Chapter 432: Return to the Horse Gun
Just when he saw the eldest brother Qiu Youcai, Qiu Youcai also saw the third brother Qiu Youshou, swept over with a round long axe, forced away the two Liao soldiers, and then turned around and rushed towards Qiu Youshou.
When he rushed closer, he heard his brother crying out in horror: "Watch the back!" ”
Qiu Youcai immediately squatted down, and the long knives of the Liao soldiers slashed over his head and chopped off his helmet. The hair was also cut off in half, and it was suddenly scattered and scattered. Qiu Youcai's long axe in his hand took advantage of the situation, and it slashed the legs of the war horse of the Liao soldiers who galloped past him, and the horse lost its front hooves and fell to the ground.
Qiu Youcai picked up the long axe, slashed it fiercely, and slashed into the back of the fallen Liao soldier!
At the same time, the third brother stepped forward and raised his round shield to block another Liao cavalryman's slash to the back of the eldest brother's head.
Another Liao soldier rushed in obliquely and slashed at the third child's shoulder. But the third child was concentrating on dealing with the cavalry in front of him, and did not pay attention to the death-like long knife of the Liao soldier rushing behind him.
The eldest brother Qiu Youcai's long axe was stuck by the heavy armor of the dead Liao soldiers, and his arm had been slashed by the Liao soldiers before, although there was armor to protect it, he was still not lightly injured, and now he was unable to pull the long axe out of the jammed armor. Seeing that the third brother was about to be killed by the Liao army, but he was powerless to save him, he couldn't help but feel gall!
At this moment, a rain flower carving arrow broke through the air and hit the throat of the Liao soldier! It peeked out from the back of his neck, and the huge impact also swept the soldier off his horse!
The eldest brother was full of surprises, and turned his head to look at where the flying arrows came from, and it was a mighty Song army general. Holding a sky-shattering iron bow, and in the other hand, holding four rain flower carved arrows. Riding on a black horse, as soon as he turned his body, he put on another arrow, and he didn't aim at it, and shot out with a whoosh, and a Liao cavalry fell off his horse!
This person Qiu Youcai naturally recognized that it was the vanguard general of their Song Army. The Yang family will be San Lang Yang Yanxun!
Yang Sanlang shot five arrows in a row, one arrow at a time, and had already killed many Liao cavalry.
But. The cavalry of the Liao army still rushed like a tide. Finally, rushed in front of them. Yang Saburo immediately hung the iron bow on the saddle and took off his armor-piercing gold gun. Riding a horse and rushing towards the Liao army, the spear flying. Everywhere you go. In an instant, more than a dozen Liao soldiers have been stabbed to death!
At this moment, there was a huge roar that shook the sky. A general of the Liao army rushed over. A King Kong trident in his hand, with a sharp wind, stabbed at Yang Sanlang's face!
"Good time!" The spear in Yang Sanlang's hand swept, and when it hit the body of the trident, both of them were shocked.
The Liao Dynasty roared: "I am Yelu Xida of the Liao Dynasty. Who are you? ”
"Yang Jiajun, San Lang Yang Yanxun!"
"Oh! It turned out to be a greedy man who surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty and was afraid of death. ”
"Take your life!" Yang Saburo grimaced. A whoosh shot stabbed Jeruhida in the face. The Jerushida Trident swept over, and after blocking it, it returned a fork.
The two of you have been fighting back and forth for more than ten rounds. Yang Sanlang swept the corner of his eyes and found that the Liao army was obviously superior in numbers, and the Song army was already outnumbered and fell into a bitter battle.
"Where to run!" Yelu Xida was even more happy when he saw Yang Sanlang defeated, and chased after him. As soon as I chased two steps, I suddenly saw a flash of gunfire in front of me, and with a whoosh, I had arrived in front of me, and I couldn't help but be shocked, and I was about to dodge, but I was still too late, and I pounced and passed through my throat!
This shot is the trick of the Yang family's marksmanship - "return to the horse gun"!
Yang Sanlang stabbed Yelu Xida to death with one shot, pulled back the head of the gun, raised his eyes and looked, there was a melee between the Liao army and the Song army in all directions, and the eldest brother and second brother could not be found. He slapped his horse in the direction of the estimated Chinese army, and along the way, those who really stood in the way would die, and he was invincible.
The Liao army's charge also only entered part of the Song army's forward position, and it was stubbornly resisted by the Song army, and the battle was carried out in the outer range of three directions. And the main force of the Song army, the Liao army, did not enter.
Yang Sanlang rushed into the Chinese army, all he saw was the Song army shouting and preparing to fight, and he hurriedly asked where the marshal was, and a soldier pointed the direction, Yang Sanlang rode his horse and rushed to find Yang Erlang and Yang Erlang, and the two were discussing something.
Seeing San Lang riding his horse over, Yang Dalang hurriedly said: "You came just in time, the Liao army is overwhelming, and we can't fight, while the army has not been disrupted now, we have to quickly find a way to break through!" ”
"How do you break through?"
Yang Dalang said: "I have observed before, the front and rear are the heavy armored cavalry of the Liao army, it is difficult to break through, and there are heavy troops of the Liao army in the east of Taihang Mountain, the strength of the Liao army is far more than ours, it is not possible to fight hard, and the heavy armored iron cavalry of the Liao army is too powerful, and the duel on this river beach is extremely unfavorable to us." At present, the best way is to cross the Fushui River, go to the opposite bank, and enter the mountains and forests, so that the advantage of the Liao army's heavy cavalry will be lost. ”
Yang Erlang said: "This Feishui River is so wide, how can you cross it?" Moreover, the Liao army is attacking again. Don't give us time to cross the river at all! ”
Yang Sanlang said: "It's good to hold on until the evening, if it's dark and there is no moon, it's even better, at that time, I will lead the troops to bluff and break through to attract their attention, and then, you can lead the river crossing and move to the opposite bank of the mountain!" So as to get rid of the encirclement of the enemy army. ”
Yang Dalang nodded and said, "This method is very good. When I came along the beach earlier, I noticed that there was a section of the river behind that that was very wide, and since the river was wide, the river was certainly not too turbulent and not too deep. Let everyone throw away the heavy armor to cross the river, and you should wait for the water to pass. ”
Yang Erlang said happily: "Where?" I didn't pay attention. ”
"I remember it was about three or four hours away."
Yang Sanlang said: "Okay, then let's pretend to break through downstream first, and strive to move to that area before it gets dark." After dark, let's go ahead with the plan! ”
Yang Dalang nodded and said, "Okay!" Erlang, your rear army should be the vanguard and open the way in front, Sanlang, your first army should be the rear army, as a cover, and I will lead the Chinese army to deal with the Liao army in the Taihang Mountains in the east. At both ends of the river beach are the iron cavalry of the Liao army, so we must pay attention not to rush too fiercely in the movement, we must maintain the formation, and we must not let the cavalry of the Liao army scatter our long axes and spears in formation, which is our main reliance on dealing with the heavy armored cavalry of the Liao army, otherwise, we will have no means to resist the attack of the Liao army. ”
Yang Erlang and Yang Sanlang both nodded in agreement. Each rode his own horse.
While they were discussing the battle plan, the front line was still fighting fiercely.
Qiu Youcai kept chopping the hooves of the Liao army with a long axe, and there were already several Liao army war horses that he had chopped down. And his third brother Qiu Youshou finally grabbed a long knife of a dead soldier of the Liao army, holding a round shield in one hand and wielding a long knife in the other hand to protect his eldest brother. Once the eldest brother knocked down the Liao army and fell off the horse, he immediately rushed up and slashed the Liao army to death. However, there are not many such opportunities, because there are Liao troops all around, and the Liao army is much more numerous than them, often two or three fight one of them. Therefore, he was more to prevent other Liao troops from sneaking up on his brother by air raids.
It's better not to hurt the enemy, than to let your eldest brother get injured or even hacked to death. However, the attack and defense of the two of them made the Liao army helpless. With this offensive and defensive coordination, they withstood the impact of several groups of Liao cavalry.
But the Song army around him was not so lucky, often looking ahead and backward, the long axe and long hairy hand did not have the protection of the shield hand, at most they could only stab one or two Liao troops to death, and after rushing to the front, their long axes and spears were inconvenient to wield.
However, the Yang family will train, paying great attention to the coordination of long and short, and the protection of the former by the crossbowmen equipped behind the positions of spearmen and axemen is emphasized in their daily drills. When the Liao army disrupted the formation of spearmen and axemen and began to slaughter the spearmen and axemen, the crossbowmen who had withdrawn to the back had already completed the loading of bows and arrows, and began to shoot the Liao cavalry that rushed in by using the distance to protect the axemen and spearmen who were being disrupted.
However, the impact of the Liao cavalry was very great, and a single charge could rush through the spearmen's positions and directly to the crossbowmen's positions. bow
Crossbowmen are suitable for long-distance combat, and after the Liao army rushes in, the crossbowmen have no ability to attack continuously or defend, and they have almost become a live target for the Liao army's long knife. Fortunately, the crossbowmen and shield bearers were checked together, and they could cooperate from near and far to protect each other, so although the cavalry of the Liao army rushed into the defensive position of the Song army, in the face of the stubborn counterattack and relatively tacit cooperation of the Song army, they failed to take advantage of the obvious advantage
The scuffle lasted for about half an hour, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. The battlefield was littered with corpses, and blood stained the river beaches red.
At this moment, the horn sound came from the Liao army's position, whining, resounding throughout the river beach.
Hearing the sound of the horn, the cavalry of the Liao army, who was fighting with the Song army, began to turn their horses' heads and quickly evacuate. It rushed out like a low tide.
Qiu Youcai finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned back to the third brother Qiu Youshou and said, "The Liao army has retreated, you can rest for a while......"
Qiu Youshou nodded, and when he saw that the cavalry of the Liao army had withdrawn from the Song army's position, he threw down his heavy shield and long knife, and turned around to look around.
At this moment, the Song army's position also heard the rapid drumming, and Qiu Youshou heard that this drum was to make them immediately form a team and prepare to meet the enemy army to charge again. However, at this moment, in this moment of tranquility, the most urgent thing to do is not to prepare to meet the enemy, but to find his brother.
Qiu Youshou looked at the corpses all over the ground, and under the scuffle, he didn't know where the second brother died before, and he said with a cry: "What about the second brother? Where is the second brother? ”
Qiu Youcai sighed: "The second child died, and he was trampled to death by the horses of the Liao cavalry." ”
"What about his corpse? We're going to bring his body back and bury it......"
The eldest brother Qiu Youcai smiled bitterly: "Who knows where the body is in this mess now, I'll look for it later...... hey, hey, you're injured?" Qiu Youcai exclaimed, and saw that the third brother Qiu Youshou's back was dripping with blood, and the armor in the blood had been split! Hurriedly threw down the long axe, stepped forward, grabbed his back armor and inspected: "It's really a knife, hurry!" Take off your armor and I'll bandage your wounds, or you won't survive if you bleed too much!" (To be continued......)