Longjin Bridge, like Changtai Bridge, is a wooden arch bridge lying on the Cai River, but it is taller and larger than Changtai Bridge. The bridge body bulges high behind the defenders' array, as if
A bottle of ancient giant beast lurks in the distance.
Xu Huai sat on the saddle covered with soft leather, and gently stroked the long, silky mane of the horse under his crotch, soothing its restlessness and impatience before entering the bloody battlefield; he calmly looked at the enemy array in front of him.
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Previously, more than a thousand Xiongzhou soldiers and horses formed a formation in front of Longjin Bridge, blocking the street with obstacles such as horses and antlers. There were also dozens of shield cars and sidecars blocking the front formation; at the same time, they also blocked the lanes on both sides.
Block it with resistance horses, and send troops and horses to control the paved courtyards on both sides to prevent them from attacking their flanks from the lanes on both sides.
Xiongzhou's soldiers and horses are still capable of fighting among the armies in Hebei. After surrendering to the enemy's rear, the Red Husbands attacked cities and villages in Hebei. Their combat effectiveness has been further strengthened in the past two years.
Xiongzhou soldiers and horses were heavily deployed in defense in front of Longjin Bridge. Chushan elite wanted to defeat them, then seize control of Longjin Bridge and nearby Puyuan, and open a passage to the north to attack Zhuque Gate. It was no easy task.
However, after the enemy's seven to eight hundred elite troops marched out from Zhuque Gate and entered the south of Longjin Bridge, the defenders who were originally arrayed in front of Longjin Bridge not only retreated to the two wings, but a considerable number of them retreated directly into the pavilions on both sides.
Free up the space south of Longjin Bridge, and move away the horses, deer antlers, shield cars, side carriages, etc. that block the confrontation.
Seeing that the two hundred captives and five hundred Xiongzhou soldiers who had newly entered the south of Longjin Bridge were intent on launching a new round of counterattack, Wang Xian and Shi Hu also led the six hundred Chushan elites who were confronting each other in the street to shrink to both sides.
, as far as possible, the 300 assault armored cavalry led by Xu Huai and Wang Ju from Nanxun Gate entered the street and formed an array.
Although the inner street between Nanxun Gate and Zhuque Gate has a rare openness in the world, it is only a hundred steps wide; most of the buildings on both wings were destroyed by the war, and there are ruins and broken walls everywhere.
Seeing that the soldiers on the opposite side moved first, the Xiongzhou Jia soldiers on the flanks also moved forward under the cover of more than a dozen sidecars. Xu Huai waved his hand calmly, and the three hundred assault Jia soldiers behind him
It was also divided into three conical formations of hundreds of cavalry and moved slowly.
Hundreds of war horses snorted and wheezed, as if the breeze before a storm completely covered the earth was sweeping through Bianliang City.
The space in the inner street between Nanxun Gate and Zhuque Gate was limited, which did not allow the cavalry from both sides to gallop and fight as much as they wanted, and there was no way to increase their speed. The cavalry from both sides rolled forward slowly and powerfully like two giant waves.
At the moment before the final collision, arrows like a swarm of locusts covered the enemy formation from behind.
This is a tactic commonly used by Chihu people:
Before engaging in battle, the Red Hussars always try their best to use their precise archery skills to attack the opponent.
Xu Huai held the spear in his right hand and held the pole under his arm at the same time. He watched dozens of feather arrows being shot. He lowered his body and bent his arms to cover his face. He listened to the "clang, clang, clang" of these arrows that were shot through his body.
The armor fell down, and I felt the horse throbbing under my crotch. I stretched out my hand to touch it, but two arrows had been shot hard into the chest of the horse.
However, the war horses are huge and well-trained, and an arrow wound that does not penetrate deeply into the flesh will not be fatal in a short period of time. While causing continuous blood loss, it will also stimulate the blood of the war horse to double and expand, and it will roar wildly.
, sprinting forward according to the speed and rhythm controlled by Xu Huai.
Xu Huai's eyes were fixed on the bearded general at the front of the enemy formation who was holding a giant iron mace. The sharp blade with a cold glow was like a dragon emerging from the water, and it stabbed the general in the chest.
At the moment when he met the enemy, Xu Huai suddenly suppressed his horse's speed.
As for charging directly into the enemy's melee, and at the same time integrating the momentum of the horse's sprint into the stab of the iron spear, it is awe-inspiring.
It would have been impossible for an ordinary general to dodge this stab, but this general's movements were also extremely fast and he did not dodge. He directly raised his iron mace to the point where the sword blade connected and struck it hard and accurately, and the sword was like a wave of water.
While shaking, Ban Jiang's iron mace could not be drawn firmly, the sword blade drew an extremely subtle arc filled with cold light, and stabbed diagonally towards Ban Jiang's right shoulder.
Ban Jiang held the iron mace horizontally, and once again blocked the scorpion blade at the critical moment. When the iron mace and the shuo blade collided, red sparks flew out.
The spear blade stabbed diagonally, and Ban Yi struck with his mace from the side. He did not catch Xu Huai's thrust from the front, but Fan Jiang still felt his arm was slightly numb, which also meant that he secretly exerted force for the second section of Xu Huai's blade.
It's shocking to have such terrifying power.
General Fan roared like a wild beast, driving his horse forward to rush forward, thinking of closing the distance with Xu Huai and fighting closely. On the one hand, he could overcome the shortcomings of the four-foot iron mace's insufficient attack range, and on the other hand, Xu Huai could no longer do anything.
Use the power of the nine-foot-long spear.
Next to the general, there were several brave generals advancing and retreating together. They started almost at the same time, holding spears and halberds to greet Wang Ju, Shi Hu, Wu Chichuan and others who were beside Xu Huai.
These generals obviously had great trust in the bearded general, and at this time they were thinking of isolating the people around Xu Huai, so that the general and Xu Huai would have the opportunity to fight alone in a narrow space.
When Fan Jiang drove his horse forward, Xu Huai twisted his body and spine, driving the sword to slash horizontally, sealing the space for Fan Jiang to push forward.
Compared with the spear, the biggest feature of the horse spear is that the blade is usually twice as long as the short and sharp spear blade.
The spear blade is short and sharp, and the emphasis in horse fighting is on the lightning-fast thrust.
In horse battles, chopping, interception, horizontal slashing, etc. are common fighting postures, but they are better than spears in overcoming the disadvantages of close combat.
Wu Jingzong's evaluation of Changshan mainly focuses on the four words "convenient for fierce battles".
However, horse warriors also have extremely high requirements for generals.
A fierce battle broke out, and people on both sides were killed at any time.
Xu Huai didn't have the slightest intention of letting Fan Jiang get entangled with him. He slashed horizontally with the blade and forced Fan General to stumble back. Before the slash was completed, Xu Huai turned around again without any hesitation and pulled the blade back one foot.
, the next moment, Xiang Fan stabbed his right shoulder diagonally like a shooting star, then turned to chop and volley.
A long spear in Xu Huai's hand was like a ferocious dragon, stabbing and chopping at an unimaginable speed in an instant. The sharp blade turned into cold light, never leaving the head, shoulders, abdomen, chest and other vital parts.
General Fan felt a chill in his heart. After struggling to parry, his horse retreated so that his cavalry could rush forward to help withstand Xu Huai's violent attack.
There were more than two hundred enemy cavalry and a handful of brave men, but most of them were entangled by Wang Ju, Shi Hu and other generals. How many of the cavalrymen who rushed out from the side of General Fan could be the enemy of Xu Huai's attack?
Xu Huai slashed down a spear held by one of the knights with his spear. The spear blade was close to his neck and slashed away. The next moment, he saw blood gushing out from the neck of the knight.
Stab him in the chest while riding on horseback.
Although this knight managed to block the chest with his sword in time, he heard the blade break with a "click", and in a low voice he saw the sword stabbing into the chest without any hesitation.
Although not many people can block Xu Huai's moves, the ferocity of Fanqi's combat is impressive.
Although people continued to be killed by Xu Huai and others, the cavalry from behind not only continued to follow up, but also did not hesitate at all, and became more and more fierce in a short period of time.
In their opinion, even if Xu Huai and others are as brave as gods descending from heaven, the moves they use are all powerful and heavy moves, and they will definitely be exhausted within a short time. They only need to support until Xu Huai and others are exhausted.
,At once
can achieve final victory.
As for the Chushan Cavalry behind Xu Huai, they did not take it seriously.
I would like to ask which cavalry in the world can compete with the Red Husbands and fight passionately on the battlefield?
However, when Chushan's assault cavalry charged out from Xu Huai's side in a dense formation and advanced forward, the soldiers realized how wrong they had been.
Xu Huai never expected to be able to build a large-scale cavalry force in just three to five years, nor did he expect to recruit generals from the farming-dominated Central Plains, with the level of cavalry and archery comparable to those born on horseback.
The Chihu people and various tribes were bumpy on the mountain.
Therefore, Xu Huai always focused on the training of armored cavalry in the bodyguard barracks for assault operations in dense formations. The armor was also mainly based on spears and spears that were conducive to assault operations and strong armor that was conducive to blocking arrows during short-distance assault operations.
Especially for the first Hundred Cavalry Assault Array, except for Xu Huai and others who were wearing scorpion armor, basically all the other generals were wearing pierced armor and scale armor.
The first round of arrow rain covered the captive cavalry. Except for the horses under their crotches, which were hit by arrows one after another, the generals were almost unharmed. Even if arrows occasionally penetrated through the gaps in the armor leaves, the damage from the arrows was not fatal.
The two sides fought fiercely on a long street that was only a hundred paces wide. There was no room for the Luqi to take advantage of detours and free fire. However, the Chushan cavalry wore strong armor and were not afraid of bows and crossbows. The attack range of their spears was longer and more powerful.
Conducive to positive friendship.
The Chushan Assault Cavalry advanced in a dense formation. Their spears and spears were like a wall, stabbing forward, provoking, striking, and thrusting forward. The Assault Cavalry, who were used to riding and shooting, had no room to turn around and avoid, so they simply used their swords and shields to fight.
, and how long can it last?
The captive soldiers were knocked off their horses one by one, and horrific bloody holes were made in their chests and abdomens with spears and spears, and blood flowed out. No matter how ferocious they were, no matter how experienced they were in combat, they were killed and retreated steadily.
Seeing this scene, Yang Congzong was trembling with fear. He did not expect that the Red Guards Cavalry, who had placed high hopes on him, could not do anything.
In Yang Congzong's plan, it was originally expected that Bage would lead the elite cavalry of the Red Guards to break into the enemy's formation first. He would lead the Xiongzhou Jia soldiers to attack steadily from both wings, and they would be able to easily defeat the thousands of enemies in front of the Longjin Bridge.
He never thought that the elite cavalry of Chihu would have no advantage at all against the elites of Chushan, and they were even beaten back steadily as soon as they entered the battle.
The long street is more than a hundred paces wide, but it is too narrow for a battlefield where three to four thousand troops from both sides are deployed.
In order to make as much space as possible for Bage's cavalry, the infantry that had been arrayed in front of Longjin Bridge withdrew into the two wings of the pavilion. The 500 Xiongzhou elite led by Yang Congzong also tried their best to move the front lines on both wings.
It shrinks within twenty steps, and its formation is extremely dense. At the same time, it stretches back and forth for fifty or sixty steps.
The turning space of Lichang Street is narrow for the cavalry, but when retreating, it is still faster than the infantry. And because the cavalry retreated steadily towards Longjin Bridge, the flanks of the Xiongzhou armored soldiers array on both wings were also completely destroyed.
exposed.
In order to avoid excessively extending the front line, the Chushan Assault Cavalry would in turn be attacked by the Xiongzhou Jia soldiers on their flanks, so they naturally had to turn around and attack the Xiongzhou Jia soldiers from the flanks.
Xiongzhou Jia's soldiers had no chariots on their flanks, no shield chariots to protect them, and even very few soldiers holding heavy shields. Faced with the spears and spears thrust by Chushan Jingjing riding from a high position, it was even more difficult to parry and block.
Yang Congzong relied on his extraordinary martial prowess and was accustomed to charging forward. This time he was confident that he would be able to succeed in the counterattack. Surrounded by dozens of elite soldiers, he also positioned himself in front of the left-wing formation to supervise the battle.
Seeing the soldiers on the flanks being killed and fell to the ground by Chushan elites, Yang Congzong was trembling with fear, but knowing that it was impossible for him to retreat to Longjin Bridge at this moment, he could only forcefully cheer up and lead a dozen elite guards to greet them.
With a group of Chushan cavalry rushing towards them like wolves and tigers, they fought back...
