Chapter 377 The Battle Under the City (1)
With cold eyes and eyebrows, Liu Jing, the general of the Later Han Dynasty, held a long sword in his hand, kicked the table over, and quickly left the camp with a group of generals, and ordered his troops to go to the war-torn place ahead.
"Nonsense! Even if all the Han pigs in the Plain went to fight, what's the fear?" Liu Jing threw his hand and knocked over the civil servant beside him. He was very disgusted with the people who advocated not to be aggressive. Others dared not speak out more when they saw this, but they were timid, but they followed their leader.
After a while, the long fire dragons left the camp one by one in a row and marched at high speed towards the area where wars occurred in the south. Whether it was a cavalry team, a mixed infantry team, or a pure infantry team, they advanced without any scruples. Six thousand iron cavalry are stationed here, even if the opponent has 30,000 to 40,000 troops, they can't easily subdue these six thousand iron cavalry!!
Five miles away from the Daying area, a group of Hu people dig mud in the relatively open area, laying dry soil and stone, and then building a small building. The building looks simple, but very sturdy, two battles high, and is enough to accommodate three or five people standing. This is a temporary waiting and viewing building. It could have been built on a car, but the muddy road is not suitable for car traffic at all. Even building on this ground requires some effort.
About three or four hundred Hu soldiers were holding torches and patrolling around a radius of two miles, with clear layers. Under the illumination of the fire, people's vision could almost increase a lot in this dark night.
The square formation composed of a hundred people is arranged everywhere on the inner level, even if the outer periphery is invaded by the enemy, it has enough ability to withstand the opponent's impact. And under this small building, there are five hundred elite infantrymen and three hundred iron cavalry ready to go. It seems that there are very few people, but each one is a warrior selected from the army. Not only is he extraordinary brave, but he is also experienced in many battles and has extremely rich combat experience.
Liu Jing led a few people to the small building, but it was still difficult to distinguish at the far end, but the fire dragons of various people were clearly visible. The fire dragon always maintained its marching shape, and even if there were any changes, it could be clearly distinguished. Once the shape of the fire dragon along the way suddenly changed, something must have happened.
It is clear at a glance about more than a dozen fire dragons in this small building, which is naturally convenient to command the military operations of various people and horses, making it easier to judge the dynamics of the battlefield, and is much more convenient than simply cavalry sending messages.
The most important thing is that the Han army cannot use the chariot formation on such roads. After Zu Ti took away most of the chariots, it is also a question mark that the inability to create new chariot formations in the plain city is also a question mark. The so-called preparation and being able to quickly grasp the movements of the Han army and kill them. It would be fine if the soldiers of the two battalions of the outposts were lost in this battle.
At present, there are too many monks and little porridge. Being able to engage in a war of attrition with the Han army not only slows down its own food pressure, but also weakens the opponent's defense ability of Pingyuan City. Why not kill two birds with one stone?
"Look at it, General!" As soon as he climbed the city tower, before the people were standing still, someone pointed in two directions and shouted.
But two fire dragons quickly changed from the long marching dragon to a chaotic shape, and the head and tail quickly contracted toward the waist. The fire points gathered in one place to form an extremely dazzling area!!
"This will definitely be attacked by Han pigs! Let the troops go to rescue them, and let the cavalry extinguish the torches and cut off the Han pigs' retreat!" Liu Jing's mind was clear, and he was unmoved to see this, and issued a series of orders.
The general beside him said in confusion: "The general wants to kill the enemy, why can he let the cavalry take a detour?!"
You should know that even at night, the speed and impact of the cavalry are incomparable. Not only because the cavalry travels to and from the extremely fast speed of aid, but also the best weapon to chase and attack the Han army. Now the Hu army searches from all directions, and even if the Han army hides in the darkness, it will have nowhere to hide as time goes by.
If there were cavalry on standby in various places, waiting to launch attacks and chases, the fate of the Han army would be very miserable.
Liu Jing laughed strangely and said, "What do you know? Are you really a pig's brain when you are a pig?! You have already planned to withdraw your troops at this time... Humph!"
"This... the general is dull, please tell me..." The deputy general was thinking with his heart, but Liu Jing treated his subordinates with such a temperament. He would beat him when he said he would beat him when he said he would scold him. At this moment, he simply didn't think about it and asked directly.
Seeing this, another general seemed to be thinking, nodding constantly without agreeing. He raised his eyes but found that Liu Jing was staring at him with sharp eyes. He hurriedly said, "The young general is puzzled, please let the general know clearly!"
"Well..." Nodded with satisfaction, Liu Jing put away his eyes that were enough to kill the other party, and said in a strange voice: "Hanzhu does not have the ability to fight against our army, and he cannot bear the consequences of entanglement, hehehehehe..."
When Liu Jing said this, he stopped talking. Although both deputy generals understood what they meant next, they still couldn't get a complete answer after asking such questions. In addition, the face that made people want to slap hard, they suddenly felt nameless anger, but they could only endure it.
The Han army used the night to cover it to avoid letting the Hu people understand the direction, but once the way back was cut off, the previous direction of the cavalry had nothing to do with the detour. In this way, the Han army was likely to be blocked by the cavalry in the dark on the way to retreat to the plains, and using the Han people to deal with the Han people, this is Liu Jingyang's complacent plan.
Although Liu Jing is annoying, this strategy and response in times of crisis are indeed outstanding, so you must admire it.
The Han army from all walks of life wanted to take advantage of the victory, but they did not expect that the Hu people would react so quickly! More than a dozen Hu soldiers exposed their whereabouts without any mind, giving the Han army a clear signal to avoid ambush, but it also shocked the Han army quite a lot. Within a few miles, it was impossible to accommodate so many troops. In a short time, the Han army in the dark will be forced to the light of fire. At this time, there is no chance of winning, and they can only withdraw their troops!
However, the Han army is located in different locations, different forces, and the surrounding environment is also different. Some Han army can launch dangerous areas under the cover of night, while some Han army wants to avoid Hu people's searches, and some Han army has no choice but to ambush the enemy and then retreat in the chaos.
The sound of killing and roars came from the flames and from the night sky. For a moment, the Han army suffered a fierce counterattack from the Hu people and suffered heavy losses.
At this time, the Han army learned that the dozen Hu soldiers in the open field were real, but the Hu army general Liu Jing sent several elite troops to sneak into the night to search. The Han army's attention was all about avoiding the Hu soldiers in the open field. Maybe he was sneak attacked by the Hu people's sneakers in the night, and he was immediately in chaos and defeated!
On a small road, horse hooves were heard, and a Hu cavalry bypassed the edge of the wilderness shouting and killing. This area was very secluded and not within the scope of the battlefield. Among the military routes arranged by Liu Jing, the two troops on both sides of the two sides were actually encircled the battlefield.
The Han army had no need to and reason to march within this range, but the Hu cavalry could detour from this outside line after the war began.
The mud and water splashed Lao Gao, landing in the grass on both sides of the road, against the face of the powerful general Deng Lang who was lying in the grass. Deng Lang did not blink, and quietly lay on the ground and did not move. Behind him were hundreds of An army. The Han army along the way went around the long road, and under the leadership of Deng Lang, he tried to attack the main camp of the enemy, but never expected that he would still encounter enemy cavalry on such a remote road.
If Hu Qi had not relied on his own skill and had not released the scouts far away and was only concerned about rushing to the road, I would have probably become corpses under the horse's hooves at this moment.
The Hu people whipped away, but Deng Lang still stood close to the ground. After a while, the spies in the back row returned to investigate and confirmed that there were no other Hu soldiers, and the troops gathered.
"General, this cavalry must cut off our army's retreat. Should we retreat immediately?" the adjutant in the army said with a worried look on his face.
Deng Lang looked around and murmured in a moment, saying, "I guess there are still many soldiers on the battlefield who have not escaped. At this moment, we can avoid withdrawing troops. How can we kill many soldiers?"
"But the enemy's strength is great, and we are going deep into the enemy's territory. If we don't retreat at this moment..." someone in the crowd said after silence.
Deng Lang looked at the man and nodded, "It's over now. Even if we retreat, how many ways can we live? We will not be as good as Hu Qi after all, right?"
"This... I'd like to obey the general's order!" Everyone actually knew that although the comrades on the battlefield were trapped, they would have the opportunity to withdraw from Pingyuan City once they broke through. As the vanguard, Deng Lang, as a vanguard, chose a small path and sneaked in carefully before the army. At this moment, he turned around and had already deviated from the agreed retreat place, and had to face the interception of Hu Qi.
There are only six or seven hundred people here. I am afraid that no one who can break through the enemy's blockade and return to the city will be... I am already in death, and facing your own situation is the only way.
"The Hu people came out in full bloom. At this moment, the camp must be empty. If they can attack their camp, they will have the potential to be trapped in the army. The defense of Pingyuan City all depends on us. If one more person can return to the city, it will increase our chances of victory. It is worth our sacrifice for the country! Deng Lang insists on this, which is a personal opinion. If there are other people who can leave, they will never force it!" Deng Lang whispered his thoughts, and countless pasts flashed through his mind.
Hundreds of Han soldiers were speechless, quietly listening to Deng Lang's choice, and at the same time they made their own choice in their hearts. In just a moment, they began to set out towards the established goal!
The Han army suddenly encountered a sneak attack by the Hu people and fought desperately. General Yuan Chong led the Han army to fight bloody battles and broke through the siege and retreated to the plains. Hundreds of remaining soldiers along the way were defeated from various Han troops. The sound of killing from all directions and shouting from all directions made the Han army very harsh.
Suddenly, hundreds of Hu tribes were swaying spears and swords, and the Han army had to sacrifice their lives to fight with each other! On this battlefield, under the night, even if they were hiding in the darkness, they would not feel any sense of security. On the contrary, they were full of dangers, which made people nervous and were full of vigilance and were difficult to guard against.
Yuan Chong coughed up blood, waved his knife, killing people's heads rolled down, and blood rained!
The soldiers of the Han army knew that they should not delay the time to retreat, and they bravely rushed forward and sacrificed their lives to rush forward. The Hu people were all brave and good at fighting. They had planned to suddenly kill, so how could they let the Han army leave? The two armies were so shocking that they could sacrifice themselves and forget themselves. They were all over the ground and blood flowed into a river!
"God here, General!" The two lieutenants worked together to break through a gap and turned around to greet Yuan Chong.
Yuan Chong had no scars on his body, and blood was flowing like a rush. He heard the greeting and just focused on fighting, without any reaction. The two lieutenants greeted thirty or fifty people, but they still couldn't help but turn back to rescue him. However, he heard the sound of people. In the darkness in the distance, another Hu army broke out, and immediately put all the Han army in half. Yuan Chong and others who were trapped in the middle could not survive.
"Ah... go!!" The two lieutenants stomped their feet in a hurry, knowing that their strength was insignificant, so they could only lead some Han troops to withdraw from the battlefield first.
"Yuan Chong is here, Hu Gou can fight!!" Yuan Chong was covered in blood and swung his sword to rush back and forth among the crowd. However, when he saw the Han army appear on the flank, he immediately rushed to the opposite direction, leading the battlefield away from its position, fighting for a way out for the Han army that broke out on the flank.
Seeing that the Han general was brave and brave with hundreds of men, everyone was so excited that their blood was pouring up. They only wanted to chase and kill, but they did not prevent the remnants of the Han army from appearing.
"Well? General Yuan!!" The Han general Dong Ba finally broke out of the siege and came here. Seeing Yuan Chong intending to sacrifice himself, he felt excited and raised Changshuo and shouted loudly: "Sons, come with me!"
For a moment, hundreds of Han troops changed from fleeing to reinforcements, striving to attack Hu Jun, vowing to rescue the trapped Yuan Chong.
Melee, entanglement, and changes on the battlefield continued to arise. The Han army was broken into pieces, and the Hu people were divided into countless teams to search and chase. The two sides were in the dark, under the lights, clashing and wandering around in life and death. For a moment, the Han army was at a disadvantage, and even if they were watching and protecting each other, they could not resist the heavy forces of the Hu people.
Liu Jingbu, the commander of the Later Han Dynasty, went downstairs, and the war had reached a heightened level. There was no substantial help from waiting and watching. The intelligence of each army was constantly sent back, but the frequent changes on the battlefield no longer needed their own command.
The two deputy generals followed the coach and were about to walk down the small building, and halfway through the stern thrust in another direction and exclaimed!
"Fuss!" Liu Jing turned to see him for the first time and cursed disdainfully, and then climbed up the stairs and couldn't help but be stunned!!
It turned out that there were two places near my camp, and it seemed that the fire was quite strong! You should know that in this rainy weather, unless it was a man-made fire and sufficient preparation, how could a large fire be ignited!?
"Is there still a Han pig... with me to go back to the camp!!" Liu Jing's face looked extremely ugly. He jumped down from the small building and jumped onto the war horse, leading more than 300 cavalry to take the lead. The two deputy generals quickly commanded the troops to gather together, and then took over the main general. In a moment, the Hu army retreated completely.
Liu Jing's heart was churning, his eyes flashing sharply at night. He didn't believe that the Han army had the ability to raid his camp. Although the two fires were near the camp, they were definitely not within his camp. In other words, it was a means for the Han people to attract defenders to go out.
Once the guarding power of the camp becomes weak, then...
The sound of the bowstring suddenly sounded, and all the strong arrows shot towards Liu Jing!!
Hu Qi's shouts and shouts were suddenly in chaos with the neighing of war horses. The brave men stepped forward to protect the commander, and the rest of the road were even scattered on both sides of the road to attack the enemy!
Flashes of tragic cry sounded, and after the Han army crossbowmen shot out the arrows, they could not escape the pursuit of the cavalry and were killed by the Hu cavalry.
Liu Jing got up from the mud with a look of gratitude, and didn't care about mud and water all over his body. His face was covered with mud and mud. He smiled strangely: "Hahahahaha, it's true that I am going to ambush me... It's wrong! Keep going back to the camp!"
A little lack of defense cannot weaken the defense of the Hu army camp. The war at the distance has already tightened the nerves of the defenders. Such alertness is absolutely impossible to break with hundreds of Han troops. But then the main general returned to the road, and then the fire broke out again, which finally made the defenders lose their positions. Teams of soldiers immediately went out of the camp to check the truth.
The fire was burning on the way, and Hu cavalry dismounted and put out the fire. Liu Jing used his spear to stab the Han army's corpses on the ground with his spear, and his teeth were itchy. He thought that perhaps the other party's target was not the camp but himself, but he did not expect that these Han people were ready to die and even set fire to block the road and fight against themselves.
It is easy to kill them, but with such a fire and delayed time, I am afraid that the other party's purpose is still the camp...
The sword was broken and the axe was short, and the armor was broken. The battle was not long, but the intensity was beyond anyone's imagination. Yuan Chong and Dong Ba supported each other and rode out of the siege. Suddenly, the war horse fell and couldn't whine. The horse was also covered with several bloody holes, and it was obvious that the war horse was unable to bear it.
Climbing up from the mud, the two supported each other and ran to escape, while the Hu Qi chasing behind him was getting closer and closer.
Cutting off the retreat route of the Han people was the main task of the Later Han cavalry, but the direction was there, and the specific direction of the Han army still needed to explore and observe where to retreat. After finding the location where the Han army retreated, many Han people had already run away, which made the Hu cavalry very angry. They chased and killed them all the way, and how could they let them go when they saw two Han generals stumble and escape!
He shouted, laughed and scolded, and Hu Qi saw that the two Han generals had nowhere to escape, and was extremely excited. Hu Qi, who was charging in front, speeded up his horse, for fear of being snatched away by his companions. Everyone thought so. The horse was speeding up and his speed reached its limit.
Yuan Chong and Dong Ba turned around and smiled bitterly when they saw each other, sitting in the mud, looking at each other, and cutting off their thoughts of survival. The pursuer was even more excited when he saw him, and his eyes glared at the boss, and his eyes were shining. These two heads were a great contribution!!
The iron cavalry approached, and the Han army's crossbowmen appeared behind the second generals. However, the bows and arrows could not stop so many cavalry, and there was no time to rescue the two generals Yuan Chong and Dong Ba.
His body descended sharply and exclaimed continuously! Suddenly, dozens of Hu Qi rushing in front shouted in unison, extremely terrifying~!
But seeing a huge crack on the ground, Hu Qi and his men and horses fell into a deep pit and quickly sank in the mud soup! Hu Qi behind could not hold back the horse, and could only shout and repeat the same mistakes as he watched his companion’s experience. The knight, who had finally stopped the war horses, was also knocked into the pit by his companion behind him.
The head, hands, feet, and horse legs were gradually submerged. At this moment, more than a hundred Han army crossbowmen shot arrows, and Hu Qi retreated with fear...
Chapter completed!