"Soldiers, Tongzhou City can no longer be defended. This general does not want to hide this from everyone. Now, we are preparing to break out and retain as much strength as possible for the kingdom! However, there are only three thousand war horses, so there are only one among you.
Three thousand people can be the lucky ones here. Now, I need the strongest three thousand warriors. If you meet the requirements, please come forward!" Yelu Zhangqiu said loudly.
No one moved, even though they knew that staying would lead to death, but no one came out!
Yelu Zhangqiu waited for a long time, but no one came out. Moved, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Soldiers, I understand your mood very well, and I deeply admire your innocence! But now,
The general needs 3,000 of the most elite soldiers to escort the commander-in-chief to break out of the encirclement. This is a sacred and glorious task, and I don’t know who is willing to do it!"
The crowd began to commotion. Yelu Chixian enjoyed high prestige in the Mandan military. Although this old man was upright and meticulous, and his military management was rigorous and even harsh, he treated all soldiers equally. In the eyes of the Mandan soldiers,
In his eyes, he is an old man who is somewhat pedantic but very humane and elder-like.
Finally, someone stood up, but the number was far less than 3,000. Yelu Zhangqiu had no choice but to mobilize, and then he barely managed to gather enough people. With the rumble of drums coming from the top of the city, Yelu Zhangqiu
Zhang Qiu carried Yelu Chixian onto his mount. He raised his head and looked in the direction of the drum sound, only to see a general in full armor beating the drum himself to cheer up. Yelu Zhiqiu couldn't help but feel a sore nose. He knew
, I will never see this comrade again.
The direction for Yelu Zhangqiu to break out of the encirclement was the west gate. Since Dugu Yuming was personally in charge here, there were not many troops. Moreover, this was also the shortest way to break out of the Taihang Mountains. As long as they could break through the obstruction of the Hetao soldiers, the Mandan cavalry could
Escape and ascend to heaven.
With the sound of drums and thunder, the Mandan soldiers who were responsible for staying in the city, under the personal leadership of Yelu Wanhong, actually took the initiative to launch a counterattack against the Hetao soldiers who were attacking the city in order to cover the cavalry of Yelu Zhangqiu and others. Jiang Chenzhou and others were attacking.
Before anyone could react, the Mandan cavalry had already rushed out of the city like a dragon, pointing directly at Dugu's commanding flag!
"Arrogant! Ignorant boy, you dare to challenge my majesty!" Seeing the Mandan cavalry rushing from the west gate, Dugu sneered, instead of being angry, he laughed, and with a loud sound, he pulled out his wild goose feather sword and shouted loudly:
"White Tiger Legion, form up to meet the enemy!"
The outside of Tongzhou City was originally surrounded by an earthen wall by the Hetao. However, for the convenience of attacking the city, several gaps were made in many places. However, these gaps were guarded by Hetao soldiers, which were not enough to allow Mandan to attack the city.
The cavalry escaped.
However, to Dugu's expectation, the Mandan cavalry did not break out towards these gaps, but rushed straight towards a section of the earth wall that was not guarded by the Hetao soldiers.
"Do they want to rely on the high speed of the cavalry to jump over the earth wall?" Dugu's marching commander Shi Li Donggao asked doubtfully.
Dugu's face was solemn, and he ignored Li Donggao's soliloquy. Wherever he looked, the dozens of Mandan cavalry in the front rushed towards the earth wall without slowing down at all. He only heard a loud bang, and the war horses
Amidst the screams, both men and horses were killed immediately, but the earthen wall also moved back a little.
Li Donggao said disdainfully: "The horse control skills of these Mandan Hulu are too poor."
"Shut up! If you have nothing to do, get the fuck away!" Dugu Tie scolded with a livid face. Li Donggao suddenly fell silent. He naturally knew what kind of person Dugu was. If he really made this old gangster angry, who would
I wonder if he will chop himself into pieces directly!
Although the earthen wall was strong, it finally collapsed when hundreds of war horses collided with it at full speed. The Mandan cavalry behind did not hesitate, either swarming out along the opened channel, or directly stepping on the shoulders of their comrades.
The corpse flew over the earth wall on Pegasus.
However, the gap here is too small after all, and it will not take a while for all three thousand cavalry to rush out. At this time, Dugu has already led Zhou Jilong and Long Zhishan's 20,000 soldiers to outflank them.
"Duyun, go quickly, or it will be too late!" Yelu Zhiqiu jumped out of the earth wall and shouted loudly to Yelu Duyun behind him.
Yelu Duyun glanced ahead. Of the three thousand cavalry, only five hundred at most rushed out. The Hetao army had already reacted. Some of the cavalry rushed towards the gap. The infantry formation was in a white space.
Under the leadership of General A, they came towards him.
"Zhiqiu, go quickly! You must lead the commander out of the encirclement!" Yelu Duyun roared, suddenly his horse's head suddenly stopped, and he shouted in a long voice: "The time has come for the Mandan warriors outside the Great Wall to show your glory!
Just use your blood to prove your bravery!"
Following his roar, the more than two thousand heavy cavalry who had not yet rushed out of the gap suddenly stopped and turned their horses' heads. Under the leadership of Yelu Duyun, they charged towards the slowly advancing Hetao infantry formation and killed them.
go.
Two lines of tears silently slipped down Yelu Zhiqiu's cheeks. When he looked back for the last time, he only saw Yelu Duyun galloping towards the Hetao army with his horse and sword, and then a general in white clothes and armor was like autumn water.
The wild goose feather sword flashed by in the sunlight. When the sword fell, all the men and horses were shattered. Behind the white-armored general, there was a high-flying battle flag embroidered with the word "Dugu".
Yelu Zhiqiu finally escaped. Although he had only eighty cavalry left when he fled to the Taihang Mountains, he finally managed to break through with Yelu Chixian. The pursuing Huben regiment cavalry commander Dang Tuigong was in charge of the general.
After the hundreds of cavalry behind him were wiped out, Yelu Zhiqiu had already carried Yelv Chixian's abandoned horse and fled on foot into the Taihang Mountains. The party had no choice but to go back and return Haotian's life.
When Haotian heard this, he just sighed: "We are still too careless. But this will not happen again. I have ordered from the king to kill all the Mandan defenders in the city!"
Jiang Chenzhou, Long Zhishan and others who were in charge of the attack were a little ashamed when they heard this. Under such circumstances, they actually allowed the opponent's general to break out. However, Dugu didn't take it seriously. In his opinion, victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists.
A famous commander who has fought a hundred battles must be above victory and defeat. Just like Kasimbas’s evaluation of Hekimur, if Hekimur was not so arrogant and could completely let go of the idea of victory or defeat during the battle,
I am afraid that no one in the three Northeastern countries can surpass him militarily except himself. However, Hekimur could not let go at all, so he was destined not to be among the top generals.
"Beware of arrogance and impetuosity, act steadily and don't let the other side have any chance." Dugu said calmly: "If Yelu Chixian runs away, just run away. Sooner or later, he will die in the hands of our Loop. There is no need to be so disappointed.
.This will only allow him to live for two more days at most."
Long Zhishan snorted, but he didn't think so in his heart. Dugu was the leading infantry general on the mainland of China, and his life's glory no longer needed Yelu Chi's head to add glory. But they were different, Yelu Chi
In the eyes of Dugu and others, Xian Xian is just a dispensable little fish, but to them, it is a rare achievement. Of course, these words cannot be said in front of Dugu, and they can only obey the orders honestly.
"Xiong Ao, commander of the White Tiger Legion, led his troops to attack the east gate, Fan Dingwang's troops attacked the south gate. Duan Feng of the Legion of Honor attacked the north gate, and Guan Mo's main troops attacked the west gate. The rest of the troops, including the Huben Corps, all rested in place. Who
If you dare to disobey orders, be careful, sir. I will kill him and feed him to the dogs!" Seeing that Long Zhishan and Zhou Jilong were still a little unconvinced, Dugu said with a gloomy face. When the two heard this, their necks shrank and they did not dare to speak anymore.
Although the Mandan soldiers in the city were elite, no matter how elite the troops were, they were not steel warriors. In order to cover Yelu Zhiqiu's breakout, Yelu Wanhong launched a large-scale counterattack. Although it caused some chaos in the Hetao area
, successfully covered Yelu Zhiqiu's breakout, but his own losses were not light. Moreover, after fighting for a long time, the already weak Mandan soldiers were completely exhausted. High fighting spirit and boosted morale can alleviate the problem.
Momentary fatigue and hunger, but as time goes by, the attacks become more severe. Dugu Yuming has seen through this, so now he only uses feint attacks to attract the opponent's energy and force the opponent to be unable to rest. Of course, as long as the people in the city
Even if the defenders had a slight weakness, Dugu didn't mind turning the weakness into reality and immediately launched a strong attack.
He didn’t know how many times the Hetao attacks had been repelled, but Yelu Wanhong just felt that his nerves seemed to have been numb. There were less than 30,000 defenders in the city who could still fight, and many of the soldiers were paralyzed with no strength.
He fell on the city wall, letting the blood flow out from the wound. Yelu Wanhong knew that the soldiers were too tired and too hungry. But he had no choice. All the food in the city had been boiled.
The gruel was served on the city wall, but for the tens of thousands of soldiers on the wall, it was just a drop in the bucket. Many people had run out of gruel before they even got close to the cauldron.
However, they are worthy of being the elites of the Mandan. Even under such circumstances, they did not rob the gruel. This is the pillar of the Mandan dynasty's ability to dominate beyond the Great Wall! Yelu Wanhong thought with moist eyes.
At this time, he hated himself even more. If he hadn't been so arrogant and ignorant before, now, at least he could lead his soldiers to kill a few more Hetao soldiers. However, because of his
Due to their incompetence, tens of thousands of Mandan soldiers could only rely on their own instincts and the high morale of the Hetao soldiers to fight for their lives.
The thunderous drums sounded again. Different from the previous attacks, the Hetao army had obviously been preparing for this attack for a long time. More than 100,000 soldiers slowly approached the Tongzhou city wall under the command of Baihu Commander, although the movements were very slow.
It was slow, but the murderous aura that permeated the entire sky had unabashedly told Yelu Wanhong on the city wall that they were bound to win!
As soon as the Mandan soldiers who were lying exhausted on the city wall heard the rumbling drums under the city wall, they all turned over and quickly stood up. Then they grabbed their weapons firmly and looked at the slow movement under the city wall with a determined look on their faces.
Approaching Loop soldiers.
Yelu Wanhong slowly raised his sword and suddenly let out a loud roar: "Mandan warriors, the time has come to serve our country with loyalty! Let us use our last blood to commemorate our glory!"
No one answered, but all the Mandan soldiers raised their weapons high. Silence was better than sound at this time!
"The Mandan soldiers are elite, the generals from Beijing are brave, and the Haixi generals are barbaric. With the large number of famous generals from Beijing and Cassimbas's military skills, someone has been wondering why the three Northeastern countries have always been led by Mandan. Now I finally understand, even if
Under such an environment, they can still burst out with such strong fighting spirit, which indeed does not insult their title of elite. If the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Mandan Dynasty look like this, then we may not be able to pacify the outside world in the future.
An easy thing!" Xuanji sighed.
Haotian nodded slowly, with an extremely solemn expression on his face. He originally thought that the defenders in the city had already been demoralized and had little fighting capacity left. Who knew that when things came to a head, they actually wanted to fight to the death with the Hetao. No wonder Cassimbas's
Even force can't suppress Mandan's momentum. They do have their own uniqueness.
Luo Xiang nodded, but then shook his head slightly: "Lord, military advisor, the Mandan army in front of you is indeed elite, but how many soldiers in their country can compare with them? Excluding the Mandan Wang family guards
Legion, I am afraid that there is no army in Mandan that can compare with them. Moreover, if they had not completely lost their retreat, they would not be able to unleash such a powerful fighting force. Therefore, there is no need for us to worry unfounded."
"What you said is absolutely true. But in this battle, our losses will probably not be small!" Haotian said with some distress.
Xuanji smiled and said: "Lord, don't worry, if someone else leads the army, the losses will definitely be considerable. But the Dujun Commander is the world's top infantry combat master and famous siege general, and Yelu Chixian and others who can really hold their own in the city have already
Break through and leave, although there will be twists and turns in this battle, I think Du Shuai will definitely give you a satisfactory answer, my lord."
At sunset, Tongzhou City was finally captured. None of the Mandan defenders in the city survived. Although the general Yelu Wanhong suffered more than thirty wounds, he still fought to the end and was eventually killed by the Legion of Honor in the Yangtze River. This battle
, more than 20,000 Hetao soldiers died in the battle. Although they paid a heavy price, Hetao finally cleared its rear area, and was finally able to go all out to deal with the Zhizhou Kasimbas. The battle situation in Youyun Sixteenth Prefecture,
They fell towards the Hetao again. As the Hetao base camp slowly approached Zhizhou, the Hetao cavalry finally let go and advanced towards the Yanzhou area of Donghai Road and Beiyuan Road. For a time, blood flowed into the river in Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.