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Volume 2 Hu Qixi Liuzhe Chapter 105 Decisive Battle with the Shangdang (Twenty)

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    ps: Thanks to Eagle Week\Seven Styles\Bloodland Life for the reward. Li Siyuan was commanding the Korean army to set up their formation and prepare to attack the Yan Army camp in Pingqiu. Suddenly, he heard a continuous crisp explosion from the Yan Army camp.  White clouds rise high in the sky, and their appearance is very strange.  A sergeant shouted: "Yao Yun! Five thunder rectification!" Li Siyuan already knew that this was a way of communication by the Yan army, and immediately scolded: "This is an enemy rocket. Whoever talks nonsense anymore will  Confuse the minds of the troops!" In the midst of doubts, I saw the south gate of Pingqiu camp slowly opening, and a large group of Yan troops came out, charging toward their own formation with small steps.  Li Siyuan quickly ordered his sergeants to stand ready and prepare to fight with the enemy.  Ren Wanhu on the side said: "Your Highness, looking at the situation, is it possible that the Yan Army is about to break out?" Li Siyuan nodded: "The backpack behind the Yan Army sergeant is very full, and it should be supplies and other items. Look at this posture.  He is indeed trying to escape." While he was busy directing his elite troops to gather in the direction of the Yan army's attack, Ren Wan approached the horse and whispered: "Your Highness, the so-called poor enemy should not be pursued, our Korean army has been defeated.  We have suffered a lot of damage. If we intercept them face to face, we will probably suffer heavy casualties. At this critical moment, we must not waste the battle. If the soldiers are too damaged, how will our country stand in the world in the future?" Li Siyuan was stunned: "You mean?  " Ren Wan pointed to the Pingqiu camp and said: "The Yan army came out with light troops and the baggage was stationed in the camp. Your Highness's first priority is to seize the camp as soon as possible to prevent the Yan army from being destroyed by fire.  Didn't King Jin prepare an army and wait for them? Why should I worry about it?" Li Siyuan thought for a moment, suddenly realized, patted Ren Wan on the shoulder and said, "Well, you, Ren Sanyuan, are so grateful for this warning, otherwise  Sure enough, we will miss something big!" Li Siyuan's Korean army lost all its cavalry in the Battle of Shibenshanxi. This loss was very huge.  Ren Wan's plan is far-reaching, if the Korean army does not capture as many as possible to restore its strength.  The position in the future will definitely be very embarrassing.  Ren Wan was reminding Li Siyuan not to use his elite troops to fight for their lives. The fleeing Yan army could be dealt with by Zhou Dewei and Li Sizhao's troops. Li Siyuan's top priority was to seize the baggage in the Pingqiu camp.  The Korean army immediately moved out of the blocked road, allowing Zhou Kan's troops who had abandoned the camp to pass smoothly. While Li Siyuan assigned men to seize the camp, he also sent someone to report to Zhou Dewei, saying that he had broken through the Yan army's camp and was fighting with them.  The enemy troops fought fiercely.  He reminded Zhou Dewei that a Yan army took advantage of the chaos and fled south.  Let Zhou Dewei be careful and make sure to leave this remnant enemy behind.  Zhou Dewei heard that Li Siyuan had defeated the Yan army camp, and had no intention of attacking him. He quickly organized his troops and pursued south. At the same time, he notified Li Sizhao and asked him to leave the battlefield as soon as possible and attack Xijiayan Village with him.  .  North of the Pingqiu camp, Li Sizhao was preparing to send troops to attack the Yan army camp.  Suddenly I saw the "demon clouds" floating in the sky above the Yan Army camp, and I was shocked and confused.  After watching for a long time, while pondering the meaning, I heard the deafening sound of fighting coming from the south of the Yan army camp.  Then he woke up and knew that the Yan army was probably about to break through.  Li Sizhao immediately made a decision and ordered the army to launch a fierce attack.  The sergeants shouted and rushed through the trench, moved the deer camp, cut the trip wires, and then pushed hard to the gate of the camp.  But they found that the Yan Army camp was empty.  The Yan army went out with light troops, and all the equipment and equipment were abandoned on the spot. Except for the large equipment such as catapults and ballistae, which were completely destroyed.  Grains, cattle and sheep, tents, firewood, ropes, blankets and other materials have all been preserved intact. Fragments of copper coins, gold and silver are also scattered in many places in the camp.  The Zheng Army under Li Sizhao was originally derived from the Old Hedong Army, and the deep-rooted looting habits of the Old Hedong Army were completely retained.  Seeing so many good things, the various military commanders of Zheng Army were already red-eyed, and without Li Sizhao's order, they ordered their headquarters to plunder wildly.  The Zheng army came from the north and the Han army came from the south. The two armies spread like locusts and gradually met near the midline.  Immediately afterwards, the sergeants of the Zheng and Han armies began to tense up, forming a serious confrontation. Finally, a fierce fighting broke out in a grain stronghold filled with grain.  Both sides refused to give in. At any time, more than ten sergeants were lying dead on the spot.  The fighting started at Liangzhai and spread. Thousands of soldiers from both sides were fighting in many areas. The fighting was so fierce that it far exceeded the time when they attacked the Yan army.  It wasn't until Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan arrived that the two sides temporarily stopped and retreated, but they still held their weapons tightly and glared at each other.  When the Zheng and Han armies were fighting in the Pingqiu camp, Zhou Kan had already led his troops to withdraw about two miles south. He was very happy at the thought of being able to break out of the siege with more than 3,000 soldiers.  It's just a mere piece of property. If it's lost, it's lost. Compared with the military supplies piled up in Xiangyuan and Luzhou cities, this little thing is not in Zhou Kan's eyes, but it can be taken.??Cover your own retreat, this deal is worth it!  In another two miles, we can break out of the Nangou River Passage and reach Xijiayan Village. When the time comes to return with Zhao Zaili, we can still rely on Xiangyuan to delay the attack of the three kings' coalition forces.  At this time, Zhou Kan did not know that Wuxiang had been captured by his own side, and his plan was still to delay and gain time as much as possible.  Suddenly, there was a sound of clappers, and a group of enemy troops rushed out of the nearby mountains and ravines, heading towards the Yan army.  This enemy force was not cavalry, so Zhou Kan was not afraid. He paused for a while, gathered his formation, and charged forward.  Zhou Kan's purpose is to break out of the encirclement, so the formation has always maintained an attacking posture. In front are the regular soldiers of the Guizhou Army, at the head are the heavy armored spearmen to clear the way, on the two flanks are the sword and shield soldiers to cover, and in the middle are the light soldiers.  The armored bow and crossbow battalion and more than two thousand supplementary battalion sergeants followed behind.  The order of attack is that the crossbow battalion first releases arrows, and then the heavy armored spearmen thrust forward, and the two flanks are protected by sword and shield soldiers.  After the first row of heavily armored spearmen thrust forward, the second row rushed forward quickly, leaping over the first row and thrusting, followed by the third row The entire thrusting process was like a rolling wheel.  The intercepted infantry of the three kings coalition received the order to attack in a hurry, so the formation was not maintained as well as that of the Yan army. Under the sudden thrust of the Yan army's heavy armor, they quickly collapsed.  However, they also bought a certain amount of time for the subsequent interception troops. As the Yan army continued to attack, Zhou Kan found that the attack speed slowed down significantly.  The Yan army was heavily armored and had a relatively neat attack formation. It clearly had an advantage in the battle, and was able to maintain a posture of continuous breakthroughs wherever the two armies met.  However, the Three Kings Alliance's individual combat power is very strong, and the cooperation between the teams is also extremely skillful.  Therefore, it is always possible to keep the interception line from being completely overwhelmed.  After Zhou Dewei arrived in person, the fighting method of the Three Kings Alliance changed. Zhou Dewei commanded the coalition forces to surround the Yan Army from both sides, and continuously carried out horizontal attacks on the Yan Army's sword and shield soldiers protecting the flanks, effectively delaying the Yan Army's breakout.  Due to the momentum, many Yan Army sergeants were quickly surrounded and killed after being left alone. All Yan Army sergeants who could not keep up with the group or were accidentally separated died here.  Zhou Dewei watched the battle from a high ground. Whenever the Yan army broke through an interception, they quickly mobilized new troops to build a second interception line in front. Sometimes the Yan army's attack was slightly slower.  He even built a third interception line.  After watching for a long time, Zhou Dewei not only sighed: "Although I can't tell the bravery of the Yan army's sergeants, the military discipline is really strict. Even though we were trapped by our army, we still didn't show any difficulties. It is indeed one of the strongest armies Well, there are many bows and crossbows.  Regardless of the armor, after this battle, I have gained a lot." The officers under his command nodded.  Looking at each other in admiration.  While directing the siege of the Yan army, an officer suddenly reminded: "Your Highness, please look to the south!" But he saw smoke and dust rising suddenly, and horseshoes like thunder.  A group of cavalry came from a distance. It was the cavalry sent to Xijiayan Village to lure the enemy. However, this group of cavalry seemed to be much smaller, already less than 800 in number.  A larger cavalry force followed closely behind.  It looked like there were more than three thousand people, and the leader's flag had a big word "Zhao" on it.  Zhou Dewei was overjoyed: "The Yan Army cavalry has dispatched! Immediately order the Black Crow Army to attack. Don't let a single Yan Cavalry escape!" With the arrival of Zhao Zaili's reinforcements, the battlefield situation changed, and two men appeared on the Nango River channel.  In the battle group.  In the battle group further to the north, the infantry of the Yan Army under Zhou Kan were working hard to go south, breaking through the interception line of the Three Kings Allied Forces layer by layer; in another battle group more than a mile to the south, Zhao Zaili was leading the cavalry and  The elite cavalry of the Black Crow Army fought hard while trying their best to get closer to Zhou Kan's troops.  The Black Crow Army deserves to be the foundation of the old Hedong Army. Both officers and cavalry are all good at riding combat. Among them, those who can be called "mounted archers" are often one in ten.  In this regard, the cavalry of the Liaodong Security Army under Zhao Zaili is incomparable.  Fortunately, there was a cavalry battalion from the Guizhou Army to assist in the battle. The cavalry hand crossbows they equipped were so powerful that they could offset the superiority of the Black Crow Army's cavalry in mounted shooting.  The two groups of cavalry met each other and fired at each other at a distance of fifty steps. Dozens of cavalry fell from their horses on each side.  The people at the front of the Black Crow Army are all good mounted archers. After one round of shooting, they move their horses to both sides. They will not engage in the exhausting fight of cavalry hedging. That is a huge waste. Their mission is  Wander outside the battle formation and flank the enemy with superb riding and archery skills.  After the front row avoided both sides, the Black Crow Army exposed the cavalry behind them for charging, and then they were faced with another round of crossbows, and then another round. Within just fifty steps, the Black Crow Army's cavalry company was hit.  Three rounds.  In the exchanges between the old Hedong Army and the old Lulong Army, cavalry hand crossbows have always been military materials that Lulong has banned from exporting. Maybe Hedong can get some, and the leaders among them can understand the power of this sharp weapon, but they want to do it for  This change of tactical habits formed over decades cannot be achieved withoutA painful lesson and impossible.  Hundreds of crossbow-wielding cavalry from the Guizhou Army immediately inflicted heavy losses on the elite cavalry of the Black Crow Army. Three consecutive rounds of crossbows tore a wide gap in the Black Crow Army's cavalry formation.  The opening is consistent and breaks through directly.  Such power made Zhou Dewei take a breath of cold air. He lost hundreds of elite cavalry in one encounter. Such casualties made him heartbroken.  Unfortunately, he didn't know that most of the enemy troops on the opposite side didn't have such sophisticated equipment, and he didn't know that after three rounds of crossbows, it would take a long time for the enemy troops to reinstall their crossbows, so he missed an excellent opportunity for a fight.  Although Zhou Dewei was confident of victory, he did not want to cause too much damage, so he ordered all his troops to fight instead of desperately blocking them.  He placed his hope of destroying the enemy troops and expanding the results of the war on the expected subsequent collapse of the enemy troops. As long as the enemy's morale collapsed, all he had to do was simple - lead his troops to cover up the enemy.
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