Chapter 32: The Tiger Descends
("Zhao Wuxian 2014" insists on rewarding, which is grateful.) )
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The chaos of the Karasuma people was in Ma Han's eyes, and he knew that the time had come to take the palace.
First lead the Karasuma people by the nose and run around, wait until the men and horses are tired, and then rush into the sand moraine, kill and injure the enemy's horsemen with smoke and dust, sharpen the horse's hooves with sand and stones, and finally deliberately rush through the rocky mountain to lead the enemy into the moraine. This was a set of tactics developed by the horsemen against the Karasuma cavalry, making full use of the terrain and new harnesses to eventually form their own advantage. Now, it's time for the final blow.
"Heavy cavalry, armor!"
With the order of the horse, a group of tall men with big shoulders and round waists rushed out of the cavalry team and quickly assembled. Immediately, a companion pulled over more than a dozen pack horses, unloaded the heavy objects on their backs, and opened them to reveal a pair of armor. Then he took out the helmets, necklaces, shawls, ring arms, cuirasses, shins, armor skirts, etc., one by one, and put them on for more than ten strong men.
"Heavy cavalry, get on your horse!"
After half a burnt incense, Ma Han gave the order again, and at this time, including him, thirteen heavily armored knights with thick armor and thick felt, iron scarfs on their heads, face armor, and eyes were exposed, and with the support of their companions, they all recognized the stirrups and mounted their horses. These knights were armed with a heavy mace or iron meteor and a secondary weapon such as a sword and axe at the back of the saddle, and rode horses that were taller and more robust than ordinary horses. Each horse has horse armor made of raw cowhide such as a curtain, a chest, and a back.
Twelve pairs of leather-inlaid iron heavy armor and horse armor, twelve horses with strong gravity, nine iron meteors, and three iron-clad maces, this is the heavy equipment that can barely be put together with the financial and material resources of the entire Hange Department. Twelve heavy cavalry, some are strong men with a height of eight feet, and some are athletes with a waist of ten girths, these people have mediocre archery skills, but they win in great strength, and their riding skills are also quite good, which is the best candidate for heavy cavalry.
Ma Han's armor was a fish scale armor captured earlier, and the protection power was needless to say, and at this moment, it was covered with a thick leather felt, and the protection against swords, guns and arrows was further improved. However, the weapon he is holding is a bit special, a super riding gun similar to a Western cavalry rifle.
The reason why it is similar to the Western cavalry gun is because it has three characteristics: first, the front half of the barrel is conical, from thick to thin, which is a typical Western-style umbrella gun; second, there is a round gauntlet, and the tail of the gun has an iron cone counterweight; The third is that the head of the gun is not sharp, but a fist-shaped iron protrusion. These are the characteristics of Western-style mounted guns.
The reason why it is said that the super riding spear is not only because it is heavy, but also because the body of the gun is extremely long, even longer than Zhang Fei's Zhangba iron spear - the length reaches five meters, that is, two zhang in the Han Dynasty, and the weight reaches more than 60 catties. With such a long and heavy super cavalry spear, even in this era of the Three Kingdoms, where heroes are multiplied and fierce generals are like clouds, few people can make it move-and Ma Qiang with a mechanical arm must be one of them.
This is the horse warrior's tailor-made cavalry weapon for himself. After the tempering of life and death, his riding ability has improved by leaps and bounds, but he is still not sure about a brave general like Zhao Yun. How can you, a person who has only been practicing cavalry for a few months, compare to the fierce men of the Three Kingdoms who have practiced for more than ten years and relied on this for food? In this case, it is better to play to your strengths and avoid weaknesses and give full play to your strengths. What are Ma Hu's strengths? Naturally, it's the power of machinery.
In terms of strength alone, no matter how good the fierce generals of this era are, they can't compare with the steel attributes of horses with flesh and blood. Then in the cavalry battle, it is necessary to give full play to this advantage.
The weight of the super riding gun is not a problem; The falling force caused by the length is not a problem; The heavy pressure on the war horse is also not a problem because of the divine steed of the silver arrow. When none of this was a problem, a formidable heavy cavalry lance, the Overlord Gun, was born.
Cavalry warfare can really reflect the strength of an inch long, if your weapon is a foot longer than the opponent, and can be used freely, your winning rate is at least 30% more. This may also be an important reason why Zhang Fei can be vertically and horizontally, but now there are more ** people and guns than him.
He was galloping back and forth on his horse, commanding the Hange cavalry to shoot Wu Chase, looking at the shining and majestic riding shadow of the 13th heavy cavalry of the commander, he was both excited and a little worried, and urged the horse to come forward and said: "Ministry commander, although the heavy cavalry is fierce, but there are too few people and horses, let the subordinates break it with bows and arrows." ”
Ma Han is tying a large red flag to a heavy cavalry spear, on which with golden silk thread, embroidered with a yellow dragon with teeth and claws, struggling to break the chain, this is the banner of the Hange Department "Golden Dragon Broken Lock Flag".
Ma Han heard Wu Chai's worries, but shook his head firmly: "No! If you want to break the enemy cavalry, in addition to constantly weakening the chaos with bows and arrows, you must also dispatch heavy cavalry and perform a fatal blow, otherwise you will not be able to really break the enemy cavalry. Thirteen horsemen, less is a little less, but with the decline of the enemy's army, there may not be no chance of winning. ”
As soon as the mask was closed, the spear was erected, the huge spear was raised, and the banner flew like a small mast.
"Heavy cavalry, attack!"
The thirteen heavy cavalry lined up in a sharp arrow formation, with the golden dragon breaking lock flag as the arrow, carrying the momentum of thunder, like an arrow from the string, condescending, to the Karasuma people who were abandoning the ride because of the distressed war horse.
As soon as the heavy cavalry came out, the rain of arrows of the Hango cavalry came to an abrupt end.
The Karasuma people had probably never seen such armed hoplites to the teeth, and they were stunned one by one, and in horror, they raised their bows and shot arrows at these hoplites.
There was a crackling sound, and those bronze or wrought iron arrows were scattered in all directions by the thick armor of the iron helmet, and some powerful arrows pierced through the thick felt and pierced through the leather armor, but finally ran out of power and stuck in the felt of the heavy cavalry. However, in just a few breaths, almost every heavy cavalry was covered with dense arrows, including war horses, and looked like hedgehogs, not scary, but only scary.
Okay, enough, right? It's our turn!
Boom! The horse warrior who rushed to the front was the first to touch the enemy, and with a shot of the overlord spear, a panicked Karasuma man's knife was knocked away, his chest was knocked into the ground, and his back opened his mouth to spew out bloody broken internal organs, and the meat gourd fell like a few feet, and the bones rolled down the hillside.
Almost in no particular order, another Karasuma man was knocked away by a heavy gun, and his head was like a smashed watermelon.
This is the reason why Ma Han uses a blunt gun head instead of a sharp gun head, whether it is the low impulse of a fast horse or the terrifying power of Ma Han's mechanical arm, as long as the tip of the gun hits the enemy's body, it will either die or be disabled, and 100% lose its combat effectiveness. If the tip of the gun is sharp, under one blow, it will enter the body too deeply, and it will be difficult to pull it out, and the sticky blood stains will also affect the performance of the horseman. The blunt spear head has no such inconvenience at all, killing the enemy with one blow, leaving as soon as it is touched, waving a large flag, and not staining a drop of blood......
The heavy cavalry that followed behind the horseman, except for the three knights who used their own arm strength and used maces, which were special weapons for riding to break the foot, the remaining nine knights all used iron meteors, that is, iron meteor hammers. This kind of iron-clad meteor hammer, the chain is as thick as a finger, the hammer is as big as a fist, circling and waving, basically rubbing and hurting, knocking and battering, and smashing is a pit, and it is difficult not to die. It is best used in chaotic warfare.
A heavy giant gun opened the way, three maces flew up and down, nine iron meteors whirred and fluttered, and thirteen horsemen rode like a giant ship, running over the crowd and plowing out waves of blood.
Bang bang pop, the sound of hard objects colliding with the body is endless. The horses rode like flying, rampage all the way, and all the Karasuma people who stood in their way, whether they were foot soldiers or cavalry, were all kites. Many Karasuma people only had time to scream when they were stabbed into the air, and the terrible screams often flew over the heads of the Karasuma infantry soldiers, and then the heavy fall to the ground came to an abrupt end.
The Karasuma people finally knew that they were afraid, and when they saw the red shadow of the dragon flag from a distance, they jumped with their heads in their arms and ran in all directions.
Seeing this scene, Wu was overjoyed, and immediately grasped the fighter plane and slowly pressed it up. The rain of arrows from the Hango cavalry began to rain down again, and the arrows were endless, killing the already frightened Karasuma people all over the mountains and corpses.
Ma Han did not pursue in all directions, but kept the direction of the straight line, and his target was the fierce general at the bottom of the hill, who was firmly surrounded by the triple guards, Puffro.
Puffou was indeed jumping, his forehead bruised, and the corners of his eyes pulled high. I can't imagine that the enemy is only thirteen horsemen, even if the armor is better and the horses are stronger, how can he rush his hundreds of cavalry and infantry to a mess? But whether he understood it or not, the thirteen evil stars were already rushing straight towards him. As the distance narrowed, Pufflu could see the (thick) and frighteningly long super heavy gun held by the chief knight.
Pufforo was stunned, and subconsciously glanced down at the weapon in his hand, a three-foot ringed sword. Just use this three-foot knife to face that super-long giant spear? You can guess what the result is with a chrysanthemum.
"Up! Above! Intercept these damn ironclad monsters! Puffru, who has always called himself a warrior, also shrank into pinpoints with fear.
Puffru's guards gathered their bows and drew their swords, put on their arms and shields, and galloped out with their horses, and surrounded Hango and rode heavily.
Of the 500 Karasuma cavalry led by Pufferus, the real elite was his 50 cavalry tooth tent guards. This is the old foundation given to him by his father when he became an adult and set up his own department. And in the past ten years, he has injected a lot of new blood, and the combat effectiveness of the tooth tent guards has been maintained.
Most of the Karasuma cavalry wore only rudimentary leather armor, or no armor at all, and most of their swords and bows were homemade, and the quality was uneven, and some even had no saddles, only thick felt. Only the tooth tent guards are new in leather armor, saddle bridles, swords, axes, guns and bows are all standard, arrows are made of iron, and they are also equipped with cavalry round shields, and the equipment is not unsophisticated. But this qiē, in Ma Han's eyes, is no different from paper paste.
Bang bang bang! The heavy spear was everywhere, and the tip of the spear was dyed red, and although there was an extra shield for defense, it still couldn't change the end of the Karasuma people who were shocked to the point that they vomited blood and broke their arm bones and fell from their horses.
One, two, three, four...... Seven kites of Karasuma escort cavalry were released in a row, and the momentum of the tigers in the mountains was exhausted. At this time, only two Karasuma guards were left in front of them, and the rest of the guards were all severely attacked or isolated on both sides by the twelve Hango heavy horses, and there was no rescue time.
Kick off the two roadblocks, and in front of you, Pfru's angry and terrified eyes.
At this time, the momentum of the horse descending the mountain and the kinetic energy of the war horse's high-speed gallop have been exhausted due to the seven consecutive blows, and the speed has slowed down. Those two Karasuma guards had been shocked by Ma Yan's lore, and they were tormented in their hearts whether to step forward and die? At this time, when he saw that the opportunity had come, he immediately swung his knife and spear and struck together.
To deal with this kind of double or multi-person combined attack, Ma Han also has his own set of cracking techniques, the right arm holds the gun unchanged, and the left hand takes out a four-foot-long throwing gun from the leather bag next to the saddle behind the horse. The barrel of the gun is as thick as an egg, the head of the gun is half a foot long, and it is heavy to the hand. This kind of heavy throwing gun can be called a short- and medium-distance armor-piercing weapon, and even the best Mingguang armor for the protection guard can't stop it.
Call! Throwing a spear, a Karasuma guard pierced through his left chest, let out a tearing scream, and fell to the ground like a stone, and the warhorse that had lost its owner neighed away, leaving only a bloody place.
The other Karasuma guard was horrified and turned around to flee. The horse's feet clamped the horse's belly, and the silver arrow sensed the master's will, and suddenly exerted his strength to catch up with the enemy horseman. There was no need for the momentum of the war horse, the mechanical arm bent and flicked, and the thrust of several thousand catties drove the heavy gun to hit the back of the Karasuma guard.
There was a click, the spine shattered, and the iron fist-shaped spear head even drilled a bloody hole in the back. The Karasuma guards couldn't even scream, and they slammed on the ground like rotten meat.
Ma Tyrant pushed the mask, revealing his true face, and pointed his spear: "Puffou, before I make a move, surrender on the ground, otherwise under one blow, life and death will be up to heaven and man!" ”
Puffou made only one movement, throwing his sword and shield to the ground and fleeing from the saddle.
Ma Halden slammed his gun to the ground, stretched out his hand to stroke the sweaty mane of the silver arrow, and did not pursue. With the heavy armor he was wearing, and with the exhaustion of horsepower, it was impossible to catch up with a rabbit that had broken his guts, and there was no need to chase him, because he had won.
The Karasuma people had been crushed by the rain of arrows from Hango's archers, and the bloody plough of the heavy cavalry was even more devastating, and the main commander Pufforo fled, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Looking at the Karasuma people running under the small branch mountain from afar, Yan Rou and his thirty-odd riders had expressions on their faces as if they had just received thirty slaps. Silence, suffocating silence.
After a long time, Yan Rou exhaled a sullen breath and sighed: "When Gongsun Zhan, the Marquis of Ji, was the lieutenant of Zhuo County, he led dozens of horsemen out to patrol the border and encountered hundreds of Xianbei cavalry. Ji Hou retreated to the empty pavilion and said to the entourage, "If you don't take the initiative to attack, you will be killed." Then he took the spear and rode the horse to lead the team to rush and kill the Xianbei people, covering his body with wounds, killing and wounding dozens of people. Xianbei people take this as a warning, and they no longer dare to enter the customs barrier lightly. Now this Han Ge is handsome and strong, and his courage is better than that of the Ji Marquis back then, and the elite of his cavalry is also above the Youzhou soldiers. It seems that in this desert north land, there is another white horse warrior. ”
Yan Rou just sighed, while Karasuma wanted to cry without tears. Due to the fact that most of the horses were injured hooves, the Karasuma people could not even use the nomadic people's best habit of "swarming if you win, and scattering when you lose", which was the most helpless habit of the Han Dynasty, and were chased by the Han cavalry one by one, looking at the larger and larger arrows in despair......
The people of Karasuma were defeated worse than the Xianbei people on the banks of the wet water that day. The Xianbei people played heads-up, and they could still retreat with the whole army, while the Karasuma people played group fighting, and the final result was the annihilation of the whole army.