Chapter 365 (1/2)
Xiahoushang's order to retreat was undoubtedly a very wrong decision. As soon as xiahoushang's order was issued, the soldiers who were still fighting in front of them had lost their fighting spirit and began to flee. As an army relying heavily on the commander, after losing the commander, the trapped camp has become an ordinary infantry army. Especially when Xiahou Shang issued the withdrawal order, the trapped camp soldiers did not have the battle intention of twisting into a group. This is why Gao Shun wanted to stop Xiahou Shang from retreating. Unfortunately, Gao Shun's injury made him unable to stop Xiahou Shang from making this mistake in time. Seeing his most proud trump army in chaos and being slaughtered by Xuzhou cavalry, Gao Shun suddenly fainted with anger.
Xiahou Shang is also stupid. Although he is a handsome talent in Xiahou family, he is still too young to have enough experience and insight. In his opinion, according to the quality of the previously trapped camp, even if he retreated, he could keep the formation and retreat slowly, but he did not expect such a defeat. Even the part of the trapped camp that finally besieged Sun Yi and Chen Yang was scattered by Xuzhou cavalry. Seeing that the enemy soldiers around him had already fled, Chen Yang simply turned on his high riding horse and continued to attack the enemy.
Thirty thousand people were trapped in the camp, and the whole army was destroyed in an instant! Without the cover of the trapped camp, Xiandeng battalion, which only has long-range attack power and is fully equipped with light armor, will suffer immediately. Although Xiahou had given orders to retreat, how could a two legged infantry run better than a four legged cavalry? There is no way for the cavalry to catch up with the cavalry.
At this time, Gao Shun, who had been injured and comatose, and a few of his relatives fled to xiahoushang on horseback. Looking back, he found that xiandengying, who had been trained so hard, had been slaughtered. It was heartbreaking. Several times, Xiahou Shangdu immediately turned his horse and fought with Xuzhou cavalry, but he was dissuaded by his relatives and soldiers, so he ran away.
The massacre lasted two hours. Xia Hou Shang, with Gao Shun and his relatives and soldiers, managed to escape from the narrow road and ran to a plain. Then he immediately turned his head and fled to the west, that is to say, he wanted to escape back to Yanzhou. They fled, but the soldiers who first boarded the camp and those trapped in the camp could not escape. 30000 trapped camp and 20000 first boarded camp were completely wiped out, and the ground in this section of the road was dyed red with blood.
After the war, Chen Yang and Sun Yi began to count the number of people. They couldn't help but feel heartache. Fifty thousand Xuzhou cavalry lost more than 20000 people in this war, nearly half of them were removed. After integrating their troops, Chen Yang and Sun Yi no longer pursue Xia Hou Shang and Gao Shun, who have escaped. They simply rest and wait for Lu Xun to come with his troops.
After about an hour or so, Lu Xun came in a hurry with the soldiers of the Xuzhou regiment. At the sight of the corpses all over the place, Lu Xun was shocked. However, when he saw Chen Yang and Sun Yi sitting on the roadside undamaged, he was relieved. What they represented were the two most powerful families in Soochow. Lu Xun could not imagine what a disturbance they would make if something happened to them.
Seeing that Lu Xun had arrived, the two armies joined together again and continued to March south. Soon they would arrive in the North Sea, and it was not too late to rest in the North Sea.
In addition, Xiahou Shang ran to the West with Gao Shun, who was in a coma. In a flash, he had already run hundreds of miles. When he saw that there was no pursuer behind him, he stopped to rest for a short time. Xia Hou Shang's appearance now can be said to be extremely embarrassed. His helmet has fallen off, and his armor has also been tilted to one side. As soon as he dismounts, Xia Hou Shang sits on the bluestone on the roadside, gasping heavily, and his whole body can be said to have no strength at all.
Seeing Gao Shun, who had just been carried down from the horse's back by his own soldiers, Xia Hou Shang immediately asked, ”how is general Gao?”
Looking at Gao Shun's appearance, Gao Shun's family members said with grief: ”General Gao's shoulder socket was injured. Just now, he had done some urgent bandaging, but he didn't stop the blood. Now he has gone through such a turbulence. If he can't give first aid again, he is afraid of General Gao's sexual life...” The words of the soldiers did not finish, but the meaning of Xia Hou had already heard clearly.
Xia Hou could not help but feel remorse. If he hadn't made up his own ideas and ordered the retreat, I'm afraid that even if he had been defeated, he would not have come to this situation. At this time, there are only dozens of relatives and soldiers around them. Where can they go to seek medical treatment for Gao Shun? In this way, does Gao Shun die here? As the commander of the Bingzhou army, Gao Shun has considerable prestige in the Bingzhou army. If he died here, the morale of the Bingzhou army would be greatly affected. What's more, Gao Shun is also a very capable general, especially the trapped camp he trained. Although he has just lost 30000, there are still 70000 trapped camps in Yanzhou defense line. If Gao Shun dies, no one knows how to command the trapped camp, so the North's first strong soldier can only become a well-equipped ordinary infantry.
Looking at Gao Shun's face as white as paper, Xia Hou Shang immediately pulled out his sword and wiped it off his neck. Fortunately, the soldiers around him were quick-sighted and quickly grabbed Xia HOUSHANG's hand. In addition, Xia HOUSHANG had not much physical strength at this time. Even if he was robbed of his Sabre by these soldiers. Xia Hou Shang glared at the soldiers and said, ”give me back the sword! How can I still have the face to see the Lord when I have committed such a defeat! It's better to apologize to yourself”General! No way Those close soldiers refused to return the sword to xiahoushang, but they also took Xia HOUSHANG's body and tried to dissuade them.