Chapter 28 The Battle of Liaodong (8)
On the eighth day of the sixth lunar month, outside Wangping City, Donghu Daying.
In the early morning, Donghu Shanyu Kubida had already gotten up early. After praying devoutly to Changshengtian in the tent for a long time, he walked out of the tent. Before the sun came out, the entire Donghu army in the Donghu camp was already neatly dressed and waiting to attack.
Now Kubida has long lost any idea about Liao. After so many days of fighting with Liao, he finally knew the sharpness of the Liao army's weapons and equipment, and also knew the determination of the Liao army's military to resist to the death - that is, the determination to be broken by jade rather than to be complete.
This determination was so strong that Kubida was scared. Now he just wanted to go home and take his warriors back to his hometown where the sky was vast and the wilderness was vast, and the wind was blowing grass and seeing cattle and sheep.
Last night, the soldiers of Donghu already knew the situation facing their army and knew that if they wanted to go home, they had to kill a bloody road. The entire camp was filled with a tragic atmosphere. On the contrary, they were more excited than when they first invaded Liao.
Seeing this scene, Shanyu Kubida also felt a sense of pride in his heart. He stepped on the horse and said to the leaders of Du Yuhu and several tribes behind the palace: "Du Yuhu and all the leaders, I will hand over the back of my army to you."
Du Yu Huhe and several leaders of the palace behind him also showed a tragic look on their faces and said together: "Please rest assured by the Great Chanyu."
Kubida nodded, holding a horse whip in his hand and pointed at the camp gate: "Open the door, beat the drum, and arrange the array."
At the same time, the Liao army camp east of the Donghu camp and Wangping City west of the west were also beaten at the same time.
"Dong, dong, dong..." The sounds of war drums from both sides rushed into the sky, shocking the entire earth.
Du Yuhu looked at the entire Donghu army led by Kubida and left the camp. Du Yuhu's son Qi Mulei walked to his father and whispered to his father: "Father, the envoy sent by Lord Su Qing from Liao, I have hidden it in my tent. Look..."
Du Yuhu interrupted his words and said to his son Qi Mulei: "Let's see the situation later. Kubida puts our tribe behind and covers the evacuation of the army. It is clearly not a way out for us to live, and we cannot sit and wait for death."
His son Qi Mulei nodded and said nothing more.
Rong F, a general in the Liao camp, watched the Liao army led by him come out in a habitual manner, and lined up square formations on the battlefield outside, from under the hills and hills of his camp to the top of the slope. This time, the cavalry troops in the Liao area were not lined up in front of the military formation, but on the two wings of the entire military formation.
Rong Fran's decisive battle with the Donghu army was considered repeatedly and decided to adopt the usual Central Plains army, infantry fighting against the Huns and Donghu cavalry, and let the infantry fight with the Donghu cavalry first. Although several cavalry generals, including his son Rong Yan, requested the first battle, Rong Fran was unmoved.
The 30,000 troops led by Bo Wang in Wangping City also opened the city gate, and the entire army left the city one by one, lined up battle formations behind the Donghu army, facing the 30,000 Donghu army from several tribes behind the palace.
Rong Fran saw that the Donghu army who had walked out of the camp were still in full swing, and got off the command platform. He personally rode his horse to the front of his troops, shouting as he walked, and shouted to his soldiers: "Loyal and brave soldiers in Liaoland. Today, I, Rong Fran, are not talking to you as a general, but as an ordinary soldier who has been fighting for many years.
The army in front of us is the Donghu army that harasses our Liao land every year. They come to massacre our people every year, rape our wives and daughters, and plunder our wealth. Over the years, many of our people have fallen under their butcher knives; and how much food and wealth have been plundered by them.
Now we block them in Wangping City, which is almost all their Donghu army. As long as we destroy them, our people in Liao and our descendants will no longer have to live the same nervous life as before.
Today, I ask you not to let a member of the Donghu army run away, nor to let a member of the Donghu army break through our defense. I am on the command platform. If anyone of you finds my handsome flag and takes my head away, I am deeply honored to be able to fight with you today and annihilate all the Donghu army."
After saying that, he immediately bowed deeply to his army, pulled out his battle knife and raised it high, and shouted: "Wansheng!"
All the phalanxes of the Liao army, along with their commander, made a shocking shout: "Wansheng, Wansheng, Wansheng!"
Immediately after Rong Fen stood on the command platform, the command flags flew immediately. All the Liao troops lowered the masks on their helmets and pressed them on their faces, and the entire camp was silent.
The sun came out and a golden light spread on the soldiers of the two armies.
The Donghu army finally prepared its own team, and the shouts of the Liao army opposite made the newly arranged team a little disturbed. Kubida looked at the Liao army opposite and saw them wearing steel armor, with steel helmets and masks, like a ferocious evil spirit. He was secretly surprised, but he knew that there was no hesitation at this time.
He looked at Chi Lie and Mobuda, as well as the leaders of the Donghu tribe behind him. He turned his head and said to Chi Lie, "Mr. Chi Lie, I'm working."
Chi Lie, with a tragic face, replied to Kubi: "Please rest assured Shanyu, I will open a passage for my army to go home." Then, without any delay, he shouted: "In order to go home, the warriors will follow me!" After that, he led the army of his tribe and nearly 20,000 Donghu troops on the left and right sides to rush towards the Liao army.
Mobuda looked at the Shanyu Kubida and found that his great Shanyu was looking at him. He said nothing, and immediately bowed and led the last thousand remaining troops of his tribe to follow Chi Lie and rushed towards the Liao army.
"Woo, woo, woo", the sound of the cow horns of the Donghu Formation immediately resounded in front of the two armies.
When Rongfu saw the Donghu army charging, he was confident and thought to himself that he was not unexpected. He immediately ordered: "Beat the drum and order Gao Da to use a catapult to attack the opponent's charge army."
"promise."
At this moment, Gao Dayong, the captain of the Liaodi Stone Chamber, had already marked the size. When he saw the order, he shouted: "A team of catapults, prepare and release."
Nearly two hundred catapults immediately made a "whimper" sound and sent out the stones that were polished in advance.
Immediately afterwards, Gao Dayong continued to shout: "Take Team 2, prepare, let it go."
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Seeing a huge rock hitting him, Chi Lie quickly lowered his head, and the stone rubbed his helmet and flew backwards. He kept hearing the painful screams of people hitting people by stones around him and the neighing sounds of horses. Looking at the continuous flying stones, his scalp felt numb.
Mobuda, who followed closely behind, was no longer so lucky. Under the continuous attacks of the Liao army's stone storm, he was hit by a stone and fell off his horse, and then trampled into mud by the cavalry of his own tribe.
Rong Fu saw that the opponent's early charge troops had entered the area marked with his crossbow, waved his hand and ordered: "Board and crossbow shooting. Stand up the shield."
On the podium, flags flutter.
Nearly 20,000 crossbowmen raised their crossbows and shot them into the sky. In an instant, arrows were flying towards the rushing Donghu army like a thick dark cloud. Steel clusters of arrows shone brightly under the light of Chuyang. The Donghu cavalry who had just rushed to the crossbow area fell down one after another under the continuous attacks of the Liao army's crossbowmen.
Chi Lie avoided the first arrow and the second arrow, but finally failed to dodge the third arrow. A crossbow arrow hit the door, Chi Lie fell off the horse, and while closing his eyes, a thought flashed across: "Our army is finished, Donghu is finished!"
With the continuous blocking of the Liao army's catapults and crossbowmen along the way, there were only a few Donghu cavalry that rushed to the Liao army's formation and ushered in another fatal blow. The continuous javelins were thrown out of the Liao army's hands, and the Donghu army fell in front of the Liao army's formation.
The other Donghu cavalry that ran to the Liao army's soldiers did not pose any threat to the Liao army. The spearmen behind the shield poked the Donghu cavalry off their horses. It simply caused a commotion in the Liao army's formation, with extremely small casualties.
The battlefield was silent, with only the sounds of Donghu soldiers and horses making on the battlefield.
Not to mention that Donghu Shanyu opened his eyes wide, even Rongfu sighed. After fighting for so many years, only after coming to Liaodi, can he know what the word "crunch" is what his young master often calls it. This is what the young master calls "dimensionality reduction" strike! How can these Donghu troops holding primitive bronze weapons be our Liao army rivals armed with new materials to their teeth!
Donghu Shanyu, who was riding on a horse, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. What appeared in his mind was the scene of his father holding his hands tightly when he was dying. He said to his father in his heart: "Father, you are in heaven. Bless your son and your people to go home safely!"
He opened his eyes, threw the whip in his hand to the ground, slowly pulled out the single knife he wore, and shouted to the remaining tens of thousands of Donghu troops: "In order to go home and for the tribe, the warriors, follow me to open a bloody road."
After saying that, he rode a horse and raised his sword and took the lead in rushing out. The Donghu generals behind him also followed Kubida and rushed out with shouts and shouts.
The earth began to shake, then it vibrated, and in the end the entire battlefield began to tremble and jump.
Rong Qi was on the podium and saw the entire Donghu army coming in full swing without leaving any reserve team. He also stood up and knew that it was at the final moment of the decisive battle.
He ordered the commander to say, "Order the cavalry troops to be dispatched."
Then, the flags were set to fly on the podium.
When the Liao cavalry Rongyan, Liu Sheng and Zuo Zong saw the order, they led their cavalry slowly down the hillside from the two wings of the Liao army infantry. Then the horses trotted; then the horses became faster and faster.
By the time he rushed out of the infantry formation, the horse's speed had already reached the highest level. Then he skillfully arranged the impact formation and faced the Donghu Shanyu Kubida, who was attacked continuously by the catapult chariot and crossbowmen, and the remaining Donghu cavalry led by the catapult chariot.
Then, a sound of fighting like a mountain collapse and a tsunami broke out on the battlefield.
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In the tenth year of King Wucheng, on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month, the Liao army led by General Rong Fen broke out in the Wangping area with the Donghu army led by the Donghu Shanyu.
In this battle, Donghu Shanyu Kubida was killed in battle, and nearly 30,000 people were killed or injured in the Donghu army. The tribal leader Du Yuhu led nearly 50,000 people to surrender in the remnants of Donghu.
At this point, the large-scale military operation of the three countries of Donghu, Goguryeo and Ji Kingdom jointly defeated Liao completely failed. The total number of military and civilians in Liao was nearly 30,000, including nearly 6,000 military and militia. In addition to the survival of the Ji Kingdom's army, the elite troops of Goguryeo and Donghu Kingdom were completely lost.
The entire Yan State was shocked.
Chapter completed!