Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 650 Chaos

The battle outside Jinyang City two years ago shocked Ye Chen greatly, and he also witnessed how the infantry armed themselves as a huge hedgehog to face the charge of the cavalry.Today, Pan Mei's tactics are similar to that of that battle at that time, and his intention is also obvious. He wants to use [-] infantry to resist the charge of [-] cavalry. After Ye Chen's cavalry gradually loses the advantage of charging, he will personally lead the army The five thousand recharged cavalry spit out from the 'hedgehog's mouth' rushed straight to Ye Chen's main formation, beheading or capturing Ye Chen in one fell swoop.

In this case, Pan Mei chose the right style of play, and she deserves to be a famous player of the generation.However, he didn't know that since Ye Chen came to Song Dynasty for more than two years, every big victory he won, strictly speaking, was not a victory in a frontal duel with troops.Every one of his victories on the battlefield in the past two years came from outside the battlefield or from a secretly advanced layout.

"Go! Believe in me, when Pan Mei didn't escape into Shu Dao in the first time, it already meant that we will win this war. Don't ask me why, you will understand later." Ye Chen Sweeping his eyes over Cao Wei and the generals, he said calmly.

Ye Chen is very aware of the formation of troops. His ability is not as good as Cao Wei, who already has the demeanor of a famous general, and he is not even as good as the commander of all the troops of the Forbidden Army. Therefore, he wisely and decisively handed over the power of formation and formation to Cao Wei. , he is only in control of the overall situation in the army.

After the formation of troops was completed, all the generals rode their horses to the central army, and while looking back at the enemy soldiers in the distance, they talked a lot.

"Everyone..." Ye Chen said.

All the generals turned their heads.Ye Chen glanced at the crowd and said: "Everyone has seen it! The rebels are defending with a circle of hedgehogs. When you force the cavalry in the circle of hedgehogs to charge our central army, it will be our victory. Ladies and gentlemen, my Great Song Dynasty now unifies the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, and the world is peaceful. There will be no more wars in a short time. This is your last chance, don't waste it."

"Haha..." Everyone burst into laughter, but their eyes flashed brightly, and everyone was full of fighting spirit. Ye Chen was right, these rebels in front of him might become the only time they fought on the battlefield for a long time Chance.After all, the Great Song Dynasty and the powerful Khitan in the north will not easily start a war. Even if there is a small friction, it is a matter of the northern camp or the northwest frontier army, and has nothing to do with them, the imperial guards of the capital.

Ye Chen finally waved his hand and said: "There is nothing more to say. The two armies are facing each other. Whoever is brave will win. Go back to each battalion and prepare for battle."

On the high flagpole of the Chinese Army, the flag was blown "crackling" in the wind.Ye Chen took a deep breath, put his fingers on the girdle around his waist, groped for the hilt of the Yuchang Sword, pulled it out, and shouted: "The whole army strikes!"

Immediately, the horn of the Chinese Army sounded "Woooo...", and the various ministries began to move forward slowly one after another.The surrounding area was filled with darkness, and the formations slowly spread forward like the tide, and it became more lively.

A stone's throw away in the middle of the arc-shaped camp, suddenly there was a sound of strings in the distance.When Ye Chen looked up, a swarm of arrows flew over in mid-air.The generals yelled and stopped.

"咚咚咚..." There was a sound of drums, and the four rectangular cavalry formations in front of and behind the former army Wang Tong raised countless bows and arrows. With a "bang" sound of the gong, Wang Tong shouted loudly: arrow!"

"Papapa..." Immediately, black spots like locusts flew obliquely into the air, like a torrential rain.

The two armies fired at each other, and there was a lot of screams and shouts.

Cao Wei lifted the iron spear that was all over his body, and lifted the horse's belly, and moved forward first, and the heavy cavalry followed from the left and right, and more horseshoes rumbled.The horse's hoof gradually accelerated, and Cao Wei led his troops to jog forward.

At 150 steps, Cao Wei shouted: "Kill!" Immediately he rode his horse forward.A large group of heavy cavalry slanted towards the opposite middle like a torrent.

I saw that the archers in front had already withdrawn, the dense array of long spears protruded, and the rear row of spears protruded from the world. The front of the phalanx was densely packed like hedgehogs, but there was a gap between the two phalanxes.Without further ado, Cao Wei plunged into the empty space in the middle, and the iron horse with the harness in the front pierced it diagonally and rushed straight to the front flank of the phalanx.

With a "huh", Cao Wei let go of the iron spear in his hand, and a soldier with a long spear in front screamed.Borrowing the speed of the horse, the heavy iron gun suddenly pierced into the soldier's chest, and the man was knocked backward by the impact, knocking down two people in a row.In the blink of an eye, Cao Wei had already rushed into the formation, beheading the horse with the real weapon on his back. Holding the knife in his hand, Cao Wei deftly supported the blade with his left hand and turned it sideways, only to hear a "click" , one head was tilted, and blood sprayed out like a spring.

The heavy cavalry rushed to the left and right, stabbing, hacking and trampling frantically in an instant.The long spear array was shaken immediately, Shaoqing collapsed, and countless infantry rushed back.

"Cao Wei broke through the middle and entered the formation!" Hu Sanguang, who was watching the enemy with a telescope, reported.

Ye Chen's eyes were like lightning, even clearer than a telescope, so he naturally saw this scene. There was a lot of chaos over there, and a large rebel battalion had fallen apart.Ye Chen was also stunned for a while, the battle took less than a cup of tea, it was not because the heavy cavalry Cao Wei led was too powerful, although Hu Sanguang told him that there were secret talks in the Huaxia Weifu among the rebels Among the soldiers at the bottom of the rebel army, the morale of the army was shaken and morale was affected.But now it seems that the morale of the rebel soldiers is much weaker than he expected.

Originally, this sprint was mainly about probing, but he did not expect to directly break through the rebels' defense line. Cao Wei was obviously a decisive person, and he simply led three thousand heavy cavalry to rampage in the formation. , people who are good at seizing the opportunity, the most important thing is that they don't want Cao Wei to make a full attack by himself.Therefore, they no longer attacked from both sides as planned, but also launched a sprint towards the gap.After all, if a wolf wants to bite a hedgehog, it will definitely choose to strike at the wound that has already appeared.

"My lord, this may be Pan Mei's trick." Xu Fangyi hesitated and said.

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said: "You're right, this is Pan Mei's trick. He deliberately placed the infantry with the lowest morale in the direction of our heavy cavalry sprinting, showing weakness to us, and then led our heavy generals to go Attack. If I'm not mistaken, he will rush towards me with five thousand cavalry himself. Pan Mei is very accurate, as long as he kills me or captures me, Cao Wei and Wang Tong They are naturally defeated. If this is the case, then let's give Pan Mei more strength!"

"Order all the reserve cavalry to attack and attack the enemy's formation through openings from Cao Wei!" Ye Chen ordered.

"Decree!" An orderly took up the command flag and rushed away.

The [-] cavalrymen on the two wings saw that Cao Wei, Wang Tong and the others had made great achievements, and they were already gearing up. They were so anxious that Ye Chen rushed forward with a bang when he heard the order.Soon, only one hundred black cavalry led by Ye Chen and one thousand Huaxia guards were left on Ye Chen's side.

On the battlefield, Cao Wei led [-] heavy cavalry directly through the two-tiered infantry phalanx. In addition, Wang Tong and others brought light cavalry to attack. What came was that all the cavalry who rushed in were divided into several pieces by the rebel infantry, and it was hard to turn back, so they could only charge forward in one breath.

At this time, Cao Wei heard the sound of drums from behind, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He took a look at the back and found that there were only [-] soldiers left around Ye Chen. The generals of the Forbidden Army also discovered this, but like Cao Wei, they were already blocked by two or three times as many infantry. They fled to both sides like water, and then blocked them behind. Although they only had to turn their horses and sprint back, the rebel infantry could not stop them at all, but the delay in this process was enough for Pan Mei to lead the heavy cavalry He rushed to Ye Chen first.

In fact, this is true. When Cao Wei, Wang Tong and other generals of the forbidden army turned their horses around forcibly regardless of the loss, they saw the infantry on the other side of the phalanx that was about to collapse and suddenly gave way to both sides. Five thousand cavalry rushed towards Ye Chen.

"Ah...kill!" Seeing this scene, Cao Wei's eyes were tearing, and he was so anxious that he finally forcibly turned his horse's head, and the heavy cavalry next to him also turned around. More than 100 horse legs and more than 100 cavalry horses were destroyed.

Cao Wei was almost crazy, a heavy cavalry rushed up after him, and no one could stop the cavalry as it passed by.However, more mobile forces in the middle of the rebel square formed an outflank on the left and right wings.

Seeing the dense crowd in front of him, Cao Wei's troops reined in their horses for a while, slowed down their spur speed, and prepared to turn around and charge again.Unexpectedly, he rushed back to rescue Ye Chen in a hurry, but was blocked by a large group of infantry who rushed up, so he had to fight.Although quite a few had been killed just now, the number of rebels was two or three times that of theirs after all.At the same time, Wang Tong and other generals also turned around, but they were also blocked by the infantry. Although they killed a lot of enemies, and even a small group of rebel infantry knelt down and surrendered, they would not be able to rush back for a while to rescue Ye Chen. .

Above the battle formation, dust shrouded the air, swirling and swirling in the wind like dark clouds.Strands of iron cavalry surged in the vast crowd, like a flood flowing in all directions.In the northeast, Pan Mei personally led [-] rebel cavalry, and they were already less than [-] steps away from Ye Chen. However, the thirteen cavalry in front of the rebel army all protected their faces with iron masks, so no one could see who Pan Mei was.Obviously, Pan Mei was almost shot to death by Ye Chen, and she was worried about repeating the same mistakes, so she was prepared.

(End of this chapter)