Chapter 283: Zhao Fan is defeated
Meng Song is brave, and the warriors under his command are also the elite of the elite, and for a while, although there are few people, they are not left behind in the battle with Zhao Fan.
At this time, Yuan Tiangang ordered his soldiers to wave their flags, and when the first dead soldiers got the order, they all followed behind Meng Song's subordinates and rushed towards the other party together.
In a big battle of hundreds of thousands of people, it was completely based on combat effectiveness and the will of the soldiers, and as for the conspiracy and trickery of borrowing arrows from straw boats and burning iron cable boats, they could not be used.
After watching the battle from behind, Wang Rong said to Wang Mao, "Order Wuluo and Chu Luxu to press through the left and right flanks respectively."
At this time, Song Wenbai couldn't help but smile and said, "Military marshal, what does this Zhao Fan's head think? The distance between his front cavalry and rear foot soldiers was about three or four miles. We have fought so many battles for so many years, all of which have been fought more with less, and this time we finally experienced the thrill of being crushed by our troops, although it was only one more fight on a local battlefield."
Wang Rong looked at the battle situation, nodded, and said, "Since it is crushed by local forces, we have to be clean and neat, I hope that the wolf rider and righteousness will never let me down."
Wu Luo and Chu Luxu led the wolf cavalry and Yi Cong respectively, and the two soldiers and horses were like two crab pincers, squeezing diagonally forward from the two wings. Sure enough, the two wings of the state army came out together, and the pressure on the forbidden army of Zhao Fan's department increased sharply.
Zhao Yu saw Zhao Fan's actions, and his hateful teeth creaked. In order to prevent Zhao Fan's troops from being encircled, in addition to ordering Zhao Fan's Zhao Wei County soldiers to go forward to support the Ji forbidden army, Zhao Yu had to order the left and right wings of the Ji army to go out to engage the two wings of the state army.
In the formation of the Bingzhou army, the drum rumbled, the banner of the Chinese army waved, and the wolf riders and righteous followers, like a mountain and a sea, rushed to the Ji forbidden army of Zhao Fan in front of the oblique front.
Zhao Fan was in a stalemate with the trap and Xiandeng, and the two sides were mixed together, and at this time, the cavalry on both wings of the Bingzhou Army collided straight up, like Wuzhi Mountain suppressing Sun Hou, which instantly shocked Zhao Fan.
Zhao Fan suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and after tens of thousands of cavalry on both wings of the state army joined the battlefield, the situation on the battlefield was immediately changed. The cavalry of the Ji State Forbidden Army led by Zhao Fan was loosened and began to collapse, and Zhao Fan had to continue to shrink the formation and retreat at the same time.
If Zhao Fan and his subordinates resist for a while, the soldiers of Zhao Wei behind him will also come up to support. But Zhao Fan's retreat couldn't stop, and it directly turned into a rout.
Chu Luxu and Wu Luo saw Zhao Fan's commotion in their hearts, and their hearts were immediately overjoyed, and the two of them took the lead, with righteous servants and wolf riders, and drove the cavalry of the Ji State Forbidden Army to rush to the Zhao Wei soldiers who were catching up with the support, and directly came to a bead curtain upside down.
The front of the Ji State was completely in chaos, and the soldiers of Zhao Wei County, whose army formation was broken, could not be organized at all, and they could not resist the impact of the wolf cavalry and righteous servants.
Zhao Yu, who was behind, looked at the battle situation in front of him, full of anxiety. Now the situation is obvious, if he leads his troops to reinforce the front army, he will be dragged into the big mill of the front army, but if he does not reinforce, he will see Zhao Fan's front army surrounded by the state army.
At this time, the Bingzhou army was above Zhao Fan's troops in terms of combat strength and number, and it was only a matter of time before the former army was defeated.
Zhao Yu immediately ordered, "Order the left and right flanks to support forward and cover the retreat of the front army. Be quick!"
The left and right wings of the Ji army increased their speed, and Wang Rong also saw it, but Wang Rong was not worried.
At this time, Wang Rong still had 16,000 troops of the Seventh Division in his hands, and Zhao Yu only had 10,000 forbidden troops in his hands. Whether it is strength or combat strength, Wang Rong is confident that he can defeat the other party. And Wang Wei believed that Zhao Yu would not dare to shoot the forbidden army of Ji in his hands.
Seeing that the Hebei army was pressing, Wang Rong waved the command flag in the Chinese army, and the seventh division of the Chinese army went forward, with more than 5,000 elite cavalry, all assault cavalry, and more than 1,000 armored cavalry mixed in.
At this time, Wuluo and Chu Luxu led their respective subordinates to fight with the left and right flanks of the Ji *** team. Xiandeng and Trap changed their formations, vacated more than a dozen channels, and let the elite cavalry of the Seventh Division pass through the channels, and then went straight to Zhao Fan's headquarters, which was fleeing.
At this time, the entire battlefield was already in chaos, and the soldiers and horses of the Ji army on the left and right flanks could not withstand the impact of the wolf cavalry and the righteous servants, and were defeated and retreated by Wuluo and Chu Luxu.
Zhao Fan's troops were chased by the elite cavalry of the state army like a frightened rabbit, surprised
panicked, without the slightest order to speak of.
Zhao Yu knew that this battle could not be fought again, and he led the army out of the city to fight today, but in fact, he was also lucky, thinking that with his own department, even if he did not win, he would not be defeated. But the current situation shows that everything is delusional, and Zhao Yu obviously does not dare to have such a fluke again.
The herald replied: "General! The front army can't be withdrawn at all!"
Zhao Yu was furious, stepped forward and grabbed the herald's shirt, and roared, "Even if the whole army is scattered, I have to withdraw it!"
Of course, Zhao Yu was angry, it was impossible for him to let Zhao Fan's troops be annihilated by the state army, which was more than one-third of the soldiers and horses in the city of Gauntlet.
However, it is not realistic to retreat rashly, at this time, the former army has already been mixed up with the state army, where can it be withdrawn. Once the troops are hastily withdrawn at this time, the worst result is that the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army will follow and cover up, and finally become a bead curtain and roll upside down, and their rear army will also be shattered.
At this time, if you want to rescue the front army, you can only break the wrist of the strong man, abandon some of the soldiers who are fighting to block the state army, and then retreat. But if this is the case, the front army will only be able to withdraw part of it at most.
Zhao Yu finally made a decision, and it was better to give up half of his strength than to annihilate the whole army. On the one hand, he ordered Zhao Fan to lead the troops that could be withdrawn to retreat immediately, and then ordered the troops on both flanks to slowly retreat and form a formation behind the front army to cover.
As for Zhao Yu's Chinese army, after advancing for a distance, they formed a formation on the spot and erected a shield wall. Zhao Yu will not let the Chinese army get involved in the battle, and it is impossible for him to take the 10,000 people of his own Chinese army in order to rescue the 30,000 people of the previous army. He had already seen the strength of the state army, and it was useless to put more troops into the battlefield at this time.
At this time, the former army of Zhao Fan fought fiercely with the Bingzhou army for more than an hour, and suffered heavy casualties, especially the front front, which was torn apart by the Bingzhou army. Zhao Fan even had to personally lead troops to plug the gap. Its troops have long since turned into retreat, oh no, it should be in a state of rout, and some of the stronger regiments and battalions have turned to a defensive state.
At this time, seeing the Bingzhou army on the opposite side, who were not afraid of death, Zhao Fan was already afraid and had the heart to retreat. If you continue to fight like this, the loss is really too great.
At this time, I saw the banner of the Chinese army waving, and the two wings began to slowly retreat. At the same time, the heralds of the Chinese army also rushed to the front of Zhao Fan's army and conveyed the order of the general, telling it to preserve its vital strength and retreat in battle, and the main force of the Chinese army lined up in the rear to respond.
Zhao Fan immediately understood what Zhao Yu meant, and immediately scolded, you didn't say that you should answer Lao Tzu, but now you let Lao Tzu give up his troops.
But at this time, Zhao Fan had no choice, everyone knew very well that now was the difference between the loss part and the whole thing.
Zhao Fan said with some heaviness: "Order the whole army to be divided into two teams, front and rear, and retreat alternately!"
At this time, an adjutant general beside Zhao Fan grabbed Zhao Fan's war horse and said, "General, you can't withdraw, if you withdraw at this time, our army will be finished."
At this time, there were scouts who reported that some regiments and camps that were semi-surrounded by the state army had collapsed, and there was a phenomenon of rout and desertion, and the military law team was supervising the battle in front of the battle.
Zhao Fan knew very well that time was pressing, and he couldn't wait for a moment.
At this time, Su Wu, Zhao Fan's friend of the neck, stepped forward and asked for his life and said, "Brother, I ask myself and my brother to bring a team each, please order me to lead the front team as a cover."
Zhao Fan was taken aback, looking at Su Wu's eyes, he already knew that he was going to sacrifice himself.
Zhao Fan shook his head and vetoed loudly, "No!"
Zhao Fan still wanted to say something more. Su Wu hugged his arm and said, "Brother, if I don't lead the team, how can I make the soldiers willing to die, please take care of my family!"
At this time, Zhao Fan had tears in his eyes and was depressed, but in the end he had to agree.
Su Wu received the order and rushed to the front with his own soldiers, while Zhao Fan led his own soldiers to the rear, and now he can withdraw as much as he can, and he can't live up to the sacrifices made by his brothers.
Zhao Fan quickly led part of the front army out of the front, while Su Wu led the rest of the troops to launch a counterattack on the Bingzhou army.
Wang Rong sat on Chiyun's back, and when he saw the situation in front of him, he didn't show much surprise.
Li Sujie said softly, "Military commander, Ji people
I want to escape!"
Wang Rong looked at the battlefield and said, "Let them escape! Order Meng Song and Yuan Tiangang to annihilate all the enemy troops that have been eaten. There is no need to pursue the army behind the escape of the Ji State. but on the flanks, they shall not go beyond the enemy's line."
Zhang Gengmi's face was puzzled, this was the best time to annihilate the enemy as much as possible, why did Wang Rong let them go?
Wang Wei saw Zhang Gengxiao's doubts and explained, "Didn't Bohe find out? In today's battle, the combat power of the Ji *** team that fought with our army was not high, that is, the Ji National Forbidden Army, which was known as the elite, and its combat power was only slightly stronger than that of the guards. And according to the intelligence, the main general of the Ji State is called Zhao Fan, and I heard that he is the newly promoted henchman of the Emperor of Ji State, and he is at odds with Zhao Yu the most. If we destroy Zhao Fan in this battle, who will go to Zhao Yu's trouble."
Wang Rong looked at the gall pottery city in the distance, seemed to be talking to Li Sujie and the others, and seemed to be talking to himself: "If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, and the enemy of the enemy is a friend. If Zhao Yu is allowed to shrink into the turtle shell of the gall pottery city, we may not be able to break the city in three or five months."
Sure enough, as soon as the state army released the water on the frontal battlefield, the Ji *** team escaped a lot.
At this time, the state army began to intensify the pace of attack on the encircled Hebei *** team, and the cooked duck could not fly. At this time, Su Wu, the main general of the former army's resistance, carried a spear and kept rushing towards the gap. The guards around him were all private soldiers of the Su clan, so on this occasion, they were also fighting to the death.
Su Wu shouted, "Sons, fight to the death and don't retreat!"
Then, like an arrow, countless Ji *** teams were condensed. He led these people to constantly counterattack, picking and killing left and right, a spear danced like a water curtain, and those who dared to block it were all killed by it. The morale of this new force rose sharply, and its bravery was unparalleled, but it somewhat shook the offensive of the state army.
When Wang Rong saw Mei Wen in front of the army, he couldn't help but admire: "What a brave general, in this situation, he can still take the lead in the counterattack, he can really be described as a strong man!"
Compared with the army of the state and the state, what is backward is the training method, the cultivation of soldiers' thinking, and the implementation of the will to fight. It doesn't mean that its soldiers and horses are not brave. So far, both sides have exhausted most of their strength, and they are relying on blood and courage to hold on.
Wang Rong could only sigh with emotion: "His hero, my revenge, there is such a fierce warrior in the country, how can I not get rid of it!"
No matter how much he admired Su Wu's bravery, he would not show mercy to his subordinates. The best way to deal with this sudden upsurge is to interrupt him.
Without Wang Wei's order, Song Wenbai had already ordered the flag to fly, and the two thousand crossbowmen of the Seventh Division immediately stepped forward with crossbows and raised the strong crossbows in their hands.
"Shoot!"
The captains of each crossbow squad gave an order, and countless crossbow arrows shot towards the place where the Ji *** team attacked the most fiercely. These crossbow arrows were like a torrential rain, overwhelming, and they fell on the Ji soldiers one after another.
The Ji *** team immediately turned over on their backs.
Su Wu rushed to the forefront, and a crossbow team had already targeted him. Everyone fired crossbow arrows in unison, and dozens of crossbow arrows fell on Su Wu's body, immediately shooting him into a hedgehog.
As soon as Su Wu died, the morale of the Ji *** team, which had already raised its momentum, immediately fell, and the spirit in their hearts was also lost. It was as if their backbones had been broken, and they were powerless to fight back.
"Captain Su is dead!"
"Captain Su is dead!"
"Captain Su is dead!"
Many of the troops behind began to retreat, and the soldiers who had been organized fell back into disarray.
The Bingzhou army took the opportunity to relaunch the attack and carried out a large-scale cover-up of the defeated troops of the Ji State. The entire battlefield was strewn with corpses, and the scene was chaotic, but there was no real battle, only hunters and prey remained.