Chapter 238: The Battle of Martial Arts 22
The two armies were non-stop, galloping and shooting crossbows at the same time.
In the rain of arrows, screams came and went, and one soldier after another fell from his horse.
The attack of the single-shot crossbow, the Yizhou army suffered a small loss, and the Flying Bear Army was famous all over the world. However, after the 5,000 Xiliang cavalry, mainly the Flying Bear Army, began to turn to evade and reload crossbow arrows, the situation immediately changed.
Hua Xiong handed over all the 800 crossbowmen to Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er, and after the two bypassed Li Le's department and converged, the strength was 4,800 people, only slightly weaker than the opponent, although they suffered more heavy losses than the other side, but when the two armies began to turn at the same time, the ordinary crossbowmen of the first cavalry division turned away, and the crossbowmen in the rear of the army formation showed their sharp fangs.
The enemy army that was turning suffered the same fate as Li Lebu, and the Xiliang cavalry, which was turning intensively and completely exposing the entire side, was like a lamb facing a vicious wolf pack, without the slightest power to resist! Eight hundred repeaters are eight thousand crossbow arrows, and the crossbowmen stopped and shot the arrows frantically......
In the blink of an eye, the rising repeaters found that their magazines were empty, and they had no choice but to put down their repeaters, urge their horses to leave, and hand over their attack positions to the single-shot crossbowmen who had reloaded their arrows.
When the crossbowmen left, five or six hundred Xiliang soldiers fell behind them (not counting the number of kills and casualties of ordinary crossbowmen).
Dong Ming has always boasted of being brave and brave in battle, and he has already seen the crossbow of the Yizhou Army when he watched the battle, but he who boasted that the Flying Bear Army was invincible in the world did not put the small repeater in his eyes at all......
But when the crossbow showed his horror without reservation, Dong Ming realized that his arrogance was simply a big mistake, watching the soldiers who had no backhand power being shot by the Yizhou army one after another, he had always been bold and even raised a chill, the only thing that could make him comfort himself was that the Yizhou army's crossbow could only be loaded with ten arrows at a time, if it was twenty, or even more, he couldn't imagine what kind of picture it would be.
Finally suffered ten waves of arrow rain, Dong Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his neck to look, fortunately, the soldiers of the Flying Bear Army were wrapped in thick armor, and only more than 200 people were killed in the first confrontation, but those ordinary cavalry were killed, 2,000 people died in just one round, and more than 600 people were killed, whether it was the Flying Bear Army or ordinary cavalry, there were not many wounded, which is also one of the characteristics of cavalry warfare, the injured often stumbled and fell from their horses, in the fierce battlefield, once they stumbled and fell from their horses, there was almost only one result - being trampled into meat by iron hooves!
The Yizhou army also paid the price of about 400 casualties, but the fierce crossbowmen were in the rear when they charged, and there were no casualties, which retained the weight of continuing to suppress the Xiliang army.
"I didn't expect that little repeater to be so powerful...... Dong Ming sighed secretly, but he didn't flinch from it, and he immediately took the same method as Li Le, ordering the army to rush forward and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
The cavalry general Zhang Xiu immediately ordered the single-shot crossbowmen to shoot the crossbow arrows in their hands, and then started hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
Whether it is the Flying Bear Army to defend honor, or the first cavalry division to prove itself, they have no way out, the two strong meet, and only one can live with honor!
Under the leadership of Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er, the first cavalry division of the newborn calf was not afraid of the tiger and rushed to the Flying Bear Army without hesitation......
As an old powerhouse, the Flying Bear Army must not be humiliated, as soon as the short-handed battle was launched, the Yizhou Army was under tremendous pressure, and couldn't help but have a sense of respect in their hearts, of course, they would never admit defeat, would not give up, and vowed to prove their elite name!
After the short hand, the Xiliang army quickly harvested the lives of the Yizhou army under the lead of the Flying Bear Army, Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er rushed left and right, and cut several fierce soldiers, under their leadership, the first cavalry division became more and more courageous, and it was able to block the attack of the Flying Bear Army, although it was at a disadvantage, but it was not all powerless.
When he was young, when the crossbowmen were in place and began to shoot the soldiers in the rear of the Xiliang Army, Dong Ming had to divide his troops to disperse, Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er The frontal pressure suddenly decreased, and under their command, they actually launched a surprise attack, which greatly improved their morale.
Dong Zhuo saw that the Flying Bear Army didn't please him, and said to the general with a cold face full of anger around him: "Dong Rong, you go to support Dong Ming quickly, and you must annihilate the enemy army!" ”
It turned out that this angry general was surnamed Dong Mingrong, and like Dong Ming, he was also Dong Zhuo's nephew, commanding Dong Zhuo's 3,000 guards infantry.
Dong Rong said loudly: "Xiangye, please rest assured, the last general will definitely go all out to cooperate with his cousin to annihilate the enemy army, if he runs away from the enemy, the last general is willing to give the head on his neck!" ”
"It's true, it's worthy of my Dong Yingjie, go ahead!" Dong Zhuo praised.
"Yes!" Dong Rong answered, and then commanded two thousand infantry to rush to the battlefield. Why don't you take all 3,000 people with you? You don't see Dong Zhuo watching the battle here, once all the guards leave, and the Yizhou cavalry gets rid of the opponent and comes to attack, what does Dong Zhuo do to protect himself?
Dong Rong and Dong Ming soon met on the battlefield, Gu Long said, 'Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes', the same is true in the Xiliang Army, the Flying Bear Army led by Dong Ming is famous all over the world, and is most trusted and reused by Dong Zhuo, so he has developed Dong Ming's empty character, Dong Rong watched Dong Ming take the highest salary, eat the best food, and receive the most generous gifts, and he felt that he was no worse than Dong Ming, so he was naturally envious, jealous, and hateful, so the relationship between these two cousins has always been bad, and he didn't know how many times he had moved his hands and feet behind Dong Zhuo's back, It was only because of Dong Zhuo's tiger might that he maintained the superficial harmony in front of Dong Zhuo. The discord between the two commanders naturally affected their respective soldiers, just mention a number to know the relationship between the two armies, in the past year in the four quarterly competitions, the two armies really turned the other side into the enemy to fight to the death, four battles, Dong Ming died 37 soldiers, more than 100 people were seriously injured, Dong Rong was even worse, 55 people died in the hands of his own robe brothers, and another 215 people were lightly and seriously wounded, where is this comrade-in-arms who eat in the same pot, this is simply two teams that do not share the sky, The enemy is as deep as the sea (it stands to reason that the casualties are so heavy that Dong Zhuo should stop it, but Dong Zhuo thinks that this kind of training is closer to the actual combat, in order to maintain the murderous spirit and desire to win of the two armies, and to test the actual combat effectiveness of the two armies, in Dong Zhuo's view, Dong Ming and Dong Rong are brothers with bones and tendons, and a small contradiction does not affect their friendly relationship, and Dong Ming and Dong Rong also behaved like this in front of Dong Zhuo, so Dong Zhuo took a blind attitude towards this matter)! No, after seeing each other on the battlefield, the two brothers did not have that touching scene of crying with joy, the two of them turned their heads at the same time, and expressed their disdain for each other with a heavy "hum", so the battlefield was limited to chaos, Dong Ming and Dong Rong did not cooperate at all, and they also dismantled each other, which made Zhang Xiu, who was still a little worried, put his heart at ease, and secretly said in his heart, "If the reinforcements of the Xiliang Army are like this, then let's have more!" ”
It didn't take long for Zhang Xiu to see a scene that made him dumbfounded, maybe he was injured by the other party in the previous competition, and at this moment, the enemies on the battlefield were of course red-eyed when they saw each other (they completely forgot that this would not be a competition, they had a common enemy), and the Xiliang Army and the Mabu Army actually broke out in a small area of cannibalism!
"Bastard, what do Dong Ming and Dong Rong do to eat, is this how they train the troops?" On the small dirt slope, Dong Zhuo originally wanted to witness the scene of his two guards slaughtering the enemy with great interest, but when he saw such a scene, he immediately burst into a rage.
Li Ru had already reminded Dong Zhuo to pay attention to balancing Dong Ming and Dong Rong, but Dong Zhuo thought that both of them were members of the Dong family, so they naturally worked together to take the prosperity of the Dong family as their own responsibility, and always smiled at Li Ru's advice and said 'They are brothers' to block back, at this time, seeing that what he had been worried about finally happened, he couldn't help but feel sad and angry that Dong Ming and Dong Rong were so ignorant of the overall situation, but he knew that now was not the time to hold the two responsible, so he hurriedly said: "Xiangye, the current military situation is urgent, not the time to hold the two accountable, Please strictly order Dong Ming and Dong Rong to put aside their personal grievances and work together to annihilate the enemy, if there is a delay, I am afraid that something will not be good! ”
Dong Zhuo scolded angrily: "The two wastes, when are they, they are still fighting in the nest, and when this battle is over, they must be cut down, come on, quickly pass my order, Dong Ming and Dong Rong will work together to meet the enemy, if there is another brother against the wall, there will be no forgiveness!" ”
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Gao Shun, who commanded Ruoding, saw that Dong Zhuo had transferred the cavalry on the left flank, and then transferred another 2,000 infantry, leaving only 1,000 guards beside him, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to call Zhou Cang over.
Not long after, Zhou Cang, who was covered in blood, came to Gao Shun's side and said loudly: "The last general Zhou Cang is here, please give the general's orders!" ”
Gao Shun looked at Zhou Cang and said, "General Zhou, can you still fight?" ”
"How not? The last general, as long as there is a breath of air, will fight without stopping! Does the general have a task for the last general? ”
"Yes, you see ......" Gao Shun said while pointing to the small mountain where Dong Zhuo was in the distance: "Dong Zhuo's left wing cavalry has been transferred away to support Li Le to resist Huaxiong, his personal guard infantry has just transferred two thousand people, at this time there are only one thousand guards left on his side, if I want to let the cavalry of the Tiger Guard Division lead three thousand out of the battle, are you sure to attack Dong Zhuo's side?" ”
Zhou Cang looked at the situation in the distance, and said nonchalantly: "Is it just to attack Dong Zhuo's side?" ”
"What, General Zhou Cang still wants to kill Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop?"
Zhou Cang said: "Why not? Dong thief around only 1,000 infantry guards, my tiger guard division cavalry has 3,000 people, since the Northern Expedition has not paid for a battle, the soldiers are full of physical strength, high morale, as long as the general gives an order, the last general is willing to lead the troops to kill Dong thief! ”
Gao Shun said: "Okay...... General Zhou is really full of courage, but it is not easy to kill Dong Thief, don't look at the only 1,000 guards around him, but you look at his location, there is a small dirt slope, which will greatly affect the speed of the cavalry, Dong Zhuo leaned on the dirt slope and guarded, resisting with bows and arrows. Of course, if you can kill Dong Zhuo, it is worth paying any price, but Dong Zhuo will send troops back to help after sensing your intentions, and I am afraid that you have not killed Dong Zhuo yet, and you have been surrounded by his cavalry, and finally died in vain! So my order is that you try to rush to the kill, and if you find that you can't go against it, you will retreat immediately, your first goal is to disrupt the enemy army and relieve the danger of the camp! ”
Zhou Cang bowed again: "The last general will be ordered!" Then he turned and left.
Soon after, Zhou Cang, who was deeply covered in blood, led three thousand tiger guards to ride out of the east gate.