Chapter 968 Zhuozhou offensive and defensive battle (5)
As the commander of the Feiyan Cavalry of the Liao army, Bo Lulie has always been known for his bravery and fearless combat. Whenever he goes to fight, he will rush to the front of the team. Today's battle to raid into Zhuozhou City is naturally no exception. He is almost the first cavalry to rush out of the city gate.
Then, he heard a sudden roar from the front. Although Bo Lulie, who did not understand Chinese, did not know what the other party was calling, in this moment, after years of war, the experience of licking blood from the knife on his head made him feel a sudden alarm. Without thinking, the sword that should have cut towards the guards in front was quickly retracted by him, and his body turned sideways and went straight to the side of the horse.
Just as he made this strange dodging and defensive posture, countless powerful arrows flew over like raindrops in the darkness on both sides. Even though he danced his sword like a wheel and blocked a huge area in front of him, one of the arrows was still passing through the defense line and hitting his shoulders. The war horses under his crotch were also hit by arrows one after another, crying out in a tragedy, and the momentum of rushing forward stopped immediately and ran to the side.
Even Bo Lulie, who made timely defense, was injured, and the other cavalry were naturally in a difficult situation. They rushed in with the waves of arrows almost unprepared, and they looked at it and were no different from hitting the feather arrows. That was to seek death!
As a famous elite light cavalry in the Liao army, the Flying Swallow Cavalry did not attach heavy armor on top and bottom, and at most it was covered with a thin layer of leather armor. This armor could only block the wandering arrows dozens or hundreds of steps away, but the raid in front of them was stimulated at thirty or forty steps, which was the position where the arrows were most killed and penetrated. Moreover, these supporting forces were much larger than ordinary bows and arrows. Once hit, the leather armor would be as pale as paper, without any defensive effect at all, which caused a large number of cavalry to be seriously injured and dropped.
After the group of people who rushed to the front were dismissed one after another, they directly blocked the small-scale gate hole, becoming a fatal stumbling block, and sealed the robes behind them at the exit. Some people were not prepared for the night, and were injured because of the fact that they were overwhelmed by the night.
It can be said that in this instant, the Feiyan Cavalry, who should have entered the city easily, was completely blocked in the city gate by arrows, and was in a dilemma. Sun Tu felt a little surprised, but his reaction was quick enough, and he immediately ordered again: "Kill them, use a crossbow to seal the gate, and kill them all!" How could he easily let go of such a one-sided opportunity for massacre?
The soldiers immediately took the order and ran out of the darkness on both sides. After approaching slightly, waves of arrows poured over. This was really the destiny of King Yama for the hundreds of Liao troops trapped in the city gate. Even though they tried their best to dance their weapons and searched for the fallen war horses as cover to hide, they still could not completely protect themselves from being injured by the storm that had been tightly pressed. The screams kept echoing in this semi-sealed space, the corpses under their feet continued to increase, and blood also flowed out with Bobo. The miserable and despair in them was something they had never thought of.
But at this moment, even if someone wants to turn around and escape, it is difficult for someone to turn around and escape. Because they were rushing to occupy the city gate just now, there were too many cavalry coming in, and nearly half of a thousand-man cavalry rushed into the city gate. Even though the north gate of Zhuozhou was wide enough, two or three large carriages could pass through in parallel, but when facing these many cavalry, especially the already chaotic cavalry, this little space was still not enough.
I saw them rushing to the top, blocking the road completely. Not to mention letting the horse turn around and leave, it would not be so easy for people to pass.
"Abandon the horse, abandon the horse and leave!" Someone suddenly shouted loudly, and finally got the recognition of many people in the rear. At this time, the statement that cavalry could lose their lives but could not lose their horses had long been thrown out by them. After all, there was only one life, but the horse could be found again. So soon, the dozens of people in the rear had already dismounted, running straight to the cave on the other side of the city gate with their hands and feet. And further away, the cavalry that had not yet come in quickly gave way to the left and right to separate the way for them.
But at this moment, there were another burst of shouts of killing from behind them. The Changsheng Army, who had previously fallen behind them, finally rushed back. The shocking change at the city gate completely disrupted the rhythm of the Liao army and their minds. They actually completely threw this situation behind them.
Although the Changsheng Army, the night-attacked Changsheng Army suffered heavy casualties and was defeated and fled, they still maintained a certain combat effectiveness in the end, and more than a thousand people could come back alive. When they saw these Liao cavalry rushed towards the city gate before them, they were already anxious and rushed forward with all their might.
They regretted it in their hearts that everything was an enemy's conspiracy, but they became an accomplice of the Liao army's opening the city gate! If they had known this was the result, they would rather defend the city than be greedy for this contribution. Now they are from top to bottom, full of only the idea of atonement for the Liao army and fight to the death.
So when they rushed to the city gate and saw the Liao cavalry that were retreating, they had no hesitation at all, and rushed forward frantically and launched the most fierce attack on them.
Now, the situation of these Liao army elite cavalry became even more unbearable. Arrows were still shooting out from the city gate ahead, and their own robes were struggling for the final struggle to escape. But behind them, the ever-winning army rushed over fiercely. When they were clamped on both sides, they really had no room for maneuver and could only fight hard.
This is undoubtedly extremely deadly for these hundreds of light cavalrymen.
The advantage of cavalry over infantry is that they use the force suppression brought by the horse's rushing force and the speed that is far superior to infantry, so that they can fight as they please, conflict and split the infantry formation, completely break their defenses, and finally become lambs to be slaughtered.
But the current cavalry was blocked directly in front of the city gate, and there was no room for escape left and right. Most of their advantages were instantly cut off. On the contrary, the people and cavalry were too large and not flexible enough, and the obvious weakness of the target was undoubtedly exposed at this moment. Therefore, in this head-on death battle, hundreds of cavalry were almost swallowed up by the infantry soldiers of the Changsheng Army in a short time, and their troops fell one after another...
In the Liao army camp in the distance, Xiao Gan couldn't believe what he saw. The North Gate, which he thought he would be able to win in one battle, would have such a reversal. The other Liao army was still halfway and far from being able to press into the city gate! What made him even more angry was that most of the suspension bridges on the moat were put away at this moment.
This means that the Liao army on the other side of the city gate is separated from its main force, and it takes a lot of time to go forward to rescue. Judging from the current battle situation, it is obvious that the enemy cannot give him so much time!
"How could this be so? Everything before was so beneficial to me, and even though Zhuozhou was about to be taken down, why would such a change happen? Did his defenders have expected it, so they deliberately prepared for an ambush, or did they have a temporary intention?" In an instant, Xiao Gan thought of the strange thought that had arisen in his mind before - he was facing two completely different opponents, one was radical and the other was steady and vicious, and each stroke could hit his own vitals.
"Can you say that there are really two chief generals in the Zhuozhou garrison? How is this possible?" Xiao Gan couldn't believe such a ridiculous judgment. After all, this kind of approach of one army and two generals would only make the soldiers use nothing, and it was a taboo in the army.
Xiao Gan couldn't understand this, but one thing he was completely correct, that is, the Feiyan Cavalry at the city gate could no longer wait for the subsequent troops to rescue him. Because there were sounds of killing sounds coming from the north gate of Zhuozhou at this time, the defenders inside finally arrived at this moment, and then bravely entered the city gate and carried out a final clearance of the remaining enemies inside.
At this time, the Liao army left in the city gate was either injured or had a mentality collapsed, and there were less than a hundred people. When they met the ever-winning army who came in anger, they could hardly even have the courage to resist, and they were killed instantly, without even half of their living habits.
Then these ever-winning troops took advantage of the situation and attacked each other forward and backward with their comrades who had already suppressed the Liao army outside without the power to fight back. At that time, they killed all the remaining 100 Liao cavalry.
It was not until this time that the Liao army's subsequent troops rushed up, but were blocked by the wide moat. They could only watch their robes being killed in front of them, but they could do nothing. Finally, facing the angry arrows of the Liao army, the soldiers of the Changsheng Army retreated in an orderly manner. With a dull bang, the city gates outside the river were closed again, which meant that the Liao army's overall plan was lost and everything returned to its appearance before dark. It was just that there were thousands of corpses outside the city.
This battle that seemed to be expected but ended unexpectedly was completely quelled. The Changsheng Army and the Liao army both paid an extremely heavy price due to their respective miscalculations. When the Changsheng Army left the city, the three thousand elite soldiers were only about 1,300 when they came back, and most of them were injured. The Liao army's losses looked even greater, and that was a total of 1,000 Flying Swallow Cavalry. For Xiao Gan, it was a complete result of stealing chickens and losing rice.
Xiao Gan blackened his face and rode his horse to the moat for the first time. His faint eyes cut through the night and looked at the cityside, as if he wanted to see through this action what kind of person the chief defender in the city was.
At the same time, Dong Kuang stood in front of Sun Tu with guilt and self-blame, and clasped his fists and said, "General Sun, if you hadn't led someone to take action this time, I'm afraid that my Zhuozhou would have fallen. It's ridiculous that I was arrogant before and thought it could expand the results of the battle. I was really ashamed..." As he said that, he suddenly bowed his knees and bowed.
Chapter completed!