"Let go!" At this time, a loud shout came from the left and right of the formation, and arrows soared from the military formation, like a sickle of death, harvesting life wantonly.
"Disperse, form a formation of three cavalry, and attack the enemy's flank!" the leader of the Northern Zhou cavalry, Xi Jia Zhu, also shouted. Obviously the enemy is familiar with the tactics of the Northern Zhou cavalry, so now they can only place their hopes on the enemy's two troops.
The places where the horses are connected are not too close, so they can cut off the enemy first and at least cover their own troops and horses from the battlefield.
The cavalrymen skillfully controlled their horses. Three or three cavalrymen formed a cone-shaped assault formation and charged forward. Arrows whizzed past them from front to back, left and right, and Northern Zhou cavalrymen kept falling off their horses, but because the distance was already very close.
, so, they quickly rushed into Pei Zilie's right wing.
"Formation!" Zheng Kaiyuan raised the sword in his hand. As the captain in charge of the right wing, he certainly could not allow the battle line to be torn apart at this time, so that Chen Zhishen and Li Xun would in turn be surrounded by Northern Zhou soldiers and horses.
The spearmen and shield bearers did not have the slightest fear. They watched the enemy's cavalry arrive in front of them in a blink of an eye, and at the same time they clenched their weapons tightly.
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"Quickly, follow me!" Yu Chishun waved his arms, and small boats quickly shuttled on the water of Tanxi River, transferring thousands of soldiers to the other side.
Tanxi is not very wide, but the water in the middle and lower reaches is deep, so swimming would be dangerous. Otherwise, there would be no legend about Liu Huangshu jumping on his horse over Tanxi. If Tanxi was shallow, Liu Bei would not have to jump over it at all, he could just ride his horse and walk across it.
Fortunately, Cao Xiaoda had already prepared the boat, which came in handy at this time.
From this place, the sound of fighting not far away could be vaguely heard. It was obvious that the battle around Longzhong had reached a fierce stage. Yuchishun could not waste a moment. He himself did not wait for the soldiers on the shore to get on the boat, and jumped first.
Got on a boat:
"Go, go, go!"
The boat trip up Tanxi River took just a cup of tea and we soon reached the west bank.
Seven to eight hundred soldiers had gathered on the west bank of Tanxi River. Yuchishun jumped off the boat. Several generals and commanders saw Yuchishun approaching and hurriedly stepped forward. Yuchishun waved his hand: "Take care of the people under your command.
let's go!"
"But..." Several generals looked at the soldiers from behind who had not come over in surprise.
"There are a hundred people missing. Time is running out!" Yu Chishun said coldly.
"promise!"
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At this time, one mile away, the Northern Zhou cavalry was struggling to advance among the Bashu army. When they rushed in, they realized that the enemy was not as easy to deal with as they thought. The Bashu soldiers did not want to face the cavalry.
In the sense of fighting, they just retreated backwards and to both sides. At the same time, the crossbowmen who had been waiting on the hillside for a long time continued to pour arrows at the enemy.
The flags of Zheng Kaiyuan and Pei Zilie kept moving left and right, and the Bashu soldiers followed these flags back and forth. Although the formation undulated and shrank like a wave, it was precisely for this reason that the Northern Zhou cavalry could not find any place to break through.
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Once they urge their horses forward, the enemy will stride back, and the crossbowmen will focus their attention here.
And once they retreated to find other breakthroughs, the enemy's originally contracted formation would expand again, with spears sticking out one after another, forcing them to turn their horses around to join their companions.
The speed of the cavalry advance has been completely suppressed, and these Northern Zhou cavalry discovered a very cruel fact, that is, although they tried their best to disperse and attack, the result was that the Northern Zhou army never found a breakthrough, and could only be driven together again.
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"Fire the arrow!" Pei Zilie breathed out softly.
The enemies have become increasingly dense, and what needs to be done now is to completely cover them with arrows. Using infantry to deal with cavalry is not a good decision in the first place. Pei Zilie does not want to sacrifice so many people, and those who can be solved with arrows will not use human lives.
At this time, Chen Zhishen and Li Xun had divided and surrounded the Northern Zhou ambush group. It was only a matter of time before they were swallowed up. It could be said that this extravagant melee was about to end with Pei Zilie's victory.
But before Pei Zilie could relax, a flag appeared on the horizon, and no one knew how many Northern Zhou troops were moving this way.
"Send the order, the cavalry goes to test, remember not to engage in battle," Pei Zilie hurriedly ordered, one wave after another, but he didn't expect that Cao Xiaoda really thought highly of him.
The Bashu cavalry had completed the task of dispersing and harassing the enemy, and now they were just helping to clean up the fish that had slipped through the net. After receiving the order, they immediately turned and pounced on the charging Northern Zhou army. At the same time, Chen Zhishen's troops and Zheng Kaiyuan's troops
The troops gathered together and retreated to the foot of the mountain. The crossbowmen on the hillside began to shoot arrows to provide cover.
Those surviving Northern Zhou cavalry were obviously not stupid, and they retreated one after another. Although hundreds of corpses were still left behind, at least four to five hundred people survived and retreated to form formations outside the range of the Bashu army's crossbows.
At this time, the entire chaotic battlefield finally calmed down.
Pei Zilie's men formed an array along the foot of the mountain, with the left wing and the center army in front, and the right wing slightly behind to cover the exhausted soldiers such as Chen Zhishen and Li Xun. At the same time, the Northern Zhou army was facing the connection between the Bashu army's right wing and the center army.
Gather everywhere and wait for reinforcements.
Both sides looked like beasts that had just experienced a fierce struggle and fighting, taking this opportunity to lick their wounds.
"Report, they are reinforcements from the Zhou people. The name of the general's flag is 'Yuchi', it should be Yuchi Shun!" A scout came quickly.
Pei Zilie nodded slightly. The only generals of the Lieutenant Chi family in Xiangyang City were Yu Chikuan and Yuchi Shun. It was impossible for unknown people to lead the army in such a war, and Yuchi Kuan, as the nominal commander-in-chief of the Xiangyang army, could not be good at this time.
After leaving the post, only Yuchi Shun, the "old friend" of the Bashu army, was left.
As for Yuchi Shun, although Pei Zilie has never fought against him, he also knows that this person is one of the more up-to-date sons of Captain Chi Jiong, and he has been fighting by Yuchi Jiong's side. It can be said that Yuchi Jiong's ability is so good.
Among the many sons in the middle school, Yu Chishun is the most complete.
Li Xingchen can make Yuchishun miserable, but it does not mean that Pei Zilie also has this ability, especially now that Pei Zilie's troops are exhausted after two days of fighting and the short and fierce battle just now. To be honest, Pei Zilie does not feel that the current attack is
Good choice.
This battle of ambush and counter-ambush turned into a fierce battle with both sides constantly adding troops. It can be said that it was beyond Pei Zilie's expectation and certainly beyond Yuchishun's expectation.
Yuchishun was standing in the Northern Zhou army formation not far away at this time, looking at the Bashu army that had shrunk its defense line. At this moment, he already knew that unless both sides let go and fight, they would continue to waste their lives and defeat the Northern Zhou army.