Chapter 256: Advance and retreat [two in one](2/2)
"No need to say more!"
Zhao Run interrupted Cen Chang's words and said sternly: "I have something to say. I will fight for life and death with 300,000 men in this battle. Now that the enemy is taking advantage of the victory and pursues it, how can I fall behind?...Chu Heng
,drive!"
"Yes!" Zongwei Chu Heng responded angrily, shook the reins in his hands, and drove the king's chariot towards the battlefield.
Seeing this, Cen Chang, Jie Ziyu and other Wei officials and generals who stayed in the formation were shocked and quickly urged the Wei soldiers nearby: "Quickly, follow your Majesty!"
"yes!"
All the Wei soldiers in this formation immediately raised their royal flags and followed them forward.
At this time, on the battlefield, there were more than a million allied troops from various countries, and the rear army had slowly retreated. Only Chu generals Xiang Mo and Xiang Kuan still led their own regular troops and grain soldiers to resist the Wei army's attack.
At this time, it is not difficult to see that the 300,000 Wei troops who have traveled a long distance are actually very tired, especially the 50,000 Luoyang imperial guards who were the main attackers just now. They are even panting. Although they saw the defeated coalition forces with their own eyes, they
Because I was exhausted, I couldn't catch up.
Instead, Wei's militiamen and rangers overran the Luoyang Imperial Guard and bit Xiang Mo. Xiang Kuan and others left behind a broken army, but they only bit the enemy and could not lead to an effective pursuit and cover-up.
This left Xiang Mo and Xiang Juan feeling no pressure.
However, at this moment, a shout broke out from the Wei army: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty's royal chariot is following us!"
"What?!"
Countless Wei soldiers, militiamen, and knights subconsciously stopped and turned to look behind them. Sure enough, they saw the royal chariot of their Wei monarch, Zhao Run, following them at some point.
Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, Wei Wang Zhao Run stood on the king's chariot, pulled out the sharp sword in his hand, pointed forward in the distance, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "My brave athletes of the Wei Dynasty, follow me to kill
enemy!!"
"Whoa whoa--!!"
The morale of the 300,000 Wei troops was greatly boosted. They felt as if a magical power surged out of their chests, making them forget their physical fatigue and become full of strength again.
"Kill!"
"Open the way for Your Majesty!"
On the chaotic battlefield, the Wei army followed the Chu army in pursuit, and the intensity of the pursuit immediately increased a bit.
Seeing this, Xiang Mo, the general of Chu State, was greatly surprised. He didn't understand why the Wei army, which was obviously exhausted, became so fierce again, until he saw the king's chariot of Wei King Zhao Run in the torrent of Wei army.
It has to be said that the moment he saw Wang Chaan, Xiang Mo's eyes widened in shock.
It was simply unimaginable to him that Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei, would dare to put himself in danger.
You must know that if he sends an elite force from the coalition forces of other countries to kill the monarch of Wei, Wei will definitely decline as a result.
Of course, this is just Xiang Mo's imagination. After all, around the king's chariot were thousands of Wei soldiers whose morale was at its peak. Encouraged by King Zhao Run of Wei to "take the lead", these Wei soldiers were simply crazy.
, even if the coalition forces send the most elite troops, they will probably be torn apart by these crazy Wei soldiers, and will not be able to threaten the king's chariot at all.
"Are you determined to 'kill them all'? The king of Wei..."
Xiang Mo smiled bitterly and thought to himself.
How could he not see that Wei King Zhao Run came forward in person in the king's chariot in order to once again inspire the 300,000 Wei soldiers so that they could use Chu's far superior fighting power to defeat the army after the alliance was interrupted?
In fact, when King Zhao Run of Wei appeared in the king's chariot among the Wei army, the combat effectiveness of the Wei army more than doubled. Even though these Wei soldiers were panting from exhaustion, their fighting spirit was still high and their morale was still high.
At the end of the Lian Xiang period, the main Chu army under Xiang Kuan was also killed by these Wei militiamen and was retreating steadily.
The Chu army fought and retreated, and the Wei army fought and advanced. Originally, the allied forces of the various countries retreated in an orderly manner, but the appearance of Wei King Zhao Run made the Wei army even more courageous, so that the Chu army that was behind showed faint signs of defeat.
.
"kill!"
I saw Wei Wang Zhao Run standing on the king's chariot, holding on to the railing on the king's chariot with one hand, and holding the bright sword high with the other.
Although his sword was shining brightly and had no trace of blood, in the heart of Chu general Xiang Mo, this monarch of Wei was undoubtedly the biggest variable in this battle.
Whether it was the brilliant decision to force a battle just now, or the morale of the Wei army being boosted by "taking the lead" at this moment.
"An army of millions... was defeated by one man."
Xiang Mo smiled bitterly and made a difficult decision, giving up part of his food supply and recruiting troops to buy time for his regular soldiers to evacuate.
After chasing for twenty miles like this, the Wei army fought all the way to the joint camp of the allied forces of various countries that stretched for more than ten miles.
If the Chu generals such as Xiang Mo and Xiang Kuan who had retreated are now being bitten by nearly 300,000 Wei troops, then the coalition forces that retreated first will actually have a hard time, because Lu Mu, Mu Qing, and Wu Wu
, Lu Balong, Meng Liang and other Wei generals led 20,000 Sichuan Luo cavalry and imperial guards cavalry, chasing and killing the coalition soldiers along the way.
Sichuan and Luo cavalry are light cavalry that are good at riding and shooting. They are most suitable for chasing retreating enemy troops in the plains. They are like wolves staring at their prey, following behind the coalition forces unhurriedly, and shooting arrows from time to time.
Taking away the life of a coalition soldier. However, the coalition forces lacked effective means of counterattack.
In fact, the coalition forces here are capable of counterattack, just like the army of Lu State.
In recent years, under the influence of the Wei State, the army of the State of Lu also used chariots again, which were used to carry war weapons such as machine crossbow boxes and bed crossbows. If the army of the State of Lu came out to resist the Sichuan-Luo cavalry, they would not be called Sichuan-Luo cavalry.
The entire army was wiped out, but the latter was determined not to shoot down the coalition soldiers without any scruples like now.
But it is a pity that Chu Shuijun sent people to issue orders to Ji Wu and Huan Hu, but Huan Hu ignored them.
Even this evil bandit unscrupulously instigated Ji Wu and misinterpreted Chu Shuijun's order: "General Ji, Chu Shuijun is asking me to wait until the end of the war. This is tantamount to asking me to die."
After hearing this, Ji Wu would not pay attention to Chu Shuijun.
As the saying goes, the allied forces are birds of the same forest, and they fly away when disaster strikes. Why should the Lu army die for the Chu army?
However, Ji Wu could not openly disobey Chu Shuijun's order.
At this time, Huan Hu took the opportunity to offer a plan: "Kill those order soldiers and pretend that we have not received the order... In such a chaotic battlefield, it is normal for a few order soldiers to die.
"
Ji Wu nodded secretly, and then, the few messengers sent by Lord Chu Shui were quietly killed by Huan Hu.
As a result, Lu's army did not come forward to resist the Sichuan-Luo cavalry, causing the Chu army to suffer numerous casualties.
It is worth mentioning that when retreating to the coalition camp that stretched for more than ten miles, Lu general Chen Shou privately discussed with Huan Hu whether to take the opportunity to defect and deal a fatal blow to the Chu army.
I have to say that Huan Hu was also a little hesitant about this.
It is undeniable that he expected the "small defeat" of the coalition forces, and also expected that Xiang Mo, Xiang Kuan and others would lead the elite to stay behind, but he only misjudged the combat effectiveness of the Wei army - he never expected that Wei King Zhao Run would
He would put himself in danger and ride on the king's chariot to chase down the coalition forces together. He never thought that the elite Chu army led by Xiang Mo, Xiang Kuan and others would be suppressed by the exhausted Wei army.
This made him unable to help but speculate on how likely it would be to defect to the enemy at this moment.
But unfortunately, before he could make a decision, the main army led by Chu Shuijun and the Wei army had withdrawn into the coalition camp in detail - he had missed the best opportunity to kill the coalition commander.
"Just wait for the opportunity."
Huan Hu said to Chen Shou privately.
Although his judgment was wrong, Huan Hu didn't think it was his problem. He just didn't expect that the existence of Wei King Zhao Run could give Wei's militiamen and rangers such incredible strength - this morale and combat effectiveness were simply incredible.
No less than the regular army.
About half an hour later, the main army led by Chu generals Xiang Mo, Xiang Kuan and others retreated to the joint camp with difficulty.
Behind them, there were nearly 300,000 Wei troops whose morale was so high that they were almost crazy.
It's a bit ridiculous to say that a side with millions of troops is huddled in the camp at the moment, looking at the Wei army outside the camp in fear; while the Wei army, which clearly has only 300,000 people, is standing arrogantly in the camp that stretches for more than ten miles.
In addition to the marriage alliance, he called the coalition forces in the camp to come out to fight for life and death.
"This battle was fought with such cowardice!"
Xiang Kuan cursed angrily.
After hearing this, Xiang Mo also remained silent.
He also felt that the defeat in this battle was a bit inexplicable - the initial 'small defeat' was actually completely acceptable, but no one expected that the exhausted Wei army, inspired by Wei Wang Zhao Run's 'lead by example', actually
The more they fought, the more courageous they became, and they were entangled to the death, so that the allied forces of the various countries finally turned from retreat to defeat. There were obviously millions of troops, but they were chased by the Wei army and fled in panic.
Fortunately, the soldiers of the Wei army were not exhausted, otherwise, today I am afraid that they would not just retreat, but be defeated.
On that day, 300,000 Wei troops fought all the way to the more than ten-mile joint camp of the coalition forces of various countries. However, due to the lack of physical strength of the soldiers, they ultimately failed to take the opportunity to capture the coalition camp.
This made Wei Wang Zhao Run a little regretful.
However, although it is a bit regretful, Zhao Run is also satisfied enough. After all, in his opinion, the coalition forces of various countries suffered an inexplicable defeat today and should not be able to resume the war in a short time. This gives his 300,000 Wei troops enough time to fight
Build a camp outside Daliang City.
Of course, Zhao Run also considered whether the coalition forces in the coalition camp would become angry and leave the camp to fight with his Wei army again.
Therefore, Zhao Run did not dare to stay in front of the allied camp for a long time. Using the excuse of "it was getting close to dusk and we will fight again tomorrow", he led nearly 300,000 Wei troops in a mighty manner and arrogantly returned to Daliang, leaving the more than ten miles behind.
The allied soldiers and generals in the joint camp looked at each other in shock and watched helplessly as the Wei army retreated.
How could it be like this?
Seeing nearly 300,000 Wei troops evacuate happily, while the soldiers of our own coalition army were silent and their morale plummeted, Chu Shuijun looked extremely ugly.
Chapter completed!