Chapter 275: Attack with the wind and defeat Gongsun
"Boom..." Shocking thunder rumbled, and dazzling lightning swept across the void.
The Youzhou army collapsed suddenly and fled northward like a tide. The scene was extremely spectacular, like a herd of yellow sheep galloping on the grassland.
Gongsun Zan looked desperate and opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word. His head felt dizzy and he was about to collapse. Although it was due to excessive bleeding, it was more due to his mood. Seeing his appearance, Youzhou
The generals immediately protected him and fled for their lives among the rebels. The only thing they were lucky about was that heavy rain was coming and the generals might not chase him.
Looking at the Youzhou cavalrymen escaping like wolves and pigs, Gai Jun smiled at Pang De, whose face was stained with blood: "Good boy, good fight, you can play with thousands of cavalrymen with ease..."
"..." Pang De showed a smile that was even uglier than crying. Under his command, the Shooting Tigers, there were only 1,300 people left in the 2nd Luo Diao Battalion. Including those who were injured and retired from the battlefield, there were only 1,600 people in total. If
There were only about 570 to 500 casualties, so there may be no serious problems. But now nearly half of the damage has been lost, and it may take a year and a half to recover.
Gai Jun naturally knew Pound's mood. In the past, he might have the same mood as Pound, but now he doesn't. It's not that he didn't know, but he was shocked. Unknowingly, he was in the territory
There are already a lot of people to govern. The nine counties of Bingzhou plus the original Heishan people have a population of more than 1.7 million, the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi have a million, plus the population of Beidi County of more than 300,000, the total number exceeds three million.
There were millions of Lingqiang, Xiongnu, and Wuwan Zahu. Therefore, he was no longer a simple general, but the lord of twelve counties in Hebei and the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.
Big water droplets dripped from the billowing dark clouds, hitting the soldiers' pockets and armor, making a clanging sound. Gai Juntan raised his hand and let the raindrops fall onto his palm, smashing them into pieces.
"General..." The generals stood in a row, waiting for orders. Whether to pursue or retreat, Gai Jun decided with one word.
Gai Jun glanced at the crowd and said slowly: "Blow the trumpet and pursue us."
The generals should promise that Gai Jun's decision was within their expectations. This was Gai Jun's style of military use. In his eyes, there was no such thing as "don't cover up when you return to the army, don't be forced when you return to the masses, and don't pursue the poor aggressors". Either that or not.
Fight, fight, and the opponent will never be able to stand up. Back then, Gai Jun, with more than a thousand men, dared to go deep into the Qiang territory to pursue the commander Mang Feng, and finally captured and killed him. None of the Qiang dared to move. Then the Yellow Turbans stormed into Yuzhou and defeated Bo
Only then, and pursued them all the way, causing the complete destruction of Yuzhou where the Yellow Turbans made the most progress, and were eventually besieged and killed by the Han army on the way to Yanzhou. Later, there were also Liangzhou rebels, including Xianling Wang Yeli, the Xianbei army, Tu Ge, and the Xiongnu
The coalition forces and other forces, except for the former who were suppressed by Dong Zhuo and Zhou Shen, did not succeed in a single battle, the latter three were all chased to the sky with no way out, and with no way to enter the earth, and finally disappeared into thin air and wiped out the world.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Gai Jun's thousands of knights heard the order from their side to pursue. They all took off their bow strings, took out a new bow string from the bamboo tube in the horse's side bag and hung it up. Gai Jun's knights
In battle, there are usually two bows, a five-foot foot bow, a three-foot cavalry bow, and two pot arrows, both for foot and cavalry. Of course, the two are also divided in detail, such as ringing dysprosium arrows, armor-piercing arrows, and crescent arrows.
Wait, I won’t go into details here. There are four bow strings, two of which belong to the riding bow, namely the spare string and the special bow string suitable for rainy weather. The latter is undoubtedly the one they are replacing.
Before leaving, the last group of more than a thousand cavalry arrived to join them, making the Gai army's cavalry more than 7,000 in one fell swoop, surpassing the Youzhou cavalry in terms of both quality and number. At the same time, the Gai army's infantry vanguard force
We also rushed to the southern end of Zhangshui River.
The infantry was too slow, and Gai Jun had no intention of waiting. He immediately set off with more than 7,000 cavalry to pursue the Youzhou Army to the north. Seeing that Gai's army was not afraid of wind and rain and was pursuing them, the Youzhou Army panicked and fled faster.
More and more scattered.
Gongsun Zan's face was pale, his lips were blue, and the rain made his wounds worse, but he ignored them. A flash of madness flashed in his eyes, and he roared: "My dear Gai Jun, are you really going to kill everyone?"
"..." The Youzhou generals looked at each other, all worried. What they were worried about was not the cavalry. As long as they wanted to run away, even if Gai Jun had thousands of people, it would be difficult to complete the encirclement and annihilation even if they added ten times more people. They were worried.
After receiving Gongsun Zan's order, they immediately led tens of thousands of cavalry to rush to the rescue. Tens of thousands of infantry had to make way for the cavalry and fell behind. I wonder if they had all left the camp at this time. If they happened to be stuck,
At the gate of the camp, thousands of Gai Jun's cavalry suddenly arrived...
"Alas..." Youzhou generals sighed secretly and prayed that the infantry would move faster, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. Who would have thought that three thousand white horses and tens of thousands of Youzhou cavalry would be defeated so quickly?
Come down.
Lightning danced wildly, like giant pythons swimming in the clouds, and bursts of thunder sounded like war drums beating violently. Colonel Wangmen looked up at the sky, and behind him was the Youzhou Army camp. The soldiers walked out of the camp with complaints.
, isn’t it awkward to fight in this damn weather?
Wang Men also thought so. He thought he would wait for Gongsun Zan's order to let the infantry army return to camp, but in fact he did not. It was strange and abnormal.
The so-called military orders fell like a mountain. Since Gongsun Zan insisted on starting the battle in the rain, there was absolutely no reason to return. The soldiers complained and cursed, but they could not resist the order. Since the camp was adjacent to the Fu River in the north, the soldiers filed out from the west and southeast gates.
, At this time, 15,000 people, or two-thirds of the infantry of the Youzhou Army, had been gathered in Yingnan.
Along with the thunder and lightning, the rain gradually became denser, and the line of sight was severely blocked. Only a few hundred steps could be seen. Was the thunder too dense? Wang Men, who was originally casual, frowned slightly.
"It's not thunder, it's the sound of horse hooves. Has the general stopped fighting and returned to camp..."
Wangmen's eyes were staring at the distance in the rain curtain for a moment. Countless cavalry suddenly appeared in the field of vision, hundreds or thousands, they were the Youzhou Army... But Wangmen's expression was not only not relaxed, but more solemn.
The army is too scattered.
"Woooo..." The horn blowing by the Youzhou Army on the opposite side penetrated the rain curtain and reached Wangmen's ears.
"This is..." Wangmen's expression changed with shock, and he immediately yelled: "Prepare for war, prepare for war..." Wangmen looked horrified. Gongsun Zan personally led the Youzhou army with more than 10,000 cavalry, but they did not wait until all the infantry came out of the camp.
Defeated? He couldn't believe what he saw with his eyes and heard with his ears... Just how strong is the Cavalry General Gai Jun?
The Youzhou sergeants were also frightened. They must know that among the 15,000 infantry, at least 78,000 were surrendered troops from Jizhou. If Gongsun Zan had not disrupted them and organized them into various camps, they could not respond to each other at a distance, and they would have dispersed in a hurry.
Rain hit Wangmen's face, and he couldn't tell which was rain and which was sweat. He fearfully ordered his soldiers to pile up as many carts as possible in front of the formation. The cavalry who fled all the way back saw the infantry phalanx.
, overjoyed, flying horses came galloping, so the east wind blew at that moment, and the cavalry gathered on the west side of the infantry square to avoid the wind and rain.
The king's gate did not see Gongsun Zan and others, so he captured a cavalry commander and asked. He was slightly relieved when he heard that Gai Jun only had a few thousand cavalry, although he was surprised that the more than ten thousand cavalry of the Youzhou Army led by Gongsun Zan were defeated by more than ten thousand cavalry.
The Gai army, with only a few thousand cavalry, could not make a big splash, at least it could not defeat the Youzhou Army's 20,000 infantry and cavalry troops, not to mention that the camp still had thousands of soldiers as backup.
Gongsun Zan, Guan Jing, Tian Kai and others soon followed the defeated army back to the front of the Youzhou army. They did not have time to talk to the Wangmen too much, so they immediately took over the command of the army and sent the generals to reorganize the cavalry.
I swore that if Gai Jun dared to charge forward, he would be killed even if his entire army was wiped out.
Gai Jun heard that the scouts reported that the Youzhou Army had gathered tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry in front. Coupled with the heavy rain and strong wind, the generals persuaded Gai Jun to retreat. Others might have agreed, but Gai Jun
Junze said nothing, frowning and thinking hard. The east wind whipped the rain like a whip, Gai Jun was stunned, wiped the rain from his face, pointed to the northeast and said: "Go around to the east of Youzhou Army.
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The low horn horn whistled across the sky, passionate and long. The 7,000 cavalrymen of the Gai Army turned east in an orderly manner at an even speed, and successfully circled the left flank of the Youzhou Army. The heavy rain continued and the visibility was extremely low.
By the time Gongsun Zan discovered it, it was already a little late, but he immediately led more than two thousand hastily gathered cavalry to the left flank of the battlefield.
More than 7,000 Gaijun rode at a trot of 500 paces, accelerated at 300 paces, continued to accelerate at 200 paces, until they entered 100 paces and began to charge at a high speed. With the help of the wind, they poured down like turbulent waves. Tens of thousands of horse hooves stepped on the ground.
The ground emitted a deafening roar, echoing the muffled thunder in the sky.
The soldiers on the left wing of the Youzhou Army watched with pale faces as a black shadow rushed towards them in the rain with the sound of wind and thunder. Its majestic momentum and powerful power made people unable to resist at all, holding their spears.
His arms were trembling. His heart was beating so fast that the body could hardly bear it, making people feel suffocated...
The distance between the two sides was less than a hundred steps. Suddenly, a strong wind swept from the northeast of the Gai Army's cavalry and blasted into the Youzhou Army's left wing square. The soldiers were blown away and closed their eyes, making the already untidy line look even more complicated.
Very confusing...
God helps you, how can you not win?
The momentum of the Gaijun cavalry suddenly reached its peak, each one roaring hysterically, and the distance of dozens of steps was covered in a few breaths. The army formed a wedge shape and crushed the gray-black Youzhou infantry formation with an overwhelming force.
"Rumble..."
The huge sound that erupted at the moment of impact even drowned out the bursts of thunder. The rushing horses carried amazing power with their huge bodies, like a big hammer hitting them head-on. There were hundreds of Youzhou troops.
The man was knocked into the air. The soldiers followed this gap and rushed into the formation like a river bursting its banks or a raging flood peak. Wave after wave, endless, wantonly destroying everything in front of them that blocked their progress.
obstacle.
Facing the violent storm-like attacks of the Gai Army, the Youzhou Army fell to the ground one by one like wheat, suffering heavy casualties and being unable to resist. However, after all, only a few were injured, and the psychological blow was the most fatal.
When the Gai army rushed into the hinterland of the formation with almost massacre, the Youzhou army became increasingly unable to bear the suffocation caused by tension, fear and other negative emotions, as well as the strong smell of death, and the tight strings in their brains "pop"
of broken.
The Youzhou Army collapsed
Starting from the middle, it quickly spread to the entire army like an infectious disease. The more than ten thousand soldiers were immediately torn apart. Some panicked and ran into the rain, while some turned back and fled into the military camp. Anyway, as long as they were not facing the cavalry of the enemy, it would be fine.
The infantry fled, panicking and choosing their own way, and there were also those who attacked the cavalry formation to the west. These four thousand panicked Youzhou cavalry had long been chilled by the Gai army. They wanted to leave the battlefield quickly. As soon as they were attacked by the defeated troops, they immediately followed and fled. Fan
Fang and other generals could not stop them. The only ones who did not collapse were the more than 2,000 cavalry around Gongsun Zan. But what could they do when their defeat was certain?
"Is Gai Jun my nemesis? I, Gongsun Zan, ambushes the northern frontier and wins every battle. Today, with the greater number and the smaller number, I have lost three times in three battles. How can I claim to be a famous general? How can I face the generals? I am so angry that I am so angry.
Damn me too..." Gongsun Zan looked miserable and wailed at the top of his voice. He was already seriously injured by Pang De, and the rainy weather made the injury worse. Now he was so angry that after shouting, he opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood, which twisted and fell.
The horse made a "bang" sound and splashed mud and water all over the ground.
"General..." Chief Shi Guan Jing, Colonel Tian Kai and others were shocked and hurriedly dismounted and rushed towards him.
Tian Kai first pressed Gongsun Zan's neck, then probed his nostrils. He looked slightly relaxed and said quickly: "The general is out of breath. There is no danger to his life, but his injury cannot be delayed. Hurry, send the general across the river quickly..." Tian Kai said
The river is Fushui in the north of Daying, which is the only way to enter and leave the north of Wei County.
The generals nodded, carried Gongsun Zan onto their horses, and while Gai Jun had no time to pay attention to him, they circled to the west of the camp and then turned north, escaping to the banks of the Fushui River. Escape to the north was the idea of most soldiers from Youzhou, although Fushui
There were several bridges, and the Youzhou Army also temporarily built three bridges because they were stationed by the Fu River, but they were still too crowded. In order to escape for their lives, many soldiers had already started slashing forward with their swords, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
Tian Kai was afraid that Gai's army would come after him, so he ordered people to notify the fleeing soldiers who were crossing the bridge in front, saying that General Gongsun was here, and quickly give way. The people in Youzhou were startled when they heard this, half of them voluntarily gave way, and the other half ignored it.
It's time, the most desperate thing is to escape, even you, my own father, can't do it.
Tian Kai was furious and ordered his troops to kill more than 200 people and forcefully open a road. Then he asked the chief minister Guan Jing and others to take Gongsun Zan to the bridge. Surprisingly, he himself chose to stay on the south bank to coordinate everyone to cross the river.
The Youzhou soldiers who thought he would leave first lowered their heads, and the chaotic scene of escape changed.
As the cavalry was almost gone, a large group of infantry rushed over. Tian Xie began to direct the infantry to cross the river again. The guards were sweating profusely and persuaded them to cross the river quickly, as it would be too late. Tian Kai refused without even thinking about it.
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Two or three thousand infantrymen passed by, and the cavalry of the Gai army came to kill them. Although there were only a few thousand scattered cavalry, it made thousands of Youzhou soldiers feel heartbroken. They would rather jump into the raging water to gain a chance of survival than turn back and die.