"Just take it easy, be careful not to kick the horse's hoof!"
Wuchishi is a young military general who grew up in the new generation after Wuchihai and Wuchige. When he was young, he moved to Tongbai Mountain with his tribe. In 1989, he was outstanding in martial arts, riding and shooting. Not only did he grow into a
He chose a cavalry commander from the front army, who also had an authentic southern Henan accent, and ordered his subordinates to carefully control the red war horses under their crotches.
War horses in the world were very docile, and the more wild ones would be tamed before being driven into the battlefield. Otherwise, during the bloody fight, the war horses would frighten and kick their hooves at every turn, and from time to time they would casually overturn the owner on the horse, killing him.
Mourning the underworld?
There is no big problem in riding the captured war horse directly. However, no matter how skilled the rider is, he and the new horse still need to go through a process of becoming familiar with each other and adapting to each other.
Twenty-eight war horses were captured in the first battle, and Zhang Xiongshan took eight of them directly to provide sufficient strength for the scouts under his command who were responsible for spying on military intelligence. There are rolling mountains near Jianye, but most of them are flat plains. No matter how elite or powerful the scouts are, if they are unfortunate enough to
The open area is targeted by enemy cavalry. Without the help of horses, it would be difficult to quickly break through and enter the terrain where it is easy to hide.
Whenever possible, we must try our best to ensure the use of reconnaissance scouts, and Xu Huai designated him as the forward guard commander for this eastward journey, Wu Chihai.
Then the remaining twenty war horses were handed over to the clan's nephew Wu Chishi's subordinates for centralized use.
Wu Chishi, as the commander-level cavalry general of the Selected Front Army, had a full force of hundreds of cavalry. This time when he marched eastward, he left some of the generals who were deficient in cavalry, archery and infantry strategies in Nancai and incorporated them into the battalion that would set out later.
Six more reserve military officers who had urgently interrupted their training at the High Military Command School were added to strengthen the force, bringing the total to sixty people at this time.
Sixty men, twenty horses, one-third of the men on horseback, but beside each cavalry man were two armored soldiers walking with swords and shields.
Their main task now is to cover the people of Yuelong Village as they leave the village, and go four or five miles away to participate in the attack on the river bank and surrender the Han army, ensuring that in the process they will not be harassed by the hundreds of horsemen who are still lingering in the distance.
In such an arrangement, apart from the fact that the cavalry have not yet fully adapted to the horses under their hips and cannot gallop into battle at long distances, the main thing is to protect the hard-to-win horses as much as possible to avoid being suddenly rushed over by distant horsemen and shot at indiscriminately.
In order to get a war horse, Jiang Ang and Xu Pang were eager to voluntarily join Wu Jishi's command and accept the command; after all, they did not need to assume the responsibility of commanding the army for the time being, and they could jump on the horse's back and gallop far away with their bows.
The great pleasure of this journey is to ride on the captives.
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Wu Chishi led his troops to cover the flanks. With the assistance of Fu Liang, Chen Su, and Cheng Xiao, Zhou Shan led the 400 men from Yuelong Village to the river bank quickly.
Just standing on the wall of the stronghold watching the battle was thrilling enough. Now when he came to the river beach and saw seventy or eighty rough-looking soldiers lying silently in a pool of blood, Zhou Shan intuitively felt the blood in his chest becoming more and more intense.
Boil.
"Your Majesty, please let us kill this bastard who has disgraced his mother's ancestors for eight lifetimes and is so greedy for life that he fears death and surrenders to Hugou!" Zhou Shan shouted as he looked at the surrendered Han troops on the river.
"Jiang Ang, Niu Yashan and the others will lead sixty armored soldiers and charge directly from this path to the river beach. The people of Yuelong Village will be divided into two teams and advance diagonally from both wings, but they must be careful to suppress the speed of the front line to avoid
Jiangang and Niuyashan were the ones who had previously engaged the enemy. While advancing, the left wing and right wing of the Yuelongzhai troops should be more open and don't be afraid of a loose formation. At this time, they need to pay more attention to the bows on the enemy ships moored on the river.
The crossbow is coming!"
Xu Huai made do with simple things, picked up a dead branch, drew a schematic diagram of the river beach attack on the mud, and personally explained the tactical arrangements to Zhou Shan and others in detail.
Of course, Zhou Shan himself is a military guard around Liu Yan. Several leaders of Yuelong Village are all veteran military officials who retired from You Xiao Sheng Army. The four hundred people strong are also qualified soldiers of You Xiao Sheng Army.
There are even many veterans who are slightly disabled.
Even though they are not as elite and powerful as the heavy armored infantry of the Selected Front Army, they can still shoulder the flank attack mission with ease; when they leave the stronghold, they will also drag six or seven carts over to use as weapons to cover the flanks.
The more than 400 Han troops who boarded the river beach on the west bank were frightened by the scene just now.
That was the most elite armored heavy cavalry of the Red Husbands.
You must know that there were less than four to five hundred armored heavy cavalry entering the south bank at this time.
More than fifty armored heavy cavalry and sixty or seventy red warriors dismounted and fought on both wings. They were simply defeated and annihilated?
The time was so short that they didn't even have time to deploy their formation from the river beach to attack the east wing of the Beijing-Xiangxiang warrior.
The reason why this Han army was still staying on the river beach at this time was not because they still had the courage to fight, but because they were being stared at at close range by 500 elite men who looked like wolves and tigers, so they did not dare to turn around and escape onto the boat.
More than twenty naval warships were on the river behind them. Rather than giving them the courage to persist, it was better to say that they did not dare to directly drop their swords.
Shield surrenders.
Why should the Han people embarrass the Han people, right?
Jiang Ang and Niu Er led their troops forward like iron towers. Niu Er, in particular, was huge and his whole body was wrapped in blue-black cold-forged armor. He held an iron mace in one hand and a six-foot-tall cold-forged armor in the other.
Isn't the long shield like an iron tower slowly moving forward?
Occasionally, three feathered arrows were shot in the face, but they hit the cold forged armor with a "bang" sound, and then fell down, and the arrow shaft was broken by the "click-click" step of the riding boots...
In order to ensure his agility, Jiang Ang's cold-forged armor looks much simpler, but the reinforcements on the shoulders, armpits, arms, etc. are tailor-made that only generals of his level can enjoy.
Mainly improving and strengthening these parts, on the one hand, it does not affect the body's flexibility, on the other hand, it is more convenient to use these parts to directly meet the enemy's attacks, so as to reduce the body's intuitive dodge, which consumes a lot of physical strength in fierce battles.
, it also makes it easier to concentrate on using the sword and spear power more powerfully.
"Surrender! We surrender!"
When the battle was about to begin, the surrender soldiers on the outermost side raised their swords and shouted to surrender. However, they were greeted by sharp sword lights, cruel and merciless gun shadows, and shields pressing down like mountains and cliffs.
wall.
"Stop your mother's ass! You're your mother's ass!" Niu Er's iron mace struck hard, splitting the head of a surrendered Han soldier like a melon, and the red and white brains splashed out.
No surrender accepted!
Leave no one behind!
Annihilate them all!
This was when Jiang Ang and Niu Er led the heavily armored infantry to attack the enemy formation on the river bank from the front, Xu Huai personally issued an order to kill them all, leaving no one alive.
First, the Han army that crossed the Yangtze River and marched south at this time was not only an elite force among the surrendered Han armies. They must have had their hands stained with the blood and tears of their compatriots over the years and were stubborn. Only then could they be trusted by the Red Husbands.
They came to serve as the vanguard across the river to besiege Jianye, and after they crossed the river, their hands were stained with blood again.
Second, more than four hundred prisoners may not be a lot, but at this juncture, how can they find so many manpower and energy to guard so many prisoners of war? Putting them in Yuelong Village is also a hidden danger.
Third, without outstanding military exploits, how could he announce his arrival to the soldiers and the people of Jianye?
Although the value of annihilating sixty or seventy soldiers is definitely not lower than that of annihilating three to four hundred Han troops, the merits of the battle are always more prominent and more ferocious when decorated with more heads.
Besides, these surrendered Han troops crossed the river in a hurry, without heavy armor or weapons, and with the cold river behind them. Xu Huai was not worried that after issuing a killing order, these surrendered Han troops would fight to the death and fight against the odds.
, they were already trembling with fear.
He just wanted Jiang Ang and Niu Er to lead the armored soldiers, and Zhou Shan, Fu Liang, and Chen Li to lead the Yuelong Village soldiers to drive the surrendered Han troops who had no fighting spirit into the Caochang River and let the cold and biting water flow away.
Wash away their dirty and sinful souls.
The three generals Fu Liang, Chen Su, and Cheng Xiao were affiliated with Jingbei and Jingxiangfang of the Privy Council. They accepted the dual leadership of Jingbei, Jingxiangfang and the Jingbei Military and Horse Deployment Department. This time, Xu Huai asked Kong Changyu to serve as the three generals.
The liaison attaché who controlled the troops and horses in Northern Jing.
Logically speaking, they can just assist Zhou Shan and others in making tactical arrangements. There is no need to follow the charge into battle. After all, they are not familiar with the Yuelong Village soldiers and cannot specifically command anyone.
But at this moment, their blood was boiling. They directly picked up their swords and guns, and regarded themselves as common soldiers, integrated into the attack array, and rushed forward side by side with the soldiers of Yuelong Village, killing the surrendered ones who tried to escape from the two wings????
????????????The Han soldiers were chopped down one by one, stabbed to the ground, and their blood flowed out to stain the slow-flowing blue-green river.
In a short time, nearly a hundred surrendered Han troops were chopped to the ground and fell in a pool of blood. More surrendered Han troops were squeezed continuously and could only retreat towards the river.
This is a chain process.
If someone cannot hold on and falls into the cold river water, the supporting force on the side of the previous person will suddenly be lost, causing them to fall into the river unprepared; this often causes a group of people to roll into the water like an upside-down gourd.
However, even these surrendered Han troops had fallen into the cold and biting river water. Xu Huaiyou was not going to let them go. He ordered the archers to walk down the river beach under the cover of heavy shields and attack those who were struggling in the water and trying to climb out.
The soldiers who returned to the enemy ship or swam directly to the other side fired hard and accurately.
Not only did the Caochang River turn red, but soon corpses were seen floating on the water...
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Qianhu Zhuosu stood on the bow of the ship with a pale face, watching what was happening on the west bank but unable to stop it.
Not to mention that the six to seven hundred Han troops on the east bank were already fearful. Even if they were immediately thrown to the west bank of the Caocha River, what would be done to stop them?
He knew that the 500 elite reinforcements from Jingxiang and Xiangyang would never be easily eaten by them, and he had no delusions about relying on this small number of troops to eat up the elites from Beijing and Xiangyang who had suddenly arrived near Jianye.
His main intention is to test and contain them. It is best to drive these elites from Beijing and Xiangzhou into Yuelong Village, so that he can mobilize elite soldiers and horses to block Yuelong Village, and then mobilize Western Region stone cannons, bed crossbows and other heavy weapons
The weapons came to organize the attack.
It's just that he never expected such a result, and everything happened so fast that he had no time to make any correct reaction!
Three or four hundred troops and horses were just lost?
What kind of tiger and wolf troops came from Beijing and Xiang for reinforcements, and they were so terrifying?
"General Qianhu, look over there, it looks like the white tiger flag of the Jingxiang Army!"
Zhuo Su looked up and saw a flag unfurling in the wind in the Jingxiang army formation, with a ferocious white embroidered tiger-shaped pattern shining brightly on the flag!
Xu Huai's White Tiger Flag is embroidered with gold and silver threads, and it will indeed shine when unfolded in the sun.
"Woo!" A commander stood on the handsome flag and blew a loud horn...
