Chapter 5 Returning (Part 2) In an instant, the momentum of more than 300,000 troops was actually suppressed by 60,000 rebels. Why were they fighting? I am afraid that eight of the ten soldiers did not know and they had no time to think about it.
, as common people in the Sui Dynasty, it was a lucky thing to have men in the family who were assigned to the rank of soldiers, because it meant that they could enjoy exemption from various kinds of service regardless of whether they went to war or not. Although during the war, their
Clothes, light weapons (bows and arrows, horizontal knives) and food on the way to the previous battle must be prepared by oneself, which is a heavy burden. But after all, wars do not happen every year, and everyone gathers in prefectures and counties for training for a period of time every year.
They will also more or less learn some killing and self-protection skills on the battlefield. Those who are unfortunate enough not to be incorporated into the government soldiers not only have to pay food and serve in the army, but also have to be temporarily recruited to serve as a civilian transporter in the event of a large-scale war.
If the scale of the war is extraordinary, it will even be the same as the previous two battles of Liaodong. Without any training, everyone will be issued a knife and will be incorporated into the formal battle sequence.
Everyone usually follows their generals and fights with different enemies in a hazy manner. If they are lucky enough to perform meritorious service and receive a reward, they can use the reward money to buy a few acres of land for their families or make new clothes for their wives and children. If unfortunately they die in battle, there will be no problem.
The solution is better than dying of starvation, dying of exhaustion, and casually adding corpses to ditches during the expedition. At least everyone can leave some traces on the military's death list, meet better local officials, and their families can still survive.
get some pension
However, today, the 60,000 rebels clearly told the soldiers why the other side was fighting: "die in Henan and not go to Liaodong!" This request was very humble, so humble that no one could bear to hear it, but the soldiers listened.
The soldiers hesitated and retreated with trembling hearts. Having experienced the tragic Liaodong War, they understood the dangers of Liaodong better than the rebels, and they also understood what it was like to leave their homeland.
The morale of the officers and soldiers plummeted, "Only pursue the mastermind, never ask for help!" These eight words, no matter how arrogant they were, some even closed their mouths in shame.
"Beat the drum, beat the drum!" Yu Wenshu realized that he was frustrated, and loudly ordered hundreds of drums to be beaten simultaneously in the military formation, trying to drown out the enemy's shouts. The enemy's humble hope for safe survival was
Appeals, but time and time again, sunlight penetrates through the drums, illuminating everyone's eyes.
"Die in Henan, don't go to Liaodong!"
"Die in Henan, don't go to Liaodong!" Accompanied by desolate and solemn shouts, the rebels began to move forward regardless of the front and rear groups. A total of 60,000 soldiers and horses, like a mountain, pressed against the number of officers and soldiers several times their size.
Neat and determined
"They are simply sending themselves to death by doing this!" Yu Wenshiji heard the generals behind him discussing this time. He did not agree with everyone's opinions and moved forward in no order, without first suppressing the shooting of the archers. The giant shield in front of the team
There is a serious shortage of heavy infantry and heavy armor. According to common sense, the rebels are indeed seeking death. But the behavior that seems to be seeking death in front of them is filled with a kind of heroic spirit that regards death as home. This kind of heroic spirit made the officers and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty feel proud.
Without raising his head, the arms holding the bow are shaking.
A person who can train tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in such a uniform manner within a few months is definitely not a reckless man. Yuwenshiji felt cold in his heart, but there was a vague fear in his heart. This was not a good sign.
, even when he was deeply trapped in Liaodong last year and followed his brothers to fight thousands of miles away, he had never felt this way before. He subconsciously raised his head to look at Li Xu, the backbone of the Xiongwu Camp. Yu Wenshiji found that the expression on his face was as gloomy as his own.
With some admiration, he knew that his judgment was correct. Asahi was lacking in intrigues in the officialdom, but his ability to predict and grasp the battle situation far exceeded that of many veterans on the battlefield. Even his expression changed at this time, indicating that before him
This battle is indeed dangerous.
"Brother Shiji, do you know that person?" Li Xu pointed with the tip of his knife more than 170 steps away, and asked in a low voice who he was referring to, the enemy general. After a moment, the rebel array had moved forward.
After nearly a hundred steps, the white-bearded old general galvanized his horses and walked in the first row of the square formation.
"I think I've seen it before, but it's too far away to confirm!" Yuwen Shiji sucked his gums and replied. Last night, his father's intention to take credit from others was so obvious that Xuzi actually called him and his brother Yu Wenshiji felt very surprised, and
He is very hesitant when he interacts with people. Everyone usually calls him Lord Governor. Those who are more familiar with him call him by his cousin and call him Brother Renren. This nondescript name is "Brother Shiji."
No one dares to call you a rough foreigner
Yuwen Shiji was very nostalgic for the feeling expressed in the three words "Brother Shiji" because he didn't know how long this warm feeling could be preserved. This warmth stirred in his chest, and even the enemy soldiers radiated it.
His murderous aura seemed to have been diluted a lot. He hit the awning with his hands and looked into the distance again. As the distance between the rebels and our own army got closer and closer, he finally identified the identity of General Whitebeard.
"Xu Zi, this person is Li Zixiong, the former Youwei General Li Zixiong!" Yu Wenshiji heard his voice and his tone changed nervously. Li Zixiong is a battlefield veteran with the same name as his father. Because his last name is too bad, he was expelled by the current emperor.
Out of the army, this man angrily defected to Yang Xuangan. Among the rebels, he was the only general who had actual combat experience before the rebellion.
"Li Zixiong, is he famous?" Li Xu's next question almost made Yu Wenshiji breathless. He finally understood why Xu Zi only showed respect for the enemy on his face, instead of being as nervous as himself.
The reason is that this stupid guy who knows nothing about officialdom has no idea what kind of person Li Zixiong is. No matter how famous the other party is, he sounds like an ordinary member of the rebels, no different from Li Mi and others.
Yu Wenshiji did not have time to educate Xu Zi about the Sui military sects and factions. During the time he was talking to Li Xu, the enemy army had gradually stepped into the effective range of the infantry bow. With the shrill sound of the horn, the sky
It began to darken again, tens of thousands of feather arrows rose into the air, and then fell with a roar. Most of them missed the target, and a few penetrated the thin cloth armor of the rebels, nailing the unfortunate ones to the ground.
The rebel formation instantly became a little uneven, but soon returned to order. The elites walking in the front row raised their shields to block themselves and the robes behind them. The recruits walking in the back row stepped on the bodies of the dead and filled up the formation.
At the end of the vacant team, thousands of archers stopped and drew their bows and arrows in place to meet those of the officers and soldiers in mid-air. Some of them collided, and the other part hit the ground and smashed into the formation of the officers and soldiers.
"Woo--Woo--Woo!" The sound of the horn is like the hissing of a wounded beast, making people's hair stand on end. Both sides are blowing horns of attack, one sound is more horrifying than the other, and each sound is more unruly than Yu Wen.
Shiji saw a small phalanx in front of his father breaking away from the main group and heading toward the enemy. At the front were three rows of infantrymen wearing heavy armor, holding huge shields, and with broad-bladed swords. The fourth to tenth rows were all long-formed soldiers.
Hands
The sky was full of flying long arrows, with hissing sounds like poisonous snakes spitting messages, falling from the sky, taking away lives. People on both sides of the enemy and ourselves continued to fall while marching, but the frequency of the soldiers' footsteps did not stop at all, and they poured out blood and blood.
Death served as a link, and the distance between the rebels and the government's vanguard slowly narrowed, slowly shortening to less than thirty steps. In order to avoid accidentally injuring one's own soldiers and horses, the arrow rain had to stop, and then, there was another burst of arrows.
With the fierce sound of war drums, soldiers from both sides shouted loudly and accelerated forward.
The soldiers on both sides were about to come into contact. Yu Wenshiji had a premonition that he was about to hear the roar when the two teams collided. He instinctively opened his mouth, preparing for the harsh impact. The expected impact did not sound as expected.
Come and look up, he was surprised to find that the enemy's formation suddenly changed. The huge phalanx was divided into two, and a small part continued to move forward. Most of the forwards who had entangled the officers and soldiers rushed diagonally to the left, following
Behind Li Zixiong's war horse, he charged directly at the right wing of the army.
"They are indeed crazy!" Although he sympathized with the rebels, Yu Wenshiji still had to look up to the sky and sigh that General Li Zixiong's ability to control the rebels was admirable. No one except him could make a group of people seriously trained
The inadequate civilian husband changed his formation and attack target at the moment when the two armies were about to come into contact, but he chose the wrong main attack direction. The left wing of the official army was the navy coming to protect General Er and the local troops commanded by General Chen Leng.
Although the number of infantry bows in this team is large, and although the arrows fired are denser than those on the right wing, due to the needs of normal combat purposes, there are not many long weapons and heavy armor. If Li Zixiong leads the powerful rebels to successfully break through.
Rushing through the Feather Arrow interception, approaching the left wing of the official army and defeating Lai Hu'er and Chen Leng's subordinates, chasing the weak and the strong, he still has hope of winning today's battle.
But this person chose the right wing of the official army as the breakthrough point. There were two soldiers commanded by You Royal Guard General Zhang Jin and You Wuhou General Zhao Xiaocai. Regardless of the number of weapons, the proportion of heavy armor and infantry, and the completeness of the military appearance,
They are far stronger than the navy and local troops.
Yu Wenshiji glanced at Xuzi and found that the latter was looking at the center of the battlefield, his expression still solemn at the direction he was staring at. The forwards of the official army and the rebels who were blocking had officially come into contact. Jintiejiao
The sound of drums instantly replaced the sound of drums and became the main theme on the battlefield. Thousands of people fell down at the first contact, and more stepped on the corpses of their companions to fight. The shield bearers on both sides used their giant shields to support them.
Holding the opponent's shield, they pushed each other, and from time to time a knife came out from behind the shield, cutting off an arm with a long spear and a bamboo stick. The wooden stake was pulled out from the corpse, spitting out its red tongue like a poisonous snake, and then cutting out the gap in the shield.
Some people were stabbed by spears while others were killed on the spot, but they were half-dead, holding their stomachs in vain, rolling and moaning in a pool of blood.
Several long-handled, thick-backed machetes poked out from the ranks of the officers and soldiers, breaking through the interception of the bamboo spears, splitting the spears and their owners in half. Their weapons were so advantageous that they cut everything they encountered in two pieces. The enemy
There was almost nothing in the army to scratch its edge. Soon, the sword formation penetrated deep into the center of the rebel army, leaving behind a passage composed of severed limbs. A large number of officers and soldiers poured in along the gap, trying to divide the rebel formation.
At this moment, several rebel soldiers wearing cloth armor suddenly stood up from a pool of blood and hugged the enemy's legs with both hands.
It is true that they have nothing but the courage to die. But they are not even afraid of death, so why bother to dodge the enemy's blade formation. The formation of the enemy's blades continues to change. The jungle of spears and steel knives blocks everyone's sight. After a while, dozens of people wearing
The cloth-armored Minzhuang came out from the center of the formation carrying the thick-backed machete of the official army.
The weapons, armor, and training of the official army were much higher than those of the rebels, but they did not have the courage to die like the rebels. Suddenly, the nearly 10,000 forward troops were killed by the 20,000 soldiers left by Li Zixiong.
Tangled up and pushed back step by step
The soldiers of the Xiongwu Camp who were hiding in their formation to watch the battle were stunned. They did not expect that the first contact between the two sides would have such a result. In everyone's surprised eyes, Li Zixiong led the remaining 40,000 rebels to speed up and left behind to entangle with the officers and soldiers.
The robes, braving the rain of arrows, got closer and closer to the right wing of the army.
"Tell me again, what was that old general's official position?" Li Xu suddenly turned around and yelled at Yuwen Shiji
"General You Wuhou!" Yu Wenshiji shouted in response. The noise on the battlefield was too noisy. Although the two were close to each other, they could only make the other party hear his words clearly by shouting.
"But because he offended His Majesty, that old general Li was demoted from his post in Liaodong three months ago and became a civilian!" Li Xu waved his black knife anxiously and asked him if he remembered. When he was immersed in training in Liaodong, he heard that
There was a rumor in the army that a general was dismissed from his post. The real reason for his dismissal was because his surname was Li, which coincided with the nursery rhyme. Xuzi remembered that she secretly laughed at the emperor for being too sensitive. There are so many people with the surname Li in the world, how could they all do it?
Are they all destined to be emperor?
"It's him, General Youwuwei Li Zixiong!" Yu Wenshiji replied anxiously, not understanding why the other party suddenly became talkative today. Then Li Xu's shout was drowned in the sound of gold and iron, Li Zixiong with a rebellious tone
The main force of the army successfully broke through the interception of feather arrows and came into contact with the right wing of the official army. Both sides shouted loudly and the sound shook the sky.
Xuzi was pointing at the Chinese army, and the Chinese army was raising the command flag, ordering the left wing to move forward and swallow up the group of dead soldiers Li Zixiong left in the center of the battlefield entangled with his own forward. The battle formation was about to begin to rotate and swallow up this group of dead soldiers.
After the dead soldiers, the left, right and center armies of the Sui army will converge and completely surround Li Zixiong. The situation has developed to this point. There is no suspense anymore, but why is Xu Zi's expression so anxious? Suddenly, Yu Wenshiji also realized something.
He gave his mount a whip and quickly rushed towards the Chinese army.
"Don't--" he yelled at the top of his lungs and tried his best to whip away the soldiers blocking the way, but it was too late. The drums sounded again, and the left-wing soldiers marched diagonally to the drum beats, drawing a perfect fan on the battlefield.
, wrapping up the bait left by Li Zixiong from the flank
Yu Wenshi Ji took his horse with him and headed back to the Xiongwu camp. The army of more than 300,000 soldiers was already on the move. He gave the order and no one could save him. A group of soldiers ran past his horse. He avoided it blankly, and another group of soldiers ran past him.
As they ran by, he ignored them and looked directly at his right wing through the crowd and through the smoke and dust that covered the sky.
The right wing of the battlefield shouted to kill Zhentian, but the officers and soldiers did not defeat Minzhuang. On the contrary, they were beaten back by Minzhuang. General Zhang Jin of the Right Imperial Guard and General Zhao Xiaocai of the Marquis of Youwu shouted orders and kept sending their own soldiers to escort them, but nothing happened.
Unable to stop the collapse of the right-wing army
"Brothers, don't fight with the emperor. We can't go to Liaodong to die!" Li Zixiong took the lead and rushed into the ranks of the army. The generals, governors, and lieutenants of Youwuhou dodge one after another, unwilling to step forward to meet the enemy.
The former General You Wuhou had been in charge of this army for many years and loved his soldiers as his own sons. Half of the generals in the army had received his favor.
After Li Zixiong was dismissed from office, Youwuhou only had generals and no generals.
Today, the general that our brothers have always remembered has returned, and behind him are tens of thousands of rebels!
Note to drunkards: Happy New Year to everyone. I will have a day off tomorrow and continue the day after tomorrow. Don’t blame me for taking a lot of rest. The Spring Festival is a long holiday and I will definitely not take a rest when you are wandering around.
