Chapter 1320: The Scales Tilt
Just the shield-bearers at the front are enough to solve this problem.
The arrows struck the dense shields, but it was nothing more than a drizzle.
The distance between the two sides is rapidly shrinking.
However, Liang Rui is still Liang Rui after all, and his years of experience in the battle did not make him completely messed up, but he calmly ordered the array to be rectified.
The distance between the two sides has reached such a close distance, even the craftsmen of the Han army are very confident in their trebuchets, and they do not dare to throw stones rashly at this time, if they accidentally hurt their own people, then they have no way to explain.
"Shoot the arrows!" The generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were still giving orders hoarsely.
More arrows were fired, and at this time the arrows seemed to be playing their part, and the first row of Han soldiers fell in response - mainly because with the rugged change of terrain, it was difficult for the Han shieldmen to keep a straight line when running, thus creating an opportunity for these Northern Zhou crossbowmen.
It's just that this opportunity is short-lived.
When the army is marching and fighting normally, the generals in the army will never allow such a big mistake, and the army's array training over and over again is to let the soldiers in the army have and maintain this ability to be in the battle.
And now the vertical and horizontal ravines and the Northern Zhou people who are already close in front of them have obviously made it difficult for the Han soldiers to maintain the stability of their formation. Of course, they no longer had this need, and the next moment the soldiers of the Han army were already facing the Northern Zhou people.
The crossbowmen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty began to retreat in a chaotic manner, and the sword and shield men hurriedly stepped up, and as soon as they clashed, the sword light shone brightly, and blood splattered!
"Kill!" The Han army in the lead raised his sword and fell.
"Kill!" The Northern Zhou battle lord who led the team also raised the spear in his hand.
A steady stream of Han soldiers crossed the trenches, large and small, running and jumping forward, and then converging with their companions into a stream, and then with more companions into a great river, tumbling and roaring, until they swallowed up the enemy!
When the two sides collide head-on, the battle situation has become virtually unsuspenseful.
Liang Rui once fantasized that the geographical advantage could provide him with the best help, expecting that the blind charge of the Han army would cause their bones to be covered with ravines and river valleys, but the fact was that the Han army rushed over as if they were walking on the ground, and they gathered into a wave and slapped directly on the array of the Northern Zhou army, and for the wave composed of knives, guns and spears, the Northern Zhou soldiers were neither mentally prepared nor had the strength to fight back!
The huge gap in numbers and morale has already brought this big war to a conclusion.
"The Chinese army went forward, outflanked the left and right flanks, and captured Liang Rui alive!" Han Baohu laughed heartily, "Let's kill!" ”
The guards who had long been unable to hold back - what kind of generals there are, what kind of guards there are, Han Baohu is a ruthless and aggressive person, and his personal guards are not bad - at this time, they all roared and followed Han Baohu closely, the hooves of the war horses shook the ground, and the hundreds of cavalry poured down from the hillside.
Accompanied by Han Baohu rushing forward to the peak, there are also 5,000 elite Chinese troops, originally Han Baohu was ready to take the Chinese army directly after the striker was repulsed, but now it seems that he does not believe in the soldiers under his command too much, or in other words, he overestimates Liang Rui's ability.
Of course, it's not that Liang Rui is really in vain. Han Baohu had to admit that Liang Rui was impeccable in terms of reaction speed and the battlefield he chose, but Liang Rui was timid, and it was impossible for him not to feel worried and afraid.
Under the tilt of the sky, no matter how powerful Liang Rui is, it is difficult to support it alone.
This is no longer a reciprocal war in the first place.
On the left and right of the Chinese army, the soldiers and horses on both wings could not hold back and began to attack forward, and they were responsible for bypassing the rugged mountains in this area and directly cutting off the enemy's rear route.
And in front of them, the Northern Zhou army was in an irrepressible rout.
"Capture Liang Rui alive!" The shouts of the Han army filled the mountains.
On the ninth day of the fifth month of the first year of the new Han Dynasty, the Han Wuyi general Han Baohu and the Han Weilie general Niu Hongda broke the Northern Zhou general, Liangzhou Assassin Shi, Jiang Guogong Liang Rui in Jingshui Zhiyang, known as the "Battle of Jingyang" in history.
This is not a symmetrical war, Han captured the tiger and had 80,000 soldiers, while Liang Rui only had about 25,000 soldiers and horses, so there was nothing to brag about in victory. But this really means that in the battlefield of Guanzhong and even the entire Central Plains, Yang Jian no longer has the capital to compete with Li Xinchen, and even Yu Wenxian may have lost this ability.
The balance of strength is tilting towards Li Xinchen little by little.
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The night was deep, and there were no stars or moons in the sky.
The moon is dark and the wind is high, which is the most dangerous time.
On the head of Shangluo City, snoring came and went.
After a day of fierce fighting, although Shangluo barely held on, everyone knew what the price was paid. He Ruobi, as the coach, took the guards to the front, with three arrows and five injuries, and is still recuperating from his injuries, the coach is still like this, not to mention the people below.
It is precisely because of the courage of the coach that these soldiers are fighting for the boss with all their might, otherwise everyone would have run away without a trace. But even so, He Ruobi could only drive the soldiers to hold on to the city, and it was unrealistic to want to open the city to take the initiative to meet it, and the current Northern Zhou army obviously no longer had the courage.
Cui Zhongfang walked on the head of the city with one foot and one foot shallow, and the soldiers were afraid that the enemy would attack the city overnight - Xiao Shilian had done this a lot when he was attacking Wuguan, so no one dared to go down the city rashly. After a day of fighting, they didn't have time to wipe the blood stains, so they fell asleep.
He Ruobi went to recuperate from his injuries, and the evening inspection task was naturally handed over to Cui Zhongfang. Yu Wenwen obviously didn't plan to count on it, even if Yu Wenwen volunteered, wouldn't everyone have to weigh it in their hearts.
Of course, Cui Zhongfang also had a task to take people to transport the corpses in the city, and after the battle, he didn't have time to clean up the battlefield, and many soldiers slept on the corpses of the robes. At this time, if the body is not cleaned up in time, it is not likely that anything will happen.
Cui Zhongfang tested the snort of a soldier who seemed to be asleep, and then glanced at his hand, where his hand was covered was a big wound, and the blood had stained his clothes and armor red. The soldier did not know whether he died on the spot, or whether he fell asleep after struggling with exhaustion and pain, and then never woke up again.
"Ship this down." Cui Zhongfang sighed.
As a civilian official with many military experience, he is also accustomed to seeing death, but the fragility of life and the cruelty of war always make people feel emotional. Especially such a battle of asymmetrical strength is a test of everyone's spirit and will, because death is all around us, like a shadow.