"That's right, General Huang, you are the most familiar with this area. How do you think we should fight?" Orger is not the kind of reckless person. Although he is eager for revenge, being anxious does not make him useful.
The reason for the defeat of Chuhe was largely due to lack of understanding of the local situation. If we knew about Chuhe, we would not have been defeated so miserably even if we had sent our troops to the northeast of Chuhe, even if they were attacked by surprise. Huang Jue was also straightforward.
He was about to speak out his thoughts, "Two generals, there are two roads from Chu River to the red pine forest. We can strangle these two roads from the east. Unless Li Zicheng's army can bypass Shangzhou City to rush for reinforcements, otherwise
, this group of traitors cannot escape. There is a high slope to the east of the Chu River. We will go around there, stay high up, and cooperate with the soldiers and horses from the south to approach, directly crushing the traitors. The traitors will guard the front, but
I never imagined that we would rush down from the high slope on the east."
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Orger thought this arrangement was very good. It was dark at night, and the thieves didn't know what the conditions were like on the high slopes to the east. At this moment, they were probably just thinking about how to defend themselves from the front.
After a short rest, Tiefutu served as the vanguard, directly blocking the road south of the Chu River. Wang Delao was sitting on the soft cushion, but he was not sleepy at all. The officers and soldiers could attack at any time, how could he dare to be careless at this time? Lieutenant General Luo
Kui took a nap with some disapproval. He felt that Wang Delao was a little too cautious, "Wang Protector, those officers and soldiers are rushing to the rescue. They are probably more tired than us at this moment, and they will not attack us. No matter how fast they are, they probably won't do anything to us."
We have to wait until daybreak."
"Luo Kui, if you can say such things, it means you still don't understand the soldiers and horses of the Living King of Hell." Wang Delao was too lazy to pay attention to Luo Kui. People like Luo Kui would never be serious without suffering some losses.
As soon as he finished speaking, a scout ran in in a panic. Because he ran too fast, he stumbled and fell to the ground. "Wang Protector, something serious has happened. The officers and soldiers have already begun to attack the Iron Buddha Temple."
Cooperating with other cavalry, they launched a fierce attack on the west, and the outer area has collapsed."
Wang Delao couldn't help but shuddered. Luo Kui's mouth was half open and he kept swallowing his saliva. Oh dear, he actually came over. Are the officers and soldiers tireless iron men? Iron Buddha Tu is not a sneak attack at all, it is a head-on charge.
But with this kind of fighting method, the thieves were even more afraid. How dare Wang Delao hesitate, he picked up the steel knife and walked out, "Quickly gather the troops and horses for defense, and divide two thousand people to resist the Iron Pagoda."
The Tiefutu was divided into several teams, with two hundred Tiefutu equipped with three teams of chain horses and hundreds of light cavalry. The Tiefutu charged forward, and the chain horses cut and strangled the people behind. This was a common trick used by the cavalry of the Northern Shanxi Army, but they knew it was so.
, the thieves are still unable to resist. In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy and tricks are pale and powerless.
A small number of soldiers and horses could not stop them, so more people were sent. But now there are flowers everywhere, and rescue is needed everywhere. When Wang Delao heard the news of asking for help from everywhere, he jumped up and down angrily, "Everyone should concentrate on the west, even if the officers and soldiers are powerful.
, if we gather together, we can fight our way out. No matter what, we have won this time. As long as we take Shangzhou City, the officers and soldiers will be complete losers."
Faced with the crisis, Wang Delao did not forget to encourage the soldiers. As the military orders were passed on, a large number of traitors began to gather to the west of Iron Buddha Tu and Lianma. After the traitors gathered together, the effect was very obvious.
Yes, after all, the number of people in Iron Buddha Tu was scattered, and they were beaten back by a large number of thieves for a while. Huang Jue saw that something was wrong, and quickly found Liu Guoneng, "General Liu, retreat temporarily. The thieves are the craziest at this time.
Let's retreat and let them relax. Once the soldiers and horses from the east successfully attack, the rest will be much easier."
Liu Guoneng had this intention for a long time. Siege had already led his men to take a detour to the east. It was estimated that they would launch a charge within half an hour, so he let the thieves dance for a while. The cavalry of the Northern Shanxi Army retreated like a tide, and Og suddenly felt relieved.
, but I still have some doubts in my heart. Didn’t the officers and soldiers come to take revenge? Why did they withdraw so quickly?
There were too many things that he couldn't figure out, but Wang Delao didn't have much time to think about it. The enemy retreated, and the bandit soldiers dispersed their formation and looked for a place to take a breath. But at this moment, there were sounds of fighting in the east.
The weaker defensive line on the east side was defeated by Qi Ge's troops. A large number of cavalry from the Northern Shan Dynasty marched straight into the west along the Chu River. Many rebels were caught off guard, but the enemy had already rushed in front of them, so how could they fight back?
Have some spare time to form an array.
Liu Guoneng seized the opportunity and led other cavalry to attack again. Now the rebels were passive on three sides, with the Chu River at their rear. There was really no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth.
They had just attacked the officers and soldiers, and now it was the officers and soldiers' turn to attack themselves. Thirty years to the east of the river and thirty years to the west of the river. Heaven's way cycle, retribution is not good. The attack of the cavalry of the Northern Shanxi Army was much more fierce than last time. Orger personally supervised the battle, and Tiefutu regrouped.
, began to attack the formation of the bandit soldiers, and wherever the bandit soldiers tended to gather into formation, they were immediately attacked by the Iron Buddha. Therefore, until now, the bandit soldiers still did not form a complete formation, and were very loose and fighting individually.
There was an iron pagoda and a chain of horses, and the bandit soldiers fought on their own. It slowly became a one-sided massacre. They were crushed all the way along the Chu River. I don’t know how many bandit soldiers were knocked to the ground by the iron pagoda. Each bandit was knocked to the ground.
The soldier fell to the ground, and the situation was irreversible. Wang Delao spat out his breath and led his men to rush out as hard as he could. He wanted to escape back to Shangzhou City. At this time, he could only have a glimmer of hope by going to Shangzhou City.
Wang Delao was convinced that Shangzhou was now in the hands of the rebels. The soldiers and horses of Shangzhou had all rushed out to help the Chuhe River. If they could not take down an empty city, then Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng would be useless. Shangzhou would definitely be in the hands of the rebels.
, but the problem is how to run back to Shangzhou City.
In a desperate situation, in order to survive, people can burst out with immeasurable strength. This is what the thieves at this time are like. Thousands of thieves followed Wang Delao, like a long dragon, thrust out little by little. Seeing the desperate efforts of the thieves,
Orger frowned tightly, he didn't want his subordinates to act as backers.
Since the thieves want to escape, let them escape. "Open a gap, prepare muskets and long bows on the Qingqi, pursue them all the way, and annihilate the opponent's effective forces as much as possible."
The soldiers under his command carried out Orger's military orders without hesitation. With Orger's help intentionally or unintentionally, the rebel soldiers finally broke out of the way. Once they saw the chance of survival, the rebel soldiers no longer wanted to fight, and everyone focused on escaping.
, there was no order at all, and the formation was completely chaotic. The cavalry of the Northern Shanxi Army caught up with them in time. They used bows, arrows and muskets to greet the lagging rebels.
Seeing the people around them falling continuously, many soldiers were almost exhausted. They only regretted that their parents had given birth to two legs. If they could give birth to two wings, they would be willing to worship the motherless mother every day. Why are the officers and soldiers so fast?
It seemed that he couldn't escape from their hands. Wang Delao ran for his life and had no time to care. There was a bright light in front of him. He thought it was his remaining soldiers. When he looked around, Wang Delao almost fell off his horse. It turned out to be a group of iron pagodas.
Although the number of people is about a hundred, the presence of these one hundred iron pagodas here is enough to kill people.
With a bang, a bandit soldier couldn't hold his feet and crashed directly into the Iron Buddha. As you can imagine, the bandit soldier was stabbed to the ground by the heavy cavalry, and the war horse became an ownerless horse. The poor soldier
Just as the soldier was about to get up, a cavalry gun was stabbed down hard. The tip of the gun penetrated his chest and pierced into the soil, pinning the soldier to the grass. Blood flowed and the smell of blood drifted in.
In the nose.
Vomiting. Seeing the miserable state of his comrade, a bandit soldier covered his abdomen and vomited it out. For a moment, the surrounding area was filled with an unpleasant pungent smell. What else could Wang Delao say? He stepped back. He could no longer die. He went to
There was still a glimmer of hope before him. He raised his steel knife and took the lead. He was like a desperate fighter. "Charge forward. There are too few of them to stop us. Whoever doesn't want to live, just stay here."
The thieves and soldiers were screaming. Everyone knew the consequences of staying. They had just attacked the officers and soldiers and killed so many of their soldiers. Now the other side was busy taking revenge and would not want any prisoners. So even if they surrender, they will not accept it.
There is a way to go all out.
Even though there are only a hundred people in Iron Buddha, they still have a strong momentum. Facing these ferocious thieves, they still choose to hedge. The thieves maintain a loose formation, just thinking about escaping, but the result can be imagined, being beaten by Iron Buddha.
After the impact, more than a hundred corpses fell again. Tiefutu did not even think about annihilating this enemy force. A slight delay was enough. The light cavalry had already rushed up and shot again, but this time it was not just shooting.
Killing, coupled with a series of horse cutting and strangulation, the thieves screamed in agony for a while. As long as they were cut out, they would be immediately surrounded and killed by heavy soldiers, and no one could survive.
Escape all the way, die all the way, and in the end, running away has become a habit. Many thieves' minds are blank. They can't even figure out why they want to escape. They don't know how long they have been running. The dawn of dawn shines on the earth, and the morning glow on the horizon,
It proves that today is another sunny day. Wang Delao looked into the distance with a lot of emotions in his heart. He never thought that the morning sun could be so beautiful. It is so beautiful that people are obsessed with it. A little light can bring hope and warmth. There is no more behind him.
Defeating the pursuers proved that he had really survived, but looking at the people around him, Wang Delao felt dizzy and could no longer hold on, so he fell back heavily.
There were more than 5,000 cavalrymen, but now only more than 200 were left, almost completely wiped out. Wang Delao's mood was like a roller coaster that day. After knowing the heavy casualties, it was not surprising that he couldn't breathe and fainted.
Those living thieves and soldiers also felt sad in their hearts. After so many people died, the officers and soldiers were really capable of killing. If others can't take Shangzhou City like this, wouldn't it mean that everyone's lives were sacrificed in vain?
Wang Delao's strategic intention was achieved, but the casualties were far beyond what he could accept. There may be more people who escaped, but no one knows how many at the moment. Everyone supported Wang Delao and struggled for a long time.
Wang Delao woke up slowly and opened his eyes. The first thing Wang Delao said was, "Why is this happening? Does God want to destroy our holy religion?"
Hongnong River plus the current Chu River, the two battles before and after, the overall strength of the Holy Sect's soldiers and horses was reduced by one-third. This is a group of soldiers, not a group of pigs. If casualties continue like this every time, the wealth accumulated by the Holy Sect over the past century will also be lost.
He couldn't bear the loss. Wang Delao was helped onto the horse. At this time, more remnants of the soldiers fled back one after another. After waiting for nearly two hours, Wang Delao's mood finally improved a lot. All in all.
, nearly a thousand people survived, which is a much better result than two hundred people.
A remnant army retreated towards Shangzhou City. When they arrived outside the city, they saw a flag belonging to the rebel army with a big "Liu" written on it. Seeing the flag belonging to the Holy Empire, Wang Delao gently closed his eyes.
His eyes were closed, and no one noticed that a tear flashed from the corner of his eye. After taking Shangzhou City, why couldn't he feel any happiness in his heart, only a little comfort. Is the sneak attack on Chuhe right or wrong? I'm afraid all of this
Only later can people come to a conclusion.
When he heard that Wang Delao had returned, Liu Zongmin welcomed Wang Delao out of the city out of courtesy. Seeing the miserable situation of Wang Delao's troops, Liu Zongmin no longer even wanted to laugh. There were still some cavalry under General Li's command. After Wang Delao was brought into the city, Liu Zongmin
He found the leader under his command. He wanted to talk to him, but the two commanders who followed him to Chuhe all died there. The one in charge turned out to be a small team leader, "What on earth is going on?"
Son, when I sent the letter before, didn’t I say that no one knew the road to the red pine forest? Why were the officers and soldiers blocking the road to the Chu River and beating me?”
Although he and Wang Delao are not the same, Liu Zongmin has to admit that Wang Delao is a capable person. Maybe this guy is good at drilling camps and is a bit arrogant, but his ability to command battles is still good. The leader of the team hangs his arms and opens his mouth.
He pulled at the wound on his face, sweating from the pain, "No one knows the details. In short, the officers and soldiers seemed to have seen through our plan and rushed to the aid of Chuhe River in advance. The iron pagoda and chain horses of the officers and soldiers are also really powerful. There are many of us
Brothers, they were defeated by them head-on, but in the end, everyone just ran away for their lives without even thinking about turning back and fighting for their lives."
"Hey, it seems that the plan has been seen through by others. It's really strange." Liu Zongmin racked his brains and couldn't figure out what the problem was. However, getting Shangzhou City was considered to have achieved his strategic intention. Half a day later, Gao Yingxiang and others came to Shangzhou City.
After hearing about the battle at Chu River in Zhoucheng, Gao Yingxiang did not blame Wang Delao too much.
Wang Delao has done a very good job, and he can only blame the enemy for being too cunning. In contrast, Bai Zhuo is a little unhappy. Most of the cavalry going to Chuhe are red robes, so in this battle, the Maitreya Sect suffered the greatest losses.
So he couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Some people just don't overestimate their capabilities. They obviously don't have the ability, but they still want to show off. As a result, the tired soldiers suffered heavy casualties."
Wang Delao was already in a bad mood. After hearing these strange words, his eyes widened angrily, "Bai Zhuo, who do you think is not overestimating his own abilities? If you dare to talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I will chop you up right now?"