Chapter 117: The decisive battle at Hulao Pass (5)
Seeing that no one believed in him, Ling Jing stamped his feet anxiously. Seeing that a fatal crisis was approaching, a group of people were still wasting precious time arguing.
"Your Majesty, please believe me, Li Shimin will charge directly at the central army. Please quickly let the army commanders return to the formation and face the enemy with all their strength."
Dou Jiande's face was gloomy. Although he still didn't believe what Ling Jing said, it was still necessary to assemble the army to prepare for war. He immediately said: "Quick, all generals will return to the battle immediately. Today, we must capture and kill Li Shimin."
"Nuo." Each general jumped on his horse and ran back to the formation.
At this time, the watchman on the high car sounded the alarm again: "Your Majesty, Li Shimin is leading the Xuanjia soldiers and is heading straight for the Chinese army. Please make a decision quickly!"
Li Shimin is serious! Dou Jiande is shocked and angry.
If it was just a harassment, Li Shimin would defeat his former army and then stop as soon as he was ready. But this posture was clearly like Ling Jing said, preparing to destroy him in a battle!
In an instant, Dou Jiande felt a huge insult: Four thousand versus one hundred thousand, how dare Li Shimin!?
At this time, Fan Yuan fled back in embarrassment with several personal guards. He shouted from a distance: "Your Majesty, the Tang army is coming. Hurry and meet the enemy."
How angry is Dou Jiande: I handed over the front army to you, and this is how you lead the army!?
But thinking that Fan Yuan had just taken over and was called to the front by him just now, it seemed that the pot was not big, so he had to suppress his anger: "Why are you panic! Just stand aside and follow me to defend the enemy."
His central army was strong, with 40,000 infantry in the center, 10,000 light cavalry on the wings, and 5,000 forest guards, while the Tang army only had 4,000, so what should be feared!
"Nuo." Fan Yuan blushed with embarrassment and quickly reined in his horse and protected Dou Jiande.
At this moment, if you look around, you can see that a large number of Xia army's defeated troops have fled to the Chinese army more than 200 steps away. Behind these people, there are Tang army cavalry who are slashing and killing like sheep.
It was obvious that the Tang army wanted to take advantage of the rout to overwhelm Dou Jiande's Chinese army.
Ling Jing was so frightened that he was sweating all over and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, fire your arrows quickly to stop the rebels from leaving. Otherwise, if the Chinese army is overwhelmed, the situation will be over."
"Also, quickly order the cavalry on both wings to attack, intercept the Tang army, and give the Chinese army time to reorganize."
Dou Jiande woke up from a dream. He was worthy of being a hero for a while. Although he was panicked, he was not in chaos yet, so he quickly sent the order.
Although they were ordered to rest, Dou Jiande was here after all. The more than 50,000 Xia troops of the Chinese army did not dare to be as reckless and scattered as the front army, and basically just rested in place.
At this time, the leading generals of the Chinese army, Zhang Qingte, Yin Qiu, Han Hong, Dong Kangmai, Xu Yuanlang, and Meng Jiigong, had returned to their troops nearby. Once they received the order, they immediately formed their troops.
Not long after, when the defeated troops suddenly reached less than a hundred steps and were within easy reach, the front line of 20,000 infantry under Zhang Qingte finally managed to get into formation.
"Quick, shoot the arrow!" General Zhang jumped up and down anxiously.
Thousands of Xia army's bowmen and crossbowmen rushed forward, drew their arrows, and stretched their strings. When the defeated troops were fifty steps closer to the central army, they finally released the first wave of arrows.
"Swish swish——"
In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, as dense as locusts. The Xia army, which was frantically running for their lives, was suddenly dead and wounded, and their wails were deafening.
"Go to both sides! Go to both sides! You are not allowed to disrupt the formation, any offenders will be killed without mercy!"
Zhang Qing raised his voice at the top of his lungs and yelled at the defeated troops, hoping that these unlucky guys would be smarter and not harm others.
However, the battlefield was too chaotic. If Zhang Qingte shouted alone, how many people could hear him?
Furthermore, people have a herd mentality. Tens of thousands of people fled together. Once a trend is formed, they simply ignore it.
Therefore, although they were shot dead and wounded by their own men, the Xia army's defeated troops still poured into the Chinese army like a tide, with no intention of taking a detour.
It seemed that what was chasing these people was not a Tang army with one head and two eyes, but a terrifying scourge.
When Ling Jing saw this, his face turned green and he said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, leave quickly! Quickly, go to the back of the formation."
The rebels are crazy and blind. Who dares to stop them from escaping? Not to mention you are Dou Jiande, even the King of Heaven, I dare to give you a knife. Do you believe it?
Dou Jiande's face was ashen. Although he was aggrieved, he did not dare to stay in front of the formation anymore. He gritted his teeth and said to Zhang Qingte: "Qingte, anyone who comes close to the formation will be killed without mercy. You must withstand it!"
"I will send my troops to support you immediately."
"No, Your Majesty, leave quickly." Zhang Qingte was also anxious.
Dou Jiande abandoned his chariot in a hurry, jumped on his horse, and fled behind the formation with Fan Yuan, Yin Qiu, Ling Jing, Qi Shanxing and other civil servants in embarrassment under the protection of the imperial guards.
At this time, the defeated troops had rushed twenty steps to the center of the army, and both sides were so close that they could clearly see each other's nose hairs.
Zhang Qingte saw that it was too late to fire another arrow, so he quickly withdrew his bow and crossbowmen and let the sword and shield bearers and spearmen take the top position. For a moment, the formation changed rapidly, and he couldn't help but panic.
At this time, two generals, Han Hong and Dong Kangmai, who commanded five thousand light cavalry on each wing, finally organized their troops. Seeing that the situation was not good, they immediately led the troops and rushed out.
The Chinese army has 40,000 infantry. It should not be difficult to hold off more than 10,000 defeated troops.
As long as they can intercept the pursuing Tang army, the Chinese army will soon be able to stabilize its pace. By then, more than 20,000 rear troops will come to support, and Li Shimin will have three heads and six arms, and he will be defeated!
However, Han Hong and Dong Kangmai's thinking was still too simple.
As soon as the two generals ran out, they collided with the tidal wave of defeated troops. The second general shouted: "Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, don't block the road!" while slashing with all his strength and rushing towards the Tang army.
However, the defeated troops had already lost their senses and just concentrated on running away. In an instant, they rushed the two light cavalry of Han and Dong into disarray.
Even when they saw Han and Dong cavalry actually hacking and killing themselves, they became red-eyed and drew their swords against each other as they were desperately running for their lives.
At the same time, the defeated troops also crashed into the Chinese army in an instant. These people didn't care about the mountains of swords and shields in front of them, like a forest of spears, and rushed into them crazily.
After all, they were one of their own. Facing the rout, the Xia army's infantry couldn't help but hesitate and couldn't bear to kill them.
However, the defeated soldiers didn't care about this. Seeing the sword, shield and spear soldiers blocking their way, they actually swung their swords and spears and hacked at them.
The sword, shield, and spear soldiers suffered a loss and were furious. They immediately showed no mercy and started killing them violently.
…
Xia Jun fell into tragic cannibalism!
Chaos!
Chaos!
Facing such a chaotic situation, Zhang Qingte was so dizzy that he almost wanted to faint and be done with it.
When Li Shimin, who was driving away the rebels, saw this, he was so happy that he almost flew into the air. He immediately shouted: "Fire the arrows! Charge, let's rush in."
After receiving the order, the Xuanjia soldiers immediately moved forward indiscriminately, since they were all enemies anyway.
In an instant, arrows rained down like rain. The Xia army, which had been able to barely stop the retreating troops, immediately howled miserably and was shot down.
At this moment, the defense line could no longer be maintained. When the defeated troops saw the gap, they rushed in like a tide.
escape!
Run away quickly!
As long as you escape faster than others, you can survive!
Zhang Qingte wanted to cry but had no tears. He had already expected that he would suffer a huge defeat today. He only hoped that the rear troops would come quickly for reinforcements.
"Hold on! Hold on! We can't retreat. Reinforcements will be here soon." Zhang Qingte's eyes turned red and he slashed with all his might with the spear in his hand. But what was terrible was that the people he killed were all his own family members!
Just when the Xia army's central formation was about to collapse, Li Daoxuan stepped forward and kicked the door for a while.
This super fierce general, leading a group of winged cavalry, no longer cares about the formation, he just wants to be fast, he just wants to rush and fight fiercely.
This guy took the lead, swung his long spear, and crashed into the formation. Wherever he passed, it was like breaking through the waves, and there was no enemy.
Relying on their thick armor and long health, a group of winged cavalry also waved their long spears like demons, frantically slashing at all enemies in their way.
"Where is Dou Jiande?"
"Don't be obsessed with fighting, go and arrest Dou Jiande!"
Fortunately, Li Daoxuan, who was capable of killing, did not forget the most important thing. The killer screamed for war and just moved forward, forward, and forward.
A group of winged cavalry also followed their crazy commander, rushing all the way, killing people with blood and horses with blood.
When Li Shimin saw this, he unkindly led three thousand Xuanjia soldiers into the formation, adding insult to injury. He liked it the most.
And, coincidentally, the direction of Li Shimin's charge was facing Zhang Qingte.
Li Shimin was overjoyed when he saw the opponent's flag. If he could kill Dou Jiande before capturing him alive, Xia's army would be in even greater chaos.
"Kill this general quickly!" Li Shimin brandished his two swords and struck directly at Zhang Qingte.
Yu Chigong had been guarding Li Shimin's side. When he saw this, he waved his King Yu's Mountain Splitter and attacked aggressively.
If in normal times, Yu Chigong's pride would disdain a two-on-one fight, that would be too shameful.
But now, for the sake of the overall situation, he couldn't care less.
Zhang Qingte was desperately trying to maintain the shaky battle situation when he suddenly saw an enemy general in golden armor and a black-faced enemy general rushing towards him from the front!
Needless to say, the enemy general in golden armor must be Li Shimin!
The other man was tall and powerful, with a face as black as coal. Among the Tang army, only Yuchi Gong, a super fierce general, had some characteristics!
Zhang Qing was horrified.
Although he was conceited and somewhat brave, he was not stupid enough to think that he could defeat Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong alone.
He wants to escape.
But if he escapes, the Chinese army will probably collapse, and the consequences will be disastrous.
Just when he hesitated for a moment, Li Shimin and Yu Chigong had already rushed forward, wielding two swords and long swords, and greeted him fiercely.
