Chapter 1052: Death
In the morning, Wang Xian's forward army appeared in front of Zhu Heng's army.
The two armies were relatively less than a few miles, and in the bright sunshine of early winter, the silhouettes of each other's figures could be clearly seen.
Without any dialogue, Wang Xian waved the command flag, and the White Lotus Sect army immediately attacked.
"Archer prepare!" Looking at the approaching enemy troops step by step, Zhu Heng's expression was grim, and his hand pressed his sword.
The archers of the Han Dynasty army drew their bows and arrows, aiming at the top of the White Lotus Sect's army.
"When they're fully within range, make sure they do effective damage." Zhu Heng ordered in a deep voice.
The archers waited with bated breath for the enemy to come within a hundred paces.
However, it was the White Lotus Sect army that shot first, and there was a dense burst of gunfire, and thick white smoke rose up, and the archers of the Han King Army in front of the formation fell to the ground one after another screaming.
"They even have muskets?!" Zhu Heng opened his mouth wide in shock, watched the shooting finish, put away his spear and retreated to the enemy behind the formation. "And with such a long range?!"
In the White Lotus Army, the shooters in the first row retreated, and the shooters in the second row stepped forward and aimed, and there was a dense volley of guns, which caused heavy losses to the archers of the Han Dynasty's army, and at this time, the Han Dynasty's army still did not fire a single arrow......
"Archery!" Zhu Heng didn't dare to wait any longer, otherwise when the enemy army entered the effective range, there would not be many archers left!
'Whoosh...... 'Whoosh' The archers hurriedly threw their arrows, then quickly bent their bows again and fired them flat!
The musketeers of the White Lotus Sect also suffered casualties, but they still held their muskets steadily, aiming at the enemy and firing continuously, suppressing the enemy archers!
"It's a pity......" Looking at his own results, Wang Xian's brows furrowed with regret. These five hundred muskets were already all he could come up with, and if he had ten times more, he would probably be able to crush the enemy army by shooting alone.
At the moment, a few hundred guns were not enough to decide the tide of battle, and they could only barely suppress the enemy archers. What really determines the outcome is the bloody white-knuckle battle!
"Kill!" Wang Xian waved his flag, and the White Lotus Sect death squad, armed with shields and spears, began to charge!
"Rush!" The archers did not cause the expected damage, which made Zhu Heng very unhappy. Seeing that the White Lotus Sect army had launched a charge, he also waved the flag and sent the front army to meet it! Originally, his idea was to form a formation to defend, but he was scared by Wang Xian's musket team, how dare he shrink in place and not move?
In the blink of an eye, thousands of soldiers of the two armies slammed into each other on the yellow-soaked Zihe Plain, and the bloody battle finally began! The Han Wangjun is well-trained, the martial arts are superb, the White Lotus Army is desperate, not afraid of death, this battle is extremely cruel from the beginning! Often, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty Army slashed at the soldiers of the White Lotus Army, but they were held by the other party and could not break free. Then, he died under the spears of other White Lotus soldiers.
The soldiers of the two armies cut off their blades, lost their shields, and hugged each other like beasts, wrestling and biting frantically, shouting and screaming and wailing throughout the battlefield! Blood stained every young body red, and the yellowish earth was blood-red......
The initial army was quickly depleted of casualties, but the brutality of the battlefield continued unabated, as the army from behind continued to join, and countless lives were lost. At this moment, the life of a soldier is no longer a life, but only the growth and decline of the strength of the enemy on the battlefield, and the generals on both sides are only thinking about how to eliminate the enemy's strength and gain the initiative on the battlefield!
And in the eyes of the generals of the two armies, the battle at this time was just an appetizer for this brutal battle, and it was not even foreplay......
"General, these mud-legged people are unimaginably fierce!" Zhu Heng's lieutenant couldn't help but worry: "We can't go on with them any longer, let's send the main force to a decisive battle!" ”
"Yes, General. The enemy's investment in troops is very limited, obviously to guard against the prince's cavalry, we can take advantage of them to throw a mouse trap and eat the enemy in front! Another general hissed.
"......" Zhu Heng was silent, he didn't know, at this time, if he could defeat the opponent's forward with the main force, the initiative on the battlefield would be firmly in his own hands, and as soon as the prince's iron cavalry appeared on the battlefield, the only way waiting for the other party would be defeated!
But Zhu Heng still didn't say a word, he held the car bar with one hand, staring at the handsome flag opposite, only to see that on the banner that was more than a foot long, there was a big 'black' word written on it.
Zhu Heng knew that the commander of the other party was Wang Xian, the madman who had created countless miracles and buried countless strongmen. A flock of sheep led by a lion can still be invincible, not to mention that looking at these White Lotus Sect troops has nothing to do with the flock. Zhu Heng had no confidence at all that he could defeat them!
"General, you can't hesitate any longer!" The generals on the side were anxiously persuaded and said, "I'm afraid that the prince's cavalry will appear at any time!" ”
"Hmm......" Zhu Heng nodded, but still didn't give an order. The generals can only be anxious on the sidelines......
Under the banner of the White Lotus Sect's vanguard, Wang Xian's expression was equally solemn. Dai Hua on the side whispered: "Zhu Heng is worthy of his name, and he is really calm......
"Hmm." Wang Xian bowed slightly, if he was an ordinary general, he would definitely try to defeat himself at this time and create favorable conditions for his master to enter the battlefield. But in terms of the overall situation of the battle, it is better to wait for the moment when the cavalry of the Han King appears before attacking with the main force, which will be more effective. It's just that in that case, there is a suspicion of using the master as a gunman, which is not something that ordinary generals dare to do.
"He's not in a hurry, and we're not in a hurry." Wang Xian was still sitting in a wheelchair, the feather fan in his hand shook gently, and his voice was slow: "But if he wants to wait for us to mess up, I'm afraid he will miscalculate." ”
The two armies faced each other until noon, and the cavalry of the King of Han appeared!
As soon as he appeared on the battlefield, Zhu Gaoxu immediately led the cavalry to the left flank of the White Lotus Army and launched a breakthrough attack! Zhu Gaoxu personally led the army to attack, charging ahead, and 10,000 cavalry followed closely behind. The cavalry of the King of Han was like a sharp spear, piercing the left flank led by Liu Xin!
The first to bear the brunt was Jiang Yi's five thousand soldiers and horses! Where can the five thousand infantry resist the crazy Han cavalry, in the blink of an eye, a big hole was torn open, the iron cavalry of the Han army did not know how many White Lotus Army soldiers knocked over, and the cavalry of the Han King Army on the horse brandished a saber, slashing and killing the enemy army who had no power to fight back like chopping melons and vegetables!
Before he could react, Jiang Yi had already lost more than a thousand of his subordinates, seeing that the King of Han was unstoppable, rushing towards his own flag, he was devastated, and the two were fighting, if it weren't for the military judge behind him who had already drawn his sword, he would have turned around and ran.
"Quick, hurry up and withdraw the troops, right?" Jiang Yi turned his head with difficulty and looked at the staff officer with an expressionless face.
The staff officer just glanced at the incense stick in his hand and said coldly, "It's not time yet." ”
"By the time you get there, we'll be dead!" Jiang Yi's voice changed tone.
"Then the general will find a way to resist!" The staff officer was unmoved, and there was no emotion in his tone.
"I'll fuck your uncle!" Jiang Yi finally couldn't help but scold, but he could only shout for the soldiers to go up: "There is still half a pillar of incense time!" Resist me! ”
Seeing that the Lord General did not move at all, the White Lotus Sect soldiers had nothing to say, so they could only scream and pounce in front of King Han.
Seeing that the enemy army rushed up desperately, King Han snorted contemptuously: "The mantis arm is a car!" With a sweep of the spear, more than a dozen White Lotus Sect soldiers flew out screaming, and the flying blood splashed the Han King's body.
The King of Han and his soldiers killed one stubble after another like cutting wheat, but the soldiers of the White Lotus Sect were like demons, they didn't care about their own life or death, and they still went forward one after another to block the way of the King of Han!
Jiang Yi saw that there were not many soldiers left around him, and his brain had lost the ability to think, so he only heard a strange shout: "Lao Tzu!" Then he took his own soldiers and pounced on them.
was grabbed by the staff officer, Jiang Yi rudely shook off the staff officer's hand and shouted: "Believe it or not, Lao Tzu killed you!" ”
"It's time." The staff officer spread out his hand, and sure enough, the incense stick was already left with ashes......
Jiang Yi stared at the blood-red eyes, looked at the incense ash in the staff officer's hand, his throat trembled for a while, and Fang hissed: "Withdraw ......"
Jiang Yi gave the order, and the remaining more than 2,000 remnants of the soldiers turned around and ran away. The king of Han was just about to lead his army to chase and kill, but he saw that another 5,000 soldiers and horses were already waiting for him, blocking in front of him!
"Humph!" King Han sneered contemptuously, let go of Jiang Yi's remnants, and led his army to kill the five thousand enemy soldiers standing in front of him.
"His grandmother's! Jiang Yi's nest of waste can withstand a stick of incense! The leading general roared at his subordinates: "You can do it yourself!" ”
"Whew!" The soldiers were aroused to blood, and raised their spears to meet the unstoppable iron cavalry of the King of Han!
"The mantis arm is a car!" The king of Han let out a long roar, clamped his legs between his hips, and swept the army with an iron spear, opening a big hole in the enemy formation at once, and the cavalry behind him screamed and followed up to cover up!
The soldiers of the White Lotus Sect were like wheat that had been cut down, and they died on the ground in pieces, but with the example of Jiang Yibu before, the officers and soldiers did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and still went forward to resist the fierce attack of the King of Han!
These have nothing to do with Jiang Yi for the time being, he took more than 2,000 remnants of soldiers, followed the staff officer through his own position, and ran out for a mile in one go.
The staff officer suddenly reined in the horse's reins, turned back to Jiang Yi and said, "Let's regroup here." ”
"......" Jiang Yi snorted and panted, looked at the remnants of the defeated soldiers around him, and suddenly burst out: "Do you want to let all my brothers die?" As he spoke, he glared at the military judge with a knife in his hand: "You kill Lao Tzu!" I'm dead! ”
"Do you want your former brother to die in vain?" The staff officer said coldly: "Where is your courage just now?" ”
"Hey......" Jiang Yi just vented his emotions, sat on the ground dejectedly, and looked at the fierce battle in the distance with straight eyes. He suddenly understood that his task and that of his brothers was to send them to death......