Turbulent Times Chapter 1197: Deadly battle never retreats Li Shentong

The cavalry on the two flanks of the Far Eastern Army and the Li Family Army confronted each other at the last moment. The dense formation left both sides with no way to retreat, and there was no room for them to evade.

Killing and being killed are only at the moment when the horse's body intersects. At this time, personal combat skills and riding skills are useless. The courage of the warrior is best reflected in the cavalry battle.

The oncoming cavalry of the Li family army did not have much formation at this time. They had just had time to escape the nightmare of the Far Eastern Army's rapid crossbow long-range attack. , while the Far Eastern Army still maintained a strict charge formation.

The difference between the two is quickly reflected.

Under the threat of dense spears in front of them, some horses of the Li family army cavalry ran diagonally to the side regardless of the rider's control, but the whirlwind battalion cavalry was also rushing diagonally.

As a result, their formation became more scattered.

As the cavalry of the Li family army no longer had a strict formation, the horses of the Whirlwind Battalion did not have the threat of a dense array of spears in front of them, and they would not ignore the control of the cavalry and go to the side.

However, under the final rapid run, the cavalry formation of the Whirlwind Battalion inevitably began to curve, but the short distance was not enough to affect the integrity of the formation.

Fifty steps apart, the speed of the horse increased to the fastest, and the two sides approached at a speed of about 20 meters per second. Aiming at the Li Family Army cavalry on the opposite side, the Li Family Army cavalry who were running at the front were also full of fierceness, but when they saw the opponent's tight formation with few gaps, they finally became a little flustered—they Originally, there were more people than the Far East Army, but the result now is that each of them has to face at least two spear attacks.

There are still people in the front row of the cavalry of the Li family army trying to shoot arrows. A wave of light arrows from the cavalry bow flew towards them. More than a hundred cavalrymen of the Far East Army were hit. Because of the good armor defense, only a dozen people fell off the horse. Down, the short distance is fleeting.

"Kill!" The cavalry formation of the Far Eastern Army burst out the last roar of exhaustion at the same time.

Boom!

Two torrents of horses collided head-on, countless broken gun shafts and fragments of blades flew, the sound of breaking and the collision of men and horses continued, the sound of gun blades rubbing against armor made people's teeth sore, horses that couldn't avoid it collided with each other Bones shattered, some horses were knocked flying, and some fell to the ground with their riders, rolling desperately on the ground.

At the last moment, the mounts of the cavalry of the Whirlwind Battalion disobediently moved slightly to the left, but this is a normal phenomenon, but it did not make the cavalry spears on the horse deviate too much, and every cavalry in the first row kept staring at it The oncoming cavalrymen of the Li family army lowered their stature and staggered past the roaring hooves of both sides.

People turned on their backs, blood splattered, soldiers howled, horses neighed, and the occasional explosion of the few hand grenades of the Far Eastern Army, accompanied by the sound of drums and horns.

It didn't take long for all of this to be gradually covered by the sand and dust raised by the galloping cavalry.

On the two wings of the battlefield, they were completely caught in a dark fight.

In fact, although the light cavalry on the two wings clashed shockingly, the battlefield on the front of the Chinese army was more tragic than that on the two wings.

The morale of the central army of the Li family army who thought it had surrounded the former army of the Far East Army's central army was greatly boosted, and the Li family army, which was about to collapse before, became extremely fierce at this time. The Wanlai Far East Army launched a fierce attack.

However, the 10,000 Whirlwind Battalion Cavalry and the 1,000 Death Cavalry did not panic at all, and they didn't even make a sound.

Five hundred people out of the one thousand dead soldiers first charged in all directions, and then all of them exploded. The 10,000 Whirlwind Battalion cavalry and 500 dead soldiers dismounted at a ridiculously fast speed and formed a circular infantry phalanx.

Although it feels a little bad, but the matter has come to this point, Li Shentong can only continue to order 30,000 people to attack the infantry circle of the Far Eastern Army surrounded by them even more frantically.

It's just that after a frenzied wave of attacks, the 30,000 Li family troops who besieged the circle were stunned and confused.

When Li Shentong witnessed this scene, his heart sank even more.

This is completely different from their previous plans and imaginations!

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There are only Wang Junlin, Luo Shixin and various command and signal troops on the rear command frame of the Far East Army. In addition to Wang Junlin's nearly 1,000 special forces soldiers on both sides, there are also 10,000 whirlwind battalion cavalry as a reserve team. Luo Shixin was the leader of the team.

The fight was inextricable, but Wang Junlin refused to send the 10,000 cavalry led by Luo Shixin into battle. Instead, he let them stay by his side and watch the battle while waiting. Dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction.

"Xiao Xinzi, what do you think Li Shentong will think about now?" Wang Junlin retracted the binoculars, and suddenly asked Luo Shixin, who was beside him, who was burning with anxiety.

"Li Shentong thought he ate a mouthful of delicious food, but now he is choking on it. I don't think he feels very good right now." Luo Shixin replied without thinking, "Li Shentong thought he ate some of our Before the army, he didn't know that the 11,000 people were sent into his mouth by the prince on his own initiative."

"What else?" Wang Junlin stared intently at the podium where Li Shentong was behind the Li family army, and suddenly shouted: "Xiao Xinzi, do you think Li Shentong is so confident today because they still have a support soldier?" ?”

Luo Shixin was taken aback by his question, and after thinking for a while, he said, "My lord, this possibility is unlikely! The Li family only has so many people in Hedong, and it should be difficult to mobilize more people at this time!"

"The powerful family in Chang'an City can mobilize 150,000 troops for Li Yuan in just one month, and the powerful family in Hedong can mobilize another 50,000 troops for Li Shentong no matter what!" Wang Junlin suddenly He turned his head and glanced at Luo Shixin, "What's more, we are going to attack Taiyuan, and among the seven clans and five surnames, the Taiyuan royal family has been passed down for thousands of years. Taiyuan City is where their old nest is. This time, we will definitely spare no effort to provide people, money and food."

Luo Shixin's expression froze slightly, he thought for a moment and said: "Then Pei Ji is Li Shentong's army commander, Wen Xi's Pei family is not weaker than the Wang family."

Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "Everyone in the Pei family is very cunning, so Pei Ji asked Li Shentong to be the commander of the army, not for the sake of making military achievements, but because he was worried that they would not be able to stop our army, so that they could fight back at any time." Water, after all, Pei Shiju has done a lot for me over the years."

Luo Shixin suddenly said: "So it is absolutely impossible for the Pei family to send someone to Li Shentong at this time, but it is possible to send money and food."

Maybe Wang Junlin felt that the time had come, so he suddenly raised his voice and said, "Xiao Xinzi, now I want you to bring 10,000 people to support the center or the left and right wings, can you break through a gap?"

Not waiting for Luo Shixin to reply, Wang Junlin said again: "The 100,000 horses under Li Shentong are mostly elite soldiers. It is a melee situation, so it may not be easy to win. Moreover, if we attack the left, the Li family army may not be unable to save the left side, and if we attack the right side, the Li family army may not be unable to save the right side."

Wang Junlin slapped the horsewhip lightly, and said: "The art of war says that it is unexpected and unprepared. Xiao Xinzi, where do you think the Li family's army is most unprepared at this time?"

"What does the lord mean?" Luo Shixin's eyes lit up.

"Xiao Xinzi! Your nature is actually similar to Xuan Ba's. You like to charge forward and don't like to use your brain. You should be able to think of these things yourself, but now you can only think of them after I guide you. I see this battle After the fight, I will send you to Snake Island

It will take a while. "Wang Junlin glared at Luo Shixin, and reprimanded him a little bit.

"My lord, Xiao Xinzi knew he was wrong!" Luo Shixin's face turned pale immediately, and when he thought about going to Snake Island, he begged for mercy repeatedly with a bitter face.

But Wang Junlin didn't bother to pay attention to him, and ordered: "Go! Be careful not to meet the other side's reinforcements."

"Xiao Xinzi understands." Luo Shixin replied loudly, turned to face his 10,000 whirlwind battalion cavalry, and shouted in a deep voice: "Listen to my orders! Take a team of a thousand people and quietly go around the hillside on the right. The sides of the hillside meet."

The entire battlefield spanned more than ten kilometers, and it was not a plain with a wide view. Many places were blocked by hills and slopes. It is not difficult for the thousand-man team to disappear without a trace, especially when Li Shentong's attention is all on the surrounded 11,000 former Chinese army.

So, not long after, the 10,000 reserve troops at the back of the Far Eastern Army's formation disappeared without a trace.

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On the east bank of the Fen River, the fierce battle between the 100,000 troops of the Li Family Army and the 50,000 cavalrymen of the Xuanfeng Battalion has lasted for more than two hours. After the siege by the army, they saw the dawn of victory.

In fact, after he has spared no effort to increase the intensity of rewards and punishments these days, the morale of his 100,000 horsemen did not disappoint him today, and the combat power displayed subsequently also satisfied him.

However, he was taken aback by the combat power displayed by the Whirlwind Battalion, especially the eleven thousand Far East Army surrounded by them, which made him feel chills in his heart.

Although he has had several battles with the Far Eastern Army these days, he has some judgments about the combat power of the Far Eastern Army——Because the Far Eastern Army had a large number of grenades and explosives before, and they were all camps that had been prepared for many days Fight defensively.

So, he originally thought that as long as it was a field battle, his strength was twice that of the opponent's, and he had used so many calculations on the battlefield he had designed, he would be able to win a battle no matter what, at least he could Be undefeated!

In fact, this has given the Far East Army's Whirlwind Battalion a relatively high position, but now it seems that his judgment is still wrong, and he still underestimated the Far East Army's combat power.

Even without gunpowder weapons such as grenades, the combat effectiveness of the Far Eastern Army's Whirlwind Battalion exceeded his expectations.

Because, it has been more than three hours since the front army of the Central Army surrounded the Far East Army, but they still failed to eat the front line of the Central Army of the Far East Army that was surrounded by the Far East Army as expected.

It's not that he doesn't know that the cavalry and navy of the Far Eastern Army must train infantry tactics, but he never thought that the soldiers of the Whirlwind Battalion, who are famous for their cavalry charge, seem to be better at infantry battle formation than cavalry, and this Just in case, the Far East Army has enough bows and arrows.

Whether the Li family army is cavalry or infantry, facing these "infantry" of the Far East Army fighting in formation, the battle has become extremely difficult from the very beginning.

Li Shentong knew very well that if he could not destroy the more than 10,000 surrounded Far Eastern Army within a short period of time, not only would he not win today's battle, but he would definitely lose.

His face was ugly, and he immediately ordered: "Concentrate on shooting and killing the generals of the Far East Army. These people will lose their backbone and will break down by themselves."

Following Li Shentong's order, Li Jiajun immediately organized more than 30 sharpshooters to greet the generals of the Far East Army.

It is impossible for the generals of the Far Eastern Army to shrink back and command. A general who commanded this wave of the Eastern Army was shot twice in the thigh, and lost his ability to move. He was protected by his own soldiers in the middle of the battle. , fell to the ground. It is difficult to command troops.

However, not long after, Li Shentong's complexion became even more ugly, and there was even a very concealed trace of fear and worry deep in his eyes.

The commander of this Far East Army, General Lang, is no longer in command of the army, but the situation has not changed much.

Nowadays, there are no senior generals in the front army of the Whirlwind Battalion. Even after this general, the two lieutenants have been shot dead. Now the commanding of these Far Eastern troops is at best some regiments. The Lord and the Centurion, under their command, the defense of the Far Eastern Army's circular formation did not drop much.

Li Shentong had to admit that the Far Eastern Army was different from all the armies he had ever seen, and it was fundamentally different.

What kind of nightmare is this? This is the strength of the Far East Army, and this is the army trained by Wang Junlin? He suddenly remembered that what Wang Junlin was good at was creating miracles, and these troops might be another miracle created by Wang Junlin.

As for the rumor that a woman named Nie Xiaoyu trained the Far East Army on an island, Li Shentong absolutely did not believe it.

However, now their Li family has become deadly enemies with Wang Junlin and the Far East Army, which means that he will always be an enemy of such an army.

Even if you are lucky enough to be undefeated today, what should you do to win the battle with the Far Eastern Army in the future?

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Don't mention the iron lump surrounded by the Li family's army when the lone army went deep. If it shows signs of defeat first, it is likely to get out of hand and turn into a major defeat.

So, no matter what, Li Shentong has to grit his teeth and insist. They were originally superior in numbers, and it's not like they don't have reinforcements right now. He still has 50,000 new troops in the rear, but that's just new troops. If they were in a favorable situation, it would be okay for these recruits to keep up with the wind. If they were in a disadvantageous situation, he really doubted whether it would be useful to transfer these 50,000 recruits.

At this time, every charge and archery of the Li family's army could bring some casualties to the front line of the Far East Army's central army, but they still couldn't break through the formation of iron lumps surrounded by them.

However, Li Shentong's order was very simple and clear. He forced his subordinates to continue to attack wave after wave, so that the people of the Far East Army could not rest and kept a high level of tension at all times. In his opinion, the other party will always be tired, and then there will be flaws.

Moreover, the crossbow arrows of this wave of soldiers of the Far East Army will run out soon!

This tactic is actually the most effective tactic at present.

It was just an ever-changing battlefield, because the terrain here is not flat, and the battlefield is about ten miles long, which is really too big, so he didn't know that Luo Shixin had led the 10,000 Whirlwind Battalion cavalry to disappear.

After more than an hour, Li Shentong suddenly heard a sound coming from the right rear. He turned around unconsciously, and suddenly found an army galloping towards him from the northeast.

The distance is too far, and the battlefield is full of dust, and this is a cavalry galloping, so he can't see which army it is, but judging from the direction, it should be his own cavalry, but Out of a kind of caution, he still waved his hand to invite a entourage to look forward to him and said: "Go and see whose horse is it, is it stupid, why did you come here?"

The attendant agreed, and rode his horse towards the northeast, Li Shentong turned his head again, paying attention to the battlefield.

But before Li Shentong could put his mind on the battlefield for a long time, suddenly, he heard a loud "ah" from the guard beside him. He turned his head and saw the guard who had just been sent out. Wei, shot in the chest by an arrow, was trotted back by his horse.

"It's the cavalry of the Far Eastern Army." Several followers stammered and shouted.

"Far Eastern Army?" Li Shentong was taken aback for a moment, his eyes were narrowed into a line, and he was staring at Fang who was coming.

Xiang, a chill suddenly came up from Li Shentong's back, his face became more and more ugly, and he said viciously: "When did Wang Junlin's army disappear?"

Li Shentong subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife at his waist. Not to mention him, even every soldier around him at this time, it is not difficult to judge, the team has at least tens of thousands of people, and they have only two or three thousand followers at this time.

More importantly, if this cavalry that appeared suddenly joined forces with the besieged Central Army of the Far Eastern Army, the entire battle situation would be turned upside down.

"This... What should I do?" Marching Sima Pei Ji kept thinking about other thoughts, but looked at Li Shentong.

Although Li Shentong's face was still pale at this time, he was not in despair. He took a deep breath and looked to the rear. There were 50,000 new recruits there, 10,000 of whom were cavalry, and he was in command of the 50,000 horses. His confidant general will naturally react when he sees a cavalry of the Far East Army suddenly appearing here.

Even in this noisy battlefield, Li Shentong could clearly hear the hooves of the galloping troops.

The 10,000 cavalry led by Luo Shixin were blocked by 50,000 recruits from the Li family army.

The two teams unanimously opened their bows and arrows and shot towards each other.

Hundreds of new recruits from the Li family army fell from their horses, while only seven or eight from the Whirlwind Battalion lost their horses.

But the two teams are still approaching quickly.

Pei Ji, who was thinking about it, heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the 50,000 recruits arriving in time, but he saw a young general in black armor and white horse galloping at the front among the cavalry of the Whirlwind Battalion. The moment anyone can block him even for a moment, rushing into the recruits on his side is like entering a flock of sheep, like entering a land without people.

These 50,000 recruits are said to be recruits, but in fact many of them are guards from aristocratic families.

Pei Ji turned his head and asked Li Shentong: "Who is that? The Far Eastern Army also has such a strong general?!"

Li Shentong's face was ugly, and he said in a deep voice, "That's Luo Shixin, the head of the Far Eastern Army's Whirlwind Battalion."

Among the 50,000 recruits, there are actually quite a few masters, all of whom were sent by powerful families to lead the team. Wherever he passed, there was no one-handed general at all. He rushed forward, which was equivalent to a sword with an invincible tip. With 10,000 cavalry fighting against the 50,000 fresh troops of the Li family army, he had the upper hand from the very beginning. . Seeing that they were about to kill through the 50,000 recruits of the Li family army, and go to rescue the trapped front of the Central Army of the Whirlwind Battalion.

Pei Ji was about to ask Li Shentong and him to step back, but unexpectedly there was a loud roar from beside him, and several fast horses rushed out in front of him. He was stunned for a moment before he realized that it was Li Shentong who got off the car and changed horses, and picked up a handful of horses槊, rushed out. The 2,000 soldiers around him were afraid that he might lose something, so they hurriedly rode their horses to follow closely.

It was too late for Pei Ji to dissuade him, so he could only watch the battle in fear.

Li Shentong was born with supernatural powers, and a horse lance that seemed to weigh nearly a hundred catties was inseparable from a special machete in Luo Shixin's hand.

Pei Ji watched for a while, seeing that Li Shentong did not lose the wind, he thought that Li Shentong could be trusted by Li Yuan so much, his ability to lead troops in battle may not be very good, but he himself is a rare warrior.

Luo Shixin had already entered a state of excitement and madness at this time. After he understood Wang Junlin's combat intentions, he led ten thousand people from the side of the mountain on one side of the battlefield to rescue him, and deliberately went around a big circle, trying to give Li The magical powers came by surprise, and while saving the front line of the army and the middle army, they broke the stalemate in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, just as they were about to succeed, 50,000 recruits from the Li family army suddenly appeared.

To be honest, he was startled when he saw the sudden appearance of 50,000 Li family troops at first, thinking that his sneak attack by detour would fail.

But after going all out to fight, he realized that the combat power of the 50,000 horses was obviously much weaker than that of the other Li family troops. He remembered Wang Junlin's previous analysis, and immediately understood that this was the work of the other party's powerful nobles in the River East Gate, such as the Wang family in Taiyuan. Supported by the newly formed new army.

Luo Shixin was just like Li Xuanba on the battlefield, just like a lunatic, at this moment the murderous intent in his heart suddenly rose to the sky.

He tried his best to take the lead, and saw that he was about to easily penetrate 50,000 recruits from the Li family army. When he was about to attack the former army of the Chinese army who was trapped on his side, he was unexpectedly led by Li Shentong himself. He was stopped, surprised at Li Shentong's superb strength, at the same time, Luo Shixin's fighting spirit was completely aroused, and it was already monstrous.

Although Li Shentong was born with supernatural power and extraordinary killing skills immediately, there was still some gap compared with Luo Shixin who Nie Xiaoyu personally taught. The soldiers tried their best to save him.

Whilst Luo Shixin called it a pity, he did not pursue Li Shentong. After a hard fight, he finally pierced through the Li family army who blocked him, entered the encirclement of the front line of the Far Eastern Army's central army by the Li family army, and within a few seconds In a short period of time, a big opening was made. The besieged Cyclone Camp saw the reinforcements in the front line, and their morale was greatly boosted. Under the protection of the troops brought by Luo Shixin, they mounted their horses one after another, and changed from infantry to cavalry again. After rushing to kill a wave, they went to support on both sides.

Li Shentong didn't have time to lament that the meat he bit into his mouth finally spit out, and the scouts from the two wings came to report again. If the army does not defeat the enemy, or send reinforcements to support the two wings, they will soon be unable to resist, and they will be defeated at any time.

Li Shentong almost vomited blood out of anger. The number of light cavalry on the two wings was nearly twice that of the opponent, and they were defeated so quickly.

And he wanted to send troops from the central army to support the two wings, but suddenly found that he had lost nearly 20,000 troops just now in order to attack the surrounded front of the Far Eastern Army's central army, and he had no more troops to support the two wings. Not to mention that nearly ten thousand of those recruits died just now, and the most important thing is that Luo Shixin had already killed them with ten thousand horses. If they were sent to the battlefield at this time, it might be a bad thing.

Combined with the fact that he was injured by Luo Shixin just now, the depression and unbelievability involved made Li Shentong want to go crazy.

"General Li, the question now is not whether we can defeat the Far East Army, but how to retreat safely." Pei Ji didn't want to die under the chaos, and he already had some other thoughts in his mind, so he began to think about it and reminded Li Shentong about the situation. The most important thing to do.

In an instant, Li Shentong felt as if someone had poured a basin of ice water over his head. He gritted his teeth and said, "Retreating at this time will only bring about a greater defeat. Only after I personally lead some soldiers and horses, the army will not be defeated." I retreated in a panic. I was just afraid that the army would be defeated, and the other troops would only care about themselves and escape, and they would never think about taking care of me after the end."

Li Shentong's expression has returned to calm, but a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and he has made a decision.

He does not intend to retreat, he is going to lead his own soldiers and the remaining 40,000 recruits to fight to the center of the Far Eastern Army, which is obviously weak because of the support of the two wings, and wants to defeat the Far Eastern Army before the two wings are defeated The Chinese army broke the situation.

Therefore, he sent someone to inform the armies on the two wings, telling them to persist for another half a stick of incense, and he would be able to lead the central army to defeat the enemy.

However, when Li Shentong led more than 40,000 recruits and personal soldiers to support the Chinese army, Pei Ji led nearly a thousand of his personal soldiers to retreat quietly.

Wang Junlin used binoculars to observe where Li Shentong and Pei Ji were located. At this time, he suddenly found a small wave of Li Jiajun retreating. He immediately ordered the soldiers around him to shout loudly: "Li Shentong and Pei Ji have led the soldiers escaped."