Volume 3 Mending the Crack in the Sky Chapter 62 The Shaking of the Sky (7)
Overhead on the mountain road, a phalanx fought to the death with the surging miscellaneous beards. And Han Shizhong's attention has completely turned to the road in the river valley.
With just a glance, Han Shizhong could be sure that the miscellaneous Tartars that were surging down in chaos on the mountain road could not even be easily knocked away by the elite of his own command.
Its main combat power is still placed at the bottom of the mountain!
The phalanx of the two commanders kept extending, forming a three-fold arrow array. While extending the array, the footsteps towards the direction of Du Ruhu have never stopped. This level of array change is really strong to a certain extent.
And in the valley road, the sound of hooves is like thunder, the neighing of war horses, and the main force of the Zahu Brigade finally shows its figure!
The width of the Fen River valley behind him is no longer the level of the army that can pass through it, but the narrow basin that can be placed under the state army and county governance. Although the valley of the tributary of Lanshui is far from the vast access road of the Fenhe River valley, there is no pressure to deploy thousands of troops.
Because the roads in the valley are not narrow, these miscellaneous Tartar cavalry must hide far away so as not to be discovered. At this time, he finally bypassed the mountain bend and appeared in front of Han Shizhong.
The smoke and dust rose in chaos, and the miscellaneous Tartar cavalry that turned from the bend of the mountain for a while had a rolling momentum!
Compared with the clumsiness of starting and going down to the mountains to fight, these miscellaneous Tartars seem to have changed when they get on their horses. All the way over, I was adjusting the speed of the horse. When turning the bend, the horse's speed is at its highest. Thousands of horses' hooves rolled and struck, and for a time the earth and rocks on the mountain fell in a slump.
At that time, the bearded Tartars were dressed in leather armor, and some of the leaders looked like iron armor from the Song army. Curled up behind the neck of the mount as best he could, he stomped wildly. Pose as if you were colliding at high speed.
After the first Miscellaneous Tartar Knights. There are many more people pouring out. The sound of people shouting and neighing resounded. But it's messier than the array at the start. Immediately impacting the array, but it was decent. The one in front is always in front, and the one in the back is always in position. And the distance between the two riders is not far or close, leaving enough room to maneuver.
As these miscellaneous knights continued to pour out, the hundreds of Shenwu Changsheng troops commanded by Ruhu were waiting in array on the river valley roads, and it was like a wall composed of light horsemen and constantly approaching at high speed appeared in front of them!
The range of the valleys of the tributaries of Lanshui is like a phalanx of tigers, and it only occupies half of it. Lined up close to the mountain. These haggard knights stretched out the ranks as they stormed. In addition, the distance is very wide, and the momentum is even more amazing, in the smoke and dust, those who lack a little experience in battle formations, I really don't know if they are facing thousands of iron horses, and I don't know if they can survive under such a strong impact!
Each of them had a hideous complexion, shouted loudly, and his eyes were red. One desperately stepped on the spurs, and put on a posture of rushing regardless of the collision formation!
The generals who can't hold their breath a little bit may really fall for their evil.
This is the way it is. The first is to force the enemy in front of him to be emboldened and induce them to fire arrows early. There are no more than three arrows to the enemy. When the wind is on, you may be able to rush forward a dozen more steps, and then cross the formation at high speed and pass in front of the formation. As it passed, thousands of arrows rained down into the enemy array in front of them. The follow-up military horses will repeat this step. Under the attack of more than ten rounds and dozens of rounds of arrow rain, the array is often chaotic in person. When the formation collapses, it is naturally the time to urge the horse to step into the formation.
The grassland miscellaneous light riding is nothing more than these tricks.
But when the huge momentum was raised for a while, the dust was rolled up in the sky, and the hooves roared like thunder, and the knights of the brigade of knights were getting closer and closer, not any of them could stand firmly!
Since rounding the bend in the mountain, in an instant, the large group of Hu cavalry has approached the range of about 100 paces of the enemy array in front of them, and the speed of the horse has not decreased. At first, the miscellaneous Tartars all turned their hands and held the horn bow in their hands, and their blood-red eyes stared at the Southern Dynasty armor soldiers in front of them. Their array remained as immovable as a wall of steel.
I don't know how many miscellaneous people shouted in their hearts at this time.
Why don't you release arrows? Didn't the southerners all take the bow and crossbow first?
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Han Shizhong was not there, and Du Ruhu set up his own general flag in the phalanx. Standing under the flag, this little Han Wu still had a straw stick pulled down from the side of the road in his mouth, sat on horseback and did not step on stirrups, and squinted at the team of Hu Qi who was advancing like a wall in front of him with his legs.
When the first tartar, the faces in the smoke and dust were faintly recognizable, and the sound of hooves rolling shook the ground slightly. These miscellaneous bearded tartars imitate the cries of eagles and wolves, which are deafening.
But Du Ruhu's squinted eyes still didn't open half a minute.
In front of him, they were all dismounted and infantry warriors. At first, they were both covered, wearing armor and holding a shield, and there was no long blade in their hands. A hundred armor soldiers formed a thin column, looking fragile. In the face of the enemy cavalry that was getting closer and closer, he did not move.
Behind them, there was a three-fold array of arrows. Each stack is one. What they all hold in their hands is a war bow for stepping down, and the bow power is all one and a half stones. It is twice as strong as the horned bow with a bow strength of up to six or seven buckets held by the Zahu knights. Even among the Shenwu Victorious Army, only Han Shizhong's Chinese army can immediately step down, and can make a bow with a cavalry!
Many cavalry soldiers in the Song army can often only be called horseback riders, so riding the army and making a foot bow is also a common thing in the Great Song Dynasty. However, among the Chinese army of Shenwu Changsheng, there are even many knights who can immediately open their bows, which is a truly rare warrior. The entire Chinese army of the Shenwu Victorious Army is treated according to the Western Army's selection of fronts, and many people even eat the salaries of the little envoys!
In the blink of an eye, a distance of 100 steps becomes 70 steps. And this phalanx, which was listed by one commander, remained still. Under the iron shackles, the soldiers looked as calm as usual in the face of the large group of Hu cavalry who were surging like wolves.
And the horseman, who was forced to a distance of seventy paces in the sound of smoke and dust, did not wait for the expected rain of arrows. Closer and closer to the phalanx that looked like an iron wall. Under the fluttering of those red tassels, the indifferent eyes of the Southern Dynasty soldiers only made the Hu Qi who rushed in front of him scorch, and there was only an ominous premonition!
A bearded leader could no longer hold back, shouted loudly, and took the lead in pulling the horse's head, and cut it horizontally. As soon as he turned his hand, he already snapped the arrow and recognized the string, and in the gallop, he opened the bow sideways like a full moon, and his body was steady and motionless. In an instant, it shows the galloping ability of these bearded people who grew up on horseback.
With his command, hundreds of horsemen with mixed beards turned their horses and cut sideways. Open the bow and recognize the string. It's still a little farther away, but it's better to send a rain of arrows. These southern barbarians are motionless, as steady as a mountain, and they are afraid that they will not be easy to provoke.
When the bearded leader gave the order to lead the team to cut horizontally, he spit out the straw stick like a tiger, his eyes suddenly opened, sharp as lightning, and he shouted loudly and ordered: "Shoot me!" ”
The first stack of arrows suddenly opened the powerful bow and stepped down the warbow, and when it was raised a little, I heard a swift buzzing of the bowstring, and a rain of arrows sprinkled towards the horseman who was desperately turning.
After a rain of arrows, the first stack of arrows suddenly lowered its head and pulled the strings, and the second stack of arrows turned up a row of strong bows, and after a moment's pause, there was another buzzing bowstring trembling sound, and then a round of arrow rain was sprinkled!
Seventy paces away, the miscellaneous Tartars changed their direction and cut crosswise, and at the same time opened their angular bows. At this time, the original Shenwu Changsheng Army Armor, who was as quiet as a mountain, had already shot two rounds of arrow rain.
The bearded leader, who had already been ready to let go of the strings, saw a light shining above his head. But it was the reflection of the sun shining on the sharp three-edged armor-piercing cone arrow. I also heard countless small, dense and sharp air whistling sounds in the air, but it was the sound of the tail feathers of arrows flying at high speed gliding through the air at high speed!
The bearded leader opened his mouth and shouted in horror, a feathered arrow had fallen from the sky, and it was inserted into his mouth, and the three-edged arrow cluster with blood flowers protruded from the back of his head!
Feathered arrows whistled and fell, and in the smoke and dust, a group of people shouted and neighed. For a while, I don't know how many Zahu knights who were changing direction were shot off their horses.
The queue, which was originally quite neat, suddenly gave this round of rounds of arrow rain a big mess.
These miscellaneous Tartars really have no experience in the battle formation against the elite military horses of the Han family. The array does not fight these four words, but I don't know how many generations of Hu Lu have summed up the painful words with countless lives and black blood!
In the midst of the chaos, more bearded knights poured out of the smoke and dust, and although the speed was a little slower, the intention to move forward was more resolute. After all, these miscellaneous beards, although their equipment is not strong, and they lack experience in battle formations, the most capable thing is to kill each other among tribes. But growing up in the grassland where the environment is harsh and life and death are short and sudden, the ferocious nature is innate. If it is a foot fight, these miscellaneous beards have no confidence in their own homes, and they may jump away if they have a slight casualty, but this is on horseback! All the miscellaneous beards, there is still hope for a while, and when the war horses rush closer, they don't believe that these southern barbarian arrays are not chaotic!
One by one, the miscellaneous beards that rushed out of the smoke and dust did not divide into any queues, and tried their best to crouch down, urging the horses to the highest speed, regardless of whether the horse's hooves were under the feet of the compatriots who had fallen from the horse with an arrow. Even the horned bow was only held in his hand, and he had no intention of spreading it to rain arrows.
When you get to twenty or thirty steps, you can see the faces of you southern barbarians clearly, and then shoot an arrow at the front door. Look at the iron turtle shell on your body, what use is it?
Relying on the arrogance that came all the way, there were far more people than the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty in person. This Hu riding momentum still shows no signs of stopping!
Suddenly, the bowstring vibrated violently like a buzzer, ten times as loud as before!
Countless miscellaneous Tartars couldn't help but raise their heads on the horse. I saw that above the mountain where the Song military formation was leaning, a team of iron walls was slowly walking down, and hundreds of red tassels were hunting and dancing. And the armor warriors of the Southern Dynasty who formed this iron wall also opened the strong bows and crossbows in their hands, raised the angle, and sent out a round of arrow rain!
Han Shizhong has already rushed back! (To be continued......)