Volume 2 Heroes in Troubled Times Chapter 10 Winning the Central Plains Section 37
Chapter 10 Winning the Central Plains Section 37 Black
The "fortress" was crumbling under the repeated onslaught of the Yuan army,
The "wall" was even more scarred and dilapidated by the collision of the car. Dozens of huge rushing cars were like sharp arrows that were fiercely inserted into the phalanx, and they were seriously injured
The "giant" roared and struggled in anger, and the terrible roar made the whole field tremble.
The phalanx of the Northern Xinjiang Army gradually collapsed, and although the morale of the soldiers was like a rainbow, they were still fighting in the storm.
But due to the overall collapse of the defensive line, and because dozens of rushing vehicles were deeply nailed to the formation and hindered the rebuilding of the defensive line, they were ultimately unable to block the frantic attack of thousands of enemies.
A scuffle broke out in an instant.
"Drumming...... Drumming ......" Gao Gan saw that the strong phalanx of the Northern Xinjiang Army was successfully destroyed by himself, and roared excitedly,
"Kill them, kill them, and leave no ......" In the past few years, I have been killed by the Northern Xinjiang Army to the point that I have lost my armor and my body is incomplete, and today I finally take revenge.
Attacking the phalanx with a rushing car was just an idea of his own impromptu move, who knew that it would have such an amazing effect.
The rushing carts brought by the army were originally intended to deal with the iron cavalry in northern Xinjiang. This battle is a battle of life and death, the battle is decided or lost, and the time will not drag on too long, so Han Sui ordered the army's grain, grass and baggage to be hoarded on the south bank of the Weishui River.
However, the army could not form a temporary chariot formation to resist the attack of the northern iron cavalry without a large number of heavy vehicles, so he asked his soldiers to bring these chariots to the battlefield.
Now it seems that these chariots can not only attack the city, but also form a chariot formation against the iron cavalry, and can also deal a fatal blow to the phalanx of the Northern Frontier Army.
Gao Gan seemed to see the dawn of victory and heard the drum of victory. Filled with strength, he wielded his shield and sword, and roared forward with his army.
Yang Zhen was hit by several arrows, staggered backwards, and sat on the wheel of the ballista cart. There is no way back, there is a car formation behind it, and if you want to die, you can only die here.
He lowered his head breathlessly and weakly lowered the shield in his hand. He was so killed that he couldn't even lift his hands, and the blood from the wounds was flowing all over his body, making him feel like his life was passing little by little.
His side was littered with corpses, and blood stained the ground red, but instead of decreasing, the enemies on the opposite side were increasing.
He saw that his personal guard Tuntun Tun was pierced by a spear, and he saw that the guards who had been with him day and night had fallen one after another.
He tried to rush to save them, but his legs were like lead, he couldn't move at all, and he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth.
Bloodied enemies rushed up, spears, spears, knives, axes, and all sorts of weapons flew like rain.
"My lord, retreat, retreat......" The soldiers' eyes widened, and they shouted hoarsely, as if they were coming from the distant sky, intermittently.
Am I going to die? Yang Zhen gasped violently, eager to tear his chest open. He tried to raise his shield to block it, but he couldn't, as if he had already left his body.
"Boom......" There was a loud bang, and the ballista suddenly opened its bloody mouth and let out an earth-shattering roar.
The enemy flew up like a leaf in the wind. Yang Zhen's eyes darkened, and he rolled to the ground in the violent vibration of the ballista cart.
"Let it go...... Give me ......" Yang Feng's hair was scattered, his face was bloodstained and murderous,
"Order all the troops, withdraw into the car formation, withdraw into the car formation......"
"My lord, I can't let it go, there are still my own people in front of me, and our own brothers......" The military Sima of the chariot battalion widened his blood-red eyes, and he wanted to kill Yang Feng,
"I can't retreat, so let's rush out and kill together."
"I'll kill you." Yang Feng raised his hand and gave him a slap,
"Shoot me." Liang Baiwu was lying on the ground, his face bloodless, and his eyes were blank as he watched Yang Feng and dozens of soldiers carrying Yang Zhen staggering over.
"Is he dead?"
"No, there's still a breath." Yang Feng put the unconscious Yang Zhen on the ground,
"Can you still stand up?"
"Where are you going?"
"Ziwei (Hua Xiong) is surrounded by enemies, and I am going to rescue him." Yang Feng reached out and patted his face,
"You command your troops to retreat into the chariot formation, and you bombard them with ballistas incessantly, so that the archers shoot all the arrows. Remember, don't let a single enemy rush in. Yang Feng stood up and waved at a group of soldiers, turned around and ran away.
Hua Xiong and his soldiers rushed left and right, trying to get close to the chariot formation, but his target was too conspicuous, and the enemies around him knew that he was a general, and they stopped him step by step.
A battle axe came into the air, Hua Xiong roared angrily, took a small step back, and struggled to meet the round shield in his left hand.
With a "bang", the round shield was overwhelmed and shattered. The enemy soldiers shouted loudly, and the tomahawks rained again.
"Kill ......" Before the tomahawk fell, the half-cut spear in Hua Xiong's hand had already been inserted into his waist and abdomen. The enemy soldier fell with a terrible howl.
Hua Xiong stomped him away, snatched his tomahawk with his left hand, and flew into the enemy group. In an instant, blood was pouring out, severed limbs and stumps flew up and down, and more than a dozen enemies fell to the ground one after another.
The soldiers of the northern frontier roared to follow, covering left and right, and they were getting closer and closer to the car formation.
"Surround him, surround him, don't let him escape......" Deng Sheng suddenly arrived with a team of personal guards and blocked Hua Xiong.
"Die......" The tomahawk roared and slashed head-on. An enemy soldier couldn't dodge, and was cut right by an axe, and suddenly the battle helmet shattered, the brain burst, and the terrible screams were terrifying.
Without waiting for Hua Xiong to draw the axe and rise again, Deng Sheng's war knife roared and cut off the handle of the axe. Huaxiong was shocked and retreated hurriedly, but behind him was his own guard, and there was no way to retreat.
"Kill him......" Deng Sheng was surprised and delighted, and shouted wildly. The enemy soldiers swarmed up, and several spears stabbed at Hua Xiong with a helpless face.
At this moment, Yang Feng killed from the side, he didn't think about it, grabbed a corpse on the ground casually, and threw it over with all his strength.
"Ziwei, dodge ......" Hua Xiong heard Yang Feng's voice, comprehended, and with his feet forced, he flew up sideways in the air.
The corpse fell from the sky and smashed into the head of the enemy, several spears piercing the air at the same time. Yang Feng soared into the air, and the spear in his hand slashed through the air like lightning, splashing the sky full of blood.
The four enemy soldiers screamed and flew upside down. Hua Xiong, who fell to the ground, jumped up under Yang Feng's protection, and his tall body knocked an enemy soldier who raised a spear to stab Yang Feng like a fierce tiger.
At the same time, both fists came out together, knocking the other two enemy soldiers who were about to pounce on their backs. Yang Feng fell to the ground, his body was unstable, he rushed a few steps in a row, and hit Hua Xiong's back headlong.
"Formation...... Formation ......" The guards of the two fought bravely one after the other, and quickly formed a cone-shaped battle formation.
"Go, go, kill back, kill back......" A Xiliang rider inadvertently looked up at the sky, he saw the dazzling sun, and also saw the huge smoke and dust rolling from the sky.
"Enemy cavalry, enemy cavalry raid......" The cry of fear instantly tore through the blood that shrouded the battlefield.
Liang Xing raised his head in shock, and his face changed suddenly.
"Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet...... Forming a formation to meet the enemy, forming a formation to meet the enemy......"
"Woo...... Woo woo ......" The horn sounded rapidly, and the terrible and frightened sound quickly spread throughout the battlefield, and everyone looked up and looked north at this moment.
The smile on Gao Gan's face disappeared, he wanted to cry, the pain from the depths of his heart made him tremble, and the fire of hatred exploded in this instant.
"Mingjin, withdraw troops, withdraw troops......"
"Look, sir, look at the ...... to the east," the gong sounded, and the soldiers let out another cry of terror.
Gao Gan Huo Ran turned his head to the east, his eyes suddenly widened, and his expression was extremely desperate. The Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry, the huge Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry still appeared.
Just like last year's Central Plains War, the people of northern Xinjiang raised their murderous butcher knives at the last moment. Hit the plan.
"Drumming, drumming...... The ...... was formed" Gao Gan raised his head to the sky and shouted wildly, as if he wanted to shout out all the anger and fear in his heart.
At this time, it cannot be withdrawn in any case. Retreating in a panic, the army of 30,000 people is bound to collapse instantly, which will then lead to the collapse of the left flank and the center battlefield, and the army is very likely to be annihilated, and the final scene of the Central Plains War will be repeated again.
"Ask Lord Han for help, and ask him to send reinforcements quickly to meet our retreat."
"Order Liang Xing and Ma to play with the two adults, rush up to block the enemy, and be sure to buy us time to form a formation."
"Urgently order the three adults, Xin Bi, Deng Sheng, and Zhang Nan, to immediately move closer to the Chinese army and form a formation on the spot." Gao Gan's fingers were still on the battlefield of the bloody battle, and he shouted repeatedly,
"Command the ministries to tow the cart out, tow it out." The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang thundered with joy.
"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw into the car formation, all withdraw into the car formation......" Yang Feng leaned on the ballista cart and waved his arms weakly.
"Dangdang......" The golden gong sounded, and it was as tight as a burst. The soldiers of northern Xinjiang were ecstatic and poured into the car formation.
Hua Xiong raised his arms high and roared excitedly. The hardest and most tragic fight was over, and all that remained was to surround the enemy and eat them bite by bite.
"Should we strike?"
"There's no need for it." Yang Feng gasped for breath,
"Even if they have four legs, it doesn't work. More than a hundred miles away is the Weishui River, and unless they grow a pair of wings and fly over, they will surely die. Hua Xiong wanted to persuade again, Yang Feng pointed to the soldiers who had collapsed on the ground around him, and said with a wry smile,
"Ziwei, we have been fighting from early morning to afternoon, four or five hours, and we really can't move. Gao Gan and his men have been recuperating, like a dragon and a tiger, we rushed forward and sent us to death. Hua Xiong sighed regretfully and looked up at the retreating enemy troops,
"Qizhi, they have already retreated, why are they still towing the rushing car out? Do they still want to fight? ”
"What? Still going to fight? Yang Feng hurriedly turned around and took a closer look,
"Although this kid has been defeated repeatedly, he does have a set of battles. Today we suffered a big loss. Then he frowned, and said suspiciously,
"It seems that he is not going to escape, but to fight with us."
"Do they still have troops?" Hua Xiong said worriedly.
"There are at least 30,000 to 40,000 people here." Yang Feng looked at the battlefield full of corpses, and his heart palpitated,
"In a short period of time, our phalanx was broken and we suffered heavy losses because our estimates were wrong. Now it seems that their strength is at least about 100,000 men. ”
"If they have a reserve army, the strength is basically on par with ours, and today's battle will be difficult." Hua Xiong said in surprise,
"This situation should be reported to the Captain immediately, and he should be asked to adjust the deployment of troops in time and change the attack strategy."
"Okay, immediately send someone back to Lord Taiwei." Liang Baiwu sat tremblingly on the ground with the support of the guards.
He had no strength, and he felt like an empty shell, ready to turn into powder in the wind at any moment.
Yang Zhen was still unconscious, and several medical craftsmen circled around him. Liang Baiwu leaned into his ear and shouted a few words loudly, but Yang Zhen did not react.
"Will he die? Why is he still not awake? An older healer shook his head wryly,
"Lord Yang was hit by four arrows, but we only took out three arrow clusters, and the remaining arrow clusters were inserted near Lord Yang's heart, we didn't dare to move, worried about ......"
"He's going to die, what are you worried about?" Liang Baiwu shouted angrily,
"Get the cluster of arrows out."
"No, my lord,......" the healer shook his hand repeatedly.
"Let's send Lord Yang back to the city for treatment as soon as possible." Liang Baiwu was anxious and angry, and scolded,
"If he dies, I'll cut off all your heads."
"My lord, it's a small matter to cut off your head, but it's a big thing to save Lord Yang." Liang Baiwu rolled his eyes in anger, and immediately fainted to the ground.
Liyi, Lei Zi, and Liu Bao led the army to gallop all the way, and the billowing smoke and dust raised covered the sky and the sun. Liang Xing rushed up with more than 1,500 people.
He thought that the number of iron cavalry troops on this road would not be too large, and his more than 1,500 people could barely stop it.
At this moment, no one can judge how many troops the Northern Xinjiang Army has, but one thing is certain, if Gao Gan can drag the Northern Xinjiang Reserve Army on the left flank battlefield, then the chances of the Xiliang people safely withdrawing from the battlefield will be greatly increased.
Of course, now Liang Xing doesn't expect to win this battle, as long as the army can safely withdraw to Chang'an, it will be very lucky.
Liang Xing is not afraid of Xu Rong, nor is he afraid of Yang Feng, he is afraid of Li Hong. So when he saw the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry rushing over like a tide, his first thought was to see whose banner the main battle flag was.
As the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, and as the vigorous posture of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry Army gradually emerged from the smoke and dust, Liang Xing's face became more and more ugly.
This battle cannot be fought, no matter whether it is Li Hong in front or not, this battle cannot be fought. More than 1,000 people rushed forward, and no more than 30% of them survived.
"Blow the trumpet, withdraw, withdraw ......" Liang Xing suddenly turned his horse's head obliquely, turned around and ran. The Xiliang soldiers who followed him had long wanted to escape, but when they heard the horn of retreat, they immediately tightened the reins of their horses, turned their horses' heads, and galloped away in a swarm.
Liang Xing originally wanted to take them to retreat to the middle road to meet Han Sui, but these Xiliang soldiers panicked and went directly south and fled the battlefield.
Liang Xing didn't dare to go to see Han Sui alone, let alone abandon these old subordinates, so in desperation, he had no choice but to follow them and flee.
Gao Gan was commanding the army to form a formation, and suddenly saw Liang Xing fleeing without a fight, giving up all the left flank of the battlefield, and he couldn't help but be angry.
If the left flank of the battlefield is controlled by the Northern Frontier Army, the passage for his own retreat to the middle to meet Han Sui will be cut off, and it will be difficult for Han Sui to meet him from the middle road.
"This brute, I'm going to catch him and skin him."
"Yuancai, what now? Will we meet Han Sui, or will we retreat south to the Qingge Ferry? Seeing the iron cavalry of the northern frontier slaughtering violently, the number of people was greatly beyond his expectations, and he knew that the fate of the army being surrounded was inevitable, and hurriedly suggested a quick evacuation.
"Can't be withdrawn." Gao Gan's face flushed, and he roared angrily,
"How did you lose the Central Plains War, have you forgotten?"
"We're going to be surrounded." Simbi pointed to the roar of war horses coming from the eastern sky, and shouted at the top of his voice,
"There are only more than 1,000 people playing on horses, can he stop the iron cavalry of the Northern Frontier? He will run faster than Liang Xing. Even if he is willing to help us hold off the Northern Iron Cavalry, how long can he hold out? In the blink of an eye, he would be wiped out. ”
"Can we escape? This place is a hundred miles away from the Qingge Ferry, and before we can withdraw to the Qingge Ferry, the army has been completely annihilated. Gao Gan stomped his foot hard,
"Instead of being chased and killed by the people of Northern Xinjiang, it is better to fight them to the death here, and kill a few pads when they die." Xin Bi's face was pale, and he glared at Gao Gan angrily.
"Brother George, less than a year after the end of the Central Plains War, you and I have a good idea of how much strength the Northern Frontier Army has." Gao Ganqiang endured his anger and persuaded in a low voice,
"Even if we are deceived by Xu Rong, how many troops can he have in his hands now? Twenty thousand? Thirty thousand? Even if he still has 30,000 iron horsemen, we have the strength to fight. ”
"At the moment we have about 35,000 people on our hands. Among them, more than 30,000 people were the main force that had just participated in the war, and the soldiers were full of physical strength. Han Sui also had 7,000 elite reserve troops in his hands. We have these 40,000 main forces, can't we retreat smoothly? ”
"Now on the mid-lane battlefield, Ma Chao and Yan Xing have the advantage and can support them at any time. On the battlefield on the left flank, although the Xiliang Army did not have the advantage, they dragged all the Northern Xinjiang Army. In this way, even if we are surrounded here by the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry, it is completely okay to break through and meet Han Sui, and then calmly withdraw from the battlefield. So far, we still have enough troops to fight the Northern Frontier Army, but we lack the courage to stand up to the Northern Frontier Army. As long as we have the courage to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Frontier Army, we will definitely be able to kill it. Xin Bi looked ahead with his eyes and sighed at the sky,
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
"My lord, the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry has ......" Deng Sheng stood on horseback, looking into the distance, and suddenly, he screamed,
"Oh my God, that's Koji, it's Koji's battle flag." Pound led an army of 20,000 iron cavalry to appear in the sky, and the momentum was magnificent.
Ma Yu was stunned, he saw Pang De's battle flag, and saw the battle flag of Qiang Nie Xiao in Huangzhong.
"It's over this time, it's completely over." The horse smiled miserably,
"Pang De's army is not in the Heavenly Dome Desert, it is actually in Zhengbaiqu. It's over, it's completely over. ”
"My lord, do you want to go? If we don't leave, we'll be meatloaf. The guards of the horse play urged repeatedly.
"Let's go, let's go......" The horse played with a whip and whipped it on the horse's belly, and galloped wildly,
"Go and tell Mr. Pound's army to the battlefield, ...... quickly" He took more than a thousand people and didn't run a few hundred steps, but he met Liang Xing head-on,
"The Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry is coming, Gao Gan is surrounded, let's go quickly." Ma Yu was shocked, followed Liang Xing to beat the horse galloping, ran for a while, he suddenly thought that escaping the battlefield in this way might bring ruin to the Xiliang army, and hurriedly stepped forward and shouted: "We can't escape, we have to go to meet Mr., tell Mr. Pang De's army has arrived in Guanzhong, let Mr. take the army to evacuate as soon as possible, otherwise, the Xiliang army may be wiped out." Liang Xing, of course, was reluctant to flee the battlefield.
If Han Sui withdraws safely, his head will be in danger, but now the soldiers are full of gall, and they can't shout if they want to.
"Get out of the battlefield first, don't trap the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry." Liang Xing said loudly while galloping on his horse,
"When we get to safety, we'll regroup our army and meet Mr." Koji Yi led 10,000 iron horsemen to roar.
He did not immediately command the army to attack, but ordered Lei Zi and Liu Bao to lead an army each to cut off Gao Gan's retreat.
At this moment, the army of Pang De in the east has appeared, and the army of Xian Yuyin, Zhang He, and Gao Lan will be able to arrive later, as long as Gao Gan is surrounded first and he is not allowed to escape while the chaos is in chaos, this battle has already been won.
The senior cadres were in high spirits, galloping back and forth in the formation, encouraging the soldiers of all departments to stick to the battle formation.
"The Xiliang Army has established the advantage of victory in the middle battlefield and the left flank battlefield, as long as we drag the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army here, so that the Western Liang Army has enough time to defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army, we can win the Battle of Guanzhong." Gao Gan was full of confidence and said it wildly, but the soldiers under his command were skeptical, after all, the Northern Xinjiang Army was constantly rushing up from all directions, which was a very big blow to the morale of the army.
But fortunately, the main force of this army turned out to be Yuan Tan's, they have been staying in Guanzhong, and they have only heard about the courage of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and have not seen with their own eyes how brave the Northern Xinjiang Army is.
There are also some people who are from Nanyang's army, most of whom are newly recruited pawns, and they don't know anything about the Northern Xinjiang Army.
The fearlessness of the ignorant, coupled with the fact that they had just beaten the Northern Frontier Army to a disarray, increased their confidence. In addition, there was a group of commanders of the unified army who had the courage to break through the sky and scolded the Northern Xinjiang Army to bullshit, and as a result, the senior cadres miraculously stabilized the morale of the army.
Koji did not rush to attack, giving the senior cadres time to deploy troops and strengthen the battle formation. Gao Gan deployed Nanyang's army in the middle of the battle formation, so that they would not destroy the battle formation because they fled in fear after the fierce battle began.
The army of Guanzhong was deployed on the periphery. Dozens of rushing carts and more than 200 baggage carts were scattered and placed, although the number of vehicles was not enough, but this array was enough to block and slow down the attack speed of the iron cavalry.
The arrival of Pound's army made Gao Gan's self-confidence less and less. Judging from the deployment of troops on the current battlefield, Xu Rong has obviously made all the preparations carefully, and he has long been determined to fight this battle and win all the battles.
Now that he is surrounded by the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army, it is difficult to break through and join Han Sui.
"My lord, what if Han Sui is unwilling to save us and escapes by chance?" Zhang Nan asked nervously.
Gao Gan stood in front of the formation, the whip in his hand gently patted his thigh, and smiled indifferently,
"What to do? How do you say? ”
"Han Sui is a capricious villain. If this battle is lost, he will not be able to hold Guanzhong, and he will definitely return to Hebei. Deng Sheng said hatefully,
"I think, if it is dusk and Han Sui hasn't been killed, let's break through overnight. It's better to break out at night than at night, and we'll be able to escape more or less partially. Gao Gan sneered,
"Do you think Hebei will trust Han Sui?" He raised his horsewhip and patted Deng Sheng's shoulder,
"If you were Li Hong, what would you do at this time today? Will you still let Han Sui escape back to the Western Frontier? ”
"I'll grab him, cook him and feed it to the dogs." Deng Sheng gritted his teeth and said. Dry said,
"So, Han Sui will definitely come to save us." Ko Yi tilted his head and took a closer look at the battle formation of the Yuan army two hundred steps in front of him, and suddenly laughed, and then laughed wildly.
"Haha......" Yang Feng, Pang De, Lei Zi, Tie Yue, Hua Xiong, Liu Bao, Liu Ming, Nie Xiao, Bu Du Geng and others looked at Lu Yi in surprise, looking at each other, not knowing what funny thing this adult had discovered.
"Gao Gan is a turtle." Lu Yi raised his horsewhip, pointed to the battle formation of Yuan Jun and said,
"I'm going to have this turtle."
"Brother Yuntian, this turtle is very big, you don't want to be bitten by it if you can't eat it." Yang Feng said with a smile.
"No......" Koji Yi turned to face the generals,
"To fight Guanxi and Luoyang, we need a lot of troops, so no matter how big this turtle is, we have to catch it."
"Brother Yuntian, we have at least 30,000 people in surrounding, and if we want to trap them here all the time, we need at least double the number of troops. But in this way, we were dragged here by Gao Gan, and Han Sui and the Xiliang army could swagger back to Chang'an. Yang Feng said dissatisfiedly,
"Could it be that Brother Yuntian wants to fight another battle under Chang'an City?"
"What? Are you worried that I deliberately let Han Sui go? Koji Yi smiled and shook his head,
"I can give you the answer right now." Koji Yi fingers Leizi, Tie Yue, Nie Xiao,
"The three of you will take 10,000 iron horsemen, immediately enter the middle road, cooperate with the army of Yan Rou, Huangfu Li and He Feng, surround Ma Chao and Yan Xing, and cut them down for me." The three of them agreed with a bang, turned their horses' heads and flew away.
Xian Yuyin, Zhang He, and Gao Ran led the army to arrive. Gao Gan looked at the battle flag flying high in the distance with wide eyes, and was dumbfounded for a moment, and the only bit of confidence he had disappeared in an instant.
He would never have dreamed that his old opponent would come all the way from Jizhou to Guanzhong.
"How many troops does Xu Rong still have in his hands?" Xin Bi was dumbfounded, and only after a long time did he lose his voice and exclaim,
"Did Li Hong personally rush to Guanzhong?"
"Prepare for a breakout." Gao Gan suddenly shouted,
"Break out now." Jump to