Yang Su looked at Li Zixiong with an extremely ugly face as his plan to sneak attack on the Far East Army's side failed. He sighed and ordered someone to blow the horn to retreat.
There is a fight going on on the battlefield, and the side that retreats first is likely to cause a complete rout. Naturally, Wang Junlin will not let go of this great opportunity, but the problem is that Yang Su has dead soldiers! With more than a thousand dead soldiers to cut off the rear, he forcefully will
The Far Eastern Army's pursuers held back, and the main force successfully withdrew from the rebel camp.
Although the rebels suffered heavy casualties, with no less than 40,000 killed and wounded in most of the day's fighting, they still had sufficient troops, with more than 100,000 left. The Far Eastern Army was strong in combat, with more than 3,000 killed and wounded, but its physical strength was extremely exhausted.
After killing so many people, even if the enemy stood still, their strength would be almost exhausted, let alone fighting. So seeing that the rebels had returned to camp, and attacking the camp was different from fighting in the field, the casualties would be greater, so Wang Junlin ordered the Far Eastern Army
Withdrew the troops and returned to camp for repairs.
After this battle, the Far East Army had about 55,000 people, and the rebels still had more than 120,000 people. Including the 20,000 Youzhou cavalry that Wang Junlin had never known before, there were still 60,000 elites, accounting for 60,000 people.
Half of the total strength of the rebels.
So when he came back and calculated carefully, Wang Junlin discovered that although they had killed nearly 40,000 people today, most of them were rogue bandits organized and instigated by Yang Su. There were tens of thousands of dead soldiers alone.
"Yang Su wants to use these bandits to consume our troops." Wang Junlin frowned. His troops were limited, and in his opinion, every soldier under his command had been trained hard, even if the ratio was more than ten to one.
The ratio of casualties to casualties made him feel distressed.
In fact, what caused the most casualties to the Far Eastern Army in this battle was the sneak attack on the flank by the 20,000 Youzhou cavalry led by Li Zixiong. They were caught off guard and before the battle formation was completed, more than a thousand people died on the spot, accounting for half of the casualties.
In one case, Luo Shixin led 5,000 men to fight head-on with 10,000 Youzhou cavalry, and six to seven hundred people died.
Calculated this way, the Far Eastern Army killed nearly 30,000 to 40,000 rebels on the front, but only about a thousand people died.
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Next, for three consecutive days, the Far East Army and the rebels faced off. During this period, there were night attacks and frontal field battles like the first day. However, under the personal control and command of Yang Su, who had been fighting for a lifetime and had extremely rich war experience, although
The rebels still suffered heavy casualties, but they continued to consume the strength of the Far Eastern Army, leaving Yang Su with little consumption of the elite members of his direct line.
Wang Junlin gathered more than 100 officers to hold a combat meeting to renegotiate the combat plan. In view of the undisciplined characteristics of the rebel bandits, he finally decided to use night attacks to win.
Of course, when Yang Su was prepared, it was not that simple to succeed in the night attack, which required careful planning and calculation.
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Day four, night.
The two cavalry battalions of the Far East Army, Tiger Camp and Tornado Battalion, were in constant shock all night. Every other update, the lights in the camp were brightly lit and war drums were beating loudly. It seemed that they would rush out of the camp at any time to attack the rebel camp.
, but whenever the rebels were ready, the other side would cease their activities and become silent.
Several raids throughout the night made the rebels exhausted. At the fourth watch, the drums in the Far Eastern Army camp were loud again. This time, except for the more than 80,000 rogue bandits on the left, the entire camp was no longer there.
He ignored it and fell asleep. As expected, the Far Eastern Army fell silent again after beating the drums with heavy thunder and small raindrops. There was no sign of leaving camp to fight.
"Trick of tired soldiers!" Yang Su was not as angry as Wang Junlin imagined, and the commander sneered inexplicably: "How dare you use such childish fighting skills again and again. However, this is not the case.
Okay, otherwise I will be defeated too easily, and how can I lure Yang Jian out of the city?"
"Zixiong, Li Mi, and Bodang, the three of you will gather all your elite troops on the right wing near Luoyang City. Listen to my orders at any time. No matter how the Far East Army attacks at night, no support is allowed without my order." Yang Su thought about it carefully.
After reviewing my plan, I felt that the time had come after tonight's night attack, so I decisively issued the order.
Yang Su was getting older and had already made plans in his mind and made arrangements. Needless to say, Li Zixiong was a general and did not need to worry about him. Li Mi and Wang Bodang were also rare and capable people, so he did not need to worry about specific matters.
I was worried, so I climbed onto the soft couch with the soldiers waiting on me, and went to sleep on my own.
In the early morning, just before dawn, the sky became darker because it was cloudy. The light rain finally stopped. Wang Junlin appeared on the command platform of Tiger Camp, looked at the rebel camp opposite, and said with a smile: "
It’s almost done, beat the drum for me.”
After giving the order, the drums sounded again, but this time, there was no reaction from the rebel camp opposite. Wang Junlin laughed loudly and said: "It's done, send a signal and order the cavalry of Luo Shixin's Tornado Battalion to attack immediately."
According to the plan, Luo Shixin led the Tornado Battalion and made a large circle overnight to the direction of Luoyang City, the right wing of the rebel camp.
As soon as Wang Junlin finished speaking, a red firework specially made by Fanyang County Salt Farm shot up into the sky.
The next moment, the ground seemed to be shaking. It was the astonishing effect caused by thousands of war horses galloping at the same time. Wang Junlin opened his eyes wide and held a telescope, trying to penetrate the night and see Luo Shixin's men and horses on the rebel right wing.
At this time, the more than 10,000 cavalrymen of the Tiger Battalion led by Yuchi Jingde beside him were also ready to go. The cavalrymen, who had slept well all night, were all energetic and ready to attack at any time. At this time, the infantrymen who were responsible for sneak attacks and harassing the enemy in the middle of the night
The camp is resting.
When the ground trembled, Yang Su climbed up from the bed. With a solemn expression but calmly, he loudly shouted to the soldiers: "Has the Far East Army started attacking? Pass the order and everything will go according to plan."
But a soldier rushed into the tent and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, the enemy came from the direction of Luoyang City. Now they have broken through our right wing. General Wang Bodang had to lead his troops to meet them.
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"Coming from the direction of Luoyang City, they cannot be officers and soldiers in Luoyang City." Yang Su's face changed slightly, which was somewhat inconsistent with his plan. "What about the left wing? What is the movement on the left wing from the direction of the Far East Army?"
"The Far Eastern Army also has cavalry out of camp and arrayed in front, but we were attacked first on the right wing from the direction of Luoyang City." The soldier replied immediately.
"The soldiers and horses in the city are all under our surveillance. If we have made an agreement with Wang Junlin to join forces to attack the camp, it is impossible for us not to know about it, and given the enmity between Yang Jian and Wang Junlin, it is impossible for the two of them to join forces."
"So, these cavalry on the right wing are also the Far Eastern Army. They detoured last night."
Coming to a conclusion in an instant, Yang Su immediately said decisively: "Order the last two thousand dead soldiers of the Chinese army to go to the right wing, replace Wang Bodang's men and horses, and ask Wang Bodang to quickly approach the Chinese army."
After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately ran away. Yang Su never asked about the fighting situation between the rogue bandits and the Far East Army in front of him.
Of course, Yang Su could imagine that most of the bandits were unwary and exhausted. Plus it was night. With the bandits' discipline, in this case, no matter how many bandits there were, the outcome was already doomed, and he just wanted to
This will kill more Far Eastern Army soldiers.
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Luo Shixin raised his sword on horseback and slashed hard, decapitating a rebel general standing in front of him. Warm blood splashed on the cold steel armor, and a faint fishy smell flowed along the cracks in the face armor.
It got into his nostrils and stimulated his sense of taste.
"Kill!" he shouted loudly. He held the knife in his right hand and stabbed the stabbing lance in his left hand fiercely into another rebel cavalry who was rushing towards him. When the gun barrel was broken, the other party screamed and fell off his horse. He
At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind - kill all the enemies in front of him.
It's just that the right wing was led by Wang Bodang's elite, and when they rushed into the camp, the opponent was actually prepared, so the fight didn't go smoothly. It wasn't until the opponent showed up with two thousand dead soldiers to replace Wang Bodang that they started to kill him.
The soldiers were killed, but they were also held back by the dead soldiers.
Luo Shixin was no longer a young general who only knew how to kill with his head covered. He immediately replaced Wang Bodang's elite and discovered the abnormality of the rebels, and decisively sent someone to report the news to Wang Junlin.
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The left wing of the rebel camp facing the Far Eastern Army camp was completely in chaos. There were more than 80,000 rogues here. They were frightened overnight. Wang Junlin's repeated use of the story of crying wolf completely trapped these rogues.
In a state of absolute relaxation, when Yuchi Jingde led more than 10,000 Tiger Camp cavalry to rush into the camp, these bandits did not even have time to react. Coupled with a night of tossing, the morale of the bandits was already low.
High, in this state it is difficult to organize an efficient counterattack and obstruction.
Yang Su looked expressionlessly at Zuoying, where the flames were blazing into the sky. He saw 80,000 rogue bandits cut into small pieces, helplessly hacked to death, or trampled by the enemy's horses. Although there was anger in his eyes, there was no trace of it.
Pity.
At this time, in his Chinese army camp, nearly 40,000 direct line elites and more than 17,000 Youzhou cavalry have all gathered together. Wang Bodang, who had lost thousands of people before escaping with the help of dead soldiers, had just led his troops
Come to the Chinese Army.
"My lord, the one who attacked Luo Shixin's whirlwind camp from the right was the Far Eastern Army. Although the two thousand bandits in the past were dead soldiers, they were weak in combat and could not hold out for long." Wang Bodang said solemnly.
"Zixiong, you send two thousand people to support the right wing, and you have to stop Luo Shixin for me no matter what. It's not bright yet, and it's not the time for us to approach Luoyang City." Yang Su gave Li Zixiong an order with a serious expression.
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Li Zixiong knew that it would be difficult for these two thousand men to come back after they had passed, but he also knew that it was the most correct decision for him to use his cavalry to hold Luo Shixin off at this time. After all, he was the only cavalry whose combat power was not weaker than that of the Far Eastern Army cavalry, so
After a slight hesitation, he sent a captain and two thousand cavalry to the right wing.
At this time, the left camp of the rebel camp had been completely broken and disabled. More than 10,000 tiger battalion cavalry with Yuchi Jingde as a fierce general rushed into the camp and killed all the rogues in front.
However, there were too many people, more than 80,000 people, and the camp area was not small. It was difficult to kill the Chinese army in a short time.