Chapter 293: Wei Lu's Defection [Two in One](1/2)
"Boom——"
Amidst the roaring sound of horse hooves, Bosile's commander Nuhar led thousands of cavalry to intercept the tens of thousands of Chu troops led by Chu general Yu Ji and prevent them from attacking the back of Wei general Li Lin's army.
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This move can be said to have saved Li Lin's army, because at this time, Li Lin had about 70% of the Wei soldiers turning around to pursue the Zhaoguan army under Xiang Kuan's command, and the remaining 30% of the troops were not enough to resist Chu general Yu Ji's command.
Li Lin's army - if Bosile did not send another cavalry to intercept Yu Ji's army, Li Lin's army would most likely be defeated by Yu Ji's army.
At this time, Chu general Yu Ji had also noticed the group of Jiejiao cavalry running towards him, and immediately ordered his Fu Li Chu army to slow down their advance, hold their shields high, and form an array to prevent the Jiejiao cavalry from attacking.
of assault.
However, the 30,000 grain recruits who were his vanguard did not seem to have received Yu Ji's general order and still charged desperately - just like the volunteers of the Wei army, it seemed that these grain recruits had not been strictly trained.
Recruiting soldiers will inevitably subconsciously chase the enemy in front of them on the battlefield, either defeating the opponent or being defeated by the opponent. As for "stopping the advance midway to resist the sudden attack of cavalry", recruiting soldiers with food cannot do this at all.
And this caused the regular army under Yu Ji to distance itself from the 30,000 grain soldiers.
However, to Yu Ji's surprise, Nuhar, the captain of the Jiejiao Cavalry, did not intend to break into Yu Ji's army directly. He was leading the Jiejiao Cavalry under him, like a long snake, straight towards Yu Ji's army.
came, but when he was about to break into Yu Ji's army, he suddenly reined in his horse, reversed the direction abruptly, and chased the grain soldiers in front at almost a right angle.
"Being fooled?"
Yu Ji was a little confused, and then he became furious and ordered loudly: "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!"
But it is a pity that by the time his soldiers raised their crossbows and fired arrows at those hateful Jiejiao cavalry, those Jiejiao cavalry had already changed direction and pursued the grain recruiters in front.
Although during this period, several unlucky Jiejiao cavalrymen were shot by Chu soldiers, it was not enough to affect the situation.
There is no way, the Jiejiao cavalry are excellent cavalry, they know how to maximize their own lethality on the battlefield - that is, as the saying goes, pick the weak persimmons.
Those who recruited soldiers were undoubtedly the soft persimmons in the eyes of the Jiejiao cavalry.
"call--"
"Yohoo——"
Amidst shouts full of regional characteristics, thousands of Jiejiao cavalry bit the tails of the 30,000 grain recruiters, waved their swords, and cut down the grain recruiters in front of them one after another with their backs exposed to them.
It has to be said that the ability of the grain recruiters to cooperate in battle is indeed very poor. They were clearly being chased by the Jiejiao cavalry behind them, but the grain recruiters in front were still rushing towards the Wei army.
Seeing this, Captain Nuhar waved his hand and ordered the thousands of Jiejiao cavalry under his command to be divided into more than a dozen small teams of more than a hundred people, leading from the tail to cover up the killing.
Under the threat of these thousands of Jiejiao cavalry, many of the rear army's grain recruits may stop advancing and turn around to resist the Jiejiao cavalry. But unfortunately, such loose defenses that seem to be fighting independently cannot prevent them at all.
The Jiejiao Cavalry was stationed there, so when all the grain recruiters who chose to stay died under the scimitars of the Jiejiao Cavalry, more grain recruiters chose to follow the large army and run desperately towards the Wei army in front.
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Seeing this, Captain Nuhar showed a look of contempt on his face.
Because in his opinion, these tens of thousands of Chu's grain soldiers were as non-threatening as the sheep grazing by them on the grassland. They only knew how to follow the sheep and run around in fear.
But having said that, although the Jiejiao cavalry disdained these food recruits, Wei general Li Lin did not treat it that way. After all, he had thirty or forty thousand soldiers under his command and they all rushed forward to pursue Xiang Kuan's Zhaoguan army.
The remaining more than 10,000 people stayed in place, gradually forming their formation again under his orders.
These more than 10,000 people currently have to withstand the assault of 30,000 grain-recruited soldiers. It is obviously unrealistic to say that there is no pressure. After all, these Wei soldiers are volunteers, not elite Wei soldiers who have undergone rigorous training and have rich battlefield experience.
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"Block them!... Lift up the shields in your hands and block them!"
Wei general Li Lin shouted at the top of his lungs.
In a moment, a torrent of thirty thousand soldiers and grain soldiers crashed into Li Lin's army of more than ten thousand.
Li Lin was very lucky that he gathered the scattered soldiers in time and forced them to form a tight formation. Otherwise, they would probably be scattered by the torrent and scattered to pieces.
But having said that, as long as the momentum of recruiting soldiers is contained, the rest will be easy to handle. After all, there are a lot of rangers among the volunteers. Even if both sides are in a chaotic formation, the Wei army under his command can still rely on those
The ranger with good martial arts gradually gained an advantage.
Not to mention, all the volunteers under his command are fully equipped with weapons and armor, unlike the soldiers on the opposite side, most of whom only have one weapon that is not very sharp.
"...Alright, not bad."
After carefully observing the battlefield situation for a few times, Wei General Li Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared with the Zhaoguan Army that had just faced Xiang Juan, the pressure on him from the 30,000 grain recruits was obviously much smaller. This gave him a brief moment to look back and see the other 30,000 to 40,000 volunteer soldiers under his command.
Have you caught up with Xiang Kuanjun at this moment?
However, when he looked back, Li Lin's eyes showed some surprise and surprise, because as far as he could see, the Zhaoguan Army under Xiang Kuan's command had been outflanked by his Wei Army.
"Is that the right-wing center army of Marquis Shangliang?"
Li Lin stared with wide eyes and said secretly in his heart.
As the saying goes, there are mistakes. The thirty or forty thousand volunteers under his command who blindly pursued Xiang Kuan's army before made what he thought was the stupidest move. However, with the Wei army's right-wing center army, that is, Shangliang
With the dispatch of troops under Hou Zhao Anding's command, this stupid move immediately turned into a brilliant move.
At this time, the Zhaoguan army was blocked by tens of thousands of troops from Shangliang Marquis Zhao Anding, and then was chased by Li Lin's thirty to forty thousand volunteers. It can be said that they were attacked from both sides.
What surprised Li Lin even more was that Zhou Ji from the former army also sent a combined regiment of 10,000 Luoyang Imperial Guards and 30,000 volunteer soldiers, ordering them to advance and block the fighting of Xiang Mo's men.
Lian, the second general of the fish
The army, even while blocking these Chu soldiers, the crossbowmen in the array of 10,000 Luoyang Imperial Guards could still find time to use crossbows to suppress Xiang Kuan's army in front of them on the right, causing damage to the latter.
Quite a few casualties.
A two-sided attack, no, this is simply a three-sided attack!
Seeing this, Li Lin was secretly glad that his poor command did not hinder the Wei army to a great extent.
But in fact, he didn't need to be so worried at all, because Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei State, had no intention of blaming him.
In Zhao Run's opinion, Li Lin has done a good enough job.
Although it was still difficult to avoid being broken through by Xiang Kuan and his Zhaoguan Army in the end, this was not surprising. After all, Xiang Kuan was one of the best generals in the Chu State, and Qi's Zhaoguan Army was one of the best in the Chu State.
How could Li Lin and the volunteers under his command be a match?
It would be better if the merchant navy came to take over the battle.
Because of this, Zhao Run had long been prepared for Li Lin's army to be penetrated by Xiang Kuan's army, and on this basis, he planned the tactic of "encircling and killing Xiang Kuan's army" before Xiang Kuan led a lone army into his Wei army's formation.
At that time, he was surrounded and killed, and a sharp tooth of the coalition army was pulled out.
For now, the situation is not bad. No, Xiang Kuan has gradually been surrounded by his Wei army.
If Xiang Juan had not noticed the crisis at this moment and waited for the Wei army to surround him on all sides, then this fierce general of the Chu State would undoubtedly die.
Invincible and so on, in the end you can only exaggerate the praise. No matter how brave the general is, it may not be impossible for him to be killed by a small crossbowman.
"But before that..."
Zhao Run stood on the chariot and looked into the distance, wanting to see how far Hou Dan, the left-wing front army, had advanced his troops.
Zhao Run was not very worried about whether Xiang Kuan would realize that he was going too far alone. He was worried about Xiang Mo, the former commander of the coalition forces. If Xiang Mo saw through Zhao Run's intentions and saw his brother Xiang Kuan leading the army,
Going too deep and sending more troops into the battlefield, even if it is just to recruit soldiers, will undoubtedly make it more difficult for the Wei army to encircle and kill Xiang Kuan.
Therefore, at this time, it is best for someone to attract Xiang Mo's idea so that Xiang Mo has no time to worry about his brother Xiang Kuan.
Currently, only Hou Dan of the left-wing front army can do this.
At the same time, Xiang Mo was looking at the midfield and the two battlefields on the left, shaking his head secretly.
It's not that his coalition forces are at a disadvantage at the moment, it's just that the situation on the battlefield is too chaotic. The midfield side is fine, with Dou Lian and Ni Yu taking command, and for the Chu soldiers here, they only need to face them head-on.
The Wei army came - a regiment consisting of 10,000 Luoyang imperial guards and 30,000 volunteers. However, on the left (south) side, the situation was very chaotic.
Li Lin's army, Yu Ji's army, Liang Recruiting Army, and Jiejiao Cavalry, these are roughly four armies, and they are entangled with each other at this moment. There is me among you, and you among me. Even Xiang Mo can't tell which side has gained the temporary victory.
Advantages.
Just as he squinted his eyes and watched intently, a guard from the side reminded him: "General, the left wing of the Wei army is approaching."
After this reminder, Xiang Mo remembered that Wei's Hou Dan army was slowly approaching his side, and immediately turned his attention to the battlefield on the right wing.
At this time, on the battlefield on the right wing, tens of thousands of Wei troops led by Hou Dan had slowly pushed their troops through the midfield and headed straight towards the Patriot army on the right wing of the coalition.
In this Wei army's team, many chariots were vaguely visible, such as Wugang chariots, crossbow chariots, tortoise-shell chariots, etc., countless of them, which made Xiang Mo have to be more vigilant.
After all, they resemble Wugang chariots, serial crossbow chariots, and tortoise-shell chariots. As the Wei State gradually became famous in the Central Plains during these years of foreign wars, it seems to have returned to the era when the Wei State used chariots to intimidate other countries hundreds of years ago.
Looking at Hou Dan's army approaching from a distance, Xiang Mo once again felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.
"I hope the Wei and Lu armies can stop the Wei army led by Hou Dan..."
He thought secretly in his heart.
At the same time, Wei General Hou Dan was sitting astride a war horse, slowly leading his troops to approach the guard army on the opposite side.
At the same time, he secretly whispered in his heart.
"I never thought that the Wei Army and the Lu Army might be internal agents of our army. This is simply...unbelievable."
I remember that Hou Dan was filled with surprise after hearing the shocking secret revealed by Yan Shun just before the battle.
To be continued...