Chapter 385 The first battle
The men and horses who fell into the water were quickly pulled up by all hands. After all, in order to prevent trouble, the men and horses were tied with ropes. The chaos quickly subsided. However, the commotion still quickly caused a stir in the distance.
Attention from the Jinbing camp. The soldiers monitoring the Jinbing camp quickly came to report that there was movement in the Jinbing camp.
Fang Zian made a prompt decision and ordered in a deep voice. Dozens of crossbowmen scattered in the darkness, and more than a hundred soldiers quickly mounted their horses and divided into two charging formations to prepare for the battle.
In the whistling night wind, everyone held their breath and looked in the direction of Jin Bing's barracks, holding their breath and concentrating. Most of the people were so nervous that they couldn't breathe, because although they were soldiers, this was the first time they encountered a real enemy.
The battle. Normally no matter how loud the slogan is, no matter how much you say you are not afraid, at this time, the nervous heart will jump out of your throat.
Fang Zian sat on the horse and comforted and encouraged everyone with his calm voice.
"Don't be nervous. There will be no more than a hundred golden soldiers in this military camp. In terms of numbers, we have an absolute advantage. It's their misfortune if they find us. Today is their day to die. All listen to my orders. Wait until they are close.
, the crossbowmen fired the first wave first. Then Lei Hu and Zhao Gang, your cavalry team rushed over and annihilated them all. The rest of the brothers followed me and rushed straight to the Jin army camp and killed all the Jin army in the camp. Be sure to
We must achieve a quick victory and not give the Jin soldiers a chance to escape or ask for help. Do you understand?"
Zhao Gang, Lei Hu and others all whispered their promises.
"Brother Feng, you and the other brothers can protect Mr. Shi. Mr. Shi's safety is left to you." Fang Zian turned to Feng Yiming and said.
Feng Yiming nodded and said: "Don't worry. You just kill the enemy. Master Shi will leave it to me, and you won't miss a hair."
Fang Zian smiled and nodded, turned to look at the dark place high up, and felt an inexplicable sense of excitement in his heart. Back then, he was in another world, and the familiar feeling of nervousness and excitement of soldiers performing assault missions at night came over again.
came up, and this time it was a real battle with soldiers and horses from other countries, and the feeling was even stronger.
The Jin soldiers were indeed dispatched. The Jin soldiers who were on duty at night heard the neighing of war horses coming from the river. They immediately reported it to the centurion of the Jin soldiers here. This military camp is actually a military station and is the headquarters of Pucha, the general manager of the Shenwei Army.
Hanlun is part of the dragnet defense plan to defend the border cities. The so-called dragnet defense is to set up military stations on the official roads and key locations between several cities. With the military stations as nodes, each controls the location of its area. Once
If there is an enemy situation, the military station can quickly convey the enemy situation information, and the soldiers and horses in the nearby city can quickly gather to hunt and kill. Taking advantage of the mobility of the Jin army, this defensive method has been effective. When the Song army enters the border to harass, the Jin army can always be the first.
It's time to learn the enemy's situation and respond accordingly.
This military station here is actually the second defensive line. It is nearly a hundred miles away from the Huaihe River. Basically, the Song army will not penetrate into such a deep hinterland, and there is a big river blocking it, so there are only more than a hundred Jin soldiers in the military station.
The soldiers were commanded by a centurion. They were originally required to conduct large-scale patrols within a radius of fifteen miles, but because of the cold weather and the fact that there had been no trace of the Song army for several years, they were unable to do so.
I was slacking off. During the day, I only showed off in Zuojin and on the bank of Tuohe River. At night, I drank around the campfire and ate beef and mutton snatched from the nearby people. When I was full and drunk, I fell asleep. Who would have thought that tonight,
There was unexpected movement from the river, which frightened all the golden soldiers.
As soon as I jumped, I quickly organized people to check it out.
Sixty Jinbing cavalry were divided into three teams and came down from the heights of the barracks and searched towards the north bank of the Tuo River. They were obviously on alert and did not hold up torches. One team in the front rushed forward, and the two behind were covering the left and right flanks.
, the font "Zhengpin" was slowly touched over.
The distance was not far, and soon the first group of cavalry had arrived more than a hundred steps north of the river bank. Under the dim light of the cold moon, they could already be vaguely seen on their horses, peeping out their heads. Fang Zian did not give an order,
Because he saw two other teams of golden soldiers dozens of steps behind. Obviously the golden soldiers were cautious and well-trained. Once the golden soldiers of the front team were attacked, the two teams behind would probably turn around and run away.
Then it would be impossible to annihilate all the Jin soldiers.
Fang Zian quickly adjusted his formation, and led thirty cavalrymen to attack the first team of Jin soldiers. Zhao Gang and Lei Hu each led fifty men to attack the two teams of Jin soldiers on the flanks, not allowing the other side a chance to escape.
The first team of Jin soldiers had reached a distance of seventy steps. A captain of the Jin army squinted at the river bank. He saw a large dark unknown object and felt a little confused.
"Dalick, what is that dark thing on the river bank?"
"Captain Alihu, don't scare yourself. Isn't that a bush? There are many miscellaneous trees growing by the river, don't you know? I don't see anything strange. I'm afraid the night watchman drank too much and his ears don't work.
.Is there any horse neighing? It’s not the sound of our horses in the stables. They heard it wrong. It’s a waste of time for us. We must give them a good beating when we go back.”
"Maybe, but... I remember there wasn't such a large bush on the river bank. Look... there's something shining there. Ah... it seems to be the reflection of a knife blade!"
Alihu suddenly screamed because he saw a cold reflected light in the dark place dozens of steps ahead. As a veteran who has been bloody on the battlefield, he immediately recognized that it was a weapon.
The reflection in the moonlight caused me to scream like a reflex.
However, his shouts stopped abruptly the next moment. Dozens of crossbow arrows flew out from the grass ahead, and one of them hit Alihu's throat, cutting off his shouts and getting stuck in his throat.
inside.
The ten-shaped crossbow fired a round, and the fifty crossbowmen who were ambushing in front were crawling in the grass under their noses. The order they received was that the enemy must reach thirty steps
They fired volleys at the outside to ensure the accuracy of the shooting. This round of crossbow shooting directly knocked down eight or nine people from the first Jin Army team's 20 people from their horses. This was because of the fire army's office.
The soldiers had never touched a crossbow on weekdays, and they were too nervous and lacked accuracy. Otherwise, if they were good archers, none of the twenty golden soldiers would survive this round.
Screams suddenly sounded, and the soldier who was hit by the arrow screamed and fell down, and the horse that was hit by the arrow also neighed. The frightened Jin soldiers screamed in terror. In an instant, all the peace was broken, and the scene was noisy.
Fang Zian had already given the order to attack at the moment when the screams were heard. He rode his horse and raised his sword towards the remnants of the first team in front. The two cavalry teams on the flanks, led by Lei Hu and Zhao Gang, also charged and attacked.
Cavalry squads on both sides.
With the wind whining in his ears, Fang Zian raised his knife and killed the enemy who was turning his horse around hastily. Only
After a moment, he caught up with the golden soldiers who were in a hurry. The horse rushed directly behind a golden soldier. The steel knife flashed a cold light and directly opened the golden soldier's back. Several cavalry flew past him, the steel knife flashed.
In the afterimage, several golden soldiers screamed and fell from their horses.
Fang Zian laughed loudly and shouted: "Well done, now you're in trouble. From today on, you are real soldiers. Kill!"
The soldiers shouted loudly, riding their horses to cover them up. The hoofbeats rumbled, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. The tension before the battle disappeared after the battle began. With the numerical advantage, it was another one-sided pursuit, and the fighting power was overwhelming.
The two troops of Lei Hu and Zhao Gang on the left and right did not encounter any decent resistance. Especially Lei Hu's team, the leader of the Jin soldiers saw that there was no hope of escape, so he ordered thirty Jin soldiers to turn around and fight. However, Lei Hu's team
As soon as the tiger met him, he used a large ring knife to chop a golden soldier and his horse into two halves. He was so shocked that the other golden soldiers screamed and ran away, and there was still the idea of fighting.
"Don't chase the fleeing soldiers and capture their camp. Don't let them set off the beacon signal." Seeing that the soldiers were chasing the fleeing Jin soldiers in other directions, Fang Zian shouted sharply.
It was the first time for these soldiers to participate in a battle. This was the easiest time to get ahead. If the enemy wanted to run away, they thought of chasing them, which was absolutely unacceptable. It would be unwise to chase the enemy in the dark. Their riding skills were all better than those of the fire brigade.
The soldiers must be good, but if they can catch up, it will be a waste of effort. What's more, Fang Zian only needs to kill the scattered gold soldiers, making them unable to attack his team, and ensuring that the other party does not let the other party pass the message out in the fastest way, and strives for
The time to leave is enough.
Listening to Fang Zian's shouts, everyone turned their horses and followed Fang Zian and other dozens of riders straight to the Jinbing camp high up ahead. The Jinbing camp was also in a state of chaos, and the remaining forty or so people who stayed behind were
The Jin soldiers heard the shouts of killing on the river bank and knew something was wrong. Centurion Urhan loudly ordered the gate of the military camp to be closed and guarded. At the same time, he immediately ran to the tall beacon tower built in the backyard to light the beacon fire to convey the message.
In just a moment, Fang Zian led the cavalry and rushed outside the military camp. The Jin soldiers resisted stubbornly and fired arrows outside, but were quickly suppressed by the crossbow soldiers who arrived. Two soldiers fired arrows from high places.
The golden soldier was hit by a large number of arrows and fell from the tall sentry tower.
"You guys break open the gate and rush in. I'll go to the backyard." Fang Zian gave a loud order and rode his horse along the wall to the backyard. Fang Zian had seen the location of the beacon tower in the telescope before, and he had to ensure that the beacon fire would not be ignited, otherwise
The news was known to the Jin people as quickly as possible.
Outside the backyard fence, Fang Zian stood on the saddle and jumped up, put his hands on the stones above the fence, and turned over the fence. Looking up, from this angle, he could just see the golden soldiers among the firewood stacks of the beacon tower.
The man was frantically pouring oil on the firewood pile. The man had already sprinkled several barrels of oil on the firewood pile. He reached out and took the lantern hanging next to him. It seemed that he was about to use the lantern to light a fire.
Fang Zian quickly took off the long bow on his back, stood on the wall, fully pulled the bow string, and shot out an arrow. With a buzzing sound, the arrow flew like a meteor, and the golden soldier who was trying to light the fire was hit by an arrow in his ribs, killing everyone.
He fell from the high wooden beacon platform with his lantern and fell to the frozen hard ground with a thud. He struggled a few times and died.
Chapter completed!