The first thousand two hundred and eighth chapter must leave the dead man
Wang Junlin looked at the Taiyuan City that was looming behind the thick smoke with some emotion. He reached out and touched the handle of the Dragon Bird knife at his waist. "Whoa!" The light of the knife flashed. He raised the knife and stabbed it straight into the sky, shouting in a hissing voice.
:"kill!"
"Kill!" nearly 50,000 cavalrymen shouted in unison, the sound shook the surrounding areas and went straight into the sky. Although it was not as shocking as the explosion just now, it still filled the sky with overwhelming murderous intent.
Nearly 50,000 Cyclone Battalion cavalry attacked! After the shouts of kill, no one shouted anymore. The soldiers rode war horses and silently let their four hooves fly on the ground, like a sea of people, like a tide of horses, steel and blood
The torrent of mud and rocks rushed forward diagonally, swarming towards the ruins of the southern city of Taiyuan City.
"Rumble, rumble..." The sounds of countless horses' hooves with the same rhythm gradually merged into one, becoming a continuous burst of thunder, which shocked people's hearts to the utmost.
In less than ten breaths, Wang Junlin led nearly 50,000 troops from the Tornado Battalion to the ruins of the South City Gate.
Then, the slightly slowed-down horse jumped onto the mound of gravel.
There were already many corpses of Li Jiajun under the ruins. Beside the ruins, there were many Li Jiajun soldiers who were covered in blood and screaming. Some of the Li Jiajun soldiers further away who were lucky enough not to be killed were running away crazily with extremely frightened faces.
Escape everywhere.
The blood-maned horse was as comfortable as walking on the ground in this kind of ruins. Wang Junlin rode his horse to the top of the highest point of the mound of earth and masonry. He saw that all the visible places in the city were filled with cavalry, all of them men and horses of the Li family's army.
You can faintly see fire and commotion in the city. There seems to be a city seizing gate on the other side of the west gate. Wang Junlin knows that it is the Wang family. Now that their south gate is the first to break through the city, the Wang family is probably very depressed because of their contribution.
It has become less. This can be seen from the complicated and regretful expression on the face of counselor Wang Shiqing behind Wang Junlin.
For the Li Jiajun in the city, they were stunned at this moment. This miraculous explosion occurred. They had a feeling of impending disaster. Coupled with the fear accumulated over the past few days, this
The then Crown Prince Li Jiancheng never showed up, and people in the city started shouting that the Crown Prince had escaped in advance, which completely shook the military morale of the Li family army.
In this case, if there is still a general who can organize some troops to resist, it will be enough to demonstrate his excellent ability to command and control soldiers.
"Come in and kill all those who dare to resist. Those who surrender will not be killed." Wang Junlin shouted an order, and then he rode his horse down the slope of the ruins.
In order not to block the gap and to allow the Far Eastern Army to deliver as much force as possible to the city, the Cyclone Battalion cavalry who rushed in from the front crossed directly to the north and penetrated deep into the city.
Naturally, the Far East Army did not rush in randomly. They were divided into five groups in units of ten thousand people. According to the plan, they began to sweep the Li family's army camp in the city, the Li Mansion where Li Jiancheng was located, the two city gates on the north and east, and the city.
With Wang Junlin's status, he really has no interest in this kind of killing, nor does he have the perverted desire to kill like Luo Shixin and Li Xuanba.
Therefore, after he entered the city, he stopped next to the ruins and watched the five groups of people rushing to their respective places. Luo Shixin led 10,000 cavalry and was personally responsible for mopping up the defeated troops in the city.
"Ka, ka, ka..." Suddenly a large group of infantry suddenly appeared on the broad main street in front of Luo Shixin. From their footsteps, it could be heard that they were not defeated, and were intercepting Luo Shixin.
Luo Shixin, who was feeling a little disappointed that there was no one to kill and no battle to fight, was overjoyed when he heard this voice. He didn't even try to intercept, but just watched a large number of infantrymen forming a column of the Li family's army rushing towards them.
Looking around, I saw a sea of iron helmets shaking, and there were actually ten or twenty thousand people.
Wang Junlin also discovered the undefeated Li family's army. He picked up his telescope and took a look, and recognized that the leader was the general named Xiahou Duan.
The reason why Wang Junlin remembered Xiahou Duan was not only because Xiahou Duan was slightly famous in the original history, but also because Li Shentong led 100,000 troops to besiege Wang Junlin in Shuozhou with more than 10,000 troops a few days ago.
During the camp, General Xiahou Duan often led the army to attack and showed his superb ability to lead troops in battle.
Facts have proved that this Xiahou Duan is indeed extraordinary. Under such circumstances, he can actually organize more than 10,000 organic troops in a short period of time. Instead of running away, he runs over in an attempt to intercept the Far Eastern Army in front of the gap in the ruins. Regardless of whether he leads
His ability to command troops and his willpower are both very good!
Of course, this is stupid in Wang Junlin's view, because Xiahou Duan cannot judge the situation clearly. In this case, it is not an exaggeration to say that the opponent is trying to control the situation. If Wang Junlin would only seize the time to organize more manpower to block the Far East Army,
The north gate and east gate were evacuated in advance to preserve their strength for follow-up.
"Kill them all." Luo Shixin rushed into the city just now. When he saw the chaos in the city, he thought that he would not have to charge and kill the enemy today, but he did not expect that Xiahou Duan would come with more than 10,000 people to deliver food for him to kill.
Xia Houduan, who was riding on a horse in the opposite army, had obviously discovered the Far Eastern Army who was about to charge. He was shouting at the top of his lungs with his weapons and seizing the time to arrange his troops.
But Luo Shixin didn't say anything nonsense and rushed forward with his people.
When he was seventy steps away, Luo Shixin shouted: "Shoot!"
Buzz…
Almost at the same time as Luo Shixin's voice sounded, within a hundred steps of the front, thousands of Far Eastern Army soldiers who had been prepared controlled their horses with one hand and raised their fast crossbows with the other hand.
There was a sound of breaking through the air, and thousands of crossbow arrows shot out, landing on the Li family's army that had hastily set up their military formations. One by one, the Li family's army screamed and fell down. Several large gaps and gaps were suddenly opened in the infantry battle formation, and they were captured on the spot.
Shooting thousands of people to death.
Xia Houduan also commanded the soldiers of the Li Family Army to fire at the Far Eastern Army. Arrows were also raining down. However, due to the panic of the soldiers and the abnormal defense of the Far Eastern Army's armor, only a dozen of the Far Eastern Army fell.
"Kill!" Charged so quickly, the 10,000 cavalry led by Luo Shixin only had time to kill in this round.
"Kill!" Ten thousand whirlwind battalion cavalry shouted in unison, with murderous intent.
At the same time, Luo Shixin had already taken the lead and rushed into the Li family's army from the gap.
Behind Luo Shixin, the torrent of steel from the Far Eastern Army pushed forward.
The Li family's army arrived in a hurry, and the formation was caught off guard. A round of arrows from the Far Eastern Army had just opened many gaps and gaps. The infantry formation did not turn into a huge stone blocking the torrent, but turned into a piece of wood.
Can be pushed along by the current.
Luo Shixin rushed in first. The horse was leveled on the right side. Without any movement at all, the gun head was directly inserted into the chest of a Li family soldier with the sprint of the horse.
"Ah" screamed, and the soldier hugged the barrel of the gun with both hands.
Before Luo Shixin's horse stopped, he suddenly shook his hand, and the Li family soldier on the horse was knocked away, severely injuring a Li family soldier behind him. At this time, Luo Shixin's horse swing sideways, and five Li family soldiers were directly thrown away.
, the whole movement was done in one go.
The "tip" of Luo Shixin penetrated deeply into the already chaotic battle formation of the Li family army. The soldiers of the Tornado Battalion behind him followed closely as the "blade" and began to kill a large number of enemies.
The cavalry used lances against cavalry, and the cavalry used machetes against infantry.
The 10,000 cavalrymen of the Whirlwind Battalion took advantage of the speed of the charge and slashed wildly from above. No matter whether they killed the enemy or not, they would not chop a second time on the same spot and continue to charge forward.
This is because this will cause the cavalry to lose the advantage of charging. Instead, the larger size of the war horses will make them a target for the enemy.
Blood splashed in the air, shouts and screams were everywhere, morale had been lost, and the morale of the army had been shaken. The infantry of the Li family army, who had been reluctantly gathered by Xiahou Duan, squeezed to both sides with all their strength, retreated, and gave way to the Tornado Battalion's charge.
Space.
Otherwise, with such a small space, if the Li family army had hundreds of dead soldiers trying desperately to block it, the charge speed led by Luo Shixin would immediately be slowed down, thereby losing the advantage of the cavalry and inevitably increasing casualties.
Unfortunately, when most of an army is filled with fear and only wants to escape, even warriors who are usually very brave will be affected by the entire atmosphere at this time, and their entire hearts will be occupied by fear.
That's what it means to go with the flow.
Therefore, even if Xiahou Duan screamed at the top of his voice until his voice was hoarse, and led his own soldiers to kill more than a dozen fleeing soldiers, he still could not prevent the collapse of the Li family's infantry formation.
Of course, it is impossible for the Far East Army to have no casualties. After all, there are still a small number of people in the Li family's army who dare to fight to the death.
At this time, a Tornado Battalion cavalryman who was on the side was thrown in front of the war horse by a Li Family Army soldier. Although he was knocked away and died on the spot, the war horse was forced to stop, and its front hooves were raised high and neighed.
Under the horse's hooves, there was a Li family soldier who was injured and lying on the ground after being slashed by the Tornado Battalion cavalry in front. The soldier looked at the iron hooves in the air and shouted: "No! No!"
With a dull "poof", the two front hooves of the war horse stepped heavily on the chest of the Li family soldier. The sound of broken bones and screams resounded throughout the streets.
However, the fate of this Tornado Battalion cavalryman was already doomed after he was forced to stop.
There were more than a dozen Li Jiajun infantrymen on both sides and in front with spears in their hands, shouting and stabbing at them.
The Tornado Battalion cavalry roared and waved their swords to deflect five spears, but there were too many enemy spears. "Ah!" With a cry of pain, a spear on the left had pierced his side, and two others had
A spear pierced the horse's belly.
The war horse staggered and fell to the ground while neighing in grief.
The steel plate armor on this Tornado Battalion cavalry's defense was astonishing. Even if a spear penetrated his side, it would only be an injury, not fatal. However, after the horse fell, this group of Li family soldiers stabbed him for the second time.
Other Cyclone Battalion cavalry who were nearby saw this scene. According to regulations, they would not stop to come to the rescue, but they could fire crossbows sideways to support.
Therefore, after a hail of arrows, most of the Li family soldiers who surrounded the Tornado Battalion cavalry were dead, but the Tornado Battalion cavalry's face was distorted, his whole body was trembling, and he was staggering and could no longer stand.
Because there were four more spears pierced into his body, and blood came out of his body like blobs, and was scattered everywhere by the swing of the spears.
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The Li Jiajun actually had many men and horses, and the width of the main street was limited, so the thickness was four to five hundred meters. However, even with this thickness, Luo Shixin and his cavalry were able to drill through it.
However, the Tornado Battalion cavalry also paid a price of more than 200 casualties, and the Li family army suffered more than 4,000 casualties.
After digging through, the infantry of the Li family army began to flee, and Luo Shixin led the men to pursue them. When the infantry had no fighting position and could only run away, it almost lost all combat effectiveness in front of the cavalry.
This was already a scene of wolves hunting sheep, but even so, Luo Shixin still shouted loudly to prevent the cavalry from spreading too far, let alone chasing them into the dimly lit alleys.
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In the rear, Wang Junlin is riding a bloody horse
The mane horse, surrounded by nearly a thousand special force masters, rode directly onto the broad city wall that had not been blown up.
He looked down at the entire Taiyuan City and found that apart from the gap filled with gunpowder smoke, there were also flames and smoke billowing from the depths of the city.
In all directions, there was a sea of horses and people from the Far East Army. The entire city was like a flood embankment that had collapsed. Floods were spreading in all directions. The Li family army had basically lost its organizational structure and large-scale resistance ability, leaving only scattered pieces.
The scattered ones chased and fled.
Especially when some generals of the Wang family and Pei family directly led their subordinates to rebel, the Li family army quickly and completely lost control of Taiyuan City, and could only escape outside the city, but they escaped quickly.
, those who ran slowly were blocked and killed by three other people from the Tornado Battalion, or they knelt down and surrendered.
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After watching for a while on the top of the city, Wang Junlin came down from the top of the city and walked to the Li Mansion in the center of the city, because he knew that people from the Wang family, the Pei family, and the people from the Hundred Swords Alliance were waiting for him to appear, and he was completely kind-hearted.
Get down to business.
Walking on the street, the fighting ahead was still continuing. Soldiers of the Far Eastern Army, in groups of a hundred, were still walking through the streets and alleys to kill the enemy, or were advancing along the bloody road.
Wang Junlin felt that the hoofs of the blood-maned horse were a little slippery. When he looked down, his face was calm and indifferent.
The slippery horseshoes were naturally caused by too much blood on the street. It even flowed on the stone-paved street, as if it had just rained blood.
These days, there are quite a few big cities with stone paving on the streets, but the stone slabs are irregularly laid out. The surface of the stone slabs is smooth, and wet blood is sticky and flowing on the stone slabs. In addition, there are potholes, which are trampled by horse hooves.
It can get really slippery accidentally.
In the dark night, by the light of the fire and the fish-belly white sky in the east, Wang Junlin discovered that blood gathered in the gaps between the stone slabs, and the color darkened, revealing horrifying lines... just like cracks in the earth.
Where there is blood, there will naturally be corpses. If there is a lot of blood, there will naturally be a lot of corpses.
When Wang Junlin came along, there were piles of corpses, and there were even corpses stacked on top of each other, blocking the road!
In short, the smell of blood on the street is disgusting, like a slaughterhouse, it is simply shocking.
Naturally, Wang Junlin would not be shocked or shocked by these things. He just analyzed rationally that the reason why these corpses were piled up together was due to the difference between street fighting and field fighting.
Intense conflicts occurred in this street, but the space was limited, so the corpses were concentrated very closely, which looked very scary.
Listening to the screams and begging for mercy floating in the air from far and near, Wang Junlin couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "So, this troubled world must end as soon as possible, otherwise human life will always be like a piece of grass."
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Due to the disappearance of Li Jiancheng, Xiahou Duan gathered more than 10,000 people to counterattack and failed. Except for some troops who saw the opportunity to escape, the tens of thousands of troops who had not escaped in Taiyuan City had no way to retreat and surrendered to the Far Eastern Army one after another.
With the cooperation of the Military Intelligence Office, the Wang family and the Pei family in Taiyuan, the Far East soldiers quickly took control of the government offices, warehouses and other important facilities in Taiyuan City.
By daybreak, the situation in Taiyuan City had been basically controlled. Those who should have fled had already fled, those who should have died had died, and those who should have surrendered had also surrendered.
But why do we say basic control? Because there is still the stubborn resistance of the last group of Li Jiajun.
Xiahou Duan led more than a thousand soldiers and was surrounded by Luo Shixin's men. In this case, it would be fine if Xiahou Duan did not surrender, but his more than a thousand subordinates did not surrender either.
Luo Shixin was naturally happy to have people resist, so he personally led his men to surround and kill them, trampling them with iron hooves and slashing them with spears and bayonets. The scene was very brutal and the killing was very satisfying.
Wang Junlin felt a little emotional about this. Xiahou Duan was only a small role among the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He didn't want to be so loyal to the Li family and yet be so supported by the soldiers.
Of course, Xiahou Duan is not well-known in history, perhaps because he died too early and did not run away when he should. He knew he would die and could not change the outcome, so he had to stay and die.
This is no longer loyalty, but foolish loyalty.
You can obviously run away, conserve your strength, and come back and start over again.
Didn’t the ancients say that if you keep the green hills, you won’t have to worry about running out of firewood!
But, having said that, it is really appropriate for such a person to stay for a long time.
Therefore, Wang Junlin said something to the soldiers, and one of the soldiers ran over and gave Luo Shixin his order.
Luo Shixin shouted with some pity: "Xiahou Duan, the prince has ordered you to put down your weapons, kneel down and surrender! You can avoid death!"
"Your Majesty has an order, you all must put down your weapons, kneel down and surrender! You will avoid death!" The Far Eastern Army soldiers surrounding the last thousand or so soldiers of the Li Family shouted loudly.
More than a thousand Li Jiajun soldiers looked at Xiahou Duan eagerly, eager in their hearts for Xiahou Duan to surrender, so that they could survive.
But Xiahou Duan, Guapipan, shouted: "I would rather die in battle! Repay the kindness of the King of Tang!"
The eyes of more than a thousand soldiers suddenly became extremely disappointed, but they were obviously very disappointed, but at this time they unexpectedly said in unison: "I would rather die in battle to repay the kindness of General Xiahou!"
The roars of more than a thousand soldiers of the Li Family resounded throughout the city, which contained despair, but also shocked people. Many soldiers of the Far East Army could not help but stand in awe of these enemies.
"Do you know how kind Li Yuan is to Xia Houduan?" Wang Junlin asked lightly with some emotion.