PFC Chapter 439: Attack halfway across the river!
Chapter 439: Attack halfway across the river!
Golden Sands.
As the only river valley between Lingzhou and Jin'an, it can be regarded as a natural barrier.
In the past, facing such terrain, one must be extremely cautious. However, today's Beili Army did not stop for a moment. Seeing that the boats for crossing the river were ready, the army jumped on the boats.
Wu Xiao was in a good mood. He originally felt bored guarding Jin'an, but he didn't expect that the Lingzhou and Daizhou armies would withdraw from the two states.
Although I feel a little regretful for not being able to keep the Great Xia Army of the two states, the credit for taking over the two states still fell into my hands. Although it is much worse than normal military merit, it doesn’t matter, it is still a credit!
With this expectation in mind, he only wanted to cross the river as soon as possible and plunder the two states.
When we reached the middle of the river, someone suddenly shouted.
"General, something bad has happened. Across the river, across the river..."
A soldier pointed to the other side of the river with a look of shock!
This call directly interrupted Wu Xiao's sweet dream. He looked over and before he could see what was happening, he saw a rain of arrows whistling towards him.
"Enemy attack..."
Wu Xiao shouted loudly, and the Beili army on the boat was horrified. Before they could make any evasive moves, they saw a rain of arrows falling!
Wu Xiao held a shield in front of him and saw another wave of arrows coming. At this moment, he also saw clearly that the opponent had been on full alert since he didn't know when.
Is the intelligence wrong?
The moment the order was received, the messenger said clearly that Daxia's Lingzhou Camp and Daizhou Camp had all left, and not a single soldier was left. But what was going on in front of him?
There were at least five thousand people on the other side of the river.
"Quick, abandon boat! Everyone get in the water and help the boat back to the riverbank!"
He never expected that the Great Xia Army would attack him halfway across the river. If he crossed the river now, his men would probably be shot into a hornet's nest before the boat even reached the shore.
Fortunately, the boats used to cross the river were small, so even if they entered the river, they could hold on to the boats and avoid being submerged by the water.
Wu Xiao held onto the edge of the boat with one hand and turned his head to look at the river bank where he came from, only to see that there was already chaos behind him.
It turned out that the people behind them saw clearly that they were attacked while crossing the river. Not only that, there was a cavalry on each side of the river bank rushing towards the Beili army formation.
"God damn it, why are there Daxia troops here?"
Wu Xiao cried out in sorrow.
He knew that the 30,000 people he brought with him were doomed.
The cavalry of the Daxia Army rushed into the Beili Army's formation in an instant. There was no suspense at all in the battle between cavalry and infantry. What's more, the Beili Army had been preparing to cross the river early in the morning and had not even formed a basic defensive formation.
With just one charge from the two cavalry units of the Great Xia Army, the Beili Army was scattered!
Wu Xiao's eyes were bloodshot, but in this situation, he had no way out at all, he couldn't even protect himself!
Without a boatman to steer the boat, the ferry boats were scattered by the turbulent current, and many people even drowned in the river, struggling constantly.
Arrows kept raining down from the sky, as if they would not stop until they were all wiped out. Wu Xiao turned a deaf ear to the screams around him and could only hide behind the boat to avoid the flying arrows.
The ships were gradually dispersed, and the battle on the shore gradually came to an end.
Although it was a battlefield involving tens of thousands of people, the Great Xia cavalry, which could wait for the opportunity to tire out, would not need much time at all to destroy the unprepared Beili infantry!
Seeing the boats crossing the river being scattered, the general leading the Great Xia Army looked back at the battlefield.
"Leave some people to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of you follow me to pursue the enemy!"
Although they wiped out most of the enemy troops on the river bank, there were still many people floating in the river.
Before they left the camp, the order from their superiors was to annihilate the enemy's active forces. What are active forces?
As long as they are alive, they count.
Only by weakening the Beili Army bit by bit can we resolve the current situation in Daxia!
……
Fifty miles away from Jinshatan, Wu Xiao, with hundreds of people, encountered a Beili army that had also been defeated at Jinshatan.
There were also not many people, and they were all dejected. Many of them even lost their swords and armor, and looked extremely embarrassed.
"General..."
The moment they saw Wu Xiao, someone suddenly started crying and shouting. The sound was like a plague and quickly spread throughout the team of hundreds of people.
Wu Xiao looked at these people and felt very sad.
When they came, there were 30,000 of them. Now...
"People...are there only so many people?"
Wu Xiao was a little frightened. He had people chasing him non-stop. If he had not been in the water, he would have been dead by now. Those who were unlucky were washed to the river bank and were met with either swords or arrows from the Great Xia Army.
After running for dozens of miles, these were the only people around me.
"General! We have all been scattered, and most of our brothers..."
"Squeak!"
Wu Xiao clenched his fists, feeling inexplicably sad. There were 30,000 people here. If they were properly deployed, they would be able to hold out for a while even in a head-on battle.
But now?
"General, the enemy is about to catch up, we should hurry back to the city!"
Seeing that Wu Xiao didn't say a word, the others probably knew what was going on and couldn't help but urge him on. They had finally escaped the pursuit of the Great Xia Army, and now they couldn't fall into the encirclement of the Great Xia Army again.
Wu Xiao nodded and said, "Everyone, return to Jin'an!"
……
Outside Jin'an City, a team of weak Beili troops appeared in sight.
The soldiers guarding the city wall suddenly shouted: "There's something going on ahead!"
With a loud shout, the Beili Army soldiers on the city wall were immediately alerted. Everyone looked down at the wall. The archers had been prepared and were guarding the battlements.
Slowly, the figures of Wu Xiao and others appeared below, and someone immediately shouted, "It's General Wu!"
What?
General Wu?
Didn't he lead 30,000 men out of the city to carry out military orders? Why did he return in such a mess? And what about the tens of thousands of troops?
The Beili soldiers immediately sensed something was amiss, and someone shouted, "Quick, go to the captain and tell him that General Wu has returned!"
The current situation is no longer something they can decide!
Wu Xiao walked weakly to the foot of the city and looked at the city wall: "I am Wu Xiao, open the city gate quickly!"
He had been fleeing for two and a half days, running day and night, and was already starving. If it weren't for the desire to survive in his heart, he would have collapsed on the road.
The hundreds of people accompanying him were almost the same. They all looked exhausted, and many of them even lost their weapons and armor along the way, looking like a completely defeated army.
Although Wu Xiao's voice was weak, fortunately it was heard above the city wall.
Someone immediately asked from above, "General Wu, we have informed the captain, please wait a moment!"
"..."
Wu Xiao felt a little uncomfortable, but this was the military rule, so he didn't say much.
Fortunately, Wu Xiao was the deputy general, and the captain guarding the city did not dare to delay. He hurried to the city wall and saw the miserable Wu Xiao. He was shocked and asked, "General, what happened to you?"