Chapter 145: Iron Blood and Honor
The two huge armies were ten miles away from each other, and they each stopped in a tacit understanding. Yun Yue was in awe of this strong army across the Eurasian continent, and he wanted to see how powerful the Macedonians were. He was able to defeat the Persian Empire, which was ten times his size, and traveled thousands of miles to the border of Great Qin.
Qi Guoxing's slap in the face made Alexander sober up a lot, and Parmanuel's fiasco let him know. This is not a force to be humiliated, and Alexander talks to Black Wind and Black Hong all night. I have a little more understanding of this ancient oriental civilization, and of course, the Hei brothers' understanding of the Huaxia clan is only at the level of half-understanding. They live in the grassland all year round, but they are actually mallets. When it comes to triangular nails, it is an eternal pain in the hearts of the Hei brothers. When they besieged Pingliang, they didn't suffer less.
It was these half-understood narratives that surprised Alexander. Although I still didn't believe the words in the mouth of the Hei brothers in my heart, it still attracted enough attention after all. To this end, he also made some preparations according to the reminders of the Hei brothers.
Based on the same mentality, the commanders of the two armies made a decision almost simultaneously to take their guards to a small hill between the two armies to observe.
Known locally as Nai Tau Mountain, the hill is a series of two small peaks. From a distance, it looks like a woman's breasts, lying quietly on the Hetao grassland.
Yun Yue stood on the east slope, and Alexander stood on the west slope. Yun Yue could see Alexander's appearance clearly, but Alexander couldn't see Yun Yue clearly. Because, Yun Yue is expected to have a telescope. And Alexander did not have such high-tech equipment.
Alexander in the telescope has curly blonde hair and wears a crown of golden leaves on his head, a symbol of power. In hot weather. He wears a pair of shorts. Riding on horseback, it looks a little strange. It seems that they didn't learn anything from Qi Guoxing, at least not to understand the real purpose of stirrups.
A suit of glittering gold armor with exquisite workmanship. I don't know if it's real gold or bronze. Yun Yue felt that sooner or later he would take that armor in his hand and play with it. The dark horse under his crotch is also very powerful, much stronger than the Hun Jian Ma under Yun Yue's crotch.
It was clear that Alexander was also watching Yun Yue, and the guards on both sides were nervous. Ao Canghai is now leading troops, and Yun Yue did not take him out. There were only three hundred guards around him!
Alexander was about the same, his guard was a little more numerous, five hundred. All of them were so-called "friends of the king", and these people followed Alexander on his expeditions. In the Battle of Issus, it was with them that Alexander was able to break up Darius's guards, causing Darius to flee and win the final victory.
You look at me on both sides. I'm looking at you. Suddenly, a team rushed out of the opponent's camp, and there were probably more than 100 riders. They rushed to the bottom of the hill and stopped, lined up on the flat ground between the two mountains.
The corners of Yun Yue's mouth are upturned, which is still a Western gladiatorial fighting tradition. Before the war. First of all, there is a dignified gladiatorial fight. Gladiators multiplied out of the West. This tactic must have been used to defeat the Persians, thus demoralizing the Persians. Now I want to do it again!
Just as he was thinking about countermeasures, suddenly one of his knights ran in front of Yun Yue's horse. After turning over and dismounting, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Please allow Lord Hou to give permission, and my subordinates will go and fight those savages." ”
Yun Yue looked down and saw that this guy had no military rank. After thinking about it, I remembered that it was Qi Guobiao, who was taken off his rank by himself because he panicked when he met a tiger some time ago. I didn't want to agree, but I saw Qi Guobiao's resolute eyes. Yun Yue nodded. Qi Guobiao was overjoyed, and galloped down with a hundred cavalry like the wind.
Qi Guobiao was born as a general. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is especially good at swordsmanship. That day, he was also frightened by the sudden appearance of the tiger, and Qi Guobiao has been holding his breath in his heart since that time. Be sure to be on the battlefield and get back the lost ranks. Now that we have this opportunity, how can we not seize it.
The knights of the Yun family were wearing black helmets and black armor, all of which were scale armor forged by the Yun family. The palm-sized armor basically protects the body, and even the face is protected by a hideous armor. Their sabre is the steel produced by the Yun family. In the face of the bronze weapons of this era, it is simply a god-level existence. In the past, the three hundred bearded sword knights around Yun Yue relied on strong armor and sharp blades across the six countries, and they did not meet opponents. In front of him are just savages from the Western Regions, and it is definitely not difficult to kill them.
He thought so, in fact, everyone in the Yun family, including Yun Yue, thought so. This is also one of the reasons why Yun Yue agreed to fight him.
The two armies began to line up five or six hundred paces away, and the samurai of the East and West had the same gladiatorial etiquette. Two hundred soldiers faced each other, the midday sun shining on them. The pitch-black iron armor reflected the dim light, and I don't know who shouted. The Macedonians were the first to charge, and the knights of the Yun family immediately rushed as well.
The distance of five or six hundred steps is not long, and it is only a blink of an eye for the war horse to run from small steps to full speed. The knights of the Yun family clamped the long riding spear, which was one of the standard equipment of the knights of the Yun family. They have been training for more than a year and let go of their hands as soon as they ride a gun and pierce the human body. Otherwise, it is easy to break your wrist. After that, it was the turn of the sharp saber to be unsheathed.
But they never expected that the swords in the hands of these knights on the opposite side were not ordinary swords. These swords were made of something called Indian iron, which had been forged by Alexander's blacksmiths. The body of the sword has snowflake-like lines, and such a sword is used to kill sheep. Each time, a goat or sheep could easily be cut off with a sword, and as if there was no resistance, the blood flowed down the blood trough. It is said that a "friend of the king" once cut a cow in two with a sword.
The sword decoration is very gorgeous, the gauntlets are mostly silver, gilded or wrong gold, the grip is black rhinoceros horn, buffalo horn, the inside of the scabbard is wrapped in hardwood and then sewn with gold, silver, copper wire (some are wrapped in red, black, dark green and other colors of flannel), the sheath and the sheath of the scabbard are carved with precious metals such as gold and silver, and the hilt and scabbard are inlaid with red coral, turquoise, red sapphire and other treasures, and the sword body is also engraved with the name of the craftsman and ancient Greek proverbs with the wrong gold and silver craftsmanship, etc., Each one is a precious work of art.
More than ten years later, with the Yun family's large-scale westward expedition. This Greek sword was combined with the Yunjia sabre. It has a name that has been passed down through the ages, "Damascus steel knife". After the improvement of the process, a generation of famous knives. Finally become the king of the era of cold weapons!
At this moment, Qi Guobiao and the others didn't know the power of this kind of blade. They just feel that these stirrups have no opponent, and they will be chopped down like melons and vegetables like fish belly before. And then take their heads and become a proof of their own military exploits!
The two sturdy teams slammed together like Mars hitting the Earth, and the dust flew and the people turned on their backs. Most of the people who fell off their horses were Macedonians, after all, the Yun family's riding spears had the advantage of length. With the help of stirrups. The knight of the Yun family can spread the reins. And the Macedonians have no way to do it at all!
But there are also Macedonians who, with their superb skill, dodge the spears that pierce them. Or use the iron sword in his hand to open it, and with the momentum of the horse's speed, this long sword can easily pierce the armor of the Yun family. The scale armor was pierced like a piece of paper. As the sharp blade slashed across the body. Bright red blood flew up in the sunlight, and then fell to the ground with dust and was trampled by the horse's hooves.
Seeing the Yun family knight fall off his horse, Yun Yue on the top of the mountain and the Yun family knight at the bottom of the mountain were taken aback. Qi Guobiao's mounted spear stabbed a Macedonian knight off his horse, and his right hand drew his saber like lightning. The sharp saber was like a lightning bolt across the sky. Swiftly slashed at another Macedonian knight.
"Bell ......!" Swords collided and sparks flew around. Qi Guobiao only felt numb. Unexpectedly, the opponent's arm strength was also so strong, and what surprised him even more was that there was a small gap in the saber in his hand. This is a Yun family-style saber that will not appear a gap even if it cuts a dozen bronze swords. How could this happen!
The two horses pedaled a mistake, and the distance between the two sides widened again. Qi Guobiao looked around, and there were as many as twenty or thirty people who fell off the horse. Looking back at the opponent, the number of fallen horses seems to be more thankful than themselves. There were almost fifty horses left, and the war horses rushed out of the land with a stone's throw away. Qi Guobiao shouted and stopped the war horse and pulled the horse's head back.
The knights of the Yun family also turned their horses' heads. Prepare for the next round of charge.
Qi Guobiao took the shield from the horse's neck, and it was better to be careful if the swords of those yellow-haired savages were strange. The knights of the Yun family also took off their shields. With a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, they pounced on their opponents again.
Alexander, who was standing at the top of the mountain, frowned, this was a gladiatorial fight, otherwise he would definitely recruit his men back. The tactics of those black-armored knights under the mountain completely suppressed their own people, especially the two iron rings under their saddles. This allows them to take their hands off the reins without fear of falling off their horses. Just by this point, those of the king's "friends" will surely be defeated.
But this is gladiatorial fighting, a place where samurai fight for honor with their swords! He couldn't bring his men back, he could only watch these iron-blooded warriors fight to the death.
War horses are like dragons, and gold and iron are resonant! The blood of the warriors of the East and the West was flying in the sun, and both Alexander and Yun Yue were terrified to see it. Screams continued to be heard from the bottom of the mountain, and those who were missing an arm were still fighting bravely. The guy who cut off one of his legs is still fighting endlessly. They are proving the bravery of their people with their lives, and the glory of iron and blood with their swords and swords.
If the knife is broken, you kick it with your foot, if you break the leg, you hit it with your fist, and if your fist is cut off, you hit it with your head. Both sides have red eyes, and teeth become the last weapon.
The people watching the battle on the hill were dumbfounded, and Yun Yue and Alexander, who had experienced countless battle formations, looked at the people below silently, tearing and killing like beasts.
Only the thirteen horsemen led by Qi Guobiao came back alive, and Qi Guobiao was wounded in eight battles. The head of the shoulder armor was split in half, and the arm was half cut down, with only a bit of flesh attached. Blood flowed down the wound! The rest of the knights were all wounded, and two of them fell under their horses on the way back, and the horses kept snorting to arouse their masters. But the master fell asleep forever, and never got up again and rode on them.
Qi Guobiao, who was seriously injured, turned over and dismounted and knelt down on one knee, "My subordinates are fortunate not to disgrace their lives and kill more than 100 savage knights." Pay the order to the Hou Ye! Guobiao doesn't want to make war achievements, he just asks Hou Ye to reward him with the rank of general to the last general! ”
"Reward! You will be rewarded with the rank of colonel. Yun Yue pointed at Qi Guobiao with her finger and said loudly. The battle just now was really tragic, and Qi Guobiao killed six good opponents of the enemy army alone. Yun Yue saw it in his eyes, where would he be stingy with the rank of colonel at this time.
"Thank you......!" Before Hou Ye could say the two words, Qi Guobiao fainted. The knights on both sides hurriedly rushed up and dragged Qi Guobiao to the horse. After being urgently bandaged by the military medical officer, he beat his horse and galloped back to the camp.
Alexander and Yun Yue glanced at each other again, and almost at the same time ordered: "Collect the corpses and find all their corpses for burial." They are warriors and deserve the last mourning! ”
The Macedonians were obviously weak, but their spirit of fighting to the death gave Yun Yue a great shock. Yun Yue knew that she had met an opponent, an opponent who was terrifyingly strong. The war is not as simple as you think, and it will not be as easy to win as Wei Fang said. (To be continued.) )