Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 70 A tooth for a tooth

The lightly armored wolf cavalry led by Tai Shici entered the battlefield of slaughter, and quickly divided into groups of 5 people, alternately covering the scattered and fleeing enemy troops.

The battle was chaotic and dizzying.

Here, a wolf knight soldier cut down a Xianbei man, and before he could make up for it, a thunder cavalry trampled over on horseback. With the sound of rumbling hooves all the way, the thunder cavalry galloped past the Xianbei warrior like a tank crushing a persimmon, as if he was still unsatisfied, the thunder cavalry turned his horse and turned around, and once again trampled on the Xianbei soldier like a road roller.

Over there, a thunder rider pulled a Xianbei soldier off his horse, and before the Xianbei soldier could get up, several wolves pounced like a vicious tiger, and several spears pierced into the Xianbei soldier's body with the help of horsepower. The huge impact instantly tore apart his fragile flesh. The tragic limbs and broken arms were scattered on the ground, and then they became the target of everyone's trampling.

The iron-armored infantry led by Zhang He erected a forest of spears and approached the Xianbei camp step by step. The terrible trumpet, the angry roar, the dull footsteps, the red eyes, the trembling armor leaves, all this, together with the wanton trampling and cutting of the thunder and wolf riders, constituted a symphony of the battlefield.

This is the joy of killing, this is the cry of revenge, this is the majesty of my great man: those who dare to offend my strong man will be punished even if they are far away.

Blood for blood, tooth for tooth. In the face of aggression and plunder, the only answer to them is iron and blood.

The soldiers in the Xianbei battalion watched in amazement as Lei rode the wolf on the battlefield and slaughtered, and in their impression, the Han people, when the invasion came, seemed to only silently endure, accept the new leadership, accept the new rule. Even if they retaliate in the future, the grassland is big, and they can be allowed to hide. This kind of violent revenge seems to be too far away from them, hundreds of years have passed since the era of Huo Quai's illness and Wei Qing, and it can be forgotten as far away.

In the large camp, the Xianbei people who had not yet fought with the Thunder Horse Wolf Cavalry seemed to have become another army. Although they formed a battle formation, they did not immediately support their comrades who were being slaughtered. Both generals and ordinary soldiers stared blankly at the battle in front of them. It is like a spectator who has nothing to do with the two sides of the battle, and it is more like a stone statue that has lost its soul. Of course, many more Xianbei warriors could not stop trembling with fear or excitement.

There were also a few Xianbei soldiers, unwilling to accept the slaughter of their brothers on the battlefield, and prepared to go out of the camp to meet the battle, but unfortunately they were stopped by their generals - the flank Zhang He's ironclad foot soldiers pressed forward step by step, so that they did not dare to risk being flanked, and let go of the thunder cavalry wolf cavalry to fight head-on.

In the hesitation of the Xianbei battalion, the slaughter of the thunder wolf cavalry quickly came to an end, and only a few Xianbei soldiers fled the battlefield and hid in the main camp, and the rest of the Xianbei soldiers all became corpses. On the battlefield, the thunder rode the wolf and rode unwillingly and repeatedly trampled on Xianbei and lost. Tai Shi Ci held an arrow in his mouth, opened a bow in one hand, and held three carved arrows between his fingers, urging the horse to rush close to the Xianbei camp, with a strong leg, he stood up in the saddle, looked around, and looked in the crowd for the Xianbei soldiers who had fled just now.

Tai Shi Ci's contempt caused the anger of the Xianbei soldiers, and more than a dozen Xianbei soldiers mustered up the courage to kill Tai Shi Ci. Like a flint, Tai Shi Ci stretched his bow and plucked the strings of the Grim Reaper. The sound of the swishing bowstring was endless, and an impenetrable web of death was quickly intertwined in the humid sky after the rain, and dozens of scorching steel arrows flashed with scorching streamers, and in the blink of an eye, they had intimate contact with the first few Xianbei cavalrymen. The arrows make a dull trilling sound when they come into contact with the leather shield, and the sparks burst out with the armor, making a cacophony of grinding and colliding.

After the rain, the leather shield looks extraordinarily soft. In front of Tai Shi Ci's miraculous archery, the leather shield was pierced by sharp arrows like a piece of tissue paper, and the sharp arrows drilled into the flesh of the Xianbei cavalry, completely pushing them into the abyss of death, making them cry out in despair and fear.

With several neighings, several war horses fell to the ground one after another. After the horse fell to the ground, he tried to get up from the ground, but several sharp arrows hit the horse in the abdomen. The war horse, which had suffered heavy losses in a row, looked nostalgically at the owner who was pressed by his body, and quickly gasped for the last few breaths in this world.

Two knights finally rushed in front of Tai Shi Ci on stumbling mounts, and with a contemptuous sneer, Tai Shi Ci raised his iron bow and expressed his unwelcome attitude in an extremely bad way. "Bang Bang", with two crisp sounds, the iron bow knocked on their cheeks, knocked their heads, and by the way, harvested their lives.

Tai Shi Ci's series of flashes shocked the Xianbei soldiers, in the face of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Xianbei battalion, Tai Shi Ci held a bow, unscrupulously at the gate of the camp to show off his might, more than a dozen Xianbei warriors stepped forward to fight, but were killed by the other party like slaughtering lambs, this objective fact is too huge a blow to morale.

The thousands of enemy troops in front of them were terrified. Their eyes revealed the fear of the end coming; Their faces showed despair at their fate. Knowing this moment, the Xianbei tribe really felt that the price of plundering was to be exchanged for life, which was an extremely heavy price.

Thinking of the legends that have always been there, the Xianbei tribe only began to take revenge on the inevitable big bear at this time, and they were deeply afraid.

No amount of panicked sheep will make the tiger feel the slightest fear. At this moment, Tai Shi Ci is a fierce tiger out of the gate.

Gao Shun finished cleaning up the remnants of the enemy army. Patting the horse and standing side by side with Tai Shici, he greeted in a low voice: "Ziyi, today's battle is over, let's fight tomorrow." ”

Tai Shici nodded, indicating his understanding. After marching all night and fighting with muddy roads, the soldiers have reached the end of their physical strength, and it is only right to take advantage of our preemptive power to set up camp as soon as possible to recover their strength and wait for reinforcements to join in.

As soon as the horse was mentioned, the war horse man rode upright, his front hooves flew in the air, and Taishi Cilang threw down the battle book to tens of thousands of trembling Xianbei soldiers: "Fight again tomorrow." ”

In the Xianbei battalion, after the battle just now, the morale of the soldiers plummeted. Countless soldiers stood at the entrance of the big camp, watching with apprehension as the Izumo baggage troops arrived in a steady stream. The tactical coordination and powerful attack power displayed by the 6000 Thunder Horse Wolf Rider have made the Xianbei soldiers fall into the abyss of despair. 5,000 of the bravest Xianbei warriors came out of the camp to meet the battle, and only met the impact of the thunder and wolf riders before they collapsed and the whole army was destroyed. Now, the steady arrival of Izumo reinforcements has greatly reduced their expectations of victory.

The Xianbei tribe still doesn't know that Feirucheng is the preset battlefield of our army, and in the big tent, they are arguing and doubting for our army's rapid reflection.

"Someone must have leaked our army's plan," Turi roared in the tent, "Izumo's three armies are out together, how long will it take to prepare strategically, and if it wasn't for advance preparation, how could they have arrived at Hiru Castle so quickly?" ”

Another tribal chief chimed in: "That is, our tribe has to move the pasture every spring, and the big bear never interferes with this large-scale migration of the pasture. This time, our whole clan came to loot, and outsiders would only think that we were moving pastures. If no one leaked the news, how could the Great Bear have recruited troops in advance? Our tribe has always started to raid in the autumn, and this year it was changed to the spring, which should have caught the big bear off guard, but now, the big bear has already prepared reinforcements.

The Xushou tribe of Liucheng sighed faintly: "What's even more terrifying is that the three armies of Izumo are out together, and the target is not Lu Longsai, but us, I believe that from tonight to tomorrow morning, Izumo's army will continue to arrive." At present, the five major tribes attached to the Great Bear have not yet sent troops, the Battle of the Central Plains, the Great Bear has still summoned these tribes to participate in the war, and now, we are attacking the fundamental land of the Great Bear, and the warriors of these tribes should wish that the Great Bear would recruit them in order to obtain the status of meritorious people through the war. ”

The words of the leader of the Liucheng tribe made the Xianbei people shudder: with the strength of the five major tribes, it is not a problem to gather 50,000 warriors, and there are no less than 40,000 warriors from the Bull tribe, Tianma tribe, and Aries tribe alone. These tribal warriors who are equipped with Izumo sword and arrow armor and adopt Izumo's training method will have half the combat power of the Thunder Horse Wolf Cavalry, which will be a terrifying 50,000 bear soldiers.

The motive of the steppe tribes to support their raids was not afraid of reprisals from the agrarian peoples—the steppes were large enough for them to hide after the war. Unfamiliar with the geography, lack of food and grass, and unable to find water, the lone vengeful army is likely to be the next target of plunder.

But all this is not an obstacle in front of the big bear, for several years the Izumo caravan has wandered in the grasslands, and the guards of these caravans are people who are familiar with the grasslands, and the road traffic maps drawn by the caravans allow the army to follow the map and point directly at the target. If you add the lead of the steppe tribes, the upcoming revenge makes everyone shudder.

Poeller, the brave general of the White Wolf Clan, stood up and said unwillingly: "How can I hear that everyone has the intention of avoiding war. The warriors of our tribe have killed more than 3,000 people in battle, and now, the city of Fat is in front of us, and there are a lot of good things in the city, as long as we work harder, these things will be ours. If we go back empty-handed, will the blood of the warriors be shed in vain? How do we account to the remaining tribal elders?

Besides, if we stop now, won't the bear take revenge on us? In order to avoid the revenge of the Great Bear, our tribe is going to move, if we don't get anything back, how will the cost of the tribe move be apportioned? How are the families of the warriors who died in the tribe settled? ”

Poeller's words silenced the tribal chiefs. Yes, if so many warriors are sacrificed and go back empty-handed, not only will it be difficult for the people of the tribe to be accountable, but even their chieftain will not be able to sit securely.

"Fight, order the warriors of all tribes to immediately set up a fire and bake the bowstring. Command all the people who are capable of fighting in all tribes to put on armor and go into battle, and tomorrow, we will fight to the death with the Great Bear. ”

After the order was issued, the Xianbei camp was in a hurry, and there was a scene of preparations for war everywhere.

Kedile returned to the cart on which he depended, his face full of defeat, and beckoned to the remaining Zeta: "Zeta, hurry up and make a fire and bake the bowstring." Well, and, boy, find a pair of cowhides and make a pair of leather armor. The chief ordered that all the children who could fight should go into battle tomorrow. Tomorrow, you will also go into battle. ”

Zeta retorted: "Uncle Kedile, leather armor is easy to make, just cut a piece of skin and cover it in front of you, but what weapon do I use when I go into battle?" You can't have that stick, right? ”

Kedil nodded and said affirmatively: "Just take the wooden stick, I heard that when the Central Plains was fighting, many people sharpened the wooden stick as a weapon." ”

After saying this, Kedile sighed and added: "Alas, it's all the blame for the big bear, and the merchant doesn't let us sell us good weapons. If I have a good weapon, the soldier who cuts down the bear will be more energetic. I wanted to grab a few good weapons in this battle, but I didn't expect the battle to be so fierce. Alas, it's all the blame on the big bear, who even wants us to fight him with sticks, and if we don't rob him, who will we rob? ”。

Fat as a city, Zhang He's ironclad infantry began to camp in front of the Xianbei camp, after the thunder rode into the city to rest, a steady stream of baggage soldiers all went to Zhang He's camp, and made every effort to strengthen the camp, waiting for the attack of the Xianbei tribe. Strangely, the Xianbei people turned a blind eye to Zhang He's behavior of forcing the camp to go to the village, and immediately, both sides launched full preparations for war.

At sunset, reinforcements from the Bull Clan arrived late, prompting a severe reprimand from Gao Shun. The 25,000 warriors of the Bull tribe are waiting to wash away their shame in tomorrow's battle.

Soon, the order of the elders of Izumo City was delivered, announcing the retaliatory measures against the Xianbei Ze: this time to attack the Xianbei tribes, the crime is not forgiven, no matter who there is, there are those who capture or behead the Xianbei chieftain Tuli and others who come this time, and exchange 10,000 sheep with their heads, and those who behead ordinary Xianbei soldiers who come this time will exchange two sheep with their heads. Five heads can be exchanged for one ox, ten heads can be exchanged for a horse, and sheep of equal value. 100 Heads, you can get an additional Knight.

Gao Shun inspected the city, saw the order of the Senate, handed it back to the army, and said: "This order, since the grassland is about to be in chaos, and it will be a hundred times more dangerous for merchants to walk." Anyone, as long as they have the ability to organize a team of several hundred people, can make a living by hunting, and the people of the grassland will be in danger. ”

Tai Shi Ci said indifferently: "The lord said this time when he returned to Izumo: In this way, the landless people of the Central Plains can also earn money to support themselves in the form of caravan mercenaries. Learning martial arts well is no longer only a way out for the emperor's family.

In addition, in foreign conquest and killing, the lord only needs land, and all the spoils of war belong to the combatants. If the people of the Central Plains had the money to organize a team, they could also make a living by plundering on this grassland. If he is lucky enough to occupy a piece of land and then pay tribute to his lord, he will not only receive a knighthood, but also be protected by the Izumo army, and that land will become his fief.

If this person can hire someone to help him manage that land, this person will be able to enjoy his title in Izumo Castle, and enjoy the production and taxes of his fiefdom, which is a great thing.

Under our primogeniture law, the younger son cannot inherit anything, and he can use his talents in this land. Perhaps, he can also get a knighthood and live up to his father's expectations.

In addition, in this way, the county martial arts halls and schools that train soldiers and soldiers will also have an abundant source of students. There are a large number of civilians with military training in the civilian population, and if there is another war in Izumo, we can expand our armament at any time. Moreover, the military quality of these conscripted civilians is definitely much stronger than that of those peasant soldiers.

The most important thing is that these people's participation in military training is still self-paid and consciously voluntary, and not only does not require the government to spend money, but the school martial arts hall also has to pay taxes to the government. ”

Tai Shi Ci concluded meaningfully: "With this order from the lord, the world will change greatly. ”

Gao Shun was silent, for a long time, and gave a loud order: "Cross the river, mobilize 5,000 archers from the bull tribe, equip them with our newly developed cross crossbows, and go to the city to defend." ”

At this point, the two sides have finished arranging and waiting for the sun to rise tomorrow.

How many people will be able to see tomorrow's sunset?

In the morning light, the first to break the silence was Zhang He's ironclad pawns, and 200 catapults were the first to throw burning bales, igniting the flames of war and opening the curtain of war.

The fireballs thrown by the 200 catapults cut through the early morning mist, jumping and tumbling in the Xianbei camp, and everywhere they went, fireworks were swirling and smoke was steaming.

These fireballs are all made of straw rope. On weekdays, weeds are harvested, dried and woven into straw ropes, which are packed into wooden boxes to prevent moisture. During the war, the straw rope was formed into a ball, then poured grease on it and ignited it, and it was thrown with a catapult. The straw ball is full of elasticity, and it keeps tumbling and jumping after landing. Wherever it passes, all combustible objects are ignited.

The Xianbei tribe had been baking bowstrings all night, and the fires were already everywhere, but now the fireball rolled in, igniting the tents, chariots and horses that had not dried out, and the smoke rose into the sky. The sky was overcast with clouds and black smoke, and in the morning, the not very bright sky suddenly looked dull.

The rumbling sound sounded, the city gate opened, and the thunder and wolf, who had rested all night, rushed out of the fat city like a fierce god. The first to attack was still Tai Shici's wolf cavalry. Taishi Ziyi, who rushed to the gate of the camp, jumped on his horse and stretched his bow, the string was like a full moon, the bow was like a thunderbolt, and the arrow was like lightning. In a moment, two pots of arrows were shot out of the air.

The unwilling Xianbei cavalry lit up 50,000 soldiers and horses, and pounced viciously at Tai Shici. As soon as the whistle sounded, 3,000 wolf cavalry turned over and left, and 50,000 Xianbei cavalry chased and killed.

When the Xianbei cavalry pounced on the fat city, with a military horn, Tai Shici led the wolf cavalry around the city. The thunder cavalry, which had been waiting for a long time, rode out with iron weapons in the smoke and dust, and violently slammed into the flank of the Xianbei cavalry.

Every attack is invincible.

There were many Xianbei cavalry, but what they encountered was the first collision hero of the Three Kingdoms era. You are an impregnable wall, and he can cone you, crush you, and grind you finely. The Xianbei clan's cavalry formation is not made of copper and iron, of course, it can't stop Gao Shun for a moment. In the blink of an eye, 3,000 iron cavalry cut the Xianbei cavalry into two ends.

The snare drum sounded, rumbled, and shook the earth. At the head of the city, the archers of the 5,000 bull tribe suddenly appeared, and in an instant, a three-shot chain of crossbows shot out all the arrows in the crossbow box.

This three-strike chain crossbow is Gao Shan according to the design of the Qing Dynasty chain crossbow, with reference to the Qin Dynasty bronze crossbow, re-developed, many parts have been standardized iron bronze components, due to the volume limitations, the crossbow box only contains three arrows. But just like that, its power is already terrifying.

Almost breathlessly, 15,000 arrows flew into the sky, what a spectacle it was. Rain of arrows, rain of arrows under black pressure! In the face of this terrifying rain of arrows that cover the sky and the sun, even Schwarzenegger may not be able to guarantee that he will be able to escape with his whole body.

The rain of arrows drifted by, and the Xianbei cavalry formation suddenly showed a large area of low land, and on the low ground, there were soldiers wailing and screaming everywhere, and the blood had flowed into a river, and it was still gathering.

The sound of hooves sounded again, and the wolf cavalry, which had replenished its arrows, turned over and slaughtered from the side of the city. Around the flanks of the Xianbei cavalry formation, the rain of arrows was constantly poured. The thunder cavalry that crashed out of the formation turned around and killed again, at this moment, Gao Shun was like a master carver, carving the Xianbei riding array as he wanted, cutting the square for a while, and cutting the circle for a while. In his arbitrary swaying, the Xianbei riding array became smaller and smaller.

The frightened Xianbei battalion, the horn sounded violently, and the Xianbei cavalry rushed out of the camp gate one after another, intending to rescue the Xianbei cavalry formation. In the ironclad infantry formation, Zhang He saw this situation and immediately gave an order: "The whole army is on the line, the spearmen are in front, and the archers are in the rear, shoot, shoot, and drive them into the river to feed the fish." ”

The ironclad infantry came out in a group, and the approaching Xianbei battalion forced Xianbei's position with continuous shooting, and gradually moved towards the river. The catapult that had made the first contribution was not idle, and kept throwing this fireball at the Xianbei camp.

"The enemy has crossed the river", Kedil pointed to the other side of the river under the shroud of smoke and dust, and countless bull tribesmen began to put rafts into the river. The impatient leader of the bull tribe quickly moved upwards with 10,000 axe soldiers of the bull tribe.

"The enemy army has copied our back road", seeing the actions of the bull tribe, the Xianbei tribe who joined forces to fight was terrified. At this moment, Gao Shun's figure suddenly appeared in the fireworks, and without waiting for the Xianbei cavalry to react, countless thunder cavalry appeared one after another. In the black smoke, Lei Qi was dressed in black armor, covered by a hideous helmet, and his dark eyes burst out like a ghostly wolf.

"The striker is defeated!" Yesterday's massacre made the Xianbei tribe feel palpitations, and at this moment, seeing the demons constantly emerging from the smoke and dust, nearly 100,000 Xianbei people came up with this idea at the same time: if it wasn't for the 50,000 forwards being killed, how could the enemy show off his might here.

In the smoke and dust, Tai Shici's figure then emerged, aggravating the enemy's speculation.

"The striker is defeated!" , Countless voices came from the front to the back, and then, another voice sounded: "Run for your life." ”

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