Chapter 10 Leading the way
The moment the north gate opened, the battle under Xinzheng City immediately began.
At this moment, it was as if time had stopped, extremely slowly.
Countless lives are passing away at this moment.
Under the city gate, every minute and every second is in full swing.
The shouts of killing, the neighing of horses, the screams and the sound of slamming echoed each other, and the noise was extremely loud, and the sound shook dozens of miles away.
"Bang bang bang!"
The galloping horses collided head-on.
In an instant, the man turned on his back, and the soldier and the horse fell to the ground and struggled to the death, and a large number of foot soldiers and war horses fell.
In an instant, nearly 100 soldiers who fell to the ground were trampled to death by horses, their flesh and blood blurred, their bodies and arms broken, their brains and intestines all over the place, and they were extremely tragic.
When the narrow road meets, the brave wins. For the soldiers on both sides who were crowded at the city gates, this sentence is the most appropriate summary.
At the narrow city gate, one party wants to go out, and the other side wants to enter, and tens of thousands of horses are congested in the narrow city gate that is only two zhang in size.
If this is not a narrow road, then what is a narrow road?
A narrow road is not a matter of whether the road is really narrow, but whether there are enough pedestrians passing through. No matter how wide the road is, it can't withstand tens of thousands of people crowded together!
Inside the city gate, the three brothers Li Li, Fan Yong and Li Xian rushed forward bravely, and attacked back and forth three times, but failed to rush into the city.
"Big brother, there are too many enemy troops, and they are congested together, we can't kill them at all!"
In desperation, the three of them had to retreat to the city gate again, Li Xian was young and vigorous, and couldn't help but say loudly.
"Miscalculated! I didn't expect Zhu Jun to be so ruthless, trying to gather more than 10,000 soldiers and rush out. It's good now, everyone is congested together, and you can't get in or out! ”
Li Li said with great annoyance.
Before the war, he had anticipated almost all the possibilities. But he didn't expect that Zhu Jun would desperately gather the whole army under the city gate, and at the moment when he tried to open the city gate, he rushed up to attack the Xiliang army.
Coincidentally, Li Li led 3,000 iron horsemen and 2,000 foot soldiers to wait for the moment when the city gate was opened and attacked the city gate.
As a result, both armies were blocked at the gates.
For a while, the people inside couldn't get out, and the people outside couldn't get in, so they were stuck here.
No matter how witty and good Li Li was in his previous life, this was the first time he led his army to participate in such a large-scale siege battle after his rebirth.
Lacking experience in large-scale fighting, he was too confident before the war, and seemed a little rash, and happened to encounter Zhu Jun's desperate gamble. Therefore, it is inevitable to lose.
The incident happened suddenly, and many coincidences collided together, so that there is such a dangerous dilemma now.
At the critical moment, Li Li's mind was full of thoughts, but the big knife in his hand did not slack off at all, and he continued to slash, cutting down the enemy soldiers from time to time.
The current situation was extremely unfavorable to the Long Xiang battalion and the 2,000 foot soldiers led by Li Li, most of the men and horses were outside the city gate, exposed to the arrows of the crossbowmen at the head of the city, and there were many casualties among the soldiers every second.
The deadlock must be broken as soon as possible, otherwise even if he breaks through this city this time, the Long Xiang battalion will inevitably lose most of it, and the gains outweigh the losses.
While pondering countermeasures, Li Li inadvertently caught a glimpse of the enemy's rear foot soldiers appearing in confusion.
"The enemy is in disarray?"
This discovery shocked Li Li and immediately made a decision.
Since the two armies are already congested together, it can only be seen who is braver and more ferocious, as long as they break through the human wall in front of them, then tens of thousands of enemy troops will inevitably be frightened, have no fighting spirit, and will break up and flee.
"All the soldiers listened to the order, the war horses were in front, and the foot soldiers followed, and they rushed with me to kill! Kill! ”
Li Li hit his horse and retreated a few feet, shouted loudly, and immediately rushed towards the enemy army wall dozens of feet away, and forcibly ran into the enemy foot soldiers who were blocking in front of him with the power of the war horse.
This is definitely an extremely dangerous way to play.
With such a short sprint distance, he wanted to rush through the crowd and fight his way out; If you are not careful, it is easy for people to turn on their backs and annihilate in the crowd, and it is categorically difficult to survive.
However, Li Li did so, and led thousands of iron horsemen to charge together, and with the flesh and blood of war horses, he collided with the wall of nearly 10,000 foot soldiers in front of him.
It's crazy! There is not enough space for the war horse to sprint, and there is only a buffer distance of more than ten zhang, but he wants to use the strong body of the war horse to crash through the crowd.
"Bang bang bang!"
Rushing into the crowd, the long weapon loses its proper effect. Horses crowd people, people next to the horses, almost close together, and the longer the weapon, the more useless it becomes.
The sound of violent muscle collision came and went, and the neighing of horses and the screams of horses were all in harmony.
"Bang! Burst!!! ”
The long knife in Li Li's hand knocked aside the weapons raised by the enemy soldiers, and then returned with a knife and cut off more than ten good heads.
No matter how strong a person's flesh and blood is, it can't withstand the close collision of the war horse after all.
And the cavalry on horseback, as long as they are not pulled off by the enemy at close range, have a height advantage over most of the infantry, so they can kill the infantry.
The reason why the foot soldiers are inferior to the war horses is that in addition to the huge impact of the war horses, there is also a huge difference in the height of the body.
When Li Li led the cavalry to charge into the crowd, he took this advantage to the extreme, slashing and killing a large number of enemy foot soldiers.
The many cavalrymen who followed behind him followed suit, first clearing the nearest enemy soldiers, and then sweeping through with their spears, condescendingly taking advantage of them.
Half an hour later, Li Li finally broke through the enemy's obstacles, fought his way through the crowd, carved a hole in the nearly 10,000 Zhu Jun army, and rushed into the city.
Immediately, more than 2,000 iron cavalry of the Longxiang battalion also rushed into the city, vigorously chasing and killing the scattered enemy soldiers.
When Li Li's army entered the city, tens of thousands of Zhu Jun's army soldiers collapsed, scattered and fled, and there was no longer a standing figure under the north city gate.
At this time, at least 3,000 corpses and hundreds of dead horses were left on the ground just a few hundred steps inside and outside the city gate.
It can be said that there is a river of blood, the remnants of the body and broken arms are everywhere, an inch of loess and an inch of blood, and the corpses are piled up into a narrow mountain beam.
The tragic slaughter under the north gate completely frightened the courage of the officers and men of Zhu Jun's army, and thousands of foot soldiers had no fighting spirit and fled in panic.
In the city, Li Li led more than 2,000 cavalry and more than 1,000 foot soldiers to chase and kill the remnants of the army all the way until they reached the palace.
In Xinzheng County, it was empty, and even the servants and maids could not be seen, obviously these people had long been hiding.
"Li Fu, you lead five hundred foot soldiers to collect and surrender the remnants of the enemy army in the city, and try to kill as little as possible!
Li Meng and Wang Fang, you two lead the rest of the foot soldiers to the top of the city and clear the remnants of the remnants!
Li Zheng, you lead a thousand iron cavalry to chase and kill Zhu Jun's remnants from the south gate, and cooperate with General Guo to kill Zhu Jun!
The rest of the people followed me out of the east gate, pursued the remnants of Zhu Jun, and surrendered the deserters! Did you hear me? Execute it now! ”
Li Li rode a war horse into the Xinzheng County Ya Hall, and after a little look, he ordered Li Meng, Wang Fang and other generals.
"No, I'll take the order!" Li Meng, Wang Fang, Li Fu and others happily accepted the order.
If Li Li had given such a grand order before, maybe Li Meng and other generals would have been dissatisfied, or they would have disobeyed the yin and yang, and they would definitely not agree so simply.
However, the battle at the city gate just now really shocked these Xiliang warriors, and they still have lingering palpitations until now.
Just now, Li Li's decisiveness, combat bravery, and ruthlessness and bloodthirstiness were enough to make Li Meng, Wang Fang and other fierce men in a hundred battles shocked.
Even at this moment, no matter who saw the blood-drenched blood-red armor on Li Li's body, they would be horrified, and they didn't dare to face him like a killing god who had been killed from the blood sea region.
This battle is enough to make many Xiliang soldiers remember it for the rest of their lives and unforgettable until they die. And Li Li's battle is enough to shock the entire Li Dao army, and it will not be long before it spreads throughout Dong Zhuojun and becomes famous in the Western Capital.