Chapter 946 The Battle of Weishui (6)
The defeat was like a mountain of defeat.
One of the most tests of the combat effectiveness of an army is their performance when they are defeated. Some troops fought thousands of miles, once fought, had defeated everything, were invincible, and looked down on the world. But once they were defeated, they could no longer gather. Some troops had been defeated repeatedly, but they fought repeatedly until the end of the battle.
There are many such examples in history. The King of Chu and his Chu army were like this. The army was in a hundred battles and never lost, but once Gaixia was defeated, they never got up again. The Han army led by Liu Bang and his dog-slaughtering brothers had been defeated repeatedly, but they were never defeated. They fought repeatedly and fought repeatedly, and finally became the one who laughed to the end.
There are too many examples like this, and heroes should not be considered by temporary success or failure. The same is true for the army. Success or failure is nothing, but the key is still how the army faces failure.
Now Xu's army is defeated, and it is as bad as a mountain.
At the beginning, Zhang Jun, Zhang Jin and others advised Yu Wen Shi and the others to leave the city first, then gather troops to reorganize the army and then fight. But at the west gate, several armies from all over the country had already fought each other in order to escape from the city as soon as possible. There was even a Lantian Army officer who rode his horse and trampled the sergeant to leave the city first, but was pulled off by several angry Chang'an Army soldiers and killed by random swords.
Xiliang, a small Guangfeng Cang City, was noisy at this time, and each army had no feelings for friendly troops. It was all about which one had more people, and most of the soldiers were broken and ran away. If the soldiers were more people, they could open others and take the lead in leaving the city.
By the time Yu Wenshi and others led more than a thousand cavalry to arrive, there was already blood flowing all over the place and countless dead people were trampled on.
Seeing this scene, Yu Wenshi and the others came forward to shout a few times, but it was useless. In the end, Zhang Jun and Zhang Jin came forward with their personal guards and waved their swords to cut off dozens of soldiers fighting for the road, which was considered to be a silence.
After temporarily suppressing the scene, the troops began to gather their troops again and then left the city in order. For a moment, the speed of leaving the city increased faster.
Fortunately, the Chen army who entered the city seemed to have insufficient troops. They have been hunting and eliminating Xu Jun who are still behind in the city, but have not yet directly reached the west of the city.
The sky is still dark, and this long night seems to never have a time of dawn.
With thousands of soldiers and horses barely gathered at Ximen, Yu Wenshi and others also walked west in a panic. Looking at the fewer than ten thousand people around him, at this time, even Yu Wenshi didn't mention returning to the army to fight Yongfeng again.
What the generals now think about is how far they can go. They will immediately be as far away from Yongfeng City.
Thousands of people and horses were anxious like dogs, running westward. Along the way, the defeated army was like snowballs. They kept gathering the Xu army who had escaped from the city and fleeing together. Gradually, seeing that the Xu army gathered together had more than 10,000 people, and there seemed to be no chasing soldiers behind them, Yu Wen Shiji's face finally improved a little.
Yile war horses. Yu Wenshi shouted: "Stop moving forward!"
"King, this place is not far from the city. Be careful that the Chen thieves and pursuers will come, so it is better to go back to Chang'an first." Zhang Jun whispered. Tonight's experience made him extremely afraid of the Chen army. If possible, he would definitely not be willing to fight with the Chen army again. This Chen army is too terrifying. The natural danger of Weishui and the Cangcheng in Yongfeng are as if they are not on guard against them. How can I fight this battle?
Yu Wenshi shook his head: "The thief Chen is just equal to our army. At this time, he suddenly captured Yongfeng Cang City, I am afraid he has already forgotten it. Generals, it is the best time for us to fight back with a shot. Chen Kefu must have seen the tens of millions of stones of grain and didn't know what his surname was. We came all the way just now. The Chen army had not arrived for a long time, so he must have been exhausted. We will kill the horse and shoot, and they would never expect it. This is just an attack on him!"
Zhang Jun was still a little hesitant. Yu Wenshi said calmly: "If we were killed by Chen Pojun, we would not only lose tens of millions of stones of food, but also be called timid and afraid of war. If His Majesty pursued it, it would be impossible to escape. It would be better to shoot the horse back. If we can regain Yongfeng Cang, it would not only be innocent, but also a great achievement."
Several generals gathered together for a while and felt that there was a chance of winning the matter. After all, if they went back, the responsibility for defeat would not be able to escape. Yu Wenshi and the emperor's younger brother would definitely be fine, but these generals would definitely not be able to escape. They were seeking wealth and honor in danger. At this time, they saw that almost 20,000 people had gathered around them, so they couldn't help but want to turn around and take a gamble.
The order to turn back to the city was passed down, and each division responded one by one. Basically, most of the soldiers were unwilling to go back. Some had turned around according to the order, some were still stopped in place, waiting for the general's explanation, and some had ignored the military orders and had already begun to quietly escape, preparing to continue to flee west.
The scene was extremely chaotic. More than 20,000 people were scattered on the plains of Weinan, just like scattered sheep, everywhere. In addition, it was dark, and there was not even a complete system.
Under this situation, no one noticed that in the darkness on one side, Zhang Chuchen had already secretly touched Xu Jun's side with five thousand female soldiers.
Although Zhang Chuchen's five thousand subordinates were female soldiers, in terms of combat effectiveness, they were not much worse than the other soldiers of the Chen army, and even better than those rural troops. The female army has always existed as guards and horses in the capital, and is fully satisfied with all kinds of equipment and supplies. After several years of training, the female army also participated in wars several times, such as the Battle of Jiangdong, and these female soldiers went from Luoyang to Jiangdong. Although they did not really fight hard battles in the end, they marched for thousands of miles and fought a few small battles in the end. After several years of training, they were well-equipped and had practical experience, and then they attacked again.
When the whistling arrows came from the sky, the scattered Xu Jun in front of the five thousand female soldiers were killed and fell down like a candle.
The rain of arrows, the rain of arrows of the female army is terrible. One arrow in ten seconds can shoot six arrows in one minute. Although it is inferior to the most sophisticated imperial guards of the Chen army, which can shoot twelve arrows in one minute, it is better than the number of people. Five thousand female army fired their bows almost at the same time.
Thirty thousand arrows per minute, this is a terrible number.
Five thousand female troops shot arrow curtains under the dim sky under the dark sky.
The scattered and unarranged Xu Jun was almost one-sidedly attacked by this fierce attack.
"There is an ambush, Chen Jun's group of archers!"
The screams of the sadness could not stop the archers from advancing slowly. Each of the female soldiers brought two pots of arrows, twenty-four pots. Behind their array, the navy soldiers brought by Zhang Zhongjian were now acting as auxiliary soldiers, following them with bundles of feather arrows.
The arrow curtain attack, such a luxurious attack method, is extremely amazing. In less than half an hour, the female army had shot nearly 400,000 arrows. What a luxury number. Xu Jun could only make one million arrows a year according to the relevant information. Now, the five thousand female army shot Xu Jun's bow and arrow production in half an hour. The attack power obtained by such luxurious attack is also amazing.
On the plain between the female army and Xu Bing, countless feathered arrows were densely packed, as if it was raining pear blossoms.
However, in the snow and feather arrows, thousands of Xu soldiers were lying in the snow and feathered arrows. At this time, they all turned into hedgehogs, and blood dyed the ground red.
Before this metal storm, Xu Jun collapsed. Yu Wenshi didn't talk about a shot at the horse, and Zhang Jun and other generals didn't care about the crime of defeating the army. They ran away and ran away like a lifeless person. They were beaten up by ambush and bloody. They were already in a panic and were full of soldiers. No one carefully observed who was ambushing the opposite side and how many soldiers were there.
Run, rush to run, run with a lifeless life, run with a scattered slap.
Like a flood that collapses from a dam, it rushes freely and leaks endlessly.
In order to run faster, the soldiers dropped their shields and swords and finally even took off their armor and threw it on the ground.
The scattered soldiers were like water that opened the gate, like rivers and waves. The crowds of people rushed down, and suddenly they destroyed the team behind them. There was a hustle and bustle everywhere: "Escape! Escape!" "I'm dead!" The soldiers fled in all directions, stepping on each other, squeezing, rushing, and rushing, and their weapons were thrown all over the ground, and discarded flags were everywhere.
The defeated soldiers were like a flood, spreading all over the Weinan Plain, and defeated soldiers were everywhere.
When a dawn light appeared in the east, Xu's defeated soldiers had almost ran for ten miles. It seemed that Chang'an had no intention of stopping. Although he was so tired that he was out of breath, no one was willing to stop.
Just as the morning light was getting brighter, the Xu army cavalry running in front suddenly discovered in fear that a black cloud was suddenly standing in front of them.
That is a dark cloud and an iron stream!
The towering armored horses and horses were wearing iron armor facing the rising sun in the east, and a dazzling light shone out. The light was so dazzling that they couldn't open their eyes.
The morning breeze blows, and a bright red tassel on the black iron flows is so conspicuous, like an azalea blooming, swaying in the wind.
The earth was cracking, snow powder was flying, the huge horse spear shining, and the five hundred heavy cavalry of the Pojun pressed towards Xu Jun like a mountain.
The heavy cavalry of the Pojun trampled on the dispersed Xu Jun in a flash, and launched a massacre charge against the Xu Jun who had even thrown away his weapons.
With bare hands and fist, the panicked soldiers were knocked away by the heavy cavalry coming from the thunder, falling down, and trampled like mud.
When five hundred heavy cavalrymen stepped by, Chen Pojun led all kinds of troops and horses to chase him from behind. Xu Jun, who had been trampled by heavy cavalrymen and was frightened, had no intention of fighting at this time. After finding that there was no hope of escaping, most of them squatted on the ground and surrendered.
In the battle of Yongfeng, from midnight to morning, 8,000 of Xu's army was killed in battle, and nearly 30,000 people surrendered, with only more than a thousand fish missing. The troops and horses from various sources of reinforcements from Xu State were all destroyed overnight, and even the Yongfeng warehouse, the largest granary in Guanzhong and the tens of millions of stones of food and grass in that warehouse were all over the hands of Chen Jun.
Chapter completed!