Generally speaking, the light cavalry is the natural enemy of the infantry. When two armies are facing each other, the light cavalry only needs to use a volley of bows and crossbows in conjunction with its powerful maneuverability, which is enough to eat away an infantry army several times larger than itself, with minimal casualties. .
This is determined by the characteristics of the arms. There is a gap in strategy and combat power between the generals and soldiers of both sides.
But this time Yuchi Gong led his army from Tongguan and rushed all the way to Chang'an. He was destined to have no time and patience to proceed step by step, and he lacked heavy equipment. He could only use the light cavalry as armored cavalry. When the two armies faced each other, regardless of the Rush and beat hard.
Although this caused unnecessary casualties to the troops under his command, after all, they were crushed by superior forces in several consecutive battles, and the effect was obvious.
Yuchi Gong didn't care about casualties, he only cared about whether he could advance quickly to Chang'an City.
The light cavalry in leather armor launched a charge despite the rain of arrows. After leaving behind countless corpses, they quickly rushed into the formation of the Sixth Army of the East Palace. At this time, the advantage of the cavalry over the infantry was fully revealed. Under the impact of the war horses, the formation of the Sixth Army of the East Palace was It started to loosen, then became chaotic, and then collapsed quickly after being violently charged for a while.
Qu Tuquan, however, was not afraid at all. He drew his horizontal sword and ordered the soldiers in the rear formation to beat the drums to cheer him up. He led his own soldiers to rush forward, slashed several fleeing soldiers in succession to hold down the formation, and risked his own life to stand against the enemy troops who had penetrated the formation. in one place.
The drums were rumbling, the rain was falling, and the soldiers under his command whose morale had been hit immediately cheered up. Seeing Qu Tuquan blocking the enemy's momentum, they surrounded them desperately and cut off the enemy troops that broke into their formation piece by piece, leaving their leader unable to do anything. They care about each other and find it difficult to support each other, just like a boat stuck in the ocean.
The two sides were engaged in a melee, and the fighting was fierce, but the battle situation instantly became tense.
On the other side, Chai Zhewei saw that Qu Tuguan was already fighting with the enemy, and he quickly ordered his troops to move closer slowly. On the one hand, he tried to put pressure on the enemy, and on the other hand, he could get close to the rescue to prevent Qu Tuguan from being unable to support him. Live to form a collapse.
As long as the enemy's charge can be blocked, any number of casualties is acceptable.
At present, the imperial army has the upper hand, and if they consume each other, the rebels can only fight less and less, and their morale will become lower and lower. What they fear most is that the rebels will rush into Chang'an City and launch an siege. This will make the remaining sixteen soldiers stand still. The sudden change in the army's stance caused the entire war situation to reverse.
But he could understand this, how could Yuchi Gong not understand it?
The 20,000 soldiers under his command were originally divided into two. One side was entangled with Qu Tuchuan, and the other side was slightly slower under his leadership. Before arriving at Qu Tuchuan's formation, he made a posture to launch an attack on the battlefield in the chaos. During the surprise attack, they suddenly turned around and rushed towards the Zuo Tunwei, who was gradually approaching from the south.
Yuchi Gong put on his helmet and whipped his armor, leading the way, waving the horse in his hand, and rushed straight into the Zuotun guard formation. The personal troops followed closely behind him. More than a hundred people formed a front and lost the formation. Yuchi, who was the "tip of the arrow" Gong Yi moved forward fearlessly, flying up and down with the horse spear in his hand, sometimes stabbing and stabbing like a poisonous dragon out of the sea, sometimes sweeping and smashing like wind and clouds, and he cut a bloody path in the strict array in front of him.
Among the Zhenguan ministers, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others were not inferior to Yuchigong in terms of force, but in terms of bravery, Yuchigong was recognized as the first, and Qiu Xinggong, who was always known for his bravery, was also inferior.
Several times His Majesty Li Er sacrificed his life in the siege, but it was Yuchi Gong who fought with blood to save him...
Although it was not a moment of life and death, if he was blocked here and his march was slowed down and he could not reach Chang'an City as soon as possible, the situation on King Jin's side would be extremely dangerous. Therefore, Yuchi Gong was so worried that he went into battle in person to fight.
Zuo Tunwei went through the great battle during the Guanlong Mutiny, and was killed by You Tunwei and lost many troops. After that, although he recruited new soldiers and reorganized them, Chai Zhewei had no ability to train troops, and he has not yet regained his original combat effectiveness. Now he is facing Rulang again. How can you resist the tiger-like Youhou Wei?
The formation of more than 10,000 people was unexpectedly thrown into the formation by a front line of soldiers led by Yu Chigong. Ma Shan swung his sword and cut a bloody path, leaving rivers of blood and corpses lying on the pillow. The infantry of the Youhou Guards who came from behind became more and more morale-boosted when they saw how brave their leader was. They rushed and attacked along the gap dug by Yuchi Gong, and immediately killed the Zuotun Guards in fear.
Chai Zhewei saw that he could not stop the enemy's charge, and if he suffered another big defeat, his own personal wealth would wipe out the entire army. What would he be able to do to gain a foothold in the army in the future? You must know that during the Guanlong Rebellion, he conspired with Li Yuanjing to seek the throne. Although Li Chengqian did not pursue Li Yuanjing's death, this matter was not completely revealed...
Once you have no military power, why don't you just let Li Chengqian handle it?
Immediately there was no time to think too much, and he quickly ordered the entire army to retreat to avoid the enemy's edge.
Originally, Zuotunwei's morale had been shaken and morale was low under Yuchi Gong's fierce attack. The soldiers were just afraid of military law, so they reluctantly continued to fight. Now that the order to retreat was suddenly issued, it was like a flood bursting its embankment. The morale of the army dropped to the lowest, and it was too late for the rear formation to change into the front formation, and chaos broke out in an instant.
Countless soldiers spread their legs and ran back. Some soldiers felt that the weapons in their hands slowed down their escape and threw them away. Some even took off their armor and stomach to run faster...
As soon as Chai Zhewei gave the order to retreat, he found that the whole army was showing signs of collapse. He was so frightened that he turned pale and turned pale. He quickly changed his tune. First, he repeatedly ordered not to retreat to withstand the enemy's charge, and then ordered the supervising team to withdraw to the final kill and rout. soldiers.
Yu Chigong, who was charging in the distance, keenly noticed that the Zuotun guards were disorganized and their formation was chaotic. During the charge, he wiped a handful of rainwater and blood mixed with his face, took a breath to regain his strength, sighed that age is not forgiving, and raised his eyes. Then he saw the phalanx in the front left standing still among the chaos. Scouts and soldiers were constantly coming in and out, passing orders everywhere. He immediately knew that the commander of Zuo Tunwei, Chai Zhewei, must be there. He immediately became energetic and held his hands tightly. Ma Shan yelled: "My sons, follow me and kill the enemy!"
He pinched the horse's belly and charged towards Chai Zhewei.
The guards on the right behind him were all his long-standing generals. As soon as they saw the commander change direction, they knew they must have found an important target. They quickly protected his wings, waded through the crowds of thousands of troops, and fought bravely.
Chai Zhewei hurriedly canceled the retreat order, and finally stabilized the chaotic morale of the army. He was thinking about arranging a formation to block the enemy's charge, when he suddenly discovered that the enemy army in the distance who had rushed into his formation turned a corner and headed towards He rushed straight over to kill him.
How could he not know that he had been discovered by the enemy and planned to "capture the thief first, capture the king"?
Quickly command the left and right troops to step forward and block, trying to block the charging enemy army. The large army of You Houwei is coming from the outside. At this time, all we need to do is block the momentum of this army's charge and make it trapped in a heavy siege, which will inevitably crush it and strangle it.
However, contrary to his expectations, although there were troops constantly coming to intercept them, they could not stop the charging pace of this army at all, especially the mighty general at the front who was protected by a helmet and a sword and was holding a horse spear under his armor. , Ma Shan waved his hands without a single general, and he was already close to a stone's throw away.
Chai Zhewei's heart trembled when he saw how brave he was. Although the opponent's face was covered by a mask, he knew that this must be Yu Chigong, who was the most brave among the three armies!
In the crowd of thousands of soldiers, the other party seemed to sense Chai Zhewei's gaze. After piercing a soldier in front of him, he slightly raised his head and looked at each other with their eyes facing each other.
Then he hung the horse's horse on the victory hook, took off the long bow from his back, pulled out a wolf tooth arrow from the arrow pot under his ribs with one hand, drew the bow and nocked the arrow, aimed and fired, all in one go.
Chai Zhewei seemed to be able to hear the bowstring making a soft "collapse" sound, and then the wolf-fang arrow flew out from the string. Like thunder and lightning, it penetrated the continuous rain curtain between the two people, and suddenly passed through the space of twenty or thirty feet. Suddenly came to the front.
Chai Zhewei tried his best to twist his body to avoid missing the arrow, but the arrow was too fast. As soon as he turned around, he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder blade. He was so frightened that he screamed and fell on the horse. The white feather at the arrow tail on his shoulder blade Shivering in the rain.
"Commander!"
"Duke!"
"Master!"
When the soldiers, troops, generals and colonels around him saw that Chai Zhewei had been hit by an arrow, they were shocked. They shouted one after another and stepped forward to surround him.
Chai Zhewei endured the severe pain and allowed his soldiers to cut off the arrow shaft with a knife. The pain made him sweat all over his face, and he gritted his teeth and ordered decisively: "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
Facing a strong enemy with low morale, and being rushed to the front by a powerful general like Yu Chigong, how could Chai Zhewei still have any desire to fight? In panic, he quickly turned his horse around and ran away, while ordering the entire army to retreat.
He naturally understood that if he ran away like this, Qu Tuquan, who had fewer troops, would be isolated and helpless, surrounded by enemy troops and in a desperate situation, but at this time, how could he care so much? As long as he can save his own life and bring back most of his soldiers, the foundation of the Chai family may still be preserved.
Otherwise, not only will the entire army be destroyed, but he himself will also be buried in the rebel army...
The Zuotun Guards were already demoralized. They relied on the supervising team to watch behind them and kill deserters one after another to barely maintain their formation. At this time, the order to retreat was issued again, and the commander Chai Zhewei took the lead and ran very fast. The soldiers and generals continued Without any morale, the whole army collapsed in an instant and fled towards the rear in a panic.
The defeated army collapsed like a tide.
Yuchi Gong has already targeted Chai Zhewei, how can he be allowed to escape so easily? He immediately clapped his horse and danced, and led the troops behind him to chase the defeated soldiers. During the pursuit, he fired several arrows in succession. However, Chai Zhewei ran too fast and there were many soldiers around him. All the techniques failed, and not a single arrow hit.
On the other side, Qu Tuquan was leading the army to block the enemy's charge. The fierce battle was in full swing. Suddenly, he found that all friendly troops were retreating. The battle line collapsed instantly, and as the enemy troops quickly moved forward in pursuit, before he could react, , has formed a tendency to surround him...
Qu Tuquan's whole body was numb, and he finally took a breath. He wished he could use his wings to fly to Chai Zhewei's head and cut the thief in two with a knife.
You run really fast, but what should I do?
Mother!
