Chapter 763 Another collapse
After the Peng Sheng Army defeated about ten rows of Yuan's army, their advance finally stopped.
It wasn't that the soldiers of the Holy Army were tired of killing, but that there were too many corpses under their feet, which seriously hindered their formation and advancement.
So, under the shouts of various leaders, the foot soldiers of the Holy Army began to form formation on the spot, and they had to move all the corpses on the battlefield to one side first.
But this does not mean that the Holy Army intends to stop attacking.
The infantrymen here began to put away their long spears, and the rifle swords behind them began to jump out. At this moment, the enemy's infantrymen in the resistance line had long been defeated, and it was the time for the army to use force.
The Tiaodang infantry, which numbered about several hundred people, began to join the front row of the battlefield along the passage that the infantry had given way to. Compared with the previous large formations, these Tiaodang and Jiangxia soldiers were fighting head-to-head, which was even more frustrating for the enemy. Morale collapsed.
There was killing everywhere, and there were constant jumpers covered in blood raising their heads and shouting loudly to decapitate the enemy. It can be seen that Jiang Xia's former army has collapsed.
All this was seen by Zhang He from the rear, but at this time he also saw a general in red armor and hundreds of warriors also running towards the position from Huang Zhong's banner.
Zhang He was overjoyed when he saw this Chi Bei and said to his left and right:
"With Jiangxia Huang's Chibei, there will be no worries in the front line."
The development of the situation was just as Zhang He expected.
The person in charge of leading these five hundred armored warriors was Huang Gai. This man was wearing heavy armor but he was very fast and quickly rushed into the infantry position of the Holy Army.
Behind him, Wubai Chibei also kept walking, shouting "Don't turn around until you die", and rushed into the position of the Holy Army at high speed.
Huang Gai at the front smashed a halberd holding the Holy Army in front of him with the mace in his hand, and then directly avoided a hand halberd on the side of his head.
Just as he was about to strike, a warrior holding the Holy Army in front of him suddenly accelerated and slashed his sword directly on Huang Gai's neck.
Because Huang Gai had just avoided the hand halberd, his center of gravity was not in the middle of his waist and hips. He could only watch the sword strike in shock. In the flash of lightning, he subconsciously raised his left shoulder.
It was also during this lift that the knife intended to hit Huang Gai's neck was directly blocked by his basin collar. But good guy, when the samurai saw that his chop was blocked by the basin collar, he slid directly along the basin collar and was about to pass the knife along Huang Gai's neck.
This change is very wonderful, but Huang Gai is also a warrior who has been practicing martial arts all day long. When the basin armor blocked the enemy's chop, he had already stepped on the man's side with his right hind leg, then discarded the mace and hugged the warrior with both hands. , and then a scallion fell backwards.
When Huang Gai stood up again, the warrior holding the holy army with superb sword skills had tilted his head and was lying on the ground.
The guard on the side picked up the iron mace on the ground and handed it to Huang Gai.
At this time, Huang Gai's pocket was tilted to one side and he simply threw it aside. The sweat on his forehead stopped flowing down, and when it reached his neck, he suddenly felt burning pain.
Huang Gai touched his neck and saw blood, and his heart beat wildly.
He was also conceited about his martial prowess and was invincible in the entire county in Lingling. Unexpectedly, he was almost defeated by a low-level enemy warrior.
Hot girl, are all these enemy soldiers so brave?
While he was slowing down, Huang's Chi Bei continued to attack forward. However, it came with great momentum, but soon began to fall into a hard battle.
In Huang Gai's field of vision, Chi Bei, his own side, could no longer go deep. Instead, he kept falling to the ground during the confrontation. It was obvious that he was at a disadvantage.
In fact, the soldiers holding the Holy Army Infantry Armor across from them are not ordinary warriors. Almost all of them have sword skills in their hands, and they are not even country skills, but out-and-out exquisite sword skills.
In the military, martial arts are not actually valued very much. The first skill is riding and shooting, followed by walking, fighting, and spearing, and finally, being knowledgeable about military discipline.
If you can do this, you will be a strong army.
But there is one branch of arms that pays attention to martial arts, and that is the sword and stick jump swing.
Because these people did not form a formation to fight with the strength of the group, but relied on the swords in their hands to fight in a small space.
When these people go into battle, it is often during chaotic battles that there is enough battlefield space for them to move around, so this group very much needs to practice swordsmanship and martial arts.
As for the Forbidden Army that held the Holy Army to defend Zhang Chong, they were not allowed to carry crossbows due to the need for protection, so the army was mostly composed of sword warriors.
These people include the local ranger groups and the children of local tycoons, but most of them come from the teachings of the military officials within the forbidden area.
In terms of sword skills, the most powerful ones in the army were not the generals who commanded the troops or those who fought against the Han, but Shi A from the Youyi system.
This ranger who defected to the army in eastern Henan was first assigned to the Feijun Foreign Army, and then split to Youyi, becoming an elite escort for spies.
Because of his exquisite swordsmanship and long time in the army, he was quickly promoted to a higher position and is now one of the three generals in the Youyi system.
After Shi A's official career was prosperous, his teacher Wang Yue appeared from nowhere and asked Shi A to recommend him to become an official. Therefore, Zhang Chong personally met with Wang Yue, and after seeing his exquisite swordsmanship, he appointed him as the swordsmanship instructor of the Forbidden Army.
In this way, under Wang Yue's teaching, the swordsmanship of Peng Shengjun and several other armies improved by leaps and bounds.
Just when Huang Gai was watching, he saw an enemy sword-wielding samurai slashing with a heavy sword, directly along the neck, and chopped off a head in one fell swoop.
Why do these holy army infantrymen love to chop off their heads?
The scene of rolling heads and fountains of blood frightened many Chi Bei, and they were not afraid of death. After all, the countryside in Jingnan was so dangerous that not even a ruthless person could survive.
But they were still frightened by the Holy Army's tactics and couldn't help but retreat. But at this time, Huang Gai rushed forward and chopped off Chi Bei who was about to retreat.
At this time, Huang Gai's hair was hanging down. When he had just been beheaded, his face was covered with blood, as if he was an evil ghost.
So, the Chibei gritted their teeth and rushed forward with red eyes.
Both sides are armored soldiers, with big swords, heavy axes, and iron maces in their hands. Once life is at stake, no matter what martial arts you have, you will fight to the death.
You can chop me to death with a sword. If you can't kill me, I'll give you an axe.
This is how the two sides fought, you hit, I hit, and they began to survive in the small area of the front camp.
But the overall battle situation is tilting towards the Holy Army, and the battle line is advancing visibly to the naked eye.
In order to resist the possible sudden cavalry charge of the Taishan Army, the Jiangxia soldiers formed a very dense formation. At this moment, the front kept retreating and the back kept retreating.
The space within the formation was getting closer and closer, causing Yuan Jun's scheduling problems. The people at the back cannot replace the people at the front, so Chibei at the front can only keep fighting.
However, the Peng Sheng Army can take full advantage of their free time to rotate combat units, often rotating in teams.
It was already three quarters past noon, the hottest day of the day, and the Chibei were already sweating profusely after not even fighting in such an environment for long.
Due to the intense heat, dehydration, and lack of salt, once he was ready to stop and rest, his muscles would immediately spasm, his eyes would turn black, and he would fall to the ground.
At the third quarter of the battle, Jiang Xia's army collapsed and could no longer be stopped.
Zhang He, who was in the rear, was naturally clear. He understood that Jiang Xia Bing's current situation was no longer something he could save without giving any orders to kill him. The gap between the enemy and us is too big, and this battle is probably going to be lost.
Even if he saw Huang Zhong under the banner of the emperor at this moment, he seemed to be wearing armor and going into battle, but he was just maintaining it. No matter how powerful a single general was, could he reverse the overwhelming momentum?
However, the hemp rope was broken at a thin spot. Just when Zhang He was concentrating on observing the Jiang Xia soldiers directly in front, his lieutenant shouted in surprise and pulled him back.
I saw the deputy general pointing to the west with a pale face, his mouth open but unable to speak.
Zhang He's heart skipped a beat, and he turned to look sideways, only to see the flag of Liang Peijun falling slowly in front of his eyes.
"Liang Peijun is finished."
Zhang He was speechless, too fast, too fast.
It had only been a short time since the enemy started fighting, but one of his troops had already collapsed. Is this the true combat power of the Taishan Army?
This was not over yet. When Zhang He and others looked at each other without saying a word, another step came running from the northwest. He was a soldier from Man Chong.
Because Man Chong's troops were on the far left wing of Zhang He's army formation, they were nearly two miles away from Zhang He's side. The road was full of enemy troops rushing into the formation. In fact, this order was already Man Chong's third round. , and only this person can rush to Zhang He's main formation.
At this moment, the soldier was holding the Huanshou sword in his right hand, and his left hand was injured and hanging down. The armor was already broken, and the fish scales and iron pieces were bent and broken by some kind of blunt instrument.
This led the soldiers to risk their lives and cross the battlefield, shouting outside the tent of Zhang He's formation:
"Commander, save our army."
His voice was shrill, but a group of armored soldiers rushed out from behind the tent. They were angry with this man and roared at the shogunate to arrest him and bring him to justice.
But Zhang He on the chariot heard it, and then looked in the direction of Man Chong, but the apricot color of the Taishan Army was already densely covered over there, and he could not clearly see the situation of Man Chong's army formation. But the good news is, His flag is still flying.
So, Zhang He shouted loudly outside the curtain:
"Let him in."
Immediately afterwards, the curtain was lifted, and the soldier was pulled in by the warriors outside the tent.
When this man saw Zhang He on the chariot, he said sadly:
"Commander, please save our army. Our army has been surrounded by the enemy and cannot hold on any longer."
Zhang He did not jump off the chariot, he just shook his head:
"I told you before the war that there will be no reinforcements in this battle, and all ministries must hold on until the last moment. I don't blame you for withdrawing from the battlefield. Go and have a meal on the side."
After saying that, Zhang He ignored the soldiers and continued to watch the battlefield. There was not much he could do at this time, because all he could use were the Beifu knights around Qianqi. These were the last resort.
In the final analysis, Man Chong was not very important in his heart, and he would not use this last resort on him.
All the soldiers who were kneeling on the ground looked at Zhang He's indifferent back with sorrow on their faces.
He first kowtowed to Zhang He, and then said sadly to the generals in the tent:
"Our army sent out three rounds of reinforcements, and there were 18 people in total. In the end, I was the only one left alive. I cannot go back with reinforcements, and I will die."
After saying this, the soldier pulled out a short knife from his side and pierced his chest directly.
His eyes were distracted, and he fell to the ground, and the blood from his chest slowly seeped into the land.
This man's fatal act shocked all the generals in the Chinese army. Among them, Zhang He's Beifu cavalry general Gao Zhi got down on one knee and asked Zhang He for orders on the chariot:
"Commander, let me rush over with the knights of Beifu. With just one blow, we can rescue the Man Chong army."
But Zhang He ignored Gao Zhi. He still looked at the battlefield in front, watching Huang Zhong's troops struggling to hold on, watching the enemy's line getting thinner and thinner, and watching Man Chong's troops crumbling.
Written by Zhang He:
"It's almost, it's almost, wait a minute."
But who knows the bitterness in his heart?
"Li Tong, Li Zheng, why haven't you come yet?"
……
In the third year of Taiwu, on May 28th, at the end of noon, Lijiabi was seven miles away from the central area.
At this time, Li's entire army was still stationed five miles southeast and had no intention of attacking Li Jiabi with Li Tong. Li Tong also did not launch an attack due to various reasons.
So, while a fierce fighting broke out in the center of the west, there was a strange calm here in Lijiabi.
In front of the rear guard's formation, Li Tong and a group of generals were watching the Taishan Army's arrangement here.
He also held a Yiluo topographic map in his hand, but after just looking at it for a while, Li Tong was so angry that he threw the topographic map on the ground.
He cursed:
"The Yingchuan scholars are all a group of beautiful people. What are the pictures on this map?"
Before the war, Yuan Shao and his party were responsible for surveying the Yiluo battlefield. Several noble clans from Yingchuan were the only ones with the ability to draw maps.
Drawing a map requires a certain amount of spatial imagination, and only those with superior intelligence can master this ability. But unfortunately, the Yingchuan soldiers with good intelligence did not complete this task well.
Because in this map, three places are drawn here in Lijiabi, namely the dock wall of the main building, a fruit farm, and a shrine.
These three places are shown here and there on the map, making it clear that these are three places.
And what about in front of Li Tong at this time? The dock wall, orchard, and shrine are all connected together to form the Lijiabi wall.
At the same time, the forests on the north and south sides cover both sides of the manor, which means that if Li Tong's troops want to pass here, they must first capture the Lijia wall.
Looking at the complex defense line in front of him, Li Tong was in trouble.
He wanted to fight. Although he didn't know the situation of Zhang He's department at the moment, he guessed that it was probably dangerous from the shouts of killing coming from over there.
But he didn't dare to fight, because the enemy's number was not small. The scouts on both sides had just reported that there were a large number of enemy troops in the forest on both sides.
Now they still occupy the barrier of Lijiabi, which can completely make up for the disadvantage in numbers. Therefore, Li Tong did not have the confidence to capture Lijiabi, and even if he captured it, his rear guard would suffer heavy losses. At that time, he would just rush to the central battlefield, so what's the use?
Just when Li Tong was hesitating, Dai Xian, the visitor to the rear guard army, suddenly said:
"Fight, watch while you fight."
Then Dai Xian added:
"You are different from Li Zheng. He didn't come to the battlefield. You are already here. Don't want to fight? Do you have any excuses?"
Li Tong's face was ugly, feeling that he was so sincerely disgusted by people like Li Zheng.
He also understood what Dai Xian meant and knew that he was thinking about himself. If he just watched and settled down in the end, he would definitely be more guilty than Li Zheng.
Both he and Dai Xian understood Yuan Shao's character.
So, with a sigh, Li Tong finally ordered:
"Let Chen Wu and Ding Feng attack the forests on both sides of the enemy's army respectively, leaving the middle dock wall untouched."
Soon, two armies with 5,000 soldiers each headed toward the northern and southern forests respectively, and the Lijiabi War broke out.