Chapter 515: Collapse in an instant
The autumn wind blew through the already thin morning mist, and the eyes of those young and old with wooden guns became clearer.
A frightened voice shouted in the phalanx: "Oh my God! It's Chen Pojun's handsome banner! Chen Pojun is here! ”
The people on the periphery suddenly became even more chaotic, and those people with wooden guns and unkempt hair ignored the bullet pressure of the righteous army, their faces turned pale, and their voices shouted sharply: "It's Chen Pojun!" Chen Pojun is here! ”
"Oh my God, run, we're going to die!" One by one, the people dropped the simple wooden guns in their hands and ran out of the mountains and forests. The small leaders of the rebel army on the periphery stopped them shouting: "Don't run!" Whoever runs will be killed! "Stop! I command you to stop! ”
"Put!" Cao Bao, Dou Jiande's wife and brother who were in charge of the periphery, had a blue face, although he was also terrified in his heart. But he also understood that if these 200,000 people were allowed to rush around and flee to the battlefield, then they would be completely finished.
As long as more than 20 panicked people rush into the battlefield of Niukou, it will definitely cause a rout.
Frightened and anxious, Cao Bao waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him began to shoot arrows, and the fleeing people fell one by one screaming at the arrows, but there were more and more people fleeing! Like an upside-down tide, the people all over the mountains ran towards the mountains in a panic. Everyone knows the prestige of Chen Pojun, and he has never been defeated in the battle so far. Even Li Jing, Xue Shixiong, and Luo Yi from Weiming Town Hebei still surrendered in front of him one by one.
Looking at the neat phalanx outside, the metal shield array like an iron wall. The spear like a forest, like the sword light of snow. Just thinking about it makes them spin their legs and stomachs. Who dares to face the Liaodong Army. For now, they just need to get out of here, and the farther away the better.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
There was a huge shout. Suddenly, the sky burst and the whole plain was shaken.
"Break the army and move forward!" The soldiers of the Liaodong Army roared wildly: "Rush! "There is no longer any doubt, this is the battle cry of the Liaodong army to charge!
The earth cracked. The sky is collapsing!
For the mighty and neat officers and soldiers, the people have always had a fear from the deepest part of their hearts! And the Liaodong Army, which has risen strongly in Liaodong in recent years, is a symbol of invincibility. They can defeat Guo Xun and defeat Xue Shixiong, but they never dared to think that one day they would dare to face off with the Liaodong Army.
They deeply remembered that Chen Pojun led this army. In that year, with a new army, the imperial court had a million-strong army and failed to pacify the Goguryeo Kingdom after three consecutive expeditions. They will not forget that as soon as Chen Pojun came out, the tribes in Liaodong were convinced. I will not forget that not long ago, I led an army of 300,000 to the south. The Turkic Shibi Khan, who besieged the Great Sui Emperor in Yanmen for several months, was annihilated by Chen Po's army before he returned to the grassland, and the big and small Khans also became prisoners of the Liaodong Army, and now those Turkic nobles are all locked up in the city of Zhuojun.
The Liaodong Army, the legendary strong soldier in a hundred battles, they are invincible and invincible.
Chen Pojun. Legend has it that if you can borrow a thunderbolt from the gods, anyone who resists him will be wiped out by the thunderbolt. Legendary. He was also able to borrow a ghost army from the underworld, and the demon knight was once in Liaodong. The Goguryeo people were defeated in successive battles and were irresistible.
All the people on the periphery collapsed, and even the rebel soldiers on the periphery no longer heeded the order, scrambled to drop their weapons, and turned to flee. The scattered soldiers were like the water that opened the floodgates, like the waves of a river, and the crowds were surging, and they suddenly broke Cao Bao's guards. There was a clamor everywhere: "Run! Run! "It's dead!" People scattered and fled, trampling, squeezing, rolling, and colliding with each other, and the mess of weapons was thrown all over the ground, and everywhere were the rudimentary wooden guns. In an instant, the 200,000 people on the periphery disappeared and ceased to exist. The light cavalry of the Liaodong Army rushed out from both flanks, rushed into the fleeing crowd like the wind, and began to drive with cheers.
These cavalry received Chen Pojun's order, and they did not kill those people, but just blindly drove them to the battlefield of Dou Jiande.
Cao Bao had already stopped shouting uselessly, and at this time he also knew that they had lost. He rode a war horse and was dragged by the people to flee to Dou Jiande's headquarters, and the wolves and rabbits rushed in the entire mountain forest.
When the belated morning sun rose, 200,000 Hebei people had been driven and fled to the battlefield of Niukou. …,
Cao Bao rode a horse panting and rushed to Dou Jiande's banner, "Brother-in-law, it's not good, Chen Pojun has led the army here!" ”
Dou Jiande's face changed, grabbed Cao Bao's shoulder and yelled, "What? Chen Pojun is here? No way, he should still be in Jingcheng at this time, and our Tanma has been watching over him. Even if he knew that we were ambushing Xue Shixiong, it would not have been possible for him to come so quickly. ”
"Brother-in-law, this matter is true, Chen Pojun's Daxu has arrived at the mountain pass. Look at the soldiers and horses, this time he brought all the horses in Jingcheng. Brother-in-law, the 200,000 people on the periphery have all collapsed, and they are now rushing here. Chen Po's army is unstoppable, let's withdraw immediately. ”
Dou Jiande bit his lip tightly, his heart was full of bitterness, and a moment ago he was still immersed in the excitement of annihilating Xue Shixiong's 30,000 army. didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, he was surrounded by Chen Pojun.
The thought of him gathering all the people here right now made his heart bleed.
"Take all the captured armor and weapons with us, and we retreat in a south-west direction." Dou Jiande said loudly.
Although Xue Shixiong was annihilated, in fact, the battle of the 30,000 Hebei elite trapped beasts also caused great casualties to the righteous army. He didn't care about the casualties just now, because the most important thing in the rebel army was people, and what was lacking was weapons. Exchanging tens of thousands of righteous troops for 30,000 elite equipment of the Hebei Army is cost-effective no matter how you calculate it. But he didn't expect that Chen Pojun would come so quickly, and now that the soldiers were tired, the previous 100,000 rebels had discounted almost half of the men.
And Chen Pojun has 40,000 truly elite Liaodong troops, and 50,000 tired rebels against 40,000 Liaodong elites, he knows that he has no chance of winning.
In the distance, countless sounds of fear could already be heard in the mountains and forests.
Dou Jiande had already asked the heralds to gather troops and horses everywhere, in order to stop Chen Pojun's momentum, so that he could take away these weapons and armor that had just arrived. As long as he brought these weapons and armor, even if he fled to the south bank of the Yellow River, he still had enough capital to make a comeback.
The earth shook slightly, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder came from far away in the sky.
Fan Yuan's face changed, "General, Chen Pojun's cavalry has arrived." They're coming so fast, we can't hesitate any longer, and we're going to leave! ”
Dou Jiande's eyes looked at the battlefield of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, groups of soldiers were still cleaning the battlefield, and in the open space on one side, the armor that had been stripped off had been piled up into a black iron mountain. Spears and knives were piled up in a mountain, but there were still more weapons and armor to be collected.
"Father, you can't hesitate any longer. It's gone, and we can take it again. The people are gone, but there is nothing left. Dou Hongxian looked at his father who was still hesitating, and said anxiously.
Dou Jiande's eyes hesitated, "Order, all the cavalry gather, and then let the old brothers distribute the captured war horses, change them into captured armor and weapons, and immediately assemble and prepare for defense." Let the other brothers speed up, and all change into the armor and weapons of the Hebei army, and bring as many as they can, and we will wait for another quarter of an hour, and retreat immediately after a quarter of an hour. ”
In the distance, the generals of Hebei had already seen the black Pegasus battle flag fluttering high in the hands of the galloping knights in the smoke and dust in the mountains and forests, and the light cavalry of the Liaodong Army had arrived.
"Father, it's too late. You take your brothers first, and your daughter breaks off for you. Dou Hongxian looked at the Liaodong light rider wrapped in armor, his heart was extremely anxious, and he turned his head to his father and pleaded bitterly.
"Wait, wait." Dou Jiande said with a trilling voice in his voice. If he is allowed to run away like this, then all his hard work in the past few days will be turned into flowing water, and he is unwilling. Even in his heart, he was afraid of fighting the Liaodong Army, but he was looking forward to fighting the Liaodong Army.
Cao Dan rode his horse, "General, two thousand cavalry have been assembled, and the old brothers in the river have captured more than seven thousand war horses. Originally, I heard that there were nearly 10,000 horses, but unfortunately many of the horses died, and one of them ran away in fright. ”
"Okay, good, nearly 10,000 horsemen" Dou Jiande was excited, even if only these cavalry were used to escape for a while, nearly 10,000 horsemen would be a big force wherever they went.
Dou Hongxian, who was standing behind Dou Jiande, saw that his father still refused to retreat, made eye contact with the uncles and uncles behind him, and suddenly turned his palm into a knife, and a knife hit his father in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.
"Uncles, the current situation is critical, and if it drags on, none of us will want to escape. Please forgive the recklessness of the red line, and ask the uncles to preside over it, and order everyone to withdraw. ”
Fan Yuan and the others all looked at Dou Hongxian with admiration, but they didn't expect that she could still have such a sober understanding when things were at a critical juncture.
"Brother Gao, you immediately lead five thousand cavalry to escort the general to the southwest and retreat all the way along Zhangshui. I led 3,000 horsemen to cover the footmen behind me, and the brethren came after me. Dou Jiande fainted, and Fan Yuan took over the command.
Gao Yaxian nodded, helped Dou Jiande to get on the horse with Dou Hongxian, and ordered five thousand horsemen to take the lead in retreating to the southwest.
As soon as the 5,000 cavalry left, the cavalry of the Liaodong Army then attacked from the northeast. Fan Yuan gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to resist the Liaodong Army, but the Liaodong Army was sharply equipped, the morale was high, the offensive was like a tide, and wave after wave of killings passed.
When the battle was not long, Chen Pojun led most of the infantry to arrive. Under the ferocious blow of the Liaodong Army's strong bow and crossbow, tens of thousands of Hejian rebels collapsed in an instant