Jiuxi

Chapter 549 547 [Ande warriors guard the four sides] ()
At the foot of Luwu Mountain, a fierce battle was going on.

Thousands of Jing's cavalry moved south, and the infantry's offensive became increasingly fierce. All this announced that the situation in the south had changed.

Xiao Wangzhi became more and more calm, and the reinforcements appeared at the time agreed in advance, which gave him greater confidence in the outcome of this battle.

Compared with the fierceness and impatience of Jing's army, the Huaizhou army's various units continued to gather their formations under the command of the general. Tens of thousands of people built an extremely strong embankment. No matter how the tide came and went, I remained unmoved.

At this moment, the casualties of both armies are not many. This is also the normal state of wars throughout the ages. As long as one side's formation does not collapse, only a few soldiers can really fight to the death, and the casualties are often the result of the collapse.

The change occurred very suddenly.

Five thousand cavalry led by Pucha appeared on the left wing of the battlefield, and cooperated with the infantry of the Xiejie Army led by Sahelie to storm the Huaizhou Guangling Army.

When there was a sound in the south, Pu Cha subconsciously thought it was the muffled thunder in the sky. When he turned around to see the scene clearly, his expression suddenly changed.

He saw a group of Jingjun cavalry rushing towards him in a hurry. Pu Cha recognized it at a glance as the cavalry he had sent earlier. The problem was that there were five thousand cavalry when they left, but now there were less than half of them left!
Pucha immediately ordered his cavalry to temporarily withdraw from the battlefield, and then galloped south surrounded by his own soldiers.

"what happened?!"

When he reached the defeated soldiers, Pucha shouted angrily.

The people who appeared in his sight were the two commanders Yan Zhan and Bi Lan. At this moment, their shirts were stained with blood. Bi Lan's helmet was missing. Almost everyone in the Jing Army cavalry behind was injured.

Yan Zhan jumped off his horse and knelt down and said: "Da Xiangyin, our army ran into the Jingzhou Feiyu Army of the Southern Qi Dynasty more than ten miles away. They only had three or four thousand cavalry. The general wanted to seize the lead and frighten the enemy. After defeating this cavalry, This will prevent the enemy's infantry from continuing to advance. Unexpectedly, the enemy ambushed two cavalrymen first, and Nan Qi Lu Shen led them to attack one after another. Our army was caught off guard and had to retreat all the way. , please Daxiang Yin to punish you!”

Bi Lan also knelt down on the other side.

The cavalry of the Jing army suffered heavy losses in this battle. Three thousand captains were killed and nearly 3,000 cavalry were lost. Although the losses of the cavalry of the Qi army were not small, for the Dajing cavalry that dominates the world, this kind of casualties is higher. The defeat was already considered a shame.

"Bastard thing!"

Pu Cha's eyes turned red. Naturally, such a victory could not calm him down. He immediately picked up the riding crop and hit Yan Zhan on the shoulder hard.

Yan Zhan didn't dare to move at all, and reluctantly said: "Right now, the Qi army's cavalry reinforcements are coming, please Da Xiangyin to make a decision early!"

Pu Cha would not panic. After all, his army's formation was now stable. Even if the Qi army's reinforcements arrived smoothly, Jing's army could still maintain a situation where they could fight and retreat.

He was just bleeding in his heart. The loss of nearly 3,000 cavalry was not a small matter. You must know that these were elite cavalry trained by Jing Dynasty with countless efforts and money. They were not the kind of cavalry that could go into battle and kill people after just a few months of training and weapons. It takes a long time for each of the enemy's ordinary infantry and cavalry to grow up.

Pu Cha couldn't imagine how he would explain the whole story of this battle to the emperor after he returned to Dadu.

Thinking of this, he stared at Yan Zhan fiercely and said angrily: "How many cavalrymen are there in the Qi army?"

Yan Zhan immediately replied: "Back to the Governor, there will be at least 10,000 riders!"

Wan Qi...

Pu Cha wanted to know what Qing Yugong had done on the Western Front, but he was deceived by Lu Chen so much that he was unaware of the enemy's troop movements.

He took a deep breath, and just when he was about to decide how to respond, there was another disturbance on the battlefield to the north.

In the Taixing army formation, the commander-in-chief Kang Yanxiao received Xiao Wangzhi's military order and said without any hesitation: "Command Kong Hao, lead your troops to advance to the left front and bypass the enemy's flank!"

In the previous battle, Xiao Wangzhi used the Zhenbei Army as the front edge, mainly attacking the Jing Army infantry led by Shu Bu Lie and Tuoman Wulu. The Taixing Army and the Guangling Army moved back to cover on the left and right, forming an overall formation. Keep squeezing southward.

Under normal circumstances, the Shubulie and Tuomanwulu armies would not be unable to withstand the Zhenbei Army's fierce attack, but they had already lost a battle each, and their morale and morale were lower than in the past. Therefore, under the fierce attack of the Zhenbei Army, Under the attack, the two Jing armies had to merge into one and at the same time were forced to retreat south.

The Taixing Army and the Guangling Army were on the defensive. If this situation continued, the Qi and Jing armies would inevitably fall into a long-term stalemate.

Until this moment, Xiao Wangzhi suddenly changed his formation.

The three thousand armored infantry under the command of Kong Hao, the captain of the Taixing Army, had been recuperating in their own formation. After receiving Kang Yanxiao's order, the burly tiger general grinned, held a iron spear in one hand, and roared Said: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Immediately, a gap was opened in the northwest corner of the Taixing army's formation. Three thousand sharp soldiers, led by Kong Hao, rushed out in large strides and headed straight for the left wing of Jing's army in the south.

At the same time, Zhang Guyi, the captain of the Guangling Army on the other side, led 3,000 infantry and inserted directly into the right wing of Jingjun in the south!
In the eyes of Shubulie, Tuomanwulu, Sahelie, Gulijia and others, this scene is really ridiculous.

The Huaizhou Army is indeed very powerful, but how can the Jing Army be a weak force?
Even when the strength of both sides is the same, the Jingjun infantry are not afraid of the Huaizhou Army in a head-on confrontation, not to mention that they are clearly the side with the advantage at the moment.

Xiao Wangzhi actually showed his intention to actively besiege at this time, which simply showed that he did not take Jing Jun seriously at all.

Jing Jun responded immediately.

Shubulie and Tuoman Wulu ordered their infantry to move closer to the center, blocking the Huaizhou Zhenbei Army in the front while dealing with the 6,000 sharp soldiers attacking from both wings.

Sahelie and Gulijia made the same decision almost at the same time. The Jiefie Army and the Prison Army quickly cut off the connection between the thousands of sharp soldiers and their headquarters, and then continued to attack the opponent's position with force.

As a result, the battlefield situation becomes increasingly complex. Looking at the overall situation, the Huaizhou Army is still surrounded by the Jing Army, but in the southern part of the battlefield, three elite groups of the Huaizhou Army came out together and gradually surrounded more than 10,000 people led by Shubulie and Tuoman Wulu.

These changes were actually completed in a short period of time. Pu Cha, who was on the outside, immediately noticed Xiao Wangzhi's intentions.

Even if the Qi army has reinforcements coming soon, it is a fool's errand to devour all the Jing's troops on the battlefield at this moment. They can only choose a part of the Jing's army to hold them back.

Through this period of observation, Xiao Wangzhi keenly discovered that the morale of the Jing army in the south was weak, so he chose them as the target decisively.

There is no doubt that he had full confidence in reinforcements, so he dared to make such a decision.

In the distance, muffled thunder rolled in.

"Daxiangyin!"

Yan Zhan and Bilan looked pale and had anxious eyes.

Pu Cha was heartbroken and said sternly: "Send the order, withdraw the troops and go to the southwest! The Xiaojie Army is responsible for breaking up the rear! The Prison Army will cover the flanks! You will lead your own cavalry and follow the general to block the Qi army's cavalry!"

"Follow the order!"

A group of thousand captains immediately responded, and at the same time dozens of cavalry galloped out to deliver military orders to the main battlefield in the north.

Pucha turned his head and looked south, seeing a mass of black cavalry appearing in the distance.

Shu Bulie and others had now seen through the Huaizhou Army's tactics, and after all, Pu Cha was the general appointed by Qing Yugong. Therefore, even if they still did not think that the Qi Army was invincible, they could only act in accordance with military orders at this time.

Under the command of Gu Lijia, the infantry of the prison army immediately moved closer to the south to meet the subordinates of Shu Bulie and Tuoman Ulu, while the Xiaojie Army took the initiative to push forward and faithfully carried out the military orders.

Xiao Wangzhi had a panoramic view of the changes in Jingjun's formation. He admitted that Jingjun's main force had a high level of tactical literacy. In this chaotic and complex situation, the opponent's formation did not become scattered, but only slightly fluctuated when moving. .

Throughout the ages, armies that can do this can be called elite.

only--

"It's too late to change the formation now."

The Grand Governor of Huaizhou spoke calmly, and then ordered: "Send the order to Xiao Hong, ignore the enemy troops coming forward on their own initiative, move forward slightly to the right, and hold on to the right wing!"

"Follow the order!"

"Send the order to Kang Yanxiao, Taixing Army rush to the left to make room."

"Follow the order!"

"Send the order to Pei Sui to kill the more than 10,000 Jingjun infantry in front of him. We must not let the opponent leave the battlefield!"

"Follow the order!"

"Send an order to Yao Xuan, ordering him to lead his guard battalion to march to the left front, kill through the space vacated by the Taixing army, and together with the 3,000 people led by Kong Hao, cut off the enemy's prison army and the more than 10,000 people to the south. connect!"

"Follow the order!"

In the hunting wind, Xiao Wangzhi stood solemnly under the commanding flag, and his instructions were extremely clear.

Compared with Jing Jun's formation changes, the actions of the Huaizhou Army soldiers were more orderly, fierce and rapid. This was not because there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides, but because Pu Cha and others had not figured out a problem until now.

Jing Jun was fully prepared on how to encircle and kill the Huaizhou Army, and had practiced many specific arrangements, but from the beginning to the end, their plan was always on how to attack.

The Huaizhou Army was different. From the time Xiao Wangzhi led them away from the defense line of Jishan Tun in Dingzhou, made a long-distance raid to Luwu Mountain where they were trapped, and subsequently defended the mountain, they never thought about being passively beaten all the time. .

In today's battle, Jing Jun's response was actually very passive. From the time the Huaizhou Army took the initiative to form an attack, to the timely reinforcements led by Lu Chen, Jing Jun could only resort to tricks.

But the Huaizhou Army has been practicing for a long time, how to face the Jing Army with more troops, and how to bite off a piece of meat from the opponent. They are practicing almost every waking moment!

The fighting between the two armies became more and more fierce, but under the command of Xiao Wangzhi, a counter-encirclement situation gradually formed, and those trapped were more than 10,000 people led by Shubulie and Tuoman Wulu!
At the same moment, in the south, under the hazy sky, billowing dust and smoke swept in like a giant dragon.

The military flag fluttered in the wind and the hunting sound was heard.

Nearly ten thousand cavalry led by Lu Chen, the powerful soldiers of the Anping Army led by Xu Gui, and the elite troops of Huaizhou led by He Gui, one in front and two behind, appeared like a tide.

Arrive at the battlefield!

(End of this chapter)