Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 936 Mantis Catching Cicadas

Tuoba Gelu's central army took advantage of the situation to storm the middle of the Song army, and the Song army spread out in front and rear formations when they were chasing and killing. Although there were more than 2000 people in the middle, it was only the people who resisted Tuoba Gelu's central army. There were only hundreds of people chasing in front, no matter how brave and skilled they were, they could hardly resist the power of this thunderous blow.Tuoba Gelu slashed at the scattered plate of tofu as if with a big axe, and the Song army immediately fell into chaos. .

At this moment, the sound of horns sounded from the east.Like a magic trick, Zhang Shouyi led a thousand soldiers and horses out of the woods, blocking the Song army's way of escaping.

At this moment, Zhe Yuxuan's ears were full of shouts of killing, and countless people shouted Tuoba Gelu's order: "Wipe out the Song army, everyone will be rewarded!"

At this time, the trebuchet company that had been hidden before also began to set up trebuchets on the rear hillside that had been selected long ago, making preparations before throwing.It's just that at this time, it was too late to attack the Song army in front of me with gunpowder bags, because the two armies had already fought together.

Article No. 11 of the Field Combat Regulations for Trebuchets with Gunpowder Packs stipulates that during infantry and cavalry field battles, the trebuchet company should occupy nearby favorable terrain at any time and be ready to launch, so as to attack the possible reinforcements of the enemy, or when the army needs When retreating, they used cover to retreat smoothly.

Therefore, the trebuchet company just did what it should do in accordance with the combat regulations.

For Song Jun, it was obviously a big victory, but it turned into a big defeat in the blink of an eye.

The name of the general of the Song Army was Li Shouyuan. Anyone who really knew the Song Army knew who Li Shouyuan was.

If the No. 1 in the Song Dynasty is Cao Bin according to his official position, but according to his qualifications and titles, he is actually Li Jixun, the commander of the North Camp.

And this Li Shouyuan is the second eldest son of Li Jixun. He is in his early 30s. He used to serve in the Forbidden Army of the Capital Division of the Song Dynasty. When Zhao Kuangyin was alive, he also fought with the army. Now he is the commander of Xiangdu from the third rank, and [-] of the [-] troops in the Northwest Frontier Army are his troops.Li Shouyuan is also the only young senior general who can be compared with Cao Wei in the younger generation of Song Dynasty.In particular, he was good at training soldiers, and he was famous for the strength of the soldiers he trained.

This time, the party was looking for a general to lead an army comparable to the number of troops at Huangwan Pass to provoke Xiangfu Kingdom's Huangwan Pass guards, and Li Shouyuan took the initiative to ask for it.Dang Jinming knew that Li Shouyuan was eager to make contributions, but considering that Li Shouyuan's troops were indeed the most powerful among his 5000 troops, he agreed that Li Shouyuan would choose [-] of his [-] troops to provoke Zhang Shouyi.Unexpectedly, he fell into the trap of the Xiangfu army and was flanked by the Xiangfu army. Seeing that the entire army was about to be annihilated, Li Shouyuan fell into despair.

At this moment, he is completely relying on his own instinct to support.Like a wild animal that has fallen into a trap, it has to make a final struggle no matter what, unless it is exhausted and the blood is drained, it will never admit defeat.

But he also knew that the fate of defeat and death was almost doomed.

As if to prove something, or just to seek relief, Li Shouyuan brandished the iron whip in his hand, and rushed into the formation of the White Wolf Army again and again, his body was covered with blood.The White Wolf Army seemed to have discovered that he was the leader of the Song Army, and dozens of soldiers from the White Wolf Army were fighting with him almost all the time.

His personal soldiers died one after another, and his iron whip was already covered with the brains and blood of Xiangfu's army.However, every time a Xiangda soldier was killed, another Xiangfu soldier would replace him, until his deputy general Bai Wushan led a group of troops to join him and shouted to him: "General! General! Break out! Break out!" Li Shouyuan suddenly realized his duty as a general.

Even if he had to be imprisoned and executed after returning, he couldn't easily die on the battlefield.How easy is it to break through?He raised his eyes and saw that the army of Xiangfu Kingdom was everywhere. Where would he break out?

"South! Facing south! The enemy army in the south looks weaker!" Bai Wushan seemed to see his hesitation, and shouted loudly in his ear.

Li Shouyuan followed his words and looked towards the south. In the chaotic melee, the cavalry of the White Wolf Legion fought close to them, and the infantry had formed a long spear formation to encircle them. He really couldn't see where the enemy was weaker, but Bai Although Wu Shan was his deputy general, he was a veteran with more experience than him, and he was a veteran general who had participated in the founding battle of the Song Dynasty. At this time, Li Shouyuan could only trust his judgment, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Let's go South breakout!"

But the White Wolf Army immediately sensed their intentions, and soon, hundreds of cavalry surrounded them to the south and blocked their way.Li Shouyuan fought hard, and the cavalry around him suffered heavy losses. He finally broke through the cavalry and rushed to the encirclement of the infantry of the White Wolf Army. Seeing the forest of spears, Li Shouyuan was desperate, but even though he was desperate, he still led people to run into it.As a result, nearly a hundred men and horses were lost, and they were still unable to break through the siege of the White Wolf Army infantry. Even Bai Wushan was shot in the thigh.

As a last resort, Li Shouyuan could only turn around and head north, but was stopped by a young general leading more than a hundred horsemen.Li Shouyuan raised his whip and yelled, and rushed to kill for a while, but unexpectedly, the white wolf cavalry was very fierce, only four or five people surrounded him, and they fought him inextricably.He didn't dare to fight, and was about to turn around and find another way, but no matter where these four or five hundred cavalry rushed, an enemy army would appear in front of them to stop them, and the hundreds of cavalry led by the young general, Even more like maggots attached to the bones, staring at them.The other Song troops who were fighting on their own saw the main general trapped and desperately wanted to rush in to meet him, but the White Wolf Army cooperated very tacitly, and would always kill a cavalry at critical moments, preventing them from approaching the rendezvous.

Is this the place of burial?For some reason, Li Shouyuan felt a burst of relief in his heart.The two iron whips in his hands raised up, but they were even more fierce.A cavalryman of the White Wolf Legion who besieged him showed a flaw, and he whipped him on his left arm, screamed, and fell off his horse.He was about to take advantage of the situation to take his life, when he heard the sound of beeping, his mount screamed and suddenly knelt down.Shocked, Li Shouyuan saw the opportunity, and hurriedly jumped onto the mount of the cavalry of the White Wolf Legion who had been dismounted by him earlier. Looking back, he saw that his horse had been shot dead by several arrows.

Li Shouyuan is a man who loves horses as much as his life. At this moment, he was sad and angry. With a roar, he turned the horse's head and drove the horse straight to the general of the White Wolf Army who shot and killed the horse.

But how could the soldiers of the White Tiger Army allow him to come forward, two more cavalry rushed out from the side of the young general to block him.

Li Shouyuan saw that the young general's personal soldiers were all dressed in ordinary clothes. They were definitely not generals or military officers of the Xiangfu Kingdom, but they all had extraordinary skills. Although he didn't know that Tuoba Gelu was facing him, he knew in his heart that this young general must be an important one. Although he wanted to take Tuoba Gelu's life with all his heart, Tuoba Gelu's personal soldiers were really powerful, and even if he ran left and right, he couldn't get rid of him.Fortunately, he has learned the lesson from the last time he was hit by an arrow. He is wearing iron armor all over his body. Superb, although the mount has been hit by arrows repeatedly, he can always win the horse transfer.

It's just that although he fought hard with Bai Wushan and led the crowd, the White Wolf Army would easily be unable to deal with them for a while, but it was almost impossible for them to break through the siege and obstruction of the Xiangfu Kingdom army.No matter how they rush here and there, the soldiers of the White Wolf Army in front are always there. Seeing that there are fewer and fewer subordinates around them, the two of them know in their hearts that they will either die in battle or be captured. This moment is getting closer and closer to them. close.

At this point, Li Shouyuan couldn't help being short of breath. He fought hard to get to Bai Wushan, and helped him block a cavalry attack from the White Wolf Legion. what!"

"Why did you come here, general..." Li Shouyuan heard Bai Wushan reply half a sentence, and his voice stopped abruptly, followed by the exclamation of several soldiers, and he pushed aside the assassination of a cavalryman of the White Wolf Army with a gun , Turning his head to look, he saw Bai Wushan hanging on his horse, with an arrow shot in the middle of his face, piercing his brain.He clearly heard a few soldiers of the White Wolf Legion shouting praises: "Deputy regiment commander, good arrow skills!" Li Shouyuan followed his reputation, but saw that the person who shot and killed Baiwu Mountain was a middle-aged general of Xiangfu Kingdom, wasn't he? The other person is Zhe Yuxuan.

Zhe Yuxuan knew that his personal force was mediocre, but in order to gain a foothold in the army, he had practiced hard on archery, which was already at the level of a master archer.

With a mournful roar, Li Shouyuan swung his whip suddenly, repelling the flanking attacks of two cavalrymen of the White Wolf Army. Holding the whip, it hit Zhe Yuxuan on the forehead.

Zhe Yuxuan recognized Li Shouyuan as an important general of the Song army in the chaos, and attracted the White Wolf Army to besiege Li Shouyuan with all their strength, but unexpectedly, he picked up such a great achievement and cast a cold arrow, killing a general of the Song army beside Li Shouyuan. He shot and killed, and he was happy in his heart. He didn't expect Li Shouyuan to come so fast. Caught off guard, he subconsciously took a bow to block it, and was smashed by his iron whip and flew away on the spot. Li Shouyuan was about to make up for it. Yu Xuan came back to his senses, ran very fast, rolled over, and got off the horse. Li Shouyuan's whip hit the horse's back, and it collapsed.

(End of this chapter)