“There are not many officers, soldiers and cavalry, kill them, kill them!
! "
Gao Yingxiang clenched the spear in his hand and pointed angrily.
He saw the second round of artillery attack from the officers and soldiers, and also saw the fall of Ma Yu's flag, but he still did not rein in the advancing horse.
But He Guoguang's flag was still not far ahead, but only a few hundred steps away. They were temporarily isolated in another area by the cavalry of officers and soldiers.
Gao Yingxiang's heart kept sinking. He knew that it was impossible to break out of the Ming army's encirclement.
Now the war situation has completely shifted in favor of the officers and soldiers. The only thing he can do now is to protect as many soldiers as possible.
If you can't save Ma Yu, you must at least save He Guoguang.
After the sudden panic, Gao Yingxiang had regained his composure.
Gao Yingxiang had a panoramic view of everything on the battlefield. Although the situation was chaotic, the encirclement network of officers and soldiers had just been formed.
The total number of official cavalry that appeared on the entire battlefield was only about 2,000, and most of them were infantry.
In fact, there were only more than a thousand cavalry troops attacking Ma Yu and He Guoguang.
If it hadn't been a sudden incident and it had been an upright battle, the situation would never have deteriorated to this point.
"Woo——————"
The high-pitched trumpet sound suddenly sounded, even for a moment overwhelming the rumbling war drums of the officers and soldiers on the battlefield.
Gao Yingxiang is wearing white robes and golden armor, holding a spear in his hand and galloping in front of the horse. The purple banner is constantly beating and moving in the headwind.
"kill!"
Thousands of warriors wearing strong armor and holding sharp swords followed closely behind, roaring forward.
Even if they were ambushed or bombarded, when the horn sounded, they still chose to follow the banner that had been guiding them forward and launch a fearless charge.
Although Sun Chuanting had issued a military order and sent Chinese guerrilla Li Yingke to support General Li Yuchun, Gao Yingxiang was much faster and made more decisive decisions when the opportunity came.
Gao Yingxiang divided his troops into two teams. One team went to rescue He Guoguang himself, while the other team turned to intercept Li Yingke.
The Dubiao cavalry led by Li Yingke was entangled by the separated elite cavalry and was unable to rush to the rescue of Li Yuchun's cavalry.
He Guoguang, who was already desperate and ready to give up resistance, and the soldiers under his command rekindled hope when they heard the sudden sound of the horn and saw the purple banner belonging to Gao Yingxiang.
With the hope of survival right in front of them, they frantically attacked the troops led by Li Yuchun.
Caught between two sides, Li Yuchun was unable to prevent the collapse of his cavalry, so he had no choice but to get out of the way, otherwise there was a risk of the entire army collapsing.
"Dismount and shoot the arrow!"
Li Yuchun was covered in blood and looked gloomy. After returning to Gaopo, he immediately reined in his horse and issued a new military order.
"If you want to escape back, you have to leave something behind!"
Under the high slope, He Guoguang and Gao Yingxiang had successfully joined forces, and they were turning their horses' heads to retreat towards the entrance of the valley.
Li Yuchun spit on the ground and glanced at the official road to the northeast. The infantry of the brigade had already completed the encirclement.
The remaining cavalry and elite cavalrymen were scurrying back and forth like headless flies, driven by the military formation and fleeing here and there, but they could not escape.
As the riding horn sounded, all the cavalrymen dismounted one after another, occupied the high slope and fired arrows at the official road.
At this point in the fierce battle, the follow-up infantry has also arrived. The cavalry dismounted and fired arrows together with the infantry archers. For a moment, the arrows were missing like locusts, and there was also the sound of the three-eyed muskets exploding.
On the official road, a group of intruder cavalry who were evacuating towards the Heishui Valley fell on their backs again.
"Get on your horse and charge at him again!"
Li Yuchun mounted his horse again and led his servants to charge down the hillside again.
The ambush was repelled instead, which was simply a shame. At this moment, he was also cruel.
If you can't keep He Guoguang and Gao Yingxiang, then keep all the elite cavalry troops behind them who want to escape into the valley together!
This time Li Yuchun launched a charge and made another great achievement. He Guoguang had not gone very far when the team following him was intercepted by Li Yuchun. At least nearly half of the elite cavalry were intercepted on the other side.
Everything that happened behind the scenes was seen by He Guoguang. His face turned red and his heart was bleeding, but he knew that he could not look back at this time.
During the fighting, the artillery bombardment by the officers and soldiers did not stop, but took turns to attack, plowing out bloody traces among the chaos.
The two teams of elite cavalry sent by Gao Yingxiang to harass the artillery position had no way of approaching the artillery position, and the officers and soldiers set up heavy defenses at the artillery position.
Gao Yingxiang and He Guoguang did not stop and led the troops to evacuate toward the entrance of the valley.
The trumpet for withdrawing troops also sounded under Gao Yingxiang's instruction, and the two teams of elite cavalry that had harassed the artillery position turned back.
When the invaders who still had sense outside the valley heard the sound of the horn, they subconsciously swarmed towards the inside of the valley.
Just with so many soldiers and horses mixed together, they undoubtedly became the best targets for artillery.
The Ming army's artillerymen on the top of the mountain had already completely hit their heads. Their movements had never been so fast as today.
The intervals between gunfire became shorter and shorter each time, and they loaded the artillery quickly.
When firing, you don't even need to aim too precisely. You just need to point the muzzle of the gun in the direction of the crowd at the entrance of the valley and you will definitely hit it.
In just a short moment, the entire valley has become a purgatory on earth.
More than twenty cannons completely broke through the psychological defense of the elite cavalry of the invading army, and the continuous bombardment broke all their illusions.
The large group of intruders crowded at the entrance of the valley completely collapsed. No one dared to go to the entrance of the valley. They fled in all directions without any purpose.
However, they had no place to escape, because Sun Chuanting had already commanded his troops to encircle them.
He Guoguang stood in the valley and looked in the direction outside the valley, his face turning green and white.
After he looked around at the soldiers around him, his face turned red, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell straight down from his horse.
After losing troops and generals, He Guoguang was so angry that he fainted.
For a moment, the people around him were in chaos again.
Although most of the soldiers who had not left the valley did not know what happened at first, they knew in their hearts that it was definitely not a good thing.
When they saw Gao Yingxiang returning to the valley with a group of unkempt and embarrassed soldiers.
The soldiers of the invading army in the valley started to commotion uncontrollably.
"Why are the officers and soldiers outside the valley?!"
"The officers and soldiers are blocking the entrance of the valley, so where should we go?"
"It's over... it's over..."
Although the military academy tried its best to suppress it, and Gao Yingxiang immediately sent people to appease the army, all the slaves had little effect.
Except for a group of elite cavalry who were not in a commotion, the horse soldiers had already begun to panic.
"Blow the trumpet and send the order, retreat to Xianyou Temple first!"
Gao Yingxiang took one last look at the purgatory-like battlefield outside the valley, and resolutely issued the military order to withdraw from Xianyou Temple.
At this time, we cannot let everything continue to ferment, otherwise they will collapse first without the officers and soldiers coming to kill the generals.
The best way is to use a military order and rely on the prestige of the past to temporarily give these soldiers under their command a short-term goal, so as to overwhelm other messy thoughts.
Although the camp of Xianyou Temple is simple, it can provide people with a certain sense of security and stabilize the morale of the soldiers first.
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Sun Chuanting stood on the high slope and stared coldly at the battlefield below.
To be honest, Gao Yingxiang dared to take the risk and personally lead troops to rescue He Guoguang and Ma Yu.
And it was so decisive, this move completely exceeded Sun Chuanting's expectations.
However, Gao Yingxiang led the troops and successfully rescued He Guoguang and retreated to the mouth of the valley. All this did not make Sun Chuanting's mood fluctuate much.
"The entrance to Heishui Valley has been sealed off, and all departments of our army are working hard to clear out the remnants of the intruders."
Li Yingke clasped his hands and stood respectfully behind Sun Chuanting, reporting the situation on the battlefield to Sun Chuanting.
"Most of the intruders have surrendered, and only a few are still resisting. It is expected that all the intruders outside the valley will be cleared out in half an hour."
Sun Chuanting's eyes moved slightly. There were only a few struggling cavalrymen in the encirclement net. The battles in many places had ended. Many ownerless horses were standing and running on the battlefield.
The intruders who surrendered in large numbers were put under centralized custody and escorted towards the prisoner's camp.
"Additional manpower has been sent to seal the trails leading out of the valley."
Once the entrance to the valley is sealed and a few trails are sealed, the entire Heishui Valley will become a land of thousands of mountains and endless valleys.
This time Gao Yingxiang rushed to Xi'an with light equipment, and he must not have brought much food with him.
Now they don't need to attack at all. They only need to hold the entrance of the valley and trap Gao Yingxiang to death in the Heishui Valley.
And most importantly, there is a tail behind Gao Yingxiang now...
Sun Chuanting raised his head again and looked into the Heishui Valley.
Gao Yingxiang still left Heishui Valley according to the plan, which proved that Gao Yingxiang was unaware of all this, and the troops led by Chen Wang were not discovered by Gao Yingxiang.
Gao Yingxiang is still kept in the dark, unaware that the real threat is actually lurking behind him.
Sun Chuanting stared at the rolling mountains in the Heishui Valley. Although he didn't know where Chen Wang was hiding now or when he would send troops.
But one thing that is certain is that Chen Wang will definitely appear at the most critical moment and give Gao Yingxiang the most fatal blow.
Chen Wang's letter from Ziwu Road has already made Sun Chuanting remember it firmly in his heart.
He was so bold and careful that he judged that Gao Yingxiang must not have left just because he observed most of the Chu army passing by outside the city, and even guessed that he might have left Ziwu Valley and headed north to Xi'an.
In the end, he dared to lead only 1,800 cavalrymen and followed tens of thousands of intruders.
Sun Chuanting withdrew his gaze, calmed down, and asked calmly.
"How is the situation in the valley?"
After hearing Sun Chuanting's question, Li Yingke did not dare to neglect, lowered his head, and immediately reported the report.
"If you don't accept any reward at night, the intruders in the valley are retreating south towards Xianyou Temple."
"General Li Shen led his troops into the Heishui Valley. According to the original plan of the military gate, they are already on the hill next to the entrance of the valley."
"The intruders are now far away from the entrance of the valley. If they want to camp on the hill to the west of the entrance of the valley, now is the best opportunity."
The entrance of Heishui Valley is in the northeast, and there is a hill on the west side of the entrance. This hill is to the north of Heishui Valley.
The terrain is much gentler than other mountains, but that's only relative.
In addition to a few trails at the exit of Heishui Valley, people can actually climb over the valley from here, cross this mountain ridge, and then walk some distance to the northwest to reach Ma Chaoli.
But under normal circumstances, no one would bother climbing over such a high mountain instead of taking the more convenient and flatter valley entrance.
"Order, the whole battalion of Du Biao will move to the hill on the west side of the valley, set up camp according to the mountain, and set up a defensive position with horses. The artillery team will occupy the high ground according to the original plan and set up positions."
Sun Chuanting raised his head high, waved his big hand, and gave a sonorous order.
"Another camp was set up at the entrance of Heishui Valley. Li Yuchun led the Xi'an Guards to station. They must guard the main road and not allow the intruders to escape."
Sun Chuanting's expression was cold, heart-wrenching murderous intent flowed in his eyes, and there was no doubt in his tone.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He wants to accomplish his feats in one battle and capture Gao Yingxiang!
However, the troops under his command are not enough now. The guards are unable to fight in the field. The only ones who can rely on them are the three thousand governor battalions under his command and the battalions under Li Yuchun.
This time, Gao Yingxiang's attack on Xi'an was followed by elite cavalry and horse soldiers. Although there were only 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers, their combat power should not be underestimated.
Sun Chuanting did not pursue the victory. The current situation is that he only needs to stabilize the situation.
He has already sent a message to Hong Chengchou about the situation here.
At this time, Hong Chengchou was leading his elite cavalry all the way south at starry night, and Zu Kuan also led his troops to Weinan on the 13th. Calculating the time, they were probably near Tongguan by now.
If the Liao cavalry under Zu Kuan's command move quickly, they can reach Xi'an in about four or five days. Xi'an is almost 150 miles away from Heishui Valley and can arrive overnight.
The death of Gao Yingxiang will surely shake the world, and the remaining party members will not be able to survive the scabies disease. By then, as long as the army is mobilized to exterminate the remaining bandits, the civil strife will be quelled.
At that time, the country can focus all its energy on the frontier.
And he can also free up his hands to clean up the accumulated abuses in Shaanxi Province...
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"Ming Zongbingzu Kuantang Newspaper":
"The second governor of Inner Mongolia will be transferred to Qin."
"Yuan Tongzhi, the official and supervisor, sent troops from Henan on the first day of the seventh month and entered Tongguan on the ninth day."
"Arrived in Weinan on the 13th,... on the 16th the troops came to Lintong, and Master Hong rewarded the soldiers and showed them the direction. They were not allowed to cut ranks or plunder money before the battle. Those who can win the title of king will be given high rewards..."
"I arrived in Xi'an on the 17th, received orders to withdraw my troops, and returned to the division in compliance with my duties."
"Unexpectedly, the police in Biewu County reported that thieves were entrenched in the Heishuiyu Mountains of this county."
"It's a strange experience of killing and plundering, but it's only a hundred and fifty miles away from the provincial capital."
"Please send troops to rescue quickly, get on duty!"
