Chapter 718: The Battle of Zhu Xianzhen (8)
At that time, the Liukou began a large-scale mobilization and began to assemble at the front of the position.
He Renlong quickly issued an order, all the sergeants entered the position, ready to meet the Liukou, since Sun Chuanting has led the front army to support, then the Liukou is also very likely to find out the news, facing the situation of the front and back attack, the Liukou is either to find a way to evacuate quickly, or to suddenly start a fight, and strive to be able to break through a bloody road, retreat to Kaifeng Fucheng.
Of course, He Renlong would not allow the rogues to evacuate easily.
All the bows and crossbows have been erected, and at this time, it is time to fight with all your might.
According to the calculation of the itinerary, He Renlong believed that the reinforced front army led by Sun Chuanting could arrive in Zhuxian Town today, and when the time came, the two armies would reconcile, and they would definitely be able to achieve a major victory by attacking the Liukou in front and back.
At the end of the day, the fight unfolded as expected.
The rumbling drums sounded, and Liu Zongmin first sent foot soldiers to attack, and the foot soldiers held shields and marched forward.
A sneer appeared on He Renlong's face, and Liukou was obviously thinking of relying on his foot soldiers to break his bow and crossbow array.
He Renlong didn't care, as long as the bow and crossbow could massively kill the Liukou's foot soldiers, it was also worth it, as for the next battle between the cavalry, the cavalry under his command had already been prepared and would not let the Liukou in front of him take a step forward.
When the foot soldiers were only two hundred meters away from the defensive position, the crossbow began to fire.
A powerful bow and crossbow is not at all something that a shield can withstand.
The screams appeared instantly, and most of the crossbows directly penetrated the shields, causing the advancing foot soldiers to collide back and forth, and some of the crossbows even pierced the bodies of two or three shields and foot soldiers in a row.
Blood burst from the front of the position.
The bow and crossbow are still firing.
However, there is one thing that He Renlong also noticed, that is, the attacking rogue foot soldiers, the formation is not particularly dense, and it looks a little sparse. This is obviously using the lives of foot soldiers to break the bow and crossbow array.
He Renlong knew what Liukou meant, but he had no choice but to order the bow and crossbow to be fired uninterruptedly, giving Liukou the maximum damage, no matter what, the bow and crossbow fired. It will be a heavy psychological and morale blow to the rogue......
The front of the position was already unbearable, some of the foot soldiers who were shot by the bow and crossbow did not immediately breathe, but lay on the ground and kept struggling, some of the struggling rogues slowly did not move, and more foot soldiers did not seem to see all this, and still slowly charged forward.
He Renlong couldn't believe his eyes, in his impression, Liukou only had to suffer a certain amount of blow. It will soon collapse, after all, most of the rogues used to be homeless, they didn't have much tactical literacy, and their resistance was very weak, and if there was a slight riot, they would disperse in a hurry, which is why in many expeditions, the imperial army was able to win more with less. But the rogues in front of him don't care about death or injury. Even in the face of terrifying bows and crossbows, they still attack forward.
Even the sergeants under the command of He Renlong may not be able to do this.
He Renlong's heart trembled, and the strength of the Liukou was getting stronger and stronger, which was not only manifested in the number of people, but also in terms of military literacy. If these gradually hardening rogues cannot be exterminated as soon as possible, in time, there will really be major problems.
Half an hour later, the earth began to tremble. The drums also became denser.
The number of rounds fired by the bow and crossbow was obviously sparse, and in this case, Liu Zongmin ordered the cavalry to start charging, and he took the lead and charged at the front.
He Renlong also led the cavalry, ready for battle, just when the Liukou cavalry began to charge, he led the cavalry to also start the charge, the bow cart in front of him had withdrawn to the side, the foot soldiers also dodged, and the fences in some places were even directly pulled out, so that the cavalry could launch a large-scale charge.
The sound of horses' hooves shattered, and the two torrents collided in an instant, and some foot soldiers at the front of the position, who had not had time to evacuate, were hit and trampled by the horses, and fell to the ground in blood.
When the sound of swords clashing, so did the screams......
The army of 20,000 galloping troops led by Sun Chuanting has approached Zhuxian Town.
Outside the county seat of Wei's family, there were no rogues, that is to say, the rogues were not stationed outside the county seat of Wei's county, which was more or less beyond Sun Chuanting's expectations, when the scouts sent by He Renlong came, Sun Chuanting understood everything, it turned out that most of the rogues had bypassed Zhuxian Town and went in the direction of Kaifeng Fucheng.
Knowing this news, Sun Chuanting's face also changed, he personally wrote a letter, sent his own soldiers, and handed the letter to the superintendent Wang Yongji as quickly as possible, at this moment the army led by Wang Yongji must speed up the pace of marching, and the army under his command must rush to the aid of Kaifeng Fucheng in the fastest time, if it is really too late, you can put the logistics and transportation troops behind, so that the cavalry and foot soldiers who can participate in the battle can march at the fastest speed.
After reading the letter sent by the scout, he carefully checked the map, through the scout's report, and the signs on the map, the general appearance of Zhu Xianzhen has been imprinted in his mind, and it seems that it is completely feasible to flank the Liukou in front and behind Zhu Xianzhen.
In order to be able to ensure sufficient physical strength, Sun Chuanting ordered all the sergeants to rest at the time of the day, get up when they were ugly, eat in about a quarter of an hour, and set off at two o'clock in the morning, and strive to arrive at Zhuxian Town before the time of the hour, and the moment of arrival in Zhuxian Town is the moment of the battle.
As the commander, Sun Chuanting will not personally participate in the battle, but all the actions are commanded by him.
This night, Sun Chuanting barely slept, Zuo Liangyu was going to accompany him, but Sun Chuanting refused, the battle that was about to start required Zuo Liangyu to lead the soldiers to charge, so Zuo Liangyu must have enough spirit.
When it was ugly, all the sergeants got up, and the first thing they did was to take care of the war horses, comb the hair of the war horses, feed the war horses with fine food and water, and everyone knew whether they could save their lives on the battlefield, whether they could kill the rogues fiercely, and the war horses were the biggest guarantee.
At the ugly moment, the sergeant began to eat, all of which were cooked meat and fried noodles, which he swallowed with water. It's enough to be able to fill your stomach, and in the process of marching and fighting, it is impossible to take care of so much.
At three o'clock, Sun Chuanting gave the order to set off.
It was still dark all around, with scouts leading the way with torches in front and the army following behind.
Early summer morning. The climate is still a little cool, and it should be quite comfortable to march in such a climate, but the upcoming battle makes the atmosphere a little depressing.
Sun Chuanting has enough confidence in the 20,000 sergeants under his command, most of these sergeants are drawn from the army of the Shaanxi Guard, and many of them have received training in the Zheng family army for a period of time, and their combat effectiveness is very good.
Three quarters of the hour. The army approached Zhuxian Town.
The shouts of killing in front can already be heard, and the scouts in front have already killed more than a dozen scouts sent by the rogue, presumably some scouts who have not been killed have already gone to report the news.
Sun Chuanting looked at Zuo Liangyu and spoke with a serious expression.
"General Soldier Zuo, presumably the battle has been going on for a while. The sergeants led by Mr. He were fighting with the rogue. You lead all the sergeants, charge directly from behind, don't let the rogues have any respite, after defeating these rogues, we will make peace with General He's soldiers, and we will move in the direction of Kaifeng Fucheng. Guarding the city of Kaifeng. ”
"You are my Ming Dynasty's great general, you have participated in countless battles, I don't want to say more, there is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter in front of us, and we can flank the rogue in front and back. Lead the army to charge and fight, and I'll wait for your good news. ”……
After Liu Zongmin heard the scout's report, his face turned pale instantly, he never expected that the officers and soldiers who rushed to the aid moved so quickly and had already arrived in Zhuxian Town, so the righteous army under his command would be in a situation of being attacked from both sides.
Liu Zongmin regretted his mistake in judgment, but unfortunately he couldn't regret it at this time.
He quickly gave the order for a general attack, and nearly 30,000 soldiers all charged towards the officers and troops in front.
The drums beat more violently, and Liu Zongmin once again led the soldiers of the rebel army and began to charge like a tide......
He Renlong felt the pressure like never before, but he had to hold on, and he must not let the rogues open a way, if the rogues escaped from his army, it would be a shame that he would not be able to wash away for the rest of his life.
He Renlong personally led the army to fight, and he had become a bloody man, and the soldiers around him were facing each other, and there were already two or three scars on his body, and he was still fighting with all his might.
When the rogues charged like a tidal wave, He Renlong roared and ordered all the sergeants to rush forward and fight the rogue......
The drums behind the rogue finally sounded. The earth began to tremble again.
He Renlong, who was desperately killing the enemy, raised his head, with a look of ecstasy on his face, no wonder the Liukou began a desperate charge, it turned out that the reinforcements led by Lord Sun Chuanting had arrived.
At this moment, the sky was already bright, and He Renlong clearly saw that Zuo Liangyu, who was dressed in a red robe, was charging at the front, and the cavalry waiting like a red torrent was charging towards Liukou.
The tide of battle changed in an instant.
Nearly 20,000 cavalry joined the warband, which was simply not something that the rogues could resist.
Liu Zongmin has no power to return to the sky, he ordered all the rebel soldiers to charge desperately, still failed to open a bloody road, at this time the army of officers and soldiers has arrived, and all of them are cavalry, not the rebels under his command can resist, at this time, only order the sergeants to break through, how much can they rush out, continue to be entangled with the officers and soldiers to fight, may lead to the annihilation of the whole army.
The Liukou began to fight and evacuate in all directions of Zhuxian Town.
He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu are both powerful generals, how can they not know the intentions of the Liukou, the Liukou withdrew, they ordered the sergeant to pursue to the death, and did not give the Liukou any respite.
A one-sided battle finally appeared, and the rogues gradually lost the ability to resist and began to rout on a large scale...... (To be continued......)