Chapter 846: Battle
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The sound of the trumpet became more and more urgent, from far to near.
Zhu Biao rode along the gallop with his personal guards, and the shout of "Catch Xiang Zhenkui, capture Xiang Zhen......kui alive" shook the sky.
General Xiang Zhenkui was shocked, looking at the iron horsemen who were galloping at an average speed on the fields on both sides of the gallop, and then looked back at the pursuers who were getting closer and closer, desperate.
"General, I'll take people back to block the pursuers, you take off your armor, change into military uniforms, don't ride horses anymore, cover up and leave."
On the road ahead, there was a lot of people, and it was impossible to run on horseback. And if he can run, such as Cheng Xiaofeng's forbidden army iron cavalry, he was immediately besieged by the pursuers on both wings, and he was defeated and defeated, and even Cheng Xiaofeng didn't know where to go now.
This battle was really badly defeated!
The guards surrounding Xiang Zhenkui were busy helping Xiang Zhenkui remove the Mingguang armor on his body. They ignored Xiang Zhenkui's roar.
"General, take care." The personal general and several personal guard officers immediately bowed down to give Xiang Zhenkui the last salute in their lives, resolutely turned the horse's head, and killed the pursuers without hesitation.
Xiang Zhenkui's tears couldn't help but burst out of his eyes.
"Let's go, let's go......" Xiang Zhenkui, who was already dressed as a soldier, with four personal guards and more than 20 elite soldiers, blended into the surging tide of defeat. Like a drop of water melted into a river, it disappeared in an instant.
More than 1,000 guards were wrapped in several times the number of defeated soldiers, screaming and rushing towards Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao didn't give his generals any chance, and a shot pierced his throat.
The guards rode like thunder, and Xiang Zhenkui's personal soldiers were like a handful of gravel thrown into the torrent, and they disappeared without even a small splash.
Thousands of defeated soldiers were even more demoralized. It's like a handful of snowflakes, invisible when you poke it.
"Chase, catch up, capture Xiang Zhenkui alive."
The green horse galloped rapidly. Xiang Zhenkui threw out all his own soldiers, then he must not be far away. The body of the war horse rose into the air, shooting straight away like a cloud, but Zhu Biao could no longer see Xiang Zhenkui's figure.
Before, he was surrounded by a large group of well-equipped guards, and his own bright light armor, the whole person was a shining light bulb, but now......
Can't see it anymore!
Ansu County.
The 10,000 cavalry led by Zhu Zhong hoarded five miles outside the south gate.
The sunset is like blood.
Ten miles away from the county town of Ansu, more than 100,000 Tang and Han cavalry completely surrounded the defeated Zhou army in all directions. Zhu Biao ordered a large-scale surrender of prisoners, and no surrender was allowed.
Seventy or eighty thousand are gone. The Zhou army, which had no armor, was defeated. With no way to escape, they surrendered one after another. Together with the previous prisoners, a total of 120,000 defeated soldiers were all placed under the custody of Shangguan Renqing's headquarters.
The county seat of Ansu was recovered. The 20,000 Zhou troops guarding here, after determining the defeat of Xiang Zhenkui's main force, wiped the soles of their feet as soon as possible - slipped. Thousands of prisoners of war of the Tang Army fell into the warm embrace of their own people in an instant.
The curtain is quietly falling.
In the county guard in the city, the lights are bright.
Zhu Biao, Shangguan Renqing, Zhu Wu, Zhu Zhong, Zhu Tong, Chen Mengren and other more than 20 Tang and Han generals gathered together, not to congratulate the victory, but to urgently discuss the next strategy.
Will the army go straight to Chengbo, or will it advance westward and intercept the other two partial divisions of the Zhou army?
As for rewarding the Tang King, he didn't understand the siege of Chengbo. As far as Zhu Biao is concerned, he doesn't have the face to invite Baba.
"Okay, just according to General Shangguan's wishes. The troops were divided into two routes, and immediately launched an attack on Huaicheng and Pinggao counties. first swept away the party's leaders and divisions, gathered military strength, and finally fought with him under Chengbo City. ”
"But in this case, we must ask General Shangguan to urgently inform the two counties of Huaicheng and Pinggao, and let the two defenders try their best to entangle the Zhou army, and make sure that it does not escape."
"I wish Shuai rest assured. There will be no delay in the important matter of military aircraft. ”
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Late at night, Willow Orange.
The huge banner with the word "Zhou" was bathed in the hazy night, flying in the air. Xiang Zhenkui stayed under Ma Cheng, stared blankly for a while, and finally couldn't control his feelings, and burst into tears.
War is so kaleidoscopic and merciless, that when his victory is within reach, it turns its face and deals itself a fatal blow.
The small army of 300,000 in the north, the battle under the city of Ansu County reached tens of thousands, and the battle in the north of the city reached 200,000.
Completely defeated, all dreams and hopes were shattered, and the joy of imminent success turned into a pile of powder under the raging trampling of the Han and Tang Iron Cavalry.
The defeated soldiers who fled back to Liucheng with Xiang Zhenkui were less than 20,000, compared to the original army of more than 200,000, this is a small number, but to follow Xiang Zhenkui's only dozen remaining personal soldiers, this is an unimaginable number.
Yes, there are only a dozen of Xiang Zhenkui's personal soldiers left, and the more than 20 elite soldiers who followed him as soon as they disguised themselves and mixed into the defeated soldiers died or dispersed, less than half.
Reliable with his personal guards and more than a dozen personal soldiers, he revealed his identity to Zhenkui and worked hard to gather this defeated army south of Ansu County. They opened the city gate, and Liu Cheng's guards, together with the Ansu guards who led the troops to retreat into the place, hurried to meet them.
They already knew that Xiang Zhenkui's main force was not good, hiding in Liucheng, and people were also panicking, and when there was a disturbance, there was a rumor.
Seeing Xiang Zhenkui and more than a dozen guards walking into the county government miserably, everyone looked exhausted and grief-stricken, and the defenders and generals were all shocked and their souls flew out of the sky.
The atmosphere in the hall was very bleak.
After telling Zhenkui about the fiasco of Bai Ri, he looked up to the sky and sighed, "It's all my fault." ”
Someone stared blankly at the flickering candle flame beside him and was silent. Some people also asked softly: "I wonder how many men and horses in the army can fight their way out of the encirclement?" ”
Xiang Zhenkui shook his head and said in a hoarse voice, "Not much." There are too many Zhu Biao cavalry. This battle was lost too badly. ”
Everyone is heartbroken, 200,000 cavalry troops, who can rest assured that the loss of the division is like this? sighed for a long time, and then asked Xiang Zhenkui, "General, what should I do now?" Will it be withdrawn overnight, or will it wait......
General Cheng and General Hou have no news yet. Is it to wait for the news to be withdrawn? ”
"Don't leave it to chance." Xiang Zhenkui waved his hand sadly, "If nothing else." Tomorrow morning, Zhu Biao's army will be killed under the city. ”
"Withdraw immediately?" The Orange Keeper was clearly unacceptable. The army of more than 200,000 people was defeated, how could it escape from 350,000? Xiang Zhenkui only brought back 20,000, so what about so many confiscations? Now I have withdrawn myself. And the soldiers were all finished. Then he immediately asked, "General, don't you wait a day?" We still have so many brothers who have not been tolerated. ”
"No waiting." Xiang Zhenkui shook his head slowly, "Urgently inform all departments, withdraw to Chengbo Zaojin overnight, and send an urgent report to Pinggao and Huaicheng to let them retreat quickly." Besides, have you ever reported an emergency to the Governor? ”
"Don't dare to delay. When the junior general withdrew his troops from Ansu County, he had already sent an expedited dispatch to the Governor's Office."
Xiang Zhenkui breathed a sigh of relief.
In the early hours of the morning, Xiang Zhenkui led the army to withdraw from Liucheng. Taking advantage of the night, he hurried in the direction of Zaojin.
Soon after the withdrawal of the large army. The two got a pleasant and painful news. Cheng Xiaofeng fled back with a thousand riders.
Two arrows in his body, blood-stained robes. If it weren't for the desperate efforts of his own soldiers to rescue him, he would have been trampled into a meatloaf by the Han and Tang cavalry.
Although 10,000 forbidden army iron horsemen. Less than half of them have escaped, but this is undoubtedly good news.
And the exact news of Hou Sheng's capture from Cheng Xiaofeng is undoubtedly bad news. Hou Sheng's troops surrendered He Qingsheng to the enemy, and arrested Hou Sheng with his own soldiers, and more than 10,000 people should be followed.
"Where's Xinjia?" Xiang Zhenkui asked nervously, "Did he break through with you?" "Although the possibility is so slim.
"He's dead." Cheng Xiaofeng lowered his head sadly, "I was shot by Zhu Biao, and there are defeated soldiers from other units in my team." ”
On December 20, it snowed heavily for a day. The earth is frozen and jade. It shines brightly in the reflection of the next day's sun.
Zhu Wu led 70,000 cavalry to the back of the Pinggao Zhou army.
Shangguan Renqingbu did not move. In the battle of Ansu, the losses of the Han and Tang cavalry were not large, but Shangguan Renqing suffered heavy losses.
Of the more than 90,000 troops left when they left the city, only more than 50,000 remained after the war. 40,000 people were killed, fled, or surrendered to the Zhou army. Although the thousands of captives in Ansu City were quickly reorganized into the army, Shangguan Renqing only had 60,000 troops under his command.
The guards were more than 100,000 prisoners of the Zhou army, and they were unable to send troops to the outside world.
Zhu Biao took the Hedong cavalry and Zhu Hongbu and killed Huaicheng. Then a small cavalry remained in Ansu to consult the remnants of the local army.
A heavy snowfall slowed Zhu Biao's advance, and also hindered the rhythm of the Zhou army's retreat.
On the 22nd, more than 50,000 Han and Tang elite horsemen met the retreating 100,000 Zhou military camps on the bank of the Dingchuan River.
Zhou's general Liu Xingzhao gathered all his troops and horses to face the battle head-on. At the same time, the Ding Zhuang farmer who accompanied the army desperately used shovels and hoes to dig the frozen and hard ground.
The sky was gray, the north wind was roaring, the sun of yesterday was gone, the snow was flying, and the battlefield was white.
Zhu Biao immediately launched an attack without hesitation. Because the two armies were encountered, the 100,000 troops of the Zhou army, with infantry as the main force, have not been completely organized until now.
Liu Xingzhao lined up with crane wings, but the east and west wings were thick and thin. And under the wind and snow, it is difficult for the bow and crossbow to be played. The true power of the Crane Wing Array was innate and stopped three times and one stop.
However, in the case of a sudden encounter with the enemy, it was not easy for Liu Xingzhao to combine the commander of the 100,000 army in the marching state into the current battle formation in less than half an hour.
The Zhou army was very silent in the formation, and the silence was suffocating.
The battle flags of both sides danced wildly in the wind and snow, like a pack of wolves on the snowfield, letting out a thrilling roar.
The surging Han and Tang Dynasty spirit riders were like a dragon about to take off, raising their heads and roaring.
"Woo woo woo ......" hundreds of horns sounded at the same time, and the earth was shocked in an instant.
A cavalry of the Zhou army also dispatched, like an arrow off the string, rushing out of the main formation and rushing towards the left flank of the Han and Tang cavalry.
Thousands of horses galloped, and suddenly stirred up snowflakes in the sky, which was magnificent.
Zhu Hong sneered.
The persimmon picked up the soft pinch, Zhou Jun saw that he was a bully. The blade slashed to the ground, bringing up a canopy of snow, "Kill ...... with me"
The heroic rush to the front with his own soldiers immediately aroused the morale of the entire cavalry.
Tens of thousands of horses and horses fought together, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
The horn sounded again, and another cavalry of the Zhou army rushed out of the main formation and once again attacked Zhu Hong's left flank.
Zhu Biao was a little surprised. Zhou Jun seemed to have identified the left flank, as if he had to break through from this side. And Zhu Hong actually didn't play badly. In an almost one-on-one fight, the left-wing Tang Army had the absolute upper hand.
The 10,000 iron horsemen of the Zhou army were at least cut off at least 20% at this moment.
Now there are 16,700 cavalry of the Zhou army, fighting against 10,000 Tang cavalry of Zhu Hong's department, and Zhu Biao still dares to conclude that the victory belongs to Zhu Hong.
It's just that there will inevitably be a period of chaos on the left-wing battlefield.
The horn sounded. The flags flew over, the armies on the battlefield moved rapidly, and the tide of battle soon changed dramatically.
Zhu Biao's first lieutenant general suddenly separated half of Zhu Biao's personal guard cavalry, turned around and rushed directly to the left flank battlefield in the front of the Zhou army, which was to block the retreat of the Zhou cavalry. Liu Xingzhao's attention was already completely focused on the infantry array, and at this moment he was commanding soldiers and tens of thousands of Hedong elite cavalry to fight to the death, trying his best to resist the attack of the Han army. He never thought that Zhu Biao said that the troops would be divided, and his personal guards would ride. It turned out to be in the all-out fight against the enemy formation. Lisso turned the horse's head away. Break through the formation and kill——
This is nothing short of a myth!
The number of cavalry of the Zhou army was more than that of Zhu Hongbu, but the combat power of the two sides was completely incomparable. With Zhu Biao's S-class class increase. 10,000 Tang cavalry is already one of the most elite cavalry in the world. With more than 1,000 guards led by Xing Mao to come to help, the cavalry of the Zhou army was even worse, and the situation fell to Zhu Hongbu more quickly.
At the same time, the Hedong cavalry became more and more courageous, and they tore apart the front line of the Zhou army and frantically attacked. The crane head of the Zhou army couldn't resist it at all, and retreated step by step on the snow strewn with corpses. Fortunately, Liu Xingzhao set up a crane wing array, and there was enough space in the formation for the 'crane head' to retreat, and the two guards on the left and right of the Chinese army were also like two sharp knives. Left and right, they slashed down at the Hedong cavalry who came in.
Zhu Zhong raised his sword and shouted, "Kill, kill, step on the enemy's ......"
With thousands of elite horsemen, they rushed towards the 'Left Knife' that was slashing and slashing. This is a big battle without suspense, as long as the two knives of the Zhou army are broken again, the Zhou army will be defeated.
Liu Xingzhao looked at the Hedong cavalry roaring like a tide in front of him, looked at the huge snow and fog rising into the sky, and howled.
"Drumming, drumming...... Fight to the death, fight to the death......"
He had to withstand this wave of onslaught from the Hedong cavalry. Only in this way can the Zhou army rely on the superiority in strength and the difference between it and the infantry cavalry to reduce the momentum of the Hedong cavalry little by little.
Liu Xingzhao didn't want to defeat Zhu Biao, he only needed to win the time for Ding Zhuang to build a camp behind him. If he could find the shadow of Zhu Biao's cavalry two hours ago, he would have turned around and killed the small city twenty miles away.
He didn't want to fight the cavalry on the frontal battlefield.
Zhu Tong led the right wing of the army to kill, and his troops undoubtedly penetrated the left flank of the Zhou army, and then killed the flank of the middle army of the Zhou army.
An army of tens of thousands of cavalry slaughtered the Zhou army from the flank of the battlefield on the middle road.
Xia Yunyu and Zhou Ziang led the troops to follow Zhu Biao's personal guards.
Every Hedong soldier was full of confidence, they had enough strength and enough time to break through the fragile defense line of the Zhou army.
The two sides fell into a battle to the death, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
On the snowfield within a radius of several miles, more than 100,000 cavalry troops on both sides were entangled. Stumps and severed arms were thrown in the air, blood stained the white earth, and the sound of killing terrified the world.
"Order all departments, at any cost, resist, resist ......"
Liu Xingzhao was hoarse, holding a bloody sword, galloping on his horse, roaring like thunder.
The soldiers of the Zhou army were indeed forgetting their lives and forgetting death, and fought bloodily. Groups of soldiers wearing purple robes struggled forward under the command of Liu Xingzhao.
A Hedong cavalry marquis fell, and the spears of the Zhou army pierced his chest. Before he died, he cut off the opponent's head with a knife, the shield in his hand smashed heavily on the horse's hips, and the horse rushed into the crowd of Zhou soldiers, knocking three Zhou soldiers alive.
A lieutenant of the Zhou military with the word king was knocked off his horse, and before he could hit the ground, three crossbow arrows pierced his chest, and the captain was still clutching a bloody head in his hand. The soldiers were so angry that they rushed forward and killed several Hedong cavalrymen, grabbed the body of the captain and retreated to the rear. They tried to save the bones of their captain, but a dense burst of crossbow arrows hit, and several of their soldiers staggered a few steps and fell to the ground. The remaining three or five undead soldiers danced their weapons and stood by the captain's corpse, and were finally trampled by the war horses.
A new group of Hedong cavalry rushed through, leaving a puddle of flesh on the ground.
There are no bows, there are hand crossbows. The capture of the war over the past has brought countless good equipment to both the Hedong Infantry and Cavalry armies.
Such as the repeating crossbow of the infantry army, and the hand crossbow of the cavalry. The latter, in particular, is powerful, small in size, and easy to keep. Don't say that it snowed the day before yesterday or today, even if it rained heavily, the hand crossbow that was taken out of the crossbow box can also be used.
"Surround it...... Fence it up ......"
The war horse neighed, and its sturdy body rose into the air. Zhu Biao dragged the reins of the horse with one hand, waved the spear with the other, stared at the round eyes, and roared hoarsely, "Break the Chinese army, surround it, and kill General Zhou......"
Zhu Biao, Zhu Zhong, and Dou Bing each led a team of personal guards to ride, like three sharp arrows, destroying the withering and decaying, galloping vertically and horizontally.
The front line of the Zhou army was crumbling, and Liu Xingzhao only had to drop the Zhou army one after another, desperately resisting the continued advance of the Hedong elite cavalry.
This battle turned out to be even more tragic than the battle outside Ansu County, and the Zhou army, who was in a desperate situation, was completely crazy, fighting for their lives and swearing to fight back.
Whether it was Xia Yunyu or Zhou Ziang, they could only be surrounded by the regiments of guards and horses, and dispatch soldiers and horses to collide. The martial arts of the two are not very good, if they charge forward like Zhu Biao, Zhu Zhong, Zhu Tong, Xing Mao, and Zhu Hong, they may be folded in the formation if they are not careful.
Just like the original Luo Yashu! Isn't that how he died in the Battle of Xiyang?
Zhu Zhong, who was covered in blood, was like a bloodthirsty beast, in the tragic roar, the big knife with a trace of red blood slashed through the air, and the hideous heads rose into the air, and a puff of steaming blood scattered and splattered.
Broken, the Zhou army in front of him is about to be broken- (To be continued)