Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

At this time, the fighting on the battlefield of the Chinese army became more and more intense. Previously, the Qi army could take advantage of its home field advantage to arrange battle formations to meet and resist the enemy. However, as the Wei army came south and rushed towards the emperor's location, these battle formations could no longer maintain their old status, and they retreated one after another and concentrated around the emperor.

On the current battlefield, the Qi army still had a large number of soldiers. There were 20,000 to 30,000 men and horses gathered in front and behind Qi Zhu Gaoyang alone. There were also a large number of soldiers gathered in the camps at the rear.

However, they seemed sluggish and inflexible on the battlefield. On the contrary, the Wei army, which had a small number of troops, was particularly enthusiastic, constantly attacking the enemy from all angles and in various ways. This scene looked like a group of ferocious beasts and wolves in the wilderness. Surrounding the flock and biting and hunting.

Although the officers and soldiers of the Qi army in the battle formation were also resisting bravely, basically except for the Forbidden Army soldiers in the front, although the soldiers elsewhere in the surroundings were also guarding the emperor, as long as the enemy did not launch an attack from where they were. , they basically did not participate in the battle, as if the fierce battle taking place had nothing to do with them.

The officers and soldiers of the Wei army naturally noticed this situation, so they gradually restrained their troops and concentrated their forces. They no longer attacked from multiple sides, but continued to charge towards the front of the Qi army.

With this change in tactics, the efficiency of the charge has also been greatly improved. Originally, the distance from the river bank to the position of Lord Qi was only more than ten feet. However, as the Wei army continued to attack, Gao Yang stopped shouting and refused to retreat. The Qi army's formation had been forced back nearly twenty feet to the south. And on this retreating front line, everywhere was covered with dense corpses of those killed in battle.

These corpses belonged to both the Qi army and the Wei army, but there were still more corpses from the Qi army. Especially the Qi army's imperial guards and horses, who were the main force in the battle, suffered heavy casualties. Even the most brave and powerful Baibao sergeant was only There were only about 500 people left. They did not dare to go forward to kill the enemy. They just guarded the emperor closely. Even these Baibao sergeants have been killed by the fierce battle and their fighting spirit has gradually weakened. The other soldiers are naturally even more depressed.

At this time, Gao Yang in the military formation was no longer as excited as before. The constant sounds of fighting in his ears had made him a little numb. He was only surrounded by sergeants and fought and retreated.

It was not until Lou Dingyuan, who had reported to the soldiers on the left to ask for reinforcements, returned that Gao Yang's eyes glowed. He hurriedly summoned Lou Dingyuan to him and asked in a loud voice: "Where is the King of Pingyuan now? Are you ready to fight with me?" Did I kill all the bandits together?"

After hearing this, Lou Dingyuan lowered his head and said: "The bandits in the Western Region are chasing so fast that it is difficult for the King of Pingyuan to escape...but my ministers are leading 10,000 divisions to return to support the Chinese army!"

"Ten thousand? Why only ten thousand! If he doesn't come, what's the use of sending these soldiers? Is there a shortage of soldiers here? They are all cowardly and afraid of war!"

After Gao Yang heard this, he roared angrily, full of anger at Duan Shao's refusal to come at the critical moment.

However, Duan Shao was not the only one who broke the promise. After a while, the envoy from He Baren of the Right Route Army also entered the formation to report the matter. After hearing this, Gao Yang's eyes suddenly stared like bells. He suddenly shouted loudly, jumped up with a knife and killed He Baren's messenger on the spot. He roared angrily: "Rebellious ministers and traitors, rebellious thieves and traitors... The king was humiliated by the thieves in the formation, but the thieves from all directions did not come to help!"

After slashing He Baren's envoy to death, he pointed the knife directly ahead at the battlefield where he was still fighting, and roared loudly: "Kill, kill all the Qiang thieves! Kill all these thieves! Kill all those who dare not kill the enemy. Rats!"

The emperor's sudden rage frightened the surrounding Forbidden Army soldiers. Several Forbidden Army generals hurriedly stepped forward to support the emperor and repeatedly advised: "Your Majesty, please calm down, calm down..."

"Kill the thief, kill the thief! Are you going to disobey me?"

Gao Yang was extremely angry at the moment. He wanted to kill someone to vent his anger, but he would not listen to the dissuasion. Instead, he glared at several people and said angrily.

"I don't dare... It's just that the thieves are fierce, so it's better to avoid the edge for the time being and think about it in the long term!"

Several generals repeatedly advised that after half a day of fierce fighting, they were the Forbidden Army soldiers who were at the forefront. The rest of the troops played a negligible role on the battlefield. On the contrary, the enemy became more and more courageous as they fought, and the emperor was now In such a state, if the fighting continues, the situation may become even more worrying.

However, Gao Yang shouted angrily: "The thief is in front of you, why wait for the future! Keep killing the enemy, if you don't back down, you will be killed without mercy!"

The officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army were intimidated by this, and they had no choice but to muster up their courage, pick up their weapons and take the initiative to attack the Wei army's formation.

As for the Wei army, Li Tai couldn't help but frowned when he saw another enemy team approaching from the side.

On the battlefield at this time, the reason why the Wei army was able to suppress the Qi army and launch a fierce attack was not because the Wei army was far stronger than the Qi army, but because of various reasons that caused most of the Qi army officers and soldiers on the battlefield to be passive and idle. war.

However, this state obviously cannot last for a long time, especially now that the Qi army, which is passive and idle in fighting, still maintains its organizational structure. Any slight change on the battlefield may prompt them to change their current state and become Actively take up the challenge. The arrival of side reinforcements is undoubtedly good news.

So after weighing it for a while, Li Tai planned to pay the money and withdraw his troops, which could be regarded as a withdrawal as soon as possible. The results achieved now have actually exceeded his previous expectations. After all, all he could predict was the tactical means adopted by his own side, and Qi's leader Gao Yang treated human life so extremely that it caused the overall depression of the Qi army. It was also beyond his expectation.

Although they failed to defeat Qi's leader Gao Yang in one fell swoop, this result was completely acceptable to the Western Wei Dynasty. If they continued to fight and refused to retreat, bad changes might occur next.

Although Li Tai was still shouting that the rebel army would not return to the enemy before, the slogan was a slogan, and the actual implementation of military orders still had to be adapted to the actual situation.

As soon as he thought of this, he began to order his troops to withdraw. Fearing that the enemy might counterattack after noticing, he did not use the method of passing orders with flags and drums. Instead, he sent his soldiers to pretend to take turns to rest and gradually engage the front line. The men and horses retreated to the rear.

However, changes on the battlefield always come unexpectedly, and Li Tai did not expect that Qi leader Gao Yang had been suppressed to this point and actually dared to order his troops to launch a counterattack.

At this time, on the frontal battlefield, due to the withdrawal of many Wei army troops, the suppression force against the Qi army had been weakened. As the Forbidden Army soldiers in the front battle formation of the Qi army gritted their teeth and launched a counterattack, they actually pushed the front line forward. After covering a large distance, the weak Wei army's battle formation was directly rushed away!

When this happened, both warring parties were confused. For the soldiers of the Qi army, they had no idea that the enemy that had been chasing them all the way was so vulnerable and could be easily dispersed.

The Wei army was much more dangerous. Li Tai was afraid that the troops arriving from the side might cause a chain reaction after entering the battlefield, so he arranged a considerable number of the withdrawn soldiers to the west side of the battlefield. He was on guard, and there were only two thousand tired and wounded soldiers near the Chinese army where he was. As the front battle formation was rushed away by the Qi army unexpectedly, his position was also directly exposed to the enemy.

"Kill, kill! Capture the flag! Capture and kill the leader of the thieves, Li Boshan!"

The soldiers of the Qi army quickly reacted, and the more than a thousand soldiers at the front immediately waved their weapons and shouted to kill. When the rest of the Qi army saw the situation, their faces suddenly showed expressions of eagerness to try.

Fortunately, in order to avoid causing chaos to the battle ahead, Li Tai had always placed the Chinese army's banner far inside and outside the front line. At this time, there was a light cavalry troop of more than a thousand people on the side who could rush back to support.

But when Li Tai was about to open his mouth to give the order, he noticed that the overall momentum of the Qi army on the opposite side had undergone subtle changes. Some troops that were originally roaming on both sides and rear of the battlefield also began to move closer to the center and forward. Obviously, no matter what kind of mental state they were in before, if they can capture themselves in the formation, it will still be very attractive to them.

After some careful consideration, Li Tai did not choose to summon his men and horses to return for protection. Instead, he grabbed his horse and jumped onto his mount. He shouted straight towards the Qi army rushing forward: "The thieves finally fell into the trap, all the troops." Attack quickly! Jinyang has been conquered. If we capture and kill the thief leader Gao Yang, the thief country will be destroyed!"

As he mounted his horse and prepared to fight, not only the Qi army officers who were charging towards him were shocked, but the Wei army officers nearby who heard this order were also shocked and confused: What trick did the bandit army have? Did I miss something?

After timidly not saying anything about the doubts in their hearts, when they saw that Tang Gong was on horseback and was about to go to the battle to kill the enemy, they all fought back towards the battle line they had just withdrawn from.

"What happened? You fell into the Qiang thieves' scheme again! Retreat quickly, push back quickly, and return to protect the Supreme Being. Don't let the thieves take advantage of you!"

All the officers and soldiers of the Qi army were frightened at this moment. They had already rushed halfway, but when they saw the enemy general Li Boshan and his troops galloping towards him, and the surrounding Wei troops were all heading towards the rear where the emperor was, they immediately gave up the charge. He turned around and returned to his own line. This rush not only failed to create new results, but also caused chaos in our own formation during the advance and retreat.

On the battlefield at this time, the rest of the Qi army officers who had just had a glimmer of hope and fighting spirit ignited in their hearts because of the frontal assault saw that the Forbidden Army officers had fallen into the enemy's plan again. For a moment, their eyes quickly dimmed and they no longer looked toward the center. The army moved closer.

"Your Majesty, the situation is critical, retreat! It is not a pity for me to die, but Your Majesty, the lord of ten thousand chariots and the supreme king in the world, should you be broken in the middle of the formation and be captured by thieves!"

Several Forbidden Army generals surrounded Gao Yang and repeatedly warned him. After this advance and retreat, even the frontal Forbidden Army formation was no longer stable.

Gao Yang saw the Wei troops attacking from outside the formation again. This time, even Li Boshan was among them. For a moment, all thoughts were lost in his heart. He dropped the sword in his hand to the ground, covered his face and said solemnly: "Retreat, retreat... …”