The matter did not linger for a long time, and Yang Dayan finally chose to report it. After all, this was his duty, and he had no reason to casually doubt his superiors.
However, after handing over the things, Yang Dayan still kept a cautious eye on the matter and maintained a certain degree of vigilance on the matter.
The lives of more than 700 brothers below were not a trivial matter, and he could not help but treat it with caution. This matter might not be simple.
After a short rest, Yang Dayan arranged for his soldiers to continue their daily vigilance and patrols, always paying attention to the movements at the border. Since the letter says so, there is no guarantee that the barbarians will not take action.
In this battle, the barbarian cavalry suffered heavy losses, but his side also suffered heavy losses, especially the spear and saber teams, which lost more than half and their numbers dropped sharply.
The cavalry team was much better. After all, their main responsibility this time was to lure the enemy and pursue them. Most of the pressure was given to the first two teams responsible for blocking.
As for the archery team, it has the best-preserved strength among the combat teams. Because of their characteristics, the pressure on the frontal battlefield is much less.
After only one battle, Yang Dayan had to replenish his troops again. It's just that now is not a good time. The three-day period mentioned in the letter made him feel vaguely uneasy.
On the night of the second day after the battle, just when Yang Dayan was about to fall asleep, he suddenly noticed the fire outside the tent. He stood up and rushed out of the tent. Then he saw the barbarian cavalry suddenly charging in and setting fire everywhere. It has turned into a sea of fire.
"Enemy attack!" A Tang soldier shouted, but his voice stopped abruptly before it could reach far, because his head had been cut off mercilessly by the barbarian's scimitar.
"Damn it! I was still careless!" Yang Dayan cursed in his heart, full of regret.
People are like this. After being given a date, they will subconsciously think that things should happen by the deadline. But who stipulated it? The correct thing is that it can happen at any time before the deadline. This is also the blind spot of most people's thinking.
But now is no longer the time to think about this. Now that things have happened, the top priority is to deal with the counterattack quickly. Otherwise, all may be destroyed.
"Don't panic! Gather!" Yang Dayan shouted with all his strength.
However, the camp at this time was already in chaos. The shouting of killing was so loud that Yang Dayan's voice could not travel very far before being drowned out.
His soldiers were not slow to react at this time, quickly fetched armor and horses, and said: "Master Colonel, please get on your horse and retreat first!"
Yang Dayan shook his head, got on his horse, raised his knife and charged towards the barbarians who were slaughtering in the camp. He is the highest officer here. Now that the soldiers are being slaughtered, how could he leave them and escape alone?
Fortunately, the cavalry team came quickly on horseback at this time, and followed Yang Big Eyes to charge at the barbarians. Their position was at the rear of the camp, so the initial impact was not severe.
But the spear team and archery team at the front were unlucky, and they withstood the first wave of barbarian attacks. The former was okay and had good melee combat abilities, but at such a close distance, the latter's bow and arrows were useless at all, and for a while he fell into a passive situation of being beaten.
As the cavalry charged, the soldiers got a chance to breathe, and the messy team began to reorganize under the command of the captain.
However, because the attack came too suddenly, the first wave of losses was not small. Under the leadership of Yang Dayan, although the barbarians' attack was temporarily contained, the situation was not optimistic.
The number of barbarian cavalry this time was five hundred, and unlike the barbarian cavalry encountered two days ago, these people's combat capabilities were much stronger. Even in a frontal charge, the Tang Army's cavalry was still weak. Contact is suppressed.
"Captain, we can't go on like this! Withdraw first, and then regroup." Wu Qi said beside him.
At this moment, Yang Dayan was covered in blood, which was from the barbarians. But he also sensed that the situation on the battlefield was not right, and although he was unwilling to do so, he still ordered: "Withdraw!"
The logistics and archers withdrew first, followed by the spear and saber troops, and the cavalry withdrew last because they had war horses and could quickly leave the battlefield.
But the barbarians are not fools. With so many people coming this time, how could these Tang soldiers escape easily? That’s too much to underestimate them!
"Captain, the situation is critical. We can't run as fast with two legs as we can with four. Let us stay and the cavalry will withdraw first!" Lei Meng said in a deep voice.
"Fart! Are you looking down on me?" Wu Qi, who has always been "boring", was angered by these words.
Are you kidding me? The cavalry has always been the vanguard against the barbarians. Now that the barbarians are attacking, the cavalry must retreat first. What does this mean? Isn't this a naked humiliation? It's even more embarrassing and infuriating than slapping him directly.
"Now that the barbarians are launching a massive attack, we must not be the only ones being attacked. The top priority is to get the news out as soon as possible to prevent further losses. Do you understand that?" Lei Meng roared.
"Okay, stop arguing! Listen to Lei Meng, Wu Qi, you lead the cavalry to break out, and you must pass the news on!" Yang Dayan stopped the two of them and said.
"Colonel!" Wu Qi said anxiously.
"Okay, this is an order!" Yang Dayan said solemnly.
Then he continued to give orders: "Now, as the first line of defense after the break, the sabers will use all their strength to block the barbarian cavalry."
Lei Meng cupped his hands and said, "Yes!" Then he turned around and left.
"The spear team and the archer team cooperate with each other as the second line of defense."
Sun Daxing and Zhou Rong took the order and said: "Yes!"
"The logistics team serves as the last line of defense."
A slightly fat middle-aged man raised his hands and said, "Yes!"
Although it was a logistics team, where could anyone in the Tang Army have a casual meal? They are usually responsible for transporting grain and fodder, and they also have good combat capabilities. They are not old men looking after warehouses.
Yang Dayan glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, please be prepared to risk your life in this crisis! I, Yang Hong, am here to live and die with you all!"
The rest of the people's eyes froze when they heard this, and they all said in a deep voice: "Live together, die together!"
Yang Dayan turned to look at Wu Qi and said solemnly: "We must bring the news out, please!"
Although Wu Qi was unwilling to withdraw like this, he also knew the priority of the matter. Their camp is very close to the border, so it is likely to be the first to be attacked. If the news can be notified to the other camps in Cangzhou Prefecture in time, some preparations can be made and the situation of the war may be reversed.
Sometimes, a little information difference may affect the entire battle situation. Time is particularly important at this time, and Wu Qi obviously knows this very well.
He nodded solemnly, took one last look at everyone, and ordered his cavalry to break out. He knew that after this farewell, many people here might never see him again!
With the help of Yang Dayan and others, the cavalry team attacked an area of the barbarian encirclement like a sharp drill, quickly tore a gap, and then quickly left.
"I hope he can succeed!" Yang Dayan whispered. He was not optimistic about the situation of the war. Since the barbarians could raid them, they could raid other camps and even Cangzhou Mansion itself.
Again, it is absolutely impossible for the barbarians to make such a big noise to target them. There must be a bigger plan behind this matter.
In addition, other places have most likely been attacked. I just hope that things have not reached the worst stage yet and Wu Qi can still make it in time!
Yang Dayan put away these thoughts, looked at the barbarian cavalry in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, start fighting hard now!"
The team under his command faithfully carried out Yang Dayan's orders. Even when faced with this large group of powerful cavalry, these soldiers did not flinch and started fighting with them.
The battle was extremely fierce from the beginning. The fire in the camp was not extinguished and shouts of killing were everywhere. The thick Mo Dao was always unfavorable, and even in this extremely unfavorable situation, it still caused a lot of damage to the barbarian cavalry.
However, in the battles of the first two days, the Sabers suffered the most serious losses. At this moment, before the vitality has recovered, they are involved in such a fierce battle again, and the number of people is decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This is not a cold number, but a living life!
"Damn Nanman, come on!"
"Hahaha, so happy! I killed another one, I'm good enough!"
"Come on, come on, watch grandpa take your life!"
"..."
In the roars of each sentence, it is the soldiers who go forward and die generously. Until Lei Meng died in the final battle, not a single soldier turned around and ran away, and there were no scars on their backs!
It was thanks to the desperate delay of the sabers that the spears and archers behind them were able to complete their formation and arrange their formation. At this moment, the soldiers of the spear team in front were holding huge shields, and their spears stretched out from the gaps, like sharp thorns.
Behind them is the archery team with bent bows and arrows. Just waiting for the order, they will release their hands to pull in the bowstring.
"Let it go! Let it go! Let it go!" Yang Dayan roared angrily, as if he wanted to vent the pent-up anger in his heart.
Arrows shot out like a torrent of arrows, covering the barbarian cavalry. No matter how strong they were, they were still made of flesh and blood and could not withstand such a rain of arrows. Then many barbarians were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.
Seeing this, the soldiers shot arrows even harder, and their hatred for the barbarians reached its peak!
However, this group of barbarian cavalry reacted very quickly and rushed forward quickly with small round shields in a pointed cone formation. Under the fierce and fearless impact, they finally broke the Tang army's formation.
The next battlefield seemed to have turned into a giant meat grinder. The lives of both sides were rapidly disappearing. The spear team, archery team and logistics team, all available forces were under the command of Yang Dayan. Fighting to the death.
Sun Daxing died, Zhou Rong died, and the bones of countless soldiers were buried here. After arriving, there was no trace of human habitation in this place, leaving only corpses everywhere.
The east wind was strong, the fire was blazing, and only the broken military flag was fluttering in the wind among the scorched earth...
