In the scorching sun, under the scorching sun, the cruel and fierce battle was in full swing. The Zhai Li coalition army, which had a certain advantage in overall strength, relied on its strength advantage and the innate advantage of its offensive formation to maintain its offensive against the Sui army in the eastern capital. The three battlefields on the two wings and the two wings all had the upper hand. The Sui army in the eastern capital, which was inherently advantageous in defense and unfavorable in attack, was in a passive position from the beginning.
Fortunately, the formation is not conducive to attack, but it means that the defense is strong. The Sui army in the eastern capital, which is lacking in elites, uses the old to lead the new, with elite veterans as the backbone, supplemented by strictly trained recruits. Although the battle is difficult, However, it was still barely able to hold on. Although the Zhai-Li coalition army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, attacked fiercely and invested a large number of offensive troops, it was still unable to break through the Sui army's interception and broke into the Sui army's square circle. The battle situation was stalemate. At the same time, the Nationalist Army and the cavalry, the most powerful Sui Army in the Eastern Capital, have never been dispatched, and there is still a chance to reverse the situation. The outcome of the battlefield is still uncertain.
It was noon, and the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital, which was at a disadvantage, finally made an adjustment, allowing the Nationalist Army in front of the flag formation to move forward, surpassing the ordinary Sui Army cavalry led by Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, and moved to the frontal battlefield where the fighting was the most brutal. In the rear, standing behind the bloody Sui infantry line of defense, the nationalist troops in white robes are all very conspicuous when they go there. Not only Zhai Rang, Li Mi and others who were hiding in the distance watching the battle immediately noticed The adjustment of the Sui army, the generals and soldiers of the Zhai Li coalition army who were fighting hard with the Sui army's infantry, also quickly discovered this situation, and their nervous shouts immediately echoed on the battlefield, "Be careful, the white-robed soldiers are coming ! The white-robed soldiers of the official army are here!"
White robe soldiers! I don’t know how many times this famous name has echoed on the battlefield of Luoyang, the eastern capital. It can be traced back to eighty-eight years ago. Ten thousand horses avoid white robes! Four years ago, more than eighty years later, this name and this nursery rhyme once again resounded in Luoyang and China, and became synonymous with undefeated and a symbol of victory. Four years later, this name has never been associated with failure , and has become an almost terrifying existence, no enemy is willing to fight these white-robed lunatics, and no enemy has the courage to stand in front of these lunatics!
"Be careful! Watch out for surprise raids!" Pei Renji, the front-line commander of the Zhai-Li coalition army, was also affected. As soon as he saw the Baoguo army appearing, he immediately yelled, "Learn in line at the back, prepare for the refusal of carbine, prepare with sword and axe, and take precautions." Official cavalry raid! The white-robed soldiers rushed up, the front army scattered left and right, and the rear team resisted! Pass the order, when the white-robed soldiers charge, the front army disperses left and right, absolutely not allowed to retreat and run back! Anyone who disobeys the order will be cut immediately! "
What is cowardice before fighting? The current Zhai Li coalition army is called cowardly before fighting. Seeing the Nationalist Army appearing on the Luokoucang battlefield who killed people like mowing grass, the generals and soldiers of the Zhai Li coalition army on the front line were already timid. When it came to Pei Renji's order that they didn't have any confidence in them at all, the Zhai Li coalition army was in a panic. The rear team hurriedly formed a dense formation, and the front team subconsciously looked left and right, looking for escape routes. On the military side, cheers shook the sky, morale was boosted, and confidence was greatly increased. They also took the opportunity to regain a lot of positions and gained a lot of space for the Bao Guojun's charge and raid.
It was fine for Zhai and Li's allied forces. Seeing the critical moment when the Baoguo army was about to launch a charge, Zhai Rang personally brought up the reserve team. Three thousand well-equipped Wagang elite soldiers quickly entered the frontal battlefield and joined the battle before the Baoguo army charged. Under the great pressure on the Sui army's position space, Chen Sangliang did not dare to order the frontal infantry to disperse left and right. He could only let the infantry continue to fight hard, and was forced to give up the plan to let the Baoguo army charge and attack—at least Zhai Jean and Li Mi think so.
Taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the real trump card of the Zhai-Li coalition army was deployed. More than 3,000 cavalrymen of the Zhai-Li coalition army were gathered together, led by the famous Wagang cavalry general Shan Xiongxin. Covered by shelters, they took a detour in the open area in the south, and gradually detoured to the only rear of the Sui army's square formation that was not attacked. However, the commander of the Sui army, Chen Sangliang, only paid attention to the front where the battle situation was critical, and he never noticed the attack of the Zhai-Li coalition army. one action...
It was almost back to the front of the Sui army's square formation, and the Sui army in the Eastern Capital hadn't made any adjustments. Mulan, who was fighting with Shan Xiongxin, was so anxious that her palms were sweating, but the more worried, the worse the situation became. It was critical, and Sun Changle, the cavalry general of Li Mi's army on the other side, suddenly pointed at the rear of the Sui army and shouted, "General Shan, look quickly, the flag of the Invincible Battalion!"
Looking in the direction pointed by Sun Changle, Shan Xiongxin showed a happy smile on his face. The front position behind the Sui army was indeed flying high the notorious military flag of the Invincible Camp. The soldiers of the army were still chaotic and undisciplined as usual, with both infantry and cavalry. Then you can see the sinful Chen Zi banner.
"It's over, little thief Chen, I can't help you anymore." Mulan murmured in despair.
"God helps me too." Shan Xiongxin smiled happily, and shouted: "Slow down, organize the team, charge formation!"
The Zhai Li cavalry who came round quickly reined in their horses and slowed down. During the deceleration, they quickly regrouped and formed a dense charge formation. It was also at this time that the rear team of the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital finally discovered Zhai Li. With the arrival of the cavalry, the other Sui Army phalanxes were better, but the Sui Army soldiers under the Invincible Battalion were in chaos. Countless soldiers fled left and right shouting, and even went directly into the friendly phalanx nearby to seek protection. It didn't take into account that after they fled, they had already given up the open road to the Sui army's flag formation.
Seeing this scene, Mulan obviously had an expression of despair that could not be concealed. Zhai and Li cavalrymen who were trotting and reaccelerating, but of course almost everyone was grinning grinningly. The smirks of Xiongxin, Sun Changle and others quickly froze on their faces, because they suddenly discovered that as the infantrymen of the Invincible Battalion fled left and right, the cavalrymen of the Invincible Battalion who had been scattered among the infantry crowd gradually gathered in groups, A charge formation was also arranged in a very natural and orderly manner.
Shan Xiongxin and the others were stupefied as they were still behind, those strange cavalrymen suddenly stretched their hands to their backs, and they didn't know what to do, one after another white cloaks suddenly appeared behind them, one side was full of arrow holes. The military flag also suddenly appeared in front of them. On the military flag, there were four big characters written in flying dragons and phoenixes - serve the country with loyalty!
"White-robed soldiers!" Countless Zhai Li cavalrymen screamed in despair, "Why are the white-robed soldiers of the official army here?"
Shan Xiongxin, Mulan and the others quickly stretched their necks to look at the distance ahead, and vaguely saw a group of officer cavalry in white robes in front of them. Shan Xiongxin, Sun Changle and the others were a little puzzled for a while. Why did two nationalist troops suddenly appear in the official army formation? Mulan, who was familiar with Chen Sangliang's bad character, suddenly realized it. With a relaxed mood, Mulan couldn't help but cursed in a low voice, "Here it goes again, you stinky liar!"
With a cruel grin, the Bao Guojun also began to trot and prepare. Lieutenants Guo Feng, Chen Ci, and Zhao Yu, who had already been in the fourth rank, and Yu Le, the new captain newly promoted by Chen Sangliang, all laughed grimly. His eyes were full of coldness and ease when he looked at Zhai Li's cavalry, as if he was looking at a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, so relaxed that he was not in the battlefield of life and death, but hunting for pleasure. — After all, compared with the enemies they encountered before, the number of Zhai and Li cavalry facing them this time was pitifully small and pitifully weak.
The speed of Zhai and Li's cavalry was slowing down, but the horseshoe speed of the Baoguo army was gradually increasing. With Guo Feng's nine-ringed ghost head knife held high, the Baoguo army burst into a uniform cry when it was neutral. Although the number was less than 800, the momentum At the same time, the horses of the Bao Guo Army also accelerated together, running like a dragon and swift like a leopard, with white robes fluttering and flags fluttering, as fast as lightning, without any discount, straight into Zhai Li Among the cavalry crowd, an earth-shattering cavalry battle also unfolded behind the Sui army's formation.
Shan Xiongxin is a brave general and a famous cavalry general. After many years of military career, Shan Xiongxin, who has rarely met an opponent, has long been confident that he will never lose to any enemy in a cavalry battle. But today, Shan Xiongxin's self-confidence was completely shattered. When the two armies collided, the first thing Shan Xiongxin encountered was a general of the patriotic army holding a cooked copper stick. Shan Xiongxin, who was good at horse spears, raised his famous weapon and stabbed the patriotic soldier straight The heart of the general, but what Shan Xiongxin never imagined in his dreams was that the enemy not only did not dodge anything, but directly swung the cooked copper stick and smashed it at his head. Leng Shengsheng's rear hair came first and hit his ear first. Shan Xiongxin lowered his head subconsciously, and the copper rod directly smashed his helmet away, and his horse spear was also missed.
It made Shan Xiongxin unbelievable that he was still behind. He smashed the stick in the air, passed him by the wrong horse, and then hit back with a stick, which hit his horse's rear from an unimaginable angle. , the hard horse bones shattered at the sound, and the horse galloped madly in pain, carrying Shan Xiongxin running like crazy, while Shan Xiongxin desperately manipulated the horse, while desperately avoiding the knives, guns, axes and sticks of the soldiers of the Nationalist Army, during which Shan Xiongxin was shot twice One knife, and finally escaped from the battlefield by luck, fled to an open place on the battlefield, and when he quickly turned back to observe the battlefield, Shan Xiongxin was stunned.
The reason why Shan Xiongxin was stunned was that his army had already been pierced through. The Baoguo army was like a sharp steel knife piercing into tofu. Entering and exiting from the tail, where the white robe passed, Zhai and Li's cavalry turned their backs on their backs, corpses lay all over the ground, and Zhai and Li's cavalry, with countless wounded horses, were still circling on the battlefield, either unable to restrain the wounded horses, or simply Can't believe there is such a thing in this world. But those white-robed demons paid no attention to this, and without stopping, they made a half-circle westward to the north, and then came to kill Zhai Li's cavalry again.
Without any suspense, the Baoguo army once again inserted cheese like a red-hot fork into the waist of Zhai Li's cavalry. Although the attacked bandit cavalry tried their best to resist, they still couldn't stop these lunatics in white robes. Many cavalrymen were chopped into pieces before falling off their horses, and died miserably. It was also at this time that Zhai Li's cavalry soldiers woke up like a dream, and fled in all directions screaming and applauding. The arrogant Mulan was also tongue-tied at the moment. She had heard about the strength of the Baoguo Army long ago, but she never dreamed that the Baoguo Army could be so powerful. When she saw Zhai Li's cavalry break up and flee, Mulan once gave birth to a child. I had thought about taking the opportunity to meet Chen Sangliang, but when I saw the unidentified Sui Army cavalry pouring out of the gap left by the Invincible Battalion, blocking the way to enter the battle, I thought of Shan Yingying in Hulao Pass, Mulan gritted her teeth, and rushed towards Shan Xiongxin whose horse had been injured.
"Brother, let's go! We've been tricked! Don't fight with these lunatics in white robes. The horses and equipment of these lunatics are several times better than ours, and they are notoriously desperate to fight. Fighting with them, we No chance!"
As usual, Shan Xiongxin would have scolded his brother-in-law bloody when he heard Mulan's words, but today was different. Shan Xiongxin, who had already seen the ruthlessness of serving the national army, heard this without hesitation He nodded in agreement, and with the help of his brother-in-law, tried to control the injured horse, and fled to the main formation with Mulan.
The Sui Army's Jedi counterattack began, still with the famous Baoguo Army as the vanguard, coordinating with the Sui Army cavalry led by Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, rounding back to the south of the right wing of the Sui Army's square formation, directly attacking and attacking The Sui Army's right-wing Zhai Li coalition army Yang Jishan's flank, the target also directly pointed to where Yang Jishan's banner was.
If it was changed to fighting in an array and preparing for a frontal interception, then Yang Jishan's bandit army might be able to withstand the impact of the Baoguo army, but now there is no such hope anymore, and they are attacking the right wing of the Sui army with all their strength. Underneath, although Yang Jishan's army had a certain degree of defense on the flank of the own army, the defensive force was obviously insufficient. Seeing the legendary white-robed soldiers rushing in line, Yang Jishan's army panicked before they started fighting, and then hurriedly fired arrows When blocking, the strength and accuracy were greatly reduced, and there was no greater threat to the patriotic army, which was so well equipped that even the imperial army was jealous.
The time came to test Yang Jishan's commanding ability and courage. However, at this critical moment, Yang Jishan saw that the officers and soldiers entering from the flanks were white robes serving the country. , the first reaction was not to try to restrain the team to intercept and attack, but immediately remembered the scenes of the scene when I fought against the Nationalist Army, and remembered the miserable defeat of the tens of thousands of troops led by myself in front of more than 800 white-robed lunatics. In the past, I remembered that I followed my elder brother to lead an army of 50,000 against these lunatics, but in the end, even my elder brother was captured alive. I also remembered the nursery rhyme that everyone in Luoyang sang eighty-eight years ago...
Famous generals should not be imprisoned, and thousands of troops should avoid white robes!
"General Yang, General Yang." The anxious shouts of the subordinates on the left and right brought Yang Jishan back to reality from the terrifying memories of the past, "General Yang, the white-robed soldiers are directly killing us, what should we do?"
Looking up at the situation on the battlefield, I saw the soldiers of the Nationalist Army coming towards me like chopping melons and vegetables, and I saw the soldiers of the Self-army being massacred like lambs and chickens in front of these white-robed lunatics. The cavalry of the Sui Army who could not see the end, only took one look, Yang Jishan let out a desperate scream, screaming, Yang Jishan, who has always been famous for his bravery, turned his horse's head, and slapped the horse to take the lead in the direction of the formation Fleeing for his life, left and right were horrified, subconsciously pulled his horse and ran away, which drove the surrounding bandit soldiers to run for their lives, and the desperate howls also rose up and down among the bandit army, "The white-robed soldiers are here! Run!"
The Baoguo army only used one charge, and Yang Jishan's central army collapsed on its own. The rear army behind and the front army that was fighting the Sui army also collapsed. They were all defeated by the unknown fear. Many soldiers I don't even know why I ran, why did my own army lose? They just saw countless companions fleeing for their lives, and subconsciously ran away, because there was only one thought left in their hearts, and if they didn't run quickly, their heads would fall to the ground.
The sudden collapse of Yang Jishan's army not only severely damaged the morale of the Zhai Li coalition army, but also plunged the Zhai Li coalition army into complete chaos. Zhai Rang, who was personally leading the troops into battle, was sitting in the flag formation Li Mi, who was in charge of the formation, didn't understand why Yang Jishan, who had lived and died with him for many years, suddenly retreated. Seeing Yang Jishan's defeated soldiers pouring in like a tide, the well-informed Li Mi couldn't help being dizzy and yelled, "" What happened? What happened? Why did Yang Jishan collapse suddenly?"
The iconic white robe told Li Mi the answer. When he finally saw that the officer army who took the lead in chasing and killing Yang Jishan's defeated army was a white-robed cavalry, Li Mi suddenly realized, and then turned his head to see that there was still a white-robed cavalry standing still in the Sui army formation. At that time, Li Mi slapped his forehead and screamed, "I have been tricked again! I have been deceived by habit! When I saw people wearing white robes, I thought they were serving the national army. I didn't expect that even a group of recruits Putting on a white robe, Danzi looks exactly like the Baoguo Army from a distance!"
It was too late to find out that it was a trick. Without any preparation, Shan Xiongxin's bandit cavalry and Yang Jishan's bandit army were defeated by the sudden appearance of the nationalist army. The defeated soldiers fled eastward like a tide, and their fear snowballed Constantly zooming in, Zhai Rang and Pei Renji of the Wagang Army who were closest to Yang Jishan were the first to be affected. Everyone was puzzled by the sudden collapse of Yang Jishan's army and fled. The defeated soldiers were so frightened that they had no will to fight. After Chen Sangliang ordered a full-scale counterattack at the right time, the Zhai Li coalition army was doomed to be defeated in this battle.
Although Zhai and Li's allied forces can be said to be defeated by their own fear, every soldier of the Sui army definitely contributed a lot. Seeing the sudden collapse and fleeing of some enemies, the morale and confidence of the Sui army were inevitably high. When Chen Sangliang's counterattack order was received, the soldiers of the Sui Army charged even harder, regardless of fatigue or pain, they just stepped forward and slashed and killed the enemy in front of them, making the already shaken enemy even more frightened. The morale was even lower. In order to survive and escape as soon as possible, many bandit soldiers ran away, driving more companions to turn around and flee for their lives.
The army was defeated like a mountain, and the soldiers and horses under Zhai Rang and Pei Renji's command could not hold back no matter how elite they were. In addition, Zhai Rang originally wanted to preserve his strength. The elite soldiers who were barely formed fled eastward, and Xu Shiji's army, which was gaining the upper hand on the left wing of the Sui army, was also defeated. The buttocks were chased and beaten, and the gains were extremely rich.
Seeing this scene in the flag formation, Li Mi's face was ashen and almost black, but it happened that the room was leaking and it was raining all night. Loud, just walked quickly to Li Mi's side, whispered in Li Mi's ear: "Wei Gong, something is wrong, Wang Shichong suddenly sent troops to attack our camp."
Wang Shichong sent troops to feign an attack to divert his attention. This was already expected by Li Mi. It was a good thing to receive the news of Wang Shichong's attack at this time—the treacherous and treacherous Wang Shichong must have confirmed it The Sui army in the eastern capital did indeed send troops after a battle with the Zhai Li coalition army, but Li Mi could not guard against Wang Shichong's sudden force and really launched a strong attack. The news of the failure will definitely give birth to the idea of taking advantage of the fire, and take advantage of the low morale and unstable morale of the Zhai Li coalition army after the defeat to launch a real storm.
"Let's withdraw troops. Preserving strength is the top priority." Shaking his head helplessly, Li Mi ordered: "Notify all the generals and let them go eastward and retreat back to Hulao Pass with all their strength. I will lead the central army and the rear army to the rear."
Not long after the sun started to set in the west, the menacing Zhai-Li coalition army had already begun to retreat in an all-round way. Except for the central army and rear army led by Li Mi who were still maintaining their formation and retreating slowly, the Sui army in the eastern capital had been beaten to the ground before. All the troops of Zhai Li's coalition army that came collapsed. Tens of thousands of bandit soldiers fled in a hurry. They fled all over the mountains and plains. , took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the Sui army team that was chasing and killing at the forefront was still the most loyal and bravest army serving the country under Chen Sangliang's command.
But it is a pity that there are less than 700 soldiers of the 788 soldiers of the National Defense Army at the time of the attack, and hundreds of loyal and brave soldiers of the National Defense Army wearing their iconic white robes are already dead. Eyes closed forever on the battlefield.