From Chen to Shen, the fierce battle has been more than four hours, more than half a day. The Yan army launched a general offensive and put almost all its troops into the battlefield, and the Yuan army finally couldn't support it, especially after hearing that the retreat was cut off, the army was even more unstable and panicked. The retreat route was cut off, and it was impossible to return to the city smoothly; And the Yan army has a lot of cavalry and has a field advantage, isn't this a situation where it will be slaughtered?

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Yuan Array, Chinese Army.

Lookout.

Sainchi suddenly recovered from the shock and quickly thought about the consequences of being cut off from his retreat. It is worthy of being battle-hardened, and at such an urgent moment, he was not helpless and immediately found a way to deal with it.

There are two ways to do this.

First, immediately send the elite to the rear of the battle, and strive to quickly eliminate the Gao Yonsei department, so as to stabilize the morale of the army. However, even if the Koyonsei Department is destroyed, the burned suspension bridge will not be restored.

Second, retreat immediately. On the one hand, the elite was used to withstand the impact of the Yan and Wu armies, and on the other hand, the rear army was changed to the front army, and the east gate of Shanzhou was not taken, but the detour through the south or north gate of Shanzhou and retreated to the city.

However, this approach, like the previous policy, has its drawbacks. Since the Yan and Wu armies had already thought of the retreat of the Yuan army, they would definitely not only focus on seizing the east gate and ignore the south and north gates.

The Yuan army had nearly 20,000 men, and although there were many casualties at this point in the war, there were still at least 10,000 troops. With so many troops, the rear of the palace became the front army, and the front army became the rear of the palace, retreating in the defeated battle, not to mention the fact that the army's morale was already unstable, and it was very likely that if the enemy did not attack, he would be in chaos first.

Both approaches are inadequate.

The lesser of two evils.

Sain Chi Ta made a decision. He resolutely gave the order and said: "Military order: transfer another 200 pikemen and 200 strong crossbowmen, immediately rush to the rear of the battle, and at all costs, we must eliminate the thief Gao Yanshi on the spot!" Give them half an hour, and if they can't kill the thief within the time limit, they won't have to come to me again. ”

Someone took the order to go.

Seeing the legend go away, Zhao Heng's face was worried, and he said, "My lord! It has been a long time since the high thieves entered our formation, and they have beheaded my generals one after another, and have defeated my shield array several times. It is not difficult to destroy them, but it is difficult because the drawbridge has been burned; And the swallow thieves also began to launch a general attack! ......, if the front can't be blocked? What's behind this? ”

If the front cannot block the impact of the Yan army, the front will be defeated, which will inevitably lead to the defeat of the rear formation. If the front and rear armies were defeated, and the fleeing soldiers ran to the moat, but could not find a drawbridge to cross, many people would surely be killed by their own people, or simply fall into the moat and drown. If there is a Yan army chasing and killing behind, the casualties will definitely not be a small number.

Sainchi replied: "What the gentleman is worried about is also the worry of the general. At this time, there is no other way but to fight to kill the thief in order to survive. "Order," quickly go to the city to report to Yan Sixiao that he knows, and order him to open the city gate, send elite soldiers out, cooperate with our army, recapture the moat, and eliminate Gao Yanshi! ”

Internal and external pinching.

One was cut off because of the retreat, and the whole army was in danger; One is because Cai Ziying was injured and his life and death are uncertain, Sainchi suddenly hated Gao Yanshi to the bone, hated that he couldn't chop his bones and scatter ashes, and he couldn't be willing not to kill.

As he gave the order, he picked up the armor that had been placed next to him, put it back on his body, drew his sword, and tried the edge with his hand. The blade of the sword is sharp, and the coolness soaks into the body.

"Dangchang" sounded, and the short sword was unsheathed.

He pressed his sword and raised his eyebrows, and said loudly to the people upstairs: "The matter has come to this, and the general must personally come forward to supervise the battle!" Mr. Zhao, the Chinese army will be handed over to you first. The rest of the generals, and follow me downstairs to fight the thief. ”

On the watchtower, there were several partial and subordinate generals, all of whom were the henchmen of Sainchi Dahu, and when they heard the order, they all bowed together, and at the same time hugged their fists and said: "I am willing to go into battle with the adults to kill the thief!" Please give me an order. ”

Sainchi suddenly looked at the left and right flanks, and pointed and said: "Wu thief attacked my right flank first, Chang Yuchun is brave, but the other army has not eaten at noon, it is inevitable that the remaining strength is insufficient. ......, and the swallow thief came later, recuperating and recuperating, and most of them were horse soldiers, galloping in my formation, and it was difficult to be a foot soldier. Therefore, if we want to go forward to supervise the battle, we must first go to the left flank! ”

"Yes!"

"Pass on my military order, order the rest of the battalions of iron armor and spears to go out of battle and go to the left flank with the general!"

"No!"

Sainchi suddenly drew his short sword again, slashed it at the railing, slashed deeply, looked around at the generals, and said sharply: "I have heard, 'The power of victory is a hundred times greater than the morale of the people. The pawn of the defeated army will never be restored'. Today, either I kill the thief, or the thief kills me! Since the general rebelled in Henan with the lord, the king of thousands of miles of Qin, killing thieves is not counted, and he has fought in the land of thousands of miles, how can he have a defeat? Invincible! Horses' hooves are everywhere, and they are all conquered! How can the prestige of the world be humiliated in the hands of thieves today! I think that Haidong Deng thief, but a yellow-mouthed child; The thief general Zhao Guo is only a weak crown; Gao Yonsei is more milky and not dry. Ladies and gentlemen, you are all brave warriors in a hundred battles, how can you be inferior to them? When the narrow road meets, the brave wins. ”

He drew his dagger and slashed at the guardrail again, repeating in no uncertain terms: "Today, either I will kill the thief, or the thief will kill me." There are no thieves with me! ”

All the generals responded in unison: "Today, there is no thief with me!" Swear not to wear the sky with thieves. ”

Sain's sword returned to its sheath, and the group was murderous, got down from the watchtower, and led the army to the left flank.

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Yuan array, in front of the Chinese army.

Zhao Guo noticed the movement of Sain Chi Ta Hu and the others, pointed to the flag of Sain Chi Ta Hu, and said: "The main general of the Tartar and Tartar has moved, looking at its direction, it is going to the left flank." He, since he went to the left wing to help, he would definitely not bring no elite. The battalions of iron, iron, and spear should have poured out. Tong, Tong Shengyang, and Hu Zhongbu were all light riders, and it was difficult to fight. passed the order, and ordered Liu San to speed up and rush to the front line to help. ”

While the order was being given, one of the soldiers shouted, "Be careful, my lord! ”

Zhao Guo turned sideways in response, avoiding a stray arrow that shot from nowhere. Closely, the stray arrows were less than a finger's width from him, and the wind that brought it hurt his face. All the relatives and soldiers in his entourage were frightened into a cold sweat, but he looked at nothing, ignored it at all, and continued to finish the order.

The herald received the order and hurried to the three parts of Liu to teleport.

Zhao Guo groaned slightly, and said: "Again, give another military order, and order the whole army to shout: 'The Tartar and Tartar suspension bridges have been destroyed, and the retreat has been broken'." Again, call again: 'General Gao is mighty', help Gao Yonsei, and order him, no matter what, to resist the attack of the Tartars, and to firmly control the moat in his hands. ”

The heralds received the order and went to the battalions in separate ways.

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On the battlefield of fierce fighting, the blood flowing from the wounded or corpses stained the yellow earth everywhere. He who rushes forward, regardless of the rear; The back followed the one in front, ignoring the ground.

Those who accidentally step on the corpse often fall, but when they fall, they immediately get up and continue to rush forward to kill. There are also those who do not step on the corpse, but on the wounded who have fallen to the ground, at this time, they will rarely look at the ground, and if the injured person is their own person, they will call for the military doctor or ambulance to come for treatment; If the wounded person is an enemy, he will immediately ignore his wails and screams, and make up for it with a heavy knife.

-- Speaking of "military doctors", Deng She paid great attention to this aspect, not only in the military academy to teach officers the knowledge of first aid, but also collected a lot of doctors from the four provinces of Haidong and put them into the army. These doctors are "military doctors", but because there are not many such people, they are more valuable, except for critical decisive battles, most of the time they are not used to go to the battlefield, and they are mainly responsible for two responsibilities, one is post-war first aid; One is to take students and select some soldiers to teach. There is not much content in the lectures, nothing more than some methods for emergency treatment of knife wounds and arrow wounds.

These soldiers who were selected to study, after completing their studies, would be put into the battalions, which were the so-called "ambulances", and they were responsible for the emergency on the battlefield.

Because this policy has not been implemented for a long time, there are not many "military doctors" and "ambulance personnel" in the army. According to Deng She's idea, it was planned to put an "ambulance" in every ten-person team and a "military doctor" in every hundred-person team. Now less than half of it has been achieved, and each team of 100 people can have two or three "ambulancemen", and each team of 1,000 people can have one or two "military doctors".

But it's already pretty good. Many of the casualties of the war are not because of the enemy, but because the wounded cannot be treated in time. A relatively complete battlefield medical support mechanism, one can reduce casualties; The main thing is that it can increase the number of veterans. In the army, the old pawn is the most important. Just imagine, a force composed of all veterans will be how strong the combat effectiveness will be.

On the battlefield, shouting to kill the heavens, the Yan army is rushing forward to kill.

Almost every soldier who charged forward was covered in blood, and under the high level of tension and excitement, even most of them did not know whether the blood was their own or from the enemy, and the only thought circling in their minds was: rush, charge. With the flag rushing forward; Follow the people in front of you and kill them! The one in front falls, and the one behind makes up.

People say that "it is easy to win a battle, but it is difficult to fight a losing battle".

This is because if the battle is lost, "the army is defeated like a mountain", it is difficult to organize the soldiers who have fled again, let alone regroup, and then fight the enemy for victory. In fact, it is not only difficult to lose a battle, but sometimes it is also difficult to win a battle. Why? It's the same because of the organizational problems of the soldiers.

The battle was won, and the whole army rushed forward. It's good. However, rushing and rushing, the team will be chaotic, and many times there will be a situation where the upper and lower levels are too far apart, and it is difficult to contact the command. There are many cases in which the enemy seized the opportunity because of this organizational problem, and instead turned from victory to defeat.

Dunshe is also very attentive to this issue.

For every 10,000 households, there is a soothing; Every thousand households have elastic pressure; For every hundred households, there is a military division. These officers are usually responsible for political work; When charging in battle, he is in charge of liaison between superiors and subordinates. There are troops who rush too forward, and they are responsible for restraining them; Some troops rushed too slowly, and they were responsible for urging them to speed up. Therefore, at this time, a scene can be seen on the battlefield.

The soldiers of the Yan army were all rushing forward, but in the wave of charge, there would be one or two officers standing still from time to time. They were like rocks in the middle of a great wave, with soldiers behind them carrying different flags, each representing the head of a battalion. As they shouted, each passing unit made various adjustments as it advanced. Some quickened the pace; Some slowed down.

These officers not only obeyed the orders of their superiors and constantly adjusted the rhythm of the army's attack, but also often shouted a few slogans, or honorary titles for their headquarters, such as "Tou Cavalry"; Or words to boost morale, such as singing a military song, or shouting: "General Gao has cut off the enemy's way back!" Destroying the enemy is just around the corner! Kill, kill, kill, General Gao is mighty! The soldiers who passed by shouted one after another.

It didn't take long for Zhao Guo's order to be thoroughly implemented through pacification, bullet suppression, and military divisions, and nearly 20,000 Yan soldiers and soldiers all shouted in unison: "General Gao is mighty!" There are also shouts: "The little general is mighty!" "Anyone who shouts the latter is Wang Shicheng's old department, Yidu's old army.

More than 10,000 people shouted in unison, and the momentum can be imagined, resounding and suppressing the clouds, shaking the towers of Shanzhou City in the distance to the sound of tiles. One after another, one after another, after entering the formation, Gao Yanshi heard it in his ears.

He rushed to kill for a long time, and several times single-handedly broke through the enemy formation, and he had already run out of strength, but at this time, when he heard the earth-shaking chorus of the whole army, he couldn't help but suddenly feel more powerful. Earlier, he had taken off his armor and wore only a short shirt, but now he had also taken off his shirt and went into battle shirtless.

In the Haidong Army, Yang Wanhu was so shirtless that he rushed to kill, and now there is another Gao Yanshi. He was so complacent that he hesitated, looked back, laughed loudly, and said triumphantly to his subordinates: "Do you hear that? Do you hear that? The three armies call the little general! Do you know who the little general is? It's Lao Tzu! ”

The main general is so brave, and his subordinates are also brave.

In the shouts of the whole army, Gao Yanshi suddenly galloped his horse, and rode into the ironclad formation on the opposite side. Sain Chida suddenly came and formed a formation of 200 ironclad troops, which had just formed a formation.

The soldiers of the "Iron Armor Army" are not ordinary soldiers, they are all heavily armoured, and the horse lance is not easy to hit. Just a few steps into the battle, facing the two armor soldiers who were blocking in front, Gao Yanshi waved his lance and struck, he fought for almost an hour, and the horse lance had already been injured in many places, and now it hit the heavy armor again, and he couldn't help but be struggling, only to hear a "click" sound, broken into two. The broken horse lance was forced to hit backwards, Gao Yanshi was caught off guard, and he was still pushing forward, and after two collisions, his wrist was scraped, and his elbow was bleeding.

He stopped leaning forward, and casually struck the half of the horse lance that was left in his hand on the head of a soldier who had taken the opportunity to come up. He was so strong that he dented the armorer's helmet at once, and he heard the armorer scream, vomit blood, and staggered to the ground. Then, he reined in his horse and returned to his own formation lightly, took the spare spear from Kunlun Nu, and changed it in. and rushed into battle bravely.

The two generals under his command, Su Baiyu, Yang Youyin, and the horsemen he led were all excited when they saw this. More than 500 cavalry were killed, and there were still more than 300, and they couldn't help but shout with the whole army: "The general is mighty!" ”

More than ten miles before and after, tens of thousands of troops from the enemy and us. At this moment, Gao Yanshi's name resounded all over the world.

The wind grew stronger and stronger, whistling and rolling up, raising dust and sand, and a thick yellow smoke rose from the battlefield. The clouds were overcast, the weather was gloomy, and in mid-air, there was a sudden thunderstorm.