Chapter 72: The Great War Begins Again (2)
And at this moment, the left battalion of the Han army, Zhang Muzhi saw that the main camp was attacked, and he could only be anxious at this time, but he could not rescue, he had to consider the overall situation.
Before he had time to wait for the flag of Yan Yu's headquarters to be in place, he suddenly heard a loud cheer due north, as if it was the camp guarded by Luo Shang, and it had been pulled out of the last layer of the gate by the Wei army!
"Get on the horse!"
In stark contrast to the cheers and noise of the front army, in the rear camp of the Wei army, at this time, the deputy general Hu Lie suddenly gave a soft order, and then turned over and got on the horse, and the two army horses and the actual number of more than two thousand ironclad cavalry, in this noisy battlefield, naturally could not hear the sound of the order clearly at this time, but seeing the main general Hu Lie on the horse, he immediately turned over and got on the horse neatly.
"Raise the flag!"
Hu Lie, who was sitting on the horse, was covered by his visor, and his voice was a little urn-like, but at this time, he only needed to wave his hand to command.
Immediately, a guard next to him suddenly raised a simple and rugged flag, embroidered with the shape of a tiger and leopard, which was the Wei army's tiger and leopard ride.
You must know that this tiger and leopard rider was originally a general of the Cao Wei clan, but since the change of Gaopingling, this tiger and leopard rider has also been divided to generals with foreign surnames, that is, it was given to the wealthy families by the Sima clan as part of the division of interests, and most of them were occupied by the Hu family.
Seeing this banner raised, the continuous curtain that was originally standing in front of the cavalry was instantly pushed down by the foot soldiers who had been prepared, and since the curtain fell, Hu Lie's department had no way to cover it, and Hu Lie also waved his hand again and again, taking the lead in reining in the horse and slowly speeding forward.
At this moment, Zhang Muzhi finally waited for Yan Yu's flag to be raised further east, and he was also relieved.
However, at the next moment, a thunderous roar suddenly came, Zhang Muzhi looked up in astonishment at this time, and it could be seen that a cavalry dressed in a costume that had made countless Han soldiers frightened suddenly stood out from the Wei army, but in an instant, he slashed himself into the armor formation formed by the Han infantry army!
The latter was instantly difficult to do, with countless casualties!
Tiger and leopard riding, Zhang Muzhi is the first time to encounter, but it is not the first time to hear, the Zhang family is also a big family, why finally live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, that is, the ancestors entered the army, was injured and killed by the tiger and leopard riding of the Wei State, the Zhang family really felt that Ji Han was difficult to support, so he chose to hide in the mountains and forests.
With this charge, which was destined to involve countless bloody memories, Zhang Muzhi no longer dared to hesitate, nor could he maintain his former depth and reserve, but roared vigorously:
"Raise the Blue Flag !! Quickly"
As soon as the Wei cavalry rushed out, the blue flag had already been raised on time, but it was a little too late for Luo Shang, who was facing the Wei army.
At this time, under that chisel, Luo Shang was already stunned, and when he saw the blue flag raised, he was even more busy ordering his two deputy generals, Zhang Teng and others, to lead a thousand people to split the wings according to the plan, and he led the remaining more than a thousand people to the east in embarrassment.
This is a typical strategy to lure the enemy into the depths and copy the two sides.
However, things are always perfectly thought out, but it is extremely difficult to actually do; Although Luo Shang gave the order and put it into action, whether it was the infantry army supported by the rear army, or the various units of the Chinese army led by Yan Yudu, the huge casualties brought by the tiger and leopard riding were completely out of control.
Therefore, hearing Luo Shang's signal to Wei a little farther away, although Zhang Teng and other generals retreated together, they were surprised to find that their respective banners were actually crushed to the same side by the Wei cavalry!
Then the so-called two-wing rotation outflanking became a joke when boarding.
Of course, when this is the case, this assumption doesn't matter at all, because as the three flags of their battalion retreat together, and the tigers and leopards of the Wei army are currently chiseled out, the front part of Luo Shang's department is completely out of restraint for a while, and countless soldiers and horses lose their armor and abandon their armor, coerce each other, and split into small groups to explode instantly, allowing the Wei people to chase, slash and shoot in the rear.
The so-called predetermined strategy of deceitful defeat to lure the enemy has almost become a real rout.
The reason why it is said to be almost, is because Luo Shang's headquarters is in the rear, that is, the easternmost position, and he has not suffered too many casualties, plus Luo Shang himself, who governs the army with bravery and military discipline, has always had prestige, so this small half of the troops of about 1,000 people is not completely out of control, they can still maintain the formation, maintain the armor and equipment, and run east with Luo Shang...... However, there is no doubt that the wolf is running.
Back in front of him, Hu Lie waited for work, rode against each other, and the two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry rushed bravely, so that more than 3,000 Han soldiers on the east side of the camp almost collapsed, but unlike Jia Chong, who watched from afar and laughed ecstatically, he himself did not slack off in the slightest.
On the contrary, after this chisel worked, the lieutenant general cavalry commander who was specially drawn under Jia Chong's command looked forward to it for a while, and after seeing the surrounding situation clearly, he did not hesitate at all, but once again ordered the whole army to gather and pursue the only Luo Shang division in front that could still maintain a slightly compact formation.
Hu Lie is also the queen of the gate, his father was the general of Cao Wei's chariot cavalry, one of the diehards of the Sima clan, and the door is not too bad for the Zhong family, so he is not compatible with the Zhong Hui.
The tiger and leopard cavalry led by himself is also an elite soldier of Cao Wei, and it is not Jia Chong who woos him, but the two of them are Sima Zhao's henchmen, so they are compatible, so they are stationed in Longyou with Jia Chong.
What he did at this time was a responsible performance of an excellent cavalry general, and it was also a natural choice, more than 1,000 infantry on the opposite side, with their backs to twice the number of cavalry they were walking away in embarrassment, but they were barely maintaining the formation, but at the same time, the cavalry had already broken through the blockade of the camp and entered the wilderness, and it should have swept away the large number of enemy troops around the camp to maintain the formation.
No matter from which point of view, even out of an instinct of human nature, Hu Lie has no reason to let go of this Han army.
So, as Hu Lie raised his hand slightly, the tiger and leopard flag shook vigorously in the center of the battlefield, causing the tiger and leopard warriors who had won the blow to shout and scream, and they gave up slashing and killing the Han army on both flanks of the front line, and gathered under its banner again to form a sufficient formation.
Immediately, as the flag slowly increased speed for the second time, it continued to rumble eastward!
On the embankment, Luo Shang didn't dare to be a little lazy, but he didn't dare to have the slightest behavior against Yan Yu's arrangement, he turned over and got on his horse to personally hold the flag and look at the situation in front of him, and waited until the Wei cavalry started again, and the whole tail was completely out of the camp area, he no longer hesitated, and personally waved the second yellow flag.
Luo Shang, who had the yellow flag shaking and his helmet had been turned upside down, saw it from afar, and immediately turned back on his horse, but he couldn't help but smile bitterly; It is already a situation of nine deaths and one life, the cavalry of the Wei army is biting behind, but his more than a thousand good sons are infantry, although they are also carefully trained elites, but in the process of fleeing, I am afraid that they will be immediately backcharged, and they will suffer heavy casualties, where can they make any effective tactical moves as planned? It would be nice to be able to run for your life.
Of course, now Luo Shang, as a captain of Huqiang and the emperor's confidant, has good talents, and he still has determination and courage.
In addition, he knew the arrangement early, and he knew better than anyone else where the chance of victory was, so at this time, he still gritted his teeth and held back all his thoughts, and continued to lie on his horse to guide the whole army forward and go to the predetermined position.
And in this process, the Wei cavalry had already caught up, and the screams came from far and near, knowing that this was the sacrifice of the sons, but at this time, Luo Shang was lying on the horse, tears flowed down the trend, almost strung along the horse's mane in a line, but he didn't even dare to turn his head back.
Hold on until the predetermined place, and then struggle to rein in the horse and turn, but with the flag, lead the remnants, and flash to the north!
The cavalry of the Wei army continued to impress, and the last infantry of the Han army besieging the eastern camp of the Han army was also heavily damaged, but the general of the Han army under the banner of the Han army, as the main general in the east, although he was not captured, but he was completely caught off guard by the situation, and the battlefield was shifted.
After this success, even Hu Lie, who had always been cold-faced and cold-spoken, trembled, and couldn't help but howl loudly on the horse, only to feel that the depression of the past few months was almost swept away.
In the past few months, the front was defeated one after another, abandoning the land and abandoning the division, the Han army was greatly invigorated, and the Han army, which only dared to fight with the Wei army in the past, now brazenly raised troops, first captured Longxi County, and then came towards Tianshui County, almost having the momentum of the great Han Wuhou in those years.
At this time, the fear from top to bottom, that is, the main general Jia Chong, is thinking about defeat, but in this battle, I won!
However, at the next moment, when the cavalry of the Wei army continued to flung eastward with the inertia of the war horse, preparing to outflank Luo Shang from the further east, preparing to capture this Han general.
Suddenly, the Wei army suddenly found that as Luo Shang walked eastward, at the edge of the east side of the battlefield, a long-prepared crossbow position was revealed!
Wei Jun was caught off guard, and simply exposed his side to these crossbowmen!
That's right, this army is the shooting sound battalion under Yan Yu, which is one of the five battalions of the Northern Army of the Han Army (Tun cavalry, Yue cavalry, infantry, Changshui, and shooting), the elite of the elite.
Tun Cavalry Captain: Commander of the heavy cavalry unit; Infantry Captain: Palm Lin Yuan Gate Garrison; Captain of the Vietnamese Cavalry: Commander of the Light Cavalry Unit; Captain Changshui: The cavalry composed of Huns and other Hu people stationed in Changshui and Xuanqu; Captain Shooter: A crossbowman unit in charge of the Forbidden Army (Feather Forest Army).
And the shooting battalion led by Yan Yu is even better than back then, although the number of people is the same as 2,000, they all use hard bows and crossbows, and the elite of this army dares to fight, rewards and treatment, and equipment and ordnance, needless to say.
More importantly, the "Zhuge Repeater" used by this army was reformed by Wuhou himself.
Seeing that Luo Shang had fought for countless lives before completing the task of luring the enemy, the battalion commander did not have to hesitate at this time, while personally raising the bow in his hand to defeat the enemy, while letting the guards on his side wave his own flag, and directly ordered the arrows to be released.
For a while, the soldiers of the shooting battalion lined up in a line and scattered were launched together, almost shooting together, but thousands of arrows were fired in an instant!
It seems that it is not as imposing as a salvo of thousands of arrows, but how amazing is the damage of firing a volley from the flank of the unsuspecting cavalry at close range?
Not to mention, at this time, the armor technology of the Wei army can be used to guard against ordinary arrows, but for such a strong crossbow, it is difficult to stop; And although everyone wears armor, today's tiger and leopard riding is not as heavy as it was back then, so the war horse is not armored, and if the armored cavalry gallops and the horse is hit by an arrow, how can the knight get lucky?
Therefore, this round was actually aimed at more than 1,000 arrows from the war horse, and the Wei cavalry who were exposed to the Han army's shooting sound camp immediately turned on their backs and fell on a pool of blood!
It can only be said that the amount of bleeding of the war horse and the tossing after injury are much more exciting than the struggle of the Wei knights themselves.
Therefore, in this situation, the war horses in front neighed, the wounded wailed, but the Wei cavalry in the rear could not contain the horse momentum at all, and even more people in the rear continued to scream and charge, but it caused a stampede.
In this way, the Han army's ambush shooting battalion charged a powerful blow, and just one volley caused a attrition of at least three or five hundred Wei cavalry in one photo!
However, in a panic, the Wei army suffered heavy casualties due to the sudden attack, but Hu Lie, the commander of the Wei army, remained calm while being angry, he was the first to rein in his horse, and after determining the battlefield situation at a glance, he personally grabbed the tiger and leopard flag beside him, and the shining spearhead of the banner head sank slightly to the east, and then personally held the flag to the east to guide the cavalry; It seems to be to destroy this bold and daring Han army to ambush!
After all, in his opinion, although the Han army's arrangement was wonderful, the problem was that Luo Shang was really defeated when he was deceived on the way to lure the enemy, and he lost the infantry support and outflanking, but he also let this elite bow and crossbow army give his life in vain!
At the same time, according to the plan, the shooting battalion could have left on the spot, but just now witnessed the Wei cavalry wantonly killing their own allies in the front, but at this time they had no intention of leaving.
The captain of the shooting battalion is Luo Xian, and Luo Shang is a cousin, and his father Luo Xian is the most trusted confidant of the commander Yan Yu, and at this time, after Luo Xian personally shot a shot with a strong bow to kill a member of Wei Cai, he saw that the Wei army did not waver, but immediately adjusted to his own position, and did not waver at all.
On the contrary, at this moment, Luo Feng glanced out of the corner of his eyes and saw the red flag waving on the high ground of the river embankment in the distance, but he actually lowered his head, regardless of the approach of the Wei army, took the crossbow placed next to him, calmly stepped on the force, and got on the second crossbow arrow, and then raised it again flatly, and signaled to the guard holding the flag on his side.
It is said that at this time, there were already many Wei knights who rushed to a distance of only a few dozen steps from the position of the shooting battalion according to the order, and were about to shoot arrows, and seeing this situation, some people gritted their teeth and moved forward bravely, while shooting arrows and successfully trampled on the Han army's position, but some people were almost frightened to death, and they didn't even use bows and arrows, so they turned around and wanted to escape!
In any case, as the military flag with the word "shooting" waved and fell straight ahead, the second round of salvos of the Han army finally succeeded in shooting, although the effect was far inferior to the first round, but it still brought a huge battlefield attrition to the Wei army, which now has a total of only 1,500 cavalry, and finally stopped the momentum of the Wei cavalry for the second time!
In other words, when the front self-protrusion came out, it was a strong and hard chisel, and it was fired twice by a salvo of bows and crossbows, and the cavalry of the Wei army was not a god, so far, the strength of the battle has dropped to barely a thousand, and it has been folded by nearly half, and if it is replaced by other cavalry, I am afraid that it will have collapsed long ago at this time.
However, this is the tiger and leopard cavalry, the most elite army of the Wei army, in the end, is good at hard fighting, and pays attention to a strict military law, even under the command of Hu Lie, who had to change horses because of the arrows in the war horse, continued to move forward, the officers slashed and retreated in vain, and the ordinary knights stepped on the blood mixed with those mounts, trying to force forward, trampling this elite bow and crossbow that they feared and hated at this time into mud.
On the bow and crossbow position, although the shooting battalion that knew that there could be no third round of cavalry shooting also began to waver, but the only shooting battalion commander under the banner of the second army on the battlefield, Luo Xi, still did not change his face, but under the attention of thousands of people, he abandoned the bow and arrow, drew his sword and jumped out of the position, and the shooting battalion flag immediately followed.
Not only that, but further north, Luo Shang's military flag was actually turning around at this time for some reason.