Chapter 30: The Beacons (17)
Li Pet led the cavalry to kill the East Yue Army at a very fast speed, the East Yue Army was waving its flag and shouting, and there was no plan to fight with the East Chu Army, they also thought that as long as they made enough momentum, the East Chu Army would never dare to provoke, but today, they miscalculated, although the East Chu Army did not go into battle in full, but sent 5,000 cavalry to sweep the formation, and the East Chu cavalry was well-trained, they had not yet entered the range of the East Yue Army, they had taken out the compound bow from the back, stretched the bow and set the arrow, looked up at the air, and pulled the arrow full.
The distance between the two armies is getting closer and closer, and Meng Yang, the commander of the East Yue Army, is quietly staring at the galloping cavalry team, he really did not expect that the East Chu Army will strike first and come to sweep the formation, just when the East Chu Army marched within three hundred steps, Meng Yang immediately ordered: "The shield soldiers are in front, the archers are in the back, line up!" ”
The drums were still beating, but the front of the East Vietnamese Army had turned into shield and archers, and behind these two arms, spearmen and cavalry were also quickly lined up, ready for the big battle.
At this time, Mengyang looked at the front unrelentingly, one hundred and fifty steps, the Eastern Chu army was about to enter the firing range, he looked ahead with blazing eyes, just when he raised his right hand, the crossbowmen of the East Vietnamese Army raised their bows one after another, but saw black spots flying in the sky, like raindrops attacking the position of the East Yue Army, which was the East Chu Army launched an attack before him.
The composite bow of the Eastern Chu army has a long range, and when the Eastern Yue army has not yet entered the firing range, the Eastern Chu army has thrown out the feather arrows, and when they are further away from the East Vietnamese army, the second round of feather arrows has been whistling out, which occupies an absolute advantage on the battlefield, and the East Vietnamese army was caught off guard, and before they had time to release the arrows, a series of screams sounded in the array.
Mengyang was even more surprised, if he hadn't reacted fast enough and swung his sword in time to block a few feather arrows in front of him, I am afraid that even he would have been killed by the feather arrows of the Eastern Chu Army in front of the battle at this time.
At this time, it was another round of feather arrows shot at the East Vietnamese army formation, Mengyang hurriedly ordered the shield soldiers to defend, the shield soldiers waved a round shield, several people stacked the shields together, forming a high protective layer, but the feather arrows still shot in through the gap, screams one after another, but it was much better than just now, and on the other side, the East Chu army had run to within a hundred steps at this time, they neatly put away the bow and arrow, and then pulled out the long sword from the waist, some people took out short guns, under Li Chong's order, they urged the horse again, Quickly broke through the shield array of the East Vietnamese army.
The East Yue Army has suffered a big loss in the formation, Mengyang just ordered the charge, the shield soldiers were scattered by the strong impact of the cavalry of the East Chu Army, and then, the East Chu Army unscrupulously slashed and killed the archers of the East Yue Army, the archers defense was low, the casualties were heavy, and they kept retreating, behind, the spearmen and cavalry saw that the situation was not good, and they did not wait for Mengyang's order, and quickly moved forward to kill, after Mengyang waved his sword and killed two soldiers of the East Chu Army at this time, he saw that the formation was chaotic, and couldn't help shouting: "Don't run, they only have 5,000 soldiers, follow me to kill!" ”
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On the other side of the battlefield, on the small dirt hill north of the East Chu Army, Ding Gu and Li Yan rode their horses and stared into the distance, in front of them was the military formation of the East Yue Army, after Li Pet led the army to rush in, it had been half an hour, the war between the two sides was very fierce, although the East Yue Army was scattered in formation, but Li Pet did not take advantage of the slightest advantage, at this time the casualties on both sides were very heavy, but the training of the East Chu Army was elite after all, in the case of the East Yue Army trying to surround itself several times, the formation has changed, from a whole team to several squads and fight each other, Killed out of the encirclement of the East Vietnamese Army.
But after all, the Eastern Chu army has few people, and the casualties are increasing, even Li Yan, who just smiled and didn't speak, was a little unable to sit still at this time, Ding Gu was sweating profusely, he looked into the distance, and wanted to lead the army to help several times, but in the end, he saw Li Pet leading the army out of the encirclement, so he continued to press the anxiety in his heart and continued to watch the battle, but at this time, the casualties had exceeded the expectations of the two, Ding Gu finally couldn't sit still, he looked at Li Yan on the side again, and sighed: "I can't wait, I must press the whole line." ”
Li Yan was no longer stubborn at this time, he nodded, and was about to return to the military formation with Ding Gu, but at this moment, an officer's shout sounded not far away: "The king has arrived." ”
Many people have ridden their horses to the side, at this time, Xiang Zhuang accompanied by Kong Ji and others came to Tushan, he just arrived at Tushan, Ding Gu greeted him, and said in a low voice: "Five thousand soldiers and horses have been fighting for nearly an hour, and our side has suffered heavy casualties, but the East Vietnamese army has also been disrupted in formation, I think, it's time for the army to press." ”
Xiang Zhuang ignored Ding Gu, he still looked into the distance, and it was not until he carefully observed the situation that he looked at the two of them: "This army is not the main force of the East Vietnamese Army. ”
Li Yan leaned up and said in a low voice: "Their main force may be retreating. ”
"Then why don't you repel this road of soldiers and horses and pursue the enemy's main force with all your might?" Xiang Zhuang asked rhetorically, Li Yan was slightly stunned, and then replied: "If this army is defeated early, it will be easy to startle the snake and cause the East Vietnamese army to counterattack on all fronts, in that case, our army's casualties will be greater than now." ”
After Li Yan finished speaking, Xiang Zhuang smiled meaningfully: "Then in your opinion, what should we do?" ”
Li Yan heard that there was no reproach in Xiang Zhuang's words, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, so he arched his hand and said: "The last general thinks that it is the right time to send troops at this time, and defeat this East Vietnamese army in one go, and then cooperate with the soldiers and horses on the left and right to pursue the rear of the East Vietnamese army along the way, and the East Vietnamese army can collapse without a fight." ”
Hearing Li Yan finally say what he thought in his heart, Ding Gu secretly admired, no wonder Li Yan was so calm just now, his analysis really didn't show a drop of water, thinking of this, Ding Gu took a step forward and arched his hand: "Please ask the king for permission, the last general is willing to lead troops to clear this East Vietnamese army and open the way for the army." ”
Seeing that Ding Gu was earnest and his morale was available, Xiang Zhuang nodded slightly, at this time he raised his right hand again to look into the distance, pointed to the battlefield in front of him and said: "I order you to command all the main forces of the Black Eagle Army with 60,000 troops, attack on all fronts, and pursue Wuzhu all the way, if you let Wuzhu escape from Dongchu, I want you to be on the head!" ”
Seeing that Xiang Zhuang had given the order to attack on all fronts, Ding Gu was excited, and he immediately looked at Li Yan and several subordinate generals on the side, and shouted: "Blow the horn, gather the troops, and kill with me!" ”
Ding Gu, Li Yan and other general generals left in a hurry, at this time, only Xiang Zhuang was left on the mountain, Kong Ji, Li Hong, Cao Feng and others were still with him, and more than 10,000 elite horses of Eastern Chu were lined up beside the mountain, they held high the banner and spears in their hands, and waited quietly for Xiang Zhuang.
About a stick of incense time, a low horn sounded in the distance, 60,000 East Chu troops swept away like a flood to the East Yue Army in the distance, faintly able to see that Li Pet after getting the main reinforcement of the East Chu Army, he waved his long sword and said something to the soldiers, and then he rode his horse to Mengyang, the main general of the East Yue Army, and the two continued to fight in the chaos.
The battlefield was quickly overwhelmed by the main force of the Eastern Chu Army, the last line of defense of the Eastern Yue Army was broken through, they howled in horror, and quickly retreated to the west, while Ding Gu rode his horse in front, led the army to chase all the way, and left no armor where he passed, the East Vietnamese Army was full of casualties, and the corpses all over the ground were flowing with blood, and the blood gradually gathered together and turned into a red river.
Mengyang saw that things were not good, the East Vietnamese army had collapsed on all fronts, he hurriedly shook a sword and stabbed at Li Chong's front door, Li Pet had to dodge, but at this time, Mengyang hurriedly turned his horse's head, gathered the remnants and hurriedly fled westward.
The battlefield became quieter and quieter, and the Eastern Chu army chased the Eastern Yue Army to the west, leaving only Xiang Zhuang who was still gazing into the distance on the dirt mountain, he was like a statue, standing there quietly, even if the Eastern Chu Army could no longer be seen in the distance, Xiang Zhuang still did not mean to be half separated.
After a long time, Cao Feng stepped forward and said softly, "It's time for us to go." ”
Xiang Zhuang came back from the silence at this time, he let out a long sigh, and Kong Ji on the side stepped forward and asked softly, "Is the king still worried about anything?" ”
Asked by Kong Ji, Xiang Zhuangle turned his horse's head, looked at Kong Ji, and couldn't help sighing: "Such a huge massacre is not what I want, I only hope that the East Vietnamese Army will not innocently provoke wars in the future and add to the killings." ”
After speaking, Xiang Zhuang Lerma hurriedly descended to the earth mountain, at this time, Kong Ji also turned around and looked at the battlefield in the distance, surrounded by beacon fires, corpses all over the ground, how many people paid for their lives because of this war, he couldn't help but feel injured, and sighed.
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Mengyang's rout, led to the loss of the East Yue army on the whole line, the Wushu defenders saw a large number of Eastern Chu troops killed, they abandoned the city and fled, fleeing to the west, and Mengyang quickly came to the side of the Dongyue King Wuzhu surrounded by more than 100 personal soldiers, at this time Wuzhu also heard about Mengyang's defeat, he couldn't help but regret that he should have listened to Nado's strategy and retreated early, and there would be no fiasco today.
And what made Wu Zhu even more angry was that the Eastern Chu army always followed their rear team to chase and kill all the way, and the East Yue Army was constantly defeated, and several generals who were ordered to block the Eastern Chu Army were all gone, either killed in battle or fled from the battlefield, and some simply surrendered to the Eastern Chu Army.
At this time, Mengyang's arrival, Wuzhu had no intention of reprimanding him again, he looked at Mengyang's embarrassed appearance, sighed lightly, and shouted: "Order the three armies, move forward at full speed." ”
The Dongyue army accelerated its march, at this time, several fast horses galloped from the front, and soon, these cavalry found the Dongyue King Wuzhu, they came to Wuzhu, and arched their hands: "King, I found thousands of soldiers and horses of the Dongchu army in front, and they are marching in the direction of our army!" ”
Wu Zhu hurriedly said in horror: "What? ”
Soon, Wuzhu understood, this is Xiang Zhuang is cutting off his own retreat, although there are only thousands of soldiers and horses, but there are tens of thousands of main forces of the Eastern Chu Army behind the East Yue Army, if they catch up, Wu Zhu really has no chance to return to East Yue, just when Wu Zhu was thinking about countermeasures, a few fast horses galloped over, and arched his hand: "King, the cavalry of the East Chu Army has been found in the north and south, and they are running in the direction where our army is located, and there is a tendency to surround our army." ”
Wu Zhu was shocked, he pointed to the north, just wanted to scold Xiang Zhuang angrily, but he felt stuffy in his chest, his throat was sweet, he didn't say a word but spurted out a mouthful of blood, and suddenly Wu Zhu lost consciousness, fell from the horse and fell to the ground, and all the soldiers hurriedly gathered around, shouting: "The king...... King! ”
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