Chapter 272: The Battle of Hangu Pass (Part II)
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Wu Xi hung his head, returned to the Chinese army, removed his armor, and knelt under Guo Yan's horse to plead guilty. At the same time, some soldiers rushed to Daxu and reported the battle damage to Guo Yan.
Nearly 1,000 infantry troops were killed, more than 260 people were killed, and more than 180 people were seriously injured, most of which were trampled on by the white wolf light infantry pursuit, and if it were not for the cavalry to rescue in time, the losses would have been greater. Even so, nearly half of it was lost, and this infantry army was basically disabled.
Guo Yan didn't say a word, turned over and dismounted, and walked in front of Wu Xi. Wu Xi held his hands on the ground, hung his head and said nothing, his whole body muscles tensed, ready - with his understanding of this lord, he knew that the other party was definitely not here to help him.
Sure enough, the next moment, Guo Yan raised his horsewhip, slashed his head and face at Wu Xi, and roared a hundred steps: "Bastard thing!" In vain I have given you my army, and I have ruined so many of my children's lives! Did you stay in Kyosuke for so long that you forgot how to fight? ”
Whistling and wheezing, crackling, whipping solidly. Wu Xi's clothes were flying, and the blood stains were shocking, but even though he was convulsed all over his body and sweated like rain, Wu Xi didn't dare to move on the ground. He knows this lord too well, if you carry it hard, after the lord vents his anger, he will see that you are a man, and he will treat you as usual afterwards, which is not a loss. But if you are cowardly, not only will you be whipped more severely, but you will also be sent away later. That's really a lot of fighting.
But this time, Guo Yan was really angry - in such a short period of time, the loss is so big, and they are all elite, it is really the worst defeat in several years, just imagine how he can not be angry? As a result, more than a dozen whips down. almost didn't knock Wu Xi unconscious, if it weren't for the left and right admonitions, plus the war was raging, it would be difficult for Wu Xi to be crippled.
Wang Chang didn't see Wu Xi's tragic situation, but he would rather be punished than face the current miserable situation.
Xu Huang supervised five hundred strong soldiers, and their combat power and equipment are similar to those of the Xiliang Army - the new weapons of the White Wolf Army will not equip armies other than the White Wolf Army. If any new annex is equipped with new weapons. Not only has the pressure on the Liaodong base increased greatly, but once there is a change in the new annexed army, it will reap the consequences. If the new annex army wants to get new weapons, it can only truly integrate into the White Wolf Army, and its standard is that it needs to be sent to Liaodong for training. Troops that have not undergone intensive training, no matter how brave they are in battle and how exploited they are, will not become a member of the White Wolf Army. Of course. A high-ranking general with a high degree of trust like Xu Huang is a different matter.
Ma Han did this, and in a certain way, it also made "going to Liao for training" a welfare and shortcut to the new subordinate soldiers under his command.
The new army of Luoyang and the army of Xiliang. When the combat strength and equipment of both sides are similar, the number of people has become the decisive factor. The 1,000 Xiliang Army fought against the 500 New Army, and it stands to reason that they should have the upper hand. But for a moment. The Xiliang army was unable to defeat the new army, and even had the tendency to resist it. The reason is simple, the two armies are fighting against each other. More important than the number of deciding factors is: morale.
Wu Xi's right-wing army was defeated, and Yan zhòng affected the morale of Wang Chang's left-wing army, and the army's morale was shaken and the formation was unstable. If it weren't for the fact that the strength of the new army was obviously small, I was afraid that only a few shocks would be able to crush Wang Chang's army.
Xu Huang's new army only caused trouble for Wang Chang, and what really made Wang Chang feel a "miserable" word was Zhou Cang's axe and mallet heavy infantry.
Zhou Cang's white wolf axe and mallet soldiers were only a hundred people, and when they stepped on heavy steps and killed from the flanks, all the Xiliang soldiers had only one feeling, it was not a hundred people, but a hundred fierce beasts.
Zhou Cang was also wearing heavy armor, with a big knife in his hand, and he rushed forward first, raising his knife and slashing down. Hundreds of soldiers behind him, covered with armor, stopped showing their eyes, all roared dullly, raised their axes and dropped their hammers.
Bang bang bang! This is the cracking sound of a wooden shield.
Sonorous ping-pong! This is the sound of weapons breaking.
duang! It's the sound of a heavy object hitting the body.
Poof—poof—it's the spitting sound of vomiting blood, spitting out teeth, spitting out internal organs, and the short, miserable howl of dying.
One shines on the face, and the one who blocks it will be clothed, and the one in the middle will be injured, and if it is not a place, he will die on the spot.
At the moment when the Xiliang army and the new army fought, they only suffered forty or fifty casualties, and when they clashed with the axe soldiers, more than fifty people were killed or wounded.
Wang Chang almost didn't jump up, and immediately dispatched a team of guards around him to rush up to resist it.
This team of soldiers are the best brave and ruthless soldiers in the Xiliang army, ninety percent of them are Qianghu soldiers who have experienced large and small battles, and they are extremely experienced in fighting, and they have always been Wang Chang's firefighting team.
The Qianghu elite, really extraordinary, rushed to the side of the formation, the swords and halberds came out, at least most of them hit the axe and mallet soldiers first, but the tragedy is that they can't cut it...... The half-inch thick iron plate, a total of 16 pieces from top to bottom, protects the shoulders, chest and abdomen, lower crotch and other important parts of the axe and mallet soldiers. Ordinary ring-headed knives, spears, and halberds can't even scratch and itch when they are stabbed.
Qiang Hu Hu shouted in horror, the axe and mallet soldiers were unmoved, you just stabbed, and I dropped the axe and mallet. For a while, the skull was shattered, the blood was like a basin, and the whole team of Xiliang elites was gone in the blink of an eye. Wang Chang watched from afar, his chest was stuffy, his ears were roaring, and he was deaf for a while. At this time, Dan saw a sentry with a small flag on his back running profusely, pointing to the ground on one knee, pointing west with his arm, and saying something loudly.
Wang Chang's ears were buzzing, and he couldn't hear anything, but a bad premonition made him step on the ox cart and look in the direction pointed by the flag post - the two hundred white wolf light infantry that had been chasing Wu Xi's rout had turned back victoriously and attacked from the rear of the flank.
"It's over......" Wang Chang's eyes darkened, his body shook, and he fell from the car.
The infantry on the left and right flanks of the Xiliang Army is finished, what about the cavalry?
The reason why Li Dao did not retreat from the army was because he was unwilling! Unwilling to be affected by the defeat of friendly forces, he finally returned in vain. Seeing the strength of the White Wolf Army's infantry army, he no longer expected to defeat the horse warriors in a frontal battle, but bet all his hopes on the cavalry. Attract the White Wolf Army with infantry and break through with cavalry. This is Li Dao's plan.
Li Dao handed over this task of assault to his nephew Li Xian, and sent his eldest son Li Shi into battle as Li Xian's deputy. It's a pity that Li Li is dead, otherwise his most valued nephew would be the best candidate for the assault commander. Li Dao handed over 300 horsemen to his nephew. He only left a hundred cavalry and hundreds of auxiliaries to protect him, and he had already been released, and if he didn't succeed, he would ...... Well, it's never a benevolence, it's a big deal to come back next time.
Every war is a big gamble, whether it's a gamble to lose or a gamble to win. Li Dao has gambled many times, losing and winning. When I counterattacked Chang'an, I was not sure in advance, but I still won the bet. And how about this time?
The sound of hooves rushed to thunder, like an arrow shooting, the target - the white wolf army, the horse.
As soon as the three hundred cavalry of Li Xian and Li Shi came out, the wolf tooth flying horses on both sides of the White Wolf Army immediately moved, the left flew on the horse to guard, and the right flying horse drove the horse to meet the attack.
At the same time, Guo Yan also received a request from Li Dao, and also sent three hundred horsemen to assist from the right side.
The Xiliang army left and right 600 light cavalry. It is like two sharp arrows, straight into the white wolf army.
Three hundred wolf fangs flew on horseback, divided into two, and brazenly faced the six hundred Xiliang cavalry.
When nearly a thousand horsemen rolled up the smoke and dust in the sky. Like four sharp arrows, rushing into a hundred steps, about to collide head-on. The wolf-tooth flying horses on both sides suddenly turned their horses sideways, drawing two half-arcs. The knights raised their bows at the same time and pointed diagonally.
Stretch tight! Woohoo!
The sky was full of arrows, and when the head was drenched, the Xiliang cavalry who rushed to the front were hit by arrows one after another. Rolling the saddle and falling off the horse, many war horses with arrows also grabbed the ground, and the heavy horse body slid forward with inertia for several feet, stirring up smoke and dust. For a time, the people and horses screamed sadly, resounding through the battlefield.
Li Dao and Guo Yan watched it behind the battle, almost gritting their teeth, and at the same time there was an indescribable horror in their hearts - the bow and crossbow of the White Wolf Army was really terrifying, and the long-range killing of the infantry army was amazing enough, not to mention, even the cavalry bows and arrows were equally terrifying. And what frightened them even more was the unknown, the strong crossbow of the infantry army can also be attributed to the fact that the Liaodong people have mastered the manufacturing technology of the rhubarb crossbow, but the cavalry's hundred-step strong bow, this is a weapon that the Han Dynasty does not have!
The Xiliang cavalry also wanted to fight back, so they tried their best to shoot their horses and charge, trying to close the distance. However, the other party ignored this stubble, made a big bend, and shot and walked, always staying at about seventy or eighty steps. Except for a few archers with strong arms and bows, the vast majority of the Xiliang cavalry only had the ability to fight back and had no power to fight back.
"That's not right! Don't pay attention to these cowards, our target is the Chinese army, the big Xu, and the horseman! Li Xian Huo Ran was shocked to find that his cavalry was being led to the northeast by his opponent, and he had unconsciously deviated from the target, and shouted angrily.
When Li Xian and Li Shi finally gathered their cavalry and sprinted towards the target again, they were shocked to realize that they had lost fifty or sixty horsemen in just a moment, but fortunately, they were less than 200 steps away from the target.
On the earthen platform, Ma Han waved his hand and said lightly: "The heavy cavalry is wearing armor and breaking the right wing of Li Dao's cavalry; The light cavalry sent out 200 cavalry to help the left wing of the wolf's teeth to fly and attack Guo Yan's cavalry. ”
If it is not a frontal battle, but a guerrilla war, three hundred wolf teeth flying cavalry is enough to kill six hundred Xiliang cavalry, and its own losses are minimal. It's just that the advantage of the wolf's tooth flying cavalry is to lure the enemy rather than block the enemy, and the main force that really blocks the enemy, or the main force that breaks the enemy, is the heavy cavalry.
One hundred heavy cavalry, with the help of two hundred auxiliaries, put on horse armor, put on armor and mounted their horses, and took over heavy weapons such as maces, long spears, and iron meteors. After closing the armor, they all saluted the commander Ma Han on the earthen platform.
Ma Han's eyes were scorching, and his jaw responded.
One by one, the horses were rejected and the deer moved away, and the hundred horses ran to the thunder, the iron armor was sonorous, the people were like tigers, and the horses were like dragons, and they rushed out of the Chinese army along the wide galloping road and killed the Xiliang army of Li Daozhi. Before that, the two hundred light horsemen had already rushed towards Guo Yan's army.
When the white wolf heavy cavalry appeared in front of the formation, the well-informed Li Dao sergeant shouted in horror: "It's a heavy armored iron horse!" An invulnerable heavy-armored iron horseman! ”
At the beginning, Ma Han made his first appearance, which was to lead the heavy cavalry to attack the camp of Li Daozhong's army at night, break it in one fell swoop, and burn the company camp, which made the Xiliang army, especially Li Daojun, extremely impressed. Now that they saw the heavy cavalry again, they were all frightened, and they were already three points timid before they engaged in battle.
The two brothers, Li Xian and Li Shi, did not expect that they would win the jackpot and meet the legendary heavy armored iron horseman. I had no choice but to bite the bullet!
The two armies, one east and one west, hundreds of horsemen rushed wildly, colliding at high speed, and instantly stirred up a rain of blood.
When the light cavalry encounters the heavy cavalry, it is completely a one-sided slaughter country. If the light cavalry is a sharp arrow, then the heavy cavalry is a giant hammer. The hammer and arrow collide, there is no suspense, the arrow breaks, and the hammer is not sluggish.
Hundreds of heavy armor, waving like the wind, rushing into the battle, like a bamboo, chiseled through the Xiliang riding formation, leaving a large pool of flesh and blood behind him.
Just one hedge, Li Xian injured his arm, Li Shi fell from his horse, and in the chaos of the army, he couldn't find this eldest prince.
Dangdangdang! The cymbals sounded sharply. Li Dao finally understood that he lost the bet, and if he didn't withdraw, he was afraid that he would even lose his old book of making a comeback.
Li Wei withdrew from the army, and Guo Yan, of course, did not dare to support it alone, and also withdrew his troops.
"The Xiliang army is defeated." Ma Han's expression was relaxed, he turned his neck, and made a clicking sound, "It seems that there is no need for Ben General to go out in person." ”
Jia Xu sighed and shook his head, and was about to say something, when he suddenly stared at the Rulin Jingqi that suddenly appeared in the west, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Li Dao, Guo Yan is finished." ”
The horse man stood up and laughed: "Yes, they are finished." ”
In the west, it was the retreat of the Xiliang army, and it should have been Zhang Ji to ensure the safety of their retreat, but the Rulin banner was full of one word - horse.
This horse is not a horse. In the world, in addition to the Liaodong Tianju, there is also a Western Lianglie horse.
The two horses drive together, and the east and west are attacked, this is the real joint battle. (To be continued......)