1951 The Great River Flows (5)
A flash of light suddenly ignited in the dark sky, like a sharp sword cutting through the long sky, instantly tearing apart the darkness above the earth.
The lightning flashed away, like a meteor streaked across the earth, leaving only an instant of eternal brilliance. After the lightning disappeared, darkness flooded the land again, heralding the coming rainstorms, and it was the night of the May rainy season, and the summer night was not shining in the slightest, and the fingers could not be seen.
The sound of horses' hooves rolling up the dirt and the sound of the rain mixing in front of them was unusually quiet
On a raised slope. The electric light shone on Yagrin's black general's armor,
Riding on the standing horse, Aglins looked at the outline of the fortress in the distance with a cold face, like a messenger from hell in a flash of electric light, behind him, there were 1,500 imperial cavalry who stopped their horses, lined up, in front of them was the vast plain, the sparse raindrops in the sky fell from a high place, hitting the cavalry armor, like a small white flower blooming, from the position here, you can see a queue of small black dots are heading in the direction of the fortress
Ahead of Jaglins' gaze, the hooves of a cavalry captain were raising muddy water on the muddy ground,
The cavalry captain was wearing light armor, carrying a crossbow on his back, his whole body was bent into the same close as the horse's back, the horse was speeding under his crotch, in order to reduce the weight, the cavalry captain was not equipped with a cavalry shield, nor was he wearing a combat vest, ten meters in front of the Jarlins, the cavalry captain stopped his horse violently, and said in a passionate voice, "My lord, we have exchanged hands with the enemy's cavalry!" As instructed, we directed the other party in the direction of the Vato Fortress, and the other party should have discovered the abandoned fortress by now!" "Good job!" Jagrin nodded approvingly with a grim face, and shouted behind him, "Brothers, it's time for us to play." Immediately make every effort to intercept and kill the opponent's scouts!Make sure the other side thinks that our army's retreat is true and correct."
"Yes!" Thousands of cavalry galloped down the dirt slope, galloping forward like a windswept vine, and after a few minutes, Yagrin had already seen a group of small black dots in front of the Vato Fortress in front of him turning, and he immediately drew his war knife from his waist and shouted loudly, "Rush forward!"
"Kill!" the rain was thick and foggy, the cavalry drew their weapons one after another, and the hooves of the war horses were rushing like thunder,
"What's that sound? The Gonfei scout cavalry, who had found the fortress abandoned, was preparing to retreat. The officer leading the team stopped to face the horse's hooves, and suddenly heard a dense thunderous sound from the side, the commander of the other side turned his head, and a flash of lightning flashed, and he saw a huge V-shaped black horse rushing from the flank at high speed,
"Assemble the whole team and prepare for battle! There is an enemy on the flanks!" shouted the leading officer, a non-Praetorian Guard. The curly blond hair, with a heroic appearance, heard the voice from the flanks, and did not show panic. Rather, he was very skilled in quickly gathering troops, showing a very high command ability
The number of these Gangfei cavalry also numbered 500, and they were all real Janissary cavalry of the Gangfei Emperor, and they were well-equipped. There is no cowardice in the face of the attacking enemy,
In the flash of light, the distance between the two sides quickly shortened. "The whole army is attacking!" The cavalry of the Janissaries raised their long swords and asked their subordinates to hedge with the same arrows, and the cavalry of the two sides slammed into each other, "Kill! rush in and smash them!" The murderous cry completely tore the rain apart at this moment,
The hooves of the horses flying up the horses stomped on the ground, the sharp weapons of the cavalry on both sides collided together, and the high-speed galloping horses were like hitting an invisible wall, making a terrible neighing sound and flipped to the ground, throwing the cavalry above down heavily, and the sound of tearing the air made the whole space like a hell, and the powerful weapons with a roar pierced into both sides of the cavalry war horse, "pop"
The icy raindrops were hit in the faces of the cavalry on both sides by the howling wind, the horses were wounded, squeezed and rolled in the neighing, the heavy and clumsy bodies fell to the ground, rolling up the mud and dust, and blood splattered from the knights who passed by on both sides.
Jagrins shouted and violently slashed the sword, rolling up a spark on the armor of a captain-level cavalry on the opponent, the sharp edge of the knife was like a snow lightning, suddenly jumping up, the other party struggled to dodge this fierce knife, but it was too late, I saw that the bright red blood suddenly shot from the enemy's neck, and the head with a metal cross face flew up to the control, the war horse staggered like light and shadow changed, the headless figure of the opposite cavalry disappeared from Yaglins eyes in an instant, bright red blood gushed from the headless chest into the air, the cavalry on both sides had no room to turn around and dodge, and the two sides had no unblocked close impact, blood splattered out of the bodies of the cavalry on both sides almost at the same time, the armor shattered, and the sword flashed,
"Bell" The sound of metal impact was mixed with the shouts of fighting, the two sides were like metal monsters squeezing each other entangled, swords and swords, flesh and blood flying, the galloping war horse fell to the ground in a mournful roar, the body of the cavalry above was like an iron can, and the body of the cavalry was thrown off the horse like an iron can, shield, armor, weapons, and bodies, because the distance was too close, the war horses staggered, with the help of the high speed of the war horse, the weapons that could hit a qiē became a powerful weapon to attack the other party, and the Falcon Army cavalry with the superior number was obviously superior, and the Falcon Imperial cavalry stepped forward to defeat the front end of the opponent's powerful blade, and pierced into it fiercely, breaking it from the middle
The Gangfei cavalry fell hundreds of people, and the falcon cavalry was only thirty people, the huge gap in combat power between the two sides could be revealed from the slightly pale face of the other party, the two sides assembled the queue again, and the Gangfei Praetorian Guard officer who led the team was also a strong general, stopped his horse on the opposite side, raised his blood-stained long sword, and shouted loudly to this side, "I am the leader of the Rashad squadron of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Gangfei Janissaries, if you have the ability, you can do it one-on-one, what kind of ability is there with more people, or the Falcon Cavalry of Megatron Obaro will only rely on the number of people to win!" The loud voice resounded across the plains, and its brave nature made the falcon cavalry here a little moved, "One-on-one, then I'll come!" Jaglins shook the sword in his hand violently, and a bloody color hit the ground from the sword, "You?"
Rashad, the non-janissary officer on the opposite side, narrowed his eyes into a line, and he could see that the armor on Yagrin's body turned out to be a general's armor, which couldn't help but make his face more solemn, he quietly gestured to the cavalry behind him, and whispered, "Everyone obey the order." When the duel began, everyone immediately turned around and broke through!" "Captain!" The cavalry trembled, "Obey the order!" Rashad wiped the blood from his forehead with his hand, and said in a low voice, "Don't you see? The other side is definitely an elite army that has been fighting all year round, and it is even better than us in terms of combat strength, and it is twice as many as us, once the other side uses the cavalry crossbow, we will have no possibility of returning alive, and it is better to bring back the news that the fortress is empty than to die here!"
The cavalrymen behind were silent. The reason why the Falcon Imperial cavalry is strong is not because of its strong melee ability, but because the Falcon Imperial cavalry is equipped with cavalry crossbows that can penetrate heavy cavalry, in the same number, the Falcon Cavalry can rely on cavalry crossbows to suppress all the cavalry of Obarro, not to mention that the other side is now twice as numerous as its own, as long as one salvo, everyone will die!
"Captain, it's too dangerous for you to go up, let me go," a cavalryman grimaced, trying to take the place of Rashad. But he waved his hand at Rusde, "It's useless, I'm the captain, that's why the other party is willing to fight, if it's someone else." The other party will not hesitate to order the charge and kill us all!"
"Since you're a warrior, follow the rules of a warrior!" I won't give the order until one side falls," Jagrin rode out of the line and shouted to Sharad on the other side, "I hope you can keep your promise!"
A sly smile appeared on Shalad's lips. He thinks that the other party is a high-minded and arrogant general, and such a person often values promises very much, and waits for the next fight. The subordinates on his side will break through in an all-round way, and the other party will inevitably be caught off guard, even if he will die, but at least it will be enough to bring back the situation of the Vato Fortress
"Let's get started!" Sharad let out a low cry with all his might, raised his sword with all his might, and rode his horse towards Yagrin in front of him, who swept his horse like the wind and swung his sword, and after hearing the crisp sound of the sword intersecting, they saw two people staggering by. One of Sharad's arms was broken, and he fell to the ground from his galloping warhorse,
At the same time, all the non-cavalry, as if they had received some code, turned around neatly, and ran wildly, Yagrin glanced thoughtfully at Sharad, who was holding the broken arm, and raised his hand to the cavalry behind him, "No, our duel is not over yet, you have to keep your promise! You can't kill my people until the duel is over" Rashad shouted bloodied, waving his only remaining arm, shouting angrily,
"Your efforts are useless, we are faster than them!" Jagrin looked at him, at this moment, everyone in the Falcon cavalry opposite Rashad felt a sense of tragedy, this non-Praetorian Guard officer was protecting his subordinates with his life, and the wind blew on his face a little painfully,
"I don't care, you have to keep your promise!" Rashad looked hideous, he needed to buy time for his subordinates to escape, even if it was only a short dozen seconds, "poof" a crossbow arrow shot from the opposite side, mercilessly shot through his throat, so that his shouting stopped abruptly, Rashad looked at the archer with bulging eyes, "Is this about to end?" Lashad fell into a dazed state, he heard the sound of his bones shattering, and then his whole body fell to his knees, his whole body ached, the bright red blood directly blurred his retina, life disappeared quickly on his face, and his mind came to mind the path full of purple and red helichrysum in the family garden, and the lover waiting for him at the end of the path, nostalgic for those beautiful times when there was no war, no blood, no hunger, the bloody world that turned around, and Lashad fell to the sky
Opposite him, Yagrin inserted the bowstring in his hand into the weapon slot of his warhorse, and glanced at the corpse of the young Praetorian Guard officer, "You have completed your goal, and they have also been given the opportunity to escape, if you ask too much, you can only be disappointed" "Everyone, start chasing with all your might!"
Yagrin shouted to the cavalry behind him, the Imperial cavalry galloped out, the speed of the lightly armed Imperial cavalry was obviously faster than the running Gang Fei Janissary cavalry, although it was delayed for more than ten seconds, but as the distance was broken, the arrow cluster shot out from the whole row of the Falcon Cavalry, towards the back of the Gang Fei cavalry rushing forward, one after another Traces of death, the powerful crossbow shot into the armor of the Gang Fei cavalry, bringing up a blood flower, the Gang Fei cavalry was covered in blood and rolled on the ground from the horse, some of the Gang Fei cavalry began to turn around, took out a compound bow to counterattack, and the rumbling horse hooves were like beating war drums。
The imperial cavalry cavalry held the cavalry crossbow with a cold face, a pair of hot red eyes, flashing a ruthless light, and their fingers were solemnly buckled on the trigger of the crossbow.
The rain was pouring down, mixed with damp water vapor and blood, life and death were only in an instant, the horses' hooves stepped on the muddy ground, making a crackling sound, and the compound strong bows had pulled out the full moon. Distances were calculated on both sides, although the range of the crossbow was superior to that of the compound bow of the non-cavalry,
But that little distance, before the speed of a high-speed galloping war horse, is just the time difference between shooting one second early and shooting one second late.
Life and death are only in an instant, the fierceness here is not inferior to the short-bladed attack of the two armies, the difference in people is an irreparable defect, and the crossbow shooting of the Falcon cavalry is the content of daily training. The bow shooting of the non-Praetorian Guards has long since degenerated into semi-decoration, and there are very few opportunities to really draw compound bows on the battlefield, and the Praetorian Guards have not been on the battlefield for a long time, whether it is the emperor or the important ministers of the military. He has a penchant for melee combat, so when both sides shout out to shoot almost at the same time, the arrows fly sideways, and the arrows on both sides are intertwined. Scratching out the traces of death,
The powerful crossbow shot into the cavalry's armor, bringing a splash of blood. A non-Praetorian cavalryman threw off his horse from the arrow, and the sharp arrow drove deep into his chest, one, two...... , blood splattered, his body had not yet fallen off the horse. More than a dozen arrows had been 'inserted', bloody metal arrows came out from his back, the cold metallic luster mixed with his blood, and the corpse fell to the ground along with the war horse under his crotch.
The black-clad cavalry galloped mercilessly past the dismounted Gang Fei cavalry, and one of the Praetorian Guard cavalrymen was shot through the lobe of the lungs by an arrow. Not dead for a while, his body twitched, and his mouth kept spitting pink foam, he still wanted to reach out and pick up the weapon that fell at hand,
"Run!" the Praetorian Guard cavalry shouted in a low voice that only he could hear, the speed of the black-armored cavalry was extremely fast, and the arrows shot out like beads, and the comrades running in front of him were marked with a stream of blood as soon as they were shot, and they fell to the ground from their horses with a long neigh, but the desperate blocking of these rigid non-cavalry was still effective, and at least some of the cavalry ran out of the shooting range of the crossbow,
Jargin followed with the cavalry, the two teams of cavalry exchanged hands on the road several times, the fleeing Gangfei cavalry fought from the original hundreds to the remaining ten, followed by these Gangfei Janissaries who ran wildly, two hours later, Yagrin finally saw a series of uncountable camps on the plain ahead, in the middle of the camp a huge military tent fluttered a pure white battle flag, in the middle of a huge black bear head with fangs, white pure beauty and high bear head,
Yagrin stopped his horse, his hand holding the reins of his horse tightened, and he took a deep breath of cold air, "This is!"
Looking at the flag with some disbelief, Jarglin felt a little caught off guard, he only went to look for the dog nest that ran away, but who knew that he found a bear, judging from the size of the camp, the strength of the Gang Fei should be more than 50,000, Jarglin waved his whip violently, this hornet's nest is really big enough, "My lord, what should we do now?"
A cavalry captain leaned over and asked with an unnatural look, and the other cavalry captains were also at a loss one by one, Xiong Zai Gangfei is the mark of the royal family, and the pure white bear flag in front of it gives people an extraordinary momentum, the white bear guards who are not the emperor are the targets of special attention from above, and the few Praetorian Guards who escaped fled into the front camp with the white bear flag, "What's wrong, what's wrong!"
The soldiers in the camp pulled their horses violently, and the Praetorian Guard cavalry on them was already dying.
The Praetorian Guard cavalryman also had a few arrows stuck in his back, and the blood stained his armor red, and it was obvious that the situation was very bad, because he was serving as a former scout, so this cavalryman's equipment was the lightest in the entire squadron, which was why he ran into the camp first
As several other Praetorian cavalry rushed into the camp, the confusion at the camp gate attracted the attention of a patrol, and a Praetorian Guard officer came over with an unkind look, angrily pushed away the crowd of onlookers, and shouted, "What are you doing here?
"Well, what's going on?" the officer saw several bloodied cavalrymen, and recognized one of them as "the former scout of Sharad's squadron, Lull", Sharad was still very famous in the Praetorian Guard, brave, enthusiastic, and showed strong command ability, and most importantly, Sharad's father was a flag commander of the current Praetorian Guard, and his future was extremely bright.
"What happened to you, Captain Shalad, what about the others?" the officer asked, feeling a little ominous, with an ugly look on his face
A cavalryman had a crystal light in his eyes, and he lay on the ground covered in blood and wept bitterly, "We found that the fortress of Vato was empty, and then we were ambushed by the cavalry behind the enemy's palace!" "Dead, Captain Sharad is dead, the others are also dead, and the whole squadron is left with a few of us!" "What, you said the Falcon Army abandoned the fortress of Vato!" The officer's face changed (to be continued......)