Chapter 565: Reinforcements Arrive
Jia Xu led the troops to the vicinity of Dunhuang.
If you rush overnight, you can reach Yumen Pass before sunrise in the morning.
Because the distance was not far away, Jia Xu and the others discussed it, and after discussing it, they were going to let the soldiers rest for a few hours, and then set off in the early morning, so they camped in the northeast of Dunhuang to rest, but not long after nightfall, they were awakened by the vibration of an explosion.
Yumen Pass is not far from the camp, and the movement caused by the explosion is huge, and the movement of Yumen Pass is easy to spread to the camp.
They also went out of the camp to look west, and in the dark night, they could not see anything but the faint light of the explosion, but the fire did not last long, and was quickly extinguished, and there was not much flammable when the jade gate was closed.
"The movement is from Yumen Pass."
Xun You said first.
There was also a bit of worry in his tone.
Gao Shun frowned and said, "It's really from Yumen Pass, did Meng Qi attack them, or was Yumen Pass attacked?" ”
"I think it's more likely to be attacked."
Jia Xu said worriedly: "An explosion of this scale should be able to blow up the Yumen Pass, if Meng Qi had the ability to launch such an attack, they would have sent us the good news of the Yumen Pass a long time ago, and the lord said that our firearms are also available in the Taiping Road in the West." ”
In this way, Yumen Pass is very dangerous now.
"I suggest that you don't rest anymore, you should rush to the Yumen Pass as soon as possible, and see how the situation is, what do you think?" Xun You said, and looked at everyone.
"Yes!"
Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu said at the same time.
Gao Shun and their generals also agreed.
They had to travel overnight to see what was going on, otherwise they wouldn't be at ease.
"Evil comes, Zhong Kang."
Jia Xu said again: "You lead the dragon and tiger two guards, plus 20,000 people as the vanguard, march in a hurry, and set off first, what do you think?" ”
Xu Chu said: "Listen to Mr. 's arrangement." ”
Dian Wei said eagerly: "Let's set off, Long Wei quickly assemble!" ”
The two guards of the dragon and tiger, as well as 20,000 soldiers, were quickly led out of the formation, lit by torches, and hurried away.
Xun You saw their backs in the distance and said, "Let's go too!" ”
What happened just now made them feel very uneasy, and if they didn't go to see what was going on with the Yumen Pass as soon as possible, their hearts kept mentioning it and they couldn't let it go.
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The light and heavy cavalry combined and inflicted heavy losses on part of the enemy's front army.
But the number of enemies is too many.
The offensive and defensive battle lasted for so long, and the enemy still had about 300,000 troops, at this time, under the command of Suo Ge and Gui Sumi, all of them poured into the tattered Yumen Pass, fiercely chasing the fleeing Han army and killing them.
If you don't retreat, you will be overwhelmed by the soldiers of the Western Regions.
Tian Yu and Zhao Yun could only lead their troops to retreat and break off, suppress the enemy for a while, and then continue to flee to buy enough time for Ma Chao and their infantry.
But the enemy still chased very closely, and had no intention of letting go.
When Zhao Yun and the others followed Ma Chao and the others, the enemy continued to chase after them, about three miles away from them.
It was already the second half of the night.
"Those people from the Western Regions are going to chase us all the way to Dunhuang!"
Pound looked back.
Ma Chao said: "Then in Dunhuang, fight with them again, I don't believe that our Han warriors will not be able to defeat the people of the Western Regions, continue to go!" ”
But after walking for a short time, someone suddenly arrived from the east.
Dian Wei and the others hurried over with countless torches, and more than 20,000 troops hurried away with torches, forming a procession like a jumping fire dragon, approaching their side.
"There is a situation!"
Matthew pointed east.
They could see that Dian Wei's team was getting closer and closer.
The pursuers of the Western Regions, just in the rear, are also approaching.
"It should be reinforcements."
Tian Yu said in a loud voice: "Come two people, go talk immediately and see who is coming." ”
The two Xuanjia elite horsemen walked out of the military formation, and soon contacted Xu Chu and them, and learned that they were their own people, so they immediately went to meet Xu Chu.
"What happened?"
Dian Wei asked first.
Ma Chao briefly explained the matter, and asked anxiously: "General Dian, do you have any shells?" ”
"Yes, and many more."
"Other reinforcements are already on the way, right?"
"That's right!"
"Good!"
Ma Chao didn't want to run away, gritted his teeth and said: "All assembled, I want to fight back, Zilong, do you think you can fight?" ”
"Yes!"
Zhao Yun looked to the west, since the reinforcements were in the rear, they could come immediately, and there were enough artillery and shells, there was no need to run again, and they could fight the enemy.
They have been aggrieved for so long, they don't want to be beaten again, and they must fight back fiercely.
"Then fight!"
Xu Chu said loudly: "Send all our artillery and shells, do it!" ”
Everyone unanimously agreed that there should be no more escape, and that an all-out counterattack must be launched.
The blood of the soldiers was mobilized, the fighting spirit was high, the whole army was full of murderous spirit, they used the fastest speed, prepared the artillery and mortars, etc., and saw that the enemy was still chasing and approaching, one by one, torches, like fireflies flickering and swaying in the west.
The torches surged and struck at them like a tidal wave.
When the distance between the two sides was almost closer, the artillery bombarded out, exploding in the midst of the enemy, and the fire was flying everywhere.
"Go on, don't stop!"
Ma Chao's eyes were red, and he shouted in a roaring voice.
Next, the sound of artillery fire continued to reverberate.
Dian Wei and they really brought a lot of artillery and shells, so many that they could be fired casually, there was no need to save, even if they fought until dawn, they could be completely sufficient, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of shells were shot out and exploded among the enemy.
Another group of enemies was overturned.
The two kings, Soge and Gui Sumi, personally led their troops to chase and kill.
They haven't been to Dahan yet, so by the way, they want to come and see how prosperous Dahan is.
But in the middle of the night, they didn't see anything before they were heavily bombarded.
"How come the Han army still has shells?"
Thorge looked ahead and said puzzled.
They chased all the way for so long, but they were not bombarded by artillery, and the Han army only broke off the cavalry, and concluded that the artillery in the Han army had run out.
Now they are suddenly bombarded by artillery, which makes them a little unconfident.
Gui Xu Mi said: "It can't be the reinforcements of the Han people, right?" ”
This is a good possibility.
They hesitated.
However, Soge considered the end and said fiercely: "Now that the killing is in, we have no possibility of retreating, the Han army will come when it comes, I don't believe that so many of us will not be able to fight, and continue to rush over." ”
Ranged weapons such as artillery, melee combat will be ineffective.
As long as they rush over, they still have an advantage.
Gui Sumi was persuaded and ordered: "All continue to rush forward, whoever dares to retreat, whoever dies, kills!" ”
The soldiers of the Western Regions had no choice but to charge desperately, facing the artillery fire, and rushing over desperately, the cannon sound at this time was even more alarming, and the cannon sound shook so that the whole night was trembling......