Chapter 17: Canny is not needed to control the stubborn (4)
Xia Quan was also attracted by this sound, and when he recovered a little bit from the bloodthirsty fight, he immediately realized the danger he was in.
"Steward!" Lu Ping rushed up from behind in a rage: "Zheng Yunming, this rotten Confucian, actually wants to surround us!" ”
Xia Quan was furious and shouted: "The rats dare to do this!" ”
"Shall we withdraw now?"
Xia Quan glared at Lu Ping fiercely: "What are you afraid of!" If he dares to copy our back road, we won't rush his camp! As long as he enters the camp and captures Zheng Yunming alive, what if he steals his wings? It's still us who wins! ”
He raised the iron knife in his hand high and roared loudly: "Sons, follow me into the camp!" ”
Feeling that they were being cornered, the De'an military gate burst out with amazing combat effectiveness, and they frantically rushed forward to the queue of the Tulong Army, rushing the queue of the spear phalanx to pieces, and the recruits in the rear team threw down their spears one after another and wanted to escape into the camp, but they were all blocked back by the back army supervising in the rear team.
Ge Huai found himself facing more and more enemies, and the soldiers of the De'an Army surrounded the front team in the back, almost opening a gap in the central formation of the Tulong Army in the collision of bodies, shields, and iron armor.
"Charge! Charge to the camp! Lupin roared loudly and waved his iron whip, and rushed ahead.
Behind him were countless De'an rebels who let out desperate roars.
But they immediately found out that attacking the battalion was already an impossible thing to do.
Standing in front of them were three rows of crossbowmen waiting in battle.
Dai Yanwu placed the crossbow flat on his chest, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the enemy who was rushing madly in Wangshan.
"Shoot!"
A row of crossbow arrows shot out like meteors, and dozens of soldiers of the De'an army who rushed to the strongest were either killed or wounded.
"Second team, shoot!"
"Third team, shoot!"
After three waves of firing, the momentum of the De'an rebels had weakened a lot, and the crossbowmen broke off and retreated, giving up the stage to today's protagonists.
The convoy was lined up one by one, and behind it was covered by the elite pikemen of the forward battalion, and the charioteers pushed forward.
The spears sticking out of each chariot combined to form a formidable defensive line.
But what is even more intimidating is the bamboo generals who have been waiting for the chariot, and the black holes of the cannons are aimed at the De'an generals who have no concept of this weapon for the time being.
At the order to fire, the convoy was immediately enveloped in a huge roar, jets of fire, and black smoke, and the rebels who were charging in spite of it were blurred by the blood and flesh of the lead and stone bullets that were being sprayed at close range. Many of the lead bullets pierced the bodies of several people in succession, causing the entire area of De'an soldiers to fall together.
This beast that spews flames and dies gives a completely different sense of intimidation at close range than when launched on the city walls. Almost everyone in the vanguard of the De'an rebels immediately turned around and tried to flee, except for a few who were stunned and unable to move.
They immediately collided with the influx of soldiers, confused, struggling, trampling on each other, and although the large camp of the Song army in front of them was close at hand, the De'an army had no hope of breaking it.
All that was left was the encirclement of the Tulong Army, which was shrinking step by step.
At this time, behind the De'an rebels, the two elite troops of the Tulong Army at both ends were already close to the division, and once they closed the gap, the De'an soldiers would have no way out.
Suddenly, a fast and accurate arrow came from the periphery of the encirclement.
One hundred Tanma Red Army formed a formation, galloping with flying horses while constantly shooting at the Song army in front with their riding bows. Their purpose was obvious, to break out of a road and rescue the enemy forces in the encirclement.
This is the most critical moment of the war, the two sides are engaged in bloody battles in the encirclement, and the slightest mistake on the part of either side can tip the balance of war in favor of defeat.
The battle-hardened Bernaitai understands that at this time, only the slightest movement can affect the most difficult victory.
The two sides were holding each other with all their might, and at this time, even a light feather landing on the camel's back could break the solid backbone.
What's more, it was a hundred knights selected by the Great Khan's subordinates.
Bernatai rushed forward and shouted, "Charge at full speed!" Rescue the Great Khan's soldiers from the Sinan Si people! ”
Before he could finish speaking, an arrow flew from the oblique stab and pierced the head of one of the probes beside him, and the knight dismounted, dragged by the horse, and ran away.
Coming from the flank were fifty Song cavalry.
In the ambush of Yanjia Village, the dozens of war horses captured by the Song army by luck became the most cherished trophies of Zheng Yunming's combat effectiveness in the first stage.
He selected fifty soldiers to form one of his earliest cavalry units.
Although it was only fifty rides, it was a good start.
Zheng Yunming was not worried about handing over this unit to an officer who was not skilled in horsemanship, and the result of the argument was only that Qin Wu, who was familiar with archery and horse kung fu in the north, acted as the commander of this cavalry squad.
Seeing that it was extremely rare for a cavalry in the Song army to challenge him, Bo Naitai could not suppress his excitement, turned his horse's head, gave up the infantry of the Song army in front, and rushed towards Qin Wu's cavalry with all his might.
Since Jinghu went all the way south, his Tanma Red Army cavalry team has been like a lonely goshawk, roaming in the sky above the land of Sinan Siren, and most of the captured are infantry. The feeling of longing to compete with the enemy's elite cavalry is becoming more and more solemn day by day.
Today, I suddenly saw the cavalry of the Song army, which I had never seen before, appear, and the desire to fight burst out. He longed to boast of his exploits to Tachar Nayan with his enemy's nose and warhorse.
Qin Wu whistled, and the cavalry squad of the Tulong Army followed closely behind him, forming a queue of geese, charging towards the enemy.
From the beginning, Qin Wu's goal was not to gain an advantage in close horse combat. Although this can be said to be the only specialty that cavalry can uphold since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. But these recruits, who had only been able to obtain horses for a long time, could barely control even the gallop of their horses, let alone rush to kill.
Today's victory or defeat is on him alone.
He had to use the fastest speed to finish off the opponent's leader before the enemy cavalry had time to approach the siege.
Fortunately, the enemy general did not know that the cavalry of the Song army actually had no real combat power, and they were bent on setting up their positions and preparing for the battle.
When he was surprised to find that Song Jun did not spread out the same formation, but just rushed towards him, he immediately understood that the other party's target was actually himself.
The normal choice would be to turn the horse's head at once, quickly retreat in the opposite direction, and turn around as you gallop to shoot arrows to kill and wound the pursuing enemy, while at the same time mobilizing your companions to gradually gather and use bows and arrows to consume the enemy's forces before fighting.
But Benai Tai chose to hedge against Qin Wu's horse's head.
Every Kereh has a knot in his heart, that is, when it comes to melee combat, he loses to the Qiyan tribe in hand-to-hand combat, and since he was a child, his father and brother often lamented that if Wang Han's subordinates could compete with the Qiyan tribe on the blade and not fall behind, then the people who now control thousands of miles of land and tens of millions of households may not be the Mongols, but the Kereh.
If he wants to prove that his horse-white blade kung fu is no worse than any cavalry in the beggar headquarters, he starts with this oncoming Sinan Si leader.
In an instant, the two fast horses had reached the point where their heads were facing each other.
Bernaitai swung the silver-inlaid iron spear in his palm and stabbed at the Sinan leader opposite him at lightning speed.
This is the treasure weapon he snatched from a slashed Jin general when he was in Sanfeng Mountain, and he has not yet achieved battle results in his hand, and today this iron spear will once again lick the taste of human blood.
But the other party is not as easy to deal with as Bernatai thought.
Between the lightning and flint, Qin Wu turned sideways, and the iron spear grazed the iron armor from under his ribs.
Qin Wu grabbed the iron spear tightly with his arm.
The cavalry chase in Mobei is dominated by arrow battles, and even the weapons of white-knuckle confrontation are varied, and so on. However, the cavalry of the Central Plains from very early on, they specialized in the use of spears or weapons such as long ones.
They even treat snatching spear weapons from oncoming enemies as a kind of daily game. This kind of atmosphere reached its peak during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the top master who won the slightest was Wei Chi Jingde, a henchman under the command of Tang Taizong, who was respected as the god of the door. Legend has it that in a game of grabbing the king of Qi, Li Yuanji, who is famous in the world for wielding spears, he snatched the noble body of the king of Qi from Yuanji five times without hurting him.
From the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, when the heavy cavalry was increasing, the horse spear and the accompanying kung fu declined together. But it was still a popular fashion in the armies of the North.
Qin Wu is a well-known master in the Jiaoxi area.
After passing the slight momentum of the spear, he snatched the iron spear into his arms.
Bo Naitai felt that a strong force on the other side shook the iron spear out of his hands, and even his body was crooked by the way.
At the moment when the horses were staggered, Qin Wu crossed the iron spear, swept the waist eye of Bo Naitai with the barrel of the oak wooden spear, and shouted: "Go down!" ”
A spear knocked Bernatai off his mount.
However, at the snap of the fingers, the hundred households of the Tanma Red Army had already been beaten down by the acting commander Qin Wu.
Several Tulong cavalry rushed up and added swords and spears to the fallen Baihu.
When the nearby Tanma Red cavalry saw that the leader had been captured, they shouted loudly and rushed to the rescue.
Qin Wu placed the iron spear horizontally in front of the saddle, took off the iron tire bow, bowed the arrow, and shot more than ten Mao Ling feather arrows in a short period of time.
Every time he let go of the bowstring, one of the red knights of the horse must have fallen from his horse with an arrow.
The cavalry of the Earth Dragon Army silently gathered around the commander, dancing the regimental badge on their arms to shield the commander from a rain of arrows to fight back, which was the only thing they could do at present.
Seeing that Qin Wu could not be injured in a short period of time, the counterattack of this guy became more and more sharp, and the leader was captured and lost his command, so they had to shout loudly to their companions and fled in the direction of De'an.