Chapter 762: Killing with a knife

Before this battle, many people made various predictions about Wang Yu's plan, but except for the Qingzhou generals who had been prepared, no one could have imagined that the killer weapon prepared by Wang Yu was such a move, and the routine of this battle was so simple.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't prepare any plans, at most he just made some minor adjustments. Even so, when it really came to the moment when Tu Poor Dagger saw it, his extremely simple killer move was still unstoppable.

After a fierce battle for half a day, the Qingzhou Hussars finally showed their strength and courage again as the strongest soldier in the world.

Que Ji and Zonu were successively lost in the chaotic army, and the leader fell headlong because of the huge contrast, although he was not too seriously injured and retained his consciousness, but it was absolutely impossible to rely on him to continue to command the army.

In fact, even if the leader is unharmed, he will not be able to make any positive difference to the outcome of the battle.

The nomadic concept of warfare pays more attention to skirmishes before decisive battles, constantly weakening the enemy through harassment, raids, cutting off food routes, etc., and only when the enemy is exhausted can he launch a fatal blow. Frontal large-scale battles are not what they are best at.

Throughout ancient and modern times, except for some special cases, in the battle between the Central Plains civilization and the steppe peoples, almost every head-on decisive battle occurred when the latter was forced to do so, and the result of each large-scale battle also ended in a fiasco for the nomads.

The leader was forced to the step of a head-on decisive battle, and he had already lost half of it, Wang Yu instigated the new army of the Taishan Army and showed his killer move, what else could he do? It's nothing more than wailing and screaming.

Due to the previous crowd tactics, Hu Cai's formation was extremely dense, but there was no order. When the collapse occurred, the chaos spread rapidly. The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the front army and even the Chinese army continued to disintegrate and dissolve like melting ice.

In the face of such a situation, let alone the leader of the mediocre army, even if Sun Wu and Bai Qi are resurrected, they can only shake their heads and sigh when they change places.

All the people were on the run, shamelessly fleeing in front of an enemy who was outnumbered by one percent and who had no horses. No excuses, no excuses. It was as if all the herdsmen had forgotten that they were warriors on the steppe, who had come to the Central Plains as perpetrators, and that their opponents were nothing more than former farmers, no different from the border people they had once wantonly harmed.

The only one that was not affected. In the chaos, there was only a hope of saving everyone with more than 10,000 cavalry on both wings.

Because they were far enough away from the main formation not to be overwhelmed by the rout of the strikers. However, those who want them to take positive measures to save the situation can only be disappointed, because their morale is also shaking.

The opponents faced by the cavalry on both wings were two battalions of ironclad infantry. The number of men was only two thousand, but the defensive position was unusually solid, and it was impossible to let the cavalry, which was five times its size, clash repeatedly. It is as solid as an eternal mountain rock.

Previously, the main force had the advantage, and the Hu cavalry on both flanks could still muster up the courage to constantly charge, creating a lot of pressure on the Han army. At one time, he also pinned down Xu Huang's Destroying Battalion, so that he had to divide his troops to reinforce the two wings. As a result, the striker's rejection formation became sparse.

Now that the collapse of Xianbei's main force is already on the table, how can the cavalry on both wings still have the strength to continue to fight hard? All of them watched from the sidelines, and their faces were full of horror.

In this way, the Xianbei people missed the last opportunity to make adjustments and save the tide of the battle, and watched the Yellow Turban tide converge with the Destroying Blade Battalion and the Armored Iron Cavalry one after another, and finally turned into an unstoppable frenzy.

"Woo woo ......" Just before the total collapse was about to take shape, a burst of passionate horns suddenly sounded in the rear formation. A big flag was raised against the wind, fluttering high, and with concise flag language, it clearly and unmistakably expressed the instructions of the person who gave the order - fight to the death!

It was Murong Feng, seeing that the Chinese army was unable to make contingency instructions for a long time, he took over the command and set an example. He organized the warriors of the Murong tribe into a huge phalanx, with spears in the front row and bows in the back, and pointed at anyone who dared to rush close.

"We have a lot of people, don't be frightened by the Han army, fight with them to the end, exchange lives for lives, and see who can survive to the end!"

"Our back road has been copied by the light cavalry of the Han army, run, where can we run? Even if you run out of the fortress, there is no tribe, no companions, do you still want to live on your own? The Han army is also human, what is there to be afraid of? ”

"If you run again, don't blame our Murong Department for not thinking about the love of the same clan!"

The pace of the rout was paused.

On the one hand, Murong Wu's shouting made some sense, on the other hand, the phalanx of the Murong Department did have a lot of deterrent power, and more importantly, everyone was surprised, no one expected that at this critical juncture, it was Murong Feng who stood up and tried to turn the tide.

With Murong Feng's usual style, at this time, in such a favorable position, he must be the first to slip away. This is known for its cunning and is desperate, which means that the Xianbei people are really standing on the edge of the cliff, right?

"Even Murong is desperate, he can't lose this battle!" After a moment of surprise, the clan leaders also realized the problem and shouted one after another.

"If you lose, there is no way to survive when you return to the grassland, so you might as well fight!"

"Formation, formation! Don't let the rout disrupt the formation, fight hard, who loses and who wins! There are many of us, in addition to the 100,000 troops engaged in the battle, there are also 40,000 Hannu! How could an army of 140,000 not be able to defeat a 20,000 Han army? ”

"Kill!"

The trapped beast is still fighting, and the instinct to survive still plays a role in the end.

The matter of being copied by the wind cavalry did not disclose it to the clansmen, because they were afraid of disturbing the morale of the army, so they collapsed before fighting. shouted at this moment, but it had the effect of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, a tragic atmosphere spread, the rout of the vanguard subconsciously slowed down, and the cavalry of the middle army and the rear army lined up in a phalanx.

"Run in both directions, don't rush your own formation!"

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Effective instructions came from the rear one after another, and for a while, Hu Qi's decline showed some signs of stopping.

The Hu chieftains of the Chinese army erupted in a loud cheer, and even the leader struggled to climb back onto his horse. They no longer have the luxury of beating their opponents, they just want to stop their opponents' wild advance. Draw the battle to an even level, then save most of your strength and retreat.

It really doesn't work, as long as the front does not collapse, you can also try to break the wrist of the strong man and sacrifice some people to drag the Han army and give yourself the opportunity to retreat - those Han slaves are very suitable for this use.

Only Tuoba Liwei was still uneasy. He knew Murong Feng too well, because they were the same kind of people, and they were the kind of people who had never done what was good for them.

Now salvage the defeat. Is it good for Murong Feng? On the surface, there are quite a few, such as the gratitude of the ministries after the war, the rise in prestige, and so on. However, in order to enjoy these benefits, Murong Feng first had to have a dragon fight with the leader.

Tuoba is not calculating that the leader will take revenge. He just deduced according to the common sense that there are no two tigers in the mountains, and the leader would not let go of a person whose reputation is similar to his own, or even surpasses his own, which will threaten his position to a great extent.

Murong Feng wouldn't like this, otherwise he wouldn't have been in obscurity for so many years, and he had been torn between Kuitou and Qianman.

For Murong Feng. It's only right to turn around and run away. The Xianbei army was all cavalry, and the number was several times higher, and the Han army did not have the conditions to completely annihilate the entire army.

If they had fled at the first sign of a great collapse, they would have escaped at least 70,000 or 80,000 people. After the fact, it was not difficult to gather sixty or seventy thousand cavalry, and it was not difficult to regroup.

As for things like victory and honor, it was not originally valued by the grassland people, and in the war with the Han army. Losing battles is the norm. Why was the sandalwood locust so admired back then? Isn't it just that he fought a rare victory!

I didn't run when I should have run, but I was uncharacteristically fighting to the death. Tuoba Liwei believes that Murong Feng's behavior is likely to harbor evil intentions.

The most direct evidence is that after the Xianbei army reorganized, the Han army's advance was still as sharp as before!

Just when he thought about it, a team of Han army iron cavalry had rushed to the front of the Chinese army, the first general was red in armor, like a raging fire, a halberd in his hand made it like a dragon out of the water, a few stabs, and tore a bloody wound on the huqi phalanx that was huddled together.

Tuoba Liwei knew that this enemy general, as a woman, was the first to enter the battle of the Jiangmen Tiger Girl, in the previous battle, once ridden alone into a heavy siege, but has persisted until now, the souls under the halberd are afraid that there are more than hundred!

Several Hu horsemen held their spears aloft and tried to fight the enemy generals. However, they who had not practiced the murderous techniques that had been tempered by the Central Plains had no courage, but they could not hurt Lu Qiling in the slightest.

Gently flicked away the two wooden spears that were too strong, and the halberd slashed at him diagonally. The thick halberd shaft of the bowl brought a gust of wind in the air, tearing through the leather armor, ribs, heart, and back like paper, and finally leaking out from behind the opponent. Then, she slammed her arm upwards, and the halberd flicked up, throwing the already exhausted corpse into the faces of the other two enemies.

"Ahh The two enemies screamed at the same time and fell off their horses, and Lu Qiling took the reins, and the red rabbit stood up with a neighing man, imprinted the huge horses' hooves on the shepherd's chest, and trampled them into meat patties. The next moment, the iron cavalry beside him followed, swords and spears raised simultaneously, widening the gap by several feet.

"Come with me, brethren!" Lu Qiling shouted, and her shouting was full of joy.

The previous battle was too aggrieved, although I heard Wang Yu explain that in order to win, it was necessary to let Hu Qi's speed slow down and the formation became tighter. The iron horse should be like a magnet, attracting Hu Qi to death, not like a spear and lance, but the girl still felt depressed.

It's still the coolest way now, and the iron cavalry fights like it is now.

Hu Qi's formation quickly collapsed inward, and Lu Qiling took the lead in it, as happy as a tiger entering the flock.

Although they couldn't stop Lu Qiling's sharpness, the shepherds who were aroused to fight for their lives did not mean to be restrained, they divided some of their hands to block the front, and the other part threw the lasso from the side, trying to tie the hooves of the iron horse.

Before, they used this trick to stop the charge of the Iron Cavalry. One or two tripwires are nothing powerful, and they can be cut with a casual swing of the knife, but as long as there are more tripstrings, they can form a diversion effect and create a fighter for their teammates facing the enemy head-on. This is the means by which the shepherds deal with the beasts of prey when they hunt.

This time, however, their tried-and-true tactics failed. Before there was time to besiege, countless foot soldiers poured out from behind the iron horseman.

There was no fear, no pain, these chanting battle horns, the nightmarish Han army seemed to be possessed by the heavenly soldiers and generals, and the speed of the foot charge was only half a step slower than the advancing iron cavalry!

In the face of this wave, any small means such as stumbling and siege are floating clouds, which are blown away at once. Without these containments, the momentum of the Iron Cavalry was completely irrepressible, roaring like rolling spring thunder, smashing the first blocking phalanx.

Tuoba Liwei finally figured it out, he knew why Murong Feng was uncharacteristically putting on a posture of fighting to the death, he was going to borrow a knife to kill someone!

This battle came very suddenly, and the Xianbei army didn't have time to make too many adjustments, so they started the queue in the order of the big battalion.

The soldiers and horses of the eastern Xianbei are in the east, so they have become the vanguard, the central Xianbei, the royal tent departments headed by the leader are in the center, and Murong Feng and Tuoba have been stationed in the west, so they have become the rear army.

If you run away at the first time, the biggest loss is only the eastern Xianbei, and if you fight desperately, then the central Xianbei departments will also follow in the footsteps of the former.

And then the Murong Department of the rear army...... Anyway, they are all cavalry, and they are light cavalry, no matter how against the sky the Han army is, it is impossible to surround Murong Feng to death with iron cavalry or foot soldiers.

In other words, from the moment Murong Feng left the Chinese army, he had already predicted the inevitable defeat of the Xianbei army, and he was already planning for the post-war situation.

A chill seeped out from his bones, making Tuoba Li slightly cold.

You can share wealth and prosperity, but you can't share hardship! When you have an advantage, you can take care of the overall situation, and when you fall into a disadvantage, you will immediately take care of your own people, and even pull up your own people's hind legs. But it can't be helped, because this is the characteristic of wolves.

Thinking about this section, Tuoba Liwei was even more unscrupulous, and like Murong Feng, he quietly disappeared from the Chinese army, and quickly returned to his own people, making the most comprehensive preparations for the upcoming rout.

His prescience proved quicker than expected, and less than a moment after his return to his home base, the expected collapse occurred.

This time it was not because the hussars broke out again, but from the southwest there was another army with a red flag, although there were not many Han soldiers, at most only one or two thousand, but the timing of their appearance was too accurate, and the significance of their appearance was too amazing, so it became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

ps: I really caught a cold, dizzy, my nose was not breathing, and it was better at noon, so the update was late, but don't worry, there will still be a second one, but the time may be late, sorry ha~