Chapter 5: The Way Home (III I)
On the battlefield, mercy for the enemy is cruelty to oneself. The officers and soldiers of the Right Marquis were unwilling to be ruthless to their general, but the rebels behind the general would not show them mercy. In an instant, at the place where the two armies came into contact, a large piece of the right flank of the officer army collapsed. Subsequently, the speed of the collapse of the army array was like an avalanche, and the entire army of Youwuhou collapsed.
"Kill, kill!" Zhao Xiaocai, the general of the Right Wuhou, was annoyed and angry, and personally stepped forward. It has been more than three months since Li Zixiong left Youwuhou, but he, a general, has never been able to control his subordinates. Regardless of the final outcome of today's battle, his personal future has been completely ruined. The imperial court will not tolerate a waste who does not have any command ability, and those competitors in the army who are eyeing the position of the right martial marquis will not hesitate to fall into the ground.
Several of the routs of the Right Marquis escaped from his horse and were stabbed to death by him with a lance. An overseer ran up to him and tried to explain a few words to his brothers, or maybe he was kind enough to give the general an idea. Everything didn't matter, and before he could speak, Zhao Xiao raised his hand and lifted his body into the air.
"Take this as an example for those who retreat!" Zhao Xiaocai shouted frantically and threw the body of the governor out of Zhangyu. In the next moment, he pulled his horse high and trampled over the other two cowards who were fleeing for their lives with their hooves.
The brothers of Youwu Houdi bypassed him and fled backwards in desperation. It's too late, if before Li Zixiong killed, Zhao Xiaocai didn't hide in the center of the team and order others to die, but bravely rushed forward against Li Zixiong like now. Maybe Youwuhou won't collapse so quickly. After the collapse of the army, he remembered the responsibility of the general, but after the collapse of the army, there was no need for a general who could only be powerful.
Another wave of chaotic soldiers rushed and was intercepted by Zhao Xiaocai and his own soldiers. The soldiers hacked to death the few cowards who ran the fastest, and the blood reminded the others of the honor of the soldiers. It was a shame to be restrained, so they raised their weapons and killed the soldiers who were overseering the battle.
The rebels took advantage of their large numbers and quickly cleared the obstacles on the road. Seeing Zhao Xiaocai shouting with a lance, everyone simply didn't do anything, rushed to pull him off the horse, and cut down the flag of the right Wuhou with a knife.
The flag fell, which was equivalent to announcing the annihilation of the entire army of the Right Marquis. The rout was surging in an instant, not only overwhelming its own array, but also pulling the right guards and horses that also belonged to the right wing. Zhang Jin, the general of the right imperial guard, tried to save the situation and drove the troops and horses of his headquarters to form a formation to protect themselves. "Array, array. There are rushers, kill! His own soldiers waved the flag and shouted hoarsely. Heavy armourers, shieldmen, and lancers quickly assembled, working together to form several giant steel hedgehogs. It's a pity that the first thing they came into contact with was not the rebels, but their own people who had fallen from Youwuhou. Some of the right-hand warriors with quick legs turned sideways, bypassed Leng Sensen's lance, and escaped through the gap between several iron hedgehogs. More rebels stood in front of the iron hedgehog, bewildered. Under the pressure of the enemy forces behind them, they pleaded, pushed, smashed with their shields, and carried them on their shoulders, trying to find a way to escape before the rebels chased them.
"Kill!" In the face of the chaotic soldiers that threatened the safety of the formation, Zhang Jin, the general of the right imperial guard, did not hesitate to issue an interception order. Hundreds of lances pierced out from behind the shield, forcing the rebels back in an instant. Some of them were unable to dodge and were impaled by lances and died on the spot. The blood immediately burned everyone's eyes, and after only a moment of hesitation, the rebellious army of the Right Wuhou raised the steel knife and lance in his hand, not at the rebels, but at the robe of the right guard.
The training level of the officers and soldiers of the Right Wuhou is no worse than that of the brothers of the Right Imperial Guard, and the armor on his body and the weapons in his hands are also as good as those of the brothers of the Right Imperial Guard. In front of the rebels, the two armies killed each other, and the iron hedgehog was torn apart. When Li Zixiong saw the cheapness, he immediately greeted the chaotic army with feather arrows. Regardless of whether the officers and soldiers who were shot belonged to the right guard or the right martial marquis, the situation would become more and more chaotic. In the blink of an eye, the defensive line of the right imperial guard also showed signs of collapse, and the right flank of the official army was in danger.
Zhang Jin had to order someone to blow the horn for help, asking the Chinese army to support him. The banner of Zhao Xiaocai, the general of the Right Marquis, has fallen in the chaos, and his life and death are uncertain. If the banner of the right guard is also cut down by the rebels, the officer will lose the entire right flank.
"Woo-woo-woo!" The trumpet whimpered, over and over again, like the desperate wails of ghosts. There was no response from the direction of the Chinese army, the battle had entered a white-hot state, and the cries of hundreds of thousands of people in the life-and-death situation were enough to drown out all other sounds.
After a few breaths, Li Zixiong's handsome flag approached the core of the right wing.
"Ask for help, ask General Yuwen for help!" Zhang Jin's roar was filled with the smell of despair. In desperation, he sent all the heralds around him. "Tell General Yuwenshu that I can only keep half a pillar of incense here at most!" The moment the last herald stepped on his horse, he took the lance from his own soldier.
"General, general, right wing, right wing seems to be dangerous!" Under Shuai's banner, someone finally discovered the severity of the situation and reported loudly to Yuwenshu.
"Use the horn to contact and ask the two generals Zhang and Zhao if they can withstand it!" Yu Wenshu frowned and ordered.
The rebels were able to impulse their right flank, which was something that Yuwen Shu never expected. But he did not believe that the right flank, which had more than 80,000 men and two guards, could not stop an attack by the rebels. In addition to acting as a rearguard, the most poorly trained Xiongwu battalion, he has already pressed all his troops and horses to the front. As long as his left wing and the Chinese army work together to eat the more than 20,000 bandits left by Li Zixiong in the center of the battlefield, the officers and troops of the Great Sui can join each other and completely wrap the rebels under Li Zixiong in the center.
This was a perfect plan, and it didn't require the right flank to crush the main rebel force alone. As long as they resist and take 10,000 steps back, as long as they don't collapse too early, they hold on until the remaining 200,000 brothers wipe out the 20,000 rebels in the center of the battlefield, and they will be considered to have completed their mission.
"The right wing is too chaotic to respond!" The flag officer who is responsible for liaising with all the soldiers and horses on the battlefield reports loudly.
He asked the brothers in the wagon what the situation was. Order the other brethren to speed up the attack! Yu Wenshu's eyes flashed a few fierce lights, and his deep voice was like a snake's hiss.
In Yu Wenshu's original assumption, the 20,000 people left by Li Zixiong in the center of the battlefield were the 20,000 death row prisoners who had their hands tied, and all the officers and soldiers needed to do was to rush up and cut off their heads. However, the rebels in the middle of the battlefield were more powerful than he expected. These people who shouted "not to Liaodong" did not retreat in the face of officers and soldiers ten times their size. They don't seem to be afraid of death at all, or rather, death is a relief for most of them.
The lookout on the leather car used a signal flag to pass down the latest situation, and the meaning expressed was very clear, but the face of the flag officer beside Yu Wenshu instantly turned pale. "General, the right wing, the right wing seems, it seems that it can't be supported. Ahead. General Hu'er from the front asked, can you let the brothers from all walks of life retreat, so that the sailor archers can play a greater role? ”
"!" Yu Wenshu raised his hand and gave the flag officer a neck hug, jumped off the war horse, and strode towards the leather cart not far away. "Even if you put 80,000 pigs on the battlefield and let Li Zixiong kill them, he will have to kill them for two hours!" He didn't believe the message from the lookout, and he wanted to see the enemy situation for himself. The other party is just a group of farmers who have just raised their heads from the ridges, what reason do they have to be enemies of the officials and soldiers?
Hop on the carriage and climb up the soft ladder to look at the hug. Yu Wenshu pushed his lookout hand to a corner and personally checked the situation on the battlefield. He saw that less than a third of his men and horses were left on his right flank, and the bandits were pushing along the large array of officers and troops like locusts. Twice as many as the opponent, the officers and men threw their weapons and shields to the enemy and fled in all directions. Fleeing at the forefront were the soldiers of the right guard, and behind the right guard were the right martial marquis, and behind the right martial marquis, they were chasing bandits who had no armor and no luster on their weapons. Some of the bandits bent down as they ran, and when they straightened up again, the weapons in their hands had already begun to shoot cold light.
It was a long sword that could not play a role in the hands of the officials and soldiers, and after the rebels got it, they were like a tiger with wings.
Yu Wenshu felt that his eyes were dark, and his throat was sweet and greasy, so he was not disgusting. He swallowed the mouthful of blood that rushed to his throat back into his stomach, so he looked calmly in front of the army. "The old man only needs you to hold on to half a pillar of incense!" Yu Wenshu prayed in his heart, "Half a pillar of incense time, as long as half a pillar of incense is enough." The brothers will definitely be able to wipe out the 20,000 remnants of the soldiers in front of them, kill Li Zixiong from behind the old thief, and cut off his head! ”
He comforted himself, hoping that Laihu'er, Chen Ling and others could give him a satisfactory answer. The scene not far ahead made his eyes black again. Twenty thousand, no, only a little more than 10,000 rebels remained, huddled into a regiment, under the ring of ten times their own, like ants in the rapids.
Officers and soldiers rushed forward with shouts and stripped the outermost rebels from a layer. The rebels on the inner layer immediately raised their weapons and took the place of the dead robes. They shoulder-to-shoulder, spine-to-back, did not flee in panic, nor did they bend their knees to beg for mercy. Except for the shouts of "I'd rather die in Henan than in Liaodong", they didn't even make any other noise. The only thing that expressed his anger was the wooden stick and bamboo stick in his hand, which was held steadily and flat, with all the tips pointing outward.
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