Chapter 2236: Drive the Tang Dynasty to attack the Tang Dynasty and defeat Xu Rong again
Chapter 2236 Drive the Tang Dynasty to attack the Tang Dynasty and defeat Xu Rong again
Chapter 2232: Drive the Tang Dynasty to attack the Tang Dynasty and defeat Xu Rong again
Gao Xingzhou was lucky enough to escape, but Zhang Xiu was not so lucky this time.
The battle between Zhang Xiu and Meng Yi was barely a draw, but overall, Meng Yi had the advantage.
Later, when the Tang army was defeated, Zhang Xiu could not stay and wait for death. However, with Meng Yi on the side and Yue Xi and Li Jin blocking him, Zhang Xiu was unable to break out.
With the joint efforts of the three generals, Zhang Xiu, who had no way to go to the sky or to the 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 him alive rather than kill him was simply 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 any senior generals 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 fierce defense with Gao Si's step brothers. Logically speaking, he should not let the Gao brothers leave, but as the commander of an army, he naturally could not abandon his army to pursue Gao Si's 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.
Tang general Xu Rong, who led 20,000 elite troops, immediately stopped the army from entering the city after receiving the order from Changsun Wuji, and led the army to come for support.
What Xu Rong never expected was that before his army reached the battlefield, the 20,000 fine cavalry had already 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 this direction. 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 that it is too late. Even if it is too late, the Qin army will drive the defeated army towards our army that has changed the route." Xu Rong analyzed calmly.
"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 a formation, with a spear formation in front, a shield formation in the middle, and a crossbow formation 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 to let the cavalry bypass the infantry square formation instead of attacking the reinforcement formation.
one thousand meters.
900 meters.
Eight hundred meters
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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 the only way.
"Sirs, stop quickly, our reinforcements are ahead."
"Stop it quickly, soldiers. If you rush down, you will kill each other." As high-ranking officers in the army, although the prestige of Gao Siji and other generals is not small, the Tang army was frightened by this time, so they shouted The role of the cavalry was minimal. Only a few cavalry bypassed the Tang Army's infantry phalanx, and most of the cavalry did not change their route.
Seeing this, Xu Rong gritted his teeth and said: "We can't let this group of deserters overwhelm the formation. We will shoot all deserters who come within three hundred meters."
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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.
咻, 咻, 咻…
Thousands of arrows were fired at once, 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, my own people, don't shoot arrows, ah."
“I am Xiaoshan Ying 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 cry out, as long as they are three hundred meters close to the reinforcements but still refuse to change their route, the cavalry will 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, Huo Qubing learned about Xu Rong's actions and couldn't help but admired: "This Xu Rong is really ruthless, he won't even spare his own people."
Xu Rong's methods are indeed ruthless, but this is the only way to avoid being hit by the defeated army. Only iron and blood can 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 fine 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 can control the rout of the army because of this, he is totally wrong. Fear cannot be eliminated 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. "
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Following Huo Qubing's order, the pursuing Qin army began to accelerate, and once they caught up, they would show no mercy. A large number of Tang army's cavalry died under 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.
Xu Rong was on the point of crying when he saw this, and wished he could kill all the defeated troops. He never thought that he would not be defeated at the hands of the Qin army, but at the hands of 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.
But the defeated army is also a human being, so it is impossible for them to wait for death, and they will naturally resist, which also makes the Tang army's formation even more chaotic.
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 began, 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 this chapter)
