Chapter 117: I'm going to win again
The unexpected snowflakes made the hearts of both sides of the battle nervous: the snow was at the beginning of the season, and the impact on the cavalry combat was not too great, and once the snow fell heavily, it not only affected the line of sight, but also added many uncontrollable factors to the battlefield out of thin air.
Everyone understands this truth, and as a result, the rhythm of the entire battlefield has suddenly accelerated!
Nine thousand Xi tribes and Khitan elites worked hard at their feet, beating horses and moving forward; After that, thousands of elite cavalry also roared forward and rushed head-on. The remnants of the shield and horse rejection arrays withdrew to the sides, giving up the battlefield to the cavalry.
On the battlefield, the elite cavalry of the Liao State in the north was dressed in mixed clothes, but the horse speed was uniform, and the silent cavalry gave people invisible pressure; The formation of the Great Zhou Jingqi in the north is slightly untidy, but all the clothes are uniform and bright, and the call sign is like a mountain and a tsunami, but it is also pressing. Coincidentally, neither side fired arrows to stop the enemy, and both rushed forward at full speed.
Between a few breaths, two arrows, one north and one south, slammed together, and the people and horses flew back when they collided, and blood flew on the contact surface.
The participants on both sides are masters of the masters, and there is only one chance to contact the battlefield, and there is no second chance at all! A Great Zhou elite cavalry had just knocked down a Khitan cavalryman, and before his body could turn around, he had been stabbed by the Khitan cavalry who was advancing behind, and the Khitan master's knife had not been pulled back, and he was stabbed through by the Great Zhou cavalry who quickly followed.
Guo Wei stood on the high platform, coldly watched the extremely tragic battle between the cavalry, and coldly commanded: "Prepare for battle in front of the horse rejection formation, and march forward when you hear the drums!" ”
In the continuous collision of face-to-face, all the cavalry on both sides mixed together, and the speed slowed down.
A slow and low drum beat sounded in the rear of the Zhou army, and several heralds beat their horses and galloped, and ordered the horse rejection array to surround from all sides, surrounding and encroaching on the lone Liao cavalry.
"Woo-woo-woo-" A short and two long rapid horns also sounded in the rear of the Liao army, a Liao army commander who was fighting in the middle of the battle formation jumped on the horse's back, one hand with a shield, the other hand holding the knife to the hand, roared, and then fell off the horse, the back of the knife slashed on the horse's buttocks, driving the painful horse to the left side, the Liao soldiers near him also abandoned the opponent, gathered behind the captain, a slightly curved arrow battle formation slowly revealed. But because the surrounding area was full of enemy cavalry, the speed could not be fast for a while.
"Left-handed tactics! Hum! Guo Wei snorted coldly and ordered loudly, "Hu Xueli, prepare the horse, and attack with me!" Knock off the left-handed head! ”
Left-hand tactics are one of the common tactics used to break the deadlock and regain speed advantage in the chaos of cavalry, generally led by skilled and powerful masters, and the scattered cavalry will be led into a left-rotating arrow attack, like a tornado to sweep the enemy on the field again.
Hu Xueli and several accompanying civil officials were shocked, and they all surrounded Guo Wei and persuaded him to stop him.
Hu Xueli glanced at several civil officials and shouted: "Protect the holy driver!" The man jumped high, landed on the horse under the high platform, waved his hand and led fifty imperial guards to the Liao army commander who had just shouted. It is the core and formation of the left-handed tactics, as long as the rhythm of the enemy's regrouping and assault is disrupted, this battlefield will be unbearable!
Seeing the emperor's personal guards attacking from a distance, Long Jiedu's commander Shi Yanchao, Hu Jie's commander He Hui, and Chen Sirang, Kang Yannuan, and others, who were standing on the periphery to command the battle of the horse rejection array, immediately boiled with enthusiasm, and shouted one after another: "The Holy Lord has conquered!" Children, don't be disgraced in front of the Holy One! ”
"Let's occupy the right time, place and people, and this battle is decided! Come on! ”
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The Great Zhou infantry army that was aroused also echoed, and the big shield and spear were combined with each other, struggling to squeeze towards the cavalry combat area from all sides.
Hu Xueli led the top five masters to drive their horses to the right flank in the middle of the battlefield, immediately threw off their horses, and inserted into the battle formation like a swimming fish, and arrived in the middle of the formation with a few ups and downs. Hu Xueli glanced at the other two masters, bent down and lifted a black horse that had fallen to the ground, and slammed it towards the commander of the Liao army, who had already rushed two meters away.
The horse, which was not yet dead, wrestled its neck in vain in the air, neighed twice, and fell forward. The tiger roared, pulled the reins of the horse, slammed his left palm, and slashed down with the steel knife in his right hand.
The black horse was almost split in two from its belly, and blood was splattered all over the air, pouring the captain all over his body, and the body of the split horse froze in the air for a moment, and the horse's hip still hit the captain's left shoulder.
Captain Wan snorted, closed his eyes that were covered with blood, and turned the steel knife circle in his right hand, quickly blocking the attack of Hu Xueli and the two masters who came with the horse.
However, the other two Great Zhou masters had already bent down and got under the horse of the captain, shouted softly, and cut off the four horse legs at the same time, one after the other, and then the two of them slashed their knives at the same time.
The horse's body suddenly collapsed suddenly, and two steel knives burst out, and the front one pierced the thigh of the man. At the same time as the horse's body collapsed, the captain had already slammed the horse's body with his left palm, and the man flew up, but due to the impact of his left arm, his strength was unstable, and his body fell to the left side in mid-air.
A Great Zhou master who had been hiding in the back of the most coveted shot silently, and the steel knife in his hand stabbed straight into the left waist of the captain, until it was stalkless. The captain hissed in pain, and his left palm slammed out, striking the master in the face like thunder, knocking him away. However, at this moment, the steel knife in the right hand of the captain was held up by a master of the Great Zhou, and Hu Xueli rushed forward silently, slashing at the throat of the captain.
Hu Xueli didn't stop at all, slashed three times in a row, and successfully cut off the head of the captain, picked up the hair on his head and threw it at the cavalry behind.
Soon, all six or seven horses in the front fell to the ground, the heads of the entire left-handed cavalry were cut off, and the way forward was blocked!
"Good! All the army is attacking! Guo Wei laughed loudly and shouted loudly.
The wind was stronger, the snow was heavier, and the sound of thunder and drums suddenly resounded throughout the audience, and the whole Zhou army roared wildly, encircling the cavalry army in the middle. The disadvantage of the small number of Liao soldiers, who had completely lost the speed of the cavalry, was immediately apparent, and the cavalry in patches was swept off the horse by the small team of the Zhou army combined with horses and feet.
The gate of Jinju City also opened at this time, and Han Lingkun rushed out with two thousand screaming Zhou troops and went straight to the Northern Han army.
"Zhou Jun is crazy, Guo Wei is crazy!" The Zhangguo Festival of the Liao State made Xiao Yuju stunned, looking at everything in front of him. In the daily battles with the Central Plains, those Han barbarians have always only defended the city, and occasionally they are passively beaten in field battles.
The general trend is gone, is it time to blow the trumpet and withdraw the army? Xiao Yuju asked himself silently in his heart. The rangers fought on the steppe, always coming with the wind and going with the wind, and never thought that the initiative to retreat was a big deal.
"What the elite of the Liao Kingdom, but that's it!" Guo Wei snorted coldly, staring at the battlefield that had stabilized the situation, stretched out his right hand to catch a few falling snowflakes, and rubbed them on his face, "If you don't want to withdraw, then bury yourself here!" ”
At this moment, the horn of the Liao army's rear formation sounded, which was the signal for the withdrawal of troops.
Guo Wei looked up to the sky and smiled, and ordered repeatedly: "Command the cavalry in the front to pursue the whole army until the enemy territory can turn back!" ”
On the battlefield, Liu Chong and Liu Chengjun of the Northern Han Dynasty, under the protection of Yang Ye and others, mixed into the retreating Liao cavalry, and hurriedly returned to the north, and the cavalry of the Zhou army began to follow and pursue under the organization of Qiu Hongchao and Yao Yuanfu, and the battlefield changed from a melee to a pursuit battle.
Shi Yanchao and He Hui led several lieutenant generals and Du Yu Hou to turn around, knelt on the ground and shouted long live, congratulating the holy god on his majesty and defeating the Liao-Han coalition army with a snap of his fingers.
Guo Wei's army waved and motioned for them to come up and face the saint. A group of generals flocked up, and along the way, there were naturally loud praises and a flood of words, and Guo Wei smiled proudly.
After stretching out his hand to stop everyone from talking, Guo Wei glanced at the battle situation in front of him, then turned his head to look east, suddenly turned to face south, and said with a smile: "It's still fun to fight on the battlefield!" I have swept away the Yanzhou clowns, and then leveled the Jinzhou Xiaoxiao, I want to win again, are all Aiqing willing to follow me south to attack Huainan?! ”
The generals immediately knelt on the ground and swore loudly and forcefully, wishing that life and death would follow.
In a jubilant atmosphere, only Tongping Zhangshi, the privy deputy envoy, and Fan Qian, the squire of the military department, had a calm face as usual, and people stared at the south in a slight daze - Murong Yanchao, a clown jumping off the beam; The Liaohan coalition army, face to face but heart discord, the Great Zhou, which occupies the favorable location and people, has won two consecutive victories. However, with Lin Feng, will Huainan be defeated so easily? In a national war with the Southern Tang Dynasty, which was the most popular in the south, would it be so easy to win?