577. Chapter 577 The final breakout
As the shouts suddenly rose, the morale of the remaining soldiers of the Hezong Army was boosted, and they stepped up their counterattack offensive, putting their life and death at risk.
The cavalry troops charged by Lin Hu had the opposite reaction. When they could not hear the horn sound commanding the charge, they felt that the situation on the battlefield had changed greatly, and they were a little discouraged. The sharpness of the attack was sharply reduced, and the pace of the charge almost stopped.
Come down.
These people did not dare to retreat, so they could only try their best to parry the arrows and rocks thrown by the soldiers above. They were waiting for Commander Yihu's next order. However, some distance from Yihu
Suddenly, the cavalrymen who were closer and had good eyes suddenly discovered that Yihu had been hit by an arrow in his arm, and fled away in a hurry.
Even the commander ran away, how could the charging cavalry persist? In addition, the morale of the joint army on the high hill was greatly boosted, the shouts and shouts were loud, and the density of arrows and stones increased.
Lin Hu's charging cavalry couldn't bear it anymore. Some of them took the lead and retreated, and their position began to waver.
As long as a few people take the lead in retreating, groups of people will follow closely, and then large groups of cavalry will retreat. The defeat will be like a mountain, and it will be out of control. In the end, it will evolve into
All the cavalrymen who were originally charging from the four sides were disorganized and fled down the hill one after another.
When the soldiers of the Hezong Army saw that the enemy had finally been pushed back, they all cheered. Some even chased after them a few steps and added several large boulders to the retreating Lin Hu cavalry. The retreating Lin Hu cavalry also had no intention of doing so.
In love with the battle, they just ran downstairs.
Du Qing took the remaining more than a hundred uninjured soldiers of the Hezong Army and carried the wounded and corpses of the Hezong Army scattered about halfway back to the high hill. Those soldiers who were in good health were injured one after another.
The soldiers bandaged their wounds, and some dug tunnels to bury the bodies of their lost comrades.
While the soldiers of Hezong were busy, they were still talking about General Du Qing's bravery. Some people said: "General Du is really a god. He shot back tens of thousands of Linhu cavalry with three arrows. Isn't this a gift from God?"
Grant!"
Only Du Qing was not happy at all when he heard these compliments. He just smiled bitterly a few times as a polite response to his subordinates.
Du Qing knew that the battle was far from over. The Linhu people only suffered thousands of casualties, and their remaining troops still had more than ten times the number of casualties. Even the Linhu cavalry who participated in the attack only suffered casualties.
Only a few.
The commander of the Linhu Cavalry hardly needed to use the reserve force. He only used the first wave of troops to participate in the attack to launch another fierce offensive.
As for our own side, under three consecutive waves of attacks, they suffered casualties of two-thirds of their sergeants. Although they killed more enemies than their own casualties, the number of soldiers on the high hill was already lower than that of the soldiers.
The Linhu people were pitifully small, so it was impossible to hold on until the Linhu people retreated.
Du Qing thought to himself: "Unless there is a miracle and magic soldiers descend from heaven or something, I am afraid that I will be buried on this high hill today. What is sad is that he has been in the army for nearly ten years and participated in no less than twenty battles.
There were many battles, always looking forward to one day being able to command thousands of troops and fight against Zhao's enemies on a larger battlefield. However, in the end, he was trapped and died on this small high hill."
When Du Qing thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh. He braced himself up and said to his subordinates: "While the Linhu people do not dare to attack again for a short time, let's take a good rest. After a while, I will, according to the situation,
Leading everyone to either fight hard and die on this high hill, or wait for an opportunity to break out. When a man joins the battlefield, he must be happy with his grudges, and today seems to be the time for us to give it a go."
Du Qing and others were waiting for the Linhu people to launch a new round of attack on the high hill. They almost didn't hold out much hope of breaking out. However, at this moment, they found that the Linhu people's camp was beginning to become a little turbulent.
stand up.
The commotion occurred in the southeast, and some of Du Qing's men saw that the Linhu cavalry and horses there were alarmed, and thousands of shadowy horses were galloping back and forth.
The person who first noticed the situation exclaimed and quickly called Du Qing and gave instructions to everyone. Du Qing looked closely and saw the movements of Lin Hu's cavalry. He looked around again and found that there was something going on in the southeast.
After the commotion subsided, the other three groups of Lin Hu cavalry also lost their silence. It seemed that all formations of Lin Hu cavalry were taking action.
Du Qing thought to himself: "This cannot be the random position of the Lin Hu Lang Cavalry. There must be other troops harassing the Lin Hu Cavalry camp. Otherwise, how could the Lin Hu people, who were concentrating on attacking Gaogang, put down their attack?"
Fight and do other things instead?"
Du Qing keenly realized: "This is the last chance for our remaining joint army on the high hill to break through. If we don't take advantage of the Linhu people's commotion to attack, then we will wait until the Linhulang cavalry settle down and use our own force to break through."
A team of more than a hundred people is no match for them at all, and breaking through is like hitting an egg against a stone."
Du Qing hurriedly ordered: "All sergeants, listen, have you seen the commotion of the Linhu people in the southeast? Let's take advantage of their chaos and seize the time to break out from there."
He pointed to the southeast and said: "You all follow me and must rush into their chaotic formation. Don't be reluctant to fight, just rush out to the southeast."
"Everyone who can rush out is one, and you are not allowed to look back, and you are not allowed to fight. If I am injured and fall to the ground, no one of you is allowed to rescue me!"
Du Qing's words were very impassioned, and the sergeants were filled with enthusiasm. They all shouted: "We are united, we must rush out!"
Du Qing then organized his men into three detachments. The first detachment was responsible for rushing forward and fighting hard. The second detachment worked together to help clear obstacles to progress. The third detachment stayed behind and was responsible for blocking possible enemies behind.
Chasing troops.
After everything was arranged, Du Qing immediately led his sergeants and rolled down the hill like a whirlwind. They did not make a big splash, but advanced nervously and orderly.
Due to the sudden movement of the Linhu cavalry in the southeast direction, all the Linhu cavalry in this area were attracted by the movement, so Du Qing and others approached the Linhu cavalry's position, but did not encounter any effective blocking or interception.
Du Qing was overjoyed. He took advantage of the chaos and rushed into the Linhu cavalry position. When encountering enemy soldiers who blocked him, he fought hand-to-hand. Since their team was in good order, once the people in front encountered obstruction, something happened.
During the battle, the companions behind immediately caught up and attacked and intercepted the enemy, thus quickly resolving the battle.
Like a sharp knife, the squad led by Du Qing penetrated the camp of Lin Hu Cavalry. They made smooth progress along the way. Of course, this also had a lot to do with the fact that Lin Hu Cavalry did not pay attention to them.
Therefore, Du Qing and others became a new force, fighting a bloody path from the Lin Hu people's position.
When they broke out of their position and approached the edge, they discovered that it was their own side of the Hezong Army that had arrived. They were engaged in a fierce battle with the Linhu cavalry in the southeast under the high hill.
Du Qing was overjoyed. He raised his arms and shouted to his men: "Sir, please work harder, our own people have come to rescue us!" The sergeants under him were refreshed and rushed to the front. They quickly
He rushed to the forefront of the battle.
There are less than 5,000 Linhu cavalry in the southeast, but there are tens of thousands of troops coming to the rescue from the Hezong Army. The leading general is Du Qing's old partner, the thin and tall Captain Xu Lu of the State of Zhao.
.Xu Lu commanded the joint army that came to the rescue and divided into two groups to attack the Lin Hu cavalry in the southeast. The battle was in full swing when he suddenly saw Du Qing coming out of the gap between Lin and Hu cavalry.
Xu Lu shouted to Du Qing: "General Du Qing, we are here to rescue you. Come closer to us quickly."
Du Qing followed the shouting and saw Xu Lu's tall and thin figure. He also hurriedly responded: "General Xu Lu, how did you find us? You came in too time."
Xu Lu saw that there was still about ten feet between the two of them, and Du Qing had not yet completely escaped the entanglement of Lin Hu's cavalry, so he shouted to him: "General Du, please break out of the encirclement quickly. Let's meet and talk in detail."
Xu Lu didn't bother to tell Du Qing the reason why he came to the rescue for the time being. Du Qing could guess the general idea without Xu Lu telling him.
Xu Lu was following Qu Xin's general order during this trip, and led 10,000 troops to turn around and come back to look for the separated Du Qing and the formation he led.
Xu Lu had been following General Qu Xin. They were stationed in Jiyi City and served as the outer barrier for Jinyang's defenders. Last night, Du Qing followed Zhou Shao's instructions and led more than 20,000 joint troops from Jinyang.
After Yang Nanmen sneaked out of the city, Qu Xin led another 10,000 troops from Jiyi City to meet them on the official road more than 20 miles south of Jinyang.
Qu Xin first met the prince Zhao Yong and the senior official Zhao Xi. Seeing that they could come out of Jinyang City safely and smoothly, Qu Xin felt very relieved and hurriedly sent his 3,000 elite soldiers to escort them along the official road.
Heading towards Fukou Pass in the middle section of the Taihang Mountains.
Qu Xin himself waited for the arrival of other units of the Combined Column Army, gathered them together, and rearranged the 30,000 units of the Combined Column Army for this expedition, marching in order toward Fukou Pass.
At this time, the vanguard had already set off, but Qu Xin was still waiting anxiously for Du Qing to arrive, but he was nowhere to be seen. Qu Xin suspected that he and Du Qing had gone by mistake, but at this moment, the Linhulang Cavalry might find out at any time
Chapter completed!