Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 716
In the meager morning light, Shi Cong's face was ashen-green, and the pocket on his head had been thrown off somewhere during the pursuit, his beard and hair were flying, and he was extremely messy.His crotch was covered with whip marks, and the horse's buttocks were bloody.As for the mood, it's all burning inside, and it even feels like there are sparks in the breath that is expelled.

There are many messy emotions, and the tongue is extremely bitter.Shame, remorse and remorse burned his heartstrings like a raging fire, careless, really careless!
He originally thought that even though these southern thieves were bold, it was only a temporary problem, and when the national army was about to come south, they would never dare to do anything too outrageous.That's why he's been worrying a lot about his situation in the future. He never dreamed that the southerners would have the guts to go right under his nose and launch a surprise attack!Could it be that the tens of thousands of horses in Qiao City are just a display in the eyes of these southern thieves?Or, are they not afraid of death at all?

It's because I have been too lax recently and didn't pay enough attention to it. As a result, these southern thieves became more rampant, completely lost their awe, and even regarded him as nothing!

Apart from blaming himself, Shi Cong was more frightened.The pastures that were raided by the Jin people this time were not just for the storage of cattle, horses and animals. Because they believed that the Jin people would not dare to make large advances, and the city father’s land was close to Qiaocheng, the manpower and material resources mobilized recently in the territory were all except for the Some of them have been dispatched to the north to help the army, and most of the rest are stored here.

In other words, this attack directly destroyed more than half of Shi Cong's efforts to spare the army since then!All the merits and food were burned, and many forced laborers were scattered, and the people who lost were not just cattle and horses!

"Hurry up! Don't worry about those broken horses..."

Seeing that the soldiers were still stopping to pick up the cows and horses wandering in the field, Shi Cong couldn't help but feel even worse, shouting and cursing again and again and even lashing out with whips.Now that the matter has come to this point, the gains and losses of a few cattle and horses are nothing, the only important thing right now is that the southerners must not retreat safely after being plundered.

Otherwise, he didn't dare to think deeply about the fate that would meet him when King Zhongshan came to the south.Shi Lang just disobeyed King Zhongshan a little, but he was dismissed from his position and captured, but this time he is a truly serious crime.If the king of Zhongshan really wants to use other people's heads to show his prestige, even the Lord may not come forward to protect him.

The purpose of using troops in the south this time is to establish prestige and frighten the four sides.But the army has not yet moved out, he has already lost like this, one can imagine how angry the Lord will be.

Looking vaguely at the bend in the river ahead, seeing those southerners and their horses crossing the river and starting to dismantle the pontoon bridge, Shi Cong's eyes were cracked, and he shouted angrily, "Rush! If the southern bandits are allowed to Retire safely, and all of you will come to see me!"

While shouting violently, Shi Cong was the first to rush straight towards the enemy formation, although many of his subordinates came to report that the southern chariot formation was really difficult to conquer, but now he has no way out.Don't say that there are only a hundred military vehicles in front of you, even if it is a Dazhai fortress, you have to grit your teeth and rush up!
However, just as Shi Cong rushed into the range, the array of chariots on the opposite side was full of arrows, and there was no room for him to hide.Fortunately, Shi Cong's riding skills are superb, and before he charged, he captured the pockets of the men and hid them in the belly of the horse.However, the war horse suffered a disaster. It was pierced by several arrows in an instant, and fell to the ground before it could let out a mournful cry, and was thrown more than a few feet according to its inertia!
Shi Cong was rescued by the generals, and there was already a bloodstain on his face that was wiped by the arrow feathers, and he was full of lingering fear.And the hundreds of soldiers who charged with him before didn't even make it half way, most of them fell in this round of arrow rain!
"Get off your horse, raise your shield, and you will break this formation!"

Shi Cong violently ordered his generals to dismount immediately to form a team, and he changed another horse to lead thousands of troops around this chariot formation, wandering to the flanks to find shallow water to cross. place!
However, the Jin army had well-planned plans for this battle, and the selected retreat route was criss-crossed with ditches, and the position guarded by the chariot formation was already a rare place to cross.As for other places, there are southerners' sampans patrolling and shooting in the deep water, but there are many muddy ponds and reed ponds in the shallow water, and it is difficult to ride a horse across!
And at the car formation, the battle soon became fierce.Hundreds of chariots hugged the water in an arc, because this time they had enough time to prepare, so they were extremely comprehensive in terms of long-range strikes, and even the chariots were tied with iron chains.After the soldiers in front of the chariot fired their crossbows, they immediately threw them back to the rear, and then another crossbow that had already been wound up was handed into their hands. Such powerful and frequent long-range shooting lasted for less than half an hour!
And Shen Zhezi finally saw the strong fighting power of the elite Jienu army. Facing such a turbulent rain of arrows, they still did not retreat, and repeatedly launched tentative attacks.Each of them used the shields in their hands, and even piled up the corpses of their companions and horses to form a barrier. They pushed forward little by little, using local materials, picked up the arrows thrown by the Huainan army and reflected them, and they gradually approached the chariot formation like this. !
"Let's stop shooting first."

Shen Zhezi knew very well that the slave army was not limited to the thousands in front of him. If he stayed here for too long, the successor slaves might come in a steady stream.So after thinking for a while, he motioned for the crossbow to pause.

The slave army reacted quickly, and the cheers of the soldiers on the opposite side soon sounded: "The southern bandits have exhausted their arrows, hurry up and attack!"

Amidst the shouts, thousands of slaves waved their swords and shields and turned over the temporary bunkers, and rushed towards the chariot like a colony of ants.However, what greeted them was not the flesh and blood of the southerners, but the lances that were more than ten feet long. They were directly hit by the hammer and flew out, smashing through the bodies of the slave soldiers wrapped in armor in an instant!
Because the slave army charged so fiercely and densely, almost none of these long lances failed, and each lance was pierced with the corpses of several slave soldiers!For a moment, it seemed as if countless blood bags had been punctured on the front line of the battle line, and immediately converged in front of the chariot to form a bloody Gulf Stream!
Such a tragic scene, even those elite slave soldiers who have been in battle for a long time, were shocked to the ground for a while!
And those slave soldiers who were smashed through the body by the long lance, most of them were still alive, bloodshot eyeballs, one by one, staring at the nearby comrades who were lucky to be spared, with blood foaming from the corners of their mouths, with the only remaining strength in their bodies Wailing and moaning: "Help, help..."

However, this call for help was destined not to be answered, because they were too brave, these slave soldiers rushed forward, and those who died were clean, and less than one out of ten survived, and their courage had long been exhausted. One howled and fled desperately, panicked and did not choose the way, and some even directly bumped into the chariot's plug-in horse sharp stab, so confused that they lost their lives!

Shi Cong cruised around for a while, but he still couldn't find a suitable ferry. When he led the crowd back here again, he saw that there were only a thousand of the [-] people who had stayed here to fight, and they were still soldiers. The result of the hard work of the elders.In the field, there are scattered soldiers everywhere, and the scene is completely out of control!
Seeing how unbearable the soldiers were, Shi Cong became even more enraged, swiping his knife and beheading several routs in a row, only then did he deter the routs in this direction, but before he could issue any orders, these soldiers chose another direction He ran with his feet, as if he had completely collapsed!
After rushing to the front line of the battle, Shi Cong finally understood the reason for the collapse of those soldiers when he saw the strings of corpses hanging outside the chariot.Although he himself has experienced many battles and is on the verge of death, he has never witnessed such a tragic scene!Those chariots are not dead things at all, but ferocious steel beasts that choose to eat people one by one. The flesh and blood body wants to break through, and it's just death!Human life is in front of us, like weeds, extremely ferocious, bloody to the extreme!
Among the dead soldiers, many of them were still struggling, but the more intense the struggle, the faster the blood spurted.The blood not only flowed on the ground and gathered into a stream, but also seemed to be poured down by a cold current, which made Shi Cong completely stunned on the spot for a moment, losing the ability to think.

At this time, the pontoon bridge had been completely dismantled, and the southern army formation that had been chaotic on the other side of the river bend gradually regained some order.The war horses that had been taken away were also organized into teams at this time and led southward one by one.This scene was like a steel knife cutting in his heart, making Shi Cong breathless.

But on this side of the river bend, hundreds of chariots are still sitting here as firmly as rocks, forming a solid formation.Hundreds of corpses were stacked outside the chariot, and the picture was bloody and somewhat ridiculous.As for the river behind the chariot, there were still several warships moored on the water, and another warship was steadily approaching from the north.

Could this be the only way, doomed to swallow this bitter fruit?
Or because Shi Cong was so emotionally agitated, Shi Cong couldn't even feel anger and fear, as if all his emotions had been stripped away, his face was neither happy nor angry, just blank. He turned a deaf ear to his questions and did not respond.

Should we stick to this, and then send people back to the town to gather reinforcements and fight the Southerners to the end?
As soon as this idea popped up in his mind, Shi Cong shook his head and dismissed it.Although there are more than [-] soldiers in the town, they are not all gathered in Qiaocheng to fight at any time.He is located in the south of Henan, and many counties and countries have to divide their garrisons, and in addition to dispatching troops from various tribes in the countryside, there are no more than [-] people gathered in Qiao Township.

Before that, he had dispatched a group of 3000 troops to Chenjun and other places to drive away the wandering Jin army. Now it seems that it should be a suspicious strategy by the southerners to confuse the public.

This time the father of the city was attacked, the incident happened suddenly, and Shi Cong was able to gather 5000 troops to attack in a hurry, which is considered to be a good command of the army.Even if there is another withdrawal at the moment, judging from the result of the current battle, at least 1 horses and sufficient equipment are needed to break it, but this cannot be completed in just three or two days.

Moreover, when such a thing happened in the town, it was conceivable that all parties would have palpitations, and it was necessary to maintain a sufficient number of soldiers to respond flexibly to prevent the situation from eroding again.Moreover, the Guannan people's use of troops was out of the ordinary. Shi Cong was even more worried that the enemy's traces from Chen Jun's side might not be all just to lure the enemy.If he ignores it and mobilizes too many people here, it may not be impossible to turn the enemy's lure into a heart-piercing sword!
Thinking of this, Shi Cong realized that this time he lost money, he would admit it if he didn't want to.If it was only his part that confronted the Huainan army, it might not be defeated, and even if it was defeated, they could pursue it relentlessly, and sooner or later they would get it back.

But recently, because the national army is about to come south, he has too much energy tied up, and he is negligent and slack, but also has too many worries.

"Go and ask, who is the general opposite?"

After suffering such a big loss, it was not easy to let it go, and he couldn't feel relieved, so Shi Cong gave an order and sent someone to question him.

(End of this chapter)