In the snowfields and frozen soil, with the sun hanging alone, a fight broke out less than fifteen miles southwest of Yecheng.
There are only three places where the fighting is fiercest.
One is where Yan Gang and his soldiers are at the front, the other is in the middle where Lieutenant General Li Duo is, and the last one is where Sun Jian and others are attacking.
Yan Gang's beloved horse was coneded to death, and he resisted wildly. He raised a Han army corpse and threw it at the enemies who were about to swarm up. Then his guards took the opportunity to rush up and exchanged their horses for Yan Gang's.
Gang, but then he was chopped up by the enemy soldiers who came up.
Yan Gang had tears in his eyes, but he could not be trapped here. As the vanguard of the entire army, he had only one purpose now, which was to penetrate the Han soldiers on the opposite side, so that he could fight for a way out for the brothers behind him.
So, Yan Gang showed great courage, and the iron halberd in his hand was bent. After all, he was a first-class cavalry commander in the world. After fighting to the death, the Han soldiers were unstoppable, but Sun Jian's troops divided their troops to attack.
Because of this, the formation is not dense either.
Just like this, after a while, Yan Gang led his men to kill through the enemy formation, but he only glanced behind him and saw dozens of sparse horsemen, which made Yan Gang feel sad. At least a hundred people did not rush out during this charge, and they were laid to rest here.
Yan Gang was very angry, but knew that this battle was hopeless. He endured the pain and did not turn back to rescue the brothers in the formation. Instead, he took the dozens of riders and fled to a nearby barrier in embarrassment.
Yan Gang believed that he had to bear the humiliation and wanted to survive the brothers who broke out of the formation. But those who were pulled down, especially the middle section led by deputy general Li Duo, could only survive in the formation and wait for the final punishment.
At this time, Li Duo and others had already dismounted, and they were surrounded by people. If they were still sitting on their horses, they would only be living targets.
Li Duo, as his name suggests, has a very loud voice. Duo is a loudspeaker in the military, and Li Duo's voice is comparable to that of a loudspeaker.
He is thirty-two years old and is a senior member of the Taishan Army. He was originally a Mengshan bandit, but there was a lack of food in the mountains. He was recruited by Xi Shen to lead a group of bandits out of the mountain to join the Taishan Army.
After that, Li Duo stayed in Tuqi for a long time, and participated in the Battle of Lianghe, the Battle of Yanzhou, the Battle of Fengqiu, and the Battle of Yingyang. It can be said that he was outstanding in battle, and he has been the deputy general until now.
Originally, according to his qualifications and military exploits, he could be a general like Yan Gang. But Li Duozhi was not here. He knew that he could also be a general in a non-main force, but those were not as good as Bu Tu.
Cavalry. Therefore, he chose to stay in the Cavalry Division and served as Yan Gang's deputy.
At the beginning of the battle, he advised Yan Gang not to confront the Han army head-on, but Yan Gang blocked him because of the morale problem of the army.
Yan Gang was the commander-in-chief, and his decision-making was reasonable, so the battle started like this.
At the beginning of the war, according to the tactics of the Taishan Army's assault cavalry, there was a sharp arrow formation in the front and a cascading wave formation in the back. Yan Gang broke through the Han army's formation and led the middle and rear assault cavalry to pour in.
So when the drums and horns sounded, he led three hundred cavalry and charged in the conical formation of Yan Gang in front.
As the name suggests, the Stacking Wave Formation means that when attacking, it is like waves rushing one after another. In terms of specific tactics, three hundred cavalry form a line of six rows and fifty people to charge forward.
As long as the conical formation in front breaks the enemy, these six rows of charging formations will be swept in six times, causing six blows to the enemy. Generally speaking, as long as the enemy is charged twice repeatedly, the opponent will basically collapse.
However, there was a huge problem with this tactic in this battle. First, the conical formation at the front failed to penetrate the Han soldiers. Instead, the conical formation of the Han soldiers was penetrated. Then, because the opposite side had too many horses, they also lined up.
A looser formation was formed, making the opposite side wider when impacting.
Therefore, the assault cavalry of the Taishan Army did not see a Han cavalry in front and left of them moving towards their sides and rear at high speed. In the end, they were intercepted and struck in the middle by this cavalry unit.
The attacking cavalry army had different colors of horses, but their appearance was very neat. Their tactical style was a typical Han cavalry battle. All of them were armed with horses, and with just one collision, the formation junction in front of Li Duo was broken up.
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Then, the cavalry behind them was like a torrential flood, shocking the Taishan Army's cavalry warriors to the point of being frightened. In this way, the Taishan Army's overlapping wave formation was broken.
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But the so-called fear and fear are just instincts, but what makes people human is that they can often overcome fear and develop a will to die.
As the most skilled warriors of the Taishan Army, the Cavalry Army was the best in terms of fighting spirit and discipline. At this moment, facing the desperate situation, the honor and bloody spirit in their hearts were fully aroused.
When the road ahead was blocked and their horses could not increase their speed, they dismounted and began to build defenses with horses, ravines, ridges, etc.
As the top military official of the last besieged unit, Li Duo held high the giant clam flag. His loud voice directly overshadowed the golden drum, and he dispatched his men at any time to plug the loopholes in the defensive line.
Three hundred brave men, fifty in armor, are all military officials. In times of crisis, these military officials stepped forward, using their own flesh and blood and iron armor as the first line of defense.
They comforted their anxious war horse companions, whispered comfort in their ears, and then stabbed to death the companions they had been with day and night.
The bloody smell made the other war horses restless. But they seemed to know their fate at this moment, with tears in their eyes, and then they neighed.
In the end, the flesh and blood of these horse corpses became the Taishan Army's enemy and their most painful line of defense.
Dozens of war horses were killed at the same time. This scene was very shocking.
Sun Jian's troops, who had surrounded the three hundred cavalry regiments, were also a little taken aback by this scene. This was quite a bit like the shock in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Wu Guobing faced off against Yue soldiers, a group of people suddenly ran out from the opposite side and committed suicide in front of the formation.
This is a kind of death shock.
Sun Jian, who was at the forefront of the Han army, hated this. He frowned and growled:
"kill!"
So, the warriors of Sun Jian's tribe dismounted and rushed towards Taishan's army with swords in hand.
At this time, the Taishan Army's horses were put into a step-like position, like a huge hedgehog formation, constantly poking at the Han troops who were rushing towards them risking their lives.
On the one hand, he was begging for death, but on the other hand, he was embarrassed and annoyed that he could not take a bite.
It would naturally be a battle between dragons and tigers.
Gold and iron mixed together, roaring like thunder, and the sound shook the eardrums. The huge sound wave not only shocked people's hearts, but also made the heaven and earth tremble.
Mountains, rivers, vegetation, birds and animals all recovered from the cold winter in this battle. Countless dormant hares emerged from their nests, dizzy, lost, and scurrying around headlessly.
After several consecutive attacks were repulsed, Sun Jian became angry. He threw his blood-coagulated cloak to the ground and shouted:
"Anyone who is not afraid of death will rush me."
After saying that, Sun Jian once again took the lead. This time Sun Jian decided to lead the cavalry in a direct charge, even if he trampled and broke the legs of the horse, he would smash the other side.
Up to this point in this battle, it was no longer a matter of annihilating these three hundred cavalry, but a showdown between the military spirit of Sun Jian's troops and the military spirit of Taishan's army.
He couldn't crush these three hundred remnant soldiers even with his superior force, so how could he convince the brothers below that they could successfully attack Yecheng?
So Sun Jian once again took the lead and fought hard. Maybe for him, his life was really the biggest weapon.
In this way, the intensity of the war reached its maximum.
The horses' hooves are groaning and screaming, the gold and iron are heartbreaking, the galloping attack is like the wind blowing the bones, and the random arrows are like dark clouds.
Taishan's army is exhausted and its front line is collapsing.
At the moment of the battle, Zhang Ying, the general of Zuotun of the Juhu Camp of the sudden cavalry army, was taken into battle by Han.
At the second moment of the battle, Lu Qiong, the general of the right camp of Juha Camp of the sudden cavalry army, was trampled to death by a horse.
At the third quarter of the battle, Gao Gong, the general of the Juhu camp of the sudden cavalry army, went crazy...
Gao Gong is a disciple of the Yellow Turban in Runan, and he really had hallucinations until now.
He seemed to see many Runan Huangjin Paoze who had died in the battle. They were all facing away from him on one side of the battlefield.
Gao Gong called their names, but no one responded to him.
When he tried to catch up, they shouted:
"Don't follow, don't follow. We are going back to our hometown, we are going back to our hometown."
Gao Gong burst into tears and shouted:
"Wait for me, I will join you. Wait for me!"
With that said, he ran out of the remaining formation and ran in the direction of his former glory.
But unfortunately, after only running for more than ten steps, Cheng Pu, who was chasing after him, chopped off his head with a knife.
When Gao Gong's head was hung on the horse's neck by Cheng Pu, he still had a smile on his face.
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Seeing more and more of his subordinates dying in front of him, Li Duo was extremely sad. He looked confusedly in the direction of Yecheng, wondering if he and others still had a way to survive.
But at this moment, there was a sudden cry of killing from behind Sun Jian and others, and a coalition of horse and infantry troops rushed directly behind their formation.
It turned out that the 500 strong soldiers from the nearby Taishan Army Barrier and dozens of Yan Gang's cavalry came out in full force to rescue Li Duo and others.
The main general in the fortress is called Zhang Zhen, who is from the Zhang clan in Dasangli. He is also a companion who went to serve with Zhang Chong. Naturally, he is also one of the seventy-five old brothers sworn in the forest.
At this moment, Zhang Zhen and Yan Gang suddenly rushed out of the stronghold while Sun Jian's troops were attacking Li Duo with all their strength.
Earlier, when Yan Gang was about to enter the stronghold with only dozens of remnant riders, Zhang Zhen asked people to let him in. But as soon as Yan Gang came in, Zhang Zhen slashed Yan Gang's face with a horse whip, and then hit him
Cursing:
"It's already a great shame and humiliation for you to lose your entire army and surrender, but you still dare to abandon your brothers in the formation and survive? How dare you!"
As a veteran in the army, Zhang Zhen can certainly punish Yan Gang, let alone Yan Gang abandoning the army?
Yan Gang's face was bruised and bruised, but he didn't dare to move or argue. He just waited for Zhang Zhen to finish his anger, then he bent down and said to him:
"I am not a person who is trying to survive. I just wanted to prevent my brothers from wasting their lives with me, so I sent them here. I didn't enter the camp, and the people were also sent. I just died with the brothers in the formation. ."
After saying that, Yan Gang mounted his horse again and was about to fight back.
When he was about to leave, the sixty or so horsemen who rushed out with him also mounted their horses regardless of their injuries.
Yan Gang's words and the behavior of these assault riders made Zhang Zhen doubt whether he was arbitrary. Of course, it was not mainly Yan Gang's words, but the behavior of those assault riders who followed Yan Gang into the battle regardless of their injuries.
After all, those who can win the power of death should not be greedy for life and afraid of death.
So Zhang Zhen planned to give Yan Gang a chance. He stopped Yan Gang and the sudden cavalry who were about to break out, gave them instructions, and left them in the stronghold.
Then Zhang Zhen watched the fighting battlefield not far away from the wall of the village. Finally, when all the attention of Sun Jian's troops was on the assault cavalry in the formation, he suddenly gave the order:
"Brothers, follow Nai Gong and go out to kill! I want those dog slaves to know that no one can kill our brothers in front of Nai Gong!"
The five hundred soldiers in the stronghold shared the same hatred of the enemy, raised their swords and shouted, and followed the general Zhang Zhen to rush towards Sun Jian's tribe in the distance.
Just like that, when Li Duo and others were waiting to die, their reinforcements came.
After intercepting the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry, Lu Fan led 500 cavalry on the outskirts.
So when Zhang Zhen was about to attack Sun Jian's back, Lu Fan immediately stopped him diagonally with 500 horsemen.
Zhang Zhen is not a strict person by temperament, and he relies on his passion and bravery to attack at this moment. Therefore, the fiercer the charge, the wider the troops will spread.
As we all know, there is only one outcome for skirmishers versus cavalry in the wilderness:
"defeat!"
Lu Fan was in high spirits on the horse.
The success of this battle was all due to his interception, and he was already inflated. At this moment, he brought reinforcements to defeat the enemy. How could this not make him arrogant!
He stepped on the horse stirrup with one foot, and driven by the amazing strength of his waist and abdomen, he stood upright on the charging horse. He shouted loudly:
"kill!"
Wearing the black sheepskin cloak given by Sun Jian, Lu Fan exuded intimidating confidence.
During the high-speed impact, he tilted his sword and cut off the head of an enemy soldier.
The gushing blood poured directly on Lu Fan's face, and then he grinned and said ferociously:
"Kill these pigs and dogs!"
But as soon as he raised his head, the ghosts of the dead came out, and he saw that the armored soldiers running towards him from the opposite side were actually holding big yellow crossbows.
Lu Fan opened his mouth to speak, and then three arrows shot from the opposite side, piercing his mouth directly.
The huge force flew Lu Fan directly, and then the sharp metal arrows pierced Lu Fan and his men into the frozen soil!
At the fourth quarter of the battle, Lu Fan, a great Sima, died!
A wax figure of Lu Fan was nailed to the ground. After that, three rounds of arrows were fired, and hundreds more people followed Lu Fan's footsteps.
In an instant, the entire battlefield was littered with dead bodies. They were hanging with their feet on the stirrups, with their heads on the ground, and were dragged around by the out-of-control frightened horses. There was blood and corpses all the way, and they were wailing endlessly.
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The Zhang Zhen tribe who witnessed this scene had no mercy, only revenge. They took out their ring-headed knives and cut off the culprits who killed them.
Especially Lu Fan, who was cut into pieces by five horses.
When Lu Fan died, the military strength was severely reduced. The organized Han army could no longer form an impact. They spared Zhang Zhen's 500 men, or even more, and fled the battlefield directly to the southwest.
Now, no one can stop the furious Zhang Zhen!
Next is Sun Jian!
But someone had already taken a step ahead of Zhang Zhen and took the lead in biting Sun Jian.
That is Yan Gang who takes revenge!
As soon as he left the camp, Yan Gang only had Sun Jian in his eyes.
I just don’t know if it was God’s will that happened when Yan Gang was looking for Sun Jian.
Groups of eagles fluttered in the sky, overlooking the battlefield below.
Then there was the sound of horse hooves, and everyone on the battlefield tightened their hearts, knowing that a large-scale cavalry army was daring to come.
But whose reinforcements are these?
Everyone waits with bated breath for fate to unfold.