Chapter 1159: Breaking the Southern Barbarians
There was only one thought left in the minds of these frightened brutes, and that was to run, to flee farther, and to get as far away as possible from those iron-cast devils!
They were afraid that they would be blocked by friendly forces and that they would be overtaken by the iron cavalry, so they shouted in the common language of the Southern Barbarians as they ran: "Brother, run, run together!" The Tang Army's iron cavalry is coming, and the sword is not long-sighted! ”
"The iron cavalry is like a monster, invulnerable, infinitely powerful, King Meng Huo has been surrounded, this battle cannot be won, everyone needs to flee!"
"The head was kicked by a donkey, there is no hair left in the Pu Department and the Xuyue Department, and the Min Pu Department only escaped with a loose cloth, and you still don't run? If you don't run, it's too late! ”
The Southern Barbarian tribes are only a general term, and there is no concept of race, let alone a unified regime. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Among the Southern Barbarian tribes, the Pu Division, the Xuan Yue Division, the Min Pu Division, and the Gu Wing Department are the most powerful and well-known. Now that the Pu Division, the Xuan Yue Division, and the Min Pu Department have been wiped out, and the entire Gu Tribe's clan has fled, even if they don't see how fierce and invincible the Tang Army's iron cavalry is, the barbarians are all terrified, where do they dare to be stubborn?
The tide of rout and escape set off by the dove department spread all at once, and in the blink of an eye, it affected the entire left wing of the Southern Barbarian cavalry! Tens of thousands of cavalry exploded like flies, rushing like madness into the depths of the deserted mountains.
The Southern Barbarian army was forcibly gathered together by hundreds of tribes, and it was actually a rabble. Before, it was just because of the leadership of Meng Huo, the new barbarian king, that he showed some combat power. Now that Meng Huodu himself is unable to protect himself, this battle has obviously been lost, if he does not flee at this time, do he really want to be buried for the ambition of the chieftains?
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"Stop, don't run, I'm your boss! Kill back, the enemy is only a few thousand! Kill them, and you can kill into the Central Plains, and you will no longer have to suffer in this poor mountain and bad water! ”
Meng was furious to the extreme. He thought that this battle might be lost, but he never imagined that it would lose in such a way.
It is true that the Tang Army lives up to its name, and it can be called the best in the world in terms of combat power and courage. At the moment when the array of broken arrows unfolded, thousands of light horsemen suddenly abandoned their opponents who were fighting, met the enemy's blades, and rushed straight towards the center of the enemy formation, allowing all kinds of weapons to hit the armor or body.
In just a few breaths, the cavalry of the Tang Army suffered casualties that were multiplied by the previous ones, and their only purpose in doing so was to make way for the iron cavalry behind them!
It was precisely because of seeing this tragic scene that Meng Shu almost lost his mind and was almost killed by Zhao Yun with one shot.
The Southern Barbarian Army also has warriors, as long as they start a charge, they will not flinch even in the face of the sword mountain and the sea of fire. But their bravery can only appear when they attack the enemy directly, and it is absolutely impossible to sacrifice themselves completely in the context of the overall battle situation.
It can only be said that what the Southern Barbarian Army did not lose to the Tang Army was only blood bravery, not the real kind of courage that can be called divine bravery.
The former can be possessed with only a waffle, while the latter is a quality that can leave a glorious deed and be recited and admired by generations of Chinese people.
Even so, Meng Shu didn't feel that he would fail, because he discovered an inherent weakness in the Iron Rider itself. Because of the excessively high load, in addition to bringing incredible defensive power to the Iron Cavalry, it also greatly reduced the Iron Cavalry's ability to continue fighting. To put it bluntly, the iron horse is the most powerful three-plate axe at the beginning, and when the war horse runs thousands of steps, his physical strength will be in danger.
The Iron Horseman's defense is still terrifying, but his attack power and movement ability have been greatly reduced, so there is no need to entangle them more when the time comes. Just bypass these iron lumps and ignore them.
Because of this understanding, when Meng Shu launched a cavalry charge this time, he carefully divided the 80,000 cavalry into three major parts, the front, the middle and the back, and each part was subdivided into the left, middle and right armies, which can almost be regarded as nine cavalry phalanxes.
In Meng Shu's prediction, the best result was that the Tang army's iron cavalry collided with the spear cavalry in the vanguard when it was launched, and if this was the case, it was possible to lose both.
No matter how strong the armor is, it is impossible to block the frontal stab of the spear when the cavalry is hing, and even if it is blocked, the man will definitely fall off his horse.
The Southern Barbarian soldiers were many poorly equipped, and both sides fought each other with extra-long spears, and it was definitely not the iron cavalry of the Tang Army that took advantage in the end.
The worst result was that one or two cavalry phalanxes were crushed by the Don army. Based on the analysis of the information that Meng Yu knew, this basically reached the limit of the Iron Cavalry's ability to continue fighting.
And Meng Shu was very well prepared, even if he was crushed by the iron cavalry two or even three cavalry phalanxes, as long as he could exhaust the enemy's physical strength, it would not be enough to shake the foundation of the army.
The cavalry of the other phalanxes could adopt flexible and mobile tactics, bypassing the iron cavalry that could not run, and concentrating on dealing with other Tang troops.
When he entered the actual battle, he found a better way, that is, to bite the Tang army light cavalry in front of him, and not give the iron cavalry a chance to expand the formation and advance as a whole. When the light cavalry is exhausted, the pure iron cavalry troops will have nothing to fear, and if they can't fight head-on, they can also avoid the front.
However, just like the scene before the Iron Cavalry was launched, the process of today's big battle was in the hands of Li Yi from beginning to end, and no matter how he fought for it, he couldn't grab it.
Before the Iron Cavalry launched, everything the Tang Army did was to create the best charging environment for the Iron Cavalry.
First, the Tang Army's infantry used long-range offensives to force their own side to take the initiative to launch an offensive on all fronts;
Then, he used his skillful battle formation coordination and combat power to defeat his own infantry in infantry combat;
Immediately afterwards, relying on a sudden rainstorm, he dragged all his army into the battlefield, and paralyzed the spear cavalry of the front army by using the infantry scattering star array and crossbows;
Later, as if it were a matter of course, the Tang Army's light cavalry launched a surprise attack. not only cleared the way for the iron cavalry behind him, but also successfully misled himself, making himself mistakenly believe that there was an opportunity to block the iron cavalry, and concentrated a large number of military forces to support the Chinese army.
In the end, it was the thunderous blow of the Iron Rider.
This blow was too heavy, so heavy that it exceeded the maximum capacity of their own side, and the warriors who met it were all trampled into pulp, and the rest were originally relatively cowardly people, and the half-day hard battle greatly weakened their fighting spirit, and it was certainly not unimaginable that they would collapse.
At the moment of the collapse, Meng Shu's heart turned for a thousand years, and he figured out all the tricks at once.
But Meng Huo was still very unwilling. He gritted his teeth and fought to the death.
However, manpower is sometimes exhausted, not to mention that there is a super master Zhao Yun in front of him. Even if he didn't, he was alone. How could they stop the torrent of 6,000 mounted iron horsemen and 18,000 light horsemen?
The iron cavalry effortlessly broke the cavalry on the periphery, and relieved Zhao Yun and his more than 100 light cavalry, Zhao Yun did not wait for the iron cavalry formation behind, so he pursued with more than 100 cavalry, and entangled Meng Huo, who fought and retreated.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Fei also broke away from the brigade, rushed forward alone, first broke into the battle group with lightning speed, killed the standard-bearer with one shot, and then smashed Meng Huo's handsome flag with a halberd, and then closely cooperated with Zhao Yun to launch a siege on Meng Huo.
At this moment, Meng Shu is facing such a terrifying combination!
"Zhao Yun, there is you and me today!" Meng was furious, and he slashed back, the momentum was extremely fierce, and he had the posture of dying with the enemy.
In this war, if you want to choose a person that Meng Huo hates the most, it is definitely Zhao Yun.
If it weren't for Zhao Yun acting as a decoy, Meng Shu would not have taken the initiative to show up to meet the battle before the iron cavalry was dispatched.
Similarly, if it weren't for Zhao Yun's constant entanglement, Meng Shu would not have been unable to make effective commands after the iron cavalry was launched, and in the end he could only watch the army enter the abyss of destruction.
Even his handsome flag was cut off by Zhang Fei, also because of Zhao Yun's cooperation.
It can be said that without Zhao Yun, even if Meng won today, he would not have been defeated so badly!
The barbarian generals around Meng Huo also raised their swords and guns at the same time, and they swarmed up.
Anyone with eyes can see that Zhao Yun's main task today is not to lead the army to fight, he is purely to contain Meng Huo. The paralyzed command center of the Southern Barbarian Army came.
After Meng Shu took over, whether it was attacking or defending, the actions of the Southern Barbarian Army followed Meng Shu. Meng Huo's command style is not to command the Chinese army through the flag, nor to take the lead in capturing the flag, but to mobilize troops and horses from all walks of life through his own movements.
After being entangled by Zhao Yun, Meng Shu's mobility was immediately restricted, and the entire army also fell into a situation of fighting on its own, which was the fundamental reason for the collapse of the Southern Barbarian army.
Now that the defeat has been achieved, no matter whether Meng You can organize the cavalry in the rear or not, there is no way to save the situation. The biggest problem is how to break through, if he can't get rid of the entanglement of Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei all the time, Meng Shu can't escape if he wants to.
Now, Zhao Yun is temporarily alone, and everyone rushes forward together with the Barbarian King, maybe there is a chance to solve this major threat. Even if you can't, you can use this wave of dying counterattacks to create an opportunity to break through!
What greeted the southern barbarian generals was a dazzling silver glow! This is the unique landscape of Zhao Yun's full unfolding of the gun, Zhao Yun's marksmanship is comprehensive and fast, the action is fast, and the change of moves is also fast. Not only is it good at heads-up, but it is also good for group battles. Even if it was a joint attack by Meng Huo and the Southern Barbarian generals alone, he couldn't help him.
The barbarian general who rushed to the front suddenly suffocated, and Zhao Yun's spear momentum made him feel cold all over his body. And the loud whistling sound from the side was more like blowing the air in this space open.
"Meng Huo boy, don't you get off the horse and surrender?" Zhang Fei shouted loudly and also rushed to the battle group.
"King, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, brothers are blocking here, you go, go quickly!" A barbarian shouted to Meng Huo in a desperate voice.