Chapter 51: Lighting the Sky Lantern (5)
The concussion caused by the explosion of a large amount of gunpowder made these Tangut people who were within half a mile of the explosion point but did not have the slightest preparation suffered, some people have been torn apart by gunpowder, some people have been shocked to death, and some people have lost part of their bodies, and the remaining people have also been temporarily damaged by the terrifying shock wave The brainstem nerves, the consequence of the guide zhì is that the whole person is as unsteady as a drunk, and the war horse falls to the ground and pulls his head in pain. This sensitive and beautiful creature is even more resistant to the sound waves generated by the explosion.
The young army rushed into this group of swaying Xixia crowds like a wind, and the racing war horses trampled on the Xixia people brutally, and the long knives did not need to be chopped, but only needed to hang the ring hook on the handle of the knife on the waist on the leather waist guard, holding the handle of the knife, and the blade was outward, relying on the speed of the war horse, the heads could be cut off one by one. So everywhere these people go, it's a bloody storm.
The Xixia people who staggered around the pit like a wandering spirit could not see that these people were once the famous ironclad army, and the young men of the youth army shouted loudly like harvesting crops to harvest these cavalry that had lost their combat power, turning a cruel battlefield into their competitive playing field, changing tricks to do all kinds of difficult killing tricks, but whenever there were people who could resist, the teenagers were not reckless, but in groups to eliminate all those weak resistance, and the education they received since childhood made them understandWolves have always been a pack creature, and lone wolves may be dangerous, but they are not as terrible as wolves.
Yun Zheng's long knife also saw blood, but his armor was covered with blood, he was not very good at killing, the knife was not well controlled, killing others killed his own blood, and from then on, Han Niu and Monkey would never allow him to come forward to kill the enemy again.
The explosion had just ended. Zhang Zhi dodged the entanglement of the war elephant like crazy, shouted at his subordinates, and barely gathered a team of men and horses to come at full speed to meet Moruha, who had already joined the Song army.
Before he ran to the explosion point, he saw the cavalry of the Song army wantonly slashing and killing those Western Xia soldiers who had no horses and no weapons. The tragic situation in front of him made Zhang Zhi's eyes split.
The infantry of the Song army had already rushed out of Checheng and was marching towards the battlefield. Their battle formation is still intact, but every time he takes a step forward, Zhang Zhi feels a little more pressure, he must not let these Song troops participate in the war elephant herd, in the chaotic field, the cavalry will not be able to run and will be tortured and killed by the infantry, he never thought that Yun Zheng's subordinates would have any mercy and mercy for the Western Xia people.
Seeing that the Xixia people were coming, Liang Ji and Peng Jiu cautiously brought the young army to the other side of the big pit, and these children were their own sons and nephews. Liang Ji and Peng Jiu would not take their safety lightly no matter what, not to mention that the marshal was in the cavalry ranks.
"Yun Zheng!" Zhang Zhi saw Yun Zheng's handsome banner, and shouted at the Song army through the big pit with a radius of ten zhang.
"Zhang Zhi!" Yun Zheng didn't mind delaying a little time at this time, as long as the infantry was killed in the war elephant herd, the battle would be settled. "Zhang Zhi, you killed my Song people and ate my Song people, did you ever think that you still have today?"
Zhang Zhi stared at Yun Zheng with blood-red eyes and said angrily: "Isn't it a natural thing for wolves to eat sheep? Besides, the old man is not a Song person, what about cannibalism, and there are still fewer cannibals in the annals of history? ”
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "That makes sense." I didn't treat you as a Song person, so you don't have to complain when I catch you and bring all of your Zhang clan to light the sky lanterns. ”
"It's just a small trick of carving insects, you think you've won now?"
"Sixty percent of the wins. The remaining four achievements are up to our own swords! After Yun Zheng finished speaking, he lit a gunpowder bomb hanging on his chest with the velvet cotton on the saddle and threw it vigorously.
Yun Zheng's arm strength was not enough, and he had nowhere to borrow strength on the back of a war horse, and the gunpowder bullet just flew to the edge of the pit and exploded there, but it didn't matter, the young soldiers had already prepared the crossbow arrows when Yun Zheng and Zhang Zhi were talking, and seeing that their own marshal had already begun to attack, they were naturally not polite, and immediately activated the mechanism of the crossbow arrows, and the locust-like crossbow arrows flew towards the opposite side.
Zhang Zhi is naturally not a good stubble. The Condor Archer, who had been prepared for a long time, used the body of his companion as a cover for three thick long arrows and drilled out from under his companion's ribs. Went straight to Yun Zheng's chest and face.
Two huge tower shields appeared in front of Yun Zheng, and three crossbow arrows were nailed to them, and their tail feathers were still trembling slightly. Yun Zheng was satisfied to see the countless gunpowder shells flying over his head, so he was satisfied to let Han Niu take away the giant shield, and he took a closer look to see if Zhang Zhi had any gunpowder shells thrown by small ballistas to kill him, but he didn't expect Han Niu to disagree, and the monkey was still slowly walking backwards with the big green horse.
The black smoke from the explosion completely shrouded the cavalry that Zhang Zhi had finally gathered, and when the smoke and dust were blown away by the wind, Yun Zheng found that Zhang Zhi had already run away, and as for the corpse that naturally fell to the ground.
The young army could no longer hold back the war spirit in their hearts, and the war horses of the tiger and the leopard even crossed Liang Ji and Peng Jiu, staring at Zhang Zhi stubbornly, one wanted Zhang Zhi's sweaty horse, and the other was more interested in Zhang Zhi himself.
The attack of the war elephant has come to an end, because the male elephant and the female elephant converged, the male elephant diligently sniffed the wet butt of the female elephant, at this moment, a ball of fire rose from under the tail of each elephant without warning, this kind of pain made the elephant that was about to go crazy by the desire to mate completely berserk, if the war elephant was just relying on instinct to fight, and now, those war elephants have been completely crazy, a war elephant screamed, He actually used his nose to roll up a Western Xia cavalry who wanted to pass by, and threw him into the air, and when his body fell, a thick leg had already stepped heavily on his chest and abdomen.
The war elephants began to take the initiative to hurt people, so the battlefield became a mess, and the Song army came out of the woods at this time, and stood on the periphery, constantly hitting the enemy with crossbow arrows, eight-ox crossbows or gunpowder shells.
The terrain here is very suitable for this mode of warfare, the Tangut people are now at the bottom of a small basin, and the complete military formation is torn apart by the war elephants, if there is no war elephant to restrain them, such a gentle hillside is not much of a threat to the cavalry, but now, they want to rush up the small hillside, it has become wishful thinking.
Some Western Xia generals discovered the immediate crisis, and reluctantly gathered some of their subordinates to rush up the hillside to open an escape route for the army, but helplessly, whenever they gathered a small number of soldiers on the periphery of the basin, dense gunpowder shells or arrow rain would fall, they were not heavy cavalry who could rely on battle armor to protect themselves from threats, only a light cavalry with thin leather armor could not stop the fragments produced by the explosion of gunpowder shells or sharp three-edged armor cones.
Desperate love continued to spread in the Western Xia army, the mad war elephants were still raging in the crowd with red eyes even though their bodies were covered with blood, and the Song army was slowly surrounding from three sides, and some of the smarter generals and their subordinates wanted to break out of the back, only to find that there were also Song troops here when they arrived in the Hanwang Valley, and they placed crossbow arrays and ballistas on the high points of this hilly land, and there were not many people at each high point, only a hundred and ten, but these sparse and sparse high points just happened to be able to seal all the way out.
A very strange form was formed on the battlefield, the Song army was all in the high places of the hills, and the Western Xia people were all in the low places without exception, Zhang Zhi, who had just escaped back, sighed when he looked at the battlefield, and had to admit that the Song army had at least eighty percent hope of victory at this moment.
Fierce battles raged on every land, the brave Tanguts rushed left and right on the battlefield, they fought hard against the mad elephants, fought hard against the cavalry of the Young Army, tried to dodge the ubiquitous cold arrows and gunpowder bullets, and even had to face the spears stabbed by the Song army's foot soldiers.
The number of war elephants on the battlefield is getting smaller and smaller, and many elephants have fallen to the ground because of exhaustion, and their bodies have been drained by more than an hour of vigorous movement, and they themselves are a kind of graceful creatures that walk slowly, running wildly, and after an hour of rage, they no longer have the heart to think about their own mating, and can only lie on the ground and wail helplessly.
Zhang Zhi looked at the corpses everywhere and wanted to cry without tears, and almost all of the 5,000 subordinates who were barely gathered were injured, and at least more than 1,000 people lost their war horses.
"General, please allow the last general to take these brothers who have lost their horses to kill a bloody way for the general, and he does not seek glory and wealth, but only asks the general to take care of the family of the last general for the sake of the last general's death."
Li Qing, who was disheveled, walked to Zhang Zhi with one leg and knelt down on one knee.
Zhang Zhi muttered as if he had lost his soul: "There is no chance, Yun Zheng didn't plan to let us get out of here alive, this qiē is all my fault for being greedy for merit, knowing that Yun Zheng is a despicable villain, I still fell for him." ”
Li Qing looked up at Zhang Zhi and said: "General, as a soldier, you should survive in the land of death, how can you give up a glimmer of life, Yun Zheng's methods are beyond the expectations of all of us, we can see war elephants in the north, and we will not lose unjustly."
General, only if you go back alive, the families of the brothers can have something to eat, otherwise they will not have a way to live in this year of great famine, general, the last general will go to charge, please get on the horse, the brothers will dig a way to escape for you even if you dig the ground with your hands, general, please live well for the brothers. ”
Zhang Zhi's tears flowed down his gray beard, untied the water bladder from the war horse, first gave the war horse some water, and then drank some himself, filled his mouth with some fried rice, made up his short spear and feather arrows, and prepared to break through.
Li Qing's side gathered countless remnants, the most seriously injured and barely able to walk the Tangut people stood at the front with shields, they had no weapons, and there was no need to take weapons, they were the group of people who feinted, they were sent to death...... (To be continued)