Chapter 21: Fight to the Death
No matter how subtle your calculations are, wars can always make accidents happen. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the past, he fought against the soldiers and horses of Jizhou Black Mountain, Xianbei people, and even Gongsun Zhan, and Sun Qing had never seen such a brave enemy as the Liangzhou people...... As Yanbei's reputation grew higher and higher in the north, the enemy was already afraid before they saw their faces, and they were more likely to be defeated by them, which made them not fight desperately for a long time.
It's just that at this time, in the face of the generals fighting to the death, the subordinates, whether they are Han'er scouts or Wuhuan warriors, are also aroused, and they all ride their horses and swords and form arrows to rush towards the array of spears and spears.
Desperate, all in the present!
The Liangzhou people's standard Zhangwu spear was on the ground at one end, and the hem of the blade was straight at the cavalry charging in groups...... Each class, whether infantry or cavalry, has its own strengths and limitations, and the best generals know how to use battle formations according to local conditions.
In today's battle, although Sun Qing and others decided to flee first and then reorganize the army to attack and harass, Hua Xiong also had his subordinates surrounded on three sides, and even lost the way to the south because of Sun Qing and others' escape to the north, causing Hua Xiong to command the infantry to completely block their retreat and constantly squeeze the living space of the cavalry.
The archers are surrounded, and they have lost their maneuvers far beyond the infantry, is there still a way to live?
Yes!
Tai Shi Ci stabbed out the Zhangba long lance, the four-foot blade crossed the spear forest and penetrated the throat of a Liangzhou soldier, and then the blade was picked open, as if it was a long go, right left to right swing, the hundred refining lance seemed to have a thousand powers, cutting through the paper so that more than ten wooden spears in front of the horse broke from it, and then like a thunderbolt, the horse danced and crashed into the formation.
Sun lightly brandished his double knife to block the spear, which could be cut off, and the slash was opened, and he let out a meaningless angry curse and roared with Tai Shici in his mouth; Su Fuyan followed closely with a saber and slashed at the enemy on his side.
Behind the three generals, groups of Wuhuan cavalry outside the spears and sabers rushed into the torn enemy formation, and the Wuhuan warriors in the arrow formation stretched their bows and arrows, and the arrows rained down.
The waves of blood rolled, the swords were merciless, the speed of the cavalry formation was obviously hindered after crashing into the infantry formation, and in the middle of the battle between the two armies was the most obvious divide, and the stumps and broken arms filled the people's eyes, and the wails and shouts were endless.
Although it was only a short stalemate, it was enough for a large number of chasing foot soldiers behind the cavalry to besiege it, and more than 5,000 Liangzhou soldiers were like rolling waves, squeezing less than 2,000 Youzhou scouts into it, constantly dividing, encroaching, and devouring.
Between the spears and stabs, Tai Shici made the water unable to enter with a long lance, and the four-foot long blade slashed and stabbed everything in front of him, and the Quartet was invincible. If he had fifty behind him at this time, no, even if only thirty of the most elite Yan Zhao warrior cavalry from Yan Bei's side charged with him, they would be able to help him quickly open up the situation...... But he didn't have Yan Zhao warriors, and there were only Sun Qing and Su Fuyan behind him.
Vain Courage.
The strength of the Wuhuan Turquoise Cavalry is that it is harassing, but it is not good at such hard fighting. The huge pressure of the entire army formation was borne by Tai Shi Ci's single horseman, and even if he was conceited and brave, he could only wield his long lance with difficulty to pick and kill the enemy army.
The Liangzhou soldiers who grew up on the Northwest Plateau have a shocking tenacity.
Tai Shi Ci's mind could no longer contain any thoughts, and there was no path in front of him, only fierce enemies who were surging up on top of each other to take their heads. He couldn't remember how many lives he had lost to his hands today, when he had just let out a wail. All he knew was that if he killed someone, he could pac the horse forward.
The horseman's vaunted impact and galloping momentum were wiped out when the siege was closed, and now the mount did not give him the slightest help, but instead distracted him from protecting his horse in the sea of spears.
Such a battle is exhausting, if only for a moment.
But...... However, it was precisely because Tai Shici shared most of the pressure of the charge that the morale of Sun Qing, Su Fuyan and many Wuhuan cavalry behind him barely collapsed, and gradually more and more Wuhuan riders stepped on the corpses of the robe and the enemy, and advanced deeply into the formation.
They couldn't feel the pressure of Tai Shici, and they could only see the heroic figure of the Qingzhou warrior under the general's seat waving their lances on horseback against the stumps and broken arms in the sky, which was the reason why they dared to continue fighting!
The casualties continued every moment, and in a moment, Tai Shi Ci led the cavalry array to rush out dozens of steps, but as far as the eye could see, the enemies around him were also converging towards the front, and more and more enemies were blocking the passage, so he turned to the east and continued to charge.
He remembered that Yan Bei said that once the battle situation fell into chaos, it was no longer the soldiers' armor or even the tactics of war, and it was the will and morale that determined whether the final battle was won or lost.
They are all waiting, waiting for the enemy to be afraid for a moment before themselves.
As Tai Shici rushed left and right, there were many enemies who fell in front of his horse, and the war horse and armor were all stained red with blood, and even the long lance in his palm gradually became heavy...... He's been fighting for too long.
But compared to him, Sun Qing and Su Fuyan behind him were even more unbearable. Although the two of them were not under the most pressure, they were the first to bear the brunt of Tai Shici's care. At this time, Su Fuyan's shoulder armor was picked up somewhere, and the brand-new cuirass was stabbed by a spear; Sun Qing's beloved two ring knives are now only one left, not because they can't catch it and are picked up by the enemy, but because they are too heavy and lost by him.
It was also considered to be the best use, and the ring knife was thrown out and knocked over an enemy.
At this moment, where can you still take care of the distress?
Suddenly, Tai Shici found that the enemy troops in front of him were slowly retreating...... These fierce Liangzhou people finally know what cowardice is!
"Charge, we're going to get out!"
Now that the tide of battle has changed, the cavalry that was originally on the verge of collapse has struggled, and each strong fighting spirit has let out an excited roar. The morale of the people of Liangzhou is even more frightened...... The first to throw down their weapons and flee in front of Tai Shici was Tu Gehu, followed by the Qianghu soldiers, and those Han people. This time he was truly invincible, and watching the enemy dodge to both sides and not daring to move forward made Tai Shi Ci's heart happy, as if his arms had once again given birth to a force, leading the cavalry forward to kill.
Charging for dozens of steps, the eyes suddenly opened up, and there were fewer and fewer enemies in the darkness.
Looking back in a hurry, behind the Wuhuan cavalry who had survived the catastrophe was a camp lit up by a bonfire, where there were still countless sergeants chasing after them, so that he did not dare to relax, and hurriedly ordered the troops to flee to the north first, and only after running for five miles did he dare to stop gathering troops for a while, and then left more than ten horsemen to meet the rear, and then fled to the east.
After going straight for half an hour, they dared to rein in their horses, and they all turned over and jumped off their mounts. It is better to let the horses drink water, and the soldiers to rest...... Fighting against nearly three times as many enemies and losing their lives at the slightest mistake is physically and mentally exhausting.
"Ziyi, thanks to you this time!" Sun Qing got off the horse's back and swung his legs, took off his hood and threw it aside to sit on it, looked at Tai Shici and said, "If it weren't for you, damn, I would really let Xiliang soldiers slaughter it this time!" ”
Tai Shi Ci waved his hand and sat aside to rest, in fact, how could he not know in his heart that they were almost trapped in the battle and could not come out alive? After a few breaths, he asked Su Fuyan who came over, "King Qiao, how many people do we have left?" ”
Sun Qing's aftermath and Tai Shici's exhaustion are all different from the cliff king Su Fuyan. The leader of the five tribes of Wuhuan sat aside without saying a word at this time, not only was he tired, but his heart was even more angry.
More than 900 Wuhuan warriors died in this battle, it doesn't matter if you are dead, where are there undead people in the war? They naturally had this kind of consciousness for a long time when they sent troops to release horses, but for Su Fuyan, this was the war that he had suffered the most losses since he helped Yanbei fight.
"It's going to collapse at the first touch, and you can't run out of it." Su Fu shook his head slowly, looking at Sun Qing and Tai Shici, and asked angrily, "What kind of battle are we fighting?" ”
Sun craned his neck lightly and didn't speak, if they had fled south at that time, it might not have been so difficult.
In fact, it was fortunate that they were later besieged, and there was no way out, so everyone could only fight hard, otherwise not to mention more than half of the casualties, as long as they were beaten and did not have a song, the various departments would scatter and flee and could not come back.
"Alas!" Tai Shi Ci sighed and said to the two: "It's too late to say that now, what should we do?" ”
yes, what do we do?
The military tents, rations, and everything were left in the camp, and the initial calculation was very good, and I still thought about counter-encirclement and harassment of the enemy army. But in this situation, can they still attack and disturb them? The soldiers were exhausted, but they didn't even have the skin to sleep on.
"What else can I do when it's like this?" Sun Qing spread his hands helplessly, pointed to both sides and said: "Either we will go back to the general to receive the punishment in despair, or we will gather the soldiers and horses and we will kill them back, regardless of whether the Liangzhou soldiers are in the camp or preparing to return to the city, we can all go to Xingyang before them." ”
Tai Shi Ci nodded, Sun Qing was right, they only had these two ways, but then their faces were difficult again, "Go back, this battle is useless." will not go, if the whole army is wiped out after another defeat, there will be no scouts for the general's subordinates. ”
The biggest problem is here, they are all scouts under the northern part of Yan, although they have lost a game, at least they still have the strength to be scouts. If you lose another battle at this time...... Will Yanbei kill the three of them when he goes back?
"My warriors still have a thousand horses left, most of the arc knives are curled, and only half of the arrows are left." Su Fu took a long breath and said helplessly: "Even if we fight, we can't kill many enemies." ”
"But can you just go back like this?" Sun Qing got up and rubbed his thighs and said, "Anyway, I can't stand it, the first battle martial arts also damaged the soldiers and horses, and I was escorted to beat the military stick when I went back?" Let's kill him now, even if we can't let them lose more than half, we can drag them down and let the general fight! Ziyi, what do you think? ”
"Then let's send a message to the general...... Tai Shici stood up with a long lance and said to the two: "Kill back?" ”
"Kill back!"
"Kill back!"