Chapter 297: Closing the Pole

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Li Jing, who was sitting in the big tent, heard the long horn sound, and couldn't help but say to the soldiers around him: "The commander of this captive army knows that he wants to take the lead in taking people!" Pass my orders, beat the drums and cheer! ”

So the half-zhang drums in the camp were struck by two arm-thick drumsticks, making a "dong dong" drum sound. The sound was like thunder, and it resounded through the camp.

The huge drum sounded, and the horn of the north was quieter. However, the sound of horses' hooves sounded immediately, and everyone only felt that the ground under their feet was trembling slightly, and there seemed to be a tense atmosphere in the air.

The camp is on higher ground and has a much farther view. The soldiers stood behind the camp wall, and through the gap in the thickness of their arms, they could clearly see the cavalry rushing from the north.

I saw the cavalry rushing over, straight as a river bursting its embankment, black water flowing, impacting, raging on the grassland, rushing left and right, running east and west, the middle gradually protruding, the two wings gradually elongated, straight to this camp to kill.

Seeing this, the soldiers couldn't help but glance at each other and swallowed nervously.

At this moment, Li Jing put on his clothes and armor and walked out of the big tent and walked slowly in the camp. Everywhere he went, the soldiers' emotions settled down, and they all looked at Li Jing with fanatical eyes, and for a moment, they were full of fighting spirit.

Li Jing walked to the fence, glanced at the Tuyuhun cavalry who were rushing through the gap, pursed his lips disdainfully, and said in a low voice: "It's just a group of local chickens and dogs, why be afraid!" ”

This sentence reached the ears of the soldiers next to him, and it spread to the ears of the other soldiers. Suddenly, the soldiers of the entire camp looked at these murderous Tuyuhun cavalry with disdain, and a belief in victory arose.

Seeing that the Tuyuhun cavalry was getting closer and closer, and there were still 500 steps to reach the bottom of the gentle slope, these Tuyuhun cavalry stopped suddenly. The rushing black water suddenly stopped, and slowly squeezed into a ball. Then it slowly dispersed again, gradually arranging into a neat square. This is the Tuyuhun cavalry regrouping.

"Hmph, the advance and retreat are disorganized, and the charge is chaotic! This Tuyuhun cavalry is nothing more than that! After Li Jing glanced at it, he said with a sneer.

At that moment, another bullhorn sounded. This time, the voice is more passionate and tight than the previous one.

The Tuyuhun cavalry, who heard the sound of the horn, suddenly pulled out the scimitar and other weapons in his hand, waved it, and let out a strange cry of "wow woo" in his mouth, and charged again.

Seeing this, Li Jing ordered: "The crossbowmen are in position, line up in formation, and prepare to shoot in three stacks!" Bow in hand line up in the clearing, ready to shoot on your back! ”

The herald on horseback galloped and conveyed the order to the crossbowmen and other soldiers at the edge of the fence.

After a few moments, the soldiers with divine arm crossbows or wooden crossbows in their hands lined up in three rows. Arrows glittering with cold light pierced through the gap and aimed at the menacing cavalry outside.

All the foot soldiers were lined up after the crossbowmen. These foot soldiers and crossbowmen were about six or seven thousand. Among them, there were more than 1,000 crossbowmen, and the rest of the soldiers were all bows and arrows in their hands, which could be used as an archer.

The important reason why the Tang army in history was able to subdue the Siyi and expand its territory was because of the sophistication of its weapons. Almost every soldier has three weapons in their hands, from bows and arrows to spears to horizontal knives, so that they can be used in both long-range and close combat. As for the armor, it is even more varied and functional, with as many as thirteen categories, known as the "Tang Thirteen Jia". In the face of the Tang army, which is equipped with such sophisticated equipment, how can those barbarians who can't even smelt iron be their opponents?

The Tuyuhun cavalry was getting closer and closer, and was about to reach the bottom of the slope, when the horse's horse, which was in the front, suddenly sank to the ground, and the horse lost its front hooves and fell to the ground. The knight on horseback was slammed to the ground, and before he could groan, he was trampled into flesh by the hooves of the horses that came up from behind.

Not only this horseman, but also the cavalry horses that stumbled and fell to the ground under the gentle slope. The horses, which fell to the ground and groaned, became a stumbling block for the cavalry behind. Suddenly, the cavalry charge formation was in chaos.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Jing's mouth.

As early as yesterday, he ordered his soldiers to lay the kind of traps and tripwires built by the equipment yard to deal with cavalry under the gentle slope, waiting for the cavalry to rush up. The trap is a thin arm-thick cylinder with a pointed bottom that can be easily inserted into the dirt. The top opening, slightly larger than the horse's hoof, into which the horse's hoof is stepped in, can easily break.

Densely packed at the bottom of the gentle slope and the traps on the gentle slope were enough to make these cavalrymen suffer a big loss.

After the horse pit, there are densely arranged top oblique upward rejection horses. And what made Li Jing feel most down-to-earth were the artillerymen who were busy.

In this crusade against Tuyuhun, because of the supply and climate problems on the road, only 100 mortars and 200 artillery were brought. And there are thirty gates that were taken by Li Daozong and Hou Junji, and there are forty gates distributed among the armies, and there are just thirty gates in their own hands. But the number of shells alone was not enough, and only two boxes of shells could be divided into three guns, and on average, there were only twenty shells for one gun. But for this campaign, it was enough.

The artillerymen quickly set up their artillery positions, three of them observed the situation below from the fence, and the rest prepared to shoot.

The Tuyuhun cavalry filled the trap at the bottom of the gentle slope with their corpses, and finally rushed up the gentle slope.

At this time, they were greeted by a burst of cannonballs.

"Most of the target has entered the firing range, and now it is ready to shoot!" An artilleryman observing the enemy's situation shouted, "The direction is twenty degrees east-north, and the angle is seventy degrees!" Shoot with a single gun, correct the yuan! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the nearest mortars fired a shell. The cannonball fell among the charging cavalry and exploded violently, and countless tiny shrapnel and thistles flew out, killing and injuring the Tuyuhun knights in a large area.

"Hit the target! Get ready for a salvo! ”

As a result, one after another shells flew out, landed on the gentle slope, fell among the cavalry, and exploded one after another. I saw sparks explode, shrapnel flying, air waves impacting, the horses were frightened, scattered and fled, and the bottom of the entire gentle slope was in chaos. Of course, many shells killed people, but many more died from pushing and stampeding on each other.

After firing a round of shells, a low horn sounded, and the Tuyuhun cavalry retreated from the bottom of the gentle slope to the middle of the gentle slope, leaving behind a dense mass of corpses.

After a while, another horn sounded, and the Tuyuhun cavalry rushed up the gentle slope again, but looking at their expressions, there was obviously a little helplessness and fear.

The mortars fired three more rounds, killing and wounding a large number of cavalrymen, and Li Jing told them to stop firing. There aren't many shells, so you have to save some of them. The rest will be left to the crossbowmen.

No shells fell, and these Tuyuhun cavalry were stunned at first, then happy, let out a burst of cheers, and rushed up with all their might. This time, however, they were confronted with a constant stream of crossbow arrows and a dense rain of arrows falling from the sky.

I saw that the first row of the three crossbowmen fired crossbow arrows and immediately walked backwards, loading arrows in the back. The second row of crossbowmen stepped forward, and after firing the crossbow arrows, they also stepped back. In this way, the crossbow arrows fired in turn seemed to never break, forming a curtain of arrows that harvested the lives of the enemy.

And those bows and arrows fired from their backs were even more dense like rain, falling from the sky and shooting into the charging cavalry and horses. One by one, the cavalry kept falling to the ground, and the cavalry continued to rush up from behind. And the cavalry was getting closer and closer to the big battalion. It's almost a trade for a human life.

Li Jing looked at the tragic situation on the battlefield below, and slowly moved his eyes to the east, Zhang Yunwen, you have to seize the opportunity!

"Boss, are we going to go up now?" Liu Cheng leaned over and asked.

At this time, their position was not far from the battlefield, about three or four hundred steps, and they could clearly see the changes in the situation in the battlefield.

Zhang Yunwen watched the rain of arrows fall down, shooting the cavalry off his horse one by one, and his eyes continued to sweep over Tuyuhun's military formation. I saw that there were less than a thousand people left, and this leading general must be among them.

"Rush! Let's go straight over there! Zhang Yunwen pointed at the Tuyuhun army formation with a horizontal knife.

"Howler!" Liu Cheng let out an excited whisper and shouted at the scouts behind him: "Brothers, get ready to rush!" ”

As he spoke, he waved the long lance in his hand and rushed out, and Zhang Yunwen also clamped the horse's belly hard and followed closely.

Behind Zhang Yunwen, Ma Wangshan and Yang Shi protected Zhang Yunwen's wings on the left and right. Song Pu waved his mace in parallel with Zhang Yunwen, but rushed in front of Zhang Yunwen after a while.

A group of men and horses slaughtered straight into the Tuyuhun army array.

"Kill—"

Several soldiers with long weapons formed the arrows of the charge together with Liu Cheng and Song Waterfall, and behind them were scouts with steel crossbows in their hands.

Seeing a cavalry slaughtering violently, the Tuyuhun army array was panicked for a while, and it didn't take long for it to calm down, and after a few moves, a defensive formation was set up, and all the knights raised their bows and arrows to shoot at the scouts.

As soon as the scouts came into range, the knights' bows and arrows were fired.

It also happens to be this distance, which is exactly the range of the steel crossbow.

So feathered arrows and crossbow arrows were exchanged back and forth in the air. However, most of the people who fell from their horses were Tuyuhun cavalry. All Scouts wear two layers of armor, and do little damage to the Scout unless they fall on a body outside of the armor.

With only two rounds of arrows, the scout had already rushed to the Knight of Tuyuhun.

Song Waterfall waved his heavy mace, sweeping it one by one, and all the cavalry that was swept by the mace were all broken with their weapons and people were knocked away. And Liu Cheng made a lance, and as soon as the lance stabbed out, one person fell to the ground.

The scouts who had finished shooting the crossbow arrows had already drawn their horizontal knives and fought with the Tuyuhun knights.

These Tuyuhun cavalry are also elite, and they are even strangled with the scouts, although soldiers are killed from time to time, but with the number of people, they are firmly holding back the pace of the scouts.

Zhang Yunwen wanted to kill the enemy general under the banner with one blow, but now he was entangled by these cavalry, but he watched the banner more than thirty steps away slowly backwards, and there was no way. If you throw down the horizontal knife and take out the steel crossbow, you can kill the general wearing a red coat and a white velvet collar, but he will definitely be injured or killed by the cavalry next to him, this Zhang Yunwen will definitely not do it!

Seeing that the general was about to leave, Zhang Yunwen didn't want to think about it, and after killing a knight who pounced, he snatched his scimitar and threw it at the red-collar and white-collar general.

I saw the scimitar spin and slash at the man's back, and when he was about to slash the man, a knight pounced and blocked the scimitar with his body.

"Fuck it!" Zhang Yunwen cursed loudly. At this time, a knight took advantage of Zhang Yunwen's scimitar to throw out the scimitar and slashed it down.

Zhang Yunwen looked at the six roads, and after seeing a flash of the sword, he flashed back suddenly, and slashed out with a knife, splitting the knight off the horse.

"Song Waterfall, Yang Shi, Liu Cheng, damn it, come with me and cover the old horse!" Zhang Yunwen suddenly remembered that Ma Wangshan was coming, and suddenly shouted loudly.

Hearing Zhang Yunwen's words, the three of them hurriedly went to Ma Wangshan's side.

After a while, the four of them protected Mawang Mountain in the middle. Zhang Yunwen shouted loudly while slashing and killing the Tuyuhun knight: "Old horse, don't let that bastard run away!" ”

Ma Wangshan was silent, and slowly pulled out the four-stone big bow in his hand.