Chapter 726 Another big victory, the central part of Hedong is pacified
The dense rain of arrows once again shot toward the bandit cavalry, and there was another cry of grief amidst the chaotic sound of horse hooves. The arrows that were as dense as locusts hit the bandit soldiers who turned around and fled, and the new army was strong.
However, under Xiao Tang's command, they were already moving forward step by step, gradually suppressing the attack in the opposite direction of the valley.
In ancient times, when two sides attacked with cold weapons, morale was a crucial factor in whether they could defeat each other and flee. According to the changes in the battlefield situation, especially the ragtag group of bandits gathered from all over the place, such as the Hedong bandits, the morale fluctuated very significantly.
Extremely, they relied on momentum to fight. After seeing that they could not break through the formation of the army blocking the valley entrance, fear immediately spread in the hearts of these thieves. Xiao Tang took this opportunity to lead his troops to advance, making a large number of thieves and cavalry reluctant.
Then he crashed into the opponent's already prepared gun formation.
"Puff, puff, puff!" Amidst the muffled sounds of sharp blades piercing flesh and blood, rows of new army gunners marched in neat steps, thrusting their spears straight through the thieves and horsemen who were still resisting, while stepping over the bodies that were almost covered with blood.
The trenches were filled with piles of corpses, and they advanced into the valley. Although their attack speed was not as fast as that of the thieves on horseback, the comrades around them supported each other every step of the way.
The troops slowly chased their own troops, and more and more thieves began to turn around and flee...
"ah!"
Blood splattered, and Dang Shilong, who was exhausted from the battle, had been stabbed by the spear brought by Dang Shiying, and a bloody hole was immediately poked on his right shoulder. There were only twenty or thirty thieves following him, and
Dang Shilong, who was being continuously crushed and eaten by the officers and soldiers. At this time, his shoulders and thighs were severely injured. He exhausted the last bit of strength in his body. He staggered a few steps and finally fell to the ground. Dang Shilong
Seeing this, Xiong immediately rushed forward, raised the long knife in his hand and struck hard! A large amount of blood spurted out from the body cavity, and Dang Shilong's skull rolled to the side, but he refused to close his eyes to death!
The two leaders, Ji Wenbing and Chen Xuan, first watched thousands of cavalry troops charging into the formation, and then Dang Shilong personally led the remaining nearly two thousand men to put pressure on the official army. But now Dang Shilong died in the formation,
Thousands of thieves were executed, and hundreds of them fled back in fear, while the remaining ones had long ago abandoned their weapons and knelt on the ground, willing to surrender and be bound... Now the officers and soldiers are advancing step by step.
If they come in, what can they do?
Why is it that Miao Cheng, who led his troops to climb mountains and cliffs, has yet to make a sound? In fact, Zhemo's army had already set up an ambush on the mountain side of the dense forest? Ji Wenbing gritted his teeth and looked around,
He saw that most of the thieves under his command also looked frightened. I was afraid that even if he personally led the thieves to fight, they would probably end up like Dang Shilong.
"Withdraw! Turn the road to the north and break out into the valley!"
Ji Wenbing had made up his mind and had just shouted the order. At this moment, he suddenly saw the ranks of officers and soldiers in front of him slowly making way for a path, and more than a hundred and dozens of horsemen and horses suddenly made way for them.
The officers and soldiers filed out of the formation, and the leader, who was very brave and fierce, rode a fiery red high-headed horse, rushing towards him like a ball of fast-moving flames!
Ji Wenbing hurriedly tightened his weapon. He saw that the number of cavalry soldiers who came to attack was very small, and they also kept a certain distance from the official infantry behind them. Ji Wenbing was thinking about whether to wait to fight back.
When this group of officers and cavalry troops changed their route to break through the mountains, the general who led the cavalry troops to attack suddenly picked up a wolf-headed nine-jun bow. He then reached out and took out a heavy iron quiver from the quiver on the back of the saddle.
Chisel arrow. When Ji Wenbing finally realized the opponent's target, the bowstring of the wolf-head bow in the general's hand suddenly let go, and a heart-stopping muffled sound of "Woo!" immediately echoed in the valley!
Although the heavy arrows wrapped in the force of wind and thunder are not as capable as those of Hua Rong, Pang Wanchun and Yan Yun's Erlang just now, they can still kill a large number of rebels despite the extremely fast shooting frequency, but in terms of strength and prestige, they are
It was very scary. Ji Wenbing did not expect that the opponent's force in pulling the hard bow would be so domineering. He was caught off guard, and the chisel arrow had already been shot in front of him!!
A fountain of blood suddenly exploded in his chest. Broken armor and blood splashed all over the sky in an instant. The heavy iron chisel arrow almost hit Ji Wenbing's chest! Ji Wenbing spat out a large mouthful of blood with a "wow" sound, and he
The seven-foot-long body flew back a long way from the saddle. When he fell heavily on the heads of the screaming and howling minions behind him, he became a dead corpse!
Well?
Xiao Tang, who was still holding his right arm straight out and holding the Wolf Head Jiujun Bow, was stunned when he saw this. Ordinarily he knew that he was riding a horse at high speed and was still a hundred steps away from the enemy when he released the arrow and hit the target.
The rate is not very high. I just used a hard bow and heavy arrows to establish my power with the idea of hitting a pole with no dates and frightening the thieves in front of me. However, a blind cat can also encounter a mouse that comes back to death, even if it is killed in battle.
Xiao Tang, who had countless generals but had no record of killing an enemy chief with a bow and arrow, had his first kill at this time when he killed an enemy general with a hard bow and heavy arrows.
Following Xiao Tang's galloping horse, Hua Rong, who caught up with him, had just grabbed his long bow and was about to draw an arrow and take a look at the leader of the thieves. However, he saw that the strongman who was the leader of the thieves in front was hit by his brother.
The arrow was shot, and Hua Rong was stunned. Then he smiled at Xiao Tang and said, "Brother, you are a good bow and arrow!"
Xiao Tang laughed dryly, and immediately put away the wolf-headed bow, took off the golden tiger-headed and dragon-tooth spear from the victory hook on the saddle, and immediately swung the spear forward and led the horse army under his command to turn towards the thieves.
Everyone raids over!
"Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!"
Chen Xuan, the only remaining leader among the strongmen, saw that Ji Wenbing was killed by an arrow with extremely terrifying reputation before he could fight with the generals. How could he dare to stay here and fight for his life? He immediately
Turning the horse's head, he led his subordinates to flee towards the dense forests and deep valleys of Jieshan Mountain. Naturally, the rest of the thieves did not have the same military discipline and fighting spirit as the Hedong New Army. They either turned around and followed Chen Xuan to escape, or they simply fell to their knees immediately.
On both sides of the valley, they fell to the ground and begged for mercy. The Hedong thieves who originally tried to break through the official blockade failed, but their morale completely collapsed under Xiao Tang's first charge with only a hundred cavalry troops...
During the post-war inventory, Xiao Tang learned from the captives that the four leaders of the Jieshan Party, Shilong, Ji Wenbing, Miao Cheng, and Chen Xuan, originally commanded more than 9,000 bandit troops, but they only had 4,000 new troops on their own side.
Under the joint efforts of the army and more than a hundred horse troops, more than 2,400 thieves were killed and more than 900 were seriously injured. More than 3,200 thieves surrendered, except for those who fled deep into the mountains on their own during the chaos.
Ridge, apart from the missing bandits, there were probably only two thousand or so thieves left who followed Chen Xuancang and fled in panic, changing their route to the north side of Jieshan Mountain to find a way out.
However, the remnants of Chen Xuan's troops who fled north encountered the army troops led by Guan Sheng, Xuan Zan, and Hao Siwen, who had been waiting for a long time.
There was almost no fighting. The strongman leader Chen Xuan was chased and fiercely led by Guan Sheng, Xuan Zan and others. Instead, he fell from his horse and was trampled to death by the fleeing army. The rest of the thieves
Seeing that they could not be beaten, and they did not know how long they would be in fear if they continued to run away, almost all of them prayed for mercy and surrendered to the officers and soldiers...
The campaign to suppress bandits in Jieshan was a complete victory.