Chapter 120
Meng Jiaqi led the main force to join, divided a part to support the front, and continued to attack Mu Chunbu, seeing Zhao Shi and Ji Xiancheng rushing in from both wings, he urgently ordered the troops to divide his troops to meet the enemy. Meng Li got backup and was with Mu Chunzhan, and Meng Jiaqi temporarily led his cronies to block Ji Xiancheng's way.
At this time, this side of the battlefield has gathered about 2,000 people, many areas no longer have a strict and clear front, the two sides of the earliest investment in the test have been withdrawn due to fatigue and casualties, temporarily resting, at this time Yu Zhilong and Meng Qing are separated from their minds, nervously watching Tang Wuwei's first attack, thinking about the future trend of the battle, when they will enter the final decisive battle.
Meng Qing didn't know that a cavalry army in the opponent's camp was quietly gathering, and was gently turning out of a side gate of the camp and rushing straight to the flank of the Yuan cavalry.
Yu Zhilong had already made up his mind, if Ma Rulong couldn't resist it, the whole army would withdraw to the camp after an emergency, and Wu Side must withstand the pursuit of the Yuan army's infantry cavalry, even if his cavalry army was all lost!
"Order, all the archers to the back of Ma Rulong's fifty paces, if the Tartars break the formation, shoot it with all their might! Captain Chang Zhi, follow the archers, if the horse is defeated, be sure to delay the Tartar's charge and protect the archers! Yu Zhilong made adjustments.
This is a contingency plan. Most of these bows and arrows were made improvised, and their range and armor-piercing strength were far inferior to the standard equipment of the official army, and the range of these bows and arrows was only 100 paces in the pre-war test, and the actual killing and wounding was only 60 or 70 steps. There were only two hundred archers in the temporary organization, and each of them only had one pot of arrows, which was the last force of Yu Zhilong's field battle against the Yuan cavalry.
Zhao and Meng fought back and forth for dozens of rounds, and the two were close to each other again, Meng He shouted, and the heavy halberd split from top to bottom, Zhao Shi raised his gun to meet him, only to hear a click, and the spear was broken in the shaft.
The heavy halberd is made of fine iron, and the force is heavy, but the barrel of the gun is boxwood, although it is thick, the hardness is not comparable to that of fine iron, and it has been collided countless times, and it was finally interrupted after splitting! The blade of the halberd was nearly two feet long, shining with a cold light, with blood stains, and it took advantage of the momentum to descend!
Zhao Shi was shocked but not confused, he was too late to dodge, he barely gave way to the side of his head slightly, the halberd blade fell from his ear, and fell heavily on his left shoulder, and the iron armor page on his shoulder was directly broken by the halberd blade, and then the inner layer of leather armor was cut, and the clothes were torn, and the flesh was in, and the bones were seen!
Meng He was overjoyed, and was about to pull the halberd back, the halberd blade was slightly oblique, trying to pull out a deep wound on Zhao Shi's neck.
Zhao Shi abandoned the broken gun with both hands, quickly held the halberd rod with his right hand, and pushed it away slightly obliquely, he exerted force with both legs, his body quickly rotated around, and took two steps forward against the halberd pole, and his left hand pulled out the saber on his waist like lightning, and slashed the door of Meng River obliquely.
Meng He hurriedly raised the iron rod and blocked the three knives slashed by Zhao Shi in succession, and the two were now almost close to each other, and the halberd was difficult to wield, losing the distance advantage. After Zhao Shi missed the knife again, the blade was close to the halberd shaft, and he fell into the water and pushed the boat with one move, and went straight to Meng He's hands holding the halberd.
Meng He didn't have time to resist with an iron halberd, so he simply let go, took two steps back, and pulled out a short sword more than three feet long to fight with Zhao Shi.
One inch is short and one inch is dangerous, different from the big opening and closing of the two just now, the wonderful battle, now the two are moving and leaning together, and the thrill is even more thrilling than just now!
Seeing that the situation was dangerous, the surrounding guards rushed over to give first aid, but they were stopped by the other party's soldiers sacrificing their lives, and no one could rush over for a while.
In terms of skills, the two are comparable, Zhao Shi has been a scout for a long time, and he has rich experience in fighting, but he was injured in his left shoulder, Meng He is burly and powerful, and his body is larger than Zhao Shi, but he is good at holding a halberd and rushing into battle, which is shorter than close hand-to-hand combat.
In a short time, the iron armor on the two of them was cut by each other in several places, or left several white scratches! Without these iron armors, the two would have been seriously injured.
When countless explosions rang out, Meng Qing was shocked and asked urgently: "Why is there a cannon sound from the rear column of the thief army?" Could it be that the thieves have so many artillery! The generals beside him were also horrified, and they didn't know why.
Meng Qing hurriedly ordered the scouts to investigate, and at the same time urged Meng He and the others to strengthen the attack again.
also in the center of the army, faintly heard the rumbling of the right flank artillery, but also surprised, the military intelligence department has long told the Linqu thief army that there is almost no artillery, why did the explosion on the right flank come from?
Liu Zhengfeng and other generals understood that Yu Zhilong must have used the explosives package he said. Because of the small number, these explosives packages were all concentrated in Yu Zhilong. Since the Yuan cavalry appeared on the left and right flanks, and the Yuan army in front of them was steadily retreating, and the stone artillery, bows, and fire guns attacked one after another, presumably the Yuan army was going to gradually consume itself and then counterattack.
Wan Jinhai and the others couldn't hear it at all. Now that the Yuan Cavalry had broken through the barrier, after paying hundreds of casualties, the surging Yuan Cavalry crashed into the array of foot soldiers in the Wanjin Sea and Qin Zhanshan's department like waves.
Unlike Yu Zhilong's meticulous training and the method of fighting on foot and cavalry, most of the soldiers of Wan, Qin and other departments were inexperienced, although there were also many spears, etc., in the face of the galloping Yuan cavalry, many soldiers looked frightened and did not know how to deal with them, and many of the lower-level officers were poorly organized, except for issuing many self-contradictory orders or taking care of one or the other, there were few favorable coordination and command.
The deputy commander howled, driving the front drive directly into the infantry array, and countless infantry soldiers were immediately knocked into the air, or trampled under the hooves of the war horse! Originally, there were many gaps in the layers of arrays.
"Immortal Heaven is above, kill, kill, kill!" The deputy commander shouted, urging his subordinates to speed up.
The first few columns of cavalry were almost killed, and this deputy commander was also heartbroken, and he lost hundreds of horsemen before he could engage the enemy, which was enough to remove his official position!
Because there was no other way to go, they could only move forward, and a small number of Yuan Riders jumped to the muddy place next to them in order to let go of the horse pit in front of them, because the horses were fast, and some of the war horses slipped under their feet, but they were planted in the mud.
With an astonishing crashing sound, hundreds of yuan rode like sharp knives into the infantry formation of Wan Jinhai and Qin Zhanshan. Countless foot soldiers were knocked into the air and flew down, and countless knives and guns were slashed or poked, falling on the Yuan cavalry and war horses, and many Yuan horses fell off their horses.
The war horse lost its owner, and it jumped around in shock, and for a time people shouted that the horse neighed, screamed, screamed, the gun and spear breaked, and the war horse fell to the ground, etc., filled this battlefield.
Soon the infantry array was scattered and defeated, and a large number of soldiers were driven away, retreated, or turned around and ran away in fright, and even some of the officers followed and ran back, no matter how Wan Jinhai organized, agitated, and intimidated, it had no effect, and a large number of rout soldiers retreated with him and his personal guards.
Wan Jinhai's flank finally collapsed!
Qin Zhanshan was in the back row, and when he saw the collapse in front, he felt powerless to return to the sky, so he had to gather some of the soldiers around him to form several regiments and gather together. Escaping in front of the surging cavalry was purely an act of seeking death, and according to the original plan, Qin Zhanshan tried his best to gather his troops and expose the road.
The Yuan cavalry was pouring in like a huge wave, killing through the enemy formation, and after the deputy commander made the great joy, suddenly the front brigade of thieves and horsemen galloped one after another.
"Concentrate! Don't stop! Keep rushing! He straightened up and gave a loud order to the Yuan Rider behind him. The subordinates also discovered the thief cavalry on the opposite side, and the fierce blood in their bones was stimulated, the cavalry was arrogant, and the only opponent who could match it was the cavalry.
Tang Wuwei didn't have time to copy back and deal with Wan Jinhai's front line, where Tian Hui's troops were fighting inextricably.
This is the cavalry army of Liu Zhengfeng's various departments, about 600 cavalry, and the total number is similar to the current Yuan cavalry. After seeing Tang Wuwei rushing through the trap pit, the cavalry general Yan Hu had already led the cavalry to the back of Qin Zhanshan, and found that the front infantry began to loosen and collapse, knowing that the Yuan cavalry was about to kill through the front.
Yan Hu looked around left and right, rode his horse in front of everyone to gallop, cheering everyone up. He was originally Yu Hai's old subordinate, good at horsemanship, fine skills, and prestige among the old soldiers, so he was specially appointed by Liu Zhengfeng as the head of the cavalry.
"Brothers, now it's our turn! It's a gentleman, follow Lao Tzu to kill the tartars! ”
Although these people belong to various departments, most of them are still new soldiers, but when they saw the soldiers in front of them killing the enemy, most of them were still full of blood, especially when they saw Liu Zhengfeng, Yu Shichang braved the throwing stones, arrow rain and fire guns, and advanced step by step, leaving behind the dead and wounded companions in one place and resolutely not retreating.
"Listen to my brother, the man standing here today has no intention of running away! Brother Yan takes the lead, and the brothers will never frown! Everyone was gossiping and responded, even if a few people were pale and afraid, in this atmosphere, they were silent and went with the flow.
Seeing that the Yuan Cavalry has highlighted the array, more than a dozen riders, dozens of riders, nearly 100 riders, all emerged behind the formation, Yan Hu waved his hand, and said: "Brothers, killing one is enough, killing two to earn one, the big guy is keeping up, don't drop the order, today everyone will be a man who stands up to the sky!" After saying that, rush first.
These cavalrymen had little training, especially in technical attack and battle formation rush training, mainly because the training time was too short. Most people were chosen because they could ride horses, and because they were physically strong and dared to kill enemies.
In order to reduce their own casualties, Yan Hu and other generals had to ask everyone to stick close together, even if the companions in front were killed by the Yuan cavalry and dismounted, because the time for the enemy and me to meet was extremely short, and the companions behind could take the opportunity to mend the sword. In fact, it is also a life-for-life style of play.
The deputy commander saw the thief riding from the opposite side, howled, and hedged without showing weakness. Yuanqi's horse is high and strong, if it hadn't been blocked just now, such a hedge between the two armies, only one round, I am afraid that Yanhu's department will have to lose at least a quarter!
The war horse galloped, the speed on both sides was not slow, and the two puffs of smoke and dust rolled up flashed with countless snowy cold light, followed by countless swords and guns blocking the sound of slashing and stabbing, sandwiched with many screams and falling off the horse, in front of the rolling torrent, as long as the war horse fell, it was basically a road to be trampled to death.
On this battlefield, the two sides began a cavalry duel.
Meng He's heart was crazy, although he was tall, burly and powerful, he lost his flexibility, and in the face of Zhao Shi's close combat, he was gradually at a disadvantage.
Zhao Shi saw that the other party was in a vacant position, the saber slashed at the opposite door, Meng He turned his head sharply, stabbed Zhao Shi in the abdomen with a sword, and slashed Zhao Shi's right wrist holding the knife with the other hand.
The two of them moved the real fire, and they both wanted to fight quickly, at this time, Zhao Shi didn't care about the stabbing sword, and simply handed the lightning knife to his left hand, held it back, and the blade moved downward, slashing towards Meng He's neck.
Listening to the sound of "Huh-", the sword touched the armor and broke, Meng He's broken sword continued to stab, and the iron page under Zhao Shi's abdomen was also completely pierced by the broken sword, and the sword body entered the body. Zhao Shi's body turned sharply, trying his best to deviate, letting go of the vital point, his arm swelled, his wrist was handed forward, and he quickly slashed at Meng He's neck!
Meng He's original expression of ecstasy suddenly turned to horror, he held the broken sword in his hand, and bowed his head incredibly, only to see countless blood splashing from his neck like a waterfall. Reluctantly turned his head to look at Zhao Shi, and heard Zhao Shi's indifferent words: "You're defeated!" ”
The flag-bearer of Meng He next to him and several volunteers around him were shocked, the main general was killed, and the army's heart was shaken. The Jing'an sergeant took the opportunity to go up and killed several volunteers in a row, and the flag bearer panicked, not only lost the flag, but also lost his own life.
Zhao Shi gritted his teeth and pulled out the broken sword in his body, took off Meng He's helmet, raised the saber, and cut off his head with one sword.
When Meng He's head was raised above Zhao Shi's head, the surrounding Jing'an troops shouted in unison, and the shouts shocked the heavens and the earth, and the Meng family army smelled chills.
The front that was originally a little crumbling was finally stabilized by Zhao Shi, Ji Xiancheng, Mu Chun and others.