Chapter Forty-Seven: Under the Lance

The people cried and slapped Teng Dun desperately, hoping that the barbarian army would let them in, but no one paid attention to them at all.

Just as they were pleading with the barbarians, the cavalry behind them had already approached.

The cavalrymen had already put away their crossbow arrows, plucked their spears from the victorious hooks of their horses, and poked out their horses' heads one by one, like arrows off the string.

Poof, poof, poof-

The spear first pierced through the bodies of the people in front of the barbarian camp, and then directly penetrated Teng Dun, and then penetrated through the barbarian army behind Teng Dun. Under the impact of the inertia of the war horse, the cavalry pierced with a spear, often through the bodies of two or three people in a row.

Bang! Bang! Boom -

The war horses slammed into the shield wall one after another, and the charging cavalry certainly fell to the ground with men and horses, while the barbarians on the opposite side were all shattered, and even some barbarians were knocked out of the way.

The cavalry's horses were too fast, and after the spear in his hand penetrated the enemy's body, it was completely too late to draw it out, and the people immediately discarded the spear, drew the saber under the rib, and slashed the surrounding barbarians.

During the engagement, it was evident that the cavalry was well-trained, experienced, and well-armed, and their swords were unusual in addition to crossbows and spears.

The war knife they used was the Han sword, that is, the ring head knife. More than a meter long, the blade is straight, and the ring head knife is also the ancestor of the Tang knife and the Japanese samurai sword.

At that time, the Han sword was already made of stainless steel, and the standard process was '卅湅', that is, it had to be tempered 30 times, and the blade also adopted the most advanced 'quenching' process at that time.

With such a Han knife, splitting people is really like chopping vegetables. The animal skins and even leather armor and rattan armor on the barbarian army are no different from papier-mΓ’chΓ© in front of the Han sword.

In the battle between the two sides, the cavalry charge did not break a few holes in the phalanx of the barbarian army, but like a bulldozer, it was completely crushed.

The shield array laid by the barbarian army seems to be strong, but in front of the elite cavalry, it is completely vulnerable and crushed.

The cavalry slaughtered into the camp of the barbarians, it was like entering a no-man's land, cutting people when they saw them, killing people when they saw them, and there were countless barbarians who were trampled to death by war horses alone.

There are many fierce generals of the Xie tribe, such as Sha Lineng, Luan Titon, Yao Ge and others.

But even they couldn't resist the crowds of cavalry. After Shali Neng defeated dozens of horsemen, his body was also full of crossbow arrows, and his burly body fell to the ground with a bang, and was crumbled into pulp by the cavalry that rushed up later.

Luan Titun and Yao Ge and others were also wounded, unable to fight with the cavalry, and they retreated to the front of Xie Tu, and they shouted urgently: "General, what we have encountered is the main cavalry of the Han people, and it can no longer be stopped, so quickly retreat!" ”

Xie Tu looked around, only to see that the opponent's cavalry was in his own camp, rampage, unstoppable, some cavalry had already passed through the formation, turned back from the end of their own camp, and continued to charge and kill.

Their own camp had no formation to speak of, and was smashed into a plate of scattered sand by the cavalry, panicked soldiers could be seen everywhere, and there were corpses of their own people everywhere, where was still fighting, and it was a completely one-sided massacre.

Shetu slowly closed his eyes, tears dripping down, he turned his back to the sky, suddenly pulled out the saber under his ribs, and slammed it across his neck.

Seeing this, everyone around was so frightened that they exclaimed, and everyone stretched out their hands in unison, grabbed Xietu, and said urgently: "General, you can't find a short-sighted meeting!" ”

"We can't do without a patriarch!"

"If you die, General, who can help us avenge today's revenge?"

Shetu didn't really want to die, he was just putting on a show. Shetsang died, and he had not officially taken over the position of patriarch, but he suffered such a fiasco, and people would inevitably have doubts about his ability.

He looked around at the crowd and lamented, "I led 20,000 people to the expedition, but now how can I escape alone? ”

"General, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood! Today's revenge, we will avenge it tomorrow! Burn Ge took Shetu's arm and said urgently, "Hurry up!" If you don't leave, it's really too late! ”

Before he could finish speaking, a group of cavalry had already charged towards them.

Before the people arrived, the crossbow arrows arrived first, and the guards around Xie Tu immediately formed a human wall around him, and poof, dozens of flying crossbow arrows shot several guards into hedgehogs on the spot.

Luan Tetun roared: "You protect the general and go first, and I will break it off!" As he spoke, he turned his horse's head and led a dozen or so guards to the oncoming cavalry.

It's too late, it's fast, it's just a blink of an eye, and it's convenient for the two to come into contact together.

Sand!

A spear stabbed at Luan Teton in the chest. Luan Teton tilted to the side, dodging the spear that had stabbed him, and when the horses of both sides staggered, he swept out with a single sword.

Burst!

The blade sliced through the armor under the cavalry's ribs, and a bloody arrow erupted. The cavalryman screamed and planted his horse. Luan Teton held two scimitars in his hand, and his feet clamped between the belly of the horse, and the horse neighed, and rushed directly into the ranks of the cavalry.

The war horses of both sides galloped in reverse, and spears stabbed at Luan Teton from time to time on both sides. Luan Tetun was worthy of being a fierce general of the Xie tribe, and his double swords were swung and flew up and down, not only blocking all the spears that pierced him, but also the cavalry that swept past him was also cut off under his horse by his scimitar from time to time.

Luan Titun rushed forward dozens of meters in one breath, slashing and killing more than 20 cavalrymen. Behind him, a column of corpses fell.

Just as Luan Teidon was killing and red-eyed, two war horses swept past him at the same time, and the cavalrymen on the horses each grabbed one end of the chain.

Luan Teton only paid attention to the enemy on the horse, and did not notice the chains dragged horizontally. The two front legs of the war horse were tripped by the chain.

A rumbling sound was heard in the ear chakra, and Luan Teton's crotch fell to the ground with his head down, and Luan Teton, who was sitting on the horse, flew forward five or six meters away before falling to the ground.

Luan Teton roared and jumped up from the ground, and looked at him again, covered in dust, like a native man.

Whoosh!

The cavalry's crossbow arrows flew towards him, and Luan Titun swung his twin swords to block the crossbow arrows, clanging, and the sound of iron weapons clashing incessantly.

Luan Teton is a man, not a god, when man runs out of strength, and the cavalry's crossbow arrows seem to be endless.

It didn't take long, Luan Titon's knife was only half a beat slower, and he was hit by a sword in his thigh and lower abdomen. Luan Teton roared and lifted the war horse that had fallen to the ground and could no longer stand up, and used the body of the war horse to resist the crossbow arrows fired in front of him.

While Luan Titon was struggling for support, a cavalryman rushed straight at him, stabbing out a spear through the carcass of the warhorse, and the spearhead plunged straight into his left shoulder.

Luan Ti snorted, threw away the horse's corpse, grabbed the spear with both hands, and with a snort, lifted the cavalry off the horse.

Poof!

The cavalryman's body fell to the ground, and Luan Teton pulled the spear off his shoulder, and pierced the cavalryman's neck with a spear.

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, another cavalryman rushed in front of him, using his spear as a stick, and swept it across Luan Tedon's head.

Syllable!

Luan Teton's huge body staggered back four or five steps before he could barely stabilize his body, and in an instant, his brain was bleeding like a torrent, and his eyes were also a gold star.

Poof, poof, poof! In just an instant, at least thirty crossbow arrows were nailed to his body in unison.

Luan Teton's body was like a hedgehog, full of arrows. He staggered forward with a roar, only to see the second round of crossbow bolts arrive. This wave of crossbow arrows made Luan Teton's body incomplete.

He fell to his knees and sat on the ground. Until he died, his body did not fall.

A cavalryman armed with a Han sword, rode past him, slashed down with a sword, click, the kneeling corpse's head fell, and bright red blood spurted high.

The cavalry encountered by the barbarian army was the main cavalry of the Jingshi Army led by Lian Dan himself, with as many as 10,000 horsemen.

10,000 cavalry against 10,000 infantry, not to mention that the barbarian army is not very good at arranging troops, even if they are good at arranging formations, this battle will not have any suspense, it can only be a one-sided crushing.

The difference in combat power between the two sides is too great, and it is no longer something that can be made up by arranging the formation.

Although Lian Dan's character is not very good, he is indeed very good at using soldiers.

Everyone thought that the main force of the Jingshi Army was fighting in the south of Yizhou, but no one expected that Lian Dan would take 10,000 cavalry and unknowingly return to Hanzhong in the north of Yizhou, killing the barbarian army by surprise.

In this short-term handover of troops that met on a narrow road, more than 10,000 barbarian troops did not even have the strength to resist, and they were almost completely annihilated by Lian Dan, and in the end, only Xie Tu and more than 100 henchmen and guards escaped.

This battle also allowed Xie Tu and others to really see the real combat effectiveness of the regular army of the Han people, who had fought with them in the past were only local armies and righteous armies, and compared with the Jingshi army, it is not an exaggeration to describe those armies as rabble.

When the battle is over, and then look at the battlefield, the corpses are all over the field, and everywhere you look, most of them are the corpses of the barbarians, and of course, there are also the corpses of more than a thousand people in Lan Town.

The army under the command of Lian Dan was not far less ferocious than the barbarian army.

As long as Lian Dan's army and the barbarian army fought, no matter where they were, all the local people would suffer.

Lian Dan's subordinates, regardless of whether you are a barbarian or a Han, kill people when they see them, and after killing, cut off their heads and take them to receive rewards.

Strictly speaking, here in Yizhou, the Han people who died at the hands of Lian Dan were not much less than the people who died at the hands of the barbarians.

Usually his style is like this, but now that the people of Lanzhen are mixed with the barbarian army, can they still be merciful?

When cleaning up the battlefield, the gold, silver and jewels looted by the barbarian army naturally fell into Lian Dan's pocket, and as for the corpses on the battlefield, they were all cut off and loaded into carriages, and the rest of the corpses were in the wilderness.

After the battle, there were more than 20 carriages used to load human heads.

Compared with the killing of more than 10,000 enemies, the cavalry under Lian Dan only lost a few hundred people. This battle can be described as a big victory. Lian Dan did not stay here for long, and with a wave of his hand, the whole army continued to march towards Hanzhong City.

Lian Dan led the army into Hanzhong and completely annihilated the main force of the barbarian army, and the news soon spread to Hanzhong City.

Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu, Feng Yi and others, who were originally ready to fight a bloody battle with the barbarian army, were a little unable to react. They asked the spies who had come back to report the news: "More than 10,000 barbarian troops are dead?" ”

The spy nodded excitedly and said, "All dead!" The head of the barbarian army alone has loaded more than 20 vehicles, and now General Lian is leading the army to Hanzhong City! ”

Liu Xuan swallowed his saliva and asked, "Lian Dan...... How many soldiers and horses did General Lian bring? ”

"Looks like 10,000 riders!"

"How many casualties?"

"Well, there were almost no casualties."

"......" Liu Xuan was silent, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Who would have thought that the barbarian army, which was invincible in Hanzhong County and almost pushed itself into a desperate situation, would be so vulnerable in front of Lian Dan.