Chapter 56 The Charge That Broke Through

The day is gradually dawning, the air is still filled with the cold air of late autumn, the grass has been covered with dry yellow dew, the earth is foggy, like shrouded in silver-gray light veil, hazy, the scenery more than ten meters away is very blurry, not clear.

At this time, Wan Lai was afraid of silence, and suddenly there was a bird's call, which broke the silence of the dawn!

Soon after, a fish's belly white floated in the eastern sky, and the earth gradually brightened, and it was already possible to see the movement at thirty or forty meters clearly.

At this moment, Gongzi Wei Xing rode on a war horse and suddenly shouted: "Go!" ”

Suddenly, a group of more than 200 horses appeared four or five miles away from the camp of the Zhenhu Dart Bureau, and in an extreme time, they picked up the horses and launched a charge attack on the camp of the Hu people.

The camp of the Zhenhu Dart Bureau was built on a high ground with a river in the back, and more than a dozen camps of the Hu tribe were just below the high ground, forming a semicircular branch.

The sound of the hooves of more than two hundred war horses, such a big movement, the sentinels of the Hu tribe had discovered it as early as the first time;

However, before they could run back to the camp, the cavalry of the Phoenix Fort had already rushed into the camp of a Hu tribe like a sharp arrow leaving the bowstring, and it was like a tiger rushing into the mess of sheep, unstoppable!

The Hu people who rushed out of the tent in a hurry were like flies with no sense of direction, scurrying around, and more than half of the people inevitably became victims under the horse's hooves!

Some of the Hu people who had not yet gotten out of the tent in time had an even worse fate as long as they were on the way to the stormtrooping horse, and none of the lucky ones escaped.

The tremendous impact of the high-frequency speed is unstoppable by any person, just as mortals are powerless to stop the sudden monstrous flood.

More than 200 war horses are like a whole, and the impact force formed under the extreme speed, his strength can be imagined, even if an elephant stands there, it will be swept away.

In less than a minute, the horse team of Phoenix Fort had already rushed out of this camp with great momentum, trampling towards another camp a few hundred meters away!

The cavalry of the Phoenix Fort launched a charge that was more ferocious and lethal than the usual charge, because the horses of the Phoenix Fort had a saddle and two cloth stirrups on them.

A saddle is one of the harnesses, a seat made of a leather-wrapped wooden frame, stuffed with soft stuff, shaped to fit the rider's hips, and raised front and rear.

The saddle plays a fixed position, which can effectively prevent the rider from falling off the horse's back, and also reduce the fatigue caused by long-term riding.

It is not obvious in ordinary riding, but in such vigorous sports as charging and riding, the role of the saddle is very prominent!

When Gongzi Wei Xing first designed it, most of the original cavalry in Phoenix Fort were Hu people who were longer than horses, and they were not very interested in saddles.

Most of the Hu people are born to be horseback athletes and can move around at will on horses, and the Central Plains people are much inferior in this regard.

However, after several fierce charges, they gradually realized the important role that the saddle played in the battle, and their hearts no longer resisted!

According to historical records, the prototype of the saddle gradually appeared in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and then it was improved again and again, which became the safe and comfortable shape of later generations.

The saddle designed by Gongzi Wei Xing was three or four hundred years earlier than that of the Sui and Tang dynasties, but it was somewhat different from the saddle of later generations.

In order to ride more comfortably, he used leather materials all;

This is inevitably slightly inferior to the saddle of later generations in terms of performance!

Gongzi Wei Xing didn't find a master-level carpenter for the time being, so he had to leave it like this for the time being!

Originally, Gongzi Wei Xing also wanted to get out the two major killing weapons of iron stirrups and horsesshoes;

However, it is a pity that the pig iron resources of Phoenix Fort are extremely scarce, so such important resources have to be used on the most critical items, such as crossbows, crossbows, arrows, machetes, spearheads, spearheads, and farm tools.

Due to the shortage of pig iron, Gongzi Wei Xing had to temporarily put them on the shelf;

By chance, Mr. once found a sketch drawn by Childe, and slowly told him that in the Central Plains during the Western Han Dynasty, the Central Plains people had invented a substitute for the iron stirrup - the cloth stirrup, which is still used by the mainstream army of the Central Plains.

In order to save pig iron resources, Gongzi Wei Xing made every war horse in Phoenix Fort have two cloth stirrups hung on it.

Compared with the iron horse stool, the cloth stirrup is very inconvenient to use, and the performance is much worse, and it has also made the Hu brothers in the cavalry of Phoenix Fort very resistant.

Hu people can easily get on and off their horses with a jump at will, and Gongzi Wei Xing does not force them to use them in ordinary times;

But in wartime, it is necessary to put on cloth stirrups, which is an iron order given by him.

In the same process as the saddle, I realized the important role of the stirrup in the battlefield, and the Hu brothers in the cavalry slowly adapted to it, and no longer thought it was troublesome to wear!

At the moment when the sound of horses' hooves in Phoenix Fort had just arrived, more than 300 cavalry teams organized by the Zhenhu Dart Bureau also rushed out of the camp gate at the first time and suddenly launched a charge towards the nearby Hu Ren camp, which obviously caught the Hu people off guard!

Although there were more than 100 more men and horses in the Zhenhu Dart Bureau than in Phoenix Fort, they were obviously inferior to the cavalry of Phoenix Fort in terms of speed and lethality.

The horse team of the Zhenhu Dart Bureau is mixed with some rangers and recruits, which is one reason;

What's more, the cavalry of Fort Phoenix has a saddle and stirrups, which can achieve the unity of men and horses, and the horses are easier to control and control, and they don't have to worry about being thrown off their horses when they collide.

The cavalry of Phoenix Fort was overwhelmed for a while, the speed of the charge did not decrease at all, and the Hu people in the camp were chaotic and coaxing, all caring about their own lives, and they could not organize an effective attack at all.

In such a short period of time, Phoenix Fort has already captured five Hu people's camps in a row.

Every time you charge out of a camp, the camp becomes a mess and a lot of casualties.

With such a strong record, on the one hand, it is closely related to the strength of the cavalry of Phoenix Fort;

On the other hand, these dozen or so Hu tribes were too confident because of their large numbers, and did not set up more obstacles like rejecting horses around the camp.

When the cavalry of Phoenix Fort stormed the eighth Hu camp, the Hu rulers inside had already organized their men and were ready to counterattack.

Seeing this, the hundred crossbows in the hands of the cavalry of Phoenix Fort immediately became powerful, and the crossbow arrows shot out like a torrential rain, with very powerful lethality, and very domineering to defeat the morale of this group of Hu people, like a fierce wolf driving a flock of sheep, and then broke the Hu people's defensive line, leaving a miserable scene, and walked away!

At this time, the cavalry team of the Zhenhu Dart Bureau had just rushed out of the camp of the fourth Hu people, but there were some small losses, which were still within the range of bearing.

It had only been eight or nine minutes since the battle began, and the camps of the fourteen Hu tribes had already been captured by them.

Seeing that the fifth Hu camp in front of him was already prepared, Ning Zhenhu immediately let the horse team deviate from the direction, took a half curve, and rushed towards the Hu camp that had already been captured.

And the cavalry of Phoenix Fort let the ninth Hu Ren camp be prepared, and still resolutely charged with flying arrows.

It's still the same old tactic, first baptize the enemy with a rain of crossbow arrows, crush the enemy's will to resist in an extreme time, and then rush to kill it.

Then, the cavalry of Phoenix Fort spared half a circle, and rushed over again, wanting to cross and trample again.

After the fierce charge of Erzhuxiang, their war horses looked a little tired, and their speed also decreased a little.

However, in this case, it is impossible to stop and let these war horses rest and rest, in case these Hu people gather together and give full play to the essence of crowd tactics, the losing side may be Phoenix Fort and Zhenhu Dart Bureau.

The two of them had to continue to rush and fight, either until they defeated these Hu people and won the victory, or they died here exhausted.

The Hu people's camp, which had been captured once, never wanted to suffer another unbearable nightmare, and the powerful trampling and collision completely shook their hearts.

Seeing the devil's cavalry about to rush over again, these Hu people, who were like frightened birds, immediately scattered as birds and beasts, rushed out of the camp and fled in all directions.

Some lucky Huren caught the horses that had run away and quickly disappeared into the land of nightmares.

The cavalry of Phoenix Fort and Zhenhu Dart Bureau were overjoyed when they saw this, and they all realized that the balance of victory had shifted to their side, and they couldn't help but speed up the frequency of waving their horsewhips and became excited!

Only one of the fourteen Hu tribes had no losses, but seeing the deserters all over the mountains, they also realized that their side had capsized in the gutter, and the situation of defeat was doomed, and it was difficult to reverse the situation;

His leader didn't want to do anything stupid to turn the tide, and left the place quickly with the tribesmen.

After chasing and killing a stick of incense, both cavalry returned excitedly!

"Thank you, Childe, for your rescue, Ning will remember it in his heart!"

"If it weren't for the news that Gongzi had sent in time yesterday afternoon, we would have broken through immediately, and I don't know how many people would have died in the end!" Ning Zhenhusan's body exuded a bit of vicissitudes, and he was mentally prepared to die in battle yesterday.

"Heaven has eyes, and we are already mentally prepared for the return journey, but fortunately, Tanma discovered your whereabouts in time, and did not cause an irreparable situation!" Gongzi Wei Xing has also gone through an extremely difficult psychological process, and he also has a different feeling in his heart.

"But the warriors we have fallen in battle cannot be resurrected! I hope they will be reincarnated as soon as possible and have a chance to be brothers again in the next life! Ning Zhenhu prayed heavily.

"Uncle Tiger, there will be a chance! Supporting their wives, children and parents, we Phoenix Fort will also make a contribution! "Gongzi Wei Xing also wants to alleviate some of the guilt in his heart for himself and Phoenix Castle, if they don't send people to Phoenix Castle, they won't suffer this catastrophe.

Subsequently, Ning Zhenhu solemnly bowed to his son Wei Xing, and thanked Phoenix Fort for his kindness on behalf of the brothers who died in battle!

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A few minutes later, Xiahou Zhu came over with a full body of anger and said, "You two don't continue to talk about the old days, hurry up and clean up the battlefield, and grab more horses that have run away." ”

"After lunch, let's set off immediately, seize every minute and every second, and we must rush back to Phoenix Fort before it snows."

There are still more than 1,200 miles away from Phoenix Fort, there are not enough horses, and the probability of everyone being trapped in the heavy snow is ninety percent so high, the two of them have an abnormal headache when they hear it, and there is no way in their hearts, and they don't know how to let everyone escape the attack of this heavy snow.

In addition to horse bandits and wolves, the heavy snow in winter can be said to be the third biggest pest in the Western Regions, and many people will freeze to death in every heavy snowfall!