Chapter 1977: Defeat is like a mountain
In the night, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from the west.
Seeing that the city is about to be broken, the barbarian army is even more morale-boosting, under the continuous impact of the barbarian army, the north city gate has been completely destroyed, the city gate is open, but the door is blocked by several layers of defenders, the defenders are all spears in hand, but the barbarians are all saber fighting in order to facilitate the city, the battle of the city gate, but it is really an inch long and an inch strong, although the city gate has been breached, but the spear is like a forest, layer by layer to pierce forward, and many of the barbarians who rushed to the front were stabbed to death by spears.
The barbarians swung their swords and slashed forward, and there were archers behind them who continuously released arrows, but the city gate was already full of corpses, and the barbarians stepped on the corpses, rushed forward one after another to kill, and let out a fierce beast-like roar in their mouths, but also forced the soldiers in the city gate to retreat step by step.
The battle between the two armies was in full swing, and for a time not many people noticed the movement in the west.
Moreover, on the battlefield, people shouted and neighed, swords and fires, and there was a mess, and the sudden sound of horses' hooves only made most of the soldiers on both sides mistakenly think that they were wandering on barbarian horses.
But Tushi had heard it clearly.
Although he personally participated in the siege of the city, after all, he was the commander of the barbarian army, so it was naturally impossible to climb the city to fight, but there was still some distance from the city wall.
His senses were very keen, the ground vibrated faintly, and he didn't pay attention to it at first, but soon he sensed that something was wrong, and he vaguely heard the long neighing of war horses from the west.
Growing up on the grasslands, Tushi has developed a special skill that allows him to roughly judge the number of horses as long as he hears a sound.
The main force of the barbarian army is attacking the city, and the sound of horses' hooves faintly coming from the west, at least there are six or seven thousand people, Tu Shi reacted instantly, and the sound of horses' hooves could never be a barbarian horse.
Not long ago, the barbarian soldiers who returned from the defeat of Panlong Mountain sent back bad news, and Tu Shi was actually worried that after the Northwest Army won, would he take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill directly to Wuping Mansion?
It's just that he didn't expect that the Northwest Army would arrive as soon as he said it, and he would suddenly kill it at this critical time.
Although he hadn't seen the banner yet, he had already concluded in his heart that it must be the Northwest Army that killed him, and he was frightened and annoyed at this time.
The attention of the barbarian army was all on the city of Wupingfu, and there was no protection on the flanks at all.
Tu Shi had received bad news before, and in fact, he had also thought about whether to prevent the Northwest Army from suddenly coming over, but at that time, the barbarian army had already launched a full-scale attack on Wuping Fucheng, and if Tu Shi ordered the withdrawal of troops at that time and turned to the Northwest Army to defend against the Northwest Army, it would definitely make the morale of the barbarian army fall into chaos, causing extremely serious consequences.
Moreover, the attack on the Wuping annexed city is already ready, only in one blow, of course, Tushi will not see that the city is about to be broken, and order to return the troops halfway.
He also had luck in his heart, secretly thinking that the Northwest Army had many soldiers and horses, even if he marched into Wuping Mansion, the speed of the march would definitely be delayed, as long as he survived tonight and took Wuping Mansion, the situation would be extremely favorable to the barbarian army.
It's just that this night still didn't survive after all, and the Northwest Army appeared at the most undesirable time.
Of course, he knew what it meant for the Northwest Army to appear at this time, the barbarian army without flank protection, the attention was on the city of Wuping Mansion, at this time, the Northwest Army could easily cut into the barbarian army from the flank, once this happened, the unprepared barbarian army would inevitably fall into a state of chaos, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
Sudden Shi felt a chill in his heart, if he only thought the name "Chu Huan" was very hateful before, but now it has become "terrible"!
Of course, he already understood that the appearance of the Northwest Army at such a time was of course not accidental, and it must have been carefully designed by the Northwest Army.
From beginning to end, the Northwest Army has been harassing on the periphery, but it has not sent the main force to attack the barbarian army, and it is full of tricks, consuming the strength of the barbarian army, and it is precisely because of the continuous harassment of the Northwest Army that Tushi feels that time is pressing, so he hopes to take Wuping Mansion City before the Northwest Army makes a move.
The Qin army and the barbarian army went toe-to-toe, attacking and defending fiercely, and they all suffered heavy casualties.
Tu Shi once believed that the Northwest Army did not make a move for a long time, just because he was afraid of the strong force of the barbarian army, and did not dare to act rashly.
But now he understands that the Northwest Army is not moving, not necessarily because it is really afraid of the barbarian army, but has been waiting, waiting for the best time to make a move and pick rich fruits.
The timing of their attack was just right, not only when the Qin army was at the end of the mountain, but also when the barbarian army was at its weakest.
"Array!" Tu Shi shouted loudly, "Array to the west, prepare to meet the enemy!" He shouted loudly and hoarsely at the nearby cavalry.
The barbarians stormed the city, but there were still countless cavalry who could not crowd it, but they were all on horseback, waiting for the city gate to be broken, and immediately rushed into the city.
They had seen that the gates had been breached, and that the soldiers of both sides were engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat under the gates, and the cavalry knew that the time was coming to storm the city and plunder.
But there is a little sudden Shi may not have thought in advance, when the victory is in sight, and the bloody slaughter and looting of the city is about to begin, the various tribes of the barbarian army have been separated as a matter of course, the cavalry of each tribe has been gathered together, the barbarian army is composed of dozens of tribes, and when the time comes to enter the city to loot, naturally whoever grabs it will belong to whom, they have killed and injured many clansmen, and it is precisely for this moment, if before the city is broken, the tribes can still work together and work together, they are all brothers from the grassland, then after the city is broken, The tribes became adversaries.
The gold, silver, treasure, and mold women in the city are like a piece of bread, and if someone else robs a piece of it, she will lose a piece of it, so everyone is full of energy, and is ready to do a great job after entering the city.
The cavalry were in their own teams, in order to get ahead of the other tribes, they were all scrambling to squeeze in the direction of the city gate, and suddenly shouted loudly, but except for a small number of cavalry from his nearby tribe gathered over, the cavalry of the other tribes ignored it, before the city was broken, you were the commander, leading us to break through the city, but now that the city is about to break, that is, they have their own interests, and the generals of the tribes are too lazy to pay attention, and some people even suspect that the cavalry of the tribe is gathering to make the cavalry of the tribes retreat, Let the cavalry of his own tribe rush to the front.
The sound of horses' hooves is getting closer and closer, but in the midst of the war, there are very few people to find it.
Of course, it was because the fighting was too loud, but it was also because of the excitement that many barbarian generals ignored everything.
The last period of time towards victory is often the most dangerous moment, and the barbarians obviously do not understand this truth.
Tu Shi's voice was hoarse and had little effect, so he could only lead the cavalry of his own tribe to move quickly to the west, hoping that the soldiers of the other tribes would find out what had happened.
As the sound of hooves drew nearer, Thursh Khan led his men and horses to the west, and soon saw a group of black, iron-clad ghosts approaching him.
The black-armored cavalry came so fast, the wind was fast, and the clouds were ethereal.
Chu Huan was on the horse, feeling the feeling of the wind cutting his face.
With a swing of the big knife in his hand, the Northwest Iron Cavalry was already a bow and arrow in hand, and the arrows were like flying locusts, shooting from a distance and cutting at close range, although the reason was very simple, it was the most effective means of killing the enemy on the battlefield.
Long arrows rained down.
Chu Huan put away his knife and took the bow, two arrows in his hand, after the arrows came out, he broke the wind and galloped, and before the oncoming brute riders could react, one fell to the ground.
The Northwest Army came prepared, and the brute cavalry was caught off guard, if the two sides were prepared in advance, a head-to-head duel, maybe it was a chess opponent, but the brute soldiers at this moment obviously couldn't resist the Northwest Iron Cavalry that suddenly came out.
After a round of arrow rain in the Northwest Iron Cavalry, they had already drawn their swords in their hands, like a black flood, pouring in, and the hundreds of barbarian horsemen who rushed towards them were swallowed by the black torrent in an instant.
The teams of the two sides collided fiercely, but one side was sluggish, and the other side was like an iron plate covered with an awl, people and horses neighed, screaming again and again, the northwest cavalry slapped on the opponent's body like a stormy wave, the figures in the air flew, and the horses on the ground neighed, but in an instant, the hundreds of cavalry who rushed up fell nearly half.
The individual soldiers of the Northwest Cavalry may not be the best cavalry in the world, but this cavalry is highly disciplined, the orders are unified, and the ten people who work together are far better than the fifty people who are scattered, and the nearly 10,000 iron cavalry who work together from top to bottom are far better than the chaotic barbarian cavalry.
The main component of the Northwest Iron Cavalry was originally the Tianshan Moral Black Wind Cavalry, which was the cavalry that Zhu Lingyue had cultivated with great effort, and the cavalry trained were all cavalry generals such as Hou Jingang, and it had long been a disciplined team.
Under Chu Huan's command, they only needed to obey.
At the sound of the horn, the Northwest Iron Cavalry suddenly separated, and in an instant, it was divided into four teams, and it was like four black sharp arrows, shooting fiercely into the barbarian army's formation.
Of course, the Northwest Iron Cavalry knew what the barbarian army was doing in Hexi, and in any case, the barbarian army burned, killed and plundered in Hexi, which had already made the Northwest Army resentful, and at this time rushed into the formation, the spears and scimitars were invincible.
Although their speed was fast, the entire cavalry formation was not chaotic at all, and the four teams rushed into the barbarian army, and the barbarian army was on their backs for a while, screaming again and again.
Chu Huan personally came to the battle array, like a dragon, personally led a team of men and horses directly into the belly of the enemy, Gu Liangchen, Wolf Wazi, Qin Lei and other strong generals, but also like a tiger into the flock, under the impact of the Northwest Cavalry, the barbarian army was already divided, many barbarians were originally dismounted to attack the city, at this time it was too late to find their own horses, and they were taken away by the roaring Northwest Iron Cavalry like harvesting wheat.
Although many barbarians have discovered that there are suddenly countless iron horsemen on the battlefield, there are still many barbarians who are still struggling to attack the city for unknown reasons.
At this time, the city was already full of barbarian troops, who had an overwhelming advantage on the tower, while the defenders were still fighting to the death.
The barbarian army claims to be the division of tigers and wolves, but when they are unprepared, they are like a group of panicked sheep in the eyes of the Northwest Iron Cavalry, and the real division of tigers and wolves is the Northwest Iron Cavalry.
Wherever the torrent of black armor passed, corpses were everywhere.
Tu Shi fought hard, but was also swept by the barbarian army, fortunately he had a lot of personal guards around him, plus in the dark night, the Northwest Army was also difficult to identify who was the commander of the barbarian army, they were just in the vast city under the rush back and forth, Tu Shi Khan luckily escaped, looking back at the past, the Northwest Army was neat, and the barbarian army was already scattered in the east and west, under the Northwest Army's rush to kill, it was even more chaotic, although there were many barbarians who were very brave, rushed up and wanted to fight with the Northwest Cavalry, but the barbarians who fought separately, But how can they resist the Northwest Army Formation that is like a fist.
Above the city tower, a Qin soldier finally found that something had happened outside the city, and saw several cavalry rushing back and forth in the barbarian army, and it could be clearly seen that these cavalry were wearing armor, which was very different from the fur coats of the barbarians, and suddenly some people cheered loudly: "Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!" ”
The defenders were already determined to fight with the barbarian army, but at this time they all thought that they had reached a desperate situation, and they would resist desperately, after all, there was a huge disparity in strength, and it was impossible to prevent the barbarian army from breaking the city.
Suddenly heard someone shouting, many people on the city tower looked down, and saw that the dense barbarian army under the city was already in chaos, and saw those black-armored cavalry wielding broadswords, slashing and killing the barbarians, and shouted for a while: "Reinforcements have arrived, brothers kill!" Suddenly, the already desperate defenders of the city were demoralized.
However, those barbarians heard the continuous screams under the city, and saw that the soldiers and horses of the various tribes were scattering in all directions, and even many cavalry had withdrawn to the north, and they were immediately shocked, they already had the absolute upper hand, and they were about to kill the city tower and rush into the city from their morale.
Among the barbarians, there is naturally no shortage of brains, and they have already seen the clues of the matter, and they shouted urgently: "The reinforcements of the southern barbarians are here, go quickly!" ”
In fact, there are still tens of thousands of barbarian troops, and they are all brave and good at fighting, if they stabilize their positions in this chaotic situation, they may not be able to block the offensive of the Northwest Army.
The city tower is almost already under the control of the barbarian army, and there are many barbarian horsemen under the city, if it can be unified and dispatched, the troops are divided into two places, not only the city of Wuping Mansion will be taken, but also the barbarian army may not be able to regain control of the battle situation.
However, the barbarian army is a tribal alliance, and it has always been fought separately, although it united together to launch a continuous attack on the city of Wupingfu, but it still cannot form a unity at the root.
They can attack together, naturally, but in the face of sudden changes, they want to unite to fight back in adversity, but it is extremely difficult, the soldiers of each tribe only know to find their own tribe's companions and generals for a while, and the generals of each tribe are also desperately trying to find their own subordinates, the catastrophe is coming, the tribes are not thinking about immediately organizing a counterattack, but worried that under the attack of the Northwest Army, their tribe will suffer heavy casualties.
The few small tribes that had not yet attacked the edge of the city and were still left outside, seeing that the situation was not good, did not pay attention to the soldiers of the other tribes at all, turned the horse's head, and immediately ran north desperately, and because of this, the morale of the barbarian army collapsed almost in an instant, and more barbarians had no intention of fighting, and rushed to the north like a wave, all thinking of quickly leaving the battlefield and keeping their people.
The barbarians on the city tower saw their companions leave themselves and left, frightened, at this time where do they still have the heart to continue to attack the city, they have run to the battlements, and then the ladder goes back, the defenders who have been forced to withdraw from the city tower see this scene, naturally will not let go of such an opportunity, take advantage of the situation to counterattack, for a time the barbarians have many casualties, and even many people jumped from the high city head under the counterattack of the defenders, and fell to pieces.
Although Tu Shi is ambitious, he is not a person who does not know the times, although he also wants to organize a counterattack, but in this chaotic situation, the barbarian army either fights separately, or desperately flees, and wants to gather soldiers and horses to fight back, it is simply a fantasy, he has always thought that the brute soldiers are the most fierce soldiers and horses in the world, but the northwest cavalry he saw at this time is like a devil army from hell, these northwest cavalry are covered in blood, have their own blood, but more is the blood of the enemy, Rao is so, but he is not afraid, The horse's hooves trampled and swept everything in its path.
As long as the Northwest Iron Cavalry goes, it is like a monster's mouth, devouring everything.
"Great Khan!" Several horsemen on the side rushed forward, "Hurry up, you can't stay any longer!" Someone else had already grabbed the reins of Tushi's horse and pulled it north.
At this time, Tu Shi was sad in his heart.
He knows very well in his heart that the barbarians are not united, they have never been the opponents of the Central Plains, he has always had the ambition of unifying the grassland, as long as the tribes are unified, even if they can't go toe-to-toe with the Central Plains, they don't have to be afraid of the Central Plains Dynasty anymore, but only this defeat, the confidence and glory of the barbarians will be completely beaten to the bottom, at least for decades, the barbarians will not dare to step into the Central Plains again.
Moreover, this time the troops gathered most of the elite of the grassland, whether it was a warrior or a war horse, they were the best on the grassland, but after the defeat, the men and horses lost countless people, and if they wanted to recover, they could not do it in three or five years.
More and more barbarian soldiers fled north with the team, the so-called defeat is like a mountain, it is the soldiers and horses of the Tushi tribe, and a large number of people fled to the north, Tushi fiercely looked at the city that had collapsed, looked up to the sky and sighed, "God bless me!" At last he turned the horse's head, shook the reins of the horse, and rode away, and the small number of cavalry gathered by him, seeing Tushi fleeing, could no longer care about anything else, and rushed to flee.
The four teams of the northwest cavalry were each performing their own duties, and the two teams of soldiers and horses were still intercepting and killing under the city, while the other two teams of cavalry were following closely behind the fleeing barbarians.
The barbarians fled in a hurry, trampling on each other, inside and outside the city walls, above and below the city, everywhere you could see broken corpses, large swords and arrows scattered all over the ground, and a large number of war horses also fell to the ground.
Under the firelight, it was a terrifying scene of Shura's hell.
Wolf Wazi and Gu Liangchen two teams of soldiers and horses chased the enemy and slashed and killed, Qin Lei led a team of soldiers and horses to slash and kill the barbarians who retreated from the city under the city, and the soldiers who had been fighting with the barbarians in the city gate saw the barbarians retreating like a tide, and many people were excited, but they were already chasing out of the city and slaughtering the water dogs behind the barbarians.
The barbarian soldiers have launched an attack on the city of Wuping Mansion for a long time, but it has also led to the death of many strong men defending the city, these strong men are all people in the city, many of them are brothers and friends, and they have fought in a row, that is a blood feud with the barbarians, at this time there is an opportunity to retaliate, naturally will not miss it, countless strong men rushed out from the city gate that had been breached, shouting and waving the big sword and spear in their hands to kill the embarrassed barbarians.
There are people everywhere under the city, the barbarians, the northwest cavalry, and the strong men defending the city are mixed together, in the dark, they may not be able to see the face, fortunately, the northwest cavalry is wearing armor, which is easy to identify, and the strong men see those wearing fur suits, they immediately look over, and see the northwest cavalry, but they can't figure out where this reinforcement came from, but it must be their own people, and they shouted twice.
Chu Huan naturally saw a large number of strong men rushing out of the city, and he didn't pay attention to it, but took his team of cavalry and rushed straight towards the city gate.
The sound of horses' hooves, the soldiers crowded at the city gate saw the armored cavalry rushing over, without slowing down the speed of the horses in the slightest, they dodged away, and the cavalry who rushed to the front were already riding horses and trampling over the corpses blocking the city gate, and the cavalry behind rushed into the city as quickly as a long dragon.
Chu Huan flew into the city, his eyes swept away, but he had already found that there were not a few guards crowded by the city gate, and Chu Huan's outfit was naturally clear, and the more than ten guards who were mixed in the crowd obviously noticed that Chu Huan's soldiers and horses were not as friendly as they imagined, but they all clenched their swords, but at this time, the northwest cavalry poured into the city like a tide, and these guards did not dare to act rashly.
Chu Huan entered the city, raised his knife and made a few movements, and immediately a cavalry rushed over to both sides, holding the city ladder to the city, Chu Huan caught a glimpse of a guard soldier not far away, urging the horse over, but the guard soldier was extremely alert, the horizontal knife was in front of him, and the two guards soldiers on the side also approached, all looking at Chu Huan with a wary face.
Chu Huan rode on his horse and looked condescendingly at several guards soldiers, and finally asked lightly, "Where is Dingwu?" ”
"Bold!" A soldier of the Guards immediately shouted: "You dare to call the Holy Lord by his name, are you going to rebel?" ”
"It's been a long time since this king rebelled, don't you know?" A sneer appeared on Chu Huan's face, "Do you know who this king is?" ”
Several guards and soldiers heard that Chu Huan actually called himself "this king", and they all changed color, except for a few princes in the Qin State, there were no other princes, there was no doubt that the person in front of him must be a thief.
"Who the hell are you?" The bloodied Guards sergeant asked in a deep voice.
Chu Huan chuckled and said: "Dingwu is all over the world to take the head of this king, it turns out that you don't know who this king is?" ”
"He's Chu Huan!" A guard suddenly understood, and said in a lost voice: "He is Chu Huan from the northwest." ”
"Yes, this king is Chu Huan." Chu Huan said calmly: "Dingwu has always wanted to see this king, this king has arrived, where are the others?" ”