Chapter 464: The decisive battle of Huashan County begins
Hong Jin did not sit on the handsome platform, wearing a ghost-faced helmet and riding a black pure-blooded thunder horse, riding alone in front of the Chinese army, coldly looking at the Shaodian cavalry who rushed towards his left army.
The rain of arrows kept falling on the heads of the Shaodian cavalry, most of the arrows were blocked, and only a few unlucky ghosts were hit by arrows;
As long as they rush through this open space of less than two hundred meters, those archers who are only protected by a few infantry are a dish, and the 10,000 Shaodian cavalry will be able to give the enemy a taste of their own strength in a hurry.
Suddenly, the cavalry horses running in the first two rows lost their front hooves, and even the men and horses fell forward. The cavalry that followed reacted in time to avoid the fallen comrades, but they also fell to the ground without running two steps. Seeing that there were still 100 meters to rush to the enemy formation, the Shaodian cavalry fell to the ground one after another.
Careful people found that the solid ground in front of Cao's left army had turned into quicksand, and no matter how fast the war horse ran, it would fall into it.
"'Quicksand Trap'! All ahead are 'Quicksand Traps'!" shouted the cavalry in front, "Slow down, slow down!"
"Send a signal! Inform the right flank to outflank back, and the cavalry of the Shaodian Kingdom must be severely damaged today!" No one could see what Hong Jin's expression was behind the mask, his voice was cold and firm.
A series of magical light bullets shot into the air.
Hong Jin raised his right hand, clenched his fist, and smashed it down hard.
Knock knock, knock knock, neat and rhythmic drums sounded, and the right army of Meng Guo was inserted diagonally into the middle of the battlefield, with the obvious goal of cutting off the connection between the Shaodian cavalry, which had failed to charge the formation, and the main formation in the rear.
This is a situation that Hong Jin has finally laid out, first transferring the right flank of the corps to the southeast, pretending to open a passage to retreat to the southeast; when the five cavalry divisions of the Shaodian Kingdom approached, he let the left flank of the corps lead away 20,000 Shaodian cavalry; finally attracted the Shaodian cavalry of three divisions to try to attack the main force of the legion, and used magic traps to trap 10,000 enemy troops. As long as the 84th, 85th, and 86th divisions on the right flank of the corps can quickly outflank them, the 30,000 Shaodian cavalry attacking the main force of the corps will suffer heavy losses, and the Ninth Army will most likely escape safely back to Xiahangguan.
Peng Shuo, the commander of the 11th Division on the ground, was the commander-in-chief of the cavalry assault department, and was nervously watching the situation on the battlefield, and next to him was Tang Fu, the commander of the 196th Division, on horseback.
"General Peng, the enemy sent out a magic light bomb, presumably arranged an ambush to deal with us, while the back road has not been cut off now, we must take your 12th Division out as soon as possible, and we will be surrounded here if it is too late." Tang Fu squinted at the magic light bullet in the air.
"If the enemy's left flank army can be brought back, and your army's 197th and 198th divisions can also be rushed back, there is nothing to be afraid of along the way. In the early hours of this morning, our army surrounded and annihilated 4,000 people of the Meng 84th Division in the hilly area of Wanggui City, and now they have not completely annihilated the Meng 84th Division, and they should also besiege it, so the enemy's right flank army has only two divisions at most.
Fan Shuai led the main force of 50,000 legions to Kaiwu City in three hours, and it takes an hour to get here in Kaiwu City, which means that we can hold off the enemy army for four hours, and the Ninth Army of Meng will be removed from this battle. Peng Shuo's lips were covered with fine sweat, showing that his heart was much more tense than he looked.
"We didn't know that the Meng Ninth Army had so many high-level earth magicians, so that your 12th Division could not rush through the enemy's left army, so we could still hold out for four hours?" Tang Fu turned his gaze to the 12th Division on the ground, which was ravaged by the rain of arrows.
Due to the "quicksand trap" near the ground, two brigades of the 12th Division fell into chaos, most of the cavalry lost their horse speed and squeezed together, and suffered a ruthless long-range attack in front of the Meng Zuo army's formation, and the situation was very passive.
"There are more than 30,000 enemy troops here, and we have 30,000 of them, and if the right flank of the enemy army is not reached, we can hold on. After a while, their right army cut into the middle, and I led my troops to rush forward, and took the 12th Division out from the side; if you don't move, I will leave all the magicians to you, and if their Chinese army dares to come up, you will go around to the back and finish off their handsome platform. Peng Shuo's negligence caused the Meng Ninth Army to throw off the Second Army of the ground for nearly half a day, and he had long wanted to find an opportunity to make up for his mistakes.
Peng Shuo was right, the right flank of Meng's Ninth Army could not see the signal of the main force to set off now, and they were rushing to rescue the friendly forces.
Ding Kui blew a hurried copper whistle, Ao Yu waved the team flag in circles, and summoned Xue Chong, who was about to leave the enemy scouts in the distance, Xue Chong left the scouts of the Meng 85th Division, pulled up the team and withdrew.
"Team Xue, Master Miao ordered us to withdraw behind the army to rest. Ding Kui led his troops to form a cone-shaped charging formation, but the arrows were facing the rear, and Xue Chong commanded the squadrons to line up on the two flanks behind the first squadron, retreating from the word "Sichuan" into a goose-shaped formation. The cooperation of the first brigade has the appearance of a veteran.
"Hmm, there is still a deserter in the Meng 84th Division?" Xue Chong saw the troops covering Deng Qiang's retreat.
"Don't mess with them, there are tower opening magic and fearless knights, even if you win the battle, Lord Zhang will not let you go. Ding Kui was afraid that Xue Chong would not want to admit it in front of him.
"Hahaha, stinky boy, when did you learn so steadily? After this battle, you have all become Lord Zhang's baby bumps, I know very well. Okay, go around, hit the Reservoir Dogs and go back. Xue Chong knew that Ding Kui was talking about Zhang Jie, the commander of the 201st Division.
After the test of war, the first squadron has become a unit that has begun to take on combat effectiveness, and most of the situations that will be encountered in the field have accumulated experience in today's battles, and the first squadron has even played a military prestige, and is a veritable trump card in the hands of division commander Zhang Jie.
The loss of more than a dozen people is unavoidable, but if there is a loss of more than 100 people, it is estimated that Zhang Jie will be anxious; if the number of losses doubles again, I am afraid that Zhang Jie dares to run in front of Fan Yi and jump to his feet and scold his mother, and Xue Chong, who led the troops, will naturally not end well.
Deng Qian looked at the military flag that made him angry and hateful, and saw that the enemy army behind him did not pursue and put down his heart again, and the ruthless team definitely had the courage to charge him. Fortunately for him, the cavalry may have been forced by the pressure of the Meng army behind them, and cautiously bypassed their side, only to chase and kill the Meng army that had fallen behind for a while and withdrew.
When the two teams were wrong, Deng Qian and Ao Yu, who was carrying the flag, glanced at each other, and Deng Qiang, who was covered with fighting armor, suddenly felt a chill rise from his vest. This startled Deng Qiang, and he hurriedly ran the Dou Qi to dispel the chill in his back and strengthen the defense of the Dou Qi armor.