Chapter 145: Killing Slaves (8)
Of the 100,000 Protector Army, the best at attacking was of course the Beiwei Army, and the best at defending was Li Heng's 700 heavy armored infantry. But the most good-looking army was definitely the royal forbidden army that Li Bao forced to surrender under Yangzhou City.
Zhao Song's choice of the Royal Forbidden Army has always been in accordance with the criteria set by Zhao Kuanyin, "Pipa legs, axle body, take more strength." "The forbidden soldiers selected in this way are all people with thin waists and long legs. When the great artist Song Huizong succeeded to the throne, he added aesthetic requirements to the imperial forbidden army. The three standards set by the ancestors must not only be implemented, but also the height must be neat, and one cannot be eight feet tall or one five feet tall. All the selected forbidden soldiers are about seven feet tall, standing on the school field, all brand-new and extremely neat. In addition, the appearance of the forbidden army must also achieve the effect of being able to play a small life on stage with makeup. The eunuch Tong Guan chose tens of thousands of forbidden troops with this standard, and ingeniously taught the forbidden army a set of action etiquette. The common people also gave these fancy-acting forbidden troops aliases, "Flower Leg Army." ”
Li Bao captured 13,000 forbidden troops under the city of Yangzhou, and after half a month of Yangzhou offensive and defensive battles, there were nearly 8,000 people left. Among the 5,000 elites who have landed with Li Bao abandoning the ship, there are 4,500 former forbidden soldiers. The forbidden army that has been tempered by blood and fire is masculine and vigorous, full of heroic spirit. Li Bao once jokingly said that if my 8,000 flower-legged army is pulled to Yingtianfu, I will definitely be able to hook up half of the female students in Yingtian Girls' School.
Li Bao also hid 500 war horses on the big ship. As soon as he landed ashore, Li Bao turned on his horse and rushed to the battlefield with five hundred elite cavalry. The 4,500 handsome elites of the forbidden army ran to the battlefield with spears on their shoulders and swords and shields in their hands, under the leadership of the deputy commander Xu Ya. Xu Ya was the person sent by Yue Fei to the Shui Division, brave, tenacious, and absolutely loyal to the Protector Army.
Li Bao's army was about five miles downstream, and five hundred cavalry ran up, in fact, in a moment. However, when Li Bao arrived on the battlefield first, he was also taken aback.
Because the 10,000 cavalry of the Protector Army, which is not small, is gone, but in the siege of the golden soldiers, there is a huge hollow circle array. The banner of Yue Zi was flying fiercely in the center of the position. Seven or eight thousand Jurchen cavalry roamed vertically and horizontally, using the method of projectile to throw waves of arrows into the circle. The Protectors behind the circle fought back with their crossbows. Feathered arrows flew in the sky, almost obscuring the sky.
At the outermost end of the circle are the horses of the Protectors, which are now joined together to form a wall of horses. Behind the wall of horses in three rows were five thousand new horsemen who were not good at riding, hiding behind their horses and firing crossbows incessantly. Behind the cavalry, there were more than 2,000 cavalrymen who could still ride on horses, under the leadership of Han Chang and Meng Bangjie, attacking forward at any time to block the horse wall that was broken through by the born Nuzhen from time to time.
Yue Fei fights, is the best at improvisation, and plays on the spot. When he was anxious about Meng Bangxiong's death, the whole army was launched, exposing the hole cards of the whole army, Pucha Shijianu did not hesitate to press the whole army, ready to kill Yue Fei in one fell swoop. Yue Fei asked Han Chang and Meng Bangjie to lead the cavalry to block the time for Jin Bing's tea. Han often used the three new wounds on his body, and Meng Bangjie used the two new wounds on his body to meet Yue Fei's requirements. In this moment, Yue Fei ordered all the new cavalry to dismount, and then connected the war horses in a circle, forming this extremely elastic hollow circle array.
If Yue Fei forcibly ordered these cavalry to fight with the Jurchen cavalry, perhaps the Jurchen cavalry could defeat the new cavalry with a single charge. But let these new cavalry use horses as a wall and use strong crossbows to block the impact of the Jurchen army, but the new cavalry fought extremely beautifully. Although Yue Fei felt a little funny, a cavalry army with complete armor and horses could only be used for foot combat.
Pucha Shijianu was dismissive of the Protector Army's horse wall, believing that a wave of impact could be broken. But when hundreds of the most ferocious raw Jurchens rushed forward with a wild shout, they were shot back by the dense infantry crossbows. The birth girl Zhen became more and more frustrated, rushed forward again, and finally opened a gap a few zhang wide, but Yue Fei was killed again by Yue Fei with a big gun in his hand and fifty personal soldiers.
Pu Cha Shi Jianu was anxious, he knew that Yue Fei was definitely asking for reinforcements when he sent colorful fireworks to the sky just now. Today is April 15th, and even though the sun has set, the bright moon has hung high in the night sky, illuminating the banks of the Yellow River as clear as day. Such a night, such a moonlight, is just right for an all-night bloody battle.
Pucha Shi's slave didn't even bother to light the torch, just roared vigorously. "Boys, rush forward. Kill Yue Nanban and be the king for generations. Yunhu, you waste, how did you become a thousand-hundred-hundred Don't rush up yet. Zhuolu fights the tiger, aren't you a golden warrior? How did you kill it and then go back? What about your courage? Wanyan Agu is watching us from the sky! ”
The thousands of households named by Pucha Shi's slaves were red-faced, but they didn't dare to speak up. I can only muster up the courage and take my subordinates to rush forward again.
Far away projectile, close with a flying fork, with a throwing gun. Closer, directly the war horse stepped on. Regardless of whether he lives or dies, he must also chisel through Yue Nanban's circle array. Whether it's a real woman or a mature woman, there is only one idea left now. Kill and disperse this group of protectors who can't even ride horses, and capture and kill Yue Nanban.
Under the desperate attack of the Jurchen cavalry, this round formation that Yue Fei hastily laid out showed incomparable tenacity. It is true that these new cavalrymen, who have joined the Protector for less than a month, are not yet able to leap on their horses and raise their swords on their fast-galloping horses, but they are all good infantrymen. Thousands of infantry crossbows were of great use in their hands. The reason why Yue Fei equipped them with infantry crossbows instead of small mounted crossbows was precisely because these cavalry troops were not capable of riding battles. In fact, Yue Fei didn't plan to let these new cavalry soldiers fight with the Jin soldiers. Now that the new cavalry army has really turned into infantry and fought a bloody battle with the Jin soldiers, it shows the magic of Yue Fei's arrangement. More than a dozen leaders of the new cavalry said to the soldiers beside them while holding their bows and shooting arrows, "Yue Shuai is the reincarnation of the Golden-winged Dapeng, an unknown prophet, who has long guessed that we are going to fight with the Jin soldiers, so he has equipped us with such a powerful crossbow." Since Yue Shuai expected this, do you think the golden dog can still beat us? Definitely not. Brethren, work hard. We're showing our faces in the Protectors, too! ”
Superstition is sometimes a strength. Superstition about Yue Fei made these new cavalrymen extremely tenacious. The Jurchen iron arrows above his head fell in waves, but waves of strong crossbows shot out of a circle with a force stronger than the Jurchen big bow. Soldiers on both sides were firing at each other with bows and arrows.
The impact of the cavalry was terrible. Five thousand strong crossbows still couldn't stop the onslaught of thousands of Jurchen cavalry. From time to time, the Jurchen cavalry broke up the horse wall and broke into the circle along the gap. But as long as the Jurchen cavalry could not break the horse wall at once, they could only dig inward along the gaps. But in the center of the circle, there were more than 2,000 Han Chang's Fourth Cavalry Division, who had survived the bloody battle.
But Yue Fei had a big gun, Han Chang had a big gun, Meng Bangjie had a big knife, and the three of them each led a hundred of the most elite cavalry, leaping forward at any time to block the gap. The other cavalrymen cheered on their comrades and rested. Nearly a day of bloody fighting exhausted all the cavalry of the 4th Division.
Pucha Shi Jianu stared at the Yuezi banner in the circle with fiery eyes, and his heart was blocked for a while. "Isn't this Yue Nanman really Dajin's nemesis? Why did he set up a large formation casually, and he could resist the impact of the most elite golden soldiers. He hid the cavalry in the formation, which was really a stroke of genius. If he doesn't have any other reinforcements, of course it's a dead end. But if he has reinforcements coming, those cavalry hidden in the formation can be killed at any time, and the peripheral reinforcements will be flanked inside and outside. ”
Thinking of this, Pucha Shijianu gathered a thousand Shengnuzhen, no longer impacting the circle formation, but as a mobile force on the battlefield, ready to deal with possible reinforcements at any time.
Li Bao's 500 cavalry had just killed a mile away when they were discovered by the vigilant Jin soldiers. Pucha Shi's slave gave an order, and a thousand born girls were like evil tigers pounced on food, taking advantage of the upstream momentum, and quickly killed Li Bao.
Li Baojiu is on the sea, the best at looking far, and has excellent eyesight. He just glanced at the battlefield and knew that the Jin soldiers couldn't break through Yue Fei's circle formation in a hurry. He immediately let out a sigh of relief and muttered, "Yue Shuai, since you're fine, I can't fold these five hundred cavalry here." Brethren, with rockets! ”
Li Bao's five hundred brothers are all old Haikou who have fought and fought well. Although they are certainly inferior to the Jurchen Iron Cavalry in cavalry combat. But in terms of tricks, you can definitely kill the Jurchen in seconds. With Li Bao's order, the five hundred cavalry hurriedly reined in the war horses, and hurriedly bent their bows and arrows, and the special sulfur arrows flew out of the string, flying more than 100 steps in the air, and turned into small burning torches.
The incomparably strong Birth Girl Zhen was dressed in heavy armor, and with a few arrows on her body, she could still shout a fierce battle. But they did not dare to resist a few rockets. What's more, even if the birth girl is really not afraid of rockets, the war horse is also afraid. Animals are born with a fear of fire, and no amount of training can dispel their fear of fire.
In the face of crackling rockets, the Jurchen war horse neighed, and the people stood up. However, at this time, it also shows that the raw Jurchen has an understanding of animals and exquisite riding skills. They knew that the war horse was afraid of fire, so as soon as the rocket ignited, they stabilized their bodies on the war horse. Therefore, the more than 100 war horses who rushed to the front row stood up, but none of the raw girls were really thrown off the war horses. It's just that dozens of raw girls really hit the rocket, and they are screaming to fight the flames.
Li Bao scolded fiercely, "The riding skills of these golden dogs are amazing!" Brethren, let us withdraw. After answering more than 4,000 brothers, come and fight with the golden dog again. ”
The five hundred horsemen laughed and turned their horses and ran downstream. Jurchen Qianhu was furious and scolded loudly, "These Song pigs are scheming. Sons, let's catch up. These rockets are extremely expensive to build, and Song Zhu will definitely not prepare too much. Catch up and kill them all. ”
A thousand born girls screamed and continued to chase. But after chasing a thousand steps, the Jurchen Qianhu reined in the reins of the horse. In the moonlight, 4,500 heavily armed Protector infantry appeared on the riverbank.
This is certainly the most elite Protector Infantry. Jurchen Qianhu definitely thought. Because these infantrymen are even the same height.
Li Bao jumped in front of the horse formation in an extremely arrogant manner, and shouted loudly, "Golden Dog, today is your burial place." Offensive! ”
The 4,500 forbidden soldiers played the best trick of the Flower Leg Army and marched forward in unison. This is an important invention of the great eunuch Tong Guan. I have to say that this eunuch, the only king in Chinese history, still has two sons, and he can be regarded as the earliest inventor of the honor guard. More than 4,000 people followed the drumbeat in the rear, stomping and stepping, approaching the Jurchen cavalry step by step.
The raw girl who just came out of the old forest has never seen such a thing. The birth of the girl Zhen Qianhu's eyes widened, watching thousands of people actually manage to move in unison and enter like a wall. The heavenly face is a bone fight! Your Flying Tiger Army isn't so elite, is it?