Chapter 296: The Battle of the Baigou River (6)
The situation on the battlefield has always been ever-changing, a move of the generals, often will have a great impact on the soldiers, this era of military communications rely on the order flag, no matter how big the battlefield, each battalion and each army will keep an eye on the position of the Chinese army's big tent, the purpose is to see the military orders passed by the Chinese army's big tent bannermen.
Li Jinglong began to retreat, Shuai Qi began to move south from the riverside, and escaping was probably one of Li Jinglong's few stunts, he withdrew when he said so, not giving his comrades and the enemy any chance at all, and the generals under his command had all been sent out to fight, and no one could give him advice at all - of course, even if there were, it was estimated that it would be too late to say it, or it would not be able to stop Li Jinglong, who had already regarded Zhu Di as a shadow.
There is no way, Li Jinglong rolled up the flag and fled, except for the two armies of Ping'an and Qu Neng, who were fighting with the Yan army on the north bank, the rest of the troops and horses were unknown, but the flag of the Chinese army waved very clearly, and it was clearly a military order to retreat, and the generals only had an ambush in front of them, and they gathered their forces to prepare for the river to resist the strong enemy, and chased Zhu Di all the way to the river, Xu Huizu, who was fighting the side of the bridge, was really angry and his face turned blue, and the light and cloudy appearance of the past disappeared again, gritting his teeth and scolding more than once.
This place is near the river, even if Yan has ambush soldiers, how can he easily break the general trend? The previous military tent deduction had already concluded that as long as they were tug-of-war on the riverside, the Yan cavalry would not be able to form a threat in the past, and how could the Yan army's foot soldiers fight bloodily, and how could they block several times the number of troops?
The national thief misunderstood me!
But Xu Huizu dared to continue to fight regardless of the military order, and the other generals did not dare, so they retreated, and the pressure of the Yan army decreased sharply, which was able to block the headquarters of the three generals of Xu Huizu and Qu Neng, and the river beach became flesh and blood for a while, and the soldiers on both sides had already killed the red eyes, from dawn to noon, and from noon to dusk, the formation of the two sides was completely chaotic, mixed together, and a fierce battle was launched only by clothing, but the retreat of the large army of the southern army gave the Yan army some respite after all.
When Li Jinglong led the army to open the distance, stood outside the Five Arrows and looked at it from afar, his vision could clearly see the soldiers on both sides of the formation staggered, but he didn't see more reinforcements around Zhu Di, no matter how stupid he was at this time, Li Jinglong's heart sank:
"Could it be... Fooled? ”
He carefully observed for a while, and found that the Yan army was desperately gathering men and horses to form a defensive formation, repelling Xu Huizu's attacks wave after wave, always holding the bridge in his hand, and the Ping'an and Qu Neng banners on the north bank also advanced and retreated when encountering resistance, clearly fighting back and forth with the Yan army, where did the reinforcements come from? Only then did he realize that he had been tricked by Zhu Di, and he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and his face was flushed and screamed like a woman:
"Attack! The whole army is attacking! Kill Zhu Di! ”
Although Li Jinglong made a mistake in judgment, he still had an advantage, and Zhu Di's bad luck was far from the end, although the northern army was at a disadvantage, but due to the high quality of the soldiers, it was barely able to form a stalemate, Xu Huizu could not beat Yangqiao, and the large army of the southern army could not cross the river for the time being, and it could not form a fatal suppression of the Yan army.
However, at this moment, Qu Neng, who almost attacked Beiping, broke the deadlock again.
In the early morning, he and Ping'an took 20,000 elite soldiers to attack the rear, all the way are the vanguard of Ping'an, just like the battle a few days ago, Ping'an is responsible for tearing apart the defense line of the Yan army, and he is guarding the flank and rear wing for Ping'an, and at the same time tearing this opening bigger, so Ping'an's 10,000 soldiers under his hands suffered heavy casualties, but his army still maintained combat strength.
He knew that Zhu Di was in the Yan army's position on the river embankment, he saw the large army of the southern army advancing and retreating and then advancing again, in the stalemate of the battle, he was keenly aware of the fighters, although the bridge was still tug-of-war, the Yan army seemed to be able to hold on again, but the Yan army was already at the end of the crossbow! As long as he and Ping'an make another onslaught and break through the defense line organized by the Yan army on the north bank, the Yan army will completely collapse, and even the bridge side will be affected!
At that time, the Yan army can only be annihilated! Such a great achievement, who else can I be!
Ping'an with the vanguard has been rushed out of sight, Qu Neng with a calm mind to accept the Ping'an soldiers who rushed out of the team or fell into a bitter battle, after a simple whole team arrangement, he raised the knife in his hand, chose a different direction from Ping'an, and took the lead in charging towards the Yan army.
"Kill Yan! Kill the swallow! ”
The commander's lead soldier greatly encouraged the small soldiers, and they rushed to the enemy position at the risk of death, this charge really disrupted the defensive system on the north bank, and the already very weak defense line was able to withstand peace, but it was torn to pieces by Qu Neng, like a knife into the cloth, Qu Neng's department broke deep into the Yan army's military formation, pointing directly at Zhu Di on the river embankment.
The generals of the Yan army were shocked when they saw this situation, the defense of the bridge and the river bank collapsed, Xu Huizu stepped across the bridge, and countless southern soldiers rushed to the Yan army behind him, he used his sword and pestle to the ground, relieved: "It's done!" ”
And vomiting at the bridge, Li Jinglong had a face as red as chicken blood, and he was rarely charging with a horse, and the soldier carrying the handsome flag on his side ran enough today, and followed closely with two legs, while Wei Laosan, whose eyes had been falling on Li Jinglong's neck, rolled his eyes on the other side, and was a little embarrassed.
Fuck how this runs... There are all Southern troops around him, and now if he wipes Li Jinglong's neck, he is afraid that he will be hacked to death with a knife, and Li Jinglong is also afraid of death, and he has dozens of guards around him, and he really doesn't have the confidence to break to his side.
The consciousness of exchanging one life for one life, Wei Laosan has it, but he always feels that he is losing, if he fails, it is really a loss to his grandmother's business, but now it is time for a general offensive, and if he doesn't do something, won't he be blind to the suffering he has suffered in the past few months?
He thought about it, put away his knife and ran to the side of the flag soldier, with a smile on his big face: "Brother is tired, right?" I'll help you carry it for a while! ”
After speaking, he didn't wait for the flag soldier to answer, so he grabbed the handsome flag, the flag soldier didn't want to give it, but seeing that Wei Laosan was dressed as a personal soldier, he was really tired of running down the way, so he let go of his hand: "Hmm... Thank you brother, but you don't know the flag, remember to follow me! If the marshal gives an order, I have to give an order to the three armies..."
"He who knows, he knows." Wei Laosan responded with a smile, and stretched out his hand to the flagpole without a trace.
Yesterday evening he had done something to the flagpole, but he could not see it under the hoop, and at this time he quietly untied the hoop, and his two thick legs were so fast that no one noticed his small movements.
And Li Jinglong saw that the banner of the word "Qu" broke into the enemy formation, and the Yan army's defense line was faintly showing signs of collapse, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered: "Order!" Peace, Qu Neng entangled the Yan army, Xu Huizu led the troops to help, and cut off the back road of Yan! The rest of the generals, the whole army presses, and those who dare to retreat will be dealt with by military law! ”
At this time, in the middle of the bridge, the flag soldier listened to Li Jinglong's order, and hurriedly took the handsome flag from Wei Laosan's hand, and waved it with all his strength.
And this handsome flag is extremely immoral, if it is only broken a small part, pick it up and continue to wave it, but at the moment it is broken next to the flag, who can see it?
Li Jinglong was giving orders majestically, when he heard an uproar around him, he couldn't help but be stupid on the spot when he looked back, the flag soldiers holding the flagpole were stunned, the guards of the Chinese army were stunned, and the commanders and flag soldiers of the battalions in the distance were chilling all over!
Shuai Qi put down?!
When the army fights, the Shuai Qi must always stand to pass the military order, and there are only two situations for the Shuai Qi to fall, one is to surrender, and the other is that the commander dies in battle.
At present, the southern army has a great advantage, and it is impossible for Li Jinglong to surrender, so there is only one situation - Li Jinglong hangs.
Coincidentally, Li Jinglong just fell for Zhu Di's evil deeds, and rushed up a little in annoyance and anger, if he was in the rear according to his usual virtue of being a son of a daughter, I am afraid that it would not have such a big impact, but all battalions can see it clearly, and the handsome flag has clearly arrived at the front line!
Is it a stray arrow? It's not impossible, the sky is full of arrows, if Li Jinglong is unlucky...
Death-like bated breath swept the battlefield, and after waiting for a long time, the Chinese army still did not erect the handsome flag, and the banners of the commanders of each battalion were about to dance crazy, saying the same news: Li Jinglong... He's dead!
In fact, there is no need for them to play the flag frantically, other flag language transmits military orders, and the soldiers may not understand it, but this signal is really simple and clear, as long as you go to the battlefield, where do you not know what it means that the handsome flag is down? The hundreds of thousands of troops suddenly gasped, and their convergence was like a thunderbolt, and everyone was dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.
And the king of Yan on the river embankment was in a hurry, thinking hard about how to break the situation, seeing the movement of the southern army on the riverbank, he fixed his eyes on it, Li Jinglong's handsome flag had fallen, and the people and horses of all departments were in chaos, Zhu Di was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed, knowing that the opportunity could not be lost, he immediately turned over and got on his horse, and shouted: "Li Jinglong died in battle, the southern army has been defeated, and the southern army has been defeated!" ”
Then he rode his horse down the river embankment, and rushed to the southern army first, Zhang Yu and other generals were not ambiguous, and they chased after him, and the Yan army shouted in unison that Li Jinglong was dead, and the sound was like thunder, and it was very noisy.
The handsome flag has fallen, the soldiers of the Southern Army are suspicious, the people's hearts are extremely unstable, plus the Yan army shouted and rushed like this, and the time was chaotic, some of the unlucky soldiers who had experienced the Battle of Beiping in the Battle of Zhending were not high in morale, and they were even more frightened at the moment, so they simply abandoned their weapons and turned around and fled, this kind of thing is like a plague that will be contagious, even if the generals of each battalion reacted quickly to deal with the deserters, there was no way to control the commotion of the whole army, but Zhu Di did not give them a chance to rectify, and the Yan Army had a desperate mentality, A counter-charge was launched towards the Southern Army.
This is over, the river beach position just occupied was almost recaptured by the Yan army in a blink of an eye, and the battalion commanders who did not get the military order did not know what to do, so they could only retreat and retreat, Zhu Di took advantage of the victory to pursue, and launched a full-scale attack with the whole army, and a moment later, the southern army also sounded behind the shouting of killing, and under the front and rear attacks, the southern soldiers' original infection of the escape intention turned into action, this rout, it is really like the collapse of Mount Tai, and no one can stop it.
Gu Huai and Gu Cheng, who had gone around in a big circle with those disappeared Duoyan Sanwei, had already charged across the vast riverbank, and the cavalry formation had completed the first acceleration, and on the opposite side of them were those soldiers of the Southern Army who had lost their will to fight.
The big defeat began from here.