Chapter 322: Crossing the River
A cavalryman smiled bitterly: "General Yingxiang, the horse is not a human, can you understand your words?" Let's go quickly, there will be many dreams as soon as the night is long. ”
Yue Yun chuckled: "What horse can't understand human speech, it's smarter than you!" Whether the master is good to him or not, he knows in his heart. Seeing that you are nervous like that, what about the old cavalry? It is said that as soon as the cavalry enters the battle, they will storm the enemy's large array, and they are the most courageous in the army. ”
Seeing Yue Yun sarcastically mocking that cavalryman, everyone else laughed.
The man's face flushed: "General Ying Xiang really underestimated me, when was I afraid of rushing into battle." It's just that the water here is the deepest, and the war horses can't rush. If the Khitan dog finds us and suddenly kills us, he can't get out. ”
Several other people also said: "It's extreme, it's better for General Ying Xiang to hurry ashore." ”
"Panic bird, we're going to rush into battle later, let's save some strength first." Yue Yun stretched out his hand to wash in the river, took another handful of Gu Dong Gu Dong and drank a few big sips: "I don't want you to protect it, five or six people, I can't protect it, but I will delay my work." When the fight starts, I will rush to the front, and you will just follow me. One word, quick! ”
As he spoke, the water under his feet gradually sank towards him, becoming shallower and shallower. In a few moments, the horses came ashore.
In the distance, there is still the sound of horses' hooves faintly, and the distant barricades of the Liao people are gradually approaching this side.
In front of me was a low hill, with no trees, only withered yellow weeds undulating in the wind. Farther on, countless bonfires had been lit on the flat ground, illuminating the entire river as if it were day. In the firelight, in addition to the wilderness, there are patches of patchy paddy fields after the autumn harvest, and like Jianghan, the local people will irrigate the fields after harvesting the rice to kill the pests in the sky and facilitate the planting of rice in the next spring.
In this way, there was soft ground everywhere, which was not suitable for a large cavalry charge.
In the middle of the paddy field, you can clearly see a white road rising straight into the distance.
A scout pointed to the road and said, "Ying Xiang, you have reached the ground, this is the official road." After walking for fifty miles, we can reach the old camp of the White Army. The terrain here is really nasty, and the horses can't run fast. ”
Yue Yun said: "We can't run fast, and the Khitan dog can't gather a large number of troops to attack, but it's a good thing." Wait a minute, let's grab the official road in one go, go fuck, and don't be sneaky. ”
"Okay, it's General Yiyue's." All five scouts nodded.
At this time, Yue Yun suddenly took off the big gun hanging on the edge of the saddle and looked forward intently.
Seeing his unusual expression, everyone closed their mouths.
There was still silence ahead, and in the cool breeze of the night, the water in the rice fields was trembling slightly, like countless pieces of glass.
"Open the bow, take the arrow, pay attention, the Liao dog is coming, the direction is left forward!" Yue Yun suddenly shouted, and the big gun pointed in the direction of the hill on his left.
At this time, suddenly, the sound of "Xiu Xiu" breaking through the air sounded thrillingly.
A row of feathered arrows shot from the long grass in the hollows of the hills in the distance, and the shiny metal arrows took over the entire view for a moment.
It was almost impossible to dodge, and in an instant, Yue Yun and the six of them were hit by arrows.
There were a few muffled grunts from the crowd, and their voices were full of pain.
The bows and arrows used by the Liao people were no different from those of the Song army, and the bow was strong, but not to the extent that it could shoot through hard armor. Yue Yun and the others knew that it would be a tough battle after crossing the river, so they put on their armor early. However, the iron armor of the cavalry is much worse than that of the infantry, and if the weight is too heavy, the war horse will not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, this round of arrows, although they did not penetrate deep into the flesh, was still unbearable.
At the most troublesome time, the war horse had no armor on it, and immediately a war horse neighed and lifted the knight off the seat.
Almost without giving Yue Yun and the others a chance to breathe, with a roar, about twenty Liao scouts rushed over from that side.
"Shoot the arrows!" With a shout, the other four stepped on the white at the same time and released the bowstring and shot back.
The distance between the two sides was only a hundred paces, and the Liao people were charging intensively, and there was almost no need to aim, and the feather arrows easily hit the target.
The cavalry of the Tabai Army is not big in the Sizhou army, but its hand strength is not small, which makes it a Mongolian hard bow suitable for immediate combat. This round of arrows was fired, and a cloud of blood mist erupted from the enemy cluster on the opposite side.
In the mournful roar of the war horse, the Liao people who were thrown off the saddle rolled on the ground like stones, and then were made up by the war horse behind them, and their tendons were broken and broken.
There was no time to care about the companions who landed, and after shooting a round of arrows, the Liao people pulled out their weapons at the same time, and rode their horses towards Yue Yun and the others.
Yue Yun stabbed the spear in his hand to the ground, picking up the companion who fell to the ground.
With a shout, he picked him up on an empty horse beside him and shouted: "Don't fall in love with war, go!" "With his ability, fighting twenty enemies with six horsemen, a piece of cake, Yue Yun is confident that he can take down the heads of this group of Khitans in a single pillar of incense.
However, he could not afford to delay. As long as you stop for a moment, you can't say that the next moment the enemy's brigade will rush over. Once you fall into the encirclement, don't think about leaving today.
Time, time is so important to him. It is not only a matter of life and death, but also a matter of victory or defeat of the White Army and the entire Anlu war.
The six of them turned their horses' heads at the same time and rushed towards the official road in front of them like crazy.
Later, the Khitans began to shout, and blew a terrible bone whistle, beckoning their companions from afar to come and intercept.
At the same time, they came again and fired their hard bows, and shot arrow after arrow.
With a "ding" sound, a spark splashed up on his shoulder, Yue Yun felt a shock in his body, turned his head to look, and saw a feather arrow bouncing off his body.
It turned out that one accidentally shot himself in the shoulder by the enemy. Fortunately, he had an iron lion head on his armor shoulder, which was used as an arrow. Otherwise, if you are shot into it and accidentally hurt your tendons, you won't have to fight this battle tonight.
"It's really amazing, I can easily find my cavalry crossing the river, and then silently lean over to set up an ambush here, and can shoot a bow and defend against arrows on a galloping horse, which is worthy of being the essence of the Khitan!" Yue Yun couldn't help but praise.
Beside him, the Tabai who had been picked up from the ground by Yue Yun before snorted unconvinced: "Liao Dog is nothing great, isn't it just riding and shooting, we will too, and we will not lose to them." ”
As he spoke, he also drew his bow and ran as he turned and shot back.
Yue Yun looked at his energetic appearance and asked loudly, "How are you now?" ”
The man's face turned blue with anger: "General Yingxiang, a subordinate was carelessly thrown off the ground by a war horse just now, but he was not injured." Thank you General for saving my life, look at me and give Liao Dog a little color. ”
"Very good, follow me, we're going to have a good time today." Yue Yun's eyes flashed with a frenzied light.