After all, the Eastern Legion is one of the main legions of the empire. Under Xiang Xing's vigorous training, the difference between them now and the Eastern Legion back then is limited. In less than a quarter of an hour, the spiked wooden stakes were already prepared.
These have been laid out in an orderly manner at the head of the Wangjiang Bridge. Taking advantage of this break, Jiang Tang even set up two simple archery towers behind the position. Although only five archers can stand, but there are as many as five archers standing there.
The archers on the archery tower, which is 10 feet high, are superior in both shooting accuracy and range.
Jiang Tang had just finished all the arrangements, and the forwards of the Holy Sect of Paradise had roared into Jiang Tang's sight. As expected, they were all infantry. In fact, this was also what Jiang Tang had expected. The Holy Sect of Paradise lacked war horses.
There are not many cavalry among Cheng Xianqing's protective soldiers. Moreover, the terrain on the Huai River will limit the cavalry's combat effectiveness. Of course, the cavalry is still very powerful as an assault force and a mobile force, but Zhu Zhao is obviously reluctant to part with it.
Use your precious cavalry to fight as the vanguard, so all you use are infantry.
"The whole army is ready!" Jiang Tang shouted in a deep voice.
Inadvertently, Jiang Tang saw that Dong Xiaocai, Ran Pangui and others around him were all happy. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "What are you happy about when the enemy is facing you?"
Dong Xiaocai grinned and said: "Sir, we are soldiers to begin with. If we don't fight, can we still be called soldiers?"
Ran Pangui laughed loudly and said: "Sir, if we defeat these bastards of the Holy Bliss Sect, how will the legion commander reward us?"
Jiang Tang snorted coldly: "It's better to defend the Wangjiang Bridge first. If the bridge is not defended, let alone rewards, just wait for the military law of the legion commander."
Dong Xiaocai patted her chest and said: "Don't worry, sir, if Wangjiang Bridge is lost, then we don't have to wait for the military commander of the regiment. Then the commander of the regiment will have to find us out from so many corpses. How much trouble will it be?"
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Jiang Tang's heart stirred. These were his brothers who shared life and death. No matter what the outcome of this battle was, at least he would not disgrace the reputation of the Eastern Legion.
The Bliss Holy Cult was very fast, and as soon as it reached Wangjiang Bridge, it launched a crazy attack. Thousands of Bliss forwards marched in an orderly manner, shouting the slogan "The sky is dead, Bliss is eternal" and headed crazily towards
Jiang Tang's defense line rushed over. Although they were temporarily blocked by the spiked wooden stakes placed at the front by Jiang Tang, they quickly crossed these obstacles and reached the front of the Eastern Legion soldiers.
The soldiers of the Eastern Legion are naturally not cowards. They had already fought a bloody battle with the Holy Sect of Paradise when they were in Changyin. At that time, the Eastern Legion, led by the legion commander Xiang Xing, fought against Cheng Xianqing's personal soldiers. But that time
The Eastern Legion returned in vain, which made Xiang Xing, who wanted to restore the Eastern Legion to its former glory, furious. After returning, he trained him a lot. He knew his shame and then became brave. Therefore, the soldiers of the Eastern Legion became angry when they saw the Holy Cult of Paradise.
Get angry.
Before the Bliss soldiers even got close to the Eastern Legion's battle line, most of the soldiers at the front had been killed by the dense rain of arrows. When they rushed in front of them, the Eastern Legion soldiers who had been well prepared fired almost one shot at a time.
Stabbing the sparse Paradise soldiers to death. What really scares people about the Paradise soldiers is their morale and fighting will. However, because the Paradise Holy Cult rose so quickly, even though their family wealth is very strong, after expanding their army by 600,000, they have already lost all their strength.
There are not many left. Therefore, the soldiers' equipment is relatively simple, and their protection is naturally poor. However, this is not a big deal in the eyes of the Holy Sect of Paradise. In Cheng Xianqing's view, the cheapest thing for the Holy Sect of Paradise is people. It is really not possible.
It’s okay to catch strong men everywhere, right?
"Dong Xiaocai, you lead your hundred troops to attack from the left. Ran Pangui, you come from the right. The soldiers on the central front retreat slightly to form a crescent-shaped defensive formation. I want to eat this before their army arrives.
A blissful soldier!" Jiang Tang said fiercely.
In the bliss formation, Qianhu Wansanhe, the leader of the army, held a knife in one hand and waved a whip in the other, shouting angrily: "Don't you have enough to eat? Work harder! If you can't take Wangjiang Bridge, be careful of the commander's chop."
Kill your dog’s head!”
"Sir, they have retreated. It seems they cannot stop our attack!" Deputy Qianhu Guo Laosi happily pointed at the front line and said to Wan Sanhe.
Wan Sanhe was overjoyed and laughed loudly and said: "Okay, as long as this battle is won, I will not treat the brothers badly. Then we will rush to Danzhou and find a place to cause catastrophe for three days!"
Hearing this, the soldiers of Bliss suddenly became energetic. For these soldiers, apart from dying on the battlefield and being honored in heaven, the happiest thing is raping, robbing and killing. Thinking of being able to rob the rich Danzhou for three days, all of them suddenly
Their spirits soared. The soldiers of the Eastern Legion, who had only been prepared to retreat, were caught off guard and almost actually retreated.
The strength of the troops on both sides is similar, and the combat effectiveness is also similar. No one can take advantage of one attack and one defense. However, after all, Jiang Tang is a veteran who has undergone formal training. Although he was transferred from the Imperial Guard Army to the Eastern Army, he is also a veteran.
Fierce temper, but it does not mean that he is brave and resourceful. Although Wan Sanhe of the Holy Sect of Paradise, like Jiang and Tang, is a member of the Qianhu family. However, among the Holy Sect of Paradise, only Zhu Zhao and more than ten people have received formal military education.
People, and when the Holy Sect recruits soldiers, it is not based on how high their ideological quality is, but how bold they are and how dare they kill people. Most of these people are rogues. And Wan Sanhe is just one of these rogues.
He was just one of the more senior among them. In terms of military strategy, he was no match for Jiang and Tang. Therefore, when he saw the crescent-shaped battle formation of the soldiers of the Eastern Legion, Wan Sanhe was immediately overjoyed and simply transferred the troops from both wings to the front.
, hoping to break through the formation of the Eastern Army with its strong force.
Jiang Tang sneered. He had been waiting for this opportunity. With a wave of the command flag, the two hundred elites deployed on the flanks were like tigers descending from the mountain. In just an instant, they surrounded the soldiers of the Holy Sect who had entered the pocket formation.
Inside, the soldiers in the front resisted tenaciously under the personal leadership of Jiang Tang. Even if they died on the battlefield, they never retreated even half a step. The soldiers on the two wings and behind kept squeezing toward the center and kept shooting with the bows and arrows in their hands.
Kill the Bliss soldiers in the encirclement.
Half an hour later, Jiang Tang tried his best and finally wiped out all the enemy troops. However, only more than 300 of his own thousand soldiers were left. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Bliss soldiers was extraordinary, especially in
When you are desperate, you are even more crazy. At this time, the pioneers of the Paradise Holy Cult led by Zhu Yaping finally arrived on the battlefield. Facing the Wangjiang Bridge where corpses were littered, Zhu Yaping led the nine thousand soldiers under his command without saying a word.
During the battle, when Jiang and Tang's thousand-man army was about to be wiped out by Zhu Yaping's army attack, the cavalry led by Xiang Xing finally arrived.
To use cavalry against infantry, for a battlefield veteran like Xiang Xing, it is completely child's play. Zhu Yaping's army did not expect Qingfeng's cavalry to arrive so quickly, and there were 20,000 cavalry at the time. If they had been prepared in advance
Under the circumstances, as long as the Bliss soldiers formed a spear formation, they would not be unable to resist the cavalry assault. But now that Zhu Yaping was unprepared, how could he be an opponent of the Qingfeng cavalry mixed with billowing beacon smoke?
"Fang Dahan, you lead one thousand of your soldiers to destroy the Wangjiang Bridge for me immediately. The rest of the soldiers will follow me to meet the enemy. They must block the enemy's attack before the bridge is destroyed!" Zhu Yaping was shocked, but he still managed to do it anyway.
Anyone who has stayed with Zhu Zhao for several years is not a fool. If the cavalry is against the infantry, even if he can escape by relying on the geographical advantage, I am afraid that there will not be many 10,000 soldiers left. Moreover, if Wangjiang Bridge is not removed, it will lead to
The marshal's strategic plan failed, so he might not end well after he returned. Thinking of this, he had to use his soldiers to delay time. The marshal's army was rushing in. As long as he could hold on until that moment, even if it was
victory.
But, when will the commander arrive? Unless something unexpected happens, he will have to collect the body for himself.
Fang Dahan said doubtfully: "General, the Wangjiang Bridge is made of stone, not wood."
Zhu Yaping was furious: "Nonsense! If it is made of wood, and I will burn it with a fire, will you still be needed? Let me tell you, before the commander's army arrives, even if you just chew it, you will have to eat it."
Eat him up!"
Although Fang Dahan had more than a thousand soldiers under his command, Jiang Tang also had more than 300 soldiers. Although they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, when they saw the reinforcements arriving, Jiang Tang and others were in high spirits, and they were
After retreating to the bridge, due to the reduction of the frontal attack area, limited troops can also play a huge role.
Standing at the head of the bridge, Jiang Tang couldn't help but thank Zhang Jialai, who had been occupying the Huai River for hundreds of years. The Huai River network is densely covered, and the Huai River and tributaries of the rivers criss-cross, so there are many bridges in the Huai River area. Just like the Wangjiang Bridge under his feet
, the Zhang family was reluctant to build the city wall with stones transported from the western mountainous area of Pingzhou, Danzhou, but they were willing to use them to build bridges. Wangjiang Bridge spans the Tongshui River for more than half a mile, with a bridge deck of two feet wide and a bridge body
It is all made of large stones and is extremely strong and durable. It has a history of more than 80 years from the time it was built to today. However, although it has gone through so many years of wind and frost, its function has not declined at all. Because of this
, this was chosen by Xiangxing as the main thoroughfare for retreat.
Generally speaking, the Huaihe River Road is not conducive to the full use of the cavalry's combat effectiveness, but in some areas, the power of the cavalry is still strong. Xiangxing not only has the upper hand in terms of types of troops, but also in terms of troop strength. It was only in the first round that they rushed to kill.
Zhu Yaping's two thousand-man troops rushed to pieces. Moreover, this was along the Tongshui River, the terrain was relatively flat, and there was no danger at all. As soon as the battle began, the cavalry of the Eastern Army had already taken the initiative.
"Brothers, hold on! The commander's army is coming soon!" Zhu Yaping yelled crazily. After using two thousand cavalry to temporarily alleviate the impact of the Qingfeng cavalry, Zhu Yaping sent the six thousand cavalry behind him.
The troops were arranged in a complete formation. The Holy Sect of Paradise lacked cavalry, so they also had some means to deal with the cavalry. The current terrain was limited, and it was impossible for Zhu Yaping to set up a deep defense line, so he chose to defend intensively, surrounding the cavalry with spear formations and arranging them inside.
With the help of Mo swordsmen and archers, the front was finally temporarily stabilized.
Xiang Xing was not a person who didn't know how to adapt. Seeing that the opponent could not be annihilated for the time being, he led the main force to continue to encircle and annihilate Zhu Yaping. Some of the cavalry swept across the Ji Le Fang Dahan tribe. Fang Da was competing with Jiang and Tang for control of the Wangjiang Bridge.
Before Han could recover, he was already buried under the hooves of rolling horses by the cavalry coming from behind.
An hour later, the 50,000 infantrymen of the Eastern Army led by Bao Feng, the deputy commander of the Eastern Army, finally arrived on the battlefield. Originally, Zhu Yaping's army could still struggle to support itself under the advancing cavalry, but faced the Eastern Army's infantry and cavalry.
Zhu Yaping could no longer hold on to the joint strangulation. At this time, compared with military merit and life, Zhu Yaping still felt that life was more valuable.
Facing Zhu Yaping, who had gathered more than a thousand remaining soldiers and fled in embarrassment, Xiang Xing did not pursue him, but ordered the infantry of the Eastern Army to cross the river quickly. The Wangjiang Bridge was only two feet wide, and all 50,000 infantrymen of the Eastern Army had to cross the river.
, it will take at least two hours. Including Ma Ying and Hou Zhengchun's 80,000 soldiers who are hurriedly coming from behind, it will take at least half a day to finish. Xiang Xing's current task is to hold Wangjiang Bridge to protect the Eastern Army.
and the smooth passage of the rest of the Blue Dragon Legion.
Bao Feng was left behind to organize the crossing of the bridge while preventing enemy sneak attacks. Xiang Xing led his cavalry to fight back non-stop. Behind him were 80,000 soldiers from Ma Ying and Hou Zhengchun. The Holy Sect of Paradise was chasing after them.
The vanguard appeared at the head of Wangjiang Bridge, which obviously exposed their strategic purpose. Fortunately, Wangjiang Bridge was already in their own hands. This way, the army would at least be able to retreat.
More than two hours later, Xiang Xing finally arrived at Wangjiang Bridge while covering the Duanhou army, which was fighting and retreating. Although Yan Lege was brave, he did not have cavalry in his hands, so he suffered a disadvantage when facing Xiang Xing's cavalry.
Not small. However, Xiang Xing's luck was not very good. When he was about to arrive at Wangjiang Bridge, Zhu Zhao's army finally appeared. Facing the flanking attack of more than 100,000 troops by Ji Le's two famous generals, Xiang Xing was also very worried.
Headache.
Wangjiang Bridge, Wangjiang River on Wangjiang Bridge. Looking at this quaint stone bridge, Xiang Xing's heart was filled with emotion. It was not yet noon, and only half of the 50,000 soldiers who arrived first had passed, and it would take until 80,000
After all the soldiers have passed, I am afraid they will have to wait until evening. However, will the Holy Bliss Church allow itself to escape so easily?