Volume 3 Mending the Crack in the Sky Chapter 194 Banquet Hongmen (37)
The two sides rode first, and suddenly they crashed into the sky!
Under the strict protection of the infantry array, the cavalry on the north bank of the Song army had long been divided into three teams. The hard one met him. Almost in the blink of an eye, hundreds of thousands of riders on both sides did not retreat at all, without the slightest dodge, and collided suddenly without any tricks!
The neighing of war horses resounded on the north shore of the Lan River. How many people turned on their backs at one time, how many blades stabbed into their bodies at one time, how many blood splashed out at one time, and how many screams burst out of their chests!
The cavalry on both sides were red-eyed, and one side wanted to entangle the opponent on both sides of the river no matter what. One side also wants to defeat the opponent in front of him no matter what, and fight a bloody way for the thousands of robes who have struggled so far. The two sides no longer talk about formation, array, or offensive cooperation, they are just entangled and scuffled together, just fighting desperately with their heads stuffy!
The sound of blades breaking armor, the muffled screams of people, the sound of war horses falling to the ground with a wail, and the tooth-sore sound of sharp weapons cutting into flesh and blood, sounded intensively. The entire battle formation of the cavalry melee has become a Shura field.
The Song army's retreating infantry army was also divided into two groups at this time, holding one long army, and turned to besiege and move forward. He wants to help the war with long soldiers.
But more archers are turning to the river bank and thickening the river bank array. These archers are really useless in such a scuffle. Once you shoot indiscriminately, it is more likely to hurt your own horses.
So these archers lined up near the river, preparing to cover the crossing of their own army, and to pick up as many men and horses as possible.
The Song army stepped forward with long soldiers, and the Jurchen cavalry immediately divided its men and horses to expand to the two wings to cover. There is no need for someone to command, so the changes are made in this way. After separating the rangers, they stepped into the array of the Song army's long soldiers who were hurrying forward. Stomping like crazy. Kill and slash!
The Song army's commanders and infantry troops immediately surrounded and moved forward. Stabbing with a spear. But for a while, he was restrained by the Jurchen rangers, and he couldn't reinforce his own cavalry. The knights of the two sides can only ride against each other like this, and fight to the death!
There were more than 700 Jurchen cavalry marching in. The cavalry army assembled by the Song army on the north bank was about 1,000 horsemen. The two sides scuffled in a small battlefield, exchanging human lives with each other.
Although the number of knights of the Song army had a slight upper hand, they really fought. But he was suppressed to death. For a while, there was a tendency to be invincible.
The reasons for this are not complicated.
Purely riding against riding, the combat power of the Jurchen cavalry was originally higher than that of Yang Keshi. And the horsepower of the Jurchen cavalry is also better than that of the Song army, which came from fighting all the way. Some of the knights of the Song army had lost their fat and skinny horses under their crotches, and they could only advance slowly, and they couldn't even rush up.
With such a fancy-free fight, I saw that the Jurchen Iron Cavalry continued to move forward. And the knights of the Song army were killed layer by layer. These fierce and fierce Jurchen warriors rushed out of the white mountains and black waters, and went on an expedition to the barren desert, with blood-red eyes, distorted hideous faces, and their clothes and armor stained with blood. There are still many negative wounds, and the battle is still fierce. They also continued to have knights fall from their horses, but they did not stop moving forward. They have only one goal in mind. It is to kill through the array and sweep the entire north shore of the Lan River!
And at this moment, on the south bank, the cavalry of the Jurchen brigade, which had been arrayed in the west, also moved at the same time.
The Jurchen cavalry on the south bank is larger, and once it rushes forward, it will shake the mountains even more!
And the Song army marched on the ground, relying on the earthen fortress, and waited calmly. No one was slightly shaken by the galloping momentum of a thousand horses in front of him.
In such a scene, I fought all the way to break through, and I don't know how many times I have seen it!
On top of the earthen ramparts, a hundred arrows are concurrent. Mu Yu Short Arrow submerged into the Jurchen cavalry formation, and immediately dozens of horses fell off their horses, and many people were immediately trampled into flesh.
However, the Jurchen army horses did not slow down in the slightest, and the first Jurchen army drew their bows one after another, throwing a round of arrows in the air, and then another round.
Feather arrows covered the sky and the sun, and on top of the earth barrier that had been stained red with blood, countless arrow feathers were suddenly added to the soil and shook endlessly. And the archers of the Song army, who relied on the earthen fortress to fight, suddenly some people were shot and fell. Fortunately, the bow and bow were not strong, and the Song army, which was wounded, still gritted their teeth and insisted on the earthen ramparts, ignoring the Jurchen iron cavalry getting closer and closer, and bent down to step on the strings and install crossbows. And then another round of arrows spilled out!
There were about 500 Song troops relying on earthen fortresses for the final defense, and it was already an establishment of three commanders together. A commander of the middle chamber of the Yan army sat in command and fought.
His subordinate sons and daughters were striking, he didn't even look at it, and he didn't care too much about where the Jurchen Tartars were approaching. I just kept turning my head to look at the raft that was crossing the river, at the north bank where the battle was raging, and at the people and horses who were still gathering at the ferry.
The general just gritted his teeth and said: "Hurry up, faster!" Kill it early! That's just the last step! ”
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Yang Keshi was on the raft of the present, looking at the north shore where the bloody battle was being fought. Rao is boatman had already exerted all his strength to support the raft, but he still felt that the raft was motionless, and he held the iron shovel in his hand, and his fingers were already completely white.
The leader broke out from the Weishui River Valley, turned to battle all the way, and left the broken queen all the way. Now it's just that last step. Just smash the Jurchen Tartars on the North Shore!
At this moment, it seemed that the souls of Erlang who had fought to the death after thousands of breaks suddenly gathered on the water of Qilan. The waves were stirring up, pushing these seventy or eighty rafts to speed up again!
The sergeant who supported the penny on the river that day, if he had the rest of his bloody life, he could die peacefully on the bed. For decades to come, I swore to everyone.
At that time, he really felt that every penny suddenly became much lighter, and each penny sent the heavy raft faster!
At that moment, these brothers who died in battle were really there!
The raft shook and finally hit the north shore. Yang Keshi had already led the mount to jump into the water first, rolled up the splash and turned over on the horse. Awe-inspiring glance back.
Dozens of rafts crashed into the shore one after another, and countless Song Army soldiers just rushed into the water, just following his footsteps closely!
Yang Keshi raised the iron shovel, just a move in the air. I don't say much, I just lead by example. Whip up your faithful mounts and head straight to the riverbank to fight your way through the melee! (To be continued......)
PS: The number of words is really small, but every word is coded out by gritting teeth. Oscar is telling the truth, not asking for a monthly pass. It's just to let the readers understand that Oscar has done his best.