Chapter 20: Jianyu Joins the War
"Knock knock ......"
The drums shook the heavens and the earth, and the infantry army marched towards the officers and troops with neat steps.
Zhu Youjian knew that this was an infantry phalanx to test the attack, and ordered 1,000 cavalry to attack.
Since ancient times, cavalry has a natural advantage over infantry, and the Guanning army is full of confidence and charges away.
Zhu Youjian stared at the battlefield, he saw more than 1,000 thieves, the formation was compact, the movements were consistent, the spears in their hands were moving forward together, the cold air was pressing, and at first glance it was the elite infantry of the army.
The Guanning cavalry quickly rushed to the front of the thieves, and saw that the shields were lined up and it was not easy to break through, so they went around to the rear of the phalanx while releasing arrows, looking for weaknesses.
Who knows that the thieves and soldiers are exactly the same in all directions, and they can be called turtle hedgehog formations.
The general name of this cavalry is Liu Dashen, who has been in the army for many years and has rich experience.
He divided the 1,000 cavalry into several groups and rushed to the shield wall in turn, and the thieves immediately stopped moving and smashed their shields into the earth.
More spears sticking out between the shields.
The cavalry rushed forward, dodged the spears, and crashed directly into the shields, hoping to break through the formation of the thieves, and the sound of thumping was incessant.
The thieves also reacted quickly, and kept stabbing out the spears, and Guan Ningjun's blood splashed suddenly. Momentarily damaged.
Liu Dashen was unmoved, and ordered a fierce attack, and under the fierce impact of the Guanning army, he finally broke three or five shields, and the cavalry successfully rushed into the enemy formation and slashed and slashed.
Who thought that the thief officer was also a decisive person, so he abandoned some of the soldiers, quickly retreated, quickly plugged the gap, and re-formed the formation.
Because there were dozens of remnants of soldiers blocking the way, Liu Dashen failed to rush over, and watched the thieves form a formation.
Li Zicheng was overjoyed and ordered the infantry to attack.
Zhu Youjian frowned slightly, the cavalry originally had the advantage, but in terms of casualties, it was just a tie just now. When he saw the thieves attacking in large numbers, he ordered the cavalry to assault with grenades.
Seven or eight cavalry commanders rushed forward with shouts, they learned the lesson of Liu Dashen, did not attack at all, rode in front of the enemy formation, threw grenades and withdrew.
Boom...... Boom......
Explosions continued to sound on the battlefield, and the phalanx of thieves and soldiers was suddenly in chaos.
Guan Ning's army took the opportunity to gallop in, and soon scattered the phalanxes.
Li Zicheng was shocked, and seeing that the slaughter of his infantry was about to begin, he hurriedly ordered the cavalry of his battalion to charge.
The cavalry who broke into the base camp were all old thieves for many years, all of them were extremely brave, fearless of death, and rushed forward brandishing steel knives.
Guan Ning's army rode on the horse and stabbed left and right, and was killing vigorously, seeing the enemy cavalry charging, he immediately gathered the team.
They all took out Chongzhen's five-arrow crossbow.
These five-arrow crossbows are not numerous and have limited effects, but they are still very effective against charging enemy troops.
The enemy quickly rushed to the front of the formation a hundred paces, but found that the officers and soldiers were lined up, holding bows and crossbows, and were puzzled, when they saw countless crossbow arrows whistling, and suddenly people turned on their horses.
Guan Ningjun quickly changed the arrow clip and fired another round.
The thieves had suffered a lot of losses, the formation had been broken, the horses had slowed down, they had lost their impact advantage, and they retreated one after another to organize another charge.
Seeing this, Zhu Youjian sent more than 20,000 cavalry to help.
I saw more than 20,000 cavalry rushing towards me.
The 8,000 cavalry of the thieves who charged this time knew that they were invincible and retreated one after another.
The scattered infantry had just withdrawn to the front of the camp, and before the reorganization was completed, the cavalry also retreated, and for a while there was a mess.
Gao Di and Li Yutian saw it and ordered the whole army to charge.
When Zhu Youjian saw the flags waving behind the camp and was arranging the formation in an orderly manner, Zhu Youjian was immediately shocked and urgently ordered the army to be stopped.
But the army had already charged without permission, and only the rear 5,000 men and horses were ordered to stop by the general.
Zhu Youjian had no choice but to ask them to move forward again in order to respond.
General Gao and Li led the army all the way, and their eyes were excited.
The thieves really had low combat power, and they showed flaws in just one stick of incense, and they didn't want to miss such a great achievement.
However, when they rushed into the enemy line, they found that there was something inside.
"Not good! It's a pocket array! Gaudi shouted.
Li Yutian had also found out, turned around and ran back.
However, the thieves quickly blocked the gap and surrounded the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers who rushed into the pocket formation.
More than 10,000 soldiers outside the formation were shocked when they saw that the commander was surrounded, and hurriedly stormed the enemy formation.
However, the enemy formation was as before, with many shields, and occasionally blew open gaps, which were quickly blocked, making it difficult to break through.
In the pocket formation, the encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, although the Guan Ning army is rushing left and right, it still can't break through, and people are constantly falling off their horses.
Zhu Youjian sighed slightly, "Gao Di and they are in the scheme!" Wu Sangui, it's up to you now. ”
At this time, Wu Sangui had already taken the Jianyu soldiers to a pass in the west of Shanhaiguan.
A total of 30,000 horses from Hauge and Duoduo entered the customs and galloped wildly.
In the pocket array, Gao Di knew that it was difficult for the reinforcements to break the siege, and he couldn't rush out, seeing that the soldiers around him had fallen off their horses, he simply raised the white flag and led more than 3,000 people around him towards Li Zicheng's big tent.
When Li Yutian saw it, he knew that he would be defeated, but thinking of the existence of the Flying Dragon Army, he was ready to hold on for a while.
Li Zicheng personally met with Gao Di, and after scolding him, he let him unload his weapons and take his headquarters to the back of the battle, where he was guarded.
Time passed minute by minute, and the cavalry on the periphery of the pocket array was difficult to break through, and the cavalry in the pocket array suffered heavy casualties.
Li Yutian was helpless and ordered his guards to raise the white flag.
Before the invading army could respond to surrender, Li Yutian saw that the enemy formation in front of the right was in chaos, and then a cavalry broke in like a sharp sword.
"Hahaha, it's saved!" Li Yutian danced happily.
Hurriedly asked the guards to collect the white flag.
After a while, a cavalry rushed in from the right rear and killed anyone he saw.
Li Yutian urged the troops to converge in the past, and as soon as some of the forward soldiers came into contact, they were slashed and killed by the incoming people, and they were killed and wounded.
"What! It's not reinforcements, it's Jianyu! Li Yutian was so overjoyed and sad that he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
"Retreat, retreat, while they are fighting, we will retreat!"
Seeing that the pigtailed army was full of momentum, the army threw the elite over, and the Jianyu army also recognized Li Zicheng's Chinese army and attacked it fiercely.
Li Yutian was ignored for a while, and he was able to escape and ascend to heaven.
Li Yutian, who fled back to Shanhaiguan with 20,000 remnants of the army, was panting and sweating, and was supported by his own soldiers to climb the city tower and bow down in front of Zhu You's fitness.
"The minister is incompetent, and the whole army is almost destroyed, please punish the saint."
"It's okay, I am very happy that you can surrender with Gaodi. Get up. ”
Li Yutian got up, looked at the battlefield in front of him, and said in his heart: "At such a distance, the vision is not clear, and the news is difficult to transmit back, how does the saint know that Gao Di has surrendered?" ”
Ni Yuanlu lay on the wall and looked at it for a long time, then turned around and said: "The advantage of the Jianyu army has been achieved, and Li Zicheng will definitely be defeated." With such a chaotic army, I don't know if General Gao can successfully find a few highnesses. ”
Fan Jingwen and Shi Bangyao also had solemn faces.
Zhu Youjian said: "At this time, life and death are fateful, so you don't have to worry too much. Gao Qing is still shrewd and should be able to succeed. ”
Li Yutian suddenly sweated, "Oh my God, Gaodi's surrender is actually a ploy of the saint!" Thankfully, I didn't surrender! ”