Chapter 290: Victory Meeting
The two armies before and after the Zhang family army were defeated, and the two Ming armies pursued the victory, the difference was only that Gao Jie led the main force to advance steadily, and Lu Xiangsheng used five hundred elite iron cavalry as the assault arrow, all the way to the wild, Lu Xiangsheng led the army to follow closely behind, driving the rout to Zhang Xianzhong's main army.
The rout fled in all directions, only hating his father and mother for having two legs, and those who couldn't run had to kneel on the side of the road and raise their hands to surrender, and many people got into the dense forest on the side of the road, and temporarily escaped, most of them were driven forward, like a flood without embankment, flocking to Zhang Xianzhong's main Chinese army, of course, this is also the cavalry's intention to slow down the speed of the charge, otherwise, these routs can't run the galloping war horses at all.
When the army collapsed, Zhang Xianzhong sent a few personal soldiers to be the first to slip away, and hurried back to report, and Ainengqi's rout also fled back in embarrassment, scaring Zhang Xianzhong and others to the point that they were colorless, and the snake panling could not be attacked, and it was over.
"Formation, hurry up and form a formation for Lao Tzu!"
Zhang Xianzhong was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and howled angrily, he didn't have time to hold Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo responsible for the defeat of the army, first form a formation to resist and then say, a hero like him will not be restrained, especially at this time, even if there is only a one percent chance, he has to fight.
Under the shouting and scolding of the big and small leaders, Ainengqi's rout could still be controlled, and they all returned to the team tremblingly, erecting big shields and spears, and the archers were in formation, waiting for Gao Jie's main force to appear anxiously.
In the midst of anxious waiting, the chaotic rumbling footsteps mixed with the sound of cries and cries for help came from the front, making everyone more and more nervous, and the palms of the hands holding the weapons were full of sweat, and the back was wet and uncomfortable.
The chaotic rumbling footsteps and cries for help came from far and near, Zhang Xianzhong suddenly thought of something, his face turned pale, and he howled angrily, "Quick, stop those cowards, don't let them mess up the formation......"
Several large and small leaders in the front line hurriedly led people to rush forward, desperately shouting for command, so that the defeated soldiers who fled back from the rout surrounded the defensive phalanx, and some of the defeated soldiers who ran the fastest in front also obeyed the command, surrounded both sides of the phalanx, and fled back to the large formation of the Chinese army.
But then, the faces of those who were blocking and commanding in front of them all changed, and the defeated soldiers who fled back were crushed by a large area, like a flood without embankments, like a mountain and a sea, and even they were shocked to the point that they could not stand, and they were pushed backwards, and some unlucky eggs were squeezed and pushed down, and countless feet trampled past, turning into meat pies in an instant.
The defeated soldiers, who were already frightened, ran desperately, and behind them were iron horsemen like a torrent of steel, rumbling iron hooves shaking the mountains, and those who ran slowly were either knocked away by the war horses or trampled into meat cakes by iron hooves, or split in half by sabers, and could only run desperately if they wanted to survive, only hating their father and mother for missing two legs.
The desperately fleeing crowd was like a flood lacking embankment, pouring into the defensive phalanx of the front army like a mountain and a sea, and the soldiers who arranged the formation hurriedly put down the iron swords and steel knives, put away the sharp spears, they were all their own brothers, how dare they move the knife, the entire dense defensive phalanx was instantly rushed by the rout, and many people fell down in the chaos and were trampled into meatloaf by countless feet.
This surging flood was only slightly blocked by the dense defensive phalanx of the front army, and then continued to sweep forward, the entire dense defensive phalanx completely collapsed, and even the soldiers with the formation were pushed forward, and the soldiers who faced the surging crowd basically fell to the sky, and the smart ones quickly turned around and fled forward, otherwise it was also the tragic fate of being trampled into a meat pie.
The first dense defensive phalanx was thus overwhelmed, and then the second defensive phalanx was also violently impacted, and soon collapsed as well, and the panicked crowd continued to rush forward.
The soldiers of the Chinese army formation had long been frightened and trembling in front of all this, and before the surging crowd swept in, many soldiers had thrown away their weapons, turned around and ran backwards, and the entire Chinese army formation also collapsed in an instant.
The surging crowd continued to sweep forward, and several defensive phalanxes of the rear army were not spared, all of them collapsed, and the entire official road was full of people fleeing in all directions, like an ant colony that had blown up its nest, densely packed in a large area.
"It's over......"
Zhang Xianzhong and the big leaders were all dumbfounded, they were standing at the foot of the Shepan Ridge, guarded by five hundred elites, and they were not affected, but no matter how stupid they were, they knew that it was over.
"Kill!"
The five hundred iron horsemen of the Tianxiong army were crushed like a torrent of steel, and the knights on the horses roared loudly, desperately waving the sabers in their hands and slashing, many people were cut down, knocked away by the galloping war horses, trampled down by iron hooves, and the miserable screams were endless.
"Heavenly King, go away."
Zhang Xianzhong's personal guards were still very loyal, they formed a human wall, protected Zhang Xianzhong, Niu Jinxing and other big leaders in the middle, forcibly rushed into the fleeing crowd, and even did not hesitate to swing a knife to cut down, forcibly broke the fleeing crowd, and rushed into the dense forest opposite.
But not all of them can be forcibly squeezed over, the focus of the guards is Zhang Xianzhong, followed by some important literati such as the military advisor Niu Jinxing, coupled with the rout, under the continuous impact, the guards behind were scattered, and Gong Wanjing, Wang Guoqi and others who were guarding were instantly submerged.
Those guards couldn't take care of it so much, and desperately protected Zhang Xianzhong, Niu Jinxing and others to escape into the depths of the dense forest, as for whether the people behind could escape, it depended on their luck.
The rout soldiers who fled backwards ran far away, panting one by one, their legs were heavy like lead, and before they had time to rejoice in escaping, Gao Jie led the independent battalion of the Royal Guards to kill, and the guns were like popping pong like popping beans, and the fleeing militia fell down one by one, and the people behind were so frightened that they turned their heads and fled back.
"Surrender and don't kill, surrender and don't kill."
The Independent Battalion of the Royal Guards slowly advanced in a neat battle formation, shouting and surrendering while firing their guns.
The desperate militia surrendered on their knees, and their weapons and armor had already been thrown away when they fled, and they could only run fast by reducing their weight, which was one of the rules of saving their lives on the battlefield.
Not all of them surrendered, some of them brandished their swords and howled and rushed up, and then they were shot into a honeycomb by the dense rain of bullets, and some of the unlucky people who had already surrendered on their knees were hit by stray bullets and fell down screaming, making a terrible cry for help.
The defeat is like a mountain, Gao Jie's independent battalion of the royal guards blocked the back, the Tianxiong army in front of the block only charged with five hundred elite iron cavalry, the Zhang family army has completely collapsed, the stubborn resistance is either died under the bullet or was cut over by the cavalry's saber, many people got into the dense forest on the side of the road, but most people chose to surrender, the endless vast forest sea is like a labyrinth, if you get lost in it, in the end it is starved to death, or become the food of the beast.
By the time the two armies met, the battle had already ended, those who resisted had died, those who were alive had surrendered, corpses and all kinds of weapons and equipment were everywhere, but in fact, not many people died under the bullets and sabers of officers and men, and more than 3,000 people had trampled on each other and died.
The soldiers of the two armies happily grabbed the prisoners and picked up the spoils, Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Jie, the two bigwigs in the army, stood aside and watched, the soldiers did not dare to make a mistake, basically restrained, and occasionally grabbed the trophies when the starting point of the dispute did not dare to make a big trouble, basically the soldiers of the independent battalion of the royal guards retreated, they had already defended Shanyin County and other military exploits first, and then it was a little greedy to compete with the Tianxiong army, moreover, they were equipped with all the muskets and artillery, swords, spears, bows and arrows and other weapons were useless at all.
"It's a little harder to annoy Lord Lou." Gao Jie clenched his fists, his demeanor was respectful and polite, in terms of military rank and qualifications, he couldn't compare with Lu Xiangsheng, and he should salute his elders with the posture of going to school at night.
"General Gao is polite, hehe."
Lu Xiangsheng politely returned the salute, quite satisfied with Gao Jie's low profile, but he didn't dare to hold it up, although Gao Jie is a thief's general, but the Son of Heaven trusts and reuses him, just look at the equipment of the Royal Guards Independent Battalion, it is better than his Tianxiong Army, you are now throwing your face to show others, what if people are developed one day? And this possibility is extremely high, for the sake of Mo Ming's arrogance to provoke a promising military boss, he is not that kind of stupid pen.
Gao Jie's Royal Guards Independent Battalion is full of muskets and artillery, but in the dense forest is not as good as swords and other weapons, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army is still equipped with swords, shields, spears, bows and arrows and other weapons, it is most suitable for the Tianxiong army to enter the forest to chase the enemy, the two army bosses quickly reached an agreement.