Volume III, Chapter 722
No matter how fast the rebels ran, they couldn't get as fast as the four hooves of the war horses, and it didn't take long for the Yan cavalry to clearly see the rebels fleeing in front.
The commander of the cavalry roared, and then the Yan cavalry raised their spears one after another, and the tip of the spear poked out of the horse's head, ready to charge the enemy formation.
Seeing that they could not avoid the rush of the Yan cavalry no matter what, the rebels simply stopped fleeing, and in the shouts of the rebel generals, the whole army immediately changed from the rear to the front, and quickly put on a posture to meet the battle, preparing for the impact of the hard enemy Yan cavalry.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than twenty meters, and the Yan cavalry rushed forward with all their strength, and the galloping hooves of the war horses were like flying, like a fragmented arrow, straight into the rebels' formation.
Cavalry is a sharp weapon to restrain the infantry, as long as the difference in strength between the two sides is not too great, under the charge of the cavalry, the infantry is completely vulnerable, and at the moment when the two sides are about to contact, the rebel camp suddenly came out of a continuous whistle, with the whistle sounded, the huge rebel phalanx immediately divided into two, and the soldiers who were pressed were scattered to both sides like a tide.
In an instant, a wide gap appeared in the center of the rebel camp, and this gap just avoided the edge of the Yan cavalry.
The flame cavalry almost crashed headlong into the gap in the rebel camp.
The cavalry is not afraid that your infantry will clash with him, they can use the impact of the war horse to flatten the frontal enemy in a flash, and they can also disrupt the entire enemy formation, which is also the terrible thing about the cavalry charging formation, and at this time the tactics of the rebels are very skillful, and they do not give the Yan cavalry a chance to fight hard at all, and the soldiers cooperate in an orderly manner, skillfully avoiding the edge of the Yan cavalry, at this time, the Yan cavalry's charge is like a punch with all his strength on the soft cotton. This surprised the Yan cavalry soldiers.
The Yan cavalry rushed into the hinterland of the rebel camp almost unimpeded, and at this time, looking forward, the faces of the Yan soldiers changed greatly, and they saw that huge wooden shields were suddenly erected in the rebel camp in front.
These wooden shields, like rafts, are made of several wooden stakes tied together with hemp rope. It is two meters high and one meter wide, and its shield is full of sharpened bamboo skewers.
But at this time, it was too late for the Yan cavalry to change the direction of the charge, and the cavalry in front of them almost slammed into the huge wooden shield, and with a muffled sound, those cavalrymen and horses were pierced by bamboo sticks until they died, and the corpses of people and horses were hung on the wooden shields.
Of course. Behind the wooden shield were the crowded soldiers of the You Army, who were completely relying on the manpower of the hard-topped cavalry.
The powerful impact force also made the soldiers and soldiers in front of them all spurt blood, and some of them were squeezed to death and shocked to death on the spot, but under the backlog in front and back, their bodies were still standing.
With the blocking of the wooden shield, the galloping Yan cavalry stopped, and the most terrifying charging formation of the cavalry also disappeared, at this time. You Jun, who had originally retreated to both sides, came back with a counterattack.
The commander of the Yan cavalry gasped, and at the same time realized that something was wrong. The rebels are not fleeing at all, this is a trap set for their own cavalry.
He didn't have time to think about it carefully, so he hurriedly ordered that the rear team change to the front team, and all of them withdrew from the enemy position.
But now it's too late for him to leave.
The big gap that had been cracked in the You army camp was closed and sealed again. Looking at the situation on the battlefield, earth-shaking changes have taken place.
About 10,000 Yan cavalry were surrounded in the center by tens of thousands of You Legions, looking around them, there were You people everywhere they looked, and they couldn't see the edge at a glance.
When the cavalry charged. No one can stop it, but once the cavalry stops and is still trapped in a small space, its combat effectiveness is sharply reduced, and it is even inferior to the infantry.
Soon, the full-scale siege of the You army began.
I saw that the soldiers of the You army were staring at each with blood-red eyes, rushing forward like wild beasts, and many Yan cavalry sat on their horses, and they didn't even see where the enemy came from, so they were knocked off the horses by the You soldiers who flew over, and many of them were bruised on the spot, and their heads with helmets were twisted to the side.
The battle was extremely bloody and fierce from the beginning, the Yan cavalry was condescending on the horse, and people were armed with spears, or stabbed or picked, killing and injuring the You army who was swarming around, and the You army was even more ferocious, rushing forward one after another, and from time to time shooting arrows to kill and injure the cavalry on the horse.
When the two sides were fighting, the main force of the Yan army led by Chen Hua arrived, and saw that the front was already in a mess, and his cavalry was still trapped in the enemy formation.
With the arrival of the main force of the Yan army, the whistle sounded again in the camp of the You army, this time the You army no longer loved to fight, and the whole army retreated, letting out the Yan cavalry trapped in the center of their own camp.
The battle between the two sides was not long, but after the You army retreated, and then looked at the 10,000 Yan cavalry, most of them were killed and wounded, and only more than 3,000 horsemen remained.
The main general of the Yan cavalry was also covered with wounds, he even led people and horses like blood gourds, and he couldn't tell which was his blood and which was the enemy's blood, he rode his horse to Chen Hua's approach, and after stopping, his body was crooked to one side, and he almost fell off his horse.
The commander gasped and said, "General, the rebels used a huge wooden shield to restrain our cavalry, obviously they had been prepared for a long time, and the rebels' rout and escape may also be a trick they used to lure the enemy......
The rebels ran first, but they could easily be caught up by their own army, and if you think about it, there are too many irregularities in it.
Before he finished speaking, Feng Yu, the commander of the Sixteenth Army, reprimanded him with dissatisfaction: "You don't want to increase the morale of the enemy army and destroy my own Weijin, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 rebels left, and there are plains around this place, where is the plan to lure the enemy?"
"Yes!" Gao Peng, the commander of the Eleventh Army, also said in a strange manner: "The defeated army that chased and killed 30,000 or 40,000 people with 10,000 horsemen actually lost most of its troops, and was besieged by the rout, and almost wiped out, I really don't know how you fought this battle." ”
Listening to the words of the two of them, Chen Hua said in a deep voice dissatisfied: "Okay, now is not the time to talk about this. "Talking. He looked at the general of the Yan cavalry, his tone was softer, and said, "General Zhang is working hard, you can lead your brothers back to the city to rest for the time being." ”
"General, the rebels are indeed abnormal, the general should not be careless......"
Chen Hua waved his hand. interrupted his next words and said, "Ben Shuai has his own sense of proportion. ”
After the remnants of the Yan cavalry retreated, only the Yan army and the You army were left on the battlefield. The strength of the Yan army is 90,000, and the strength of the You army is about 40,000, and the difference between the two sides is more than double.
Chen Hua deliberately urged the horse to come to the front of the two armies, looked at You Jun on the opposite side, and shouted loudly: "I am the commander of the Seventh Army of Yanguo, Chen Hua, ask Nie Shu to come out and talk to Ben Shuai!"
Waited for a while. You Jun walked out of the camp, and there was a Yan general sitting on the horse, who looked to be only in his thirties, with a mediocre figure and a mediocre appearance, and he couldn't find anything strange all over his body.
This person arched his hand to Chen Hua's side, and shouted loudly: "I have heard the name of General Chen for a long time, and I can see it today." It's really a blessing for three lives!"
Chen Hua narrowed his eyes and looked at the other side carefully. Because the distance was too far, he could only vaguely see the silhouette of the other party, as for what it looked like, he couldn't see it at all, he asked, "Your Excellency is Nie Shu?"
"Open in the lower yin!"
Yin Kai? Chen Hua's face was full of confusion, who was Yin Kai? Among the main generals of the rebel army. It doesn't seem to be such a No. 1 Yin Kai! His face sank, and he shouted: "Nameless junior, change Nie Shu to come out and talk to Ben Shuai." ”
"General Chen may still not know, he is now the commander of the You Army, if General Chen has anything to say. Although I said to my subordinates, there is no need to trouble the general. ”
Chen Hua's face was full of inexplicability, and of course, he didn't know whether what Yin Kai said was true or false.
After a moment of silence, he said loudly: "No matter who the leader of the rebels is for you, what Ben Shuai wants to say is that you have no way to retreat now, hold on to death, and in the end there is only one way to die, if you want to live, you can only disarm and surrender, Ben Shuai may be able to open the net and spare your life!"
"Haha-"
Yin Kai seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, sat on the horse and laughed head-on, laughed for a while, he stopped laughing, and said proudly: "What a shameless Chen Hua, you are dying to the end, and you dare to speak wildly, Chen Hua, you look behind your back, many people will indeed die today, but it will never be me who will die, but you and other thieves!"
When Chen Hua heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he subconsciously turned his head and looked behind.
It's good that he doesn't look at it, but when he looks at it, his mouth can't help but open wide, and he subconsciously inhales cool air.
I don't know when, thick smoke billowed in the direction of Qijia City, and the black rumbling smoke went straight into the sky, but there was no fire, as if someone had deliberately released smoke in the city.
"Chen Hua, do you think that there are only more than 40,000 soldiers in my You army at the moment? Are you wrong, in Qijia City, Ben Shuai has already arranged 100,000 ambush soldiers, and now, they may have killed all the defenders and attacked the city!"
Chen Hua's face changed again, and the rebel army still had 100,000 ambush soldiers hidden in Qijia City? How could this be? According to his own report, the total strength of the rebel army was only 70,000 or 80,000 troops, where did they get the 100,000 ambush soldiers?
At this time, the soldiers of the Yan Army were also taken aback by Yin's words, and they raised their hearts to their throats one by one, looking at each other, not knowing what the situation was now.
Seeing that his army's morale had been shaken, Chen Hua took a deep breath and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Brothers, don't listen to the nonsense of the rebels, Qijia City has long been occupied by our soldiers, and there are no 100,000 rebels in the city. All the officers and men of our army obey the order, attack with the whole army, and fight to the death with the rebels!"
"Kill-" Chen Hua's words stabilized the riot of the Yan army in time, and the people shouted in unison, and then the generals conveyed his orders one after another, and the phalanxes of the various corps also began to advance in unison.
Chen Hua now knows very well that no matter whether Yin Kai is bluffing or not, he has only one way to fight to the death.
If it is really as Yin Kai said, there are indeed ambushes in Qijia City, then when the ambush soldiers are killed out of the city, they will be defeated by the enemy on their backs, and this battle will be defeated, so they can only annihilate the enemy in front of them as quickly as possible, and then turn around, and then go all out to deal with the ambush soldiers in Qijia City, which is also the only way for their side to win at present.
In fact, Yin Kai's words were exaggerated, but they were by no means bluffing, he did set up ambushes in Qijia City, although the number of ambushes was not as many as 100,000 as he said. But there were 40,000 of them.
The Yan army was too light on the enemy and too eager to succeed, and after entering Qijia City, it did not conduct a large-scale search in the whole city, and only thought about annihilating the main force of the rebels who abandoned the city and fled, and most of the Yan army passed through the city directly. didn't stop for a moment, and in the end, only two corps were left to garrison, but how could the mere 20,000 Yan troops withstand the sudden sneak attack of the 40,000 You army?
Now, the 40,000 You troops hidden in Qijia City have launched a fierce attack on the Yan army left behind in the city. The 20,000 soldiers of the Yan Army stationed in the garrison were defenseless, and did not even gather together, but scattered all over the city like a plate of scattered sand, and many soldiers thought that the overall situation had been decided, and ran to the streets in groups to drink and eat, and the Yan Army was in such a loose situation. You Jun suddenly appeared beside them and killed them.
For a time, the chaos in Qijia City became a pot of porridge, whether it was on the city wall or in the streets and alleys of the city, there were battles everywhere, everywhere were the figures of soldiers on both sides fighting, and the corpses of the Yan army who were cut off could be seen everywhere.
There was a sudden chaos outside, and the guards and Yan soldiers who accompanied Lin Haotian to drink tea in the teahouse were also shocked. The guard hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and walked quickly to the window. The probe looked out, his face turned pale for a moment, and he blurted out, "It's not good, the city is mixed with rebels!" As he spoke, he instinctively drew his sword from his side and turned to walk out.
Lin Haotian shook his head secretly. Raising his hand to stop him, he said slowly: "I advise you not to go out, there are so many rebels, it won't help you if you go out, just die in vain!"
The guard shook. Turning around and staring at Lin Haotian, he asked, "How do you know that there are many rebels? Could it be that you are in the same group as the rebels?"
Lin Haotian smiled silently.
Seeing this, the guard's heart was on fire, and he rushed to Lin Haotian with his sword, raised his arm, pressed the tip of the sword against his neck, and shouted: "Say, who are you?"
Seeing that the guards had put their swords on the necks of the adults, the eyes of Shao Lin, Tong Lei and others present narrowed, and people touched their hands under their clothes one after another, grabbing the weapons hidden in the clothes.
Lin Haotian was not panicked, slowly raised his fingers, pushed the sword blade in front of his neck to the side, and said, "I kindly persuade you, it's just that you don't know how to be grateful, how can you return the sword to each other?!"
At this time, the shouts of the people outside became louder and louder, and the wails of the Yan soldiers before their death were also one after another, the guard's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and the tense nerves were about to be broken, he put the tip of the sword on Lin Haotian's neck again, and screamed sharply: "Say, who are you! I think you are a rebel......
Lin Haotian sighed, it is difficult to persuade the damned ghost with good words, the other party wants to find death, and he can't help it. His expression was still indifferent, and his raised fingers turned into clamps, clamping the blade of the sword without any warning, and suddenly he heard a snort, and the head of the sword stabbed straight into the guard's body.
A good and dignified living person was killed in front of him, this was definitely the most terrifying and incredible scene that those dozen Yan soldiers had ever seen in their lives.
People screamed as if they had seen a ghost, they wanted to run, but their numb legs seemed to belong to them, and they couldn't get out no matter how hard they tried, and at this time, the tea customers around them had also stood up, and the hands that had reached under their clothes were also taken out, and then they drew a sharp blade with a flickering cold light, and surrounded them unhurriedly.
There was no resistance, this was a complete massacre, and more than a dozen Yan soldiers didn't even see how the other party made a move, so they died one after another, and fell to the ground in a pool of blood.
After killing all these Yan soldiers, Shao Lin and Tong Lei turned around and walked to Lin Haotian, and by the way, wiped the blood stains on the saber and put it back into the sheath. Shao Lin bowed down and asked, "My lord, do we need to go out to help you?"
Lin Hao Tianan sat on the chair and didn't move, the corners of his mouth raised, and he said with a smile: "Yin Kai is so cleverly designed, it won't affect the overall situation if we can't make a move, let's sit here and watch the play with peace of mind!"
Shao Lin said disapplausively: "According to his subordinates, it's not that Yin Kai is cleverly designed, but his luck, if the Yan army enters the city and searches the city, I'm afraid the 40,000 people who are ambushed by Yin Kai will have to be trapped and die in the city!"
Lin Haotian smiled and didn't say anything, Wang Han explained beside him: "General Shao, Yin Kai is sure that the Yan army will not do this, so he dares to set up 40,000 ambushes in the city." ”
Hearing this, even Cheng Jin was a little incredulous, and asked: "Could it be that he will not be able to predict whether he will be able to make a prophet?"
Wang Han smiled and said: "Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is easy to say, but to really do it, it is too difficult, if you can really do this, it is not far from the unpredictable prophet." ”
Shao Lin didn't seem to understand it, and was about to continue to ask, when he saw Lin Haotian suddenly put down the teacup and stood up, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and looked at Lin Haotian in puzzlement.
Lin Haotian shrugged his shoulders and said: "There is no suspense about the battle situation in the city, we should go out of the city to take a look." ”
"Yes, my lord!" everyone responded in unison, followed Lin Hao downstairs, and walked out of the teahouse.
At this time, there were no pedestrians on the streets, and the corpses of Yan Jun who fell to the ground were basically scattered, and groups of You Jun ran by from time to time.
Seeing Lin Haotian and his entourage swaggering down the street, and they were still dressed as ordinary people, and from time to time You Jun came forward to check, Lin Haotian and others all had You Jun's tokens on them, even if ordinary You soldiers didn't know them, they wouldn't be embarrassed.
When Lin Haotian and the others walked to the West City Gate, You Jun had already begun to run out of the city in batches and rushed to the main battlefield twenty miles west of the city. (To be continued......)