Chapter 995

Name:Conquer the World Author:zhi bai
From last night to this morning, for more than seven hours, the Gao family army led by Zheng Ziyu was attacking with an indomitable momentum. However, the roles of the offensive and defensive sides immediately changed when the fine cavalry of the black flag army pierced the back of the Gao family army. Xiahou Baichuan, who had been watching the war closely, knew that the opportunity had come and immediately ordered the drum beating, and the black flag army changed from defense to full counterattack in an instant.

He rode like two knives, one left and the other right, and thrust them into Zheng Ziyu's ribs.

The pain is more severe than being stabbed into the ribs by a knife.

Zheng Ziyu knew that the black flag army had a strong cavalry. As a general who had led the army for many years, he was undoubtedly a failed general without a certain understanding of the enemy. He just didn't expect that the light cavalry of the black flag army was so sharp. His defense array arranged on both wings and rear teams was broken by an attack like a wolf pack.

Zheng Ziyu watched the elite cavalry of a black flag army rush from the side. The archers formed an array and began to prepare to meet the impact of cavalry with arrow rain. However, when the cavalry entered the range, they suddenly turned around and made a beautiful and huge arc, which changed from directly facing the infantry to passing by.

When the arrows of the archers of the Gao family army were sent out, the lethality of the cavalry immediately decreased too much.

The fine cavalry that changed direction brushed the infantry array and fought back with a crossbow. Similarly, the archers with low defense but far less movement speed than the cavalry suffered heavy casualties. After the cavalry passed by, there was almost no one left in the front two rows of archers, and the speed of falling was like the weeds put down by the sickle.

The cavalry passing through the square array made the general under the command of Gao Jiajun not know how to issue military orders. According to the habit of soldiers in the Sui Dynasty to deal with cavalry, the cavalry attacked each other. First, the archers attacked each other, and then the archers quickly withdrew. The long spearmen went up to the front square array and completely blocked the enemy's cavalry with dense long guns. Once trapped in the gun array, the light cavalry becomes a living target and everyone kills.

But the elite cavalry of the black flag army didn't do that. The general who had raised the flag to give the change order stopped. The enemy didn't rush at all. If this would change the formation, it would be like killing the long gunman. When the enemy passes by like this, the spearmen have no strength to fight back. It's not as good as the arrow array.

Just such a trance, Gao Jiajun's defense was broken immediately.

No one thought that there was a cavalry behind the fine cavalry passing through the square array. The first cavalry was completely to confuse Gao Jiajun's feint. At the moment they crossed, a cavalry suddenly rushed out of the smoke and stabbed into Gao Jiajun's arrow array like a wedge.

Archers are almost zero defense arms.

No melee weapons, no defensive armor.

At the moment the cavalry stepped in, they had no choice but to turn around and run. However, what the elite riders of the black flag army want is that they turn and run. Gao Jiajun has tens of thousands of troops, and the formation has sufficient thickness. If it is a heavy cavalry charge, this thickness can be ignored, but not a light cavalry.

They must force the archers of Gao Jiajun to flee back and rely on the enemy to rush their formation.

"Blow the horn, don't be too fast, drive the enemy's archers back!"

The cavalry general shouted, and the herald sounded the horn. After hearing the sound of the horn, the light cavalry began to change their formation, quickly dispersed from the conical formation at the beginning, and turned into a small team composed of more than 100 cavalry. After these teams dispersed, they opened the front wide enough to drive the enemy archers back with sabres like sheep.

Zheng Ziyu's eyes are full of blood.

At this moment, he actually knew that defeat could not be stopped. If he can mobilize some archers, block the escaped archers with feather arrows and tear open a vacuum zone, the long gunmen behind can have time to form a square array. Once the gun array is formed, those light cavalry with only Leather Armor will never dare to rush over again.

But no

The continuous attack made him use of his strength to the limit.

Now, he finally understood that the other master Xiahou Baichuan didn't use the light cavalry until this meeting. Xiahou Baichuan is waiting for him. When he basically mobilizes his troops, he will counterattack at this time, and the power of light cavalry will be brought into full play. At this time, more than half of his team is attacking in the front, and the people left by the rear team perform their respective duties. Mobilizing any team to make up for the past is equivalent to leaving a bigger loophole for the enemy.

"There are hundreds of rivers in summer!"

Zheng Ziyu roared and spewed out a mouthful of blood.

There is no doubt that he lost the contest. It seems that he has forced Xiahou Baichuan to a point where there are no strategies available, and he can only work hard with real knives and guns. In such a fight, Zheng Ziyu knew that his team was elite enough and was not afraid of any opponent.

But it was this that was used by Xiahou Baichuan.

Xiahou Baichuan has been allowing him to attack, and even did not hesitate to compress the defense line, creating the illusion of collapse, forcing Zheng Ziyu to invest more troops in the attack. This is a risk. Once the contracted formation cannot be controlled, it may be really broken through by the enemy.

Xiahou Baichuan defeated him by leaning back against the cliff.

Zheng Ziyu's body shook a few times, and his eyes were black.

He has not experienced such a disastrous defeat since he led the army.

The rear team was broken, and the front attacking team was pressed back by the counterattack of the black flag army. It won't take long for the black flag army to form a bag. Zheng Ziyu lost the battle completely. Before the last moment, Zheng Ziyu knew where Xiahou Baichuan put his mace, and he lost. From the beginning, Xiahou Baichuan knew where his mace was.

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The soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield looked carefully and didn't let go of any wounded. They opened their eyes one by one and searched among the dead for companions who might survive. From the very beginning, the soldiers of the black flag army were instilled with a spirit of not giving up their tongpao.

There were so many wounded that Fang Xie dropped almost all the military doctors of each battalion.

Compared with the battle of attacking Liyin City, the tragedy of this war made people palpitate. It was difficult, but it was a siege. People knew it would be difficult from the beginning. This was a field battle on the plain. It was the first time that the black flag army fought with an army on the plain in recent years.

The other side relies entirely on the will of a qualified soldier to fight. When the black flag army has artillery and cavalry, regardless of death and injury, it launches an offensive close to suicide attack again and again. Especially in order to send heavy armor infantry to the front of the black flag army, at least 5000 or 6000 Gaojia Army Infantry died. Use their bodies as a barrier to block artillery for heavy armor infantry.

In fact, if we continue to fight like this, Zheng Ziyu will lose.

Xiahou Baichuan took off the bloody iron helmet and threw it to his own soldiers. He strode into the place where the wounded were treated to visit the wounded. This battle was not a normal enemy at all. Up to now, Xiahou Baichuan can't understand why Zheng Ziyu had to fight in such a cost-free way.

When Gao Jiajun was backward in weapons and the quality of soldiers was almost the same, he fought hard. The number of soldiers killed and injured was much more than that of the black flag army. As a general who had experienced many battles for many years, Zheng Ziyu didn't mean to stop at all. It was he who pushed his soldiers to death with both hands. Even without the success of the surprise attack by the black flag army, he would lose, but the loss of the black flag army would be greater.

"Zheng Ziyu is a madman."

Xia Hou Baichuan scolded. He could only explain the emergence of this kind of war by saying that Zheng Ziyu was crazy.

Because a man who remains rational will not use troops like this.

"General!"

A close soldier ran over quickly and said breathlessly, "the cavalry surrounded Zheng Ziyu in a small village. There are no more than 400 people around Zheng Ziyu."

"Good!"

Xiahou Baichuan's spirit was shocked, put on his iron helmet again, mounted his horse, and followed the soldier to the place surrounded by Zheng Ziyu. This is a small village four or five miles away from the main battlefield. The people in the village have already fled. After years of war, abandoned villages like this can be found everywhere in the north.

In the village, Zheng Ziyu and a few soldiers are still making the final resistance.

When Xiahou Baichuan arrived, the black flag army had attacked the village, and there were corpses on every street. Those fierce Zheng Ziyu soldiers who are not afraid of death use their flesh and blood as the commander in exchange for even one more minute of survival. Not only that, they also use such a determination to defend the dignity of their soldiers.

Zheng Ziyu and only a few dozen of his relatives were trapped in a courtyard, which was surrounded by the black flag army.

Xiahou Baichuan dismounted outside the yard and looked at the soldiers who showed their heads, looked haggard and tired, but still had no fear of appearing. He had to pay some respect in his heart.

Such an opponent is indeed respectable.

"General Zheng is here. I'm Xiahou Baichuan. Can you say a few words?"

Xiahou Baichuan stood outside and shouted.

With a squeak, the gate was opened from inside. Zheng Ziyu, dressed in bloody iron armor, came out slowly with a horizontal knife that had burst out countless gaps, and stood at the door looking at Xiahou Baichuan.

"General Xia Hou, at this moment, do you still want to persuade him to surrender?"

Zheng Ziyu asked with his jaw slightly raised.

"General Gao Jie, Xia Hou dare not persuade him to surrender."

Xiahou Baichuan said with a fist.

Zheng Ziyu's face changed slightly. He suddenly threw his knife aside and hugged his fist: "thank you, general Xia Hou. If you can have an opponent like you in life, there is no regret even if you die."

Xiahou Baichuan said, "I just don't understand why the general is so determined. If the general keeps going step by step, it's not easy for me to win."

Zheng Ziyu laughed with sadness.

"Your Lord sent a lot of letters to Gao Kaitai, which were all written to him by a general of the Gao family army. One of them was a letter of begging for surrender written by me. The words were contemptible. I didn't write the letter. Gao Kaitai sent someone to send it to me either to show me or to tell me what he already knew... The LORD was suspicious and his minister died. Such a thing happened Born on me... I've been with him for many years, but I can't compare with your Lord's move to alienate. "

"I won't surrender and betray Gao Kaitai. Even though he suspects me, I always regard him as my Lord. But what's the point of living? Since I have to die, I'll die clean and happy. Let my confused Lord see who I am, Zheng Ziyu!"

Xia Hou Baichuan sighed: "general... There are so many conspiracy experiences on the battlefield. Why do you want to die with tens of thousands of troops?"

"They are all my soldiers. I will take them when I die."

Zheng Ziyu shook his head: "you can say I'm selfish, but this is not my ambition alone, but the ambition of tens of thousands of children under Zheng Ziyu's command. I can die, and my subordinates can die, but don't lose this ambition!"

With these words, Zheng Ziyu bent down and picked up the horizontal knife on the ground.

"General Xia Hou, you are luckier than me. You are with the right person... I don't."

He looked up to the sky and laughed. He stabbed the horizontal knife into his belly and twisted it hard.

In the yard, the remaining dozens of soldiers also committed suicide one after another.