Soldiers from both sides clashed with each other on the grass for three rounds, and a large number of soldiers fell in each round.
Li Gang rode on the horse and was covered in blood. He was fighting fiercely. The steel sword was in his hand again, and he was fast like lightning. As long as Li Gang fought with the Hu people, he would kill them all with one sword. Most of the other Han cavalry were like this. With one sword strike, the Xianbei people were killed.
The cavalryman and his men were hacked to death.
Luo Luoheng realized that the Xianbei people were at a disadvantage. A large number of Xianbei soldiers fell under their horses. He saw the heroic and invincible Li Gang chasing after him on horseback. He wanted to kill Li Gang to reverse the situation. He looked at Li Gang with his thick sword.
, Li Gang also raised his knife and looked at Luo Luoheng.
The two of them slashed eleven times in a row. Li Gang cut off Luo Luoheng's sword. Then, taking advantage of Luo Luoheng's lack of weapons, he slashed Luo Luoheng into a bloody hole one foot long.
Luo Heng stabbed Li Gang with a broken knife, but the broken knife could not penetrate Li Gang's armor at all, and was unable to cause any harm to Li Gang.
"Good sword," Luo Luoheng said as he glanced at Li Gang's steel sword, then he staggered and fell off his horse.
Luo Luoheng's experience is a common situation encountered by Xianbei soldiers. Their swords can only be bounced off when they hit the armor.
Even soldiers without iron armor have a layer of leather armor, a layer of rattan armor, and a layer of silk inner armor inside. Rattan armor and silk inner armor don't matter, but leather armor is not just a simple cowhide armor.
When Xu Wei was unable to make a large amount of iron armor in a short period of time, he thought of the ceramic armor technology in a novel. Of course, instead of using ceramics to make armor, he used ceramics to burn into small pieces, and then made them again.
Use these small pieces of ceramic pieces to inlay them on the leather armor, just like the armor of a big man.
Old Man Wang and others don't believe that armor made of ceramics is useful. This thing will break when touched. How can it be used to make armor? This is not a waste of human life.
But Xu Wei knew that this should be useful. Modern body armor no longer uses steel plates, but ceramic inserts. Obviously, ceramics are more effective than steel in terms of protecting against bullets, but everyone is disturbed by the fragile characteristics of ceramics.
I have never thought about using ceramics to make armor.
In this era, due to temperature issues, only pottery was available. Porcelain had not yet appeared due to temperature issues.
Here Xu Weidu had to be grateful that he lit up the technology tree in advance and produced coke. The burning temperature of coke is much higher than that of coal, which reaches the temperature for firing ceramics. Mayi already has a small amount of experience in firing ceramics.
Ceramic tiles are not difficult to make, and hundreds of thousands of them can be burned in one furnace.
Then he found workers and made more than a dozen pieces of ceramic armor, and then used swords to test the defensive power of these armors.
As a result, people were pleasantly surprised to find that the defensive power of these ceramic armors is really not much worse than iron armor, and the ceramic armors are more elastic, making it easier to bounce off the opponent's sword. When faced with such ceramic armors on the battlefield, the enemy can kill them with one strike.
, it is very possible that even the knife was blown away, because during the experiment, several soldiers did not hold the knife tightly and directly let the knife fly away.
The weight of armor made of ceramics is only one-third of iron armor. Of course, the only flaw is that such ceramic pieces are very easy to break. After a war, these ceramic armors need to be re-inlaid with porcelain pieces. (I
I checked the information and found that the hardness of ceramics is actually twice that of steel. Of course, it is too brittle and easily broken. However, this defect can be solved by making small ceramic pieces. Ancient craftsmen never thought of using ceramics.
When it comes to making armor, they even made paper armor, but they didn’t even think about ceramics. It’s really a great loss to our kingdom.)
But Xu Wei felt that this difficulty could be overcome. At worst, he could bake some ceramic pieces in advance and distribute them to the soldiers so that they could see where they were broken and mend them. This would not solve the problem.
Ceramic armor has many advantages. One furnace of fired ceramic sheets is enough to equip thousands of sets of armor. It is economical and large in quantity. Xu Wei rushed out 100,000 pieces of ceramic armor. As long as warriors without iron armor can basically
It's a piece of ceramic armor for everyone.
These three layers of armor were enough to defend against most attacks. Most of the Xianbei warriors' attacks were defended. Only a few unlucky ones fell directly under their horses, so Li Gang and the others suffered little casualties.
The Xianbei people couldn't even afford a piece of leather armor, but Li Gang's cavalry had steel knives that were stronger and sharper than the Bailian Sword. As long as the sword hit the Xianbei people, they would fall to the ground. How many soldiers on both sides were there?
After the first confrontation, thousands of Xianbei cavalry fell to the ground.
When Luo Luo Bu Po saw one-third of his elite men, he immediately shouted: "Blow the horn of retreat quickly!"
"Woo, woo, woo!"
The Xianbei cavalry didn't have much to do. After hearing the order to retreat, they immediately turned around and fled to their own side.
Li Gang was overjoyed when he saw the Xianbei people escaping and said: "Let's take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely defeat the Xianbei army!"
At this moment, he heard the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops from behind.
Li Gang had no choice but to shout: "Everyone, go back! Take all the injured brothers back!"
Then both sides of the battle returned to their own military formations.
Luo Luo Bupo counted the number of his troops and found that half of his warriors were lost on the battlefield in just a short period of time. Even his most heroic nephew Luo Luo Heng also died on the battlefield.
He said angrily: "Who said that Lei Gong's men are all rabble? This is also called rabble, so what are we Xianbei warriors?"
No one else dared to answer, but looked at Luo Luo Bupo and became angry!
They were also shocked by the scene just now. The battle between the two sides just now was not fake at all. Lei Gong's men defeated one of the most elite cavalry of the Xianbei people.
Cavalry warfare is the foundation of their Xianbei country. If they can't even compete with the Han people in cavalry warfare, how can the Xianbei people dominate the grassland? At this time, these tribal leaders are in a state of shattered views.
After landing for a long time, Luo Bupo took a few deep breaths to recover and said to his men: "Thunder Lord's men are extremely elite. We cannot fight head on. Next, our army will continue to surround Thunder Lord's men like lone wolves.
Make it impossible for them to go all out! Send someone to inform the Great Khan and the others, saying that the elite of the Lei Gong are abnormal, and we can't delay for a few days. Let them speed up the attack on the city, break through Pingchengwu Fort as soon as possible, and fight the decisive battle with the Lei Gong on this grassland!"
Then he looked at Wang Yong and his cavalry and said, "Now we retreat!"
After saying that, he took the lead and left the battlefield that made him sad.
Other leaders and Xianbei soldiers also retreated with him.
The words are divided into two parts!
After winning the first battle, Wang Yong and his colleagues, both officers and soldiers, were overjoyed and their morale was high. They were originally worried that the Xianbei people were too powerful and would be difficult to win. However, after this battle, both officers and soldiers felt that the Xianbei people were just a foreign force.
Paper tiger!
Li Gang returned to the military formation and found Wang Yong and said: "General, our troops have not suffered many casualties at all. Why don't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it? In the situation just now, if our entire army attacks, we should be able to leave behind this group of Xianbei people!"
In the battle just now, Li Gang's casualties were only 300, of which only more than 100 soldiers died, and the Xianbei people left at least 1,000 corpses on the battlefield. Such a record can be described as a complete victory. It is no wonder that Li Gang planned to pursue the victory.
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Wang Yong laughed and said: "We have forgotten what Commander Qu taught us. When marching and fighting, you must first calculate your defeat before calculating your victory. You must first establish yourself in an invincible position before seeking victory."
Xu Wei taught his Taoism to these subordinates. Obviously Wang Yong was his loyal believer and worked hard to learn Xu Wei's spirit and apply it in marching and fighting.
Li Gang said: "Judging from the situation of the battle just now, this Xianbei cavalry is not too strong. We can completely annihilate them!"
Wang Yong explained patiently: "The person you are fighting against is the vanguard of the Xianbei people. It does not mean that all Xianbei people are of this strength. The number of enemies is equal to ours. If we rashly fight against the Xianbei people, it is easy to say that we will win, but
If the battle is defeated, the Tengjia Army will have no cavalry.
On the grassland, without cavalry, half of the war would have been lost before it even started. The Xianbei people had 20,000 less soldiers and could not move their muscles. But our 20,000 cavalry were defeated, and the Tengjia Army only had infantry left.
After one war, the Xianbei people will be invincible, so we can’t afford to fight, and we can’t fight!”
Wang Yong explained it like this, and Li Gang couldn't say much!
But just after Wang Yong finished explaining, Luo Luo Bu Po retreated with his cavalry, which made him a little embarrassed.
Li Gang raised his hopes and asked: "Are we going to chase the Xianbei people?"
Wang Yong looked at the retreating Xianbei people and said: "No, there are many Xianbei people and horses, it is difficult for us to catch up, and there may not be an ambush among them, and we also have to undertake the task of exploring the path of the entire Tengjia Army, reconnaissance of the enemy's situation, and checking the geographical location
Mission, there is no time to chase these Xianbei people. Just report this news to Qu Shuai, we will continue to march to Pingcheng, but everyone should be careful, we are almost approaching the city of **, we may encounter tens of thousands of Xianbei people at any time
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After hearing what Wang Yong said, Li Gang remembered that there were 80,000 Xianbei troops in Pingcheng. The distance of 100 miles was only half a day's journey for the cavalry.
The Tengjia Army, the Chinese Army, Xu Wei led an army of 80,000 people and marched towards Pingcheng. They farmed fields for a year and made money for a year. Xu Wei bought a large number of horses, cattle and sheep, and built a large number of four-wheeled carriages.
Although it is not yet possible to convert the entire army into mules and horses, it can be ensured that the entire army is on horse-drawn carriages. In addition, the road from Mayi to Pingcheng is very flat, and a large number of post stations have been established on the road, so Xu
Wei's march was very fast, reaching 60 miles a day.
When Wang Yong and others passed on the news of their victory in the first battle, Xu Wei and others were also delighted.
They are lying if they say they are not worried about this battle. The Xianbei people defeated the Han army 10 years ago. The Xianbei army's combat effectiveness is not only the best in the world, it is also the second in the world. (There is no way, this is the case with the monster house in Southeast Asia.
, In this era, it was the third in the world’s turn to win Rome. This means that Goguryeo did not rise, otherwise even the third in the world would not have their share.)
They were completely different from the county soldiers and horse thieves they fought before.
But now that the first battle was successful, senior officials like Xu Wei were reassured. This war told senior officials like the Tengjia Army that they had the strength to fight the Xianbei people.
Of course, Wang Yong also expressed their thoughts, thinking that Zhao Rong and the others were still fighting the Xianbei people, so the Xianbei people had to divide their troops to prevent them from supporting Zhao Rong.
Xu Wei and the others also think it makes sense, especially Xu Wei. He knows that the bastion is known as the strongest defensive fortress in the feudal era. The Xianbei people don't even have trebuchets, so how can they break through the bastion he made of earth and cement?
Wang Ge suggested to Xu Wei: "Commander Qu, we must find a way to annihilate this Xianbei cavalry so that we can fully support Zhao Rong and the others!"
Xu Wei and others wanted to steal He Lian's home, so they were naturally worried that He Lian would do the same to them. In addition to the 20,000 troops in Mayi, the rest were old, weak, women and children. If the Xianbei people came to Mayi,
Xu Wei and the others suffered huge losses.
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "Let Wang Yong lead the people to drive away this Xianbei cavalry, and we must drive them back to Pingcheng."
Wang Yong quickly received the order and led his men to drive away Luo Luo Bu Po's army. However, Luo Luo Bu Po did not flee towards Pingcheng even if he wandered around without attacking.
The deputy is about to attack.
Xu Wei could only form a diamond-shaped spear array and prepare to fight the Xianbei people.
But every time Xu Wei's formation had just been set up, and he immediately retreated with his men.
"Fuck! The Xianbei people are trying to hold us back so that we can continue to move south and north to support Zhao Rong and the others." Although Xu Wei has confidence in the fortress, after all, there are more than 80,000 enemies, and they only rely on 3,000 people for defense. Zhao Rong and the others cannot
It's really still too dangerous.
Wang Ge said: "Commander Qu, there are high mountains all around Mayi, and there is only this small piece of plain. Our army only needs to line up in units of 2 battalions and 10,000 people, which is enough to block the road of the Xianbei people going south. The cavalry is divided into four.
road, supporting the infantry at any time. As long as the Xianbei people dare to attack our army, we will lead the army to outflank them and completely annihilate them."
This is the only way, Xu Wei decisively agreed!
In ancient times, it made sense to talk about hundreds of miles of battalion. Once the people passed by, there was no limit. Xu Wei's 80,000 troops were divided into 8 square formations and marched in the direction of Heisei.
This invincible army has no room for maneuver.
It wasn't like he hadn't thought about breaking the surface, but Xu Wei's spear phalanx was extremely strong and had a large number of crossbow arrows for long-range attacks.
Every time the invincible army attacks Xu Wei's phalanx, it will be hit by a wave of crossbows. However, the power of mounted archery in this era is not strong. Without the assistance of horse stools, the killing range of mounted archery is generally 30 steps.
to 50 steps.
The Xianbei people had to suffer two rounds of crossbows every time they attacked, and then they had to face a barrage of spears. If he continued to attack, Xu Wei's cavalry would soon come to support him. He almost couldn't escape several times, but he was decisive.
After being stopped by others, he led a large group of troops to escape and ascend to heaven.
However, his purpose of hindering Xu Wei's march was achieved. Xu Wei walked 100 miles in 10 days and finally saw the top of the wall of Pingcheng Wubao here.