Chapter 1 The Rising Sun Section 19
After completing the encirclement of the enemy's left flank troops, the iron wolf immediately ordered the soldiers to gather more men and horses, and launched an encirclement and annihilation battle against the encircled enemy troops in the southeast direction in the shortest possible time. With superior forces, encircle and annihilate one of them. Fierce hand-to-hand combat was fought very fiercely. The iron wolf took the lead, wielding his sword, and was at the forefront of the fierce battle. The soldiers were inspired to fight for their lives against the enemy.
Duan Song knew that if they couldn't tear through the enemy's encirclement of Gongsun Hu in time, their situation would be very critical. Once Gongsun Hu's troops suffered all the casualties, the enemy in the inner circle would turn back and attack them with all their might. In this way, under the internal and external attack, the casualties will be heavy. Although the enemy's right flank that surrounded them was only a thousand men, he now commanded his troops to break out of the encirclement with complete ease. But he had to rescue Gongsun Hu and more than 200 soldiers. So he immediately ordered all the men and horses to tear through the enemy's inner circle and rescue Gongsun Hu's troops at all costs.
The more than 600 soldiers were simply red-eyed, and they were not afraid of the encirclement of Duan Song's troops at all. The bloody slaughter of the soldiers of the Changlu tribe by Gongsun Hu and his subordinates greatly stimulated the fierce nature of the soldiers. They gritted their teeth and frantically attacked Gongsun Hu's barrel defensive formation again and again.
Gongsun Hu's war horse had been shot, and he stood at the outskirts of the line, brandishing a big axe, roaring incessantly, and commanding his subordinates to shoot loudly, raise spears and stabs, and fight. At his feet, there were piles of corpses of enemy soldiers killed by him. But there are too many enemies, and several people surround one, and if the front does not work, the side, and if the side does not work, they will shoot cold arrows in the cracks. Do whatever it takes to kill one is one.
Duan Song's troops were attacked from behind, and on the other hand, they had to deal with the surprise attack of the enemy in the inner ring, and in addition, they had to organize people to break through the encirclement of the inner ring. Duan Song was furious.
Due to the insufficient number of the enemy's outermost troops, only heavy troops were placed in the front and rear of the Chinese battlefield, and the troops on the flanks were relatively thin. Ke Zhi's arrangement is also a helpless move. In the case of a comparable number of people, it is only possible to block the enemy's attack on the rear camp of the army and prevent the enemy from retreating, the two most influential lines of action. As for the entanglement war, it was too late to rejoice.
Duan Song keenly observed that there were few enemies on the flank of the enemy's right flank, and there was a space of about fifty paces. This distance is just enough for the horse to run. So he took the lead in leading a few of his subordinates to run to the farthest place. A few enemy horsemen ran over to stop them.
He raised his sword in both hands and slashed to death an enemy soldier who rushed up, and shouted to his subordinates: "Assemble, assemble, regroup, regroup!" ”
The trumpeters raised their trumpets and blew them violently, and the sound was deafening. Seventy or eighty cavalrymen came from different directions and stood in two rows with Duan Song. Duan Song didn't care about the long arrows that came from all directions and the approaching enemy horses, and pulled the reins of the horse hard, the war horse was in pain, and the forward kick was raised high, and he raised his head and neighed angrily. Duan Song half-leaned on his horse, brandished his sword, and shouted loudly: "Hoho...... Hohoo ......"
The soldiers were in high spirits, and one by one they looked at death as if they were at home, and responded in unison, "Ho-ho...... Hohoo ......"
The trumpeters duly sounded the trumpet.
As soon as Duan Song loosened the reins of the horse, the war horse shot out like an arrow. Immediately, the sound of galloping horses' hooves sounded again in a small corner of the battlefield.
Gongsun Hu has been trying to find a breakthrough point and is ready to rendezvous with Duan Song. Although the two armies were only fifty paces apart, it was as if they were separated by a mountain, and they could not be brought together. Gongsun Hu heard the horn of Duan Song's regrouping. He immediately understood that Duan Song was making a last-ditch effort. If the time drags on, his army will not be saved, and it will basically be dead.
Gongsun Hu immediately shouted at his subordinates: "Move to the northeast." "After holding out for more than half an hour, the barrel formation was once again claimed more than a hundred lives by the enemy. Although the enemy paid a higher price, it was a fatal blow to the heavily surrounded assault front army. The remaining 160 people, under the leadership of Gongsun Hu, slowly turned their formation and approached the encirclement in the northeast direction.
The right-wing army of the Changlu tribe apparently realized the seriousness of the problem. At the command of one of the commanders, the horn of instructions for narrowing the encirclement was immediately sounded. The soldiers of the Changlu tribe obeyed the order, immediately forgot about their lives, and once again fiercely pounced on the enemy soldiers in the encirclement.
In the chaotic sound of horns on the battlefield, Gongsun Hu clearly heard the horn of the charge blown by Duan Song's troops. Gongsun Hu looked excited, his emotions were high, he raised his big axe, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, kill with me!" "He took the lead and ran on the battlefield. The horseless soldiers all shouted and ran after him, each with his sword, and marched forward. The soldiers on the horse immediately formed an assault formation, guarding both sides of the soldiers on the ground, and accompanied the attack.
Fifty steps, in the blink of an eye. Duan Song and the cavalry did their best to make the horses reach a certain speed in various ways. It's not ideal, but it's more than enough. When the soldiers of the Changlu tribe heard the sound of dense horses' hooves, they turned around and saw that the cavalry squad had already rushed up, and they turned their horses' heads to prepare for battle, that is, in a short moment. But it was too late to react more, Duan Song and his subordinates had already taken advantage of the thunderous momentum and raised their knives to chop. The force of the impact knocked half of the soldier sitting on the horse away, and the other half was killed by the murderous soldier.
At the same time, Gongsun Hu descended from the sky with a powerful axe, cutting off half of the head of an enemy soldier and flying out with half of his shoulder, and the soldiers behind him swarmed like a group of bloodthirsty beasts waiting to be devoured seeing their prey.
Two ferocious forces were attacking one part almost at the same time. In the face of this brutal slaughter of blood splattered everywhere, flesh and blood flying everywhere, and severed limbs and remnants dancing in the air, the momentum of the enemy soldiers was immediately defeated. Although the sound of the horn ordering the contraction and encirclement was still ringing in their ears, after a long time of fighting and confrontation, the soldiers were extremely tired and could no longer bear this blood.
The notch is opened. Duan Song crossed Gongsun Hu's side and shouted hoarsely to the soldiers behind him: "Heavy blow, heavy blow...... The soldiers on both sides cheered at the same time, and in Duan Song's shout, they killed both sides again, trying to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle and completely destroy the inner circle. At the same time, the roaring horn sounded, informing the soldiers who were fighting everywhere to concentrate on the gap, preparing to gather greater strength to kill the enemy soldiers in the inner circle in one fell swoop.
On the battlefield on the left flank, a loud trumpet suddenly sounded. Iron Wolf led the soldiers to fight fiercely for a long time, and finally waited for the last opportunity. They completely annihilated the enemy in the encirclement to the southeast.
Ke is most aware of the uncertainty of the outcome of today's battle. If you want to achieve victory, the key is on the battlefield of the Chinese army. If the numerical advantage is used to take the lead in annihilating the two forces of Gongsun Hu and Duan Song, at least 1,000 men and horses can be transferred to support the left flank battlefield. On the battlefield on the left flank, although the iron wolf led his troops to annihilate a piece of his own army, it also put his army in extreme fatigue. As long as they rush to the battlefield on the left flank in the shortest possible time, they can annihilate the three thousand troops of the Iron Wolf. Ke is most convinced of this. Even if it's a pyrrhic victory, it's going to be fought.
The staggered fronts on the battlefield of the Chinese army are dazzling, and it is impossible to distinguish which part is the enemy and which is their own people. Ke ordered the more than 200 people of the original Chinese army who had retreated from the battlefield, plus the remaining more than 200 logistics soldiers in the battalion, to form a force and prepare to personally lead it to support the Chinese army on the battlefield.
But the herald told him that the adults did not agree.
Ke almost roared in the most pain. He wanted revenge so much. And this opportunity is within reach of your own eyes. One of Que Ju's subordinates took over the command.
Ke sat on the horse alone in a demented state. Ke didn't know that Lord Wind Crack of the Niutou tribe had led an army of five thousand people and had been quietly ambushing on the hill behind him for two days.
At this time, Que Ju had already fallen out with the wind crack.
Que Ju lay on the grass angrily, his hands and feet tied firmly. Feng Crack thought he was noisy, and ordered someone to grab a handful of grass on the ground and stuff it into his mouth. Seeing that he was still struggling angrily, Feng Crack waved his hand to a few guards behind him, "Call me." Several strong men immediately pounced on Que Ju and punched and kicked Que Ju. In a short time, the dwelling on the ground was not moving.
At this moment, a herald ran up quickly.
"My lord, Ke has committed suicide."
Feng Crack was slightly stunned, and then laughed again, "Good death, good death." He turned to his men and shouted, "Do you hear that? This is the end of betraying the marshal. Today we are all going to die, we are all going to die! ”
His men were stunned.
The situation on the battlefield is proceeding according to its inherent laws. Iron Wolf's forces are gathering strength again, ready for a second attack. Gongsun Hu, although Duan Song tried all his strength to annihilate the enemy soldiers in the inner circle, he also put himself in a desperate situation. They no longer have the strength to break through. But they knew that even if they could break through, they wouldn't rush out. Because their task is to attack first, disrupt the enemy's position, hold the enemy back, and wait for the main force of the commander to arrive for the final encirclement and annihilation.
Murong Feng led an army of 80,000 to appear in the mountains and fields three miles away from Jutun.
Tie Ao and Hou Li flew out of their respective ranks and asked the marshal what he could say before dividing his troops.
Murong Feng pondered for a while and said slowly: "After you reach the northeast of Jutun, don't attack first. If our 4,000 horsemen can solve the problem, you will save your strength and go to surround and the company's army before us. If there is an abnormality, you are also a miracle soldier, and you can do more with less. ”
Tie Ao and Hou Li agreed in unison and beat their horses away. The army then split into two routes, one to the east and the other to the west.
The closer you get to the battlefield, the clearer the sound of the battle becomes, and even the smell of blood floating in the air becomes stronger and stronger.
Murong Feng waved his hand to the horn soldier behind him, "Tell them that we have arrived." ”
More than a dozen hornmen blew their horns at the same time. "Woo......, woo......, woo......"
A continuous loud sound, suddenly overtaken by the dense and noisy sound of horses' hooves, and soared into the sky. When the hornmen of the other units heard the signal, they also followed behind and blew the horns. A neat loud sound filled the entire empty field for a while.
On the battlefield, Murong Feng's soldiers cheered in unison. The soldiers of the Changlu tribe looked panicked.
The wind crack on the hill suddenly turned its head to look at the horizon in the distance, a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth. He looked back at his men and shouted happily: "The troops are in formation, ready to attack." ”