Chapter 398: Heavy Ride

(Xie: Belt Rain Pear Blossom 1957, 100 Maybes, Tang Buyuan, I Believe It is Fate, Moshaoco.)

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Thousands of cavalry rushed into the north gate with the momentum of the wind and clouds, trampling on the iron hooves, surging like waves. When the sword rises and falls, chopping melons and vegetables generally slashes and kills the Nanzhao sword and shield barbarians who fight hand-to-hand in the battlefield. Seeing that the situation was not good, the barbarian general cautiously ordered the team to retreat, set up a formation on the street to wait, and quickly ordered someone to inform Ge Luofeng of the arrival of the Tang reinforcements.

"Who is Song Jiangong? Dead or not? Wang Yuan shouted, stepping off the BMW and stepping on the ground restlessly.

"I'm here." Song Jiangong, who was covered in blood, hurriedly raised his hands and shouted in the crowd of war horses, and after a while, Wang Yuan rode his horse in front of him.

"Are you Jiannan Jiedu Marching Sima Song Jiangong? I am Wang Yuan, the new deputy envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, and I am polite. Wang Yuan immediately gave up his hand, looking indifferent.

Song Jiangong said happily: "It turned out to be Vice Marshal Wang, and yesterday I learned the news that Vice Marshal Wang was coming, but I didn't expect this to arrive." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Yes, I arrived in Rongzhou last night, and I heard that Quzhou was in danger, so I led troops to rescue overnight. ”

Song Jiangong said: "Deputy Marshal Wang has worked hard, he deserves to die for his humble position, he failed to hold Quzhou, he was broken by the barbarians, and his men were also killed and wounded. ”

"That's not your fault, that's Sun Youneng's fault. I've court-martial him, so you don't have to worry. ”

"Huh? Vice Marshal Wang killed General Sun Youneng Sun? Song Jiangong was both surprised and surprised, he never expected that this deputy marshal Wang would be so nimble.

"Don't talk about it, what's going on in the city?" Wang Yuan squinted and looked at the south side of the street.

"Deputy Marshal of the King, except for our foothold, the rest are probably all under the control of the barbarians." Song Jiangong gestured.

"Then let's take it back. Come on, pull a horse for General Song. Liu Jun and Liu Dehai immediately straightened out the formation and launched a charge. All the main streets need to be cleaned of brute soldiers. General Song, I will give you 500 men, plus your manpower to clear the fish that slipped through the net after the cavalry charged, and don't let go of the barbarians in the neighborhood houses. ”

Song Jiangong hurriedly shouted: "Vice Marshal Wang, don't rush hard, there are a large number of poisonous soldiers on the opposite side, and the middle one will be killed immediately, and the casualties will be extremely heavy in the past charge." ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Poison **? So what? Can you break the armor? ”

"The armor is naturally unbreakable, but once the exposed skin is poisoned, it will kill you immediately, which is very evil."

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "It's okay to have some casualties in the battle, but when you say that, I want to try to see if the tricky poisonous arrow method against them is effective." Liu Jun, those dozens of heavily armored cavalry may also come in handy. ”

Liu Jun smiled: "Exactly, let's see if they work." I sent the heavy cavalry to the front and prepared to charge. ”

Song Jiangong was still surprised, but when he saw Liu Jun ordering loudly, a moment later, the sound of armor rubbing in the rear came, and about fifty or sixty heavily armed cavalrymen rode high-headed war horses with full armor and slowly stepped forward. These knights are all dressed in the Mingguang Battle Armor, which is the highest level of armor in the Tang Dynasty system.

But listening to Liu Jun's order, these knights reached out and wiped their helmets, and the clicking sound was loud, and their faces were instantly covered by an iron cover, which was obviously an additional mask. The Mingguang armor is the most sturdy and well-protected armor in Datang, and after adding the mask, there is no bare place on the whole body, and the protection is tight.

Song Jiangong secretly smacked his tongue, how valuable the Mingguang armor is, it is only high-ranking generals who have the opportunity to wear it, and Deputy Marshal Wang actually got dozens of sets for ordinary cavalry to wear, which is really a big deal. Wang Yuan was actually very dissatisfied, he wanted to ask Yang Guozhong for hundreds of sets of Mingguang armor, because he found that this armor was heavy armor, which was in line with Wang Yuan's idea of forming a tank-like heavy cavalry force.

Among all the armor of Datang, only Mingguang armor is the closest to heavy armor and the most suitable. But he didn't know that the Mingguang armor was extremely valuable, and the process of creating this Mingguang armor was extremely complicated and expensive, and one set was worth hundreds of times. Yang Guozhong was able to give him so much, which was already enough to give him face.

After getting these armors, Wang Yuan asked Liu Jun to select strong knights and war horses to form this experimental heavy knight order, originally the black slaves of the Kunlun camp were the most suitable, but unfortunately they couldn't wear the Mingguang armor, most of them were too fat and strong, and they could only choose among the soldiers.

Fifty or sixty heavily armed knights marched forward, ready to charge. When the order was given to prepare to charge, they took the shield from the saddle with one hand, and the long spear from the saddle buckle with the other, and put the tail of the spear in the leather pouch of the waist and held it high in the air.

"Charge!" Liu Jun broke off with a snort, dozens of horses slowly urged, the armor on the horse's body tossed up and down to make a shuo friction sound, and the heavy iron hooves stepped on the ground, splashing the blood and water that had just flowed on the ground, like a rusty machine, the charge at the beginning was slow, but soon it became faster and faster, and the power became more and more impressive. Iron hooves rumbled, smoke and dust flew, and with only a few dozen knights, the power of the charge was no less than that of hundreds of cavalry.

The soldiers and horses of Nanzhao at the entrance of the street felt a little strange when they saw that the other party had been tossing for a long time and finally rushed out dozens of cavalry. The cavalry of the other side has already packed the North Gate Square, at least thousands of cavalry have arrived, why only send these dozens of soldiers to charge and die. But no matter what, the other side is charging and can't ignore them.

"Shoot them." The barbarian general ordered.

The barbarian's longbowman bent his bow and set up his arrows, and at the sound of an order, the arrows flew like springs. The stone arrows rang out on the armor and shields of the charging knights, and sparks flew in all directions, like brilliant fireworks in the dark night. But it is clear that there is no harm to the other party. The speed of the hoplites did not decrease, but increased, and they rushed to within fifty paces in an instant.

“**。” The barbarian general gave the order in a deep voice.

"Bulging." ** Holding a long bamboo tube in his hand, he puffed out his cheeks and aimed at the black faces of the knights in the shadows, which were their favorite places to shoot, and the shot in the face, close to the brain, could be fatal with one breath.

The sound of 'ding ding ding' was clearly audible, and the sharp bamboo tips nailed to the metal mask made a pleasant sound, but all failed.

"Shoot a horse." The barbarian generals were also a little flustered, the other party was already within thirty steps, and the spears raised in high also fell down and stretched forward, lined up in a row, like moving huge crossbow arrows, giving people a huge visual impact.

There are no crossbow arrows, and all the archers and ** hands desperately saluted the arrows towards the cavalry who were close at hand. The hard work pays off, the armor of the war horse is weak after all, and the arrows fired at close range can completely penetrate. Although the knight tried his best to block the arrows with his large shield on the side of the horse, seven or eight horses tumbled to the ground with great impact. The knight on the horse also fell to the ground with great inertia, and the armor on his body rubbed against the ground to make a screeching noise.

But at the same time, the rest of the dozens of horsemen had already rushed to the front of the ranks of Nanzhao's soldiers and horses, and the spears ruthlessly penetrated the chests of the Nanzhao soldiers, and under the huge impact, the spears penetrated not only one person, but two or three or even four or five people. The thin Nanzhao soldiers were like toads on wicker, and their chests were pressed against their backs, and one by one they let out a terrible scream.

The charge of these dozens of heavy cavalry alone caused chaos in the formation of Nanzhao's soldiers and horses. The heavy cavalry, having discarded their spears, drew their swords, slashed with their shields in one hand and broadswords in the other, and began their ferocious slaughter.

While the heavy cavalry rushed into the enemy formation, Wang Yuan gave the order to charge, taking advantage of the confusion of the other party, it was the best time to charge. Fifty black slaves rushed to the front, and hundreds of horsemen followed at a rapid pace. The barbarians were able to bring down all the heavy cavalry, and then they ushered in an even more deadly charge of real cavalry.

The formation of thousands of barbarians soon began to break up, and under the charge of waves of cavalry, the infantry did not have the slightest advantage, and soon the barbarians at the corner of the street were cut in half, and they began to flee along the street. ** Chase all the way, along the streets of the northern city of the comprehensive pursuit, thousands of cavalry in the streets and alleys, a large number of Nanzhao soldiers and horses along the street to run wildly, there is an irresistible momentum.

However, when most of the northern city was recaptured, and the cavalry rushed south along several main streets, all the alleys leading to the south were set on fire, and your houses on both sides of the alley were also set on fire.

The war horse was afraid of fire and did not dare to approach at all, so he had to stop attacking.