Chapter 187: Death for Justice
At Luo Ji's command, the Luo army instantly turned into countless sharp arrows and rushed forward.
Heavy infantry in formation is the natural enemy of cavalry.
If the Wei Wu soldiers who dominated the world in the past were here, even if Luo Ji had ten times the courage, he would never charge with cavalry.
That's not bravery, that's suicide.
However, the Qin army did not choose to use heavy infantry to block the enemy, but chose light infantry.
Although they were arranged in formation, without large shields, it was impossible for people to withstand the huge force of the horses.
Thousands of horses are galloping, and they scatter in one rush!
"Projectile!"
The Luo people formed a sharp line and charged forward, and a rain of arrows fell on them. The Qin people, who were only wearing leather armor or most of them had no armor at all, could not stop them, and they fell to the ground in an instant.
The Qin people also fought back with bows and crossbows, causing considerable casualties to the war horses of the Luo cavalry. Some sharp warriors were shot off their horses and died in the battle formation.
The heavenly soldiers successfully chiseled a hole, and thousands of them rushed past Luo Ji. Everything seemed to be happening again. This scene also appeared when they attacked Bai Cheng before.
What I heard was the screams of the Qin people. In the darkness, under the light, I couldn't see clearly, but I could still feel the warm blood.
Luo Ji didn’t know how many Qin people died tonight, but he believed that the Qin people must be extremely shocked!
"clang!"
"clang!"
"clang!"
This is the sound of heavy piercing of armor and shield.
How could that be?
Luo Ji was a little confused, and then there were loud shouts. Among the fleeing Qin army, there were hundreds of heavy armored infantrymen surrounding them!
They were like a rock in the torrent, standing still, allowing their comrades to die and firmly defending their positions.
There were only a few hundred people, but Luo Ji felt as if he had seen the ghosts of the underworld.
I was so shocked that I could hardly speak!
Why are there heavy infantry here?
Since they have time to put on armor, what about the rest of the Qin people?
Extreme uneasiness almost instantly struck Luo Ji's heart, and the shadow in his heart expanded rapidly.
Luo Ji steed his warhorse past the heavy infantry, taking the lives of several Qin soldiers, and shouted urgently: "Something is wrong!
retreat!
Don't fight too long! "
The messenger passed the order layer by layer, and all the Luo people were ready to leave directly.
Then I saw countless torches lighting up in the distance.
Although these torches were still far away from the Luo people, Luo Ji could easily recall that those places were the most suitable passages for large-scale cavalry retreat.
The Qin people wanted to stop this cavalry here.
Luo Ji felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He knew it was too late to leave.
He believed that the Qin people had no idea that they would come to raid their camp, and that they learned the news when they began to charge forward with thousands of horses galloping.
Luo Ji strictly followed the time, but the Qin people came too quickly and were blocked here.
This is the dispatch and advance preparation of the famous general, which is reflected in all aspects.
In fact, Wang Jian was also cursing his mother.
First of all, he repeatedly warned them to be careful, but from top to bottom, the Qin generals generally did not take it seriously.
Because they have never seen this kind of technique and tactics, they don't have that kind of scale in their hearts.
Wang Jian sighed inwardly, what a bunch of trash, the Luo people attacked so quickly, who knows how many men and horses will be lost tonight.
This was the second time that they had suffered a heavy loss at the hands of the Luo cavalry.
Wang Jian was certain that the State of Luo had techniques and tactics specially designed for cavalry.
This made him very helpless. Although he was an extremely talented general, that only meant that he had a strong learning ability. He had never really studied cavalry in depth.
Whether it is the techniques and tactics of cavalry attack, or the equipment, tactics, camp construction, etc. to restrain cavalry.
Wang Jian didn’t particularly understand it.
This is equivalent to Luo State using the advanced techniques and tactics that it has researched for a long time to attack Wang Jian at a dimensionality reduction level.
It was really not Wang Jian's fault that the battle turned out like this.
"Prince! What do we do now?"
The only way to deal with the current situation is to break through, but there are enemies on all sides, so the key is which way to go.
Luo Ji was decisive. He immediately recalled the surrounding terrain and then judged the situation on the battlefield from the faint light.
“Go from the southeast corner!
There are the most Qin soldiers fleeing there, and they can serve as human shields for us.
Besides, the road over there is wide, suitable for cruising and charging."
The Luo people did not light torches themselves; the faint light was enough for them.
Lighting torches not only takes up space, but also becomes a target for crossbows.
If you want to break out better, you must make full use of the Qin people who have night blindness. Staying in the dark is a good choice.
The defeated Qin soldiers never expected that the group of vicious and ferocious people from Luo State would actually catch up with them.
They could only run as hard as they could, towards the light.
In this world, it's not just moths that like light, humans do too.
Especially in the terrifying darkness, only light can bring them comfort.
“Puff!”
The sound of arrows piercing the body and the sound of bowstrings being pulled became clearer the closer you got.
Under the light of the fire, the ferocious expression became even more terrifying. The corpse lying on the ground was like a ghost from the underworld. The blood splattered on the face mixed with the unwilling expression made people feel cold in their hearts.
The cavalry roared past, and Luo Ji really didn't want to fight like this, but if they were breaking out at night, even the cavalry couldn't run around freely.
A plain does not mean that it is flat everywhere. There are still various ups and downs, and even small cliffs.
If you don't follow the main road, your horse might jump from a height of ten meters and kill you.
But the casualties in a short period of time made Luo Ji realize that he couldn't go on like this.
Only the guards can take the lead. At this time, only the most elite generals can create miracles.
Moreover, the guards were not real lives, and using them to attack the enemy was at least more important than sacrificing their lives in vain.
Under Luo Ji's order, the guards launched a charge.
They were wearing the thickest armor and drove their horses and men heavily into the Qin army's line.
The first guard was like a huge rock rolling down from the top of a mountain. His strong body caused the Qin army's large shield soldiers to shake.
Swords, spears, swords and halberds chopped at his armor, but he was unharmed. Naturally, his horse had already fallen to the ground and died.
The Qin people could only try to trip him up and then slowly kill him.
The entire Qin army line was shaking. Luo Ji's eyes lit up and he shouted, "Shoot fire!"
The guards and warriors were all sharpshooters. They instantly raised their hands and extinguished all the torches around the guards.
Only a faint light coming from afar could barely support the battle.
The sudden darkness frightened the Qin people. Could anyone fight resolutely while being blind?
The figure who had been holding up the guard suddenly relaxed and was rushed in in an instant.
“Break through!”
Following this small opening, as the cavalry charged in, the entire line was torn apart almost instantly, and the opening instantly split into a huge abyss.
But the surrounding Qin people also surrounded them, and under the illumination of countless fires, the vision advantage that the Luo people had was gone.
“Finally caught him!”
Wang Jian was somewhat excited. The cavalry of Luo State had given him a lot of headaches.
If we catch them now, we won't have to be so cautious in future sieges and worry about what happened tonight happening again.
Luo Ji's face was a little uncertain. Now that a gap had been opened, the Qin people were experiencing a small-scale collapse.
However, because of the reinforcements, many soldiers were still able to hold on for a while and it was impossible for them to rush out with unstoppable force.
But once the cavalry slows down...
If the front cannot run and the back is standing still, and the Qin army really catches up with them, the war will turn from a massacre of the Qin army by the Luo people into the worst positional war.
There was no logistics, no reserves, and no rotation of positional warfare.
Everyone will die!
Luo Ji felt a chill in his heart and he made a decisive decision.
"Third brother, it is unrealistic for everyone to leave now. I will lead three thousand disciples to delay them here, and you lead the rest of the people to rush out."
Upon hearing this, Luo Cheng burst into tears and said, “Brother, you can’t do this.
You are the crown prince, the future heir of the family, how can you die in battle?
Let me be the last one to leave."
Luo Cheng naturally knew that Luo Ji's method was the best, but he couldn't just watch his brother die here.
Luo Ji said in a deep voice: "I miscalculated the time tonight and did not leave in time, which led to the current result.
I feel guilty, so let me atone for my sins.
Don't say anything more and leave immediately."
Upon hearing this, Luo Cheng immediately said in a hurry: "Brother, I will leave now.
But what you just said, whether you agree or not, the blame for tonight cannot be placed on you.
Besides, we didn’t lose tonight, we just didn’t win by a big margin.
You want to die, and I can't stop you.
But you must not die of depression! "
Luo Ji gently tapped Luo Cheng's shoulder with the sword, indicating that he understood.
Luo Cheng wiped away his tears, turned around and rode away on his horse. The 3,000 people left behind were easy to choose.
When the brave warriors and sharp soldiers stayed in Zhaocheng, they did not think about leaving alive.
The only difference is how one dies.
Accompanying the master to death sounds very glorious.
Soon, the people closest to Luo Ji shouted at each other and began to rush towards the Qin army that was slowly surrounding them.
Facing the charging cavalry, Wang Jian ordered his troops to advance slowly.
Maintain formation, then kill with bows and crossbows.
It’s still about shooting horses. As long as all the horses are killed, they can’t run and the problem will be solved.
The cavalry bow is naturally inferior to the infantry bow, not to mention the crossbow.
Even though the cavalry is highly mobile, it is not very effective in the face of the overwhelming rain of arrows.
However, the cautious Wang Jian still followed the method and slowly strangled the enemy. A true top commander would not always think of surprising strategies.
Instead, try your best to hide your own flaws, attack your opponent's flaws, and seize fleeting opportunities.
Luo Ji looked at the Qin people who were slowly surrounding him like an iron barrel, and the space they could move around in was getting smaller and smaller.
There were fewer and fewer Luo people around him.
Looking at their hideous corpses, Luo Ji seemed to see their righteousness when they were young.
An arrow shot into the neck of the horse under his crotch. After a mournful cry, Luo Ji fell to the ground.
The sound of clanging hit his armor. After a hard fight, the armor had already been damaged, and a trickle of blood slowly flowed out.
He brandished his sword and charged again, with brave warriors at his side.
Although his cavalry shocked the world, his brave warriors were still invincible in infantry combat.
One is worth ten, and that is absolutely not an empty statement.
Luo Ji didn’t know how many people he had killed, but his arms were so sore that he couldn’t hold the sword at all, and the armor on his body had completely shattered.
Looking up, there were almost no brave warriors around, and everyone gathered together.
Facing the coming of death, Luo Ji smiled and asked: "You are going to die, are you afraid?"
The few brave warriors who remained all laughed and said, “Prince, we died for our gratitude.
There is only joy in my heart, how can I be afraid? "
As they spoke, everyone burst into laughter, and the Qin people changed color.
Wang Jian sighed in his heart, why didn’t Luo become king?
Otherwise, with my talent, I could at least be made a marquis, right?
King Zheng of Qin never dreamed that the general he relied on was still thinking about these things when he was about to go into battle.
If Wang Jian had not tried to persuade them to surrender, it would have been impossible for the Luo royal family to surrender.
“Puff!”
This was the sound of a sharp blade piercing through the body. Luo Ji looked down, a slight smile twitching at the corner of his mouth. More than a dozen spears pierced his body, and he spat out large mouthfuls of blood.
But he felt no pain. In a trance, he seemed to see an endless peach forest and under the largest peach tree.
A man who was extremely handsome, with indescribable majesty and dignity was looking at him with a smile.
A woman whose beauty could make the world pale in comparison sat quietly, also looking at him.
His last thought was of a magnificent palace and countless statues.
His eyes went dark and he bled to death.
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The prince attacked the Qin camp at night and defeated it.
He met the Qin general Wang Jian and fought in Zhaoxi, where the Qin army was large in number.
The prince thought he was no match for the enemy, so he sent his younger brother, Ji, to lead the troops out.
The prince, wearing armor and holding a sword, cut off the rear and said: This is where I will be buried.
Everyone said: The royal family has been around for thousands of years, and we have been fighting for our integrity and dying for our rights. Today is the day, and we are willing to follow you!
They died together. - "Records of the Grand Historian: The Family of Luo"
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