Chapter 514: Breaking the Formation with a Car
However, after the two sides' formations collided this time, passages opened up behind the Daqian troops and quickly rushed towards the front of the formation!
The shield soldiers of both sides were wrestling with each other, but suddenly, the Daqian soldiers in the front opened up one gate after another.
Before the other side could rejoice, a dull rolling sound could be heard from the opened doors. The next moment, huge battering rams appeared in sight.
Yes, those were the huge battering rams used to ram the city gates.
Each battering ram was pushed by a hundred soldiers. Faced with such an impact, the defense of the three layers of shield soldiers was like paper and was torn apart directly.
“Boom boom boom!”
The heavy impact caused the front line of the Southern Xinjiang troops to fall to the ground, and Meng Hua followed Jia Cong's instructions. The rest of the soldiers used battering rams as the core and rushed towards the enemy formation like huge arrows.
Wherever they passed, the soldiers and horses of Southern Xinjiang were all covered in blood! Their formation was suddenly disrupted, and they had no time to change it.
Moreover, something even more frightening soon occurred to them. In the midst of their confusion, the cavalry that had been cruising on both sides suddenly rushed towards their own wings! The troops on both wings were not without protection, but because the front army had been breached, the troops on both sides were also drawn in, naturally revealing a gap.
The entire enemy formation was disrupted and in disarray, and the Daqian troops surrounded and strangled the enemy from three sides!
Sambuza's expression in the rear changed drastically, but before he could react, he saw a cavalry coming directly from the flank and heading straight towards his rear army.
All of a sudden, the entire battlefield was thrown into chaos. The Southern Border troops stationed outside the city in the rear, seeing their own troops failing to fight effectively, also became restless. Seeing the front line facing imminent defeat, they could no longer rest assured. The officers tried their best to maintain order, but the soldiers were equally uneasy.
"boom!"
A loud noise was heard, and the soldiers subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, only to see that the originally closed gate of Chengdu Prefecture suddenly opened, and a fierce general led the way, followed by soldiers rushing out .
Sun Ze had been paying attention to the situation on the battlefield outside the city. Seeing that the entire enemy army was disturbed, he immediately led nearly 10,000 of his own troops to attack.
"General, the north gate of Chengdu is open, and soldiers are coming out!"
After receiving the report, Jia Cong immediately gave the order, "The central army pushes forward. Tell Xie Jing and Wu Qing not to engage in a fight with the enemy's rear army, but to charge directly towards the north gate of the city!"
In terms of the number of troops, the Southern Xinjiang troops actually have the advantage. However, victory or defeat on the battlefield has never been determined by numbers. At this moment, the Southern Xinjiang troops were in chaos and were defeated by Meng Hua, Lu Feng and others. Although the cavalry of Xie Jing and the others escaped at the first sight of the rear army, they also caused chaos in the rear.
The Daqian troops in the central and rear armies also charged in different directions under the leadership of their respective generals. The troops besieging Chengdu Prefecture in the rear were attacked from both sides by Sun Ze and Xie Jing's cavalry.
The defense of this army facing north was already weak. After all, the main force was in the front, so how could they possibly defend heavily? If they had to defend, they would have defended the direction of the city gate, which gave Xie Jing's cavalry an opportunity to show off their power.
Ten thousand cavalrymen rushed into the weak point in the rear like a wave. The main general Mengda was leading his troops in a desperate battle with Sun Ze. He also wanted to take the opportunity to directly attack Chengdu and take the city. However, when the battle was in full swing, he heard continuous screams from the rear. When he looked back, the entire rear army was in chaos.
Sambuza in the central army looked extremely ugly. The changes on the battlefield were too sudden and there was no time to react.
And now, although it has been less than half an hour, the soldiers on his side have suffered heavy losses!
Having already been defeated, Sambuza had to accept this reality. He still had troops under his command who could continue to fight, but he had no confidence that he could withstand the high-spirited Daqian troops.
With a long sigh, Sambuza finally gave the order to withdraw.
"Sound the retreat, the central and rear armies will unite and retreat directly to the south!"
After Sangbuza's order was issued, the soldiers of Southern Xinjiang lost their last courage to fight. The army formation in front that was besieged by Meng Hua and others collapsed directly. Some soldiers knelt on the ground and begged for surrender, while others fled in all directions.
"Want to leave? Not that easy!" Jia Cong sneered.
"Let go of the enemy's front line, have Meng Hua push forward, and order Lu Feng and Teng Wu's cavalry on both wings to tie them down. I'm sure to take on those tens of thousands of troops outside the city!"
Originally, Sambuza's intention was to retreat. If he could charge directly into the city, that would be best. Even if he couldn't, he could at least extract Mengda's troops and then retreat. However, Meng Hua, Lu Feng, and the others were madly pursuing him. If they retreated toward the city gate, the small gate would become a death trap for tens of thousands of soldiers.
Finally, he had to make a decision to abandon part of Mengda's troops and send thousands of troops from the central army to fight to the death to entangle Lu Feng, Meng Hua and others who were chasing them.
In this battle, the Daqian troops chased the remaining soldiers of Sangbuza for thirty miles until sunset.
"I am Sun Ze, the commander of the Jiading Prefecture's army, and I am here to pay my respects to the Marquis of Guanjun!" Sun Ze, covered in blood, came before Jia Cong and knelt on one knee.
Jia Cong nodded slightly, "How is the situation in Chengdu Prefecture?"
"Over the past few days, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have died in battle within the city. Fortunately, the Marquis has come to rescue us. If we had delayed for a few more days, even if the enemy army couldn't break into the city, the city's food and fodder would have been exhausted!"
"Who is in charge in the city now?"
"Ever since the Prince of Nan'an was captured, Zhao Xu, the prefect of Chengdu Prefecture, has been in charge!" After a slight hesitation, Sun Ze whispered, "Zhao Xu is the brother of the Prince of Nan'an."
"All the generals, check the troops and clean up the battlefield. Lu Feng and Teng Wu, lead the troops into the city first. Have all the soldiers and officers inside the city come out and meet us!"
Lu Feng and the other two accepted the order, while Sun Ze bowed and said, "I am quite familiar with the city and would like to lead the way for you two generals!"
Seeing Jia Cong nod in agreement, Sun Ze led Lu Feng and the other two into the city.
After about an hour, a soldier from the city came to report, "General, there has been a conflict between the soldiers in the city and General Lu and General Teng. Sun Ze has also ordered them to come to the Marshal, but these officers say that without the order from the prefect, they cannot leave the city at will."
"Besides, the two sides are now in a standoff. The other side wants to close the city gates and refuse our troops from entering the city!"
This situation was both reasonable and unexpected! Chengdu Prefecture was the territory of the Zhao family, and they naturally did not welcome an outsider like him. However, he had not expected that the Zhao family would be so brainless. Even now, they were still pursuing their own agenda.
"General, I will lead the troops into the city!" Meng Hua on the side immediately requested.
