Chapter 270: China's Northward Advance (4)
"Boom~"
The earth trembled slightly, and the rumbling sound of iron hooves sounded again at the foot of Dawang Mountain, which had just subsided.
"My lord, there is a brigade of Huaguo cavalry ahead!"
At the foot of Dawang Mountain, the scouts of the Eight Banners of Cavalry panted and said to the remaining Niu Lu Ezhen Kuya Latu.
"Damn! Hurry up and inform Lord Hetu, Qila, you go to Huangshi City to ask for help from Sanbeile, and the others will come with me!" ”
Kuyalatuzhen's face suddenly became very ugly, and after cursing in a low voice, he hurriedly commanded the two scouts.
Now Hetu is leading more than 2,000 Eight Banners cavalry to pursue the rebels in the mountains, and it will definitely not be possible to go down the mountain in a short time, the Huaguo cavalry is attacking at this time, and they have caught their weakness, and the Eight Banners Cavalry without war horses is too late to escape, and Kuya Latu Zhen only led the remaining 500 cavalry to delay for a period of time, so as to gain time for the army to go down the mountain.
At the same time, Kuya Latuzhen had also prepared for the worst, once his resistance failed, the main force of the army led by Hetu would inevitably be besieged in the mountains by the Chinese army, and only hoped that Sanbel Zhihena, who led the army to garrison Huangshi City, would be able to send troops to rescue in time.
He was the third son of Prince Hauge of Su, and was also the commander of the former army of the royal palace, responsible for commanding the advance army of 50,000 in the four counties in the south of Gongzhou.
The total number of cavalry of the Eight Banners in the entire advance army was only fifteen thousand, and the Hetu Department was trapped, and the Shohena would inevitably send troops to the rescue.
In general, Kuyala Tuzhen's plan and reaction speed were good, and he made the right response at the first time, but it was a pity that he seriously misestimated the gap in combat strength between the two sides and the attack plan of the Hua Guo army.
The two cavalry marched in opposite directions, and the distance of four miles was shortly there.
"The mantis arm is a car! Kill! ”
When Fang Jie, who had turned the hill, saw Kuya Latuzhen, who was leading the five hundred and eight banner cavalry to block the attack, he sneered and brazenly ordered an attack.
5,000 Tang cavalry in black armor poured out from the corner like mercury, and a series of bangs sounded in the collision of the battle armor between the war horses, like undulating black waves surging towards the 500 Eight Banners cavalry.
"Whoa~"
"Bang Bang Bang~"
There was a loud crashing sound in the collision between the war horse and the war armor, and the two cavalry quickly crossed and collided back and forth in the neighing of the horse.
"Kill!"
Riding on the war horse, Fang Jie's Fang Tian painting halberd in his palm waved left and right, and the sharp halberd blade cut horizontally and vertically, slashing the Eight Banner cavalry that staggered past one by one to the ground.
"Quick! Chisel through them! ”
In front of the Eight Banners Cavalry formation, Kuya Latuzhen barely maintained the military formation, constantly waving his war knife, beckoning the Eight Banners cavalry around him to gather around him, wanting to break through the Tang Cavalry formation.
Unfortunately, this unrealistic idea quickly broke.
The Eight Banners cavalry was already wearing cotton armor, which was far inferior to the heavy plate armor on the chest of the Tang cavalry in terms of weight and defense, and it was not advantageous in the violent collision of the two cavalry, coupled with the huge gap in numbers, it was quickly annihilated in the black Tang cavalry formation.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the 500 Eight Banners cavalry was completely annihilated under the siege of the 5,000 Tang cavalry led by Fang Jie.
"Keep moving, we're going to swallow this Eight Banners cavalry!"
After taking the 500 Eight Banner cavalry of the Kuya Latuzhen Division, Fang Jie waved the halberd of the Heavenly Painting in his hand, and led the army again to run towards the foot of Dawang Mountain where Hetu and the others dismounted.
"My lord, they have failed!"
On Dawang Mountain, Hetu, who got the news, had just returned to the lower half of the mountain with his soldiers, and there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves at the foot of the mountain, and in the dust, when he saw the figure of the Tang cavalry led by Fang Jie, a member of the Eight Banners cavalry, Niu Luzhen, said with a pale face and frustration.
The cavalry of the Chinese army was able to arrive here so quickly, and the result of Kuya Latuzhen and their side can be imagined.
"Let's go! Withdraw to Dawang Mountain! ”
Looking at the Tang cavalry surging towards the foot of the mountain, Hetu's face was also ugly, he clenched the war knife in his hand, smiled bitterly, and turned around and walked up the mountain with a wave of his left hand.
They were hunters just now, but in the blink of an eye, they became prey in the eyes of others.
"General, those Manchurian Tartars are going up the mountain again!"
On the slope of Dawang Mountain, which was thousands of kilometers away from Hetu's department, he had just taken a few breaths, and the Iron Army received another report from the scout.
"What? What the hell are these Tartars doing? ”
Tie Jun, who was so tired that he sat on the ground, wondered in confusion.
These Tartars had just chased them thousands of meters away on the mountain, and then they gave up going down the mountain, and now why did they suddenly come up the mountain again, could it be that the retreat just now was to lure them.
"General, it seems that a large group of cavalry has arrived below!"
At this time, Liu Sanhe, who was standing on a big rock and looking down, suddenly spoke up, with a strange look on his face.
In this rebel army, he and the Iron Army have a little knowledge, and the others are just a bunch of mud legs, and they can't be counted on.
"Brigade cavalry? Could it be reinforcements from the Tartars? ”
Tie Jun's face was ugly when he heard this.
"It's not like it, this cavalry should be coming from the southeast!" Liu Sanhe shook his head and denied.
"Southeast? You mean the cavalry of Huaguo? ”
Tie Jun was suddenly startled and suddenly realized.
"Not bad! I think it's probably the Chinese cavalry! Liu Sanhe nodded when he heard this.
"Quick! Quickly send someone to probe again! ”
Realizing this, Tiejun immediately urged the captain of the scout team who reported to him.
"Report! General, it is indeed the Huaguo cavalry that came below, and now they have dismounted and chased after the Eight Banners cavalry on Dawang Mountain! ”
In less than three minutes, the scouts in front had already replied, and they had already seen the Tang cavalry chasing them up the mountain from a distance.
"These damn Tartars also have today, brothers, go, let's go to the Chinese army, we can't let these Tartars escape, as long as we stop them, we will make a great contribution!"
Tie Jun and Liu Sanhe glanced at each other at the same time, and joy flashed in the eyes of both parties, and then Tie Jun immediately looked uplifted, brandishing the war knife in his hand and saying righteously.
"Kill the Tartars and make a great contribution!"
"Kill the Tartars and make a great contribution!"
For a while, the morale of the remaining thousand rebels immediately rose, and they slaughtered the Eight Banners cavalry coming from the bottom of the mountain under the leadership of the Iron Army with loud cheers.
"Kill~"
The rebels from above were far faster than the Eight Banners Cavalry, shouting one by one and charging towards them.
"Damn! Kill these pariahs! ”
Seeing that the Iron Army should also come to take advantage of the fire to rob, Hetu was angry, and he also gave a loud order, leading the Eight Banners cavalry to kill the rebel soldiers.
"Kill~"
"Ah~"
The two armies were close to each other, and the combat strength of the rebels was inferior to the Eight Banners cavalry after all, and a large number of casualties quickly appeared as soon as they came into contact.
"Brothers, work hard, there are reinforcements!"
Below, looking at the Eight Banners cavalry who were caught in the chaotic battle, Fang Jie was overjoyed, and turned around and shouted to the Tang cavalry who had dismounted behind him.
"Kill~"
On May 31, the second year of the emperor's reign, on the last day of the end of the month, 3,000 Eight Banner cavalry chasing the rebels of the Iron Army were completely submerged on the halfway of Dawang Mountain under the front and rear attacks of the Tang cavalry led by Fang Jie and the rebels of the Iron Army.