Chapter 1028: Cutting Off an Arm
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Five years ago, he once went to suppress bandits with the soldiers of the county government, and killed hundreds of people before and after, but he was scolded so much that he almost didn't say that he was a murderer.
Two years earlier, he had led his army in the war to pacify Xuzhou, which he considered to be a tragic battle, because in that battle they had wiped out more than 20,000 Cao troops.
But looking at it now, that war was nothing at all, because in that war, no more than 3,000 Cao soldiers were killed. Most of Cao's army collapsed and surrendered as soon as the Northern Xinjiang cavalry attacked by surprise.
Now, looking around, there is a river of blood flowing on the ground, and patches of Yizhou Army soldiers are lying in pools of blood, and stumps and broken arms can be seen everywhere.
After this battle, how many of the 50,000 Yizhou Army soldiers will be left? What was it that he had killed so many people before? Today, in just one hour, he has killed far more than a hundred.
War, war turned out to be like this.
Packs of cavalry warriors are like ferocious wolves on the grassland, staring at a pair of blood-red eyes, opening their bloody mouths, cruelly pounced on piles of prey, biting, gnawing, endlessly.
Facing fewer and fewer soldiers of the Yizhou Army who were becoming more and more resistant, Gao Xianzhi could no longer cut down. But he had to cut. Those enemies were fearless, and they went forward one after another, and one after another bravely rushed forward until they were all killed.
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The thunderous war drums on the position of the Yizhou Army have never stopped.
The sound of war drums is fierce and majestic, and it looks incomparably tragic and tragic on the bloody battlefield.
Xue Rengui was furious, he was enraged by the enemy soldiers' endless fighting. If this kind of fighting continues, the casualties of their own cavalry fighters will increase dramatically.
"Order all the divisions, concentrate the main forces, and annihilate the enemy's central army."
Xue Rengui urged the army to complete the annihilation of the enemy's Chinese army, and the horn sounded louder than one, looking very anxious.
Li Xin, Xiahou Ba and others personally led the most elite cavalry and launched a fierce blow against the enemy's Chinese army from four directions at the same time.
Wei Yue organized two thousand archers and launched a salvo against the central position of the central army of the Yizhou army, a continuous dense salvo.
The enemy's Chinese army was suddenly dealt a devastating blow.
The first to bear the brunt was the War Drums. They were caught off guard and were hit by the long arrows of the Northern Frontier Army, and in just an instant, almost all twenty or thirty soldiers were killed. The few who remained barely held on, and then were nailed to the drums of war by a denser stream of long arrows.
The already shaky formation immediately collapsed as the drums of war slowly faded after holding out for a short period of time.
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Ling Bud held on to the front line, brandishing his spear and stabbing the horses that rushed into formation, his attendants tightly surrounding him. Some slashed the legs of horses with swords, some intercepted soldiers on horseback with spears, and soldiers a little farther away fired long arrows in succession and shot them at will.
Gao Xianzhi, who had regrouped, brought his entourage and killed his own soldiers. His own soldiers were all spears, driving galloping horses, shouting all the way, invincible.
Ling Bud roared loudly and bravely pounced with his subordinates.
Gao Xianzhi's big knife slashed head-on and slashed fiercely on Ling Bao's spear.
Ling Bao struggled to raise his gun to seal the frame, and with a loud bang, the big knife collapsed, and Gao Xianzhi flew over.
Lingbud's chest was like a giant mallet, and he opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood.
The soldiers who followed behind Gao Xianzhi saw that he didn't dodge, and stabbed out the spear in his hand.
Ling Bao wanted to hide, but his body didn't obey him, and Gao Xianzhi's knife was so powerful that it had already hurt his heart and lungs. He watched as the spear plunged into his chest.
His attendants were quick to see and slash off the hilt of their spears. Then Ling Bud was surrounded by the attendants and urgently retreated into the formation.
The iron head of the spear was stuck deep in the flesh with a half-small wooden handle, and blood kept spurting out. The attendants surrounded him, shouting loudly.
Ling Bao looked at the blue sky and white clouds, as if she saw the lord Liu Yan, saw his soft smiling face, and heard his familiar voice.
He smiled and died peacefully.
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As the war drums of the Yizhou army stopped beating, the enemy's morale slowly lost, more and more defensive positions were broken through, and the shouts of killing became unprecedentedly fierce again.
The soldiers of the Eighth Regiment of the Northern Cavalry, who had been surrounded from all sides, launched a furious attack on the enemy. The entire battlefield was full of wild war horses flying vertically and horizontally, and it was almost impossible to see the complete Yizhou Army soldiers.
After a while, the shouts of killing became quieter and quieter, and gradually calmed down.
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At dusk, the sun is setting, the twilight is hazy, and the wind is gusting.
On the Jianghan Plain of Zhijiang Pavilion, the horns of victory came and went, and the plain was full of the voices of the cavalry soldiers of Northern Xinjiang celebrating their victory.
The cavalry on the battlefield began to look for their battle flags one after another, and gathered in the main division.
The ministries will school Pegasus arrive.
"Have you seen Ling Bao, the leader of the Yizhou Army?" Xue Rengui asked.
"He was stabbed with a spear and is dead." Gao Xianzhi replied with regret, "Lingbao Yizhou is very famous in the army, and he has good popularity, and he has a way to lead troops. The 50,000 soldiers' fighting power was far beyond our expectations. If the other Yizhou army units are also so difficult to fight, we will be in trouble. ”
Xue Rengui nodded and said disappointedly: "It would be nice if I could capture him, at least I wouldn't have to kill so many people." ”
In the battle of Zhijiangting, the officers and men of the Lingbao Department of the Yizhou Army suffered heavy casualties due to the resolute resistance of Lingbao in the early stage, and 50,000 troops were annihilated, of which more than 15,000 were killed. The Eighth Regiment of the Northern Xinjiang Cavalry Corps won a complete victory with more than 1,200 casualties due to the favorable time and place.
That night, the troops were stationed on the Zhijiang Plain and cleaned up the battlefield overnight.
The next day, the troops rushed to Zhijiang Castle, sixty miles away from Zhijiang Pavilion, with the captured soldiers of the Yizhou Army and a large amount of booty. As for Liu Biaojun, who was originally in Zhijiang City, after seeing the large-scale arrival of the cavalry in the northern frontier, he directly abandoned the city and fled.
Xue Rengui did not lead the army into the city, but stationed the camp on the hill outside the city.
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Xue Rengui's troops suddenly disappeared in Xiaofang Mountain, which made Liu Bei's carefully prepared plan to encircle it not work. Although he didn't know the reason for the sudden withdrawal of the Northern Frontier Army, he understood that now on the way to Jiangling City, the biggest threat to the Yizhou Army was this cavalry army. If Xue Rengui is eliminated, the Yizhou army will be able to reach Jiangling smoothly and join Liu Biao.
Before marching into Jingzhou, Liu Bei didn't expect Li Yi to send cavalry over so quickly. This made Liu Bei very passive in arranging troops.
Without surrounding Xue Rengui, Liu Bei was very uneasy in his heart, so he did not leave Yiling for the time being and went to Jiangling. After he wanted to know Xue Rengui's exact location, he would consider whether to go to Jiangling first or eliminate Xue Rengui first.
Xue Rengui's army was all cavalry, mobile and flexible, and it was always a huge threat to the supply lines of the army.
But if you spend a lot of time destroying this army, it will definitely delay the speed of the army's march. Once Li Yi led the main army of Northern Xinjiang to arrive, it would be even more difficult to reach Jiangling.
For a time, Liu Bei was in a dilemma.
The military advisor Pang Tong hurriedly walked into Liu Bei's big tent.
Pang Tong sat next to the desk and asked casually: "Lord, when will Zhuo Ying's grain and grass arrive?" ”
Liu Bei said lightly: "There are almost four or five days." ”
Pang Tong asked again: "Is there any news from Ling Bao today?" ”
Liu Bei shook his head anxiously and said, "There was no news last night, and there was no news this morning. I've already sent someone to look for him in Zhijiang City. I wonder what went wrong with him in Zhijiang City? ”
After a pause, Liu Bei said with a heavy heart: "There must be something wrong." With Ling Bao's caution, he will not easily cut off contact with us. ”
Pang Tong smiled and said, "The lord can be relieved. General Lingbao's troops are very strong in combat, and even if they encounter the cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army, they have the strength to fight. ”
Immediately, his face changed greatly, and he cried out in a lost voice: "Xue Rengui won't run to Zhijiang City, right?" ”
Liu Bei was shocked, grabbed his long beard, and tried his best to suppress the fear and uneasiness in his heart.
At this time, the scout rushed over and said loudly: "Report to the lord, General Ling Bao has been killed, and the entire army of the department has been annihilated......
Liu Bei collapsed in his seat.
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Liu Bei's heart was dripping blood.
Ling Bao, the fierce general of the Yizhou army, died, and his 50,000-strong army was completely wiped out.
Since the seizure of Yizhou by himself, various military operations have been carried out very smoothly. However, just when his situation was good, Ling Bao died, which was no less than a thunderbolt on a sunny day, which exploded on the heads of himself and the soldiers of the Yizhou Army. The morale of the Yizhou army was dealt a fatal blow.
Liu Bei hadn't eaten for a day. After receiving the news of the annihilation of the entire army of the Lingbao Army, he stayed in the big tent to think about the battle situation in Jingzhou.
Ling Bao's close friend Liu Bi has come to ask for battle three times and twice, demanding that Xue Rengui's department of the Northern Xinjiang Army be attacked immediately to avenge Ling Bao and the Yizhou brothers who died in battle. The military advisor Pang Tong said something bad, pulled Liu Bi to his big tent, and persuaded him to calm down for the time being.
At this time, the most important thing is that the morale of the army must not be disturbed, and it is necessary to reformulate countermeasures and strive to revive the morale of the Yizhou army in the shortest possible time.
In the evening, Liu Bei sent people to invite Pang Tong, Wu Yi, Liu Bi and other generals to the big tent to discuss matters.
Now the right flank of the army is out of protection, and the Northern Frontier Army is taking advantage of the cavalry advantage and wandering around, looking for an opportunity to continue to fight the Yizhou army. The threat from the north suddenly became very prominent on the battlefield. Knocking out the Yizhou Army's bud and cutting off the Yizhou Army's right arm, this was sharp and vicious, which suddenly made the Yizhou Army feel unbearable pain.
The original plan had to be revised because of the defeat of the Ling Bud Army.