502. Cavalry duel
Zhang Xiu was already exhausted, but a force suddenly emerged in his heart, reinforcements had arrived, not only for him, but also for thousands of soldiers who could no longer hold on, it was also a great excitement.
"Killing"
Zhang Xiu shouted, and thousands of ecstatic defenders woke up like a dream, hurriedly waving the swords and guns in their hands, or carrying sandalwood or stones, to block the enemy's attack.
Gongsun Kang and the Liaodong army were attracted by the city, although the scouts were scattered, they had already been trampled into mud by the horses' hooves, so it was Zhang Xiu, who lived on the high city wall, who discovered the arrival of reinforcements in the first time.
Gongsun Kang, who had his back to the rear, stared at the swarming crowd, the shouting of killing obviously covered Zhang Xiu's warning that reinforcements were coming, and it was not until the ground began to tremble lightly that Gongsun Kang and the Liaodong Army suddenly turned around.
Gongsun Kang's face changed drastically, and he suddenly looked back, his pupils shrank suddenly.
"Not good"
Gongsun Kang's reaction was not slow, and just as the black shadow gradually enlarged, his heart suddenly shook, and he had already guessed in his heart that the person who came was not a stun.
"Except for the two battalions on the left and right, the other five battalions all retreated"
Gongsun Kang hurriedly shouted, how dare the commanders around him dare to dare, the horn sounded, and even a few commanders personally ran to the front line of the attack, Gongsun Kang did not panic and lose his mind, and did not withdraw all the horses, but transferred the four battalions of soldiers and horses that were originally cavalry back.
The Liaodong Army can indeed be said to be elite, but when it was tired, it still quickly returned to the reinforcements below, and there were nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses in the fifth battalion, and many of them were out of breath. But he still stayed up and moved closer to Gongsun Kang.
"Get on the horse"
Gongsun Kang pulled out the long sword hanging from his waist. With hundreds of guards as the core. There were five battalions of soldiers and horses in front of the front and on the left and right.
In an uproar, nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses turned over and mounted their horses, hugging Gongsun Kang, vigilantly looking at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and seeing more and more clearly.
Black armor with horses, although Liaodong also produces horses, but it is not as good as the horses produced in Liangzhou, in terms of body. The war horses under the crotch of the Liaodong Army were already inferior to the attacking tiger and wolf army.
The tiger and wolf army has many cavalry, accounting for 60% of the 200,000 soldiers and horses in Yuan Shang's hands, which is also the reason why the Xianbei people are gradually afraid that Yuan Shang does not dare to raise horses to enter the Jin, and this time they came to quell the rebellion in Youzhou, for the sake of efficiency, Gao Shun and Zang Ba's counterinsurgency soldiers and horses, all of them are cavalry, and the 30,000 iron horsemen roared together, and the momentum was definitely not small, and it was no wonder that Gongsun Kang would put on such a look of waiting.
Gao Shun and Zang Ba had already ordered people to wear the costumes of the Wuheng people. only to find out, actually. There is still a gap between the two, and if you really want to get close to the Liaodong Army, you will be discovered immediately, so you simply throw away the clothes of the Wuheng people and choose a hard battle.
Fortunately, Gao Shun and Zang Ba have already anticipated it, don't look at the Liaodong army, the siege of the city for a day, not only Zhang Xiu is tired, the Liaodong army is also very tired, in comparison, the state of the 30,000 tiger and wolf army is much better, the two comparisons, the advantages and weaknesses are also revealed.
"Kill"
Zang Ba and Gao Shun shouted angrily in unison, the majestic horn sounded suddenly, and the 30,000 black-armored iron horsemen shouted to kill, and as soon as they increased their speed, the violent sound of running seemed to shake the mountains.
Gongsun Kang is in the center of the team, in this plain area, the Liaodong army will not be afraid of anyone, the two armies are fighting head-on, especially the duel between the cavalry, this plain, is the best battlefield.
"Kill"
The sword hanging from Gongsun Kang's waist fell, the tiger and wolf army was menacing, and the Liaodong army was not afraid, so he suddenly grabbed the horse's belly and bravely met it.
The distance between the two was less than a kilometer, a distance that the cavalry could penetrate in an instant, and the cavalry teams on both sides were in the form of wedge-shaped insertions, and then slammed into each other.
The standard spear of the Tiger and Wolf Fierce Army was pinned to the saddle, and as they ran at high speed, they suddenly rained down with arrows, like falling rain, and cold arrows were all in sight.
The bow and arrow of the Tiger Wolf Fierce Army have always been hanging from the saddle, holding the spear on one side, and the two can be switched back and forth, the key is to see if the knight's ability can make a rapid transition between the two, without being shot by the enemy first.
The Liaodong Army, which was obviously panicked, was a little slower, and the 30,000 iron cavalry led by Gao Shun and Zang Ba were full of spirit and physical strength in comparison, and they did far surpass the Liaodong Army that had been fighting for a day in terms of reaction power.
The rain of arrows pierced through their bodies, and in the first wave, there were nearly a thousand people who fell from the horses, of course, compared to the number of soldiers and horses of the fifth battalion, which numbered nearly 40,000, the damage of nearly 1,000 people was nothing.
After the first wave of arrows of the tiger and wolf army, the distance between the two was shortened by half, and the revenge of the Liaodong army was imminent, and the arrows were shot out angrily.
The casualties are also hundreds, this is the most brutal duel, there is no barrier of the city, and it is not that the foot soldiers still carry shields in their hands, the cavalry fight, it has always been bloody and simple, either you die or I go, the cavalry fight is to play the heartbeat, the bet is which side is the first to rout, and the other side can take advantage of the victory to pursue, this is the simplest, but also the most decisive kind of battle.
The combat quality of the five battalions of cavalry of the Liaodong Army is not bad, and there are really not many troops that can make the Falcon Intelligence Team participate in the common ranking of the first and second first ranks, and even the Yangzhou army of the veteran prince Yuan Shu is slightly inferior.
Hundreds of corpses were left behind, and the frontal death of hand-to-hand combat officially began.
Gao Shun and Zang Ba's faces were solemn, after all, the Liaodong Army was also an army composed of veterans who had experienced a hundred battles, and they had been entrenched in Liaodong for so many years, and their combat effectiveness had not decreased at all.
The 30,000 iron cavalry of the Tiger Wolf Fierce Army, the front is the 800 trapping camp, and the iron wolf battalion tempered by Zang Ba himself, the number is not large, but they are all sharp knives.
The sharp knives composed of the two battalions of the trapping camp and the iron wolf battalion stabbed fiercely at the Liaodong Army, and the awe-inspiring momentum, accompanied by the neighing of horses, suddenly made people feel a little excited.
"Trap~"
"Iron Wolf~"
With a roar full of strength, the two battalions took the lead in colliding head-on with the Liaodong Army.
"Boom~"
Like waves crashing on the ground, two torrents collided suddenly, the black tiger and wolf army roared like thunder, and the red Liaodong army spread like fire.
Zhang Xiu on the city tower held the battlements with one hand, the arrival of reinforcements, so that Gongsun Kang had to evacuate the five battalions of soldiers and horses, the two battalions of soldiers and horses attacking the city for the defenders of the city, it is not a fatal hazard, this, I believe that Gongsun Kang can also see that the reason why he left the two battalions of infantry soldiers and horses under the city to continue the attack, its purpose is only to contain Zhang Xiu, so the strength of the attack is not large, thousands of remnants on the city even nearly 70,000 soldiers and horses have blocked, blocking more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the two battalions, naturally no problem.
Zhang Xiu really wanted to go out of the city and fight head-on with the Liaodong Army, but, due to practical factors, he had no ability to kill out of the city at all, although the 10,000 enemy troops under the city made his pressure a lot less, but this is based on the premise of having the city as a barrier, the remaining thousands of defenders, the old soldiers are less than 2,000, and the rest are the disciples and guards who are the servants and the contributions of the big clans.
Therefore, all he could do was to watch the fight between his reinforcements and the Liaodong Army on the city wall, as a military general, he became a spectator of the battle, and his heart was naturally extremely uncalm.
"Let's fight"
Zhang Xiu sighed lightly, and aimed his spear at the soldiers and horses of the second battalion of Liaodong under the city, his eyes were gradually covered by fierceness, and his heart was much more stable for the gains and losses of Yuyang City.
On the other side, the two cavalry also launched the bloodiest killing, whether it was the tiger and wolf iron cavalry composed of the free and quiet and cool, or the Liaodong iron cavalry, they were all first-class cavalry in the world, and the scene was indeed extraordinary, the ground roared like an earthquake, the dust was flying, and the sky was a little darker. (To be continued......)