Li Bingchang immediately ordered the whole army to assemble after receiving the alarm signal, because it was at night, the speed of the army's assembly was not very fast, according to common sense, the best way to encounter the enemy's night attack should be to stick to the hard disk, after all, in the dark night can not see anything clearly, it is very dangerous to leave the hard disk rashly.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Xiao Jinghuan asked Li Bingchang.
Li Bingchang rode on his war horse and said to Xiao Jinghuan, who looked down: "The Goryeo people want to attack the camp at night, I will leave you with 1,000 soldiers to guard the camp, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses will be commanded by me and take the initiative to meet the Goryeo army." ” "Your Highness, isn't it too dangerous to fight at night," Xiao Jinghuan persuaded Li Bingchang.
Li Bingchang said: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter, as long as this Goryeo army is annihilated, Xijing City will be ours." ” After Li Bingchang finished speaking, he twitched his war horse, and then ordered: "Everyone follow the torches behind this king and attack me." ” In order to prevent being separated in the process of attacking, Li Bingchang specially ordered that no one in his personal guard was holding torches, and everyone only needed to see the direction of the torches to determine Li Bingchang's position, but Li Bingchang was still too tender, and the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and no one could be found in the night battle, how could it be solved by some torches.
Anyway, anyway, Li Bingchang led the army to attack, fortunately the moonlight tonight is good, and the moonlight can still be seen clearly, and the distance of ten miles is an instant for the cavalry, and Li Bingchang can be said to have made a bloody investment, and the 10,000 cavalry that attacked included 5,000 Xia Army elites and 5,000 Boliao Army, of course, this time the two armies were mixed, after this period of joint operations, Li Bingchang basically controlled this army, of course, as long as Xiao Jinghuan was there, Li Bingchang could not completely control this army.
On the other side, after Wang Huan saw the fireball rising in the sky, his first reaction was that he was exposed, since he had been discovered, there was no need to hide, Wang Huan immediately ordered the whole army to approach the large camp of the coalition army as quickly as possible, and strive to break through the large camp before the coalition army could react, but Wang Huan did not expect that he would collide with the cavalry of the Xia army head-on, and the infantry was not the opponent of the cavalry in the field at all.
In addition, it was a night battle, and the Goryeo army did not expect Li Bingchang to take the initiative to attack, so as soon as the two armies came into contact, the Goryeo army, which was dominated by infantry troops, was a little unable to hold on; The night provided some cover for the Goryeo army, and under the command of Wang Huan, the Goryeo army began to use the cover of the night to retreat, and Li Bingchang commanded the coalition army to chase after the Goryeo army and bite the ass of the Goryeo army, especially at night, which is more conducive to cavalry combat.
"Brainless," Li Bingchang reprimanded the adjutant general; "Our army is all cavalry, and the enemy is all infantry, as long as it is on the ground with two legs, it is the enemy, and as long as the two legs are running on the ground, I will kill it."
"The general has an order, as long as the two legs on the ground are enemies, kill," the adjutant general immediately shouted the order.
This fight was half an hour, and Li Bingchang was already red-eyed, and at this moment, the deputy general suddenly said to Li Bingchang: "Your Highness, look, our camp is on fire." ” Li Bingchang looked back and saw that his battalion had already burned, Li Bingchang immediately realized that the big thing was not good, the camp was burned, the army's heart was in chaos, and the battle situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to Li Bingchang, Li Bingchang immediately decided: "Order the whole army to evacuate to the north." ” "Report, report, report, Your Highness, from the east, an enemy army is encircling us, and its army is extremely strong in combat and has captured our army's camp."
A sentry reported to Li Bingchang.
"Gather your troops immediately and withdraw to the Datong River first."
Li Bingchang once again issued a military order.
There is no doubt that the coalition attack ended in failure, not only that, but also lost their own battalion, because it was night and the situation was not clear, Li Bingchang was afraid of being attacked by the enemy from behind, so he began to lead the army to evacuate to the Datong River, in fact, after a night of fighting, the loss of the coalition army was not large, and now the most critical thing for Li Bingchang is to wait for dawn to figure out the situation on the battlefield, so as to formulate the next battle plan.
When the sun came out, the coalition army led by Li Bingchang had been surrounded by the Datong River, and the Goryeo army under the command of Yiwen Zhide did not dare to get too close, leaving enough space for Li Bingchang's coalition army; After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, the losses of the coalition forces were not much, less than a thousand, and although they lost for a while, Li Bingchang still had a chance to turn the tables.
"Report, report, report to Your Highness, the enemy army has stopped advancing five miles away from our army, and according to humble observation, the enemy army is at least thirty or forty thousand."
A sentry commander reported to Li Bingchang.
"You go down and rest first," Li Bingchang said to the sentry commander.
"Your Highness, what should we do next?"
the adjutant general asked Li Bingchang.
Li Bingchang said: "Now we still have enough room to maneuver, if we wait for the enemy to press over a little later, we will only be driven down the river to feed the fish; The herald ordered the whole army to prepare for a breakout. ” "Yes, the last general is going to give the order here."
The lieutenant general took the order and left.
Li Bingchang turned over and got on the horse, at this time Li Bingchang's face was full of dirt, and his armor was full of blood, Li Bingchang tightly held the reins of the war horse and said to the soldiers: "Brothers, now we have been surrounded by the Goryeo Legion, and behind us is the Datong River, if the brothers want to live, they must be killed, and the brothers will kill me."
"Kill, kill, kill" There is a saying called putting the place of death and then being born, and now Li Bingchang and the 9,000 soldiers under his command are on the ground of death, in front of them are four times the enemy army is five times, behind them is the rolling Datong River, if they can't kill it, then these 9,000 soldiers will accompany Li Bingchang to die in Huangquan, but now Li Bingchang still has an advantage, that is, there are still these 9,000 cavalry under his command, with this cavalry unit, Li Bingchang still has hope of breaking through.
Under the leadership of Li Bingchang, the cavalry of the coalition army attacked the Goryeo army like a tide, and the frontal defense of the Goryeo army was very strong, and in the front was the 10,000 elite Goryeo infantry brought by Ulmun Zhide, facing the Goryeo army array, Li Bingchang suddenly ordered: "Order the whole army to attack with cavalry and shoot, and not to make head-on contact with the enemy." ” With Li Bingchang's military order, the coalition cavalry that originally rushed forward suddenly made a big turn, all the knights half-turned their bodies and shot out a rain of arrows, and round after round of arrow rain shot towards the large array of the Goryeo army, in the face of the attack of the arrow rain, although the Goryeo army had a shield defense, but it also suffered heavy losses, and the range of Goryeo bows and arrows was limited, so the Goryeo army shot out to the rain of arrows did not hurt the coalition cavalry at all.
After three rounds of arrow rain, the Goryeo army formation was already a little messy, at this time Li Bingchang decisively seized this favorable opportunity, and immediately led the whole army to charge in a cone formation, according to common sense to break through the battle, under normal circumstances, you should choose the weak point of the enemy's encirclement, but Li Bingchang chose to attack in the front, the cone of the spurs is all composed of Xia cavalry, the attack power is very strong, in the face of the impact of the Xia army, the Goryeo army formation was instantly torn open a big hole.
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