Chapter 188: First Victory
When Qin Huaiyu and Niu Jinda won the victory in the middle road, Tuyuhun and the left and right armies fell into the trap set by Li Su a long time ago.
Using the long range of the compound bow, when the Tuyuhun cavalry rushed forward, the archers threw more than 20 times in a row, and 1,500 archers shot out more than 20,000 arrows, and the powerful arrows rose into the air and fell like raindrops, and the cavalry galloping Tuyuhun fell in pieces like wheat blown by the wind in the rain of arrows, and the front cavalry fell, and the rear cavalry had no time to dodge and could only step on the body of the soldiers in front, even if the fallen cavalry was not hit by the arrows, they were buried under the hooves of their own people.
Xue Rengui commanded the archers in the middle of the infantry, and from time to time asked the archers to adjust the direction to attack the dense parts of the cavalry, but the cavalry was cavalry after all, and the advantage was that it was extremely fast, and it crossed the firing area of the arrows in an instant.
"The archers shoot freely, and the foot soldiers are ready." The Tuyuhun cavalry arrived in front of him in a blink of an eye, Xue Rengui shouted, and when he heard his order, the Mo knife team immediately knelt on one knee in front of the three-meter-wide passage, and the nearly two-meter-long Mo knife was tilted upwards at forty-five degrees, ready to meet the cavalry, while the other sword and shield men were also standing on the edge of the trench, just waiting for the cavalry to enter the trap.
The Tang Dynasty's foot soldiers were in front of them, and the Tuyuhun cavalry roared like a beast in their mouths again, and the arrow salvo just now made them lose a large number of men and horses, watching their companions fall, which made them extremely angry, and they only wanted to chop these Tang people into pieces, they believed that it was easy to deal with these five or six thousand people with the advantage of cavalry, and they could destroy this group of infantry with a simple charge, which was their experience gained from years of fighting, and they also firmly believed in this.
Murong Shun was in the first half, he already felt that something was wrong, although the rain of arrows from the Songzhou defenders caused them heavy losses, but the impact of the left and right armies could still make this group of foot soldiers die, but now this group of defenders was as usual, without a trace of panic.
The defenders of Songzhou were already close at hand. In the blink of an eye, he could rush in front of them, the Tuyuhun soldiers raised their weapons at this time, although Murong Shun was a little puzzled, but among the ten thousand troops, he could not retreat and could only rush forward, but the next moment, he suddenly saw the most terrifying scene in his life, the cavalry in front of him suddenly fell down like the dumplings he saw in Chang'an, and suddenly the miserable howls of people and war horses resounded on the battlefield.
"Tricked, retreat, retreat!" Murong Shun pulled the reins tightly. The order to retreat was shouted hoarsely, but the thousands of cavalry in front of him could not stop the inertia and fell into the pit, the first pit was filled by horses and soldiers, the cavalry behind continued to charge, and then fell into the next pit, and so on.
His body was instantly soaked in cold sweat, and Murong Shun took the remaining five thousand cavalry to retreat without turning back, and an intuition told him that he couldn't continue to charge, otherwise there would be no more of these five thousand people.
And the Heavenly Pillar King on the other side also encountered such a situation. He did the same thing as Murong Shun - retreat, and at this time there was only deep fear left in his heart, this group of Songzhou defenders was too terrifying, not just well-armed. It's even more insidious one after another.
But when he turned to flee, he was desperate again, and a bloody Songzhou cavalry appeared in his eyes, and the horses of this group of cavalry walked in neat steps. The rumbling sound was like thunder in the sky, and the earth seemed to tremble, and the Tuyuhun cavalry was in chaos. No one wanted to fight this group of cavalry anymore and flee for their lives.
Qin Huaiyu and Niu Jinda led the cavalry to rush left and right among the fleeing Tuyuhun cavalry, like chasing ducks, and drove the remaining Tuyuhun cavalry back to the camp.
"Hahaha...... Murong Lao'er, dare to open the door to fight! Qin Huaiyu scolded Murong Fuyun standing on the watchtower with his war horse and brandished his spear.
Murong Fuyun's face turned red and blue, blue and red, he didn't expect the combat power of this group of Songzhou cavalry to be so strong, he personally watched the four Tuyuhun cavalry slash around a Songzhou cavalry for a long time, but the man was not injured at all, and finally killed all four Tuyuhun cavalrymen.
Niu Jinda also laughed, but he understood that it was not appropriate to fall in love with war at this time, and the Tuyuhun army had not lost its combat effectiveness, so he said to Qin Huaiyu: "Huaiyu don't fall in love with war, hurry up and clean up the battlefield, the war horse is a good thing, don't be taken back by the Tuyuhun people." ”
Now the battlefield is full of abandoned war horses, some are abandoned, some are killed by their masters, and there are many wounded war horses lying on the ground, and they can't survive.
Qin Huaiyu looked back, there were at least tens of thousands of war horses on this battlefield, and now Tuyuhun was frightened and didn't dare to fight, he turned his horse's head and shouted: "The soldiers drive the horses back." ”
When the soldiers heard this, they lined up and began to drive their horses.
On the city wall, Li Yu smiled and handed the telescope to Zhu Youzhi, "Qin Huaiyu, this guy finally has some ability!" ”
Zhu Youzhi was also shocked in his heart, "It is indeed a fact that Qin Huaiyu and General Niu are brave, but the gap between armor and weapons is the foundation of the victory in this battle. ”
Li Su secretly thought that it was natural, this plate armor was the equipment that dominated Europe in the sixteenth century, and most cold weapons were helpless against it, not to mention that Li Su's plate armor was made of high-strength duralumin alloy purchased from modern times, and the composite bow was used even by modern armies.
At this time, the 5,000 foot soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, and in the face of the Songzhou soldiers like a steel fortress, the vast majority of the Tuyuhun soldiers chose to surrender, and those who resisted stubbornly were also shot by the archers.
Looking at the chaotic battlefield, Li Su said to Zhu Youzhi: "It's too slow to rely on soldiers to clean up these battlefields, you go and move the people of Songzhou to clean up the battlefield, all the intact war horses and weapons are collected back to the camp, and the wounded war horses and those dead war horses will be distributed to the people, and there will be a fierce battle at night, save some body for the soldiers!" ”
"Yes, Your Highness!" Zhu Youzhi ordered the city wall to go down.
The news of the victory in the first battle soon spread in Songzhou City under Zhu Youzhi's deliberate propaganda, the people opened their doors and poured into the streets, some bold people went around outside the city, and after coming back, they hyped the news of the victory of the Songzhou defenders, and the people were relieved, and they poured out of the city to clean up the battlefield under the command of the soldiers.
The people were relieved, and Songzhou City quickly resumed the usual hustle and bustle, but the army of Tuyuhun outside the city was still there, and preliminary statistics showed that Tuyuhun only lost 15,000 people in this battle, and it did not hurt the muscles and bones.
"The plan for the night continues, they definitely didn't think that at night we would climb over the mountains and attack directly from the inner belly of their camp, Zhu Youzhi's task will be handed over to you for unified command, and whoever dares not to listen to your command will be tied up directly." In the Songzhou battalion, Li Su rearranged the attack at night, and this battle would decide the outcome of the battle.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Zhu Youzhi responded, but Qin Huaiyu and Niu Jinda were embarrassed and didn't dare to speak.
"Niu Jinda and this king personally led the cavalry in pursuit, and this time there can be no more mistakes." Li Su's side was not without losses, one hundred and twenty cavalry were slightly wounded, thirty-three were seriously wounded, and twenty were trampled to death by war horses, this number made Li Su feel a pain in his flesh, although such a record was enough for other armies to be proud of, but this number could have been reduced, because none of the foot soldiers and archers who held the trench were killed, only a few were slightly wounded.
Li Su originally wanted to dispose of the two, but Zhu Youzhi persuaded Li Su to say after the battle tonight, although the two of them disobeyed the battlefield but established their merits, otherwise they would not have been able to have such a gain, and the punishment at this time would inevitably make the two of them have a pimple in their hearts, which will affect tonight's sneak attack.
The generals were ordered to lead their own teams from the trail south of the city to the mountains and forests on the side of the camp in Tuyuhun, and the cavalry in Songzhou City who had just experienced a big battle also had eaten and rested.
Different from the festive scene in Songzhou City, the Tuyuhun camp was filled with a strange atmosphere at this time, and the Tuyuhun soldiers no longer looked like they were flying and domineering, but like frosted eggplants, wilted.
"Father Khan, retreat! If you continue to fight, you will not have a chance of winning. In the Tugu Hun tooth tent, Murong Shun said almost in a pleading tone.
Murong Fuyun remembered the scene of being humiliated by Qin Huaiyu during the day, and kicked Murong Shun in the stomach without getting angry, "You coward, you have lived with the Tang people for a few years, have you forgotten the bloody nature of our Tugu body?" If this revenge is not avenged, what face do I have to be this khan. ”
Murong Shun staggered to the ground, being humiliated by Murong Fuyun like this on such an occasion, he suddenly became angry and bloody, his face turned red, he had been dissatisfied with Murong Fuyun's abolition of his crown prince for a long time, and at this time, he was even more desperate for this father Khan.
The King of Heavenly Pillar pretended to help Murong Shun up, but there was a look of ridicule in his eyes, and when Murong Shun saw it, he was even more annoyed, and shook off the hand of the King of Heavenly Pillar.
Murong Fuyun was not stingy yet, seeing Murong Shun like this to his confidant minister, he raised his hand to fight again, at this time the Tianzhu King said: "Khan, now is not the time to be angry, the defenders of Songzhou should not be underestimated, we should still think long-term." ”
A general stood up and said: "Khan, the Songzhou garrison only has 3,000 cavalry, if it weren't for today's division of troops and falling into the tricks of the Tang people, we would not have suffered such heavy losses. ”
"Well, that makes sense." Murong Fuyun nodded, "Today is careless, but our troops are still five times that of the Tang people, and I will take revenge for that humiliation tomorrow." ”
Looking at Murong Fuyun and then looking at the other conceited generals, Murong Shun understood that it was useless to persuade again, and he didn't want to continue to persuade him, maybe Murong Fuyun never looked at him, because he was not a pure Tuyuhun person, and he still had half of the blood of the Han people in his blood. (To be continued......) Tips: The new domain name "www.hh23.cc" has been activated, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!