Chapter 178: Bloody Battle
Javelin! Choose a small tree with a thick wrist, or make it with fresh wooden sticks, which is low-cost, easy to make, and full of lethality, which is really a necessary tool for home travel, murder and arson.
Pick a strong man, run fast, and throw forward!
With the sound of whirring wind, a javelin under black pressure fell from the sky and plunged into the ground! Insert the cavalry! Insert the war horse.
The first wave, the second wave, the third wave! Faster and more dense than bows and arrows, because this kind of thing does not require technical content, it is something that everyone can do.
"Puff puff!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Zhi heard a burst of sounds, and in just a dozen breaths, a javelin forest nearly 100 meters long was formed near Xue Yantuo's cavalry! The cavalry in front, along with the war horses, all fell to the ground, and their bodies were full of sticks, and their deaths were extremely miserable!
At the same time, the javelin also forced many of Xue Yantuo's cavalry to stop, because the javelin in front was stuck in the ground, and there was no place for the war horse to stay.
Of course, Xue Yantuo is not a fool who does not backhand, their ordinary cavalry is called a person who controls the strings, it is conceivable how the archery skills are, except for the cavalry at the front, the people behind, the bow and arrow have never been put down, and from time to time there are foot soldiers who fall to the ground with arrows.
With the order of the general attack of both sides, the whole battlefield was chaotic, a radius of one mile, all fighting a regiment, at this time, no matter what orders, it is not easy to use, the most capable of commanding the soldiers, but the brigade, regimental captain and others.
Fortunately, under Zou Yu's subordinates, there are many veterans, and many of them have been sent into the beggar army to train them, and in addition to preparing to charge, there are almost no Xue Yantuo's cavalry facing the charge and facing the foot soldiers.
The cavalry stopped charging, and then had to fight with the foot soldiers, Zou Yu was originally a little worried, once there was a fierce battle, whether the beggar army could hold on, whether it would break and escape, he even prepared a war team for this.
Fortunately, the beggar army not only did not disappoint him, but even performed even better, facing the cavalry, without the slightest fear, brandishing his weapon, and rushed forward.
During this time, in addition to cutting down trees and making horses, the beggar army was training, and their weapons were only swords, shields and spears, and the swords and shields were only practiced in chopping, and spears were thorns! A sword and shield soldier, with a pikeman, one attack and one defense.
From the current point of view, the effect is still quite good, of course, the most important thing is that none of the people who participated in the begging army were greedy for life and afraid of death, all of them were holding the heart of death, fighting for wealth and nobility with their lives, and they fought very hard.
Zou Yu's various arrangements had an effect, Xue Yantuo's cavalry was killed by surprise, and completely stopped to fight with the foot soldiers, and they couldn't take advantage of it at all, not to mention that the cavalry still fought more with less. The foot soldiers are at least two people cooperating, and it doesn't matter if they are people or horses, they will cut it first.
One by one, the cavalry, in the eyes of the beggar army, is a standing feat, a field, a copper coin, excitedly rushed up and chopped indiscriminately, often several people besieged one.
The entire battlefield, to say that it is the most intense, is still only the first left flank, because the speed of the cavalry over there is not completely restricted, and it is the place where Xue Yantuo focuses on attacking, even if 40,000 foot soldiers are supported behind, and 60,000 to fight 30,000, the casualties are still not small.
Fortunately, the soldiers on the left flank are almost all elite veterans, who are used to the battlefield of life and death, and for a while, there is no big problem, not to mention, there is also Xue Wanshu commanded, and Wei Chi Jingde brandished a horse lance to charge.
There are still 20,000 weak logistics beggar troops in the rear, at this time Zou Yu also let them rush forward, now the battlefield is chaotic and anxious, it's time to give full play to the strength of many people, if this can't be defeated, then there is no way.
Zou Yu got off the arrow tower, rode on a war horse, pointed at the long stick obliquely, and shouted loudly: "Kill!" ”
Xue Wanche, who couldn't wait for a long time, took the remaining 1,000 cavalry, (the other 2,000 war horses, to make a carriage.) Following Zou Yu, he rushed to the group of people in the distance who had not moved.
This group of people is naturally Yi Nan, and Yi Nan has more than a dozen clan stewards, elders and others around him, as well as three thousand guards.
For the melee in the distance, Yi Nan already had a bad premonition in his heart, but now if he wants to retreat, it is impossible, the chaotic battlefield, in Yi Nan's position, he can clearly see that the soldiers of the Central Plains are about to close the siege, even if they give the order, it is already too late.
"For the Horde! Warriors! Follow me! At the same time, Yi Nan also found Zou Yu's handsome banner, which was coming towards him from the edge of the battlefield, and it happened that he also had the same mind, wanting to kill the commander and achieve a decisive victory, so he pulled out a scimitar inlaid with gems at his waist and roared loudly.
"Boom, boom!" The war horse stepped on the ground, galloping at great speed, accompanied by a huge sound, and the two sides collided together with murderous energy.
"Bang!" With a sound, disgusted with the Turkic stabbing knife in the back, he couldn't deal with Li Yuan with peace of mind, and caused great damage to his rear, Zou Yu can be said to be holding back the anger in his belly, and he was ruthless as soon as he made a move, flicking his arm, the long stick with a phantom, and a stick was drawn on a cavalryman.
As soon as he made a move, Zou Yu entered another state, his whole body seemed to be full of strength, and the spirit of the whole person reached another height, in popular terms, he was excited, a long stick, hovering beside him, changing his left hand to his right hand, whipping the enemy.
The guards beside him all know his habits, and once they fight in close combat, at least they are two feet away, just so that he can let go and don't have to worry about accidental injury.
There is also Xue Wanche, the seven brothers of the Xue family, he is the most belligerent, he prefers to rush into battle, rather than leading the troops, with a horse lance in one hand, he slashes and thorns, and his mouth keeps roaring, many times he prefers to use the horse lance to stab, even with the cavalry on horseback, piercing the people behind, or piercing the enemy, lifting it all at once, and smashing it at others.
With the two of them at the head, although there were only 1,000 cavalry, they still killed 3,000 Xue Yantuo's elite and fell behind. Several of Yinan's personal guard generals came to stop them, but they were all easily killed.
Although Yi Nan is a little brave, but compared to his generals, it is a little worse, he has always admired those commanders in the Central Plains, and he is more willing to learn the art of war, so he just commanded his subordinates to charge, and after seeing Zou Yu and them easily kill a few of his powerful guards, he was already cowardly.
Three thousand cavalry, after a while, half of them were killed by Zou Yu and others, which gave Yi Nan a basin of cold water, making him realize that he had failed, and a deep chagrin rose from the bottom of his heart.
"Surrender? Or retreat? Yi Nan's face was cloudy, and two thoughts kept coming to his heart.
When he looked into the distance and saw that his cavalry had been completely surrounded in the middle, and there was no one on the periphery, he finally made up his mind.