Chapter 175: Conquest and Killing (2)
(In the three days of May Day, I did not reply to my friends in time, please forgive me.) )
This time, there were 50,000 elite mobile troops of Huangchao chasing after them, and there happened to be a team of 1,000 people in each place, and they were arranged into 50 teams of troops in front and back, some were responsible for the front attack, some were responsible for staying behind, some were responsible for the left flank attack, and some were responsible for the right flank detour......
Although there are a lot of people in the Huangchao army, there is not even the slightest abnormal sound when the thousands of troops and horses are displayed, as if the thousands of troops and horses on display are the same person.
When Lai Jingjiu and the others looked at it from afar, they knew that the attack formation and the military momentum that Lu Dao had arranged in such a way were obviously the qualities of the team that had been cultivated through long-term battles, and they were not comparable to the sergeants of the Tang Army today.
On the Tang army's side, the number is far less than the number of the Huangchao army, and the number of the Tang army lurking on the slope of the mountain is only about 30,000 people, and most of them are tired soldiers, and they are not as good as the other party in terms of combat effectiveness.
But the advantage among the Tang army is that there are many martial arts masters who come with Lai Jingjiu, Gong Feiyan and others, especially the 'Light Xiaozhu', which represents the leader of the righteous path, and many masters have come.
However, the marching array is different from the single battle on the rivers and lakes, and it is all in the integration of the combat power of the troops, so although there are many martial arts masters, once the battle starts, most of them will mainly fight separately, so once the two armies are handed over, the victory or defeat is still not easy to say.
At this time, Lai Jingjiu and the others stopped when they saw that the Huangchao army that was chasing them rushed to the ramp, and they naturally knew that most of the other party had discovered the hiding place of the Tang army, so they temporarily stood still.
This made Lai Jingjiu and the others uneasy, and the rolling killing machine that was about to break out temporarily calmed down, and they also began to look at the specific actions of the Yellow Nest army's next step.
"Hey, these turtle grandsons were chasing so quickly before, why didn't they move in front of the mountain now?" Lai Jingjiu saw that the Huangchao army had no intention of attacking for the time being, and when he was puzzled, he really said to the disciples around him.
"Are they waiting for reinforcements to arrive before attacking?" said a young man with a knife on his back.
"Well, that's possible...... However, as far as I can see, even if their reinforcements arrive, it is unlikely that they will immediately join the warband, and the hill slope here is not an open place, and they cannot line up the formation, which is not conducive to the battle of the large army at all......!
After listening to what Princess Pinglan said, everyone naturally knew that Princess Pinglan's move was also to buy more time for the Tang Emperor, and it was inconvenient for them to have more objections.
Sure enough, after the 50,000 troops that had arrived in the Huangchao army were arrayed, three general-like people immediately walked out of the army array.
Among the three generals, the one who was clearly in the center rode a red horse, and was the leader of the army.
This person was dressed in purple soft armor, and only a pair of shining eyes appeared on his body, staring at the slope near the mountain road in the distance.
"Hmph, give the order, and the armies are ready to attack...... I don't believe that these Tang troops who have been defeated by us can have any more combat effectiveness? We don't need to wait for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive, as long as the capture of the Tang Emperor is definitely a great achievement, and the time will definitely be indispensable to the Yellow King's generous gifts......" General Zijia said coldly to the two generals behind him.
"General Zhang, before we set off, didn't the marshal tell us to just press these Tang troops, and when reinforcements have not arrived, we must not engage in battle as a last resort......?"
"Hmph, what do you know? The Tang army ambushed behind the ramp now must be the recalcitrant troops deliberately left behind by the other party, and their number is definitely not too many, but most of their actions are to create more time for the Tang Dynasty emperor to escape...... If we don't immediately break through the resistance of these Tang troops, the Tang Dynasty emperor may really flee into the land of Sichuan and Shu, and as long as the emperor escapes into the territory of Sichuan and Shu, it will be very difficult for us to capture them again!" General Zijia immediately snorted coldly.
"I see, the last general will obey the general's order!" The general listened to General Zijia's words, and also felt that he had analyzed some reason, and immediately replied.
"Okay......! We are ready to attack immediately, you two will lead ten teams of 10,000 horses to attack from the left and right sides, and I will take the other 30 teams of 30,000 horses to attack from the front, no matter which side of you breaks through the opponent's defense first, you must be sure to assist the Chinese army in the battle, break through the opponent's defense in one fell swoop as quickly as possible, and annihilate this Tang army......" General Zijia really ordered the two generals behind him, and solemnly ordered.
When the two generals heard the order from General Zijia, they responded in unison: "The last general will definitely live up to the general's trust!"
After the two generals received the order, they immediately turned around and beckoned the 10,000 sergeants assigned to them, and rushed towards both sides of the slope mountain road in two directions, one left and one right......
At the same time, General Zijia also ordered the Chinese army of 30,000 horses to launch a frontal main attack, and at the same time rushed to the Tang army defending in the middle of the slope mountain road.
At this time, Lai Jingjiu, Princess Pinglan and other Tang army saw that the Huangchao army really set off an offensive, and at this moment, they naturally did not show weakness, and shot the bows and crossbows and arrows that had been prepared for a long time towards the Huangchao army that rushed over.
Immediately saw the rain of arrows shooting towards the middle of the Huangchao army that rushed over, but before the rain of arrows shot to the army, unexpectedly, these rushing Huangchao army suddenly changed their formation, the former army changed to the rear army, and the rear army was replaced by the front army, only to find that at this time, hundreds of people in the Huangchao army erected a heterogeneous iron wall, blocking thousands of arrows, and only heard a crisp sound of ding ding dong after the most rear, as if a very beautiful music was played.
Seeing this, all the archers of the Tang army were so surprised that they had to release another round of bows and arrows but still failed to receive results, and only stopped when Princess Pinglan stopped drinking.
"Hey, these Huangchao troops are really powerful, they can't even hurt them with ten thousand arrows, it seems that we will have to work hard in this battle......" Princess Pinglan saw that the formation of the Huangchao army changed again at this time, and began to move towards her side again, she couldn't help but sigh and said.
It didn't take long for the Huangchao army to rush over, especially the Huangchao army on the left and right flanks was not blocked by bows and arrows, and fought with the Tang army first.
As soon as the soldiers of the two sides rushed into the other camp, a life-and-death slaughter began, and a bloody confrontation was staged on the side of the slope. Perhaps due to the numerical superiority and strength of the Huangchao army, the sergeants of the Tang Army gradually showed signs of retreat after just a few rounds of contact.
And the Tang army who fought with the Huangchao army head-on, with the assistance of Princess Pinglan, Lai Jingjiu and other light Xiaozhu masters, they were much better.
Especially the light Xiaozhu masters led by Lai Jingjiu and Gong Feiyan, as soon as they entered the Huangchao army, they had a brave and irresistible might, and all of these people were good at killing, and they cooperated with their own light body skills to enter the army to assassinate those generals and commanders who took the lead.
As a result, there was also a series of commotions in the camp of the Huangchao army, which had a great impact on the morale of the army.
But after all, the Huangchao army is fierce, especially this elite vanguard has been baptized by war for a long time, all the sergeants are not afraid of death, everyone has developed a killing nature, although there were some riots in the camp, but they quickly recovered to the original, continue to inspire the fighting spirit with blood and killing, and fill the opponent's knife with flesh and blood.
Gradually, the battle between the two armies entered a white-hot state, shouting to kill the sky, countless casualties, the Huangchao army is more and more courageous, even Lai Jingjiu and other masters feel extremely shocked when they see it, and the Huangchao army has a clear advantage in numbers, and the morale is like a rainbow, there is an invincible trend. On the other hand, the more the soldiers of the Tang Army fought, the more cowardly they became, and after reaching the most point, many Tang Army sergeants were defeated and fled.
Soon, the Huangchao army, which attacked from the left and right in advance, really defeated the Tang army that was blocking, and after killing many Tang troops, they joined the team that attacked Princess Pinglan and others.
As a result, the pressure on the Tang army team that Princess Pinglan and others were responsible for resisting head-on increased greatly, and the left and right fronts were surrounded by the combined forces of the Huangchao army, and they were still in a critical situation.
On the battlefield, although the Tang army relied on the strength of the martial arts masters to resist the killing, and temporarily maintained a situation of not being besieged, but the group combat on the battlefield was far from being comparable to individual martial arts, and once they ran out of strength, they would sooner or later be surrounded and killed, so if this continued, even Lai Jingjiu and other martial arts masters would not be spared.
There were several times when Lai Jingjiu was about to rush to the side of the purple armor general in the Huangchao army, but he was blocked by countless swarming sergeants, and after some killing, the purple armor general was also very scheming, knowing that Lai Jingjiu, Gong Feiyan and others were powerful, but he didn't meet with Lai Jingjiu, Gong Feiyan and other masters at all, and only took his elite men to slaughter the rest of the Tang army.
The battle on the battlefield became more and more intense, both sides had already killed red eyes, the remains were lying everywhere beside the slope, the blood stained a large area of land, the blood was mixed into the air, and a strong fishy smell could be smelled between a breath and a breath.
Soon, the sound of horses' hooves came from the distant avenue, and the dust was rolled up from far and near, and thousands of troops and horses came.
Many people on the battlefield also noticed the sudden situation at this time, because no matter which side of the men and horses arrived, it would affect the entire battle situation.
However, everyone can imagine that the thousands of troops and horses that can rush from the avenue will not be the reinforcements of the Tang Army, at least now.
It wasn't until they saw the huge "yellow" characters on the white flags in the smoke and dust that everyone understood that the army that was rushing now was definitely the follow-up team of the Huangchao army.
At this time, Princess Pinglan, Lai Jingjiu and others, who were in the midst of a fierce battle, saw this, and their faces also changed color, and they finally knew that the general trend was gone.
At this time, a messenger-like person rushed over from the Tang army in a panic, only to see this messenger rushing behind Princess Pinglan in the chaos, and reported loudly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the emperor and they are starting to set off, and the emperor has ordered Her Royal Highness the princess to resist for some more time......
When Pinglan and Tang Jun heard the herald's words, they were really unhappy in their hearts, and a trace of depression flashed on their faces.
"You hurry back and report to the imperial brother, just say that we are already in crisis here, let them go as fast as they want! You can also see that the reinforcements of the Huangchao army have arrived again, if you don't leave, it is estimated that you may not be able to leave......" Princess Pinglan immediately replied after hearing the words of the messenger.
When the messenger heard this, he really glanced at the Huangchao reinforcements who were about to rush to the closer, and after saying to Princess Pinglan to take care, he rushed to the road to report the news.
At this time, the battle between the two armies was not relaxed because of the imminent arrival of reinforcements from the Huangchao army, but on the contrary, there were fewer and fewer soldiers on the Tang army's side, and many people were injured, which seriously affected their combat ability. The masters of light small buildings such as Lai Jingjiu and Gong Feiyan, who can still support it, are also a little unstable at the moment, and in the face of more and more Huangchao troops, they also know that if they continue like this, even their chances of survival are very small.
However, Lai Jingjiu and Gong Feiyan did not order to break through, and it was not good for these disciples, friends and confidants to forcibly rush out of the city, so as not to bear the reputation of retreating from the battle and being greedy for life and afraid of death in the future.
Finally, the reinforcements of the Huangchao army were getting closer and closer, and they had reached a dense forest passage outside Erli Road, and the faces of the people fighting in the distance could be clearly seen.