Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Battle of Resistance (2)
The arrival of the deserted summer infantry was undoubtedly a timely rain. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Hu cavalry, who was already preparing to cut off the crowd, suddenly met an opponent. There are many spears on the periphery, and the three-stringed crossbow arrows on the inside are like rain. You don't need to aim at all, just raise your hand and shoot after you have finished stringing, and you can shoot over a Hu man. The more than 50 crossbowmen inside were divided into two firepower delay detachments to ensure the frequency of crossbow shots.
"Whew." The dull sound of the horns of the Hu people was still blowing, and the cavalry came and retreated quickly. The horn sounded for only more than ten breaths, and all the Hu people who had entered the battle had retreated.
"The end will be late, please punish Taizu." Yun Dian's face was tired, and he bowed to Luo Chuan.
"You did a good job, treat the wounded first, and lead the team to evacuate as soon as possible." Luo Chuan was covered in blood, and after a short battle, a large piece of the entire team was cut off. It is estimated that the number of casualties among the population is no less than 1,000. There were not many deserted summer infantry brought by Yundian, about 2,000 people. It was already very reluctant to resist the Hu people's forwards, and if they waited for the Hu army of tens of thousands to arrive, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Under the Yundian distribution, the soldiers dispersed to various positions to clear the crowd. These are difficult. The people saw that these flat-headed soldiers had beaten away the Hu people, and for a while regarded the Huangxia soldiers as saviors. People, the speed has increased again.
Although the speed was a little faster, Luo Chuan's face was still full of gloom. The team cannot be dispersed, and once dispersed, most of these people will not be able to enter the deserted summer. And even if it is dispersed, for the large number of cavalry of the Hu people, it is just a waste of time. People can't outrun their horses all the time, so they just hope that the deserted summer cavalry will come sooner, and maybe there will be a glimmer of life.
The Hu vanguard retreated, not too far from the fleeing group, slowing down and always following behind.
"Why did the general ask everyone to come back, we would have won just now." A Hu man, who looked like a captain, asked Fu Cheng suspiciously.
"The reinforcements on the opposite side are the elite, and in a rough confrontation just now, our army has suffered more than 300 casualties. To eat them, our army suffered too many casualties. Fu Cheng was also playing with a barren summer crossbow arrow in his hand, and he was very curious about the material and workmanship of the arrow.
"General, but I can't stop them, what should I do if the king blames them?" Captain Hu looked like he was afraid that Fu Jian would blame him.
Fu Cheng broke the body of the arrow, carefully wrapped it in animal skin, and put it in his pocket. Only then did he answer the questions of his captain unhurriedly. "First, our army is not in the best state for long-distance attacks, manpower and horsepower. Second, the opponent's army is tightly arrayed and well-armed, and if it is a hard attack, the victory or defeat is still five or five. Thirdly, there are no high mountains and dangers within a radius of 200 li, and their ranks are so long, it is not easy for our army to attack anywhere. In addition, the most important thing is how much the king cherishes the lives of his people, and if the casualties are too large, then he cannot give an account to the king. ”
After hearing this, Captain Hu Ren nodded, his eyes showing fiery adoration at Fu Cheng. "General, the plan is really unparalleled."
Fu Cheng gave a meaningful look back, the title of general is really pleasant. "Okay, what needs to be done still has to be done, and the large army slowly hangs their tails. Separate some Rangers to harass with feathered arrows, remember not to charge. ”
"No!" Captain Hu Ren received the task and quickly assigned it.
"It's not good, the Hu cavalry is here to attack again! The ballistaks returned fire. "In the middle of the team, the squad and the Hu rangers began to exchange fire. The Hu people are also cunning, and they are not suddenly in the middle of the team, running to about 100 paces and starting to shoot wildly, and the target they shoot is not a sergeant, but directly at the civilians.
Every time the Hu people sneak attacked, they would shoot and wound a large number of civilians, adding another burden to the team.
"Taizu, it's not a way to go on like this!" Yun Dian saw the purpose of the Hu people, and after thinking about it, he was hindered by the resources in his hands, and there was no way to crack it.
"Keep going, there shouldn't be too many Hu Renyu arrows!" When Luo Chuan said this, his whole voice was full of coldness. Save 100 people or save 10,000 people, Luo Chuan chooses the latter, and will also avenge these 100 people.
Yun Dian wanted to speak and stopped, "We don't have many crossbow arrows with us!" After pondering for a while, Yun Dian borrowed a war horse and began to run along the team. Don't return fire with a crossbow bolt in the next round. ”
Sure enough, the Hu people once again sent rangers to shoot, this time there were no crossbow arrows in the team, and the casualties were even heavier. Civilians were wounded, and fighters were wounded.
A young warrior who looked like a captain had a feathered arrow on his back that pierced through his chest. The Deserted Summer infantry armor only has copper skin protection on the chest, but not on the back.
"Brother Bing, the Hu people have run away." A small head poked out of the warrior's arms. The little face was full of joy, and the little guy's family died under the first impact of the Hu people. It was this 'general' who asked him to call Brother Bing to save him, just now he saw an arrow shot by Hu Ren flying towards him, and Brother Bing saved himself again.
"Well, obediently follow this soldier brother! I'm going to fight the Hu people. The young captain beckoned to one of the soldiers and shoved the little one to him. Then he slowly disappeared into the crowd. At some point, the young captain fell in the crowd with affection.
"General, their soldiers seem to be out of arrows!" Captain Hu Ren also felt sorry that if the forward army brought more feather arrows, they would have knocked down those Xia people in one round just now.
"They're almost there, my lord! In any case, we still need some results to explain. Listen to orders. Fu Cheng's face was suddenly serious.
"A team, I sent you to lead 800 people to cut off the Xia people from the middle. People! The second team was divided into 500 rangers to harass the former troops. Three teams, you lead a thousand horsemen, regardless of the consequences, only seek to kill. ”
The Hu cavalry came quickly, and the first to engage the enemy was in the middle of the ranks. "Prepare to take the enemy!" The squad leader shouted, and the soldiers quickly formed a gun formation.
The Hu people targeted civilians and had no interest in organizing a spear-forming hedgehog. If there were no crossbow arrows, the Hu people would definitely be effective in one blow, but what they didn't expect was that the crossbow arrows in the hands of the crossbowmen in the formation glowed coldly. "Put!"
With a violent whistling sound, the crossbow arrows passed through the array of guns and plunged headlong into the Hu people's charging formation. I saw that the dense rain of arrows instantly bit a huge gap in the cavalry formation.
This cavalry charge was different from the previous ones, this time it was not a long-distance charge, and the impact was even greater. Crossbow arrows can do a lot of damage, but it's not enough to stop the Hu people's iron horsemen. The Hu people must not be allowed to cut off the team, this is an order that Yun Dian has already given.
"Pikemen prepare! Charge! The squad leader gave up the gun array, and rushed towards the Hu Ren Iron Cavalry with a mere flesh and blood.
"Let's go, everyone!" A flat-headed soldier shouted at the civilians behind him, not caring at all about the corpses of his comrades who had been trampled to bloody flesh, and ran forward with a spear in his hand.
The refugees in the team watched the scene of their lives, and there was some emotion in the previous team, but it was only part of it. This time the scene of charging the Hu cavalry with flesh and blood, many people had an indescribable sour feeling in their hearts.
I don't know your name, I don't know where your home is, and I don't know how old you are. I know that you are defending me from arrows, I know that you are brave in the face of the torrent of iron horses, and I know that you have not asked for it...
At this time, the refugees seemed to have an understanding of the word "soldier" in the hearts of these flat-headed young men.
"Line up! Get ready! "Another team of 100 people came to support, young captain. Just as he was about to rush forward, a large, thin hand grabbed his arm tightly.
It was a rickety old man, and the old man's cloudy eyes exuded wisdom, "Young man, what's your name!" ”
The team leader gently pulled away the old man's hand. "I'm a soldier!"
"Charge!"