Chapter 261: A Strategy to Lure the Enemy
The battle between Xiao Zhuo's army and Qi Wang's army was a head-on confrontation.
Archers from both sides first fired arrows at each other to cover the advance of the infantry. When the infantry began to charge, the archers withdrew from the battle in the gaps in the battle formation.
Shen Yuexi stayed on a high slope behind the battle formation, looking at the tragic scene in front of her.
Thousands of soldiers collided without hesitation, shields and armors made a metallic clang, and the flags of both sides were like two storms of different colors, colliding and entangled on the brown and green ground, turning into thousands of sharp blades, piercing each other. body. The purple flag belongs to King Qi’s army, and the white flag belongs to Xiao Zhuo’s army.
The sharp spear pierced the human body, bringing out a cloud of blood. The thick blade struck the human body, making the shuddering sound of a butcher chopping bones. The sword flashed, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and there were killing sounds and screams. The sounds swirled together.
She once witnessed the Xirong army breaking into the Langya Pass and being beaten to death by the rolling logs of the ambush. She also stood on the ice city and saw the same people below killing each other, and hundreds of people fell to the rain of arrows. Underneath, I even saw the corpses of soldiers piled into a hill, and those who came behind stepped on those in front to climb to the top of the city... This was the first time I witnessed a battle involving tens of thousands of people at close range.
Life suddenly becomes insignificant at this moment. With just a blink of an eye, you can see several people falling to the ground injured. With just one breath, dozens of people lose their lives.
Even after experiencing several battles, she still trembled and trembled, closing her eyes and not daring to look.
It would be nice if both sides could stop fighting.
This thought just flashed through her mind, and she knew it was simply a delusion.
Xiao Ming showed anger and shouted: "Beiheng, come back."
The rapid sound of gold ringing sounded in the Qi King's army. At this time, the cavalry under Xiao Beiheng's command, together with the Qi King's army, had rushed to the front of Xiao Zhuo's defense line. The cavalry's horses were fast, leaping over the infantry and rushing to the front.
Qiang Lin whispered: "Master, although our army has 50,000 soldiers, they are all new soldiers recruited from Xiliang and have never been on the battlefield. The Qi King's army opposite is composed of 100,000 elite soldiers who have been fighting for many years. We can support it until It’s not easy now. After all, no matter how powerful King Zhao is, he can’t turn ordinary soldiers into elites in a short time.”
When Xiao Beiheng saw Xiao Zhuo's army giving up resistance in the cavalry group, he laughed and said: "Charge, Xiao Zhuo's entire army will be wiped out in one battle today."
Shen Yuexi's heart suddenly rose to her throat, and she asked with difficulty: "Then... are we going to lose?"
After hearing this, Xiao Ming nodded and said:
"Master, our army's formation is showing signs of loosening." Qiang Lin's voice sounded beside her, "It's not good."
As he said, the white flag is gradually retreating, and the purple flag is like a pressing mountain, advancing slowly but unstoppably.
In her mind, Xiao Zhuo was invincible, so how could he be unable to withstand King Qi's attack?
The counselor woke up from a dream and was horrified: "King Qi, we have fallen into Xiao Zhuo's plan."
As the commander of the Xirong Army, Qiang Lin saw the situation on the battlefield more clearly than she did.
Xiao Ming pointed his riding whip at the rear of Xiao Zhuo's army and said: "You just looked at the infantry fighting in front, but didn't you look at the army behind? The defeated soldiers who fled seemed to be in panic, but they did not disrupt the rear army's position at all, which shows that they His defeat was intentional."
"What?" Shen Yuexi quickly opened her eyes.
Xiao Ming shook his head slightly and said: "Xiao Zhuo has been fighting in Beidi for four years and has never been defeated. I really dare not underestimate him."
The counselor was puzzled and asked: "King Qi, our army is going to sweep away the enemy in one go, why do we need to pay for it and withdraw our troops?"
After speaking, Xiao Beiheng turned his horse's head and ran away.
Two ferocious beasts met here in Xiaogang Village, fighting to the death with the belief that they would put each other to death.
Xiao Ming, who was watching the battle from behind, changed his expression, turned around and said to the soldier: "Quickly ring the gold!"
"What you said makes sense. It seems that I am too cautious. Send an order for Beiheng to lead 10,000 Dingbei army cavalry to join the battle."
"Father, the enemy's position is in chaos. As long as we push harder, we can defeat Xiao Zhuo. Please give the order to let the child lead the army to fight."
"How is it possible? They can't hold it anymore!" Xiao Beiheng shouted anxiously, "Father, haven't you seen it too?"
The counselor laughed and said: "The King of Qi is overly worried. When Xiao Zhuo was the prince, he led the Yan army, which had been fighting in Beidi and had been on the battlefield for a long time. Now he is leading a new army with no experience. Even the gods can't control it.
These new recruits turned into elite soldiers overnight."
It was obvious that his own army had defeated Xiao Zhuo's army steadily, and the flags on the opposite side fell one after another. This sign of defeat was too obvious, so why did the father still take his time?
Xiao Ming said: "Xiao Zhuo's army was recruited from Xiliang. After only one month of training, how could it be able to hold off the elite soldiers under my command for so long?"
He excitedly rode his horse to Qi King Xiao Ming:
Everything Qiang Lin saw, Xiao Beiheng under Shuai also saw.
"Master, don't worry. In an army battle of this scale, one or two defeats will not hurt our bones. The worst result is that we will be defeated and retreat to the camp." Qiang Lin looked at Xiao Zhuojun who was gradually retreating. "Master, let's go first."
Retreat, or you will enter the range of the enemy's bows and arrows."
"No," Xiao Ming stared at the fighting ahead with a serious face, "Xiao Zhuo hasn't fallen into defeat yet, wait a minute."
"How could this happen?" She looked ahead in surprise.
Emperor Yongde is dead, and Xiao Zhuo is the only enemy that worries Prince Qi and his son. If they don't eliminate Xiao Zhuo, they will be worried all day long. And Xiao Zhuo once told her clearly that she wanted to avenge her father, and right in front of her was his enemy.
, he will never give up.
He personally led the Northern Army to charge and began to pursue the fleeing Xiao Zhuo army.
Xiao Beiheng was overjoyed to receive the military order and personally led 10,000 cavalry to attack.
Xiao Beiheng said impatiently: "Father, these are just trivial matters. We have carefully selected one hundred thousand elite soldiers to destroy Xiao Zhuo. He is retreating now. How long will it take if he doesn't charge immediately? Father refuses to send troops, so I will take the lead.
The Dingbei Army under my command will attack."
A counselor came over to persuade: "King Qi, our army has just arrived here and is in urgent need of a big victory to boost its morale. Now that Xiao Zhuo's army is retreating continuously, His Highness the Crown Prince will reinforce it with new troops. This is also a good move. If we defeat him in one fell swoop,
Xiao Zhuo, the next battle will be easy to fight."
The Dingbei Army was the elite of King Qi's army. After joining the battle, Xiao Zhuo's army seemed to have lost whatever fighting spirit they had left. They dropped their weapons and turned around and ran away. The first sergeants to escape had already begun to rush past Xiao Zhuo's army.
Rear Army.
"As expected of King Qi, he saw through my plan so quickly." Xiao Zhuo listened to the sound of gold ringing from the opposite side and held the reins of the war horse with a calm expression, "but it was too late."
Two thousand well-positioned crossbowmen passed by the fleeing infantry and met the charging Qi King's army.
These repeating crossbowmen wore iron masks on their faces and held terrifying repeating crossbows in their hands. They were the sergeants who had followed Xiao Zhuo to Xiaogang Village. They had experienced the fierce battles at Langya Pass and the Xirong War.
In the Battle of Ice City, the army has expanded from 500 to 2,000 men. They are extremely skilled in using repeated crossbows and have no fear in the face of the enemy's cavalry charge.
This is the army Xiao Zhuo relies on most, the Iron Mask Army.
General Qiu Liming was the commander of the Iron Mask Army. He looked at the charging Qi King's cavalry, calmly pulled out his sword and waved it in the air:
Chapter completed!