Chapter 12: Chaotic War

The crisp sound of gold was heard in the distance.

The thieves have withdrawn!

The dejected thieves began their long-awaited retreat. Not only did the corpses be thrown down this time, but many of the dying and seriously wounded were also abandoned on the battlefield - everyone knew that when the attacking troops retreated a little farther, the defenders of the city would go down the wall to harvest the first rank to ask for a reward - Guan Dashuai does not talk about the first rank here, but the officers and soldiers want it. However, this is fate: the comrades-in-arms who are familiar with each other have been destined to go to Huangquan, and their morale is slumping, ordinary people, who is willing to risk their lives to add a burden to themselves for strangers?

The defenders and civilians of the city once again erupted in a wave of shouts and cheers.

Sun Jie watched with relief as the enemy in front of him began to form a team after withdrawing from the place of a stone's throw and retreated...... Suddenly, a surprise!

After a long afternoon, there was no sign of reinforcements in all directions!

Sun Jie, who was on the tower of the city, suppressed a huge sense of loss, and rode his horse around the city wall in the name of inspecting the various departments, and every time he reached a gate, he looked at the sky in the distance: there was nothing unusual on the horizon in the distance.

Fireworks, flags, dust, ...... I haven't seen any clues!

This illustrates......

This means that there are no reinforcements at all!

The enemy's attack was fierce at the beginning, and the rear became more and more weak, apparently because he was worried that the rear road would be cut off. As soon as they collect their troops and return to the camp, they will immediately discover the fact that they are alone, and tomorrow they will take revenge like crazy!

- On their own side, the main force defending the city today is the people, all with one breath to support, and tomorrow, when they find that they are just an empty joy, tomorrow, they can only count on their own soldiers, once they are exhausted......

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, hurried back to the West Gate, whispered a few words to Song Mingyi, and called a few heralds......

Subsequently, it was categorically ordered:

"Cast fireworks!"

"All the cavalry will follow me to assault, and the pro-soldier battalion will then press up, and go straight to the camp of the thieves, and it must be leveled with one blow! This battle is to kill the generals and capture the flag, and you must not covet the first-class merit - those who leave the team without permission will not be forgiven even if they have the first-class merit! ”

"The other battalions are to hold on to the four walls, especially not to open the gates without permission!"

The gates slammed open.

The sound of the hooves of more than 200 war horses shook the earth!

It was followed by a neat phalanx of infantry of the Changjie battalion.

The afterglow of the setting sun swept in his face, plastering armor and swords and spears with a layer of golden red. This shiny torrent of metal, with a firm pace, rolls forward, unstoppable!

At the same time, a series of red fireworks bloomed in the sky above the city—a signal from Sun Jie's department to "move closer to me and accelerate forward".

Although the generals in the retreating group were riding on horses, their vision was not much farther than that of ordinary soldiers, and although the meaning of the fireworks signal released by the defenders was a little unclear, in Guan Shengyun's opinion, this signal was undoubtedly sent to reinforcements! So the generals hurriedly ordered without waiting for the commander's order: form a formation and guard against enemy attacks!

The retreating troops stopped squirming and began to form hastily......

Precious time is passing quickly......

It would have taken a long time to change from a marching column to a defensive formation, especially because it was necessary to fill the gap between the dead and wounded, so it was even more chaotic, and the army formation had not yet shown its embryonic form, and the soldiers were horrified to see that above the city head, clusters of colorful fireworks exploded one after another in the sky!

Although in this era, military information needs to be transmitted over long distances through fireworks, flags, gongs and drums, and wolf smoke, but there are still many differences in details: the generals of each army have their own unique habits of use - however, this kind of clustered colorful fireworks, because of the most shocking, the meaning is too clear, whether it is friend or foe, not only officers, all soldiers know that every army uses it to convey a common message:

The whole army is attacking!

Exhausted and frightened, the soldiers watched in amazement as clusters of fireworks exploded above the city, and the smoke lingered in the sky until ...... They were pulled back to reality by the sound of thunderous horses' hooves.

"Defeated, defeated"!

In the midst of the wails, I don't know which person was the first to throw away his weapon, I don't know which person was the first to leave the team and run wildly, and the assembled military formation instantly collapsed and collapsed!

The officers tore their throats, unable to restrain their subordinates any longer, and when they turned to stop the next rout, the one they had just pulled had already run a long way away......

The soldiers who had been resting on the city walls in the other directions of Luzhou Mansion for almost an afternoon had already received orders in advance to ignore the fireworks signals and stick to the four walls.

First happy.

Gradually, the soldiers began to get restless: they drank half the night last night, and the cowhide blew into the sky. Today, I moved my mouth, heroically enjoying the tea soup brought by the big girls and little daughters-in-law, and under the eyes of adoration, I commanded their father and brother to throw stones for two hours, poured dung juice for two hours, and then ...... Just the fuck won?

The big handsome led people to chase the thieves, could it be that our men just stared at the wall with a pestle?! The battle is like this, and when it comes to this great victory in the future, how can others answer when they ask about the victory? I just watched from the wall, let alone blood, and the knife was not pulled out. The first-level merit is a ready-made that was cut down by the people after the thieves ran away?

Do you still have a face!

The breathing of the soldiers gradually became rapid, their chests rose and fell more and more violently, they were silent, but there were flames, brewing and burning in everyone's hearts: it has been almost a month, and the head of the thief who has been pressed and beaten by the thieves, and the day before yesterday, he even picked the head of his comrades? And then in just one afternoon, he was beaten by the people and escaped with his tail between his legs? Is there such a cheap thing in the world?! The desire for war & fire is so tormented that the whole person seems to explode. The war intent licks and tries everywhere in everyone's heart: as long as a small gap is opened, the full heat will erupt!

A purple-faced general roared: "The handsome's pro-military battalion is powerful, and we can be regarded as the main battalion!" Is it just a fucking vegetarian? ”

The primitive beastliness in the blood of the soldiers was stimulated by this low roar, and the gap in their hearts was instantly broken!

"No way!"

"Fuck me!"

The city gate officer, who was covered with cold sweat and pale face, looked at the soldiers who rushed down, and drew his waist knife and crossed it in front of him: "'Those who open the city gate without a military order will be killed even if they win!'" 'Please, brothers, don't be embarrassed - I want to rush out and kill my mother! ”

Nonsense! Who wouldn't?

Well, it's not hard for you, aren't you ready to cut the rope of the head! The soldiers ran down the road back to the wall again.

Ropes were thrown down from the city walls, north, east, and south, and each section of the city wall was decorated with people, and they gathered in groups to chase the enemy!

The city gate official followed everyone to the city wall, holding on to the wall battlements, staring at the armor soldiers who climbed down one by one, his chest rose and fell violently, his breathing became heavier and heavier, the green tendons on his forehead jumped, he stomped his feet, grabbed a person casually, and stuffed the order flag into his hand: "Those who have not been ordered to open the door are beheaded!" Do you understand? When the handsome asked, he said that I was going to kill the thief! As soon as he finished speaking, he opened his mouth and bit the back of the knife with his teeth, pushed a guy away, grabbed the rope and jumped and disappeared into the city......

It was an old coppersmith who "took over" the flag. After a busy afternoon, he had just straightened his waist and gasped for a few breaths, and he was confused to find that he had an extra small red flag in his hand, and shouted in fear: "Master Jun! What are you talking about? Who's going to behead? The little old man doesn't dare to kill people, and the little old man doesn't have a knife......"

Unfortunately, no one paid attention to him.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, I saw a rickety figure on the city wall waving a small pennant, wandering alone among the people who were staggering and holding on to the battlements of the wall and looking out.

With the ropes full of people on the city walls on both sides, a few small cover barracks in front of the city gate, the camp gate was opened, and the fatigue disappeared without a trace.

No formation, no command, no tactics!

Only shouts, only fury, only the cold light on the blades and the blades of the spears!

The retreating enemy was already exhausted, and when he heard the strange noise, he looked back, and a group of fierce gods and evil spirits were already chasing after him with murderous spirits!

On the city wall farther away, countless ropes hung down, densely hung with people, they actually disdained the corpses in front of the city, no one leaned down to cut off the head, as soon as they landed, they brandished knives and guns and screamed at themselves......

Be extremely frightened!

The generals could no longer control their troops, and the troops in all directions collapsed one after another.

The situation is completely out of control.

No one on either the offensive or defensive sides can grasp the battlefield situation, everything is chaotic, the command system at all levels is completely paralyzed, and the combat situation irreversibly slides towards self-development.

People shouted and neighed, and the army was defeated like a mountain.

The retreat in all directions turned into a collapse, uncontrollable.

The rout cried out: "Defeated, defeated!" "Run wild. First their swords, guns, bows, and shields were dropped, and then their armor was untied as they ran, and they threw away everything that stood in their way and fled aimlessly towards the city.

Sun Jie, who was in the lead, did not know that the soldiers under his command were pursuing the city spontaneously in other directions.

Looking at the banner of the enemy's main camp on the city tower just now, I knew that the opponent's main general still had five or six hundred personal soldiers in his hands, plus the miscellaneous soldiers guarding the camp, and there should be more than one thousand and five armor alone - if you can't eat it in one bite, once a stalemate is formed, sooner or later the enemy will rely on the superiority of troops to turn back the battle.

The rout must be driven out to storm the flag!

After raising his sword above his head and staying for a moment for the soldiers who followed him to see it, he swirled and waved two large circles, and then dotted into the air to the left and right: the pursuing horse team split into two and outflanked it from both wings.

The cavalry did not rush into the crowd and slash and slash, but spread out in a large depth and in a large circle, gradually driving the rout in one place: the rout who changed direction and ran back to the home team was spared, and those who continued to run in other directions were cut down to the ground without mercy.

On both sides was the interception of the cavalry, behind them was the pursuit of the infantry phalanx, and slowly, the routs gathered together, pushing each other, coercing, crowding, and the flow of people poured in the direction of their own flags.

This turbid current, before the kinetic energy is exhausted, will envelop everything along the way, impacting in the direction and unstoppable!

On the earthen rampart not far away, Guan Shengyun looked at the crowd of people surging towards him, and he was anxious.

The flag was waved non-stop, and the order to separate the left and right was issued: as long as the rout was diverted, his own pro-battalion could completely withstand the opponent's attack - at least for a long time.

As a rule of thumb, most of the routs who bypassed the covering troops, despite their fear and lack of breath, would stop even to catch their breath. Most of them will unconsciously regroup behind the formation, although it is impossible to restore the formation in a short time, but it is also a powerful deterrent!

After all, your own side has a huge advantage in troops, as long as you can hold on for half an hour, and wait for friendly forces in other directions to withdraw, the situation on the battlefield will be completely reversed!

Unfortunately, it backfired once again.