Yang Jian's 5,000 cavalrymen have been slowly advancing forward with the two wings of the Northern Zhou Dynasty since the battle began. They have no intention of attacking, and they have been wandering back and forth outside the first trench.
"Yang Jian is very shrewd and knows that these five thousand cavalry are his last resort. He set up these three trenches mainly for his five thousand cavalry, so he will never act rashly." Xiao Shilian said coldly.
He said, "If my calculations are correct, Yang Jian should be waiting for us to counterattack."
Trenches and city walls should be the two most effective means of dealing with cavalry.
Naturally, Xiao Shilian was not polite to Yang Jian. These three trenches were specially laid to guard against Yang Jian's cavalry. After all, the biggest threat to infantry in the wilderness was also the cavalry. Although the enemy only had 5,000 people, Xiao Shilian had to pay special attention to it.
Yang Jian was obviously aware of this, so he was in no hurry to move.
After a long period of fighting, Yang Jian should be able to figure out Xiao Shilian's character. Xiao Shilian was originally the kind of master who was unwilling to suffer. Now that the battle has progressed to this point, in fact, Xiao Shilian has always been passively beaten. What's wrong with this guy?
Maybe you can really bear it?
Therefore, Yang Jian was also sure that Xiao Shilian would definitely wait for an opportunity to counterattack, otherwise his Chinese army would not have been silent for a long time. Therefore, Yang Jian's cavalry obviously stayed to wait to deal with Xiao Shilian's possible counterattack.
The war has already progressed to this point. Naturally, Yang Jian's power must be used as much as possible on the blade. There is no need to fill it in a war of attrition.
The sounds of fighting on the battlefield are getting louder and louder.
The Han army, which had no longer retreated, clung to the last line of defense, with spears piercing the chest and swords slashing at the neck. The soldiers on both sides were completely red-eyed. As long as the armor was different from their own, or even the direction they were facing.
No matter what, they all became targets for them to chop at with the weapons in their hands.
"Kill!" Huang Wan's armor was already splattered with blood, and the horizontal knife in his hand was stuck in the ribs of the Northern Zhou general in front of him. The pained Northern Zhou general held Huang Wan's blade tightly and let it go.
The blade was firmly embedded in his palm, blood flowed down the blade, and blood overflowed from the corner of the general's mouth, but his eyes were fixed on Huang Wan.
He saw that he could not survive, but as long as he could trap this guy, he would naturally give his own people a chance to slash at this defenseless guy with their swords.
When the time comes, it depends on you whether you choose to be slaughtered or to throw away the knife.
Thinking of this, a ferocious smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Jiang's mouth.
Huang Wan's choice was obviously very fast. He let go of the knife and kicked the Northern Zhou general, causing him to fall to the ground. Several Northern Zhou soldiers had already seen the unarmed Han general here.
, swarmed up.
"Dang!" Huang Wan's personal guards arrived in time.
Huang Wan picked up a spear from the ground, flicked the spear, and once again came out of the crowd. The spear hit the waist of the Northern Zhou soldier on the left, and then thrust it forward, piercing the oncoming man's chest.
chest.
The guy on the left staggered after suffering pain, and there was a flash of sword in front of him, and the Han army's sword had passed over his neck.
And Huang Wan took three steps and two steps to walk to the side of the Northern Zhou general. The Northern Zhou general had not yet breathed his last, and spit out streams of blood foam when he opened and closed his mouth. When he saw Huang Wan, his eyes widened in disbelief.
Huang Wan obviously didn't say hello to him, and he pulled out his horizontal sword with the intention of acquaintance. This time, the Northern Zhou general had no strength to stop him. The knife left the wound, and blood spurted out like arrows, sprinkling on Huang Wan's armor.
, spots, mixed with the previous blood stains.
"General, retreat first, the enemy is coming up again." The guards had just killed this group of Northern Zhou soldiers.
Huang Wan subconsciously looked around. On both sides of the trench, soldiers from both sides were fighting back and forth. There were various wooden boards on the trench, some of which were laid by the Han soldiers to fight from the east to the west, and some of which were the opposite.
As the war progresses, there is no longer any distinction between who laid the ground and everyone is fighting on it. If the Han army has the advantage, they will rush to the west. If the Northern Zhou army has the advantage, they will not hesitate to attack.
Kill on the east side in order to break through the last line of defense of the Han army.
The trench was almost filled with corpses, and more soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were still pressing forward. If Huang Wan did not leave, he would probably be surrounded on the west side of the trench.
After all, there aren't that many planks on the trench.
Huang Wan looked worriedly at the group of cavalry not far away.
Yang Jian's cavalry has been following the Northern Zhou army to advance, with the intention of suppressing the army. But now it is getting closer and closer.
If Yang Jian led the cavalry to charge at this time, it would be a disaster for the Han army.
"Order the crossbowmen to hold down the position and prepare to retreat!" Huang Wan said decisively.
Rather than being blocked in the west by the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who came up from behind, it was better to retreat first.
However, after this retreat, the Han army's back only extended to the wilderness below Shangluo City.
They will have no way out.
Almost at the same time, Lu Guangda also issued a similar order. Obviously Liang Shiyan's attack was not so easy to resist. The Han army could only rely on this trench for defense, and because there was pressure from the Northern Zhou cavalry that could come up at any time, so
There were few opportunities for movement and maneuver. In contrast, the Northern Zhou army could choose any angle to launch attacks of varying degrees.
In terms of initiative, the Han army was actually completely at a disadvantage. As long as the rhythm on this battlefield was mastered by figures like Wei Xiaokuan and Liang Shiyan, they would naturally be able to ensure that everything would be overwhelming.
But now, because of the stubborn resistance of the Han army and their decisive withdrawal at critical moments, Liang Shiyan and the others were not able to completely control the rhythm. From time to time, they had to adjust their arrangements according to changes in the Han army.
But after the last ditch was given away, it would be really difficult for the Han army to grasp the rhythm on the battlefield.
Xiao Shilian's expression also became nervous, and he stared straight ahead.
Yang Jian should be about to launch an attack.
What is he still waiting for?
As if to confirm Xiao Shilian's guess, the Northern Zhou cavalry who had been following leisurely and leisurely behind them stopped.
The Northern Zhou army also began to disperse to both sides and slowed down its attack.
Yang Jian, who obviously realized that the Han army should have no reinforcements, finally couldn't help but take action.
If it weren't for the fear that the Han army might have an unknown number of reinforcements behind it, Yang Jian wouldn't have delayed it for so long. Why would he use infantry to nibble at things that can be solved with a single charge by cavalry?
"Commander, please let your subordinates go to fight!" Chunyucen said anxiously.