Chapter 844: Lose both
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and shouted loudly: "Order, the Western Qin army and the Kimak army will slow down their march and form a phalanx on the left and right!" ”
"Yes, King!" The marching Sima Chen Qing agreed, and immediately gave an order to the herald, and the order flag began to shake continuously. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The soldiers of the Western Qin army saw the banner of the commander Da Xu, and they all involuntarily slowed down the march, and the Kimak army was not familiar with the banner and military order of the Western Qin, so they reacted a little slower, but they also adjusted in time, and only the five thousand cavalry of Zou led by Ba Dasi still advanced forward at the original speed.
In less than five minutes, Ba Dasi led 5,000 cavalry of the Zou headquarters to completely break away from the Western Qin army and the Kimak army, and walked to the front, where they formed a loose horizontal rectangular formation and approached the army of the Thorn Ma Ti army on the opposite side.
Zhao Ziliang, who walked to the front of the team, observed for a while, and felt that it was time to stop, so he raised his big hand again and shouted: "The whole army stops advancing!" ”
"The whole army stops advancing!" The herald quickly conveyed the military order, and after a few short trumpet sounds, the 6,000 Western Qin troops and the 10,000 Kimak army completely stopped, forming two phalanxes, one on the left and one on the right.
The sun is shining, the wind is beautiful, and the weather is nice today, but no one seems to be in the mood to appreciate this sunny day.
The army stopped standing still, the flags in the army were drooping, as if they smelled the smell of killing and blood in the air, the horses began to be a little restless, and kept snorting, some of them scraped the moist soil and crisp turf on the ground with their hooves, and a few vultures that smelled the smell of death flew in the distance, and there will never be a shortage of vultures and wild wolves, two kinds of grassland garbage cleaners in the savannah.
Xuan Wu rode his horse tightly and followed Badasi, and the five thousand cavalry of Zou Headquarters stopped advancing under the leadership and signal of Badasi, and the army of the Thorn Mati Department on the opposite side also stopped, and the two armies were two miles apart.
The commanders, centurions, and ten-commanders began to command their warriors to form a slightly neater formation, one row after another, whether it was the cavalry of the Zou headquarters or the cavalry of the Thorn Ma Ti department, they all lined up in this horizontal rectangular formation, and slowly adjusted into a vague arrow formation when charging, so as to achieve the purpose of attacking.
This man was tall and majestic, wearing a wolfskin snow cap, a black bear skin, a suit of iron armor on the outside, and a short beard like a steel needle. ”
Although it was far away, the voice of this guy was also loud, and Badas hesitated when he heard it, but he still galloped over.
"No, chief of Baddas, wait, beware of deceit!" Xuan Wu shouted loudly, and when he saw that he couldn't stop Badasi, he immediately hit his horse and chased after him.
When Badath heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, he immediately turned around, and saw that it was Xuan Wu who was following, and hurriedly shouted: "General Xuan, don't come along, let us talk to each other separately between our two leaders!" ”
"I'm afraid that Suss will be bad for the leader!" Xuan Wu didn't turn around, but still followed, and Badas had no choice but to let him follow.
The two rode their horses and stopped thirty meters opposite Husidasi, Xuanwu leaned back, Badas was in front, Husidasi saw it and sneered: "Ha, Badasi, you are going back more and more, before the two armies meet and say a few words, you bring a follower over, do you doubt my Husidasi's character or are you greedy for life and afraid of death to the point of no cure?" ”
Badath was a little embarrassed, he glanced back at Xuan Wu, then turned his head and shouted: "Husi Dasi, for a despicable villain like you, I have to be careful!" Say it, if there's anything else you'd better say right away, or I don't guarantee you'll have a chance to say it! ”
"Am I insatiable? Am I mean? Badath, isn't it despicable for you to collude with outsiders against your kindred? We Pechenegs have never seen such a shameful person as you, and the gods will punish you and Zou Benbu! Suddenly, he raised his mace and pointed it at Padas, and said angrily.
"Fart!" Badath immediately retorted, "You and I have always been friendly and harmonious with each other, if you hadn't taken the lead in wielding troops to detail the settlement of my Zou headquarters, how would I have led troops to crusade against you with my allies?" It was you who betrayed the covenant of your clan and betrayed your blood and kinship for the sake of money, how can I let go of a shameless person like you! Come on, you and I will fight to the death here today! ”
Su Si immediately raised his mace again and said angrily: "You just fart, when did I lead my troops to ransack the settlement of your Zou headquarters?" Oh, I see, you're making such an excuse for the justifiable annexation of my Matti tribe! Baddas, you are so poisonous! Okay, you and I are here today to fight to the death! Come, suffer death! ”
Xuan Wu immediately shouted: "Leader Badath be careful! As soon as he finished shouting, the arrow in his hand had already been shot out with his bow.
"Wait, don't!" Feeling that something was wrong, Bardas immediately shouted to stop it, but it was too late, and the bowstring made a "buzz" and the arrow shot out like lightning.
Suddenly, he was not prepared for the Xuan Wu behind Badath to suddenly shoot an arrow at him, and he was shot in the throat before he could ride his horse, the arrow went through her throat and pierced the back of his neck, he raised his finger with wide eyes and pointed at Badath speechless, his body slowly fell from the horse's back and fell to the grass, and the mace was also adjusted to the ground.
Badasi's face turned pale, and he turned his head with difficulty to look at Xuan Wu and said angrily, "You killed him!" Why did you kill him, I haven't asked him why he wants to lead troops Details of the settlement of my Zou headquarters, you killed him! ”
Xuan Wu hurriedly saluted: "I'm sorry, Badas Chief, I saw that he was going to beat his horse and rush towards you, I was worried about your safety, and I couldn't help but shoot an arrow at him!" ”
Badasi's heart was like pressing down on a big stone, he was very uncomfortable, he wanted to be angry, but there was no time, and several commanders of the Answering Horse Ti Department on the opposite side found that Kusidasi had been killed, and immediately shouted: "The people of the Zou headquarters killed the Khan of Khusidasi, sons, we must avenge Khan of Khusidasi!" ”
The cavalry of the tribe of the Thammati tribe were furious, and they raised their weapons and shouted: "Revenge, revenge, revenge for the Khan of Kusidasi!" ”
"Kill Badath to avenge the Khan of Kusidasi, and the sons will rush with me!" One of the commanders of the Assassin Horse Thi tribe shouted with a scimitar, and then beat his horse and rushed towards Badath's side, and as this man began to charge, the other commanders and centurions of the Assassin Horse Tribes also began to charge with their men.
Badas didn't have time to get angry at Xuan Wu, he gritted his teeth, raised his iron spear and waved his hand to the rear formation, and shouted: "Sons, the Husi Answers of the Assassin Horse Warrior Department have been killed, the sons and daughters rush with me, defeat the men and horses of the Assassin Horse Tribe, avenge the dead people, rescue the captive clansmen, kill!" ”
"Kill!" The cavalry on both sides was exhausted, thousands of horses galloped, the ground began to shake violently, and some insects and small animals on the ground hid in the cave and never dared to come out again.
Horseshoe trampling, straw sandals and mud splashing, under the sunlight, more than 10,000 people of the two armies rushed to each other on war horses, far away, everyone on both sides took out bows and arrows and shot arrows at each other, riding and shooting is a housekeeping skill for the steppe nomadic tribes, and naturally they will not be left unused at this time.
There is no fixed law of archery, everyone pursues to shoot as fast as possible, and the more arrows they shoot, the greater the chance of hitting will be, which is a truth that anyone understands.
Knowing that the front rows of the two sides were close enough to abandon their bows, they abandoned their bows and arrows, took out their weapons and slashed at each other's heads, necks, and chests.
The momentary confrontation in the front row of "・・・・・・" made many people's weapons cut off, many people were directly cut into two sections, many people were chopped off their horses, many were cut off arms, and some were directly cut off their heads, a puff of blood flew on the grass and disappeared, and a corpse fell on the grass and was trampled by the horse's hooves galloping behind, and soon turned into meat sauce.
The screams, the neighing of war horses, the sound of weapons, and the sound of a large number of horses' hooves played the chapter of this battle!
As the leader, Ba Dasi was attacked a lot, and in a short period of time, hundreds of soldiers from the Thorn Ma Ti Department surrounded him and slashed him, and there were already seven or eight wounds on his body, and at the critical moment, Xuan Wu raised his spear and killed him to relieve the siege, otherwise he was cut into meat sauce by the soldiers and horses of the Thorn Ma Ti Department just now.
Xuan Wu's addition greatly relieved the pressure and attack surface of Baddas, most of the attacks were borne by Xuan Wu, and after holding on for a few breaths, the people of Zou Headquarters in the back rushed over to join the battle group, and the pressure on the two of them was suddenly greatly reduced.
The wounds inflicted on Badath's body made him angry, and he roared and screamed, and the iron spear in his hand continued to stab the soldiers of the Thorn Horse Division in front of him and around him.
There is no tactic at all in the battle between the Zou Headquarters and the Thorn Ma Ti Division, except for the previous cavalry and archery tactics, now it is completely melee together, the two sides fight in close quarters at short distances, whoever can hold out to the end is the winner, both sides are coming with hatred, no one is willing to swallow this bad breath, no one is willing to admit defeat.
The battle lasted for a whole afternoon, Xuan Wu always followed Badasi's side to protect him, the battle was still not over at dusk, but the casualties on both sides were extremely heavy, there were 5,000 men and horses each before the battle, and at dusk, there were less than 2,000 or so left in the Zou headquarters, most of them were wounded, and there were only more than 1,000 people left in the Thorn Ma Ti department.
The men and horses of the Thorn Ma Ti Department waited for another group of cavalry to raid the Zou Headquarters and the Western Qin Army, but they never waited, and the remaining more than 1,000 Thorn Ma Ti soldiers and horses could no longer hold on, and turned around and fled before dark.
Zhao Ziliang was also ready to help Zou Headquarters solve the more than 1,000 men and horses of the Assassin Horse Division before dark, but he didn't expect them to persist to the end.
Seeing the men and horses of the Thorn Ma Ti Department fleeing, Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered a pursuit, "Chase, they have been fighting for an afternoon, the people are sleepy and the horses are tired, and they can't run far, leave all the kings behind, don't let any of them go!" ”
"Yes, King!" The Kimak army and the Western Qin army, which had received the order, rushed after each other and galloped after them.