Chapter 575: Liaodong's Great Victory
Poor Kou Mo chases, every Lin Mo enters, he still knows such common sense of military law. After many years of fighting, he knew that the valley was the most dangerous, one at both ends, and with enough troops lined up on the hillside, no matter how many troops could not fly. For a moment, he was a little skeptical that the rebels were tired.
"The general is worried about being bored?" The adjutant general walked up to Ye Lufeng and asked.
"Yes, that Liu Wenxiu has always been stubborn, it is impossible to collapse so easily, there is no back-up at all. But the valley was so wide that they couldn't stop us anyway, and Ben was a little uncertain. Ye Lufeng muttered.
"The last general feels that the general is too worried, as far as the last general knows, this valley is only twenty miles long, and it is wide and straight, even if Liu Wenxiu has an ambush, he will not be able to keep our cavalry. Look, general, they are physically exhausted, and there should be a great shortage of food in the mountains. As long as we speed up and rush through this valley, we can kill the hinterland of Taihang Mountain and deal with this rebel army in one fell swoop. Ye Lufeng's belly general pointed to the dozen fallen rebel soldiers and said nonchalantly.
Looking at the valley more than ten zhang wide again, Ye Lufeng also felt that the adjutant general's statement was very correct, "Order, the infantry retreat, the cavalry step forward, and rush through the valley at full speed!" He no longer hesitated and ordered.
After receiving the order, 20,000 elite Khitan cavalry rode their horses and galloped wildly, rolling up smoke and dust in the sky, and rushing towards the valley. In a matter of breaths, hundreds of rebel soldiers were drowned.
The horse galloped for more than half the distance, and there was nothing unusual on the road, and Ye Lufeng's heart was completely relaxed. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and when these rebels were completely wiped out, he would be able to sweep away the bad luck of the past few years.
As soon as he relaxed, he suddenly heard a strange sound, he looked up at the sound, only to see the smoke and dust in front of him, followed by a "whooshing ......" sound, before he could react, a few more smoke and dust rose, and then countless figures appeared on the valley on both sides, they opened their bows and arrows, and shot at them.
"There is an ambush! Rush out! Seeing such a situation, he still didn't understand what it meant, and then shouted sharply. However, he was not worried, their cavalry was very fast, and they were not afraid of the ambushes of the archers.
But to his surprise, countless cold stars suddenly fell on his side, and immediately cleared hundreds of his guards, and he saw with his own eyes that his lieutenant was shot through by a feather arrow, and the feather arrow was unabated, and then it came out of the horse's belly and pierced the ground fiercely.
"Such dense feather arrows, such domineering strength." His heart shuddered, he had never seen such dense and fast feathered arrows fall on their heads like raindrops.
Unlike the usual feathered arrows, they were larger, with a small barrel tied to their tails, and Ye Lufeng saw that the small barrel was spewing out a half-foot-long flame, and it let out a sharp roar and lunged towards them. There are too many such feathered arrows, which are simply covering the sky and the sun, and wherever they are covered, his people will fall down in one piece, even people and horses, and not a single one will live. In just a few moments, his elite cavalry was shot and killed by thousands. The 20,000-strong assault had to slow down because of the large number of dead bodies.
"Haha...... Dragon King, what you brought is really good! After seeing the power of the beehive arrow, Liu Wenxiu laughed and looked excited.
With that, he lit the fuse of a hive arrow with his own hands. With the smoke and dust in the box and the sound of gunpowder burning......, four hundred feathered arrows shot out at a rapid speed in a few breaths, and such a rate of fire was extremely terrifying. Liu Wenxiu saw with his own eyes that after the box of beehive arrows was shot, more than 200 Khitan cavalry under him were shot off their horses.
"Shoot, shoot hard for Lao Tzu!" Liu Wenxiu, who had been beaten by Ye Lufeng for more than a year, was very relieved and ordered loudly. The subordinates around him once again ignited more than a dozen boxes of beehive arrows, and nearly 5,000 feathered arrows pounced on the Khitans at the same time. The 3,000 righteous archers on the valleys on both sides were not idle, constantly pulling their bows and arrows, shooting and killing the Khitan cavalry. Most of these feather arrows were shot at both ends of the Khitan cavalry, striving to seal their front and rear roads, in addition to the feather arrows, countless rolling stones also came from the mountain
The slope smashed into the Khitan cavalry, inflicting great casualties on them.
The Khitans had long since collapsed, the horses were scurrying in fright, the knights were constantly being shot off the horses or smashed into meatloaf by the rolling stones on the mountain, Ye Lufeng never dreamed that the rebel army that had been hungry for a winter could burst out with such energy.
"Retreat! Retreat! He roared loudly, protected by a dozen of his own soldiers with steel shields, turned his horse's head, and rushed towards the exit of the mountain pass.
However, the valley, which was originally quite spacious, could not be rushed out for a long time, and a full 20,000 cavalry were crowded in the valley, where was there still a way.
"The general has an order, retreat! Retreat quickly! Ye Lu Feng's personal soldier captain was in a hurry, and he kept slashing the Khitan cavalry blocking the road in front of him with the back of his knife, wanting to grab a way for Ye Lu Feng.
"Want to run? Too late! Seeing that the Khitans below were planning to escape, Liu Wenxiu smiled coldly, "Order, shoot out all the beehive arrows, and as soon as the feather arrows stop, the whole army will immediately rush to kill!" ”
The remaining forty boxes of hive arrows were all shot in a few breaths, and a full 16,000 feather arrows killed more than 4,000 Khitan cavalry again, and after a gong sounded, nearly 30,000 rebels broke out into a roar and rushed down the hillside.
Seeing the Han infantry rushing down all over the mountains, the Khitan cavalry, who had already been shot to pieces, had no fighting spirit and could do nothing but take the road and escape. In a hurry, they killed each other, and some even drew their knives and slashed at their companions.
With such a narrow terrain, the Khitan cavalry, which had lost its speed, was simply a live target for the rebels. They either stabbed the Khitan cavalry on their horses with their spears or cut off the legs of the Khitan cavalry, and they were very happy......
An hour later, the war of annihilation ended perfectly. Of the 20,000 cavalry, more than 13,000 were killed in the battle, and more than 3,000 surrendered. The rebel army, on the other hand, lost just over 3,000 men.
"Haha, happy, Dragon King, it's so happy!" Seeing that the battle had solved the 20,000 Khitan elite cavalry that gave him a headache, Liu Wenxiu laughed happily, "It's a pity that Ye Lufeng ran away with 4,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 infantry." ”
"It's okay, now that Ye Lufeng has been scared, he won't cause us trouble in the short term." The Fire Dragon King didn't seem to be much of a pity, "This big victory, let's take advantage of the victory to pursue, Shulan and Yulin are the important towns of the Khitans, and now there are most of the Khitans in Liaodong, and there are countless slaves of various ethnic groups, as long as they can win the two cities, it will be a fatal blow to the Khitans." ”
"Take Shulan and Yulin?" Hearing the Fire Dragon King's proposal, Liu Wenxiu pondered, "Now the Khitans still have 4,000 cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry left, and their strength is not strong. But we only have 3,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, and our strength is on par with them, so let's Dragon King, brother contact several other rebel armies as soon as possible, and we should be able to gather 30,000 or 40,000 infantry and a few thousand cavalry, which should be enough. ”
"Okay, brother, you have to do it as soon as possible, Ye Lufeng is not a stupid person, if he is ready, it will be very troublesome." Liu Wenxiu was right, and the Dragon King nodded and agreed.
Three days later, a coalition of 50,000 troops composed of several rebel armies approached the city of Yulin.
This is the first time Liu Wenxiu has attacked a big city like Yulin, and he seems to be in high spirits. Behind him stood heavily armed rebel soldiers, brand new armor, horizontal swords, bows and arrows, making them look less like a poor peasant rebel army and more like a real elite army.
Yulin City is not tall, only two zhang high, and is made of loess. The thin wall, Liu Wenxiu felt that he could collapse with a single charge.
However, it was not easy to capture Yulin City, and Ye Lufeng took the remaining 4,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry to block in front of him. Since the last defeat of the Tiger Mouth, he knew that Liu Wenxiu would definitely come to fight Shulan and Yulin, and temporarily recruited more than 20,000 Han slaves to serve as garrison man. Looking at his 4,000 cavalry, it was really miserable, most of them were with minor or serious injuries, and the eyes of the rebels were full of fear. They were on the last time
The kind of secret weapon that shot them so badly that they still had lingering palpitations, and they had already lost before the battle began.
In fact, this is also a common problem of the steppe people's fighting, they are very brave when fighting, but they can't bear too many casualties. When the casualties reach one or two, they will be defeated. Because the grassland is thin, men are the pillars of a family. If they die in battle, their property, wives, and children will belong to someone else, and it is for this reason that the men of the steppe generally spare their lives.
Seeing that the Khitans' fighting spirit was not high, Liu Wenxiu smiled coldly in his heart, "Brothers on the other side, Lao Tzu is Liu Wenxiu." Haven't you been enslaved enough by the Khitans? Can your wives and daughters still endure the insults of the Khitans? Your knives should be aimed at the Khitans, Lao Tzu knows that you didn't dare before, but now is an opportunity, use the knives and guns in your hands to kill the Khitans around you, and let's live a good life together! Liu Wenxiu shouted at the infantry composed of slaves on the opposite side.
He was born as a Khitan slave, and he knew the situation of slaves of all ethnic groups best, and he spoke to the hearts of those slave soldiers in a few simple words. Tens of thousands of slave infantry immediately became agitated, and their eyes were full of unkindness when they looked at the Khitan soldiers around them.
"Bounce them!" Seeing this situation, Ye Lufeng secretly screamed that it was not good, and ordered his brothers loudly.
How could Liu Wenxiu give him time to suppress the slave soldiers, seeing that the Khitans were just about to make a move, he immediately gave the order to attack. The cavalry of the 5,000 Han rebel army broke out with a cry and took the lead in killing the Khitan cavalry, they were too much worse than the Khitan elite, but Liu Wenxiu didn't expect them to defeat the Khitan cavalry, as long as they were dragged back.
"Those who kill Khitan dogs live, and those who resist die!" Liu Wenxiu roared and led the remaining infantry towards the army of slave infantry.
"Those who kill Khitan dogs live, and those who resist die!" Tens of thousands of rebel infantry strode towards the slave infantry, and the formation was solemn, and the sound was earth-shattering.
Seeing the momentum of the rebel army, the Khitan slave infantry retreated in a panic. Liu Wenxiu's reputation has long spread all over Liaodong, and now if they want to go against him, they really don't dare. Liu Wenxiu's words also spoke to their hearts, and their hearts were all ready to move, but now they lack a leader.
"Don't go back! Death to those who retreat! Seeing the slave infantry retreating in unison, a Khitan colonel was shocked and shouted loudly. Hundreds of Khitan soldiers rushed over, raised their swords and slashed at the slave soldiers.
"Brother, brother!" A Han boy hugged a big man with a different head and shouted sadly.
"Stinky boy, stand up and fight for Lao Tzu!" The middle-aged Khitan who killed the boy's brother was about to kill the boy, but seeing that he was only a teenager, he couldn't bear it after all.
"Bastard, I'll kill you!" The young man was not grateful for his soft-heartedness, and suddenly stabbed the middle-aged Khitan into the lower abdomen.
The middle-aged Khitan man held his lower abdomen and looked at the young man in disbelief, he didn't expect that his soft-heartedness would kill him. When his companions saw this, they hurried around him and tried to kill the boy.
"Brothers, Liu Wenxiu is here, fight with them!" Seeing that the young man was in danger, a slightly weaker man said loudly and secretly, and led the people around him to meet the Khitans.
With their leadership, these Han slaves were finally awakened to the long-lost blood, and tens of thousands of people broke out, killing the Khitans who enslaved them in the past and could not be destroyed. Once more than ten years of grievances broke out, they were crazier and more ruthless than anyone else, and almost all the Khitan warlords did not leave a whole corpse, and they were all chopped into pulp.
Seeing that those slave soldiers had finally defected, Liu Wenxiu relieved himself and ordered the troops to turn around and kill Ye Lufeng's cavalry. At this time, his banner was simply the guiding light of the slave infantry, and they rushed towards the cavalry of Yelufeng, and the slave soldiers also rushed over.
Seeing that tens of thousands of infantry rushed towards him like a tide of death, Yelu's front was like ashes. It was difficult for the 4,000 cavalry to defeat the 70,000 or 80,000 infantry, and he could only flee through the junction of the two armies.