Chapter 43 5 The Battle of Dawn
Xenas was the happiest man of the night, as he was the only one with night vision. With his ability, Li Tianhao successfully infiltrated between Bius's team and the back team to launch an attack. Now Xenas rushed to the front of the group, using his unique greatsword to split through the formation of the Yaki army and clear the way for his own cavalry.
Heavy swords slashed into flesh, tearing human muscles and bones, accompanied by dying screams and splatters of blood, turning the otherwise peaceful night into a living purgatory. If there were still people who could resist Xenas's attacks during the day, then at night they were like lambs at Xenas - Xenas was followed by Alam and Li Tianhao, who used their bows and arrows to shoot the Yaki army that lit the torch to death, and after losing the light of the fire, Xenus was like a fish in water, coming and going freely in the chaotic Yaqui army, as if death was raging in the crowd.
Although Xenus's onslaught threw the Yaqui army into disarray, his untargeted march still had some bad results. Not all of the follow-up cavalry could follow Xenas closely like Li Tianhao and Alam, and it didn't take long for Xenas to get lost with the follow-up brigade, leaving only Li Tianhao and Alam and dozens of cavalrymen around. However, the combination of these three people was too strong, and it was such a sporadic force that fearlessly went all the way to the center of the Yaji Army.
The sky gradually brightened, and Li Tianhao reminded behind: "It's almost dawn, hurry up, Xenas!" ”
As Xenas slashed the upper body of one of Yaqui's soldiers with his greatsword, he replied, "I said you and Aram are running out of arrows. Don't just watch from the back, if you want to speed up, let's go together! ”
"If you can't hold on, just say it!" Alam put away his bow and arrows. He drew his sword from his waist and stabbed one of the Yaki soldiers in the throat with a single stroke.
Cernas didn't stubble. He was just looking at the killing, and suddenly he pointed with his hand and shouted, "Over there!" ”
The rest of the people didn't say much, and each armed himself struck in the direction he pointed. Sure enough, the Yaji army here was exceptionally brave, and each one of them resisted desperately. Unfortunately, they faced the most powerful duo of the Tylesian army, and their courage was quickly torn into blood foam in the air in the face of the slashing of the greatsword and the halberd.
"Protect the General!" When the other party's words reached Li Tianhao's ears, he was sure that the general in front of him was the commander of the Yaji Army. I saw that this person was about fifty years old, and there was not a trace of fear on his countenance. Sure enough, he is a brave man who has been in a hundred battles. Immediately shouted: "Enemy general! Your head will be kept by Li Tianhao! ”
"Hey, this is the prey I found, there has to be someone who comes first." Xenas immediately protested.
Seeing that these people were obviously surrounded by the Yaki army but were in a no-man's land, they were indeed very strong, and they didn't seem to take themselves seriously at all. Immediately picked up the war hammer in his hand, and said with a smile: "Boys who don't know the height of the sky, let the old man teach you what fighting is!" ”
In the flash of light, the three of them fought in one place. What Li Tianhao didn't expect was that Bius actually blocked Xenas's sword. At the same time, he dodged the attack of his own halberd! This is something that no one can do, and this Bius is surprisingly a powerful character!
In fact, Bius had already tried his best, especially after receiving the thunderous blow of Xenas, his arms were also numb. If he had been a decade younger, Bius might have been able to fight Xenas. But now that he is in his twilight years, he obviously will not be the opponent of Xenas, not to mention that there is also a Li Tianhao! In just one move, Bius knew that he couldn't win, and if he continued to fight, he wouldn't even be able to save his life. Bius is a veteran of the battlefield. With a thought in his mind, he immediately shook a hammer towards Li Tianhao. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he galloped forward with a clamp on the horse's belly and forced Aram's sword away with a backhand. Fled. Just when he was sure that he had gotten rid of the enemy, he was hit by Alam's sword in the back, but fortunately he was protected by armor and did not pierce into the vital part.
Bius glanced back at Alam, he didn't expect this half-grown boy to be so skilled. At that moment, he endured the pain and gave an order: "Archer! Shoot them! ”
The soldiers immediately carried out the order, and the infantry in front suddenly retreated to both sides, and the archers who had already arranged behind immediately shot a rain of arrows!
At this time, Li Tianhao, Xenas and others immediately waved their weapons to pull away the flying arrows, and after a rain of arrows, only Li Tianhao, Xenas and Alam were still sitting on their horses, and the rest of the cavalry were all hit by arrows and fell off their horses. At the moment before the second rain of arrows came, Li Tianhao and Xenas had already rushed into the archery team and slaughtered, and Alam followed closely behind, but in this way, Bius also escaped smoothly.
At this time, a ray of the sun shone through the east, and when the sun shone on the plain again, Bius was shocked to realize that his army had become fragmented. The rear team has been completely defeated, the left flank is also on the verge of collapse, only the right flank is still struggling with the enemy, and his own team has been stirred into a pot of porridge due to the troubles of Li Tianhao's trio and the follow-up cavalry team, except for the little army he has mastered around him, all of them are in chaos.
Bius had to admit that he had failed, because in this situation he had lost control of the overall situation, and in this confrontation between infantry and cavalry, the infantry was absolutely disadvantaged, because the cavalry would not give the infantry any respite, giving the infantry a chance to re-complete the formation to fight. Now that the chaos is complete, the cavalry will continue to divide the infantry into small pieces and destroy them, and the infantry will not even have the possibility of escaping.
Defeated, do you want to die here? Bius smiled wryly. Indeed, if he continued to command, the soldiers could indeed hold on for a little longer, but it would be difficult to escape the consequences of defeat, and he would undoubtedly die on the battlefield; If they choose to flee, the soldiers who have lost their command will quickly disintegrate. Thinking of this, Bius suddenly shouted at Li Tianhao: "Li Tianhao! Your war pharaoh has learned! It won't be like today next time! If you are afraid that you will lose another battle with the old man, then come and take the old man's head! ”
With that, Bius urged his horse to gallop towards the periphery.
Li Tianhao heard Bius's shout, and couldn't help but hey: "I ran away, and I actually shouted out publicly, which can be regarded as a weirdo." ”
Li Tianhao understood at that time that Bius shouted out so clearly and fairly, and he did have the intention of attracting his troops to pursue, but the current battle situation Dils army has not yet won the battle, if the troops are divided in order to pursue Bius, the battle situation may be variable, and the top priority at the moment is to defeat this Yaki army and then return to defend Epsmilton, as for Bius, although this person is tricky, he can find an opportunity to eliminate it later.
"Your Lord!" At this time, Hector finally made a way among the enemy troops and found Li Tianhao's location. As soon as they saw Hector, he blamed: "Please Lord Lord, recognize your identity as the commander of the whole army, this kind of reckless and dangerous thing should be handed over to your subordinates!" ”
"I'm sorry, I haven't been in person for a long time, and my hands are itchy for a while." In the face of the outspoken Hector , Li Tianhao apologized straightforwardly.
Xenas, who dispersed the archers, shook off the blood on the giant sword and said with a smile: "Saying that we are in danger, didn't you only bring a hundred people yourself?" ”
"Isn't it all because you're trespassing around that you're getting your lord in danger?" Hector glanced at him, and then said to Li Tianhao: "Please return to the team immediately, and your subordinates will personally escort you!" ”
Because Hector's rhetoric was strict, Xenas did not refute it again, and Li Tianhao and others immediately moved closer to their own team with Hector's cavalry.
Due to the flight of the main general Bius, the morale of the Yaqui army plummeted, the team quickly collapsed, and the left flank collapsed on its heels, and the right flank, which had insisted on fighting to the death, finally saw that if it continued to fight, it would be in danger of being surrounded by the enemy and began to retreat. But on this empty plain, how easy is it for the infantry to withdraw from the battlefield under the pursuit of cavalry? In order to ensure that the eastern front was not threatened, Li Tianhao ordered an all-out pursuit, and the cavalry team pursued until noon before retreating.
In the two battles between this night, more than 5,000 Yaqui's troops were killed, and more than 8,000 were killed in the pursuit battle, and nearly ninety percent of the participants were killed. The Dils army also caused more than a thousand casualties.
At this point, Libera's forces on the east bank of the Namra River were almost completely lost. The focus of the fighting was on the West Bank. (To be continued......)