Chapter 2 Zhan Yi (Part 8) "Third Brother!" Looking at the direction where Fan Zhongmou disappeared, Liu Dexin screamed miserably. He did not expect that the usually seemingly gentle and weak Third Brother Fan would take the initiative to seek death. If he withdrew from the battlefield, by virtue of
No one will really punish him for the contribution of the Fan family's fathers to the Huben cavalry and the Fan family's power in Youzhou. Moreover, Fan Zhongmou cannot be entirely responsible for the defeat. From the beginning, the entire Youzhou's judgment of the situation
They were too optimistic. They thought that the people in Hejian would win food and follow them. However, the people in Hejian regarded them as bandits. They thought that all the Boling Army left in the six counties were old, weak, sick and disabled. As a result, the opponent's combat effectiveness was better than that of the Youzhou Army.
They even told them that they thought Li Zhongjian was dead, but in the end, not only was Li Zhongjian alive and well, but he also went to Hejian to "bully" a group of juniors regardless of his status.
There is no place for reasoning in front of the two armies. There is only victory or defeat here, and there is no right or wrong. The Boling Army's offensive only paused for a moment due to Fan Zhongmou's death, and then continued to spread out. The front row of infantry in armor continued to march and enlarged and companions.
The distance between them left a gap for the robes behind them. Only the infantry with light armor quickly poured out from the gaps in the military formation, like streams of spring water breaking through the ice.
However, these strands of spring water are all red, and each strand must use the lives of the Youzhou people as a guide. They quickly condense into blades in front of the heavy armored infantry, and under the leadership of their respective captains, they pierce sharply.
In the Youzhou people's collapsed formation
"Form up, move closer to me, form a formation and retreat!" The blood of his companions quickly washed away the sadness in Liu Dexin's eyes. Now is not the time to cry for his friends. If the situation is allowed to develop, no one can escape from being born as a tiger.
The father of the cavalry veteran once told him over and over again that the people who die the most on the battlefield are often the ones who receive fatal blows from behind. In front of a powerful enemy, the more cowardly you appear, the slimmer your chances of survival.
Most of the soldiers ignored Liu Dexin's greetings, but Fan and Liu's soldiers stood by Liu Dexin's side resolutely. Their responsibility was to protect the general. If the general died in battle and he fled back, not only would he inevitably die in the end, but so would his parents.
Brothers can't hold their heads up in front of others
With these few brave men, Liu Dexin hurriedly arranged a phalanx. He did not dare to engage in battle with the enemy troops who were coming. Instead, he protected each other and slowly retreated. Two small groups of Boling troops rushed forward one after another, but they were all killed by the phalanx.
Seeing the effect of the phalanx, the other Youzhou people who escaped from the vicinity immediately stopped and gathered around the phalanx. Under Liu Dexin's coordinated command, the group rolled bigger and bigger, becoming stronger and stronger, as if
A huge rock in the torrent, struggling to maintain its last dignity
"Grandma's!" Guo Fang, who was leading the attack, soon discovered Liu Dexin's location and cursed loudly. He was very angry, but did not immediately lead his men to attack. Although the opponent's general was defeated, he was obviously a general who had received formal training.
The skills of people like Zidi are usually not too bad. He rushed forward rashly. Guo Fang knew that the three-legged cat kung fu he had used in the fight might not give him the upper hand.
But he refused to let the fat man who had entered his entrance helplessly retreat. In the past two years of following Li Xu, Guo Fang learned many strategies to defeat the enemy. He remembered a few of them, and he could just copy the "collection step, collection step".
Step!" He raised his horizontal sword and ordered loudly. Then he bent down and picked up a long stick from the enemy's corpse in his hand.
Hundreds of infantry spears discarded by the Youzhou Army immediately fell into the hands of the Boling people. Soldiers with rich combat experience raised their spears at an angle, and quickly rushed forward by taking advantage of the height of the slope. "Throw!" in front of the enemy's surprised eyes.
, Guo Fang sneered and ordered the one-foot-eight-foot long rifle to quickly rise into the air, break the air, and slam into the enemy's formation.
As a throwing weapon, the Changshan is obviously not as effective as the lead-headed short spear equipped by the Boling Army. However, what Guo Fang values is not the lethality of the Changshan, but the damage it can cause to the retreating enemy.
Most of the Changsha lost their center of gravity after falling into the Youzhou people's queue. They landed at the feet of the soldiers in various directions. A small part hit the target and pinned the unlucky Youzhou people to the ground.
The soldiers of Youzhou, who could only maintain their balance by supporting each other with their opponents, were immediately thrown into chaos. In order not to be chased by the Boling people from behind and hacked to death, they could only retreat backwards, and the Changsha who fell at their feet happened to make a trip horse and was struck by a thunderbolt.
The soldiers whose ankles were caught by the pole fell down, and a large piece of their robes fell down. However, they kept retreating at a speed, and their combat boots stepped on the fallen people without stopping.
No one wants to be trampled to death. Not even the bravest men from Yanzhao want the phalanx that Liu Dexin organized so hard to collapse in an instant. The brothers under Guo Fang saw the opportunity and marched into the formation with shouts.
"Despicable and shameless!" Liu Dexin cursed and raised his horizontal sword, preparing to fight the Boling soldiers who rushed up. However, something even more despicable happened in the next moment. Guo Fang, who had succeeded in the trick, picked up a big bow from nowhere and equipped it with feather arrows.
, swish, swish, swish, shooting at him one after another.
Liu Dexin knocked away the first feather arrow, turned around and used his horizontal sword to block the killing blow of a Boling pawn. Before he could kill the opponent, the second feather arrow hit him again and he had to distract himself to dodge.
The second Boling pawn who came over saw the opportunity and swung his sword across his waist.
The famous Youzhou bodyguard blocked the enemy's attack for Liu Dexin at the cost of his life. The Boling pawn who failed to succeed immediately jumped away. He was as fast as an ape and dodged the arrow attack. Liu Dexin had not yet regained his footing. The third
A horizontal sword and a third feather arrow came at the same time, taking away the life of another guard beside him.
Teams of Boling soldiers attacked Liu Dexin, cooperating with each other. If someone missed a hit, they immediately retreated into the protection of their companions. Pao Ze next to him immediately stepped out to attack, keeping the offensive flowing. Judging from his personal martial arts cultivation.
, Liu Dexin and the guards around him were obviously higher than each other, but in terms of cooperation between each other, they were more than a little behind each other.
Just like peeling off bamboo shoots, the loyal and brave Youzhou guards fell down one after another with hatred. The arrows flying towards Liu Defang and the swords slashing at him continued in a steady stream. The people who were fighting endlessly also had a moment of negligence.
Just when Liu Dexin was busy dealing with the cold arrow, an infantry spear suddenly stabbed diagonally towards his thigh. The sharp tip easily pierced the leg armor, leaving a transparent hole in his calf.
"Protect the general!" The Youzhou guards stepped forward desperately, hugged Liu Dexiang, who was as white as paper, and fled out of the formation. This time, they no longer cared about fighting and leaving, but killed indiscriminately among the defeated army.
A bloody road, no matter whether the opponent is the enemy or one's own comrades who had no time to escape, many Youzhou soldiers who did not die at the hands of the Boling Army were unexpectedly chopped down by their own people and fell into a pool of blood, rolling and wailing.
In less than half a stick of incense, one of the two Youzhou Army generals responsible for frontal defense was killed and the other wounded.
The morale of the Youzhou people took a sharp turn. Although some brave men still risked their lives and tried to use the mantis' arms as a chariot, most of the soldiers lost the courage to continue fighting.
They fled like frightened hares in front of the Boling Army's phalanx, fearing that they would become ghosts under the sword if they fled too slowly. The Boling Army followed and pursued them, without giving the enemy a chance to breathe. The light armored troops led by Guo Fang
The infantry have all rushed out from behind the heavy armored infantry, directly entering the gap caused by Youzhou's rout. The weapons in their hands and the armor on their bodies do not look better than the opponent's, but the offensive is like a rainbow, and those who stand in their way are invincible.
The two long columns following the phalanx also began to change. Under the command of the low-level generals, they quickly broke into small teams, bypassing the heavy armored infantry, and chasing down the Youzhou Army who had lost their fighting spirit.
Many Youzhou soldiers were stabbed in the back, with wounds from their shoulders to their waists. Guo Fang stepped on the bodies of these people who had not yet expired. He did not have any mercy in his heart. He needed to ensure the continuity of the attack. The enemy formation had not been completely penetrated and he could only attack them.
Only by cutting down the flag at the rear of the array can the goal of completely disintegrating the opponent's morale be achieved. Once the opponent finds a chance to counterattack, the Boling Army's losses will increase exponentially, and even all the results achieved previously will be lost. Therefore, he does not dare to stop.
Even though I came down, I didn’t dare to show mercy.
Several Youzhou soldiers who couldn't escape turned back to resist. Guo Fang swung the opponent's spear into the air with a knife. Without waiting for the opponent to scream, he made a backhand knife, slashing straight from the shoulder blade to the chest, watching the red blood flow.
He sprayed out from the edge of the knife, dyeing everything in front of him as red as fire. "Here comes the knife!" he shouted, kicking away the opponent's body and the horizontal knife stuck in the gap between the bones, and slammed into the other one.
In the arms of the desperado, this man was smashed to the ground.
Two Boling soldiers rushed over and cut off the neck of the fallen man with a sword. A guard rushed forward, handed his horizontal sword to Guo Fang, then lowered his head to collect weapons from the enemy's corpse. Both the attacking and defending sides were from
The border army of the Sui Dynasty, so the weapons were almost the same. Soon, the soldiers collected a large pile of horizontal knives and held them in their arms, ready to provide support to Guo Fang at any time.
Another enemy soldier turned around and tried his best, throwing out a bolt of lightning with his sword. Guo Fang jumped away from the pile of corpses, then kicked up a broken stick to disturb the opponent's sight. He followed closely. He jumped forward quickly and struck the sword in mid-air.
The opponent in Pi Huashan resisted, and the weapon was broken. Guo Fang's horizontal sword turned midway and cut into his neck.
Not far away, several Youzhou soldiers who were trying to resist saw Guo Fang's ferocious appearance. They were so frightened that they dropped their weapons and fell to the ground crying.
The sword light swept over one after another, cutting off the cries and life at the same time
"Here comes the knife!" Guo Fang threw away the slashed knife and shouted loudly. He didn't even know how many knives he had chopped off today, nor how many people he had killed. He was completely lost in the killing.
Amidst the pleasure, with the brothers behind them, they were intoxicated. In their hearts, time had already stopped, and the shouts of killing around them gradually turned into a very special melody, like military music from ancient times, grand.
, high-pitched, without a trace of sadness or low grace. It is the melody of life and death. In the mist formed by human blood, life is like a song, and death is also like a song. People who are intoxicated by the melody cannot feel fear or fatigue.
, they couldn't even feel the pain of the blade cutting into their limbs. They shouted, roared, and laughed wildly, mixing their body and mind with the melody of the battlefield, making the enemy cry, tremble, and beg for mercy in front of their eyes.
But they did not want to forgive any enemy. The enemy broke in when they were not at home and threatened their wives, children and children. The enemy broke their doors, toppled the courtyard walls and set fire to their houses while they were not at home.
It was the enemy who took away their food and property and harvested their crops when they were not at home, making life difficult in the coming year and making the hope of happiness come to nothing.
All this must be paid for, no matter whether the plunderers come from outside the Great Wall or on the Great Wall, no matter whether the opponent's surname is Yang, Li, Ashina or Luo!
A Youzhou soldier who had fallen to the ground hugged Guo Fang's legs, "Spare my life!" He shouted loudly, tears rolling down his cheeks and falling into a pool of dark red blood. He was not begging for mercy for himself, the wounds on his body were
It has been proven that he will die soon. He is doing it for the panicked robes in front of the Boling Saber. There may be his neighbors, friends, or brothers.
Guo Fang quickly bent down and thrust the blade of the knife into the beggar's throat. At that moment, he regained consciousness and clearly saw the other person's face, which was still immature, that is, he looked about seventeen or eight years old. His beard had just grown from his lips.
It appears from above, but the Adam's apple is not obvious yet
His hand stopped in mid-air, and his heart began to weaken. But just a moment later, the ruthless blade quickly fell down again, cutting off the beggar's blood vessels. "You shouldn't have come!" As if explaining to the other party, and then
As if telling himself, Guo Fang murmured, then raised his head and shouted to the sky: "Kill them and let them remember today!"
"Let them remember today!" Boling's soldiers roared in unison. Only by beating the enemy painfully can we protect ourselves. They are all veterans of hundreds of battles. They don't need to be taught many truths by others.
The Youzhou queue blocking the front of the Boling Army was completely broken up. Many people were fleeing. Zhang Jiang, who had no fixed direction to command the heavy-armed infantry, slowly advanced to the flag of the general Luo Cheng left in the army formation. In front of many Youzhou troops,
In front of the soldiers of the state, they cut down the flagpole, took down the flag, and put it on their shoulders as a cloak. No one dared to stop him. The people of Youzhou were afraid of being killed. They would rather accept the humiliation than fight with Boling again.
The army fought tooth and nail
"Array, front right, advance forward!" In the next moment, Zhang Jiang, who was wearing the Youzhou battle flag, raised a large knife with a ring that had cut countless gaps, and pointed the tip of the knife directly at the hillside where Luo Cheng was. His order was very brief.
It was a little vague, but all the heavy armored infantry understood it. Under the gaze of the enemy and their own brothers, they all turned around and rumbled towards the flank of the Youzhou cavalry like a rolling rock.
