Chapter 188: Breaking the Enemy Tonight
When the Hu people on the periphery finally reacted and shouted warnings, the main general Hu Yanbo did not realize the seriousness of the matter. It's not that he's not alert, it's because it hasn't happened before. Although the people of Zhao were cowering in the city, they did not dare to fight on a large scale. But the scouts and cavalry squads would often go around intercepting the horsemen and disrupting their movements. Similar to going out at night to make trouble, it is commonplace and will happen often.
However, Hu Yanbo and his subordinates soon realized that something was wrong. Through the boundless darkness, the deafening sound of horses' hooves rolled over the earth like thunder, and it was definitely not a small cavalry sortie, but a thunderbolt of thunder as thousands of horses marched.
"Immediately put on armor to meet the enemy......!"
Hu Yanbo's face changed greatly, he jumped up and kicked the wine jar in front of him. The people beside him had already gone to lead the horses, and those with armor and weapons took armor and weapons, and the other commanders and the like were shocked, and they didn't have time to think about it, and they hurriedly began to prepare for battle.
However, the enemy came too quickly. Just as the desolate horn in the camp began to sound, the enemy who had struck from the rear had already rushed to the best killing range. Before the Hu people, who were in charge of defending on the perimeter, could react, they had already fallen down screaming as if they had been cut by the huge scythe of the night killing god. The bolts that pierced the air and the moonlight were dodging, dodging.
Then, a whistling sound began to sound in mid-air. It seemed that thousands of meteors had slipped down, and the feathered arrows that suddenly burst out of flames in the second round began to fall in the direction of the depth of the camp with the gallop of the war horses. The tips of these arrows are coated with phosphorus, which is another weapon equipped by the Tiger Army in addition to the Divine Crossbow. The arrows that were fired rubbed against the air, with burning flames, landed indiscriminately anywhere in the enemy's camp. Wherever they encountered, they immediately began to burn. In particular, Hu tents are generally covered with animal fur to keep warm and shelter from the wind, and they burn very quickly after a fire.
And what's even more terrifying is that this special "phosphorus" arrow, which is unique to Zhao Jun, is simply terrifying. Not only will it catch fire immediately when it hits a tent, but some people will start to burn even if it hits someone, and it can't be extinguished. Those unlucky people, ghosts crying wolves and running around with fire all over their bodies, look very miserable.
The sky was full of stars overhead, and the wind was whistling in my ears. The Tiger Army marched very fast. From jumping out of the valley to approaching the rear of the enemy camp, it was only a quarter of an hour. All the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army in accordance with the advance battle deployment, dozens of zhang away first with a divine crossbow to shoot the periphery of the Hu patrol, and then with a longbow rocket to shoot a long distance, seeing the fire in front of them, they followed the last order issued by Murong to leave the city, retracted their bows, drew their swords, and in the long neighing of the war horses, they stepped into the area where more than 30,000 Hu cavalry were stationed together.
Captain Wu Sheng, who rushed to the front, followed closely Murong as he left the city, and he, like many soldiers, was full of absolute confidence in this young general. Even if he took them to the soup tonight, no one would hesitate.
The Hu people have always believed in attack, and they never make too much preparation for defense. Around the location of the garrison, there was no defense at all. Don't say it's trenches and antlers or something, even if they get some wooden fences, they don't bother to do it.
On their own territory in the grasslands, naturally no one dared to attack casually. The arrogance and arrogance that they have cultivated for a long time have made them not take the enemy of Yanling Pass on the opposite side too seriously, even if they have traveled hundreds of miles to this place alone. Most of them were infantry soldiers of the Central Plains princes' army, how could they dare to take the initiative to challenge the brave and warlike Hu Cai? If they really dare to do this, they can't ask for it! just took the opportunity to kill him and kill him.
Hu Yanbo and the grassland warriors, who were full of self-confidence, suffered a big loss from the lack of intelligence. They didn't realize that the old enemy of the Zhao State, under the personal attention of the young King Zhao, had equipped their only cavalry with the sharpest crossbow arrows and the strongest armor in the world. And, more importantly, in the heart of every cavalry warrior, there is a glory of fighting for the country and the nation, which is increasingly becoming their only faith.
Captain Wu Sheng, who had grown into an important assistant to Murong Licheng, raised the long knife in his hand, and together with the surrounding soldiers, he raised his knife in the face of the rushing Hu people, and began to kill mercilessly. And in front of all of them, the brave and invincible young general brandished the lance, and in the light of the fire and the shouts of the battle, it was almost like entering a no-man's land.
They fought in from the direction of the rear camp and met with little decent resistance. In this short period of time, flames have risen everywhere inside and outside this camp. Whether it was the piles of heavy grain or the messy tents, there was thick smoke and fires. The Hu man who was on fire on his body didn't have time to put on his armor and get on his horse, so he ran around. Some hastily organized teams, under the loud shouts of the commanders or centurions, rushed at them with a wild roar, trying to block the enemy's advancing horses' hooves with their swords, in order to buy enough time for the Chinese army behind.
These guys who are scrambling to pounce on them are all real iron-blooded men. In their eyes, there is no fear or cowardice, only fighting, either their own death or the enemy's death! And then...... And they died!
Every soldier of the Tiger Ben Army followed the general's orders very faithfully. Any enemy within the range of a sword or crossbow arrow must be turned into a dead corpse. Because, the final request of the king of Zhao for their battle was to prevent the invading Hu people from escaping back to the grassland.
This was the first large-scale war waged by the Zhao army against the steppe Hu cavalry after the death of the first king Chulie. In this battle, if you can't achieve a complete and hearty victory, all the Zhao troops who participated in this war will feel ashamed of the expectations of the two generations of Zhao kings!
Almost non-stop, chopping vegetables and melons generally knocked those guys who didn't know whether they were dead or alive to the ground. In the blink of an eye, this black whirlwind suddenly struck the rear camp area, and there was a mess behind it, and there were no more living Hu people.
Murong Licheng had already seen the deployment of the entire camp clearly before the battle. He knew this, and immediately raised his lance high, and the cavalry behind him immediately understood what he meant. More than 5,000 people immediately interspersed and separated, and under the leadership of Wu Sheng and several other lieutenants, they were divided into five or six squads, and began to advance in unison, covering each other and cooperating with each other to advance and fight. Under such tactics, all the Hu people encountered had no ability to resist at all.
And after they advanced another 100 meters, the front was almost to the position of the Chinese army, and the enemy's brigade finally began to appear. Murong left the city and watched coldly, about a cavalry of about 10,000 people had been urgently organized, and was getting on their horses and drawing their swords in the midst of fireworks and horns, ready to fight them.
It's finally time to meet a real opponent! Murong left the city and didn't look back. He believed that every warrior under his command would do his best to use his blood and courage to win this battle.
From the beginning of the attack to now, almost half an hour has passed, and they have penetrated more than ten miles, and there are probably thousands of Hu people who have died in the hands of Zhao Jun. The location where the Tiger Army is now is almost in the center of the Hu Qi garrison. Enemy cavalry from the front and to the left and right began to outflank them. A hard-fought battle will break out in an instant.
Murong Li took a breath from the city chief, and the battle robe he was wearing was already stained with blood. That's all the blood of the enemy! The blood-stained robes and the accumulation of white bones are the cornerstones that helped him step by step to the peak of the famous general.
"Kill!"
With only one word, the reunited tiger army, the war horse began to speed up again. Regardless of whether there are 10,000 or 20,000 enemies on the opposite side, they will carry out a hedge without hesitation. When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! Who is the real king of cavalry warfare in this world, let's start the battle from this battle!
Hu Yanbo, who stepped on the fierce horse, immediately showed an invincible momentum on his body. The weapon he used was a mace. It is made of iron and weighs 100 catties. If you turn up on a horse, you won't be able to do anything.
The angry steppe general watched the smoke billowing in the direction of the rear camp, and the flames were monstrous. He felt his heart bleed. Most of the food and supplies that had been looted for months had not yet been transported back to the grasslands, but they were destroyed in vain! It's just an air explosion that even the liver and lungs, crushing the teeth in the mouth.
"Don't let go of a single Zhao person, kill them all!"
In the earth-shattering roar, the Hu cavalry team rushed forward like wolves that had blown up their nests, and thousands of horses galloped. The cold light of countless scimitars, under the illumination of the firelight, flashed with a ruthless edge that killed them.
And in the midst of this clarion call, in front of the Huqi garrison camp, the 30,000 Yanling Pass defenders, under the personal leadership of General Li Mu, were rushing at the fastest speed and directly launched a fierce attack.
Hu Yanbo, who had already started the charge, stared firmly at the black-robed general who rushed over from the opposite side. A sneering sound flashed in his ears, and from time to time a cavalry fell from his horse. He didn't care about anything else, and when he saw that he was about to rush to his eyes in an instant, and when the two horses were three or four feet away, the iron mace in his hand used a lot of strength, and he swept across his waist viciously, thinking that even people and horses would knock each other away.
The next moment, there was a loud bang in his ears, and to his surprise, the other party seemed to block his fatal blow with a long lance effortlessly. The grassland general felt a tingling in his arms, and his heart was surprised, and the two horses staggered. He suddenly saw the young face of the other party smile sideways at him in the firelight.
"You're dead!"