Chapter 296: The Death of Wu Sangui(1/2)
"It's really torture to travel long distances..."
Le Yi followed Hua Mulan's cavalry to launch a raid. He abandoned the infantry regiment with only more than 30,000 people and participated in the raid just to provide an attack halo for Hua Mulan's cavalry.
It is precisely because of abandoning the bloated infantry regiments and using only light cavalry that it can achieve miraculous results.
The 70,000-strong Qingzhou Army was defeated by Hua Mulan's attack, and the battlefield became even more chaotic.
As the commander of the infantry, Le Yi commanded the "offensive legion". He was unfamiliar with Hua Mulan's "reconnaissance legion" and did not command it at will. Even so, Hua Mulan left two thousand light cavalry for him to protect Le Yi's safety, and if necessary
Conducted by Le Yi.
Le Yi observed the battlefield. The Qingzhou Army's rear army was in complete chaos. No generals could step forward to maintain the formation. Hua Mulan pursued Dorgon, and Xue Rengui and Xue Rengui attacked Dorgon and Xue Wanche, intending to kill Dorgon and Xue Wanche first.
The Xuzhou heavy cavalry and Baima Yicong led by Zhao Yun clashed with Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry and Qingzhou heavy cavalry. Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry was expensive to build and was swallowed up by the four thousand heavy cavalry led by Zhao Yun, almost annihilating the entire army. Zhao Yun's heavy cavalry also
They suffered heavy losses and relied on their numerical advantage to consume the high-level Guan Ning cavalry.
Zhao Yun killed more than twenty Guan Ning cavalry by himself. When he fought with the high-level heavy cavalry, he obviously felt a little strenuous. The Guan Ning cavalry was equipped with heavy armor. If the spear stabbed into the heavy armor, the reaction force would make Zhao Yun
His wrist was slightly numb.
Zhao Gongzi and Tai Shici gathered about ten thousand people and began to retreat. They did not know how many cavalry were attacking the rear. In order to prevent the entire army from being annihilated, they chose to retreat.
"Drive the enemy to a rout and attack the Chinese army!"
Although Le Yi is the commander of the infantry, he also has a bonus to the cavalry. He commanded the cavalry to attack Mr. Zhao and Taishi Ci's army.
Le Yi's tactics were very insidious. He only had 2,000 cavalry in hand, and his own force was not high. He did not directly attack Zhao Gongzi and Taishi Ci's army, but drove away the defeated rear army and marched wildly.
Thousands of defeated troops were driven by Le Yi's cavalry. They panicked and overwhelmed Zhao Gongzi and Taishi Ci's army.
"My lord is here, the enemy is behind, why don't you fight!"
Taishi Ci held a short halberd to protect Mr. Zhao, and drove away the defeated troops with Mr. Zhao's personal soldiers.
Taishi Ci personally beheaded several defeated soldiers, and then the defeated soldiers calmed down like headless flies. However, Le Yi from behind drove more defeated soldiers, like shepherds.
Faced with the corrupt situation, Mr. Zhao felt deeply desperate.
Unless a general has the ability to regroup the army, he cannot turn the tide.
With Le Yi's death, the battlefield was in chaos. The ten thousand people Zhao Gongzi and Tai Shi Ci had finally gathered were scattered by thousands, leaving less than five thousand people around them.
"I didn't expect we had reinforcements! All soldiers, fight back with me!"
Liu Sandao was already prepared to kill himself after defeat. When he saw a fire in the backyard of the Qingzhou Army, he immediately organized a counterattack and bit Mr. Zhao and Taishi Ci.
"We once joined forces to suppress the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. If you surrender to our lord, you can survive!"
Xue Rengui pointed his halberd at Fang Tian at Xue Wanche. The two sides had fought against the Yellow Turban Army in Beihai Kingdom and were familiar with each other. Xue Rengui wanted to persuade Xue Wanche to surrender and serve his lord. Xue Rengui recognized the brave Xue Wanche from the bottom of his heart. If he could win over Xue Wanche,
, Xue Wanche can become a strong cavalry general under Xuzhou Mu.
Xue Rengui had suppressed Xue Wanche, and Xue Wanche's jaw was so numb that he could hardly hold the horse.
"I already have a master, how can I betray my master so easily!"
Xue Wanche is also a loyal person and will not betray easily if he already has a lord.
"Then there is only a dead end!"
Xue Rengui and Xue Wanche each have their own masters, and life and death on the battlefield are unpredictable.
He swung Fang Tian's painted halberd and stabbed Xue Wanche!
A cold arrow flew towards him, and Xue Rengui had to change the trajectory of Fang Tian's painted halberd to block the hidden arrow.
"You can't do anything, retreat immediately!"
Dorgon drew his bow and came to support Xue Wanche and rescued Xue Wanche.
He sacrificed the insignificant ordinary cavalry and ordered them to block Xue Rengui, who was beginning to lose his strength.
Xue Rengui continued to pursue, killing all the light cavalry along the way!
Dorgon and Xue Wanche went to find Mr. Zhao, and Tai Shici joined forces to break out of the encirclement.
Xue Rengui, Hua Mulan and Le Yi launched a pincer attack.
There were a large number of broken troops between the two sides, and the entire battlefield was in a mess.
"Master, follow us, I will keep you safe!"
Two fierce generals, Tai Shi Ci and Xue Wanche, were willing to risk their lives to protect Mr. Zhao, killing the surrounding Xuzhou soldiers and Qingzhou troops, and cutting a bloody path.
"Capture Mr. Zhao alive!"
Le Yi knew that if the leader of the Qingzhou Army could be captured in this melee, half of Qingzhou would be controlled by Xuzhou Mu.
Xue Rengui and Hua Mulan once again attacked Mr. Zhao's peripheral troops and defeated them.
Two fierce generals, Tai Shi Ci and Xue Wanche, risked their lives, their armors were dark red, and they tried their best to protect their lord from breaking out of the encirclement safely.
They still owned half of Qingzhou and had a chance to turn defeat into victory, so they were unwilling to surrender.
Xue Rengui and Hua Mulan's offensive was even more fierce, and Xue Rengui was only less than 200 meters away from Mr. Zhao!
Dorgon continued to shoot arrows and sneak attacks on Xue Rengui in the rebel army, and at the same time sent cavalry to prevent Xue Rengui from pursuing him. He knew that Chu Zimou would not necessarily let him go, and the only way to survive was to follow Mr. Zhao.
Xue Rengui was holding Fang Tian's painted halberd in close combat with the enemy cavalry. He hated Huang Taiji who kept firing cold arrows, so he rode towards Dorgon on horseback!
More than a hundred Tang Dynasty archers followed Xue Rengui, using bows and arrows to provide support.
Dorgon was regarded as a target by Xue Rengui, so he was frightened and did not continue to fire arrows. After arranging hundreds of cavalry to intercept Xue Rengui, he withdrew.
Behind Dorgon's palace, Xue Wanche and Taishi Ci opened the way in front. Hua Mulan rushed out from the diagonal ground and was stopped by Xue Wanche.
Hua Mulan had no advantage against Xue Wanche, so she had to use mounted archery to delay the retreat of the Qingzhou Army.
The number of the Qingzhou Legion is getting smaller and smaller, and whether Mr. Zhao and his generals can break through has become a question.
Le Yi's two thousand cavalry are still watching with eager eyes.
The unexpected change occurred not within the battlefield, but outside the battlefield. A Yellow Turban Army came to meet the Qingzhou Army!
"Don't let them have any chance to fight back!"
Le Yi immediately threw two thousand cavalry into the battlefield to attack the incoming Yellow Turban Army!
This ten thousand Yellow Turban army sent by Guan Hai to support was suddenly attacked by Le Yi's two thousand cavalry, and they immediately fled with their heads in arms.
However, the unlucky Yellow Turban Army attracted Le Yi's attention, providing an opportunity for Zhao Gongzi, Taishi Ci, Xue Wanche, and Dorgon to break out, because Le Yi's cavalry had already entered the battle to attack the Yellow Turban Army.
"My 70,000 professional soldiers were destroyed in one blow..."
Mr. Zhao looked to the rear and saw that the defeated troops were still being chased by the opponent's cavalry, but he was of no avail. Currently, there were only a few thousand people around him.
It was the first time that he encountered such a huge defeat, and he couldn't help but feel disheartened.
"My lord, we only failed once, so why bother! We still have a chance, Chu Zimou will always show his flaws! We return to Qingzhou, there is no way we can make a comeback!"
As an extreme militant, Dorgon persuaded Mr. Zhao to regroup.
"You are absolutely right. We still have three counties and can reorganize our army quickly. Where is Wu Sangui?"
Mr. Zhao escaped because he sacrificed 10,000 Yellow Turban troops as bait. When he counted his generals, he found that Wu Sangui was missing.
Dorgon said: "Wu Sangui had a deep hatred for Chu Zimou, so it is very likely that he was jealous and did not retreat in time. I led a group of cavalry to support him."
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In the chaotic battlefield, Wu Sangui's army was still at odds with Zhao Yun's army.
"Our army has been defeated, am I, Wu Sangui, going to be defeated by Chu Zimou forever? I am not willing to accept it!"
Faced with the one-sided situation, Wu Sangui was almost hysterical. The Guan Ning cavalry beside him suffered all casualties. The three-eyed fire blunderbuss, which was a blunt weapon, deformed after hitting the armor of the Xuzhou heavy cavalry and fell to the ground.
Guan Ning's cavalry achieved great results before the entire army was annihilated. In order to eliminate Wu Sangui's main cavalry, Zhao Yun sacrificed a large number of ordinary heavy cavalry.
The red-eyed Wu Sangui looked around, only to find that his lord and other generals had withdrawn from the battlefield one after another, leaving only Wu Sangui who was fighting hard.
Wu Sangui came to his senses and was sweating profusely. He continued to stay on the battlefield and might die at any time!
Zhao Yun pursued Wu Sangui in the rebellious army, which aggravated Wu Sangui's desire to flee.
"retreat!"
Finally, Wu Sangui could not bear the huge psychological pressure and led more than a thousand light cavalry to escape Zhao Yun and flee.
"The enemy will stop leaving!"
Zhao Yun fought his way out of the rebel army, followed by Baima Yicong, chasing Wu Sangui all the way!
Zhao Yun's silver armor and white robe were stained red with blood, and the armor was dented. It was from the blunt object of Guan Ning's cavalry three-eyed fire blunderbuss.
Guan Ning's cavalry were indeed brave in combat, but Zhao Yun still led a large number of ordinary heavy cavalry to annihilate 700 Guan Ning's cavalry and pursue Wu Sangui.
The cavalry led by Wu Sangui kept falling behind and was shot dead by Baima Yicong.
"No one can kill me Wu Sangui! I have been defeated by Chu Zimou many times, but he has never been able to kill me!"
Wu Sangui, who was defeated many times, gradually went crazy. This was also his last pride. Chu Zimou could defeat him, but he could not kill him!
Wu Sangui used the lagging light cavalry to interfere with Zhao Yun's pursuit.
To be continued...