Chapter 476: Sacrifice

Six hundred steps, five hundred steps, four hundred steps, when entering three hundred steps, it is a good time for the cavalry to charge at high speed.

Yelu Guang exerted his strength violently, kicked his legs the soft abdomen of the war horse, the reins of the horse were completely released, he waved the scimitar in his hand, tore open his loud voice, and roared: "Kill all the southern barbarians......"

Today's moment is actually the first head-to-head confrontation between the Khitan Iron Cavalry and the Great Zhou Iron Army.

This is a contest between iron and blood, this is the confrontation between the farming people of the Central Plains and the nomads of the grassland, and it is the first voice of the Yulin right guard to counterattack the strong Khitan head-on!

"Put it in two hundred steps, three hits, don't stop!" Li Zhongyi was quite confident in the power of the Divine Arm Bow, and he decisively issued a battle plan in front of the enemy.

For the first time, he faced the Khitan cavalry head-on, and because of the need to lure the enemy, he did not arrange a huge rejection horse, Li Zhongyi was somewhat worried, so he advanced the timing of the divine arm bow by fifty paces.

The power of the foot bow against the riding bow was originally the victory of the foot bow, and the infantry officers and soldiers under Li Zhongyi each had a divine arm bow.

Li Zhongyi is essentially a life-saving guy, which can be seen from his desperate support for the outpost camp.

In the cavalry formation of the Khitans, a deafening shout of killing suddenly broke out, Yelu Guang was secretly proud in his heart, when he followed the first emperor from Youzhou to the south, the cowardly and incompetent southern barbarians were actually frightened.

Thinking back then, the Great Khitan Iron Cavalry had not yet rushed into the range of the Southern Barbarian's bow and crossbow, and the Southern Barbarian general, who was as timid as a mouse, had actually ordered the arrows to be released, which made Yeluguang almost laugh off his big teeth.

This time. Yeluguang, who was outnumbered, repeated the trick. While trying to lure Zhou Jun to consume physical strength, he first fell into his own momentum.

As a veteran of the Khitan Kingdom. Yeluguang knew very well in his heart that the cavalry attack on the infantry army was heavily broken, and as long as the infantry army of the Southern Barbarians collapsed, the rest of the work was like chopping melons and vegetables, without effort.

The sharp arrow array on the surface is actually a false move, and Yeluguang has long planned that before entering the range of the Southern Barbarian's bow and crossbow, the army will sweep the Southern Barbarian's infantry formation. Wrap around its back, or both wings.

Without three thirds, who would dare to go to Liangshan? Although Yeluguang is short-tempered, he is not a straw bale general who is not diligent, does not distinguish between grains and grains, and does not understand military affairs.

"Wound the sides." In accordance with the previous training requirements, Yeluguang personally blew the Hu Tomato, which was a clear signal to command the army to outflank.

Unexpectedly, the sound of Hu Ke just sounded. Just listen to the terrible copper whistle in the camp of the Zhou army opposite, "Didi Di ......"

At the whistle, the officers and soldiers of the right guard of Yulin. Under the command of the officer, the arrows were wound and waited for further orders.

"Put!" The officer swings his sword and points forward. There was a sudden darkness in the sky, and there was a terrible scream. With unstoppable might, it penetrated into the ears of the soldiers.

Followed by. "Xiu ......" Countless sharp blades broke away from the strings, and in an instant, pierced the long sky.

The "second row of ......" was accompanied by the officer's order, and the officers and men of the second row of Zhou quickly wound up, took their bows and arrows, and pointed them into the air at a 45-degree angle.

The sound of "...... release" pine strings is like a surging river, endlessly.

With the help of the great power of the Divine Arm Bow, the officers and soldiers of the right guard of the Feather Forest only need to stand in place and shoot to cover the area in front of them that they want to attack.

"Ah......" A Khitan warrior on the right side of Yeluguang, after being hit by an arrow, only let out a miserable scream, and there was no more sound.

"Uh......" One of Yeluguang's henchmen, who was caught with a sharp arrow with the might of death, shot through the heart, weakly planted the war horse, and let the galloping countless horses' hooves trample into meat sauce.

Wrapped in the screaming arrow of death, the "...... of Wooyo" fiercely pierced the strong chest of a jujube red horse, instantly tearing its muscles open and piercing its lungs like a thunderbolt.

Zao Hong only had time to let out a mournful scream, and then fell weakly, due to the huge impact inertia, Zao Hongma's already dead body, attached to the grass, sideways forward and rushed out far away.

For a time, the corpses of the fallen war horses were all over the road of the Qianzhou tribesmen's cavalry, which greatly reduced the room for the knights to maneuver.

More than a dozen Khitan herdsmen who were not very skilled in riding were tripped and fell off their horses due to panic, and were immediately trampled into human shape.

In Li Zhongyi's impression, the army of the Tang Dynasty, which was invincible all over the grassland barbarians, carried a war knife on his waist and a strong bow on his shoulder.

Over the past few years, the officers and men of the Yulin Right Guard, among the tactics of daily training, are particularly different: diligent practice of archery skills.

Sweating more on weekdays and bleeding less in wartime, it happens to be perfectly annotated on today's battlefield.

When Yeluguang inadvertently turned his head, he was horrified to notice that the Khitan warriors who followed him were actually falling down in pieces like wheat millet cut off by Xi people when they harvested.

At this time, Li Zhongyi observed through the monoculars that the Khitans braved the rain of arrows in front of the two armies, and actually split into two in an attempt to circle behind him.

"Hmph, that's what happens when you stick to the rules." Li Zhongyi snorted and ordered, "Five-stage strike!" ”

The Khitans used the tactics of Bailing's bypassing and harassment, and when facing the reasonably organized Divine Arm Bow strike group, they actually exposed their most fatal weakness.

Originally, the Khitan people's sharp arrow formation, even if the Divine Arm Bow had a long range and great power, in fact, the real results were not particularly large.

Now, the Qianzhou Khitan tribal army, under the command of Yeluguang, wants to outflank Li Zhongyi's back road. Once the formation of the cavalry was deployed, the striking surface of the Divine Arm Bow suddenly expanded several times.

In just a few breaths, the Khitans suffered the most miserable defeat since the battle: the two wings of the cavalry that had just been deployed were swept away by a dense rain of arrows.

Perhaps it was the extra blessing of the Immortal Heaven, and Yeluguang, who was originally at the forefront, was unscathed, which was really quite lucky.

Yeluguang waved the war knife in his hand and shouted loudly to kill, but he was horrified to find that the echoing sound around him gradually became smaller, and finally he didn't hear it.

At this moment, Yelu, who remained on the tower of the city gate, pressed the sourness in his heart, turned around, and ordered the trumpeter: "Blow the trumpet and withdraw the troops." ”

"This ......" The horn soldier hesitated and didn't dare to blow the trumpet indiscriminately, Yelu didn't say a word, drew his knife in his hand, and slashed it violently, and the blood suddenly flashed in his eyes, and this person's good head had been cut off.

"Blow the trumpet and collect the troops." Jerod waved his sword diagonally and pointed at the next horn soldier and gave his order sharply.

In the choice between life and death, the "Woo Du Du ......" horn soldier wisely chose the chance to survive.

The Qianzhou tribal army, far from being comparable to the elite leather room army of the Khitan, the cavalry, who had already been killed, as soon as they heard the horn of the withdrawal of the army, immediately acted separately, turned around, and fled.

There was a sneer on the corner of Li Zhongyi's mouth, and he immediately ordered the signal officer, "The Khitans have been defeated, and the flying dragon cavalry is ordered to attack." ”

A head-on duel with the Khitan elite cavalry was something that the officers and soldiers of the Flying Dragoon had never dreamed of, so Li Zhengmao, the commander of the team, had been carefully hiding under the roof of a wide chariot and closely watching the actual battle between the two armies.

The soldiers and horses of the Fu family of the Daimyo Mansion, and the elite troops of the Khitans who went south to fight in the Grass Valley, have fought countless times, but they have never won a victory.

Li Zhengmao had already made up his mind, once the right guard of Yulin in front of him was defeated, he must immediately take people and turn around and retreat, so as not to lose his life on this prairie.

However, not long after the battle began, the soldiers of the two armies had not yet entered the bloody position of hand-to-hand combat, and the Khitans actually sounded the horn of retreat?

What's going on here? Li Zhengmao is a little puzzled!

At the moment when Li Zhengmao was in charge, the herald who was arranged by Li Zhongyi to be by his side pulled his throat and shouted: "The military envoy, the prime minister has an order, all the flying dragon cavalry troops are on horseback to attack, and those who violate the order will chop off the rat's head and feed it to the wild dogs." ”

Li Zhengmao followed Fu Wangye and fought in the south and north, but he was indeed killed by the Khitans.

However, Li Zhengmao is definitely not a stupid, the situation on the scene is clear, the Khitans were defeated in a head-to-head duel, and the defeat was extremely miserable.

If you don't pick it up, that's a bastard!

Li Zhengmao hurriedly got off the Xi car, turned over the saddle and got on the horse, pulled out the war knife, and shouted: "Sons, kill the enemy with me, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”

The Han army in the Central Plains, when fighting against the grassland peoples, always faced a strategic dilemma: even if it won, it will not be able to quickly pursue and expand the results!

The cavalry of the grassland peoples, however, can take advantage of high mobility and adopt the guerrilla tactics summarized by Mao Taizu: if you can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will leave, and the next time you will take a cold bite again.

However, Li Zhongyi, who was under the relocation of Chen's soldiers, although he had no more than 20,000 soldiers, had a cavalry unit that could only fight with the wind.

"Run......"

"My legs ......"

"What are you doing......

At the same time, the Khitan tribal army, which could only fight with the wind, was immediately exposed when its defeat was assured, and its national inferiority, which had not been trained in strict discipline, was immediately exposed.

The officers and soldiers of these tribal armies, you fight for me, but I am afraid that you will be one step slower than others to escape.

The herdsmen in front turned their horses and fled backwards, and the herdsmen in the back heard the horn of retreat, and also wanted to turn their horses' heads and take the lead in fleeing for their lives.

In this way, Yeluguang's subordinates became a mess, you chased me, you robbed me, they all wanted to escape, but they all faced huge obstacles.

"Ah...... "At last there was an outlaw, who could not bear the great fear of death, and slashed the robe that stood in his way.

Yeluguang's luck was really good, when the horn of retreat came, he scolded at first, and after seeing the miserable appearance beside him clearly, he suddenly woke up, the bow and crossbow of the southern barbarian is really powerful!

Under the threat of death, the glory of the so-called Khitan soldiers, the nobility of the so-called royal lineage, Yeluguang all left behind, he turned the horse's head, fell into the belly of the horse, and blended into the retreating crowd.

"All on horseback, chase and kill!" Li Zhongyi was no longer the rookie commander who didn't understand cold weapon tactics back then, he pulled out his waist knife, pointed diagonally in the direction of the defeated Khitan army, and issued an order for a general attack. (To be continued......)