If the previous battle on the west bank of Tanxi was mainly due to the obvious intention of luring the enemy deeper, and there was a big gap in the cooperation between the cavalry and the ambush team and subsequent reinforcements, then in today's battle, Yuchi
Shun really didn't know where he went wrong, let alone why the enemy could see through his intentions so quickly and set a trap for himself that he didn't even know was a trap.
Thinking about the Battle of Cangxi Valley at that time, Yuchi Jiong and Wei Xiaokuan's dominant troops were turned around by Li Xinchen, and thinking about the current civil war in the Northern Zhou Dynasty that has almost reached the point where both sides will lose, so much so that not even a single soldier supporting Xiangyang City can be killed.
Unable to find a way out, Yu Chishun felt deeply helpless.
He even suspected that Li Xingchen had a pair of magical hands that could easily control and change everything, whether it was time or fate.
Where does this guy come from?
But now Yuchishun doesn't have that much energy to think about how Li Xingchen did this. Whether it was fate or man-made, at least Yuchishun had to solve the problem in front of him now.
Needless to say, there are problems with the enemy's arrangement.
It's just that he doesn't know if Pei Zilie is spying on him in the darkness, waiting for him to reveal a bigger flaw to him. But he knows that if he doesn't leave now, he may really have no chance later.
The generals did not dare to neglect. From the few words of the major general, they could already sense the approaching danger.
Ming Jin's voice suddenly sounded in the darkness. The Northern Zhou army that had been attacking crazily retreated slowly. Rows of crossbowmen lined up along the edge of the camp. Anyone who had the courage to rush forward would naturally be baptized by the rain of arrows.
Li Xun, who was standing on the general stage, watched the Northern Zhou army suddenly retreat and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The attack of the Northern Zhou army was really swift and violent. To be honest, if they kept up the intensity of their attack for just one stick of incense, I am afraid that the Ba people would not be able to sustain it. But the current situation is that the Northern Zhou army was in front of the Ba people's formation.
A large number of corpses were left behind, and correspondingly, the Ba people's original square formation with Dianjiangtai as the core shrunk by a full third.
In other words, in the brief and rapid confrontation just now, both sides suffered at least two, six, seven hundred casualties.
If consumption continues like this, the Ba people will really be wiped out.
"General!" There was a knife mark on Lu Qing's face, and he didn't know which lucky guy cut it. However, it seems that he was not lucky enough, otherwise Lu Qing's head would have been split into two parts.
"You're pretty lucky, kid." Li Xun looked at it and couldn't help laughing.
Lu Qing casually wiped the blood on his face and smiled: "General, are we still chasing him?"
"What are you chasing? We can't catch you anymore. We won't care about the rest." Li Xun waved his hand, "Let the brothers rest for a while. It seems that the fire is almost burnt out. Send out scouts to find General Wu Yi. Let's see.
Look where they are."
After a pause, Li Xun silently turned his head and looked in the direction in which the Northern Zhou army was retreating.
Obviously Yu Chishun is not a complete fool. It is reasonable for him to see some obvious traps. Next, it depends on whether Pei Zilie and the others can seize the opportunity.
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Yuchi Shun walked on the dark road with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Of course there is no official road from Tanxi to Xiangyang City. This small road was opened by the baggage teams transporting grain and grass. Most of the troops and horses retreated just now along this road. Because of the trampling of people and horses, the number of roads is very small.
It was a bit rugged, and Captain Chi Shun ordered the torches to be extinguished, so we could only use the faint moonlight to see what was under our feet.
"How far is it?" Yu Chishun asked in a low voice.
"About half a mile," the guard captain replied hurriedly, "I'm walking forward in the dark. I can't see the surrounding mountains and rivers clearly, and my subordinates can't..."
"Whoosh!" A sharp sound came, interrupting the guard captain's words.
The arrow whizzed into the chest of another guard, and the guard captain almost subconsciously threw Yuchi Shun to the ground. The next moment, more arrows let out a sharp scream. What happened to the retreating Northern Zhou soldiers?
No one thought that there would be such a murderous intention hidden in the darkness. Wherever the arrow hit, it could be said that people were turned upside down.
"Form up!" Yuchi Shun pushed away the guard captain and shouted.
And as if he was aware of the sound here, more arrows gathered here. Yuchi Shungang just wanted to get up, but he also noticed something was wrong, and rolled on the spot almost entirely relying on instinct, and rolled directly into the grass on the roadside.
, and the dense arrows immediately turned the few standing guards into hedgehogs.
"General!" Several battle leaders rushed over in panic, but were immediately stopped by Yuchishun's personal guards. Now everyone knew that Yuchishun was here, and nothing could be done to expose the major general again.
Otherwise, you will only receive a denser rain of arrows from the enemy.
Torches were lit in the darkness, like stars dancing in the night. Soon these stars gradually connected into lines and planes, and the sparks of a single spark turned into a prairie fire in an instant!
At this time, Yu Chishun raised his head and saw the situation clearly. There was a small hill not far from the road, and the Bashu army poured down from the hill like a wave. At the same time, in the darkness on both sides of the road,
, one after another, vague figures stood up, each of them holding a crossbow in their hands, constantly stringing it, pulling the trigger, and stringing it again.
Arrows continued to pierce the darkness, and the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty fell in response.
Because they were marching in darkness, the formation of the Northern Zhou army was very tight, and arrows shot almost always yielded results.
"Array, form!" the generals shouted anxiously. Even in the chaos, their voices would still stand out, and this would undoubtedly make them the primary targets of the Bashu crossbowmen. The arrows continued to rub against each other.
They flew past, and each Northern Zhou soldier was urged to spread out to both sides, with their shields raised, and finally managed to block the arrows.
"Kill!" The big shield spread to both sides, and the shield-swordsmen roared out. At the same time, the Northern Zhou crossbowmen also began to fight back.
Some of the Bashu crossbowmen who rushed in front were quickly hit by arrows and fell to the ground, but the rest were more or less aware. Seeing that the enemy had stabilized their position, they immediately began to retreat. At the same time, the large group of Bashu infantry had also rushed down.
They climbed the hillside and swept towards the Northern Zhou army!
"Fire the arrow!" Yu Chishun got up in a panic and shouted loudly, his voice was a little hoarse perhaps because of his anxiety.
To be honest, the appearance of the enemy ambush was beyond Yuchishun's expectation.
After Yuchishun noticed something was wrong at the camp, he almost ordered the withdrawal of the troops as quickly as possible, and the dispersed scouts did not detect the enemy's movements. This gave Yuchishun enough reason to believe that the enemy's reinforcements were still there.
In the back, as long as we can retreat to Xiangyang City quickly, everything will still be safe and sound.