Chapter 1800 It is better to chase the poor bandits with the remaining brave men
The horn sounded, and the morale of the Xuzhou Army's battalions was already high.
The Yuzhou Battalion commanded by Dong Cheng was the troops deployed on the right wing of the formation, and the enemy it faced was none other than He Taiji.
After the thunder subsided, Dong Cheng heard the sound of fighting coming from the smoke and did not hesitate again.
Qin Xiao repeatedly warned that once the enemy cavalry detours to the flanks and launches a surprise attack, Dong Cheng must remain calm. No matter what he sees or hears, he must remain absolutely calm. He must not act rashly and wait until the enemy is inside.
If there is the sound of fighting, we should attack immediately and launch an offensive.
Before the decisive battle, Dong Cheng certainly didn't know that Qin Xiao had laid a trap in Qiufengyuan.
When the earth-shattering thunder sounded, he saw the Shence cavalry and their horses shattered to pieces, and saw those powerful cavalry in fear and confusion in the smoke, Dong Cheng finally understood Qin Xiao's instructions in advance.
Faced with such a scene, it is indeed necessary to maintain absolute calm.
The Xuzhou Army's right-wing troops, who were originally prepared in a tight formation, were also frightened by this sudden scene, but Dong Cheng tried his best to make his soldiers stabilize their position.
At this moment, hearing the sound of fighting coming from over there, Dong Cheng knew that the time had come.
Qin Xiao had ordered that as long as such a voice appeared, there was no need to hesitate and he had to attack immediately.
Dong Cheng held the sword in his hand and issued the military order simply and neatly.
In fact, the minefield was not far from the right wing of the Xuzhou Army. As the smoke dispersed a lot, the soldiers could even see clearly the fighting there. Amidst the sound of the horn, the first ones to rush out were those who were already ready to attack.
The Xuzhou Cavalry.
The Xuzhou army only had 2,000 cavalry, half of which were transferred to Shenzhou.
The troops were mobilized from the rear to harass and contain the troops, and the remaining thousand cavalry were deployed on the left and right wings in today's formation.
The five hundred cavalrymen under Dong Cheng's command could no longer contain their excitement. With an order, the five hundred cavalrymen rushed forward like an arrow from a string.
The Shence Cavalry suffered numerous casualties. It was impossible to regroup at this moment, and they were completely reduced to a stragglers who had not yet woken up from the shock.
Xuzhou's five hundred cavalry were not very powerful, but in this environment, they turned into a sharp dagger, stabbing straight through in a tight formation.
The infantry at the rear also rushed forward with shouts and roars.
Everyone already knows that the key to the decisive battle with Kyoto's Shence Army is this one move. As long as the enemy is ruthlessly harvested before they can react, this battle will be won.
No one would miss such an opportunity.
The cavalry took the lead and rushed into the enemy formation. Their sabers were cold and they slashed at the Shence Army mercilessly.
At this moment, the Xuzhou Army from top to bottom no longer had any fear of the elite Shence Army, but only had the pride of beating up a drowned dog.
On the frontal battlefield, after the thunder subsided, General Dou Lang and others failed to organize a defense line, but the loud horn sound sounded again from the Xuzhou Army's main formation.
The time for the Xuzhou Army's counterattack finally arrived.
General Dou Lang looked back and saw that there were still a group of headless soldiers in the smoke. In panic and fear, most of the Shence Army soldiers did not even notice that the Xuzhou Army had launched a full-scale counterattack. Many sergeants finally figured it out.
He knew the direction and was fleeing to the west like a tide.
In a head-on fight, the soldiers of the Shence Army indeed had enough courage to charge into battle.
But this
At that moment, everyone knew that our troops had fallen into complete chaos. Even if the gods came down to earth, it would be impossible for the Shence Army to regroup in a short period of time. In the current situation, it would be almost impossible for the Xuzhou Army to attack them.
Instead of dying under the enemy's sword and gun, it is better to escape from the battlefield first.
Of course, Tantai Xuanye also heard the horn sound from the Xuzhou Army and knew that the enemy's counterattack had begun.
His face was as green as ever before, and although he seemed to remain calm on his face, there was an unprecedented fear in his heart.
Of course he already understood at this time why She Yue and Qin Xiao had the courage to choose to have a decisive battle in Qiufengyuan. The previous questions in his mind had already been answered, but such an answer made him completely unexpected. He had never thought about this.
The decisive battle will be like this.
But at this time he couldn't help but think too much.
Although our army suffered heavy losses, most of the troops were still in chaos.
As a general, of course, you must stay calm in times of crisis and come up with countermeasures.
At this time, it is almost impossible to organize the soldiers to fight the enemy's counterattack, not to mention that no one can regroup the troops in this chaotic situation. Even if a miracle can happen and the soldiers can reorganize, such a group has been frightened and fell into
How can the panicked soldiers fight against the energetic enemy?
But if we withdraw our troops, it will be difficult to do so under the current circumstances.
Fleeing and withdrawing are completely different things.
There is now a complete rout, and there are no blocking troops in the rear, so it is impossible to ensure the safe withdrawal of the entire army.
"Don't retreat!" Tantai Xuanye mobilized his inner strength, and the sound shook the surrounding areas, "Pick up your weapons and fight with the enemy.
People fight bloody battles to the end.”
He knew that such an disorderly retreat would only bring greater disaster to the Shence Army.
But at this moment, who would stop to save their lives?
Tantai Xuanye killed several fleeing soldiers in succession, but was unable to stop the tidal rout.
"General, General, something bad is going on!"
Panic shouts came from the rear, but among the chaotic army, several riders galloped over and found Tantai Xuanye.
"General, the baggage train has been attacked." A cavalryman's face was pale, and there was even an arrow on his shoulder. Although most of the arrow shaft was broken off, part of it was still on his body. He ignored the arrow injury and reported: "The enemy
The cavalry attacked the baggage train, and our army suffered heavy casualties."
Tantai Xuanye said in shock: "Where did the cavalry come from?" As soon as he said the words, he suddenly thought of something, and his heart sank to the bottom.
Of course he remembered the origin of the cavalry.
Qin Xiao led Qianqi into the enemy's rear to harass them. Although Qin Xiao returned to Xuzhou City, Qianqi still stayed behind.
Previously, the generals of the Shence Army were only worried that Xuzhou Qianqi would pose a great threat to the logistics line. In this case, since there is still sufficient food and grass, there is no need to transport food and baggage for the time being, and the role of Xuzhou Qianqi will disappear.
But at this moment, the cavalry once again became a vicious dagger striking from behind.
Before the decisive battle, Tantai Xuanye withdrew the grain and fodder team ten miles to the rear. In addition to deploying a small number of soldiers and horses for protection, the team was almost all civilian laborers transporting the baggage and food.
When everyone's attention was focused on the direction of Xuzhou City, the Xuzhou cavalry suddenly came out and was killed, which was of course a fatal blow.
nearly a thousand
The cavalry launched a surprise attack on the baggage train, and Tantai Xuanye could even imagine the scene.
Those civilian handymen were unarmed, so of course they couldn't initiate resistance. The moment they saw the enemy cavalry, they either fled in all directions or knelt down and surrendered. The only ones who could initiate resistance were the escorts of the baggage train.
All the cavalry of the Shence Army were used in this decisive battle, but two to three hundred infantry were responsible for protecting the baggage train.
This is certainly not carelessness on the part of Tantai Xuanye who underestimates the enemy.
After all, tens of thousands of main troops are in front, only ten miles away from the baggage train. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for soldiers and horses to dare to attack the baggage train, because the main army can mobilize cavalry to reinforce at any time.
But now the main force has been defeated. When the front is in chaos and rout, a group of cavalry launches an attack on the baggage train, and there is no way to rescue them.
It was impossible for those two to three hundred infantry to block the enemy's cavalry attack.
If our army's retreat was doomed, then the attack on the baggage and food supplies in the rear had already made this battle no longer suspense.
Tantai Xuanye's eyes showed a look of shock, and soon there was a look of coldness in his eyes.
Qin Xiao!
The whole process is of course a big trap set by Qin Xiao.
From the time Qin Xiao led his troops out of the city to the moment when the rear baggage team was attacked, all of this was of course made by Qin Xiao in extremely detailed and thoughtful arrangements in advance.
Tantai Xuanye knew that Qin Xiao was difficult to deal with, but he actually fell into his trap without knowing it, and ended up in this situation, which Tantai Xuanye had never imagined before.
General Dou Lang in front reluctantly allowed some soldiers to form a loose formation, hoping to hold off the enemy for a while.
But when Xuzhou soldiers rushed over, General Dou Lang realized that everything was in vain
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The enemy's morale was unprecedentedly high, and almost instantly the Shence Army's only line of defense, which was already weak, was broken up.
In the sound of war drums, the Xuzhou Army, which was assembled from battalions from various states, showed an indomitable momentum. All the soldiers only saw the enemy. Kill them, kill them, and annihilate all the enemy troops. This is their only purpose.
Although some soldiers of the Shence Army were unwilling to be slaughtered and mustered up the courage to fight hard, most of the soldiers of the Shence Army still fled westward and did not dare to look back.
General Dou Lang is riding on his horse and has fallen into the chaos.
The soldiers under him were completely scattered, and there were only a few subordinates around him.
It is completely impossible to stop the enemy. All we can do now is to resist and fight subconsciously.
He knew that it was impossible for him to escape from the battlefield alive at this point, but the honor of a soldier made it impossible for him to kneel down and beg for surrender.
The blade of his sword was curled, and he had killed several enemy soldiers without even knowing it. His armor was covered with blood. He didn't know whether it was the enemy's blood or the blood splattered from his own back and shoulders.
He had been slashed twice, and his back and thigh were stabbed with a spear, causing blood to drip from his body.
But the strange thing is that he doesn't even feel pain at this moment.
He had never fought such a battle in his life.
There was the sound of horse hoofbeats, and Dou Langjiang raised his head and looked over, only to see a black war horse already close at hand.
Gray armored spear, as powerful as a tiger!
Qin Xiao!
There was no fear in General Dou Lang's eyes, but a hint of surprise.
He remembered clearly that his immediate boss Fang Hui died under that spear.
The spear thrust out like lightning and penetrated almost instantly.
General Dou Lang's chest.
Dou Langjiang still feels no pain.
He was just surprised that he and Fang Hui were killed by the same spear.
Qin Xiao obviously didn't care who died under his spear. He quickly pulled out the spear and blood spurted out. The Black Overlord under his crotch had already roared past General Dou Lang before he fell from his horse.