Chapter Fifty-Eight: The First Battle Flag Opens Victorious
Bai Zhiming, who led the troops in ambush in the woods, first saw the five hundred archers of his headquarters return to the woods and pass directly through the forest without making any stops. www.
Then the 1,000 spearmen of the headquarters quickly withdrew, entered the woods, and divided into two teams, each of which hid in the woods on either side of the road, waiting to kill the enemy again.
After a battle outside the woods, I saw about a thousand opposing cavalry galloping towards me, and soon entered the attack range.
"Shoot the arrows!"
As soon as Bai Zhiming gave the order, the archers who had been in ambush immediately bent their bows and shot arrows, and the arrows in the woods on both sides rained down on the enemy.
Suddenly the horses neighed, and a large number fell.
The remaining few hundred men continued to charge forward.
"Cast!"
Wu Tao gave an order, and another burst of spears was thrown at the remnants of the opponent's cavalry.
In the midst of the throwing, a large number of enemies fell.
There are probably more than 100 people who can break out of the encirclement.
However, before they could run out of the woods, the archers in front of them had turned their horses' heads and aimed their bows and arrows at the remnants of the cavalry......
After eliminating this group of cavalry, Bai Zhiming immediately ordered a quick cleanup of the battlefield, and after the cleanup, the woods returned to tranquility, as if it had never happened.
The sound of fighting outside the woods came into the woods one after another, and although they didn't witness it with their own eyes, the ambush soldiers in the woods also felt the fierceness of the battlefield.
One by one, I couldn't help but boil my blood, and some of them were ready to move.
"Everyone, be quiet!"
Bai Zhiming gave an order, and then he regained his composure.
Until I heard Zhuang Shujun shout:
"Withdraw!"
The woods were only getting tense again, and the critical moment was soon coming.
First, I saw the pikemen and axemen of the headquarters withdrawing, then the infantry, and finally Zhuang Shujun, who quickly withdrew under the protection of the guards.
And the strange thing is that Zhuang Shujun's younger brother Liu Tingfeng, as if he was injured, was held in Zhuang Shujun's arms and withdrew on a war horse.
The retreating soldiers and horses did not make any stops, but quickly passed through the forest, and soon walked out of the woods and ran towards Snow City.
In a few moments, the vanguard of the enemy's 100,000-strong army entered the woods.
First, a team of swords and axes led by Wang Liang were murderous and full of resentment.
Then the infantry led by Zhao Wu and Chen Dawei lined up in four rows and quickly passed through the woods.
The ambush waited quietly and did not attack.
The mighty procession, the one in front had already passed through the woods and walked a long way, while the people and horses behind were still endless, and there was no edge in sight.
Tang Xiao, who was at the back of the team, saw that his vanguard troops had already passed through the forest and had not encountered any ambushes, so he couldn't help but say proudly:
"I knew that they didn't dare to ambush here, they must be hiding in Snow White City and defending the city wholeheartedly. Ha ha...... I must make them unable to defend Snow City. ”
Tang Xiao said, looking at the military advisor Song Yu.
Song Yu still said worriedly:
"I'm afraid that they will cut off our team from the middle, so that we can't take care of each other!"
"Cut off? Ha ha...... It would be even better, we would have calculated what we had, the vanguard would turn, and we would move forward, just to flank them in the valley of clouds, so that they would not return. ”
Song Yu knew that it was useless for him to say anything, so he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart again
"It seems that there are fewer murderers in this battle!"
And in the woods, Bai Zhiming silently calculated in his heart.
It wasn't until the other party had already walked halfway, and there were probably more than 40,000 people, that Bai Zhiming gave an order:
"Attack!"
At one time, from the woods on both sides, there was a lot of straw
and dry firewood were thrown into the passage in the valley one after another.
The enemy sighed in his heart, and he was also a little inexplicable, and he was extremely surprised by this move, and instead of throwing weapons, he threw straw, dry firewood, or something, was it to interfere with us?
But I smell a smell of grease.
Just as the enemy was puzzled, a burst of arrows with flames of fire were quickly fired at the mountains of straw and dry wood in the middle of the road.
Poured with grease straw and dry firewood, it was immediately ignited, and the fire rose to the sky.
The enemy's ranks were immediately cut in two.
The long snake-like team immediately became a mess.
Before they could come to their senses, the ambush soldiers on the hills on both sides immediately launched the first round of attacks and archery.
In the rain of arrows, the soldiers, who had not had time to run out of the woods, were shot and killed.
Bai Zhiming immediately signaled an attack.
Soon, the ambush soldiers in the woods on both sides quickly killed them.
The vanguard who had already escaped from the woods immediately turned around and came to the rescue.
This U-turn made the team even more chaotic.
Taking advantage of the confusion of the other side, the ambush soldiers slaughtered into the enemy's ranks like a tiger descending from a mountain.
At the same time, the soldiers in White Snow City who saw the attack signal also quickly rushed out of the city under Zhuang Shujun's order.
Under the siege of the three sides, many soldiers have not fully woken up, and they have already become ghosts under the knife.
One side is ready to recuperate, and the other side is caught off guard.
This time, they finally entered the original plan, the three sides were encircled, the enemy formation was chaotic, and the enemy army was finally forced into the gap left by them in advance, and entered the trap they set.
Fall into a trap in front and chase after it strongly.
There is no suspense in the battle, and victory is only a matter of time.
Liu Tingfeng has been helped back to the City Lord's Mansion to rest.
The first time he killed someone, he was still very uncomfortable, and after vomiting, his body turned out to be a little weak.
This weakness mainly comes from the spirit, killing and hunting, two completely different feelings at that time.
Zhuang Shujun and Mu Qianmei, because they were worried about the war situation, asked someone to take care of them, and hurriedly returned to the city.
Standing at the head of the city, you can see the overall situation, and the entire battlefield is in view.
Seeing that his own soldiers are becoming more and more courageous, while the enemy is already in a mess, messing around, only a few leaders, leading a small part of the team can still form a line, which is somewhat lethal.
Zhuang Shujun couldn't help frowning and said:
"The princess can watch the battle here, and in order to reduce our losses, I will go and behead those leaders under my horse."
So saying, he hurried down to the city.
"Be careful."
Mu Qianmei instructed loudly behind her.
"Rest assured, princess."
Zhuang Shujun replied from afar, and in a blink of an eye, he had already mounted his horse and rushed to the battlefield.
The figure of the scholar in white looks particularly dazzling on the battlefield, like a little white in the green bushes, white horses and white clothes, as fast as an afterimage, entering the battlefield is like entering a no-man's land.
Their own soldiers gave way, and the opposing soldiers were immediately cut off if they slowed down a little.
He went straight to the remnants of the front-line soldiers led by the leader of the other party, and his sword fell in his hand, like a butcher who harvested life.
Soon several small leaders were slain by the sword.
The progress of the battle instantly accelerated a lot.
Mu Qianmei saw the other side of this usually gentle and elegant scholar in white, on the battlefield, he seemed to be a different person, with a sword in his hand, clean and neat, one sword at a time, the sword stabbed the vital point, one sword and one life, he did not have any hesitation, nor did he have any trace of pity.
"It seems that the hatred in Brother Zhuang's heart is very deep, he usually controls himself so well, he can't see it, this time when he arrives on the battlefield, he vents to his heart's content, and he is really tired of living."
Mu Qianmei thought to herself.
After Zhuang Shujun wantonly killed for a while, the hatred in his heart was happily vented, but after the joy, a deep sense of loss came to his heart.
Emptiness!
Exhaustion!
Although there was a momentary pleasure and comfort in killing the enemy, he was afraid of the emptiness after the pain.
The rest is left to the soldiers.
He mounted his horse and slowly returned to the city gates.
When I went, I was as fast as a meteor and full of energy.
When he returned, he seemed to be evacuated, sitting on horseback, looking listless and weak.
Mu Qianmei walked down the city gate, and when Zhuang Shujun slowly approached, she hurriedly ordered the close guards:
"Serve Captain Zhuang immediately, go back to bathe and change clothes."
"Yes!"
Several guards replied in unison, and followed Zhuang Shujun back to the City Lord's Mansion.
Mu Qianmei looked at Zhuang Shujun who was slowly leaving, and her lonely back was a little lonely and vicissitudes.
"It seems that everyone is actually very tired from life!"
Mu Qianmei stood at the top of the city wall and continued to watch the changes in the battle situation on the battlefield.
The enemy on this side was just about to be eliminated, and the follow-up troops led by Tang Xiao and Song Yu finally came through the woods.
It is said that it is a forest, but in fact it is already a ruin, and a fire has burned the road in the middle of the valley, which does not look like a road.
Fortunately, the fire in the middle of the valley did not lead to the mountain forest, otherwise both forests would have turned into a sea of fire.
As soon as Tang Xiao led his troops through the woods, he ushered in a dense burst of arrows, and seeing that his vanguard had been basically wiped out and the general trend had gone, he hurriedly ordered a retreat.
Bai Zhiming immediately led his troops to pursue the victory, and killed many enemies.
He had been chasing and killing for five or six miles, and only when he saw that the other party was running away did he order the troops to be withdrawn.
The corpses on the battlefield were strewn and strewn everywhere.
There are those who have their own and those who have each other.
Pack up your own and take it back, and bury the other party's on the spot.
Those with broken heads, missing arms and legs, pierced through the abdomen with a knife, ...... with scaly wounds all over their bodies, and all kinds of deaths and injuries are extremely miserable.
It's okay to be dead, but the half-dead will suffer, Bai Zhiming ordered to clean up the battlefield
The dead were thrown into a big pit and piled up and buried en masse.
The half-dead one immediately made up for it and threw it into the pit.
Those who surrendered were escorted back to Snow City as prisoners and waited for the emperor's order to make arrangements.
After counting the battlefield, the small leader of the soldiers came to report:
"Report to the city lord, our army has destroyed a total of 48,000 enemies and surrendered 9,000."
"Our army lost 8,000 soldiers, 4,000 seriously wounded, and 15,000 lightly wounded."
Bai Zhiming said loudly:
"The brothers who died in battle should be carried back to the camp first, and the roster should be recorded, and they will be buried thickly, and the families of the soldiers should be given rich consolation money."
"The injured brothers were immediately sent back to the city, the seriously injured were treated first, and the lightly injured were bandaged first."
"The rest is left to clean up the battlefield."
The three orders were immediately issued, and everyone proceeded in an orderly manner.
Mu Qianmei stood on the city wall, looking thoughtfully at everything that was happening in front of her.
Finally, in reality, I experienced the cruelty of war.
Human life is the same as ants on the battlefield, and there is no distinction between high and low.
That night, the crane in the clouds held a feast to reward the three armies.
Those who have made great contributions are also encouraged to be promoted and rewarded for their meritorious deeds.
It was a night of passion and sadness.