Chapter Seventy-Five: The Fierce Battle
The camp of the cavalry of the Duan Department was actually empty?
Xie Shence's instinctive reaction was that the intelligence was deceitful, but then he denied this conclusion. The Northwest Army is Xie Yi's descendant, and the soldiers brought out in the past 20 years are still not familiar, Xie Shenwei feels that even if he is sold, he can't blame others.
In this case, there is only one possibility, and the Duanbu cavalry discovered the Northwest Army in the east at the same time as it was discovered, so they retreated ahead of schedule. In the case of a sudden advance, there are enemies on three sides, east, west and south, if you don't run, will you wait to be rounded?
After all, none of the eighty-man sentinels returned to the camp, which in itself is enough to say a lot about things.
Get lost? What are you kidding, the sentinels of the Xianbei people are Sinan who can move, and they will never find their way back, and the men on the grassland have always been the best at distinguishing between east and west, north and south. Since they didn't come back, there is only one explanation - they are all dead. Only the dead will not even be able to bring back the alarm. Since they're all dead, it's easy to do, run away, you won't be able to stay long anyway.
What's more, the other party has cavalry that is almost the same as his own, as well as thousands of Mo sword troops.
As a result, the cavalry retreated very simply and decisively.
The Duan cavalry had already run away, and Xie Shenwei was even more nervous. Xie Shence was already waiting with a thousand Mo Sword Army on the road that the Duan cavalry must pass to retreat.
Xie Shence is very dangerous.
If Xie Shenwei attacked the camp at night and chased the Duan cavalry over, then Xie Shence's ambush could be said to have a great possibility of reaping huge results. However, if the Duan cavalry retreated to the north completely, once encountered, it would be difficult for a thousand Mo Dao troops to stop these two thousand cavalry.
After all, it's on the plains, and there's plenty of distance. What's more, although there are only 2,000 cavalry here, there will definitely be a large army in the northwest! Once the traces are caught, Xie Shence can't get out, and it is likely that he will be surrounded and annihilated, after all, a thousand Mo sword army against two thousand cavalry, as long as the generals are not too stupid, it is only a matter of time before they win or lose. What's more, there is a large army behind to back up.
Fortunately, the temperature of the fire pit buried in the camp showed that this cavalry had not been withdrawn for a long time.
Xie Shenwei ordered a full-speed pursuit in the direction of the retreat of the Duan cavalry.
The night temperature drops sharply after the sun sets, and it is already early spring in February, and the grassland can still drip into ice in the middle of the night.
Xie Shence shivered coldly, and cursed in a low voice why the damn barbarian didn't come.
After Xie Shence scolded for a while, he could vaguely feel the tremor of the ground.
"It's really a slut, you can't come if you don't scold." Xie Shence spit out the grass stalk in his mouth with a "phew".
However, some guards immediately reported that the people who came did not flee here, but evacuated in an orderly manner, only at a slightly faster pace.
Xie Shence "chuckled" in his heart, didn't Xie Shenwei arrive in time?
The cavalry of the Duan Department had already reached the front two miles, and it was too late to retreat at this time. Xie Shence's face was gloomy like water. Zhao Qi waited beside Xie Shence for the order.
He Ruoque said: "Set up the formation, fight, and pray that Xie Shenwei can arrive in time." ”
Xie Shence took a deep breath and said, "Fight!" ”
The cavalry of the Duan Department had already discovered the ambush in front of them, and found that there were not many people on the opposite side, only about half of their own side, so the general of the Duan Department ordered to charge.
Dozens of illuminated rockets rose high into the air of the Jin army's position, and the Duan cavalry saw the enemy on the opposite side: the Modao Army.
But the Duan cavalry did not have any fear, even if they received the news that the Left Route Army had been wiped out, they did not have much fear, the Xianbei cavalry was never afraid of the big battle, at this time what the Duan cavalry wanted to do was to tear apart the thousand Mo sword army in front of them.
So the cavalry blindfolded the war horse, urged the war horse to increase the speed to the limit, and then slammed into the Mo Dao army formation on the opposite side!
Xie Shence could clearly feel this huge impact, because he was in the middle of the formation at this time, holding a Mo knife, silent.
The iron guards are naturally scattered around regularly, but they will definitely not disturb the formation of the Mo Dao Army, whether it is out or out, they all maintain a unified rhythm with the Mo Dao hands around them. Step by step, he slowly approached the cavalry.
"Kill! Ooh! ”
In an instant, the front row of people turned on their backs.
After a few steps, Xie Shence finally ushered in the first Xianbei person, who was holding a scimitar and had already passed through several rows of formations and reached the middle of the Mo Dao formation. Xie Shence saw the beads of blood that slid down the tip of the scimitar when he wielded the scimitar, and saw that his simple leather armor had been pierced by a Mo knife, but it didn't kill him. When the Xianbei cavalry was three or four feet away from him, the roar of the Mo Dao Array came again.
"Wow!"
"Kill!"
Xie Shence raised a knife and pierced the Xianbei cavalry, the slender Mo knife was like a bamboo stick to pick up a ball, and the Xianbei cavalry was strung together, Xie Shence's arm was shocked by a huge shock, and the strength of the arm passed along the back of the shoulder through the feet on the ground into the earth, followed by a "ho", Xie Shence shook the cavalry down, and then ignored the cavalry who fell to the ground and screamed on the horse, stepped on the neck of the war horse, and continued to move forward.
The next enemy soldier came up again, and Xie Shence repeated the mechanical movements, occasionally changing his position slightly to avoid being knocked away by the blindfolded war horse that was still galloping, and then advanced with the rhythm of the Mo Dao Formation. The two Mo knife men beside Xie Shence had their heads cut off, and their surroundings became empty, but as soon as someone was cut down, someone would immediately fill the vacant position, and then stab the enemy soldiers who rushed over.
Xie Shence's arms were slightly swollen, after all, his height was still a little short for Mo Dao Hand, since he was a little short, he naturally had to bear more pressure.
Picking out an enemy soldier with a knife again, Xie Shence found that his eyes were empty, and there was no follow-up enemy army coming, and after a few more steps forward, Xie Shence turned around with the password, and the piercing of the first round of the Duan cavalry was over.
Xie Shence didn't know how many people there were, but he had a feeling that there was estimated at most half of the Thousand Mo Sword Army, and the iron guards around him had obviously changed a few faces. The iron guard has to take into account the Mo Dao formation, but also to ensure his own safety, and he is dedicated to two purposes, so naturally there are casualties.
Tightening the formation, the Mo Dao Formation moved forward again, the Mo Dao hand held the handle of the knife tightly, and walked towards the reassembled Duan cavalry on the opposite side with a neat pace.
The cavalry of the Duan Division had already regrouped, made a large arc, and rushed over from the northeast of the Modao Formation.
"All! Northeast, forward! ”
"Wow! Ooh! Ooh! ”
After three dull roars, the Mo Dao Formation had already adjusted its direction and faced the enemy army.
And then another collision.
In this round, Xie Shence obviously felt that it was much more difficult. The formation of the Mo Dao Formation has become thinner, and the number of enemies Xie Shence needs to face is relatively large, which makes him feel that the thin grass rope wrapped around the handle of the Mo Dao in his hand has become very piercing. Xie Shence lowered his head, dodged a scimitar that slashed at his head, held the knife in both hands, and flew the head of an enemy soldier who was rushing towards him along with his helmet, and then moved two steps sideways, dodging the headless corpse that fell on his horse.
This knife made Xie Shence's arms a little heavy. Being able to persist in Mo Dao training for an hour or two may not be able to resist the cavalry's two charges, Xie Shence did not calculate how many enemy soldiers he had killed in total, but he knew that in addition to the knife on his shoulder, he was also slashed in the back, fortunately, the knife on his shoulder was not deep, otherwise he would definitely not be able to raise Mo Dao again.
Another ride rushed towards Xie Shence, Xie Shence instinctively followed the rhythm of the knife, but he didn't want to kill a horse on the left side at the same time, two knives, and slashed at Xie Shence at the same time.
The left and right riders slashed at Xie Shence at the same time?
Xie Shence smiled bitterly: Made, there is actually a left-handed man...... Could it be that the first generation of labor and management is going to die at the hands of a left-hander before it has become famous?
One of the Mo swordsmen on the left had already been killed under the impact of the previous horse, and at this time, Xie Shence's left door was wide open. However, at this time, you can't hesitate, Xie Shence can only grit his teeth and move one step to the right, it's a big deal to fight for a serious injury!
At the moment when Xie Shence took out the knife, a voice on the left suddenly shouted: "Kill"! Then Xie Shence noticed that a black shadow rolled out from his side, and at the same time, Xie Shence's Mo knife also pierced the enemy on the right again.
The cavalryman on the left was cut into two pieces by He Ruoqian with a knife and a man and a horse!
That's why Xie Shence noticed that a black shadow flew out from the edge of the view, which was the front body of the horse and the upper body of the cavalry on the horse.
He Ruo lacks the power of a sword, and it is so far!
The morale of the whole army was greatly boosted, and the Modao army formation, which was faintly about to be scattered, was stable again, and He Ruoque took the lead and shouted: "Kill!"
"Kill!"
Another enemy soldier was pierced and cut to pieces.
"Wow!"
So "Wow! "The blood of the enemy is splashing.
With louder and louder slogans, the Modao army of more than 500 people actually survived the counterattack of 1,200 Duan cavalry!
However, after the rejoicing, there was a deep powerlessness.
At this time, there were less than three hundred of the Modao Army left, and there were more than eight hundred cavalry in the Duan Division.
More than half of the casualties on both sides in the two rounds!
What a terrible battle!
In that year, the Qin-Jin Hangu Pass was fought outside the pass, until the two sides negotiated peace, there was no such loss, except for the exhausted big white fish cavalry and the disabled Modao army, it can be said that the basic structure is still there. And tonight's battle, in less than an hour, only three or four percent of the troops remained!
Commander Duan was extremely remorseful at this time, why did he want to fight such a game, even if he won, it would be a tragic victory, if his 2,000 tribal cavalry could not even bring back a thousand people, then his head would definitely not be guaranteed, even if he could return to the grassland, the rich grassland of the tribe would definitely not be able to be saved.
The Xianbei tribe is a tribal military system, and life and production are semi-militarized, as long as an adult man can get on a horse, shoot arrows and hold a knife, and gather a simple leather armor, he can become a tribal warrior. And this section of cavalry is from a medium tribe, in response to this war, this commander of the tribe recruited all the adults who can fight. That is, he brought the labor of the entire tribe with him. And then......
And then most of them died here.
Therefore, this commander hated the remaining three hundred Northwest Mo Sword Army on the opposite side at this time. But the person he hates the most is still Lord Duanbu - Duan Pishan. If it weren't for his coercion and temptation to himself, how could he have been sent to be this bait?!
He is ready to run, and if he can defeat a thousand-person Mo Dao army, he has already overfulfilled the task. Not to mention the fact that he himself lost thousands of people!
However, just as he was about to escape, he found that he could no longer run, because he saw that two miles away, a fire dragon was approaching, it was the northwest army of the Jin Kingdom.
As for why he judged that it was the Northwest Army, the reason was very simple, a big banner with black letters on a white background was extremely recognizable in the firelight.
The commander felt like his heart was about to jump out. Immediately scolded.
Didn't you say that Butcher Xie hadn't arrived in the northwest yet?!
What the hell is this?!
Thank you! Are you illiterate when Lao Tzu is a man!