Chapter 116: The decisive battle at Hulao Pass (4)
Facing such a group of enemies with no formation and even weapons, Li Daoxuan saw it clearly and was filled with ecstasy.
Such an enemy is just a mob. No matter how many there are, they will collapse at the first touch!
The military advisor is really good at calculating things!
Li Daoxuan didn't know how Xia Yu seized such a mysterious opportunity, and he, a stubborn person, didn't bother to think about it.
What he has to do now is to seize the opportunity and ruthlessly defeat the enemy.
Contrasting five hundred with twenty thousand, such a crazy thing, no matter how bold he was, he would never have dared to think of it in the past, but today, he wanted to create a miracle.
"kill!"
The completed team of hussars tried their best to speed up within the limited charging distance. In an instant, with trees as long as trees and cavalry as long as walls, they crashed into the central infantry square of the Xia army's forward.
Suddenly, there were screams, and under the long spears of the winged cavalry, one of the panicked Xia soldiers was pierced, and one of the fleeing enemies was knocked to death and trampled to death.
Although the fierce winged cavalry were few in number, they were like boiling water and snow. They killed the Xia Army's forwards with just one encounter and fled in panic, leaving them completely unable to parry.
"Kill! Kill! Pierce them!"
Li Daoxuan's blood rushed to his head, his eyes were blood red, and his roar was like thunder.
The hussars charged wildly, and the tyrannical wall line was like a torrent, charging towards the depths of the enemy's formation, charging, charging, and charging again.
At this time, the Xia army's military discipline was lax and there was no leader to take charge of the battle.
Seeing how ferocious the enemy troops were, as if they were divine soldiers descending from the sky, no one knew who shouted to flee. Tens of thousands of Xia Army's forward infantry collapsed instantly, dropped their weapons, and fled as fast as they could.
There were originally 5,000 Qingqi on both wings of the Xia Army's forward guard. At this time, the formation was still in chaos.
But before these light cavalry could go to support the center, countless insurgent soldiers rushed over like crazy, overwhelming these teammates in an instant.
This is evident from how scary the pig teammates are.
Li Daoxuan almost laughed crazy when he saw this. Originally, he was worried about being entangled by Xia Jun's Qingqi on both wings, but now, he was relieved.
"The first team, follow Gu to the left, and the second team, go to the right, completely disrupting the enemy's formation."
Li Dao
As long as these five thousand Qingqi were defeated, he would have completely completed his mission.
At this time, because the assault line was deep, the Hussars could no longer maintain their wall-like formation, but it didn't matter, the reality no longer required them to charge into the line.
The tens of thousands of Xia army infantrymen who were frantically running for their lives were the best helpers.
Sure enough, in just a blink of an eye, the Xia Jun Qingqi on both wings collapsed completely, turned around and joined the fleeing sequence.
Not far away, Fan Yuan, who was running all the way, was dumbfounded.
who I am?
where am I?
what happened?
Fan Yuan was confused. He never expected that the 20,000 Xia Army vanguard would be overwhelmed by 500 Tang Army cavalry!
How much effort does this take? Is it enough for a cup of tea?
Even 20,000 pigs wouldn’t be so miserable, right?
"General, leave quickly."
Fan Yuan was still in a daze, wondering if he was dreaming, but several guards around him realized something was wrong.
An overwhelming mob of soldiers is sweeping in. If you don't escape, you will be squeezed to death or killed by the pursuing Tang army.
Fan Yuan woke up from a dream, turned his horse's head without hesitation, and fled towards the Chinese army.
As a battlefield veteran, he did not try to stop the defeated army because he knew that in the face of the collapsed army, any efforts would be in vain.
In the forest, Xia Jun saw it clearly and immediately turned around: "Quick, put up the red flag!"
"promise."
Behind him, Zhang Yu hurriedly rushed to a higher place, raised the red flag of "All troops attack", and waved it with all his strength.
At the foot of the mountain, Li Shimin, who was waiting anxiously, saw this and was overjoyed: "Soldiers, the Prince of Huaiyang has opened the passage. It's our turn."
"The Tang army is mighty, kill!" Li Shimin waved his swords and rode in the lead.
"kill!"
"Capture Dou Jiande alive!"
The 3,500 Black Armor soldiers were full of passion and blood, following their invincible commander and rushing towards the battlefield.
quick!
quick!
Must be quick!
Li Shimin kept Xia Yu's instructions in mind and used his horse power to the maximum. In just a few minutes, he crossed the pontoon bridge and entered the battlefield.
With 3,500 black-armored soldiers, 7,000 war horses, and heavy armored cavalry, the power of this all-out charge is very astonishing.
The earth trembled violently, the sound of hoofbeats was like thunder, and it was like a huge black torrent rushing wildly.
When the vanguard of the Xia army, who was fleeing, saw this, they were frightened out of their wits. After exhausting their strength, they fled towards the Chinese army's formation behind them.
Li Shimin was not fond of fighting and marched his army straight east.
His only target was the Emperor of Great Xia under the canopy - Dou Jiande. Any other fish on the way would not be his cup of tea.
The two wings were not far away. Li Daoxuan, who had just charged into the Xia army's forward line, saw this and became very anxious.
He couldn't care less about expanding his victory. If he delayed any longer, someone else would catch the big fish. He couldn't bear this loss.
"Quickly, follow Guzhi to seize the Chinese army and capture Dou Jiande alive." Li Daoxuan jumped anxiously.
"Your Highness," the guard beside him said hurriedly: "The right wing is still chasing the enemy, can't you wait for them?"
"There is no time. Send someone to pass the order and ask them to follow quickly." Li Daoxuan took the lead: "Brothers, capture Dou Jiande alive."
"Kill! Capture Dou Jiande alive."
A group of winged cavalry were also excited and cheered to follow.
Previously, before the war started, everyone was still a little scared when faced with the terrifying number of Xia troops.
But after a while of conflict, it was discovered that Xia Jun was not good at cooking and was simply vulnerable. Everyone was full of confidence and fighting spirit.
As we all know, no matter how bad the army is, if it fights smoothly, its combat effectiveness will immediately increase by 1000%.
But he said that Xia Junzhongjun, Dou Jiande and all the civil and military officers were in a relaxed mood.
Although they were unsure of Tang Jun's identity, everyone believed that Li Shimin was probably angry because of shame, so he took advantage of Xia Jun's return to camp to save some face.
He probably thought that he was a fierce general and an elite soldier. As long as he ran away at a touch, no matter how many Xia soldiers there were, it would not be easy to catch him.
However, there is nothing to fear from this kind of harassment!
However, on the high car, the lookout quickly reported in shock: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened, the front army has collapsed!"
"What!?" Dou Jiande and Zhong Wenwu almost thought they heard wrongly.
General Zhang Qing said anxiously: "Did you see it wrong?"
"No. Look, the defeated troops are already coming." The lookout hand pointed forward with a horrified look.
Dou Jiande and all the civil and military officials jumped up and looked into the distance.
Sure enough, the 20,000 forward troops outside Li Xu suddenly collapsed for some reason, and a large number of cavalry were fleeing frantically towards the central army.
"How can it be!?"
Dou Jiande's eyes almost popped out of his head. His 20,000 forward troops were considered elite, so how could they be so vulnerable? This is unreasonable!
All the civil and military personnel also looked dull. An army of 20,000 could not defeat 500 enemies. This was indeed too strange!
"Your Majesty," at this moment, the lookout hand signaled again: "Li Shimin is here! This man has personally led the Xuanjia soldiers to cross the pontoon bridge."
"What!?" Dou Jiande and all the civil and military officials were stunned again.
Li Shimin, whom they had been waiting for, finally appeared, but his horses were taken away by Xia's army. What was the point of fighting out again?
Moreover, if you dare to fight with only 4,000 cavalry, is this disrespect for the 100,000 Xia army?
Dou Jiande was furious: "Little Li Shimin, you are bullying me and there is no one in Daxia!"
He was about to order the entire army to dispatch, making it impossible for Li Shimin to come or go, when Ling Jing's expression suddenly changed: "Your Majesty, I understand!"
"What do you understand?" Dou Jiande was a little confused.
Ling Jing looked horrified, as if he understood everything in an instant, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the Tang army's horse herding is a trick, and we have been fooled! Li Shimin is trying to attack me, and wants to destroy our army in one battle!"
Everyone was stunned and then laughed.
Qi Shanxing sneered and shook his head: "Four thousand is less than one hundred thousand, is Master Ling crazy? Do you really think that Li Shimin is the God of War?"
All the civil and military officials also shook their heads, expressing disbelief.
Even though the forwards were defeated, Daxia's central army of more than 50,000 people and the rear army of more than 20,000 people were still intact, and Li Shimin could be killed by heaps of men.
There may be miracles in the world where less can defeat more, but no one believes that it will happen to them.