Chapter 339: Turning the tide of battle
Compared with the left flank, which suffered heavy casualties, the battle situation on the right flank was much more favorable to the Yan army.
The front armies of both sides are fighting, and they are completely glued together, and there is no way to manage this side, so the right wing has become a battlefield that will decide the entire war - Zhu Di is here with the Chinese army, Sheng Yong is also here with the Chinese army, as long as the commanders of both sides have a mistake, the battle can basically end.
40,000 Yan Sanwei elite cavalry, in terms of combat power, can be called the pinnacle of this era, but the southern army has already laid out the formation, even if the sky dark bow and crossbow have lost most of their effectiveness, can not effectively give the first wave of blows before the cavalry charge, Sheng Yong personally led the troops to rush to the aid of the southern army is still like a stubborn stone in the torrent, under the impact of the cavalry, the battle situation fell into a stalemate for a while.
The cavalry often has to launch a charge unexpectedly to take advantage of the foot soldiers, but first, the battlefield has been fixed, Zhu Di is the party that takes the initiative to attack, so he can only choose to use the cavalry to impact the sword and shield formation, and secondly, the charge is launched before dark, the southern army has already prepared, even if there is no bow and crossbow can not cause the same damage to the cavalry as before, it can still keep the position without losing, even if the battlefield is divided by the cavalry, it will not fall into the point of collapse.
Countless people die every second, this time Zhu Di, who did not take the lead in leading the charge, his face became more and more gloomy, he knew that such a stalemate would be detrimental to the Yan army, after all, the left wing was very difficult before, and he couldn't hold out for long, but now he had no way to retreat, and if he couldn't break through these soldiers in front of him, he would already be defeated.
Zhu Neng, who led the troops to charge, retreated again, he knelt in front of the horse and gasped, and begged Zhu Di to let him lead the troops to charge again, but Zhu Di knew that even if he rushed ten more times, the outcome would be the same.
Sheng Yong's command can't be said to be imperfect, the left wing has been eroded, so don't care, anyway, it can't affect the overall situation, from beginning to end, he only has Zhu Di in his eyes, and these cavalry led by Zhu Di, he knows that as long as Zhu Di is stopped, Zhu Di will definitely retreat when he arrives at dawn.
How long is it until dawn?
Zhu Di felt a little bitter at the corner of his mouth, although it was not yet that moment, he seemed to have tasted the taste of failure.
Do you want to lose to Sheng Yong again? Defeat this nobody again? The position of the Son of Heaven is still so far away, and his own future... Is it that slim?
His eyes dimmed, this night's bloody battle had been slaughtered in the dark, dozens of miles on the ground, there were mixed armies everywhere, and it had completely turned into a melee, he didn't know what the frontal battle was like, and he didn't know if Gu Chengqiu Fu on the left flank was still alive, let alone where Gu Huai went with the 10,000 cavalry.
Is that the end of it?
The southern soldiers on the opposite side suddenly stirred, the originally tight shield array suddenly loosened, and those soldiers all looked at their rear with a frightened face, Zhu Di's eyes were sharp, he straightened up and tried to look over there, hoping to see what was happening, but in the night, he could only see the torches raised by the opposite army suddenly swaying, and after a while, a fire dragon suddenly rushed out and tore the defense line to pieces.
Gu Huai, who was covered in blood, held the knife obliquely and nodded slightly towards Zhu Di from afar:
"Lord Wang."
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After seeing that Zhu Di did not delay for a second, but directly led the cavalry to start charging in turns along the torn opening, and finally shook Sheng Yong's Chinese army, Gu Huai breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to raise his hand to wipe the blood on his face, only to find that his hand had completely lost his strength, as if it was no longer his own.
This bloody road... After helping Qiu Fu Gu Cheng get out of the encirclement and completely disperse the southern army on the left flank, Gu Huai immediately joined forces with Gu Cheng and came to stab Sheng Yong's back, fortunately it was late at night, he didn't find the right direction, Sheng Yong didn't know what happened on the left flank, even the shield array was raised outward, and this rush down to open a way.
But Gu Huai almost died in the military formation that seemed to be unbreakable, if it weren't for the two fierce men Wei Laosan and Wang Wu by his side, I am afraid that he would have been cut down by the random knife that would have been cut over a long time ago.
Thinking of Wang Wu, Gu Huai frowned and turned his head: "What are you doing hanging that thing on your waist?" Not disgusting? ”
Wang Wuyi, who was still arguing with Wei Laosan about who would kill the most, was stunned, and took off Zhuang De's head in a daze: "General, this guy is a good man, if it weren't for the help of the third man, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to kill him in a short time." ”
"If you fight, you will fight, should you be a martial arts conference? If you don't learn, what do you do when you learn to hang people's heads? Gu Huai couldn't cry or laugh, "Has General Tan Yuan's head been put away?" ”
Wei Laosan had a cloth bag hanging on the side of his horse, and inside was Tan Yuan's head, seeing that Wei Laosan confirmed that he was still there, Gu Huaicai turned his head and sighed.
He didn't have much friendship with Tan Yuan, and he didn't even say a few words, in the final analysis, it was probably because Tan Yuan was too introverted and didn't like to get in with other generals, but if you really want to talk about it, after all, they are all generals under Zhu Di, how can you not sigh when you see him die like this.
Speaking of which, with Tan Yuan's usual temperament, he can actually do such a life-saving thing, which is really unexpected.
According to the appearance of Zhuang De just now, Tan Yuan is afraid that he will die in his hands, the kind of stunned martial artist who goes to the battlefield and desperately wants to find someone to fight, the momentum is indeed very strong, and the soldiers under him are crazy enough, but it's a pity... He met Gu Huai, who didn't have the consciousness of a military general at all.
Singled out? Is it neurotic, the battlefield of hundreds of thousands of people, only those who are full of food and support can compete in life and death, seeing that Zhuang De looked eager to try, Gu Huai directly asked Wang Wu and Wei Laosan to end him.
After all, he is a general in the army, and the blow of Zhuang De's death to the soldiers of the Southern Army can be imagined, and Tan Yuan, the commander of the Left Army who had just killed the Yan Army, died in the chaos in a blink of an eye, which is really ridiculous and ridiculous.
In front of him, the formation of the southern army has been overwhelmed, the back is attacked, and it is only a matter of time before the southern army soldiers who saw the fire in the camp are defeated, Zhu Di will not let go of this opportunity, this kind of fight is afraid that it will continue until dawn, Gu Huai took a breath, changed his knife, and when the war horse regained some strength, he joined the battlefield with his cavalry.
The big picture, it's decided.
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After a night of bloody fighting, when it was dawn, Gu Huai stopped with more than 100 knights, only to find that the camp tents of the Southern Army were on fire all around, and it turned out that he took thousands of cavalry to kill left and right on the battlefield, and actually rushed back to the camp of the Southern Army.
At this time, the sky was bright, although the fog was very large, but he could barely see the whole picture of the battlefield, Gu Huai looked around, only to see Zhu Di scattered all the cavalry, with a team of 100 people, rushing around in the battlefield, not letting the morale of the southern army calmly assemble, and Sheng Yong also took it, although most of the soldiers had been dispersed and chased by the Yan army, but he still took part of the army to stabilize his position, seeing that the camp was on fire, he simply did not return to the camp, just retreated to the south like this, but how could Zhu Di let him go, He led the cavalry to chase after him, and the two armies alternately covered and killed the southern army camp like this, and Gu Huai at this time was still in the safe rear.
There were only 100 people left, but it was not a defeat but a big victory, Gu Huai did not follow Zhu Di to pursue Sheng Yong, but gathered the stragglers around the battlefield, and then attacked the soldiers of the southern army who were left behind, this fierce battle was killed from early morning to noon, Gu Huai had changed two war horses, and after all, he was exhausted, and after all, the two sides of the Yan army and the southern army had been fighting for a day and a night, and they had not dripped, and human life became cheaper than grass.
It was just past noon, the hungry Yan soldiers were about to see the situation, whether it was to pursue or bury the pot to cook, suddenly there was a gust of wind, the river was already muddy and sandy, the wind blew dusty, there was no enemy and I could not see the enemy at hand, the southern army that was chased away could not even see the banner of the Chinese army, it was a plate of scattered sand, fortunately the Yan army was not much better, the horse was blinded and refused to go, the only cavalry that could pursue was trapped in place like this, and Zhu Di heard the news that Ping An Guo Ying led the troops was near, Knowing that the soldiers who had been hungry for a day and a night would no longer be able to stop the Yuan army, they finally ordered the withdrawal of the troops, and let Sheng Yong escape with his troops.
Sheng Yong was disgraced, fled all the way back to Texas, and found that not only the grain and grass were lost, but the battle actually lost nearly 100,000 horses, thinking that the people of Jinling City now tout that he is the god of war, and then thinking of His Majesty's will before the war was full of praise for him, Sheng Yong couldn't help but panic, you must know that these praises are glory, but at the same time they are also a burden, such a heavy failure, how can he afford it? Half a year ago, he became the commander of the Southern Army, Ping An Guo Ying and they all spoke in a weird way, and they were even more jealous of his growing prestige.
Sheng Yong thought about this, and couldn't help but feel restless, but fortunately, a general quietly gave him an idea, saying that when he retreated, wasn't there a sudden gale? It is better to blame Tianshi for this defeat, so that he can save some reputation, and at this time, Zhu Di's army is pressing, His Majesty will not and dare not change generals, as long as he wins next time, he can save everything after all.
Sheng Yong suddenly realized, and hurriedly wrote a recital, reporting the defeat, saying that the two sides fought fiercely all night, and the sudden wind blew fiercely, and the southern army was already in the southwest direction, and the northeast wind set off dust and sand, and it was difficult to implement the order, which led to a great defeat.
After the completion of the performance, Sheng Yong sent the army to Jinling quickly, and at the same time strengthened the city defense like a burning buttocks, for fear that Zhu Di would take advantage of his defeat to attack Dezhou, but waited left and right for several days, did not see Zhu Di coming, sent people to investigate, only to know that Zhu Di did not continue to chase down because Ping An Guo Ying was confronting the Yan army with Zhending reinforcements, so that the Yan army did not dare to move, but Sheng Yong had been defeated, and they did not dare to take the initiative to attack when the Yan army was victorious. And Zhu Di actually followed like this, and the goal of marching all the way was really determined!
Reading the strike report, Sheng Yong couldn't help but be speechless, he clearly knew that after this defeat, Zhu Di no longer regarded himself as an opponent, and he couldn't look down on this remnant defeat, what he wanted was to defeat Guo Ying, who was really peaceful, so that the initiative on the battlefield would return to his hands again!
Zhu Di... What greed!