Chapter 19: The Truth of Xiao Xiao and Ma Mingchao (9)
[There's a party that can't be pushed off at night.,It's already midnight when I come back.,I'm sorry there's only one shift tonight.] The next chapter will be added tomorrow at noon. 】
It's already Toyoshu.
It took two days to pass through several walled forts and beacon towers that were deliberately abandoned by the party members, and along the valley road formed by the river, Fengzhou City was already in sight.
If you retreat any further, you will be under the castle of Toyosu. 'Folded can be adapted.
I think that the party members should not believe too much in their own ability to defend the city, under the attack of the official army, it is a miracle that Fengzhou City can hold for three days. Rather than deciding the outcome of the battle in the offensive and defensive battles of the city, it is better to decide the victory or defeat in the field-this means that they have no other conspiracies, and this part of Fengzhou is also like the Yanyan Road, and along the way, there are countless forks in the valleys, and the rangers sent by Zhe Keshi to focus on these places - but in any case, the battle is indeed getting closer and closer.
Raise your slightly heavy feet and walk steadily on the mountain road leading to Toyosu Castle. In order to save the foot strength of the war horses, except for the scout rangers scattered outside, the cavalry of the Song army were all leading the horses and walking.
The footsteps are undulating, slow and unhurried, with a steady rhythm and a tight tension. More than 2,000 horse infantry troops, surrounded by folded flags, pulled out a human dragon more than a mile long in front and back. However, the whole team was closely connected before and after, and Zhi Keshi deliberately sent more people to keep an eye on the front and back, and he was not afraid of being attacked by the enemy.
Just as he was thinking this, a shrill and piercing wooden flute whistle suddenly sounded. The whistle sounded very suddenly, and the soldiers of the Song Army, who were already tense in their nerves, immediately clenched the swords and guns in their hands.
Zhe Keshi turned over on his horse, stepped on the stirrup and turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came from, it was a branch valley that was not too wide. A cavalryman rushed out of the valley desperately, and the two sentries standing high at the front of the valley mouth of the valley played the wooden flute in their mouths with greater strength.
The 2,000 soldiers and horses led by Zhe Keshi as the vanguard just passed in front of the mouth of this branch valley. If the enemy army hiding in the valley is really killed, the marching team will be stopped and broken up.
"All stopped!" Zhe Keshi roared. The order was forbidden, and the military order was passed from front to back, and after only a few steps, the army that was moving forward suddenly stopped advancing, "Chen Si, fold Chengkang, you two quickly lead the headquarters up the mountain!" Seal the help of Taniguchi. ”
"No!" The two commanders who were called turned around and shouted, "Sons, follow me!" ”
More than 700 soldiers under the two commands in front and behind the valley mouth immediately followed their command to the slopes on both sides of the valley mouth.
"Line up in front and back! When you encounter a thief army, hold on to me. At the same time, Zhe Keshi sent a herald to the front army and the rear army.
The commander in front and the commander in the back of the hall, after hearing the order, immediately stood in formation, wound the heavy crossbow in his hand, and the crossbow was shining with silver arrows. They guarded one side in front and back, although it was to disperse the already small amount of military strength in the hands of Zhe Keshi, but it was more important to prevent the front and rear from being flanked.
The earth shook, some fine pieces of sand slid down the hillside, and the dull accent reached the feet from afar, and the war horse in front of him was turning his ears uneasily.
Zhi Keshi whipped his whip, mounted a column, and turned around and rushed to the valley mouth. As soon as he looked at the valley, he turned around and shouted, "Li Tiejiao, are you okay?" ”
However, in just such a moment, the two commanders at the front and rear ends of the mountain road in the town had already lined up their positions, and Chen Si and Zhe Chengkang also led their troops to climb the not very steep hillside, and a group of soldiers were hurriedly winding the heavy crossbow.
The last team, the closest to the general banner of Zhe Keshi, is also one of the most elite commanders of the Zhe family, with a total of nearly 500 people, has also lined up in battle formation, facing the valley mouth, and is hurriedly putting on the armor that was originally carried by mules and horses.
The simple plate armor is only composed of a few iron plates, and it is easy to put on the body, and the soldiers who have practiced in advance help each other, and the two of them have been fully equipped in a blink of an eye - as long as they do not panic, these preparations before the battle, the soldiers of the Zhi family can generally complete them very quickly.
The flag erected outside the mouth of the valley was covered behind him, and more than 460 infantry stood in several columns at the mouth of the valley, and crossed over to block the way out of the valley. A silver shining iron armor is connected together, like a solid barrier, and under the light of the afternoon sun, a silver dragon composed of streamers swims on the iron armor barrier.
"That's it!" When one of the last soldiers began to knock on the breastplate and stand in his position, Li Tiejiao yelled back at Zhe Keshi, but as soon as his voice came out, it was lost in the sound of the enemy's hooves.
In an instant, the iron harrier that the party members were proud of turned out from the depths of the winding valley. The galloping of thousands of horses, which originally only echoed in the valley, rang in the ears in an instant. They came quickly, and it took only half an hour from the time the sentinel sounded the alarm to the time they rushed to the mouth of the valley, and the sound of hooves rushed out of the valley like the angry waves of the Yellow River. Hundreds of party cavalry were overwhelmed, flooding the entire valley.
The tide rushed towards the embankment, and the full iron armor of the Song army blocking the front was indeed a rare elite at a glance, but the weak battle columns and few numbers made the party cavalry kick the belly of the horse even more excitedly. The number of defenders is too small, and they should be as fragile as eggshells under the onslaught of the menacing iron cavalry.
The Song army, which was already in full battle, met the coming onslaught.
Wearing plate armor, the commander who blocked the valley mouth was the son of the Ori family. Going back several generations, they have lived in Fuzhou, and any one of them can be inextricably linked to Zhekeshi. Holding a heavy horse chopping knife, nearly five feet long, and a heavy weapon with a blade more than three feet long, it was tightly held between their hands. As they breathed, the broad blades swayed slightly, but the expressions on their faces did not waver in the slightest.
"Shoot!"
Two calls were heard simultaneously from the slopes on both sides of the valley, and the distinctive chord sound of the Divine Arm Bow was interspersed with the thunderous sound of horses' hooves. The crossbowmen standing high and low on the hillside buckled their teeth in unison, but the falling arrows only maintained their due power, but they were far from the neatness of the arrow formation, and they also lost their ability to contain the enemy.
It's just that under the powerful but extremely messy shooting on the hillside, the dozens of iron harriers in front still rolled to the ground one after another. Although the cavalry that followed closely behind them and continued to advance, the momentum of the charge of the Iron Harriers, which numbered more than a thousand horses, had been suppressed little by little.
Just slowing down is enough.
The war drums that accompanied the army rang in the ears of Zhi Keshi, and the drummer, who was shirtless, picked up the drumstick with his wrist as thick as a tree trunk, and beat the drum skin steadily, speeding up little by little. With the gradually stirring drum sound, the enemy cavalry that was getting closer and closer rushed up, and the snow slashing knife was held high like a forest for a while.
"Kill!"
From both sides, hundreds of people shouted at the same time, different words, but the same thought could be shouted.
The iron harrier waved the iron whip and long knife in his hand, but in the face of the Song army in front of him, he was not afraid to slash down from the air with a horse chopping knife.
The sharpness that slashed down with all the strength of the roar slashed at the target faster than the iron whip long knife that slashed down at the same time. The screams of the people and the neighing of the horses sounded at the same time, and the Song army line blocking the valley mouth was still tightly organized, while the party cavalry on the opposite side was only in chaos.
The sharp long knife made the iron harrier in front of the formation completely unable to resist, it seemed to be the reappearance of the Sui and Tang Mo knife formations hundreds of years ago, and with a combined attack, the iron harriers who rushed to the front of the formation turned into pieces of meat all over the ground. The bright red is like a splashed ink landscape in the wrong color, smeared on the ground. A bloody gas that is so thick that it can make people sick appears on the battlefield, but such a bloody gas can make the blood of the party who caused it all boil even more.
In the past, just such a blow could completely crush the offensive of the party army, but the iron harriers who followed closely did not seem to see the scene in front of them, and still went forward one after another.
A sense of crisis that made the cold hairs on the back of Foldable Keshi's neck stand upside down, suddenly surged from his heart, and the coolness spread from his chest to his back. "Li Tiejiao!" He suddenly shouted, "Hurry up, don't stand still, press me back!" ”
When thousands of people let out a soul-shaking roar at the same time, the order of Zhi Keshi could not penetrate the chaotic sound field in front of him at all, but then the rhythm of the war drums changed, but it smoothly allowed the officers and soldiers who were bearing the impact to start advancing.
One-step.
Two steps.
Three steps.
The horse chopping knife went against the trend, and the turbulent torrent turned blood red under the knife.
The knife rises and falls, and the cold light on the blade still shines between the rise and fall, like a giant beast with open teeth, devouring the prey that stands in its way.
The Iron Harrier, who still wanted to charge bravely, was pressed back by the unstoppable Mo Knife Array. At this time, on the way from Song Jun's arrival, another alarm whistle suddenly sounded, and it came into the ears of Zhe Keshi.
"Sure enough!" Looking back at the way he came, Zhi Keshi muttered.
At that time, there were three or four hundred cavalry who went straight to the rear of the Song army. The speed of galloping, You Sheng rushed out of the valley with more than a thousand main forces.
Zhi Keshi shook his hand and handed his waist knife to his own guards, "Pass on the general's order, you can't retreat unless you are in battle, and those who retreat will be killed!" ”
The eyes of the guards who took the waist knife were full of doubts, Li Tiejiao had already pressed back, and the broken ones had already been arrayed, where did he still need to use the Supervising Clan,
But it is suitable to know that it must be used now. Now that there are almost two thousand cavalry in front of them, there will only be more hidden behind them. The party members who made it clear that they wanted to annihilate him, the vanguard, would never just arrange only two teams, and it would be possible for four or five teams to emerge from the mountains.