【Chapter 981】 Breaking the Captives, Becoming Famous in the First Fight (II)
"The barbarian is rampant, and a certain Zhang Liao is here!"
Just as he was trying to besiege Li Li, there was a sudden sound of snorting from behind him.
In an instant, he followed the loud shouts and deafening hooves of the horses. But when I saw the mountain road pass two miles behind me, tens of thousands of Han army horsemen rushed out at some point, and they were galloping wildly at this moment, heading straight to the rear of their own formation. The leader Huo Ran is a burly general in a green robe and black armor, and behind him is a dense array of Han army iron horses, the battle flag fluttering in the wind is embroidered with the word "Zhang", and there are two small characters the size of fists at the upper end, which is the word "Wuwei".
At first glance, seeing that there were so many Han army iron horsemen behind him, the hideous color on his face instantly froze, and then his expression was sluggish, his dark face became pale and pale, and his body trembled involuntarily.
In the blink of an eye, the sudden Han cavalry rushed more than 100 steps, getting closer and closer to the Chinese army. At this time, the barbarian army commander banner and himself around him were already exposed to the sight of the Han generals, especially the hood on his head with five colorful feathers, which was extremely conspicuous.
Maybe it was Zhang Liao who was galloping and Badun's frightened eyes met in the air, or maybe he stared at Badun for the first time, but when he saw him galloping, he shouted loudly: "The one with a feather on the hood of the barbarian thief in front of him is the thief chief Badun, who can kill this thief, reward a thousand gold, and seal ten thousand households!" Soldiers of the Wuwei battalion, kill with me———! ”
"Kill the thief chieftain, kill the thief! Kill??????" With Zhang Liao's bold promises in the midst of heavy drinking, 30,000 soldiers of the Wuwei Battalion rushed forward with a roar. The horses broke off the reins, brandished swords or spears, and rushed towards the rear army of Badun with a loud shout.
There will be brave men under the great reward. Since Shang Yang Limu for the letter. This tried-and-true method of motivation has been widely used in all walks of life, especially in the field of battle.
This time, Zhang Liao borrowed chickens to lay eggs, and once again used them on the iron cavalry of the Wuwei Battalion, which was already brave and good at fighting. How effective it is, try it and find out.
"Bang bang bang ———!"
In an instant, Zhang Liao took the lead, waving the long-handled war knife in his hand like the wind, and swept through the thousands of troops and slashed down the three barbarians who stood in front of him. Forthwith. But seeing him swing his knife with one hand, he once again split a barbarian in half, and blood splattered everywhere. Shengsheng frightened off two barbarian soldiers who tried to surprise him, and he swung his sword left and right, and cut him off his horse.
Zhang Liao, who killed six barbarian troops in the blink of an eye, was as brave as the possession of a hellish killing god. Riding a horse and charging into the barbarian army. A sword flew in the air, and one by one the barbarians fell from their horses at a speed visible to the naked eye. The brave and incomparable formation deeply shocked the fragile hearts of the barbarian soldiers, who were not strong, and they were full of fear of the rampaging Zhang Liao, lest they could avoid it, and no one dared to step forward to stop them. Since then, Zhang Liao has been even more comfortable and handy. Like a tiger in the mountains, it is swift and incomparably running all the way. Rushed straight to the many barbarian leaders under the command of the barbarian commander.
After nearly half a year of lurking, Zhang Liao was indeed suffocated, and he always held back a lot of energy in his heart, but he had nowhere to vent. Today, I finally found a breakthrough, and the killing spirit that I had been saving for half a year was completely vented, and its combat effectiveness was so strong that it can be imagined.
Like him, Dong Yue and other generals who followed him and the 30,000 Wuwei Battalion Iron Cavalry also held back a bad breath, full of fighting spirit and high morale. This time, the soldiers of the Wuwei battalion vented their long-squeezed anger on the barbarian army, and burst out with unprecedented brutal combat power, one by one as fierce as a hungry wolf, opening and closing wide, and moving forward bravely.
It is worth mentioning that the Wuwei Battalion is the second cavalry battalion under Li Li's command, and it is also one of the three iron cavalry that he personally formed and started with. The remaining two cavalry battalions were: the Dragon Battalion and the Pegasus Battalion (the predecessor of the Flying Bear Soldiers). Today, there are ten war cavalry battalions under Li Li's command, but the most powerful war cavalry battalion is still these three war cavalry, followed by Jin Yiwei and Hu Ben battalions, and the remaining battalions have equal combat effectiveness. If you have to distinguish the superior, then the weakest combat power is the Feiyan light cavalry composed of the Black Mountain Army under Zhang Yan's account. It is precisely because of this that Li Li personally led the army to the east this time, giving Zhang Yan's Feiyan light cavalry the heaviest task, and its purpose was to give them more opportunities to exercise, so that they could grow up quickly, quickly improve their combat effectiveness, and keep up with the pace of other war cavalry battalions.
Since its establishment, the Wuwei Battalion has been commanded by Teng Xiao as the main general, and after countless battles, it is an iron-blooded division that can fight tough battles and win battles. After the Sili War, a large number of Li Li's cronies and generals, such as Teng Xiao, Guo Yan, Li Dao, Fan Yong and Teng Yu, all left the main camp and became border generals guarding the border or garrisoning prefectures and counties. Since then, the generals who have been in the deputy position (second line) have come to the forefront, obtained the opportunity to take charge of themselves, got the stage to display their talents, and grew rapidly. Among them, the most important ones by Li Li are Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning and Zhang Yan and other battalion leaders, and Zhang Liao is at the top of the list. Obviously, if Zhang Liao can seize the opportunity, then in time he will become the fifth general of the unified army after Zhou Yu and become one of the generals.
Now is the best time for Zhang Liao to make a contribution, and it should not be missed; Otherwise, the next opportunity will not know what year and month it will be waiting for.
?????? In the rear of the barbarian army, Li Li, who was slashing and killing the barbarian army, discovered the arrival of Zhang Liao's army almost at the same time as Badun. In other words, he didn't need to look at it, as long as he looked up at the sky, he knew that Zhang Liao's Wuwei battalion should have arrived. In the meantime, if nothing else, another surprise army should also appear. However, this second surprise army is not in the east, but behind the Chinese army led by Li Li, it should come out from the west.
Sure enough, a qiē was just as Li Li thought.
Just when Zhang Liao led the Wuwei battalion to suddenly kill from behind the barbarian army, a group of soldiers and horses suddenly rushed out of the western mountain road in the rear of the Han army, directly bypassing the infantry army where Tian Yu was sitting, and rushed straight to the left flank of the barbarian army. This army is still a cavalry, and its main general is Zhang Yan, the former leader of the Montenegrin Army, who shoulders the heavy responsibility, and the cavalry he leads is Feiyan light cavalry.
In the sound of "rumbling" horses, Zhang Yan led Feiyan light cavalry to rush into the left flank of the barbarian army with lightning speed, and joined forces with the unequaled iron cavalry led by Zhao Yun and Ma Dai, and surrounded the left flank of the barbarian army with overwhelming superior forces, in an attempt to annihilate it in one fell swoop.
At this point, the barbarian army, which originally had the advantage of troops, suffered an unprecedented reversal. Previously, the Han army only had 100,000 foot cavalry, only 60,000 war cavalry, including 20,000 Xianbei iron cavalry, and was at a disadvantage in terms of strength. However, with the arrival of the Wuwei Battalion and the Feiyan Light Cavalry, the battlefield shape underwent a radical transformation. The Han army also had an army of 160,000, including 120,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry, and all of them were elite on the battlefield; Compared with the 160,000 barbarian army of good and bad, it is not the same.
At the same time, the barbarian army had just suffered a heavy setback, losing nearly 100,000 horses and losing its combat strength. As for the more than 100,000 soldiers who were trampled to death by frightened horses, although the officers and men of the two armies had casualties, and the casualties were not small; But on the whole, the casualties of the Han army were much lower than those of the barbarian army.
First of all, the casualties of the unequaled iron cavalry under Zhao Yun's tent were not large, and less than 3,000 soldiers died in the chaos of horses; Jin Yiwei's casualties were even smaller, and he counted more than 1,000 people in full battle. The casualties of the two battalions combined, nearly 5,000 people died under the trampling of the horses. The Han army suffered the greatest casualties in the Youzhou battalion led by Gongsun Zhan, and the soldiers who died under the horse's hooves, plus the fighting in the previous two hours, lost more than 10,000 soldiers one after another, and more than half of the casualties were already lost. In other words, the newly formed Youzhou Battalion, which had been formed for less than half a year, suffered heavy losses this time, with as many as seventy percent of the casualties and was completely disabled.
Another heavy casualty in the Han army was the 20,000 Xianbei iron cavalry led by Kebineng. After the initial siege by the barbarian army, and then the fierce fighting later, the casualties of the Xianbei Iron Cavalry have exceeded 5,000. In the ensuing trampling of the horses, the Xianbei Iron Cavalry suffered a catastrophe again, almost all the army was wiped out, and now the Xianbei Iron Cavalry who can continue to fight with Kebi is less than 3,000 people, which is really a heavy loss. After this battle, Xianbei in the middle of the city, where Kebineng is located, lost its elite and could no longer turn over the big waves; If there is no external help, the central Xianbei tribe will be considered downtrooped and reduced to a medium tribe.
As a result, the three armies of the Han army lost nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, and suffered heavy losses. However, compared to this number, the casualties of the barbarian army were greater, fully twice that of the Han army. The barbarian army that died under the trampling of frightened horses alone numbered 60,000 people, and with two hours of desperate fighting, the barbarian army suffered no less than 90,000 soldiers and horses. However, at least sixty percent of the 90,000 barbarian troops were children and old people of the barbarian tribes, and the 60,000 or 70,000 barbarian troops that survived were the elite soldiers of the major tribes.
However, even so, with the sudden entry of the Wuwei Battalion and the Feiyan Light Cavalry into the battle, the original strength advantage of the barbarian army was gone, and it was at an absolute disadvantage. As a result, the defeat of the barbarian army has appeared, and now it is on the verge of rout, and the trapped beast is still fighting, at best, it is only a death struggle.
??????“ Ah———!h There was another terrible scream from the rear of the barbarian army.
Following the screams, but seeing Su Fuyan, who had just talked in a low voice with Badun and revealed Li Li's identity, was now covering the severed cut of his left arm that was cut off by Zhang Liao's knife, and screamed in pain. Just as Zhang Liao tried to kill Su Fuyan with a knife, he made a timely move, waved his knife to block Zhang Liao's attack, and then fought Zhang Liao head-on. The two sides fought and fought together, and it was difficult to distinguish for a while, and they were quite evenly matched.
Su Fuyan, who was lucky enough to escape, died of pain after losing his left arm, and turned over and fell off the horse under the imbalance of his body. However, just as he was carried onto his horse by his own soldiers and tried to flee on horseback, a fiery red shadow quickly passed by him, and the two guards who were supporting him flew out.
At the same time, the moment the fiery red shadow passed past Su Fuyan's side, a cold light appeared, and a dazzling cold light sank into his neck. Immediately, a head was thrown high, and the body that had lost its head fell from the horse's back, and immediately spewed out a fountain of blood that was more than a foot high.
When the fiery red photo gradually became clear, I saw that it was the horse that Li Li was riding, and the blade of the Jin Qi war knife in Li Li's hand was still dripping blood. Under the knife, Su Fuyan stepped into the footsteps of Wuyan and was in a different place.
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—————— To be Continued ————————— (To be continued......
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