Chapter 1062: Mingyue’s Bravery
The sound of killing shook the valley. Led by Hulugu, the Qi army rushed straight into the Wei army's battle formation in the valley, and chose the most fierce hand-to-hand combat from the beginning.
The terrain in the valley was uneven, and there were springs and streams distributed in it. The terrain was not suitable for building a fixed camp line, so the Wei army here only entered the formation and garrisoned after learning about the enemy. Although they had an advantage of waiting for the enemy to tire, the ferocity of the enemy was beyond their imagination.
Especially the first wave of enemy soldiers who launched the attack, they were like tigers and wolves wandering in the mountains. They rushed into the Wei army's battle formation with their spears fearless of death, and ignored the sharp blades of the swords and knives that were cut head-on, and only stabbed the Wei army soldiers with their swords and spears.
Such a desperate fighting style naturally makes people terrified. Although several Qi soldiers were killed by the enemy in the battle formation as soon as the two sides fought, the attacking battle formation led by Hulugu Guang was like a wedge, deeply digging into the enemy's battle formation!
"Those who stand in my way will die, and the Qiang thieves will die!"
Hulugu Guang shouted loudly, with a long spear in one hand circling and stabbing, and a sword in the other hand slashing and killing, like a murderous demon king descending from the sky. Wherever his blade touched, the enemy was either injured or killed. He killed into the enemy formation with his own strength, and was several feet away from the rear troops.
The Wei army soldiers in the battle formation were also constantly trying to encircle and block the enemies that had entered the battle formation. However, not to mention that Hulugu, who was in a killing mood, was already extremely powerful and difficult for ordinary people to defeat, the troops behind him were also carefully selected strong soldiers, rushing through the battle formation and extremely difficult to stop.
Yang Yu, standing under the flag, also noticed that the soldiers in the front formation were at a disadvantage. Not only could they not stop and limit the enemy's fighting, but even the battle formation itself was shaken by the impact. For a moment, he was inevitably shocked and angry. While sending a team beside him to reinforce the front formation, he shouted loudly: "The bandits came from afar and are weak. Their temporary arrogance will not last long! Wipe out all the bandits at this valley entrance, and I will report the merits to you!"
The main force guarding this mountain valley was the thousands of Shaozhou divisions under Yang Yu's command. They were able to persist in guarding the border far away from their homeland for so many years. Needless to say, these soldiers' tenacious fighting spirit is naturally tenacious. In this sense, they are first-rate elite troops even in Guanzhong.
But the enemy they faced was the elite soldiers of Heyang, Northern Qi, who were equally elite, and even more elite. Although these people had come from a long distance over mountains and ridges, and their physical strength was greatly consumed and they were no longer in their prime, under the leadership of Hulugu, the first-rate general of the time, they were even more determined to fight to the death.
The entrance of the valley was not wide, and the soldiers of both sides fought fiercely in this narrow space. As the party that took the initiative to attack, the soldiers of the Qi army had advanced to a distance of ten feet towards the entrance of the valley under the leadership of Hulugu.
If this ten-foot distance was placed on flat ground, a nimble person could easily run over it, but in this valley entrance, it was an absolute bloody journey paved with lives, not only the lives of the enemies, but also their own lives!
There were more than 500 vanguard soldiers who followed Hulugu to attack the enemy formation, but after a fierce battle, the current casualties have exceeded 200 people, even more than the actual number of enemies they killed!
Nearly half of the casualties are enough to make people mentally collapse and lose their fighting spirit in any army, especially as the active attacking party, it is even more difficult to maintain the offensive. But now this Qi army on the battlefield is still fighting with high morale and fearless in the enemy formation.
These soldiers are the brave soldiers carefully selected by Hulugu in Heyang, and those who are selected as the vanguard are the elite among the elite, and there are many family slaves cultivated by the Hulu family for generations. These family slaves only follow the master's lead and are ready to sacrifice their lives at any time. The more adversity they face, the more they can show their tenacious fighting spirit and fearlessness.
Moreover, Hulugu, who is still leading his troops to fight bravely, has fully demonstrated what it means to be a general who is brave enough to win. Since the beginning of the battle, he has always been at the forefront, seemingly tirelessly destroying the enemy formation. The soldiers in the rear are also inspired by him, fighting along the cracks he has created, and continue to attack and destroy the enemy formation.
The reason for using such a tragic fighting method is that Hulugu knows very well that there is not much time and opportunity left for them. Only by taking advantage of the passionate fighting spirit at the battle site, using a brave offensive far beyond the enemy's imagination to temporarily force the enemy back, and gaining a foothold and breathing space for their own troops in this valley, can there be a slight chance of winning.
If the enemy formation cannot be driven back at the beginning of the battle, then as their morale drops, their exhausted bodies can no longer sustain long-term combat, and the next step will be a real disaster. Even if they retreated back to Shao County the same way they came, the rugged mountain roads along the way and the enemy troops chasing them from behind meant that only a few would be able to escape.
Only by moving forward, only by moving forward, can there be a glimmer of hope and a glimmer of chance of victory! Therefore, although Hulugu had been wounded several times and was covered in blood, he still did not dare to stop. He just summoned up the little strength in his body to continue to charge forward. The thick and long spear was too heavy for him, so he simply abandoned it in the battle formation and continued to swing his sword and chop. If the sword rolled, he would take the enemy's sword. He would never stop as long as he was alive!
The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road. Although the Wei army soldiers were also trying their best to stop the enemy, they were also terrified in the face of such a desperate attack by the enemy.
The mountain streams and springs in the valley have been completely dyed red with blood. If you take a step casually, you may step on the broken limbs and arms, or even the liver and intestines. The mountain wind is filled with a strong smell of blood, which makes people want to vomit.
"General, the enemy army is too fierce. Our men have suffered heavy casualties. We should retreat a little and reorganize the army before fighting again!"
A general who had retreated from the front line rushed to Yang Yu and pleaded in a hoarse voice.
After hearing this, Yang Yu snorted coldly: "How can you be completely unscathed in the war? The enemy here is fierce, and there are no enemy in the world who will sit back and wait for death? Continue to fight, and we must trap and kill the enemy here!"
He still insisted on his own plan, but he also saw that the battle formation in front had been smashed to pieces by the enemy army. The soldiers were each in a place, and it was difficult to coordinate the battle, which gave the enemy more room to maneuver. So he simply led the soldiers around him into the battlefield, wanting to regroup the scattered soldiers.
Hulugu had just forced back several Wei soldiers, leaned over and grabbed a sword from a corpse at his feet, and then saw an enemy army in a well-organized formation in front of him entering the battlefield again. He was naturally shocked, and when he saw the old general Yang Yu, who was surrounded by the team and had gray hair and beard, he simply made up his mind and shouted: "Yang thief, die, Hulugu Mingyue will kill you now!"
Yang Yu had already noticed Hulugu, who was fighting the most bravely in the battle formation, but it was difficult to send more elite soldiers to surround and kill him because the terrain in the mountain valley was narrow and long. Seeing Hulugu rushing towards him, he immediately stopped and ordered his troops to capture and kill him. He himself was already over 60 years old, no longer at the age of relying on muscles and bones for courage, so naturally he would not enter the battle formation to fight with Hulugu.
Seeing that the enemy was coming towards him, and his troops were still a few feet away, Hulugu stopped rushing forward and endured the pain in his body. He grabbed a short spear beside him and threw it at Yang Yu who was still far away with a roar. Yang Yu realized that it was too late and hurriedly leaned back to avoid it. The short spear was stuck directly on his belly armor, and it seemed to penetrate his body from a distance.
"Hurry up and save the general!"
The personal soldiers who were about to go forward to kill the enemy were also shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly retreated and ran towards Yang Yu.
At the same time, Hulugu was overjoyed, waving his sword and shouting: "The enemy general Yang Yu is dead, quickly gather to me and kill the enemy!"
At this time on the battlefield, the Wei army soldiers were already frightened by the fierce attack of the Qi army, and there were still enemy soldiers rushing into the space where the front army was fighting. Seeing the commander fall on the battlefield, they were naturally more terrified and retreated to the outside of the valley.
"Hold on to where you are, don't evacuate..."
When Yang Yu was supported by his personal soldiers, he wanted to order to stop the soldiers from fleeing out of the valley, but the scene was extremely chaotic at this time, and the soldiers elsewhere were also difficult to restrain.
So the personal soldiers could only surround Yang Yu and retreat from the valley, regroup the defeated soldiers at the valley entrance in the back, and continue to line up outside the valley to prevent the enemy from rushing out of the valley.
The valley here is called Lengkou Valley. The springs and streams in the valley flow down the mountain and merge into the upper reaches of the Sushui River. In other words, as long as the Qi army rushes out of this valley, they will enter the scope of the Hedong Basin. If they run north for more than 50 miles, they can reach the area between Fenjiang. If they go west along the Sushui River, they will reach the heart of Hedong, which is indefensible!
Although there are still more than ten miles of rugged mountain roads behind Lengkou Valley to stop the enemy, Yang Yu still dared not take risks, so he ordered the soldiers to guard the entrance of the valley and not retreat. Fortunately, their camp was set up outside this valley, and there were certain camp fences at the entrance of the valley to stop the enemy. Before, they entered the valley to stop the enemy after learning about the enemy situation, but they did not expect that the enemy would be so fierce and stubborn.
Before, in the valley, the formation could not be fully deployed. After being forced to withdraw from the valley, Yang Yu was afraid that the enemy would be more difficult to repel after gaining a foothold in the valley entrance, so he ordered an immediate attack on the valley.
At this time, in the valley, the rear troops of the Qi army also rushed into the space that the front division had fought for them with their lives, and then followed the instructions, put on armor and entered the various places at the entrance of the valley.
After forcing himself to make a preliminary defense arrangement, Hulugu finally lay down beside the mountain stream due to exhaustion. The military doctor accompanying the team hurried forward to remove his armor and treat his injuries. Hulugu endured the pain and said: "If this is the only situation of the bandits here, it will not be difficult to break out. Let's hold on here until night, and then break out after nightfall!"
After saying this, he closed his eyes and fell asleep. He was really exhausted physically and mentally. In addition, the subsequent combat tasks were still very heavy, so he had to hurry up to recover his physical strength.
As the Wei army counterattacked again, the battle at the entrance of the valley continued. Yang Yu looked at the enemy's stubborn resistance and after a moment's hesitation, he decided to send an envoy to inform Yang Zhong, the pillar of the country stationed in another place.