Chapter 2235: Drive Tang to attack Tang, defeat Xu Rong again
Chapter 2232: Drive Tang to attack Tang, defeat Xu Rong again
Gao Xingzhou escaped by luck, but Zhang Xiu was not so lucky this time.
The battle between Zhang Xiu and Meng Yi was barely considered a draw, but overall, Meng Yi was the one with the advantage.
Later, when the Tang army was defeated, Zhang Xiu naturally could not stay and wait for death, but with Meng Yi entangled on the side, coupled with Yue Xi and Li Jin''s obstruction, Zhang Xiu failed to break out.
With the joint efforts of the three generals, Zhang Xiu, who had no way to go to the sky, was finally shot off the horse by Meng Yi and was captured alive after being knocked away.
The reason why Meng Yi chose to capture alive rather than kill was because Zhang Xiu was Tong Yuan’s disciple, Zhao Yun’s senior brother, and Zhao Yun was the brother-in-law of the King of Qin.
In addition, Zhang Xiu never killed a senior general of the Qin army in his hands. He was one of the generals of the Tang army that could be accepted, so Meng Yi chose to capture Zhang Xiu alive.
On Gongsun Xuanyuan''s side, Gao Siji and other generals saw that their army had been defeated, but they still failed to defeat Xuanyuan''s troops. Although they were extremely unwilling to accept it, they could only choose to retreat with cognitive means, otherwise they would be seeking death.
Gongsun Xuanyuan killed Gao Shunli and formed a desperate defense with Gao Siji brothers. Logically speaking, the Gao brothers should not be allowed to leave, but as the chief general of the army, he naturally could not leave the army to chase Gao Siji brothers.
On Shi Jingtang''s side, Yu Ziqi and Ji Bu were at a disadvantage when they faced Shi Jingtang, and they could only guarantee undefeated. Now that Shi Jingtang wants to run away, they naturally cannot keep it.
Huo Qubing defeated 20,000 elite cavalry of the Tang army in one battle, captured Changsun Wuji and Zhang Xiu alive, and killed thirteen Tang generals including Gao Shunli, but they were still unsatisfied. While deliberately slowing down the speed to pursue, they also drove the Tang army''s iron cavalry towards the direction of Tang army reinforcements.
Xu Rong, the Tang general who led 20,000 elite troops, immediately asked the army to stop entering the city after receiving the order from Changsun Wuji and led the army to support him.
But what Xu Rong never expected was that before his army even arrived at the battlefield, 20,000 elite cavalry had been defeated by the Qin army, and the defeated army was rushed to him by the Qin army.
"General Xu, hurry up, retreat quickly, 20,000 elite cavalry have been defeated, and they are fleeing here and cannot be restrained at all. If the route is not changed, your 20,000 reinforcements will be destroyed by the defeated army."
Gao Siji, who possessed the famous horse, forced his return and reported the situation on the front line to Xu Rong, which immediately changed Xu Rong''s face.
How can he change the route at this time? Even if he could make reinforcements deviate from the route, the Qin army''s purpose was to let the defeated army defeat them, and they would definitely make adjustments due to their changes.
"You can''t change the route, not to mention that it''s too late, even if it''s too late, the Qin army will rush the defeated army to our army that has changed its route." Xu Rong analyzed calmly.
"What should I do? The defeated army is about to rush over."
Shi Jingtang was anxious to jump, but now that things have come to this, it is useless even if he is anxious.
After thinking for a while, Xu Rong ordered the entire army to form a formation on the spot. Since he was destined to be unable to escape in front of the formation, he might as well fight with the Qin army.
Under Xu Rong''s command, 20,000 Tang reinforcements quickly formed a formation, with gun formations in front, shield formations in the middle, and crossbow formations behind. Once the cavalry is uncontrolled and intends to destroy the infantry phalanx, even their own soldiers will be strangled to death.
At the same time, Xu Rong asked Gao Si to follow Shi Jingtang and other generals to restrain the out-of-control cavalry and let the cavalry bypass the infantry formation as much as possible, rather than attacking the reinforcements.
One thousand meters.
Nine hundred meters.
800 meters
…
Here comes.
Tens of thousands of elite cavalry of the Tang army were completely scared by the Qin army and fled in panic. If they were not stopped, they would definitely attack the infantry on the road they must pass.
"Soldiers, stop quickly, there are reinforcements from our army ahead."
"Stop quickly, soldiers, if they rush down, they will kill each other."
Seeing this, Xu Rong gritted his teeth and said, "This group of deserters cannot break the situation. All deserters close to 300 meters can be shot and killed."
"No."
The soldiers roared like thunder, and the crossbowmen aimed at the front. Even if they refused to admit it, they had to pull the trigger, otherwise the casualties would only be greater.
Swoosh, swish, swish...
For a time, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and a large number of defeated troops who refused to change the route were shot to death by their own powerful crossbows.
"No, don''t shoot arrows, your own people, don''t shoot arrows, ah."
"I am Sima of Xiaoshan Camp, don''t let it go, ah."
"General Li Jie is here, don''t shoot arrows, puff..."
No matter how the defeated soldiers shouted, as long as the cavalry approached the reinforcements 300 meters but still refused to change the route, they would be served by the reinforcements'' powerful crossbows.
Thousands of elite cavalry of the Tang army did not die in the battle with the Qin army, but died under their own crossbow arrows, and they could be said to have died with their eyes open.
The defeated soldiers in the rear were shocked when they saw that their colleagues were shot to death by their own people because they did not change their ways. They were shocked and did not dare to turn back and fight against the Qin army, nor did they dare to be attacked by their own people. In fear, they chose to change their ways.
Five miles away, after Huo Qubing learned what Xu Rong did, he couldn''t help but exclaim: "This Xu Rong is really cruel and doesn''t even let him go."
Xu Rong''s methods are indeed ruthless, but this is the only way to avoid being attacked by the defeated army. Only iron blood can shock this group of scared defeated army.
"General, the plan to drive Tang to attack Tang failed. What should I do now?" Long Yang asked.
"What else can I do? I killed it directly. Changsun Wuji was defeated by 20,000 elite cavalry. How could Xu Rong''s 20,000 infantrymen stop our army?" Meng Yi said excitedly.
Huo Qubing smiled indifferently: "If Xu Rong could control the defeated army because of this, he would be a big mistake. Fear cannot be erased so quickly.
Transfer the order to speed up the pursuit army and let the cavalry recall the fear of being chased by the Qin army again. ”
"No."
With Huo Qubing''s order, the Qin army following the pursuit began to accelerate, and once they caught up, they would never show mercy. A large number of Tang army cavalry died under the pursuit of the Qin army.
Under the pursuit of the Qin army, the Tang army''s defeated army was once again out of control. Many frightened cavalry would rather die under the arrows of their own people than under the sword of the Qin army. For this reason, they would not hesitate to attack their own military and political affairs and disrupt the situation.
Xu Rong was crying without tears when he saw this, and he wanted to kill all these defeated troops. He never expected that he was not defeated by the Qin army, but was defeated by his own people.
Although Xu Rong already knew the fate of his army, he could not give up until the last moment. He ordered the encirclement and killing of all the defeated troops that were attacking the square formation, but the defeated troops were also cavalry. After getting closer, they could not use a powerful crossbow and could only use the gun formation.
But the defeated army is also a human being. It is impossible to be killed, so they will naturally resist, which also makes the Tang army''s formation even more chaotic.
Now that Xu Rong has killed all these defeated troops, he cannot change the chaotic injuries. Besides, before he has wiped out the defeated troops, Huo Qubing has led 30,000 cavalry to attack Xu Rong''s army directly.
Xu Rongjun''s formation was disrupted by his own cavalry. Before he could react, he had to face the impact of 30,000 Qin troops, so he was beaten without any power to fight back.
Less than an hour after the war started, Xu Rong followed Changsun Wuji''s footsteps. The entire army was defeated by the Qin cavalry and was defeated on the entire line. The infantry and cavalry fled to the southeast.
(This chapter ends)