Chapter 41: The Mantis stalks the cicada (2)

This is a confrontation between the tip of the needle and the Mai Mang. Ding Liao Central Guard has never been defeated in Liaodong for hundreds of battles, and is composed of elite veterans.

This attack was indeed well-known. The subsequent attack queue of Yanshan left guard was cut open in the slanting order, and then rotated again, hundreds of forward cavalry had been swept into it.

The cavalry in Yan and Liao both belonged to the border army and fought with the Hu people for a long time. Although the standard weapon was a long sword, once it charged, there were all kinds of weapons in its hands, such as spears, guns, knives, even maces and iron rods.

With the same combat mode and the same weapons, both sides are like brothers fighting. However, the Liao army's group cavalry tactics showed stronger combat power. The three of them went up to entangle one person, and they destroyed the other side after a few encounters.

Using such a group tactic, the split Yan cavalry group was quickly wiped out.

Ni Lei, the central army led by him rushed left and right, and the scarlet "Guanning Iron Cavalry" flag was flying, blocking the Zhipi wherever he went, and the situation in the right guard of Yanshan was very tight.

Looking at the entire battlefield, thousands of cavalry in the middle fought in a group, with people stomping and smoke and dust rolling.

After the cavalry that rushed to the Yan army lost reinforcements, their spirits also weakened. The Guangning defenders finally got a breather, and the panicked soldiers reorganized their formation under the organization of subordinate officers.

On the Yan army's general platform, Zhu Di saw that the Yanshan Right Guard was struggling with great difficulty, and immediately ordered Zhu Neng to lead the Yanshan Central Guard to attack and replace the Yanshan Right Guard to fight the enemy cavalry. The Yanshan Right Guard continued to attack the infantry phalanx; at the same time, he ordered the Mongolian cavalry of Taining Guard to attack and entangle the cavalry on the left wing of the Liaodong Army.

The two Yan troops were like tigers out of their cages, rolling up a burst of smoke and dust and throwing them into the battlefield.

The addition of Yanshan Central Guard immediately changed the situation on the battlefield, and Ni Lei's troops were surrounded in the middle. On the other side of the battlefield, another part of the cavalry of Dingliao Central Guard also collided with Taining Guard.

When Ni Lei saw another new force on the other side coming up, he was anxious and looked back. Yang Wen had no intention of joining the reserve team. He knew that if he continued to fight here, he would definitely suffer a loss.

So he led his troops with a fake shot, rushed out of the siege and ran towards the north, trying to lead the Yan army away. Zhu Neng did not bother him, and released a gap for Ni Lei to escape and continued to lead the army to chase. The Yanshan Right Guard, who finally escaped, gathered again and prepared to continue to attack.

The battle situation has developed to a subtle point. The first round of battle has come to an end. I saw that the cavalry of the two wings of the Liaodong Army were entangled, while the infantry phalanx in the center has been shaken, while the other is still intact.

Zhu Di paced back and forth, considering the next attack. He called a scout and asked, "Do you think Ningyuanwei's armor is very good?" The scout returned, "Yes."

Zhu Di finally made up his mind and pulled Zhang Yu over and said, "You go and break through the Ningyuanwei square formation."

Zhang Yu replied: "Your Highness, Ningyuan Guard is well equipped. It is not that easy to see their stable position."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "There are times when you, Zhang Yu, are afraid."

Zhang Yu's face changed and said, "Your Highness, when did I, Zhang Yu, have I been afraid of it? It's just that the square formation of Guangning's defenders is about to break through, and the opponent has a rear army. There is no need to lose too much military force at this time."

Zhu Di said: "Today is the first confrontation with the Liaodong Army. Not only do you have to win, but you also have to show the reputation of the Yan army. This Ningyuan Guard has just been promoted to the top guard of Liaodong by the fifteenth old man, and is a strong army in Liaodong.

If you don’t do them, wouldn’t it be a sign of weakness? So you not only have to do them, but also have to establish your authority with them, so that the so-called elites in Liaodong will be frightened when they see your flag in the future.”

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "I will understand." As he said that, he was about to get on the horse.

Zhu Di grabbed him: "If you are not busy, let Fuyuwei go up and consume it first."

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Zhang Baifang is a graduate of the Liaodong Military Academy in the 30th year of Hongwu. He is the third in the comprehensive assessment of the team and was personally given a sword by Vice Principal Tie Xuan. After graduation, he was assigned to Ningyuanwei to become a general flag and led 50 brand-name swordsmen.

Zhang Baifang licked the blood on his mouth. He felt a fever all over his body. The last Mongolian cavalry who broke into the formation was cut off his head and sprayed his face with blood.

The body was lying two steps away from him, and this was the second enemy he killed today. These tenacious Mongols had already attacked twice, and each time the corpse they left was about the same number as the fallen brothers.

However, the rafters in front suffered heavy losses, and the lower-level officers were directing the rescue team to carry the bodies and wounded down, allowing the soldiers to fill the gaps in the ground caused by the casualties.

The two cavalry assaults caused his flag team to lose three people. One of them was wiped with a scimitar and died on the spot. The other two were smashed with their hands by maces.

Zhang Baifang shouted at the brothers to reorganize the front line: "Hold up your chest, the Tartar soldiers are gone." But he was unsure. Because the smoke and dust in the distance were rolled up again, a flag of the "Yanshan Zuowei" was flying faintly in the smoke and dust.

Zhang Baifang was in the queue and did not know that the situation of the Liaodong Army was not good. The Guangning defender, who suffered three more shocks, had collapsed. The commander cut the heads of two Baihus and still could not stop his subordinates from defeat. Ningyuan Guard had already drawn a thousand households to reinforce the Guangning defender and reorganized the position behind their phalanx.

The Right Guard of Dingliao was entangled at both ends of the battlefield by the Yan cavalry and could not be pulled away. After two rounds of consumption by Taining Guard, Zhang Yu waved his spear: "The warriors of the left guard, go see them off!" The Left Guard of Yanshan shouted and launched a charge.

On the battlefield now, Ningyuan Guards are alone resisting the impact of the two most powerful guards of the Yan army. Under the impact of the Yan army regardless of casualties, Ningyuan Guards' formation also loosened.

Lu Bo led the hundreds of central military households to make up for leaks like fire brigades, barely maintaining the integrity of the front line.

After one hundred steps away from Ningyuanwei, it was Yang Wen's general. The situation on the battlefield became worse and worse. He kept ordering the flag to rush back the cavalry on both wings, but the battlefield was in chaos and the central defender could not see the order at all.

Pang Jin had twice requested Guangning Left Guard to attack to stop the Yan cavalry from attacking Ningyuan Guard. However, Yang Wen was undecided and repeatedly rejected it. In his mind, Guangning Left Guard, as the final reserve team, would never use it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Zhang Baifang raised his shield to resist the opponent with a fierce knife. The force was too great that the entire surface of the shield made of logs was cut into pieces. He used the opponent's pause for a moment and swept the opponent's lower plate. After a grunt, the opponent's left leg was cut off.

With a scream, the Yan army cavalry lost support and fell to the ground. The soldiers following Zhang Baifang took a step forward and slashed the Yan army's head off.

The soldier was smiling at Zhang Baifang. His head suddenly left his body and rushed into the air with the gushing blood column. Another Yan army succeeded in a sneak attack.

The soldiers were Zhang Baifang's orderly soldiers. After going through the battle formation, they became his best friend. Seeing his friend die.

Zhang Baifang roared angrily, jumped over the soldier's body, and used a move with both hands to chop Huashan to chop Yan army. The Yan army suddenly saw a man covered in blood appear in front of him. He was startled and twisted his body to avoid it. He just avoided his body and did not avoid his arm, and his whole arm was removed.

Zhang Baifang mechanically waved the Mo knife in his hand. He chopped and killed the Yan Jun with pheasant feathers on his helmets.

These cavalry jumped into the battle formation after breaking through the front line of cavalry and rifles. Although there were no horses, these cavalry combat skills were not comparable to those infantry. They often formed a group of three or four people and could defeat an infantry with a small flag.

After the sun passed the sky, twenty people had lost to Zhang Baifang's general flag, but the cavalry of the Yan army seemed to have not stopped, and the thousand cavalrymen in front had been exhausted. Then another group of cavalry rushed over with spears.

Without any obstacles, the spear was stalked in the pile of people with card knife hands, screams one after another, and some spears strung between two infantrymen. The Yan army did not dismount, but threw away the spear, wielded the long sword and rushed over, and with the help of horsepower, they hit several more people.

Ningyuanwei's original formation was finally shaken, and some new recruits were frightened by the bloody scene. They threw away their weapons and turned around and ran away. Zhang Baifang was hit by a horse. Fortunately, several comrades around him cut down the horse's legs, which resulted in the Yan army.

He slowly stood up on the sword pillar, his whole body as if he was disastrous. A new recruit ran past him and was grabbed by him: "Don't run, go back to your little flag."

The recruit trembled and said, "Master General Banner, let's surround me, I can't stand it anymore. Run away."

Zhang Baifang refused to insult him. He killed him with a backhand and shouted at several soldiers next to him who wanted to escape: "Fight to the death and never retreat."

Not moving as a mountain!" The deserter was stunned, and Zhang Baifang was full of murderous aura. They trembled and picked up their weapons, and returned to their positions with a tough bullet. The veterans around them gathered next to Zhang Baifang and shouted together, "Not moving as a mountain!"

Just as Ningyuanwei's main lineage was under heavy blows, the position of Guangning defender next to him had reached the last moment, and the Ningyuanwei Qianhu front line that was reinforced had already been crossed in sporadic areas.

Before several Yan cavalry rushed to the general platform, Yang Wendi's personal guards went up to resist. A Yan army raised his hand in the direction of Yang Wen and an arrow passed through the crowd like a meteor in front of Yang Wen. This arrow completely destroyed his will.

He trembled and got on the horse, but he didn't go up twice. In the end, the two personal soldiers held him up. He panickedly ordered: "Hurry up, send an order, the entire army will retreat, and the left guard of Guangning will protect our governor from retreating."

When Yang Wen ran away, the flag of the Central Army general retreated. On the battlefield, the belief of the soldiers was largely the determination of the general, and when the flag of the Central Army general retreated.

The Qianhu of Ningyuan Guard finally couldn't stand it anymore, and the weak front was penetrated by the cavalry. In the chaos, there was no signal to retreat in front of him. Ningyuan Guard soldiers were at a loss and retreated. What should they do?

There were more and more deserters around Zhang Baifang, and he could no longer kill him. Could it be that he was defeated like this? Zhang Baifang leaned on the team's flagpole and trembled to find a piece of cloth in his arms and handed it to the soldiers around him: "Tie it to the team flag."

"The soldier spread his flag, his eyes lit up instantly, and he looked up at the general flag. Zhang Baifang glared: "Hurry!"

A small blue flag fluttered in the bloody wind, with white characters on it - "Liaodong Cornerstone".

Every member of the general flag team, which is the first in the comprehensive assessment of each Liaodong Military Academy, will be given this flag when graduation. It represents the military spirit of the Liaodong Army - "responsibility, glory, and dedication."

Zhang Baifang spit out a mouthful of blood and smiled at the soldiers beside him and said, "You can escape. I, Old Zhang, came out of the military academy and could not be the first deserter of the military academy.

"A child who had just thrown down his weapon and wanted to escape was already in tears and choked up, "Brother Zhang, wuwu, I won't run away, I will die with you."

More and more soldiers understood the determination of the general flag and silently gathered around him. Everyone stood shoulder to shoulder, facing the rolling cavalry expressionlessly.

Suddenly, blue flags rose one after another on Ningyuanwei's position, all of which were the "corresponding stones of Liaodong".
Chapter completed!