Chapter 20: The Battle of Jinyang (5)

The remnant sun is like blood, and the last afterglow lingers between heaven and earth. The bright iron sword was raised high and shouted to Xun: "Kill! ”

The first wave of horsemen in the vanguard rushed through the battle formation with the momentum of no return, and the horses' hooves flew rapidly alternately, and dust splashed. Several rows of cavalry charged at high speed at a flick of a finger like a rushing wave. The knights leaned forward, their spears flat, like a sharp arrow.

In an instant, it came into contact with a surging group of horsemen of the Liao army. The war horses hedged, and the knights on both sides passed by. Between the lightning and flint, weapons were waved and assassinated, screams were everywhere, and the sound of heavy metal crashing and human screams resounded through the mountains.

Zhang Jianxiong, who followed up, raised his gun and shouted: "Death on the battlefield is today!" Then he led a group of cavalry to speed up and charge away.

Xiang Xun led the elite cavalry to follow, with the follow-up brigade of horsemen, also kicked the horse and waved the sword, from the jogging gradually into the state of charge, the army roared forward. Xiang Xun was not Shi Yanchao, and he did not rush to the front, and soon the soldiers around him crossed his position and rushed forward. Seeing this, Guo Shao was now following Xiang Xun, and he couldn't ask the master to rush forward and hide behind, so he also led more than 20 horsemen to catch up and gallop to charge.

Guo Shao has long been able to ride horses, but he has always been an infantryman, and he has no conditions and opportunities to practice equestrianism, and it is the first time to fight immediately; I used to feel that it was not difficult to ride a horse, and I rode it very well, but I thought that horse fighting was about the same. Unexpectedly, when the war horse was jogging, it was fine, and when it charged, it was faster than a motorcycle, and it was bumping up and down, as if it was on the bow of a small boat in the stormy waves, and the feeling was really exciting!

He didn't find the balance of ups and downs for a long time, he was tossed on horseback, and when he opened his eyes, he only felt that the ground was shaking, and countless armored soldiers were shaking from side to side. If it weren't for the tight grip on the reins with one hand, the high-speed phase of the charge might have been dismounted; Nervous, he subconsciously clamped the horse's belly with his legs to stabilize the lower plate, for fear of falling off the horse...... The horse was clamped hard, thinking it was a signal to accelerate, and ran as fast as it could.

At this moment, an illusion flashed in Guo Shao's heart, as if he was driving on the wrong accelerator.

The speed of the war horse did not decrease, so Guo Shao looked really brave and abnormal, and swept straight past the elite horse in front, with the momentum of fighting bravely...... He really has a bitterness that he can't say.

At this time, the front side was encountering the Liao army's heavy cavalry counterattack, and the first horse was very strong, and the knights of the Zhou army swept past the sword and fell, killing several people in a row. The subsequent cavalry of the Zhou army opened their bows and arrows to shoot them, and several arrows could not penetrate the heavy armor, and the Liao cavalry was covered in iron armor, even the horses had armor, and they also held a round shield in their left hand.

A junior general in the Zhou army shouted: "Guo Lang, shoot that guy!" ”

The person who killed Zhang Yuanhui, the first fierce general of the Northern Han Dynasty, was in the army, and everyone hoped that Guo Shao would quickly shoot and kill the Liao army and reduce their own casualties. Guo Shao was in a hurry, took an arrow from the quiver and set the string, and aimed at an arrow...... But even he didn't expect it, and the arrow flew directly over the horse's head.

Guo Shao was stunned, furious, and shot two arrows in a row while running the horse, but none of them hit.

The army was stunned, at this moment, I am afraid that some people will doubt the credibility of Guo Shao's miraculous skills, or he is simply an impostor!

And the Liao army was still alive and well from the left flank, and he jumped up and down on horseback very skillfully, as if performing a vaudeville, and he was quite agile in heavy armor. The cavalry on both sides was in the same position as facing the wrong car, the speed was fast, and the timing of approaching was very short, and generally only one or two moves could be passed; The Liao soldiers and several knights fought one after another, not only were they not eliminated, but they also killed the two of them.

Guo Shao pondered that mounted archery and infantry archery are fundamentally different things. Seeing that the guy was about to be killed, Guo Shao calmed down, quickly put away his bow, and pulled out the *** from his back. Two-handed weapons with long handles and long bodies, the length can effectively increase the attack distance, and it can be used for foot and cavalry; The cavalry missed, and at this time he had to prepare for a close battle to meet the enemy.

At this moment, Yang Biao shouted: "Big brother, let me come!" Then he and Luo Mengzi rode their horses over Guo Shao's position. Soon approached the Liao army general, Yang Biao shouted, waved the iron knife with both hands and swept over; Unexpectedly, the Liao man's body leaned back, and his upper body was attached to the horse's back, and he was suddenly short, and Yang Biao's sweep fell short, and the two sides suddenly staggered.

The Liao warrior then ran into Luo Mengzi, who held an ugly-looking rough hammer, turned sideways closer to the Liao cavalry, and then swung the hammer and smashed it down. The Liao people caught it with a shield, and there was a loud "bang", and the war horse under the seat neighed, but the Liao general was unaffected on the horse; Instead, he used his shield to push the hammer behind Luo Mengzi...... Luo Mengzi originally wanted to smash the opponent's horse, his body tilted to the left and his center of gravity was unstable, and this time he was pushed and fell straight off the horse...... This Luo Mengzi has always been a pawn in the infantry army, and I am afraid that he will not be much better than Guo Shao soon; Among the three brothers, I am afraid that only Yang Biao has ridden more horses, and he has been doing it for a long time.

"Haha......" The Liao warrior turned around and laughed at Luo Mengzi loudly, while reining in his horse to the left to avoid it slightly, and sat up right on the horse's back vigorously.

But before his laughter fell, he was stunned to see a general of the Zhou army rushing out from behind him. This person is Guo Shao. Luo Mengzi had just fallen off his horse, and he didn't have time to get up on the ground, and the following Liao cavalry would trample on him. If the iron hooves stepped on Luo Mengzi's oily belly...... The scene was too beautiful for Guo Shao to imagine.

Guo Shao's method is quite stupid, but it is very timely. Just rushed out diagonally, and immediately met a Liao cavalry who rushed forward. When it was, it was like being on the highway, everyone was driving on their own lanes, and suddenly a guy went sideways into the wrong lane! The cavalry of the Liao army who rushed up hurriedly reined in their horses, the war horses could not be avoided at such a close distance, and the inertia could not be stopped, and with a "bang", the horse's shoulder hit the middle of Guo Shao's mount. The mount was knocked into a painful neigh, fell to the side, Guo Shao took advantage of the momentum to pounce on the dismount, and the double armor and weight of two hundred pounds on his body fell heavily to the ground, and suddenly he was full of meat and eight vegetables, and the Venus flew in front of him.

At this time, Luo Mengzi had already climbed up and rushed up to save Guo Shao. Guo Shao's whole body was in pain, and he didn't know if he was injured, so he gritted his teeth and got up. He angrily looked at the Liao warrior who had run ten paces alone, looked down again, and found that his bow had fallen to the ground, so he picked it up. With a finger guard tied to his right hand, he immediately took the arrow from the quiver. The two-stone strong bow is a bow used by the soldiers of the training department to practice arm strength, and it is basically not used in actual combat...... In actual combat, one stone and two are already strong bows, and most of the infantry equipment is eight buckets and one stone bow.

Guo Shao was annoyed and embarrassed, and immediately used his force to pull the two-stone bow into a full moon, and aimed at the guy at a close distance of ten steps. The Liao army general turned around and saw Guo Shao with a bow and arrows, so he raised a round shield to protect the vital point. "Smack!" The bowstring trembled, and an arrow whistled away, and the heavy arrow pierced through the round shield!

Even the double protection of the round shield and armor couldn't save the Liao general, and when he heard a scream, the guy finally fell off the horse.

Guo Shao was embarrassed for a while, furious, and immediately stood in place and shot violently, "Smack!" ...... "Smack!" …… The strings don't stop for a moment.

Usually, when people use bows and arrows in melee, the bow is not full due to the close distance and their own physical attrition. But Guo Shao didn't care much about it for a while, and every time he was full moon, he was a strong bow. The Liao soldiers who rushed up one after another, one arrow at a time, accurate and ruthless, and the heavy arrows pierced the armor again and again. In a few moments, seven or eight empty horses ran by.

After killing seven or eight people in a row, Guo Shao's anger subsided slightly, and his physical strength was exhausted, and he finally stopped. Suddenly, I only felt that my arms were soft and sore, my palms were full of sweat, and my fingers were shaking and I couldn't calm down.

"Guo Lang is mighty!" A member of the Zhou army saw that he was killing people like numb, and cheered loudly on the side.

At this time, Yang Biao and twenty personal soldiers also rode horses to Guo Shao's side and protected him. Yang Biao shouted: "All the team dismount and fight on foot!" ”

The whole team is a non-commissioned officer of the infantry of all parts of the Xiaodi Army, and they are used to the hard life of fighting on foot, and they can't play a role in giving them war horses. The crowd dismounted from their horses, gathered their weapons, and fought in groups; Only four soldiers were still riding, and they took those war horses to follow the activities of the Zhou army's horse team that was moving on the flank, and they were reluctant to leave the war horses behind.

Yang Biao, who was fighting on foot, was at the front, holding a long-handled iron broadsword, violently opening the way. The heavy cavalry of the Liao people rushed forward, and the ordinary foot soldiers saw that they were condescending, and they were afraid, and only defended with cherry spears; But Yang Biao was pedaling the horse and rushing to the front, without retreating, the iron knife in his hand waved with a tiger's sound, people came to kill, horses rushed to kill horses, and a tiger went down the mountain.

It is rumored that the iron knife commonly used by the Zhou army is evolved from the Mo knife in the Tang Dynasty, and I don't know whether it is true or not; But this iron sword, from the long handle to the wide back of the blade, is all iron, very heavy, and indeed only the strong and strong like to use the weapon.

The iron knife in Yang Biao's hand was heavier than almost all long weapons, far more than the hardwood barrel of the spear and cherry gun, and swept past, and the weight and strength took the lead, and the enemy soldiers did not dare to parry. He has a horse face, two stiff beards, and when he is angry, he is fierce and vicious, and his blood is like a murderer, and his momentum is also very terrifying.

In the turbulent herd of horses, Guo Shao's small infantry army moved slowly, but fortunately, a cavalry from the Xiang Training Department was galloping left and right nearby, so that Guo Shao and the others would not be surrounded or trampled and divided.

At this time, I heard a "whoosh", and an arrow shot at Yang Biao's breastplate, and Yang Biao scolded and stretched out his hand to pull it out. Guo Shao looked in the direction and saw a Liao cavalry not far away raising his bow to shoot a second arrow. Guo Shao let out a loud shout and reached out for the arrow at the same time.

The Liao cavalry was going to continue shooting Yang Biao, but when he heard the cheers, he suddenly found the bow and arrow in Guo Shao's hand, and immediately turned around to aim at Guo Shao. Guo Shao also immediately raised his bow, and the two of them looked at each other more than twenty steps apart, but in an instant, "Bang!" Syllable! "Arrows shoot at each other.

Guo Shao was hit by an arrow first, and his chest was heavy, and there was a forged steel plate in this part, and there was a layer of ring lock armor on the outside, and the arrow failed to penetrate. Almost at the same time, the Liao soldier in front of him screamed in pain, threw away his bow and arrow, and saw that an arrow had been plunged into his shoulder. Liao Qi stretched out his hand to cover his shoulder, adjusted his horse and ran.

So close, I only shot in the shoulder! He was really exhausted in his arm strength, and his hand was unstable, if it weren't for Yang Biao's danger and anxiety, he almost didn't pull out the strong bow. At this time, he immediately looked back to the left and right and shouted, "Who brought the bow and arrows?" "One of the soldiers in the team hurriedly took a bow of relatively normal strength and brought it up.

Guo Shao and the others continued to cooperate with the nearby cavalry to fight, and the battle on the battle line did not stop.