Chapter 294 Devastated
Li Yuanhui led his men to the battlefield. When they were still several miles away, Li San's thoughts arrived.

"Duke Liang, Duke Wuwei have already led their troops to attack the enemy commander's main camp."

The messenger left by Li San only reported his whereabouts and did not leave any other words. He still believed that his brother could seize the opportunity.

Upon seeing this, Li Yuanhui looked towards the direction of his third brother's advance. It seemed that he was planning to bypass the front battlefield of tens of thousands of cavalry, draw a long arc, and attack the main camp of the Eastern Army to carry out a decapitation operation.

"Luo Shixiang! Wang Bi!"

"You two, each lead your cavalry, and attack from the right side to support Duke Wuwei."

"promise."

Luo Shixiang's headquarters had maintained a strength of 500 people, and had become a fully armored cavalry, while the Huaiyuan Camp led by Wang Bi had 1,500 people, which were light cavalry.

This group of two thousand elite cavalrymen is enough to support the third brother in launching a decapitation attack.

Afterwards, Li Yuanhui asked his cousin Li Xuandao's troops to change horses immediately and make simple repairs, while he himself went forward with a few close followers to observe the formation and look for the best location for the assault.

However, they did not expect that a cavalry unit of the Eastern Army discovered Li Yuanhui, Han Quan and others, and rushed towards Li Yuanhui.

Li Yuanhui looked at the cavalry of about a hundred people and chose to run away directly. However, while running, Li Yuanhui also held a bow and arrow and frequently shot back at the cavalry that were chasing him.

After all, he had a solid foundation in riding and archery since childhood, and he had been busy with military affairs in recent years, but his riding and archery skills had not fallen behind. Therefore, every time he shot an arrow, the pursuers would fall off their horses, and he shot and killed more than ten people in a row.

Han Quanze held a long spear and guarded by his side.

Chang Yanheng saw this from afar and led dozens of cavalry to support them. The Eastern Army cavalry did not dare to chase them and retreated.

"The general's archery is amazing, and he never misses his target!"

"The general's archery is amazing, and he never misses his target!"

After a close follower of Li Yuanhui shouted first, everyone responded loudly.

Li Yuanhui accepted it calmly on the surface, but he didn't know whether to laugh or cry in his heart. He was actually quite good at riding and shooting, and he often went hunting. After all, there was little entertainment in ancient times, but his accuracy today was really a bit outrageous.

This is a true example. I feel a little guilty when I tell him about it.

However, during this detour, Li Yuanhui discovered the strength of the Eastern Army's formation, and immediately ordered Li Xuandao to lead the remaining 600 armored cavalry to attack the Eastern Army in the northwest corner, enter the formation from there, and then exit from the south.

If the barrier can be broken through, the Eastern Army will be defeated.

Because we have already seen the finish line of the fierce battle between the two sides.

Li Xuandao took the order and led a group of armored cavalry out in a line, charging towards the Eastern Army with great momentum.

On the other side, thousands of cavalry led by Li San drew a large arc and directly attacked the main camp of the Eastern Army from the flank.

Duan Yihong was horrified when he saw this, he knew it must be aimed at him.

The big red banner with the name "Li" on it not far away was either Li San or Li Er. These two brothers were both strong men who led their troops by example and were good at fighting.

Especially the third brother Li Xuanqing, who was extremely strong and was known to be braver than ten thousand men.

But he couldn't move at this moment, because as the head coach in such a fierce battle, any rash move could lead to disastrous consequences.

So apart from sending orders to strengthen the defense on the right side, Duan Yihong did nothing.

Nearly a thousand archers and spearmen originally on the left were temporarily transferred to fill the right side, which created a safety hazard for the infantry formation on the left. Li Sanlang led the heavy cavalry to quickly attack the flank of the infantry formation and quickly broke through the first layer of defense.

Afterwards, he did not act rashly, but led the heavy cavalry out of the battle again, and then entered the battle again.

But as soon as a cavalry unit launched an attack along the gap dug out by his heavy cavalry, a cavalry unit immediately launched an attack along the gap.

Duan Yihong looked at the cavalry and immediately recognized their identities.

These cavalrymen had no uniform military uniforms or weapons, but were dressed in various animal skins and coarse cloths, some of which could not even be called clothes, but were just wrapped in cloth. Some of them wore armor, iron armor, while others did not even have leather armor.

The weapons in their hands are varied, including iron bones, scimitars, broadswords, spears, and even clubs.

Although they looked insignificant, Duan Yihong did not dare to underestimate them at all.

These Di cavalry were from the Qiang and Hu tribes in Longyou. They were brave and even considered death in battle auspicious. Therefore, in a single battle, the Qiang and Hu cavalry could withstand extremely heavy casualties and still have the ability and will to fight.

Duan Yihong had dealt with these people when he was guarding the northwest, and they were very difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, the Qiang and Hu cavalry lacked protective equipment, so the volley of arrows posed a great threat to them.

Waves of arrows poured down like raindrops, and in the blink of an eye, the Qiang and Di cavalry that were rushing towards them were reduced to a large number.

However, the Qiang and Di people were indeed brave and strong. They considered death in battle to be auspicious and death from illness to be ominous. They galloped on their horses in the rain of arrows and rushed over at high speed. The archers only had time to shoot two or three rounds of arrows before the Qiang and Di cavalry were already right in front of them.

At this moment, hundreds of officers and veterans of the Eastern Army shouted in unison: "Stand still! Do not move!"

Then the Qiang and Di cavalry rushed into the Eastern Army's formation like a sharp iron spike.

The flank of the central army was immediately knocked over and smashed by the surging cavalry. The spearmen who made up the salient were crushed, their shields were trampled down, and their baggage wagons were overturned.

The entire flank infantry formation was smashed to pieces, and both sides suffered huge casualties. Fortunately, Duan Yihong mobilized a large number of archers and spearmen in another direction in advance, which stabilized the situation and prevented them from being directly crushed by these Di cavalry.

However, the temporarily mobilized and unstable infantry formation was naturally unable to stop the heavy cavalry under Li Sanlang's command.

Li Sanlang himself held the spear in his hand like a dragon emerging from the sea, poking, stabbing, blocking and smashing, killing dozens of people in a row, and rushed towards Duan Yihong's general flag with unstoppable momentum.

Subsequently, more troops were mobilized, and even the infantrymen around Duan Yihong joined in, and only then was Li Sanlang's charge barely contained.

However, something happened next that made Duan Yihong and his personal guards under the banner of the central army even more terrified.

Luo Shixiang and Wang Bi's two thousand cavalry arrived. At this time, the direction of their breakthrough became not tight enough because they had continuously withdrawn archers and spearmen to fill the direction of Li Sanlang's charge. They were unable to stop the charge of five hundred elite armored cavalry.

Luo Shixiang took the lead and rushed into the formation, knocking down several spearmen with his halberd in succession. The flank formation could not be maintained under the continuous attack of the armored cavalry behind him. Wang Bi also judged the situation and led the elite light cavalry of the Huaiyuan Camp to follow behind the armored cavalry to kill the defeated infantry and expand the breakthrough.

Duan Yihong was unable to react when he saw this, but his son Duan Wuda pulled the reins of his mount, turned the horse's head, and whipped it hard again.

With Duan Yihong's departure, whether he was active or passive, the Eastern Army's formation could no longer be maintained. Because the commander left in full view of the public, the remaining soldiers lost the meaning of fighting and even the will to fight.

Then a large-scale rout and surrender began.

The collapse of the infantry formation, coupled with the fatal blow from Li Xuandao's heavy cavalry that broke through the formation, finally made the Eastern Army cavalry lose the will to resist. After several hours of this cavalry battle involving tens of thousands of people on the land of Yuzhou, the outcome was finally decided.

Upon seeing this, Li Yuanhui personally led the last few thousand cavalrymen to launch an attack, joining the ranks of pursuing the fugitives, killing the defeated soldiers and expanding the results of the battle.

Can't you just pick up the heads when the wind is blowing?
What followed was a hearty and overwhelming victory.

(End of this chapter)