Chapter 873: Breaking the Camp and Breaking the Flag
Everything developed as Sun Ning expected.
Guo Yan thought that 80,000 against 30,000, plus the rear of the Vietnamese army had been rebelled, and the advantage was mine.
As a result, he completely relaxed his vigilance and almost exerted all his strength to launch a general attack on the Vietnamese army camp in one battle, but he did not guard against other arrangements here, and the rear camp was already empty.
Sun Ning naturally couldn't let go of such a hard-working opportunity, and at this time, he finally showed up with the troops without any delay, immediately drew his knife and pointed forward, spoke generously, and made the final mobilization.
"Dayue soldiers, now our brother Pao Ze is trying his last strength in the rear to help us hold back the enemy's main force, and this victory is only in our rush.
"As long as we attack the enemy's camp, burn their grain and straw, and cut off their strength, the enemy army will be defeated, our army will be victorious, and the cities of Liangzhou in the Central Plains will be at your fingertips.
"The revival of Dayue and the recapture of the world are in sight. You wait for me to step forward and take the great credit of sealing your wife and son. Kill! ”
As soon as the words fell, Sun Ning had already kicked the horse under his crotch and rushed straight forward first.
The three thousand cavalrymen behind him were also all trembling and excited, howling and howling, following their movements, beating their horses and rushing violently.
The entire cavalry team showed a formation like a sharp arrow, rushing forward like a whirlwind.
In the blink of an eye, they had already rushed down from this small hill, and then increased their speed to kill the Liangzhou army camp in front.
Although Guo Yan, who was closer to them as the commander of the Liangzhou Army, everyone did not look at him, and only killed the barracks without hesitation.
Because Sun Ning had already made it clear that it was important to kill the enemy's commander, but what was more important was to break the camp and break the flag. Killing the enemy's main general, at least on the current battlefield, it is difficult to quickly know the enemy army in front, but breaking the camp and burning and cutting off the handsome flag will inevitably be known by the soldiers fighting on the front line at the first time, so as to quickly disrupt the morale of the army.
And when these 3,000 cavalry were suddenly killed, Guo Yan, who was worried about the battle ahead, was taken aback, and the thousands of personal guards who were here with him were even more subconsciously and quickly surrounded, wanting to protect him.
But he immediately stopped the crowd's actions: "You can see clearly, they are going to kill my camp!" We must not let their treacherous plans succeed, and return to the army to rescue them quickly! ”
As a veteran of the battlefield, at this moment, he quickly woke up and knew that he had fallen for the other party's plan. The current battalion is only guarded by a few thousand soldiers and horses, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the deliberate impact of this cavalry.
What made him even more anxious was that at this time, he couldn't even send an order to the front-line soldiers and horses to turn back, because even the 20,000 horses that were killed in the end had already arrived in front of the Vietnamese army camp, too far away from his own camp. And once they know that the battalion is in danger, the morale of the army will be shaken, and even the battle in front of them will fall into passivity, or even rout......
Therefore, at this time, all he could do was to lead the cavalry around him to rush back to the rescue, only hoping that everything was still in time, and only hoping that the opponent's combat strength would be inferior.
But obviously, his expectation could not come true, and the 3,000 cavalry galloping with all their strength had rushed to the front of the Liangzhou army camp like a tiger under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor.
Although the defenders in the battalion also responded quickly, while closing the gate of the village, hundreds of crossbowmen climbed high and fired arrows, but the enemy delayed.
But this cavalry did not make any retreat at all, and the horsemen in front of them showed their round shields one after another, blocking the vital points in front of them, while the others waved the weapons in their hands, and while parrying with all their might, they also took out the torches that had been prepared, and then threw them hard, and accurately landed in front of the wall and the gate of the wall.
The walls and gates of the Liangzhou military camp are made of wood, and they are constantly roasted by dozens or hundreds of torches at this time, and they are immediately ignited by the flames. At this time, the cavalry further behind also rushed quickly, carrying crockpots in their hands and throwing them forward.
With the galloping force of their horses, they threw the pots far away, and almost all of them smashed on the walls and gates, and then burst, causing the liquid to roll down and paint the entire gate and walls.
This liquid is naturally the most flammable liquor and oil, and after the slowly burning flame of the attached wall comes into contact with one of them, it quickly rises and turns into a flame, swallowing the entire wall.
As the attacking party, the Liangzhou army was not too strong, but now after being burned by the fire, it quickly collapsed, and the section of the wall fell, and even the defenders who were standing on it and constantly firing arrows were also brought down.
In the midst of the screams and screams, a huge gap was revealed in the wall that separated the inside and outside, and the weakest part of the entire camp was completely exposed.
"Kill!" Sun Ning didn't say a word, roared angrily, set an example, jumped up first, and jumped into the Liangzhou army camp almost against the already rising flames.
In mid-air, the knife was quickly slashed out, and after severing the spears that had been stabbed in front of him at once, the horse's front hooves fell fiercely, trampling the two soldiers underneath.
Then, Sun Ning raised the reins again and rushed forward, the sword light was like a match, and he killed another person, frightening the other enemy soldiers who wanted to step forward to stop them in a panic, not advancing but retreating, flashing straight backwards. 33
At this moment, Sun Ning created a safer environment for his subordinates who rushed into the camp in the rear. So, one, two...... Ten...... Hundred...... Countless cavalry rushed in from outside the collapsing walls, and then struck at the smaller enemy army, which had long since collapsed.
It was only at this time that the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of killing approached in the rear, and it was Guo Yan who also led the thousand guards to rush back. Just looking at the outer wall of the burned camp, watching the soldiers and horses left behind in the camp crumble and scatter, but he knew that it was too late.
It's really too late, Sun Ning won't lead his troops to fight again at this time, and just like just now, he didn't have any intention of turning back at all, just led the troops to rush forward.
While they were rushing, they kept throwing all kinds of fire-causing things around, setting fire to all the military tents, so that the fire quickly spread in the camp of the Liangzhou army.
It wasn't until he killed all the way to the big tent of the Chinese army that Sun Ning's momentum slowed down slightly, and then he clenched the knife in his hand, and saw the flagpole standing tall and waist-thick, so he shouted and rushed over with all his strength.
Bang - poof-
This treasure knife from Huo Jun, named Broken Wind, not only slashed the wind on the way forward, but also slashed into the thick flagpole.
Under Sun Ning's full swing and the explosion of the sword, this hard and thick flagpole only made a dull rattle and was broken in two.
After a slight pause, the flagpole of several feet slowly toppled until it fell completely. Even the banner with a width of three zhang above and embroidered with the word "Guo" also fell to the ground and fell into the dust!
Some people died, but not completely......