Chapter 68 Xu Huang retreats
More than 200 thieves successfully approached the camp of Taiyuan County soldiers. Because the base was built in a hurry, there was no other defense except for many large woods that were five feet high and three feet thick to block them.
However, the defense of Taiyuan County soldiers is not easy, and the attack of the thieves is not easy. A large wood that is as high as five feet and as thick as three feet is easy to climb over, but it is easy to abandon the heavy wooden shield. Or you can force the big wood to move away in the rain of arrows from officers and soldiers.
When a fierce thief saw it, he immediately threw down the heavy wooden sign and climbed onto the big wood. The archer behind him immediately pulled the bow to cover it. The last three rows of spearmen also accelerated the speed of advance. Several impatient thieves first climbed onto the big wood and jumped on the round big wood. When they were about to raise their swords and jump down to attack the officers and soldiers, several archers hiding under the big wood immediately shot out sharp arrows in their hands. A scream erupted, and the bloody attack and defense battle between the Big Wood formation was officially opened.
"Kill." With the order of the thief general Xu Biao, a sound of killing burst out. The murderous aura condensed in the hearts of the thief soldiers who were usually suppressed was released at this moment. This murderous aura was enough to allow ghosts and gods to retreat.
As the shouts of killing were heard, countless elite thieves jumped onto the big wood with swords. The people in front were holding ring swords, as fierce as lone wolf, and roaring towards the Taiyuan County soldiers.
Among the soldiers of Taiyuan County, the fastest one was still the arrows of the archers. When Li Ping gave the order, the archers who had already drawn the bows and aimed at the targets instantly let go of the bowstrings in their hands.
"Swoosh swish swish swish." Countless arrows flew down, and countless thieves screamed and fell to the ground, but they could only make one scream, and then they lost their voice. Because without exception, they were either arrows on their chests or necks.
These archers and soldiers have never practiced other weapons. Since the day of the army, they have only practiced one bow and arrow. Perhaps the rate of fire is not too fast, but their accuracy is first-class. No matter who they are, if they only practice one for half a year, they will achieve this.
However, the thief's bows were so dense that the continuous shootings in the sky made the Taiyuan County archers unable to poke their heads out, so they could only watch the thief constantly surged onto the big wood. "Kill." The second wave of elite thiefs who arrived took advantage of the cover of the archer, suddenly jumped into the basement, holding a ring knife in hand to fight to the death.
"Puchi." "Puchi." The ring sword is lighter than the spear and long spear, and the speed is fast. The power it shows in the fight is extremely amazing. Dozens of thieves holding ring swords hold the sword in both hands. When they slash down, their strength makes the knife roar in the air, and the speed is amazing. Often, before the Han soldiers came to their senses, they were already in front of each other.
The thieves' entry into the formation made the thief archers pause the shooting, and the Right Wing Tun immediately stepped forward to encircle and suppress the thieves. Although the thieves were fierce, the soldiers of the Taiyuan County soldiers were not fighting alone. There were often several people working together, not to mention that there were special teams fighting formations of Yuanyang Formation. Or the three individual soldiers were not as capable as one of the thieves, but if there were many thieves, they would not be able to do anything to the Taiyuan County soldiers.
From the beginning, I was caught off guard by the thieves, and more than a dozen people were killed or injured, and to the short-term stability and counterattack, the thieves who rushed into the formation were killed by the officers and soldiers one by one.
First, there was a rain of arrows, dozens of people were shot and killed, and then in the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred people were killed by the Taiyuan County soldiers. The 400 elite soldiers of Xu Biao's troops were killed in a short time. Such casualties were beyond Xu Biao's expectations, and very, very unexpected. Even if there were several times the official army in Hedong County, it would not be able to make the army lose so much.
Xu Biao couldn't believe that the army was an elite soldier who had been carefully trained for half a year and had undergone countless bloody battles and survived the fittest. When Xu Huang was in the hands of Xu Huang, he could have an army of thousands of people. Why did it become a useless place in his own hands?
When Xu Biao was about to order arrows to take revenge through the big wood, amid Li Ping's loud shout, the Zhongjun Village broke out from the path reserved on both sides, and arrows flew on his head. The thieves' screams did not make the Taiyuan County soldiers panic at all.
Perhaps it was Ding Yuan's intention to conquer the Taiyuan County soldiers who had witnessed the fierce bloody battle early on. Perhaps it was He Bai's political and ideological education that played a role. Anyway, the soldiers quickly got into the role, holding weapons, rushed towards the thieves, showing their elite nature. Wherever they went, the thieves were killed immediately.
Xu Biao was shocked, but he had been following Xu Huang for a long time and had a lot of experience in the battle. He immediately realized the disadvantage of his army, which was the problem of cooperation. Xu Biao immediately shouted: "Don't contact them in close combat, distance them, and shoot with a bow and arrow."
The same was true for the thieves when Xu Biao was stunned by the horror. The White Wave thieves in Xihe and Hedong counties have been rampant for more than half a year. They fought with the court army countless times. When did they encounter this situation? When they meet, the robes behind them do not see what the situation is. The robes in front are already screaming and falling into a pool of blood. Even those who are extremely brave on weekdays fall into a mess of swords and guns.
Xu Biao's troops were elite thieves and were not afraid of death, but the inexplicable death and unstoppable death were really terrible. The battlefield was narrow and it was inconvenient to advance and retreat. Dozens of people were rushed into the formation by Taiyuan County soldiers. Xu Biao's troops had more than 200 casualties. In the era of cold weapons, there were no casualties of more than 50% without defeat.
Before Xu Biao could speak to revitalize the morale of the army, the bandits under his command were crying and fleeing suddenly. Of course, there were Taiyuan County archers who could shoot archers safely.
Xu Huang, who is located in the main formation of the central army, frowned and murmured to himself: "Why can't even be the elite of our troops? The cooperation of this Taiyuan County soldier is so close. The more brave the elite, the greater the casualties? How did this army be trained?"
Xu Biao fled back in a mess, kneeling in front of Xu Huang with less than a hundred men, and was ashamed to look up. Seeing Xu Huang silent for a while, Xu Biao shouted excitedly, "Military Master, my subordinates are incompetent, and I know my crime. Please give me another chance. If I want to go into battle personally, I will definitely become a great destruction thief. Otherwise, my subordinates will never come to see the military master again."
Xu Huang pondered and said, "This army is too elite and cannot be defeated by you. Besides, our army's goal is to come to Taiyuan County to explore the way, rather than fighting the officials and thieves. So this battle is just fine."
"Forget?" Xu Biao looked up in surprise and asked, "Military Master, our army suffered more than a thousand casualties, and even the elite troops had more than 300 deaths. That's it?"
"What else?" Xu Huang suddenly whispered: "Cousin, you and I are a good family, but I have to be taken over by the Baibo thieves. Do you really want to stay with the official army until you die? The soldiers of Taiyuan County are hard to fight, and the soldiers of Bingzhou are afraid that they are not bad. The soldiers of Xiliang are going to come to Hedong again. The Baibo thieves' power is declining and it will be difficult for them to last. You and I should prepare for your own retreat."
Xu Biao woke up suddenly and immediately stood up and asked, "Then what should we do? Does the military leader want to surrender to the Taiyuan County soldiers? Yang Ge is a member of the Yang Feng tribe, I'm afraid..."
Xu Huang shook his head hesitantly and said, "Although the Taiyuan Commander He Tianming has great talent, I, Xu Huang, don't miss him. Besides, only the Taiyuan Commander, only three or five thousand county soldiers under his command, are not enough to accommodate me. At this time, I have a thousand people under my command, and I hope to get rid of the Han family. Therefore, it is better to find a powerful person to serve. Yang Ge... I think Yang Feng also wants to surrender to the court, so I'd better go back and persuade him to talk."
Xu Biao quickly expressed his agreement. Xu Huang stared at the Taiyuan County soldiers' basement for a while, and then shouted: "Send the order, and call the gold to withdraw the troops."
A series of golden sounds sounded, the front team of the bandits became the back team, and the back team formed the front team, slowly retreating towards the alive camp.
When Li Ping saw the retreating thieves, he couldn't help but sigh. The reason why the army was victorious today was that the battle formations were powerful given by the lord He Bai, and the soldiers were using their lives to the top and bottom. The generals led the commanders and others to be strong. Even if they did not have this military marquis, they would not be defeated. After all, they had no contribution to this battle.
More than 40 people were killed in this battle, and more than 50 people were injured. Although he won, he was still injured. Faced with the calm retreat, there were still more than 1,400 elite bandits, but he did not dare to pursue them. It could only be regarded as successfully repelling the bandits and defeating the bandits' army.
Xu Huang had just walked for a few miles when he saw Deputy General Yang Ge leading 30 and 40 cavalry back in a panic, and there were 37 cavalrymen in Taiyuan who were riding back and forth with great power. He was shocked and asked, "Brother Yang, why is it so miserable?"
Yang Ge's face turned red and cursed hatred: "This official thief is extremely shameless and will never fight me. He just steered his horse back and shot me with arrows. Moreover, the official thief had two horses. Whenever the horsepower was weak, he would change his horse and flee. I couldn't catch up with him, but he suffered many casualties."
Xu Huang felt very heartbroken. Among the five hundred cavalrymen, two hundred of them were his own, and more than three hundred were sent by Yang Ge. It was a pity. In addition, the elite infantrymen also killed 300 people in battle, and nearly half of the elite troops had already left. In addition, the newly obtained nine hundred auxiliary soldiers were also lost. In this battle, the number of 1,500 people was lost, but the results were less than 100. Although there were supplements along the way, the loss was even greater, which was a loss.
But it's good that Yang Ge saw the power of Taiyuan County soldiers, and after he returned, he would be able to make a powerful evidence for his advice. He would not worry that the general Yang Feng would not agree to surrender to the court, and he would not need to be a villain who would be a delusional person.
He Bai rushed to lead his martial blood cavalry and the white horse Yimaqi cavalry to travel day and night, and came to Zishi County to prepare for a while to meet one of the five great generals of the Wei State, Xu Huang, who was in the style of Zhou Yafu, did not expect that Xu Huang had been defeated by Li Ping and withdrew from Taiyuan County. This made He Bai sigh and delighted.
What sighed was that he had lost the opportunity to summon the future famous general Xu Huang; what was happy was that the army had defeated him in the process of no famous generals fighting him. How could this not be called He Bai happy? It seems that Xu Huang had not yet grown to the point of a famous general with the style of Zhou Yafu in the future.
Through this battle, the Yi army has proved that He Bai's training in his later generations is not bad. As long as he practices for a year or two, he will definitely be one of the most powerful troops in the world. Even if he fights for the world's number one army, it is no problem.
Chapter completed!