Chapter 19: The Five Tigers Defeat the Enemy
Everyone was puzzled, but looking at it like that, Qin Tian didn't plan to solve their doubts in advance, but invited them to go to a high slope not far away and wait to watch the hunt. Qin Tianyihu took the lead, he was familiar with the road, and he felt that he knew the terrain here well, and he was much more familiar with these generals who had guarded the western border for many years, and he couldn't help but be ashamed.
After ascending the heights, Qin Tian chatted with them about the military situation in the western border, and waited until it was nearly noon, when he suddenly heard the noisy sound of people and horses coming from the west, and felt that the scale was not small. They didn't make a big fanfare, so if they didn't wait in the mountains and forests, but patrolled outside the mountains, they basically couldn't find their whereabouts. Everyone stared with bated breath, and after a while, they found that the Tianchu soldiers with bright clothes and armor appeared. It looks light and simple, like Tianchu's vanguard army. The army slowly entered everyone's sight, looking around, it is estimated that there are thirty or forty thousand horses, Prince Yun and the generals looked nervous, they know the combat power of the Tianchu army, it is very strong, and if it is a vanguard army, the general combat power will be higher than that of the ordinary army, such a vanguard army of thirty or forty thousand people, if it quietly crosses the Songyuan Mountains, the consequences are unimaginable, and they must quickly return to the camp and organize defense. However, after Qin Tian saw these Heavenly Chu Army, he was as calm as ever, and he didn't see a trace of surprise, as if he had known that they were coming back, and spoke out to stop Prince Yun from their actions, telling him to be calm, just look at it, these days the Chu Army can't enter the territory of Great Yan. Looking at Qin Tian's calm and happy appearance, they confirmed that the hunting that Qin Tian said should be the vanguard of this Tianchu army. But the heart that let go slightly, suddenly, hung up again, Qin Tian only brought 10,000 cavalry, and there were 30,000 or 40,000 people on the opposite side, even if most of the enemy troops were infantry, there was no advantage over the cavalry, but this number of people was huge, and their own side still did not have an advantage.
It was noon, it was time for lunch, and the flat land just now was a good place to rest, and then after seeing the Tianchu army enter the flat land, they began to organize rest and meals. Military discipline is relatively strict, and there is no very chaos when resting, it is considered a well-trained army, and the uniformity is to eat dry food, and there is no stove to live, obviously because of the fear of fire and exposing his whereabouts.
And just when Tianchujun was halfway through the meal, "、、、" suddenly heard a loud eagle chirp resounding through the sky. "Boom rumbling 、、、" immediately after hearing the heavy sound of horses' hooves around like a huge thunder, the sound of killing on all sides shook the sky, the flag of Wei Chi Zhan Tianling flew over, and the five tigers dang the mountain array was launched, like a fierce tiger out of the box, mighty mountains and forests, and rushed for nine days. The first thing that caught my eye was the black armor and red gun, and the heavily armed Mu Ru rode like a steel beast. The army appeared so suddenly, as if it had come out of the ground. By the time Tianchu's sentinels discovered the enemy's situation, the Flame Heavy Cavalry was already close at hand. The officers and men of the Tianchu Army hurriedly threw away the half-eaten dry food and hurriedly responded to the battle.
How can the heavy cavalry charge and the surprise attack be underestimated? It is unstoppable. Under the impact, the Tianchu soldiers encountered heavy spear assassins and iron hoof tramples, countless of them, and the formation that had been formed in a hurry had disappeared in an instant. Looking at the black shadow galloping away, Tian Chujun still didn't let go of his breath, and in the blink of an eye, human heads flew up like blood gourds, only to see that all around were snow-bright spears, dancing bright red blood mist, like a long knife across the crowd, and then there were human heads flying sideways, and corpses were all over the field. Helian Iron Cavalry slew, like a killing god from hell, harvesting the lives of the enemy, as if entering a no-man's land. Rushing all the way, the Tianchu army suffered heavy casualties. Seeing the killing god passing by, the surviving Tianchu army hurriedly looked around to see if there were any enemy troops behind him. After killing the gods, as if they didn't see any more enemy troops rushing over for the time being, the Tianchu army hurriedly formed a team and organized effective resistance, but many people ran a few steps, and found that their hands and feet were a little cold, and they didn't obey the call, looked down, and the chest was red, and then blood spurted out, and the whole body fell softly. The Tianchu soldiers looked back with difficulty, only to see a little cold light flickering in the sky, and dense sharp arrows hit like dark clouds pressing down, and then the Tianchu soldiers fell in pieces like wheat waves, and never got up again.
Seeing the Tianchu army on the flat ground, which had no power to resist, continue to fall, Prince Yun and all the generals had changed from their previous uneasiness to excitement and disbelief. And Qin Tian was still unfazed, as if all this was ordinary and there was nothing to be surprised about.
The rush was still continuing, life was still dying, and in the chaos, the Tianchu army finally formed a defensive shape, doing a battle of trapped beasts, and the army quickly withdrew to the west. It was indeed a well-trained army, and in such a hurry, it quickly formed a death squad of two or three thousand people, with spears stuck diagonally on the ground, short knives in their hands, using all the resources available around them, even the corpses of their dead comrades, to establish a line of defense against the Flame Army's charge. In order to reduce their own casualties, the heavy cavalry battalion and the spear cavalry battalion did not charge, but the rain of arrows in the sky did not stop, and the life of the ruthless reaper Tianchu army, in just a stick of incense, all the Tianchu army after two or three thousand was killed. One by one, they didn't bat an eye, and they wanted to desperately pull a Great Yan Army back, but the Great Yan Army suspended the charge, but the rangers launched a long-range attack, which made them die with hatred, and the thick shield could not protect their lives.
After the break, the officers and soldiers of the Tianchu Army, although they failed to pull some of the Great Yan Army backs, they also successfully blocked their footsteps for a while, and successfully bought a little precious time for the retreating army. On the Flame Army's side, they did not rush to pursue, but adjusted their formation, checked the wounded, and the heavy cavalry battalion and the spear battalion left the wounded and galloped away again, while the ranger battalion left a small part to guard and recover the crossbow arrows, and the rest also went to pursue together. Mu Yiyi and the others immediately began to treat the wounded, and thanks to the powerful armor, most of the injuries were not serious.
It seems that the Flame Army is still collecting crossbow arrows, which seems to be a bit stingy, and it doesn't match the image of the great show just now. Bows and arrows are consumables, and they are generally not very recyclable after shooting, but the crossbow arrows used by the Flame Army this time are different, and the arrow clusters are added to the flame iron, which is sharper and tougher, extremely penetrating, and not easy to damage, and the biggest problem is that it is expensive to build, and it is generally not used in conventional wars, but this battle is also the first frontal combat of the Flame Army, in order to boost morale, Qin Tian allowed them to use it on a large scale, but the Flame Army also needs to try to recover this kind of crossbow arrows, otherwise it will be all money if so many crossbow arrows are shot, With such a money-burning operation, Qin Tian would feel distressed when he saw it, not to mention how Emperor Yan would feel. No one knows better than Emperor Yan how much he has invested in the Flame Army over the past year or so, it is simply like spending money like running water, and he has smashed it out with money.