Chapter 221: The Great Victory
Just when Yuan Jun's powerful crossbowmen were puzzled, they shot the last arrow in their hand. When they were about to stumble, the soldiers of He Jun's left and right wings flipped the small shield on their right arm, raised the strong bow on their left hand high, took the arrow with their right hand, pulled the bow, and shot the arrow in one go. In one breath, they shot as many as five arrows at Yuan Jun at the angle of forty-five degrees. They bent down again to pick up the small shield, took a breath, and waited for Yuan Jun's powerful crossbow to attack.
Yuan Jun's powerful crossbowman pulled the powerful crossbow and put the crossbow arrow on it. Just as he was about to lift the crossbow, the sky darkened again. When he looked up, he saw that tens of thousands of sharp arrows fell down like a storm, and the powerful crossbow in his hand fell to the ground.
Cui Juye couldn't help but stare at him and shouted in a sad voice: "Blade and Shield Hand, hurry up and guard the powerful crossbowman..."
Cui Juye suddenly realized that the sword and shield hand had been sent to encircle the enemy with the spear and halberd. Even though the sword and shield hand was still in the formation, it was difficult for them to protect the strong crossbowmen in the front line. Cui Juye never expected that the enemy would be so sly. It was obviously a powerful crossbow battle, so why did he intersperse the bow and arrow?
It should be noted that the angle of the strong crossbow is not large, it is a direct shooting weapon. It is enough to have a high man in front of the guard. If it is high, it will only shoot into the sky. However, the bow and arrow are different. It is a projectile weapon, which can cause a destructive blow to the strong crossbowman behind the big crossbow.
Sure enough, tens of thousands of arrows fell, and nearly half of the powerful crossbowmen with four thousand dense wings were injured and killed again. The soldiers of the Yuan army were afraid. Even Jiang Qi and Han Juzi didn't want to fight like this, but they were still powerless and fought. They abandoned the crossbows and fled back. But they didn't escape for more than ten steps, and suddenly stopped them and looked at the scene behind the formation in a daze.
This terrifying scene, Cui Juye, who was about to order the command of the team to come forward to kill the fugitives, was also frightened. He turned his head and looked back with a maneuver and numbness. He saw that three thousand enemy cavalry suddenly appeared silently hundreds of steps behind the army.
It was only seen that they all rode a tall and strong horse with a shoulder height of seven feet, wearing exquisite black iron armor, which was very similar to Dong Zhuo Xiliang's cavalry that had raided in Hanoi. At this time, they were holding their guns and staring at the army with a fierce look, and they had already started jogging and preparing to attack.
Thinking of the 20,000 troops of the prefect of Hanoi, Wang Kuang, were attacked by the Western Liang Iron Cavalry. In less than two hours, the entire Wen County was wiped out, and the bloodline spread for dozens of miles. Now the army has scattered all over the enemy and will never form a formation. A thought can't help but surge in my heart, "It's over..."
Wang Fang led five hundred elite cavalry to the forefront, wearing a new type of iron plate armor weighing 60 kilograms, and also had a vest weighing 80 kilograms of war horses to protect him; plus a long spear, a horizontal knife and six short spears, it can be said that his whole body had been armed with iron to his teeth.
Although the five rows of elite cavalry after that were not changed, they also had the iron armor protection obtained from the Luoyang Armory in the past. Even if such equipment was rushing to a large formation of tens of thousands of people, Wang Fang was confident to break it. At this time, the military formation of more than 10,000 people was not in a formation, which was extremely easy. He suddenly showed an excited and blood-devouring gaze on his face and rushed towards Yuan Jun.
Cui Juye's eyes showed despair and screamed in a shrill voice: "Qingqi, Qingqi, block them. The powerful crossbowman, quickly pick up the powerful crossbow, otherwise we will all die."
However, a large number of new soldiers in Yuan's army showed their shortcomings at this time. In front of them, there were enemy's strong crossbows and hard bows shooting wildly, and behind them, there were a large number of enemy cavalry attacking. In addition, the bloody battlefield, the shrill screams that could be heard everywhere suddenly scattered. They fled to all directions, just to see who is more powerful and can escape from heaven.
"It's over, it's over, it's really all over..." Cui Juye looked at the battlefield that could not be commanded at all.
The family general Cui Tong bowed and said, "Master, the troops of Zhao Rui from the rear army have not dispersed. Let them stop the enemy. Let us escape. The enemy is treacherous and powerful. Even if General Yuan finds out, he will not punish him too much."
Feng Ji and Guo Tu looked at each other. He was not the main general in this battle, so he didn't have much responsibility, so it was more important to escape. He hurriedly advised him: "Yes, Deputy General Cui, this battle has been defeated, so it is more important to escape. With your friendship with your lord, there will definitely be no serious consequences."
Cui Juye was filled with grief and anger at this moment, but he had no choice but to shout: "Retreat..."
Zhao Rui felt despair in his heart. Three thousand iron cavalry, with less than two thousand remaining soldiers, even if Han Xin was reborn, he would be helpless. Seeing that the enemy cavalry had a hundred steps, "Escape, escape, Deputy General Cui and others escaped."
Zhao Rui turned his head violently, and saw Cui Juye's central army of 1,000 light cavalry, who was indeed fleeing towards the West. Zhao Rui couldn't help but be confused. Cui Juye had a horse to escape, so what if he had no horse? Just when there was no way out, a general immediately shouted in panic: "Head of the family, life and death are right in front of him, have you surrendered?"
Zhao Rui was shocked, yes, He Jun was kind and could save the wounded soldiers of his troops. After surrendering, he would not be too embarrassed. Why not surrender early! But what should the people of Zhao do? Will the lord not slaughter them? Forget it, life and death are fate, wealth and honor are in heaven, and I can't do it either.
Seeing the enemy cavalry approaching, Zhao Rui shouted loudly: "Surrender, surrender, our troops surrender."
"Surrender, surrender..." Zhao Rui's soldiers abandoned their weapons and shouted loudly to the oncoming Xiliang Iron Cavalry. I hope they could hear the shouts of the army and stop rushing to the army's array.
The enemy cavalry twenty steps away were slightly stunned, then whistled, and indeed they scattered from left to right, and all bypassed Zhao Rui's troops and chased the deserters on the left and right. The three thousand Western Liang cavalry followed closely one, and all turned twenty steps away. Even if there were those who could not reach the limit, they would not exceed ten steps, showing their army's superb riding skills.
Wang Fang said lightly. If it were the past, even if the enemy surrendered, he would have been trampled by the cavalry. The favorite of the prince He Zhijun was to kill the surrendered soldiers. This new lord, He Zhijun, was too kind and treated as a result. He was kind and almost foolish.
However, it is precisely because of such kindness that he did not treat him harshly, killing surrendered generals and soldiers, and still letting himself wait for his surrender to continue to lead his old subordinates, and promised to return to Xiliang in three years. Such a kind lord is rare in ancient and modern times.
Although he was proud and happy to fight with the Prime Minister Dong, he was free to kill, plunder and let his heart be, and regarded the world as nothing. But following He Zhijun was also comfortable and happy, carefree, and he didn't have to worry about his affairs after his death. He just focused on fighting.
Is it free and unrestrained, but it is better to worry all the time? Or is it better to be carefree and restrained? Wang Fang didn't know which one is better or which is worse for a while. It was just a vague way of employing people Dong Zhuo abandoned or killed by the useless people under his command, which made Wang Fang a little afraid. And the comfortable life in Qingzhou is better than Xiliang, which is in danger. Or staying in Qingzhou is not a bad thing.
The yellow sand brought by the turning of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry rushed towards Zhao Rui's troops, but welcoming yellow dust and not crazily killing. The soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and were very grateful. However, after the yellow sand passed, they heard the sound of crying from the direction of the central army. The soldiers suddenly realized that the commander of the troops, Zhao Ziwei, had disappeared, but had committed suicide.
Jiang Qi and Han Juzi's crossbowmen were dispersed, so they had to escape back to the sword, shield, spear, and halberd, and wanted to lead the troops and fight and retreat. However, the Qingzhou soldiers first attacked with a burst of crossbow arrows, then the iron cavalry threw a spear and attacked with a burst of spear, and finally a burst of iron cavalry trampled on the formation. Thousands of sword, shield, spear, and halberd, and suddenly dispersed and no longer formed an army. Seeing the surrounding Qingzhou soldiers, they had to surrender one after another.
Jiang Qi and Han Juzi wanted to die alone, but they were captured by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were eager to make contributions. Lu Weihuang ordered the Dalian general to be surrounded by the army and wanted to lead two thousand powerful crossbowmen to resist stubbornly. However, his army had no intention of fighting. After several powerful crossbows of Chengqi and Lu Ping's troops attacked, they immediately launched a riot and captured Lu Weihuang.
Cui Juye, Feng Ji, and Guo Tu were like dogs who were stranded. They led a thousand light cavalry to flee. After that, there were a thousand martial blood cavalry of Yu Hua who chased after him. Three horses transferred to the martial blood cavalry, and they just chased with all their strength. Yuan's army had only one horse to escape, and its speed was getting slower and slower. Along the way, Yuan's army had many dead, and there were many surrenders due to exhaustion of horsepower.
In the end, only more than 200 cavalry were left five miles south of Yimu City and surrounded by martial blooded cavalry. Cui Juye, Feng Ji, and Guo Tu couldn't help but feel panic. Could it be that the army was wiped out here? Suddenly, with a cannon, countless flags rose on the dirt slopes on both sides, and the river channel. Kuo Yi and Mu Yuanjin each led thousands of Yuan troops to fight from the left and right. Yu Hua was stunned, afraid that Yuan's army would have other means, so he had to lead his troops to retreat south.
Mu Yuanjin looked at the miserable Cui Juye and others and were stunned, but Qu Yi was covered in darkness. In order to prove that if Yuan Juntan had no control, he would have been defeated, he allowed Cui Juye to lead his troops to fight.
Although I had expected Cui Juye to lose, I didn't want to lose so badly. I wanted to ambush He Jun, who was pursuing him here, and help Yuan Jun turn the defeat into victory, but the ambush was completely useless.
Que Yi ordered Mu Yuanjin to lead the light cavalry back to pick up the defeated soldiers. After traveling ten miles, there were not many defeated soldiers fleeing back. Mu Yuanjin had to return and report. Que Yi waited until late at night, but only more than a thousand people fled back to Yimu. At this time, there were less than ten thousand Yuan troops in Yimu City.
Even though Que Yi had such a great defeat, he could not do anything about a cook without rice. He had to abandon Yimu overnight, retreat to Dongwu City, and sent an envoy Gan Ling to report to Yuan Shao about the battle of Yimu.
In this service, He's army beheaded a total of 4,751 levels, captured 8,546 Yuan's army alive, and 6,163 injured. Three officers were captured, including Jiang Qi, Han Juzi, and Lu Weihuang, and hundreds of officers above the generals. The captain Zhao Rui committed suicide after surrendering. In addition to 1,500 Yuan's army fled, they were wiped out.
Another 5,438 powerful crossbows, 567 horses, 30 iron armor, 1,700 armor, more than 18,000 pairs of leather armor, and thousands of swords, bows, spears, halberds, shields and shields were seized. In addition to the powerful crossbows, the horse He Bai was also attracted by it. Even the auxiliary weapons were unwilling to use, so he could only leave them to the baggage soldiers for use.
As for the casualties of the army, the total number of deaths was less than 200, and more than 600 were injured. The casualties rate was less than 10%. If the death rate was only counted, it was even more slight, so don't worry about it.
He Bai praised the merits that night, Cheng Qi and Lu Ping's two divisions as the first ones, Cheng Yu and Wang Fang's troops were the second ones, 3,000 baggage troops were the third ones, the auxiliary troops were the fourth ones, and Yu Hua's blood cavalry was the fifth ones. That night, the entire army celebrated the merits at a banquet in the camp, but did not drink alcohol.
Chapter completed!