Volume VIII Fighting the Axe and the Glory of the Sky 96 Brothers
Lan Yu led a hundred cavalry into battle, and the Yuan army surrounded it with thousands of paces. The left and right flanks of the Wu army and the cavalry of the Chinese army witnessed this, and they all told Chang Yuchun: "The blue house may be gone." "Please come to the front, be the vanguard of the break.
Lan Yu is Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law, and he has been following him since he was a child, and even his martial arts are taught by Chang Yuchun, and the relationship between the two is very good. And Lan Yu is a natural general, whether it is learning to kill the enemy, or learning the art of war, "ten thousand enemies", his qualifications are far better than Chang Yuchun's two younger brothers, although he is not very old, but he is actually Chang Yuchun's right-hand man.
At this time, seeing him caught in the enemy formation, Chang Yuchun's mood can be imagined.
However, although he was shocked and angry, he did not forget the duty of the main general, and still replied to the left and right wings and the cavalry of the Chinese army one by one according to the original plan, and ordered Cai Qian on the right flank: "You have a lot of spearmen, and you can be the first to take the lead after receiving the enemy." Then ordered Feng Guosheng on the left flank: "You have a lot of swords and axes, and after receiving the enemy, you should be in the second position." He also ordered the infantry of the Chinese army: "Respond to the left and right flanks, meet the enemy's rear, cover the rear of our army, and take the responsibility of responding." In the end, the three or four hundred elite horsemen brought by him were ordered: "Enter the battle with this general!" ”
When the narrow road meets, the brave wins.
In the current situation, the Wu army has few soldiers, and the Yuan army has many soldiers, if you want to break the enemy in one go, you must not look forward and look backward, there is only one way to work, that is, just as Sain Chi Dahu and Wang Baobao speculated: with the help of the courage of the main general, you should attack the enemy first, and strive to disrupt the enemy's formation, so as to open the passage for the successor, and succeed in one fell swoop.
To say, as a master, it is best not to take risks lightly; However, in the Wu army, Chang Yuchun was mostly the vanguard, and whenever there was a war, he often took the lead, not only him, but even his subordinates had already regarded this as a common thing, so there was no objection to his order, including Feng Guosheng, Cai Qian and others.
It is often encountered that the spring gallops horses and spears, and the distance of 100 steps is just around the corner.
In the Yuan army array, the shield bearers at the front all held the shield with their hands and shoulders, one foot in front and one foot behind, forming a line. Shields nearly a man high, lined up in a row.
This was followed by the pikemen, who pierced diagonally through the "holes" of their shields. Like the shieldman, the pikeman leans forward with his shoulders and grips the barrel of his gun tightly with both hands; At the same time, the position of the two feet is the same as that of the shielder, one in front and one in the back, and the foot behind firmly steps on the hilt.
There was not only one team of shieldmen and pikemen, but several staggered teams, all warriors of a hundred battles, and although they faced the galloping cavalry, none of them flinched.
Chang Yuchun led the team to rush through the range of the arrow rain, there were not many seriously injured and killed, only one or twenty, but there were many minor injuries, even Chang Yuchun himself, although the armor was excellent, there were seven or eight arrows drilled into the cracks of the armor. With these arrows, he also had no time to pull them out, and crashed into the shield array.
The horses were so fast that they barely stopped at all, and the shield defense of the first column was broken, and the shieldmen and pikemen who had not had time to escape fell one after another, and most of them were crushed under the shields.
Chang Yuchun and hundreds of horsemen urged the horses forward, the horse's hooves stepped on the shield, and the sound of the overwhelmed sternum, leg bones, arm bones and even the skull of the overwhelmed Yuan pawn was constantly heard below; The broken spears stabbed back, some into the neck and cheek of the shield-bearer, and some into the chest of the pikeman. The screams were incessant, and the flesh was splattered.
The first line of defense was broken, and three or four steps away was the second line of defense.
The same scene was repeated. However, because the first line of defense temporarily stopped the impact speed of the Wu cavalry, the horse speed was not so fast, so the Wu cavalry also began to suffer casualties again.
The galloping horse knocked down the shield and trampled and crushed the pawn; The spear stabbed the galloping horse, fell and rolled off the cavalry. For a time, high or low, they exchanged guns and severed limbs and stump arms, some were killed on the spot, some were seriously injured and cried out in pain, and some fell or fell, but the injuries were relatively light, and they quickly got up and still killed each other regardless of their bodies. Often meet the spring gallop in the front, gradually go deep into the enemy formation, indomitable, invincible.
With him opening the way, although the shield bearers and spearmen of the Yuan army were brave, they could not be stopped at all, and the shield defense lines were broken one after another as if they were tofu. Behind the shield defense, there is a temporary formation of rejecting horses. Each horse was strapped with a large number of spears, and the sharp points stabbed diagonally were densely packed.
Chang Yu Chun Chong killed so far, the horsepower was slightly exhausted, the speed of the charge also decreased, it was impossible to jump past with the mount, the current tongue battle spring thunder, let out a loud shout, but did not dodge, still urged the horse forward, the spear in his hand down, and then went up to fight sideways, and stubbornly picked up the horses that blocked the way one by one.
Each one is picked up and tossed aside.
There were pawns on the left and right, shields and spearmen who had stepped down from the front, and axemen who had just come from both sides. The horse fell into it, smashed a piece overturned, and people everywhere turned on their backs, crying out in pain. Several soldiers of the Yuan army, raised their axes, fought bravely, trying to cut off the legs of Chang Yuchun's mount, and before they could get closer, the guards around Chang Yuchun slashed and stabbed them all with knives and guns, and put them all down.
The rejection of the horse is about ten layers deep, but after a moment's effort, Chang Yuchun has already picked out a passage.
The spear he used was made of fine hardwood, one zhang and two long, one grip thick, not only strong, but also very tough, if it is usually used against the enemy, even if it kills more than 100 people, it will not break, but the weight of the rejection horse is not light, even pick a dozen or so, the gun body can not stand it, just threw out the last rejection horse, only to hear a "click", broken into two.
In his previous attempt, he had broken a spear; At this time, he challenged the horse, and broke a spear. Since the spear was broken, he simply used it as a halberd, and he threw it with his hand, stabbing down two rushing pawns, and with his backhand to the side of the saddle, he drew a spare spear.
The main defensive measures of the Yuan army are shields and rejecting horses, and after that, even if they go deep into the formation, the next thing they have to face is the soldiers. The spearmen, the axe hands, and the firecrackers form a phalanx in different proportions, and they can be aggregated and dispersed with the banner.
The first few phalanxes were all hundred-man teams, and they all witnessed Chang Yuchun's bravery, and when they saw him go deep into this, they knew that the immortal battle was not enough to resist him, and under the order of the centurion, they shouted one after another and rushed up. Chang Yuchun grabbed his mount, took a long breath, and shouted, "Chang Er! Where is the rear army? ”
Chang Er was the captain of his own army, who followed closely to the left and right, had the duty of protecting his flanks, and also always paid attention to the tasks of the rear army, and replied: "The cavalry has all entered the battle, half of them have passed the rejection of the horses, and half of the generals have passed the rejection of the horses." After answering this question, he also shouted again, "......, Guanyinnu, where is the main force?" ”
Guanyinnu is the deputy captain of the pro-soldier team, and has the responsibility of protecting the queen of the spring horse, and also has the task of keeping an eye on the movements of the main force. Feng Guosheng's troops followed, and the two armies were about fifty paces apart. ”
After the two questions and answers, hundreds of yuan soldiers flocked to kill.
Chang Yuchun laughed loudly, drove the horse on the spot, rushed forward again, and rushed into the group of Yuan soldiers, with the spear in hand, like a dragon out of the water, he will stab one person; When it is closed, it will be like a tiger entering a hole, and it will knock down an enemy.
The spear is similar to the spear, the spear is evolved from the spear, the two have similar functions, can be pierced, pierced, pointed, blocked, pierced, split, circled, picked, and dialed.
Piercing straight forward, used to attack the enemy, called "killing"; Shaking the barrel of the gun to make the head of the gun hover up, down, left and right to resist and dodge the enemy's attack is called "leather method".
Dancing place, all over the body, such as drifting snow; When it was pierced, blood splattered like a spring. He sits on his horse, and though he is surrounded by enemies, he is as sassy as a meteor, and he comes and goes freely, and wherever he passes, the enemy will be either killed or wounded; Although there were many pawns, hundreds of people were treated as nothing by them, and they could not block the way forward in the slightest.
The leaders of the two phalanxes, one with an axe and the other with a sword, came to his horse. Leap up with an axe, aim at the horse's head and slash down; I rolled the knife to the ground, intending to cut off the horse's legs. The two of them often cooperate in the battle formation, one attacks three ways, and the other captures three ways, and I don't know how many opponents have died under this move.
It's just that Chang Yuchun is not the opponent they have met before, first the spear stabbed upward, hit the throat of the hundred households with the axe, and before the axe fell, it had already caused it to fall from mid-air; Then, the body leaned forward slightly to the right, reversed the spear, and poked the spear in front of the horse with his backhand, and the handle hit the shoulder of the knife Baihu, the shoulder hurt, and the Baihu long knife took off his hand, and he didn't have time to react.
The cooperation of two hundred households with knives and axes was quite famous in the Yuan army, and the other two or three hundred households in the phalanx wanted to take advantage of the cheap to come to sneak attack, but as soon as they fought, these two people died one after another, and they were not shocked, and they hurriedly turned around and retreated, wanting to retreat into the formation. How dare Chang Yuchun let them go? Hit the horse and chase after him, and shouted: "Where to go!" "Rush to the left first, and kill a hundred households that have not had time to retreat into the formation; Then he turned his horse to the right and chased after him, fought a bloody way, and killed another hundred households who retreated not far from the formation.
The third hundred households were far away, and they had taken the opportunity to retreat to the safety of the formation, and seeing their colleagues being killed one after another like chickens and dogs, they were both frightened and lucky, and they breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: "Luck! By the skin of one's teeth! Picked up a life and came back. "I looked at the pawns around me, and I was making up my mind not to take the initiative to provoke this killer. At this moment, I felt a pain in my eyes, and then fell to the ground.
But it was Chang Yuchun who shot arrows with a bow, penetrated the heavy guards of the Yuan pawn, and hit him in the right eye. Originally, the shot was not too deep, but he fell face down, and the arrow pierced through the back of his head, and he saw that he was no longer alive. In less than a quarter of an hour, he slew five hundred households with spears, or horses' hooves, or arrows. The courage of the pawn suddenly faded, thanks to the restraint of military law, he did not flee immediately, but he either gathered around, or avoided it from afar, and did not dare to attack again.
If they don't attack, it doesn't mean that Chang Yuchun is willing to give up, shouting and screaming, and continuing to rush inward with hundreds of iron horsemen. When challenged, he has seen his courage; When rushing, it's even sharper and unstoppable.
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Yuan array, look upstairs.
Sain Chi Dahu and Wang Baobao watched for a long time and looked at each other. Sainchi suddenly smiled reluctantly and said, "'Death is not brave, and life is not responsible'." Chang Yuchun, as the chief general of the first army, was reckless in the waves, and even risked his life, going deep into the formation of our army, putting himself in danger, and being stubborn! But it can hardly be called 'brave'. ”
"Dedicated to death is not brave, specialized students are not appointed" means that suicide is not brave, and fear of death cannot be appointed. Of course, those who fight between the two armies cannot be afraid of death, but they must not take risks lightly. Sainchi's criticism was very correct, but Wang Baobao heard far-fetched and helplessness from his clear tone.
It is true that "death is not brave", but when the courage reaches this level, how can it not be called "brave"?
Wang Baobao said: "Don't let it go deeper. Cai Qian and Feng Guosheng have already begun to engage with me, if we can't stop the thieves in time, I'm afraid that the front of our army will be disrupted! If there is chaos in the front, the Chinese army and the left wing will inevitably be in chaos one after another. And once the Chinese army and the left wing are in turmoil, the swallow thieves will definitely take advantage of the gap to enter! ”
Sain replied with a snap of his head and said, "That's true. It's just that Chang Yuchun is so fierce, I'm afraid it's not easy to stop him. Wei Yi groaned and made a decision, "The thieves are all cavalry, and if they want to be intercepted, they must be heavily armoured." Order: Mobilize 500 ironclad people from the Chinese army to go out and stop and kill them quickly! ”
Wang Baobao added the order and said: "And transfer five hundred firecrackers and crossbowmen, follow behind the ironclad army, and shoot the Wu thief cavalry who entered the battle!" ”
The ironclad battalion is the elite of the elite of the Yuan army, and the plan was left for a decisive battle with the Yan army, but who knew that the plan was not as good as the change, and it was not long before the war began, and the Yan army had not yet gone into battle, so because of the strength of Chang Yuchun, it had to be used half in advance. Looking downstairs, the herald received the order, and the autobiography went to the Chinese army without mentioning it.
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In the Yuan army's array, Chang Yuchun led the cavalry into the sea like a dragon, wantonly rushing and killing, and everywhere he went, he set off waves. In front of the Yuan army, Cai Qian and Feng Guosheng were in front and one in the back, thousands of people rushed into battle, and every time they impacted, there was a earth-shattering sound of fighting, echoing with the formation.
- Although Chang Yuchun has already rushed out of a road, first, the Yuan army has made adjustments, and second, he has not brought many cavalry, and when he attacked earlier, in order to exert the maximum attack power, he formed a cone formation, and the road opened was not too wide. Therefore, if Cai Qian and Feng Guosheng want to enter the battle, they still have to fight another game on the existing basis.
A journey of arrow rain caused nearly 100 casualties among the Wu army's foot soldiers. Cai Qian held a broadsword in his hand and rushed to the front of the troops, ignoring the enemy's attack and marching bravely. After Feng Guosheng's palace, he led a hundred people to supervise the battle team, suppressed the troops' positions, and supervised the charge of the front army.
When the spring rush is often encountered, the Yuan army's position is only twenty or thirty paces wide; Now, the main force of the Wu army is charging into battle, but the area affected is one or two hundred steps wide, covering almost the entire right flank of the Yuan army. Under the gloomy clouds, on the flat loess, the two armies were close to each other, and the sound of weapons colliding and shouting to kill came from afar, which not only vibrated the roof tiles in Shanzhou City, but also entered the Yan army array.
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Yan array, look upstairs.
Pan Xian watched intently as Wu and Yuan fought. Suddenly, he pointed to the west of the left flank of the Yuan army and shouted, "My lord! Take a look. ”
Zhao Guo followed his finger and saw a commotion on the west side of the left flank of the Yuan army, and couldn't help but feel strange in his heart. You must know that the Wu army launched an offensive from the southeast, and the direction of the main attack was the east and middle of the left flank of the Yuan army, and there were not too many battalions on the west side, but why did there suddenly appear a riot?
He squinted and looked carefully, but he couldn't see it clearly, and when he was wondering, the soldiers on the watchtower who were responsible for looking at the enemy's situation saw clearly,—— since he was responsible for looking at the enemy's situation, of course, the people selected were all people with excellent eyesight. I heard the soldier cry out in surprise: "My lord! My lord! It's blue jade! ”
Yes, it's sapphire. Pan Xianji also saw it.
It was confirmed that it was indeed blue jade. The front and rear of the Yan army were also expected to be in the left and right formations, and the generals Tong Shengyang, Hu Zhong, Gao Yanshi, Bian Anlie, and Liu San also quickly knew that it was Lan Yu.
The position of the Yan army boiled.
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The Wu army is in front.
Cai Qian killed the enemy and received a report from the left: "Lan She entered from the east and came out from the west, killing the siege of the Tartars!" From front to back, thousands of soldiers of the Wu army, like waves, passed back one after another: "Lan She entered from the east and came out from the west, killing the siege of the Tartars!" It was transmitted to Feng Guosheng, and from back to front, shouting one after another, like a wave, passing forward: "Lan She entered from the east, came out from the west, and killed the siege of the Tartars!" The shouts were endless, and the three armies all fought together, shouting in unison: "Ah Weiwei, kill!" ”
When the time is right, the bravery of the generals can inspire the whole army. Wu Jun's morale was like a rainbow.
Feng Guosheng was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly summon Lan She to come!" ......, he ordered the three armies to call out in unison, and told General Chang in the formation that Lan She had come out of the battle safely. As soon as the order was given, before it was passed out, there was another shout from the front army: "General Wen Chang entered the battle, Lan She changed horses, and returned to the Tartar formation from the west!" ”
The younger brother enters the position, and the elder brother seeks it; The elder brother entered the battle, and the younger brother sought it again.
Wu Jun's cries rang like rolling thunder. The front army, the rear army, the left flank, the right flank, down to the sergeants, and the generals and colonels, all boiled and shouted: "General Wen Chang entered the battle, Lan She changed horses, and returned to the Tartar formation from the west!" ”
The Yuan army was angry, and the Yan army was excited.
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The Yan army is on the right.
Tong Shengyang couldn't hold back his enthusiasm, and shouted loudly: "Lan Yu, before the milk smell is dry, you dare to come out and re-enter!" How can I, Haidong boy, let him be in front of the battle? Send an envoy, go to the Chinese army to look downstairs, please order the battle! ”