Chapter 914: The new **** of war Xue Rengui
Chapter 914 The New God of War Xue Rengui
Chapter 912: Xue Rengui, the new **** of war
Shortly after the Liang army issued the retreat horn, Zhang Xutuo also issued a retreat order. Those Liang troops who were still alive after breaking through the Longmen Formation were immediately eager to retreat.
There is no rush. After breaking through the Longmen Formation, they only know what the Gate of Hell is, so why are they willing to stay in such a terrible place for a long time.
The brutality of the Battle of Longmen Formation simply exceeded anyone’s imagination.
Only in the early stages of the war, Xue Rengui used the Longmen Formation of 10,000 people to first trap more than 6,000 troops from Yin Kaishan and Liu Hongji, and then trapped 10,000 troops from Li Yuanba and Jia Fu, a total of 10,000 troops. Sixteen thousand troops.
In order to block the general attack of Li Shimin's army, Xue Rengui divided the most elite 3,000 trap camps to stop the enemy. He only relied on 7,000 ordinary soldiers to block the 16,000 elite Liang army.
After that, Li Shimin added another 4,000 troops and sent Li Keyong and Zhang Xutuo to lead the attack. The two generals took advantage of the fact that Xue Rengui had no time to take care of it and cooperated internally and externally, and finally broke through the Longmen Formation.
In other words, Xue Rengui commanded 7,000 soldiers and horses, but he was constantly fighting against an enemy force of 20,000 Liang troops that was nearly three times his own.
You must know that the 7,000 soldiers deployed by Xue Rengui in the Longmen Formation are not the ace elites of the Zhen camp. The overall quality of the soldiers is directly different from that of the Liang Army. If it were not for the Longmen Formation, the entire army would have been wiped out.
Relying on these ordinary soldiers, Xue Rengui achieved extremely brilliant results.
Before the Longmen Formation completely collapsed, the first batch of 4,000 Liang troops who entered the formation were almost dead, and the second batch of 10,000 troops also suffered more than half of their casualties.
If it weren't for the third batch of Li Keyong's 4,000 soldiers and horses, Xue Rengui could even have wiped out the first two batches of Liang troops bit by bit.
It is a pity that no matter how exquisite the formation is, it has a limit of endurance, and the Longmen Formation is no exception, and Li Keyong and Zhang Xutuo have touched this limit.
When the Longmen Formation just collapsed, there were less than 5,000 of the 7,000 coalition troops.
In other words, Xue Rengui annihilated over 10,000 Liang troops with less than 2,000 casualties.
When the final decisive battle began and Li Shimin gave the order to retreat, the coalition's strength was only a little over a thousand.
More than 4,000 coalition troops died in the final fight. Of course, the Liang army also suffered more than 3,000 casualties.
Twenty thousand Liang Army soldiers entered the battle, but only 8,000 were still alive, while more than 5,000 of the 7,000 coalition troops died in the battle. This shows how tragic this battle was.
So, after Li Shimin's retreat order came out, the remaining soldiers almost wanted to cry. It was really difficult to stay alive, so of course they had to withdraw as soon as possible.
Xue Rengui saw this and wanted to pursue him, but almost all of the remaining soldiers were injured and were unable to undertake the task of pursuit.
Although Xue Rengui and other generals did not suffer any serious injuries, they were just a little exhausted from killing the enemy, but letting a few of them break away from the soldiers to pursue them would not have much effect at all!
“Deploy a defensive formation to prevent the Liang army from returning. In addition…”
Looking at the retreating Liang Army, and then at the catapult convoy that had been destroyed by more than 80%, Xue Rengui felt a trace of joy in his heart, and then ordered: "Check the catapult convoy immediately to see how many catapults are left. Which ones are in good condition, which ones can be repaired, and which parts can still be used..." ˆ ˆˆ˚ [Ding dong, Xue Rengui deployed ten thousand people to the Dragon Gate Formation to stop Li Shimin's 32,000 troops. He achieved the achievement 'Swinging the Dragon Gate' and rewarded the commander with a permanent +1 and a permanent +1 force. 1. The current five dimensions of Xue Rengui are: 100 in command, 105 in force, 85 in intelligence, 76 in politics, and 97 in charm. 】
If Lu Bu is currently the first and only general among all local generals who has reached the level of God of War through a little improvement, then Xue Rengui is the first and only one among all the summoned generals who has improved to the level of God of War.
Xue Rengui has become the fourth God of War under Qin Hao, but compared to those fierce generals who were born as Gods of War, his background is still a little worse!
There was more than one Longmen formation in the battle in front of Hulao Pass. As for the trapped camp, Zhao Yun and other generals saw that the Liang army was about to withdraw but did not order a pursuit. The reason was naturally that the trapped camp consisted of heavy infantry.
In the battle just now, Zhao Yun and other generals were entangled by the generals of the Liang army, but the trapped camp still blocked the 12,000 Liang army without the generals, and achieved a kill of 3,000 enemies and a loss of 1,000. results.
The Three Thousand Traps camp faced an enemy force that was four times more than its own, but still suffered 1 to 3 casualties. Although this record was not as amazing as the Longmen formation, it was still very rare. The Traps camp once again proved that it was the strongest army in the world. The reputation!
“Zhao Zilong, come here first today, I will take your head next time!”
Wu Yunzhao said with a look of reluctance, and immediately rode his horse to retreat with the soldiers.
Zhao Yun was breathing heavily, but a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes. In the battle between him and Wu Yunzhao, if Zuo Tiancheng hadn't been in the way, Wu Yunzhao would have been defeated even if he couldn't kill him.
On the other side, when Huang Zhong saw that Xin Wenli and Qiu Rui were also about to flee, he immediately picked up his bow and arrows and prepared to kill them. However, because he ignored He Ruobi, he reminded the two generals to avoid the critical point.
On the way back to Hulao Pass, all the Liang army generals gathered together, and Li Shimin also saw Lu Bu and Hou Yi.
Li Shimin looked at Hou Yi who was seriously injured and dying, and was shocked: "The strongest generals of the coalition forces are all in the Longmen Formation. Who has the strength to injure General Hou Yi like this? Could it be that Li Cunxiao has returned?"
A trace of doubt flashed in Lu Bu's eyes, and he smiled bitterly and said, "General Hou Yi was injured by Qin Hao."
“What? How is this possible?”
Li Shimin's eyes widened, unable to believe this fact.
Not only Li Shimin, but also Lu Bu found it hard to believe that the Qin Hao he knew could not be so strong. However, the last scene where Qin Hao almost killed Hou Yi was witnessed by Lu Bu with his own eyes. This cannot be a lie, right?
“It’s true. Qin Hao’s martial arts has improved rapidly in the past few years and is now completely different from what it used to be.”
Lü Bu sighed, still having some qualifications as a pioneer Qin Hao in his heart. After all, he was far less powerful than Qin Hao at Qin Hao's age.
“Qin Hao, you really hide it well enough.” Li Shimin sighed.
Reinforcements from the coalition forces are about to arrive, and now the most important thing for the Liang army is to withdraw to Hulao Pass, so Li Shimin is not in the mood to bother with this matter, and will wait until he returns to Hulao Pass to do anything.
The Liang army had a total of 40,000 troops when they left the city, but when they returned, they only had less than 20,000 troops. The casualties were so heavy, but fortunately, the purpose of leaving the city was achieved.
Li Shimin led some generals into the city. When he boarded the Hulao tower, he found that the coalition cavalry had already reached the pass, but thousands of Liang troops had not yet entered the pass.
(End of this chapter)