Chapter 241 The Battle of Yecheng (Part 2)
The prosperous imperial capital is like a passing year, never returning, people are panic, and the people are rushing to find out the news outside the city, with their own plans. However, there is no movement inside the palace wall, only the ministers of each department came out, and everyone looked solemn, as if the court had already made a conclusion about the current dilemma.
The breeze was warm and the green trees were swaying lightly, and a army of iron armor covered its body. The giant spear slowly stepped out of the west gate of Yecheng, with a number of about 3,000 people. The front army did not stop after leaving the city gate, and went three miles away to stop. After starting the array, more than a hundred cars then retreated and gathered with the three thousand iron armored soldiers.
The general of Jin held a big sword and rode his horse back and forth several times. Seeing that the formation was in no flaws, he ordered a marching force. As the three thousand iron-armored soldiers were rectified, more than a hundred provoking horses ran out of the gates of Yecheng and dispersed everywhere, detecting the movements within a radius of ten miles.
At this time, there were about six or seven thousand Jin troops gathered outside the north gate of Yecheng. Although the infantry equipment was not as good as the Ximen Jin army, it was also complete. The barking of people and horses broke the tranquility, and the murderous intent gradually spread in the air. The nervousness made people feel excited and inexplicably excited.
At the same time, there were also people and horses from the east and south gates of Yecheng, each with thousands of people. After the whole team was finished, the four teams were heading towards Huguan.
A few screams came from afar, which was the shout of the scouts of the Jin people before their death, and it was also a warning sign that the enemy was hidden around the Jin army!
Indifferent, the four Jin troops were inconsistent, and they continued to move forward with each other, as if they had already expected such a situation.
Huguan is a key place connecting Jinyang and Yecheng. Once it falls, Jinyang Jin army will be surrounded by the Hun army, and the entire Western front Jin soldiers may be wiped out. However, whether it is wise to send the only remaining troops in Yecheng to rescue Huguan is considered a wise move in an urgent situation.
In the face of great danger, you must try it!
The Jin army walked more than ten miles away and found two Hun cavalry hanging from each other along the way, slowly following and not coming to fight. The Huns were iron cavalry, but the Jin people were infantrymen. The cavalry did not come to harass them, and the infantry could only treat them as if they had not seen each other and continued to march.
"Brother, what tricks did the Jin people do?" Liu Ying, the general of the Huns, couldn't understand the arrangements of the Jin people and couldn't help asking.
Shi Le looked at the defeated Gong Shi Fan a day ago, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Our troops are no longer enough to besiege Huguan and two places in Yecheng. The people of Yecheng do not know about this. If they make up their minds to connect with the Jin people on the Western Front to remove the siege of Yecheng, this is also a solution."
Since being defeated by Zu Ti, although the Gongshi Fan has collected eight or nine thousand defeated soldiers, his combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced. It is impossible to stand alone. Only Shi Le can only act with Shi Le. Nashi Le's soldiers were not more than ten thousand, so naturally he was unwilling to go to Huguan to fight, so the two of them stayed near Yecheng and waited for support.
"However Ye army moves is under our control. Is the leader of Shi worried about Zu Ti's troops?" The public commander Fan's aggression was greatly reduced, and his attitude towards Shi Le and others improved considerably. When asked, he guessed Shi Le's heart.
Shi Le nodded slightly and said, "Since he was intentionally hiding, he must be waiting for the opportunity, so the picture will come!"
When the two Hun generals heard this, they sent someone to bring the map. Shi Le studied on the horse's back. After a few glances, he saw the trick and said with a little guess: "If you have this way, it should be Huguan. If you turn around, you can go to Hanoi. Which is the purpose of the Jin people falling to the ground?
Kui'an and Gongshi Fan said almost at the same time: "King of Hanoi Sima Yichang has already gone to Hanoi to rectify his troops. If Emperor Jin defected to Hanoi, it would be very likely!!"
Neither the Huns nor the rebel generals of Jin State thought that Emperor Jin Sima You had the courage to go to Huguan to fight. The emperor was the lord of a country, so how could he take risks? If he commanded thousands of troops and horses in person, he would be majestic, but in this situation, the field battles were at risk of destruction at any time. Does Emperor Jin Sima You have the courage to do so?
At the time, Ma Yan, the Jin company, repeatedly avoided the Han army's edge, which led to the fall of Xuchang, Chenliu, Puyang and other places. At present, Emperor Jin Sima You is just Sima Yan's younger brother. In terms of talent and demeanor, what else do you have to plan?
"As a result, the Gongshi led his troops to Yecheng to test, and Shi moved with a camera." Shi Le saw that Kui'an and Gongshi Fan, the generals representing the Xiongnu and the Han people, had the same attitude, and he no longer hesitated.
There were 15,600 Jin troops in the wild, which was almost 70% of the Jin troops in Yecheng. The soldiers and horses of the Gongshi Fan were greatly damaged, and they could handle this job. Since they did not have to fight in the wild, the Gongshi Fan nodded slightly and said, "It is a wonderful strategy to surround Wei and save Zhao!"
At that moment, the Gongshi Fan and eight or nine thousand rebels rushed to Yecheng in a mighty manner, causing great noise along the way, for fear that the Jin army that went on the expedition would not get the information.
Shi Le secretly mobilized troops and did not stop the Jin army's communication, preparing to see the reaction of the Jin people. The Jin army that went on the expedition soon received news. Unexpectedly, there was no stagnation, and there was no impact at all, and it was still moving westward at a speed.
"Brother, what should I do?" Seeing that if the Jin army continued to move forward, it would have escaped the killing radius of the Xiongnu soldiers, Kui An asked hurriedly.
Shi Le sighed slightly and said, "It's impossible to cherish your strength now. I'm telling the brothers to prepare for the battle!"
Under the battle order, the Huns mobilized their troops frequently and horns were heard in a row, and within a radius of more than ten miles, Shi Le ordered people to pass on orders to follow-up matters of the public military troops who were heading to Yecheng, so he led his troops to siege and kill the Jin army.
Hearing the sound of the Huns' horns fighting, the Jin army also reacted at this moment. A Jin army on the flank was running at full speed like an arrow, running to a nearby Hun soldiers!
There are about a thousand Xiongnu infantry here, and they have been slowly following the footsteps of the Jin people on the flanks, more than ten miles apart. I don’t expect that they were locked up by the Jin people’s scouts long ago. The Xiongnu people are waiting for the order to take action. Didn’t the Jin army also wait for the opportunity to take place?
Three thousand Jin troops suddenly arrived, and the leader of Jin generals took the lead, jumped into the formation and shouted: "The Hu people are very brave and do not avoid them. Can you tell the name of Zhou Jun?" This Jin general was Zhou Jun and Zhou Kailin, the current cavalry general, who was very active in the Central Plains.
The Hun generals on the opposite side were disheveled and looked fierce. The iron spear in his hand was shocked and rushed towards him. He laughed and said, "Grandpa Zhao Lu, don't let the Jin people get brave!"
The swords and spears intersect, and the two armies even face each other in close combat and fight! Zhou Jun’s big sword was swift and turned sharp, and a tragic aura arose from where the big sword passed!
"I have never heard of Hu Gou Yi's name!" Zhou Jun was in a high position and was also a famous figure among the Jin army. Zhao Lu was one of the eighteen cavalry under Shi Le. Shi Le was just the patriarch of a middle-class tribe. He was still an unknown person in the Jin circle, let alone Zhao Lu?
Zhao Lu was angry when she heard this, her spear frequently thorned, and the sharp cold light killed the Jin soldiers around her, and she retorted: "Grandpa Daming doesn't know, it seems that you are just a frog in the well!"
Zhou Jun was angry and laughed, thinking that since the lackey of Gong Shi Fan surrendered to the Huns, how could the Huns not know their details? Thinking of this, he knew that the other party was deliberately angering him. Zhou Jun's face sternly changed, and his sword trick suddenly changed and his full strength was used to swear to kill the general and make contributions!
The Xiongnu iron cavalry became famous all over the world, and the Jin people suffered a lot. I never thought that in today's battle, I realized that the Xiongnu infantry was no less than the iron cavalry. The three thousand Jin troops fought hard to attack and killed, and they lost a lot of people, but the situation was still evened by the bravery of the Xiongnu!!
Seeing that the Jin army had taken action, the Huns' army was naturally not idle. The Huns' generals Liu Ying and Wang Yang each led a thousand men from the left and right wings to join the battlefield, trying to support Zhao Lu.
Unexpectedly, two Jin troops followed Zhou Jun to fight, and they were facing the melee of the Huns' soldiers and horses! The Hun general Wang Yang rode his horse and waved his sword to rush into the formation. Everyone on the face of the Jin soldiers looked at him, and he couldn't help but feel shocked in his heart! This was obviously a dead soldier, and Jin State was already shaking. There were so many soldiers and horses in Yecheng who were willing to fight to the death!?
Just as I was thinking, I suddenly shouted bitterly beside me, but I saw several Hun generals leading the way and then falling off the horse. The head that flew into the air fell on the ground in front of me, and a Jin general came with a fierce aura!!
The Huns were invincible in Hebei. How could they have suffered such setbacks? Seeing this, Wang Yang was furious and swung his sword to meet him!
The tiger-headed sword in the Jin general's hand was very cruel. After only seven or eight rounds of fighting with Wang Yang, Wang Yang had already hit two swords! No matter how good Wang Yang's riding skills were to occupy the advantageous terrain, the opponent was extremely cruel and bloodthirsty. He chased him and rushed all the way in the battle formation, but he refused to relax.
Wang Yang was both shocked and angry, but he felt timid and dared not fight again. He could only intersperse among the crowd, trying to use his riding skills to get rid of the other party. While running, shouting, and looking back at the scene. The Hun generals who came to hear the sound sacrificed their lives and died one by one. The more Wang Yang avoided, the more frightened he was, and the more he looked around, the more panicked he became.
"You won't resist for me for a while!" Seeing two Hun generals ahead, Wang Yang hurriedly shouted.
Unexpectedly, the two Xiongnu generals fell to the sky, and the Hun soldiers in this area also scattered. The more than a hundred Jin troops rushed out were killed happily. When they saw that the Hun generals were coming, everyone waved their swords and guns to fight!
"Looking for death!" Wang Yang was anxious that the Jin generals behind him were chasing him. Seeing that ordinary Jin soldiers dared to block the road, they couldn't help but get angry. The sword in his hand swept the blood and blood flying everywhere!
Although the eighteen cavalry under Shi Le had few outstanding figures, they were all generals with skill. Wang Yang tried his best to fight for a bloody path, and the Jin soldiers were killed by seven or eight people, so they dared not continue to stop them.
He felt relieved and cursed secretly. Suddenly, the wind sounded from behind his head, and Wang Yang felt a trembling heart and shouted that something was wrong! He didn't even look at it and just blocked it with a knife. At the same time, Wang Yang's body tilted and slipped down from the flank of the war horse, hiding under the horse's belly to try to avoid this sudden killing move.
The big sword was smashed away in response to the sound, and the harsh sound of the blade cutting into the flesh and blood. The war horse's wail made Wang Yang feel miserable. The war horse has been with him for many years, and he loves the horse as his life. If it weren't for his life...
When his mind was about to move, he suddenly felt the sharp pain of the blade entering his body. Wang Yang glared at him, and he was stabbed into four pieces by the Jin general with his man and horse!
When the Hun generals around him saw it, they all frightened and searched for their way to escape. The general of Jin laughed loudly and sprinkled a blood-stained tiger-headed sword in the crowd!
"Report to General Huangfu, General Huangfu asked the general to return to the rescue quickly!" A Jin army commander came with a wounded horse and reported with his fists.
"Hmph! Hu Qi came so fast!" With the tiger-headed sword retracted, the Jin general snorted coldly and led his infantry back.
The sound of iron hooves resounding across the earth was very familiar. Although they fought here, the Jin people also knew that the Huns' iron cavalry had already entered the battlefield.
More than 4,000 Hun cavalry, led by Shi Le, ignored the battle here and rushed towards the Jin State's iron armored soldiers. The iron armored soldiers seemed to be ready and launched a chariot to form a formation to resist the impact of the war horses. The one who commanded the iron armored soldiers was Huangfu Chong, the general of Jin State!
As soon as the two sides fought, the Jin army was struggling. The sharpness of this Hun cavalry exceeded the imagination of the Jin people. After a conflict, most of the chariot formation was damaged. Huangfu Chong hurriedly sent people to transfer the Jin army ahead to help. The four Jin army and the three routes left here to fight. Huangfu Chong could not speak alone, so he could only resist the delay.
The sound of the bowstring sounded not from the Jin army formation, but from the cavalry and shooting technique that was famous all over the world!
The iron-armored soldiers stood up with shields, and flattened spears and spears and set up their formations to wait for the attack. Although the Hun cavalry's arrows were all shot into the Jin formation, the opponent's body was covered with heavy armor and protected by a large shield, which was limited in killing. Huangfu Chong saw that the opponent was quite willing to stop and shouted suddenly!
Hundreds of rockets rose into the air and fell onto the battlefield. They were not the Hun cavalry, but the scattered cars and battles!
Although the chariot formation was broken, the flammable objects inside were not seriously damaged. The rockets had a clear purpose. The chariots scattered on the battlefield were ignited when they encountered fire, and the sea of fire was everywhere on the battlefield! The sudden burst of flames scared the surrounding Hun cavalry, and the dazzling black smoke made the war horses and knights extremely uncomfortable. For a moment, the attack of the Hun cavalry was slowed down.
The sulfur tinder in the car flowed along the burned bottom of the car, and the grass and trees on the ground became victims and expanded the fire.
After two rounds of rockets, the Jin soldiers could not tell where there were still ignited cars. The Jin army, who was in the thick fireworks, had to endure this cruel environment, just like the Xiongnu cavalry.
"Hahahahahahahaha! Shoot me with the arrow!" Huangfu Chong saw that the plan was successful, and after roaring, he coughed violently.
Seeing this, Shi Le secretly called it a bad idea, and he killed the iron-armored Jin soldiers along the way because the iron-armored soldiers did not stop moving forward and the soldiers were the most elite. If Emperor Jin Sima You hid in it and tried to go to Hanoi for a while, he would probably take advantage of the loopholes.
I didn't expect the other party's car formation to be easily broken, but it turned out that I had another plan and I was careless about the plan of the Jin people.
"Retreat!" Shi Le did not want to burn with the Jin army.
At this time, the Jin army behind him turned around and rushed forward. Although they were infantry, everyone was brave. The leader of the Jin general was very cruel with a tiger-headed sword, killing the Hun cavalry kept crying and shouting. Even the most fierce Hun warriors were not against him.
"Who is here? Kui An is here!" Hun general Kui An came to fight with his swords, and saw that the general of Jin was brave.
The Jin general, his men, horses and the big sword on his hand were covered in blood. Seeing Kui An's majestic eyes, he kept looking at him: "Have the public military commander Fan mentioned Sun Shuo's name?"
When Kui An heard the name, he was shocked. The combat power of Yecheng, Fan, was very knowledgeable about the Huns, and said in detail. When it comes to using troops to lead the team and setting up strategies, Sun Shuo was all unnamed on the list. But if he was more cruel than killing, no one could match him.
Sun Shuo is violent and likes to kill enemies. Even if he is an opponent of equal martial arts, he will be weaker because of fear in his heart.
"Let you see Kui'an's methods!" Kui'an gritted his teeth and swung his sword forward, moving forward! The smoke rolled, the fireworks burned, and the Huns cavalry were in chaos. At this time, when he heard the order to retreat, the cavalry collided and trampled on each other. In addition, the Jin army shot randomly, and everyone was avoiding and panicking, and it was difficult to tell the direction when their vision was affected.
Under such circumstances, even if Kui An is unwilling to fight with the other party, he is helpless and can only sacrifice his life to fight!
Seeing that the other party was not bad, Sun Shuo grinned slightly, but it was silent, and the tiger-headed knife in his hand slashed towards him with a fishy storm!
The Huns cavalry could not gain the upper hand, but the Huns infantry on the other battlefield collapsed because of Wang Yang. The remaining Liu Ying and Zhao Lu were able to kill evenly with their brave generals. However, as time went by, the two armies suffered casualties and the pressure of collapse all the way made the Huns at a disadvantage!
Seeing that the mission was completed, there were still no other Xiongnu troops coming to fight around, Zhou Jun couldn't help but be overjoyed! He thought he still needed a hard battle, and even came to fight with the will of death. He didn't expect that the Huns outside the city were only so many people, although there were thousands of cavalry, but they were trapped in the fireworks for a while and it was difficult to exert their strength.
"Fight quickly and do not delay!" Zhou Jun knew that the opponent's cavalry would have to fight back with all their might when they escaped. He immediately slapped his horse and swung his sword to fight Liu Ying and Zhao Lu, and killed one by one to two, causing the two to retreat one after another, and their heads were covered in sweat.
After all, the Huns had few soldiers and horses, and they were besieged by the two Jin armies and began to show a disrespect. However, some people in the Huns saw through the situation. At that moment, the generals and generals shouted at each other and gritted their teeth and persevered, waiting for their cavalry to escape, and they would definitely turn defeat into victory!
Although the iron armored soldiers are well-equipped and unable to move, they just use their strange tricks to hold the Huns' Iron Cavalry for a moment. The Huns' Iron Cavalry can ignore them and rush to kill other Jin soldiers first, and then come back to deal with your iron armored soldiers with slow movement.
Therefore, the key to the outcome of this battle is how long can Huangfu Chong's iron armored soldiers and Sun Shuo and his troops trap the Hun cavalry.
Chapter completed!