Chapter 997: Cheng Hou's Decisive Battle (II)
"General, it's already one hundred and fifty steps!" A soldier shouted. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"First row shooting!"
In the earth-shaking sound of horses' hooves, the sound of orders has been drowned out by the sound of horses' hooves, Huyalang Jiang Xiaotian held three red flags in his hand, and he rode on a war horse and held the big flag high, attracting everyone's attention.
A red flag in his hand waved down violently, only to hear the sound of a crossbow, the first row of Sui army's 3,000 arrows rose into the air, whistling towards the diffuse yellow sand, and the crossbow soldiers on both flanks also shot arrows at the same time.
Immediately, the first row of crossbows loaded with arrows, the second row raised crossbows and fired, followed by the third row, a round of three rows of arrows, and 20,000 crossbow arrows were like a woven arrow net, shooting overwhelmingly at the Turkic cavalry.
Huang Chenzhong suddenly screamed, and there were constantly people with arrows from horses, and the horses fell, throwing the cavalry out, and the powerful crossbow arrows penetrated the wooden shields in the hands of the Turks, and shot into the faces and chests of the cavalrymen.
But the Turks have already killed the red eye, regardless of life and death, riding horses and galloping, at this time the second round of arrows of the Sui army also immediately shot, the arrows are like rain, arrows like locusts, densely shot into the dense camp of the Turkic cavalry, a piece of Turkic cavalry fell down with arrows, the horses neighed, the soldiers wailed, and the casualties of the vanguard were extremely heavy.
Two rounds of 40,000 arrows knocked out more than 3,000 Turkic cavalry, and when only the crossbowmen began to shoot the third round of arrows, the Turkic cavalry had already killed within sixty paces, and they also fired arrows back on their horses, and the crossbowmen in the first row fell down one by one.
Jiang Xiaotian was unmoved, and waved three red flags at the same time, and there was no three-stage shooting in the third round, and 20,000 crossbow soldiers shot crossbow arrows at the same time, and 20,000 arrows shot into the Turkic cavalry like a storm, this time the lethality was stronger, and nearly 2,000 soldiers fell with arrows.
In just three rounds of crossbow arrows, more than 6,000 Turkic cavalry fell from arrows, but the Turkic cavalry did not retreat, they went forward to kill, and swept in a moment, their goal was very clear, let go of the two wings, and concentrated their forces to hit the center army.
At this time, Zhang Xuan, who was standing on a hill, sneered and ordered, "The car formation is attacking!" ”
The Sui crossbowmen fired three arrows and retreated like a tidal wave, and 3,000 soldiers rushed forward on carts that would meet the first assault of the Turkic cavalry.
This is the traditional method of the Central Plains army to deal with the nomadic cavalry, they use thousands of grain carts, each cart has more than ten spears tied to the front end, and the thousands of carts are arranged in two long rows, tightly squeezed together, forming a chariot spear array to block the cavalry impact.
The 10,000 cavalry on both sides were eager to attack, and they were also going to attack the enemy, and at this time, the Turkic army was getting closer and closer, and both sides could even see the anger on each other's faces.
But the faces of the Turkic cavalry at the front changed in an instant, and they became terrified, but they could no longer stop running, and in the face of the countless spears, they closed their eyes in despair in the screams of great fear.
In an instant, there was a loud bang, and thousands of cavalry crashed into the cart, and countless people in front died tragically in this collision, their bodies shattered, helmets and broken spears flew into the sky, and many carts were knocked into the air, and there were smashed pieces of wood everywhere.
At this time, the yellow banner of the Sui cavalry waved, and the 10,000 cavalry guarding the crossbow army on both sides of the crossbow army came out from the left and right, wielding a steel halberd to kill the Turkic cavalry behind, and a fierce battle began.
War horses catch and fight, guns and bayonets split, shouting and killing, screams, the clicking sound of bones being cut off, and the gurgling sound of the throat before death, one after another, the commander of ten thousand horses, Amu Wheel, is fierce and abnormal, he holds a fifty pound of big knife in his hand and fights, and he is fighting against a young Sui army, inexperienced, he grabbed the war horse, backhanded a knife, cut the Sui soldiers into two sections, the internal organs rolled out, and the blood arrow spewed out of the zhang.
Sun Changle, who was pressed in the back, was furious, he rushed forward, stabbed head-on, the force was extremely strong, Amulun couldn't dodge, he was pierced through the chain mail by a shot, the tip of the gun leaked out from the back, Sun Changle roared and lifted him high in the air, Amulun looked back at the sky, a pair of copper bells stared at the sky with big eyes, as if he was resentful that Changshengtian did not protect his life.
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Nearly an hour has passed, and the 70,000 Sui and Tang coalition troops have all been pressed, except for the 5,000 cavalry who were shot by the crossbow array, the Turkic army still has 25,000 cavalry left on the battlefield, but Zhang Xuan found that there are at least 10,000 Turkic cavalry standing still, and they are not affected by the tragic battlefield, they seem to be waiting for something.
There are also 13,000 soldiers behind Zhang Xuan, if there is no Turkic cavalry of the other party, these 13,000 soldiers may also be put into the battlefield, Zhang Xuan feels that the other party has left a hand, and he is not in a hurry to put the army behind him into the battlefield.
"Where are the cavalry from the north?" Jang Hyun turned around and asked.
"Qiqi Dashuai, there are still about twenty miles."
Zhang Xuan frowned slightly, seeing that it was almost dusk, and the 20,000 cavalry had not yet been killed, could he really fight with the Turkic army at night?
Zhang Xuan suddenly felt water droplets on his face, he couldn't help but raise his head, through the yellow dust of the battlefield, he found that dark clouds were already rolling on the top of Chenghou Mountain, and lightning pierced the sky.
At this moment, there was a rumbling thunder in the sky, and several bean-sized raindrops hit Jang Hyun's face.
"Dashuai, let's get on! The enemy army is dying, give us a chance to fight. "The general Xiong Kuohai is begging Jang Hyun to send his own army, his army has not been in battle for a long time.
Zhang Xuan did not answer his request, he immediately crossed the halberd, staring coldly at the short-distance battle between the Sui cavalry and the Turkic cavalry, the skillful riding skills of the Turkic cavalry and the strong and sharp armor of the Sui cavalry became the respective advantages of both sides.
"Dashuai, let's get on!" The majestic sea pleaded again.
Zhang Xuan looked back behind him, and behind him were three thousand sabre hoplites already lined up, each of them eager to try, looking at him with a blank eye.
But Zhang Xuan still shook his head decisively, and vetoed Xiong Kuohai's request to fight, good steel should be used on the blade, and now is obviously not the time for the blade, but he still explained the reason to Xiong Kuohai.
"Look at the Turkic position for yourself, there is still an army over there that does not move, I estimate that it is their most elite army, and if that army does not move, you are not allowed to move."
Xiong Kuohai also saw clearly, behind the other party's banner, there was indeed an elite Turkic cavalry, about 10,000 people, each wearing the same Mingguang armor as the Sui army, that should be the most elite Turkic ironclad guards in the legend.
"Do you see clearly?" Zhang Xuan asked with a faint smile.
"I see it clearly!"
Xiong Kuohai hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, "I understand my humble position, thank you for reminding me." 'He's no longer pushing his manager to get him out, he's patiently waiting for his chance.
On the battlefield at the foot of the mountain, the golden iron horse, the drum beat like thunder, in the open space that is not wide, the two armies fought fiercely, the cavalry fought, and the arrows rained.
Groups of Sui cavalry fell, but the follow-up army shouted, shouted, and continued to pounce forward, the Turkic army's white background black wolf head banner and the Sui army's green dragon red flag were intertwined, one side in order to escape back to the grassland, one side to defend the dignity of the nation, the invasion robbers killed, both sides killed red-eyed, so that in the middle of the two sides, dead men and dead horses piled up into a wall.
On the same hill not far away, Chu Luo Khan was in a hurry, he had already seen that his army was dying, and if he did not turn the tide of the battle as soon as possible, once the 20,000 Sui cavalry were killed, their entire army would collapse.
"Kill the Iron Guard!"
Chuluo Khan finally cast his core escort army, which was the Qimin Khan and Shibi Khan two Khans selected 10,000 elites from the 300,000 Turkic army, each of whom was a Turkic warrior, they had the best war horses, with the same equipment as the Sui army Xiaoguo cavalry, they were the strongest cavalry on the steppe, and they were the warriors admired by the steppe girls.
After the death of Shibi Khan, he left this army to the Churo Khan, who personally commanded it, and he would never normally use this core army.
They also appeared in this battle, that is, the 500 guards led by the commander Mancha of the thousand commanders, who were finally put into the siege of the city by Kang Sheli, and they were the ironclad army of Chuluo Khan.
At this most critical moment, Chuluo Khan resolutely threw 10,000 ironclad cavalry into the battlefield.
The Turkic army quickly changed its formation, the 20,000 Turkic troops on the battlefield were separated from both sides, and the 10,000 ironclad guards entered the narrow battlefield, their impact was as fierce as a storm, and they had been fighting for two hours, and the slightly tired Sui cavalry began to be unable to support it and retreated.
"On the hoplites!" The opponent's pressure box army attacked, and Zhang Xuan also coldly gave an order.
'Woo-'
The low horn sound in the Sui army camp sounded, the Sui cavalry retreated like a tide, under the leadership of the majestic sea, three thousand infantry wearing heavy armor and holding sabers went into battle, their steps were as dignified as Mount Tai, step by step towards the Turkic cavalry, they were five hundred people in a row, standing in six rows, the sharp sabers were cold and bright.
The courage in the heart of Chu Luo Khan was also stimulated, he did not believe that the most elite ironclad guards of the steppe would be no match for the heavy infantry of the Sui army, he roared, "Beat the drum and urge the battle!" ”
'Boom! Boom! Boom! The huge leather drum suddenly sounded, and 10,000 ironclad guards shouted, they set off a momentum like a stormy wave, and pounced on the iron wall of the Sui army, and pounced on the sharp blade of the Sui army, the two sides collided violently, and the majestic sea roared, and the sharp and powerful chopping knife chopped down, and split an oncoming Turkic armored soldier obliquely from the shoulder into half, blood sprayed his face, the war horse neighed, the front hooves were raised high, and kicked at his face, the chopping knife flashed an arc-shaped cold light, turned and split, and cut the two front hooves of the war horse from behind, The war horse fell with a bang.
"Kill the horse first, then kill the man!"
Xiong Kuohai shouted, swinging his sword and slashing at another fallen ironclad cavalryman......
It was almost dusk, and a raindrop hit Jang Hyun's face, and he looked up in surprise, only to find that the sky was already dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and a rainstorm came unexpectedly.
The torrential rain was pouring down, and the rain for more than two months was concentrated at this moment, and everyone was soaked, and the blood on the ground was also diluted, and there was a rain and fog in front of him.
Both sides were a little overwhelmed, and at this moment, a loud horn suddenly sounded from the north.
'Woo-'
In the torrential rain, the horn sound in the north swept through Chenghou Mountain like a gust of wind, and the 20,000 Sui cavalry finally reached the battlefield. (To be continued.) )