Chapter 427: Ambush

Bula Fort is the first fortress newly built by Yi Yi along Zhezhi City to the direction of Bakhana country, the fortress is two zhang high, can garrison 5,000 soldiers, the terrain is dangerous, the distance from Zhezhi City is only more than ten miles, in wartime, the two cities can echo each other from afar as horns. The two wings of the fort are covered by large woods for several miles, and there is a muddy river beach to the east, and the only crossing bridge was destroyed by Shi Guo's soldiers not long ago. If Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry wants to take Zhezhi City, he must first trap this fortress, otherwise the back road will be cut off from food and grass.

A total of three similar castles were built, and the remaining two became completely expensive decorations, and the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry army arrived, and the guards abandoned the city when they heard the wind, the soldiers were scattered, and the strong fortress was occupied by the bloodless soldiers.

The rout soldiers lost their armor and abandoned their armor, and the armor that could be seen everywhere on the way of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry showed that the morale of the Yi army was low and the soldiers had no heart.

The scout of the Eagle Cavalry, Yan Jingyuan, was very optimistic, and before he crossed the river, when he saw that Lower Bula Castle was still a black shadow, he pulled the new Thunder Tiger and bet: "Empty city!" Do you dare to bet? ”

"Bet on it! I don't believe it, are the Turks all soft eggs? Lei Hu was very unwilling, and he was still counting on a big battle to receive a reward for meritorious service. After a long time in Ningyuan Iron Cavalry, Lei Hu understood the rules of the army, and the Tang Army, Ningyuan Iron Cavalry attached great importance to military merit awards, even more than the Tang Army, and all those who wore silver star military medals in front of their 'chest' had rich family backgrounds, as if silver stars were a symbol of wealth.

However, the people of Shiguo disappointed him, and the defeated soldiers of the previous two castles were like a plague, spreading the scattered diseases into the city at an unprecedented speed, and the entire Bula Castle was empty, and the silence was like a dead city.

It is a kind of pride, a kind of glory, and a manifestation of strength to let the enemy hear the wind and be frightened. Last year, Ningyuan Iron rode through Hu 200,000, and under the city of Ningyuan, the Hu people abandoned not only their lives and prisoners, but also their courage.

Such an idea is logical and deserved.

After receiving Yan Jingyuan's report, Li Huaitang instead ordered to stop advancing, and tens of thousands of people stopped in front of the mudflat. Seeing that the ripe peaches could be picked and put in the mouth as long as they reached out, but they only had to look at them, Mo He Tutun was very anxious.

"Yi Wei must have been scared! The general must not hesitate, the empty 'dang' 'dang' 'dang' 'dang' small castle should not stop our pace, our goal is Zhezhi City, and we can come to the city with one blow. ”

Not only Mohe Tutun, but the eyes of the whole army were full of expectation, waiting for Li Huaitang to make up his mind. Obviously, the enemy has no intention of fighting, and it is time to pursue while the victory is over, and the opportunity is rare and not to be missed.

Regarding Mohe Tutun's rudeness, Li Huaitang was not stunned, thought for a moment, and said: "Please be the vanguard and occupy this fort!" ”

Mo He Tutun was stunned, his face was red, of course he couldn't show weakness, anyway, there was no threat ahead, he simply waved his hand to hundreds of his subordinates heroically, and drove his horse across the mudflats and the dust towards the castle.

"General, shall we enter the city?" Looking at the disappearing figure of Mohe Tutun, Yan Jingyuan asked Li Huaitang for instructions.

"Don't be busy, you go do one thing first......"

Li Huaitang and Yan Jingyuan's whispering actions fell into Li Jingzhong's eyes, he was quite disdainful in his heart, and snorted in a low voice: "There is a name!" ”

A veteran and confidant of Yi Wei, he was put to good use for his loyalty, and he was entrusted with the task of leading all the cavalry forces of the Stone Kingdom and the 3,000 cavalry left behind by the former monarch Mohe. He is self-aware, not to mention the gap in strength with Ning Yuan's iron cavalry, just the morale of the army gives him a headache, he has to face not only Ning Yuan iron cavalry, but also the news of the former monarch Mo He's counterattack, this is the demon of the lowest soldiers under his command!

Gelian didn't plan to face Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry head-on, in his mind, the insurmountable and powerful Tucai Shi cavalry was not Ning Yuan's iron cavalry, and it was not easy for the few 3,000 cavalry under his command to win. Years of experience in conquest told him that the only chance to defeat Ning Yuan's iron cavalry was to rely on attacking and attacking it unprepared, so as to take advantage of the 'chaos' to win.

In order to create a rare opportunity for Gelian, Yi Wei ordered to abandon two strong fortresses in a row, and the killing machine of the poor was hidden in the woods on both wings of the fort, and Gelian's three thousand horsemen acted as sharp blades, waiting for the careless Ning Yuan iron cavalry to enter the encirclement, and then he launched a killing blow.

The success of Shi Guoren's plan was based on the arrogance of his opponents, and judging from the news obtained before the battle, their chances of victory were very high, and the arrogant Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry did not carry heavy siege equipment, and the troops were not as large as they imagined. However, as the plan developed, Gelian found that the situation was not optimistic, and he was as brave as Li Huaitang was a little surprised by his cautiousness, and after receiving the scout's report, he actually stopped the army on the other side of the mudflat, just not swallowing the deadly 'decoy' bait. Gelian was inevitably anxious in his heart, he knew that he had a fatal 'hole', and if the enemy was not fooled and carefully sent troops into their ambush and large woods to search, their plan would be ruined.

Li Huaitang didn't know that his behavior directly caused Gelian to pray nervously countless times, and almost all the immortal names that Gelian could think of in the heavens and on the ground had to be begged by him.

Perhaps the gods heard Glen's pious voice, and when he was disappointed, the enemy's actions ignited the flame of hope in his heart. In the army of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry, hundreds of cavalry were first divided to cross the mudflats and rush to Bula Fort, and the rest of the enemy troops were obviously preparing to advance, and what made him secretly happy was that he did not find that the enemy had the intention of entering the woods, which meant that he was one step closer to success.

The autumn wind is dry and cold, everything is depressed, and the once lush woods are sparsely visible. Fearing early detection, Gelian ambushed his cavalry deep in the woods, and he hid in the dead branches and leaves at the edge of the woods to observe, and when the time came, he would take out the horn in his arms and give the order to attack. So far, everything was as he expected, three hundred horsemen passed in front of his eyes, then five hundred, and then the rumbling of horses' hooves, and the dust of the sky obscured his view, but judging by the momentum, it should be the enemy army. Gelian struggled to suppress the excitement in his heart, the horn was slowly raised to his mouth, and the moment of 'exciting' and touching was coming, and the aura of defeating the invincible Li Huaitang would be on his body and make him famous.

"Huh?" Gelian put down the horn that had been attached to his 'lips', and looked at the enemy horses hundreds of paces away, there were many war horses, but the number of enemies was not much, it was estimated that there were only a few hundred knights, and through the dust, he found that many war horses were empty on their backs.

"It's broken! The enemy wants to go over in batches? "Glenn secretly screamed that the enemy was cunning, and that he could not 'show' the ambush for the sake of the results of hundreds of enemy horsemen, but he was even more unwilling to watch the cooked duck swagger past under his nose.

In the midst of the hesitation, another group of enemy troops passed. Strangely, however, there was no movement after that, and most of the enemy seemed to want to lie on the other side of the mudflat.

No! Something must be wrong! Gelian's face suddenly turned pale, and the inappropriate thought had just arisen, and a faint smell of fireworks appeared in the air and penetrated into Gelian's nostrils.

Gren couldn't help but look back and look in fear to the north, which was the upwind outlet, the direction from which the smell of smoke came from. In an instant, he understood the enemy's intentions. Igniting the forest and burning the forest, the smoke will inevitably block the road into the Bula Fort, and first send thousands of soldiers to occupy the Bula Castle and then light the fire, the ambush army in the forest will be dead, the fire will be swept from the north by the wind, at this time escaping into the Bula Castle has become their only choice, however, the Bula Fort has been occupied by the enemy, then they can only flee to the west, there is the direction of the river beach, is where the enemy's tens of thousands of troops are located, and the end of the hard rush is to be crushed; Flee south into the woods opposite? Don't even think about it, there is nothing but annihilation to go there, the enemy is not too stupid to know to light another fire behind them, and any attempt to compare the speed of the fire with the wind is extremely stupid.

In the air, the smell of fireworks became stronger, and Gelian didn't dare to think about it, rather than die in the fire senselessly, it was better to die heroically.

The tragic sound of the bull's horn prompted the offensive of the Shiguo cavalry. Three thousand cavalry sprang out of the woods and, led by Gren, pounced on the enemy on the other side of the mudflats, even though they were much stronger.

If you want to calculate your opponent, but your opponent can easily see the flaws, and instead put yourself in a situation from which you will never recover, no matter who you are, you will be annoyed and angry when faced with such an embarrassing situation. Therefore, Gelian was angry and helpless, and the way he chose to express himself was to hold a scimitar and cling to the horse's back, so that the black and overwhelming enemy formation continued to expand in his pupils. He was bent on death, and wanted to pull a cushion before he died.

The sudden sound of a large bowstring reminded Gelian that the enemy possessed a large number of longbows and crossbows, and although the power of the crossbow array was only a terrifying legend in the mouth of the Turgish, he had never seen it with his own eyes, but when he saw a large "dark cloud" rising from the enemy formation, he fell into despair, closed his eyes in agony, and died together in extravagant hope and unattainable delusion.

The cloud of crossbow arrows has confirmed more than once, and the area covered by it is filled with bloody rain and inhuman screams.

The accuracy and density of the crossbow arrows are really unimaginable, at a distance of five hundred paces, two thousand thick crossbow arrows directly caused five hundred casualties to the dense formation of Gelian, however, all this is only the curtain of the tragedy has just been unveiled, close to three hundred paces, another round of the same number of crossbow arrows fell into the middle of them, in the blink of an eye, the formation seemed to be sparse by the iron plow, and it was sparse again, and a large number of fallen men and horses caused secondary damage to the horse team in the charge, and screamed one after another. Mixed with the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, it pierced the heart of the galloping knight like a needle, causing great fear.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the mudflats in front of Gelian became his despair in despair, ironically, before this, the mudflats were his support for intercepting and causing 'chaos' and 'chaos' to the enemy, but unexpectedly, it became his puppet, and he and his men were put in it.

In front of the mudflat, more than 2,000 knights crowded together, and the knights in the front could not pass quickly, blocking the way of the knights who followed them.

On the battlefield, time is of the essence, and any time-wasting move is undoubtedly suicidal. Ning Yuan's iron cavalry was not polite, and he would not be merciful because the enemy was in trouble, and thousands of longbowmen raised the feathered arrows in their hands.

The best way for cavalry to deal with the rain of arrows is to move quickly, and the Shiguo cavalry gathered in front of the mudflats has undoubtedly become the best target for Ningyuan's longbowmen, the longbow is more frequent than the strong crossbow fire, and a round of crossbow arrows can be placed in two or even three rounds. After several rounds of arrow rain, the courage of the Shiguo cavalry in the forest was exhausted, and the death in the battle would stab the fighting spirit of the warriors, and they were shrouded in slaughter, and the tragic scene almost swallowed up all the courage, turning the warriors into cowards.

Victory in sight, Li Huaitang ordered to stop the impulse of the soldiers to continue to create arrow rain, the flag of the former monarch Mohe Tutun was sacrificed in due time, if the arrow rain represents iron blood, then Mohe's banner is a symbol of Huairou, the bright 'colorful' banner came out, as if to send hope to the remaining nearly 1,000 Shiguo cavalry, as the first knight chose to eat crabs, kneeling in front of the mudflats to surrender, most of the remaining knights have followed suit.

There are also those who don't know the times, and Gelian led the last dozen or so personal soldiers to continue to complete the tragic act of moths fighting fires. Madness couldn't set off a ripple, and under the rain of arrows, dozens of lonely boats in the wind and rain sank quickly.

A battle without suspense was just a stick of incense from the beginning to the end, and the powerful long-range strike ability of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry deeply shocked many mercenaries from Datang. The equipment of the Tang Army is not inferior to that of the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry, and there are even 'bed' crossbows that are more powerful than the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry, but it is rare to see such a high-intensity and intensive use of strong crossbows and strong bows. The 'shooter' of the Tiger Rider has a number of weapons, and the crossbowman immediately transforms into a long archer after firing, and always carries out long-range strikes to the charging enemy, and the formation change is quite rapid and orderly, and the enemy cavalry enters a hundred paces away to end the action immediately, and the soldiers in front of the formation pick up the huge shields and spears on the ground to meet the battle. Unfortunately, the cavalry of the Stone Kingdom was too weak and did not give the spear and shield array a chance to exert its power.

Wang Zhongsi has been carefully observing the battlefield, he has a suspicion of 'confusion', without careful investigation by the scouts, how did Li Huaitang judge that the enemy had ambushes, and 'fine' to the woods on the right flank, not the left flank?

"Take your time, you'll find out later." Li Huaitang looked up at the two dark shadows in the sky and replied to Wang Zhongsi with a smile.

There are always people on the battlefield who don't remember 'sex' for a long time, and Shi Guoren is the best among them, ignoring the special "sky scouts" of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry that brought them heavy disasters. The relatively sparse woods in autumn can't stop the eyes of the "white 'jade' grasp", and the so-called ambush soldiers are like child's play in front of Ning Yuan's iron cavalry.

The fireworks quickly dissipated, and the army, after clearing the battlefield, quickly entered the Bula Castle. In fact, there was no fire in the woods, Yan Jingyuan was ordered to set off the smoke, he just piled up hundreds of haystacks at the edge of the woods to make smoke, and let the north blow into the woods, but Gelian, who was a thief, was fooled because of this. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon