Shu Chen

Chapter 189 Defeat
The [-]-step cavalry led by Xia Houru is divided into two parts.

Among them, [-] cavalry were listed as the rear army, which was intended to be used to pursue the Han army when it was completely defeated.

Therefore, when Zhang Yi and Zhoutai suddenly led the troops to the Han army barracks and ambushed them out, even though he knew that his side had been tricked, he did not back down.

Instead, try to fight hard to see if there is a chance to turn the tide of the battle.

No matter how bad it is, we must rescue Wang Mibu who has already entered the Han army camp.

After all, the Han army was few.

To trap the [-] soldiers of Wang Mi's department, the Han army needs to deploy a lot of troops. How many soldiers and horses can ambush him at this moment?

The Han army seemed to be ambushing one from the left and the other from the right, but because of the darkness of the night, it was impossible to see how many people were there.

If he let the infantry in the front form an formation to fight against the Han army and hold their ground on the battlefield, he would be able to keep the soldiers from panic; then he would use [-] cavalry to plunder from the side, and he would be able to repel the enemy. The ambush of the Han army led the king's secret department to withdraw after entering the Han camp.

That's what he thought, and he planned it that way.

It has to be said that he has been in the military for decades, and his reaction to the battle is not weak.

It's just a pity that he missed a little bit.

If the morale of the soldiers under his command was like a rainbow, such an arrangement might be able to calmly deal with the ambush of the Han army, and after rescuing Wang Mibu, he would fight and retreat, and return with a small defeat.But the more than ten days of confrontation with the Han army and the breach of the left front barracks made the morale of his soldiers panic.

Due to the narrow and long camp of the Han army, too many soldiers could not be invested in the battle, and Wang Mi did not advance quickly after entering the camp at night.

Therefore, out of the [-] soldiers he led, more than [-] were outside the camp.

These more than a thousand people became Xia Houru's nightmare.

Facing the ambush led by Zhang Ni and Zhou Tai, they knew that they had been tricked by the army.

Morale was low, and the chief general Wang Mi was not at his side, so they didn't think about forming an formation to fight in panic, and they were inevitably defeated.If he wanted to enter the Han camp but had nowhere to go, he had no choice but to go to the army formation listed by Xia Houru.

This is the most desired result of the Han army.

The tactics of repelling the defeated troops and attacking the formation are familiar to generals who have known the art of war since ancient times.

Zhang Yi is no exception.

When Zhoutai led the army into the camp to support Liu Lin, he led the army to hang behind the rout and drove them towards the Xiahouru infantry formation.

Xia Houru is a veteran general in the army.

Seeing the rout soldiers coming, they immediately ordered all ministries to take precautions and ordered the rout soldiers to detour.

"Slay those who charge!"

The military marquis in front of the formation roared loudly.

He also asked the sword and shield soldiers to move forward and stand up their shields; the spear soldiers waited for an opportunity to move.

However, under the cover of Zhang Ni, many rout soldiers were eager to flee for their lives, and charged straight ahead without listening to the military lord's scolding.

After all, in their eyes, entering one's own army formation and sheltering behind a shield is the only choice to avoid the butcher's knife.Besides, the ambush soldiers of the Han army were killed from the left and right, how dare they go around to the left and right?

The military marquis in front of the infantry of the Wei army had no choice but to grit his teeth and directly carried out Xia Houru's order.

"Spearmen charge forward!"

"prick!"

"Push!"

The sound of the tip of the spear piercing the flesh is endless.

Red flowers bloomed on the bodies of the rout soldiers who fled in the front row, staring in disbelief, and left the world regretfully and indignantly.

They would have been able to go back alive if they took a step forward.
And the rout soldiers who came up behind were stunned, they couldn't believe everything in front of them.

Why did our own soldiers slaughter Pao Ze?

But they had to believe that there were already many corpses showing cruelly in front of them.

To retreat is death, and to advance is also death.

Suddenly, the emotion of being abandoned and betrayed brewed in their chests, and their eyeballs began to become bloodshot.

The men who have survived in the cold wind and permafrost of Xiliang have always had a clear distinction between grievances and grudges, and enemies must be killed!Since there is no way out, let's take revenge.

"kill!"

"kill!"

Unanimously, they bravely waved their swords and spears at their former comrades.

With the help of these defeated soldiers, it took less than a quarter of an hour for the soldiers led by Zhang Ni to break through Xia Houru's infantry formation and drive straight in.

Fortunately, these six thousand step riders have always been Xia Houru's direct descendants.

The infantry commander was also a person who had commanded the army for a long time, and he reacted quickly, ordering the various military princes to restrain their troops and horses to form a small formation to defend themselves, hoping that the cavalry behind Xia Houru would come to defeat the enemy.

However, the rebuilt Xuanwu Army also has the courage to die without hesitation.

Because of the previous battle of Xiaoguandao, Zheng Pu's tenacious defense and fighting to the last man injected military spirit into the Xuanwu Army.

And Zhang Ni pointed his spear at Xiahouru's big flag, and shouted out the temptation that the soldiers could not resist: "The general has an order to punish those who rebelled against Wei Xiahouru, and give a thousand acres of land!"

"Zhu Xiahou!"

"Zhu Xiahou!"

The morale of all the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army was like a rainbow, and they moved forward bravely.

All the military lords and village chiefs of the Wei army's infantry fell into helplessness.

Even though they almost broke their throats and killed several soldiers who did not obey orders, they still couldn't stop the soldiers under their command from retreating step by step.

Inevitably, Wei Jun's army formation collapsed.

The infantry leader was powerless and no longer persisted, and walked away in embarrassment under the protection of his own soldiers.

It took Wei Jun less than two quarters of an hour to transform from forming an array to meet the enemy to being defeated.

However, for Xia Houru, although the pawn's persistence time is very short, it is enough.

He and the cavalry governor under his command had already scolded the formation under his command, and began to lead the cavalry back. It only took a little time to detour to a distance sufficient for the horses to accelerate their charge.

At that time, the Han army, unable to maintain a strict formation due to pursuit, will become the soul of the dead under the sword and spear of cavalry.

But he was still one step too late.

When he led the cavalry and just drove the horses to trot and retreat, there was a muffled thunder from far to near.

It's thundering?
All Wei Jun couldn't help being taken aback.

It's just that in the cold winter, where does the thunder come from?

Soon, they reacted and followed the sound.

I saw countless torches lit up at the small dark water pool on the side of the Han army barracks at some point, just like the sparks of the prairie fire; gathering under the light of the small water pool, it seemed like a star growing in the small water pool. The sun on the ground.

It's just that Wei Jun didn't have the heart to distinguish whether it was a star or the sun.

They all heard it, amidst the thundering sound of countless cowhide drums, there was also the thunderous sound of horseshoes.

They also saw that a group of cavalry, both men and horses in heavy armor, came charging forward.

Heavy armor cavalry!

The Han army actually had heavy armored cavalry!
Xia Houru's face turned pale, and he roared like thunder, "Accelerate! Accelerate! Detour back!"

He wanted to take advantage of the arrival of the armored cavalry of the Han army, and make a detour to let the horses accelerate before making plans.

Either fight or go.

The light of the torches in the small water pool, calculated by the number of torches in a tithe, seems to be that there are three or four thousand infantry behind the armored cavalry of the Han army.Although he could guess that with the strength of the Han army, he was definitely lighting more torches on purpose to pretend that the army was coming, but he didn't want to explain anymore.

Because all the cavalry under his command have seen it.

At this moment, the soldiers would only believe their own eyes, not his weak words to boost morale.

"General, hurry up!"

The cavalier who was riding beside him suddenly roared at him, then turned his horse's head, "Spike Fang, follow me!"

He directly led the three hundred cavalry soldiers named "Spike Fang" under his command, and launched a charge directly against the armored cavalry of the Han army galloping at high speed.

Regardless of this distance, neither he nor his subordinates could let the horse completely let go of its speed.

I didn't even think that I was flying moths to the fire.

His light cavalry against the heavy cavalry with both men and horses in armor will only end up as a pile of minced meat here.

Xia Houru, who had galloped ten steps away on his war horse, heard his roar, so his nose felt sour all of a sudden.

He knew that this was tactical tail-docking for survival.

In order to delay the time of the Han army's cavalry, his cavalry governor used his flesh and blood as a barrier to slow down the determination and speed of the Han army's charge.

So that he can lead the others to complete the acceleration of the horse, and then charge back smoothly!

Or leave the battlefield directly.

He knew even more that if he acted impulsively, he would also lead the other cavalry to turn around and rush over. Not only would he fail the chance that the cavalry governor had bought with his life, but he would also put all the soldiers and horses to death.

Kindness does not hold soldiers.

What a simple four words~~~
Even children who have just entered elementary school can easily write it.

However, at this moment, Xia Houru felt that these four words were like a mountain, pressing on his chest, making him breathless.

"accelerate!"

"accelerate!"

He could only growl sharply to vent out the hostility in his chest; he kicked the horse fiercely and led the other cavalry to detour to the rear.

At the same time, I was silently praying to God in my heart so that the cavalier could survive.

Extremely pious.

It's just that Zhang Bao dashed his hopes.

He had already brought the speed of his horse to the limit, and he couldn't help laughing secretly when he saw that the cavalry governor of Wei Jun ignited the heroism of the men in the frontier and encouraged his cavalry with his bravery to fight to the death.

With only three hundred light cavalry, do you want to stop the imperial court from spending huge sums of money to build armored cavalry?

What a spring and autumn dream!

If he is really blocked by Ni Wei, as the commander, he can just find a place where no one is around and wipe his neck!
So as not to stay in the world ashamed.

"Whoever blocks me, die!"

As the distance between the two sides approached rapidly, he charged at the front with a Zhangba horse spear in his hand, his eyes were tearing apart and he roared.

Relying on the advantage of the longer horse lance, he took the lead in stabbing out the blade about three feet long.

Then the Wei Jun cavalry governor found sadly that he was too short.

The spear he swung in his hand was too short, and he couldn't kill the opponent before the horse spear pierced him.

But it is impossible to drive the horse to avoid it.

Simply, heartbroken, he went forward with spears in both hands, trying to push aside the stabbing of the horse, and then took advantage of the gap between the two horses passing by, pulled out the ring head knife at the side of the waist, and slashed the man's head!

Well, the idea is beautiful.

It's just that the ending is a bit tragic and desolate.

He had no idea that the opposite was Zhang Bao, who was more than eight feet long, extremely majestic, and possessed extraordinary physical strength!

Coupled with the force of charging and stabbing with the horsepower, how can he push it away?
"Boom!"

The spear swept across and slammed into the horse lance, but it didn't let the lance deviate by half.

Instead, the strong shock force made his arms numb and his body unstable, and he almost fell off the horse.

Then, with a "poof", he flew up.

The thin armor on his body, in front of the sharp edge of the horse, can't provide any protection like paper paste.

The sharp edge of Ma Chan directly pierced through his body and emerged from the back.

Still under the strong inertia, he was taken away from the horseback.

That scene is very similar to the mutton skewered with sharp iron rods when Liangzhou is grilling meat.

"Bah!"

Zhang Bao lifted his breath from his waist and abdomen, and let out a sharp whistle.

With both arms, he swung the horse's spear horizontally, threw out the corpses of the cavalry governor, and directly knocked down the two cavalry Wei Jun Buqu who followed him.

This scene happened in an instant, and the supervisor beside him saw it clearly, and his blood boiled with excitement.

Involuntarily, the passion in his chest swept out: "Long live the general!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

The rest of the armored cavalry who followed closely roared like thunder again.

The earth trembled with the sound of horseshoes, and the ears of the opponent were destroyed with the sound of killing.

Like a black torrent with the momentum of thunder, it charged up behind Zhang Bao.

However, the "Spike" cavalrymen of the Wei army who had come here with all kinds of strange screams were completely dumbfounded.

It's like a duck being pinched by the neck.

Their backbone, the cavalry governor who had just moved forward bravely, fell off his horse as soon as he met him. He was also trampled by countless horseshoes, turning into a pile of bones and rotten flesh on the ground.

Some spike cavalry pawns were stabbed through their bodies by spears or slashed across their waists by ring-headed knives while they were stunned; some were extremely indignant and continued to move forward decisively, trying to avenge the cavalry governor who had become meat.

"kill!"

"kill!"

The Wei army's wolf-toothed cavalry roared like thunder, and when they desperately greeted the Han army's body with their spears and ring-shoulders, they also used their superb equestrian skills to fine-tune the angle of the horse's advance to avoid colliding with the Han army and falling off the horse's back .

The Han army is different.

They relied on their men and horses to wear armor, regardless of whether they raised their ring-headed knives high or clenched their spears tightly.

"Recover the Central Plains!"

"Nothing before!"

Immediately, the screams of war horses, the muffled groans of human bodies falling heavily to the ground, the shrill screams, and the sound of bones being crushed by the big horse hooves in the mouth of the bowl dominated the world.

Red and black blood, white brains, and dark green liver spots all covered the soil.

The cavalry pawns of the Wei army continued to fall off their horses, stepping into the footsteps of minced meat.

Soon, there were some clever ones among them.

Directly relying on the superb horse control technology, he directly turned the horse's head and ran sideways, avoiding the killing torrent of the armored cavalry.

The contact time between the two armies was only a few dozen breaths, and the armored cavalry of the Han army directly pierced through the three hundred wolf-fanged cavalry of the Wei army, and continued to go towards the fleeing infantry of the Wei army.

The Wei army's infantry, who had fled in a hurry, were even more defeated.

Facing the galloping cavalry in the wilderness, the speed of human escape is not worth mentioning.

Many people threw away their ordnance and turned around to surrender to Zhang Ni's Xuanwu army, because only the armored cavalry of the Han army would not rush over there.

And Xia Houru, who had just completed the detour and came rushing with the cavalry, felt ashamed when he saw this.

The army was defeated like a mountain.

At this time, the situation of the battle has been decided, and the outcome has been divided.

(End of this chapter)