ......"
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Luo Tong's formation was unstable, which also made Du He look at it. But the gap in experience and talent still made him much slower than Hou Junji, and the disadvantages of what Qi Qi He Li said sounded in his head, and he was secretly anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. This is due to the influence of natural disasters and terrain, no matter how clever he is, he will not be able to compete with this heaven and earth.
"Fortunately, Xi Junmai has been asked to delay Hou Junji, otherwise it will ......"
As he thought so, the tide of battle took an unexpected turn.
Luo Tong, who was fighting on the front line, also noticed the abnormality of the formation and planned to do his best to maintain it, but a strange soldier was like a sharp blade, mercilessly *** his weakest right flank, dividing his troops into two sections, completely disrupting his rhythm.
With just one blow, it was like hitting the seven inches of the poisonous snake, so that Luo Tong's right flank was not organized, and they fought separately, and they could not give full play to the combat style of the Tang Army.
"Hou Junji, it's actually Hou Junji......"
Du He was also shocked by this change, unexpectedly Hou Junji did not let Xi Junmai bite it, and still appeared on the battlefield, and it was in the weakest place of the Tang army.
Hou Junji is Hou Junji after all, and he is not the kind of person who sits idly by. After perceiving Du He's thoughts, he also knew that the 5,000 soldiers and horses he led were really not the opponents of the front army, so he gave the order to meet them, abandoned this army, and quietly left alone.
On the battlefield of the duel of 10,000 people, Xi Junmai killed the enemy with all his might, and where could he detect Hou Junji's departure.
Hou Junji came to the Chinese army alone and temporarily dispatched 2,000 soldiers and horses, and entered the seven inches of the left flank of the Tang army, and succeeded in one fell swoop.
Du He finally realized the power of Hou Junji at this moment, and finally understood why Li Jing didn't let him fight Hou Junji in the field. Because once Hou Junji succeeds, no matter how much he makes up for it, it is difficult to recover the loss.
Hou Junji slaughtered left and right in Luo Tong's army, although Luo Tong fought desperately, although Du He sent Xue Rengui to support, it could not change the situation.
Hou Junji's 2,000 soldiers and horses were like anthills, making trouble in the embankment, and if they wanted to clear the anthill, they could only dig out the perimeter of the embankment, otherwise they could not enter the center to clear it. Xue Rengui's reinforcements could not provide effective support unless they did it to their comrades.
And Duho could not order the digging of the embankment at this moment, because this order would mean the defeat of the left flank, which would lead to the defeat of the entire army. But if you don't care about Hou Junji, the embankment will eventually break down the anthill.
The situation is already extremely serious.
Du He's eyes flashed with a hint of determination, rather than waiting for Hou Junji to hollow out the left wing, it was better to give up the left wing. Rather than waiting for the flood to break the levee, digging the levee and removing the anthill when there is no flood will minimize the damage.
"Luo Tong withdraws and lets Xue Rengui take the ......"
Duhe made the most correct decision at this moment, but he knew that the collapse of the left wing had a huge impact on them. No matter how brave Xue Rengui is, he can't change the situation of the battle, and it is only an expedient measure to let him be on top.
Xi Junmai's attack, Xue Rengui's support, Du He has no available soldiers beside him, once Xue Rengui can't support it, Hou Junji's troops will inevitably point to him.
At that point, defeat was a foregone conclusion.
Du He pulled out the Panlong Sword and Dingtang Sword, instead of waiting for Xue Rengui's rout, it was better for Xue Rengui to fight side by side and persist until the last moment.