Chapter 688: Battle of the Prairie 2
Ashina is different from ordinary Turks, he is not only fierce, but also cunning. If things weren't right, he would definitely choose to run away instead of fighting the enemy here.
Therefore, when the Turkic army was transferred to the north of the Han slaves and assembled five miles away, Ashinadu already had it in his heart, if the situation was not right, he would use the Han slave as a pawn and get rid of the other party's mind. He Ashina has no intention of dying with the Xiaoguo army, of course, if he can fight and has the possibility of victory, then he will naturally fight to the death. With so many gains, but most of the more than 250,000 people who have been active in the territory of the state for more than a month have achieved the results of the battle, it is naturally impossible to give up like this.
Several bloodied cavalrymen galloped back, the spies he had sent, and they were intercepted by scouts sent by the Xiaoguo army, and most of them were killed, leaving only a few wolf bรจi to flee back.
Before several cavalrymen arrived at the main formation, they immediately reported loudly: "My lord, the main force of the Xiaoguo army has been found twenty miles ahead, about 150,000 people. โ
Hearing this, Ashinadu's face sank, and he asked in a cold voice, "Have you checked clearly?" 150,000 enemy troops? Where will they have so many enemies? โ
The knight hurriedly said: "Lord Hui, come to think of it, the young and strong people who will accompany the army have also been added to this Xiaoguo army, because the subordinates and others are in the ranks, and they have inspected many queues without banners. โ
"Haha...... The people are young and strong? This is the heavens helping me! Hearing this, Ashina was overjoyed. Immediately, he jumped and shouted to several tribal leaders and generals behind him: "Heaven help me, this Xiaoguo army actually despises us so much, and even uses the people as soldiers." The order went down, and the army marched forward, preparing to directly defeat the main force of the enemy army, and take credit for the merit with the head! โ
Immediately, hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops burst out into the sky with a roar, the Turkic white flag waved, the war knives flashed in the sun, and they swooped towards the Xiaoguo army dozens of miles to the east like a boundless wolf pack on the steppe.
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A black and oppressive dark cloud swept from afar, making the heavens and the earth also change color, the huge sound of horses' hooves seemed to be a muffled thunder mixed in the dark clouds, the earth was trembling, and the sound created by hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry was enough to destroy a qiฤ.
Some war horses felt the fear of the coming big war, and they screamed violently ...... their front hooves, and Yang Yuanqing also saw that a black line about ten miles long appeared at the end of the grassland in the distance.
At the time of the march, Li Chenfeng already knew that he was not far from the enemy army at this time, so the four-way army formation began to slowly converge. He relied on his own sense, the enemy army was already not far away, he stared into the distance, and felt a cold murderous aura appear at the end of the grassland. Afterwards, the forward scout officer galloped over and reported to him the enemy's intelligence: "Commander, forward intelligence, the Turkic army is coming towards me, about ten miles away. โ
Hearing this, Li Chenfeng raised his hand and ordered sharply: "The whole army is arrayed!" โ
The 150,000-strong army was divided into four armies in the vast steppe, the middle army, the left and right wings and the central escort army, stretching for several miles, and everyone felt that the earth was trembling, this was the Turks who were killing, the horses began to be restless, snorting, and the palms of the soldiers clenching their spears were sweating. This is not about whether the soldiers are afraid of death or war, but the instinct of a war.
Soon, a black line appeared at the end of the grassland, without stagnation, overwhelming, sweeping towards the Xiaoguo Army with an unstoppable momentum, Li Chenfeng showed a cold smile at the corner of his mouth, he was waiting for this moment.
"Crossbowmen prepare! Cavalry ready to thunder! Li Chenfeng began to give the order to prepare. 10,000 crossbowmen and more than 25,000 archers marched forward at the same time, with crossbowmen in front and archers behind. 10,000 crossbowmen lined up in three rows, one zhang apart from each other, the first row half squatted, and 3,000 crossbows rose up on the ground, coldly aiming at the overwhelming Turkic army.
At the same time, among the cavalry, the cavalry soldiers in the middle also began to light the special small torches in their hands. This special small torch is not easy to extinguish in the wind, easy to carry, and is specially prepared for the projectile of earth-shaking thunder.
The Turkic cavalry is getting closer and closer, and the monstrous murderous aura seems to destroy every qiฤ in the heaven and earth, under the banner of the wolf's head, after Ashina saw the military formation of the Xiaoguo army, he did not stop, nor did he say anything, and directly raised his sword and shouted: "Fearless steppe warriors, kill all the enemies in front of you, let these Han people who don't know the height of the sky know that I am a great Turkic warrior, kill me!" โ
"Kill!" The Turkic cavalry in the vanguard shouted slogans and instantly rushed into the range of the crossbow arrows of the Xiaoguo army.
Li Chenfeng shook his head and sneered: "Compared with my Han people, in terms of battle formations, they are far behind, but they are stronger because they occupy the advantage of cavalry." After that, he waved his hand coldly and shouted: "Crossbowman, shoot!" โ
As soon as the military order was given, it was accompanied by "Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of the huge drum sounded, the front of more than 3,000 crossbows were suddenly launched, forming a black rain of crossbow arrows, roaring towards the Turkic cavalry, in an instant, the Turkic cavalry array of people turned on their backs, nearly a thousand people were shot down, and then the second row of crossbow arrows of the Xiaoguo army came, and the Turkic soldiers continued to scream and fall to the ground in the charge, and the third row of arrow clouds whistled again, and the dense crossbow arrows were like a storm, shooting through the shields and leather armor of the Turks, and the Turkic cavalry rolled from the horses and fell to the ground, and were trampled into flesh by the dense war horses.
The 13,000 rows of Xiaoguo crossbowmen were skillful, and the upper crossbows, the crossbows, and the crossbows were fired in turn, and the Turkic cavalry lost more than 10,000 people in just three rounds, and the heavy losses made the murderous spirit of the Turkic cavalry quickly fade, and the formation began to be messy, and at this time, the forward had rushed to sixty paces away.
The crossbowmen of the Xiaoguo army retreated like a tide, the archers who had been waiting for a long time began to shoot hard, the archers used longbow arrows, the arrows were two feet three inches long, the steel clusters were sharp, and they shot out at an elevation angle, more than 20,000 arrows were as dense as a torrential rain, the strength was strong, and even the people and horses shot through, and the 10,000 Turkic cavalry and war horses that rushed through the front fell to the ground with arrows, and the dead bodies piled up, the arrows of the Xiaoguo army were extremely fast, so that the Turkic cavalry rushed forward and were shot over, and the crossbowmen cooperated with the launch in the rear, the Turkic cavalry never rushed within forty steps, suffered heavy casualties, and the Turkic cavalry began to be in chaos.
Xue Qinglan, the general of the Third Town Army, said: "If we have more crossbowmen and archers, maybe we can completely intercept them." However, thanks to the stunned Turkic cavalry, they rushed straight forward......"
Qin Daolin, the general of the Fourth Town Town Army, said: "Marshal, the enemy cavalry must prepare to flank us from both flanks at the same time, is it time for our cavalry to dispatch, let these barbarians see and understand, we are powerful in shaking the sky and thunder." โ
Li Chenfeng nodded and said, "General Xue, General Qin, the two of you, just lead the cavalry to rush over from both wings, there is no need to fight hard, you only need to bring out the power of the earth-shaking thunder." Nowadays, this Turkic cavalry is extremely tightly assembled, and it is a good time for my Heaven-Shaking Thunder to play its greatest role, so don't waste the effect of the Heaven-Shaking Thunder. โ
Xue Qinglan and Qin Daolin clasped their fists and said, "Li Shuai, don't worry, we should keep it in mind." This time, let this group of miscellaneous people take a good look at the strength of my Great Yan Country soldiers, and let them know that the Great Yan Kingdom cannot be humiliated at any time. โ
"The cavalry on the left flank comes with me!"
"The cavalry on the right flank will kill me!"
The two town generals each personally led 20,000 light cavalry to rush out from the flanks of the Xiaoguo army, and they met the dense Turkic cavalry formation. Immediately, the 20,000 cavalry on the left and right flanks split into four, each of which became four, and slaughtered the Turkic cavalry army.
"Haha...... Even these 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry dare to compete with my Turkic warriors? Warriors of the He Yong tribe, come to me and kill them all! On the right flank, a tribal leader laughed and waved his scimitar in his hand. In their eyes, how could this Han cavalry be the opponent of their Turkic cavalry?
"The cavalry on both wings covers, and the rest of the soldiers, ignite the fire, and throw the thunder that shakes the sky!" Xue Qinglan, who was riding on the war horse, saw the Turkic cavalry getting closer and closer, and suddenly a sneer appeared on his face, and he roared!
Among the five thousand cavalry with Xue Qinglan, the two sides used bows and arrows to shoot or defend with shields, while the thousands of cavalry in the center hung their cavalry guns on their saddles one after another, and took out one by one the earth-shattering thunders from the saddle.
There was no direct clash of iron and blood, and when the cavalry of the two sides was still fifty paces apart, the cavalry of the Xiaoguo army still reversed the direction and brushed the direction of the enemy army and went around. At the same time, one by one, these cavalrymen threw the earth-shattering thunder bags in their hands into the enemy army formation on the flank or the path on which the enemy army was about to advance.
"Do you really think that my Xiaoguo army is going to fight with you in a cavalry battle? We're not stupid! After throwing out a sky-shattering thunder wrapped in a thin iron sheet and with a large number of iron beads and iron nails inside, a trace of ruthlessness hung on the corner of his mouth, and Xue Qinglan whispered to himself. Who stipulated that cavalry could only be used for charging and killing? The cavalry of my Xiaoguo Army, in addition to being used to charge the formation, can also be used for other purposes, and this projectile of earth-shattering thunder is a new means to deal with you.
Because it was a temporary assembly, because there were 150,000 Turkic cavalry, because it was fighting in the open steppe. Therefore, the two sides did not stretch the battle line too much, and did not leave any other reserve troops, especially the Turkic army, which was basically the whole army swarmed out. In addition to the middle road, which was blocked by the crossbowmen and archers of the Xiaoguo army, forty or fifty thousand cavalry on each side rushed over.
It is also because of the underestimation of the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army, and because the Turks want to take credit for the first rank, so these cavalry are all coming back towards four cavalry teams on each side. So, they are more closely assembled. However, such a situation is really the best target for Earthquake Thunder.
One after another, the sparkling earth-shattering thunderbolts were fiercely thrown into the formation by the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army that ran diagonally. There were also quite a few that remained on the path of the advance of the Turkic cavalry. Because it was daytime, the spark was not very noticeable. However, after these thousands of black things were thrown, the Turks would still find out.
Most of the Turkic cavalry soldiers didn't know what it was, and ran directly past the earth-shaking thunder. Even if some people knew, but in this case, they had no way to stay, and could only watch themselves run over the earth-shattering thunder of the Xiaoguo Army with the cavalry formation.
"Earthquake Thunder!" The leader of this tribe had a higher level of insight than ordinary soldiers, and when he saw this situation, he immediately exclaimed, "Quickly, pass the order, rule forward, and go around the ...... immediately", but it was too late.
One after another earth-shaking thunderbolts sounded on the grassland, except for Xue Qinglan's cavalry, which threw out part of the earth-shaking thunder in his hand, the rest of the cavalry teams also threw out the sky-shaking thunder in their hands one after another. These earth-shattering thunders rang out almost one after another, and in an instant, the Turkic cavalry suffered.
In the firelight, countless broken spears and broken limbs flew into the sky, and the blood of those killed soldiers spilled from the air, and bursts of blood rained. Not only the stumps of the soldiers, but also the stumps of the horses, the fragments of the soldiers' armor and equipment, and all kinds of objects flew along with the grass and dirt on the ground. In particular, the marbles in this earth-shattering thunder, under the burst of gunpowder, within a few zhang, can be said to be people blocking and killing, and horses blocking and killing horses......
The loud sound and shock wave shook even the horses of the cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army in panic, and many knights fell from their horses and were trampled to death by the horses behind, not to mention the Turkic cavalry. You know, the ears of these war horses are blocked with things. One can imagine what the effect of these countless earth-shattering thunders exploding together is.
As Xue Qinglan rode his horse forward, he couldn't help but turn his head to look. Black smoke rose from the sky, and on the ground were stumps and fragments of armor and equipment, which could be described as countless corpses. In his actions this time, more than 6,000 people were killed and injured, and most of the rest were in a state of dizziness, and basically there was no soldier who could stand firmly. As for those war horses, they have long been running around like crazy.
The tribal leader who was wearing a bright light armor that he didn't know who he had obtained from the state of Bingzhou, although he was not directly hit by the earth-shaking thunder. However, there was no sound at the moment. The armor and face on his body were full of countless small holes, and it could be said that his face was no longer recognizable, and it was ruined by the marbles in the earth-shattering thunder. If it weren't for the armor on his body and the golden scimitar in his hand, I'm afraid no one would have been able to tell his identity.
The war horse under the crotch of Ashinadu, who was under the command of the cavalry army, was also startled by this continuous and thunderous sound, and immediately jumped non-stop, and finally it was under Ashinadu's forcible order that it was a little more stable. Riding on the war horse, looking at the scene on both sides, Ashinadu couldn't believe it. The total number of cavalry on both sides was nearly 100,000, and it was a short moment's effort. Three, four, or five cavalrymen were killed, and the rest of the cavalry were also shaken down and at a loss......
"This is the legendary earth-shattering thunder? Fuck, who the hell said that this Xiaoguo Army's earth-shattering thunder is nothing more than that? Is that what that's still the case? At this moment, Ashinadu's face was pale, and his heart was both panic and anger.
No matter what the enemy commander thought, at this moment, the cavalry commanders on the left and right flanks, Xue Qinglan and Qin Daolin, did not hesitate at all, turned around in unison, gathered the cavalry again, and continued to rush towards the enemy. This time, they were attacking, and the Turkic cavalry was the side that was attacked.
"Projectile!"
"Boom ......"
The cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army did not stop the use of the earth-shaking thunder because of the riot of the Turkic cavalry, according to Zhao Xun's words, this time it is to use the earth-shaking thunder general to subdue, let them know that our Dayan country has weapons against them, and has the means to master the method of heavenly thunder, which can make the Turks irresistible......
In just half an hour, the cavalry had already thrown out more than ten earth-shattering thunderbolts that they were carrying, allowing the Turkic cavalry to appreciate the power of the Xiaoguo army for a while. Similarly, at this moment, there are very few Turkic cavalry left on both flanks, 60,000 or 70,000 of their subordinates killed or wounded, and those who are intact are only 20,000 or 30,000, but even if they are physically intact, they have lost the confidence to resist in the face of the army of Xiaoguo.
"Those who descend will not be killed!" Seeing many fallen horsemen on the opposite side, or Turkic cavalry who were at a loss on their horses, Qin Daolin couldn't help but move in his heart, and roared loudly with his spear.
"Those who descend will not be killed!"
"If you want to live, immediately throw down your weapons, dismount and surrender!" Tens of thousands of cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army suddenly roared in unison, and the sound shook all over the wilderness, spreading over the grassland for a long time......
Soon, the cavalry of the Turkic coalition army, composed of several tribes, surrendered one after another, and many of them were killed or shot because their leaders had been killed or shot before. What they didn't know, of course, was that because of their leader's armor and ornaments in their hands, they were the target of cavalry marksmen, and they were all dealt with one by one. If it were to fight in peacetime, this situation would naturally be impossible. Today, however, the impossible has become possible, because the ordinary soldiers have now forgotten about the leader who guards them, the king......
Without a leader, these tribal cavalry soldiers were under the coercion of the Xiaoguo army, especially the thunderous weapon in the hands of the other party, which made them feel a deep panic. So, under the choice of life and death, most of them surrender directly. As for those who did not surrender, they were mostly stunned by the earth-shattering thunder. For them, the Xiaoguo Army will never show mercy to them, and they will all be disposed of directly.
Ashinadu's eyes were red, at this moment, he could only watch the coalition army composed of various tribes on both wings being defeated by the Xiaoguo army, swallowed up, an army of nearly 100,000 people, except for more than 10,000 people, the rest were either killed or wounded, and the rest were also captured by the Xiaoguo army.
"What's going on? Why is the Heaven-shattering Thunder of the Xiaoguo Army so powerful? Damn, how did the information get back? Ashinadu didn't know what to do at the moment, except for cursing in his heart. This situation was not expected by him at all.
In his opinion, fighting with the same strength, no matter how powerful this Xiaoguo army is in the Han territory of Dayan, but on the grassland, fighting with the Turkic warriors is definitely not his opponent. Then, in today's battle, although I dare not say that I can completely exterminate the Xiaoguo army that has destroyed many of my tribes, it is still possible to defeat and defeat it. However, the scene in front of him already made him a little unable to come back to his senses......