Chapter 923: The Turn of the Song Liao Decisive Battle (4)
The surprise of the Western Army really surprised everyone, especially for the Liao Army in front, this was a completely fatal threat, so they could only temporarily give up the onslaught on the main force of the Western Army, and make up their minds to intercept the 20,000 galloping cavalry at all costs.
But even so, their response was still too slow, and even if the light and heavy cavalry turned back together, they could only sigh with admiration, watching the enemy continue to move away, killing their own already empty camp, anxious to the extreme.
The tide of battle seems to have taken a decisive turn at this moment? Has the scales of victory begun to tilt in favor of the Western Army?
Just when everyone thought that the Western Army was turning the Jedi overturned, a flag suddenly waved quickly above the barracks where the cavalry was attacking, and finally pointed straight ahead, like a giant sword piercing the sky, pointing at the location of the Western Army.
This banner is clear and decisive - behind Morley, attack the enemy with all your might!
When he saw this banner, Ye Luchen was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Turn back and attack the Song army!" Dividing ourselves will only lead us to a certain defeat! β
The whining horn sounded again, commanding the Liao army to quickly stabilize its position and start a head-on duel with the Western Army again, and even those cavalry who had rushed back for a trip actually turned around and killed the two wings of the Song army again, as if to completely vent the hesitation and anger in their hearts on the enemy in front of them.
Perhaps in the eyes of many, this was the final decision of the commander of the Liao army after some careful consideration, and he would sacrifice himself in exchange for a great victory over the western army. Is it just worth it? Once the commander dies, the Liao army will inevitably be defeated in this battle, you must know that the Song army still has the main force unmoved.
Tong Guan was about to give the order to attack, but when he saw this, he quickly swallowed the order back. This should be the result he wants to see the most, the Liao army and the Western army are both defeated, and finally it is up to themselves to clean up the mess and win the final victory! Many other generals also had similar thoughts, all of them looked excited, and they looked like they were gearing up and celebrating each other.
But Sun Tu's face was extremely gloomy at this moment. Of course, this is not because of Tong Guan's capricious, insidious and vicious performance, but also because he faintly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart - the commander of the Liao army ordered so decisively, was it really because he had decided to sacrifice himself, or did he have other plans?
In fact, although this strategy of the master is fierce, it is not completely without signs, after all, when the war started just now, the Western Army had already shown the strength of its cavalry, would the Liao army be a little defenseless? What if he had expected it and had an arrangement?
At the same time that Sun Tu had this idea, the cavalry of the Western Army had already driven straight in, killing a hundred steps in front of the Liao army's camp, and in just a few breaths, they were able to rush through the door. What makes people feel strange is that even at this time, not a single soldier of the Liao army camp came out to intercept it, and not even half of the arrow was fired, as if they had really given up resistance.
"There's fraud in it!" Sun Tu's eyebrows suddenly raised, and his breathing became short.
"Oh no, I've been tricked!" Farther ahead, the two gray-white eyebrows of the Seed Master Dao also quickly twisted together, and his face changed suddenly. Even though the two armies in front of him were inseparably killed at this time, his attention had always fallen on the cavalry in the distance, because he knew very well that the key to deciding this big battle was only the 20,000 cavalry.
"Kill, ......" led the army to rush to the forefront of the seed scripture shouted loudly, the spear was raised, a clip of the horse's belly, and the war horse was already controlled to jump high, like a dragon soaring straight to the door of the Liao military camp. He wants to use this battle to make up for his previous mistakes and wash away his shame!
The soldiers of the Song army in the rear also shouted one after another, and the 20,000 horsemen attacked the prey in front of them like 20,000 tigers and leopards. Even if there is an enemy in front of you, you will inevitably be swallowed up by them, step on!
"Kill!" 20,000 people roared in unison, swords and spears, and rushed within fifty paces.
At this time, the mount of the seed scripture has landed, this horse is not as good as his previous good horse after all, as soon as he landed, he obviously paused for a moment, and the speed was slow, but let dozens of horses behind him pass by, and he stepped in front of the gate one step ahead. And thenβ
"Boom ββ!" The ground collapsed abruptly, and a huge crater suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
The dozens of cavalry in front of them didn't react at all, they had already screamed and pounced, and fell into the big pit that was more than ten zhang deep and dozens of zhang square, almost encompassing the front of the Liao camp! Not to mention the horses, even if the tiger falls into it, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out.
When this pit suddenly appeared, countless soldiers of the Western Army shouted and reined in a hurry, trying to slow down and dodge, but how could this be done? In order to enter the Liao camp as soon as possible, they pushed the speed of the horse to the limit, even if everyone pulled the reins with all their might, the horses were also neighing, but the people and horses still fell straight down like dumplings, and in an instant, hundreds of people in front of their heads had been falling continuously.
Only because of a staggered pause just now, but he escaped a catastrophe. However, as more cavalry behind him collided uncontrollably with men and horses, he was also extremely dangerous, and could only dodge with all his might, and finally abandoned his horse and jumped over, using the mounts of several cavalrymen on the side to escape the danger of falling into a trap.
At this time, there was already a scream in the trap. Not only was the trap deep enough, but it was also covered with sharp barbs, and almost all of the first cavalry who fell were pierced by the spikes, and they were seriously injured if they did not die, and although they fell in a slightly better condition, they also suffered a lot of injuries.
Of course, this is not the most important thing, what is even more fatal is that as soon as this pit came out, the momentum of the 20,000 cavalry was completely interrupted, making them extremely panicked and chaotic in the front of the barracks, in a dilemma.
In addition to panicking, more people are full of doubts about this change, obviously the Liao army also rushed out of this camp gate before, why they were able to pass smoothly, but their own family would encounter such a trap. None of them could figure out this question for the time being, and the more they couldn't figure it out, the more they feared these soldiers, and even their vigilance was lowered.
When this scene happened, the master sighed again, sure enough, he still underestimated the Liao army, and when it came to strategy and use of troops, the main general of the Liao army should not be under him, and he even thought of this layer one step ahead of himself.
However, he is also a person who dares to face failure, seeing this, he can only admit defeat, so he immediately shouted: "Let them come back, since the Liao army has this arrangement, there must be a back-up move!" "Preserving strength is the best strategy at the moment, and as for the outcome of the game, it seems that the decision has been made at this moment.
Thinking of this, he also looked at the battle in front of him, when the Liao army attacked again with all its might, the little advantage that the western army had just won was lost again, and the battle situation was already precarious. Even if it is as strong as the Western Army, under the head-to-head confrontation with the Liao Army, it is finally a little unable to support it.
And something even more terrifying happened at this moment, just when the subordinates waved the banner according to the instructions of the master and wanted to transfer back to the cavalry, at the high wall of the Liao camp in front, thousands of crossbowmen were suddenly densely exposed, and the whizzing arrows flew out like raindrops, killing the already panicked cavalry below by surprise!
In the screams, countless cavalrymen fell from their horses with arrows, and everyone was in chaos. The successive blows have completely disproportionately caused this elite cavalry of the Western Army to completely disproportionate, some people ran to the side, and some people turned around and wanted to retreat. However, in this situation where countless people were crowded together, how could these cavalrymen easily turn around and leave. As a result, their indiscriminate running only made their situation worse and worse, and almost all 20,000 soldiers and horses were huddled together, like live targets harvested by the enemy.
During this time, the seed scripture was still shouting with all his might, trying to control the situation. However, at this time, he had fallen to the ground and deviated from the middle, so that his voice was completely muffled and his efforts were completely ignored in the midst of the neighing of the horses. The army's morale is in turmoil, but it is not something he can save alone......
This was a one-sided massacre, because the Song army was completely within the best range of bows and arrows, and what was even more deadly was that these cavalry at this time could not fight back with the same means. The pouring rain had been going on for most of the day, and the rain had already soaked their bowstrings and made them difficult to use. However, the Liao army in the camp was prepared early, so this chaotic arrow was really shot quickly and densely, almost comparable to the heavy rain that followed the sky.
And when the strength of their bows and crossbows gradually dissipated, with a burst of drums, the side doors on both sides of the barracks suddenly opened, and tens of thousands of Liao troops actually killed them again, and they actually arranged an ambush in the camp!
This time, not only the soldiers of the Song army, but also Ye Luchen, who was always paying attention to the battle situation in the rear, were stunned. Where did these soldiers and horses come from? As the deputy marshal of the army, he didn't even know that there was such an arrangement, and even the big trap in front of his own camp was kept in the dark. It was precisely because of this that he seemed a little panicked when he saw the cavalry of the Song Army bypassing the Chinese army and raiding the barracks just now.
But immediately, Ye Luchen was relieved again, because he remembered that now there is still a great master of our Da Liao in the army, obviously, all this is from his handiwork! After understanding this, his spirits were even more perk, and he shouted loudly, ordering the whole army to storm violently, and the position of the central army of the Western Army was about to be broken.
In the Liao military camp, listening to the screams of killing from outside, Yelu Dashi showed a palpitating smile: "The Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty is really a rare strong enemy. The second elder of the family is even more admirable. It's just a pity, this battle will cease to exist! β
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