Chapter 1194: Blood Slaughter of the Shu Army
Zhao Yi divided the 30,000 soldiers under his command into two routes, one was 20,000 people, and broke through to the east, and the other was 10,000 people, led by Zhao Yi himself, to break through to the west.
There are many people who break through to the east, which is to attract the Han army as much as possible, so that the 10,000 Shu army led by Zhao Yi himself has a great chance to successfully break through from the west.
Zhao Yi's approach is tantamount to sacrificing his own 20,000 soldiers in order to save the lives of himself and his 10,000 soldiers, which is very selfish, but there is no way.
After Wu Han heard the news, he immediately sent a message to the flying pigeon in Guangdu City, so that Guangdu divided 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Wu Han's camp divided 10,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses, and attacked the 20,000 Shu troops who broke through to the east; Guangdu divided another 10,000 soldiers and horses, and 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Wu Han himself, flanked the 10,000 Shu army that broke through to the west.
Wu Han's order reached Guangdu, and the Han army stationed in Guangdu immediately took action, and according to Wu Han's instructions, the troops were divided into two routes, and the Han army of Wu Han's camp was separated from the two Shu armies that broke through.
On the Han army's side, Liu Shang was responsible for flanking the 20,000 Shu troops that broke through to the east, and Wu Han was responsible for flanking the 10,000 Shu troops that broke through to the west.
Wu Han didn't know where Zhao Yi was in the Shu army, but his intuition told him that Zhao Yi was likely to break through to the west.
Zhao Yi led 10,000 Shu troops, and after leaving the camp, he marched west at full speed.
10,000 soldiers ran out of ten miles in one go.
Just when Zhao Yi thought that his side was likely to have thrown off the Han army's pursuers, a large number of Han troops suddenly appeared in front of him.
As far as the eye can see, these Han troops are all cavalry, about 3,000 horsemen, with a big flag in the center and a huge 'Wu' character embroidered.
Wu Han! Those were the soldiers and horses led by Wu Han himself! Seeing the banner of the Han army opposite, the blood on Zhao Yi's face instantly faded and became pale, and his body was shaking.
He had fought with Wu Han and knew how powerful Wu Han was, but he couldn't understand how Wu Han knew that he was running west.
Just when Zhao Yi was frightened, a scout came running quickly, and when he approached Zhao Yi, he screamed: "General, our left flank, find the Han army!" ”
As soon as the scout's voice fell, another scout came quickly and said in a trembling voice: "General, our right flank, find the enemy!" ”
There were 3,000 Han cavalry led by Wu Han himself in front, and on the left and right, there was another enemy army, and Zhao Yi's head was already covered with a layer of sweat.
He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, turned his heart sideways, and shouted: "The whole army rushes forward and fights to the death with the Han thieves!" ”
Zhao Yi has no way out now, and there is no other way but to fight to the death.
Zhao Yi led the 10,000 Shu army under his command to assault the Han cavalry in front of him.
This Han cavalry was led by Wu Han.
Wu Han sat on horseback, looking at the Shu army rushing over, the corners of his mouth hooked, sneered, and said: "It seems that Zhao Yi is planning to break the jar and come to fight with our army!" ”
Listening to Wu Han's words, the surrounding Han soldiers laughed one after another.
Wu Han glanced left and right, and shouted: "Today, let's let Zhao Yi take a look at how my Youzhou Assault Cavalry wiped out his Shu thieves without blood!" ”
"Roar-" The Han cavalry officers and soldiers present shouted in unison.
The Shu army that charged forward was worried at the beginning, but the enemy troops on the opposite side were all cavalry, and there were quite a few of them, including 3,000 people.
Theoretically, 3,000 cavalry faced 10,000 infantry head-on, and 3,000 cavalry had an absolute advantage.
What's more, these 3,000 cavalry are still led by Wu Han himself, and their combat power has doubled, and they take the initiative to meet the enemy, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.
But when the other party was only fifty paces away, and the Han cavalry on the opposite side had not yet launched a cavalry charge, this made the officers and soldiers of the Shu army feel quite baffled.
The strength of the cavalry lies in the cavalry charge, and these Han cavalry on the opposite side, as if they had been pointed at the acupoint, stood motionless in place, this is to fight a phalanx battle with their own side?
Could it be that the Han cavalry is crazy?
Zhao Yi is also a question mark in his head, and he doesn't understand what the hell Wu Han is thinking.
But the cavalry does not start a charge, which is a good thing for their own side after all.
Zhao Yi took a deep breath, swung his saber forward, and shouted, "Brothers, work harder, disperse the enemy army!" ”
When the two armies were only twenty paces away, the Han cavalry finally moved, and the soldiers picked up the crossbow machine one after another, and in an instant, the sound of the crossbow machine ejecting sounded.
Countless crossbow arrows flew out from the Han army's camp and shot into the crowd of Shu army's charge, screaming everywhere, many Shu soldiers in the charge, with several arrows on their bodies, were affected by the inertia of the charge, and rushed forward several steps before rolling to the ground.
After the Han army in the first row shot the crossbow arrows, they immediately turned their horses and retreated, and the Han cavalry in the second row continued to raise their crossbows and shoot arrows, and the Shu soldiers in the first row screamed and fell down.
The Han cavalry shoots arrows one after another, and after shooting, they immediately retreat and ram the arrows again, and the cavalry in the back row pushes forward and continues to release arrows, and so on.
The soldiers of the Shu army who rushed in front fell row after row, and their corpses almost pounced in front of the Han cavalry.
When the distance between the two sides was only ten paces, the Han cavalry turned around and rode backwards, and while widening the distance between the two sides, the cavalry twisted their waists and released arrows backwards.
One after another, crossbow arrows, with a piercing whistling sound, flew into the crowd of the Shu army, causing a famous Shu soldier to roll to the ground.
Although the speed of the Shu army's charge was fast, it was not as fast as the cavalry, and the Han cavalry kept the distance between the two sides at a distance of twenty paces, which was also the best range for crossbow arrows.
The speed of the Shu army's charge slowed down, the speed of the Han cavalry also slowed down, the speed of the Shu army's charge increased, and the speed of the Han cavalry also increased.
This is 'flying kites', the Han cavalry used crossbow fire to continuously consume the strength of the Shu army with speed advantage.
This trick was used on the Huns, on the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and now on the Shu soldiers.
The 10,000 Shu troops did not have direct contact with the Han cavalry, and the Han cavalry killed and wounded as many as 3 or 4,000 people by the Han cavalry using the tactic of 'flying kites'.
This situation made Zhao Yi's eyes red, and he roared loudly at the Han cavalry running in front: "Wu Han, you vain rat generation, if you have the ability, you will fight to the death with me Zhao Yi face to face!" ”
Zhao Yi's shout was really heard by Wu Han among the Han cavalry.
Wu Handu almost laughed angrily, Zhao Yi, a defeated subordinate, still has the courage to call for his own number?
He said to the partial general on the side: "Release the arrow!" ”
When the general heard this, he immediately removed the crossbow from his saddle, inserted the horn arrow, which had always been hollow and perforated, and then raised the crossbow and shot the arrow into the air.
Chirp - the arrow soars into the air, and the screaming sound emitted is piercing.
Hearing the sound of trumpets and arrows, the Han cavalry running in front turned to the left and right, drew two semicircles on the ground, and rushed back.
The cavalry that rushed back, the soldiers hung up their crossbow machines, took off their spears and shields, and people held spears in one hand and shields in the other, and rushed to the Shu army camp.
The cavalry charged, and the momentum was terrifying.
When facing this cavalry charging head-on, what he felt was not only a thunderous momentum, but also a murderous aura that penetrated the sky.
For a moment, people felt that it was not a cavalry charge that was coming, but a dragon with teeth and claws, rushing towards them.
The soldiers of the Shu army who ran in front of him changed their faces greatly, and they involuntarily slowed down, and some even distorted their facial features in fright, screaming and retreating again and again.
It didn't work! On the battlefield of a flat river, in the face of cavalry charging, there is no way to run.
Boom - 10,000 horses galloped, stepping into the camp of the Shu army, a pole of cavalry spears stabbed forward, and all the soldiers of the Shu army were stabbed off the ground by the spears and flew backwards.
Poof, people fell to the ground, and the spears that pierced the human body nailed people to the ground alive.
The speed of the horses was too fast, and there was no time to draw out the spears, and the cavalrymen decisively abandoned the spears on the nails on the ground and on the corpses, rushed out the ring-headed knives under the ribs, and sat on their horses, condescendingly slashing the enemy troops on the left and right.
One knife down, whether it cut people, or whether it hacked the enemy to death, these are not clear, the speed of the war horse galloping is too fast, and after a knife is cut, the war horse has already run out a long way.
If there is a fish that slips through the net, the cavalry behind will also follow the mending knife.
Three thousand cavalry, against thousands of Shu troops, the cavalry passed through the formation, and in this round of charge, the casualties of the Shu army were not less than half.
In the chaotic battle, Zhao Yi was very unlucky, he faced Wu Han again.
In the first encounter with Wu Han, Zhao Yi's halberd was captured by Wu Han, and now Zhao Yi is using a sword.
With just one sword, if you want to fight against the Tiger Mighty Silver Halberd in Wu Han's hand, it is undoubtedly a joke! Zhao Yi only lasted five rounds before being smashed off by Wu Han's halberd.
Wu Han turned the horse's head and recoiled back, and the silver halberd poked forward, and the edge of the silver halberd went straight to Zhao Yi's chest.
Seeing that Wu Han's halberd was menacing, Zhao Yi also wanted to dodge, but there was really no chance to dodge, he was stubborn, holding the sword in both hands, and used all his strength to catch the edge of the silver halberd.
When! Wu Han's powerful poke shook Zhao Yi backwards and flew three meters away, sat on the ground with his buttocks, and then stuck to the ground, and slid backwards two meters away, before his body stopped.
He sat on the ground, his sword-wielding hands hanging down weakly, his hands trembling non-stop, and he spat out two mouthfuls of blood in succession.
Da, da, da! Wu Han rode his horse and walked unhurriedly to his approach, and the silver halberd was handed forward, and the edge was against Zhao Yi's throat.
Zhao Yi looked around the battlefield, the soldiers under his command had been smashed by the Han cavalry, and there was no formation, the soldiers were crying and screaming and running in all directions, but they couldn't escape the pursuit of the Han cavalry.
One by one, the soldiers of the Shu army were chased by the Han cavalry when they fled, or they were pierced through the body by spears, or they were slashed to the ground by the ring-headed knife.
As far as the eye could see, the ground was full of corpses of the Shu army, and the blood was flowing like a river, which was unbearable.
Seeing Zhao Yi looking around the battlefield, Wu Han, who was sitting on horseback, also looked around, laughed on his back, and shouted in a loud voice: "All the soldiers of my Han army, kill all the Shu thieves, and strengthen my great man!" ”
Hearing Wu Han's roar, Zhao Yi's body was shocked, and when he came back to his senses, he raised his head, glared at Wu Han on the war horse, and gritted his teeth and said: "Wu thief, you brutal horseman, one day, you will not die well, Cen Peng is your lesson from the past!" No, you will be worse than Cempen, you will die without a place to bury! ”
"I hear you fart here!"
Wu Han raised the halberd in his hand, and when he heard a pop, the edge of the silver halberd cut off Zhao Yi's neck, and the latter's head rolled off and fell to the ground.
Wu Han used the tip of the halberd to pick up the severed hair, so that the severed head hung on the halberd, and then he raised the halberd and shouted loudly: "Zhao Yi's head is here!" Zhao Yi's head is here! ”
Seeing that Wu Han killed Zhao Yi, the morale of the Han army was even stronger, and the Shu army was even more demoralized.
Next, it can no longer be called an engagement, but a one-sided slaughter.
When the two Han armies gathered arrived at the battlefield, the battle here had come to an end, 10,000 Shu troops, only a few hundred people remained, and almost all the corpses of the Shu army were on the ground.
Many captured Shu soldiers were pulled in a row by the Han soldiers, kneeling on the ground, beheaded one after another, crying, pleading, and wailing.
Standing in the center of the battlefield, surrounded by the corpses of the Shu army, Wu Han was holding a war halberd hanging from a human head, his face was expressionless, and he watched the slaughter around him coldly.