Chapter 3744 Throwing away the armor
As the armored cavalry rushed into the formation of the Guanlong army and massacred, the Guanlong army on the left accelerated its encirclement, and the situation on the battlefield under Yamato's sect changed suddenly.
The eldest son, Jiaqing, was in an excited mood and was about to lead the Chinese army to press forward. Suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves behind him. He turned around and saw a group of scouts galloping from a distance. They drove straight into the formation and arrived in front of them.
The scout immediately had no time to dismount and shouted loudly: "The Yuwen Long tribe has been defeated. The reinforcements of the Youtun Guards have arrived suddenly. The Duke of Zhao has ordered General Changsun to withdraw his troops quickly!"
Almost at this moment, the troops surrounding the front from the left wing and the front troops of the central army made a noise, and then formed a huge wave, sweeping in almost all the troops in the front. The array began to disperse, the soldiers began to become restless, and the tens of thousands of troops were like a typhoon passing over the sea, making waves and rough water.
Immediately afterwards, from the north behind the armored cavalry, the black troops rushed straight from the direction of the left Yintai gate, surging like a flood that broke the embankment, with overwhelming murderous intent!
The eldest grandson Jiaqing was stunned for a long time, and then a cold air rose from his chest and abdomen, straight into his head, and even the roots of the hair under his head stood up.
Reinforcements!
No wonder the armored cavalry didn't care about their surrounding strategy at all, and still charged straight into the formation bravely, because the reinforcements had already arrived, right behind them!
Changsun Jiaqing was completely panicked. He was so excited when the encirclement and annihilation strategy was about to be completed, but now he was so scared!
Now it is no longer a question of whether the strategy of encirclement and annihilation can be successfully implemented, but that with the reinforcements, the armored cavalry can run rampant in their own formation and kill crazily. When they are tired of killing, reinforcements will come to support them. Can retreat calmly.
However, a thousand armored cavalrymen covered with iron armor are charging into their formation wantonly. How many soldiers will fall under their sharp swords?
Just thinking about it makes the eldest grandson Jiaqing's hands and feet feel cold.
I thought I had knitted a big bag and waited for the opponent to get in, and then closed the opening to annihilate him in one fell swoop. It turned out that the opponent had an awl followed by a knife. Not only could I not be able to pierce the opening, I even had to be hit by the awl. Poke holes all over...
When the scout saw the eldest grandson Jiaqing, who was stunned and unconscious, he quickly reminded him: "General eldest grandson, Duke Zhao has an order for you to withdraw your troops immediately..."
"Mother!"
The eldest son Jiaqing roared angrily and became furious. He raised the sword in his hand and slashed the scout off his horse with a single blow. He cursed angrily: "The reinforcements have arrived. You bastard just came to report the news. You are clearly a spy from the East Palace. You are planning to kill the scout." Let me be defeated and die here!”
The guards and soldiers on the left and right were as silent as a cicada, too afraid to speak.
After killing the scout with a knife, the depression and anger in his heart dissipated a lot. The eldest son Jiaqing quickly ordered: "The left wing troops returned to the city and retreated to the south. The central army will follow me and fight and retreat. Supervise the troops down to the various armies. If there are any, we will retreat without fighting." Those who escape will be killed without mercy!”
He was angry and knew that he had really wronged the scout.
The battle on the Western Front took place outside Jingyao Gate, separated by Xuanwu Gate and Youtunwei Camp. Naturally, the news could not be sent directly, but had to be sent back to Chang'an City first, and then relayed again in Chang'an City before it could leave Tonghua. door to get here.
One by one, the result was that the reinforcements from Youtunwei arrived first, but I was one step behind in the news, and I single-handedly pushed myself into the trap I had laid...
The left and right captains looked at each other. This was obviously to abandon the main force, which was currently being killed by armored cavalry, and to withdraw from the battlefield with only the left wing troops and the central army...
However, everyone soon woke up. At this moment, the main vanguard force was entangled with the armored cavalry, and they could not retreat even if they wanted to. If the Chinese army steps forward to rescue them, not to mention how many casualties they will suffer under the charge of armored cavalry, if they are delayed by reinforcements from the Youtun Guards, whether they can successfully withdraw to the camp outside Chunming Gate is a question.
Docking one's tail to survive is really a last resort...
Then he quickly issued orders to all ministries, urging the left wing and the central army to retreat slowly.
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Ever since he left the city gate, Liu Shenli had always been cautious. Although the combat power of the armored cavalry was powerful, it was a huge shortcoming that the physical strength of the men and horses was too high and it was difficult to last, so he never let his soldiers give up. If you use your hands and feet to rush and kill wantonly, lest you run out of energy and fall into trouble, you will inevitably be surrounded and killed by the rebels, which will be troublesome.
Therefore, facing the reserved armored cavalry, the Guanlong soldiers naturally believed that what they had just suffered was their most powerful combat force. Although they were frightened at the moment, under the urging of the eldest grandson Jiaqing, they bravely went up. Rush, as long as the armored cavalry can be tightly entangled, a big victory will be achieved.
However, this time he faced a strong enemy who was letting go and going all out. With reinforcements behind him, Liu Shenli was determined to kill. Just a charge made Guanlong's soldiers realize that they had no reservations. How terrifying it is for armored cavalry to charge into battle.
It was like a huge sharp knife piercing the flesh and blood, cutting and tearing everything indestructibly, leaving blood dripping and fragmented.
Especially when the reinforcements behind the armored cavalry appeared, no matter how stupid the Guanlong soldiers were, they knew that the strategy of encirclement and annihilation was no longer feasible. .
After being pierced back and forth by the armored cavalry in the formation, corpses lay on the pillows in rivers of blood. The outflanking army on the left failed to arrive, and the Chinese army behind them did not come forward to support in time. The entire vanguard army finally could not withstand it.
When the soldiers looked back in fear and panic, hoping that Changsun Jiaqing would issue a retreat order so that everyone would not die in vain, they were shocked to find that not only the left-wing army that had been approaching had withdrawn under the city wall and retreated southward, but also Changsun Jiaqing The Chinese army sitting on the defensive is also slowly retreating...
The soldiers may not know why, but how can the knowledgeable captains and generals not know that they have been abandoned by the eldest son Jiaqing and become victims of blocking the armored cavalry so that the main force can retreat safely?
He was immediately furious.
The main vanguard force was originally formed from the armies of various clans. Now it was left on the battlefield by Changsun Jiaqing to endure the crazy killings of armored cavalry. The Chinese army composed of Changsun's private army slowly withdrew from the battlefield under his leadership. , how can you bear this?
If we all died together, we would accept it, but you pushed us into a pit of fire to endure the disaster, while you yourself retreated leisurely with your direct troops...
This is so damn immoral!
The generals and lieutenants belonging to the armies of various clans immediately ordered their subordinates to stop advancing, gathered their troops slightly and fled backwards without hesitation.
In an instant, the main vanguard force composed of nearly 30,000 clan troops was completely defeated. The soldiers dropped their weapons and ran backwards. As a result, the armies lacked communication with each other and continued to encroach on each other's retreat routes. After a while, When the time came, they broke up into groups. They didn't belong to each other, they just ran around blindly.
Liu Shenli was charging to kill, and the pressure in front of Leng Buding relaxed. When he saw all the enemy troops collapsed and fled in all directions, he knew that the battle was secure.
This situation was not the opportunity for the armored cavalry to show off their skills, so he ordered the reinforcements behind him and mobilized more than two thousand light cavalry to pursue them from both wings, constantly killing and dispersing the enemy troops. He gathered the armored cavalry and formed "
"The front is out of position", biting the tail of the enemy's main vanguard and killing them.
The battle on the city wall has long ended. Wang Fangyi and the defenders on the Yamato Gate were lying on the arrow stacks and the female wall overlooking the scene in front of them. Tens of thousands of Guanlong soldiers fled in all directions on the empty mountain in front of the city gate. The armored cavalry bit tightly on the tail of the opponent's main vanguard, while thousands of light cavalry pursued from both wings, outflanking them from time to time. The defeated rebels were either killed or captured, and they pursued them all the way.
Wang Fangyi could not suppress the excitement in his heart, he slapped the wall hard, raised his neck and shouted: "Wan Sheng!"
All the soldiers defending the city raised their arms and shouted in response: "Ten thousand victories! Ten thousand victories! Ten thousand victories!"
A arduous battle to defend the city ended with a great victory. Such straightforward expressions of joy made all the soldiers who defended the city so excited that they wished they could jump off the top of the city and join the pursuing troops with their swords in hand. , kill him, throw away his armor, and have a great time!
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Changsun Jiaqing commanded tens of thousands of troops from the Chinese army and the left wing to retreat slowly. If there were too many troops, it would be troublesome to turn around, and they could not be noticed by the main vanguard in a big way. Otherwise, the purpose of sacrificing them to buy time for the Chinese army to retreat would not be achieved. .
However, tens of thousands of troops were originally gathering towards the north, but suddenly they all retreated. How could the bloated formation be able to advance and retreat at will? It would be fine if they were elites who had been trained for a long time, but the Changsun family's army was just a bunch of rabble, unable to follow orders and prohibitions, and now they suddenly turned around and became a mess. (End of chapter)