Chapter 300: First Pick-up
After dawn, the state of the army of White Horse City basically returned to its original state. The results of the statistics of battle losses made Wan Yankang's heart ache.
The battle of crossing the river was already a surprise and unprepared attack on the enemy, but the 30,000 troops of White Horse City actually lost more than 2,000 people. In addition to this, there were more than a thousand wounded.
Luo Han was hit by several arrows in his body, and after pulling them out, he dragged his wounded body to see Yan Kang and asked to continue fighting with the army.
Wan Yankang saw that his eyes were red, obviously crying, so he pulled him and asked softly, "San'er, what's wrong?" ”
Luo Hanhuai bowed his head and was silent, and after a long time, he said a little choked: "Chasing the wind, there is no ......"
Chasing the wind is Luo Hanhuai's mount, and the significance of a horse to a military general is not just a mount, sometimes it is more like a brother. Wan Yankang knew this very well, he rubbed Luo Hanhuai's head, patted his back, and then said loudly: "Luo Hanhuai, listen to the order!" ”
Luo Hanhuai subconsciously stepped forward and saluted: "Here!" ”
"You lead the men and horses of your headquarters and the wounded of the whole army, and garrison here to receive the deputy marshal!"
"Yes!"
On the west bank of the Shilka River, to the center of the royal court of the Qiyan Department, it is only 300 miles away. If the cavalry let the horses gallop, they can arrive in one day.
The dozens of peerless soldiers who stayed by Wan Yankang's side opened the way ten miles in front of the army and acted as scouts. The remaining more than 20,000 troops marched in a geese-shaped formation in battalions.
The royal court of the Qiyan Department radiates three hundred miles around, and the four directions are densely covered with large and small tents, which is a thriving place on the grassland. Wan Yankang's army marched for 100 miles, and the herdsmen's settlements it passed through were all uninhabited, apparently because Temujin had already prepared to mobilize all the herdsmen who might meet the enemy as soon as possible.
By noon, more than half of the march of the three hundred miles had passed, and the Wushuang in front had not yet sent any signal, apparently because the enemy army had not yet been discovered. After Yan Kang's eyelids jumped twice, he suddenly thought of something, and ordered the whole army to stop, dismount and rest, and eat on the spot.
After Wushuang got the signal, he also slowed down his horse speed and began to be on high alert after realizing that the rear army had stopped advancing.
A quarter of an hour later, the alarm came, and Wan Yankang ordered the army to continue to rest in place. He arranged for Xiao Baili to be the temporary commander, and then rushed forward single-handedly.
Xiao Hei followed the army forward, which had been like a slow walk, and at this time he was finally able to let go of his four hooves and run, and he couldn't help but hiss excitedly.
The distance of more than ten miles is just a cup of tea for Xiao Hei. After Yan Kang jumped to the front of the Wushuang team, he saw a black line rolling in the distance.
The army of the beggar army has arrived!
Wan Yankang narrowed his eyes slightly, looked into the distance, and carefully counted the number of enemies. Judging from the position of the attacking enemy army, the number of people is about 30,000, and in terms of the standing army strength of the royal court of the Qiyan Tribe, it has already come out of the nest at this moment.
Wan Yankang looked up again, and there were three black dots in the sky that were constantly circling, obviously the harrier eagle raised by the beggar Yan Ministry. And the army of the beggar tribe was dispatched, and the fastest source of information was a few harrier eagles.
"These flat-haired beasts are really useful." Wan Yankang was a little envious.
"Dashuai, don't we also have a few heads?"
"The eagle we raised is still young, and it won't be useful now......"
As he spoke, the 30,000 troops of the Qiyan Department suddenly slowed down. Ten miles in front of Wan Yan Kang and them, the entire army of the Qiyan Department stopped, and everyone jumped off their horses and led their horses slowly.
Although I don't know where the army of the beggar army came from, it stands to reason that the distance of its men and horses galloping must not be as good as that of the White Horse City. At this time, Temujin ordered the whole army to dismount, and he cherished the horsepower so much, obviously he did not have the slightest intention of underestimating the enemy in his heart.
Wan Yankang turned over and dismounted, and ordered: "Let's rest for a while." ”
A group of warriors who are peerless have turned over and dismounted, allowing the horses to gnaw on the grass. Hu Chi leaned over and asked in a rough voice, "Dashuai, are we stupid here?" ”
Hu Chi was originally a person from the death camp, but he was good at riding and shooting, and his strength was outstanding, which completely met the standards of Wushuang, and Wan Yankang let him join Wushuang. After this guy entered Wushuang, tactics or something, but he learned quickly, but his temperament was still easy to make mistakes.
Wan Yankang stretched out his silver spear and knocked it on the head of Hu Chi: "Why don't you go up and charge the battle?" ”
When he heard this, he jumped on the horse happily, looking like he was going to charge the battle single-handedly.
After Yan Kang looked at it, he scolded angrily: "Bastard, get down and lie on your stomach, wait for you to toss!" ”
Hu Chi was scolded but not annoyed at all, and immediately jumped off the horse, and really lay on the grass, squinting his eyes.
Wan Yankang also sat down cross-legged, rested the silver spear on his knees, and began to close his eyes to recuperate.
The warriors of Wushuang also sat or lay down, looking leisurely tight, not caring at all about the approaching enemy army.
Temujin's army marched slowly, without much noise, but tens of thousands of horses walked, and the footsteps vibrated from far and near.
After a while, Wan Yankang opened his eyes, stretched a big lazy waist, and then jumped on horseback and pointed his gun forward: "Brothers, lie down enough, it's time to move your muscles!" ”
Hu Qi and the others were all excited, jumped on their horses, let out bursts of shouts, and ran towards the enemy formation with Wan Yankang.
After seeing Yan Kang's dozens of people running on horseback, the front of the beggar army immediately reacted, and the two hundred-man teams at the front jumped on horseback, one left and one right, ready to face the attack.
"You want to eat us all!" Wan Yankang was on the horse and let out a laugh.
"Hahahaha!" The warriors behind him all laughed wildly.
The confrontation between the Qiyan Department and White Horse City was a big battle from the beginning, and there was never a battle between small forces. The high-level of the beggar department had heard of the power of the unequaled, and they had seen the three hundred unparalleled warriors attacking the camp out of the city last winter, and the trump card force of the White Horse City was not so powerful that it was to the sky.
But at that time, Wushuang went out of the city to attack the camp to rescue Tian Dali and others, in fact, he gave up his biggest advantage, and the strength of this ace force did not really appear.
Wan Yankang controlled the speed of the horse not to be too fast, so that the two hundred-man team in front of the beggar army could distance themselves from the rear army, and it was estimated that he was only two hundred steps away from the enemy, he clamped his legs slightly, so that the horse accelerated slightly, and then gave an order: "Open the bow!" ”
The two hundred-man teams led by the beggar tribe suddenly watched the enemy start to shoot arrows in unexpected places, and almost did not make any dodge movements, and lost dozens of lives.
The second and third waves of arrows rained down one after another, continuing to cause damage. The soldiers of these two hundred-man teams did not receive any orders, so they had to continue to rush forward.
And why didn't the order come?
When Yan Kang finished sending out the arrows, he saw clearly the centurion of the two centurions, and he had already fired two arrows in a row and sent the two to the west.
After Yan Kang fired ten arrows in a row, there were few enemies on the opposite side who were standing on their horses. The only dozen or so people who remained were also frightened and ran away left and right.
"The meeting gift is given, let's give Temujin another big gift!" Wan Yankang shouted and raised the horse speed again.
Temujin was at the front of the Chinese army, and he could not see the battle in front of him very clearly, but as the exclamations of the front army came, Temujin jumped on his horse and saw that his two centurians had been almost slaughtered, and the enemy was unharmed, and he could not help but be furious.
"Don't let one go!" Temujin roared.
Subutai was a general under Temujin, and at this time the front army of 3,000 people was under his command. When he heard Temujin's roar, he immediately turned on his horse and shouted: "Striker mount!" ”
Wushuang rushed to the front of the Qiyan Department for a mile, and the three thousand troops led by Su Butai also raised the horse speed.
Wan Yankang shouted: "Goose shape! ”
The warriors of the peerless quickly changed their formation at the order, changing from a sharp arrow formation to a geese-shaped formation.
"Shift!"
Wan Yankang turned the horse's head, adjusted slightly, and then turned from a straight rush to a sideways run.
The warriors behind him all made adjustments in response to the sound, and began to run sideways after them.
In just a short period of time, the distance between the two sides has been shortened by half.
Wan Yankang rode his horse and galloped, and when the enemy army entered the firing range, he gave the order to shoot arrows.
After the warriors of Wushuang shot three rounds of arrows, the distance between the two sides was only one hundred and fifty paces, Wan Yankang immediately shouted, turned his horse's head and began to run back.
The forward battalion led by Subutai took advantage of the unequaled adjustment, and the speed was stretched to one hundred and twenty paces. Dozens of archery masters in the forward battalion have begun to draw their bows and arrows, and dozens of arrows are pouring towards Wushuang.
After Yan Kang heard a few neighs and faint cries of pain, he turned his head to see that several of his soldiers had been hit by arrows. Fortunately, the enemy's bows and arrows are generally weak, and the arrows are considered to be the end of the strong crossbow when they shoot here, and the arrows that pierce the horses are only half an inch, and the few people who are hit by the arrows can also support them.
Wan Yankang shouted: "Speed up!" Then he delayed a little and began to turn around and shoot arrows.
Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king. Wan Yankang usually shoots arrows, but the arrows fall from people, and rarely shoots horses. At this time, he was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic, and every arrow knocked down a pursuing horse.
Ordinary people shoot horses, if the place is not the key point of the horse, you have to shoot seven or eight arrows to shoot down a horse. And every arrow sent out by Wan Yankang went straight through the head of the target horse, and the middle one was killed immediately.
When the cavalry is galloping, if a knight falls off his horse, it usually has little effect on the rear. The horses behind trampled by, nothing more than the misfortune of the fallen man and reduced to meat sauce. But if a war horse falls during a high-speed journey, it will cause at least three or five war horses in the rear to trip, and even cause a chain reaction.
The unequaled horses were fast, and when they re-pulled the distance to a safe line, Wan Yankang had already sent ten arrows, causing damage to dozens of chasing soldiers.
"Kite!" After Yan Kang's order, the unparalleled warriors took off the strong bows on their backs one after another and began to turn around and release arrows.
The kite is a classic tactic that everyone uses with great skill. After firing one arrow, continue to sprint for five breaths and fire another arrow. In this way, if the pursuers do not retreat, the warriors of the peerless can rely on the advantage of the range of their bows and arrows to maintain an effective killing of the enemy without their own damage.
"Keep your distance, don't fall in love!" Wan Yan Kang saw that everyone, including Hu Chi, could fully implement the tactics, and he dropped a sentence and urged Xiao Hei to rush back to the army's main formation.