Chapter 1082 Bitter Battle, Fierce Battle
In the dead of night, in the cold wind, mixed with a strong smell of blood, it seems to descend on the sea of blood Shura, floating corpses for thousands of miles, white bone forest mountains.
In the middle of the river, the war spreads, the fire shines through the sky, and the river surface is as bright as day.
Feng Shihu wanted to exchange thousands of casualties for 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of casualties of the Song army.
Only by fighting hard, inflicting heavy losses on the Song army, and dispelling the other party's idea of entering the southern part of Dayan from the Yangtze River, can it be proved that the flying army galloped thousands of miles and arrived at the Yangtze River, without falling short.
The flying army learned of Feng Shihu's intentions, and in addition, Wu Yue's army was severely damaged again and again, and Pao Ze was killed in battle. The momentum of the army is like a rainbow, and the hatred is monstrous, and in the fierce battle, the killing intent is strong.
Time is like a murmuring stream of water, the night is getting deeper, the killing is getting thicker, like death jumping out of the bottom of the river, hooking the soul.
The battle has reached this level, whether it is the Yan general Feng Shihu, or the Song general Qin Ming, the Yue general Mu Junchen, Li Cunjie, and Wu general Nangong Yu, they all have a sense of retreat in their hearts.
Seven or eight hours of fierce fighting, the various armies suffered heavy casualties, the river was already stained red with bright red blood, the corpses were soaked in blood, and hundreds of horizontal and vertical eight warships fell into the river.
Everything rises and falls in the river, going straight down the river and slowly drifting downstream.
At this moment, more than half of the casualties of the Yan army and the coalition army, the Song army attacked fiercely in front, and the Yan army could not be helped, and the bitter battle and attrition war on all sides had no intention.
Either side will suffer heavy casualties in its own strength if it wants to defeat the other.
To achieve victory, only one side will show its flaws, and the other side, seize the fighter and storm with thunder, and it may be possible to reverse it.
However, Yan generals Feng Shihu and Han Xiandang, and enemy general Qin Ming are either battlefield generals or former battlefield generals.
Such a war made Feng Shihu entangled and anxious, and for the first time in the war, he had the idea of evacuating before the battle, and decided to implement the idea of rapid evacuation.
He didn't worry about the flying army under his tent, in order to rescue the Yanshui Division, the flying army died on the battlefield, and the horse leather shrouded body, he didn't hesitate to do anything.
However, Han Xian was the sailor of the account, and was fiercely attacked by the Song army, with more than half of the casualties, and continued to fight, and the most elite 50,000 sailors of Dayan were afraid that all of them would be buried in the river.
However, these 50,000 sailors play a vital role in Dayan, and are extremely important hubs connecting the territory of Yan in the north and south of the Yangtze River.
Once the sailor is destroyed, the two areas in the north and south of Dayan will lose communication, and the southern territory is very likely to be divided by the southern princes.
When Feng Shihu was silent for a while, in order to change the situation, without any hesitation, he instructed the guards, saying: "Send the guards, personally land the main battle ship, and tell Han Xiandang that this general will take the flying army to cover, and he will lead the sailors to retreat quietly while it is dark." ”
"General, the Yan army and the coalition army are on par, although the two generals Lin Shi and Lin Hu have severely damaged the Wu Yue Water Division, but the Song Army is still fighting very fiercely, pressing on the river water division step by step.
If General Han leads his troops to withdraw suddenly, there is a vacancy in the river, and the Song army takes the opportunity to pursue, the situation of our army is bound to be extremely bad.
The army has been fighting hard for half a day, and the situation it has fought for will definitely be wasted, and it will also create an opportunity for the coalition forces to counterattack. Hearing Feng Shihu's military order, the guards did not dare to disagree, and said worriedly.
So far, the fierce battle has unceremoniously turned into a bitter battle between the two armies of Yan and Song, and any side, if there is a flaw, will let the other side win.
Hearing this, Feng Shihu nodded, agreeing with the guards' worries, but Feng Shihu also knew that if he didn't evacuate quickly, the middle water division on the river might be wiped out in a fierce battle.
At that time, the losses brought to Yan Guo will be immeasurable.
He led his troops on a starry night journey to the Yangtze River to rescue the sailors, but he would also fail.
This kind of failure related to the future of Dayan and the pattern of princes in the north and south will never be allowed to happen.
Therefore, Feng Shihu said coldly: "You don't need to worry, you will have your own opinions. Immediately inform the sailors to retreat, and the flying army will move forward and take the initiative to attack. Be sure to force the Song army back and help the sailors gain time to evacuate.
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He would rather sacrifice his elite ironclad cavalry and blade warriors than sacrifice the growing sailors.
Hearing this, the guards seemed to guess Feng Shihu's thoughts, and immediately took the opportunity to personally control the paraglider and approach the warship where Han Xiandang was on the river.
The guards next to him also quickly shook the torch in their hands, and in the process of moving forward, they transmitted signals to Lin Shi and Lin Hu.
The two wings gathered Lin Shi Lin Hu, and there was no time to take a breath, under the dark sky, the guards around him received a signal from the main general guards, and reported to the two.
learned that Feng Shihu commanded, Lin Hu, Lin Shi, although he didn't understand why Feng Shihu asked the two of them to lead the army to storm the Song army, but there was still no doubt that they would lead the army to assemble.
In an instant, the dark sky, as if countless sparks, rushed out in the Milky Way, and approached the location of the main general from all sides in the dark night sky.
Soon, Lin Shi and Lin Hu led the army to Feng Shihu's side, and the hot air balloons on both sides were close to each other, and the distance was very close.
Taking advantage of the firelight in the hot air balloon, Feng Shihu glanced at Lin Shi and Lin Hu under the firelight, his words were strong, and he immediately ordered: "Lin Shi, Lin Hu, pass on the general's order, the whole army will take the general as the core, quickly form a zigzag defense, and assist the river water division to evacuate." ”
Zigzag tactics, both offensive and defensive, can launch an offensive against the Song army in any direction. This is also the most common practice taken in the fierce battle of Yan Cavalry.
Now, Feng Shihu asked the Flying Army to adopt this method, just to be safe, so that the Flying Army could attack and retreat, and there was no need to be subject to the Song Army.
Ordered, Lin Shi, Lin Hu, non-stop continued to command the battle, gathered the flying army for a short time, in the sky, orderly and fast action.
All hot air balloons, like falcons hunting falcons, hover in the sky, lock on to the prey, and are about to hunt, forming a strong attack posture on the prey.
Forming a predetermined battle formation, Feng Shihu personally ordered the flying army to attack the Song army on the river.
The rain of arrows and fire oil flew down from the sky, rushing straight down to the Song army's warships, and all the flying troops were not afraid of the Song army's strong offensive.
During the speed, there were often hot air balloons attacked by the Song army's guns and stone rain, and the hot air balloon was destroyed, and the Yan army controlled the paraglider and fled in a hurry.
Fortunately, Feng Shihu led the army to storm and contain the advance of the Song army, so as to buy enough time for Han Xiandang to lead the water division to evacuate.
Han Xiandang got a report from the flying army, learned of Feng Shihu's suggestion, and learned that the other party's moths were fighting the fire and killing themselves, just to buy time for the sailors to transfer.
He was ashamed in his heart, and he had no choice but to save the sailors as much as possible, otherwise the loss of the flying army would be in vain.
Didn't hesitate. Han Xiandang said coldly to the guards: "General Chuanben ordered, the army of the water division, evacuate quickly, and in the process of evacuation, wipe out all the remnants of Wu Yue on both wings."
Hearing the sound, the guard looked up at the dark sky, which had already launched a fierce attack on the Song army, and his expression was painful and admiring, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth and order: "The whole army will evacuate in an orderly manner and clear the remnants of Wuyue along the way." ”
He also knew that although the number of flying troops was small, they were the elite of the Yan army, and today, in order to rescue them, they had to fight to the death with dozens of times the Song army.
In this battle, it is possible that the whole army will be annihilated in the onslaught of the Song army.
He couldn't help but feel heartache, why wasn't the sailor strong, otherwise, he wouldn't let the flying army exchange his life for them for an escape channel.
The military order came out, the warships on the river moved, and the elite sailors shot the remaining Wu Yue troops on all sides according to Han Xiandang's request.
At this time, in the east of the Yangtze River, Qin Ming stood on the bow of the ship, his eyes were like torches, paying close attention to the situation of the Yan army and the coalition army.
Sensing the great changes in the situation on the river, Zheng Chou did not find it difficult to grasp the flaws of the Yan army, and when the Yan army was severely damaged, the Yan army suddenly withdrew, which couldn't help but make Qin Ming very happy.
In this way, he took advantage of the victory to pursue, and he was able to completely annihilate the Yan Army and the Naval Division.
However, Qin Ming soon noticed that when the Yanshui Division hurriedly withdrew, the Sky Flying Army was like a falcon, rushing straight up from all directions.
The rain of guns and stones, repeated attacks, seemed to have suppressed the Song army's attack.
Qin Ming looked at it, couldn't help but chuckle, and said, "Hitting a stone with an egg, I don't know whether I am alive or dead." ”
The Song army still has more than 100,000 people, and the flying army is only a few thousand, even if it has a height advantage, but the number is pitiful, he led the Song army to attack in an all-round way, and will eventually shoot the flying army with a dense rain of guns.
Destroy this mysterious and extremely powerful army in the Yan army.
Qin Minglang shouted urgently, and instructed the guards: "Inform the whole army, all the warships meet the Sky Yan Army, and shoot down this group of birdmen for Ben General." ”
"General rest assured!" A smile appeared on the corner of the guard's mouth, the Yan army wanted to rely on thousands of flying troops to block more than 100,000 offensive and powerful Song army, it was simply wishful thinking,
Even though the Flying Army had already inflicted heavy losses on Wu Yue's army, he almost expected that it would not be long before the Song army would win a complete victory.
The Song army was ordered, and the forward warships, in the middle of the river, moved quickly,
Gradually formed a wave-type offensive, wave after wave, gunfire and stone rain, and the attack was strong and fierce.
Fight fiercely with the mighty flying army.
For a while, the surface of the river seemed to collapse like heaven and earth, the fire illuminated the sky, the boulders rolled, the rain of arrows, the rain of guns, and the rain of rain shot back and forth.
The hot air balloon moved rapidly, fell from the sky, and the mighty warship was plunged into a sea of fire.
The two armies of Yan and Song collided head-on, and the casualties brought were beyond Feng Shihu's expectations, and they also exceeded Qin Ming's expectations.
However, due to the large number of Song troops, the number of casualties during the strong attack was also several times that of the Yan army, and the warships in front were caught in flames, which also blocked the advance of the Song army in the rear, making it easier to be attacked by the Yan army.
Qin Ming, who was full of confidence, noticed that the battlefield scene was far from what he expected, and he was in a bad mood all of a sudden.
The number of Yan troops is not large, but the Song army often needs to spend seven or eight times the cost to kill the other party, which means that the Song army killed seven or eight people, and the Yan army killed one person.
He firmly believed that the Song army would eventually annihilate the flying army, but it was conservatively estimated that the Song army would suffer at least 30,000 casualties, and in the end, it would let the Yan army's sailors escape.
Such a tragic and fierce battle made Qin Ming hate Yan Jun to the core.
This group of bastards had to pull a cushion on their backs when they were dying, causing a lot of casualties to the Song army.
And, in the fierce battle, the flying army in the sky, quickly changed the attack formation, interspersed with the two wings of the Song army, and wanted to cut off the Song army's retreat.
Once the two wings of the Yan army rushed up, the casualties of the Song army would increase more and more.
Qin Ming learned from the pain, drew his sword and said to the guards: "If you attack again, if you can't stop the Yan army's offensive, the whole army will fight and retreat, and evacuate in concealment." ”
The guards conveyed Qin Ming's order, and on the deck of the warship, ten thousand guns were fired in unison, and the boulder rushed into the sky, colliding with the clay pots falling in the air, scattering in the air, and in contact with the flames in the warship, poof, poof, and burning.
It was as if the sky was burning, and it was like the Yan army weaving a huge net of fire, falling rapidly from the sky.
In the flying army, the hot air balloon was burned by fierce flames, and the Song army was in an even worse situation, and the fierce flames fell, so that the Song army on the deck had nowhere to escape.
A large number of Song troops fell into the sea of fire, rolling back and forth, howling miserably, screaming sadly, penetrating people's hearts.
Qin Ming looked at it, his heart was like a knife, and the Song army in the warships was killed in the flames, which was no different from being slaughtered by the Yan army on the spot.
Continuing on, Qin Ming was worried that the casualties of the Song army would exceed his expectations.
After all, the Yan and Song Dynasty have fought fiercely so far, the Yan army has suffered heavy casualties, and the Song army has still suffered heavy casualties, continuing to fight hard, Qin Ming is worried that the Song army will gradually be changed by the Yan army in the Yan army's lifeless attack, and the Yan army will no longer be able to retreat.
Yanshui Division took the initiative to evacuate, why didn't he also quietly lead the army to evacuate?
Preserve part of the living forces, and choose a day to continue the fierce battle with the Yan army and take revenge.
Therefore, soon the forward of the Song army was still attacking, and the warships in the rear had quietly begun to withdraw.
During the evacuation, Qin Ming still ordered the Song army to attack without hesitation, and the guns and stones rained in the air continuously, fighting hard with the Yan army in the sky.
The warships in the rear followed the river and secretly withdrew.
Soon, in the sky, Feng Shihu noticed that when the Song army withdrew from the Yan army's naval division, he couldn't help but not storm it, but on the contrary, he also chose the opportunity to quietly and secretly evacuate, and his heart couldn't help but be happy.
When the Song army withdrew, most of them had the idea of preserving their vitality, but their withdrawal happened to expose many flaws.
Today, he can completely seize the flaws left by the withdrawal of the Song army, severely damage the forward of the Song army, and take the opportunity to expand the results.
Without the slightest hesitation, Feng Shihu immediately made a decision, decided that the Yan army would attack fiercely, and immediately ordered the guards, asking to transmit information to Lin Shi and Lin Hu, and quickly stepped forward from both wings to cut off the contact between the Song army's forward and the rear army.
Soon, Lin Shi and Lin Hu received Feng Shihu's order, and their losses suddenly realized, and they each led their own troops, broke through, surpassed Feng Shihu's army, and quickly captured the Yan army.
For a while, the wind and clouds in the sky changed dramatically, and the Yan army formed an inverted zigzag battle formation, attacking from both wings, and the mighty flying army gradually formed an encirclement posture against the Song army from the two wings.
Witnessing the situation in the sky, Qin Ming's expression changed drastically, he didn't expect that the Yan army would still take the initiative to attack during the evacuation, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of anger in his heart, according to the Yan army's actions, sooner or later it would bring very serious damage to the Song army.
In this way, putting Qin Ming in a dilemma, allowing the front army to flee quickly will inevitably lead the war to the rear army, and the rear army will go to the rescue, and I am afraid that it will fall into more.
In his anxiety, Qin Ming's thoughts spun rapidly, and he said bluntly: "Order the front army, form a circular defense, evacuate in an orderly manner, and don't be broken through by the Yan army." ”
At this point in the battle, Qin Ming was really unwilling, but he didn't have any way, and he looked very helpless.
Fortunately, when the military order came out, the Song army acted quickly, forming a circular defense in the middle of the river, and all parties could take the initiative to attack.
In the sky, the Yan army took the initiative to attack, and on the river, the Song army was eager to defend, and for a while, neither side could help the other.
Persisting for about half an hour, although the Song army's circular defensive formation defense was very effective in the middle of the river, the flying army still relied on the spirit of sacrificing life and death to overcome the Song army's defense.
In the warship of the Song army, a raging flame burned.
At this moment, Qin Ming had to order the forward to evacuate in the chaos of the war, otherwise, if he continued to delay, he was afraid that the forward army would be buried in the fire and would not be able to fully evacuate.