Chapter 473: Cavalry Battle, Lure the Enemy

The Goryeo advance was only five or six miles away from the place where the Yangsan army was arrayed, and the fast horses galloped only a moment, and soon the Goryeo vanguard saw the Yangsan army appear in front.

Li Tianyou, who led the team, naturally discovered this Goryeo cavalry earlier, because he had fought with the enemy scouts before, and it was already officially started, Li Tianyou didn't say much nonsense, and directly ordered to charge in formation.

"Charge with me, ride and shoot the enemy!"

The five hundred Liangshan Iron Cavalry, which had already completed the formation, immediately accelerated forward, and the Goryeo people on the opposite side, who were full of self-confidence, also launched a charge with a scream.

The speed of the Koreans was getting faster and faster, and the Yangsan cavalry maintained a jogging speed after the initial acceleration, but even so, the cavalry lines of both sides advanced from a mile to about a hundred paces in the blink of an eye.

"Put!"

Li Tianyou roared, and then took the lead in shooting the arrow in his hand.

Shout!

The sound of the arrow was an order, and the two hundred recruits in the front two rows who followed Li Tianyou's charge immediately subconsciously pulled the trigger.

A buzzing sound like a locust flapping its wings suddenly sounded, and two hundred crossbow arrows roared up and pounced on the loose and high-speed cavalry formation of the Goryeo cavalry, and in an instant, dozens of people in the Goryeo cavalry formation were shot, screaming and falling to their deaths.

It is said that the Goryeo general saw from a distance that the Song army was charging in a flat and straight tight formation, and was about to engage in battle, but it was still in a state of jogging, and the speed of the horse was about half of that of the Goryeo cavalry, and he couldn't help but feel disdainful.

What kind of cavalry tactics is this? It's just inexplicable.

Looking at the extremely nervous and clumsy appearance of the Song army knights, carefully controlling their horses, the Goryeo vanguard general immediately concluded that this was indeed a group of recruits, and it had only been less than a year or even half a year since they learned to ride horses!

He immediately thought that this was actually a group of robbers and bandits who had been recruited by the Great Song Dynasty, and his heart became more and more contemptuous and angry.

A group of robbers, a rabble, even dared to bully the door, and said that they were going to destroy my Goryeo country; said that the land under our feet is the homeland of the Han and Tang dynasties in China; He even stood at the highest moral point and said that he would hang the people and fight the crimes, and rescue the suffering slaves, maids, sluts, and low-level tenant farmers in Goryeo......

What a bastard! Who can bear it, who can't bear it! If you don't beat me this time, you call me Dad......

Just when he was extremely angry, he suddenly found that the Song knight raised his bow and arrow from a long distance, and the general of Goryeo found that the other party was using a crossbow arrow, and he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Raise the beast card, avoid the arrow!" ”

His reaction was not unpleasant, but it was a pity that the battlefield often decided life and death in an instant.

The Goryeo cavalry under his command were all so excited that they were all bloody, and all they saw in their eyes was the lame horsemanship of the Song cavalry; There is only arrogance and excitement in the mouth, how can you react at this time?

Before the Goryeo horsemen could finish speaking, dozens of Goryeo knights had fallen off their horses screaming, or died on the spot, or were trampled to death by the horses behind.

The Koreans were even more angry, these Song cavalry cavalry were obviously not good at riding, and the war horses they rode were not as good as those on their side, relying on the advantages of weapons and armor.

However, even if the difference in range of the bow and arrow is too large, the advantage in horses and numbers is more than enough to offset this disadvantage.

Not to mention that the two armies are still hedging, their own side has already raised the speed of their horses, while the other side is still jogging; And the crossbow machine used on the opposite side can only be used once on the horse.

"The whole army will speed up and kill them all!"

The Goryeo cavalry received the order of the main general, became more and more excited, desperately kicked the belly of the horse, and charged at the Liangshan cavalry desperately, shouting and vowing that these Song robbers knew their strength.

Seeing that the two armies were about to collide together, Li Tianyou shouted: "Change formation, turn!" ”

The two platoons in front of the 500 cavalry under his command immediately turned, cut horizontally to the two wings respectively, and then continued to turn around the great arc and run backwards.

The three rows of cavalry in the back also raised their bows and crossbows at this time to shoot, Rao is Goryeo cavalry was prepared this time, but at such a distance, the cavalry crossbows with one stone and the cavalry bows of eight buckets still easily tore the leather armor on their bodies, and suddenly there was a muffled sound of feathers and arrows entering the flesh.

Blood splashed, screams rang out in the sky, only this round, more than 80 people were shot by arrows and fell off their horses, and the momentum of the Goryeo cavalry charge was also stagnant when people turned over on their backs.

The Goryeo general was also almost shot by a crossbow arrow, but fortunately, he had quick eyes and quick hands, so he hid in a stirrup and was able to dodge the two crossbow arrows shot at his face and chest respectively, which only frightened him into a cold sweat and a heart beating wildly.

But fortunately, the Song people's riding skills were really poor, and it took too much time to make a U-turn, and at this time they were all within range.

Without the order of the Goryeo cavalry, all the Goryeo cavalry who were still on their horses drew out their cavalry bows and poured arrows on the front in desperation.

Speaking of which, the riding and archery skills of these Korean cavalrymen are really good.

Perhaps it was because he had always been thinking about the "homeland of Goguryeo" in the north, or perhaps because of the insecurity brought about by extreme inferiority, in short, most of the time the Goryeo Dynasty was martial arts, and even the "Emperor of Goryeo" personally participated in the archery competition at the Beijing General School.

He also often summoned military attachés from the two capitals (Pyongyang and Kaesong) to the national capital for long archery training; At the same time, archery ranges were set up throughout the country for officials and citizens to practice archery or crossbow shooting, and if anyone shot at the very center of the target, they would be rewarded with silver utensils, and the winners of the selection would be increased or promoted to official positions.

So the whole people are martial, and the practice of archery has become a trend, so the accuracy of these Goryeo cavalry can be several times stronger than that of the Liangshan army, and two rounds of arrow rain are shot down, and all the Liangshan cavalry are all hit by arrows, only to make these Goryeo cavalry scream excitedly.

It's a pity that soon they exclaimed, screaming "bastard" and "damn" and the like, it turned out that although many of his feather arrows hit the target, the casualties caused were pitiful.

I saw that most of the feather arrows that hit the knights of the Song army were bounced off by the iron armor; Even if the feather arrows of the war horse were shot, they didn't do much damage, and many of the Song army's war horses were full of feather arrows on their buttocks, but they still ran fast, not at all like their own side, whether it was a person or a horse, as long as they were hit by the arrows, they all screamed and fell off the horse or fell to death and rolled.

"Damn! The bows and crossbows and armor of these Song robbers are really good! ”

The Goryeo cavalry general also cursed, and then shouted again: "Collect the bow and exchange the spear and sword, don't do useless actions, just catch up with the enemy with all your strength, and harvest them with swords and guns!" ”

At this time, the five hundred recruits of the Liangshan cavalry army also completed the U-turn under the command of Li Tianyou, and began to accelerate towards the large formation of the Liangshan army's infantry army.

"The whole army has it, turn around and shoot, let's tease these grandsons! Hahaha, Korean turtle grandchildren, let's eat grandpa's fart! ”