Chapter 178 Steel Torrent
The Xishan Praetorian Cavalry is really not a vegetarian, and when they collide with the Northwest Cavalry, both sides have nothing to say, waving their sabers, either you die or I die.
It was the blockage of the Xishan cavalry, but it blocked the speed of the impact of the northwest iron cavalry, the war horse neighed, the sword light and sword shadow, and the two torrents were crowded together, forming a huge steel vortex.
Qiao Mingtang shouted loudly, cheering for the Xishan Army, Xiao Moyun brandished his sword to gather the Xishan infantry, and rushed to the camp of the Northwest Army before, the formation of the Xishan Army was not scattered, the pikemen quickly formed, under the command of Xiao Moyun, the pikemen were divided into two teams, one team went west, after the Xishan cavalry, and the other team quickly turned south.
The sound of horns came from the south, and the sound of horses' hooves also came from the south, Xiao Moyun knew that if he only pointed the spearhead at the northwest iron cavalry in the west, then the cavalry from the south would easily crush the flank of the Xishan Army, and the safety of the flank must be ensured.
The three hundred cavalry of the West Mountain were all put into the west, as if the cavalry was insufficient, but there was no cavalry in the south to be able to top, so they could only meet the enemy with pikemen, thousands of pikemen formed three columns, under the command of Xiao Moyun, quickly moved to the south, at this time they had heard the sound of horses' hooves in the south getting closer and closer, although the pikemen were like a forest, the momentum was not weak, but when they heard the rumbling horses' hooves, many soldiers still changed color slightly.
Qiao Mingtang saw that the soldiers under his command were not in chaos, and his heart was a little settled, and he saw that although the cavalry rushing over from the west was not weak, the strength was not huge as he expected, and he had some confidence.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves coming from the south, Qiao Mingtang didn't care at first, there were already thousands of cavalry in the west, so with Chu Huan's existing troops, there should be fewer troops in the south, although it was very difficult to fight against the cavalry with foot soldiers, but it was not impossible to fight, but the sound of horses' hooves in the south was getting closer and closer, Qiao Mingtang faintly felt that something was wrong, and originally focused on the west, but at this time he couldn't help but look to the south.
This time out of the battle, fight to the death, Qiao Mingtang personally went into battle, and all the officers and soldiers led by him also went into battle, Director Pang was only a civilian official, but he also had to hold a knife, and followed the battle, he had never been through the battle, he could only follow Qiao Mingtang's side, seeing the soldiers on both sides fighting, cruel and ruthless, his heart was already terrified, and the endless screams of fighting came into his ears, which made Director Pang's face pale, seeing Qiao Mingtang turn his horse's head and look south, Director Pang couldn't help but turn his attention to the south, and heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, Chief Pang said casually: "Qiao Du, why is the sound of horses' hooves coming from the south louder than from the west, it seems that there are thousands of troops and horses!" ”
Qiao Mingtang was frowning, but when he heard Master Pang say this, his face changed suddenly, and he lost his voice: "What did you say?" ”
Seeing Qiao Mingtang turning his head to look at him, Director Pang's face, which was originally very elegant, looked distorted and terrifying at this time, his heart was cold, and he said in a trembling voice: "Qiao Du, lower official, lower official!" ”
"Impossible, never!" The corners of Qiao Mingtang's mouth twitched, and he muttered to himself: "If that's the case, why didn't Chu Huan take the initiative to attack this, it's impossible!" ”
Director Pang didn't understand what Qiao Mingtang meant for a while, but he heard an exclamation from the south.
Xiao Moyun's face had changed greatly at this time, his pupils were dilated, as Qiao Mingtang estimated, the troops in Chu Huan's hands were very weak, since there were already thousands of horsemen in the west, then the troops in the south must be even weaker, but at this time, listening to the sound of horses' hooves, it was obviously not the case, he was in charge of the military department, although leading the troops to fight may not be a good hand, but he knew very well about the soldiers and horses, and only listened to the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, far above the number of iron cavalry in the northwest of the west.
In the dark night, the Xishan pikemen who had been in a strict formation stared at the front, vaguely saw countless black shadows appear in their eyes, and soon, everyone saw that the dense cavalry swept like a tide, and everywhere in the eye, there were cavalry like tigers and wolves, the speed was like lightning, people did not arrive, horses did not arrive, but the cold murderous aura had already rushed to the face.
The Northwest Army is famous all over the world, and once it is on the battlefield, the children of the Northwest are the most fierce soldiers, and they are not afraid of death.
Xiao Moyun opened his mouth wide and couldn't make a sound, but at this time he had already seen clearly that the oncoming cavalry, not to mention a thousand, I am afraid that there are more than three or four thousand.
He really didn't know where Chu Huan had conjured up so many Northwest Iron Horses.
In the face of thousands of murderous Northwest Iron Cavalry, Xiao Moyun was no longer optimistic, and fought against them with the foot soldiers on hand, which was undoubtedly a fight between sheep and tigers.
It seemed that a head of cold water was pouring down, Xiao Moyun only felt that his entire body was cold to the bone, and every inch of his skin was cold.
"Qiaodu!" Xiao Moyun suddenly shouted bitterly: "Retreat!" Almost subconsciously, he turned the horse's head, patted the horse and walked away.
The soldiers of Xishan who were arrayed to meet the attack saw the black-pressed Northwest Iron Cavalry rolling over like a flood, and many people were stunned and wanted to leave, but their hands and feet seemed to be unable to move for a while, and they watched the torrent of steel rushing towards their faces and hitting them fiercely.
"Boom, boom!"
With the violent impact sound, which was mixed with a continuous and terrible scream, the Northwest Iron Cavalry was like a strong wind sweeping, and the war horse was like a tiger knocking out the Xishan soldiers in front, and the saber in the hands of the Northwest Cavalry was like a sickle for harvesting ears of wheat.
Qiao Mingtang wanted the soldiers under his command to harvest the heads of the Northwest Army and give them heavy rewards, and at this moment the soldiers knew that it was not easy to take the heads of the Northwest Army, but it was easy to lose their heads.
The Northwest Army on the battlefield has always been ruthless.
Just as soon as they saw it, the Xishan infantry army had been instantly dispersed by the northwest cavalry like a torrent of steel, and it was not until this moment that many soldiers who still kept their heads finally came back to their senses.
In the Xishan army, most of them are strong men who are temporarily recruited, before listening to Qiao Mingtang's heavy reward order, but they are all very excited, many people do Zhuang Ding nursing home, and it is rare to get a hundred taels of silver for several years, and now a head can be exchanged for a hundred taels of silver, and the rewards are rich, but many people are full of energy, and they want to make a fortune on this battlefield.
But at this time, they knew that the fighting on the battlefield was completely different from the street fighting, and it was also far from the fighting in the rivers and lakes.
Seeing the galloping Northwest Iron Cavalry, the blood of the strong men had already dried up, although the two thousand Xishan Praetorian Guards were shocked, but they belonged to the regular army, and they would not collapse instantly because of the bad shape, but those strong men had no military regulations in their minds at this time, and there was only one thought, that is, to escape from this terrible battlefield and save a life.
The large flow of people had already fled to the north, and several generals shouted loudly, trying to stop the rout of the soldiers and horses, and even slashed and killed several people with swords, but to no avail.
Qiao Mingtang's face was pale, his mind was even more blank, watching the steel torrent rushing in from the south, his team seemed to be engulfed by monsters in an instant, and his hand holding the knife actually trembled.
"Let's go!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Master Pang knew that he would definitely lose, so he turned his horse's head, but saw Qiao Mingtang looking at the south in a daze, and shouted loudly: "Qiao Du, go quickly, we are not their opponents!" ”
Qiao Mingtang was followed by four or five horsemen, this was a personal attendant, Chief Pang shouted twice, seeing that Qiao Mingtang did not react, he was in a hurry, and ordered to the cavalry: "Quickly, protect and protect the Governor Get out!" ”
Several cavalrymen naturally saw that the shape was not good, and they rushed forward, and someone had already grabbed Qiao Mingtang's horse reins and turned the horse's head, Qiao Mingtang came back to his senses and said sharply: "Let go, what are you going to do?" ”
"Qiaodu, they have thousands of cavalry, and they have been waiting for us to send them to the door for a long time." Director Pang said loudly: "We have fallen into a trap, we can't fight anymore!" ”
Qiao Mingtang's eyes erupted with fire, of course he knew what it would mean to him if he lost this battle, and angrily reprimanded: "You let Ben Du escape like this? ”
"Lord Governor, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and you can stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood!" Seeing that the Northwest Cavalry was about to be killed, Chief Pang was anxious: "If you lose, the entire West Mountain will be finished, as long as you retreat to Yunshan, you can also make a comeback, the court is right, the Holy Lord will definitely send troops to help!" ”
Qiao Mingtang is obviously still a little unwilling, but what Master Pang said is the key point, if he dies here tonight, the entire Xishan will be leaderless, Chu Huan with the power of a great victory, it is not impossible to sweep the Xishan, sighed, no longer hesitated, snatched the reins of the horse, shook hard, and fled north under the protection of a small number of soldiers.
Xu Qing and Hu Miao above the city were also frightened at this time, the situation on the battlefield was very chaotic, and the two of them couldn't know what happened for a while, but the Xishan soldiers were defeated, but they saw the ants-like Xishan soldiers fleeing northward like a tide, Xu Qing almost fainted, Hu Miao held Xu Qing, and said hurriedly: "My lord, my lord, it seems that the governor is defeated, what should we do?" ”
Xu Qing was weak, leaning on Hu Miao softly, and said weakly: "The reinforcements are defeated, Tongzhou City and Tongzhou City can't hold it, after Chu Huan and Chu Huan enter the city, they will definitely not let us go!" ”
Hu Miao hurriedly said: "Then what should we do?" ”
"Let's go!" Xu Qing barely stood up, "Hu Qianhu, quickly gather the soldiers, let's withdraw from the east gate, we must hurry!" ”
Hu Miao saw the Xishan army rout like a tide, knew that the general trend had gone, stomped his feet, and ordered: "Protect your lordship, withdraw from the east gate!" ”R1058