Great Han Empire

Chapter 907 Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Wins Central Plains
Northwest of the battlefield.

In order to tear apart the phalanx as soon as possible, the Xiliang infantry army of Li Kan and Zhang Heng deployed the army in front of the phalanx, and organized more than a dozen attacking teams to attack repeatedly, trying to break through the defense of the phalanx, and then let the cavalry spread out. Shock, who knows that after more than an hour of fierce fighting, his iron cavalry was still blocked on one side of the battlefield, and it took a long time to kill him.

At this time, the Northern Xinjiang Army suddenly launched a counterattack. In a short period of time, the phalanx changed from an indestructible "fortress" to a surging "wave". The Xiliang people were frightened and frightened, and they retreated again and again.The dozen or so assault teams that were attacking were swallowed up by the all-conquering stormy sea in a blink of an eye.

Li Kan and Zhang Heng turned pale with fright, and hastily ordered to form an formation and stand firm, beat the drums, raised the banner of "Double Rabbits", and asked Yang Qiu, who was fighting fiercely on the battlefield a mile away, to send a request to the brigade. People and horses support.

Zhang Baiqi commanded the army to set off waves and advance bravely.He wanted to use his superior force to encircle and annihilate the Xiliang infantry army on the opposite side before he arrived on the Xiliang iron cavalry.

"My lord, the enemy is calling for help." Yu Digen pointed to the "Double Rabbit" banner in the enemy's formation, and shouted, "Send someone to kill the enemy's flank and block the support of the enemy's cavalry."

Zhang Baiqi nodded repeatedly.He was worried that his Duliao Battalion was not strong enough to entangle the Xiliang iron cavalry, so he hurriedly ordered Li Yao, who was reorganizing the army behind the army, to rush in and attack from the flanks of the Xiliang infantry army, destroying the Xiliang people's defense as soon as possible. The infantry army that surrounded the Xiliang people.

"Beating the drum..." Zhang Baiqi turned around and waved vigorously at the messenger, "Tell all the ministries to attack quickly and surround the enemy."

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Yang Qiu saw the "Double Rabbit" banner trembling violently in the bloody wind from a distance, and he wanted to support it, but he couldn't do what he wanted.

The Duliao Camp is famous all over the world. It used to be the most elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty guarding the northern border. Fighting against such an army that has experienced many battles, the people of Xiliang are obviously far behind.Compared with the soldiers of the Duliao Camp, the Xiliang people are far behind in terms of personal martial arts and battle formation. If it weren't for the superiority of the Xiliang people in terms of numbers, this fight would have been divided It's over.

Yang Qiu did not dare to deploy troops to support Li Kan, lest he lose his superiority in numbers and cause the army to be defeated quickly.

"Urgently call Master Han, please use the reserve reinforcements, or deploy troops from the middle battlefield to support Li Kan, so as to block the counterattack of the Northern Army." Yang Qiu said anxiously while wiping the blood on his gray beard, "Tell Han My lord, please bring the main force to the battlefield as soon as possible, and quickly change the unfavorable situation on the battlefield, lest our army suffer heavy losses. Hurry, hurry..."

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Southeast of the battlefield.

Yang Feng and Liang Baiwu commanded the army to change formation suddenly, and the huge and strong "fortress" quickly turned into a huge and sharp "iron cone".

When the formation was changing, Liang Xing and Ma Wanzheng each took an iron cavalry and shot along the two wings of the phalanx. Seeing that the two wings of the phalanx "collapsed" suddenly, they thought they had an opportunity and rushed to attack.After the two wings of the phalanx "collapsed" and shrunk, the ballista chariots in the formation immediately became the front of the attack. With the earth-shattering roar, the ballistas fired continuously, and the arrows were like locusts, and the Xiliang iron cavalry suffered heavy losses.

Liang Xing and Ma Wan narrowly escaped death, and quickly retreated with the shattered cavalry.Their withdrawal completely exposed Xia Zhao's infantry army to the attack of the northern border army.Hua Xiong took the lead in launching a counterattack, and then Yang Feng and Liang Baiwu led the "iron cone" formation and pushed forward vigorously, beating Xia Zhao's infantry army into a mess and retreating steadily.

Liang Xing and Ma Wan reorganized the iron cavalry as quickly as possible, and more than 3000 cavalry rushed to the battlefield again, barely helping Xia Zhao stabilize the formation, but there were too many troops in the northern border, and more than 1 people roared like thunder, which was overwhelming At that time, the situation on the battlefield was precarious, and the infantry and cavalry army of the coalition forces could be completely defeated by the Northern Xinjiang Army at any time.

"Help, help..." Xia Zhao was sweating like rain, exasperated, "Tell Lord Gao that the army is about to collapse, please help him quickly, help him quickly."

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The summer sun hangs high in the blue sky, and the scorching sun shines on the battlefield for miles around. The bloody air shrouds the world under the high temperature, and the violence and cruelty rise and fall with the fierce fighting and ups and downs on the battlefield. The smoke and dust rose more and more.All the people on the battlefield were immersed in the killing. Whether it was the high-ranking general or the soldiers groaning in the pool of blood, they had all thrown their lives into oblivion and all their emotions.They only have bloody weapons in their eyes, and only killing in their hearts.When they stabbed cold spears into each other's body, when they licked and sucked the opponent's blood, what they felt was not pain or happiness, but numbness and extreme disregard for life and survival.

Han Sui stood under the big tree, with his eyes closed, playing the flute with all his attention.His wide robe fluttered in the wind, his long gray beard fluttered gently, and a calm and warm smile emerged on his weather-beaten face, as if his whole body and mind were melted into the melodious and melancholy sound of the flute.

Ling Ru, Han Yi and dozens of personal guards stood at the foot of the hill in twos and threes, looking at Han Sui from afar, with respect and admiration in their eyes.This old man has struggled for Xiliang all his life, indomitable and exhausted.Although Xiliang is in a critical situation today, and the situation is more dangerous than it has been for more than a decade, but as long as this old man is still alive, as long as the sound of the old man's flute is still echoing in the vast sky of Xiliang, Xiliang will eventually be able to come back one day. Once stabilized, Xiliang people will finally be able to live the long-awaited peaceful life.

The sound of hooves came from far and near, one after another.Messengers came galloping from every battlefield.Ling Ru asked the guards to stop them far away, and there was only one reply: Persevere, persist with gritted teeth.

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After a long time, the sound of the flute gradually became louder, and there was a hint of murderousness in the mournful sound.

Han Sui's body straightened suddenly, and he seemed to have returned to those years, to the heroic era when he berated Fang Qiu and gave advice.

"Sir, sir..." Simpi came on a flying horse, his hoarse voice was full of anger and panic, "Xia Zhao, Liang Xing and Ma Wan can't hold on any longer, sir, please agree to our request and send troops immediately support."

The sound of the flute stopped.

Ling Ru, Han Yi and the others stared at Xin Pi fiercely, wishing they could rush up and beat him up.Recently, it's rare for my husband to play the flute, and I finally took a break from his busy schedule to relax, but it was ruined by this blind bastard.The battle situation in Guanzhong is under the master's control, how much change can happen in just a short period of time?
Han Sui slowly opened his eyes, held the fife in his hand, put his hands behind his back, and slowly raised his head to look at the sky.

It was almost noon.

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"Sir, the left-wing army of the northern border army suddenly counterattacked. Because the Qiang cavalry left the battlefield without authorization, the number of iron cavalry was seriously insufficient, which made our army unable to effectively block the attack of the northern border army. Master Xia Zhao's army was hit hard by this, and its defeat is imminent. " Xin Pi turned a blind eye to the dissatisfaction of Ling Ru and the others, and rushed under the tree in two or three steps, waving his arms excitedly at Han Sui.

Seeing that Xia Zhao's army was in danger, Xin Pi, Deng Sheng and others urgently urged the senior officials to send troops to rescue them. Fan sent people to consult Han Sui's opinion, but Han Sui's reply was the same.Xin Pi was so anxious that he couldn't hold back his eagerness, so he went to the Chinese army to persuade Han Sui.

"After the war started, Jiao Chu led 2000 soldiers into battle. After Jiao Chu was killed, Xia Zhao led another 4000 soldiers to support him. At present, there are at most 1 infantry left on the right-wing battlefield. After the Qiang people left the battlefield, the cavalry army only There are three to [-] people left. These people suffered a lot after the counterattack of the Northern Xinjiang Army. Now they have withdrawn to both sides of the right-wing battlefield to protect the infantry army. Now only Xia Zhao’s army is fighting with more than [-] Northern Xinjiang Army on the battlefield Confrontation, he can't stop it at all. Once Xia Zhao's army collapses, the morale of the army will be weakened, and the subsequent battles will be impossible."
Han Sui frowned and remained silent.

Due to the problems of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry itself, the offensive of the coalition forces on both sides of the battlefield failed to achieve the expected goal.Now that the coalition forces can't suppress the Northern Xinjiang Army, of course there is no way to force the Northern Xinjiang Army to throw all their troops on the battlefield.On the contrary, the northern border army took advantage of the favorable situation on the battlefield and launched a counterattack on the two wings. Their purpose was obvious, which was to force themselves to dispatch all the troops quickly.

"My lord, the northern border army has counterattacked across the board. They should have no troops." Simpi said eagerly, "Even if they still have troops, they are just reserve troops stationed in the city, and their numbers will not be too many."

"How much do you know about Xu Rong?" Han Sui asked suddenly.

Simpi froze for a moment, then shook his head.He was not familiar with Xu Rong and had no way of understanding him.

"Xu Rong is now the Taiwei of the Jinyang court, one of the ministers of the Sangong, and has great power, but he comes from a humble background. His ancestors were an ordinary official in Xuantu County, Youzhou. How much hardship he has to pay to be among the Sangongs? do you know?"

Xin Pi, Ling Ru, Han Yi and the others looked at each other, a little puzzled, wondering what Han Sui meant by this.

"Li Hong, Xian Yufu, and Xu Rong are all from Youzhou. They control the military power of the Jinyang court, but have you noticed? Xu Rong was the successor to Taiwei. Almost at the same time, the eldest princess revised the official system in Jinyang, moved the Shangshutai out of the palace, and openly competed with the foreign dynasty for power. Li Hong kept silent, and then went north to leave the fortress gone."

"Both Li Hong and Xian Yufu have left Jinyang, leaving Xu Rong alone in charge of the military. What does this mean?" Han Sui paused and continued, "This means that Xu Rong belongs to the eldest princess and is the future princess. The people who restrict Li Hong and Xianyu's military power..." Han Sui pointed to the battlefield, and said in a very affirmative tone, "Xu Rong cannot be defeated, and the Jinyang court and the eldest princess will not allow Xu Rong to be defeated. Once Xu Rong is defeated, he will leave. Jinyang is a heavy blow to the eldest princess and the court."

"Sir, do you mean that Xu Rong is absolutely sure of winning?" Simpi asked nervously.

"Li Hong and Xian Yufu won the Central Plains War, and their meritorious deeds are even more prominent. If Xu Rong wants to continue to stay in the court of Jinyang, he needs to win the Guanzhong War and achieve the same illustrious merits. In order to help Xu Rong To win this battle, the eldest princess and the imperial court will do their best to give him the greatest support in terms of military strength and wealth." Han Sui looked worried, and said slowly, "Xu Rong must still have military strength. It’s just that we don’t know how many are left, so we can’t reveal our strength and main attack direction too early, we have to wait a little longer to make sure nothing goes wrong.”

"But..." Although Xin Pi felt sorry for the loss of his own army, he had to admit that Han Sui's speculation was very reasonable.Yuan Shao couldn't afford to lose this battle. Once he lost, not only would his prospects be bleak, but he might even lose Luoyang and be devastated.He thought for a while, then sighed helplessly: "Since you don't want to expose your strength and main attack direction prematurely, you have to think of another way to lure the enemy. You can't fight like this. If we continue to fight like this, we won't be able to afford it."

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"How long can the left and right wings last?" Han Sui nodded, then turned to ask Ling Ru.
"There are iron cavalry on the battlefield on the right wing, which can still support the battle. In addition, the main force of the high-ranking lord is on standby on the right wing. If Xia Zhao's army retreats slowly, it will be very beneficial for us to quickly surround the enemy when we counterattack." Ling Ru said, "I agree. In comparison, the left-wing battlefield is very dangerous. Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's iron cavalry on the left-wing battlefield are now entangled by the Duliao battalion of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and have been unable to support Li Kan's infantry army, while Li Kan's five thousand The infantry and the [-] infantry of Zhang Heng who went up to support them were retreating steadily after being frantically counterattacked by the Northern Army because of the lack of cavalry cover, and the situation was very critical."

Before Ling Ru finished speaking, Simpi became unhappy.The left-wing battlefield is full of elites from your Xiliang army, and there is also an iron cavalry fighting on the battlefield. This situation is still dangerous, and you are too good at talking.He was about to retort, but Han Sui said something fair in time and blocked his mouth.

"The left-wing battlefield is still supported at present, so let's concentrate our forces on the middle." Han Sui said, "Let's encircle and annihilate the enemy in the middle immediately, and see how Xu Rong responds. How many infantry troops do we still have on the left?"

In order to help Ma Chao attack the middle road, Han Sui had mobilized Yan Xing's [-] cavalry from the reserve army. Considering the needs of the overall situation, the remaining [-] reserve troops could not move any more, and could only recruit troops from other places to support the middle road.

"There are still 8000 people." Ling Ru said, "My lord, I think it is more appropriate to use these 8000 people to counterattack the Northern Xinjiang Army on the left-wing battlefield. At present, the enemy on the middle battlefield is about [-] steps away from Wannian City. If we increase our troops To encircle and suppress them, they will definitely retreat into the city. In this way, not only will we not be able to lure out Xu Rong's reserve army, but we may even lose the two wings of the battlefield, so..."

"Stop arguing." Seeing Simpi's unkind expression, Han Sui hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Immediately send an order for Cheng Yin to lead an army of [-] to support the middle."

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If the northern border army is attacked in the middle, the Xiliang army will directly threaten the city. At this time, Xu Rong has only two ways to meet the enemy.One is to mobilize troops from the city to support, and the other is to order the troops on the two wings of the battlefield to quickly shrink and move closer to the central army.

If the Northern Xinjiang Army adopts the first method, the coalition forces will reach their goal immediately, and the main force can come out in full force.

If Xu Rong is still holding on, then the crisis on the two-wing battlefield can be alleviated, and Ma Chao and Yan Xing occupying the middle can also cut off the retreat of the Northern Army on the two-wing battlefield, which can also achieve the goal of luring all the Northern Army Purpose.

Xin Pi accepted this method, took his leave and left, but as soon as Xin Pi left, Ling Ru and Han Yi surrounded Han Sui from left to right, and tried their best to persuade Han Tu to send troops to support the Xiliang army on the left.

Supporting the left-wing battlefield can first help Li Kan and Zhang Heng get out of the current predicament, and can rescue Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's cavalry from the unfavorable situation of fighting, so the losses of the Xiliang Army can be greatly reduced.Secondly, our sudden dispatch of troops to support the left-wing battlefield is likely to cause the Northern Xinjiang Army to make a wrong judgment, mistakenly thinking that our main attack direction is the left-wing battlefield, and thus transfer out the troops that may exist in Xu Rong's hands.

In addition, Han Yi also said a reason.Ma Chao and his army were always a threat to Han Sui.Ma Chao is a capricious, hot-tempered person who is not trustworthy at all.When Ma Chao was in Jincheng, he had a close relationship with Pang De. In addition, he and Yuan Shao had a deep hatred. Once the Northern Xinjiang Army rebelled against him, the consequences would be disastrous. Why not take this opportunity to weaken his strength and gradually remove his threat completely? Lose.

Han Sui was persuaded. After a little consideration, he decisively ordered Han Yi and Cheng Yin to lead an army of [-] infantry to support the left-wing battlefield. At the same time, he ordered Ma Chao and Yan Xing to strengthen their offensive at all costs. Cut off the enemy's retreat on the battlefield on both wings.

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Northwest of the battlefield.

On the left-wing battlefield, the cavalry of both sides rushed back and forth on the west side of the battlefield, while the infantry armies of both sides fought bloody battles on the east side of the battlefield.

Suddenly, there was a violent sound of war drums rushing straight into the sky, shaking the heavens and the earth.The tens of thousands of soldiers who were fighting fiercely woke up suddenly, and they all looked up into the distance in unison.

The reinforcements from Xiliang came quickly along the middle of the two battlefields, and their banners all over the sky were like colorful clouds, rolling and roaring all the way.

Li Yao's army was on the flank of the eastern battlefield, and it happened to collide head-on with Xiliang's reinforcements.

Li Yao scolded a few words angrily, with a murderous look on his face, "Order all the ministries to change their formation and prepare for a deadly battle."

Thousands of soldiers quickly left the main battlefield under the command of the command flag and the drum horn, and formed a "circular" battle formation as quickly as possible.Li Yao planned to use this battle formation to firmly hold back the Xiliang reinforcements in the center of the two battlefields, and help Yang Ming's Du Liao battalion and Zhang Baiqi's infantry army make quick deployment adjustments.

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Under the command of Han Yi and Cheng Yin, the eight thousand Xiliang army slammed into the Northern Xinjiang battle formation fiercely with the momentum of thunder, and the fierce fighting began in an instant.

It has been nearly four hours since Li Yao led the army to fight in the early morning. Although they rested for a period of time behind Zhang Baiqi's phalanx, they were still too tired compared to the Xiliang army who had recharged their batteries. .Under the stormy attack of the Xiliang people, the circular battle formation finally couldn't hold on and opened a hole, which grew rapidly and was out of control.

Li Yao was furious and committed suicide with his own guard.The Xiliang people suddenly realized that the opposite was actually a general of the Northern Frontier Army, and their morale was immediately boosted. One by one, they risked their lives and bravely stepped forward, vowing to behead his head to receive the reward.But Li Yao was so powerful, he formed a small attack formation with several personal guards, and cut down more than a dozen enemies in a short period of time.

Just when they were about to kill the enemy with all their might, Li Yao was conspired by the enemy.A Xiliang soldier pulled the trigger of the hand crossbow before he died, and three crossbow arrows shot through his body in an instant.

Li Yao fell on his back and died on the spot.

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Li Yao died, and his subordinates went mad and attacked with their lives.The circular battle formation gradually became loose and crumbling.

Zhang Baiqi was shocked and angry, and commanded the army to quickly approach them.If Li Yao's army is defeated, the blow to morale will be too great, and the situation on the entire battlefield may be reversed.

"Kill, kill... Go up..." Zhang Bai galloped back and forth in the formation on his horse, shouting loudly, motivating the soldiers to risk their lives and speed up their attack.

General Zhang Heng of Xiliang led his army to block the attack, intending to prevent the two Northern Xinjiang armies from joining forces.Now Han Yi and Cheng Yin are commanding the army to besiege Li Yao's subordinates. As long as this army can be defeated, the people of Xiliang will be able to take the initiative on the left-wing battlefield, and they may defeat the northern army and establish a great victory first.

Zhang Baiqi was in a hurry. He ran to the front and yelled at Yu Digen, "Open the passage for me immediately, or I will kill you."

"Fight it." Yu Digen roared angrily, pointing at the messenger and shouted angrily, "Commander Chariot Battalion, drag me the ballistas, all of them here."

"Boom...boom..." The ballista roared continuously, thrillingly.The people of Xiliang were caught off guard, and the soldiers fell down in batches like weeds in the field.

At the same time, the frontal battlefield lacking the support of the ballista was also bloody and bloody. The soldiers in the northern border and the people of Xiliang were killed like crazy, and the battle was extremely tragic.

Zhang Heng saw that his army had suffered heavy losses, and he would soon lose his combat effectiveness if he continued to fight like this, so he hurriedly ordered to retreat, but when he gave the order, the ballista of the Northern Xinjiang Army was already approaching.In a deafening roar, Zhang Heng flew up with arrows all over his body.

Zhang Heng was killed in battle, and the northern army was overwhelmed again. Those who stood in their way were invincible. The Xiliang people were terrified, and retreated repeatedly, allowing the two northern army to join up smoothly.

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The middle of the battlefield.

Ma Chao and his men persevered and launched round after round of attacks around He Feng's army.As the casualties of the Northern Xinjiang Army increased, the number of times the battle formation was broken through also increased.

Wang Rong rushed into the "fortress" for the third time.

Under the command of Du Ping, the general of Zhonglang, the northern Xinjiang soldiers blocked and killed them layer by layer.In the fierce melee, Du Ping was pierced through the body by a Xiliang spear. Although the guards tried their best to rescue him, he still died in great pain.

He Feng lost two lieutenants in a row within half a day, and was so angry that he almost lost his mind.He led Hao Zhao and a group of bruised personal guards to cut off Wang Rong's retreat, killed Wang Rong and more than 100 Xiliang soldiers, and hung their heads high.

Ma Chao was enraged. In order to avenge his brother, he commanded the iron cavalry to launch a crazy retaliatory attack on the Northern Xinjiang Army.

The battle is getting bloodier and more tragic.

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