Chapter 49: The Rift (3)
The Xianbei people in northern Xinjiang are accustomed to the harsh living environment, growing up on horseback since childhood, playing with bows and knives, once something happens, tens of thousands of people gather whistling, coming and going like the wind. It must be admitted that this kind of nation, in which all the people are soldiers, is indeed much more ferocious and powerful than the farming nation of the Central Plains. The Xianbei ethnic groups have been plagued by border troubles for 200 years, and they have been helpless despite the exhaustion of all means since the Han and Wei dynasties, which is enough to prove their military superiority.
Duanbu Xianbei is the most powerful among the Xianbei ethnic groups. On the one hand, they maintained the natural barbaric nature of the Xianbei people, and on the other hand, they had extensive exchanges with the Central Plains and made great progress in the establishment of the army and the allocation of weapons. Although this Xianbei tribe is only tens of thousands of people, it has enough military strength to deter the Quartet, and Wang Jun, the assassin of Youzhou, relied on their strength to go south to the Central Plains several times, and established the prestige of the Youzhou army with the blood of countless people of the Great Jin Dynasty.
Lu Yao knew very well that he had only captured Daijun for more than a month, and although the troops under his command were expanding rapidly, it was still difficult to match the real powerhouses after all. Even if this army has received the most rigorous training, even if they have a strong skeleton composed of the elite of the beggar army, and they have the Daijun Hu clan as their fangs and claws, it is better than that.
Fortunately, although the Xianbei people are strong, the Youzhou army is not all composed of Xianbei. Most of its headquarters were recruited from the landless refugees of Yanguo, Fanyang and other counties, although they were also brave, but they failed to gain the upper hand when they confronted the neighboring county army that also belonged to the Youzhou Thorn History Department. Half an hour passed, and they were killed and wounded under the combined strangulation of spears and crossbows, and they were never able to break through the tight defenses of the Daijun army. Their corpses piled up in front of the vans, and each breakthrough resulted in the loss of considerable troops. However, after the breakthrough, what awaits them is still a stacked formation.
A moment, a moment or two, a moment when the fierce battle never seemed to end. Lu Yao issued orders again and again to transfer batches of fresh troops to the front line, so that the tired soldiers could take turns to rest. While the soldiers were withdrawn, it also brought one bad news after another.
The army commander Li Huan's arms were cut off by the enemy, but he still fought and did not retreat, hitting the enemy with the top of his head and falling outside the car formation, and was killed immediately.
Xiao Shi, who was also promoted to the military lord in Daijun, was the old department of Jisang and was known for his bravery. However, he was wounded by an arrow during the first attack of the Youzhou army, and after the fierce battle, his physical strength was not good, and he was finally beheaded by the enemy. The warriors of the Jinyang Army who accompanied Lu Yaodong out of Taihang were missing two people one after another.
Xiao Shi's deputy, Du Qin, was also seriously injured and could not fight again.
The rest of the officers of the middle and lower ranks suffered heavy casualties, and they could not be counted for a while.
These officers are the backbone of the Daijun Army, and they are the soul and blood of the whole army. The loss of each of them is unbearable. The cavalry generals, who had always been covered in the rear, could no longer stand it and asked for battle. But Lu Yao didn't agree, and after a while, he sent He Yun's department and Chu Kun's department, which were directly under him.
As time passes, the sun dries out the blood-soaked soil again. The gusts of wind that are common on the prairie shrouded the battlefield in rolling dust.
The Youzhou Army and the Daijun Army, after countless hard-to-hard collisions, finally one side gradually became difficult to support.
The battle between the two Jin armies was still fierce, but when the groups of Youzhou army soldiers marched forward bravely and were quickly killed, Yang Fei, who was in charge of commanding this force, lost patience. He raised his hand and poured the last bit of water from his skin on his head, and the cool feeling of the water soaking his hair and the burning sensation of stinging the wound on the side of his ear burst out, causing his mind to buzz, and he forcibly suppressed the idea of scolding.
Since the frontal defense of the Daijun army was strong, they should have strengthened the pressure on the two flanks, or took the initiative to retreat to lure the snake out of the hole, but the Xianbei people went crazy and forced their own infantry to die one after another. How rigid is this method of employing troops! How stupid!
Yang Fei turned around impatiently, looked over the Xianbei Iron Cavalry that was pressed in front, and looked at the Youzhou Chinese Army behind him. But there was no banner he expected except for the rumbling of the drums of the army.
The two armies are facing each other, and the heaviest is improvisation. At the moment, such a command is completely abnormal! That kid from Duan Ji Lu really wanted to take this opportunity to consume the strength of the Youzhou Army Headquarters! I have long advised the lord not to trust those Xianbei wild seeds too much. Those Xianbei people are unfamiliar wolves, no matter how deferential they are in person, they don't have any loyalty in their bones, they will only seek their own benefits. If this continues, this bit of blood and blood of the Youzhou army can only be lost and lost meaninglessly, until it is completely exhausted.
If you compare the casualties of the Youzhou Army and the Daijun Army, there is not much distance between the two. Yang Fei was quite confident in his military methods, and he thought that he would not be taken advantage of by the Daijun army. But...... However, almost all the casualties of the Youzhou army came from the Jin people, and those Hu'er cavalry only responded to the story after the initial temptation, and did not really enter the battlefield at all! Yang Fei subconsciously tore the horsewhip in his hand, thinking of it with hatred.
He immediately smiled bitterly again. In this turbulent era when the situation is in turmoil and the people are in misery, although the slaughtered people are dying unexplained, the people with butcher knives may not understand what they are doing. These elites of the Jin army, who were supposed to guard the frontier for the imperial court, finally died in a battle against the friendly forces of the imperial court, which can be regarded as worthless.
Yang Fei is a native of Handan, the leader of the Meng clan of the Handan clan, and once fought under the command of Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, with Meng Chao, a member of the Meng clan. Because Meng Chao's brother and eunuch Meng Jiu was obscure to Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, Meng Chao was able to lead 10,000 people with the army in the small capital, and plundered the troops along the way, which made Yang Fei unhappy. At this time, Wang Jun, who had just gained a foothold in Youzhou, was dissatisfied with the king of Chengdu because he did not participate in the crusade against Sima Lun, the king of Zhao. So Wang Jun bribed Meng Jiu with Jin Zhuzhen and married Meng's daughter as his wife, so that Meng Jiu would speak for himself by the side of the king of Chengdu.
Yang Fei took advantage of the marriage meeting of the two families to join the Youzhou army. On the one hand, relying on his own talents, and on the other hand, relying on the relationship of the Meng family, he has prospered in the past few years and has become a powerful military master in charge of thousands of people. But such a good day is about to come to an end, and due to the defeat of the king of Chengdu, Mrs. Meng and her people are becoming less and less valued in Jicheng. If he fails to break through the defense line of the Daijun Army this time, Duan Ji Lu will probably be happy to use himself......
Thinking of this, Yang Fei waved his hand and called the adjutant general: "Look at it." I'm going to see the General! ”
The adjutant general said hesitantly: "General, I'm afraid that General Fujun will ......" General Fujun is Duan Jilu's dependent. When this Xianbei chief commanded the army, there were very few means of pacification and many cruel means of suppression, and the word "Fu Army" did not live up to its name. Yang Fei rashly broke away from his own army, and if he bumped into Duan Jilu's hands, he was afraid that he would inevitably be severely punished.
"Kill those Xianbei people!" Yang Fei impatiently interrupted the adjutant general's words: "If we continue to fight like this, the blood of our Youzhou army will be drained!" I'm going to see the general and ask him to do justice. Who dares to stop me! ”
When Yang Fei set off in a rage, where the Chinese army of the Youzhou Army was, more than a dozen Jin officers had already had the same idea. They all bowed to the ground and shouted to Wang Jun: "That period of rapid land is clearly going to borrow a knife to kill people!" Please do justice to the general! ”
And the hussar general, Youzhou Thorn Wang Jun was silent.