Centurion Sagar, who was in the lead, tightened the reins and stopped the horse under his crotch. He stared at the enemy reinforcements in the distance with his sinister eyes. He stepped on the stirrups with his feet, his buttocks left the shiny black saddle, and his body
He bowed forward like a bow held horizontally in his hand, touched the quiver with his right hand, and silently estimated the approaching distance between the two sides.
Including Saga, the archers led by five centurions spread out to the left and right, like the wings of an eagle spread out, covering the nearly ten miles deep dam plain in front of the wide valley and the slopes on both sides.
bow.
Behind them were more numerous melee cavalry, each with their swords and guns raised. Through the gaps exposed in the front formation, they were like wolves quietly waiting for the lambs to pounce into their warm embrace.
Saga's dark, red and rough face was like the black gravel on the banks of the Divine River at this moment, revealing a ferocious smile, and his white teeth shone with a frightening luster in the morning sun.
However, before Saga could draw an arrow from his quiver and draw his bow, he heard the sound of the bow stringing on the opposite side, like the surging waves of the Wolf Gorge hitting the cliffs. More than a hundred arrows came out of the string and were flying in the air????????
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The shooting range of a mounted bow is usually only fifty or sixty steps. In order to pursue stronger penetration, it is even necessary to wait patiently for the enemy to approach thirty or forty steps before shooting more deadly arrows.
The accuracy requirements are also low - in addition to the rider's physical strength, these are also mainly limited by the upper tension limit of the short bow arm.
Therefore, at the moment when the distance between the two sides was within a hundred steps, the opponent launched a flurry of shots. Saga was startled, but as he was agile, he was not disturbed by the shock in his heart. At this moment, he lowered his body and just
I heard "swish, swish, swish" and three sharp arrows flew past Pi Mou.
The sound of Zhang Xian continued, and Saga did not dare to raise his head easily. He glanced sideways and saw that seven or eight people around him had been shot off their horses just now. The arrow clusters penetrated deeply into the leather armor they were wearing, and only the arrow shafts were exposed.
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Zhang Xiongshan and Sun Yanguan quickly descended to the bottom of the valley. Xiao Yanhan, Xiao Xun and others had just put on their clothes. They reined up their horses and stopped in front of the camp to urge the generals to form a team and prepare to fight towards the mouth of the gorge.
"Are they the reinforcements coming from Beijing and Xiangxiang?" Xiao Yanhan asked with excitement.
More than 4,000 horses retreated into the deep gorge and were divided into three camps:
The front camp was set up at the mouth of the gorge, and Wu Sanrong led his troops to guard it against the intrusion of Tibetan soldiers.
The rear camp was close to the turbulent Tongtian River, where the Lifengtang caravan was stationed. Sun Yanguan went down to the bottom of the valley without stopping, and rushed directly to the rear camp to assemble the remaining two hundred elite guards and prepare for the battle.
However, both the front camp and the back camp are very narrow. The main camp is located at the bottom of the valley about six or seven miles away from the mouth of the gorge. Women, children, and the sick are concentrated here, and Xiao Yanhan is in charge.
Wu Sanrong had just sent someone over to report that there were reinforcements riding into Ba Yuan outside the mouth of the gorge. However, Xiao Yanhan, Xiao Xun and others blocked their view with the surrounding majestic mountains. Many details were unclear. Currently, it was known that the reinforcements coming from the south were only
There were more than five hundred people.
They speculated that the reinforcement cavalry was probably soldiers and horses sent by Xu Huai from Beijing and Xiang to support them, but they were also worried that the reinforcement cavalry had traveled thousands of miles to come and would not be able to match the many times the number of Tibetan cavalry. Forcibly entering would cause tragic casualties.
At this time, Xiao Yanhan not only put on her armor and mounted her war horse, but also ordered all the sick and able-bodied women in the camp who could handle weapons to come out and form a team. She was going to personally lead the women and children, sick and wounded, to fight out of the gorge following the main force of the former camp.
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"General Wu will lead his troops to the battle! Commander Sun will also lead the Lifengtang Guards to cooperate with General Wu!"
Zhang Xiongshan stepped forward and held Xiao Yanhan's horse's head, saying,
"Nearly half of the more than 500 cavalry who came for reinforcements this time are elite vanguards. Even if they may not be able to kill the enemy, they will not suffer any losses. In addition, these 500 cavalry should not be all the supporting troops.
It is very likely that they were the first to discover our whereabouts and rush to reinforce us as soon as possible. The main force of the supporting troops should be elsewhere, and they have not arrived yet. We cooperate with the 500 reinforcements in the battle, and the main thing is to defeat the Tibetan soldiers first.
Just use your majesty to intimidate them from taking any rash action. Finally, we have to wait for the main reinforcements to arrive before making a long-term plan. The princess must not be injured or injured at this time, and women and children should not take risks in battle!"
When they went south from Taoyuan, in addition to the 4,000 guard troops and horses, there were a total of 5,000 generals and soldiers who accompanied them to move south. However, when they arrived at the foot of Shenyu Mountain, more than 3,000 generals and soldiers had already died on the way south.
How can I bear to call women at this time, when there are no children as tall as riding whips and old men with gray hair and beards to go into battle with swords and guns?
"Beijing and Xiang are calling forward troops to help?" Xiao Xuan asked in surprise and joy.
Xiao Xuan was originally a general of Xiao Gan. During the Battle of Ruying, he and Xiao Gan's troops were surrounded on the south bank of the Ying River and could not escape. Later, he instigated a rebellion for Zhang Xiongshan and secretly surrendered to Chushan to assassinate Xiao Qian. Finally, he led the surrendered troops to secretly transfer to
Qinzhou was put under Xiao Linshi's command.
Going south from Taoyuan this time, there was great controversy within the Khitan. It was not ruled out that some people had the intention to surrender to the Red Husbands. However, Xiao Xun had no choice but to go back. He could only take his family with him and lead his tribe. The first batch
Follow Xiao Yanhan southward.
Xiao Xun's troops accounted for less than half of the escort force this time, and the casualties were extremely heavy. Being trapped here, the situation was even more desperate than during the Battle of Ruying.
At this time, he heard that the elite vanguard troops from Beijing and Xiangzhou traveled thousands of miles to support him. How could he not be excited?
After the Battle of Ruying, Chushan's 30,000 troops were already the elite of hundreds of battles that frightened the surrendering troops. The selected vanguard army, whose total number was less than 3,000 at that time, was even more elite among the elite.
"Yanguan and I can't get it wrong!" Zhang Xiongshan said.
Without waiting for the few remaining elite guards from the rear camp to arrive, Zhang Xiongshan and Xiao Xuan rushed to the front camp at the mouth of the gorge, accompanied by Xiao Yanhan, surrounded by more than a hundred soldiers from the middle camp.
At this time, Wu Sanrong had already ordered the fence at the mouth of the gorge to be opened, and obstacles such as deer antlers and horses to be pulled aside. More than 500 cavalry had also formed a team and were ready to attack the enemy camp.
However, the enemy camp is blocked outside the mouth of the gorge, and many obstacles are set up on the side close to the mouth of the gorge, which is not conducive to the cavalry charge. The 500 reinforcements are still some distance away from the enemy camp, and it is not the turn of the remaining soldiers to cooperate yet.
A chance to kill.
Of course, Zhang Xiongshan suggested that Xiao Yanhan should cooperate with the threat of killing the Tibetan soldiers first, so as to deter the Tibetan soldiers from taking any rash action.
There were 7,000 Tibetan soldiers at the mouth of the gorge, and he did not expect to be able to capture these 7,000 Tibetan soldiers before the main reinforcements arrived.
Zhang Xiongshan first accompanied Xiao Yanhan, and Xiao Xun galloped towards the hillock at the left head of the front camp; Wu Sanrong was on the Lema hillock, looking anxiously and excitedly toward the outside of the gorge mouth.
"..." Seeing Xiao Yanhan, Zhang Xiongshan, Xiao Xun and others arriving, Wu Sanrong clapped his hands excitedly and shouted, "Princess, Fanqi is no match for the Beijing-Xiang reinforcements. How long has it taken?
Two hundred cavalry have been knocked off their horses..."
Although there were cavalry in the southern region of Duogansi and the Dali Kingdom, the formation and battle style of the cavalry in the Central Plains were very different. Xiao Yanhan could now fully confirm that the reinforcements were sent by Jingxiang.
Although she felt that it would be impossible for Xu Huai to escape from Jingxiang and go south at this time, her heart could not help but tighten when she saw the two hundred armored cavalry at the core of the cavalry array.
"Yan Guan and I set off from Beijing and Xiang to Minshan a few years ago. The production department has already mastered the secret method of quickly forging Xia Zi armor," Zhang Xiongshan briefly explained at this time, "Although it can't be done on a large scale for a while.
To supply the entire army, but to support troops traveling thousands of miles deep into the barren land, the production department urgently mobilized a batch of warlock armor to strengthen the equipment, which is what it should be."
"..." Xiao Yanhan suppressed the excitement in her heart, thinking that she had not seen Xu Huai for many years, and she lacked a specific impression of how powerful Jingxiang was at this time.
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Compared with a longer spear, the long blade of a horse spear will be one foot and five inches long, just like a sharp thick-ridged dagger connected to the spear pole. In addition to stabbing and pulling, the horse spear is also good for cutting, slashing, sweeping and hanging.
Xu Tang, who prides himself on being the first person after Chushan, is like a roaring dragon. Every time he chops or stabs, he will bring out the pain.
With a burst of passion, he led the more than two hundred armored heavy cavalry at the core of the cavalry formation. Like a sharp blade, he mercilessly slashed away all obstacles in front of him.
"..."
The spear blade struck down a blade like thunder, splitting the horse under the current Fan Cavalry's crotch head-on. Before Xu Zang could make up for it, a spear came out from the left and right, stabbing into the armpit of the Fan Cavalry on the horse.
kill.
Only then did Xu Zang realize that none of their cavalry dared to block the way, and those brave cavalry who had been killed fled to the slopes on both wings.
Su Fan, Wei Tong and other generals led light-armored riders with swords, bows and shields, responsible for covering up the remaining enemies on the flanks. However, at this time, the Fan cavalry broke away from them and distanced themselves. After all, their troops and horses were too few, so they did not dare to disperse for the time being.
Chasing and killing the Fanqi who fled far away.
"What's the next fight?"
Wei Tong reined up his horse and came up to Su Mung and asked.
On the one hand, Su Mi was the commander in charge of the troops on the northern front. On the other hand, Su Mi was able to think carefully about everything. After being separated from the main force, Su Mi was the one who made the decisions on many matters, while Xu Zang was much lazier.
At this time, the Fan cavalry were unable to resist the sudden attack by their cavalry formation, and they fled to the hilly areas with complex terrain on both wings. Wei Tong was not sure how they would fight next, so he naturally asked Su Fan for instructions.
Of course, they had killed and wounded three to four hundred Tibetan soldiers, and had initially achieved the goal of frightening the Tibetan soldiers. Then they withdrew their troops and retreated to the coveted side more than ten miles away, which was enough to delay Wang Ju, and Shi Hu led the main reinforcements to rush.
Come.
However, before Su Mung and Wei Tong could discuss how to fight next, they heard cries like landslides and tsunamis erupting from the heavy armored cavalry array:
"Go to camp! Go to camp!"
Su Miao was startled, and he and Wei Tong and other generals immediately galloped towards Xu Zang and asked loudly: "What, you want to rush directly into the enemy camp?"
"Although the enemy camp has many soldiers and horses, the formation is in a panic and there is nothing to be afraid of! If we don't rush in and trample the enemy camp now, how can we wait?" Xu Teng laid his long sword across the saddle and stared at it with a pair of tiger eyes.
Su Mung asked, "You won't be intimidated by the dozens of mobs and won't dare to break into the enemy camp, right?"
Xu Tan's heart was filled with enthusiasm, but he still remembered that when the troops were divided, Wang Ju repeatedly told him to use Su Mung as the main general, so he still had to use words to provoke this slow man!
