Chapter 181: Chu Repentance's Jedi Counterattack
Wang Jie had already ordered to go down, once he came to the Tiger Prison Pass, the five hundred secret guards in the army immediately used the cloud ladder to climb the city wall, and the rest of the soldiers used the cloud ladder to follow the chaos caused by the secret guards on the wall, took advantage of the chaos to open the city gate, swarmed in, and completely occupied the Tiger Prison Pass. This process requires the word "fast". Otherwise, once the other party withstands the first wave, then Wang Jie will never be able to break through in a short time.
When the secret guards were only 100 meters away from the Tiger Prison Pass, they had already jumped off their horses, these secret guards were people who had almost no thoughts, that is, they relied on Chu Yun's orders and the residual body reaction of the body, these hundreds of people were able to ride horses freely, and the tens of thousands of dark guards in the Ming Dynasty were two or three thousand people who also relied on their physical instincts to ride horses, and they were assigned to the 800,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty, each army was dozens of people, and they were to protect the safety of those high-quality generals, and now Chu Yun gave Wang Jie 500 people at a time, which shows that Chu Yun attaches great importance to this offensive。
The three of them carried the Jieyun ladder in a group and prepared it, although these secret guards are not good at brains, but their physical fitness is much higher than that of ordinary people, each of them has more than 1,000 catties of strength, carrying the Jieyun ladder is like a toy, after all, they are all martial artists of the seventh layer of the human realm. Of course, they are far worse than the seventh-layer human realm of the Xianwu Continent, and the strength of the seventh-layer martial artists of the human realm of the Xianwu Continent is more than five thousand catties.
"Offense. Wang Jie saw that the dark guards were ready, and immediately began to launch, five hundred dark guards carried the cloud ladder and moved forward quickly, and the soldiers later carried the cloud ladder and prepared in an orderly manner.
Five hundred secret guards ran to the city, but did not suffer a single attack, Wang Jie frowned, this is not right, why don't the defenders on the Tiger Prison Pass release arrows to resist? Just when the secret guards ran to the Tiger Prison Pass, the gate of the Tiger Prison Pass was suddenly opened, Wang Jie sighed in his heart, is there an ambush?
"Quick, call them back, quick. Wang Jie immediately commanded, without his own orders, these secret guards would be like wooden stakes, and they would jump in front of them with a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.
At this time, several cavalrymen came out of the Tiger Prison Pass, and they came over with white flags, and the leader looked full of joy.
"General Wang, is it you? Liang Kun, the Inspector General, was ordered to surrender the pass. Wang Jie asked someone to help Liang Kun up, he was overjoyed, he didn't expect the Supervision Department to be so powerful, saving more time for himself, and he could have more time to take over the defense and meet the counterattack of Da Zhao's storm. Before sending troops, Chu Yun told Wang Jie that the Supervision Department would help them win the pass, originally thought that the Supervision Department was just providing information, but he didn't expect to directly surrender the pass, which was really unexpected.
"Brother Liang has worked hard, I will give you good words in front of Cheng Yang, this time you have made a great contribution. After Wang Jie finished speaking, Liang Kun was overjoyed.
"General, please immediately lead the army into the Tiger Prison Pass, I am only a deputy general, and the main general is still in the pass, I am afraid that there will be an accident. After Liang Kun finished speaking, Wang Jie nodded, but he didn't rush in, he a deputy general entered first with 20,000 people, completely occupied the city gate, and then commanded the army to rush in.
The 50,000 defenders were taken prisoner by little effort, a rare occurrence in warfare. To tell the truth, the defenders of Da Zhao's Tiger Prison Pass didn't understand what was going on, Ren Bo was not awake when he was arrested, he was thrown into the prison with the captured generals of the Tiger Prison Pass, it is estimated that this old boy is going to be unlucky, and those generals hate this master general.
Tiger Prison Pass is such a majestic pass, and there are 50,000 troops guarding it, it is impossible to be breached so easily, and the biggest sinner is obviously Ren Bo, those middle and high-level generals are eager to kill him, it is strange to have good fruits to eat.
After Wang Jie entered the pass, there were still many things to deal with, not only to deal with the prisoners, but also to bring people to familiarize themselves with the Tiger Prison Pass, and to send people to meet Lu Zhong's army, and to send people to inform Cui Cheng and his 100,000 men to return to the Tiger Pass. In short, things are very complicated.
Lu Zhong didn't expect Wang Jie to break this tiger prison without using it for a day, but he was not jealous, after all, he was almost sixty years old, after Wang Jie was an old man, just like his son and nephew, he was only happy in his heart. He entered the Tiger Prison Pass to meet with Wang Jie, and then returned to Luoyang with all the captives, after all, the Tiger Prison Pass was about to face a big battle, and it was not safe for so many prisoners to be here. Moreover, Lu Zhong promised to bring him grain and grass and equipment to defend the city, and Wang Jie also respected Lu Zhong very much, and put his attitude very low.
After Lu Zhong left with the captives, Wang Jie was busy again, he didn't know that the 100,000 subordinates he sent out to block the reinforcements of the Great Zhao Army had already joined the Great Zhao Army. But even if he knew, he didn't care, after all, he originally had the intention of sacrificing these 100,000 people to buy time for himself. Now that he has given the order for them to come back, it is good to have all of them come back, even if there is an accident, he will not easily remove the rescue, because guarding the tiger prison is the first priority.
Li Nong is very talented, otherwise in history, after he took refuge in Ran Min, he helped Ran Min control the Great Zhao Kingdom in a short period of time, but it is a pity that Li Nong was killed by Ran Min because of his high merit in history, and Ran Min did not have Li Nong, the top mastermind, even if it was Shenwei, he could not stop the failure, so that Ran Wei perished in a short time. This shows Li Nong's ability, but sometimes helping others come up with ideas is not the same thing as leading the troops himself. Li Nong did lead troops, but only nominally, but he did not personally command the troops. This time, the army was basically commanded by the deputy Ma Qiu, and Li Nong just had an idea.
Li Nong led an army of 150,000 to prepare for the Tiger Pass, which was in preparation for the battle of Da Zhao to recapture the Tiger Pass. Among the 150,000 people, there are 100,000 cavalry, most of them are iron cavalry of the Qi nationality, among which there are the top cavalry of Dazhao who was given the name "Yu Su Army" by Shi Hong, a total of 20,000 people, all dressed in armor, all equipped with strong bows and crossbows above the two stones, and are famous for their riding and archery. Don't think that the two-stone strong bow is very light, it is not a simple matter to be able to easily pull the two-stone bow on horseback, what can be pulled can not be shot immediately, and those who can ride a horse can't be pulled away. Even the entire Ming Dynasty does not have tens of thousands of people who can do it, these people are already the top soldiers of each army, not to mention that Da Zhao has brought these people together, which shows the strength of this army.
When Li Nong and Ma Qiu got the Tiger Prison Pass, the Ming Army was immediately startled, they really didn't expect how the Ming Army would do it silently. People in this era still underestimate the institution of the Supervision Department, which has already infiltrated the entire Hanoi County, so Hanoi County fell so quickly, and the Ming Army was able to come to the back of the Tiger Prison Pass so quickly.
Although Li Nong and Ma Qiu couldn't figure it out, it didn't prevent them from quickly supporting the Tiger Prison Pass, both of them knew what the Tiger Prison Pass represented for Da Zhao, this is the gateway of Luoyang, how could it not be the gateway of Da Zhao, once the Tiger Prison Pass fell, then Da Zhao's Yizhou would also lose its barrier. Yecheng, the capital of Great Zhao, is also likely to be in danger at any time.
Li Nong ordered Ma Qiu to lead the infantry to follow, while he was to lead 100,000 iron cavalry to take the lead to support the Tiger Pass. This accelerated action happened to meet Cui Cheng's army that had received the order to retreat, Cui Cheng's army was mainly infantry, so the speed was not fast, they had retreated for three days, but it was still dozens of miles away from the Tiger Pass, but I didn't expect that Da Zhao's pursuers had arrived at this time, which caught Cui Cheng off guard. It is impossible to build a new position, and without a position, the infantry can only wait for death when they encounter the cavalry.
"Why didn't the people from the Supervision Department inform us?" Cui Cheng was furious, it was said that the Supervision Department should have found out the news earlier, but it did not notify it, which made Cui Cheng's army almost defenseless under the blades of the opponent's cavalry. In fact, this is really not to blame the Supervision Department, they have already reported the information to Wang Jie, but Wang Jie has his own plans, and this matter was concealed.
How could Li Nong let go of this opportunity, he immediately accelerated, striving to come to Da Ming's formation as soon as possible. But Cui Cheng immediately stopped, Cui Cheng knew that the infantry could not be faster than the cavalry, after all, they were still dozens of miles away from the Tiger Pass, if they continued to escape, once they were caught up by the cavalry, then he would be greeted by an unstoppable rout. Except for 30,000 cavalry, who might have fled, the remaining 70,000 infantry were certain to die. If he loses 70,000 infantry, then there will be no place for him in the Ming army. This will be a shame for the Ming Dynasty, and even if His Majesty does not blame him, he will not have the face to be the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking about his mother, who raised himself with hard work, Cui Cheng gritted his teeth and was ready to resist the Great Zhao cavalry, he asked Wang Jie for help on the one hand, and arranged a battle formation on the other.
Cui Cheng's army had no fortifications, so they could only form a battle formation to counter Da Zhao's cavalry. Because of the coach Wang Jie's pursuit of speed, many weapons were not brought over, such as Daming's famous giant shield and spear, which are artifacts that specialize in breaking cavalry, while Mo Dao soldiers only have iron-blooded Praetorian Guards, Cui Cheng can only rely on a few explosive rockets, crossbow arrows and javelins to fight against Da Zhao's cavalry.
Cui Cheng moved the 70,000 army more than ten miles away, sparsely looked very loose, Li Nong rushed to the front of the Ming array with the army, seeing this scene, the Da Zhao side was ecstatic, the battle array of the Ming Dynasty was clearly scattered as soon as it was rushed, and most of them were infantry, this is a chance for God to give them meritorious service.
Li Nong was also overjoyed to see the Ming Dynasty's military formation, the two countries fought several times, most of them were defeated by the Great Zhao side, and now when it comes to the Ming Dynasty, they are a little unconsciously afraid, seeing that the Ming army should be close to 100,000 people, if they can be defeated in one fell swoop, even if the Tiger Prison Pass is lost, they can also explain to His Majesty. However, Li Nong still had some doubts, the quality of the Ming army was extremely high, and every general should not be underestimated, but how could such a big flaw be exposed this time? However, as more and more men asked for battle, and the fighters on the battlefield were fleeting. Li Nong finally decided to attack, but he still left 20,000 Yu Su's army with him, and only let the remaining 80,000 cavalry attack. However, although Li Nong seized the opportunity, he still had some problems because he had not personally commanded the war. For example, he did not appoint a commander-in-chief for these cavalry charging into battle, these cavalry came from different units, and there was some panic under their own affairs, but they were all covered up by the overwhelming attack, but this fatal mistake was likely to cause a turning point in the battle, which Li Nong did not expect.
The Great Zhao army was like a bamboo, and soon braved the rain of arrows to break through the shield soldiers at the front of the Ming army, mainly because the Ming army did not bring many arrows this time, so it did not cause much damage to Da Zhao, and I don't know why the Ming did not use their world-famous explosive rockets. The shield soldiers did not carry their own huge shields at all, and the round shields they carried could not withstand the charging cavalry. Therefore, it was immediately crushed, and the Great Zhao army soon entered the hinterland of the Ming army.
Seeing this scene, although Li Nong couldn't believe that the Ming army was so incompetent, he still became ecstatic, once the cavalry broke through the infantry formation, then the other party would no longer have the power to return to the sky.
Cui Cheng, who was in the rear of the Ming Army, looked at the soldiers of the Ming Army with a solemn face and attacked the opponent's cavalry with flesh and blood, but under the impact of the opponent's cavalry, their bravery seemed to be useless, and the Ming Army was torn apart by the raging cavalry. In a short time, the Great Zhao Army broke through to the center of the infantry of the Ming Army.
"General, do it. The deputy general beside Cui Cheng couldn't bear to persuade him, I don't know what other means Cui Cheng has at this time.
"No, the momentum of the opposing cavalry has not completely slowed down yet. Cui Cheng's eyes couldn't bear to flash, but he still firmly refused. Several of Cui Cheng's lieutenants saw this scene, and some even couldn't help but close their eyes.
The last 30,000 cavalry of the Ming army was led by Zhang Yun, the commander of the Southern Army, who had just been transferred to the commander of the Southern Army when he encountered this major battle. However, although he has a longer military age and a higher position, this time Wang Jie still appointed Cui Cheng, the commander of the Fifth Battalion Forbidden Army, as the commander-in-chief, and Zhang Yun could only obey orders.
Cui Cheng ordered Zhang Yun to hand over the infantry to his command, and the 30,000 cavalry of the southern army and the rear battalion were unified and all handed over to Zhang Yun's command, Zhang Yun was immediately grateful, because once the commander of the cavalry failed, they were the most likely to escape. Therefore, the dissatisfaction of being commanded by a junior general dissipated, after all, he felt Cui Ci's respect for his veteran.
And Cui Cheng handed over all the cavalry to Zhang Yun, of course, not to let him escape, but to order him that once the impact speed of the Great Zhao cavalry slowed down, he would lead the cavalry to attack, and everything needed to be done according to his own orders. Of course, if the Da Zhao cavalry successfully chiseled the Ming infantry, then Cui Cheng also allowed Zhang Yun to escape with his troops.
Zhang Yun looked at the infantry who were constantly killed, and he felt very uncomfortable, and he wanted to fight with the cavalry and the Dazhao army several times, but thinking about the military regulations of the Ming Dynasty, he still held back, Zhang Yun is not a person with too much ambition, nor is he a top commander, but he is the most obedient to orders, and he is very popular with those senior generals in the army, which is why Wang Jie asked him to obey Cui Cheng's orders, even if his position is higher than Cui Cheng. This is also the reason why Cui Cheng asked Zhang Yun to lead the cavalry, and he was also afraid that if he changed someone to lead the cavalry, he would run away with the cavalry, which would be a joke.
Finally, after breaking through the defense of the Ming Dynasty layer by layer, the cavalry of the Great Zhao State finally slowed down, the power of the horse was not endless, the scattered formation of Cui Cheng stretched for nearly ten miles, and the Ming infantry was not afraid of death to block the cavalry of the Great Zhao, although the losses were heavy, but it did have an effect.
And Cui Cheng, who has been paying attention to Da Zhao's offensive, has his eyes lit up, this is the best opportunity.
"Pass my order, the archers will shoot all the explosive rockets of our army, and then let General Zhang lead the troops to counterattack. Cui Cheng coldly gave an order, even if he knew that such a concentrated fire would cause accidental injury to the Ming army, but this was also a helpless way, if it wasn't entangled with the Ming army, how could the Great Zhao cavalry continue to slow down.
"Yes. Several lieutenants finally opened their mouths and still didn't say the words to stop them, and they all knew that this might be the only chance for Daming to turn defeat into victory.
The arrogant and arrogant Da Zhao cavalry was suddenly shot by the flying rocket, and was hit head-on when they were closest to victory, which made the Da Zhao cavalry panic, some wanted to stop their horses, some wanted to continue to impact, and some people were like turning around, and suddenly the Da Zhao army panicked.
And the sound of the explosion of rockets and the scattered flames and dazzling fires can have a great impact on the war horses, although most of the war horses are well-trained, but there are still many war horses panicked, and suddenly the formation of Da Zhao was completely chaotic, and Li Nong, the commander, did not follow them, nor did he appoint the former army commander, so the group of dragons without a leader, the Da Zhao army was confused. This was Li Nong's mistake, and it was also the only point of reliance for the Ming army to turn defeat into victory.
Who am I? Where am I? What should I do? The Great Zhao Army was a little confused, in fact, the Great Ming Army did not have many explosive rockets, and the lethality was limited, and the 80,000 Great Zhao cavalry only killed a few thousand people, which was insignificant at all.
At this time, the 30,000 Ming cavalry hidden in the last finally received the order to attack by Cui Cheng, and they rushed towards the Da Zhao cavalry with anger, they were originally hiding behind the Da Ming infantry, and the infantry that stretched for seven or eight miles blocked the sight of the Da Zhao army, and the Da Zhao army did not expect that the Da Ming had infantry this time.
And their war horses have long been exhausted, but the war horses of the Ming Dynasty are full of strength, so when the sound of the earth sounded, those experienced Da Zhao cavalry immediately prepared to turn around and flee, but 80,000 people were crowded together, and they all wanted to go, and the Da Zhao army was even more disorganized, and at this time, Li Nong was powerless even if he was here.
The hated Da Ming cavalry sand towards the Da Zhao cavalry, although the number is only less than half of the Da Zhao army, but one side is the cavalry that rushes up, and the other side is the exhausted cavalry, the result can be imagined.
When the Great Zhao army scattered and fled, the Ming infantry also had a chance to take revenge, the Ming Dynasty was an emerging force, and because Chu Yun paid attention to their ideological teaching, the Ming army may be the strongest willpower at this time. They were not afraid of the attack of the Great Zhao cavalry, let alone beating the water dogs. All the remaining infantry also launched a counterattack under the personal leadership of Cui Cheng, Cui Cheng took the lead, constantly killing the enemy, and the Ming army saw that the main general was so heroic, and suddenly became more motivated.