Chapter 875 Qiantang Ambush
With the assist of poison and artillery, 20,000 Chen cavalry as the vanguard and tens of thousands of infantry as the rear team, the Wu army had more than 100,000 vulnerable troops. Shen Luoyan left Shan Xiongxin behind the palace and quickly fled southwest while the night was dark.
Chen Luoyan led his army to flee hurriedly and rushed all the way to Qiantang City, Yuhang County. However, the troops on the city were the Wu army left by Chen Luoyan. Seeing Chen Luoyan leading the army back in a panic, he quickly opened the city gate to greet him.
Just as the Wu army had just entered the middle of the day, a large army suddenly came from the side.
In the dark night, this army seemed to have been lurking here for a long time, and deliberately waited until the Wu army entered the city.
The earth shook slightly, and countless cavalrymen were the first to come out.
When the news of "discovering the Chen army outside the city" reached Chen Luoyan who had just entered the city, she couldn't help but be shocked.
As I climbed the city tower of Qiantang City, I saw that although I couldn't see how many Chen Jun came in the night, I could only hear the sound of thunderous hooves that I knew that at least one elite cavalry was chasing me.
And along the way, they did not notice that Chen's army was pursuing, so the cavalry must have bypassed them a long time ago, and even waited here one step long ago.
In a blink of an eye, the ambush had entered three miles below the city. The bonfire above and below the city had illuminated the coming army. In a vague manner, thousands of cavalry in front were in front, and about 20,000 infantry in the back were in the back.
The sudden appearance of nearly 30,000 Chen Jun immediately made Wu Jun feel cold.
"Your Highness, this is the ambush of Chen's army!"
"Close the city gate quickly, otherwise Chen Jun will rush in!"
Less than half of the Wu army under the city entered the city, and most of them were blocked outside the city gate. No one expected that the Chen army would launch an attack at this time. Half in the city and half outside the city, and could not advance or retreat. Not only did the entire Wu army be stuck and lost its combat power, but even the entire city defense lost its defense.
"It's too late to close the city gate at this time. Let's fight outside the city!" Li Zitong was also a veteran. At this time, he immediately saw the situation in front of him. Chen Jun had arrived here one step ahead of them, but he kept hiding. He didn't attack until they entered the city. The time was to be calculated. At this time, the Wu army was like an army that had just crossed half a river and was blocked by the city gate. He was completely at an absolute disadvantage.
Now that the city gate is forcibly closed, let alone whether it can be realized. Even if it is closed, the only 20,000 people outside the city will be finished.
Chen Luoyan also saw the seriousness of the matter and nodded immediately and said, "Boan the drum and send the order. Let the battle in Yicheng!"
In addition to ordering the Wu army outside the city to turn around and form a formation to fight, Chen Luoyan immediately ordered that he and Li Zitong each lead 10,000 troops out of the east and west gates to cover the Chen army from the side to break the siege of the Wu army outside the city.
After military orders were passed down, the Wu army, who was originally panicked outside the city, began to gradually settle down. As long as the city did not simply abandon them, they would be much more stable.
The Wu army turned hurriedly and began to list the simplest phalanx of spear infantry.
Thousands of steps away, dozens of cavalrymen were stationed on a small high ground. Several Chen army generals were surprised by the rapid reactions of the Wu army.
"I didn't expect that the Shen Luoyan was not slow to react. At this time, she was still brave enough to meet the enemy. I thought she would escape directly from Ximen." Hu Hai, who had a big scar on his face, laughed.
Li Chengyi, who was standing aside, said slowly: "The Wu army had already been exhausted from Siping Mountain to Yuhang before. What's more, they were still carrying more than 10,000 unconscious soldiers. At this time, if Shen Luoyan threw the Wu army outside the city and fled, she wouldn't be able to run for a few miles."
"No matter whether he fled or fought, this time, we have to settle the matter with Shen Luoyan. In the battle of Lin'an, our local soldiers lost more than 10,000 yuan. Today, I, Feng Hua, must pay the blood debt of Shen Luoyan!" Among the generals, the only female general was Feng Hua. In the battle of Lin'an, their father and daughter almost became prisoners, and the local soldiers were even more than half of them. For Feng Hua, this old account must be settled.
"That's right! If Your Majesty hadn't asked for help in time this time, our troops and horses that attacked Jiangdong would have been wiped out. This time we had to avenge and revenge. We finally asked for this opportunity to ambush the sinking geese from Your Majesty. This time we must capture all the Wu army in one place and capture the sinking geese alive." Chen Shan nodded and said.
This Chen army that ambushed the fallen geese was led by the generals who had previously attacked Jiangdong. Hu Hai, Su Lie, Li Chengyi, Li Chengli, Chen Feng, Chen Shan, Chen Kedi, Feng Huan, Feng Ang. Except for Xu Shiji who stayed in Siping Mountain, all the other generals arrived.
What they led was basically the remaining troops from each unit, plus the light cavalry that Chen Ke repelled for them.
"Look, the Wu army in the city actually came around from the east and west gates. They wanted to attack us."
"Governor Hu, let the last general go to meet the Wu army at the East Gate!" Chen Kemen stepped forward and said.
"Leave the Wu army from Ximen to me." Feng Huan also shouted loudly.
Hu Hai nodded in agreement: "Okay, you will lead 5,000 infantrymen to attack. Remember, no matter what, the Wu army on both sides are allowed to approach the north gate."
"Get orders!" Feng Huan and Chen Kedi rode away and led an army to face the enemy quickly.
These two armies under Qiantang City can basically be said to have fired a real fire during this period. Before, the generals of the Chen army were plotted by Shen Luoyan and were attacked by the Wu army several times more than before. They were almost seriously damaged. Basically, nearly half of the troops were lost, and some even lost more than 60% to 70%.
This time, it was a great opportunity to take revenge.
A few days ago, they were surrounded by the Wu army, and they even wrote suicide notes. But today, the world has finally turned upside down and it was their turn to beat Wu army.
One side has a strong morale, but the other side has lost all the way. The morale of the two sides cannot be spoken of.
In the middle, five thousand Chen cavalry were the vanguard on the main battlefield of the North Gate, and eight thousand infantrymen followed closely behind. The offensive craze was like the bright moon. The Wu army who hurriedly turned around to form a formation was only 10,000, and there were more than 10,000 unconscious soldiers behind.
The Chen army cavalry that rushed up came up with grenades and crossbows, which directly exploded the squat array that was standing up in a hurry. Although there were archers on the top of the city who were constantly pulling bows and shooting arrows, the number of archers was limited, and the Chen cavalry who was running at high speed was not afraid of the few bows.
The Chen army cavalry did not rush into the Wu army formation directly, but threw off the death metal storm and quickly slashed left and right, speared the bayonets, slashed the Wu army on the outer edge of the formation, and then quickly ran to the distance and reassembled again.
At this time, the infantry following behind were barely killed. The eight thousand Chen army infantry formed a huge wedge-shaped square array, with a large shield in front, a long spear on the side, and a crossbow in the middle. This imitation of the infantry gun shield formation was like a big turtle full of sharp piercings. Although it seemed that it was not moving fast, every step forward was so powerful. Every step forward, countless guns were stabbed out, stabbing one Wu army spearmen to death.
It was like two huge hedgehogs fighting under the city, but Chen Jun's hedgehog was obviously an evolutionary version and extremely fierce. Not only did he have a sharp spear, but he also had a strong shield. What's more, the ferocious hedgehog center was surrounded by a large number of archers and crossbows, hiding in a safe shield formation. Chen Jun's crossbows shoot with all their hearts. Wu Jun could only be passively beaten, that is, he had to guard against deadly spears, and even the crossbow arrows that could not be defended against.
The gun stabs, falls, shoots, falls, cuts, and cuts, falls!
Chen Jun's wedge-shaped gun array is unparalleled. It seems to be moving forward slowly, but Chen Jun's pace cannot be stopped at all. Every step forward, the Wu Jun will be ruthlessly crushed.
The continuous fall of the Wu army outside the North Gate was the most seen by the Shen Luoyan who led her troops to support from the East Gate. Such a sharp attack made her worried. Under such an offensive, she knew that the Wu army was already in its limit and could collapse at any time.
She wanted to go to rescue, but between her and the north gate, under a huge Fengzi banner, the fierce local army that had been ruthlessly defeated by her under Lin'an City was blocking her pace of progress.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Unlike the Chen army at the North Gate, the Tu army under the Feng character had no formation or order at all. The five thousand barbarians shone in their eyes, waved their scimitars and guns, and rushed over and collided with them.
Knife slashing and spear stabbing are the simplest fights, without any command of advancing and retreating. But even so, this army, like a tiger and wolf, completely bit its own ten thousand troops. With one-on-two, these barbarian soldiers were not only not inferior to the disadvantage, but also completely gained the upper hand.
Kill and kill each other!
Under Qiantang City, the two armies were completely strangled together.
Blood flows into a river and corpses accumulate like mountains.
No matter how Chen Luoyan and Li Zitong wanted to join the Wu army at the North Gate, he could not break out of the blockade of Feng Huan and Chen Kedi. They were tightly entangled, watching the huge wedge-shaped infantry formation under the North Gate continuously rolling forward, and the Chen army's light cavalry came and went like the wind, biting the Wu army's defense line from both wings over and over again.
"Long live the Pojun!" A huge cheer came, and Chen Luoyan turned her head and looked at her heart, and she felt cold. She saw that the more than 10,000 Wu troops at the north gate were finally defeated under the joint attack of Chen's terrifying infantry and cavalry.
The square formation broke through, and the Wu soldiers who were already exhausted and fearful in their hearts finally fled in all directions, but the more they fled, the faster they died. In front of the Chen army infantry and cavalry like a meat grinder, no one escaped.
One after another, many Wu soldiers began to throw down their weapons and kneel on the ground begging for mercy and surrender.
"Those who surrender are exempt from death!"
"Don't kill!"
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"Your Highness, Marshal Li Zitong has surrendered!" A burst of exclamations sounded, and Chen Luoyan looked at it. Sure enough, Li Zitong, who was attacking the east gate, had surrendered. The Li-character flag had already fallen. One after another, Wu army was throwing down his weapons and surrendering.
Gripping her silver teeth, Chen Luoyan's expressionless face turned around and looked at the tiger and wolf army in front of her that seemed to be tireless, took a deep breath, and said lonely: "Let's go to Jiujiang!" He could no longer care about the other Wu army, and even the wounded in the city. Chen Luoyan took less than 8,000 light cavalry and fled into the night like the wind. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!