Chapter 53: Not in time

With a "poof", Ulan suddenly pulled out his saber, but his eyes stared ahead without blinking. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The cavalry of the Song people seemed to be scattered, but in fact, they all revolved around the big banner in the center, and the main general of the other side was also watching them, and the eyes of the two sides met more than once, and in the calm eyes of the enemy, he saw a kind of arrogance from the heart.

This kind of look is very familiar to him, that is, the invincible Mongolian iron cavalry that once crisscrossed Europe and Asia, how could he see it in a cowardly barbarian? Just because of Aruhun's idiot, Ulan suddenly listened to the louder and louder noise in his ears, and the disgusting barbarian language could not be stopped, and the scimitar cut a shining light in his hand, which was fixed on his chest.

"Warriors, in the name of your leader, I will order you to launch an attack on the Song people, immortal heaven is above, please bless your most loyal people, the ...... of the Wuliang Ha clan Glory! ”

"Ula!"

Behind him, the big black flag was blown by the river wind and "crackled", and the four thousand Mongolian cavalry lined up in a slightly forward fan, in order to exert the maximum power of cavalry shooting.

"Are they going to fight hard?" A pro-soldier said in surprise.

Jiang Cai watched the other party's every move silently, he knew very well in his heart that the other party was not trying to fight, but planning to retreat.

The non-stop offensive launched by Liu Yu's main force has broken the balance of battle in the camp, and his second, third, and fourth armies on the left side have broken through the enemy formation with the assistance of the Dong people after some hard fighting, and after the 5,000 fresh troops of Ma Ji joined, the enemy's position has been difficult to maintain, and their defeat in this case is only a matter of time, however, the process is not so simple.

For the Yuan people, even if they are defeated, they don't want to form a rout, so blocking the cavalry of the Song people is the biggest mission of Ulan Hudu, otherwise he will be the first person to be held accountable when he returns to the camp, and it is better to fight a vigorous battle than that.

Four Mongolian cavalry thousand-man team, in this narrow river valley to launch an attack, its power is Jiang Cai also seems to feel quite a bit fierce, just when the subordinates are speculating whether their main general will be the first to charge into battle, suddenly found that the sage personally granted, the legend of the palace people woven the battle flag, actually turned a direction, moving quickly towards the back.

"The Song people are going to escape, catch up with them."

The unexpected behavior of the other party not only puzzled his own people, but also seemed to the enemy, and the Mongol forward, who had just been about to launch a mounted attack after entering the firing range, had to stop his movements and clamp the horse's belly with his feet in order to gain greater speed and shorten the distance with the Song people.

In front of the horses of Ulan Hudu, the two thousand-man troops who withdrew from the other side of the Youjiang River acted as the vanguard, they had not suffered defeats, nor had they had the experience of fighting the Song people, so they seemed to have much higher morale, but the sudden retreat of the Song people made him vigilant, and intuitively felt that the other party was not a soft egg who fled from the wind, so what did he want to do?

In his eyes, the running speed of the Song people is almost the same as his own pursuit speed, and the probability of hitting the arrows shot in this situation is negligible. Suddenly, he found a problem that was easy to ignore, the cavalry of the Song people did not seem to be many, far from reaching the number of three thousand, this discovery made him break out in a cold sweat for a moment, and almost subconsciously looked at the other side of the mountain forest.

"Assault!"

Jiang Cai simply said two words towards the open microphone, and pinned it into his waist, and at the same time, his war horse began to turn, not immediately stopping and turning around, but still facing forward, but the direction changed to obliquely upward, where the dense forest and the mountains meet, and it has passed the battle zone between the two sides.

It was almost noon, and the sun hit the ground straight up, and when you looked down at the trees, those trees were just black shadows, but if you found that the black shadows were moving under the sun, it might be an illusion in the eyes, but Ulan Hudu, who sensed the danger coming, would not think that it was an illusion at all, even if the mountains and forests really had feet.

"Poof"

When a horse's shoe made of pig iron is pressed straight down by an adult man weighing a hundred pounds, plus almost half the weight of equipment, it will step on a concave shape on the hard mud ground, and when thousands of war horses pause together at the same frequency, the dull sound will spread in the surface, the floating dust will be gently raised, and the sand and gravel will tremble up and down, as if the wrath of nature, making people palpitate.

When Jiang Cai gave the order, the pursuers behind him had not yet entered this mountain forest, and by the time the two thousand cavalry rushed out of the mountains and forests, the long line of attack had already encompassed all the Mongolian cavalry brigades below the slope.

"Turn!"

"Enemy attack!"

He responded at the first time, but the thousands of cavalry running with all their strength had become an impossible task to turn around in a short time according to his orders, and at this moment, a large dark cloud from above and down accompanied by the sound of thunderous hooves blasted in.

The surging red tide engulfed them almost instantly.

Ulan Hudu saw that when the cavalry beside him was still in lateral motion, a spear suddenly picked people off the horse, and then the Song cavalry rushed into his queue, and the big gun in his hand was swept away by him as a heavy weapon, and Ulan Hudu only had time to lower his head before he heard the whirring wind and screams one after another.

The two thousand-strong team in front of him had slowed down, and the speed of the rear team had become chaotic due to the attack of the Song people, seeing that the Song people had cut through his entire team, Ulan suddenly shouted to restore order, but his voice was drowned in countless screams, the Mongols still did not complete the turn, and the whole team moved forward and up at a slow speed.

However, the 1,000 cavalry under Jiang Cai's command, who had pretended to escape, had already completed the turn, forming a diagonal line centered on him.

"Tiger Ben!"

Jiang Cai raised his spear and shouted vigorously.

"Mighty!"

The cavalry behind them responded in unison, and the horses raised their hooves and began to launch slowly under the guidance of their masters, increasing faster and faster until the moment they completed their sprint.

The attack from top to bottom is the most powerful, because even if the opponent turns around, there is no way to increase the speed in a short time, although this time is short, but it is enough to kill.

So, the Mongol brigade, caught in a stall and a struggle, found that the diagonal line was like a long knife, slashing at the top of their heads.

"Get out!"

Ulan Hudu could no longer calm down, and it might be more uncomfortable to lose courage than to die here, but he didn't want to die just like that, and let his head become a trophy that the enemy could boast about.

The black banner that symbolized the glory of the Uliang Ha clan finally turned to the back, and just then, the long knife that slashed diagonally was just beginning to fall.

At the same time, the ambushes who had broken through the enemy formation stopped by the river, and before they had time to rest for a moment, they turned their horses' heads on the spot and began to counterattack with the offensive of their own commanders.

The battle of the synchronous pawns is different, the war between the cavalry will not take long to determine the victory and defeat, and when the enemy begins to break and flee, the battle is actually over, for the cavalry who fled for their lives, it is almost impossible to catch up with them, for the current results, Jiang Cai is not dissatisfied, he has no luxury at all to be able to annihilate them all, that not only needs the fit of the terrain, but also has to have a greater numerical advantage, and surround them impenetrable, just like the one at the monolith beach.

Under the tall walls of Hengshanzhai, the advance of the foot soldiers was also nearing the end, and the Tartar camp was a mess, full of collapsed tents, discarded armor, and even dozens of catapults that had caused chaos to the Song people, lying quietly there, waiting for the arrival of a new master.

It's not the first time Liu Yu has seen the real battlefield, but when he got off the horse and walked through this Shura field with his own soldiers, he still wanted to vomit out in disgust, needless to say, the body in front of the camp was shattered by stone bullets, and the moment he walked into the camp, he smelled a pungent smell of barbecue, and in front of him was the battlefield where the battle was most intense, starting from the camp gate, a large number of fallen corpses constituted a hellish scene.

Along the route of their advance, hundreds of black bodies were still smoking, and on the surface it was impossible to tell whether they were burned or shot to death, when he saw this scene, Liu Yu's heart had no joy of victory, because the fire was ordered by him, and these people were also driven to the battlefield by him.

"How many people are still alive in the Second Army of the Left Chamber?"

In front of his line of sight, the corpses of the Tartars and the Song people fell there in piles, almost every step forward, accompanied by the disappearance of countless lives, both the enemy and his companions, some of them were mortally wounded, some died with the enemy, Liu Yu did not see a single corpse facing the rear, this feeling made him feel heartache.

By the time the soldiers came to the front and brought the insider, he no longer recognized the other party's appearance, a rough face was covered with black ash, the skin and flesh burned by the high temperature were a strange bright red, the whole body was soaked with blood, his arms were wrapped in white cloth, and he walked limpingly, and even his voice was extremely hoarse.

"If you go back to Dashuai, my people can still move, less than eight hundred, and some people only have one breath left, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive tomorrow." He said with a gloomy expression: "According to the general, it is better to give them a good time, and save them from watching the sin." ”

"Let Lang Zhong think of ideas and try to treat them."

He understood what the other party meant, in this time and space, most of the time, more people died from wound infections than from the battlefield, so while purchasing wound medicine, he also prepared a large number of antibiotics, and the effect was verified in Jiankang City, but if the injury was too serious, Lang Zhong was powerless, and he himself was the same, he didn't even know anything about modern medicine, let alone popularization.

"This kind of soft armor is not bad, the kind of bow used by the planner can't be pierced, but it can't withstand splitting, and it will crack when chopped, if only it could be lined with a layer of iron armor. The spear we use is too short, and the pole is not hard enough, and it is okay for the upper foot soldiers, if it encounters the cavalry, I am afraid that it will be difficult to use it to reject the horse, but this boot is very good, it can kick people half to death, and it will not burn if you step on the fire, if not, I will not even be able to rush into the camp gate......"

This is from the user's personal experience, Liu Yu took it in his mind very carefully, since it is his own team, he must use the best equipment, and now it is just the beginning, with the expansion of the war, these equipment will be further enhanced, based on the feelings of these people.

"What's your name?" After asking for a long time, Liu Yu found that he didn't even know the other party's name.

"The name before the end of the general, I have long forgotten, I used my mother's surname when I signed up, and the family line is five, and the handsome will be called a certain five." The man looked up and looked at him calmly.

Liu Yu understood his concerns, if one day the Tartars knew that he was fighting for the Song people, his family in the north would be implicated, and he would just change his name, as long as he could be as brave as he is today, who would care what the original name was.

"Ren Wu, you and your people, together with the armies of the left wing, will be stationed in Hengshanzhai to clear the remnants of the enemy and strengthen the garrison." After giving an order, Liu Yu suddenly remembered: "What is the situation in the city?" ”

"That ...... in the city" Ren Wu turned his head and glanced into the distance: "The last general doesn't know what to say, so let's go and see it yourself." ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Yu knew that most of the things were not going to get better, originally he was just reporting the idea of what to do, it seems that this kind of case is extremely unlikely after all, even if he is a traverser, he still can't make it bigger, when he brought someone to the city with Ren Wu, he understood what he meant.

Hengshanzhai was built on the side of the right river, as an important fortress on the border, the Song people used all the garrison methods that could be thought of, and the moat dug around the city was very wide, but now the river water is no longer visible, it is full of corpses, and the stench emitted makes people cover their noses, but all this is not as good as the scene under the city wall.

The original city wall as high as several zhang only exposed half of the body at the moment, and the rest were all covered by layers of corpses, looking at those bodies that had long lost their lives, Liu Yu only felt that his scalp was numb, and the difference with the moat was that there were not only planners here, but also a large number of Song people, and the top layer was without exception a Song person holding a planer, and it was obvious that they were rolling down from the city.

Almost the moment he saw it, his tears involuntarily welled up in his eyes, because the top layer of corpses looked as if they had just died, Liu Yu couldn't believe how they did it, if all this in front of him was true, then why did their flags disappear early?

"How many people are still alive in the city?" Liu Yu asked with difficulty, and Ren Wu shook his head unexpectedly.

"There are not a few left, when I entered the city, the Tartars had retreated, and the city was full of collapsed houses, and each house had been killed, until the innermost, only to find a few living sergeants, they were protecting a comatose person, and at first they refused to believe that we were Song people, and then found out that it was true, several people immediately cried loudly, and then fell to the ground, until this time they were still asleep, but the last general has been probed, and his life is safe."

When Liu Yu entered the city with them, he realized that he was not exaggerating at all, the entire Hengshan Village had become a cemetery, full of dead corpses, and the burning house further proved his previous guess, this city was afraid that it was still resisting not long ago, and they were not too late, but they still couldn't save it.

Passing by a large house, he caught his attention when a man who had fallen in the doorway, dressed in a long gown and clearly not a sergeant, glanced inside, and saw rows of bunks in the room, like the Chase in a small inn.

"These are all wounded in the city, and the Tartars not only killed them, but even Langzhong did not let them go, and there are a few more places over there, all of which are the same."

Seeing him stop, Ren Wu explained in a dumb voice, Liu Yu's face suddenly sank, since even the wounded were not spared, then most of the people in this city will not be alive, the problem is that under their own continuous blows, how can the Tartars have the strength to slaughter the city?

"There are no people living in the city." Seeing that he was a little puzzled, Ren Wu continued: "According to the brothers in Guangxi, this was originally a military city, before the opening of the horse market, when the city was the most lively, there would be merchants in the city to stay overnight, and then the horse market gradually declined, and even the merchants no longer came, and there were only garrisons left in the city, about 3,000 people, and there were still some strong corpses of the people, most of them were nearby people who fled in, but I don't know how many. ”

Liu Yu nodded and didn't ask any more, it's best if there are no people, otherwise he doesn't know if he will lose his mind when he sees that kind of situation, the cruelty of war is showing in front of his eyes again and again, and the nerves that he once thought were thick still can't withstand the most primitive reaction.

"Where did you say those people who were alive?"

"Just ahead, there's an intact house there, and before the Tartars have time to destroy it, we're going to attack it." Ren Wu pointed ahead, more than ten steps away, a stone house was built at the corner of the city wall, blocked by several large houses around, and it was impossible to see it if you didn't look carefully.

As Ren Wu said, it is not big, but it has a completely different decoration, like the residence of a military general, and the grade should not be low. Beneath the wall by the window lay a row of bunks, on which lay five men, four of them dressed as sergeants, all asleep, and the last one was very different from them, with a thin cheek, a wisp of whisker on his chest, his eyes closed and his face pale as paper, and he looked like he was about to die.

"Hu Chengyu!" Liu Yu exclaimed, he suddenly found that this person actually knew him.