Chapter 2232: Drive the Tang Dynasty to attack the Tang Dynasty and defeat Xu Rong again
Gao Xingzhou escaped by luck, but Zhang Xiu was not so lucky this time.
The battle between Zhang Xiu and Meng Yi was a draw, but overall, Zhang Xiu had the advantage.
Later, the Tang army was defeated, so Zhang Xiu could not stay and wait for death. However, with Meng Yi on his side and the obstructions of Yue Xi, Li Jin, Long Yang, and Zhong Lihuan, Zhang Xiu was unable to break out.
Under the joint efforts of the five generals, Zhang Xiu, who had no way to go to heaven or earth, was finally shot off his horse by Meng Yi after his weapon was knocked away, and then he was captured alive.
The reason why Meng Yi chose to capture alive rather than kill Zhang Xiu was just because Zhang Xiu was a disciple of Tong Yuan and the senior brother of Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun was the brother-in-law of King Qin.
In addition, Zhang Xiu had never killed a senior general of the Qin Army and was one of the acceptable generals of the Tang Army, so Meng Yi chose to capture Zhang Xiu alive.
On Gongsun Xuanyuan's side, Gao Siji and other generals saw that their army had been defeated, but they still failed to defeat Xuanyuan's troops. Although they were extremely unwilling, they could only choose to retreat wisely, otherwise they would be seeking death.
Gongsun Xuanyuan killed Gao Shunli and formed a lifelong alliance with the Gao Si step brothers. Logically speaking, he should not let the Gao brothers leave, but as the leader of an army, he naturally could not abandon the army to pursue the Gao Si step brothers.
On Shi Jingtang's side, Yu Ziqi and Ji Bu teamed up to face Shi Jingtang and were at a disadvantage. They could only guarantee undefeat. Now that Shi Jingtang wanted to run away, they naturally couldn't keep him.
Huo Qubing defeated 20,000 Tang army elite cavalry in one battle, captured Changsun Wuji and Zhang Xiu alive, and killed Gao Shunli and other thirteen Tang generals. However, he was still not satisfied. While pursuing, he deliberately slowed down his speed and drove the Tang army's cavalry towards the Tang army. Rush in the direction of reinforcements.
After receiving Changsun Wuji's order, Tang general Xu Rong, who led 20,000 elite troops, immediately stopped the army from entering the city and led the army to come for support.
But what Xu Rong never expected was that before his army reached the battlefield, 20,000 fine cavalry had been defeated by the Qin army, and the defeated army was driven towards him by the Qin army.
"General Xu, quickly, retreat quickly. The 20,000 fine cavalry have been defeated. They are fleeing from here. There is no way to restrain them. If you don't change the route, your 20,000 reinforcements will be overwhelmed by the defeated army."
Gao Siji and other generals, who owned famous horses, forced their way back and reported the situation on the front line to Xu Rong. Xu Rong's expression suddenly changed.
How can he change the route at this time? Even if he can make the reinforcements deviate from the route, the Qin army's purpose is to let the defeated army overwhelm them, and they will definitely make adjustments due to their changes.
"The route cannot be changed, not to mention whether it is too late. Even if it is too late, the Qin army will drive the defeated army towards our army that has changed its route." Xu Rong analyzed calmly.
"Then what should we do? The defeated army is about to rush over."
Shi Jingtang jumped to his feet anxiously, but the matter was already at this point, and it was useless no matter how anxious he was.
After Xu Rong thought for a while, he ordered the entire army to form a formation on the spot. Since they were destined to be unable to escape in front of the formation, it was better to fight with the Qin army.
Under the command of Xu Rong, 20,000 Tang Army reinforcements quickly formed an array, with spear array in front, shield array in the middle, and crossbow array in the back. Once the cavalry was out of control and intended to overwhelm the infantry phalanx, even their own soldiers would Hanged on the spot.
At the same time, Xu Rong asked Gao Siji, Shi Jingtang and other generals to go to the front of the formation to restrain the out-of-control cavalry, and try their best to let the cavalry bypass the infantry square instead of attacking the reinforcements.
One thousand meters.
Nine hundred meters.
eight hundred meters
…
coming.
Tens of thousands of fine cavalrymen of the Tang Army were completely frightened by the Qin Army and fled in all directions. If they were not stopped, they would definitely hit the infantry on their way.
"Soldiers, stop quickly, our army's reinforcements are ahead."
"Stop it quickly, soldiers. If you rush down, you will kill yourself."
As high-ranking officers in the army, although the prestige of Gao Siji and other generals was not small, the Tang army was already frightened, so their shouts had little effect. Only a few cavalry bypassed the Tang army's infantry square, and most of the cavalry did not. Detour.
Seeing this, Xu Rong gritted his teeth and said: "We cannot let this group of deserters overwhelm the formation. We will shoot all deserters who come within three hundred meters."
"promise."
The soldiers roared like thunder, and the crossbowmen aimed forward. Even if they didn't recognize it in their hearts, they had to pull the trigger, otherwise the casualties would only be greater.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
For a time, thousands of arrows were fired, and a large number of defeated troops who refused to change their routes were directly shot to death by their own powerful crossbows.
"No, don't shoot arrows. Don't shoot arrows among us, ah."
"I am Xiaoshan Camp Sima, don't let me go, ah."
"General Pi Li Jie is here, don't shoot arrows, poof..."
No matter how much the defeated troops shouted, the cavalry who still refused to change their route as long as they were three hundred meters away from the reinforcements would be waiting for the crossbows of the reinforcements.
Thousands of fine cavalrymen of the Tang Army did not die in the battle with the Qin Army, but died under their own crossbows. It can be said that they died in silence.
The defeated troops in the rear were shocked when they saw that their colleagues were shot to death by their own people because they did not change their route. They did not dare to turn back and fight the Qin army, nor did they dare to be attacked by their own people's crossbows. They were all frightened. Diversion was chosen.
Five miles away, after Huo Qubing learned what Xu Rong had done, he couldn't help but admired: "This Xu Rong is really ruthless, he won't even spare his own people."
Xu Rong's methods were indeed ruthless, but this was the only way to avoid being hit by the defeated army. Only iron and blood could frighten the frightened defeated army.
"General, the plan to drive away Tang Dynasty and attack Tang Dynasty has failed. What should we do now?" Long Yang asked.
"What else can we do? We killed them directly. Changsun Wuji's 20,000 elite cavalry were defeated. How could Xu Rong's 20,000 infantry stop our army?" Meng Yi said with excitement.
Huo Qubing smiled calmly: "If Xu Rong could control the rout of the army because of this, he would be totally wrong. Fear cannot be eradicated so quickly.
The order was passed to speed up the chasing army, and the cavalry of the army once again recalled the fear of being chased by the Qin army. "
"promise."
Following Huo Qubing's order, the pursuing Qin army began to speed up and would show no mercy once they caught up. A large number of Tang army cavalry died in the Qin army's pursuit.
Under the pursuit of the Qin army, the Tang army lost control again. Many frightened cavalry would rather die under the arrows of their own people than die under the swords of the Qin army. For this reason, they did not hesitate to attack their own military and political affairs. And stirred up the formation into chaos.
Seeing this, Xu Rong wanted to cry without tears. He wished he could kill all the defeated troops. He never thought that he was not defeated by the Qin army, but by his own people.
Although Xu Rong already knew the fate of his army, he could not give up until the last moment. He ordered to surround and kill all the defeated troops who attacked the phalanx. However, the defeated troops were also cavalry. Once they got close, they could not use crossbows and could only use crossbows. Gun array.
However, the defeated army was also a human being, so it was impossible for them to wait for death and would naturally resist, which also made the Tang army's formation even more chaotic.
Now even if Xu Rong killed all the defeated troops, he could not change the situation of the already chaotic formation. Moreover, before he could completely wipe out the defeated troops, Huo Qubing had already led 30,000 cavalry to attack Xu Rong's army and directly launched an attack on Xu Rong's army.
Xu Rongjun's formation was disrupted by his own cavalry. Before he could react, he was faced with the attack of 30,000 Qin troops, so that he was beaten and had no power to fight back.
Less than an hour after the battle started, Xu Rong followed in the footsteps of Changsun Wuji. The entire army was overwhelmed by the Qin army's cavalry and was defeated across the board. A mixture of infantry and cavalry fled to the southeast.
(End of chapter)
