Chapter 452 Meritorious service
Guan He, as the main general, is also not ambiguous at all, taking the lead, taking the lead, and being at the center of the battle between the two sides.
Under the impact of the Jin army's complete disregard for life and death, the unprepared Tongchuan defenders took the lead and couldn't withstand it, first one point was broken through the defense, and then, the second and third points were broken by the Jin army successively.
When the Guan River also rushed to the head of the city, the defenders could no longer resist, the defeat was like a mountain, a large number of red soldiers climbed down the city wall, and countless red soldiers were directly squeezed down the city wall by the Jin army, screaming and falling to the ground.
As the Jin army entered the city of Tongchuan, the battle gradually evolved into a one-sided massacre, the defenders retreated into the city, there was no resistance, there was no power to parry, the streets and alleys were full of the Red Army who were chased by the Jin army and fled in a hurry, and there were defenders who were besieged and died miserably.
The battle of 20,000 Jin troops led by Guan He against Tongchuan can be described as a bloody bath, from the beginning of the battle to the end of the battle, the Jin army did not capture a prisoner, regardless of whether the other party surrendered or resisted, fled for his life, cut down when he saw someone, and killed every person, fortunately, Guan He did not forget Zhang Hui's reminder to him, the killing was aimed at the defenders, and did not affect the innocent people in the city.
As Guan He, who is a red man, his methods of the Red Army are more cruel and vicious than those of the Jin people, which also has to make people sigh.
In the battle of Tongchuan, the defenders of more than 10,000 people were completely annihilated by the Jin army, and there were few lucky escapes, and the Jin army also had casualties, but relatively speaking, it was much smaller, and the number of dead and wounded together was less than 3,000.
Successfully laid down Tongchuan. Guan He sent back the good news, and at the same time led people to loot the granaries in the city, replenish the rations of the soldiers, and then rested a little, and then passed the order down, leaving 2,000 gold soldiers to clean the battlefield, take care of the wounded soldiers, and guard the city.
Hear his order. Tong Lei was taken aback. Do you want to get through the summer?
Tongxia and Tongchuan are different, it is the county seat of Tianma County, and the defenders in it must have 20,000 or 30,000 people, only relying on the 15,000 people left on their side. Can you beat it? I'm afraid I won't be able to reach Tongxia. It had to be intercepted and killed halfway by reinforcements from all over the country.
Tong Lei dissuaded Guan He. I want him not to be carried away by the victory in the Battle of Tongchuan, Tongxia is definitely not something that his own forces can defeat.
But Guan He didn't listen to him at all, he tasted the sweetness of the blitzkrieg. It is much easier to start a rapid march with lightning speed, and to start a siege before the opponent has time to make sufficient preparations. There are more than 10,000 defenders in Tongchuan, but they only paid the price of 3,000 casualties to take it, even if the defenders of Tongxia can be twice as many as Tongchuan, they only have to pay twice the price if they want to fight down.
As long as Tongxia can be defeated, then most of the entire Tianma battle will be won, and there is no greater credit than this. The position of commander of the Fourth Army is still vacant, and once he can perform this miraculous feat, the position of commander is not his subordinate.
Guan He is brave and strategic, and his only drawback is that he is very happy, and he always wants to do his best and compare everyone else.
Now that's what he's guilty of.
He is the main general, he insists on getting through Xia, and Tong Lei can't persuade him even if he wants to. Under the mobilization of Guanhe, the Jin army of more than 10,000 people left Tongchuan, which had just been captured, and continued southward, going deep into the center of Tianma County.
As Tong Lei expected, the road from Tongchuan to Tongxia was not smooth, and the villages and towns passed through not only had more and more troops, but also set up many checkpoints and small camps along the road, which caused a lot of trouble to the Jin army, and the marching speed was greatly slowed down.
It stands to reason that the Jin army has long been a tired division, and it is impossible to continue to do tough battles, but at this time, Guanhe's powerful force exerts a terrifying power, and the battles along the way are all his first, he rushes to the front when he charges, and he is always the first when he breaks the formation.
When he and Tong Lei led the Jin army out of Tongchuan and rushed south for 200 miles, they encountered a large number of assembled Red Army.
This group of Red Army troops numbered 30,000 people, and the main strength of them came from the three major military camps of the Red Army, eastern, western, and southern, and some were patchwork local armies.
The 30,000 Red Army and the 10,000 Jin Army fought in a hand-to-hand battle in the grassland area between Tongchuan and Tongxia.
There was a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and the Red Army did not pay attention to the more than 10,000 gold troops on the opposite side, and soon the two sides sounded their own horns of attack.
Together with the sound of drums, Guan He was like a wild horse on the loose, and he rushed out of the formation with a roar, Tong Lei saw this, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to advance and respond to the main general.
Don't look at the fast rush of the Guan River, and the retreat is not slow, but it was shot back by the Red Army.
30,000 Red Army, the arrow array should not be underestimated, just one round of arrows, shot Guan He's war horse into a hedgehog, Guan He himself was forced to be very embarrassed, several arrows in his body, fortunately he cultivated deep enough, the armor was strong enough, to protect him from injury.
Returning to his own formation, he changed his war horse, did not dare to rush forward rashly, and followed the main force of his own army, maintaining the formation and advancing.
Soon, both sides were within range, and the Jin army and the Red army, which had not yet made direct contact, first launched a needle-to-needle arrow shot at Maimang.
The Jin army is good at shooting, but the troops are too small, and arrow shooting is not the strength of the Red Army, but there are many troops, and both sides have their own strengths, and the arrow arrays that come and go also cause huge damage to the other side.
As the casualties on both sides gradually increased, and the distance between them became closer and closer, at this time, the Red Army suddenly made a surprise attack.
I saw that the overall camp of the Red Army was divided to the left and right, and a big gap was exposed in the middle, and then, a cavalry rushed out of the Red Army camp and went straight to the Jin Army camp.
The lethality of the cavalry to the infantry is too great, just the galloping horses are not the flesh and blood of the infantry can resist, if this cavalry rushes to the front of the Jin army, the formation will immediately be torn apart, at this moment, Guan He laughed on his back, he was worried that he could not break through the arrow array of the Red Army, but he did not expect the Red Army to take the initiative to send it to the door.
He lifted the Nine Turns Soul Breaking Knife, urged the horse to meet the red cavalry, the knife fell in his hand, a cold light flashed, and the cavalry who rushed to the front fell off his horse in response, and the corpse was in a different place.
Guan He's speed did not decrease, and he slashed into the cavalry with a knife, slashing left and right, killing people was really like cutting vegetables.
Guan He was alone, but like a knife, he opened through the middle of the Red Cavalry team, slashed and slashed all the way, and directly killed into the depths of the overall camp of the Red Army.
Raising his eyes and looking forward, he saw a general flag standing not far away, and several horses under his banner, all dressed as Red Army generals. He didn't think about it, he shouted, and rushed over.
Before the people arrived, the shouting and cheering came first: "The rats are leaving, eat me with a knife!"
I saw that the long knife in his hand suddenly appeared with ten thousand rays of light, and the light was so bright that a sun rose in the crowd, piercing people's eyes.
When the light dissipated, the spirit knife in his hand had grown to nearly three meters long, and the blade was flickering with brilliant light, reflecting the eerie chill.
He swung his knife in the air with one hand, and the three-meter-long long knife unexpectedly threw out a huge virtual knife three zhang long and two meters wide when it fell.
This huge void knife composed of light and shadow mixed with dark qi let out a dull whistling sound, and before the knife hit the ground, the dust on the ground shook and flew into the sky.
Under the powerful power of the broadsword and the unparalleled, several red generals under the banner fled without saying that the horses were overly frightened, and they raised their hooves and barked uncontrollably.
In the ear chakra, I heard a click, and the red general in front of the flag was slashed by this false knife, without any resistance, even people and horses, from the center of the two halves, the red generals on his left and right sides were impulsed, and they flew out to the left and right, and fell far away.
In the face of the terrifying martial arts moves, any life has become insignificant, let alone resist, the main general of the Red Army has no chance to escape, let the void knife cut in half.
The surrounding red generals came back to their senses and got up from the ground with their hands and feet, but before they could make a move, the virtual knife thrown out by Guan He arrived again. (To be continued......)