Chapter 875: Qiantang Ambush
With the assistance of poison and artillery, 20,000 Chen cavalry were the vanguard, and tens of thousands of infantry troops were in the rear, and the Wu army's more than 100,000 troops were vulnerable. After Shen Luoyan left Shan Xiongxin Palace, he quickly fled to the southwest with 50,000 horses and horses.
Shen Luoyan led the army to flee in a hurry, and galloped all the way to Qiantang City, Yuhang County, but the soldiers and horses in the city were the Wu army left by Shen Luoyan. Seeing Shen Luoyan leading the army back in embarrassment, he hurriedly opened the city gate to greet him.
Just when the Wu army had just entered the small half, suddenly a large army came from the side.
In the dark night, this army seemed to have been lurking here for a long time, deliberately waiting until the Wu army entered the city before appearing.
The earth shook slightly, and countless cavalry had already been the first to kill.
When the news of 'Chen Jun's army was found outside the city' reached Shen Luoyan, who had just entered the city, she couldn't help but be shocked.
Ascending to the top of the tower of Qiantang City, I saw that although I couldn't see how many Chen troops came in the night, I just listened to the thunderous hooves, and I already knew that at least an elite cavalry was coming.
And they didn't find that there was Chen Jun chasing along the way, so this cavalry must have bypassed them a long time ago, or even waited here a long time ago.
In a blink of an eye, the ambush army had entered within three miles of the city at this time, and the bonfires above and below the city had already illuminated the attacking army, and faintly, I saw thousands of cavalry in front of me, and about 20,000 infantry in the back.
Nearly 30,000 Chen Jun suddenly appeared, which made Wu Jun's heart cold.
"Your Highness, this is the ambush of the Chen army!"
"Close the city gates, or Chen Jun will rush in!"
Less than half of the Wu army under the city entered the city, and most of them were still blocked outside the city gates. No one thought that Chen Jun would attack at this time. Half of it was in the city, half was outside the city, and it was impossible to advance or retreat, not only the entire Wu army was stuck and lost its combat effectiveness, but even the entire city defense lost its defensive power.
"At this time, it is too late to close the city gates. Let's fight outside the city! Li Zitong is also a veteran, and he immediately saw the situation in front of him at this time. Chen Jun obviously arrived here one step ahead of them, but he has been hiding all the time. It was not until they entered the city that they attacked, and this was the moment that was calculated. At this time, the Wu army, like an army that had just crossed half a river, was stuck by this city gate. It's completely at an absolute disadvantage.
Now forcibly close the city gate, not to mention whether it can be realized, even if it is closed, the 20,000 people outside the city will be finished.
Shen Luoyan also saw the seriousness of the matter, and immediately nodded and said, "Beat the drum and give the order." Fight in the city! ”
In addition to ordering the Wu army outside the city to turn around and line up to meet the battle, Shen Luoyan immediately ordered that he and Li Zitong each led 10,000 horses out of the east and west gates to cover and outflank the Chen army from the side, so as to relieve the siege of the Wu army outside the city.
Military orders were passed down one after another, and the Wu army, which was originally panicked outside the city, began to gradually settle down. As long as the city did not simply abandon them, they would have been much more stable.
The Wu army hurriedly turned around and began to line up the simplest phalanx of pike-infantry.
A thousand steps away. A platoon of dozens of cavalry Chen troops stopped on a small high ground. Several generals of the Chen army were a little surprised by the rapid response of the Wu army.
"I didn't expect that this Shen Luoyan was not slow to react, and at this time she still had the courage to meet the enemy, I thought she would run away directly from the West Gate." Hu Hai, who had a big scar on his face, laughed.
Li Chengyi, who was on the side, said unhurriedly: "Wu Jun fled all the way from Siping Mountain to Yuhang before, and he was already exhausted. What's more, they still have more than 10,000 comatose soldiers with them. This time. If Shen Luoyan left Wu Jun outside the city and fled, then she wouldn't be able to run a few miles. ”
"It doesn't matter if he's running or fighting. This time, we all have to settle accounts with Shen Luoyan. The Battle of Lin'an. Our native soldiers have lost more than 10,000. Today, I, Feng Wan, will definitely pay for Shen Luoyan's blood debt! Among the generals, the only female general was Feng Wan, in the battle of Lin'an, their father and daughter almost became prisoners, and more than half of the local soldiers were lost. For Feng Wan, this old account must be calculated. …,
"That's right! If it weren't for His Majesty's timely request for help this time, our soldiers and horses attacking Jiangdong would have been wiped out. This time, we have revenge and revenge. Finally, we finally got this opportunity to ambush Shen Luoyan from Your Majesty, and this time we must wipe out the Wu army and capture Shen Luoyan alive. Chen Shan also nodded.
This Chen army, which ambushed Shen Luoyan, was led by the generals who had previously attacked Jiangdong. Hu Hai, Su Lie, Li Chengyi, Li Chengli, Chen Feng, Chen Shan, Chen Kedi, Feng Wan, Feng An, except for Xu Shiji, who stayed in Sipingshan, the rest of the generals all arrived.
What they led was basically the remaining soldiers and horses from each department, plus 5,000 light cavalry that Chen Kefu had drawn to them.
"Look, the Wu army in the city has actually bypassed the east and west gates, and they want to flank us."
"Hu Dudu, let the last general go to meet the Wu army at the east gate!" Chen Kedi stepped forward.
"The Wu army of Ximen will be handed over to me." Feng Wan also said loudly.
Hu Hai nodded in agreement: "Okay, you each lead five thousand foot soldiers to attack." Remember, no matter what, the Wu army on both sides is not allowed to approach the north gate. ”
"Order!" Feng Wan and Chen Kedi patted their horses and left, each leading an army to meet the enemy quickly.
The two armies under Qiantang City can basically be said to have fought a real fire during this time. Before, all the generals of the Chen army were calculated by Shen Luoyan, and they were attacked by the Wu army, which was several times larger, and almost all of them were seriously damaged, basically all departments were damaged by more than half, and some even lost more than six or seven percent.
In this battle, it was really a great opportunity for revenge.
A few days ago, they were surrounded and beaten by Wu Jun, and they even wrote suicide notes one by one. But today, the situation has finally turned upside down, and it is their turn to beat Wu Jun.
The morale of one side is fierce, but the other side is defeated all the way, and the morale of the two sides is not the same.
In the middle of the day, 5,000 Chen cavalry on the main battlefield at the north gate were the vanguard, and 8,000 foot soldiers followed closely behind. The offensive frenzy, the sword is like the bright moon. The Wu army that hurriedly turned around and formed a formation was no more than 10,000 people, and there were more than 10,000 unconscious soldiers behind.
The cavalry of the Chen army who galloped up came up with pieces of grenades and crossbows, and directly blew up the hastily erected phalanx. Although there are archers on the head of the city who are constantly pulling their bows and shooting arrows, the number of archers is limited, and Chen Cai, who is galloping at high speed, is not afraid of the scarce number of bows at all.
The cavalry of the Chen army did not directly rush into the Wu army's formation, but after throwing off the death metal storm, they quickly divided left and right, slashed with guns and bayonets, and slashed those Wu troops on the outer edge of the formation, and then quickly rushed to the distance to regroup.
At this time, the foot soldiers who followed closely behind could also be killed. The 8,000 Chen infantry lined up in a huge wedge-shaped phalanx, with a large shield in front, a spear on the side, and a bow and crossbow in the middle. This imitation platoon infantry spear and shield array is like a big turtle covered with sharp thorns. Although it seems to be moving slowly, every step forward is so powerful. With each step forward, countless spears pierced through, stabbing to death one after another Wu Jun's spearmen.
It's like two huge hedgehogs are fighting under the city, but Chen Jun's hedgehog is obviously an evolved version and is extremely fierce. Not only does he have a sharp spear, but he also has a strong shield. What's even worse is that in the center of this fierce hedgehog, there are also a large number of archers and crossbow teams, hiding in the safe shield array, Chen Jun's crossbowmen shoot as much as they want, and Wu Jun can only be beaten passively, that is, to guard against a deadly spear, but also against the unguardable crossbow arrows.
Gunshot stabs, falling. Arrows fired, fell. Slash with an axe and fall!
Chen Jun's wedge-shaped gun formation, unmatched, seemed to be advancing slowly, but Chen Jun's pace could not be stopped at all, and with every step of advancement, Wu Jun would be ruthlessly crushed.
The continuous fall of the Wu army outside the north gate was most seen by Shen Luoyan, who led his troops to help from the east gate. Such a sharp attack made her worried, and under such an offensive, she knew that those Wu troops were already in the limit state and could collapse at any time. …,
She wanted to go to the rescue, but between her and the north gate, under a huge Fengzi Daxu, the fierce Turkish army that had been ruthlessly defeated by her under the city of Lin'an was blocking her progress.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Unlike the close phalanx attack of the Chen army at the north gate, this Turkish army under Feng Zi had no formation at all, and there was no order. The five thousand barbarian troops had a light in their eyes, brandished scimitars and big guns, and rushed over like that, colliding with them.
Slashing with knives and stabbing with guns is the simplest tearing and killing, without the slightest command of advance and retreat. But even so, this army like a tiger and wolf completely bit its 10,000 horses at this time. With one-on-two, these brutes were not weaker than the inferior, but completely had the upper hand.
Tear up, slash!
Under Qiantang City, the two armies were completely strangled together.
Rivers of blood flowed and corpses piled up.
No matter how Shen Luoyan and Li Zitong wanted to join the Wu army at the North Gate, he just couldn't break out of Feng Wan and Chen Kedi's blockade. They were tightly entangled together, watching the huge wedge-shaped infantry phalanx under the north gate constantly rolling forward, and the light cavalry of the Chen army came and went like the wind, tearing at the defense line of the Wu army from both wings over and over again.
"Long live the broken army!" A huge cheer came, and Shen Luoyan turned his head to look, his heart was cold. I saw that the more than 10,000 Wu troops at the north gate were finally defeated under the combined attack of the terrifying infantry and cavalry of the Chen army.
The phalanx broke open, and the soldiers of the Wu army, who were already exhausted and frightened in their hearts, finally scattered and fled, but the more they fled at this time, the faster they died. In front of Chen Jun's infantry like a meat grinder, no one escaped.
One by one, the Wu army fell, and many Wu soldiers began to throw down their weapons and kneel on the ground to beg for mercy and surrender.
"Those who descend will not die!"
"Abandon your weapons and don't kill!"
"Your Highness, Marshal Li Zitong has surrendered!" An exclamation sounded, Shen Luoyan looked, and sure enough, Li Zitong, who attacked at the east gate, had already surrendered, and the Li Zishuai flag had fallen, and one after another Wu Jun was throwing down their swords and soldiers, abandoning their weapons and surrendering.
Clenching her silver teeth, Shen Luoyan's face was expressionless, she turned her head and glanced at the tiger and wolf army in front of her who seemed to never get tired, took a deep breath, and said lonely: "Go, go to Jiujiang!" Unable to take care of the other Wu troops, or even the wounded in the city, Shen Luoyan fled into the night with less than 8,000 light horsemen. (To be continued......) ……,