"Take my command flag and kill thirty immediately!" Yelu Wuzhi's face turned livid. As he spoke, he dropped a vermilion triangular command flag with an ocher border.
While the order flag was still in the air, the military academy accompanying Yelu Wuzhi took the order flag and flew away.
The armored cavalrymen in the leather room who had just been shot out of their wits by the divine arm bow and retreated en masse were stunned when they saw the triangular command flag and the large bodyguards holding long swords.
They all know exactly what the coach's personal guards are here to do.
A stocky Khitan armored cavalryman struggled to remove the domed helmet connected to his head, and knelt on one knee in front of the military school horse holding the command flag. He was the young general who had charged the armored cavalrymen just now.
"The crossbows of the Hexi thieves are sharp. Please report them in detail. We are willing to make meritorious deeds!"
After hearing this, the military academy hesitated for a moment, then turned around and went back to report.
In the Khitan Liao Kingdom, those who had armor, whether human or armor, were extremely valuable, and the military academy also felt that it was a pity to kill them rashly.
Not long after, the military academy came again with an order flag, pointed the riding whip at the side of the young general and asked the man serving as an auxiliary soldier: "Who is this?"
"It's my second son!"
The military academy didn't say anything after hearing this. He suddenly drew his knife and stabbed his second son in the belly before the young general could react.
"Daqiang Wen said, if there is another retreat, kill all the servants of the regular soldiers and cavalry! If the enemy's formation is defeated, Dazhang Wen will compensate you for his son!"
The young general's face lost all color. Looking at his second son who was still writhing and howling on the ground, he howled in pain, put on his helmet again, and retreated without looking back.
For a moment, all the Khitan soldiers and generals around him were frightened.
These elite servants in the Pishi army are actually similar to Yongliang's armored soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. Most of them are brothers and nephews of the regular soldiers. It may be more uncomfortable to retreat and kill the auxiliary soldiers than to kill them themselves.
After a brief adjustment, Yelu Wuzhi ordered again with a solemn expression. He was actually quite prepared for the current situation.
Those following Zhang Thief must be the best among the elite. If they could be captured with a single charge, Zhang Thief would not be able to overwhelm Hexi.
However, the casualties were still too great.
"Choose five thousand more cavalry and attack one after another. Let Li Shouzhen bring his people over and let them take the lead!"
Li Shouzhen's face turned pale, and he knew that bringing him in for such a crucial battle would definitely do no good.
Those are Zhang Thief's Hanshandu and Yulinwei!
The Khitan people didn't know how powerful these two armies were, but Li Shouzhen still knew a little bit about them.
You should know that neither Hu Cile, who went to Huainan to work as a slave of the three surnames, nor any of the brave Liangzhou horses under his command, had ever entered the capital of Hanshan.
"Li Shouzhen, a thief, you, this slave girl, have lost your mind and gone crazy, dragging me to work for the Khitans!"
"Thief-killing dog slave! Let me wear a layer of armor and fight with King Zhang's cloth-clad armored soldiers, and I'll be rewarded with three guans of gold. Are you a beggar?"
"Thief slave, Li thieves slave! Why don't you come forward? Let Liang Ren kill you with a crossbow, and save you from harming others!"
Yelvwuzhi originally wanted Li Shouzhen's men to attack with a wave of crossbow arrows, but there were still thousands of them. According to their actual combat strength, they could not consume the strength of the Yongliang army.
But who would have thought that Li Shouzhen's 5,000 men, who had received three rewards upon setting off, would start complaining before they even started the battle.
All the soldiers scolded Li Shouzhen bloody in front of him.
In fact, it is not that the military lords are unwilling to fight. As long as the Khitan people can afford the price, they can fight a dozen.
But if you have to spend three ounces of money to attack someone as tough as Shandu in the Yong Kingdom, who should be considered stupid?
Li Shouzhen had long been accustomed to being scolded. Ever since he became a traitor to his country and had to beg for money to avoid paying congratulations, neither he nor Du Chongwei could hold their heads high anymore. It was so embarrassing.
What does this little scolding mean? When he was in Tokyo, the whole city scolded him.
Even a fool like Du Chongwei was scolded so much that he only dared to walk with his head lowered, which shows how badly everyone yelled at him at that time.
The noisy Jin army surrendered, their actions were slow, and they complained a lot, but the Yelv Housekeepers would not tolerate them.
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and more than a hundred bodyguards rode up on their horses, raining arrows on the Jin army.
Even though he was using pierced arrows, the shots still made the soldiers scream.
And everyone knows that this is just a warning. If you dare to delay again, the next wave of arrows will definitely be real arrows.
"Stop the fucking quarrel. If you continue to quarrel, the Khitans will kill your family members in Tokyo instead of massacring you here!"
Li Shouzhen was also extremely depressed. His words also made the surrendering soldiers scolded into silence.
Because their family members have indeed been detained by the Khitan people. If they dare to mess around, their families will definitely die.
In the midst of the clamor, the Jin army finally finished arranging their soldiers. They were divided into three large square formations and pressed towards Zhang Zhao from all directions.
When Dunzup saw the infantry on the opposite side, he immediately became excited.
"Your Majesty, please send your three hundred flying spearmen to fight. The Jin army may not be willing to fight to the death for the Khitans, but they can definitely retreat with one blow!"
"Okay! I'll ask Duo Jin to lead another three hundred crossbowmen to protect the formation."
After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he pointed to the slowly moving military flag of Yan Jin's troops in the distance and called Li Cunhui to come forward.
"Cun Hui'er, you see, Yan Jin must have left the stronghold and is moving towards our army, and the Khitans must be just harassing and delaying with their light cavalry.
When Dundup and Duojin defeat the Jin army, you lead 300 cavalry and gallop out from the formation to expel the Khitan cavalry harassing Yan Jin's troops, cover Yan Jin's troops and let him approach quickly."
Although Zhang Zhao only saw the banner of Yan Jin's general army and was not sure whether he had abandoned the fort and left, Zhang Zhao knew that Yan Jin must have led his army out. Otherwise, he would not be Zhang Zhao
The most trusted general.
Li Cunhui glanced at Zhang Zhao worriedly, "Sir, if the child goes out of battle, what if..."
Li Cunhui wanted to say that if he couldn't hold on anymore, his three hundred cavalry could still protect Zhang Zhao and escape. Zhang Zhao waved his hand disdainfully.
"The Khitan commander on the opposite side still lacks the determination to break the boat. If he can order Wanqi to continue to attack fiercely and make a one-shot deal, then it is really possible for him to get on his horse and run away.
But he used the Jin army to surrender soldiers, which shows that there is nothing he can do about me if he is not decisive."
Li Cunhui handed over his hands with a heavy heart and went down to choose his favorite horse, but Dunzhu was very excited.
Because the soldiers of the Jin army on the opposite side approached in a relatively orderly formation, and they did not have crossbows.
Throwing spears are powerful and have a decent range, but they have a very obvious weakness.
That is, the effect on fast-moving and scattered targets is very low, and it can only be used to break the formation at a certain key place.
This is because the flying speed of the throwing spear is too slow, but the Jin army in front of them is a very good target.
Because they were dragging their feet and were dissatisfied, the hedgehogs gathered together.
Li Shouzhen was riding a war horse at the end of the battle. Now that he had lost his prestige, he did not dare to let the soldiers around him go over and scold him.
If the people below are taking a slow pace, then they can only be allowed to take a slow pace. As long as the Khitan people don't come up to urge them, he won't be prepared to speed up.
The soldiers under his command were also of the same mind, and when they reached a distance of more than a hundred steps, their speed immediately slowed down.
Because if you step forward again, you will be within the killing range of the Yongliang army's crossbow arrows.
Their iron armor and wooden crossbows had long been looted by the Khitans. At this time, they couldn't even get a hold of them. If they were hit by an arrow, they would really have to risk their lives to carry them.
After working hard for a while, Li Shouzhen saw hundreds of people pouring out from the opposite side. He was about to order the entire army to stop when Dunzhu suddenly shouted wildly.
The three hundred men under his command were like berserkers suddenly on steroids. They rushed nearly a hundred steps in an instant, with a speed that was shocking.
Immediately afterwards, there were spears flying from the sky!
Dunzup increased his speed to the fastest. He first threw the spear with his left hand, then took a big step forward, and threw the spear with his right hand. After taking a big step, another spear fell from the sky.
The Jin army was just trying to catch a fish, and they were not prepared. Hundreds of spear-throwing men suddenly appeared from the Yongliang army. They were caught off guard. Hundreds of people in front of the Chinese army were immediately thrown off their feet.
There were so many spears thrown that it was as if hundreds of wooden sticks suddenly sprouted where they were.
Panic quickly spread throughout the Jin army's surrender formation. The fearful, dissatisfied, and fishermen immediately hid on both sides, fearing that they would become the victims of the next wave of spears.
But Dunzhu did not continue to throw the last spear in his hand. Instead, he led hundreds of people and quickly rushed to the location of the Jin army's surrender formation that had just been dispersed.
These throwing spears are stuck in the ground and can still be used.
Because these throwing spears are carefully made, the front edge is triangular and the back end is petal-shaped. The front end is a short spear against the enemy, and the back end is a bone flower against the enemy.
Dunzhu and other spear throwers who ran directly into the Jin army's formation pulled out their spears and immediately killed them indiscriminately.
These surrendered soldiers were not willing to sacrifice their lives in the first place, but now they were beaten and stabbed, dozens more were killed in an instant, and they simply dispersed.
Even Li Shouzhen jumped off his horse and ran to who knows where?
However, Dunzhu did not kill him because he suddenly saw a dense crowd of Khitan people appearing at the very back of the Jin army's surrender.
It turned out that this was Yelu Wuzhi's killing move. He didn't even think about how important the Jin army's surrender would be. Instead, he used them as a cover to let the Khitan cavalry dismount and lead their horses, and followed the Jin army.
However, what was a little embarrassing was that Yelvuzhi did not expect that the Jin army's surrendered soldiers would collapse so smoothly, nor did he expect that Zhang Zhao would dare to let people jump out of the formation and take the initiative to attack.
So when the Jin army surrendered and dispersed, the Khitan cavalry in front of them had not even mounted their horses, so they encountered Dunzhu with their eyes wide open.
"Charge over!" Dunzup was so excited that he began to tremble. Aren't these cavalrymen who are leading their horses but not yet mounted, the best targets to kill?
He stabbed an auxiliary who was pushing the knight onto the horse to death with a spear, then turned his hand and hammered the knight who fell off the horse until stars appeared in his eyes.
Seeing that the knight's feet were put in the stirrups, he stabbed the horse's belly with a spear. The painful horse immediately dragged the knight away and ran away.
Yelvwuzhi originally arranged for five thousand cavalry to attack from three directions, but the two thousand cavalry in front were so unlucky that they were counterattacked without even getting on their horses, causing chaos.
The knights on the left and right succeeded. They blocked the retreating soldiers of the Jin army and directly slashed them with their swords.
The surrendered soldiers were in panic and were forced to turn around and run towards Zhang Zhao, having to become human shields for the Khitans.
"Lancers! Assault! Anyone who dares to charge will die! I look like I can charge."
Zhang Zhao had no other choice but to order the auxiliary spearmen to stab at the incoming Jin troops.
The Jin army, which was flanked from both sides, had no choice but to surrender. They either jumped into the water or ran around crying.
Yelvuzhi wanted to turn his troops into human shields, but he didn't expect the panicked human shields to directly slow down the cavalry.
However, close combat is also one of the fighting methods of armored cavalry at this time, and danger comes inadvertently.