The two thousand infantrymen quickened their pace slightly, maintaining their physical strength while charging forward, and quickly inserted themselves into the enemy army that had just been plowed through and was still in chaos.
There is certainly no suspense about the outcome.
What they performed was only easy massacre, harvesting the lives of defeated enemy troops. Occasionally, the enemy was unwilling to fail and tried to resist, but was also crushed under the long arms of Tianxiong's soldiers who entered the wall.
The war situation is irreversible and everyone knows it.
The essence of the Yanyue Formation is to use the central army as the backbone to attract the main force of the enemy to attack, and then rotate the entire formation through the flanks to flank the enemy and win victory.
This is the most popular formation among the warriors of the country. Because it is both offensive and defensive, it is neither radical nor conservative, and is deeply loved by generals.
On the contrary, Xia Jun's wild goose formation and its variant front arrow formation were completely a one-time deal.
If you can't charge at the enemy's formation, you may be able to charge a second or third time, but you must know that one burst of strength will be exhausted again and again. If you can't charge no matter what, be prepared for a rout.
So, this is a bet! I bet that I can kill you through your bird formation.
The front line of 500 soldiers cannot be killed, and the second line of 2,000 infantry will follow. If that doesn't work, a large line of 5,000 foot soldiers will directly attack.
Of course, you may be flanked by the enemy's right wing during this process, so you must move quickly.
Whether it succeeds or not depends on the strength of the elite soldiers in the first two waves.
Obviously, the attack by the soldiers of Tianxiong Army was very effective, breaking through the front and directly defeating the core troops led by Zhu Yanshou, thus establishing the victory of the entire battle.
After the central army was defeated, the five thousand Luzhou troops on the left and right wings immediately lost their fighting spirit and began to flee.
Heiyundu and the Luzhou cavalry were just about to launch a cross attack, intending to intercept the Xia army's advancing troops. When they saw that the situation was not right, they immediately ran away.
Both sides fled in the direction of the big camp on the west bank of Feishui River. There were less than a thousand defenders in the camp. They were relatively well-trained and took the initiative to go out to respond and brought back some of the defeated soldiers, including those who ran away first.
Zhu Yanshou.
Zhu Yanshou's face was very wonderful, as if he was a mixture of shame and anger, a little bit of fear, and more of a panic, possibly a fear of the future.
"Close the camp gates. Anyone who dares to speak out and go to war will be killed!" Zhu Yanshou ordered.
The officers were running around calling to the soldiers, but I don't know if they heard them.
Chai Zaiyong walked over with a gloomy look on his face.
Zhu Yanshou was just about to stop him and say something, but he just waved his sleeves, climbed up to the watchtower in the camp, and looked at the battlefield carefully.
On the battlefield, the Xia army was still chasing people to the north. Lu soldiers were constantly being overtaken and stabbed to death one by one. Of course, some surrendered, and there were quite a few. The Xia army seemed to have mobilized auxiliary troops to bring them up.
The prisoners were taken back.
What a great defeat! Chai Zaiyong closed his eyes.
Although most of the people who died were Lu soldiers, the rabbits died and the foxes were sad. This battle could be regarded as a great defeat for the Huainan forces.
Being defeated in an array field battle is like chopping melons and vegetables. This is definitely a very serious blow, because it means that you cannot defeat the enemy head-on, and can only rely on defending the city, setting up ambushes, and other means to make up for the lack of real combat power.
The gap itself is already extremely passive.
Since defeating Sun Ru, he has never suffered such a humiliating defeat. Of course, it may be worse than the humiliation Zhu Yougong brought to Qu Zhang in history. That time it was ten thousand against ten thousand. Zhu Yougong stormed Qu Zhang's camp and won Qu Zhang's victory.
Zhang, captured and killed ten thousand people.
Outside the camp gate, there were still many defeated soldiers who had not yet entered the camp. They were surrounding the camp, crying loudly.
But no one would open the camp to let them in, because the pursuing Xia soldiers were already behind them. The camp had to fire a large number of arrows, covering both its own broken troops and the Xia army's pursuers.
In front of the camp, there was a sudden flow of blood and screams.
"Your Majesty, this camp cannot be defended!" Chai Zaiyong finally spoke: "If the Xia thieves rectify their troops and attack by force, they will not be able to withstand it for half an hour."
Zhu Yanshou let out a long sigh, looked depressed, and said in a low voice: "There are already ships coming from the east coast, we will leave in a moment."
Chai Zaiyong also sighed. Of course, it is impossible to take everyone away if we leave. After all, the ships are limited. If we can survive, we can leave hundreds of people. Do the others still have the courage to continue fighting when the general evacuates? No.
Possible! Surrender or die, there is no third way.
"Since your Majesty has a plan, I won't say more." Chai Zaiyong asked someone to bring the war horse.
They are from Heiyun City, so there is no need to die with the Luzhou soldiers. This will allow the horses to rest and feed them some water, and they will run away later.
This battle is really hard to describe in words!
I hope Zhu Yanshou has not been killed and his courage is broken. He still has two thousand troops on the east coast. There should be some troops left in Luzhou, and there is still a chance for a comeback.
King Wu's momentum is so good, there can't be any problems in Luzhou.
…
Shao Shude still stood on the high platform, quietly admiring the victory that was coming to an end.
The Huai thieves dispatched more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, but only half of them escaped back to the camp. Moreover, the heads of these half of them were only temporarily stored there, and Shao Shude would send someone to retrieve them immediately.
"Let's go! Go and have a look in front!" Shao Shude got off the watchtower carriage and got on his horse.
"Commander, let's wait until the auxiliary soldiers have plowed the battlefield again." Li Zhong pulled the reins and suggested.
"Let go!" Shao Shude raised his whip, ready to strike, but Li Zhong quickly stepped aside.
The war horses ran out happily, and the soldiers followed closely to protect the surrounding area.
Shao Shude arrived at the gentle slope where Zhu Yanshou once set up the great banner.
He dismounted and walked forward slowly.
There are corpses everywhere, scattered everywhere, endless.
He suddenly stopped and looked at a corpse without saying anything for a long time.
Li Chong, a student of martial arts, was born in Xiazhou. His father was Xia Suitongru, and he is currently the Marquis of Yu in the Yi camp of the Tianxiong Army.
"Let Zang Du come over!" Shao Shude ordered.
Zang Dubao, the envoy of Tianxiong Army, rushed over quickly.
"Commander, this is..." He quickly saw the body on the ground and paused.
"Several martial arts students died in the battle." Shao Shude: "Does Li Chong have any heirs?"
"I heard that they have a son and a daughter." Zang Dubao replied.
"Take his son to Anyi." Shao Shude ordered: "Tianxiong's army will go down to the battalion level Yuhou, deputy general. If there is anyone who died in the battle, his son will be admitted to the palace to study martial arts and literature with my son."
"Yes!" Zang Dubao responded.
"This is Liu Xianke, a martial arts student from Lingzhou. He completed his internship the year before last and was taught the sword by me." Shao Shude knelt down, cleaned up the blood on the face of the corpse, and asked, "Does he have any heirs?"
"No."
"Choose a child from his relatives and adopt him to his name." Shao Shude picked up the Chashan Sword that had been left on the ground. It was covered with blood and gaps, and said, "Liu Xianke is the leader of the team. How should he be compensated? The army has its own
The law, please follow the rules. I will give you another hundred pieces of silk, Li Zhong, please make arrangements."
"Yes!" Li Zhong responded.
Shao Shude sighed and moved forward again.
Zhu Yanshou's banner was chopped down to the ground, and there were stumps and broken arms nearby. The soil was full of blood, and had a strange dark red color.
"Bring the medicine!" Shao Shude stopped the soldiers who were about to stand up and salute, turned around and said.
Li Zhong quickly ordered to go down.
"General Office..." Li Lin, He Piao and others were sitting on the ground to rest.
After fighting for a long time, not only did he lose his strength, but the wounds on his body were also shocking.
"You guys" Shao Shude patted Li Lin and others on the shoulders and said, "You fought well!"
The medicine for the wound was quickly brought over, and Shao Shude asked Li Lin to take off his armor and examine the wound carefully.
There were four injuries in total on the chest, abdomen, and shoulders, but none of them were on the back.
Shao Shude carefully applied medicine to Li Lin's wound.
Li Lin looked excited, but sat there motionless. There was nothing to be pretentious about. He remembered the words of the sergeant Ding Dalang before setting off. At that time, he touched his neck and said that he was willing to fight to the death for the king. So what if he was stabbed in the neck?
Ding Dalang is dead.
He was shot to death by an arrow before engaging in battle with the enemy. His death was not heroic or great at all, but no one could despise him or laugh at him. He who dared to face the enemy's sword without turning his heels was a warrior.
After applying the medicine, Shao Shude saw Li Lin's left hand with two fingers missing and said: "In the battle of Mianchi, you and the thieves fought hard, and all five soldiers were exhausted. Then you beat the enemy with fists, and you can see the bones in your hand. It's so brave, you have this."
Warriors, why worry about being unfair to thieves?"
"General Office, my subordinates can still kill enemies!" Li Lin was about to get up.
Shao Shude asked him to sit down, then took off his cloak, hung it on him, and said: "The wound should not be exposed to the wind, and sit still. Someone else will do the work of breaking the bandits' camp."
He Piao and others looked at Li Lin with envy.
Shao Shude smiled and said: "Take good care of your injuries. Since you are my disciples and teachers, I cannot treat you badly."
After that, he turned his attention to the Huai bandit camp where the noise continued, and said: "The Huai bandits hurt my disciples, how can there be no blood sacrifice?"
Zang Dubao and Li Zhong were shocked.
"Break this stronghold, kill without hesitation, leave no grass behind!" Shao Shude said: "Behead all the thieves and build a Jingguan. I want to see if the Huai thieves dare to come again."
"Yes!" Zang Dubao responded and left in a hurry to deliver the order.
The battle to storm the camp has actually begun.
Tianxiong's army of 2,000 infantry, plus Zheng Yong's 5,000 soldiers, filled in the ditch outside the camp, fell into the horse pit, and then began a fierce attack.
The thieves had no intention of fighting and only resisted for a moment before being breached through the camp gate.
There are actually more than 4,000 people in the camp, but these are just 4,000 pigs and sheep. They are running around to avoid the Xia army's death harvest.
Chai Zaiyong and his cavalry rushed out from the other side and galloped southward desperately.
Zhe Conggu immediately led his men onto their horses, accelerated slowly, and chased after him.
On the Feishui River, some boats left the temporary dock and rowed awkwardly towards the other side. There were not many of them, just over 20 boats, and they could only ferry a few hundred people across.
A large group of defeated soldiers crowded on the river bank, crying and cursing.
Xia Jun chased after him, slashing his swords and axes, and the riverside was stained red with blood.
Someone knelt down and begged for surrender, but was directly stabbed to death by a spear, but he refused to surrender.
Many people collapsed, peeled off their clothes and armor, and threw themselves into the river. It was like dumplings being dropped, and they kept making a splash.
A large group of archers stepped forward, drew their long arrows, and stood on the river bank to call their names one by one. This was another horrific one-sided massacre!
In this battle, Zhu Yanshou was seriously injured.
Of the 10,000 people brought to the west bank of the river, it would be good if a thousand of them could be returned. According to rough statistics, Xia Jun has captured more than 4,000 people, and the remaining 5,000 people have either had their heads turned into Jingguan.
, become a prop to intimidate the enemy, or die in the turbulent Feishui and become food for fish and turtles.
Victory and defeat are indeed commonplace for military strategists, but it is rare to see such a humiliating and tragic defeat.
Most of the soldiers in Luzhou have been beaten out of the shadows. Li Lin led five hundred swordsmen to defeat the enemy. If these Lu soldiers who were lucky enough to return alive reported it, it might have the effect of stopping the cry of children.
The impact of this battle, at least for Zhu Yanshou, was far-reaching.
It is also far-reaching for many military leaders, big and small, in the surrounding area.
