The long poles on the front line of the Lion Camp were all broken, and the soldiers fought desperately to resist, but they could only stop them briefly.
Soon, the left sentry commander Gao Xian, who was on the front line, smashed a war horse with his pumpkin, and was knocked aside by the horsemen behind him. Before he could get up, he was dragged away by his subordinates, and the gap widened.<
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Guan Ning's cavalry raised their reins and crossed over the horse corpses, and ran into the formation. They continued to kill, expanding the results on the side, until they hit the second wall hard.
The second wall is the soldiers led by the Han brothers.
Cao Wenzhao, who was charging forward, was hit by a volley of strong bows, and his horse fell to death. Later, the cavalry soldiers were worried about trampling on the general, so the charging speed slowed down slightly.
At this time, Liu Chengzong had already raised his sword and mounted his horse, and the Tushan flag was fluttering in the hollow formation, causing the sergeants on the left and right wings of the Lion Battalion to take advantage of this opportunity and turn the whole team inward, forming a pincer attack on him.
Cao Wenzhao waited for Cao Wenzhao to change horses and ride again. Seeing that the offensive was frustrated, he urged his horses and pointed his spear at Liu Chengzong, hoping to break the formation with his elite troops and seize his head.
However, Han Shipan and others held their bows at the side and fired arrows again. In desperation, they knocked down several arrows with their spears, but they could only protect the horses. Several arrows penetrated the armor and hurt their flesh.
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When Cao Bianjiao saw that his uncle had been hit by an arrow, he hurriedly rushed to the front and said to him: "General, if you can't hit the middle army, it's better to cut!"
The so-called cutting is also a tactic of cavalry attack. It also passes through the military formation, but does not penetrate through the middle, but from a corner of the flank. Depending on the strength of the combat force, it protrudes from the flank to separate it from the main force. p>
It's like cutting off a piece of tofu.
The divided troops will collapse quickly. When encountering strong resistance, it is much easier to complete tactical actions than crossing the enemy's formation.
Cao Wenzhao followed the good advice and took Cao Bianjiao as the vanguard. He shouted and led the cavalry to rush to the left.
Liu Chengzong put his sword on the ground and shouted to the Tushan flag bearer: "The right-wing cavalry intercept!"
Inside and outside the formation, it has been disrupted.
Although Guan Ning's army broke through the front line, it was unable to expand its results. The Chinese army was still blocked by elite troops, so that the sergeant of the Lion Battalion who had earlier avoided the horse cavalry was reunited by the officer.
However, the flag of the front line fell to the ground, the officers were injured, and confusion in command was inevitable, and the lower-level officers could only be allowed to perform on their own.
Although this is the strength of the Lion Battalion, there are no qualified generals in the entire Lion Battalion anyway. Instead, they are all junior officers who are ridiculously proactive.
How can you be a rebel if you don’t have any initiative?
For a time, the two sides fought together in the gap in the military formation, and the groups of Lion Battalion combat auxiliaries without the command of superior officers gradually shrank.
A clear gap appeared between each team. Guan Ning cavalry kept galloping and attacking in the gap. People shouted, horses neighed, spears and spears flew. Many dismounted Guan Ning soldiers formed formations with each other to protect the charging channel.
On the outside of the military formation, there were also horse soldiers who had not yet rushed into the formation, charging and squeezing around, and dismounting and firing, constantly putting pressure on the military formation from the outside, making the Lion Camp soldiers in the gap vulnerable to attacks from the front and back.
Zuo Shao Captain Lian Da Qi's helmet had flown to nowhere, leaving only the iron piece inlaid with his hair scarf on his head. He led his men in the formation to withstand the attack of Guan Ning's army.
He started to have a headache again.
The piece of iron on his forehead was Liu Chengzong's reward for his bravery in the battle at Huanglong Mountain.
In that battle, he was ordered to follow Gao Xian to attack the mountain, but was shot in the forehead by a Ningxia soldier. Fortunately, he escaped with his life, and he suffered from headaches caused by fierce fighting.
The artillery sentry captain Huang Shengxiao, nicknamed the Clay Man, was also on the front line of the battlefield. Cao Wenzhao broke out of his team and beat his soldiers in half. More than a dozen of them were divided to the other side of the battlefield.
More than 20 gunners under his command still defended the front line, protecting the last lion cannon in their hands and launching rounds of fire at the galloping cavalry.
The remaining three artillery pieces are still there, but the position of the artillery positions no longer poses a threat to Guan Ning's army. But the artillery is not good, but the artillery can still be.
Several artillerymen carried cannonballs wrapped in fabric and threw them at the heads of galloping horses whenever they had the opportunity.
If the battle is fruitless, they have to do something anyway.
But fighting bravely on a small scale cannot make up for the self-preservation mood after losing the organization on a large scale.
The gap in the frontline military formation slowly opened in all directions like a spider web.
For Guan Ningbing, who is deeply involved in the chaos of war, this means that they are seeing more and more familiar faces around them.
This was a sign that the enemy army was about to collapse, and everyone was excited.
From time to time, some people dismounted, pulled out short soldiers from their horses and engaged in close combat, moving forward step by step, trying to clear a path for more cavalry to pass.
Liu Chengzong's military formation has been completely deformed. The left and right wings of the hollow square formation are squeezed toward the center, and the rear troops are added to the center. They pounce from his side on Guan Ning's army who is trying to pass through, blocking the enemy's cavalry from passing through the formation.
On the bridge farther away, Zhong Hu is leading his men forward for reinforcements.
Han Shi drew his full bow, pierced the chest of an enemy knight with an armor-piercing arrow, drew out his Yanling Saber, turned around and shouted: "Commander, I have no arrows!"
"The support is coming, let the rear formations go up first."
Liu Chengzong also had no arrows left. He claimed to be the strongest force in the Lion Camp. He wanted to go up and fight, but his subordinates didn't give him a chance, so he could only shoot arrows from behind.
But against such an opponent who is fully armored and heavy-handed, his record is not ideal.
There was a bang, and a burst of smoke floated in my ears.
On the contrary, it was Fan Sanlang who was beside him. This little guy brought five or six soldiers. He stood in the safest place, each holding a blunderbuss, and even commanded: "If you don't hit, don't let go!"
The foot-long pipe was no shorter than the three-eyed gun. Even though she had only fired the five-gun until now, she had already knocked the three cavalrymen off their horses.
He injured more people than Liu Chengzong. He only shot one person in the face, causing him to fall off his horse. However, if he hit other places, the arrow cluster would often get stuck after breaking through the armor, preventing him from causing fatal injuries.
Several times in a row, the enemy ran away with his arrows.
Firearms are different. At a suitable distance, a hit may not be enough to kill a person, but it is enough to make a person lose their fighting ability and fall off their horse.
At this moment, Liu Chengzong saw the commotion in the enemy's rear formation, and his subordinates on the flanks also became excited.
Outside the formation, horseshoes are like rain.
Yang Yao led the outpost cavalry to attack the enemy's rear. Liu Chengzong climbed up and looked over, and couldn't help but be delighted - the outpost cavalry actually drove away a group of more than 400 Guan Ning troops.
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Those people were fleeing eastward with their tails between their legs, gradually moving away from the battlefield.
Yang Yao then surrounded hundreds of Guan Ning's troops who had not yet had time to attack the formation, and fought with them.
For a time, the morale of Guan Ning's army, which had been boosted earlier, was greatly reduced. The dismounted sergeants did not dare to attack everywhere, and instead contracted their formation.
However, on the other side, the Lion Battalion's change of formation created favorable conditions for Cao Bianjiao to break through the formation, allowing him to use his bravery to shout and rush out of the way, attracting hundreds of riders to file out.
But others were not so lucky. Gao Yingden was almost as brave as last time.
Last time it was He Huchen.
It was not easy for the cavalry to move through the formation. Guan Ning's army still had a path for Cao Bianjiao to rush out. Gao Yingden shouted to drive away the infantry team, but was unable to complete the interception as ordered. In the end, he simply changed directions and ran directly to the center of the team. p>
But in this way, he was faster than others, and before his subordinates could catch up, he almost hit the enemy cavalry's face.
He thought to himself that if he rushed up to fight, he would definitely not be able to defeat him, and he might even be captured.
He rode over on horseback, and just when the enemy cavalry was about to fight him, the guy shouted "Catch me!" to the infantry team next to him, and then he jumped on his horse.
Who can catch it? It weighs more than 200 kilograms, including people and armor. Who can catch it? They are all scattered.
As a result, Gao Yingdeng made a fierce attack in the friendly formation and fell to pieces.
However, Gao Yingdeng's horse was much more powerful than his. It collided with the mount of a young general from Guan Ning's army and blocked the galloping cavalry.
Cao Wenzhao was among the stopped team.
Seeing that the cavalry was separated by the surrounding lion camp, he was anxious, swung his spear and poked several spearheads in front of him, looked around the battlefield, and once again saw Liu Chengzong dispatching troops under the mountain.
Cao Wenzhao immediately turned around and led the Guan Ning cavalry in the formation, charging towards the Chinese army with their spears.
Cao Bianjiao had just reached the outside of the formation. He originally wanted to circle the formation and attack Yang Yao head-on to rescue more Guan Ning troops. However, he unexpectedly turned around and found that only more than 200 riders rushed out of the formation. The enemy's line was gradually closing.
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He was so anxious that he stood up on horseback, only to see his uncle leading an army to attack the central army of thieves. He felt anxious for a moment and urged his horse to lead the troops into the formation again.
Unexpectedly, a cannon suddenly fired from the outside of the military formation, startling his horse and leading him to run away. The horse team also dispersed around.
Liu Chengzong didn't pay attention to Cao Wenzhao at all. He was busy asking the frontline soldiers to cooperate with Yang Yao to defeat the surrounding enemy troops. Some people had already laid down their weapons and began to surrender.
Suddenly I heard Fan Sanlang report: "Commander, someone is coming!"
Turning around, he saw the horse soldiers of Guan Ning's army lying across the formation like a long snake, being led back by the snake's head. At the front of the team was a middle-aged military general, running towards his direction with a spear.
Liu Shizihu twisted his neck with a sullen expression, raised his knife and walked towards him: "Do you think I am powerless? Twice!"
He had seen this man before. As soon as he broke the formation, he wanted to charge at him with his cavalry. His armor was thick and he took several arrows before charging away. However, he was stopped by Gao Yingdeng's team, who then led his cavalry to charge at him. When Liu Chengzong left, Han Shipan and others each carried weapons to protect him. Zhong Bao shouted to his brother's subordinates from around: "Protect the general, form a formation!"
I heard the Guan Ning soldiers beside the charging man shouting "general" in Liaoyang dialect, and turned around to charge.
Liu Chengzong was happy, raised his arm and pointed: "Sanlang, just hit him."
He shouted again: "Cao Wenzhao is there!"
As he shouted, there was a heart-wrenching sound of bows all around, and a hail of arrows shot towards the galloping cavalry.
Cao Wenzhao now had several arrows stuck in his chest, and he had already pulled out a few of them during the charge.
There are two cavalry beside him, three cavalry abreast, blocking the enemy forces on his left and right.
When he saw the enemy drawing his bow, he lowered his head, relying on his armor, and did not dodge the arrows. His spear moved like the wind, and he just pushed aside the weapon in front of him to stab the horse, and stabbed the enemy in the way.
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There are only forty steps left, and with another forty steps, he can directly take the thief's head!
At this moment, the light of fire flickered directly in front of him, which made him feel alarmed, and he quickly tightened the reins.
For a moment, the war horse was in pain and raised its front hooves, but its hind hooves were still pushing forward due to inertia. Seeing that the war horse was about to fall, only a few puffs were heard, and the war horse suddenly jumped forward and fell to the ground crookedly, carrying dust.
Slide two steps forward.
There were several bloody holes in the chest and neck of the war horse. It was struggling to get up. Its hooves were kicking on the ground. It was difficult to raise its neck and could not get up. It could only make a loud hiss.
Cao Wenzhao jumped down instinctively the moment his horse was hit. He didn't have his leg broken by the horse, but he just lost his long pole. The cavalry soldiers beside him couldn't stop and trampled past him. For a while, he just avoided the horse's hoof in embarrassment.
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The galloping cavalry was blocked again. In the blink of an eye, the surrounding soldiers surrounded him and fought repeatedly with the cavalry soldiers protecting him.
At this moment, his general, Xiao Ping'an, threw away his spear, dismounted while galloping, jumped and ran with the saddle, controlled the horse and ran towards him, shouting: "General, get on the horse quickly!"
After saying that, he let go of the saddle and rolled in the army to release his strength. Just as he stabilized his body, he looked up and saw that he had rolled into the enemy's army. Just half an inch after he drew the sword from his waist, he was hit hard on the alms bowl with a golden melon.
My vision went dark and I fell unconscious.
Liu Chengzong saw this scene not far away. Seeing that he had killed a horse, his subordinates actually sent another one to Cao Wenzhao, and he became angry!
He grabbed a spear from his subordinates, raised his leg on the ground and kicked it in half. He held the broken spear behind his back and ran forward shouting: "Get out of my way!"
After saying that, the man had already taken seven or eight steps, and ran a few more steps until the soldiers in front of him had no time to get out of the way. Then he suppressed his face and turned red, exerted all his strength, and threw the broken spear towards Cao Wenzhao.<
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After more than ten steps, in an instant, the broken spear crossed the horse's neck, and the other end even stabbed the leg of Cao Wenzhao, who was on top of the horse. Unfortunately, it was blocked by the armor skirt.
But the broken spear that went straight was no better than the lead bullet that rolled and deformed. The war horse was not dead, and actually ran forward like crazy with Cao Wenzhao.
Liu Chengzong was startled by the momentum of constantly tilting his head and vomiting blood and foam, and wondered whether this horse was seeking revenge or something?
It wasn't until it ran into the crowd that the war horse lost its strength and fell to the ground.
Cao Wenzhao was almost sent into the military formation by Crazy Horse. Even so, he still refused to surrender. He picked up a severed hand holding a knife from somewhere and relied on his strong armor to resist.
It wasn't until the Han brothers and others swarmed up that they captured him.
I don’t know who shouted first: "Cao Wenzhao has been captured!", and the words immediately resounded throughout the battlefield, but within a few breaths, it was changed to: "Cao Wenzhao has been captured, I will arrest you without mercy, I will spare you."
Immortal!"
After a while, a large number of Guan Ning's troops laid down their weapons, but there were still many people who wanted to resist to the end. There were even dozens of people who still formed a group to fight out after the general was captured.
The battle was coming to an end, and Liu Chengzong ignored the dozens of people who ran out.
In his opinion, this was the "benefits" of Cao Wenzhao leading troops to kill and surrender. It was a shame that these people did not dare to surrender even after losing the battle.
Within a moment, Cao Wenzhao was tied up and escorted forward to the sound of "Long Live the Mountain". Later, his subordinates brought Ping An, who was still in a coma. Han Shipan said that he was also a general.
"Cao Wenzhao, I heard that you directly killed hungry prisoners in Shanxi. Is this true?"
Cao Wenzhao glanced at him and said nothing.
"You Datong old man, why are you pretending to be from Liaodong and don't understand Shaanxi dialect?"
Cao Wenzhao took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "You have recruited me, why did you attack me?"
"Why did I hit you?" Liu Chengzong snorted: "You shouldn't be here!"
"I'm out of food."
"You now know that there is nothing you can do if you don't have food? Those hungry people and border soldiers who were killed by you are not without food and there is nothing you can do. I'm not talking about coming to Pingliang."
Liu Chengzong walked half a circle at the foot of the mountain. The battle was basically over. The surrendered Guan Ning soldiers were stripped of their weapons and armor, and were escorted to the back to watch. The heavy baggage soldiers had already moved forward to transport the wounded soldiers.
There is still a group of more than 200 Guan Ning soldiers hanging in the east, neither daring to step forward nor wanting to leave.
Yang Yaozheng led his men to guard against their surprise attack from a distance.
Liu Chengzong stopped a few of his subordinates who were escorting the prisoners, and said to the prisoners: "Go and tell the generals outside, or get out now. If you want Cao Wenzhao, you can bring all the weapons, armor, and horses yourself."<
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Guan Ning's army is very difficult to deal with. If another army does the same thing as Cao Wenzhao, Liu Chengzong can bleed them and dye the Jing River red.
Especially since all his own money was spent on them. Seeing Cao Wenzhao, Liu Chengzong couldn't help but think of being starved to death in Yuhe Fort.
But with thousands of people injured now, Liu Chengzong couldn't help but think of these people waiting in the narrow corridor outside Shanhaiguan every night.
Moreover, it was wrong for the imperial court to misappropriate their military pay, but the ability and courage of these people did not disgrace the military pay they received in Liu Chengzong's eyes.
Even though horses are inferior to people and cannons are inferior to people, the battle can still be fought like this.
After saying that, Liu Chengzong took a deep breath, turned around and said to Cao Wen: "I said you should not enter Shanxi. If you enter Shaanxi, you fight against the Eastern captives outside the pass. I respect you heroes. You will do everything after entering the pass."
What is it?"
"The Guan Ning army fought under the emperor's order. Cao only fought for the emperor, fighting against the Eastern captives and fighting against the rogue bandits. How could I be wrong?"
"What's wrong with people seeking a living? They don't want to serve the country? Do they have money to support their parents, wives and children? They all hang themselves!"
Liu Chengzong was so angry that he raised his palm, then put it down again. He could only curse bitterly: "I've wanted to beat you up for a long time. Shanshan and Shaanxi are outside the customs? Are the hungry people Donglu?"
Cao Wenzhao really thought carefully about Liu Chengzong's words.
After thinking for a moment, even though he was tied up, he kowtowed to the east, stretched out his head and said: "Kill them all. The reason for the defeat is that I am not as good as others. Cao has known this since he joined the army. Please kill me." p>
Liu Chengzong was so angry that he scratched his head, pointed at Cao Wenzhao and said to Fan Sanlang: "You should kill him with one blow."
Fan Sanlang thought, he wanted to kill him, but wasn't the war horse blocking him?
At this moment, a notice came from the front that a general from the Guan Ning army outside called himself Cao Bianjiao and was coming.
Liu Chengzong saw a young general entering the camp wearing only a single coat except for his armor. He still maintained his military integrity. He strode forward with his head held high, raised his chin and said, "General Cao Bianjiao, who is commanding Qian Shi guerrillas, is here. Let my uncle go."
Liu Chengzong glanced at him again and again. He was so majestic and popular, but he also looked like he had a bullish temperament that was not afraid of death. He had obviously lost the battle, yet he was still so awesome.
He glanced at it and said angrily: "I can't hear you. My rank is higher than yours. I must bow first and then speak."
It was originally an angry remark that embarrassed Cao Bianjiao, but he never expected that Cao Bianjiao was stunned for a moment, then he bowed down and gave a military salute. It was very natural: "Guerrilla Cao Bianjiao, I paid homage to the commander, and asked the commander to let my uncle go."
Liu Chengzong said: "It's too late, your uncle is really begging me to die."
After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao changed his expression and said in a voiceless voice: "General?"
What he called was his uncle.
Cao Wenzhao did not explain, and only said: "The responsibility for the defeat has nothing to do with you. You go back and serve His Majesty faithfully, and don't disgrace your family."
"Yes!"
Cao Bianjiao's eyes turned red, he responded seriously, kowtowed to his uncle's luggage, stood up, gritted his teeth and pointed at Liu Chengzong, turned around and was about to leave.
Not to mention that Liu Chengzong was stupid, all the officers and soldiers of the Lion Battalion around him were stupid.
The uncle came from such a family, and his uncle could clearly tell that the commander felt sorry for them and wanted to die. The nephew was not sad when he saw that his uncle was about to die, but he turned around and left.
"Come back!" Liu Chengzong stopped him and said: "I beat you because you killed the hungry people indiscriminately and deserved this punishment. But in the end, you have contributed to the world in Liaodong. I will not kill you, but I will pay back the money we spent on soldiers. I will give you the armor."
Hand over all the horses."
Cao Bianjiao was overjoyed when he heard this. He turned around and looked at his uncle. Although he tried his best to keep his face expressionless, he couldn't help but smile. He took a few deep breaths, then lowered his head slightly and said to Liu Chengzong: "Thank you, sir."
"Thank me? Hehe, I will not let go of those who surrendered. The matter between Shaanxi and Shanshan cannot be solved by massacre. It can only make others hate you and the court even more."
"Leave a way for others to survive, and others will leave a way for you to survive. Otherwise, if I don't kill you, others will kill you in the future. You will keep yourself useful and go to fight against the Donglu outside the pass."
After saying that, Liu Chengzong waved his hand: "Hand over the soldiers and horses, and take your uncle away."
Not long after, Cao Bianjiao and his men brought soldiers and horses, and Liu Chengzong released Cao Wenzhao.
He held his horse and stood at the edge of the battlefield, watching more than two hundred people leaving lightly. He smelled the smell of blood in his nose, glanced around the battlefield, and let out a long sigh.
Fan Sanlang asked: "Why didn't the commander kill them?"
"Kill or release, there is a choice between them." Liu Chengzong glanced at her: "My goal has been achieved."
Fan Sanlang looked at Guan Ningjun who was being surrendered not far away: "Does the commander want to recruit them? They are really powerful."
Unexpectedly, Liu Chengzong shook his head: "It's not about surrendering. Those who haven't been killed must be taken away. This is my responsibility."
"Responsibility?"
"I have the most capable border troops in Shaanxi. We went to Qinghai. No one can stop Guan Ning. They are cruel to prisoners. How many more people are going to die?"
Liu Chengzong looked at his military formation with unspeakable sadness in his eyes: "Their uncles and nephews may not be able to listen to the truths I told them, so they can only let the knife speak for themselves."
"My purpose is to cripple this Guan Ning army. They ran away, surrendered, wounded and died. The remaining few hundred people, if they can be equipped with all the soldiers and horses, although they still have some fighting strength, they will not be able to fight against those who stayed in Shaanshan.
Wang, there is no absolute threat from the two high schools."
After saying that, Liu Chengzong set his sights in the distance: "We entered Qinghai to accumulate strength in order to compete for the world. There must be friendly forces between Shaanxi and Shanshan. Only I... can do this."
The soldiers came to report: "Commander, everything has been sorted out."
"Let's set off, I'll catch up with you soon."
The setting sun in the west was like blood, and on the banks of the Jiangou River, Liu Chengzong led his horse on a messy battlefield and stood quietly for a moment with his head bowed.
There is no soul to talk to him, making this land even more silent.
After a while, he got on his horse, raised his whip and pointed to the west: "Let's go, I want to ask the King of Han for a piece of land to bury the heroes!"