Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 980 Chasing and Killing
The horses in front could avoid it, but the horses behind were blocked from their sight, and couldn't turn in time. They slammed into the spear battle chariot heavily, and were stabbed to the ground. The knight on the horse was thrown high and fell towards the spear , and was immediately greeted by several spears in the air, piercing into a sieve.The huge momentum caused the spearmen in the front row to fall back heavily, and the Tibetan cavalry with excellent horsemanship leaped on their horses, trying to seize the opportunity to rush in and break through the spear formation.

"Stab!" Several battalion commanders yelled hoarsely, and the entire row of soldiers raised their spears at the same time and stabbed forward without thinking.

The Tubo cavalry who crashed into the formation turned over, only to find that around him were gun blades gleaming with cold light. They shouted in despair and slashed out the saber in their hands violently, but before he could strike with the long saber, In reality, several holes appeared on their bodies.At the same time, the three rows of fast crossbowmen behind them never stopped firing crossbow arrows.

Gedo Ajiu found that the infantry phalanx still made him feel so desperate. The first wave of attacks caused him to lose more than 300 knights. Circle, he once again led his troops to pounce.But at this time, on the opposite side of him, following Deng Chongxuan's order, amidst the sound of war drums, the infantry gun formations changed brazenly, and they rushed forward row by row, and behind them, rows of gunmen followed.

"Fight with them!" Gedo Ajiu had some hope in his heart. In his opinion, if the opponent's formation does not move, he really has no good solution, but as long as the infantry phalanx moves, there will be people in between the formations. When he is free, he can let his horse gallop, and he has the hope of leading the cavalry to break through the opponent's infantry phalanx.

"Charge!" he yelled.

Like a torrent crashing against the rocks, dozens of infantrymen in the front row were killed alive, but they still put their bodies against the spears and successfully slowed down the speed of the horses. Amidst the sound of whistles, rows and rows advanced neatly.

"Stab!" With a sound of swish, rows of long spears stabbed over neatly.

"Second row, thorns!" Another row. "Third row, stab!"

The forest of guns seemed to never end, one row after another. At this time, the three infantry phalanxes of the Suzaku Legion had gathered together to form a huge phalanx. There was about one step between each row. Finished, the moment the guns were retracted, the rear row had already been plugged in, and after stabbing more than a dozen shots, the spearmen at the back rushed forward amidst the deployment of the company commander and the whistle of the battalion commander, replacing the already armed Sour frontline soldiers.

Gedo Ajiu felt that he was trapped in an endless forest of guns. The opponent's formation had advanced for so long, but they were still neatly arranged, without giving them the slightest gap to find.He and his men struggled with the incoming waves of spear points.

His formation was completely broken up. After some soldiers fell into the gun forest, they were stabbed and thrown out by several guns at the same time in a blink of an eye. Within a narrow range, it is difficult to even turn around, let alone speed up.

"Kill, kill, kill!" Gedo Ajiu swung his knife and cut off the spears that had stabbed him, and shouted loudly.

An hour later, Gedo Ajiu's eyes were red, and he waved his sword like a lunatic. There were no Tubo cavalry around him, only the horses that had lost their masters were left patrolling the battlefield. Gedo Ajiu was shot through the throat by an arrow, opened his eyes wide, and fell to the ground.

Deng Chongxuan's expression was a bit dignified. He realized that he had underestimated the spirit of the Tubo people who dared to die and desperately. He glanced at the direction where Gewang Dorje led the main force to disappear, and shouted: "Chasing!"

At noon, Deng Chongxuan led the [-] Suzaku cavalry to finally catch up with Gwang Dorje's troops. The reason why they were able to catch up was because Deng Chongxuan arranged thousands of landmines along the way, which seriously affected Gwang Dorje's marching speed. Otherwise, the Suzaku Legion was blocked by Gedo Ajiu for more than an hour, which would be enough to distance them.

Moreover, although they have already caught up, they are facing about 2000 cavalrymen under Gwang Dorje's command. These [-] people have absolute expressions on their faces. .

Deng Chongxuan felt chills, Gwang Dorje led the rest of his troops and had slowly disappeared from his field of vision, only this army was left to stop him. When he killed this army, would it take an hour or two? I'm afraid that Gwang Dorje will go far again by then?Sure enough, if any nation is driven to a desperate situation, it will burst out with the courage to die, and many dead soldiers will emerge.Deng Chongxuan shook his head mockingly, and suddenly felt that their previous judgment was wrong. The morale of the Tubo people was indeed low, but don't forget that there is another truth, that is, the truth that mourning soldiers must win, and they will die and survive.But Deng Chongxuan recalled last night when organizing a night attack, why couldn't the Tubo people burst out with such a desperate determination?Deng Chongxuan couldn't understand this truth, and could only attribute it to the complexity of human nature and the unpredictable morale of the army at certain times.

Xiangfu Kingdom's long spear battle formation led by Ye Chen has already been verified by countless wars and countless cavalry corpses, and it is the nemesis of all cavalry.Therefore, in order to reduce losses, and to kill the two thousand Tibetans who were about to die as soon as possible, Deng Chongxuan ordered the last three thousand cavalry to dismount and fight on foot without hesitation.

Two thousand Tubo cavalrymen charged like lunatics...

An hour later, Deng Chongxuan no longer had a living Tubo in front of him. After a little reorganization of the army, Deng Chongxuan led people to chase after him.

If he hadn't let the engineering battalion plant a lot of mines along the way, and Wang Chao led [-] infantry to stop them at Gaolankou, Deng Chongxuan would have been very difficult to catch up with the main force of Gewang Dorje's troops even if the two waves of dead soldiers were delayed. .

A day later, at Gaolankou, a battle of 1 infantry against 5000 cavalry lasted for two hours and ended.Gaolankou is already the narrowest point along the way from Gaizhucheng to Lanzhou, but it is also a full mile wide. If 2000 people want to seal Gaolankou, they can only line up five rows.It is already a miracle that the five-row infantry phalanx can intercept the doubled cavalry for two hours.Therefore, in the end, Gwang Dorje's troops left more than 7000 corpses, and led the remaining 5000 people to gallop away. Wang Chao led nearly [-] infantry soldiers and had no way to catch up with them, so they could only watch them leave helplessly.Not long after Gewang Dorje left, Deng Chongxuan led more than [-] cavalry and finally caught up.

Deng Chongxuan sighed, and said: "This place is less than sixty miles away from Lanzhou City, and we can't catch up. If we catch up again, if Yingcheng Linbuchi in Lanzhou City sends a large army to meet it, our army may be exhausted. Worry about being counter-suppressed. So, pass down the order, set up camp in the same place, and send someone to notify Jingyuan County, so that all the food, grass, and supplies will be sent here. The scout battalion sent spies to investigate the situation in Lanzhou City, and dispatched elite non-commissioned officers Bypass Lanzhou and go to Wusheng Army to get in touch with Qinglong Army and Special Forces."

"Of order, Legion Commander."

Not long after, dozens of riders from south to north galloped away, and more than 9000 people from the Suzaku Legion also began to set up camp for rest.

Lanzhou city.

Seeing that Gwang Dorje had only brought back 7000 troops, Ying Cheng Lin Buchi looked so gloomy that he could drip ink.At the beginning, he sent Gwangdorje 7000 troops to attack Gaizhu City, but only 3000 troops came back a month later.Although the [-] men lost in the battle also caused the Suzaku Army to lose about [-] troops, almost crippling the Suzaku Army, but this is obviously not the result Ying Cheng Lin Buchi wanted to see.

Long before Gewang Dorje came, Yingcheng Linbuchi had ordered the three counties of Lanzhou to be abandoned, and the remaining 2 people gathered in Lanzhou City, and all the food and grass in these three counties could be used to defend the city. Everything on the road, as well as nearly 17 people in the three counties were forcibly driven into Lanzhou City.In addition to the original [-] to [-] people in Lanzhou City, Yingcheng Lin Buchi held nearly [-] people in the Xiangfu Kingdom.

And these 17 people were regarded by Ying Cheng and Lin Bu as the key to whether he could bring more than 7000 troops back to Hehuang alive. Robbers use knives to kidnap hostages in the house, and the reason for threatening the police with hostages to let them go is the same.

On September [-]st, under the city of Lanzhou.

Deng Chongxuan led more than 9000 Suzaku Legion Chen Bing in the north and east of the city, and Zhang Dawei led [-] troops to block the south and west sides of Lanzhou City.

An infantry brigade from the Qinglong Legion's Western Expedition had returned more than ten days ago. This infantry brigade was the same as the Western Expedition Infantry Brigade of the Suzaku Legion. When it came, Yang Jiye was full of battle-damaged personnel.In addition, the Qinglong Army lost nearly 2000 people in Dafengkou and in the process of attacking Wu Shengjun.Now there are 8000 people. In addition to the 5000 people who came to Lanzhou, another 3000 people and special brigades are stationed in Wu Shengjun.

"With the containment of our Great Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom, as well as the Xizhou Uighur Kingdom in the Western Regions, although Xiangfu Kingdom has an army of more than 20, the only ones who can attack Lanzhou City are the Suzaku Army and Qinglong Army outside the city. To 5000 people. And we still have 7000 people. Since ancient times, the siege battles have encircled the city five times and attacked it ten times. Now the Xiangfu Kingdom outside Lanzhou City has not as many troops as we have, let alone five times. times, ten times. So Lanzhou City is as solid as gold.”

"Besides, since Xiangfu Kingdom was founded, Ye Chen has always been famous for being kind to the people. With these 17 people threatening, Zhang Dawei of the Azure Dragon Army and Deng Chongxuan of the Suzaku Army would not even dare to attack the city. If they really dare to attack Zhang Dawei and Deng Chongxuan will not dare to shoot an arrow as long as the city is full of people." Cao Wei, who fled to Lanzhou City with Gwang Dorje, scolded Ying Chenglin who had always had an ugly face.

(End of this chapter)