Chapter Ninety-Five: The First Mine Warfare in History
A big hole was torn open on Arislan's buttocks, thanks to the fact that he was covered by a battle robe, he didn't lose half a catty of meat like a war horse, looking at the big black horse that had escaped with a smoke, he covered his ass and jumped up and roared.
"Chase me and kill all these Song dogs! I've got that horse for me, I'm going to skin it alive and cramp it and make it into barbecue horse meat! ”
The three thousand iron horsemen launched, and the sound of hooves rolled like muffled thunder, chasing towards the Song army, which had already turned their heads and galloped, and entered the mountain pass in a blink of an eye.
Behind the Great Black Horse Palace, the five hundred Song Army Iron Cavalry were as fast as they came, sparing no effort to rush towards the mountain pass. Zhao Tianyou bent his bow and arrows, "Bang bang!" "Three sets of arrows were fired in a row towards the pursuing enemy three hundred paces away, and several Yuan soldiers who rushed to the front were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, and were trampled into pulp by the horse team that followed closely behind.
Lu Xian's troops did not hesitate to gallop on horsepower, and the Mongolian horses of the Yuan soldiers were slightly weaker but had long strength, and they chased a banner on the road of less than ten miles, and the distance between them was always about two hundred paces, exceeding the killing range of the light cavalry bows and arrows.
Zhao Tianyou pressed the formation at the end of the team, seized the opportunity to shoot a few arrows to the rear, and the Yuan soldiers who were in hot pursuit were furious, but there was no ultra-long-range means of killing, so they could only suppress the anger and chase after the post road.
To the left and right of the post road were low hillsides, an excellent place for ambushes, but the galloping 3,000 cavalry rushed in almost instantly, and there was no time to think about it. The big black horse rushed to the wreckage of the post city wall, and stopped with a roar, and the five hundred people under Lu Xian rushed out of a distance, and when they turned their horses' heads and went back, the Yuan soldiers were already less than a hundred steps away from Zhao Tianyou.
"Wow, brush!"
The bow and arrows in the hands of the first broken cavalry had already shot out rapidly, and hundreds of arrows were connected in the air, shooting towards Zhao Tianyou. The big black horse and Zhao Tianyou's mind were in touch, and he turned around as quickly as a tanuki, and in a few clicks, he rushed to the halfway point of the low mountain, avoiding the rain of arrows like flying locusts.
At this time, there was a soft sound of sneering on both sides of the post road, and streams of white smoke and sparks meandered between the stone crevices, burning like fire snakes towards the middle of the post road. On the hillside at the entrance of the post road, dozens of divine arm crossbows pulled off their machine springs, and took advantage of the mountain situation to shoot dozens of crossbow arrows at the head of a dozen horses, and after a burst of horse neighing, the whole team was suddenly in chaos.
The archers of the light cavalry immediately organized a counterattack, and hundreds of arrows were fired up the hillside, but the range was too different, and the farthest was only at the feet of the big black horse, and more than half the distance was from the archers at the top of the slope.
The dozen or so horses that fell slightly blocked the team, and by this time more than 3,000 cavalry had all entered the post road, and the fire snakes had already burned to the middle of the post road.
The loud sounds of "boom, boom, boom, boom" were continuous, and the unequal burning speed of the lead caused the time difference of the explosion, which caused more damage to the chaotic cavalry.
There is an iron-clad mine of three catties of gunpowder almost every three or five feet, although it is not up to the point that modern mines can tear people apart, but the damage to war horses is almost fatal. The three thousand war horses were like headless flies huddled together, falling and huddled together in the constant explosions, Rao is the Mongols who grew up on horseback since childhood, and at this time it is difficult to be spared.
Very few cavalrymen were actually killed, only the unlucky ones who happened to fall off their horses and fell right next to the mines, most of the cavalry were rammed and trampled to death by horses, and countless wounded were killed.
After nearly 500 mines were blown up, the whole mile-long post road was full of dead horses and human corpses, and seventy or eighty percent of the cavalry were thrown to the ground, and the frightened horses were trampled with iron hooves to broken bones and tendons.
There were still dozens of frightened horses, running back and forth like crazy in the post road, and some of the warriors who didn't have time to dismount still had one foot hanging in the stirrups, and only half of the blood-stained bodies were left dragging on the ground.
Three thousand iron horsemen were wiped out almost in an instant, and there were also three hundred and two hundred warriors, although their bodies were not injured, but they were stunned by the rumbling explosion. Standing in a daze, or wandering around in a distracted manner, unresponsive to the things around you.
Arislan, who fell at the end, was surrounded by dozens of cavalry soldiers who had not been affected by the explosion, looking at the tragic situation in front of him, his two eyes burst into bloodlines.
"General, let's withdraw." A cavalryman beside Arislan said softly, a normal person can judge, if he doesn't run now, he will probably have no chance to escape for a while. This is also in line with the traditional combat style of the Mongolian soldiers, their flexibility comes from the tactics of running if they can't fight, and coming back after running for a while, and now they definitely can't fight, so it's better to go back and fight again from the whole man.
Arislan sat on the back of the horse half-sideways, raised his double knife and waved it and shouted: "The last person in the line will return to report to Lu Shuai, and the rest of the people who retreat without permission will die!" The last cavalryman in line looked at the lucky one and saw that he was himself, and he turned his horse's head in the complicated eyes of his companions and galloped towards the exit of the post road.
Seeing the miserable situation all over the ground, Arislan had no other thoughts, and only wanted to fight to the death with Zhao Tianyou, either win or die, it was impossible to escape back in such an embarrassment. Lu Shuai named him a pioneer officer this time, and he also deliberately took care of him, and went back with a meritorious service, and after taking Guangzhou, even if the strategic goal of this army was announced, it would be difficult to have a chance to stand out in the future.
On the low slope of the mountain pass, under the camouflage of a green branch and leaf, five or six Song army men crouched low, holding the world-famous divine arm bow in their hands, and they had already aimed at the Mongol soldiers who were fast horses.
"Ah......h
After screaming, he fell to the ground with a thud and rolled twice.
Arislan laughed a few times in despair, and shouted with his twin knives: "The little ones rush out, be sure to have one alive go back and report to the big handsome, hurry up and rush out for me!" ”
Thirty or forty horsemen whipped their horses together, and all of them fell low on their horses, just trying to rush out quickly, without any idea of counterattacking at all. And the Song army hidden on the hillside also lifted their camouflage, and the divine arm bow and crossbow and long bow were fired in unison, and the long and short arrows fell like flying locusts.
Although the fire was fierce, the time to effectively kill the enemy was limited, and only two rounds were fired, and seven or eight horsemen still rushed over, and a horse disappeared into the mountain pass.
Arislan looked at the back that had disappeared, laughed a few times, hit the horse and rushed forward with a double knife, and did not look at the wounded soldiers and remnants struggling on the ground, he had only one goal, that is, the big black horse standing in the distance, and Zhao Tianyou sitting upright on the horse.
Arislan clenched the scimitar with both hands, and stabbed the horse twice in the buttocks of the horse that sat down, the horse was in pain and blood, and the four hooves flew and rushed towards Zhao Tianyou.
"I'm going to kill you!"