Chapter 18: The Death of Bunton
When he heard that the Han people were resting 20 miles away, he couldn't help but be a little impatient. There is a small boss who suggests: Forget about killing it, don't wait for his mother.
There are also some old people who think it's inappropriate, and if they kill it, they will become Han people who wait for work. The two sides argued endlessly, and Badun became angry: "Stop arguing! Let's wait a little longer! If the Han people don't come, we will kill them. ”
When the Liaodong army was full of food and drink, Gongsun Kang gave the order, with the infantry in front and the light cavalry on the two sides. The heavy cavalry, also in armor, also stood in front of the light cavalry, waiting beside the horses. The ballista pulls the bowstring and loads the bolts. The catapult is also ready.
They waited for half an hour, but they didn't see the Han army attacking, so they couldn't help but be anxious. Then he ordered. "I have a lot of soldiers, but few Han soldiers, as long as the sons and daughters kill the Han people in front of them, we can enter Liaodong, grab money, food, and women!" ”
The Wuheng people brandished their scimitars in unison and shouted: "Grab money, food, and women!" "For a while, the morale of the army was greatly boosted.
With a wave of his scimitar: "Charge!" "Rushed to the Han army in the first place.
The Wuheng cavalry began to charge, and from 20 miles away, they began to gallop on horseback.
Putting down the binoculars, Gongsun Kang ordered: "The Hu people have begun to charge, and all units are ready for battle!" ”
When the Hu people rushed to a distance of 1,000 meters, the ballista was in full swing. Dozens of big men hammered down the trigger with a sledgehammer, and the crossbow arrows with the thickness of spears shot at the Wuheng cavalry like lightning.
The Wuheng people are wearing leather armor, which has no protective effect at all, and the Wuheng cavalry in the front row has not had time to react, and the giant spear-like crossbow arrows have passed through their chests, fast and powerful, and after being penetrated by the giant spear, their bodies have time to fall off their horses.
Then the momentum of the giant spear did not weaken at all, and then penetrated the Wuheng people in the second, third, fourth, and fifth rows; Some crossbow arrows even pierced the horse's body.
Each bolt pierced through more than 10 centaurs in a row before it stopped. The Wuheng cavalry, who had not yet died under the horse, just wanted to open their mouths and cry, but they were stepped on by the horse team behind them and trampled into flesh on the spot.
In the Han army's array, fifty bed crossbows launched the first wave of attacks, and more than 700 Hu people were eliminated; The soldier in charge of loading the arrows next to the crossbow quickly hooked the rope of the winch to the string, and then ten soldiers on each side of the bed crossbow quickly turned the winch to pull the crossbow string.
When the Wuheng people rushed to 800 meters, the bed crossbow fired another wave. Due to the proximity of this wave, the bed crossbow was more powerful, and it wiped out more than 1,000 Hu people.
In this way, the Han army fired four waves of crossbow arrows and eliminated 4,000 Hu people, and the Wuheng cavalry rushed to within 200 meters.
And at 350 meters away, the stone thrower also began to wield. The stones of the human head were thrown into the Wuheng horse team one by one, and the Wuheng army and the horses were smashed into meat on the spot, and some arms and legs were scattered around. The trebuchet did not kill many enemies, but the appearance of the death was tragic, which greatly damaged the morale of the Wuheng cavalry.
And 200 meters away, the stone thrower threw out the ignited oil clay pot, after the landing, the clay pot shattered, the fire oil splashed and continued to burn, the horses behind were frightened, unrestrained jumping and running, many Wuheng cavalry were thrown off the horse, trampled to death. The formation of the Wuheng people was even more chaotic.
When the Wuheng cavalry rushed to 150 meters away from the Han army, the formation no longer existed; The chaotic Hu people rushed to their own and scattered them in heaps.
The bed crossbow and the stone thrower stopped to rest on the spot, and the sword and shield stepped forward and stood the big iron shield on the ground with a clatter. Lined up in a row, airtight. The crossbowmen in the back began to fire. It is divided into three sections, and after firing in a row, the arrows begin to be loaded; The second platoon began to fire, and the firing angle was 45 degrees upward, using the gravity of the arrows to fall, and a large number of them were thrown in the dense Wuheng cavalry. There is no need to aim, just a large area of coverage, and you can empty the Wuheng cavalry piece by piece. After the three rows were finished, the first row of crossbowmen began to fire again, and the three rows of Han troops fired in a loop. Pieces of Wuheng cavalry fell with men and horses, seriously hindering the charge of the army behind. In this way, there were at least tens of thousands of Wuheng cavalry who fell under bows and crossbow arrows.
After entering the bed crossbows of the Han army, the stone throwing carts, and the crossbowmen were raging in turn, there were few Wuheng cavalry who could rush to 50 meters away from the Han army. The bow of the Wuheng people was very soft, and although it could be fired from 50 meters away, the number was too small to be large-scale, and most of it was blocked by the large iron shield of the Han army.
There are Han crossbow archers with repeater crossbows, and at this time they begin to shoot, like heavy machine guns, with a high accuracy rate within 30 meters.
Tonton ordered: "Avoid the middle and kill to the two sides." ”
Gongsun Kang ordered: "Heavy cavalry mount!" Charge! ”
The heavy cavalry had long been put on their helmets and armor, and they were ready, and now they stepped on their horses, and the whole thing was an iron box, with only eyes and nostrils leaking out.
Tai Shi Ci and Zhao Yun each led 2,500 heavy cavalry from the two flanks to kill the enemy formation. The Han crossbowmen in the middle all stopped, replaced their spears, and stretched out from behind the big iron shields, like a jungle of steel. The spears are all 3 meters long, and the tail end is stuck diagonally into the ground as a support. If the Wuheng people who rushed to the front of the battle jumped on horseback, they would inevitably fall into the steel jungle and be hit by more than 10 spears.
The infantry was mainly defensive, and at this time the enemy was broken by heavy cavalry, and the attack was based on light cavalry.
Tai Shi Ci rushed into the enemy formation first, and the scimitars of the Wuheng people brought a spark on the armor of the heavy cavalry, but it did not work, and it could not break through the defense of the Han army at all.
The Xiangyang iron knife of the Liaodong soldiers has a long iron handle and a narrow blade. With a slight stroke, the Wuheng people and their horses were split into two sections. The second team of Liaodong heavy cavalry was like two knives cutting into butter, easily inserting into the Wuheng cavalry.
Behind was 20,000 Liaodong light cavalry, followed by the heavy cavalry to break through the enemy formation, smashed in, expanded to the two sides, divided and surrounded and then destroyed.
Wandering around the periphery were the Goguryeo Eight Banner soldiers, who fired arrows from time to time, and when the enemy troops surrounded them, they ran away. The enemy retreated and came back, continuing to release cold arrows, entangled the Wuheng cavalry like kraft candy.
The battlefield has been chaotic, and the Wuheng people will not be able to find soldiers, and the soldiers will not be able to find generals. In the chaos, Tai Shi Ci killed the Wuheng Zhong Army and was encountering Badun. He is brave and brave, and he is not afraid of Tai Shici. At that moment, the horse was slapped to meet him, and the two fought.
Tai Shi Ci used the Wild Song Halberd and the Iron Spear of Badun to fight for 5,60 rounds, without winning or losing. When he missed the horse again, Tai Shici took out the halberd on his back and threw it at Badun, and the halberd stabbed Badun's shoulder.
When he fought again, his right arm was unable to exert his strength. was picked up by Tai Shici's Wild Song Halberd, and cut off the head of Badun with the halberd blade. Picked up on the halberd and held high.
I only heard Tai Shici shouting: "Die suddenly!" Dead! ”
The Wuheng people looked up, and sure enough, it was the head of the dumb man, so they had no intention of fighting again. They all turned their horses and fled back to Liucheng.
Gongsun Kang ordered the heavy cavalry to rest, and the light cavalry and Goguryeo soldiers pursued. The infantry could not outrun the horses, so they stayed to clean up the battlefield.
The seriously wounded Wuheng soldiers and horses were all killed; Lightly wounded, uninjured captives were disarmed, camped and imprisoned, and sent to repair roads or mine after the war.
In this battle, more than 20,000 Wuheng cavalry were killed and more than 10,000 were captured. Another 40,000 people ran back to Liucheng and were surrounded by Liaodong Iron Cavalry.