Northern Dynasties

Chapter 289
On the battlefield where the fighting was fierce, both sides did not notice the sound of horseshoes approaching in the valley to the west at first, and only fought hard with the enemy in front of them, trying their best to put the opponent to death.

When it comes to the level of armed forces and military appearance, there is still a big gap between the attacking bandit army and the defenders of Guangwu City as a whole. Except for the elite trilogy of the headquarters of the powerful chieftains, many of the soldiers are very poorly equipped. Some even rushed forward just waving wooden sticks and stone spears.

But apart from being more in number, there is something about these pawns that makes people feel awe-inspiring, that is, the desperado spirit that is not afraid of death permeates the whole body.

Of course, they are not really not afraid of death, but they are very aware of their situation.The strong soldiers in those tribes also had their respective chiefs, Qu Shuai, to provide them with food, but they did not.

Only by conquering the city in front of them and rushing into the city to loot, can they obtain enough supplies to survive.But if they can't break through the city, they will only have a dead end. In this cruel winter and the long journey home, those chiefs will never give precious supplies to people other than their tribal cronies.

Based on the consciousness awakened by countless people in similar situations with their lives, those Hu soldiers will attack desperately every time they are in battle.

The cronies of those tribal chieftains have their own armed forces, and their physical strength, morale and other conditions have also been maintained. Coupled with the exhaustion of the enemy's physical strength by the peripheral cannon fodder soldiers, they will not be able to fight again when they are put into battle. Take advantage.

Faced with this kind of opponent who regards their own lives as worthless than the enemy, the defenders of Guangwu City are also miserable.

But seeing the desperate tactics of the bandit army, they also know that these enemies have no mercy at all, and they will only treat the enemy more cruelly than themselves, so the only way to survive is to strive to kill the enemy in front of them.

Under the relentless attack of the bandit army, the layer of ice shell outside the city wall has been shattered and peeled off, exposing the body of the city wall rammed with earth.However, as the fighting on the top of the city became more and more fierce, the outer wall of the city wall was gradually covered with a layer of blood-colored frost, and some hair and flesh fragments were sealed in it, which made people feel shocking.

The first to notice enemy reinforcements entering the field were the thieves who were still on guard at several valley passes.

Although most of the troops have already been put into the siege operations, those who are still staying behind have long been out of formation, but they can still be used as ears, eyes and tongues. After discovering the enemy's movement, they immediately ran to report to the formation, and some The thieves remained where they were, retreated behind the line of defense against horses, and raised their spears to try to stop the reinforcements that were getting closer and closer.

Since these reinforcements arrived in the country for several days, they have been engaged in small-scale battles such as encircling and killing the enemy scouts. Seeing the thieves driving straight in and besieging Guangwu City, they were also eager to fight, and finally waited for the order from the governor Participating in the war, I feel very excited.

"How dare you stop me, you brat! Die!"

Following the roar of the soldier in front, the bows and crossbows in the front team fired a volley, shooting and killing the thieves who were still standing still and trying to resist into hedgehogs.And a man with strong arms waved his horse to either pick up or smash the thin and messy horse, so that the troops behind could rush to the battlefield unimpeded.

"It finally appeared..."

Liu Aqi, who was supervising the battle in the formation, saw the enemy reinforcements rushing out of the valley and approaching the battlefield aggressively. He couldn't help but took a deep breath, raised his hand and rubbed his stiff cheeks, hoping to relax his tense heartstrings a little. After coming down, I prayed a few times in my heart, and immediately ordered loudly: "Mingjin withdraws troops, forms an array to meet the enemy, spears in the front, and archers in the center..."

Under Liu Ahqi's shouting order, the bandit troops on the battlefield also quickly adjusted their tactics. move closer.

But not everyone obeyed the military orders, and those pawns who were consumable cannon fodder completely ignored the military orders being communicated from the rear.

Relying on their solitary courage, they paid a terrible price, and finally stepped on the corpses of their companions to climb to the top of the city. They may break through the barriers on the city wall at any time, and take the city completely. How could they be willing to give up just like that? !

But this part of Hu Zu is not the backbone of the main force. Whether they retreat or not will not have much impact on the next battle. If they stay on the top of the city and continue to attack the city, they can continue to put pressure on the defenders in the city and prevent them from responding internally and externally. .

The first to arrive at the battlefield was of course the Qingqi Division. Li Yantou, as the vanguard general, saw that the bandit army was still hastily formed, so he immediately ordered to charge the enemy's formation.

Thousands of light knights galloped past the enemy's line, holding bows frequently in their hands, and half of their arrows were thrown into the enemy's line.

The enemy's battle formation, which was not yet solidly formed, suddenly became a little chaotic, and there was no shortage of timid soldiers retreating straight into the formation, making the army's front line uneven like wolves tearing at dogs.

"Enter the battle and kill the enemy!"

Seeing large and small gaps in the bandits' formation, Li Yantou also seized this opportunity decisively, and grabbed Ma Qiang's lead to charge into a corner of the enemy's flank.

The horse spear in his hand was like a dragon coming out of a hole. Although the enemy soldiers in the formation also raised their spears to assassinate and counterattack, the spear blade had not reached the opponent's hair, and was pierced by the spear blade and flew away.

The grown-up horse lance flew up and down in the enemy's formation, and the invincible sharp edge opened up a road of flesh and blood several feet wide. Under the tails of the troops behind, the corner of the enemy's flank was divided from the main formation. Down, hundreds of Hu soldiers were forced out.

These Hu soldiers were involuntarily engulfed by the swiftly charging Qingqi. Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away from the main force, they were also panicked. Going back and forth, sharp blades slashed at their bodies, and iron hooves stepped on them!

"What a brutal enemy army..."

All the Hu soldiers in the bandit formation saw hundreds of fresh lives, but they were wiped out by the enemy army like chopping melons and vegetables within dozens of breaths, except for the bloody stumps on the ground. Apart from broken arms and blood and mud, there is almost no more evidence to prove that those Hu Zu ever existed.

"Hold the formation and don't move rashly! As long as my formation is solid, it will be difficult for the enemy cavalry to break through the formation..."

The army formation was filled with the roars of the soldiers and chieftains, but these words were not strong enough compared to the one-sided massacre before. Ken faced the enemy head-on.

Taking advantage of this majestic power, Li Yantou led his troops to circle the enemy's formation repeatedly. Every time they galloped past, a group of terrified pawns were engulfed in the enemy's formation, making the enemy's formation more and more compressed and narrower. It's getting confusing.

"The number of enemy troops is small, don't panic! Stand firm... the left wing spread out, spread out, let my cavalry fight out!"

Although the enemy army on the battlefield is divided into two groups, there are tens of thousands of horses gathered around the big banner, far more than the thousand or so light cavalry of Li Yantou. The thousands of light and sharp soldiers at the head may not be able to shake the battle formation.

But now all the troops are in panic and turmoil, all kinds of orders and dispatches can't be implemented at all, the battle formation is chaotic, and even the Chinese army's big banner has been coerced by the chaotic fluctuations in the formation and retreated tens of feet.

Seeing that the panicked soldiers were about to get out of control, Liu Ah Qi simply ordered the supervising team to wave their butcher knives at the overly restless Hu soldiers in the formation. Anyone who couldn't keep their positions in the formation and wandered back and forth making noise would be killed!

Under the awe of this deterrent, the bandit army's battle formation began to gradually stabilize from the inside to the outside, but the outer formation has been destroyed in a mess, and a whole circle of debris is scattered around the battle formation as far as the eye can see. Limbs and limbs were broken, at least more than 1000 Hu soldiers died in the rapid wave of the enemy's rush just now.

Seeing that the bandit army's formation is gradually stabilizing, and there is no opportunity to take advantage of it for the time being, Li Yantou stopped fighting, and led his men and horses to move towards Guangwu City on the south side of the battlefield, while letting them rest for a while. , Recovering physical strength, while the soldiers pointed at the Hu pawns who were beaten back one after another on the top of Guangwu City.

On the top of the city, Li Mu and other defenders also saw the brave performance of Li Yantou and his troops repeatedly interspersed with the enemy's formation, and their mood was greatly inspired. They hacked harder.

"Boys, quickly defeat the bandit army at the top of the city, go out of the city to meet Li Dadu's reinforcements, and continue to fight the enemy side by side! The bandits are rampant and violate our town. If you don't kill them all, An Neng will strengthen our army!"

Seeing Li Tai's powerful troops showing off their military might on the battlefield outside the city, Li Mu was not only happy and excited, but also felt a little bit tasted.

As the governor of Dongxia Prefecture, he was accidentally surrounded by the bandit army in Guangwu City with their superior strength, and his face was already somewhat disgraceful.

Li Tai is not as good as him in terms of seniority and status, and he does not have more elite troops than him. It is indeed touching to come to the aid of righteousness, but if Li Mu can't seize the change of the fighting opportunity and strive for some outstanding performances, it will inevitably be even more ashamed.

So while encouraging the soldiers to fight the enemy bravely at the top of the city, he mobilized a group of elite men and horses to prepare to wear armor. He only waited to kill the pawns on the top of the city, and then went out of the city with heavy armor to fight back, trying to regain some face.

Li Mu is still planning on his own here, and the rear army led by Li Tai has finally arrived at the battlefield. After quickly looking at the latest situation on the battlefield, Li Tai ordered Li Dao to lead a team, Along the periphery of the battlefield, cut straight to the north, and put on a posture to wipe out the bandit army on the battlefield.

After experiencing the initial panic, the bandit army on the opposite side gradually stabilized. When they saw Li Tai leading his troops to the battlefield, the originally tense heartstrings relaxed a lot, because seeing that Li Tai's troops were far less powerful than I have a big side, so I feel a little contempt in my heart.

Seeing Li Tai's arrogant posture, several Hu chieftains who felt humiliated couldn't help jumping up and cursing. Come to the last wave of interspersed looting.

But when these people just got close to the range, what greeted them was a wave of arrows.

Li Tai has also accumulated a lot of experience in fighting Jihu, and knows that no matter which Jihu team, they all have a common characteristic, that is, the rate of being attacked is not high.Therefore, when fighting with Jihu, other armed weapons are not too important, but long-range offensive weapons such as bows and arrows must be given priority.

Of course, under normal circumstances, even with such experience, they may not be able to have sufficient rations. Otherwise, Li Mu would not be almost lost in the banditry because he underestimated the enemy. Although Jihu is so-so, the army of the Western Wei Dynasty is far from enough Rich.

However, Li Tai directly led his troops northward from the scene of the Baishui Dayue. One of the main contents of the Dayue was field hunting. Naturally, a large number of bows and arrows were prepared in advance.With Yu Wentai's generous allocation and the Metropolitan Administration's preparations for participating in the parade, Li Tai naturally wanted to get a sufficient amount of bow and arrow equipment for the army.

Although the thieves along this route were much stronger than the ones that Li Tai fought before, they were only quantitative, and this characteristic did not improve much.Therefore, when these Qingqi soldiers just entered the range, they were immediately knocked down by batches of shooting.

The thieves originally wanted to copy the hunting moment of Li Yantou and his horse before, but they didn't expect that they would take the initiative to give away the head. There were many cavalry soldiers who went out to charge, but almost none of them could really hit the enemy line. Thousands of horses fought against the so-called cavalry just like that, and went straight into the battlefield.

When the situation exceeded the conventional cognition, the oppressive feeling came to my heart again.

Seeing that the opponent was not afraid of Qingqi's charge, Liu Ahqi immediately ordered to form a sword and shield formation, and at the same time the cavalry withdrew to the two wings, and the guards spread out on the battlefield along with the infantry, and wanted to submerge the opponent on the battlefield again by virtue of the superiority of troops superior.

Li Tai frowned slightly when he saw the bandit army spreading out and occupying various places, and immediately ordered the troops to advance towards the enemy's central army at a faster pace.

He is not afraid of being encircled by the bandits. No matter how big the encirclement is, the effect is limited. But after the bandits spread out, it will be difficult to encircle and wipe out the enemy, so we must quickly destroy the enemy. Chinese military command system.

On the battlefield, both sides made their own arrangement and dispatch in favor of their own side, and the bandit army's encirclement soon opened more than half, as if a monster's huge mouth was slowly opening and closing, trying to engulf Li Tai's thousands of men and horses.

Li Tai's men and horses were not far from the position of the enemy's central army. When the enemy's drumming suddenly turned into a loud voice, and all the troops on the battlefield accelerated to encircle, Li Tai also gave the order to attack.

Fifty healthy soldiers in the army got off their horses and put on their battle armors. At the same time, there were auxiliary soldiers covering their respective mounts with armor. Soon fifty heavy armored cavalry armed to the teeth appeared. On the battlefield, he rushed straight towards the enemy's big banner. Although the speed was not too fast, it was unstoppable. He almost effortlessly cut through the enemy's central defense line, like a pair of red-hot iron pincers. Piercing straight into the condensed wax block, the obstacles in front of him were irreversibly melted away.

Li Tai led his headquarters to follow behind fifty heavy cavalry. Before the enemy's formation formed a siege, it was deeply embedded in the enemy's formation and opened left and right. The knife carves a bloody firework on this battlefield!

Fifty heavy armored cavalry had a clear goal, and they continued to attack the enemy's central army banner. Although the bandits had built up defenses and resisted hard, their flesh and blood still couldn't stop the steel-forged killing machine.

Liu Ahqi shouted at the top of his lungs for troops to come back to help, but he still saw the heavy armored cavalry getting closer and closer to him helplessly, so he could only order his own soldiers to carry the big banner and move back.

As the source of the bandit army moved, the offensive of Li Tai's troops became more and more fierce.Without effective dispatching and commanding, the spread out bandit army was stiff and difficult to move, and the troops in each area could not respond effectively.

Li Tai did not take part in the front-line battles anymore. Instead, surrounded by his own soldiers, he climbed up to the high hill where the bandit banner was before, overlooking the battlefield from here. All the bandit armies on the road surrounded, divided and wiped out one by one.

When the initiative on the battlefield changes, it is undoubtedly a disaster for the passive side.

Even though the strength of the bandit army still far exceeds that of Li Tai, but because there is no sensitive and effective coordinated dispatch, it is completely a panic response of all kinds. Organize and efficiently harvest and kill.

When all efforts fail to restore the decline, collapse becomes inevitable.It was also the first time for Li Tai to witness the defeat of tens of thousands of horses. He could only see all kinds of dust flying around him, crowds of people, and all kinds of chaotic sounds. He has lost his judgment and control of the battlefield as a whole, and it is difficult for him to issue orders to intercept and encircle the subordinates at the first time. He can only stand here and let the commanders in charge of the troops everywhere play their own roles.

"Quickly, quickly dig the city gate! Let go of the rope at the top of the city, and go out to kill the enemy!"

In Guangwu City, when Li Mu saw that the main force of the bandit army outside the city was defeated by Li Tai's attack, he immediately became anxious. Urge your subordinates to go out of the city to fight.He wasn't greedy for merit, but he just hoped to save the lost face through a side-by-side fight.

The entire line of the bandit army collapsed and soon returned to the camp at the rear. There were still some reserve troops, old and weak women and children in the camp. Those people didn't have the guts to come out to help in order to save the war situation, but hurriedly collected the supplies in the camp and fled across the camp.

"Young master, our army has been defeated, Liu Duhou waited for the guards of the young master to go out of the camp to meet up and retreat..."

Several Chinese soldiers rushed into the big tent in the camp in a state of embarrassment, and reported to the young master Liu Kuzhen in the tent.

After Liu Kuzhen heard this, his face turned pale immediately, and he murmured: "This stupid slave, this stupid slave even boasted... Fortunately, I only said that I will accept his daughter after winning, so naturally it doesn't count now. ! How many guards are there outside the camp today?"

"There are still five hundred elite soldiers, enough to protect the young master to evacuate!"

After hearing the sergeant's report, Liu Kuzhen shook his head again and again and said: "Nonsense, the evil slave is still lying to me! Tens of thousands of troops are invincible, how can hundreds of guards protect me? If I don't leave, I can't go out. Outside the camp I am full of enemies, but if I stay in this big tent, I am still a noble person, so after leaving the camp, how am I different from those lowly soldiers?"

While speaking, he hastily ordered all the guards outside the camp to enter and surround him. He did not allow these soldiers to wear armor and weapons, but wrapped many silk brocades around their bodies, and he wore The quantity is more.

"I am a nobleman in the family, and a living body is more valuable than a dead body. Even if the enemy soldiers don't know the seriousness, they will not bear to pierce me when they see the brocade around me. It is much safer for you to guard me than to flee the camp !"

After finishing these arrangements, although Liu Kuzhen still had a look of apprehension, he still bit the bullet and sat down in the big tent. He had written a fate for himself to be captured by the enemy.

(End of this chapter)