Chapter 1624 The Mysteriously Disappeared Wagang Camp
Crazy Bird led more than 2,000 cavalry to continuously attack Zhu's defeated troops. If there was even the slightest sign of a gathering to set up a battle formation or a group to block them, Crazy Bird and his men would crush them at the first opportunity.
Xu Shiji led the Wagang camp cavalry and Cheng Yaojin's infantry phalanx, which was about to kill all the more than 10,000 Li Jiajun infantry, but was temporarily blocked by more than 10,000 cavalry sent by Duan Zhixuan.
The few infantrymen on Duan Zhixuan's side had been killed by five hundred special forces masters. At this time, he led thousands of cavalry and began to charge and kill fifty special operations teams.
On the top of the mountain in the distance, Li Shimin could barely see the battle situation here clearly through the firelight. His expression became increasingly ugly. He couldn't help but grit his teeth and muttered to himself: "I'm afraid that the 20,000 cavalrymen from Qushi City haven't arrived yet.
They have been killed and collapsed... It is a pity that my Li family does not have so many masters, otherwise we could have formed a master special force like the Far Eastern Army."
"Now it seems that these people are all martial arts masters recruited by the martial arts guild established by Wang Junlin. At that time, Wang Junlin was just the commander of the blue guards in the Sui Dynasty, and he did not want to have such a far-reaching plan..."
"A true martial arts master can kill all the enemies one by one in the woods with one against a hundred. If it is in an open place, it is impossible for one against fifty. If these people have undergone a lot of training,
Or if you are an elite soldier or a master of martial arts, if you can defeat one against ten in the face of an encirclement, it is probably already amazing. The battlefield is different from personal bravery. Sometimes, if you break your courage, 20,000 people can defeat 800,000, but
More often than not, numbers are just numbers. No matter how powerful they are, there are only more than 500 people, and the most important thing is that they will always be exhausted. In addition, any master of martial arts can only retreat when faced with more than a hundred cavalry.
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Li Shimin kept thinking secretly, cursing Duan Zhixuan in his heart for why he didn't let the cavalry charge these 500 special force masters, and then freed up his hands to resist the troops led by Cheng Yaojin and Xu Shiji. As long as he persisted for a while, he still had 20,000 cavalry.
Coming from Qushi City, it’s really not certain who will win at that time!
Duan Zhixuan did not disappoint Li Shimin. While the latter was chanting on the hilltop in the distance, he also issued an order for the more than 3,000 cavalry who had finally gathered together to start charging.
As the sound of more than three thousand cavalry galloping could be heard, the ground suddenly began to tremble.
More than three thousand cavalry rushed forward like a tide towards the fifty special operations teams.
Even these fifty special operations teams were all experts. Looking at the surging fire front, they seemed to be a little frightened. Then, they retreated to the mountain col in the rear as planned... This was their scheduled combat location.
That place is said to be a mountain col, which is actually wrong. The opening is a bit big, the slopes on both sides are not too steep, and the conditions for setting up an ambush are actually not perfect.
This area was originally used by the Li Jiajun to ambush the 10,000 Wagang camp cavalry led by Cheng Yaojin. How could they be confused by such an opening? More than 3,000 people roared and surged in. The general leading the team saw
This terrain is not taken seriously at all.
Just like this, they charged and pushed forward, and the fifty special operations teams were retreating. These more than 3,000 Li family army cavalry were confident of victory, and they killed all these special operations team masters who had just killed too many of them.
With many years of experience and superb vision, once a decision is made, they will not be confused or shaken. In fact, whether it is Duan Zhixuan or the general who is charging with more than 3,000 cavalry at this time, their judgments are basically accurate. Yes, even if the special forces are all experts, if 500 people face the charge of 3,000 cavalry, they will only end up with defeat and heavy casualties. At most, the cavalry will suffer heavy losses.
More than 3,000 cavalrymen rushed into the mountain road, waving their spears. Although the fifty hurriedly fleeing teams in the field of vision ahead were very fast, they were still getting closer and closer under the full gallop of the horses. Duan Zhixuan just faced The bounties on the heads of these 500 special forces experts were ten times that of ordinary Far Eastern Army soldiers, so the hearts of these more than 3,000 Li family cavalrymen were full of murderous intent and enthusiasm for a bright future.
Boom boom boom boom...
The huge noise shook the ground.
At the mouth of the mountain col, three thousand cavalry charged forward about one-third of the way. The light began to rise. Some cavalry and horses screamed together or flew backwards without even screaming, and even worse. It fell apart directly.
Amidst the spray of flesh and blood, stones, soil, and sand exploded in the air, and fragments flew everywhere. The expressions of some of the cavalrymen at the rear changed greatly, and they struggled to pull up the reins. With a "high" sound, their horses raised their hooves one after another.
In the quiet night, the grenade explosion was slightly different from the previous grenade explosions fired by the special forces and the more than two thousand horse thieves led by Mad Bird, but the roar was still as loud as thunder and shocked everyone.
More than 3,000 cavalry and horses were blown away during the charge, or the horses were frightened and jumped wildly, and then squeezed each other to the ground. Although the people behind almost subconsciously wanted to rein in their horses, they stopped because of The war horse was severely frightened and was knocked around.
The mines laid by the special forces at the mountain pass were not actually that many, but they were triggered simultaneously by pulling wires. On such a night, the mines were indeed extremely ornamental and lethal.
Although the Li Jiajun had in-depth research and preparedness on the gunpowder weapons of the Far East Army, they mostly used hand grenades and gunpowder packets. They didn't have much contact with landmines, so they really didn't expect that there would be a sudden explosion on the ground in this dark night. .
Therefore, the more than 3,000 cavalrymen that Duan Zhixuan finally gathered were actually finished at this moment. Even if at least one third of them were still alive, the chaos had completely erupted, and the surviving cavalrymen were suddenly stunned. .
Some people still couldn't figure out what was going on, but the general who commanded the more than 3,000 cavalry reacted decisively. Because he led the vanguard of more than 400 cavalry a little further away from the back, and because their riding skills were superb, they were able to control the frightened horses. After that, he gritted his teeth and led the men to rush forward. However, there was a series of loud noises. He, the war horse on him, and the brothers beside him all flew out.
The cavalry general, who was thrown off his horse, rolled up from the ground. His hair and beard were all messed up. He was horrified, his head was wet, and his heart was so desperate that he wanted to vomit blood.
"This damn thing is endless. This kind of explosion is still a fart fight."
As soon as the Li family general's thoughts came to his mind, he was overwhelmed by fifty special operations teams who came back to attack him. Not only him, but also all the survivors among the more than 3,000 cavalry.
Amidst the roaring roar, there were several thunderous noises. This time the fire came from the hillside on the right side. Xu Shiji had already guessed that Li Shimin might have reinforcements, and he didn't want to delay it any longer.
A wave of grenades.
After the loud explosion, there was a flash of fire, and the steel needle and steel ball inside the grenade drew a sad line of blood in the air.
After about one breath, the fire light came on again. Xu Shiji and Cheng Yaojin finally defeated the more than 10,000 cavalry who blocked them, and the remnants of the Li family army began to flee in large numbers.
At this time, the entire battlefield was in complete chaos. Looking from a distance, the lights and explosions that crisscrossed the mountain road were like thunder punishments cast by gods in the sky, which was intimidating and made horses fear...
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The Zhu family army had been completely defeated. Except for Zhu Can, who was protected by a group of soldiers and escaped early in the dark, seven or eighty-eight of them were dead.
However, because it was dark and the strength of the Far East Army was limited, it was difficult to kill all Zhu Jiajun, and many Zhu Jiajun still escaped.
At this time, the disintegrating soldiers of the Li family army were like a tide, running away in all directions. Many of them even dropped their weapons and armor in order to make themselves run faster.
The great rout spread in all directions in the night. On the distant hilltop, Li Shimin's expression turned extremely ugly, and he looked at the fire and explosions on the other side of the mountain col from a distance.
"What's going on... It's gunpowder again... How is this possible? Doesn't it mean that if you want the buried gunpowder to be effective, it will take at least half a day to arrange it? Gunpowder of this scale just now should also take at least one
The whole day's schedule is just right..." Li Shimin had a gloomy face, but he did not lose his mind. He had conducted very in-depth research on gunpowder, "Xu Shiji had long expected or had found out that Zhu Can and I would fight here.
Their people set up an ambush, Cheng Yaojin was originally the bait, and they had already made full preparations for this place."
At this time, looking from the hillside directly opposite, the open mouth of the mountain has turned into a huge uncontrollable chaos. People's figures are running in all directions. Blood and corpses are scattered on the ground, or flying in the air.
air, frightened battle
The horses scattered, leaving their riders behind, and some ran into the running crowd.
Some knights had no time to take their legs out of the stirrups, and were dragged around with one leg. Because of the darkness of the night, every time the exploding light lit up, people in the distance could see more clearly what seemed to be frozen.
Chaos in a moment.
Duan Zhixuan's voice spread throughout the audience, shouting: "Hurry up and gather your people. The explosive power of gunpowder on flat ground is limited. Less than a thousand of you were killed just now. Hurry up and gather your people. Even if you are beaten,
If you don’t win, at least gather the people together so you can escape, so hurry up.”
Duan Zhixuan's roar had a certain effect, and many generals of the Li family's army shouted loudly and gathered the defeated troops.
However, although night is conducive to their escape, it is not conducive to their gathering of people. Even if they manage to gather a group of people, they will be immediately targeted by the Far East Army and charged with all their strength, which will lead to fatal disasters. Therefore, after several attempts to gather people,
, the entire Li family army just focused on escaping for their lives.
Duan Zhixuan led more than a thousand soldiers around him to maintain their formation. Although they tried to prevent the retreat of their own soldiers, their manpower was limited after all. They killed some of the deserters who retreated the fastest, but it did not help at all.
At this time, there were scenes of collapse everywhere in the mountains. Some people were yelling randomly, some were shouting to run, and some were running and stepping on the corpses along the way. Only then did they remember how many brothers had died in the whole day's battle.
Seeing this, Duan Zhixuan knew that it was difficult to save the overall situation, so he did not dare to stay any longer, and fled for his life with the more than a thousand people around him who were still in order.
Before he was about to retreat, he looked back and saw that fifty special operations teams at the entrance of the mountain over there killed the more than 3,000 cavalry, and then fought their way out again to harvest the scattered troops of his side.
The sky was completely dark, and the Far East Army did not pursue them too far. After the Li Family Army's army completely collapsed, and after a wave of pursuit, Xu Shiji gave an order, and everyone stopped pursuing them, and instead dispersed them one by one.
After gathering up the scurrying war horses and calming them down, everyone followed the plan and left here along a valley and headed north. It seemed that they were going to kill Hanzhong County overnight.
In the high sky, there was a flying eagle surrounding them, circling continuously within a radius of ten miles. Li Shimin raised his head and glanced at the flying eagle, and then at the Wagang Camp army rushing north overnight, with a flash of monstrous murder in his eyes.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Xu Shiji, I was originally worried that you would stop here, but since your appetite is still there, this is my chance, Li Shimin, to make a comeback."
After muttering to himself, Li Shimin led a team of elite soldiers and disappeared into the night.
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"What, disappeared?" Li Shimin rushed back to Hanzhong County overnight, and had prepared a large net for Xu Shiji. However, at dawn the next day, he received news that he had not expected at all.
"Yes, sir, all the spies we sent to keep an eye on the main force of Wagang Camp have been killed or disappeared, but the spies and scouts sent out again can no longer find the main force of Wagang Camp." A general in charge of military intelligence
The official knelt on one knee in front of Li Shimin and reported respectfully.
Li Shimin's face changed several times, he frowned and thought for a while, then asked: "Where is Duan Zhixuan now?"
The general immediately said: "Reporting to the young master, General Duan has gathered more than 10,000 broken troops and is heading towards Hanzhong County."
"How was the battle situation yesterday for the 20,000 cavalrymen led by Li Xiong in Qushi City, and where are they now?" Li Shimin asked with another frown.
The general said: "Reporting to the young master, General Li Xiong led the 20,000 cavalry in Qushi City yesterday according to the plan, and successfully destroyed the 10,000 infantrymen of the Wagang camp who were attacking the city. After capturing the opponent's general Xie Yingdeng alive, he went all the way north according to the plan.
Support, but we didn’t catch up with last night’s battle, and we are on our way to Hanzhong County at this time.”
After Li Shimin thought for a while, he said: "Immediately give an order to Li Xiong and ask him to lead his men and horses to turn around and go to Qushi City. Tell him that he will be stationed in Qushi City without my order, and he must defend Qushi City to the death. As long as Qushi City is not lost, Hanzhong
With the county seat in our hands, the entire Hanzhong County is firmly in our hands."
The general immediately said yes respectfully, and Li Shimin emphasized: "Send a large number of spies and scouts to find the people of Wagang Camp led by Xu Shiji as soon as possible."