Although one hundred thousand bandits were defeated in a short period of time, the more than 20,000 people led by Wang Junlin killed less than 20,000, and most of the bandits fled.
Wang Junlin knew that if these people did not take the opportunity to kill more, at dawn, Yang Su would send someone to bring a few carts of food, and they would immediately become soldiers in Yang Su's hands, so he led his people to chase the footsteps of the bandits. Chase until dawn.
At the beginning, the big leader of the bandits was being chased and tried to lead a counterattack, but they were all killed easily. So in the end, no one dared to look back and just ran away desperately until they got into the dense forest at the foot of a big mountain.
Entering the mountains, the bandits regained some courage. The surrounding terrain was complex, which was not conducive to the deployment of cavalry. The bandits lived in the mountains all year round and knew how to use woods and rocks to protect themselves. In addition, there was a group of more than 20,000 bandits nearby. Yang Su sent him here for support.
After Wang Junlin led his men to fight several more moderate battles with the bandits in the mountains, the bandits were defeated and abandoned their positions again and began to flee into the mountains one after another.
A flying eagle fell from the sky and landed on the arm of a military attache next to Wang Junlin. This person was an official from the Military Intelligence Agency and one of Shen Guoer's capable subordinates. After reading the information brought by the flying eagle as quickly as possible, he , with a solemn expression, came to report to Wang Junlin: "Prince Qi, we have just received news that Yang Su's fifty thousand elite troops have been broken into pieces and hidden in this mountain range. At this time, they are rushing towards us. They are far away from us. Less than ten miles."
Wang Junlin's expression condensed, and naturally he did not panic at all. He sneered: "These 100,000 bandits from Han Xiangguo are indeed Yang Su's bait. Maybe Yang Su also wants these 100,000 people to consume our troops and physical strength, and then He brought his 50,000 elite troops to deal with our exhausted troops, which were less than half of theirs."
Yuchi Jingde also had a sneer on his face and said with overwhelming fighting spirit: "Your Majesty, that Yang Su has been hiding in Hongnong County for more than eight years. I'm afraid he is still on the battlefield eight years ago!"
"That's right." Luo Shixin also laughed and agreed. Their weapons and equipment are much more advanced than the other party, and their military training methods are far beyond the imagination of the world. In fact, there has never been a battle that can defeat Wang Junlin's army. Over exertion.
"Even so, Yang Su, an old thief, must not be underestimated." Wang Junlin said with a smile, while pointing to a gentle slope in front of him on the left and said, "That hillside is very suitable for our army to attack!"
After saying that, he rode out, and more than 20,000 cavalrymen accelerated together, swarming like leopards toward the distant hillside. There were few trees on the gentle hillside, and the location was blocking the main road into the mountain.
Under the command of Luo Shixin and Yuchi Jingde, more than 20,000 cavalrymen from the Tornado Battalion and Tiger Battalion quickly occupied favorable terrain.
And Yang Su's 50,000 elite troops also arrived very quickly. With the arrival of Yang Su's 50,000 elite troops, the bandits who had been driven into the mountains these days also gradually appeared, and soon they gathered 50,000 to 60,000 people, far away. This place was surrounded, and it was obvious that as long as Wang Junlin showed a slight sign of defeat when fighting with Yang Su's elite, they would rush over like evil wolves.
Wang Junlin did not see Yang Su, but the elite enemy army that came over did number about 50,000 people. As soon as they appeared, they quickly formed a square formation. The cavalry and infantry covered each other and retreated to the hillside on the other side of the road.
Wang Junlin asked Luo Shixin, who took the initiative to fight, to lead more than 4,000 cavalry under his command and rush over to test the opponent as soon as he appeared. When he was a hundred steps away from the opponent, Luo Shixin ordered people to shoot crossbows. They had always used this cavalry crossbow fast-firing tactic to defeat the rogue bandits. Naturally, it was unable to cope with it. Even Goguryeo's strong army would suffer heavy losses. But today, after the first wave of crossbow arrows were fired into the enemy's formation, although dozens of people on the other side screamed and fell off their horses, the formation recovered quickly. Then immediately there were arrows shooting back from the sky.
The Tornado Battalion was well-armored, even its face was protected, but in order to reduce weight, the war horses had little protection. They immediately retreated quickly, but a dozen war horses were still injured during the retreat.
Seven cavalrymen were thrown off their injured horses. Before they could be rescued by their companions, the enemy came over with more than twenty short spears and pinned the seven fallen cavalrymen to the ground, killing them tragically on the spot.
The battle started almost without any time for both the enemy and us to make any preparations. As soon as they came into contact, the Far Eastern Army, which was invincible in the Central Plains, suffered a small loss. The opponent responded very quickly and was called an elite. This was the soldiers of the Tornado Battalion.
A situation I have never encountered before.
Luo Shixin was furious and wanted to lead his men to rush over. Wang Junlin ordered his men to blow the retreat horn. Luo Shixin reluctantly led his men to retreat, but the enemy did not catch up.
"Shixin, Yuchi, this is our first contact with the other party. So far we have not been able to find any flaws in the other party. At the moment, we are still mainly testing with long-range attacks and harassment. We can increase our horse speed as fast as we can! The opponent is obviously a well-equipped and powerful army.
Moreover, the enemy's strength is several times ours, so we must not underestimate the enemy." Wang Junlin pointed to the enemy's right wing and whispered an order.
The enemy is arranged in a regular square formation, with about 20,000 infantry in the center, and more than 30,000 cavalry scattered on both wings of the infantry. This formation has few flaws, but it may not be able to withstand the 20,000 troops of the Far East Tornado Battalion and Tiger Camp.
Multiple cavalry attacks. As long as Yuchi Jingde and Luo Shixin can cause chaos in the infantry in the center, Wang Junlin can lead the 500 cavalry around him wearing steel armor newly produced from the Fanyang County salt field and with abnormal defensive capabilities to attack from the front.
Step over.
This time, Yuchi Jingde led his 10,000 light cavalry to roll down the hillside like the wind. They had practiced this tactic countless times and practiced it countless times on the enemy.
No one shouted, and there was no cheering from horns and drums. The sound of horse hooves was the only melody in the wind. The smoke and dust brought by the horses' hooves rolled faster and faster, and became thicker and thicker. Suddenly, the trajectory of the smoke turned around, and countless sticks of smoke appeared.
The sharp arrow rose into the air.
Not only were the crossbows fired by the Tiger Battalion's 10,000 cavalry, but the enemy troops also shot white feathers all over the sky at the same time. The wind of death whistled before and after the horses, some people fell to the ground while running, and there were ownerless horses neighing sadly and fleeing away from the battlefield.
Some of the Tiger Camp cavalry were still galloping, shooting arrows with their fast crossbows with one hand while galloping.
Most of the arrows fired by the enemy have missed their target. Hitting a high-speed moving horse requires very good shooting skills. These elite soldiers secretly trained by Yang Su may have been trained enough, but they have never encountered such horsemen as Tiger Camp before.
If you shoot an enemy with a strong shot, you have no choice but to shoot aimlessly.
While galloping, Yuchi Jingde fired three arrows, each of which took away a life. The cavalry behind him also maintained the same shooting rhythm as the general. In order to maintain speed, most of the fast-paced rapid-fire crossbows fired
However, due to the dense formation of the opponent, more than 300 crossbow arrows still hit the target.
It's just that although many people in the enemy formation screamed and fell from their horses, there was still no chaos. It can be seen that the elite soldiers secretly trained by Yang Su had extremely strict discipline. Moreover, the enemy general riding on the horse waved his command flag and marched deep inside the square formation.
There were people raising shields everywhere to protect the spearmen in the front row. More soldiers in the back row raised their bows and arrows, shooting at the heads of the high-speed moving cavalry.
"Dodge, dodge quickly!" Yuchi Jingde shouted, his whole heart jumped into his throat instantly. The opponent's actions were so surprising. This was the first time he encountered this kind of tactics, but he immediately remembered that he was on Snake Island.
Senior generals have learned this during their training. This is a wolf-riding tactic used by the Sui Dynasty soldiers to deal with Turks for many years - using large-area covering fire to deal with the opponent's high-speed running fire.
Yuchi Jingde led the Tiger Battalion cavalry to quickly adjust their direction and rush out of the arrow coverage area in a thrilling diagonal direction, but a dozen of them were still shot off their horses.
Yuchi Jingde was unwilling to give in, and while riding his horse to escape, he ordered to fire back with a fast crossbow. This was one of the killing moves designed by the Far Eastern Army cavalry against fast crossbows, but today this killing move completely failed because the opponent had already prepared a shield wall.
, the crossbow arrow hit the shield wall, like dew hitting the rock, with no gain.
Yuchi Jingde was immediately furious. He shot an arrow with his strong four-stone bow a hundred steps away, targeting the enemy's leader.
At this distance, Captain Chi Jingde suddenly shot an arrow, which was an unexpected distance for the enemy. The magic of archery was another of Yuchi Jingde's unique skills, and he rarely missed at this distance.
Taking out the enemy's general with one arrow is enough to completely confuse the enemy's morale, and then take the opportunity to charge directly to kill him. Perhaps today's battle can be ended directly.
The long arrows were like meteors, shooting straight at the enemy general standing in the first row.
However, just as the arrow was about to hit the enemy general's face, a bright sword flashed across the enemy general's face, and the enemy general quickly and unhurriedly waved the sword in his hand.
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With a "ding" sound, the arrow that Yuchi Jingde was sure to hit was accurately knocked away by the opponent's general's sword.
When Yuchi Jingde and Wang Junlin witnessed this scene, Luo Shixin's pupils suddenly shrank.