Chapter 909: Reinforcements Arrive
Led by the general, more than 3,000 Yuan Shu's cavalry soldiers shouted: "Kill, kill, kill..." They all pulled out their weapons and followed closely to kill the cavalry on the opposite side. For a moment, the sound of killing was loud on the battlefield! Because Yuan Shujun's cavalry was improvised by Ji Ling, it can be seen that each of them has different weapons. Some have long knives, some have spears, and some have ring-headed knives. Various.
At the same time, Huyandu's soldiers also sounded the clarion call for a full-scale attack. Five thousand cavalrymen waved their scimitars and surrounded Yuan Shu's cavalry.
The distance between the two sides was only a few hundred steps. From when Yuan Shu's cavalry suddenly turned and charged towards the west, when Huyandu ordered the entire army to besiege, then when nearly ten thousand cavalry on both sides formed a massacre, and finally when more than three thousand Yuan Shu's cavalry lost three Out of a crowd of thousands, less than two hundred cavalry broke through, and it took less than half an hour in total.
At this point, Ji Ling's more than 3,000 cavalrymen who had managed to gather together were almost completely lost. Only less than 200 cavalrymen fled in panic, and the Anton Army's assault cavalry also lost nearly 2,000 people. Fortunately, they finally completed the annihilation of Yuan Shu. The mission of the military cavalry.
The most important loss of the cavalry was the one thousand cavalry responsible for intercepting Yuan Shu's cavalry from advancing westward. They were almost completely lost under the charge of more than three thousand Yuan Shu's cavalry. However, the loss of one thousand cavalry was not without effect. They used His sacrifice blocked more than 3,000 Yuan Shu's cavalry, providing an opportunity for the 4,000 cavalry who arrived later.
The four thousand cavalry were covered by two rounds of bows and arrows, causing Yuan Shu's cavalry to lose nearly a thousand. Then the four thousand cavalry surrounded and annihilated Yuan Shu's cavalry from three sides, and finally surrounded them all. However, Ji Ling's more than 3,000 cavalrymen were selected from hundreds of thousands of troops with excellent riding skills. A large part of them were low-level officers such as corps commanders and senior officers. Their personal combat prowess is unquestionable. , so at the last moment, more than two hundred cavalry were allowed to escape smoothly.
Fortunately, the bows and arrows of the assault cavalry made a great contribution. Half of the more than 3,000 Yuan Shu's cavalrymen who were wiped out were killed or wounded by bows and arrows.
As soon as the battle was over, Huyandu left nearly a thousand injured cavalrymen to collect their horses and search for injured soldiers who were not dead. He immediately led more than two thousand cavalrymen and hurried towards the battlefield to the west. He was not sure, Huang Wudie Can the less than 20,000 infantrymen be able to withstand the attack of the opponent's 30,000 troops?
By the time Hu Yandu rushed back to the main battlefield, the battle had been going on for nearly an hour. As he expected, Huang Wudie's 20,000 soldiers were already stretched thin by the attack of the 30,000 Ji Ling Army.
At this time, nearly half of the more than 4,000 soldiers in the Huben camp had been lost, and there are still more than 2,000 soldiers struggling to support themselves. The five thousand garrison troops on the left and right sides each retreated step by step under Yuan Shujun's attack.
Fortunately, Huang Wudie was very capable. Under her command, the remaining 12,000 soldiers reorganized into a square formation, and 8,000 melee infantry were arranged in three rows, surrounding the 4,000 yuan crossbowmen. The four thousand Yuan Rong crossbowmen continuously fired crossbow arrows at Yuan Shu's army outside the formation, reducing the pressure on the peripheral infantry.
At this time, Yuan Shu's army of 30,000 soldiers and horses had just over 20,000 left. This was due to the massive casualties caused by the 4,000 crossbowmen.
More than two thousand cavalry suddenly appeared on the battlefield, which greatly boosted the morale of the Anton Army soldiers who were struggling to support themselves. The appearance of their own cavalry on the battlefield meant that the enemy cavalry had been eliminated. Then, what happens next on the battlefield? Control will return to your own side.
On the contrary, the morale of Yuan Shu's infantry dropped rapidly, and the consequence was that the already precarious defense line of Huang Wudie's army was once again stabilized.
Seeing the enemy's 2,500 cavalry return, Ji Bao knew that his strategy of encircling and annihilating this group of troops today had failed. On the one hand, his morale had been lost. Second, he had only 20,000 troops left. Not only did he have to When attacking the opponent's infantry square, we must also beware of the opponent's cavalry surprise attack. It seems that it is time to end the war and wait for the arrival of the army. It is a pity that there are only three thousand cavalry, and it is estimated that not many can escape.
Thinking of this,
Ji Bao immediately ordered the army to stop attacking without hesitation and retreat to defense, while Jinghou Ji Ling's army came. At this time, a large amount of smoke suddenly rose from behind a forest two miles south of the battlefield, and then several battle flags of the Anton Army appeared in everyone's sight.
Because Ji Bao's direction happened to be facing the woods to the south, he was the first to see the arrival of the coalition reinforcements. Seeing this situation, Ji Bao couldn't help but change his face, and thought to himself: "No, the coalition has sent reinforcements again. He must form a defense immediately, otherwise his more than 20,000 troops will not be able to wait for the general's coalition."
Thinking of this, General Ji Bamar ordered the army to retreat, assemble, and form a circular formation.
As the golden sound sounded, the more than 20,000 soldiers of Yuan Shu's army were surprised, but they still carried out the military order well. The army quickly retreated, and then quickly formed a circular formation under the command of the Chinese army's horn.
At this time, some soldiers of the Anton Army discovered something strange when they inadvertently looked back to the south. So the military formation immediately burst into cheers: "The reinforcements have arrived, the general's reinforcements have arrived!"
Huang Wudie was startled, and turned back to look to the south. Sure enough, she saw the battle flags of Tiebei Camp, Iron Eagle Ruishi and the other two battle camps. Only then did she understand why Yuan Shujun was acting like this. Withdraw troops cleanly and neatly. However, at this time, Yuan Shu's army had formed a formation, and his side had no chance to make a surprise attack.
Not only Huang Wudie, but Hu Yandu also regretted that he rushed here in a hurry and did not carefully observe the situation in the south, so he missed a good opportunity. However, after seeing the strength of the reinforcements, Hu Yandu immediately commanded the cavalry to go around to the north of Yuan Shu's army. He estimated that with the support of these elite troops, the generals in the army should want to eat up Yuan Shu's army.
Sure enough, soon after the 17,000 elite troops joined Huang Wudie, they immediately conveyed Huangfu Chaobo's military order, asking Huang Wudie to seize the opportunity to annihilate this Yuan Shu army.
The arrival of 17,000 elite troops instantly changed the battlefield situation. The Anton army suddenly became 30,000 infantry and more than 2,000 cavalry, while Yuan Shu's army was only left with 20,000 tired soldiers, and the offensive and defensive positions of both sides suddenly changed.
Huang Wudie took the military order and after a little thought, she decided to annihilate the 20,000 Yuan Shu troops as soon as possible. Although Ji Ling's army was already heading towards the edge, Huang Wudie felt that she had 17,000 elite troops and facing the enemy's 20,000 tired soldiers, if she was fast enough, she should be able to annihilate them before Ji Ling's army arrived.