Chapter Seventy-Three: The First Victory in Life

When the Duan cavalry poured into the right gourd mouth, but did not find the figure of the Northwest Army, Duan Buda ordered: "Full speed forward!" Be sure to catch up with them! Kill them all! ”

So the cavalry of the Duan Division accelerated forward again.

After the cavalry galloped for a while, the first turn was ushered in, and after the cavalry held the reins and turned the corner, many black fences appeared on the ground in front of them.

Many dense long thorns, each with the thickness of a bowl! Stuck diagonally on the ground, the sharp tip pointing straight to the sky.

Reject the horse pile!

The cavalry at the front seemed to have smelled the fragrance of fresh trees being cut down.

Then the next moment he was thrown into the air, and his whole body swooped down on a horse-resisting stake in a posture of spreading its wings, and was pierced through his entire body.

Then there were more riders who followed each other and were pierced by the thick horse-rejecting stakes, and the men and horses were penetrated.

According to the horse piles or five or ten as a group, each of them is not more than one step apart, like dog's teeth staggered, regularly scattered on the ground of more than 100 zhang wide and nearly 100 zhang deep, almost the entire canyon is blocked.

As a result, the impact of the Duan cavalry was cut off, and the cavalry of the brigade was crowded together like a crowd at the entrance of Shangyuan Festival in the Jin capital.

Duan Buda was furious! By this time it was already clear: they had indeed been tricked. Since there is a roadblock ahead, it is all the more important to pass quickly.

Duan Buda yelled: "Hurry up and clear the horses in front!" ”

So hundreds of cavalry dismounted and prepared to clear the barricades. However, even if it did, it would have to take at least a few moments to get through, because the Northwest Army had scattered a large number of wooden sticks on the ground, making it extremely difficult to walk.

Just a moment after Duan Buda gave the order, soon the rear army came to report that a large number of Jin troops appeared in Gukou.

Duan Buda finally knew that he had fallen into a trap. But Duan Buda still had luck in his heart, because the number of enemy troops he heard was only about two thousand.

But in the next moment, Duan Buda's face became extremely exciting, because he heard the three words behind him: Mo Dao Army. Moreover, the distance between the two armies was not enough for the cavalry of the Duan Division to launch an effective charge, and the Modao Army was still advancing, and it would soon come into contact with the cavalry of the Duan Division.

Luck turned into a thunderbolt in an instant. Duan Buda wanted to divide this sentence into two sentences and cut the soldiers.

The battle is about to get brutal, and the outcome has changed hands after a turn.

Duan Buda shouted: "In front are two thousand Northwest Mo Dao, the sons of the Duan Division!" Kill the past, round with the adults, and you can live, otherwise! Die! ”

There was silence in his answer.

Now the Duan cavalry had turned around, and in front of them were two thousand Da Mo knives that shone with cold light. Under the premise that the advantage of high-speed impact cannot be launched, in the face of the Mo knife pressed head-on, the cavalry is not as good as the infantry, and there is no advantage at all. Therefore, Duan Buda ordered to charge, as long as he charged, there would be an impact, even if this impact force was negligible, but if he didn't pull the formation apart, once the Modao formation pressed up, he would die and have no power to fight back.

Xie Shence participated in this kind of large-scale battle for the first time, this kind of big battle in which more than 10,000 cavalry and Modao participated in the battle, even in the Northwest Frontier, it is not something that can be seen every year.

Xie Shence did command and participate in small battles in Chuzhou, but the kind of bandits with dozens of people and hundreds of people at most were simply a game compared to the general battle of tens of thousands of people in front of him.

Xie Shence was very excited, his hands and feet trembled a little with excitement, and his heart was beating fast. This was the first battle he had planned and commanded, and he didn't want to let go of any details, he didn't want to make any mistakes, so he looked very carefully, so careful that his eyes were bloodshot.

Duan Buda's cavalry had already begun to charge, but before the cavalry could speed up, they met the Mo sword formation with long knives.

"Kill!"

The cavalry in the front row that collided with the Mo knife were all on horseback, and each horse had at least one Mo knife stabbed into the body of the man and horse.

"Wow!"

The instantaneous return of the knife made the blood in the horse's body gush wildly.

"Kill!"

The blood-stained Mo Knife entered the flesh again, crushing the obstacles in front of it.

"Wow!"

Another batch of corpses fell. Then a solid step stepped on the corpses, and then the knife was drawn again.

Xie Shence looked at the Duan cavalry who was stuck in the quagmire, like a stubble of leeks, which was cut alive by the Modao army.

For nearly half an hour, the two thousand Mo sword army ploughed the Duan cavalry, which was nearly six thousand inches away. More than half of the casualties of the Modao army were killed, and the cavalry of the Duan Division was less than 3,000.

For the first time, Xie Shence saw the near-devastating striking power of the Modao Army when facing cavalry that could not take advantage of their speed.

However, this is not the end of the story. After a round, the Modao Army split into two parts and leaned towards both sides of the canyon.

Then the cavalry fell into a nightmare again. Around the corner, more than 2,000 cavalry were killed.

This is Xie Shenwei's remaining 1,500 elite cavalry after meeting with the 700 elite cavalry left earlier, he turned his head and killed.

Naturally, there is no suspense about the outcome of this battle.

When Xie Shenwei cut off Duan Buda's head with a halberd, the surviving Northwest Army let out a cry that shook the canyon.

This battle is over.

The 5,000 Northwest Army annihilated nearly 6,000 enemies at the cost of 1,000 Modao troops and 1,300 elite cavalry, and achieved an almost brilliant victory. This was also the first major victory in Xie Shence's life.

However, Xie Shence was not happy, because he learned from the prisoners he brought over that the other two cavalry were likely to have reached Huangsha Pass. In other words, if the remaining 2,000 people of his own army encounter the enemy army again, even if it is two teams of 1,000 people, they may be in danger of collapsing.

The victory in this battle was largely due to the rational location of the ambush chosen by Xie Shence, but in the end, it relied on the impeccable discipline of the Northwest Army.

If Xie Shenwei's 2,300 elite cavalry had collapsed in the previous round without any fancy collision with the Duan cavalry, the battle situation today would have been one-sided.

If the cavalry exceeds 1,000, it is endless, and if it is in the plain where there is no limit to breadth, 2,000 Mo swords against 6,000 cavalry who can open up the distance, it is undoubtedly a way to send to death.

Today, however, it happens to be geographical.

Before the right gourd mouth from the section, there is a large section of the canyon that can charge in a straight line, but there is a relatively narrow turn about seven or eight miles away from the exit of the canyon, this turn provides a natural concealment for Xie Shence to arrange the horse rejection pile, only need to leave a small gap on the side, Xie Shenwei can take the northwest elite cavalry to pass calmly, and then wait for Xie Shenwei to pass through and then quickly fill the vacant place, the width and depth are suitable for the horse rejection pile can effectively stop the advance of the section cavalry, Then the Modao army was put into the battlefield, and a dilemma was formed with Modao in front and horse rejection stakes in the back, and Duan Buda's cavalry was completely locked in the canyon.

Cavalry without speed was at best an infantry with heightened height, and because the horse had no armor and limited movement on horseback, it was inferior to the infantry with a combination of guns, knives, shields, and hooks. This is also the reason why once the cavalry is caught in the Mo Dao formation, it is a one-sided slaughter.

Xie Shence admired the big white fish cavalry very much at this time, and he was able to die with a 5,000-strong Modao army to the end, which was really worthy of the name of the first cavalry army in the world. Of course, before that battle, the Great White Fish Cavalry was still known as the world's most powerful in all arms.

"In fact, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Duan Department is also extremely strong, and today's these, although they are border troops, are really not the most elite troops of the Duan Division. Don't underestimate all the steppe people just because you win a battle. Especially the Tuoba Royal Court Iron Rider that you haven't seen yet. ”

Xie Shenwei, who was covered in blood, threw his helmet on the ground and said to Xie Shence.

Xie Shence saw that Xie Shenwei still had a lot of minced meat hanging on his body, so he subconsciously moved away. Xie Shenwei sneered: "It's not that you haven't killed anyone, it's not that you haven't seen blood in Huaiyang Dao and Yecheng." ”

So what? Thank God for thinking, can this be the same as what you are now?

Xie Shence inexplicably thought of Xie Shenwei's appearance after slaughtering the tiger.

Soon, a military doctor came to clean and bandage Xie Shenwei's wounds.

He Ruoque walked over and said: "The flying pigeon biography of Huangsha Pass has arrived, and Xie Dashuai has arrived at Tiemen Pass. ”

Xie Shence nodded, in fact, he didn't really put his mind at ease until this time. He Ruoque said to Xie Shenwei: "This time it's because you can't go into battle to protect this burden, otherwise you won't think you played beautifully." ”

Xie Shenwei was dismissive.

Xie Shence was stunned, why did he get on the bar again? immediately reacted, and jumped like thunder: "You make it clear to Lao Tzu, who is the burden?!" Who's a burden?! Where does Lao Tzu need your protection? ”

He Ruoque said lightly: "You don't need my protection? Are you protecting me? Who was shaking just now? ”

"Me! ......”

Xie Shence was instantly deflated and unable to defend. It's not that he is not strong in thanking Shence, but the two men with the best relationship, one is Xie Shenwei, and the other is He Ruoque. And these two people, in addition to being inferior to themselves in using their brains, are completely able to suppress themselves in terms of force value.

"However, your command skills are really good, if I don't exaggerate, you should be able to have Xie Dashuai's six successes."

He Ruoque casually comforted.

Xie Shence pouted indifferently. In fact, my heart has long bloomed.

Uncle Xie Yi gave Xie Shence the feeling that he was a big grinning old man, who loved to take advantage of small advantages and was extremely brazen old man, although Xie Yi boasted that he had made the two brothers calloused in his ears back then, but Xie Shence still didn't expect He Ruoque's evaluation of Xie Yi to be so high.

Of course, Xie Shence also knows the evaluation of Uncle Xie by outsiders, and Wang Laoshangshu said: "General Xie Yi is like an arm commander, and General Xie Yi is like a wolf and a tiger." The emperor once said in the Great Dynasty: "Who can make a sword?" I am the only one, General! ”

As for Xie Yi's military exploits, the Southern Song Dynasty's talk about Xie Se's change and the name of 'Xie Tu' given by the Xianbei people are enough to explain many things.

Sima Bi, who is always arrogant, has to put away his temper when facing Uncle Xie, so as not to greet him with a smile, but he will never write his inner thoughts on his face.

Xie Shence liked He Ruoque's words very much.

Zhao Qi arranged the wounded and other things, and walked over and said: "Shizi, little marquis, we can't go south directly to Huangsha Pass, we have to bypass the branch of Taihang Mountain, go directly to the southeast, and then turn back to Tonglu Pass to the west, so as to return to the northwest safely." Otherwise, once we encounter a large force of cavalry, we will be dead. ”

Xie Shence nodded and said, "In this way, it will take three more days, but safety first, just do as you say." ”

Zhao Qi looked at Xie Shence, and stopped talking.

Xie Shence said: "Let's put it bluntly, my own family, and I am in the army, how can there be so many courtesies." ”