Hu Luguang arrived at the Heyang front line day and night, and immediately went south to attack the enemy camp with lightning speed, successfully defeating the enemy troops south of the Heqiao. Although the enemy troops were reinforced in time from the rear, they could not completely encircle and annihilate the enemy camp.
Army, but it can also be said to have brilliant results.
Especially when the results of the war were being counted after the war, the officers and soldiers of the Qi army were even more excited when they learned through interrogation of the Western Wei prisoners that the Western Wei general who was killed by Hu Luguang's arrow was actually Wang Xiong, a general.
In recent years, there have been rare wars between the two countries. Basically, the Northern Qi Dynasty mainly cleans out the Hulu in Mobei, while the Western Wei Dynasty blindly takes advantage of the Southern Liang. And counting further back, due to the evil rise of Li Boshan, the traitor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, in the Western Dynasty
, several generals fell into his hands.
After counting, in the more than ten years after the Battle of Mangshan, the Western Wei general Wang Xiong can be said to be the highest-level Western Wei general that the Northern Qi Dynasty killed on the battlefield.
Hu Luguang accomplished such a great feat just after he arrived at the Heyang battlefield, which can be said to have boosted the morale of the army and swept away the depression caused by the previous defeat of Gao Guiyan.
When the result of the battle was reported back to Heyang Beicheng, Zhu Hunyuan could not help but feel very happy, and Pingqin King Gao Guiyan, who was a little unhappy with Hu Luguang before, couldn't help but smile. After all, the direction of the next war was related to his life.
Safety and danger are closely related. As long as he can win a big victory and save his own life, even if Hu Luguang treats him with slight contempt, it is not unbearable.
Among the soldiers, the happiest one was naturally Hu Lujin, who was leading the army from the south. When he learned that his son had won this victory, Hu Lujin couldn't help but smile and said: "My son is so strong that I can take care of him. In previous years
No deeds have been fulfilled, but now I finally have little merit to boast about!"
Senior generals in the country have passed away one after another. Today, Hu Lujin is the only remaining Shenwu Yuancong. He is also the elder with the most seniority and the highest prestige among Jinyang nobles. When he heard Hu Lujin praise his son so much, he followed the army.
All the generals were also full of praise, which made Hulujin smile.
When his position reaches this level, he can be regarded as an extremely human minister, and there is no room for improvement. The only remaining wish is naturally to see his descendants become strong and have successors to his family's achievements.
Overjoyed, Hulujin also ordered the army to move faster in order to reach the Heluo battlefield as soon as possible, and use the remaining momentum of his son's victory to launch an attack on the enemy.
A few days later, most of the reinforcements from the Northern Qi Dynasty finally arrived in Heyang. At the same time, Gao Rui, Prince of Zhao County, who had just returned from supervising the construction of the Great Wall, also led 20,000 horses from Yecheng to Heyang. The total number of armies was 80,000.
The rest of the crowd, led by Hu Lujin, marched south along the river bridge in a mighty manner, heading straight towards the location of the Western Wei army.
At this time, the Western Wei Dynasty had already known the news of the reinforcements from the Northern Qi Dynasty coming south, and after the defeat of Da Xiwu and other troops, they had adjusted their military defenses to meet the enemy.
The Western Wei Dynasty still set up battle formations along the south side of Mang Mountain, with the great Situ Li Bi as the left wing commander commanding Chen Bing in Mang Ridge. Otsuka Prime Minister Yu Wentai led the Chinese army to form an array at the foot of Mang Mountain. The formation stretched directly to the outside of Jinyong City.
As the commander of the right wing, Zhao Gui not only took care of the battlefield, but also was responsible for besieging Jinyong City, which had not yet been conquered.
The Northern Qi Dynasty also led the central army with Hu Lüjin as its commander, and his son Hu Luguang also received orders in front of his tent. Gao Rui, king of Zhaojun, was the right army, and Pingyuan King Duan Shao was the left army.
On that day, the sky was cloudy and the wind was howling. Since the Northern Qi army had lost the upper hand, they had no choice but to line up against the wind. They were temporarily on the weak side on the battlefield and consolidated their formation, not rushing to launch an attack.
In the Western Wei Dynasty, the left army led by Li Bi took the lead in launching an offensive against the enemy. Their galloping horses rode the wind and their power increased by several points.
Although Gao Rui, Prince of Zhao County of the Northern Qi Dynasty, who was fighting here, had a good reputation in the country, he was still just a young man with no rich military experience. After being attacked by Li Bi, a veteran on the battlefield, and his troops, it was inevitable that he would
It was a bit awkward to deal with it, and the position was soon shaken by the impact of the elite cavalry of the Western Wei Dynasty.
The reason why Hu Lujin appointed Gao Rui as the commander-in-chief was because of Gao Rui's identity, but naturally he would not completely rely on the other party. Seeing that Gao Rui failed to respond to the battle, the army's formation was greatly shaken, so he quickly dispatched King Fufeng
However, Zhu Hunyuan led a group of troops to reinforce and stabilize the already wavering and shrinking formation.
At this time, drums were beating loudly among the Western Wei army. Following Yu Wentai's order, Li Yuan and other generals led their troops to charge towards the enemy formation on the opposite side. The entire battlefield was filled with the sound of killing.
In the Northern Qi army formation, Hu Lujin did not agree to the request of the cavalry generals to fight. Although the overall cavalry strength of the Northern Qi soldiers, especially the Jinyang soldiers, was much stronger than that of the Western Wei Dynasty, they were currently restricted by the climate and wind direction.
Many cavalry tactics are inconvenient to display, and even if they are forced to fight, it is difficult to achieve much results.
Therefore, Hulujin just ordered to consolidate the battle formation and first use infantry formation to face the enemy division. The soldiers held fast to the formation, just like the rocks on the seashore were attacked by wild wolves, resisting the impact of the enemy's cavalry again and again.
"Strike forward!"
On the battlefield, Yu Wentai saw that the enemy's formation was solid and motionless, so he immediately ordered the concession formation to attack. Under the guidance of their respective flag orders, the Chinese army's brigade pressed towards the opponent's formation.
At this moment, there was a strong wind on the battlefield, and the cavalry strength was no longer suitable to attack. At this moment, even the effectiveness of the bows and crossbows was greatly reduced. Seeing the enemy army approaching, Hu Lujin ordered the troops below to attack.
It shrinks inward, making the formation more dense, and attempts to include the enemy's formation into the outflank of its two groups of troops.
Soon the infantry of both sides were fighting together. On the battlefield, the spears were like trees swaying in the wind, and the swords were like the flickering scales in the rivers and lakes. The soldiers who were fighting to the death were like insignificant weeds in the wilderness, constantly fighting each other.
Hurt and harvest each other.
"There is no one in the East! Whoever charges into the battle will behead the thief general Hu Lüjin and be rewarded with the title of Duke and the title of Taiwei!"
Yu Wentai personally held his sword and supervised the battle. His eyes were fixed on the banner of the Qi army general Hu Lujin on the opposite side of the battlefield, and he shouted loudly about the extremely generous reward to encourage the soldiers.
After hearing this, the soldiers were extremely excited and rushed towards the enemy's central army, risking their lives. However, under the charge of these Western Wei soldiers, the Qi army suddenly showed its weakness.
The casualties of the soldiers in the array continued to increase, but the reinforcements from all sides could not arrive in time. Soon, gaps were opened one after another in the array, and the powerful soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty rushed to a few feet near the Hulujin Dahu.
within the distance.
"Hurry up and protect the king!"
Hu Luguang was wearing armor all over his body, and he was waving his horse spear vigorously to kill the enemy. There were already more than ten enemy corpses in front of him, but the enemies were still coming towards him one after another.
On the battlefield at this time, the fighting between the Chinese armies of both sides was the most intense. The right army where Prince Gao Rui of Zhao County was also was being fought endlessly by the enemy and had no time to pay attention. As the Chinese army's front line was frequently in emergency, troops had to be deployed from other aspects to stabilize the situation.
Maintain the formation. At this time, the only one on the battlefield who is most capable of providing reinforcements is the left army led by Duan Shao.
So when he saw that the enemy's offensive was getting closer and closer, Hu Lujin also ordered to beat the war drums, summoned Duan Shao's troops to come closer for reinforcements, and took advantage of the enemy's attraction to attack them.
flank.
However, despite the sound of drum orders, Duan Shao's troops did not move closer. As the Western Wei Dynasty's central army advanced, there was an obvious disconnect with its right wing, and its right wing troops had to besiege Jin Yong City.
It is difficult to flexibly adjust according to the entire battlefield situation at a time, and it appears to be very slow.
Hearing the drum orders coming from the direction of the Chinese army, Duan Shao did not respond. After quickly weighing the situation on the battlefield, he led his elite cavalry to charge towards the enemy's right wing.
Zhao Gui, the commander-in-chief of the right route army, was very happy when he saw the center route army rushing into the enemy formation with great momentum, killing the enemy army and retreating steadily. Because he did not receive the order to cooperate with the battle, he ordered the army to beat drums.
Cheer.
But soon Zhao Gui had no time to be a cheering spectator anymore. When he saw a fine enemy cavalry charging towards him, he hurriedly ordered a formation to respond to the enemy. Because his formation here was arranged along the long perimeter outside Jinyong City.
Therefore, the formation was slightly long, narrow and thin. When the enemy troops rushed in quickly, because the flanks were completely exposed to the front of the enemy's cavalry, they were quickly cut into two pieces.
After cutting off the enemy's formation in the middle, Duan Shao did not slow down. As soon as his horse turned, he led his troops to charge towards the enemy's camp. The formation was quickly disrupted by the impact. Some soldiers tried to avoid the enemy's cavalry.
They rushed to kill him, and even climbed directly into the long circle in panic.
At the same time, Dugu Yongye, who was still stubbornly resisting in Jinyong City, also saw the fighting on the battlefield on the top of the city. When he ordered to summon the soldiers who were still fighting in the city, he led more than a thousand soldiers to rush out of the city.
After climbing over the long siege, they headed towards the enemy formation and attacked them.
Under the impact of the two parties, Zhao Gui's position became even more chaotic. Seeing that the enemy cavalry had rushed forward, he did not dare to hold on any longer and hurriedly ordered his close followers to evacuate behind him.
Due to the withdrawal of Zhao Gui's troops on the battlefield, a huge gap suddenly appeared in the Western Wei army's formation, especially the adjacent Yuwentai's rear formation was completely exposed to the fine cavalry of Duan Shao's troops. Duan Shao naturally responded to this.
He was not polite, and after mopping up the defeated soldiers nearby, Dangjie led his troops to rush towards the enemy formation.
"My lord, great uncle has escaped again!"
On the battlefield, Yuwentai was still personally commanding the army to attack, intending to surround and kill the enemy general Hulujin. Suddenly he heard the report from his own soldiers. When he turned his head and looked to the side of the battlefield, he realized that the rear formation had been occupied by the enemy.
The rush and killing became a chaotic mess.
"No, don't panic, kill first, kill the thieves first, then you can win..."
Yu Wentai pointed to Hu Lujin in front of him, who was supported by his troops on his horse and retreated in panic. He still ordered in his mouth. However, before he could finish his words, he felt pain in his head as if it was exploding. His vision suddenly fell into darkness, and he leaned back.