Chapter 0928: The Last Ambush
Northwest of the battlefield. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Both the Western Liang and the Northern Xinjiang Army were exhausted.
Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's cavalry, under Sun Li's provocation, kept counterattacking, but the scale of the counterattack was small.
Although Han Yi and Li Kan's infantry army was still fighting with the Northern Xinjiang Army, because the Northern Xinjiang Army held on to the big formation, in order to preserve their physical strength, they also gave up the full-line encirclement method and used small forces to attack frequently.
So far, Han Sui has not clearly told them the situation of the other battlefields, nor has he allowed them to withdraw from the battlefield before dusk.
Yang Qiu and the others had been in battle for a long time, and they guessed from these anomalies that the battle situation on other battlefields might be unfavorable, so they became more and more cautious, the pace of the attack became slower and slower, and the scale of the attack became smaller and smaller, lest they would be counterattacked by the Northern Xinjiang Army at the last moment and the whole army would be defeated.
After the battle on the middle battlefield, Xu Da and Sun Li received Li Yi's order and learned that the main force of the army was encircling and annihilating Gao Gan on the right flank battlefield, and the army on the middle battlefield was rushing to the right flank battlefield to help, and there were no reinforcements on the left flank battlefield.
In order to complete the containment order issued by Li Yi, the two were very cautious, and let the soldiers take turns to rest while maintaining a certain offensive, so as to ensure that the army could still take the initiative to attack when the Xiliang people retreated in advance, so as to firmly drag the Xiliang people on the battlefield.
As time passed, the sun gradually set in the west, the white clouds were covered with a bright red veil, and dusk was getting closer and closer.
Sun Li and the knights of the Northern Cavalry were bathed in golden sunlight and lined up in formation, ready to launch a final round of attacks.
The scout rushed to the scene and reported, "General, General Hou has arrived." ”
Sun Li was ecstatic and shouted, "Where is it?" Where is he? How far is it from us? ”
"General Hou's cavalry is located on the west side of the battlefield, five miles away from us." The scout panted and said, "General Hou has a message, asking the general to launch an attack immediately to cover his army approaching the battlefield." He will attack from the enemy's flanks and flank the enemy with the general. ”
"Okay, great." Sun Li threw a punch excitedly and said loudly, "Tell General Xu Da and ask him to attack later and entangle the people of Xiliang." After General Hou and I routed the enemy cavalry, we immediately surrounded the Xiliang people from both flanks. Before dusk, we must defeat them. ”
"Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet......" Sun Li raised his spear and galloped in front of the battle, "Brothers, the last blow, the last blow...... Kill me out......"
The cavalry officers and men of the "Kill ......" looked excited and cheered in unison, and the cavalry army slowly started in the dense sound of horns.
The horn of the "woo woo ......" charge was as tight as a burst, roaring all the way with the blood of the sky, and quickly swept over the battlefield.
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Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi each commanded the army and rushed forward with a fierce formation. This is the last battle, after this battle, it will be dark, and the soldiers on both sides will withdraw from the battlefield to rest, whether everyone can live to see the sun tomorrow depends on this final blow.
Two armies, more than 10,000 cavalry, were launched simultaneously from both ends of the battlefield. For a time, thousands of horses galloped, the sound of killing was like thunder, the huge roar was deafening and rushed straight into the sky, and the smoke and dust rolled up were like two fierce beasts with teeth and claws, each roaring in the sky, crashing into each other with all his strength.
"Boom, boom, boom......" When the two armies met, the dull sound of collision suddenly exploded, and the battlefield shook at this moment. Then the sound rose into the air, piercing the clouds and cracking stones, shaking the heavens and the earth, and changing color for a while.
Sharp arrows roared in the air, bloody weapons howled in the wind, rampaging horses raised their necks and neighed wildly, and the brave and fearless soldiers fought to the death with all their strength, and the battle was unprecedentedly tragic.
A large army suddenly rushed out of the sky, they were like divine soldiers and generals descending from the sky, stepping on fiery red clouds, wearing blood-colored robes, majestic, unstoppable, and vented down.
The earth trembled violently with a roar.
The soldiers of the cavalry in the northern Xinjiang shouted wildly, their morale was like a rainbow, and their tired bodies were full of strength, and they were invincible in the killing.
The people of Xiliang were panicked, and the roaring sound of the horn suddenly disappeared, and the army fell into the abyss of fear in an instant.
"Withdraw, withdraw...... Yang Qiu turned his horse's head violently and shouted, "Withdraw......
The Xiliang people were in chaos, each fighting their horses and fleeing, and the battlefield was chaotic.
Hou Junji's cavalry rushed into the flank of the battlefield and cut it down with a sword, and the Xiliang people were immediately overwhelmed. Sun Li's cavalry then covered up the killing, wantonly slashed the enemy, and killed the Xiliang people so that they were overturned on their backs and embarrassed.
"Blow the trumpet, stop the pursuit, surround the Xiliang infantry army, quickly, quickly......" Sun Li was very sober, he saw the Xiliang people fleeing for their lives, and immediately ordered the army to turn around and kill from the flank of the Xiliang infantry army, intending to encircle and annihilate the Han wing.
Hou Junji came with a large army in a hurry, the men and horses were extremely tired, after a fierce rush, the physical strength of the army had reached the limit, and at this moment there was no strength to chase it.
After Sun Li's horn sounded to stop the pursuit, Hou Junji's cavalry soldiers collapsed on their horses one by one, gasping violently with their mouths open, and half of their strength was gone.
"Quick, turn, go east and kill and surround the people of Xiliang." Hou Junji was drenched in sweat, and kept shouting in a hoarse voice, "Whoever dares to let Xiliang people run away, Lao Tzu will cut off his head and skin him, hurry up, ......"
The two cavalry armies split into two and rushed murderously towards the Xiliang battle array.
Han Yi saw that the reinforcements from the north of the battlefield were killed, and directly killed the flank of the Xiliang cavalry, and expected that the Xiliang cavalry would be defeated, so he did not hesitate to give the order to retreat.
"Mingjin, withdraw, withdraw...... The rear army became the front army, and immediately retreated. ”
At this moment, Xu Da had withdrawn, and he and Guo Huai commanded more than 10,000 troops to attack the Xiliang army head-on. Cheng Yin led the army to meet the battle, and the two sides were fighting fiercely.
When the golden gong sounded, Li Kan commanded the rear army to turn around and leave, and Han Yi followed with the Chinese army. Cheng Yin commanded the front army to desperately block the Northern Xinjiang Army, and fought and left. But no one in the Xiliang people thought that the people of Northern Xinjiang would give up chasing and killing the defeated Xiliang cavalry, and suddenly turned east and killed quickly.
Sun Li's cavalry rushed to the left flank of the Xiliang people. Hou Junji's cavalry rushed to the retreat of the Xiliang people, and the two cavalry galloped on the open field, approaching the Xiliang army in a blink of an eye.
Han Yi was shocked, and urgently ordered the Xiliang army to speed up the retreat, and he led a team of personal guard cavalry to fight out, intending to block the enemy cavalry attacking his flank and buy a little time for the army to withdraw from the battlefield.
Almost at the same time, Li Kan also rushed towards Hou Junji's cavalry with a team of personal guards. If you want to break through, you must fight your way out. He rushed into the cavalry army of Northern Xinjiang and killed three horsemen in a row.
But the people of the northern Xinjiang did not give him another chance, and a horseman flew into the air, and the spear in his hand slashed through the air like lightning. The sharp spear swept past Li Kan's waist and abdomen, and blood immediately shot out. Li Kan screamed loudly, and was about to look down to check the injury, when another spear fell from the sky and plunged into Li Kan's throat with a "plop".
The main general was killed, and the rear army of the Xiliang people was in a panic. Li Kan's lieutenant general Wu Pei promptly ordered all troops to lead the army to break through at all costs.
The Xiliang soldiers were worried about being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy, and the attack became more violent.
Han Yi couldn't resist the fierce cavalry of Sun Libu and retreated into the formation. Cheng Yin's army fought alone against the armies of Xu Da and Guo Huai, and was killed in a hurry because of insufficient troops, and retreated step by step.
The Xiliang people were in danger, but the Xiliang people were not in chaos, the formation was still huge, the morale was still high, and nearly 30,000 horses were still fighting, because the northern army on the opposite side could not move.
The Northern Frontier Army of more than 30,000 people did not have the advantage of encircling the opponent in terms of strength, and after a day of hard fighting, the soldiers were exhausted, and the men and horses were tired, especially the cavalry of Hou Junji's army, which had traveled more than 100 miles to support, gritted their teeth and held on, and they did not have the strength to launch a fierce offensive to destroy the defense of the Xiliang people, so they could only drag the Xiliang people on the battlefield with the advantage of more people.
On the contrary, the people of Xiliang had already broken the boat at this time, and the soldiers held the idea of putting them to death and resurrection, and raised their last remaining strength to survive in death.
However, they also couldn't rush out, because they were not only inferior in terms of troops, but also almost the same as the Northern Frontier Army in terms of physical strength, and it was not easy to keep the formation from chaos.
Han Yi was desperate. If this situation continues, the Xiliang people will collapse sooner or later, and unless Han Sui can defeat the Northern Frontier Army on other battlefields and quickly come to support, these 30,000 people will definitely be finished.
Cheng Yin scolded, he scolded Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi. Because the cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang was eager to surround the Xiliang infantry army, after defeating them, they did not take advantage of the situation to pursue and cover for several miles, they were fully capable of reorganizing the army several miles away, and then killing back to help the army break through.
"These two bastards have repeatedly delayed the fighter plane today, and they should be cut with a thousand cuts." Cheng Yin scolded angrily, "The cavalry in the northern frontier is not as numerous as them, but they are beaten so that they can't move. How can it be that 15,000 cavalry could not support us for a whole day? ”
Han Yi was about to persuade him when he heard the roar of the army in front of him. The two were shocked, thinking that the Northern Frontier Army had broken through the battle formation, and hurriedly stood up.
"General, our cavalry is back, our cavalry is back." The herald came on horseback, and roared excitedly, "The Northern Frontier Army can't stand it, and we have torn a gap." ”
Han Yi was pleasantly surprised, and waved his hand again and again: "Beat the drum, beat the drum, let's rush out......"
After Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi fled for five miles, they stopped and reorganized the cavalry army. Yang Qiu was worried that the Xiliang army would be defeated by the Northern Xinjiangese, so he gathered 2,000 people and hurriedly rushed to the battlefield, leaving Cheng Yi to continue to gather fugitives in the rear.
Because of the short time and the frenzied breakthrough of the Xiliang people, the Northern Xinjiang Army has not had time to adjust the deployment of troops. Hou Junjijun's 6,000 cavalry not only had to block the enemy in the front, but also had to divide his troops to surround the enemy's right flank, and the battle formation was extremely thin. Under the front and back attacks of Yang Qiu and Wu Pei, they lost the frontal battlefield and watched the Xiliang people rush out.
Hou Junji and Sun Li were powerless, so they could only lead the army to cover up and kill on the flanks of the Xiliang Army, and they could kill as many as they could.
Xu Da and Guo Huai wanted to supervise the pursuit of the army until the Xiliang people were torn apart, but at this time Li Yi's order was sent to the battlefield.
Li Yi asked Xu Da and Sun Li to defeat the Xiliang army as soon as possible after Hou Junji's cavalry arrived, and drive the Xiliang army away from the battlefield, not to encircle and annihilate them, nor to inflict heavy losses, as long as they were defeated.
Xu Da had no choice but to order the army to stop the pursuit. (To be continued.) )