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Chapter 506 Guo Xun died in battle

Guo Xun yelled, "Kill the rebels!" The soldiers and horses behind him roared in unison, and 10,000 horses were in the open wilderness at the foot of the mountain, the horses' hooves were like thunder, the armor reflected the bright light, and the snow-bright blades were shining with a faint cold light. The army was like a huge arrow, towards the river rebels who were surging like a tide, and they did not hesitate and irrepressibly counterattacked.

The two sides are still a hundred paces away.

The galloping knights of the vanguard army of the Southern Expedition took off the crossbow machines next to the saddle one by one. One after another, the black crossbow machine was flat in the hand, and in the crossbow arrow box were seven faint crossbow arrows. This is a seven-shot crossbow improved by the Liaodong Instruments Division on the three-shot crossbow. Although the range was shortened, these short crossbow arrows were the natural nemesis of the peasant army without armor or shields for those who used it against the peasant army in cavalry warfare.

"Put!"

Ten thousand arrows are fired together, as fast as a meteor, and as galloping.

The cavalry of the Hejian Rebels who kept galloping their horses only felt like flying locusts in front of them, and in the next moment, countless cavalry were shot off their horses by powerful crossbow arrows, and were trampled into dirt by the rolling iron stream behind.

Dou Jiande waved the big gun in his hand, and only then did he knock away several crossbow arrows in front of him with the left muzzle and right block, but in the end, his shoulder was still grazed by a crossbow arrow, and there was a hot pain. Looking at such a powerful crossbow arrow on the opposite side, Dou Jiande felt a palpitation in his heart, it was too strong. This crossbow is much more powerful than a riding bow, fast, swift, and much more lethal than a crossbow arrow. In just this round, he estimated in his heart that his newly built cavalry had lost a lot of men and horses.

However, Dou Jiande did not hesitate, he understood the strengths and weaknesses of the imperial court's soldiers and horses. The imperial court soldiers and horses are strong in equipment and training. But their weakness is that there are few people, as long as he can lead his troops to rush into the opponent's array, then it is worth the big damage. As long as the opponent's formation is broken, the 50,000 infantry who are desperately surging behind can wipe out the 10,000 Sui troops armed to the teeth like ants. At that time, those war horses, weapons and armor will be able to fully compensate for the losses of this battle.

The Seven-Bow Machine, a pre-loaded receiver allows them to shoot seven arrows in a row without stopping.

The rain of seven rounds of crossbow arrows made Dou Jiande's already dark face even darker. He knew that the 10,000 precious cavalry under his command had been lost at least thirty percent. But it was already close, his eyes were full of anger, and the fierce battle intent burned in his heart.

After seven rounds of shooting, the soldiers and horses in front of the two sides were no more than twenty paces apart. A touch of coldness flashed in Dou Jiande's eyes, at such a close distance, could it be that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were planning to charge with bows and crossbows? If this is the case, then he will let these guys who are above the bottom have a good look at the strength of the Hebei rebels.

Twenty steps.

The forward army of the Liaodong Army kept resounding with the loud voices of the heralds, "Change the spear!" ”

Brush Brush Brush!

One by one, the cavalrymen quickly put their crossbows into the crossbow pouches in their saddles, and quickly removed their spears from the saddles. The speed of the replacement was worthy of their name as regular cavalry.

Being able to make such a perfect move in a rapid run made the Kawama rebels feel bad. The speed of the opponent's horses did not slow down at all, and the cavalry began to lower their bodies, and their spears neatly exceeded the horse's body by half a foot.

A thunderous roar: "Kill all the people"

The other side is yelling at the same time: "Kill"

The bloody battle has begun!

With the huge impact force, the cavalry used their spears to pierce most of the unarmored river cavalry without difficulty, and some even pierced two or three together. The spear could not withstand the tremendous force of the impact, and when it pierced the peasant army, it burst open. The cavalrymen immediately dropped their spears and drew their swords from their waists.

The peasant army in the second row began to counterattack with spears, spears, and scimitars, knocking the cavalry of the Liaodong Army off their horses. The cavalry of the Liaodong Army behind carried Xueliang horizontal knives and split the peasant troops in front of them in half.

In an instant, hundreds of officers and soldiers fell off their horses, and they could never get back on their horses. At the same time, thousands of peasant soldiers were stabbed and hacked to death.

The follow-up troops were not afraid of chaos at all, the impact continued, and in an instant, they all rushed in, and the melee began!

Guo Xun's soldiers and horses defeated the peasant army in terms of combat effectiveness, and each knight could be equivalent to three peasants, or even more. Under the protection of the garrison armor, they can exert greater combat power. The excellent horizontal knife was unparalleled sharp, and as soon as the knife fell, the rudimentary weapons in the hands of those peasant soldiers broke one after another. Even the horses of the knights are taller than the peasant army. …,

Moreover, what made the peasant army even more frightened was that the officers and soldiers with strong combat power also maintained a small array of three horses in the melee. In a group of three, the offense and defense complement each other, and its combat power is equivalent to more than ten peasant armies. As the knights' horizontal swords were swung again and again like lightning, more and more peasant cavalry fell.

Dou Jiande's heart was dripping with blood, he knew very well how precious these 10,000 cavalry were, but he knew even more that he had no second way now. Wielding his spear, he kept giving orders and filling all the cavalry as if they were sent to death.

There was only one thought in his mind, he had to entangle the enemy cavalry no matter what. Just pestering them for a few more moments, you can wait for the arrival of the infantry army behind.

Maybe it's the fierceness of the peasant army's cavalry, or maybe it's Guo Xun's light enemy.

When Guo Xun's cavalry killed Dou Jiande's 10,000 cavalry, Dou Jiande's infantry finally arrived.

Soldiers gather like ants.

But Guo Xun, who was bathed in a body, did not realize the danger at all, in his opinion, the strongest 10,000 cavalry were annihilated by him, and the remaining infantry was even more vulnerable. But he forgot that although Dou Jiande's cavalry was more valuable than infantry, there were still more than 30,000 horses in Dou Jiande's infantry, which was his truly long-trained Hejian Righteous Army, not the cavalry unit that was hastily gathered and formed.

The flag flew over, and one by one the heralds rushed to give orders in front of the formation.

Just when Guo Xun was still strangling the last remnants of the peasant army's cavalry, Dou Jiande had already transferred all 50,000 infantry and surrounded Guo Xun. At the front are shields of various sizes, including square shields and round shields, among which there are iron shields and wooden shields.

Behind the iron wall of countless shields was the battle of spears of countless forests, and the infantry arrays that were devoted to the cavalry.

Guo Xun was so dense that he forgot that he could easily defeat Dou Jiande's cavalry. Because Dou Jiande's cavalry is a real rabble, but he has forgotten the essence of the art of war.

The infantry was inferior to the cavalry, but as long as the infantry was numerous, they could use the layers of spear formations to restrain the cavalry. When Guo Xun suddenly understood, it was too late.

Dou Jiande gritted his teeth and looked at his 10,000 cavalry that had just arrived a few days ago, and they had already been wiped out in just one battle. With incomparable anger, Dou Jiande pointed his spear forward and roared angrily, "Bow and arrow rain ready!" ”

"Put!"

Among the 50,000 peasant troops, there was a battalion of archers specially formed by Dou Jiande, with five archers.

The salvo of 5,000 archers, although most of them were not good at archery, but it was amazing to shoot behind the spear formation like this. Patches of arrows rained down from the air, taking the lives of one knight after another.

Guo Xun waved his lance to block a few arrows, and shouted, "Formation!" Column arrows, rush into battle! ”

Although the spear like a forest made his face ugly. But he didn't think it could trap him, he knew the weakness of the peasant army, and the infantry were mostly peasants with little training. As long as he led the cavalry to charge the infantry formation, he did not believe that many people would be able to stabilize their positions. Riding on the opposite foot has a natural deterrent. In the past, he had also led the army to conquer and suppress the peasant army near Zhuo County many times, and the array of those peasant armies was often broken by them.

Waving the lance, Guo Xun yelled, "Kill!" ”

There were also more than 8,000 cavalrymen who began to clamp their horses and gallop wildly. The war horse started slowly, running faster and faster, and finally moved forward with the sound of the wind.

Looking at the rolling torrent, many peasant soldiers holding shields and guns were panicked, their legs and feet cramped, their faces were like earth, and their sweat was like rain.

"Hold on!" One by one, the heralds rode their horses and kept running in front of the battle.

Dou Jiande personally led his subordinates to the front of the battle, "Those who dare to take a step back will be killed on the spot, and all family members will be reduced to slaves." ”

Dou Hongxian rushed to the spear formation with three thousand old brothers from his headquarters and lined up a line of defense. Everyone carries a big knife and dares to take a step back, they are the law enforcement supervision team. The soldiers in front of the battle swallowed their saliva and gritted their teeth and persevered. Retreating is death, but there may still be a glimmer of life in front of the battle.

"Brothers, as long as this cavalry is defeated, there will be a heavy reward, and everyone in the army will be rewarded consistently." Dou Jiande raised his voice, and he also promised a generous reward, there must be a brave man under the reward, and he believed that he could still arouse the blood of his subordinates.

The rumbling hooves were getting closer and closer, and the dust raised by the iron hooves of the war horse had drifted to the front of the battle. The rebels in front of the battle were bitter in their hearts, and they had the courage to squat on the ground one by one under the order of the herald, and plunged the end of the spear in their hands into the ground, pointing the cold spearhead obliquely at the rushing officers and soldiers. Far away, in front of the peasant army, like a hedgehog lying on the ground, suddenly opened the sharp thorns of his whole body.

Amid the endless shouts of killing and the neighing of war horses, Guo Xun's cavalry collided with Dou Jiande's pikemen. The high-speed galloping war horse with unparalleled momentum slammed into the spear array, and the spear pierced into the horse's physical strength, and they couldn't withstand the huge force and break.

More and more cavalry followed one after another, but under the threat of the big sword team behind, and under the threat of Dou Jiande personally beheading several rebels who turned around, more and more peasant troops did not retreat but advanced, and they pulled their knives and guns one after another, and stabbed the cavalry who crashed into the formation one by one.

The earth was red with blood, and there were broken spears everywhere, and there were bloody horses and knights. Guo Xun led his troops to break the formation and attack, killing all the way to the outermost layers of the large array, and finally died of exhaustion. 10,000 vanguard troops, all outside Leshou City!

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