Chapter 1277 Dare to call the sun and the moon a new day
The officers and soldiers in the north did not expect that Xu Huaiqing would launch an attack in the dark, and they were obviously not prepared. In their opinion, the two most powerful weapons of Wang Xian's army, firearms and bows, would be greatly reduced in the dark, so they wanted to take advantage of the darkness.
Come try your luck.
Little did they know that after a day of fierce fighting, Xu Huaiqing and the others had run out of ammunition and all their arrows... Although they recovered some arrows, they were a drop in the bucket and not enough to rely on!
More importantly, if Xu Huaiqing wants to hold off Yang Rong tonight, how can he do it without giving the army a head-on attack?!
"Kill!" Five thousand cavalrymen rushed out of the darkness, like hungry wolves, and rushed crazily into the enemy formation holding torches!
The torches of the officers and soldiers could only illuminate a few feet away. Only then did they clearly see the enemy approaching. They hurriedly raised their weapons to resist, but they were not the enemies with the powerful swords and swords. They were at the forefront.
The officers and soldiers screamed and were cut into two pieces by their swords! In the dark night, no blood or stumps could be seen, only the screams that filled the mountains and plains could be heard, and the crisp sound of weapons striking each other.
, the sound of flesh and blood being split open... is also terrifying!
Before the officers and soldiers in the back row could react, the comrades in the front had already been beheaded off their horses! Only then did they see that the enemy troops had rushed in front of them. They didn't even have time to lift their weapons, and they were all knocked away by the galloping horses.
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As soon as they fought, the formation of the officers and soldiers was in chaos. Xu Huaiqing took advantage of the momentum of the charge and led his troops into the formation of the officers and soldiers. Countless officers and soldiers died under their swords and horses. Suddenly, the pressure in front of him was gone. It turned out that they had already
Break out of the formation!
Xu Huaiqing laughed loudly, took off the long bow from his back, picked up a special long arrow in the quiver, and shot it toward the northwest!
With its sharp whistling sound, the roaring sound pierced the blood-filled night sky, guiding the soldiers to gallop towards the northwest!
A few miles outside Tongzhou City, there is Yang Rong's Chinese flag. Xu Huaiqing's prediction was correct. Yang Rong did not dare to leave Tongzhou too far. If it was not dark and the city gates had to be closed, and it was inconvenient to command the outer areas of the city to suppress, he would not even leave.
Tongzhou City.
Even at this time, Yang Rong still couldn't give up the idea of returning to the city. He was really conflicted. On the one hand, Tongzhou absolutely could not afford to lose anything. On the other hand, Xu Huaiqing must be eliminated as soon as possible. Open up the road to transport grain and get rid of him as soon as possible.
Transport grain and grass supplies from Tongzhou back to the capital!
Yang Rong couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds. He could only leave the city to command and at the same time keep vigilance against Tongzhou City. It wasn't until he learned that Xu Huaiqing was cruising around Yongtong Bridge that Yang Rong finally made up his mind. There was no need to leave the city too much.
It's really great to be able to command the battle from a distance.
Unexpectedly, not long after the encirclement was ordered, news came that Xu Huaiqing had defeated the army in the north and broke out of the formation!
Yang Rong was furious and asked Qianhu who came to report the news: "Don't you understand my order? You must act in unison and echo each other to avoid giving the enemy an opportunity!"
"This..." Qian Huxin said that I am just an errand messenger. What's the use of yelling at me?
"A bunch of trash!" Yang Rong stomped his feet angrily. Wang Xianjun had already broken out of the formation. What's the use of the encirclement he had painstakingly formed?!
In fact, Scholar Yang was also angry with the scholar. After all, he was a civil servant. He didn't know that planning in advance was one thing, but actually leading troops to fight was another matter. If he could guarantee that he would not go out of his way to talk nonsense 70% of the time, that would be enough.
It's the limit! Therefore, the general must not plan too much and leave enough room for error. Like him, it is fundamental that every army must be in step and appear in the corresponding position exactly.
Impossible.
Yang Rong thought that Xu Huaiqing had broken through, and was feeling depressed and introspecting when he suddenly heard a report from the scouts: "The enemy army turned back again and launched an attack on the North Route Army again. The North Route Army has been defeated!"
When Yang Rong heard the news, he was not surprised but overjoyed. He slapped his thigh and said, "Okay! If there is a road to heaven, he will not take it. If there is no way to hell, he will throw himself into it!" In Yang Xueshi's view, Wang Xianjun did not take advantage of the opportunity to escape, because he underestimated the officers and soldiers.
Performance! In this case, there is no need to leave!
Yang Rong immediately ordered all armies to change their marching routes and quickly formed a situation to encircle and block Wang Xian's army in the north!
In the dark night, it was impossible to see the battle situation in the distance, and I could only listen to the constant reports from the scouts:
"Report! The enemy has defeated the Northern Route Army and penetrated directly into the flank of the Northwest Army!"
"Report! The Northwest Route Army formation was penetrated horizontally, and Deputy Governor Chen was killed!"
"Report! The West Route Army was not attacked. The enemy turned back to the north and attacked the Northeast Route Army that had just arrived!"
"Report! The Northeastern Route Army fought fiercely with the enemy and suffered heavy losses. Two deputy commanders were killed, and the enemy took the road and fled!"
"Report! The enemy ambushed the South Route Army heading north and drove them down the Yongtong River. The ice surface of the Yongtong River broke and countless people drowned!"
"Report! The East Route Army was attacked..."
"Report! The West Route Army was attacked..."
"Report! Southwest Army..."
Within two hours, nearly 80,000 officers and soldiers divided into eight groups were attacked by Xu Huaiqing more than a dozen times, but not a single victory was achieved! More than ten officers and generals, including commanders and above, were killed, and even more ordinary soldiers.
Countless, even impossible to count in the dark!
"Then Xu Huaiqing is leading heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals?!" Yang Rong was completely crazy. He took off his official hat and threw it on the ground, untied his obstructive belt, held it in his hand and waved it in the air, showing his teeth and claws.
Is there even a hint of old-fashioned style?
"The dark night gave Xu Huaiqing the best cover, and we divided our troops into multiple routes so that he could defeat each one individually." The generals on the side explained hurriedly: "But Mr. Ge, don't worry, after all, he only has 5,000 troops. He should be gone by now."
The losses are so great..." But I felt very relieved in my heart, and thought to myself, you finally understand why Xu Huaiqing, with only 5,000 soldiers and horses, can hold the grain transport army on the road. Why was Li Xianneng forced to be expelled?
Go back to the city! It’s not that we don’t work hard, it’s just that the enemy is too cruel!
However, Yang Rong's frustration did not come from Xu Huaiqing's inhuman fighting prowess, but because he made a fatal mistake! Previously, Yang Rong believed that Xu Huaiqing would definitely escape when surrounded by the army, so he set up such a dragnet.
. Now he finally understood that Xu Huaiqing had no intention of escaping at all, and his dragnet was not taken seriously at all! He wanted to fight him with a mere five thousand soldiers and horses!
At this moment, Xueshi Yang could no longer care about Tongzhou or the overall situation. He only had one thought in his mind, which was to kill Xu Huaiqing and his men to relieve the great hatred in his heart!
If he loses a battle with such a disparity in strength, not only will he become the laughing stock of the world, but civilian officials will also be permanently isolated from military power! This is absolutely unacceptable to Yang Rong!
Even though the saint's teachings were in his heart, Yang Rong was still burned by the boundless karma and lost his mind. He finally mounted the horse himself and led the 10,000 cavalry to supervise the battle. He did not believe that an army of nearly 90,000 could not kill Xu Huaiqing's mere 5,000 troops.
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Driven by Yang Rong, the officers and soldiers finally formed his ideal lotus formation. When every position was attacked, reinforcements would immediately come from all directions. There was no need to worry about being isolated and helpless and being ravaged by Xu Huaiqing!
However, the cost of forming this formation is too high...
But in any case, having more troops is the last word. The officers and soldiers began to shrink their formations. As their formations became closer and closer, there were fewer and fewer opportunities for Xu Huaiqing...
I don’t know how many times he beat the enemy into a sieve, and I don’t know how many times Xu Huaiqing shot the Ming Dy. He saw that fewer and fewer soldiers gathered around him. Looking at it, even the most optimistic estimate was already less than three thousand.
Counted.
Even though there was cover of night, and even though the enemy divided his troops to seize the road and gave him every opportunity to defeat him, such a desperate charge had to pay a price! After more than a dozen attacks, half of the soldiers had died heroically, and the remaining half
Every one of the men and horses was injured. Not only the soldiers were bleeding profusely, but the war horses were also scarred and snorting hard, reaching the edge of exhaustion...
But everyone's faces were full of pride. Although they couldn't see the scene of enemy corpses strewn across the field and wolves running about, they all knew very well that this battle was enough for them to leave their names in history, and they could compete with anyone.
A legend on par!
"The enemy's formation is getting tighter and tighter, and we no longer have the ability to break out." Xu Huaiqing was stabbed in his right arm, revealing his bones. He could only hold the Xuanhua ax in his left arm, but he still faced the enemy bravely.
His sons laughed and said: "But who cares, we don't want to get out alive!"
"Yes!" The soldiers were obviously exhausted, but after listening to Xu Huaiqing's words, they felt that the blood in their whole bodies was burning and their strength returned to their bodies.
"Now we have only one last goal left, which is to survive until dawn!" Xu Huaiqing said proudly: "By the time dawn comes, our mission will be completed! Whoever is more likely to be alive by then can just run for his life..." After a pause
After a pause, he said: "However, I probably won't be able to escape."
The soldiers laughed loudly and followed Xu Huaiqing to launch another attack!
As the pioneers in Wang Xian's army who paved the way, their only word in their dictionary was attack, attack, and attack again!
Even in this long cold winter night, even if they are surrounded by enemy forces, even if there is no hope of survival, they still stick to their creed, even if they die, they will die on the way to attack!
The enemy's formations have become denser and denser, with countless spears forming a large formation designed to defeat cavalry! Xu Huaiqing's soldiers are getting smaller and smaller in number, their speed is getting slower and slower, and their attack power is getting smaller and smaller, but they are still
Follow your general and fight your way in and out of the enemy formation!
It doesn’t matter if the war horse is stabbed to death by the enemy’s spear, they can still dismount and fight on foot! It doesn’t matter if the sword in their hands is knocked away, they can still be punched and kicked! It doesn’t matter if their arms and legs are cut off, they can still bite them with their teeth.
Bump them with their heads! Even if you cut off their heads, you will still spray the enemy in the face with blood!
The officers and soldiers were completely frightened. What kind of lunatics are these? What supports their relentless and crazy fighting?!
The officers and soldiers completely understood. No wonder they were able to sweep across the grassland and kill all the arrogant Tatars and Duoyan! It turned out that it was not what the court publicized at all, and there was no luck at all!
The officers and soldiers were completely confused. What was the reason why they had to fight to the death with these national heroes? Could it be that Wang Xian, whom these people swore to follow to the death, was really a treacherous and evil thief like the court propaganda?! (To be completed