Chapter forty-one
The rebels were at the city, and Xi Zhicai took a desperate bet and opened the city gate and let the camp leave the city to fight Xu He.
Six thousand soldiers faced more than 50,000 rebels, and the gap in strength was nearly ten times.
When the camp slowly left the city, Guo Ping, who was in the city, walked to the city tower and whispered to Xi Zhicai: "The rich and powerful families in the city are ready to move."
As expected, Xi Zhicai sneered: "Let them make trouble. As long as General Gao defeated the rebels outside the city in one fell swoop, what they did in the city would be to dig their own graves."
He had long sent people to secretly focus on the wealthy families in the city. Xi Zhicai was not surprised that there would be someone in the city to cooperate with Xu He inside and outside. This is also the reason why the trapped camp must leave the city to fight Xu He in a decisive battle.
If the city cannot stand firm, the city's wealthy tribes attacked the city gates on all sides, and Chengdu would probably fall in an instant. However, Gao Shun led the camp to leave the city and fight Xu He. What if the city's wealthy tribes opened the other three gates at this moment? Will Xu He still turn around and enter the city from other gates regardless of the camp in front of him?
There are Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi's personal guards at the East Gate. Although there are less than a thousand people, they are all young men with extraordinary martial arts. When facing ordinary soldiers on the battlefield, they will at least fight against three.
The camp that left Chengdu East Gate confronted Xu He's army across the moat and formed a formation. The camp was in an orderly manner. Not only was the armor strong, the fighting tools were excellent, but the military combination was also perfect.
The cavalry was on the left and right wings, and there were a thousand powerful crossbow soldiers in front of the central army, and two thousand swords, shield soldiers and spear soldiers behind them.
The suspension bridge was slowly lowered, and the road to Chengdu was already present. Xu He did not dare to order an advance rashly, but instead ordered the army to retreat for a mile.
Because on the road passing through the suspension bridge, Xu He had already seen the strong crossbow soldiers waiting for the battle. He was surrounded by infantry, all of which were fighting in close combat, with neither cavalry nor archers. If he rushed over the suspension bridge, it would be equivalent to dying. After retreating one mile and letting the camp pass through the suspension bridge, the battlefield suddenly became clear. The 50,000 troops could calmly form an encirclement of the camp.
The people of the Qin family did not understand military tactics, and even Xu He had a shallow knowledge of military strategy. When they saw Xu He asked the army to retreat, they were in a hurry, and they could only shout and shout the militia and retreated.
Gao Shun commanded the soldiers to pass the suspension bridge with caution, and was also observing Xu He's army. He was serious and had already had a very objective understanding of Xu He's army.
It seems that more than 50,000 people have obvious advantages, but the only one who has real combat power is Xu He's 10,000 army. This 10,000 army is in the middle, surrounded by mob militias. They cannot move left and right, and have no way to retreat, so they can only advance. And the more than 40,000 militias cannot even stand a good army formation. If they are afraid of them just because of the number of people, wouldn't they let the camp down?
When Gao Shun was training troops, Guo Jia had high hopes. In addition to the remaining Yellow Turbans, he only gave Gao Shun military equipment. Later, he captured Hanzhong and took Chengdu. The armor and weapons, food and treatment were the best, and the camp was the best. Guo Jia said to Gao Shun: But if you need it, just talk.
High treatment must require high efforts. The camp trains hard every day and never slackens. The soldiers are fierce, like wolves and tigers. They are the most powerful elite troops under Guo Jia's command.
When the trapped camp passed the suspension bridge and set up a formation outside the moat, the suspension bridge slowly rose again. At this moment, it was quite a situation of fighting against the enemy.
"Qin Ye, you lead 10,000 troops on the left wing, and Qin Wu, you lead 10,000 troops on the right wing, and join me in three ways to encircle the enemy."
Xu He calmly issued a military order, but when he turned his head, he found that Qin Ye and Qin Wu did not move and frowned.
"What are you hesitating about?"
Qin Ye and Qin Wu and his son were indeed hesitant. They were trying to take the lead in the charge. Now Xu He is showing off his airs to command them. The second is that they are afraid of death. In fact, they are planning to go up and go to the formalities when the overall situation is settled. If they really want to fight, they are timid in an instant.
The camp was full of murderous aura and fighting spirit. Gao Shun, no matter whether you, Xu He had issued a military order, when the suspension bridge rose, Gao Shun, who was riding a horse in the middle of the military formation, made a gesture, and the cavalry on both wings immediately rushed away in an orderly manner.
Three thousand cavalrymen had three routes, intending to rush in from the left and right sides of Xu He's army and behind.
The infantry of the camp advanced steadily. When the rebels entered the range, the powerful crossbowmen fired arrows in a neat manner.
The sound of horse hooves was shaking in his ears, three teams of thousands of cavalry rushed towards the wings of the army and the rear. There were dense arrows shooting in front of him. After hundreds of sprinters fell down in front of him, he roared angrily: "The whole army charges!"
The army behind him rushed forward like a wave, and approached step by step while the powerful crossbowmen took arrows.
The scene became a little chaotic, but it was all the rebels in chaos. Xu and the 10,000 army did charge, and even his son rushed forward with an indomitable aura. However, the 40,000 militias rushed up less than 10,000, and the rest stood there.
They were not obeying Xu He, and the power of the camp made them frightened and timid before they fought.
The shouts of killing resounded throughout the world. Xu He found that at least 30,000 militias around him did not rush up. He immediately roared at Qin Ye beside him: "Let them rush! Are you standing there stupidly waiting for death?"
When did you get scolded like this five times? Qin Ye secretly hated: Even Guo Jia came to Guanghan County, he had to whisper to our Qin family. Who are you?
Without looking back, the Qin family members of Qin Ye, Qin Cheng, Qin Wu did not want to stay by Xu He's side. The war had begun. I watched the success or failure. When both sides were injured, they would lead their troops to capture Chengdu.
But Xu He refused to agree. Seeing that the Qin family refused to obey the order, he was furious. He pulled out a machete and slapped the horse to chase after him. Unexpectedly, he cut off Qin Wu's head from behind.
Qin Ye and Qin Cheng were shocked, and Qin Ye looked at the headless corpse of his son falling off the horse in disbelief. He staggered off the horse, his legs weakened, and he knelt in front of his son's corpse and burst into tears.
The knife crossed around Qin Cheng's neck, and Xu He shouted with a ferocious look on his face: "Dare you dare to run away? I'll kill you! Give orders to let them rush up to fight for me!"
Qin Cheng was so scared that his face was bloodless, and he said to the militia behind him who were also shocked by the incident: "Why not rush!"
The militia were stunned, but their minds were not as stupid as to die.
The three thousand cavalrymen of the camp were fully armed. Not only were they wearing strong armor, but even the war horses were covered with light armor to protect the vital parts. Guo Jia spent a lot of money on the camp, especially the few war horses, which made him even more like a heart-wrenching person.
Three teams of cavalry rushed into the rebel formation from the left and right sides. The cavalry waved their spears in their hands as if they were in a no-man's realm, and stabbed one after another to death. If the spear accidentally escaped, they pulled out their swords and continued to lean over and kill. The three teams of cavalry instantly turned the enemy's formation upside down and was in chaos.
The infantrymen of the camp who were head-on confronting the camp were not afraid of the 20,000 rebels coming up. Gao Shun commanded calmly. On the way the rebels rushed up, the powerful crossbow soldiers shot several times, which had caused more than 2,000 rebels to fall on the battlefield. When the rebels approached less than twenty steps, Gao Shun waved his hand and retreated in unison. The sword and shield soldiers stepped forward and stepped forward to set up a strong shield. The spearmen stood in the gaps of the sword and shield soldiers as if they were in a stitch. After the rebels came up, the spears stabbed out frequently from the gaps of the shields. Blood splattered, and the rebels fell one after another.
The rebels who were continuing to break through the defense line of the camp, but the shield suddenly tilted backwards. The rebels looked up and saw several steps away from the front. The harsh crossbow soldiers once again loaded their arrows and pulled the crossbow strings. The crescendo bows and crossbows were facing the rebels.
Bang bang bang bang...
There was another round of shooting, and countless rebels fell. After the arrows shot out, the shield was raised again, and the spearmen were once again erected and held the spear in their hands tightly to reap the lives of the rebels!
The sound of horse hooves of the cavalry in the camp was like the trumpet of death. Wherever they went, they caused bloody storms. How could those militia holding farming iron tools resist? Soon some people threw away the iron tools and started to run for life. Some people took the lead, and some followed the trend. The militia with no military discipline turned into birds and fled backwards.
"Who dares to be a deserter? I'll kill him!"
Xu He found that the army in front of the battle with Gao Shun infantry was frustrated, and people kept running for their lives in the back. He was immediately in a state of silence and held up a machete in a panic to shock the deserter.
But as soon as he spoke his threat, there were more deserters, as if he was betrayal of his relatives.
Qin Ye and Qin Cheng looked pale, and the scene in front of them was unexpected no matter what.
They didn't expect that more than 50,000 people would come to attack Chengdu, which had less than 10,000 defenders, to end up like this?
Xu He, who was angry and hated, was angry at Qin Ye and Qin Cheng, and he kept doing nothing, and killed the two of them with two swords, then pulled the reins, rushed forward, and rushed to the battlefield ahead.
Xu He, who was injured and fled or surrendered, looked down on everyone with great enthusiasm, was only thousands of his own troops left. More than 40,000 militiamen either left their weapons and fled, or were injured and crawled on the ground and shouted mercy before they could run away.
"Xu He! Are you still obsessed with it now?"
Gao Shun stepped on the horse with a harsh expression. Although about 1,000 infantry in front of him were killed or injured, he was still not panicked, calm and orderly, and combined his troops to annihilate the enemy.
Not far away, Xu He led the way but could not shake the unbreakable formation of the camp. There were only less than three thousand soldiers left by his side. When Xu He turned around, his eyes like a copper bell appeared in a dull look, and the grayness was revealed.
The three thousand cavalrymen were only damaged by less than five hundred, and more than two thousand five hundred cavalrymen were lined up behind Xu He with spears in their hands and murderous aura.
When I watched the scene again, my limbs and arms were broken, blood flowed into a river, dead bodies were everywhere, and there were also those who were lying on the ground and begging for mercy.
The infantry and cavalry of the trapped camp have formed a double-team against Xu and the remaining troops.
When he clashed, Xu He's machete fell to the ground, turned over and got off the horse and knelt down, lowered his head and closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, "Xu He, surrender. General Gao, let the soldiers under my command have a way out."
Xu He's son knelt down with his father, and the other soldiers also threw down their weapons and knelt down and surrendered.
Chapter completed!