Chapter 100: Frustration
When the alarm and shouts of killing sounded, Abda, who was located in the center of the camp after the big food, was immediately awakened.
Although the second general under the command of Ji Po Silin had never fought against the Anxi army, in view of the fact that both Ji Po Silin and Qi Yad had suffered heavy losses in front of the Anxi division of 6,000 men, they lost more than 10,000 elite Khorasan soldiers. Abda immediately understood that they had met a real opponent, an opponent who was better than the white coat and even better than the Syrian army.
In addition, in the past day, the scouts he sent out have fought many times with the scouts of the Anxi army, and their scouts have almost been suppressed by the strong bows and crossbows of the Anxi scouts. Therefore, he was cautious by nature, and after setting up camp, he ordered two thousand heavy cavalry not to unload their armor and rest. And around the 2,000 heavy cavalry, a number of deer bars were arranged, and even the stables were protected.
But while a man can sleep in armor, a horse cannot. As soon as the turmoil began, Abda immediately ordered the auxiliary horsemen to assist the heavy cavalry in armouring the horses; At the same time, people were sent to the front camp to stabilize the situation and counterattack on the spot.
What he didn't expect was that the night attack efficiency of the Anxi Army would be so high. Almost in the blink of an eye, he destroyed the fence on all sides of the front camp, and then surrounded it and shot on all sides, and the rain of arrows in the sky suddenly caused chaos in the camp.
The archers did not dare to rush into the camp, but stood outside to harass them, constantly firing arrows, and two cavalry teams of more than 1,000 men stood on both sides of the front camp, while the other two teams moved to the rear camp, galloping laterally, and attacking the guards on the fence and watchtower with bows and arrows.
Since the rear battalion had a lot more time to prepare than the front battalion, and was not as panicked as the front battalion, the big food guards on the fence resisted for a long time this time, and counterattacked with bows and crossbows. However, in the end, he had to retreat from the fence in the dense rain of arrows from the other side.
After that, one of the two Anxi cavalry began to drag the fence, and the other team shot arrows into the camp through the fence. The few brave ones even jumped off their horses, took out a bow of Zhang, and fired rockets into the camp.
The strength of these riding bows was too soft, and after flying to the highest point, they began to swoop down on the camp with a roar. The heavy cavalry, dressed in double armor, simply disdained this; The unarmored hussars raised their shields to cover them. A rain-like clanging sound was heard, and most of the feathered arrows didn't do much damage. Some of the light cavalry and horses were shot but were not seriously wounded.
Seeing the rear camp like this, Abda believed that the front camp should be similar. After the heavy cavalry horses are put on armor, they can go out of the camp together, the light cavalry drives and oppresses, and the heavy cavalry charges and crushes, killing these sneak attacking Anxi troops and driving them away.
However, things did not turn out as he expected.
One of his confidants reported to him angrily: "General, the front battalion has broken and rushed to the outside!" ”
"How is that possible? With these riding bows, how could the front camp be routed so quickly? ”
"They did not ride bows, they had heavy infantry in the camp, and they used long knives to advance like a wall of knives, and no one could stop them...... The rout, along with the frightened horses, scattered and fled, and their cavalry stood on both sides, driving the rout to the rear camp! ”
"Stop them!" Abda didn't have time to imagine what it meant to be like a wall of knives advancing and no one could stop it, he only knew that he couldn't let the rout attack the rear camp. If these routs are allowed to disrupt the cavalry queue that has already mounted the rear battalion, it will also affect the speed of the heavy cavalry war horses. If the opponent's heavy infantry, which is advancing like a wall of swords, takes advantage of the situation again, this battle may be crushed to the end.
Abda rode quickly in the direction of the front camp, and sure enough, he saw a large number of soldiers and horses like panicked swarms, scurrying in all directions. Many ran to the sides, but were shot back with bows and arrows by the Anthy cavalry guarding outside. Although the strength of the Anxi army's cavalry bow is not too strong, in the face of this group of panicked people who do not know how to resist with shields, the lethality is quite high.
As a result, driven by instinct, more people began to rush in the direction of the rear camp. In particular, those ownerless war horses, driven by their nature, rushed left and right in the camp and trampled indiscriminately, making the whole team more and more chaotic, and the rout soldiers became more and more unable to calm down.
Abda stood in the middle, his eyes wide open, obsessed with the unbelievable rout. Countless chaotic military horses turned around and fled to the rear camp like madness, the ice blades were discarded, the soldiers pushed and trampled on each other, the screams and screams shook the heavens and the earth, and the black-clothed food raised the army for four years, it has always been a morale rainbow, and it is unstoppable, when did such a scene appear.
Abda's eyes turned red and he was stunned, but he had to make a decision immediately. Under the eager gaze of everyone around, Abda gritted his steel teeth, and finally blushed his face, and said almost word by word: "The light cavalry get out of the way, go out of the camp to attack, and the infantry guard the deer, but there are those who charge into battle, and there is no mercy!" ”
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Gao Xianzhi and Ma Luan, who were outside the fence, saw from a distance that the Great Food Light Cavalry was preparing to make a detour out of the camp, so they immediately converged in one place, lined up in formation, put away the cavalry bow, and took off the horse lance and spear from the victory hook.
Gao Xianzhi roared loudly: "The Great Food Light Cavalry is about to attack, who is willing to break through the enemy formation with a certain one!" ”
The three thousand cavalry shouted in unison: "I am willing!" Willing! ”
Gao Xianzhi continued to shout: "The enemy has cavalry, we will only rush once, remember one thing, hold on, queue!" ”
Three thousand cavalrymen responded in unison: "Hold on!" Queue! ”
When Gao Xianzhi's lecture boosted morale, more than 4,000 light cavalry had already rushed out of the Zhaimen and were hastily arrayed at this moment. Gao Xianzhi took the lead in rushing out with the horse lance in his hand, and the three thousand Anxi cavalry were about to break in the sky, lined up in a neat and dense phalanx, and rushed straight towards the huge and loose array of more than four thousand foods.
With a thud, the two cavalry slammed into each other, making a sour, scalp-tinging sound of metal clashing and bones shattering. The three thousand Anxi light cavalry were like a chisel, chiseling through the loose array of the Great Food Cavalry, and the place where they passed was like hot soup melting snow, and the momentum was like breaking bamboo, and where they passed, the Great Food Cavalry was stabbed off their horses one after another.
This perfect dense attack stunned the four thousand Great Eclipse Cavalry. They did not expect that the light cavalry would still have this way of fighting, and the Khorasan cavalry, who had already died in battle, of course, could not tell the horror of that time. But the survivors on both sides could also see clearly, they were lined up in a neat and dense array, and the Great Eclipse formation was loose, and when the Anxi Army rushed over, almost every Great Eclipse cavalry had to face two or three long weapons.
These big eaters immediately panicked, and almost before they could react, they were stabbed off their horses, and fell to the ground without a bare eyelid and watched each other roar away.
At this time, Abda's heavy cavalry horses were finally armoured, and the routs of the thousands of front battalions were also about to break through the deer guards of the few infantry in the rear camp, and they took a step out of the camp to fight.
However, what he saw was the corpse of his own light cavalry, and the opposing cavalry was facing each other more than 300 paces away, while the remaining 3,000 or so light cavalry did not dare to go forward to pursue......
On the other side of the battlefield, Gao Xianzhi was satisfied, and sent his guards over early to order Modao to get on the horse and leave. After less than ten minutes of confrontation, the remaining light cavalry also calmly retreated under his leadership.
A night attack has already severely defeated the Great Food Army, and the future battle should be much easier.