Chapter 993 The Final Battle (1)
The north wind whistled, mixed with snow all over the sky, blowing the withered plants and trees on the ground to the point of breaking. Even the countless flags in the middle of the army were constantly dancing because of this increasingly fierce wind, making the flag bearers have to do their best to support and grasp it.
However, at this time, no one from the Youzhou army in the middle was paying attention to such trivial matters anymore. Because not far away in front of them, under the cover of wind and snow, a large number of cavalry teams were constantly approaching.
Although they did not show any sign, the sharp-eyed soldiers could tell the identity of this cavalry that suddenly emerged from the south - the Guirong Cavalry. It was the real Guirong main cavalry that they had been searching for the northern grassland for a long time in the past few months but had nothing to find!
Many soldiers were surprised at this time, not only because of surprise, but more surprised.
It was obvious that the three armies of our country were fighting from the south to the north, and there was no clue along the way, nor did they find any clues that the Guirong cavalry might be around behind us. Why did the other party appear in the direction of his southward return? How did they escape from the careful search of the three armies?
However, it is no longer time to think about these things carefully. With the appearance of the enemy, a real battle is about to begin. Under Sun Bi's command, the sound of drums sounded in the middle of the team, and the formations of infantry began to form. This time, the crossbowman and the shieldman also changed their weapons, and formed a neat array with the spearman and the sword and shieldman.
In such a bad weather, the crossbow has long lost its function of killing the enemy, so those shields have temporarily lost their place to use. Now, the most primitive tactics of fighting against the enemy head-on and rushing against each other are the most primitive tactics.
The Guirong cavalry on the opposite side also understood this point. At this time, they had already arranged the most favorable front-line arrow formation for the cavalry charge. Twenty thousand elite cavalrymen all pulled their swords and spears, looking ahead, waiting for the final order of their own khan.
Suddenly, the wind seemed to be getting smaller, but the snow in the sky became bigger, flying and rotating, falling on the heads of every enemy soldier, making every horse feel a lot of pressure, and kept sniffing and digging on the ground with its hooves.
"The warriors of the grassland—" Tielezhen's rough and heroic voice suddenly sounded at this moment, completely suppressing the wind, "It was these Central Plains people who broke into our homes, killed our wives and old men, and plundered our cattle and sheep wealth! They are our biggest enemies!
"And now, they are at the end of their journey, have lost their fighting spirit, and have fallen into our siege. Now, as long as we kill, use the knife and spear in our hands, we can kill them all, avenge our tribe, and use their blood to wash away the shame of our grassland tribe and regain our glory!
"If you kill them all, there will be no army in the Central Plains that can stop us. Countless wealth and countless women, that are all ours! Take revenge, kill the enemy, and go back to the Central Plains! Kill!"
While roaring the last sentence, Tie Lezhen suddenly slashed the knife in his hand. At the same time, without waiting for the others to move, he himself was the first to knock on the horse's belly and rushed out.
The people around and around, all of them reacted and shouted: "Avenge! Kill the enemy! Go back to the Central Plains!" They also followed their own khan and rode their horses toward the Yue army.
Under their leadership, the entire Guirong cavalry was also unfolded, like a sharp arrow that had crossed the grassland, rushing straight to the enemy formation in front.
Rumbled, countless horse hooves stepped on the turf, making the snow and plants scattered, and were swept by the wind, turning into dust in the sky; the strong horse hooves kept hitting the ground like drumsticks, causing the entire land to shake, as if a small earthquake occurred in the local area.
The trembling force reached the location of the Vietnamese army. The 50,000 Youzhou soldiers were tense, staring at the enemy troops that were constantly approaching, and raised the weapons in their hands high.
Sun Bi looked at the Guirong cavalry rushing towards him in the center of the team without blinking. He just quickly pulled out his sword and shouted neatly: "We came to the grassland to kill the enemy! We couldn't find them before, but now they finally showed up, which is exactly what I want.
"The victory and defeat are here! Soldiers, kill!"
There was no need to encourage the morale of the army at this time. He simply issued an order to fight. The Youzhou soldiers did as he wished, and at this moment, roared out. More than 8,000 cavalry on both sides had already rode their horses out, holding spears, and directly facing the enemy's rushing forward.
The infantry formation did not hesitate, followed closely behind and fought with great strides. All the spears were raised high above their heads, pointing diagonally towards the sky, facing the wind and snow, and facing the enemy like a moving fortress.
The distance between more than five miles quickly disappeared in the rapid movement of both sides. First, the cavalry of the two armies fought in the flank direction. Without being able to use crossbows, the battle between the cavalry was less fancy, becoming the most direct battle against the sting and fighting.
During the meeting, people on both sides kept falling off the horse, and the swords and spears went around. Almost everyone had to face the attacks of several enemies. Under the rushing momentum driven by the speeding horse, each hit could completely knock the enemy off the horse...
However, the Vietnamese cavalry was only 8,000. After the official battle with the enemy, the situation became precarious. They failed to break through the enemy's formation, and were attacked by more cavalry from all directions, and then fell in a panic.
Fortunately, at this time, the infantry behind finally arrived. Facing the cavalry that was half higher than his body, the infantry were not timid at all, and still moved forward steadily, using spears to stop the impact of the horse, and using their flesh and blood to collide with the running horse, just to block the enemy's first round of attacks.
Tie Lezhen also took his time this time. As a great knight, he rushed to the front line of the team. Relying on his extraordinary skills and the careful protection of the hundreds of guards around him, he burst out with full combat power when he collided with the Vietnamese army head-on, and even broke through the first spear formation, rushed straight inward, staring at the top of the big flag and rushing over.
He knew very well that the commander of the Vietnamese army must be under the big flag. As long as this person was killed with one knife, the Vietnamese army with tens of thousands of people would be completely collapsed and could not be defeated without a fight.
However, he underestimated the fighting will of the Vietnamese army. Although the first line of defense was quickly broken by him, the second and third line of defense were quickly filled up. The quick knife, spear, and various weapons kept greeting him and the accompanying cavalry, constantly reducing his rush, and finally it was a sign of completely trapping him in the formation.
Being surrounded by heavy siege, Tie Lezhen was not afraid of this scene. This scene was long as he expected. If the Vietnamese army was so unbearable and could be killed in front of the commander with just one attack, the grassland troops would not be so passive, and even the previous southward battle would not have failed.
So after encountering obstacles, he quickly turned his head and led his two or three hundred personal soldiers to the side, intending to disrupt the entire Vietnamese army's battle formation. With his assault ability of his personal soldiers who are even better than Canglang Iron Cavalry, he is very sure to achieve his goal. As long as he kills through the enemy formation from this end, the attack on the morale of the Vietnamese army will inevitably be extremely serious.
Under the charge of the Khan led the Knights, this elite cavalry continued to kill, breaking several levels of obstacles, and seeing that they were about to penetrate from the other end of the battle formation. Tiele had already made up his mind and turned around immediately as soon as he went out, he caught the Vietnamese army off guard!
But at this moment, the Vietnamese army's rear formation separated in a row, and a cavalry rushed over under the leadership of two generals. The general held short halberds in both hands, his eyes widened, and his roared constantly. It was Xiao Chengzhi.
He also intended to rush forward when the two armies were confronting each other, but was stopped by Sun Bi: "You are now considered a general in the army, and you have the status of a marquis. How could you rush like an ordinary general and take charge of the army with me!"
As the war deepened, Xiao Chengzhi, who was left in the central army, felt uncomfortable, especially after seeing Tie Lezhen entering the formation as a Khan and killing all directions, he could no longer hold back and asked Sun Bi to fight. In the end, Sun Bi could not bear the repeated begging from his cousin, so he asked him and Di Jingfei to lead troops to meet the enemy.
After such a delay, the opponent almost broke through his own battle formation, and asked them to lead their men to chase him for a while before he caught up at this moment. Xiao Chengzhi had no more words, and slapped his horse and raised his halberd and rushed forward. In a blink of an eye, he had already reached Tie Lezhen. A halberd suddenly fell and swept across, and a halberd swept across the head and chest of the opponent.
Seeing that the opponent was fierce, Tielezhen didn't dare to be negligent. He hurriedly pulled the reins, controlled the horse and went to the side. The knife in his hand saw the opponent's body and stabbed it diagonally, but it was Xiao Chengzhi's horse running from the crotch.
It is obvious that Tiele was much stronger than Xiao Chengzhi in riding skills. He just avoided the heavy and lightly dodged, and took advantage of the situation to counterattack. The tip of the knife made Xiao Chengzhi have to hurry to withdraw his halberd to protect himself. However, in this way, the enemy cavalry on both sides had already killed the sword and shouted, and several quick knives had been slashed in different directions.
Fortunately, Di Jingfei was behind him. Seeing that he was passive, he hurriedly rushed to kill him and led the others to withstand the attack. Then the two cavalrymen went back and forth, and started a new round of fighting on the edge of the battle formation.
As for the entire infantry battle formation, the situation was even less optimistic at this time. Facing the Guirong Cavalry who were full of momentum and came and went quickly, they were still passive. They were actually suppressed and beaten by the enemy for a moment and could only retreat step by step.
When cavalry fights infantry, even when they confront infantry, they still have great advantages. The only thing that is beneficial to the Vietnamese army is that there are more troops and horses, which can be slowly consumed with the hostilities.
Chapter completed!