Chapter 1181 Liulang blocks Daozong, Zetao rushes into the Han formation
Zhang Churang's move of using soldiers as bait was indeed ruthless and straightforward.
At least, Anubis, Wang Feng, and Pei Yuanqing, who were chasing closely along the way, just followed the traces of the cavalry without knowing why.
However, not everyone has Zhang Churang's rich escape experience.
Zhang Daozong, Yuan Shao, Lei Zetao, and Fei Dan all fled with their soldiers and horses. It was as if they would not feel safe if they were not protected by soldiers and horses.
However, behind them, although there were not many people brought out, there were still hundreds of people. Even behind Zhang Daozong, there were thousands of people.
At this time, they were all running for their lives. It was too late to escape. Naturally, there was no time to clear the traces along the way. It was naturally not that easy to escape.
Of course, Meng Tian couldn't take care of them at this time and let Yang Zaixing, Ling Yunzhi and several generals and cavalry pursue them, while he himself led all the infantry and horsemen with all his strength to pursue the enemy from behind.
Originally, the situation on the battlefield was indeed favorable to Zhang Daozong's troops.
However, even if the soldiers and horses of the Kwantung Army had not yet appeared on the battlefield, news came that they were about to kill. Zhang Daozong hurriedly led some soldiers and horses to leave. The impact was that Meng Tian directly turned defeat into victory, and brought the big man with great momentum.
The soldiers and horses pursued him in the opposite direction.
As for Meng Tian, although a small number of soldiers and horses broke out, the soldiers and horses that broke out were basically cavalry. Therefore, he also only sent cavalry to pursue. As for the infantry, they would also pursue them.
Not on.
At this time, he might as well lead all the remaining soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the enemy's hurriedly fleeing army.
All along, for Meng Tian, annihilating the enemy's main force was the most important thing.
As long as the enemy's main force can be strangled here, and the rest of the enemy's troops are basically gathered at Yang Su's place, how can they mobilize another army with sufficient strength in a short period of time?
Unless the soldiers and horses of Tianshi Dao arrive, otherwise, his soldiers and horses can be as if they are in a deserted land!
By then, the entire Qingbei will be captured by them in a short period of time.
Judging from the current situation, although the Dongcang Imperial Court has sent troops to contact Tianshi Dao, Tianshi Dao has not yet sent troops so quickly.
Besides, there are soldiers and horses of the Kwantung Army blocking the way ahead. This enemy army will not escape so easily!
While Meng Tian asked Yang Zaixing and others to lead the cavalry in pursuit, he had already sent scouts to contact Yang Yanzhao.
After Yang Yanzhao received the news from Meng Tian, he immediately dispersed many groups of soldiers and horses, heading directly to various important roads along the way, and cooperated with the pursuit and interception in front.
He himself, leading a group of elite cavalry, headed in the direction where the enemy troops were fleeing.
Because Zhang Daozong's troops gathered the largest number of people, they also attracted the largest number of pursuers.
Ling Yunzhi, Nanfeng Buyu and many other fierce generals led the cavalry to pursue them continuously. However, under the protection of Lei Zetao, Zhang Daozong fought and retreated all the way, breaking through Ling Yunzhi's pursuit time and time again.
"General, in another ten miles we will reach Dangyang Bridge!"
"As long as we cross the Dangyang Bridge, we can escape the enemy's pursuit!"
Su Xiao, who had been running for nearly a hundred miles without even having time to take a breath, finally dared to breathe a sigh of relief.
Along the way, Ling Yunzhi and the others caught up with them again and again. They stood out five times in a row. Of the more than a thousand people who originally followed them, only about two hundred people were left at this time.
But, finally, the hope of escape is just around the corner.
As long as they can cross the Dangyang Bridge and then decisively set fire to the bridge, they can definitely hold off the enemy for a period of time.
Therefore, not only Su Xiao, but also Zhang Daozong and Lei Zetao breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
"Send the order, and continue to march for ten miles. As long as we cross the Dangyang Bridge, we will be able to escape the enemy's pursuit." Zhang Daozong said solemnly.
Although the hope of escaping was right in front of him, he had not really escaped yet. Therefore, although Zhang Daozong breathed a sigh of relief at this time, he was not yet ready to relax completely.
"Hey, after this defeat, our army's power in Qingbei is over!" Su Xiao suddenly became extremely depressed.
He and his deceased brother Su Mu were both good generals, and both brothers' basic commander values were at a first-rate level.
He can still see clearly the basic situation.
After this time, in Qingbei, after excluding Yang Su's one soldier and horse, their main force was completely lost.
However, Yang Su's troops and horses were still responsible for resisting Han Xin at this time, and there was no way they could return to engage the enemy.
As for Meng Tian's original troops and horses, plus the one that suddenly appeared behind them, they roughly guessed that there were already one hundred thousand.
How can Qingbei stop a hundred thousand soldiers and horses at this time? These soldiers and horses will be able to sweep across Qingbei in a short time.
The most troublesome thing is that after sweeping through Qingbei, if this army and horses go straight to the rear of Yang Su's army, it will be even more of a disaster for Qingbei.
And those who lost this battle were the sinners of the Dongcang Imperial Court.
"When it comes to this, it doesn't hurt to say more!"
"Let's get out of this dangerous situation first!" Zhang Daozong shook his head and said.
It's not that he can't see the current situation clearly, it's just that he doesn't want to think too much about it!
This battle had a huge impact on them!
Unless reinforcements from Tianshi Dao appear immediately, the current situation in Qingbei cannot be eased at all.
However, the soldiers and horses of Tianshi Dao are humans and not gods, so how can they come just as they say?
How could the two forces send troops as soon as they asked for it? In the final analysis, although the relationship between the two families was in a period of intimacy due to various reasons over the years, they had to be close because of their estranged relationship.
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But in the final analysis, their two families are not one family after all.
It was impossible for Dong Cang to ask the other side to send troops, but they sent troops immediately. Just like when Huangfu Guyuan threatened Tianshi Dao, Dong Cang did not send troops immediately.
Even if Tianshi Dao finally sends out troops, when will they send out troops? That is a question!
Moreover, as the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass go first.
If a force wants to send out troops, it must first prepare food and grass in advance. If he does not prepare enough food and grass in advance, will Xuanyuan Huang dare to easily overwhelm the army?
As for the current situation of Tianshi Dao, it will take some time to prepare enough food and grass for the expedition. After all, Tianshi Dao is also at a weak stage at this time.
Therefore, all the 80,000 soldiers and horses were lost in this battle, which means that the situation in Qingbei has been completely out of control.
Everyone, in despair and confusion, stepped closer to the Dangyang Bridge.
However, seeing hope approaching, Zhang Daozong and his party despaired instead.
Yang Yanzhao led two thousand soldiers and horses, waiting in front of Dangyang Bridge. Like a cat playing with a mouse, he looked at Zhang Daozong and his party who were in a hurry and extremely tired along the way.
"Zhang Daozong, a famous general in Dongcang?"
"Nothing more than that!"
"General, I have been waiting for you here for a long time." Yang Yanzhao's expression was full of teasing.
Zhang Daozong really thought that he could break through his pursuit and interception five times in a row. In fact, this was just Yang Yanzhao's trick to tire out the enemy. What he did was to constantly consume the opponent's physical strength. In fact, Yang Yanzhao had already been here for a long time.
The only way to go is waiting for him.
"Ha, God, the thief, actually helped that thief but not the emperor!" Zhang Daozong's expression was full of sorrow and anger.
It’s obviously only one step away!
"Zhang Daozong, this general advises you to surrender!"
"Otherwise, you will die without a burial place in an instant!" Yang Yanzhao looked at Zhang Daozongdao, who was already like a turtle in a jar.
People like Zhang Daozong still have some talents, so Yang Yanzhao thought of persuading him to surrender. If the other party was really unwilling, it would not be too late to kill him then. Anyway, if he said one more word, he would not waste his energy.
I have to say that at this moment, Zhang Daozong hesitated!
He thought he was a warrior who was not afraid of life and death.
However, when it came to the moment when his life was really at stake, he hesitated.
However, although he hesitated at this time, others did not.
"Oh shit!"
"Fight them!" Su Xiao yelled angrily.
"That's right, man, if you die, you will die, so why should you be afraid!" Lei Zetao lifted off his helmet, his hair disheveled, like a madman.
Even when Huangfu Guhan was in the most difficult situation, Lei Zetao never betrayed him. Even Huangfu Guhan's son might betray him, Huangfu Guhan, but Lei Zetao would never betray him.
For Huangfu Guhan, Lei Zetao is definitely a die-hard fan among die-hard fans.
"How magnificent. Today, Su will sacrifice his life to accompany the hero and fight this death together with General Lei."
The hatred of killing my brother is still vivid in my mind.
Today, he would rather be a piece of jade than a piece of brick.
"Then let's fight hard before we die."
Lei Zetao began to adjust his breath and prepared for a life-and-death battle.
"Stubborn!"
"That's it, General Wu, leave no one behind!" Yang Yanzhao's face began to turn cold.
Yang Yanzhao, he is not a ruthless person.
However, people's personalities continue to change as the environment changes.
Over the years, his experience in Dongyi has made Yang Yanzhao's character become a bit more ruthless involuntarily.
Within Dongyi, Zhuge Liang is under the control of Zhuge Liang and firmly controls the general trend. However, there are still scattered civil resistance forces in various places.
In particular, Yelu Abaoji never gave up sending people to encourage these civil resistance forces, and often gave these civil resistance forces a certain amount of support.
Although these resistance forces did not cause any big waves in Zhuge Liang's hands, they did do something on Xiping Road from time to time, which was real.
And Yang Yanzhao has dealt with small-scale riots in various places on Xiping Road many times. During this period, since it was accompanied by non-stop killings. Especially, many of the people who were instigated were actually just Dongfang.
Ordinary people.
After many such experiences and many such killings, Yang Yanzhao's character has naturally changed somewhat in the past few years.
"General, I understand!" Wu Changkong nodded slightly.
Although the two thousand soldiers and horses led by Yang Yanzhao are all infantry, if the opponent's two hundred cavalry charge forcefully, it may not be impossible to rush out.
However, Yang Yanzhao's two thousand soldiers and horses had been waiting here for a long time, waiting for work. At this time, the combat power of these soldiers and horses was still at its peak.
But what about the other party?
After the pursuit and interception along the way, I have been exhausted for a long time. How much combat power can I have left?
Not to mention, after such a huge defeat, their morale had already dropped to nowhere!
The reason why they haven't scattered and collapsed at this time is that the remaining people in Gein are basically the personal soldiers of these generals.
A general's personal soldiers are basically an integral part of their army, and they are also their most confidant and trustworthy unit.
If they had been replaced by other troops and placed in the same environment, they might have laid down their weapons and surrendered voluntarily at this time.
"Brothers, if you kill one today, you will earn enough. If you kill two, you can earn one! Come with me to the underworld road. I will walk with you!"
Like a ferocious lion, Lei Zetao roared angrily and was the first to mount his horse and kill him.
With an indomitable momentum, he slashed away the soldiers at the forefront of the military formation with one blow, and charged into the military formation unstoppably, as if it was an invincible victory. Every time a sword was struck, there must be a Kwantung Army soldier.
I want to drink my hatred on the spot.
However, his soldiers did not have this ability. One by one, they mustered up the courage to charge forward, only to be greeted by a dense forest of guns.
The soldiers in the front row fell down one by one in the dense jungle like dumplings.
If it is a large-scale cavalry unit, the cavalry behind may be able to step on the corpses of the cavalry in front and forcefully break through the forest of guns.
However, they only have so many people now. If they go for a few rounds, I'm afraid they will all die!
"I didn't expect that I could meet a decent opponent!" Wu Changkong said with some surprise while blocking Lei Zetao.
As reinforcements, they didn't know that Lei Zetao's strength had reached a new stage in this battle. Before this, they thought that Lei Zetao's strength was just like what they knew before, and had not reached the level of gods.
Will.
However, even if Lei Zetao's strength reaches his worth, it doesn't matter to Wu Changkong.
A divine general who had just made a breakthrough was not taken seriously by him. Not to mention, the greater the physical exertion of this breakthrough divine general at this time, and he was not at his peak state at all.