Chapter 241: Marshal Duel
Jin Lilai is a general under the account of Yizhi Wende... Brave and unbeatable. He was once the second warrior of Goguryeo after his brother Jindalai, and he was able to tear the cheetah alive. However, his brother, the first warrior, died in Xincheng under the charge of Chen Kefu's heavy cavalry, and he became the first warrior of Goguryeo.
The ironclad cavalry of the Sui army no longer turned left and right, but rushed straight towards the handsome banner of Yizhi Wende. Among the cavalry, the broken army flag fluttered high, and Jin Lilai recognized the flag at a glance, and when he was in Xincheng, it was the Sui army with this banner that killed his eldest brother.
Looking at the ironclad cavalry charging with the momentum of thunder, Jin Lilai did not have any fear, but faintly rose in his heart with boundless fighting intent. A cavity of blood rushed to the top of his head, and Jinlilai's heart was full of the urge to devour blood.
Jinlilai, who was stronger than his brother, was nearly eight feet long, and his tower-like body was covered with a thick armor. This is a heavy infantry armor and thick armor, weighing a full one or twenty pounds, such armor ordinary people can't wear it at all, let alone wear it in battle.
After putting on the entire armor, his whole person was hidden, and even his face had a steel mask that could be retracted. At this time, the big hand like two pu fans was tightly carrying a large iron rod with a wolf's tooth that was one foot long and weighed one or fifty pounds, and the whole mace was covered with spikes full of barbs.
His whole body, from the human to the armor and weapons, was oversized, and there was simply not a single war horse that could bear his weight. So unlike his brother, he was an infantry commander. At this time, the 3,000 Liao infantry in front of the Shuai Banner was under his command.
"Come on, damn Sui dog, I've been waiting for this day for a long time!" Jin Lilai looked up to the sky and smiled, raised a huge mace and smashed it on the ground, and a deep pit appeared in the smoke and dust.
In the midst of his wild laughter, the originally nervous coalition soldier was also much bolder.
One by one, the spears rose obliquely, and the 5,000 infantry surrounded the entire handsome banner inside and out for dozens of layers. The entire handsome banner was surrounded into a hedgehog array, and five thousand spears made the entire circle full of edges.
Huang Ge was forced to reluctantly take 3,000 wild boar skin and dear cavalry to line up at the back of the infantry formation, and their task was to entangled the Sui army around the heavy cavalry and wait for the army to be surrounded on all sides.
Seeing that the ironclad cavalry was getting closer and closer, Huang Ge pointed his spear, and the three thousand cavalry began to run, bypassing the infantry formation and rushing towards the Sui cavalry. Chen Kefu turned a blind eye to the rushing wild boar skin cavalry, and his eyes only looked at the handsome flag raised high in front of him.
Five steps, three steps, two steps, one step!
The ironclad cavalry of the Sui army and the light cavalry of the wild boar skin of the Yan Ya were getting closer and closer, and they saw that the two cavalry running at high speed were about to collide. The wild boar skin Han cavalry went to the left and right of Qi Qi, ran from the two wings of the heavy cavalry, opened their bows and arrows one by one, and began to ride and shoot, but the effect was almost equal to nothing.
Under the banner of the infantry round formation, Yizhi Wende and Gao Jianwu both cursed a few times in disappointment, and the people of the Yan Ya let them down too much.
If it collides at this time, although it will definitely cause heavy casualties, it will definitely slow down the speed of some ironclad cavalry, and it will kill and wound a lot of ironclad cavalry.
No longer holding out any hope for this cavalry, Ulzhi Wende looked up in all directions, and there were already several flags fluttering in the distance, and the cavalry of the Goguryeo and Murwei people were constantly coming, or the cavalry would be able to arrive without a cup of tea. As soon as the cavalry arrived, they were followed by countless infantry. At that time, the entire ironclad cavalry of the Sui army will be surrounded by them.
Even if it is Chen Kefu's child, he will be his prisoner.
Thinking of this, he seemed to have seen Chen Kefu kneeling in front of him, begging him for mercy, and he couldn't help but have a cruel smile on his face.
Ignoring the bows and arrows of the Tatar people, the heavy cavalry kept rushing forward. Although the heavy cavalry has a strong impact, it has been rushing out of the city for nearly an hour until now, and it is almost at the limit at this time. Chen Kefu knew that he didn't have time, and the heavy cavalry didn't have the physical strength to go any further.
The only way to save today's crisis is to directly attack the opponent's handsome flag. What's more, he has a secret weapon in his hands.
The declining army will win! In fact, it is similar to the dying struggle, in the most critical time, everyone can burst out with great power. The same is true of the army, knowing that it will die, and the final struggle is also very tenacious.
The banner of the bloody slaughter of the city has already been planted under the city, and ten mountains of human heads have also been piled up under the city. ,
Whether it is a soldier or a craftsman in the city, everyone knows that at this moment. There is no way for them to retreat, the city is broken, and fighting the enemy is just a death!
If the fish dies, the net will be broken, one person is desperate, and three people are unstoppable. Seeing that Liaodong City was becoming more and more critical, even the marshal Chen Kefu had already fallen into the enemy formation. The defenders of Liaodong City exploded again and launched a violent counterattack.
All the people charged at the coalition soldiers as if they were desperate, and for a while, the Liao people were defeated one after another, and countless Liao people were driven directly to the city. However, such an explosion will not last. Once the explosion has passed, it will be completely weakened.
The south, west, and north gates of Liaodong City suddenly opened again, and nearly 10,000 light cavalry galloped out.
Most of these 10,000 horses were withdrawn from the city, and everyone was covered in blood and sweat at this time. Everyone was exhausted, but when their respective generals summoned them out of the city to meet the marshal Chen Kefu, no one hesitated. Although they know that maybe this one will go out of town and never come back.
The 10,000 light cavalry were divided into three routes, in order to break through the Liao defense line under the city separately, in order to have the fastest reinforcement of Chen Kefu with one cavalry. Countless swords, guns and arrows, the light cavalry still moved forward, one by one the cavalry fell from their horses, but the others did not look back, their eyes just stared at the Liao handsome banner in the distance.
Liaodong City, which was already shaking, suddenly had 10,000 fresh troops out of the city, and it instantly became even more nervous. It was completely relied on that explosion to barely fill the loophole of losing 10,000 soldiers, but if Chen Kefu could not make contributions in a short period of time, then there would be no Sui army with reserves in the city, and the city would inevitably be broken.
Explosions sounded one after another, and this was already the Sui army's desperate final defense at the expense of explosives bags. However, after many explosions, the Liao people have gradually understood that this is the secret weapon of the Sui army. They no longer panicked, and soon realized that in fact, this weapon was not very powerful, as long as they saw the explosive bag dropped. Run away before he explodes, and lie on the ground, even without a shield, there will be no casualties.
From the beginning of a single explosive bag that could kill dozens of people, to now only a few people per nose, and sometimes even one can't kill one.
Hearing the continuous explosion of gunpowder packs behind him, Chen Kefu immediately knew that Liaodong City was about to be unable to hold it.
One step, eighty steps, sixty steps, fifty steps!
The spear in front is like a forest, the shield is like a wall, and the handsome flag is fluttering!
Hold your feet and hold your spear steadily. Hold on to the shield! Jin Lilai yelled over and over again in a thick voice. The Goguryeo soldiers in the infantry formation, although they were all behind the shields like walls and spears like a forest, looked at the indomitable ironclad cavalry, everyone's palms were sweating. Even some brave people trembled after looking at those hideous iron riding lances that were getting closer and closer!
According to the way the heavy cavalry attacked, although they held countless spears, the opponent would definitely collide in the end. Many soldiers have closed their eyes, and at this time, life and death are not up to anyone.
"Ignite the fire, throw the thunder!" Chen Kefu, who was riding on top of the green eagle, roared!
Thousands of heavily armed cavalrymen hung their horses on their saddles and took out the earth-shattering thunders from their saddles one by one.
There was no direct clash of iron and blood, and the hoplites had already begun to circle the sides of the infantry formation when they were still fifty paces away from the infantry formation. The heavy cavalry who rushed around with the infantry formation all threw the earth-shattering thunder bags in their hands into the defensive array of five thousand infantry.
Chen Kefu threw out a bomb bag with a large amount of forty catties, and a trace of ruthlessness hung on the corner of his mouth. Who ordered the heavy cavalry to use only that heavy armor to hit spears? He, Chen Kefu, wants to let everyone know today that in addition to charging with iron and blood, heavy cavalry can also be a grenadier.
In order to defend against the charge of the heavy cavalry, the five thousand infantry at this time had already been squeezed into a dense formation that could not be denser. All the infantry, man by man, man by man, such an array is really the last target for bombs.
One after another, the earth-shattering thunder that was blazing was thrown into the formation by the heavy cavalry that passed around the formation.
"Sui Army's Heavenly Thunder!" Gao Jianwu bewitched angrily, but it was too late.
One after another earth-shaking thunderbolts rang out in the infantry formation, and four thousand six heavily armored cavalry brought more than five earth-shaking thunderbolts. As if pouring out, the tight infantry phalanx suffered a catastrophe in an instant. ,
In the firelight, countless broken spears and broken limbs flew into the sky, and the blood of those killed soldiers spilled from the air, and bursts of blood rained.
The five thunderbolts exploded together, and the loud sound and the war horses of the Sui army's heavy horses that shocked the bō shook were all panicked. Quite a few knights fell from their horses and were trampled to death by the horses behind them. This time, the entire tight hedgehog spear infantry defense array was directly destroyed.
Among the stumps and broken guns all over the ground, there were countless corpses, nearly half of them were killed and injured, and most of the rest were injured by the shock, and basically there was no soldier who could stand firmly. Jin Lilai, who was wearing an invulnerable armor, was directly hit by a sky-shattering thunderbolt, although the explosion that was close at hand could not penetrate his armor. However, the huge earthquake dàngbō directly shook him to death, and the whole person was black, and the seven orifices bled to death.
His elder brother, Jindalai, the former first warrior of Goguryeo, did not die under the sword of the Sui army's soldiers, but was trampled to death by the iron hooves of the Sui army's heavy cavalry. Today's No. 1 warrior of Goguryeo also did not die under the sword soldiers of the Sui army, he died under a bag of explosives, his internal organs were shattered, and his seven orifices bled out.
After circling the front of the infantry formation, the hoplites rushed forward for a long time before stopping.
Qi Qi turned around, Chen Kefu took off the silver lance from the saddle, pointed at the horizontal and vertical infantry formation, and shouted, "Glory belongs to us!" Kill! ”
The hoplites began to accelerate again, galloping, running, and charging at high speed!
This time it was a real charge, and no matter how strong the infantry formation was, as long as it was broken, then all that was left was a few thousand lambs to be slaughtered. The flag of the Goguryeo coalition army is still fluttering there, and the few horsemen under the center of the formation are wearing exquisite armor, which must be the main general of the Liao people.
Kill the general, capture the flag!
At this moment, the flag of the Goguryeo coalition army became the focus, and countless soldiers and horses rushed straight to it.
Nearly half of its 5,000 infantry were killed or wounded, and the remaining 2,000 people were already dizzy, and they could not form an effective defensive formation before the Sui army's ironclad cavalry rushed forward. Not far from them, it was the ironclad cavalry of the Sui army that rushed like a storm.
And not far behind them were 3,000 wild boar skin and dear light cavalry, and a little further behind, 15,000 Goguryeo and Murwei cavalry. Even a little further back, there were 70,000 or 80,000 Goguryeo infantry and slaves, but now these people were hurriedly forming a formation to fend off the Sui light cavalry that was frantically attacking.
The rumbling iron hooves sounded once, and the high broken army flag fluttered in the wind! Night has fallen, and only a little light is left behind the nose of the entire war horse!
Etozhi Wende got up from the ground, shook off his still somewhat dizzy head, and roared in anger unwillingly, ready to gather troops and horses to form a defense again. He had already seen that if he held on a little longer, even for a quarter of an hour, his soldiers and horses would be able to surround him. At that time, this ironclad cavalry, which has been sprinting for half a day, will inevitably wipe out the whole army.
He wanted to fight, but none of the infantry in front of him, who had already been frightened by the ironclad cavalry, were willing to fight again.
"Run!"
One after another screams of terror rang out, and all the soldiers in the entire infantry formation who could still run ran away at once. Even the guards around Eji Wende have already begun to turn around and flee. Seeing that the infantry was scattered, Huang Ge, who had already rushed over with the cavalry, shouted, not only did he no longer advance, but began to turn around and flee directly with the cavalry.
"Marshal, go quickly, avoid its edge first, and wait for the whole army to fight again tomorrow!" At this time, Gao Jianwu knew that this plan to encircle and annihilate Chen Kefu had completely failed.
In the last bit of light, the commanders of the Goguryeo coalition army, Eulji Wendeok, Gao Jianwu and others finally did not wait for the army to encircle. was defeated first, and he didn't even have time to bring the handsome flag, so he fled.
In the eyes of everyone, the Goguryeo handsome banner erected high fell with a bang, and at the critical moment, the 10,000 light cavalry that suddenly galloped out of the city, after losing nearly a third, finally came to join the hoplites. The two cavalry joined forces, and without any hesitation, they hurriedly galloped past before the Liao army surrounded them, and withdrew all the way to Liaodong City.
As soon as the handsome flag fell, the commander was defeated and retreated, and the morale of the Goguryeo coalition army, which had been unable to fight for a day, suddenly plummeted. The soldiers of the Sui army, whose morale was high, attacked it with a burst of onslaught, leaving countless corpses behind and retreating.