Chapter 1645: Encirclement, where will Sima eliminate difficulties?
The infantry of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was not an elite team, and there were even many strong men who had been forced to do so over the years. If it were not for the fact that this was the defender of Tongguan, the morale of the army and the quality of the soldiers would definitely be even worse.
The soldiers of the Han army were able to defeat the Xianbei cavalry with their sophisticated weapons and equipment, but the Northern Zhou infantry did not have this ability.
At this time, the enemy's cavalry had not only attacked, but looking at their posture, it was clear that it would not be that easy to stop the enemy's cavalry. Obviously, most of the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not have the consciousness to fight bloody battles and never retreat for the sake of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
, as soon as the Han cavalry rushed forward, they themselves were completely disorganized.
In particular, some generals who were not afraid of death wanted to lead the way, but were killed by the Han cavalry as the first ones. The rest of the Northern Zhou soldiers even lost their courage.
"General, the left wing is in defeat!"
"General, the right wing can't hold it anymore!"
"General, the enemy's main formation of the Chinese army has also pressed forward!"
Sima Xiaonan's eyes widened as he listened to the reports coming back from Lu Lu one after another.
He can clearly see the situation in front of him without the need to repay him.
As Lu Guangda led the main force of the Han army to press forward, the position of the Northern Zhou army was about to be completely loosened. The Han army's cavalry rushed in from the left wing, so now except for the far right wing, the rest of the left wing and the central army were already on the verge of approaching
Collapse, of course, the Northern Zhou army on the right wing obviously had no desire to resist, and firmly wanted to show that it was also under a lot of pressure.
But their pressure came really quickly.
The main force of the Han army's infantry, headed by the Modao team, collided head-on with the right wing of the Northern Zhou army. The weapon in the Modao was designed to chop down the enemy's horses. If it fell on a person, it would be as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.
Especially now that those heavy armored soldiers could no longer walk and were taken to rest by the rear troops. The task of being forward on the battlefield had completely fallen into the hands of the Modao Team, so the Modao Team was naturally even more excited.
With such a big guy in hand, who wants to play a supporting role for others?
Now these big guys can't hold on any longer, and it's time for them to show off their talents.
The Modao team rushed forward, and the right wing of the Northern Zhou army collapsed. Countless shields and even swords were thrown all over the ground. When the left wing was directly penetrated by the Han cavalry, the generals on the right wing no longer wanted to
Keep fighting.
The guys in front of us have even killed the Xianbei cavalry who were walking sideways. How could they possibly stop them? So if you fight them in a decent manner, you can quickly turn around and run away.
Originally, these generals were not inclined to leave Tongguan and the camp to rescue the Xianbei cavalry. However, Sima Xiaoxiao had given a death order, and secondly, everyone knew that the Xianbei cavalry was one of the few defenders.
Trump card, it's best not to cause any problems, otherwise what will everyone do if they are labeled as unwilling to save their lives?
It's good now. These arrogant guys are really hopeless. It seems that except for a few captured people, none of them survived. This is enough. Anyway, what everyone is worried about is that some of them will come back alive and say
They do nothing to save them.
Now they are indeed saved. If they are not saved, we can't blame them. We can only blame the enemy for being so powerful as they must have imagined, and these Xianbei cavalry are so overconfident that no one can expect the infantry to move.
Can their legs run faster than the cavalry? In the Battle of Huaihai, there was no army that could run faster than the wheels. I don't count them for the moment. So if these infantry can rush all the way to this place, they are already worthy of the Xianbei cavalry.
Now that we are deep in a dangerous situation and unable to defeat anyone, we should be able to understand why we run away.
Anyway, we can just dump the blame entirely on the Xianbei cavalry when the time comes.
With this idea in mind, the Northern Zhou generals began to retreat with their troops, but this retreat soon turned into a rout.
The Han army seemed to realize that the enemy was far more fragile than imagined, and suddenly they no longer cared about the military formation. Following Lu Guangda's order, the originally tight Han army formation suddenly exploded, and the Han army
The soldiers rushed towards the Northern Zhou army that had begun to retreat.
The left and right wings collapsed almost at the same time. This was something Sima Xiaonan never expected. And
The Chinese army has lost the protection on both sides and will inevitably face a great crisis soon.
Sima Xiaonan shuddered. He had clearly realized that there was no need for him to continue standing here.
"Retreat!" he ordered decisively.
It's just that the drums are beating loudly, and it seems to be too late.
On the distant horizon, dark military formations continued to appear. The Han army led by Huang Wan was on the north side, and the Han army led by Lu Qing was on the south side. In addition, Hou Mi's cavalry pierced through the Northern Zhou army formation and made a roundabout move.
The circle rushed directly towards Sima Xiaonan's main formation, and an encirclement posture was suddenly formed.
At the same time, Xiao Shilian's general's flag also appeared in sight. This big Han cavalry general led five thousand cavalry and appeared inside Lu Guangda's headquarters, slowly advancing towards this side. The total number of Han troops should be
There were 50,000 people, but the total number of soldiers and horses brought out by Sima Xiaonan was only 20,000. It is a bit embarrassing to say that 20,000 people were beaten like this by Lu Quangda's 10,000 people. Of course, the Han army's cavalry
The advance itself also tied down a large number of troops.
In other words, the Han army that has surrounded us is twice as large as the Northern Zhou army. However, the Northern Zhou army has no cavalry in large groups. It is almost impossible to forcefully tear out a gap, especially with these almost no cavalry.
The fighting spirit of the infantry was like hitting a stone with an egg.
Soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty have begun to surrender, and a small group of people in the Han army's formation naturally separated to gather the surrendered troops, while more troops narrowed the encirclement step by step, and finally surrounded the hesitant defeated troops in half a radius.
within the range of .
In fact, at this point, those who have not yet surrendered are generally those who live in the Northern Zhou Dynasty or have Xianbei blood, or are veterans who really followed Yuchi Jiong and Sima Xiaonan in the northern and southern campaigns. The rest of Ding Zhuang
They have long since abandoned their armor and been defeated.
The only remaining people are still hoping that with the strength of their numbers, they can hold on for a while longer and at least obey Sima's order to eliminate the trouble. Maybe reinforcements will actually arrive.
But Sima Xiaonan, who was almost in the middle of the military formation surrounded by his personal guards, knew very well that the reinforcements would most likely not come, because before he left, he had given a death order to the garrison in the pass, unless he received
Yu Chijiong personally sent the order, otherwise he would never be able to leave the city to provide support.
You can be defeated, but you can't make any mistakes on the Tongguan side. As long as Tongguan is still there, the western gateway to Luoyang will be as stable as Mount Tai.
For this kind of dangerous place where one man is in charge and no one can attack it, it is not important that there are more soldiers than there are fewer soldiers, but the most important thing is that the location is still in hand.