The black iron stream flows down from Bainiaozhai, like the sickle of death, cutting across the Korean infantry array south of Bainiaozhai. The roaring and killing sound makes people's blood boil.
Lin Fu was not in Bainiao Village. Zhao Hu and Zhou Pu were in charge of directing the battle in Bainiao Village. Lin Fu always stood on the wall of the Black Rock Mountain camp, watching the battle in the distance.
Song Jia felt the wind was a little cold. She crossed her arms and felt that the clothes and armor stained by night dew were even colder. She had plump bones and flesh, and her figure was much taller than that of ordinary women. She wore a coat inside and armor outside, so she did not look thin. Next to Lin Fu, she looked like a handsome guard. At this moment, she only felt that the cruelty of the war would make her blood freeze to the point of freezing, so she subconsciously pressed against Lin Fu's strong arms to make herself feel better.
In addition to the six battalions of armored soldiers and eight hundred cavalry, Lin Fu also transferred 1,200 soldiers from the Second Water Battalion to go ashore and temporarily formed two battalions of armored soldiers, which almost combined the Huaidong Army in the Haidong area. The elites were all deployed in the White Bird Camp, and only six battalions of Danluo King's troops were used to defend the Black Rock Camp!
If the Koryo people use part of their troops to contain the Bainiaozhai camp and push the army to the front of the Black Rock Mountain, or they ignore the Bainiaozhai camp and send troops from the south gate to attack the Black Rock Mountain, then Lin Fu's strategy of hiding the troops will be Sell or not. The main force of the Huaidong Army in Bainiaozhai will be forced to enter Xiyeyuan in advance under an extremely unfavorable situation and engage in a decisive battle with the superior force of the Koreans.
This is just an assumption that the Koreans intended to fight in Xiyehara. They could not ignore the pincer attack formed by Bainiaozhai and Heiyan Mountain, and they could not avoid falling into Lin Fu's trap. They did not expect that Lin Fu would make such an extreme arrangement. We can't blame them for their lack of military strength.
Only bystanders know clearly. Speaking of which, the Korean soldiers on the left are not as powerful as the Huaidong soldiers.
Zhao Hu commanded the defenders to counterattack at Bainiao Village. With only four battalions of armored soldiers, he was able to bring five-sixths of the Koryo left wing into the battlefield. However, the Koryo people were always wary of attacking from the east and west, and kept their elite troops at all times. Bu stayed motionless on the right wing, staring at Black Rock Mountain, but he didn't know that Black Rock Mountain didn't even have a thousand combat-effective soldiers.
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On the black land where the ice and snow melted, the terrain from Bainiaozhai to Xiyeyuan was a shallow slope. The closer to Xiyeyuan, the more open the terrain became. Two battalions of armored soldiers attacked in a conical formation on the left and right wings, with three hundred armored cavalry in the middle.
Hundreds of cavalry marched together in a row, forming a dense assault formation more than a hundred paces wide.
The sound of the charging war drums sounded like tearing eardrums, and the thundering sound of horse hooves, every sound seemed to step on the heart.
Compared with the armored soldiers on both wings, the three hundred armored cavalry that spread out as the terrain gradually opened up were even more shocking and frightening. The men were wearing black armor, the horses were wearing black armor, and their bright silver lances were pointing slantedly into the air. In the deep night, Galloping out everywhere, countless horses covered with iron covers moved their heads, like a torrent of steel, pushing forward firmly, slowly and invincibly.
"Archery..." the Korean officer roared in despair!
After fighting so hard until now, their arms were weak and they had no strength to draw their bows. The arrows they fired were scattered and jingled, being blocked by the armor.
"Shield! Form a shield formation!" The officer could clearly feel the trembling of the army! Due to the pressure on the two wings, a certain buffer distance could not be opened between the shield formation and the main formation, and the formation was scattered a lot. Such a short formation It is also difficult to assemble a shield formation capable of forming an interception surface of more than a hundred steps wide, let alone set up a gun formation after the shield formation.
First, a rain of arrows like locusts came over them, "For Huaidong, for victory, the front ranks of cavalry, with lances pressing forward, charge!"
The armored cavalry in front obeyed the officer's order, pressed the lance under his arm diagonally forward, began to speed up, and charged forward, as if a mountain was being moved sideways, and immediately overwhelmed the hastily assembled shield formation of the Koreans. It was smashed into pieces, and with its indestructible sharpness, it tore the front line of the Korean infantry into pieces.
Behind the armored cavalry were the sword and shield auxiliary soldiers, wearing light armor, who followed quickly. Following the armored cavalry, they saw that the fallen Goryeo soldiers were still alive, so they quickly struck with a sword.
The soldiers of the guard battalion on both wings moved forward with firm steps, replacing the comrades of Paoze who had fought hard for a long time.
The Koreans were obviously not prepared for the armored cavalry dispatched from the White Bird Camp. Even if there were arrangements to prevent the armored cavalry from attacking before the war, they were still stunned by the counterattack that lasted until this point.
The heavy task of breaking the formation is left to the armored cavalry who concentrate on breaking through in the middle. The array of armored soldiers on both wings use strong bows and crossbows to shoot the rain of death formed by waves of dense iron cluster long arrows into the The center of the Korean infantry array.
The Koreans have not yet completely despaired. Their six thousand-man formations on the left wing have not been dispersed. Within a radius of two or three miles, they still have more than five thousand fresh troops, and the six densely packed thousand-man phalanxes have not collapsed. Have the strength to fight.
There are only six thousand-man teams. Except for the one in the east, the other five thousand-man teams are all packed together too tightly due to the battle just now, making them airtight, like solid iron weights with no buffering depth in the middle.
Infantry confrontation, or infantry versus cavalry, requires a dense formation, but it must be flexible. There must be buffer depth between arrays. The formation of spearmen, shieldmen, and crossbowmen must be hierarchical and capable. Support each other, instead of being crowded together like iron weights, making it difficult to even breathe.
In this case, the light is dim, and it is impossible to imagine what the consequences will be if the infantry in front fails to withstand the impact of the armored cavalry and is defeated in the future!
Zhen Feng's guards rode over with all their strength and shouted around the rear wing of the phalanx. It was too late to mobilize troops from the right wing. We could only hope that the officers on the left wing could stay rational and lead their troops from the crowd. Only by peeling away the iron-like square matrix and forming more flexible small square matrix can we avoid complete collapse.
It is a pity that the Koreans moved too slowly. The shield formation and spear formation in front of them were trampled and disabled. The first row of armored cavalry was divided into two rows and penetrated and cut on the two wings.
The second row of armored cavalry began to sprint forward. Under the light of the stars and the moon, they looked like moving hills and life-threatening ghosts. The dense formation of Korean infantry, even the strong and tough tree trunks, were under the intense pressure of the armored cavalry. Under the impact, it was torn apart, layer after layer.
"Go back, go back!" The supervising team raised their sabers and slashed at the fleeing soldiers, preventing them from rushing over. However, the armored cavalry of the Huaidong Army was right in front. The horses' hooves were trampling and the earth trembled. The officers of the supervising team also had trembling hands and feet. I feel so weak that I can't help but run away!
Seeing the second wave of armored cavalry coming up split into two columns and cutting on both wings after the impact weakened, the deputy commander of Haiyang County's Military and Horse Division made Quan Zhixiang, thinking that there was still a chance, and headed towards his commander Zheng Xin. Roaring, asking him to personally lead the team forward: "Don't worry about anything, just charge forward. If it is too dense here, it will collapse. Let more generals charge forward, and the formation will be stretched. No matter what Whether it’s an enemy, whether it’s grass, trees or rocks, whatever is in the way is destroyed, so as to avoid destruction!”
It was just that Prime Minister Quan's hope was like a shooting star, flickering in the sky for a very short time before being extinguished by the third column of armored cavalry sprinting up.
The first thousand-man team, under the continuous collision of three groups of armored cavalry, was like a tree trunk that had been forcibly pecked open, revealing delicious insects. Prime Minister Quan and a dozen personal guards had no time to pounce on the Huaidong Army. The armored cavalry engaged in a final fight, but were scattered by their own troops, and Quan Zhixiang died under the slash of a lance.
Hundreds of broken troops were no longer well-trained and had no officers to organize them. In the dark night, they just subconsciously fled in the opposite direction from where the armored soldiers came to kill them. The chain caused by the broken troops. The reaction was uncontrollable. The five thousand-man team crowded in the battlefield on the edge of Shiratiao Village and Xiyehara almost collapsed like an avalanche in the blink of an eye...
"The woodpecker's beak is as hard as a chisel, its tongue is long and retractable, and its claws are like iron hooks. When eating insects, it uses the claws of the iron hook to grab the solid wood, use its sharp beak like a chisel to cut open the tough bark, and then uses its tongue to The long tongue will pull out the insects from the tree holes!"
Zhou Pu took off his sword and held it in his hand. Thinking about the woodpecker's insect-eating tactics mentioned by Lin Fu, he ordered in a deep voice: "Untie the crossbow, get the sword, and mount the horse." He will personally lead five hundred light cavalry in armor, holding swords, Weaving through the broken troops of the Koryo people, they went directly to attack the Korean army's camp on the east bank of the Bailuo River - the five hundred armored light cavalry were like the retractable long tongue of a woodpecker.
In order to cut the Koreans into pieces as fast as the wind, Zhou Pu ordered all the cavalrymen to remove their crossbows and fight with only swords.
Only by defeating the Chinese military camp of the Koreans on the east bank of the Bailuo River, sweeping along the east bank of the Bailuo River, and driving the defeated troops to the right, can the Korean soldiers on Xiye Plain be completely annihilated! The Korean people's will to resist can be completely defeated!
Seeing the left wing disintegrating like an avalanche, Zhen Feng's heart was cut by a knife. He had no time to feel heartbroken. He had to build a barrier between the left wing and the central army's camp to prevent the broken troops from rushing here. The right wing was still intact, so he could only save the right wing. If the five thousand-man troops are not attacked, they may not have a chance to turn defeat into victory.
When five hundred armored light cavalry, holding swords shining brightly under the moon, rushed out of the broken army, Zhen Feng's last hope was shattered.
Zhen Feng was surrounded by guards and fled to the right wing. Hundreds of soldiers and horses in the entire central army camp fled to the right wing in panic. No one had the intention to stay and intercept the Huaidong cavalry who were charging on the moonlit night.
Naturally, Zhou Pu led his cavalry to attack the Korean troops in the center, killing them while driving them to the right wing, intending to defeat the right wing array as well!
At this time, a thousand-man troop from the Korean people was transferred from the west bank. Their formation was in disorder, and people were in panic. As they were crossing the river, the sound of galloping horse hooves was as dense as a storm, and the surging array of horse heads was like a pouring mountain torrent. Sweep.
This was originally the last opportunity that the Koreans could seize. Even Zhou Pu did not expect that a thousand-man team would cross the river at this time. If this thousand-man team directly charged at the flank of Huaidong's five hundred Qingqi, there would be nothing The five hundred light cavalry on guard must have been in a chaotic formation and suffered heavy casualties. Naturally, there was no spare power to chase the Korean army, and no spare power to pursue and kill Zhen Feng.
It is a pity that as soon as this thousand-man team crossed the river, the outpost that emerged on the east bank was swept by the Huaidong Army's cavalry, and it collapsed immediately like a fallen leaf blown by the strong wind...
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Qin Zitan saw that the Koreans were defeated, and when the Huaidong Army had no time to pay attention to the west bank, he and Azig, surrounded by five hundred Donghu warriors, fled to Guipu City in the west.
"What should we do?" Azig rode his horse and followed Qin Zitan. Qin Zitan's riding skills were poor, so he was afraid that Qin Zitan would fall off the horse, so he said, "Just before we left, we specially ordered
I’ll come here to listen to Mr. Qin’s opinion more!”
"..." Qin Zitan reined in the reins and looked at Azig, looking into his eyes under the moonlight. Azig was still young and had not learned how to hide his feelings in front of a person like Qin Zitan. Qin Zitan
She could see through his mind at a glance and asked: "Let's go?"
Azig said: "What do Mr. Qin think?"
"If you don't leave now, when will you wait?" Qin Zitan said, "Take the path to Beitan!" Pointing to the northeast corner of the city, he called the two guards to him and said, "Go, lead the way from the front!"
Of course, Azige had no intention of living and dying with Zhen Feng, the governor of Haiyang County, and being buried as a sacrifice to the Korean people. Unexpectedly, Qin Zitan had already left a backup plan, and even sent people to clear the path from the east gate to the north beach.
Exploring everything clearly.
Azig thought to himself: He is really cunning, so he asked him to speak out, and wanted to escape to Haiyang County to speak out.
Although the coastline along the northern beach of Seogwipo City is straight, there are few reefs, bays, creek mouths, shoals and other terrain that can be used as cover. Almost all of them are within the attack range of the Jeonghae Sea Camp. The Goryeo navy cannot attack on a large scale.
It is anchored along the coast of Seogwipo North Beach, but it is not big enough to hide a few ships.
No matter how bad the situation is, even if a few ships are dragged onto the beach, the warships of Jinghaihai camp will not be able to attack them.
Zhenfeng was sealed on the east bank of the Baila River. The collapse of the right wing was a matter of time. The number of Korean soldiers who could retreat to Seogwipo City would not exceed 4,000. These 4,000 people were leaderless and could not resist the Huaidong Army.
Siege the city.
It can be seen that the Huaidong Army also pulled soldiers from the water camp ashore to strengthen the combat power on the shore. At this time, the Jinghai Sea Camp had limited power to block the sea area north of Seogwipo City. If they did not seize the ship and escape at this time, they would not be able to escape.
If there was another chance to escape, Qin Zitan would certainly not hesitate.