Chapter 3697: Big Defeat
Although the armored cavalry lacks mobility, even if it is trapped in a tight siege, relying on its strong defense with both men and horses, well-equipped equipment, and the fact that the cavalry and war horses are all elites, once formed, it will still be like a steel fortress, indestructible.
More than a thousand armored cavalry changed their formation into a square formation. The surrounding soldiers were deployed layer by layer to make it airtight. Gao Kan led 300 soldiers to sit in the formation and provide support to all parties at any time. Although this formation loses mobility, its defense is extremely high, supplemented by the powerful protection of armored cavalry, making it impregnable.
The entire military formation withstood the crazy attack of the main force of the rebels, and retreated with ease, preventing the enemies coming up from both wings from outflanking them. Surrounded by the tide of rebels, they remained as motionless as a rock, despite the high winds and waves, The mainstay flows.
Changsun Jiaqing led his elite troops to charge wildly, but when they hit the opponent's array, it was shattered to pieces and blood was everywhere, but it was difficult to shake them at all.
The square formation retreated slowly amid the rebel siege, like a roller with blades all over its body, rolling and crushing the crowd. Wherever it passed, scraps were everywhere and blood flowed like rivers.
The rebels were already frightened.
Even the Changsun family's army under Changsun Jiaqing was frightened when faced with such a small but indestructible armored cavalry that cut off their flesh when they got close, and their morale quickly dropped. From the initial crazy attack, it turned into Because I was shouting and shouting in the distance, I didn’t dare to step forward for a long time...
The eldest son Jiaqing's scalp was also numb. No matter how many troops he had, he could not withstand filling the sword of the armored cavalry. The troops of the surrounding clans had already been frightened and panicked and did not dare to step forward. If the family troops under his command suffered heavy casualties, they would not be able to go forward. How can we lead the Guanlong clan in the future?
But retreat is definitely not possible. After being attacked like this, there will be countless casualties. If he retreats without fighting and allows the Youtun Guards to escape calmly, Changsun Wuji will have to kill himself...
He waved his sword and shouted: "Surround him, surround him! As long as he is surrounded to death, he will be unable to fly. With so many of us asking him to kill, he will be exhausted!"
The surrounding soldiers remained silent...
The truth is indeed this. No matter how strong the combat power and defense of the armored cavalry of more than a thousand people are, as long as they are trapped in the formation, they will be eaten one by one sooner or later, just like turtles in an urn.
But the question is who steps forward first to consume the strength of the cavalry with their lives, and who hides behind to seize the final victory?
That's it when we are on the verge of a desperate situation and have a last-ditch fight. Everyone fights bravely to kill the enemy. Whoever dies and who lives depends on their fate. But the situation is completely different now. Those who go first die and those who go last live. Whoever loses his mind and fights for his life goes first. Upward?
The rebels gathered densely in the narrow strip between Chang'an City Wall and Longshou Canal, surrounding more than a thousand armored cavalry. However, the fighting gradually subsided, and more people followed suit as the armored cavalry evacuated northward. , but they are only willing to shout from a distance, or shoot cold arrows suddenly, but they will never rush up to fight.
The soldiers on the city wall looked down and saw tens of thousands of troops moving slowly in a square formation with armored cavalry, as if on a drill...
Although they were heavily surrounded, the armored cavalry showed no fear. Although the enemy formed a distant circle and formed a siege, it gave the soldiers and horses a rare opportunity to recover their physical strength. The armored cavalry are both men and horses, but their mobility is poor because they carry too much weight. Even if these soldiers are tall and strong, and their horses are only the best in a hundred, they still cannot withstand the huge physical exertion.
Once trapped in a tight siege and faced with fights from all directions, one's physical strength is quickly depleted, and one can only become a turtle in a urn until the entire army is annihilated.
But right now, this situation does not exist.
The soldiers and horses slowly retreated amid the rebels, quickly recovering their strength and always maintaining a strong combat power. Gao Kan was in the middle of the formation, with a calm face under his hood, commanding his soldiers to form a tight formation without leaving any gaps, while waiting for an opportunity.
Soon, the opportunity came.
The rebels on both sides, under the command of Changsun Jiaqing, circled all the way north, trying to block the armored cavalry in the narrow place between the city wall in the northeast corner of Chang'an City and Longshou Canal. The two armies were galloping all the way to their destination. When they were about to complete the encirclement, a group of light cavalry suddenly came out from Longshou Plain.
Thousands of light cavalry, lightly armed and simple, like arrows from a string, came down from a high position and took advantage of the terrain. The two rebels who were outflanking had no time to change their formations. The formations that seemed scattered due to their rapid march were broken by the light cavalry.
The light cavalry shuttled back and forth among the enemy formations, quickly cutting the rebels into several chaotic formations that were difficult to distinguish from head to tail. Then they fired crossbows and arrows and attacked them separately, killing the rebels until they howled like ghosts and ran away.
There is no way. If the infantry can wait for the opponent to run out of energy to surround them when facing armored cavalry, then facing the highly mobile light cavalry, they can only escape...
Gao Kan was keenly aware of the sudden chaos in the north. He knew that the supporting troops had arrived, and immediately ordered: "The whole army will lose their positions and break out to the north!"
"Here!"
The soldiers under his command agreed in unison. During this period, the soldiers who had recovered their physical strength quickly changed their formations. Thanks to the hard training, even if they were in the chaos at this moment, they were still calm and comfortable when changing formations. The army worked perfectly like a precision machine and quickly completed its formation changes.
Gao Kan once again became the vanguard from the position of the central army. More than a thousand armored cavalry formed a huge "front loss", suddenly accelerated and broke through to the north.
In the past, the rebels were afraid of the lethality of the armored cavalry and were unwilling to come forward to engage in close combat. They stayed surrounded from a distance, which gave the armored cavalry ample space to exert their force.
When the armored cavalry charged again, no amount of infantry could resist them. All obstacles in their way of charge were trampled by the cavalry and chopped into pieces with steel knives.
Gao Kan led his armored cavalry on a rampage and headed north.
The surrounding rebels were frightened and fled to both sides like a tide, not daring to show off their strength.
Soon, the charging armored cavalry only felt that the main force of the enemy had been left behind. They passed by the oncoming reinforcements and galloped all the way, escaping into the densely forested Forbidden Garden on Longshou Plain and returned. Daming Palace.
Thousands of light cavalry were responsible for guarding the heavy cavalry. When the armored cavalry escaped into the forbidden garden, they fired all the crossbows they carried, and then followed behind the armored cavalry like roaring wind and clouds. The area between the first canal was littered with corpses, and wounded soldiers were still writhing and wailing.
Changsun Jiaqing led his soldiers to rush here. Looking at the tragic situation in front of him, and then looking at the dense forest on the Dragon Head Plain that was getting higher and higher in front of him, he felt his eyes darken and he almost fell off his horse.
He is responsible for guarding Tonghua Gate and commanding the local army. This is Changsun Wuji's trust in him, and it is also the Changsun family's power as the "leader" of Guanlong. However, at this moment, he was attacked and killed by Youtun Guards and suffered heavy losses. This was not only because his eldest grandson Jiaqing was incompetent, but also because the eldest grandson's family's face and prestige were left to be trampled on.
It's not just that.
The peace talks are now at the most critical moment. In the morning, Changsun Wuji ordered the troops in various places to be on tight defense to guard against possible surprise attacks. As a result, his side suffered a huge defeat in the evening. The consequences caused by this are extremely serious, which will cause Guan Long to lose the initiative at the negotiation table, and even lead to the complete collapse of the peace talks.
At the critical moment when Li Ji was stationed in Tongguan and eyeing Chang'an, he suffered such a defeat. You can imagine how angry Changsun Wuji would be...
He was deeply afraid of the deep-tempered and sinister head of the family, but at this moment he made a big mistake. The iron cavalry of Youtun Guards, equipped with light cavalry, quickly escaped into the forest in the Forbidden Garden on the east side of Daming Palace. It was so dense that there could be an ambush of the Youtun Guards at any time. He did not dare to pursue it and could only watch the enemy walk away.
Not only were all the soldiers demoralized, the eldest son Jiaqing himself was also dejected and said helplessly: "Count the losses, check the number of people, and then report it to the head of the family."
You can't hide. There are nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses gathered here, and countless pairs of eyes are watching. You can't hide the losses, you can only report them honestly, and then resign yourself to fate and bear any punishment.
It is conceivable that after this battle, Guanlong will definitely criticize him as the commander of the army in every possible way, thereby weakening the Changsun family's control over the clan's army and enhancing the dominance of each family...
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Yu Wenshiji was humiliated by Cheng Yaojin in Tongguan and did not wait for a moment. He immediately ended his trip to lobby Li Ji and returned to Chang'an with his servants and soldiers.
As soon as they arrived at Baqiao, they were so frightened by the fierce fighting that they almost fell off their horses.
I'm really afraid of what will happen...(End of Chapter)