Chapter 185: Dividing the Northern Chu Army
Li Yitian led Li Yitian to take the lead in cutting through the enemy formation, and the phalanx of 100,000 people stretched for several miles, but it could not stop the footsteps of the iron cavalry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoWhen the other three cavalry teams attacked, Li Yitian had already reorganized his team and was ready to continue the attack.
At this time, the reinforcements rushed out of Mengling City quickly retreated into the city again, and the army that came out of the hole only had to bite the Northern Chu army tightly. The Northern Chu army also wisely chose not to return to the city at this time, and they moved quickly towards the small hill on the right under the leadership of Chu Zhenhai.
The movement of 100,000 troops is very spectacular, and it is not easy for the Eastern Tang army to swallow these 100,000 troops.
The Dragon Tooth Battalion led by Li Yitian only dared to chisel through the enemy formation, but did not dare to stay in it for longer, after all, after being besieged by a 100,000-strong army, there was only a dead end. After the four cavalry of the Dragon's Tooth Battalion arrived, only Li Yitian's battalion was the least damaged.
The other three cavalry corps had lost hundreds, and although they were all clothed in the best armor, they were not immune from the army. Looking at Li Yitian's first battalion, which was only dozens of injured and none of them died, the rest of the cavalry showed shocked looks.
The cavalry of the Dragon's Tooth Battalion looked proud at this time, accepting the envious gaze of the rest of the knights.
"It's the soldier's soul that hovers over them!" the three lieutenants resting on horseback gathered together, they knew each other well, and they were all communicating with each other.
"This new lieutenant really has two hits, and now Lao Wang is not convinced, and he is afraid that he will not be able to come back. β
"I didn't expect this guy to be really a battle formation master, and he has refined the soul of a soldier in such a short period of time!"
"The helper invited by the Thirteen Princes will not be too weak if you think about it. Besides, the warriors of our Dragon's Tooth Battalion are the best ones, and it is normal to refine the soul of a soldier. "The three captains have analyzed Li Yitian's situation thoroughly, and they all seem to know it before.
"Look! The Northern Chu army has retreated to the south, and Long Shuai doesn't seem to be blocking it very actively? Is it to let them live?" A school captain saw the movement of the Chu army, and immediately shouted out in a hurry.
"It seems that the commander is not willing to fight with the enemy, to eat this 100,000 army, even if we are well-equipped, we will pay a great price!"
"But it is useless to surround Chu Zhenhai on the mountain now, but it has made the enemy form a horn momentum. β
"Yes, if the enemy army breaks out of the encirclement, it will naturally be able to enter the city safely, and we will be busy in vain!"
Several people couldn't see Long Xiangnan's specific plan, and they could only accept orders to carry out the mission. Li Yitian looked at the situation in front of him, although he also had some guesses, but he didn't dare to conclude his thoughts.
After a slight adjustment, Li Yitian once again led the knights of the Dragon Tooth Battalion to begin to attack the enemy formation. At this time, they were faced with a hastily retreating enemy, and they were already free to attack with all their strength without continuing to contain the enemy. After all, their goal of organizing Chu Zhenhai to return to Mengling City had been achieved, and now was the time to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.
"Soldiers, follow me!" Li Yitian rode away, and the knights behind him also shouted excitedly and followed. At this time, they entered the enemy line from one side and slew all the panicked enemies. After the remaining three cavalrymen of the Dragon Tooth Battalion saw Li Yitian and their actions, they also urged their horses to step forward and joined the army chasing and killing the enemy.
Chu Zhenhai, as a famous general of Northern Chu, retreated but still remained calm. He quickly organized his cavalry and prepared to hedge, and the archers quickly concentrated to form a fire suppression in the rear.
The melee of people on their backs has been continuing, and along the way, the Northern Chu army has been fighting while retreating. Li Yitian's attacks were relatively easy, their combat power had improved with the blessing of the soldiers' souls, and their survivability was incomparable to that of other soldiers.
As long as someone is seriously injured, the bloodtooth dragon soldier soul will emit a trace of blood-red aura to surround him and protect him in it so that he can evacuate in time. In this kind of melee, as long as you are not killed by a knife or shot by the passing of time, you can be saved in time.
At this time, the soldier soul no longer attacked, but only took care of the safety of the three thousand knights with all his might.
With a wave of his hand and a giant sword to cut off the enemy's head, Li Yitian no longer remembered how many enemies he had killed. From the first time they rushed into battle before, to the current pursuit all the way, they no longer knew how many enemies they had killed.
Many of the wounded knights were forced to return to the camp to recuperate, and Li Yitian led less than 2,000 cavalry at this time. The two-to-one ratio of casualties to survivors is already indicative of the brutality of the battle, but the fighting continues.
Zhang Meng in Mengling City was in a hurry at this time, before the smoke and dust outside Mengling City were raised on all sides, they all thought that the Eastern Tang Army was going to forcibly attack the city, but until now the smoke and dust have long been dispersed but there is no trace of the enemy.
Chu Zhenhai led the crowd to run away, and they wanted to occupy the high mountains in the south as a place of refuge. The mountains are treacherous, and large enough to be used as a new base if they are successfully captured. However, the Eastern Tang Army obviously also saw this, and the Longya Battalion, the ace army, under the command of Long Xiangnan, had been biting tightly on the back of the Northern Chu Army.
Even though they had paid a terrible price, none of the knights of the Dragon's Tooth Battalion dared to retreat under the fate of Long Xiangnan. Even though there were only 1,000 cavalry left under the command of three of the captains, they still fought bravely against the enemy without retreating.
The momentum of this undying battle is really admirable, and even Chu Zhenhai has to admit that this is a strong army. However, the most incomprehensible thing for the Northern Chu generals was that there was still a battle formation division in the Eastern Tang army, and with the help of the battle formation division, one of their dragon tooth battalion knights was not only the most powerful in combat effectiveness, but also had no damage in this battle.
Even those seriously injured knights were always able to successfully evacuate, which made the Northern Chu soldiers who fought desperately to kill the enemy grit their teeth with hatred.
"The captain who shot that knight of the Dragon Tooth Battalion, if this continues, our soldiers will be killed even more!" Chu Zhenhai finally realized Li Yitian's threat, and immediately gave an order to the generals beside him.
After Chu Zhenhai's order was given, countless archers immediately aimed in Li Yitian's direction, and countless arrows had already rained down before they knew it.
"It's not good, we've been targeted!" Li Yitian was also confused in his heart when he saw this scene, this was hit by the enemy's concentrated fire. If they are targeted by the enemy, their life will not be easy.
If this wave of arrow rain is confirmed, their cavalry team will also be severely damaged, and after withstanding this wave of arrow rain, there will inevitably be a second wave of arrow rain blows.
"Defensive formation!" Li Yitian shouted loudly, he wanted to retreat at this time, but without Long Xiangnan's order, he could only choose to fight to the death. Even if there is only one knight left, he must hold his ground, this is the military order!
"Roar!" An angry roar sounded, and the blood dragon formed by the battle intent swept countless arrows away, and at the same time, its body finally exhausted the last trace of energy and dissipated into the air.
The two thousand knights were instantly battered, their mouths spitting blood, and their faces were very pale. Li Yitian didn't expect that the soul of the soldiers would be broken, and they would also be counterattacked, at this time, Li Yitian felt a dizziness in his head, and a sense of powerlessness spread throughout his body.
With Li Yitian's strong physique, he felt weak for a while, and those knights on horseback must not be comfortable. But these men who crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood were still wielding their weapons, and they were still fighting to the death with the enemy before they fell.
"Retreat!" Li Yitian ordered blatantly, although the boss did not order them to retreat, Li Yitian knew that his subordinates had reached the limit. If they don't retreat, they will all die here!
"Captain! The commander didn't let us retreat, retreating without permission will be beheaded!" The deputy lieutenant immediately stopped Li Yitian in a panic, and all the knights also looked at Li Yitian in shock.
"I will bear all the consequences, and I can't let the brothers die here like this. Li Yitian turned around and was about to retreat, and at this time, the archers of the Northern Chu army had already opened their bows and drawn arrows again, ready to shoot the next wave.
"Captain Liγγγ" Everyone hurriedly wanted to open their mouths to persuade.
"The whole army retreats!" Li Yitian spoke again, interrupting everyone's words.
Blatantly disobeying military orders, even if Li Yitian makes great contributions this time, he will inevitably be punished. In order to save the lives of 2,000 people, he didn't have time to think too much about the consequences.
At this moment, the sound of gold suddenly sounded in the distance.
"Mingjin is here!" A knight suddenly cheered, just when Li Yitian was about to disobey the military order for them, Long Xiangnan actually Mingjin withdrew his troops!
"Retreat!" Li Yitian cheered, and immediately led everyone to retreat quickly.
At this time, the Northern Chu army, which was desperately fighting, did not expect that Long Xiangnan would withdraw his troops at this time, but they were exhausted and did not delve into anything, but immediately stopped fighting and quickly withdrew from the battlefield with the army.
Li Yitian led everyone to retreat to a distance of 100 zhang before he was relieved, and many knights actually fell off their horses one after another, and they had already collapsed and fainted.
Seeing the Northern Chu army go away, all the soldiers were also very puzzled by Long's decision to go south. However, the boss obviously had no intention of explaining, so the generals had to wait until they returned to the camp to discuss.
"Why don't you chase this?" asked Ye Fengchi, puzzled.
"Wounding the enemy for a thousand and self-inflicted damage of eight hundred, Coach Long may not think it is cost-effective. Li Yitian can only explain it like this, because that's what he thinks.
All the troops were ordered to return one after another, and the Northern Chu army was able to successfully occupy the mountain and began to build fortifications.
Long Xiangnan said nothing about all this, and Zhang Meng in Mengling City was also relieved after getting the news that the coach was safe and sound. (To be continued.) )