Chapter 483: The Night Iron Cavalry Breaks the Camp

Since Er Liu had passed the word, there was no reason for the pro-soldiers outside to stop him, but he still arranged for the pro-soldiers with knives to pour into the military tent and be carefully guarded there.

The two messengers who were taken into the military tent could no longer tell from the uniform number that they were soldiers on that side, not to mention the ragged clothes, and the color of muddy water and dirt all over their bodies, as soon as they entered the military tent, the two messengers forgot to salute and greet, and asked directly:

"Where are the two generals, Liu Tichun and Liu Fangliang?"

Shunjun is also very particular about this dignity and humility now, hearing this messenger entering the account and shouting so carelessly, Er Liu is not very happy, but seeing this messenger so anxious, and also knowing that something big will happen, Liu Fangliang spoke first:

"This general is Liu Fangliang, if you have anything important, tell me quickly!"

Hearing Er Liu admit his identity, the messenger seemed to have collapsed, and he knelt directly on the ground, and opened his mouth to report, but in a hurry, perhaps because of his anger, his voice was immediately hoarse, and he said hurriedly:

"The two generals, the Shandong soldiers and horses have already passed through Ruzhou and are coming straight to this side. ”

Before the words fell, someone from the pro-soldiers standing on the side had already screamed, how could this be possible, how could the Shandong soldiers and horses rush behind their backs.

Liu Tichun had already rushed to the messenger and dragged the messenger up from the ground, Liu Fangliang on the side had a gloomy and terrible face, and he also ordered in a solemn voice:

"A few of you will go out to guard the tent first, and no one else will be involved in military law. ”

The pro-soldiers hadn't gone out yet, Liu Tichun had already shouted loudly, what did it mean for Shandong soldiers and horses to appear behind him, it really made him flustered:

"Shandong soldiers and horses, how long will it take to get here, how many people are there!!"

The messenger had no regard for etiquette at all, and was already in tears as he spoke. The words didn't go well, but he still struggled to say:

"There will be no less than 5,000 cavalry, two days ago they passed through Ruzhou City, the villain and the brothers went out of the city to report the news, but the Shandong arranged a light cavalry on the main road to intercept and kill, I arrived here by running wild on the mountain road, general, the Shandong soldiers are almost here. ”

Although the road is not easy to follow. But for the cavalry, two days is enough time to get here, Liu Tichun stiffened after hearing this, and his hand was unconsciously released, the messenger was already unable to stand, and directly slipped to the ground, crying on the ground.

Guoyi's general Liu Tichun reacted quickly and yelled outside the tent:

"Spread the mighty general and the lieutenant to the military tent to discuss. Urgent call, go, go, if anyone comes late, Lao Tzu will cut off their heads with a knife!! ”

After the pro-soldiers outside agreed loudly. After dispersing the order, General Guoyi Liu Fangliang lifted the curtain of the military tent and looked at the northern road, the sky was overcast and dark. Unable to see anything clearly, he did not look back, but spoke:

"You gather all the generals to arrange, and I will go and gather the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to be prepared for the unexpected. ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Liu Tichun's response, and strode to his own barracks to gather the army, which was suddenly a bad news, and Shandong soldiers appeared on his side. On the side of King Chuang, Liu Fangliang rode towards his camp tent, and arranged for his own soldiers and messengers to go out of the camp overnight to report.

"Why hasn't Hu Liang come yet!! The distance between the small camp and this side is only five miles, so didn't you get up after sleeping!! ”

The mighty general and the lieutenant all rushed over, but a unit stationed north of the Shun army camp had not yet arrived, which was also a standing setting.

About 1,000 troops were placed at the official checkpoint to prepare for the arrival of the enemy. It can serve as an early warning. And it can resist for a while and buy time for the big battalion.

Liu Tichun lost his temper for a while. also knew the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly arranged defenses for the people below, Shandong soldiers and horses suddenly appeared, and the more than 10,000 Shun soldiers led by Er Liu suddenly became insufficient.

But at this time, I can't take care of so much, Gao Jie has 50,000, but it's just a trouble, Shandong has 5,000 soldiers and horses, but it's a big trouble, and the focus of defense must be shifted to the north.

It was not yet time for a stick of incense to be arranged, and there was no need to wait for the end of the collegial discussion after the arrangement, and the generals all received military orders and hurriedly went to lead the troops to arrange defense.

At this time, it was night, and many soldiers were still asleep after the battle with Gao Jie's soldiers and horses during the day, shouting and mobilizing, and there were still such and such troubles, but now they don't care about what to do, knowing that the enemy is coming.

Soon, there were three lieutenants left in the military tent, these are Liu Tichun's backbone soldiers and horses, Liu Tichun was just about to arrange, but "ah" exclaimed, the generals in the tent, the soldiers outside the tent, all thought that something had happened, Liu Tichun said loudly:

"Quickly notify the whole battalion to be on alert, Hu Liang and they were ......"

Hu Liang of the small battalion has also led the soldiers for many years, and he knows the importance of the role, how could he announce the call for such a long time and not come back, even if he disobeyed the order, how could the pro-soldiers who announced the order not come back.

He said this very coincidentally, and suddenly there was a loud noise in the direction of the north, and the sound of Jin Ge Iron Horse could even be heard clearly here, Liu Tichun's face changed greatly, he turned around and put on his helmet, grabbed his weapon, and hurried out of the camp.

His military tent was in a high place, and he could see countless torches in the north, almost reflecting half of the sky, Liu Tichun's face was gloomy, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he shouted after half a sound:

"Hurry up and block, brothers, hold on until General Tian's army comes, and we should join forces inside and outside!!"

Their side is different from He Jin's side, although the enemy came suddenly in the dark night, but they don't know how many enemies there are, and where the soldiers and horses are, except for the generals who know it, the soldiers have not been notified, and besides, if they lose at night, it will be a rout and a massacre, and they can only camp up to resist.

In this area of Jiaxian, there are no low hills and hills, the terrain is quite flat, but the wet and soft land is very troublesome for people and horses.

When attacked by the enemy at night, the only way for the elite cavalry to dare not go out of the camp to fight in the field is to let the soldiers below rely on the barracks and trenches as barriers. Defend until dawn or if the enemy's soldiers and horses are tired, you will have a chance to win or keep your camp.

Tang Er rode on his horse and looked at the military camp opposite, and he could see that the military camp of the Shun army was also gradually lit up from the original stars, and the sound also changed from the quiet of Fang Cai to gradually noisy.

He led the Dima Army and was always directly subordinate to Li Meng, the Duke of Qi, and used it as the strongest force, but this time it gave him the opportunity to fight independently.

A companion of the same day. Almost all of them are the general soldiers of the town guarding side, and a few of them are still dignified generals, Tang Er is also anxious, this time he finally gave him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so he was naturally extremely cautious, and he was staring at the Shunjun camp in front of him on the horse.

One by one, the general manager and the general manager around him received the order here, ready to start fighting, and Tang Er told Li Mengdi in his heart several times in his heart. At this time, I heard a cry not far away.

On the occasion of the war, how could there be such a movement, Tang Er opened his mouth and said:

"Go and see what the hell is going on, if you disturb the morale of the army, you will kill it now!"

A cavalry guard hurriedly led the horse out of the team. Running towards that side, after a short time the cavalry turned around again, and the look on his face was quite emotional, and he approached and whispered:

"Your Excellency. Several horses over there have died, and our brothers feel sorry for the horses, and they can't help it there! ”

The horses in the cavalry are all purchased and gathered by Shandong with huge financial resources and manpower, and the horse army has always been directly subordinate to the Duke of Qi and is the decisive force of the Jiaozhou battalion.

The difference between cavalry and infantry is the horse as a mount. Coupled with the shortage of horses in Shandong itself, the cavalry took care of the horses and regarded them as a part of themselves.

In order to ensure that the march of the large group of men and horses could be kept up with the rapid march, some baggage and artillery could not be transported from the waterway of the Yellow River, so they directly used the cavalry's horses as carts to drag the livestock. The road was muddy and difficult to walk. These two days on the road were really hard and difficult. The horses were tired to death, and the owners of the horses were very distressed, so there was a cry.

For such emotions, Tang Er couldn't say anything, hesitated, and then shouted loudly:

"Think about why our horses died, and make it worth !! for them to die"

Sadness is sadness, but the action is very fast, and six guns are quickly set up at the firing distance, and on the side of each cannon are large wooden barrels covered with fur and oil paper, and the gaps of the large wooden barrels are foamed with wax, which is impermeable, and some traces of quicklime can be seen.

In order to ensure the drying of gunpowder in this rainy weather, the artillerymen moved quickly and began to load the artillery.

This kind of night shooting is not for any accuracy and killing, but on the camp fence opposite, and the soldiers and horses of the Shun army, who have always been guarded, feel that something is wrong.

Liu Fangliang led the cavalry to the gate of the camp gate in front of him, and shouted:

"Hurry up and open the camp gate and fight him outside, Shandong's firearms are powerful, and you can't guard it like this. ”

It was Liu Tichun's subordinates who were guarding the camp gate, and they opened the gate of the camp gate but disobeyed Liu Tichun's generals, and a lieutenant pleaded loudly:

"General, the sky is cloudy and damp, and the Shandong soldiers are light cavalry raids, how can they bring artillery, they can't be lightly ......"

As if to make a footnote to his words, there were a few loud bangs, and the camp gate of the camp fence was blasted open by artillery, and the people who were behind the camp fence were beaten by the flying sawdust and cannonballs.

Liu Fangliang's horses were also frightened by this sudden continuous loud noise at night, and they were disturbed there, and finally calmed down, but found that they were all around in such a panic, Liu Fangliang followed the soldiers around him and shouted:

"Shout with Ben, disperse from the camp gate, line up around, and prepare to meet the enemy!!"

The second round of artillery firing came again, and the artillery erected in that position could actually hit many positions in the barracks, but the layout of Shandong seemed to be the camp gate.

The effect of this second round of artillery bombardment was not as shocking as the last one, but the lethality was not inferior at all, and behind the camp gate was a panicked queue of soldiers, shells flying, and there was no camp fence to cover it. It was swept down again.

After two rounds of shelling, many dismounted cavalrymen walked through the gap in the artillery to the front, with musketeers in the front and spearmen in the back.

Two large fires were already lit on either side of the artillery emplacement, illuminating a wide area, and the drums beat, and almost a third of the battalion began to move slowly.

These foot soldiers were covered in armor, enough to defend themselves against the opponent's bows and arrows and shotguns. In such a hurry, it was impossible for the Shun army to mount the cannon.

However, the existence of these foot soldiers was not to attack the camp fence of the Shun army, but to serve as a barrier for the soldiers behind them, and behind this infantry array, there were large groups of cavalry that had already dismounted, and these cavalrymen carried pockets on their backs, and some carried firewood and grass.

As the array of pawns in front of them began to move, the soldiers behind them spread the dirt and firewood they were carrying in front of them. Then they ran back to the array, where they had already begun to search for dirt and firewood nearby, and the soldiers were filled with bags, and no trenches were dug directly opposite the camp gates. It's just that the ground is a little uneven.

Two rounds of shelling. In a hurry, he couldn't gather the blocking force in front of him, but the soldiers who were slowly walking on the ground gradually paved a wide road of dozens of paces.

The officer who walked in front of the Jiaozhou battalion had been distinguishing the movement in the barracks, and walked dozens of steps under the rhythm of the drum. The soldiers of the Shun army in the barracks had already gathered, but they were also within the range of the firearms, and the officer did not care about the effectiveness of the shot, but directly ordered to fire.

The two rows of fire immediately disrupted the gathering of the Shun troops in the camp, and the officer took a step and inserted the command staff in his hand into the ground in front of him to test the hardness of the land.

After walking a few dozen steps. The officer raised his cane and gave a loud order to disband, and just now there was an array like a solid stone, which suddenly spread out to both sides, at this time there were already arrows in the battalion of the Shun army, but the shooting was not accurate in the dark night, and it often could not cause damage on the plate armor.

On the side of Fang Cai's artillery array, someone blew the suona loudly. A poignant sound pierced the night sky. War horses streamed out from between the artillery and the artillery, forming a formation.

On the area slightly behind the artillery emplacement. Several large fires were blazing, and some people added firewood and grass to them, and the light of this large fire almost illuminated the large open space in front of the barracks.

The foot soldiers in front dispersed, the sound of suona stopped, and at this moment, even the camp of the Shun army was a little quieter, and suddenly a cowhide drum was beaten.

"Knock" "Knock" monotonous drums, the first platoon of the cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion, which was already lined up, shook the reins, and the cavalry brigade moved slowly.

Although the ground was actually reinforced with earth and firewood, and there were soldiers who reciprocated and buried it, the cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion still sank slightly on the ground with a single movement, and the ground was actually solid enough, but the weight of the horse and the knight was too heavy.

The first attack of the Jiaozhou battalion was to use iron cavalry, cavalry wearing iron armor, and the horses were also covered by leather armor, and five horses marched side by side.

The horses were very close to each other, and the speed of the iron cavalry was not very fast, so they ran into the Shunjun camp in such small steps.

Under the repeated blows of artillery and firearms, there was no resistance organized on the side of the bombed camp gate, and there was a mess, and behind those cavalry was the fire, the blackened plate armor flashed black in the firelight, and the rows of cavalry pressed over as if they were dead.

In night battles, it is extremely taboo for us to open the enemy and the dark, and the enemy can often hide in the dark to attack, and people in bright places will become targets.

But the iron cavalry came in so openly, at this moment it was overwhelming everything in momentum, but there was a difference between inside the camp and outside the camp, the men and horses in the camp trampled, camped and rested, and often had to find those dry and hard places, which were suitable for the charge of the iron cavalry.

The extension of the iron cavalry is all spears and halberds, plus the men and horses are well-armoured, and the Shun soldiers who were hastily assembled, after approaching, there is no too effective means of killing, but they can be hit by the opponent's spears and halberds, which must be serious injuries or death.

Don't look at the slow speed of the iron cavalry, but the weight of the cavalry and horses plus the armor is huge, and the momentum generated by this movement is superimposed on the long weapon, which has great damage.

Liu Fangliang watched not far away, thinking that the other party would be slower to attack again, but he didn't expect that the other party would come in regardless of 3721.

There is nothing fancy about this offense. It was completely to subdue everything with strength, whether it was artillery or a slow-moving iron cavalry array, the Shun army had no reliable way to fight it, so it was brutally beaten in.

Dealing with cavalry requires organized foot soldiers, and the Shun army troops led by Er Liu are also veteran elites, but they were hastily assembled in the dark night, and the place directly opposite the camp gate was beaten to the ground, and no resistance could be organized. Although there were many foot soldiers around the Iron Cavalry ranks, they could only passively retreat.

After the queue of the iron cavalry ran into the camp of the Shun army, the speed gradually increased, and occasionally the officers of the Shun army gathered the soldiers to resist, and they were scattered by the queue of the iron cavalry in an instant.

The iron cavalry in the front row seemed to be a huge iron cone, nailed into the camp of the Shun army, and this iron cone was still constantly strengthened, making this breach bigger and bigger.

After opening a notch. It is impossible to block it again, and the strength of the Shun army does not have an absolute advantage, and the follow-up soldiers and horses of the Jiaozhou battalion horse army rushed in, and unlike the subway cavalry in front, the light cavalry holding sabers and short spears generally held torches in their hands. Everywhere they set fire to their tents and hunt down the stragglers.

First used the iron cavalry to break the opening, and then rode in to expand the wound, and the cavalry equestrian skills of the Shun army were not so strong. However, it is better to be organized and disciplined, and the strength of the group is certainly much stronger than that of the scattered individuals, and on the right side, the forces invested by the Shun army are limited by the terrain, that is, so much.

Even in the confrontation of the number of troops, there was no advantage, and they were comprehensively repelled and pursued, and as the tents gradually caught fire, the camp became more and more chaotic.

Everywhere were Shunjun soldiers fleeing in panic. But followed by the chasing Shandong cavalry, Liu Fangliang, the general of Guoyi, who has always been known for his bravery and decisiveness, was actually stunned for a moment, he closed his eyes in pain, the difference in strength between the two sides is too big, Shandong spent so much effort to stab himself in the back, presumably the main force of the king in the area of Xiangcheng will also be in crisis, a good situation, why did it suddenly collapse!

General Guo Yi Liu Fangliang opened his eyes. His face was already full of grief and determination. He shouted loudly on his horse:

"Brothers, these killings in Shandong are the teachers of exhaustion. Let's recuperate, go down and rush him now, we must kill them!! ”

These words were used to cheer everyone up, and the soldiers behind him shouted in unison, and as soon as Liu Fangliang lifted his horse, the team of 2,000 people behind him rushed towards the Jiaozhou battalion.

Liu Fangliang's direct subordinate troops are more than 500 cavalry, the cavalry charge pays attention to a momentum, he and the cavalry accelerated faster and faster, and gradually threw off the foot soldiers behind him, Liu Fangliang watched the formation by the reflection of the firelight, and found that the cavalry in Shandong is still attacking in an orderly manner.

The only hope for the onslaught of his five hundred cavalry was to disrupt the opponent's steps first, and then give his officers time to rally their ranks and start a resistance.

Liu Fangliang led the 500 cavalry for almost the first time since the Jiaozhou Battalion Horse Army broke into the camp that there was enough strength and scale to counterattack.

Their target was the arrow of the Iron Cavalry, the forward striker, and the damage to the entire camp was too great.

Seeing the cavalry rushing in front, someone in the middle of the iron cavalry blew the whistle there, and the iron cavalry, which was already slowly advancing, gradually gathered together and formed a large queue of ten people.

The queue of the iron cavalry had just gathered, and there was a short whistle, and the front and back rows urged the horses at the same time, and the iron cavalry queue collided directly with Liu Fangliang's hundreds of light horses.

It is common to use soldiers to gather and disperse, this is an important criterion for evaluating whether the soldiers are elite or not, and the opponent's cavalry can do it to such a point, how can this battle be fought.

The front row of the iron cavalry had already put their spears flat, and the hundreds of cavalry facing Liu Fangliang rushed over without hesitation, and the iron cavalry charged in array, and the heavy horses and knights shook on the ground.

Whether it is from the length of the weapon, or the quality of the horse, Liu Fangliang can not find any reason to win, as the two sides approach, Liu Fangliang can feel that the horses under his crotch are beginning to be restless, animals in some things, intuition is more accurate than people.

The fire was blazing everywhere, shouting and killing, Tian Jianxiu couldn't catch up for a while, even if he could escape from here, what could he do, the situation that had been fought hard was already falling apart, Guoyi General Liu Fangliang was relaxed at this moment, kicked the horse's belly fiercely, accelerated the horse's speed, and rushed towards the spear jungle of the iron cavalry......