Chapter 0136: Blood Flowers Flying
At the same time that the Zhou army was arraying, the 20,000 cavalry of the Yeci clan came to meet the battle, and gradually climbed over the slope, and the dense horse team swooped down, bringing up the yellow dust in the sky, leaving half of the troops to follow up slowly after going down to the ground, and the rest gradually accelerated, adjusting the formation while running, and gradually separated to form the left and right armies, with a distance of about two hundred steps in the middle. Like two sharp arrows, they advance at equal speed, crossing ten miles of flat land between the two armies.
"Li Yanei! The headquarters of the right army over there is a forbidden army from Tokyo, and it's all up to you! Hundreds of horsemen stood on the top of the slope with their horses clustered around the wild slaves, and he bowed to a party officer in mountain armor beside him.
"That's natural, our party's eight departments are in the same breath, and although the Yeci clan is lonely in the west of the river, it should not be insulted. Before leaving, my father repeatedly explained that there is no room for failure in Huizhou! Cousin Guangyan is brave and good at fighting, and he will be able to break the right of the Zhou army first! "This Li Yanei's name is Li Guangrui, the eldest son of Li Yiyin, more than thirty years old, Chinese New Year's Eve, at this time he seems to be full of spirit and excitement.
"My patriarch's son, Ye Ci Rulang and General Li Guangxin, attacked the Zuo Ji Shuo army, and they should be able to break it in one fell swoop, expel Feng Jiye at that time, and then inform the troops to Tuoba Bogu north of Rouwolf Mountain, and let him hold his own territory!" The wild slave smiled meaningfully.
"This Tuoba Bogu is really damned, at this time, I still want to take advantage of the fire to steal, I hope he can hold Huining, otherwise the Zhou Army's southern route army will go north, and we won't be able to hold it, and the Nura patriarch will also withdraw to Youzhou!" Li Guangrui scolded fiercely.
"That's ...... Li Yanei, please! Let's go along! It's too far away! Noshi Nula greeted.
Yeci Nura and Li Guangrui led the cavalry to rush down the slope, caught up with the rear army of 5,000 cavalry, followed the front army to follow up to six or seven miles, and then stopped and watched. Three miles away from the large array of the Zhou army, about 15,000 cavalry of the two teams of the front army suddenly accelerated, bypassing the front, and even the small group of horses was saved from trying to attack, so they went straight to the flanks of the Zhou army in the north and south.
The horse army covered by the Zhou army was Xuan Chongwen and Xue Chucun with 2,000 cavalry each, and if they did not make corresponding adjustments, the force would be completely at a disadvantage, which was a matter of face.
Seeing from afar that the enemy army was attacking separately, Feng Jiye saw that the momentum was not right, and immediately issued an order, transferring the right Ji Xuanchongwen Department and the rear army Li Shiwen Department, and the left Ji Xue Cun joint army, a total of 6,000 cavalry to meet about 7,000 Yeci Dangxiang cavalry in the south.
The forbidden army under Zhang Yue's department is equipped with a range of 180 paces, 30 crossbows with one crossbow and two arrows, and 70 wooden single crossbows with a range of 150 paces, which can cause intensive damage to the cavalry, so Feng Jiye is not worried about the right army.
The war horse is galloping, the hooves are roaring like thunder, the land of three miles passes in an instant, the Zuo Ji troops have not yet been fully deployed in place, Xuan Chongwen has two thousand horsemen to bypass from the rear of the large array, the distance is a little far, Xue Chucun only waited for Li Shi to ask, and then he first beat the horse and left the battle to meet the battle, otherwise he missed the opportunity, and the horse speed was not raised, and he would be defeated by the enemy in an instant.
Zuo Ji 4,000 horsemen accelerated out of two miles away, and suddenly only a hundred steps away from the party army, both sides opened their bows and arrows to shoot two rounds of arrow rain, the lethality is very limited, but also caused a certain amount of chaos, the soldiers who fell off the horse by the arrow, were trampled into meat by their own men and horses, and some even became obstacles, and knocked into the people and horses of their own side, but both sides could not take care of it.
Xue Chucun is also a battle-hardened general of the Shuofang army, knowing his own disadvantages, when shooting the first round of arrow rain, he immediately led the direction of the horse team to avoid a head-on collision with the enemy's sharp edge, but as soon as the confrontation, the Shuofang army, which had not yet mentioned the extreme, was still a loss of momentum, although it was close to the enemy's side impact, or the feeling of hitting the copper wall.
At this time, the front of the enemy began to turn and outflank, and it happened that Xuan Chongwen led two thousand cavalry to arrive from the rear detour, and he just broke through in one fell swoop in the gallop, breaking through the front of the enemy, and the momentum of the two sides was frustrated, and they began to fall into a tug-of-war of charging back and forth.
The yellow dust on the field is pervasive, the sound of shouting and killing is shocking, the sound of horses' hooves is dense like a shower, one after another, very knotty, the main combat mode of cavalry is to rely on the rapid maneuverability of war horses, constantly adjust the position, wave after wave of impact, until the opponent is completely defeated, or annihilated.
However, now, the strength of the two sides is equal, the Zhou army is well-equipped, whether it is armor, swords, spears, are much better than the party army, but the horsepower is slightly inferior, this disadvantage is gradually reversed, and the party cavalry is on par, and the war of attrition is inevitable.
And in a moment, the front of the enemy army on the right side of the north was also close to the large formation to two hundred paces away, and the crossbowmen were distributed in front of the gun and shield array, and the crossbows had already been placed, and the crossbows were wound up and waiting for the formation, and between the gaps in the large array behind, there were also two strong archers of command.
In the center of the right army's large array, Zhang Yue stood on the roof of a large car with a grim face and watched the enemy cavalry coming, slightly nervous in his heart, this was the first time in his life to command a front army on the battlefield, and the pressure was also huge. Feng Qianhou covered his forehead with his hands, and he didn't look in a hurry, but Chen Jia behind him saw the iron horse soaring, like the terrifying momentum swept by the wind, and his face changed again and again.
One hundred and fifty steps! The black pressure pressed a large area of enemy cavalry to occupy a circle of more than 200 steps, spreading out like a big triangle, and the momentum of running wild did not decrease but increased.
The former army commanded the crossbowmen by Li Chuyun, and the suffocating pressure of the battlefield in such a large-scale battle made his palms full of cold sweat. Although he had been under Ruan's command for many years, such a scene was rare, but he was still calm, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, and there was always a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
One hundred steps! Li Chuyun clearly saw that the party cavalry in front had taken off their bows and arrows from their horses. Li Chuyun's heart tightened, and he turned his head to look, but Zhang Yue on the roof of the carriage did not make a sound, but he still opened his mouth and shouted the order: "Ready!" ”
Seventy steps! Zhang Yue on the roof of the carriage finally quickly took off the red flag and waved it down vigorously.
"Put!" Li Chuyun roared, and immediately heard a burst of crossbow machine firing "Crash", a buzzing sound, black lines flew out, the sky was dark, and the arrows flew away like a dense swarm of bees, instantly becoming invisible.
Under the sunlight, the blood flowers ...... fly in the air, competing to bloom, with a different kind of poignant beauty. If the enemy front was hammered, there was immediately chaos.
The screams of terror, the roars of exhaustion, the useless scolding, the screams of the commanders, the churning of the arrows and horses, etc., etc., these voices converged together to form a perfect music in an instant.
However, after a pause of about a minute or two, one of the commanding soldiers, who was temporarily acting as an auxiliary, quickly handed over the arrows and helped the crossbowman to reload. Li Chuyun gave the order again, and it was covered by a dense rain of arrows like a swarm of bees, and the enemy's cavalry formation was completely routed from the center to the front army, and it fell in pieces like wheat.
But the back of the formation didn't know, even if they knew, it was useless, the speed of the horse was mentioned to the extreme, and he couldn't stop at all, and continued to rush forward, and suddenly trampled on the corpses of his own people and horses, and encountered various obstacles, and overturned in pieces, forming a vicious circle, which was completely uncontrollable.
However, the Zhou army's hundred crossbows did not stop, and Li Chuyun saw that the effect was good, and there was no threat at all in front, so he immediately moved the strong archers behind him to the front, so as to inflict maximum damage on the enemy in the limited time that the enemy could react.
Woowoo...... Two or three miles away, Li Guangrui was stunned and couldn't believe the result. This is the elite cavalry of his Tutuo headquarters, and the "Iron Harrier" who rushed to the front is the personal guard transferred by his father, and he is completely buried now, and he is really aggrieved to die!
However, he reacted quickly, and when he saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately ordered his riders to blow the horn, but it was useless, his own men and horses rushed too fast, and he couldn't withdraw if he wanted to. Many officers were hit by arrows, more than 7,000 horsemen basically lost their command, and the soldiers' horses could not turn at all.
He watched dumbfounded, after six or seven rounds of arrow rain, the most elite cavalry under his command was harvested in waves, and finally escaped from the side of the battlefield, and less than two thousand horsemen turned around and ran back.
"The forbidden army is really extraordinary, and it is said that such a strong crossbow is rare in the Central Plains!" Li Guangrui's face turned pale, and he felt that his heart ached, and he sighed through gritted teeth. The most elite cavalry in the headquarters suffered heavy losses, and even if they won the battle, they would not be able to explain to their father.
"Li Yanei doesn't have to worry, it's better to mobilize the whole army and concentrate all his efforts to attack the Chinese army and the left Hebei, so that the decline of the right Hebei can be restored." When Ye Ci Nu heard Li Guangrui's tone, his heart was anxious, and he hurriedly comforted him.
"Are you embarrassed to say Zuo Ji? You and they are still fighting each other! When should you add oil and water like this? Our Li family has done its best to help you contain some of the forces of the Zhou army, and now it is time for your headquarters to do their best! Li Guangrui's face was cold and he refused unceremoniously. (To be continued.) )