Chapter 34: Field Battle (3)
Zhao Hu was still silent, only led the five hundred cavalry behind him, and slammed into the shield array of officers and soldiers. I saw that where the horse lance in his hand was flying, the shield armor was flying, the long knife was on the ground, and where he passed, people were dead and horses were stepping on it.
In the blink of an eye, the cavalry broke the shield formation, and the officers and soldiers in the front line suddenly fell into a desperate situation of encirclement and suppression in all directions, and many people, when facing the ruthless butcher's knife of the thieves, had begun to kneel and cry and surrender.
But at this moment, it was a critical moment for the two armies to fight, not to mention whether the surrendered soldiers would be capricious, just Yang Kai's previous strategy of rewarding and punishing the army had already determined that they had no chance of survival.
All of a sudden, in the chaos, flesh and blood flew sideways, and the screams and howls of dying were long gone, and the scene of such heads leaving bodies and stumps everywhere seemed to make the thieves meet all kinds of memories of the past. It's just that this time the officials and thieves turned over, and they both knew in their hearts that this was their wise general manager, as well as the credit of this young little pioneer.
Zhao Hu didn't take a breath, and he broke into the shield array for dozens of steps, and a whole row of spearmen came into view. He paused slightly, turning to the flank. With a dignified cavalry to impact the enemy's gun formation, although he can fight, but the brothers behind him may lose a lot, it is better to let the fourth brother Han behind him come up, and use the archers to frustrate their sharpness first, from the pro-soldiers around Yang Kai, all the way to the position of the deputy Qianhu, Zhao Hu also knows that it is not easy for the brothers below.
As for the officers and soldiers in the rear of the official army, seeing that there were fewer and fewer of their own soldiers coming up with the army, they didn't know what was wrong, and they were ambushed. And it's still a big volt!
Although their generals had anticipated this scene earlier, they really underestimated the strength of this group of thieves, and the thieves all over the field, as far as the eye could see, could not see half of the old, weak, sick and disabled, they had never seen such a team of thieves.
In this situation, surrender is useless, the friendly forces in front have used their lives to alert them, and the only thing left is to retreat with a battle to the death.
Finally, in the chaos of the officers and soldiers, a garrison jumped out and shouted: "Order, our army has been trapped in the enemy camp, for today's plan, to live is to die, to die to die, everyone look at our army flag, move with the flag, should be able to fight for a glimmer of life." "If you want to stabilize your own army, in the midst of this chaotic battle, you are about to raise the reorganized front to seek the last line of life.
But he didn't expect that when he jumped out and roared hysterically, his own soldiers were not excited, but it was Cai Qian, Wei Shisan, and Yan Feng, as if they saw the top brand of the Qinglou who was stripped naked and swaying in front of them, and they were the first to climax.
The strong smell of blood wafted through the air, and the three of them raised their heads in unison, like hungry wolves smelling blood, and they did not hide the excitement and greed on their faces, and rushed forward first, and then flew towards them despite the spears and broad knives of the enemy in front of them, and the many soldiers who followed behind them did not hesitate to plunge headlong into the army of the guards.
The three parties of men and horses, roaring in formation, straight forward, now under the command of Gao Yingen, the whole army is about 8,000 people.
Yang Kai's subordinates have the largest number of subordinates, and they also take advantage of Gao Yingen's old subordinates before the new one, whether they can escape from Heishuiyu, or they are recruited from Shangnan City and the city-states along the way, they are all young and strong.
Eight thousand men and horses, divided into two thousand to attack outside, Yang Kai's men also had hundreds, and the remaining more than five thousand were all here.
In terms of numbers, they were not weak in the face of the officers and troops who were introduced into the mountain, but although the shouts of rushing and killing were fierce, they were the majority of the new soldiers who were unfamiliar with the enemy after all, and they only had a slight upper hand after the whole impact.
How could the garrison have expected such a big change, and hurriedly shut up, it can be regarded as an instant decision, and the offensive banner immediately turned to retreat, giving up the idea of attacking that had just been born.
But at this time, Han Bin led his men up, bent his bow and arrows, and fired indiscriminately, frustrating the sharpness of the spear, Zhao Hu seized the opportunity of the enemy to turn back and push forward.
The gun formation of the official army also dispersed, Zhao Hu blocked the edge of the gun formation in this way, Cai Qian, Wei Shisan, and Yan Feng, and then struggled to fight again, the official army was originally a dignified and upright army formation, but it was divided into four roads in an instant, and they fought for themselves, and then the thieves who caught up from the rear slashed indiscriminately, and suddenly collapsed.
The officers and soldiers stopped, gradually unable to resist, turned around and retreated, but they were chased and shot by thieves again and again, and the morale was high.
Cai Qian's department was originally facing the officers and troops who came in, the farthest away, after all, it was the foundation of Wei Qianfu's old department, but it rushed the most fiercely, and when it was fifty steps away from the garrison, the front of the officers and troops was already in chaos, one side affected the other, and Wei 13 and Yan Feng, who were covered by the two wings, did not show weakness.
The thieves in the mountains have become like a bamboo, and they have killed more than 6,000 officers and soldiers who followed the mountains before and after.
At this time, outside the mountain pass, the officers and soldiers began to stagnate, and as Yang Kai expected, after they rushed down to kill a group of shield soldiers touched by the enemy, several more groups of officers and soldiers rushed up the mountain one after another.
Yang Kai didn't have the slightest idea of fighting, they were only a few hundred, and in just a quarter of an hour, they had solved hundreds of officers and soldiers, this kind of feat was already extraordinary.
Quickly took Yanhou and the others to shrink back, and ran towards the right flank of the mountain that was about to be surrounded by enemy troops on three sides, and ran without looking back, and when the officers and soldiers went up the mountain and found their escape route, they would fall into the predicament of slow and slow steps, and they would no longer be able to catch up with them.
When he came, he was ready to retreat, stopped his mount at the foot of the mountain on the retreating side, went down the mountain and turned over his horse, only letting the soldiers behind him quickly follow, supporting Cao Mang and others who were still fighting their right flank.
When the officers and troops retreated, it was Yang Kai who suffered first, and the second one who suffered was the two formations of cavalry in the rear, in fact, he was more worried about not Cao Mang's side, but the opposite side.
After all, their vanguard called Luo Dai, after leading the troops up, was scattered on that side, he was afraid that this unfamiliar cavalry army would flee in fear in the face of the officers and soldiers who saw that the situation was not good, and withdrew the same way, which would leave an opening for the officers and soldiers to escape, but he was still far away from them now and could not help.
They could only go to the front of the mountain first and join Cao Mang's troops, thinking that when their bravery, demoralization, and knowledge of the retreat of the officers and troops who were already invincible in front of them retreated, they would not be afraid to go to them again to collide.
Luo Dai, who encountered an arrow attack, stopped at the bottom of the mountain, he accurately judged that the team entering and leaving the mountain had been killed, and ordered people to go up the mountain but did not find Yang Kai, and his heart was even more ominous, calling out the remaining troops who had not yet entered the mountain, quickly retreating, and led his soldiers to retreat.
After the fierce battle, the dense clouds in the sky are still missing, but looking at the sky, the sun should have risen to the middle of the sky.
The three parts of the preparation, the introduction, and the fierce battle were finally completed, and it also took them half a day and a night, and seeing that the situation was not right, they successfully retreated to the direction of Zuo Liangyu's official army, about 6,000 people. After the rest of the garrison was killed, they ran around, and indeed some escaped, but more often they were easily killed by the thieves who came up from behind.
They completed the last wave of cover and kill of the official army at the mountain pass, and Cai Qian, Wei Shisan, Yan Feng and others, who were covered with mud and blood, all had wounds on their bodies, their hair was disheveled, and their clothes were tattered, but they were smiling.
At this time, Gao Yingen also rode up, unabashedly praised everyone, but it seemed that the voice was not high, after Yang Kai came out of the mountain, he merged into Cao Mang's army, and then followed, blocking the mountain pass, at this time, standing in front of the army, he didn't look at the battlefield behind the corpses.
His eyes were solemn, because the cavalry on the left flank did not come back at the first time, and they did not resist after all. But Yang Kai didn't blame, he had seen Luo Dai's command outside Xiguan, and this person did have a talent.
In general, they have already won a big victory, and the reason why he is not excited is because he feels that Zuo Liangyu can't bear such a big loss, and he must organize the army again, whether it is revenge or to save face, it is impossible for them to accept the results of being beaten by thieves and unable to raise their heads.
Looking at it from afar, more than ten miles away, the distant officers and soldiers are moving everywhere, and the new camp is reuniting, this time Zuo Liangyu's handsome banner came to the front of the military formation, and the breath has not yet been smoothed, they are going to rush up again?
As soon as the thought was born, the soldiers from the return mountain shouted:
"Boss, the flag of returning to the camp has appeared in the rear of the officers and soldiers!"
Then another person said: "Boss, the flag of the left battalion also appeared in the rear of the officers and troops!" ”
The change was protruding, and no one expected it.
Yang Kai's face finally eased, the two armies obviously came earlier than he expected, it turned out that after the two battalions of Hui and Left arrived at the designated position, they quickly organized a reconnaissance team, and found that the camp of the official army was empty, so they led their own troops to rush up, they had an absolute advantage in strength, although they were slightly tired, but they did not delay at all to destroy the enemy's rear camp with a devastating momentum.
The officers and troops in front of the mountain never expected such a big change, and the military report from the rear quickly spread to the front, Zuo Liangyu was sincerely frightened, and quickly changed from offensive to defensive, and listed a defensive formation.
The two battalions of Hui and Zuo, who had been on the road for a long time, knew the detailed results of Gao Yingen's side, but there was a victory in destroying the enemy's position, and at this time, under an order, more than 10,000 cavalry foot soldiers rushed out from the direction of the officer's position, from the left and right flanks, without fear, straight up to the officer's backyard.
"Beat the drums, all the seriously wounded people remain, and those who still have the strength to rush forward with me, and I will lead the army to capture the enemy's head!"
The cowhide war drums on the mountain sounded again, the seriously injured automatically withdrew from the queue, and there were still more brave people who moved forward, Yang Kai pulled the reins of the horse violently, and the war horse stood up when he sat down, neighed, and rushed out first.
There was a great uproar in the ranks of the officers and soldiers, drums and horns, officers shouting and scolding, and non-commissioned officers screaming.
On the battlefield filled with wind and sand, the officers and men in the official and military formations looked up and saw in all directions, all the thieves in tattered clothes, and the flags fluttering in the air were all the words "Hui" and "Zuo". Are they going to be the first army of 10,000 people to be defeated by the thieves?