Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Newborn Calf
The noose fell on his head, and the man on the horse was firmly lassoed, and the successful cavalry pulled the rope and pulled the opponent off the horse, and then galloped his horse, dragging the captured enemy forward.
An arrow flew, like a small shovel, shot his crotch mount, fell he instantly held his head and rolled forward a few times to unload the momentum, just got up and faced the door with an arrow, fell to the ground.
The cavalryman, who was in the noose, cut off the rope, was shot in the back by an arrow after a few steps, staggered and ran a few steps, and was hit in the back by the galloping enemy horseman picking up a wooden club.
With a "bang", the person who fled to himself was smashed to the ground and did not move, I don't know whether he fainted or died.
As soon as the successful cavalry withdrew his wooden stick, he was hit by an arrow in the middle of the door, fell backwards, and fell to the ground without movement.
Fifty paces away, Xue Shixiong, who shot three arrows in a row, endured the pain in his fingers, pulled out another arrow, and stared at the enemy cavalry wandering around the periphery.
At this moment, Xue Shixiong and eleven of his subordinates were back to back, holding their bow and ready to release arrows, they had a few spears and horse lances under their feet, and their mounts had already been killed, so they could only form a formation on foot with horse lances, spears, bows and arrows and enemy horses.
There are quite a few arrows in the quiver, but there are also quite a few enemies.
There were twelve people on his own side and thirty-three horsemen on the other side, in this wilderness, Xue Shixiong and his subordinates were all on foot, and it was impossible to escape, and at the beginning of the encounter, the number of people on both sides was similar, fifty-one horses against fifty-five horses.
The strength of the enemy cavalry was not ordinary, Xue Shixiong had noticed it at the beginning of the battle, and now, he was more and more sure of his judgment, his own soldiers were barely skilled in bowing and horses, and there was nothing strange about such a result.
Although he was at a disadvantage and was very likely to die, Xue Shixiong had no fear.
The range of the infantry bow is farther than that of the riding bow, and the surviving soldiers are good at archery, so the only chance for Xue Shixiong's side is to force the other party to 'speak' like a hedgehog, so he can only retreat.
"A few of you hurry up and pull out the arrows, and the others, cover with me!"
"Yes, General!"
The small formation began to move, approaching several corpses that had fallen not far away, and they were about to pull out the arrows from the corpses for later use, and it was clear that the enemy was aware of this and began to change tactics.
More than ten horsemen approached again, harassing with cavalry and shooting, and the others dismounted, holding a foot bow and using the small shield on their left arm as a cover, approaching Xue Shixiong's side, combining infantry and cavalry, and launching an attack with the advantage of numbers.
Riding and shooting are flexible, foot shooting is strong, and under the left and right flanking attacks, Xue Shixiong, who is at a disadvantage in numbers, cannot form an effective counterattack, and everyone carries arrows on their bodies and relies on armor to hard top.
It was also a loss of heavy armor, and it could barely withstand long-distance shooting, but as the distance between the two sides approached, the situation was precarious.
Shooting at close range with a bow, no matter how thick the armor is, it can't withstand the armor-piercing arrow, Xue Shixiong saw the enemy approaching on foot, and still didn't panic, the more times like this, the more calm he became, bent the bow and aimed at the enemy, waiting for the other party to show his flaws.
An arrow came, Xue Shixiong did not dodge, taking advantage of the enemy's lack of time to use a small shield to protect himself when he released the arrow, he scattered the bowstring, and the arrow directly hit the opponent's door in the past, and his own chest was also hit by the arrow shot by the opponent.
A stinging pain came, the arrow shot through the armor, hurting the flesh and skin, Xue Shixiong no matter what the injury was, pulled out another arrow, and the others did the same, relying on the armor on their bodies to carry it, in exchange for the opportunity to shoot arrows.
After several rounds of fighting, four people died on Xue Shixiong's side, seven people died on the opposite side, and now it is eight people against twenty-six horses, and Xue Shixiong's side is almost finished.
The general will inevitably die in battle, and if he dies, he will die, Xue Shixiong has long been mentally prepared, he just wants to kill a few more enemies before he dies to earn enough money, but it seems that the other party wants to stay alive, that is, to capture prisoners.
Otherwise, why did you choose to shoot horses instead of people in the first place?
Thinking of this, Xue Shixiong suddenly asked, "Do you believe me?" ”
"We believe in the General!"
"Okay, trust me!!"
After Xue Shixiong finished speaking, he left the remaining seven people and turned around and ran, empty-handed and didn't take anything, and the enemy cavalry saw this and divided two horses to chase him.
The sound of horses' hooves was near, and an enemy soldier swept the spear in his hand against Xue Shixiong's back, and Xue Shixiong rolled sideways to avoid the blow in the back of his head, but did not dodge the wooden stick of the other horse.
He was hit in the back by the other party, staggered to the ground, and the enemy horse turned his horse's head and bent over to reach out to catch someone, but was grabbed by the arm of the violent Xue Shixiong and ripped off the horse.
Seeing this, the other horse raised his spear to stab, Xue Shixiong pulled out his dagger and threw it hard, just hitting the opponent's door, he picked up the spear and stepped on the war horse, and then led the other horse, and rushed straight to the enemy who shot at the lower horse.
The enemy cavalry didn't react at once, and the enemy soldiers who dismounted and shot arrows on foot were caught off guard, and watched Xue Shixiong rush over, and hurriedly released a few arrows.
The mount was hit by several arrows, Xue Shixiong jumped on another horse before he fell to the ground, brandished his spear, and rushed into the crowd, stabbing with stabs, instantly putting down eight people, and then riding his horse back, and stabbing again, killing all the enemy soldiers.
Several arrows were hit on his body, and the arrows pierced through the armor, and bursts of pain came, but Xue Shixiong became more and more excited, and then held the spear stained with blood, and rushed towards the enemy rider who reacted alone.
Several of his subordinates struggled to run towards the ownerless war horse, and when they were ready to mount their horses to fight the enemy horse, the other party had been repelled by Xue Shixiong.
Turning the tide of the battle on his own, Xue Shixiong's toughness made the survivors very excited, looking at the brave generals covered in arrows and blood, the recruits who survived the catastrophe cheered.
They were not serious officials and soldiers before, but the children of clans from all over the country who responded to the call to fight for their lives for their lives, and they were organized into Xue Shixiong's subordinates and followed him to the battlefield, so they were beaten very desolate by the other party when the number of people was not much different.
If it weren't for Xue Shixiong, the backbone, I am afraid that the recruits would all have to explain here.
Xue Shixiong, who repelled the enemy, rode his horse back, saw a few survivors, and asked, "How is it, can you survive?" ”
"General, we can survive!"
"Are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!"
"Okay, to go to the battlefield is to have this energy! Don't be afraid even if you meet a survivor! Xue Shixiong said with a smile, the soldiers who survived the vicious battle on the battlefield, as long as they are not frightened, will grow very quickly.
Hearing him say "catching the general", the recruits were a little puzzled, Xue Shixiong picked up a rope on the ground with a spear and said: "It's not easy to use a noose to trap people on a horse, if you are not a veteran, you will not be able to hit the target at all." ”
"They use this kind of means, that is, they want to capture a few people alive and go back to torture the military situation, and it is not possible to do this kind of work without being proficient, in the north, people who can do this kind of thing are called to capture generals, and one person is worth three ordinary soldiers."
"That's... And this is the elite of the enemy army? ”
"So what, are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid!"
"You can't just say it, if you don't hone your skills, will you survive the next battle?"
If it were a normal day, Xue Shixiong would not be so verbose, but now it is different, the king of Xiyang ordered him to bring the newborn calf to the battlefield, no matter how many survived, it will be under his control, and there will be new people to add in the future, so these people will be good seeds.
Xue Shixiong was born in the Xue clan in Hedong, and the family foundation is located in Hedong, and now he is under the control of the Wei Chi clan, so he can't send anyone to Huaixi to live and die with him, so in the next war, Xue Shixiong needs reliable subordinates to follow him on the battlefield.
It was not early, not much to say, Xue Shixiong ordered his subordinates to clean up the battlefield and collect the corpses of his fallen companions, at this moment, dozens of horsemen galloped from the north, and everyone looked at it, but it was their own people who rushed to reinforce it.
The area under his control was harassed by enemy cavalry on a large scale, so the king of Xiyang divided the control area into "hunting grounds", and each "hunting ground" was equipped with many beacons.
Each "hunting ground" has a cavalry team to patrol and guard, and once the enemy is found to be attacking, unless there is a huge difference, the enemy must be battled.
When the enemy is discovered, it is necessary to release the "Sky Monkey" warning, the Fengsui defenders will release wolf smoke when they see the signal, and the cavalry in the adjacent area will rush to reinforcements as long as there is no enemy situation after seeing it, and now, it is the friendly troops who have arrived on the battlefield after hearing the news.
The exhausted soldiers, who had recovered from the grief of the death of their comrades, looked at the belated reinforcements, and quipped: "I'm just here now, the dishes are cold!" ”