Chapter 31: The Final Battle
The bleak north wind blew wantonly, and the air was full of chills, mixed with wisps of blood, which was the smell of death and blood.
Meng Fu rode on a horse, and the heavy clothes he wore on his body wrapped his whole person, resisting the cold wind.
He stood there like an iron tower, exuding a strong killing aura that made the air around him freeze.
The two fires of that night burned away all the hatred and hatred in his heart, and only a resolute and indifferent heart remained.
The weakness of the Wei military fortifications is on the hill on the opposite bank of the Yang River on the west side of the Yang River, and the Wei military fortifications cannot cover the entire mountain, as long as they get through there, they can bypass the Wei army's defense line in front of them and approach the Wei army's main formation.
But it is like a trap to lure the prey into the bait, and once you set foot on it, you will inevitably fall into the mire.
The time given to him was running out, and he had to break through the Wei army as soon as possible, otherwise the main forces of the coalition could arrive at any time.
Beside him, hundreds of Xuanjia Iron Guards stood silently, their figures covered by black battle robes, and their faces could not be seen clearly, only from their eyes, those cold eyes could be vaguely seen.
In front of him, the Qin soldiers in black armor and black helmets stood in line, and the sound of neat footsteps was deafening.
"Sortie." Meng Fu's cold voice rang out.
Heavy drums accompanied by the sound of earth-shattering horns resounded in the sky.
The black tide was rolling, and the Qin military formation, which was a killing machine, slowly and calmly moved forward.
In this wilderness, there were only rows of neat and heavy footsteps, no one spoke, and there was no movement, and the whole battlefield was suffocatingly quiet.
The icy river crossed their path, Qin soldiers
Step by step into the river, the cold passed through the battle armor into their bodies, taking away the temperature of their bodies, and the cold in the sky became more and more intense.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
Huge falling rocks fell from the sky and smashed into the black crowd, splashing huge waves.
The fragility and unbearability of human beings are shown at this moment, and those soldiers who should have been made of steel have been shattered by the devastation of falling rocks, staining the river red.
A moment later, a rain of arrows with a death roar swept like a storm.
A Qin sergeant fell to the ground, they were wearing black battle armor, black hats, and their faces were covered with black cloth, they couldn't identify who they were, they only knew that their lives had come to an end.
The Qin soldiers advanced step by step, and under the bombardment of arrows and falling rocks, the Qin army approached the Wei fortifications on the west bank little by little.
The shield hand of the Wei army stood with a shield holding a full-length square shield, erecting a long shield wall five zhang away from the shallows, while the spearmen held the spears tightly, and the dense ones shimmered in the sunlight with a blinding cold light.
The vanguard officer of the Qin army was the first to land on the shore, his body was as tense as a bowstring, and the long halberd in his hand suddenly swung out: "Charge......!" ”
With his roar, the Qin army's foot soldiers smashed into the Wei army's shield wall like a torrent with their hands in their hands.
The Wei soldiers were already in battle, the shield wall resisted the Qin army's charge, and the spears of the forest stabbed forward in unison, piercing into the chest of the Qin army's foot soldiers in front of the formation, and a puff of blood gushed out from the chest of the Qin army's foot soldiers.
The fighting continued, corpses lay on the riverbank, and the battlefield stretched for miles with blood and corpses everywhere.
"Change the formation, order the front to retreat, the rear army presses up, and gradually retreats to the mountain pass." As the commander of the Wei army on the west bank of the river, Han Huan looked at the battle situation in front of him with a solemn face, and gave the order calmly and decisively.
After several hours of fighting, the Qin army repelled the Wei army and had driven the Wei army to the mountain pass.
"General Han, the general's reinforcements are coming soon, it's time for the ambush to attack." Fu Nian looked at the battlefield in front of him and said to Han Huan beside him.
"Since Sir has arranged this way, he must be sure, and the last general will obey Mr.'s orders." Han Wan said.
"Dispatch the troops who are ambushed in San'in, dispatch." Han Huan once again gave the battle order.
The reason why Fu Nian set up a formation in the mountain pass on the west bank of the Yang River and left a gap was to lead the Qin army to attack.
The gap is naturally true, as the Wei army's camp and the mountain pass as the only connecting route, if the Qin army can occupy the mountain pass, it can bypass the frontal defense line and go straight to the Wei army's main position.
But on the other hand, the Wei army could also directly increase the mountain pass position to form a local advantage.
There is a necessary prerequisite for the pocket formation, that is, we are outnumbered before we can use the tactic of plucking.
In general, the Qin army was outnumbered and the Wei army was outnumbered, but the Wei army, which occupied the width of the battlefield and the terrain advantage in this mountain pass and riverbank area, formed a local numerical advantage.
The entire west bank of the Yang River and the mountain pass will serve as a huge pocket, surrounding the Qin army.
San'in, as a blind spot, is a good place to lay an ambush in advance, and it is also the key to tightening your pockets.
In the same way, the Yang River, as a natural barrier, is also a heavenly rope that binds the pockets.
To put it bluntly, it is 16 words, feigning to retreat, luring the enemy deep, outflanking the two wings, and retreating for a decisive battle.
If the Qin army attacked the front, it would also fall into the design of Fu Nian.
First of all, a small number of troops were placed on each line of defense to block the enemy army and slow down the enemy's attack.
The middle lane completely destroyed the road and the fortified wall, and the troops in the middle lane symbolically resisted for a period of time and then retreated, and when retreating, they did not retreat to the rear, but to the left rear and right rear, forming a counter-encirclement of the enemy army on a larger level.
After the enemy army reaches the bottom of the furnace, that is, the decisive battle site, let the troops with very strong defensive ability fight to the death and consume the enemy's vital strength. Firmly attracted the enemy troops, and on the one hand, the anti-encirclement teams on the left and right flanks advanced covertly, and on the other hand, the troops on both flanks of the bag moved closer to the center, sealing the furnace cover and cutting off the enemy's retreat.
After the anti-encirclement force arrived at the designated place, the defenders at the bottom of the furnace would join forces with the large army inside and outside to gather and annihilate the enemy army.
This is the heavenly furnace set up by him by making full use of the changing situation, imitating the heavenly furnace method of warfare.
"All on board, attack!" Ji Huan went straight to the horse, his riding spear was raised high, and with a loud shout, the mount under his crotch galloped away suddenly, bringing up a cloud of dust.
The knight of the Fire Battalion who stood by behind him flipped onto his horse, and the earth then exploded under the hooves of countless horses, and the iron horse galloped wildly with him.
Behind the group of knights were the heavily armored guards of the Yamaji Battalion, who marched in unison to the riverbank.
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With the tremor of the ground, on the left flank of the Qin army, a group of knights dressed in red armor appeared on the battlefield.
"Cavalry, cavalry...... It's cavalry!. A veteran exclaimed.
"Cavalry!"
"The Wei army sent cavalry!" Sergeant Qin shouted in horror.
With the tremor of the ground, on the left flank of the Qin army, a group of knights dressed in red armor appeared on the battlefield.
The red armor on the knight's body glowed with a dazzling red light in the sun, the mighty knights, the vigorous war horses, and the neat queue, this group of knights was like a sharp sword, rushing straight towards the direction of the Qin army.
"Array! Stand shield! A Qin army commander shouted a shouting order.
The 10,000 Qin soldiers on the right flank quickly lined up, raised their long shields high, and blocked them in front of them. Changge raised one after another, ready to welcome the arrival of the cavalry.
This group of knights was like a flame, rushing towards the direction of the Qin army.
"Shoot the arrows!" The Qin army commander shouted loudly.
Whoosh, arrows flew like a torrential rain, and a sharp cracking sound swept through the air.
As the rain of arrows fell, the horses were shot over, and the knights on horseback fell to the ground.
But the Fire Knights didn't stop, firmly
Rushing in front of the Qin army.
With the blessing of the momentum of the war horse, the flat mounted spear was raised violently, and with the momentum of thunder, it smashed directly on the Qin army array, instantly chiseling through the Qin army array.
The Qin soldiers in the front row were caught off guard and fell down in an instant, and some Qin soldiers didn't even dodge in time, they were trampled on by the war horses, screaming again and again.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
One by one, the war horses neighed in front of the Qin army, and the forelimbs raised by the war horses stepped heavily on the Qin soldiers, and blood was splashed.
Under the control of the knights, the war horses poured into the Qin army array like a tide, and the cavalry spears swept across, and rows of Qin soldiers were knocked to the ground, and hot blood dripped down the spear edge.
"Fight back on all fronts." In the Wei army's large array, Han Huan, as the front-line commander, gave orders to the Wei generals who had completed the deployment.
The Wei crossbowmen pulled their crossbows, and one after another feathered arrows roared out of the crossbowmen's hands and shot towards the Qin array.
The arrows were like a raging storm, shooting densely on the Qin army's array, and the arrows penetrated the Qin army's array, taking away strings of blood flowers.
After several rounds of arrow rain, one by one the Wei army arrays pressed towards the Qin army, the black crowd and the Chu waves were intertwined, and the figures of the Qin soldiers and the Wei soldiers were mixed together.
The soldiers on both sides frantically collided together, and the soldiers on both sides fought each other, and in the sound of fighting, soldiers continued to fall, and soldiers kept getting up, repeating the killing.
"Order the four divisions of the right army to line up and cross the river for reinforcements." Meng Fu observed the situation ahead and said to Kong Kui on the side.
The Wei army must not be allowed to form a joint encirclement, otherwise all the Qin troops who landed on the shore will become turtles in the urn.
The Yanghe River in front of him was now a heavenly mound, making it impossible for his cavalry to rush to his aid, unless they could break through the defensive line and open the way to the Wei army head-on. Now he can only fill it with the life of a foot soldier.
"No!" Answered, turned and went to set up.
The four Qin armies on the right flank formed out and advanced along the riverbank.
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"Unexpectedly, we also have a day of battlefield fighting." Su Moci looked at the fierce battle on the battlefield and said.
As one of the strange soldiers set by Fu Nian, the knights who came with the army also participated in this bloody battle.
Their task was to work with the Lin and Shanzi battalions to penetrate the connection between the Qin reinforcements and the front army, slow down the Qin army's breakthrough, and reduce the pressure on the Wei army.
Crimson sword light swept through the air, and skulls rose into the sky.
Su Moci's thin figure left afterimages in the air, and the long sword in his hand continued to slash, harvesting the lives of the Wei soldiers, and at this moment he was like a bloodthirsty Shura.
Xue Zhu slapped out with a palm, turning into a thousand palm shadows, and shocked a Wei sergeant out of the air.
Not to be outdone, the knights behind them rushed towards the Qin soldiers.
The iron guards of the Shanzi battalion stepped on neat steps, raised Zhang Yu's chopping knife high, the sword light was cold, and with a fierce killing intent, he slashed down at the Qin army in front of him.
Where the sword light passed, blood was shining, and the Qin soldiers fell like cutting wheat, and one corpse after another lay in a pool of blood.
On the battlefield that stretched for several miles, the sound of war shook the formation of hundreds of thousands of people, and the knights of the fire battalion led by Ji Huan were intertwined, dividing the formation of the fierce battle into dozens of small pieces.
The iron guards of the iron battalion led by Long Jia are like an indestructible iron curtain, crushing all the obstacles in front of the formation, all of them, the horse chopping sabers in their hands, I don't know how many Qin soldiers have been killed, they are like killing gods, raging in front of the Qin army's formation, and the people who killed the soldiers of the Qin army are turned over on their backs.
Under the remnant sun, the battlefield was a mess, with corpses piled up, and as far as the eye could see, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere.
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The west wind was bleak, rolling up the blood and sand all over the ground, and Meng Fu snuggled in front of the formation, and his clothes hunted and hunted.
The land on the other side of the river has become a real place of death, mercilessly strangling everyone who sets foot on it.
He had already dispatched all the power in his hand and showed all his hole cards, but he still stopped there, unable to cross the river bank and conquer the Wei army's defensive line, and a trace of bitterness appeared on his face for the first time.
"General Meng, the secret letter of the commander of Baili."
A cold and arrogant woman in a dark robe walked up to Meng Fu and handed him an urgent letter.
Meng Wei took the secret letter, unfolded it and glanced at it, his expression froze, and he was silent for a long time before he said: "Suppress this matter for the time being, and wait for my order." ”
He took one last look at the Wei army on the other side, turned and rode away.