Chapter 613: Withdrawal and Pursuit (7)

At the same time that the Qin army's brigade was finally broken by the Dai army, the battle at the tail of the Qin army had already been decided.

The five thousand cavalry of the Dai army and the seven thousand cavalry of the Qin army are fighting, although the number of the Qin army is more than the Dai army, but the cavalry of the Dai army is one of the ace armies of the Dai army, the Fan Yong Army, whether it is tactical or combat effectiveness, it is far above the Qin army, plus the mentality of the two sides is not on the same level, the victory of the Dai army is in sight, I just want to give the Qin army the last blow, lock the victory, and the defeat of the Qin army will be decided, just try to delay time, and pin hope on the ethereal unknown variables, The results are naturally very different.

Therefore, the two sides fought fiercely, when the war horses were staggered, seven or eight out of ten were Qin soldiers were shot down and dismounted, and after three or four rounds of fighting, the soldiers of the Qin army who were shot down from the war horses had reached nearly 2,000 people, and the loss of the Dai army was less than 300 people, although the Qin army still had more than 5,000 cavalry troops, but the victory or defeat of this cavalry battle was very clear.

After the two sides hedged each other for the fourth time, they each returned to the starting point of their respective battles, and then they turned their horses' heads and reorganized their arrays, and launched a charge against their opponents for the fifth time.

At this time, Sima Shang immediately ordered the infantry to follow, attack with the cavalry, and ordered the other two substitute troops to outflank them from the left and right roads.

The war horse galloped, quickly approached, engaged, and then staggered, and three or four hundred soldiers of the Qin army were shot down from the horseback, but this time the cavalry of the Dai army did not turn back and fight again, but continued to kill, directly killing the Qin army's infantry army.

After the cavalry of the Qin army rushed through the array of the Dai army, they unexpectedly found that the infantry of the Dai army had also rushed up, and the Qin army did not know how to deal with it for a while, and some cavalry turned their horses and pursued the Dai army, but there were still more than 1,000 cavalry urging the horses to rush towards the infantry of the Dai army.

Although the cavalry has an absolute advantage over the infantry army, the number of cavalry of the Qin army is too small, and just after a fierce battle with the cavalry of the Dai army, the energy and sharpness are quite weakened, and just now he hesitated for a moment before launching a charge, because the distance is too close, the war horse has not completely sprinted up and the infantry army, and the impact of the cavalry has also been greatly weakened.

As a result, the cavalry of the Qin army and the infantry of the Dai army fought, and they were not opponents, some knights were directly dismounted, some horses were put down by the soldiers, and the knights fell off the horses, and some of the soldiers even jumped up and dragged the knights directly off the horses, and most of the Qin soldiers were beaten off their horses one after another, or killed or wounded. Only a very small number of cavalrymen saw the opportunity quickly, turned their horses' heads, and escaped in time. And after defeating the cavalry of the Qin army, the infantry of the Dai army continued to advance, followed behind the cavalry, and rushed towards the Qin army.

Different from the cavalry of the Qin army, the tactical intention of the cavalry of the Dai army is very clear and resolute, that is, after rushing through the cavalry of the Qin army, it directly launched an attack on the infantry of the Qin army, without a pause, and on the way to attack, the battle formation was quickly organized, and the whole army was lined up into three arrows, and the knights in the front row also held their spears flat, pointing at the Qin army.

Although after several rounds of fighting, the number of the Fan Yong army was still more than 4,500 at this time, and after the fierce battle in front, the infantry of the Qin army was now less than 9,000 people, although the attack power of the light cavalry army was not as strong as that of the heavy armored cavalry, but it was still completely sufficient to deal with such an infantry army.

Therefore, after the two sides engaged, the soldiers of the Qin army were either pierced by spears or knocked away by war horses, and the entire front soon collapsed. And although the middle infantry of the era army has not been able to keep up, the infantry troops on the left and right have been outflanked from the two wings, and after the three-sided attack of the Dai army, the Qin army is powerless to resist at all, and can only retreat backwards.

At this time, Wang Ben did not have the power to return to heaven, so he could only flee backwards with the defeated army.

Originally, Wang Ben also planned to retreat to the main formation of the Qin army and discuss with Yang Duanhe, but after Wang Ben walked two or three miles, he found that the main formation of the Qin army had completely collapsed, and he could only see the cavalry of the Dai army galloping across the country, charging back and forth, chasing and killing the soldiers of the Qin army, and at this time the Qin army had completely collapsed, like a swarm of headless flies, flying everywhere.

And at this time, Wang Ben also knew that the general trend of the Qin army had gone, even if Sun Wu and Wu Qi were reincarnated, they would not be able to reverse it, and let alone go to Yang Duanhe, if he was not careful, he would also fall into the chaos of the army, and it would be difficult to get out.

Therefore, Wang Ben also made a quick decision, and immediately changed his mind, no longer returning to the main formation of the Qin army to find Yang Duanhe, but led hundreds of cavalry troops around him, changed to the left, prepared to bypass the battlefield, and then fled back to the south bank of Yishui.

Although the Qin army had been defeated on all fronts at this time, the Dai army was not as strong as the Qin army after all, and could not form an encirclement of the Qin army, and Wang Ben led all the elite cavalry, and Wang Ben himself was also the fierce general of the three armies of Yongguan, leading the charge, and finally killed out of the battlefield after a fierce battle.

At this time, Wang Ben's side was less than 200 cavalry, and then looked back at the direction of the battlefield, the Qin army had been completely defeated, although the Qin army was scattered and fled, but the vast majority of the Qin soldiers were still fleeing to the south, because in the heart of the Qin soldiers, as long as they escaped Yishui, they would be safe, so the vast majority of Qin soldiers chose to flee to the south.

Wang Ben sighed, he had been on the battlefield for a long time, of course he knew that such a rout was the heaviest loss, even if he retreated to the edge of Yishui, all the soldiers would compete for the pontoon bridge together, but they would crowd each other, and it would not be so easy to cross Yishui. And if you want to escape safely, you must rush to the brigade before the evacuation, so that you can grab the pontoon bridge and run to the south bank of Yishui, otherwise it will be dangerous. Therefore, Wang Ben immediately led the cavalry, beat the horses and galloped wildly, and galloped towards the shore of Yishui.

After a fierce battle, finally completely defeated the Qin army, the Dai army naturally will not give up the pursuit of the Qin army, the opportunity to maximize the results, so under the command of Sima Shang and Chen Zhi, the infantry army tightly bites the rear of the Qin army, and the cavalry is based on a thousand cavalry units, the implementation of free pursuit, some of the cavalry pursuing the Qin army, there are also the brigade deserters who continue to attack the Qin army, often an arc impact, you can divide hundreds of Qin soldiers from the deserters, or encircle and annihilate them, or hand over to the infantry of the Dai army who follow behind.

And the Qin army now has no resistance at all, and it can only rush to the south to flee, for fear that it will fall behind and be caught up by the Dai army, and leave corpses, weapons, flags, and so on along the way.

The place where the two sides fought was only less than twenty miles away from Yi Shui, and the Qin army was in a hurry to flee for their lives, so they also ran very fast, and in less than half an hour, they rushed to Yi Shui's edge.

At this time, most of the cavalry of the Qin army rushed to the edge of Yishui and crossed the river from the pontoon bridge. The pontoon bridge was originally built temporarily, the width was less than one zhang, and only three war horses could walk side by side, so the cavalry army was not completely finished, and there were still hundreds of cavalry troops left on the north bank of Yishui. However, at this time, the number of cavalry was not much, and the Dai army had not caught up for the time being, and the cavalry of the Qin army was not in a hurry, and they were still calm, and they crossed the river on the bridge in turn.

However, after the Qin army's infantry arrived, it was very different, first, the number of infantry was large, and secondly, the representative army followed behind to chase and kill, and some of the cavalry of the representative army was even in two, so it was too late to calmly and respect the order to cross the river. Instead, they rushed up and scrambled to get onto the bridge, so that even some of the cavalry that had fallen behind were pushed out of their way. The three pontoon bridges were suddenly packed, and the bridge deck was pressed almost to the water, shaking violently.

However, the capacity of the three pontoon bridges is limited after all, and tens of thousands of Qin troops, of course, cannot be completely crossed at once, so although the soldiers on the bridge are running quickly, some soldiers even fall into the river because of the violent shaking of the bridge deck, or push each other and crowd. But at this time, on the north bank of Yishui, there were still a large number of Qin soldiers who were struggling to hit the bridge. There were also many soldiers who even clashed fists and feet, and fought violently.

At this moment, the Dai army also chased to the river, and seeing that the Qin army was struggling to get on the bridge, it immediately spread out in a fan and attacked the Qin army.

The Qin army still has the heart to fight with the Dai army now, and can only be forced to retreat constantly, but at this time, the Qin army has retreated to the edge of the Yi Shui, where there is still room to retreat, and as a result, the Qin army was forced to retreat into the river step by step by the Dai army. Although Yishui is not a big river, it is not possible to wade across it at this time, otherwise the Qin soldiers would not rush to get on the pontoon bridge.

There are some soldiers who retreat into the water, slip under their feet, and float away with the river, of course, when they go with the current, people tend to scratch and kick with their hands and feet, no matter what they touch, they will hold on tightly, and at this time the easy water is like a dumpling, overcrowded, and you can catch other people with another grab, but there are many soldiers who are caught by other soldiers, and as a result, they lose their balance and float in the river.

Of course, there are also some soldiers who are more clever, they grasp the edge of the pontoon bridge and go into the water, so that they can maintain the balance of their bodies; Second, you can also hold on to the edge of the pontoon bridge and slowly move to the opposite bank.

But although this idea is good, the reality is very cruel, because the three pontoon bridges are already crowded with people, the bridge deck has been pasted to the water, the bearing capacity has almost reached the limit, and then pulled by the soldiers in the water, one pontoon bridge finally can not bear the "cluck", split, complete disintegration, the soldiers on the bridge naturally all fell into the water, fluttering and struggling in the river.

When the Qin soldiers saw the other two bridges, they naturally didn't dare to let the soldiers in the water grab the pontoon bridge, so while passing from the pontoon bridge, they raised the weapons in their hands and hit the soldiers who were holding the pontoon bridge. All of a sudden, shouting, shouting, scolding, and the sound of water were intertwined.

At this time, the army of the era had also been killed by the river, and many Qin soldiers were killed by the river, and the blood almost dyed the river red.