Chapter 566: The Battle (8)

Although the Dai army laid two more lines of defense in a row, the breakthrough of the Qin army was still very sharp, and it had broken through the four arrays of the Dai army in a row, and it looked like it was about to break through the array of the Dai army. And Han Teng finally breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this battle is not without a chance to win.

But just as Han Teng had just relaxed, suddenly a rush of horses' hooves came from the left side of the Qin army, Han Teng's face changed slightly, and he looked to the left, only to see the dust raised from the hills and woods, covering the sky and the sun, as long as people with a little military experience can see that there is an army rushing from the left side of the Qin army, and judging from the sound, it should be a cavalry army.

Han Teng was also shocked, he didn't expect that at this time, the Dai army also left a cavalry army, and now the Qin army led by himself has been fully engaged in the battle of attacking the hillside, and the Qin army that stayed by Han Teng's side to watch the battle is less than a thousand people, all of them are infantry troops, and now it is too late to set up a defensive formation, and it is impossible to withstand the impact of the cavalry.

And Han Teng looked at the battlefield again, Huo Lieyang, Jin Changdou, and Cao Wuxian were attacking the fifth row array of the Dai Army with all their might, and it only took a little time, even if it was a pillar of incense, it was enough for the Qin Army to break through the array of the Dai Army and directly attack the top of the mountain. But can the Qin army still have so much time now?

Seeing that there was only such a little time left for the Qin army to achieve the ultimate victory, Han Teng's heart couldn't bear the impulse, and he wanted to personally take action to block the cavalry assault of the Dai army, and buy this last little time for the Qin army.

But at this moment, Han Teng suddenly sensed in his heart and looked in the direction of the opposite mountain, although his position was still nearly three hundred steps away from the mountain at this time, and there were countless soldiers fighting fiercely in the middle, but he still clearly sensed the information from the plateau, as long as Han Teng made a move, even if it was not a direct attack on the plateau, but the plateau would never stand idly by, and it would be a duel between the two at that time.

In fact, from the beginning of this battle, Gao Yuan and Han Teng have formed a tacit understanding that does not need to be explained, that is, if there is no decisive battle at the end of the battle, neither of them will personally shoot, and only rely on their soldiers and marching formations to decide the victory.

Just now, when Huo Lieyang, Jin Changdou, and Cao Wushu joined forces to attack the formation of the Dai Army, Gao Yuan did not make a move, and when Han Teng couldn't help but make a move, Gao Yuan also issued his own warning to him, because both of them were people with black firepower, so there was a very subtle spiritual connection between each other. You can send a very clear message to your opponent through your heart.

Although Han Teng was a little unwilling, he also knew very well in his heart that now was not the time for him to have a showdown with Gao Yuan, in fact, both of them were also very aware of their own shortcomings, so they were also doing their best to make up for their weaknesses, Gao Yuan was trying his best to increase the number of masters under his hands, and Han Teng was also working hard to learn the way to use soldiers, and strive to break this balance as soon as possible. But before this balance was broken, this situation of mutual containment could only be maintained, so Han Teng immediately dispelled the idea of personally taking action to block the representative army.

And at this moment, Li Yinghong had already led the female army to the battlefield and launched an attack on the left side of the Qin army. At this time, Han Teng also knew that the defeat of the Qin army in this battle had been decided and could not be changed, so he immediately ordered the troops to retreat.

In fact, at this time on the battlefield, Huo Lieyang, Jin Changdou, and Cao Wuxian had already broken through the fifth row of the Dai Army's array, completely penetrating the Dai Army's array, and what stood in front of them was only the Dai Army's deployment in the middle of the mountain, and the most defensive line composed of twenty Mandarin Duck Formation squads was less than fifty steps away from the top of the mountain where the plateau was located, and even the decorative patterns on the banner of the plateau could be seen clearly.

Therefore, the three of them were also in high spirits, and were about to launch the most rear-end attack on the mountain, when they suddenly heard the sound of the horn behind them. Even in the chaos of the battlefield, it can still be heard very clearly.

Jin Changdou is blind, and his hearing is much more sensitive than ordinary people, so he immediately stopped and said, "What kind of sound is this?" ”

Cao Wuxian listened attentively, his face changed, and he said, "This is the sound of the horn of the lord beckoning us to retreat. ”

Flaming Sun immediately said, "What? Retreat now? We have broken through the array of the Dai army, and we can reach the main formation of the plateau, and we must not retreat at this time. ”

Jin Changdou also nodded and said, "Retreat at this time, aren't all our previous efforts in vain?" ”

Cao Wuxian said in a deep voice: "Lord Jin, Lord Huo, I don't want to retreat like this, but this is the lord's order, and we must not disobey it, so please act according to the order." ”

Flaming Sun was stunned for a moment, then calmed down a little, looked at the main formation of the Dai Army, which was almost close at hand, and finally stomped his feet and said, "Okay, retreat." ”

Seeing that Huo Blazing Sun also decided to retreat, Jin Changdou naturally couldn't insist anymore, so he had to sneer and say, "Since both of you advocate retreating, then retreat, but next time I won't make a move, anyway, no matter how much effort I make, it's useless." ”

No matter how much Kim Chang-dou complained, the three of them immediately stepped back. And after the Qin army heard the horn of the retreat, there was no such complicated psychological struggle as the three of them, and immediately stopped the attack, followed the queue, and retreated in turn.

But at this time, Li Yinghong had already led the female army and entered the left side of the Qin army, and the female knights shot arrows and spears and bayonets and chopped horses, and suddenly killed the Qin army on the left in a big mess, and they couldn't form a formation. However, due to the extreme retreat of the Qin army on the middle and right routes, when Li Yinghong led the army to kill the Qin army in the middle, the Qin army had already begun to fight and retreat, retreating in an orderly manner.

Although the Dai army then pursued, there was still a considerable difference between the orderly retreat and the rout, the Qin army retreated while organizing the forces behind the break, which appeared to be extremely orderly, even under the attack of the cavalry, but also tried its best to maintain the array and order, although it also caused some casualties, but except for the army on the left, the army in the center and on the right suffered little losses. Of course, if it weren't for Han Tengji's order to retreat, after Li Yinghong defeated the Qin army on the left, he would immediately take advantage of the victory to attack the middle and right side of the Qin army, and the Qin army would have been defeated at that time.

At this time, on the top of the mountain, there was already a sound of cheers and joys, celebrating that the Dai army had finally defeated the attack of the Qin army and turned defeat into victory. Luo Huan and Jiang Mingxia jumped and jumped even more, clapping their hands and shouting, forgetting all the loss just now.

Gao Yuan just smiled, and immediately asked Ling Feng to give an order, ordering the Dai troops on the left and right to fight with all their strength to defeat the Qin army as soon as possible, and then gave the order to move his banner forward, and then pursued the Qin army.

At this time, the army on the left and right sides had already occupied an absolute advantage, received the generals of the plateau, and learned that the banner of the plateau had moved forward, and they couldn't help but feel refreshed, and the Qin army was already unable to support it, but the military law of the Qin State was extremely strict, and the Qin army was always tenacious, so it could be regarded as a free support, and after receiving Han Teng's order to withdraw the army, the Qin army finally couldn't hold on anymore and immediately retreated backwards.

However, the Qin army on the left and right was different from the Chinese army, and the Qin army on the middle road only retreated when it had the advantage, so under the pursuit of the Dai army, it was still able to maintain its formation, advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and would not lose too much. The Qin army on the left and right was originally free of support, and it was better when it didn't retreat, but once it retreated, the morale of the army was suddenly dispersed, and the Dai army then covered up and pursued, even if some generals wanted to maintain order, they couldn't do it, and the whole army was in chaos and collapsed.

And there are a large number of cavalry on the left and right sides of the army, in this kind of pursuit war, the advantages of the cavalry can also be fully exerted, even the bow and arrow can not be used, as long as it is behind the defeated soldiers of the Qin army, suddenly accelerated, and with a slight wave of the saber, you can use the momentum of the war horse to slash the Qin soldiers, or stab them with spears, because of course the war horse has to run faster than people, so as long as the cavalry wants to pursue, there is nothing that cannot be caught up, and almost every shot can be gained.

There are also cavalry troops with 100 people as a unit, from the oblique assassination into the ranks of the Qin army, the Qin army's team is scattered, and after several cavalry armies in a row rush back and forth, the Qin army's brigade can be broken up into several squads, and the direction of escape is also southeast, northwest, and northwest, there are all there, and then the infantry who caught up with them will immediately be scattered by the Qin army and annihilated. The cavalry then pursued the other Qin troops, and then scattered the Qin army. It's like cutting meat with a blunt knife, every time you cut it, you will pull off a piece of belt meat, and it will be bloody.

The Qin army was defeated back into the camp in one go, closed the camp gate, and could not hold out, the battle was over, and the Dai army won a great victory, and the road was almost full of the corpses, instruments, flags, vehicles, and horses of the Qin sergeants and soldiers.

In this battle, the Dai army killed more than 37,000 Qin troops, captured more than 5,000 people, and fled back to the camp of the Qin army, as well as nearly 10,000 wounded soldiers; The Dai army itself lost more than 6,000 soldiers killed and more than 5,000 wounded. In addition, more than 30 chariots, more than 500 war horses, and more than 30,000 guns, swords, and shields were seized.

The casualties of the Qin army reached more than sixty percent of the number of people in battle, and accounted for nearly one-third of the whole army, and now the remaining troops in the camp of the Qin army are only about 100,000, and the casualties of the Dai army are only about one-fifth of the Qin army, basically not much wounded, so it can also be said that this battle completely changed the battle situation of the Jingcheng-Hongshang front, so on the night of the next day, the Qin army set up camp overnight, retreated thirty miles, and contracted the front.

And at this time, Gao Yuan received the news that Jijing was lost, and Yan Wangxi led a group of clan ministers to flee to Liaodong, and the Yan State, which had the longest history among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States and was also the last clan of the Zhou Dynasty, finally declared extinct.