Chapter 782 Massacre
Chunyu Qiong simply couldn't believe her eyes.
When he saw Guo Dan's head hanging on a spear from a distance, he wondered if he was dreaming.
Isn't it my advantage? Aren't you chasing death and chasing north? But what is going on in this scene now? Guo Dan, who led the charge with two thousand cavalry, had his head hanged in his own formation? Isn't this a joke?
But at this moment, as the Taishan Army crossed into the Yuan Army's charge formation, and because the general died inexplicably in battle, this elite Yuan's assault cavalry was faintly collapsing.
In fact, Yuan's sudden cavalry encountered difficulties.
When they chose to rush into the infantry formation of the Taishan Army, although they easily defeated an enemy army, they fell into a trap set by the enemy general and lost a quarter of their troops in one fell swoop. The original impact has been destroyed.
Under this circumstance, the Yuan's assault cavalry generals on the front line had differences.
Some people believe that the enemy's crossbows have already fired one round, and they need to continue charging to avenge the robes.
Some people think that they should avoid their sharp edges. Even if the enemy does not have crossbows, they still have crossbows. Looking at the military formation standing like mountains and forests, they have no confidence that they can break through.
But the rest of them thought that they should follow the friendly forces just now and continue to pursue the Taishan Army's assault cavalry, because that kind of power is the greatest harm to this battlefield.
Originally, if Guo Dan was here, it would be easy for him to unify his thoughts, and then he could fight, avoid, or retreat.
But unfortunately, Guo Dan died unexpectedly, and these people were leaderless, so they arranged military orders according to their own ideas.
Some cavalry regiments played the horns and charged towards Zhao Jian's troops of Tiance Army; some cavalry regiments tried to avoid it and wandered around the periphery; some cavalry regiments followed Guo Tao's tribe to hunt down the Taishan Cavalry.
None of these strategies were wrong, but once the troops were divided and implemented, it turned out to be a big mistake. Because after the division of troops, neither side has enough troops to complete the set tactical objectives.
The Yuan family's assault cavalry that attacked the left wing of Tiance's army didn't even get close to their formation before they were defeated by another round of crossbows. They underestimated the reloading speed of the Taishan Army and miscalculated their firing rhythm.
In the round just now, only half of the crossbows were firing, and the rest were just triggered but not fired.
So, under the second round of crossbow spears, the Yuan family's assault cavalry with only two to three hundred riders came to an end. The remaining people were frightened and collapsed randomly on the periphery of the battlefield.
Those who chose to follow Guo Tao's cavalry also had a head-on collision with the Taishan Army's cavalry on the periphery of the battlefield.
After learning that Han Dang, who was in the vanguard, had already killed the enemy general, Tian Jun decided not to sneak around with those Yuan Jun bastards behind him.
Therefore, as the trumpeters approaching Tian Jun continued to blow their trumpets, the Taishan Army's assault cavalry of about four to five hundred riders began to choose to slow down. In the process, some came to support from Li Fu and Yan Gang. The sudden riders also rushed over one after another.
They changed direction, then raised their horses, and under the guidance of Tian Jun's banner, they countercharged towards Yuan Jun on the opposite side.
The result was no surprise, and Yuan Jun was defeated.
During the successive divisions of troops, Guo Tao's cavalry army was originally small in number, and because it saw its main general being killed, its morale plummeted.
Therefore, in a fierce and crowded thrust, more and more Yuan Jun's sudden riders were stabbed to the ground, including Guo Tao.
When his head was held high above his head by a young Mount Tai cavalry general, the eyes on the withered head were hollow and desperate, with a trace of doubt.
Before he died, he suddenly became curious, why did his friend Han Rang say such things? Why can't we withdraw to the south bank?
But he never knew the answer to the question.
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For the Taishan Army, the subsequent battle situation on the Western Front can be described as overwhelming, and any attack will be defeated.
After defeating Yuan's assault cavalry on Handang's side, Yan Gang and Li Fu's troops had already penetrated into the military formation. After a series of hard battles, they successfully defeated the two armies.
So far, of the four left-wing regiments that Yuan Shao had attacked with his left hook, only Chunyu Qiong's own army remained.
The battlefield was full of broken soldiers.
The Taishan Army's assault cavalry, who were about to make persistent efforts, were also delayed in their attack by these defeated troops. A large number of Yuan Jun's fleeing officials either abandoned their weapons and ran, or three or five carried their own chiefs and passed through the gaps between the horses of the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry.
Some clever Yuan Jun soldiers who broke up did not run west or east back to the formation, but kept running north. The dense forest there was the only thing that could protect their lives on this battlefield.
And those who can have such battlefield awareness are all veterans.
Three of Chunyu Qiong's four regiments belonged to the Central Guard Army. These soldiers all wore khaki military uniforms. From a distance, they looked almost the same as the military uniforms of the Taishan Army.
This is also the main reason why these defeated soldiers of the Yuan Army were able to pass smoothly between the sudden cavalry of the Taishan Army.
Even Yu Jin, who had been observing the formation, was surprised at the beginning that there was another infantry regiment on the other side of the dense forest, and even asked a general to investigate.
The final result was that this general, with only five white-armored cavalry, captured three to four thousand defeated troops in the forest.
When Yu Jin learned the news, he laughed and then looked at the battlefield again.
At this time, the Taishan Army could no longer be described by the word "charge", because as more than 3,000 assault cavalry dispersed one after another, they were everywhere, and they could capture a group of them in groups.
Those Yuan troops no longer had any fighting spirit.
In order to set up camp and transport troops, Yuan Jun used a small road here to reinforce a corridor.
This corridor can quickly break through the ridge of the slope. The entire road is only about two or three miles long, but the slope is very steep, and there are ridges of earth that are about waist deep on both sides.
Previously, supplies and personnel on the rear slope were quickly transported to the left wing through this corridor to support the four legions here.
At this moment, this corridor became the survival path for these Yuan's defeated troops. They could quickly retreat to the back slope to rest through this corridor instead of running to Chunyu Qiong's main formation for shelter.
At first, the Taishan Army's assault cavalry did not discover this corridor due to height issues. Their goals are very clear.
When encountering those who dare to resist, they will be killed on the spot; those who lie on the ground will be thrown into a bundle of hemp ropes to tie themselves up; and those who still want to fight for their lives, the Taishan Army's assault cavalry will not kill them, but will drive them to attack. Chunyu Qiong's main formation not far away.
These are the methods these people are accustomed to using, to consume and attack the enemy's strong positions by breaking up the army.
But soon these Taishan Army assault cavalry discovered something was wrong. After being driven away, more and more defeated troops did not instinctively choose to flee to Chunyu Qiong, but ran to the southwest.
And while I was running, people suddenly disappeared. It was really weird, and I changed into a living person!
So, a group of sudden riders rushed over, and then saw a wide corridor with densely packed soldiers crawling forward. What else is there to say? This team of assault cavalry jumped down the corridor, and then waved their swords behind the crowd, slashing and shouting:
"Low down and don't kill, fall down and don't kill."
The screams from behind suddenly ignited the fear in the corridor. These broken soldiers were no longer in order, and they started to climb up by stepping on the people in front, but they stepped on the people in front, and they immediately stepped on them from behind. , as if there were dominoes happening in the corridor, falling forward one after another.
A stampede that was more terrifying than a massacre took place in this corridor.
Even the initiators, the Taishan Army's assault riders, stood in a daze, watching the crowd in front turn into beasts and lose their minds in fear.
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On the battlefield on the Western Front, everything was filled with smoke, dust and wailing. Chunyu Qiong, who was in the formation, had empty eyes.
Previously, as the commander of the Western Front, he did not follow the army in the vanguard, but served as the connection between the central line and the Western Front, coordinating the battlefields on both sides.
Chunyu Qiong actually did this. Yuan Shao of the Chinese Army asked him to mobilize a legion to help defend the center as a backup. He didn't think there was any problem with this. After all, on the western front, their advantage was too great. .
But who knew that it was precisely because of the dispatch of this legion that the current situation would be caused? At this moment, his intestines were filled with regret.
At this moment, he heard the tragic wails coming from the corridor to the west, and knew that the troop transport line where the defeated troops retreated to the back slope had also been discovered.
He wanted to help, but at the moment he couldn't protect himself, so how could he be merciful?
Chunyu Qiong burst into tears when she thought that it was probably her Yingchuan Erlang who was there.
But war never believes in tears.
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At the junction of the center and the west front, a new charge horn sounded again.
After defeating Liu Xun, Gao Gan, Feng Ji, and Guo Dan's armies, some of the assembled Taishan troops, led by Tian Jun, Han Dang, Li Fu, and Yan Gang, attacked Yuan Shu and Ji Ling's original forces. The formation launched an attack.
Compared with Chunyu Qiong's troops who were strict and orderly, Ji Ling's troops who had already joined the troops were undoubtedly too scattered.
The Taishan Army's assault cavalry, whose armor was in pieces and whose rings were cut open with swords, roared into Ji Ling's flank.
The Nanyang soldiers, who had been immersed in taking turns with the friendly forces in front of them to resist the line, looked up and saw this group of cavalry rushing over.
The scene after that became more and more blurry. All I could see was that there was killing everywhere. A large number of Nanyang soldiers were sitting and resting behind the lines. They had all just come down from the front line. They didn't even have time to take off their clothes and armor before they were hacked to death in the formation. back.
The battlefield littered with corpses hindered the mass charge of the Taishan Army's assault cavalry. They also moved around like scattered sheep.
And this also increased the casualties of the Taishan Army knights.
When the Taishan Army began to wreak havoc on the position, Ji Ling, as the commander-in-chief, no longer cared about how these enemy cavalry crossed the Western Front. While the front line was still fiercely fighting, the only remaining troops in his hand were under the banner. Five hundred sharp soldiers died.
Therefore, Ji Ling asked the general to escort Yuan Shu to the central army Yuan Shao first, and then brought the 500 sharp soldiers to support him.
Ji Ling was Yuan Shu's most trusted general and the bravest warrior in the entire army. When he was still 200 steps away from a sudden knight, Ji Ling bent his bow and shot an arrow while running, hitting the man in the throat.
After that, Ji Ling kept walking, and the arrows in his hands kept firing, causing countless horses to fall.
There are two warriors on the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry. They are from the savage tribe further north than Sushen. They are called "Saulon Giants" because of their size.
Sauron is not the tribal name of these people, but the name given to them by the Sushen people, which means people in the forest. Later, the Taishan Army decided to conquer the north and recruited tribes, so these tribeless wild people were unified as "Sauron". "Sauron".
These two warriors were both giant men nine feet tall, riding war horses with their legs almost hanging to the ground.
Seeing the enemy general shooting his own troops so wantonly, the two warriors jumped off their horses. One pulled out his tomahawk from behind the horse's side, and the other used the mace in his hand. Then, he rushed towards Ji Ling with long strides.
Ji Ling shot an arrow, and the Sauron warrior at the front turned his head to avoid it, then swung the ax and threw it away. Then, without looking at the result, he hugged Ji Ling directly.
In the eyes of this Sauron warrior, he is a warrior who can hug and throw a grizzly bear. The "weak" Yuan General opposite him simply blocks his hug.
But when he was still halfway, an arrow hit his neck directly. Then he looked over in confusion, and it was a person behind General Yuan Jun.
As a result, the Sauron warrior fell to the ground with great unwillingness.
Another Sauron warrior narrowed his eyes. Seeing the lack of martial ethics on the other side, he kicked up dust first, then shrank and rolled to the side, and finally ran to a friendly team without looking back. side.
The soldiers behind Ji Ling wanted to catch up, but were stopped by Ji Ling.
At this moment, the jaws of his hands were torn and bleeding. The ax thrown by the Sauron warrior opposite him was too sudden. After all, who would have thought that the warrior would throw the only weapon in his hand?
So in a hurry, Ji Ling could only use his iron spear to block it. But just to block this blow, not only his iron spear was bent, but also the tiger's mouth of his hands were torn apart.
At this moment, Ji Ling was shocked by the fearlessness and unparalleled bravery of the Taishan Army warriors on the opposite side. What kind of team is this?
For some reason, Ji Ling, who was still determined to turn the tide, suddenly became discouraged. He did not lead the guards to continue the pursuit, but used this place as a position to gather the defeated soldiers nearby.
Perhaps in Ji Ling's heart, this decisive battle was going to be lost after all.
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Since the beginning of the war, Zhang Chong has been living on the Chao chariot, overlooking the front line that stretches more than ten miles from east to west.
At this time, the right-wing coach Yu Jin had not yet conveyed the good news here, but Zhang Chong had already vaguely noticed it.
From his side, the Western Front was a vague black shadow. Before the war started, he could still distinguish the enemy from our side, but by now, the two sides had already engaged in battle, and the two sides were intertwined, completely blending into a black mass.
But Zhang Chong still saw the changes in the battle situation.
That is, this black mass is advancing towards the south, and in the process of advancing, the black mass at the edge suddenly disperses. At this time, Zhang Chong still doesn't know that the Western Front has achieved great results.
Even if you were in a calm mood like him, you couldn't help but say to Xun You and others:
"Wen Ze, knowing shame and then being brave, is indeed a famous general in ancient times!..."
Just as Zhang Chong was about to say something, suddenly there was a huge change in the battlefield on the eastern front, which made King Zhang suspicious.