bookrandom Chapter 2045 The worst fears have come true.
Chapter 2045 The worst fears have come true.
Chu Ning's order was like the most powerful accelerant, instantly igniting the Chu army units that had been holding back their energy!
Soon, the right flank and front of the Tang army camp resounded with even more ferocious and intense war drumming and shouting than the day before!
Guan Yun's infantry, carrying heavy siege equipment hastily made overnight, surged like a black tide towards the already dilapidated Tang army camp once again.
Zhao Yu's White Horse Cavalry were no longer content with harassment; they began to assemble into a dense charging formation, searching for the fatal weaknesses in the defensive line.
Xue Huaide commanded his army, and the offensive was like a tsunami, with one wave higher than the next.
Ran Ming even personally took to the battlefield bare-chested, wielding a giant axe and roaring as he charged towards the most densely packed enemy forces!
A new, even more brutal offensive has begun!
Chu Ning stood on the city wall, his gaze coldly fixed on the battlefield. He knew that Li Jing's gamble was about to come to an end.
His beloved concubine, however, still needed to persevere in that blood-soaked hell on the left wing until the horns of victory resounded throughout the entire battlefield.
The scorching sun beat down on the land, which had long been soaked in blood and death.
From dawn till noon, the deafening sounds of battle never ceased; instead, they grew increasingly violent and desperate as time went on.
Like tireless war beasts, the various units of the Chu army, under Chu Ning's strict order to "spare no expense," launched wave after wave of desperate attacks on the Tang army's crumbling defenses.
The Tang army's right flank and frontal defenders, facing extreme numerical inferiority and with no hope of reinforcements, were already at their last gasp.
With their remaining fortifications, hastily dug trenches, and unwavering resolve to die for their country, they put on a final stand.
Every battle for a fence, every filling of a trench, was accompanied by the loss of hundreds or thousands of lives.
Xue Huaide and Guan Yun's troops were like a giant millstone, grinding away at the flesh and will of the Tang army inch by inch.
Ran Ming's troops, like a mad hammer, repeatedly struck the strongest point of the defense line, trying to smash it completely.
However, it was Zhao Yu's cavalry, clad in white armor and moving like lightning across the snowfield, that first broke through the breach!
After days of observation and probing, Zhao Yu astutely identified a weak point in the Tang army's frontal defenses, which had become exhausted due to frequent troop movements.
Located on the flank of Ran Ming's main attack area, a section of the camp had severely damaged fortifications, sparse flags, and noticeably low morale.
In the late afternoon, around 3 PM, the sun was beginning to set slightly westward.
Seeing the opportunity, Zhao Yu stopped the pointless harassment with mounted archers and assembled his thousands of White Horse cavalrymen, who were still capable of fighting, into a sharpest wedge formation!
"Soldiers!"
Zhao Yu, wielding a silver spear and riding a white horse, stood at the front of the battle, his clear, cold voice carrying a resolute killing intent.
"Your Majesty and the brothers of the Vermilion Bird Legion are fighting a bloody battle on the left flank, creating an opportunity for us!"
"His Majesty has ordered that the enemy camp be breached today! The enemy is showing signs of exhaustion; now is the time to break through their lines! Follow me—break through them!"
"Break through them!" the white-horse cavalry roared in unison, and the white torrent instantly began to move!
There were no extra shouts, only the thunderous roar of horses' hooves pounding the earth!
Zhao Yu took the lead, like a white lightning bolt tearing through space, precisely piercing the already locked weak point!
The silver spear in his hand transformed into countless cold stars, and wherever it passed, the Tang infantrymen who tried to stop him fell like grass!
The White Horse Cavalry, following closely behind, pushed their speed to the limit. With their superior armor, they withstood the sporadic arrows and, wielding their sabers, charged into the Tang army's camp like hot knives cutting through oil!
"boom--!"
The wooden fence shattered under the fierce impact of the warhorses and the hacking of the cavalry!
The barricades were knocked away, and the trenches were forcibly leaped over by the fearless warhorses!
Zhao Yu's White Horse Cavalry, with unstoppable momentum, instantly tore a huge, bloody gash in the seemingly solid defensive line!
"Report! Urgent military situation!"
A scout scrambled up the central watchtower, his voice filled with terror:
"General! Something terrible has happened! Zhao Yu... Zhao Yu's White Horse Cavalry has broken through our main defenses and entered the camp! They are advancing towards the central army!"
Li Jing, who had stood atop the tower like a stone sculpture, shuddered the moment he heard the news!
His worst fears have finally come true!
The right flank and the frontal defenses ultimately could not hold out completely under the relentless attacks of the Chu army!
"Zhao Yu... the White Horse Cavalryman..."
Li Jing's face was so gloomy it could drip water; he knew how formidable this cavalry force was.
If they are allowed to run rampant within the camp, disrupt the rear, and coordinate with the Chu army attacking from the outside, then the collapse of the camp is imminent!
We must not let them succeed!
Li Jing's gaze instantly locked onto Gao Xianzhi, who had been serving as a reserve force guarding the central army.
At this moment, only Gao Xianzhi's fresh force has the potential to stop the ferocious White Horse cavalry.
“General Gao Xianzhi!” Li Jing’s voice was filled with an undeniable urgency.
"Your subordinate is here!" Gao Xianzhi had already heard the news and couldn't contain himself, so he immediately stepped forward.
"Zhao Yu's cavalry has broken through the camp and entered, threatening the central army and shaking the overall situation!"
"I order you to immediately lead all the central army reserves and all available troops to stop Zhao Yu! Drive him out of here! At all costs!"
Li Jing spoke each word as if squeezed out from between his teeth: "If we allow him to gain a foothold in the camp, we will both die without a burial place!"
"Understood, Your Excellency! We will not allow Zhao Yu to act so arrogantly!"
Gao Xianzhi clasped his hands tightly, his face filled with a look of determination to fight to the death.
Knowing the weight of his responsibility, he turned and rushed down from the watchtower, roaring as he rallied his troops.
Soon, Gao Xianzhi led about 20,000 elite Tang soldiers, a mix of infantry and cavalry, and surged towards the area where Zhao Yu's cavalry had broken through, like a dam.
At this moment, Zhao Yu's white horse cavalry were galloping freely within the camp. They did not linger in battle; their objective was clear—to burn down grain and fodder storage points, storm the command center, and create maximum chaos!
The auxiliary troops and a small number of soldiers left behind by the Tang army were powerless to stop them. They were slaughtered and their horses were thrown into chaos. Fires broke out in many places in the camp.
However, Gao Xianzhi's timely arrival prevented the spread of this chaos.
He quickly commanded his infantry to form a dense pike square, blocking the White Horse cavalry's path to further advance. At the same time, he ordered his cavalry to flank the enemy from both sides, attempting to encircle and annihilate this elite Chu army that had ventured deep into enemy territory!
"Form ranks! Spearmen forward! Archers, spread fire!" Gao Xianzhi shouted hoarsely as he gave the orders.
In an instant, countless spears rose up like a steel forest, and a dense barrage of arrows shot out from behind the square formation, raining down on the white horse cavalry!