Chapter 55: The Trapped Beast
Jin Bo said that he asked Meng Wuzha to invite him first, but he did not lag behind, and as soon as he raised his horse's whip, he also waved his army to kill him. According to Mughuzha's intelligence, there were only a few hundred cavalry in the valley, and with the battle exploits at his fingertips, how could he let Mughuza be alone.
The Murowei cavalry of Mughuza and the Xianbei cavalry of Jinbo rushed into the valley like two torrents, and soon gathered together and rushed to the camp in the middle.
The camp is not large, with only about 30 tents, no deer barricades and fences, and hundreds of horses around it have long since unloaded their saddle bridles and are leisurely "walking" in the snow. Don't look at the thick snow on the ground, in fact, the grass under the white snow has turned green. The horses use their front hooves to cut through the snow and bury their heads in the grass under the snow. The smell of grass is much more delicious than that of the withered yellow fodder, and when the horses are happy, they will neigh happily from time to time, unaware of the imminent danger.
The ground began to tremble, and thousands of cavalry approached in the blink of an eye. The horses that were grazing leisurely were not afraid to see their kind, and actually greeted them.
Kree, who rushed to the front, felt that something was wrong, this was not the performance of a well-trained war horse, and with such a big movement, no one in the tent came out. It's so abnormal! It was customary for Kree to turn back to his father. However, Meng Wuza intended to let his son show his face in front of Jin Bo today, but he was far behind, pointing out the country with Jin Bo, and he didn't notice anything strange in front of him, and he couldn't help at all.
On the top of the mountain on the left, a big man with brown hair and blue eyes grinned, picked up a log as thick as a copper basin more than three zhang long, and threw it down the mountain with all his might. The valley has a strange topography, with not a single tree on the slope on the left, only a few weeds growing, and now covered with a thick layer of snow. Unhindered, the logs rolled over the hillside and smashed at the cavalry.
Kereh was so frightened that he reined in his horse and shouted, "There is an ambush, retreat!" Evacuate! ”
But it was too late, there was not much room for maneuver in the valley, and the momentum of the six thousand horses galloping as best they could was very amazing, where could they be stopped if they wanted to? The huge log rolled faster and faster, and in a blink of an eye it rolled from the top of the hill to the middle of the group, and directly knocked down seventy or eighty horsemen.
On the top of the mountain, the blue-eyed man laughed and said, "Zhang Liang, accept it or not!" ”
"Serve your size!" A big man next to him took off his hard bow and said loudly, "Look at me shooting that kid's left eye!" ”
These two people are the archers selected by Liu Ziqiu, the commander Zhang Liang and the captain Shi Danai, the commander of the wrestlers. Liu Ziqiu has his own set of training. His 8,000-strong troops, although they belong to different arms, perform the same subjects in the morning training, such as horsemanship, archery, formation, and physical fitness, and in the afternoon they are their own specialized subjects. Shi Danai and Zhang Liang were both promoted from ordinary soldiers to commanders by Liu Ziqiu, and they usually have a good relationship, but they are always more energetic when training. Now it's a real battle, and the two of them are not far behind.
There are more than 300 steps from here to the valley, and it is good that ordinary people can shoot arrows so far, but this guy actually said that he wanted to shoot someone else's left eye, and his tone was really not ordinary. said that it was too late and that was fast, only to hear the sound of "whoosh", the sharp arrow had already broken through the air and went straight to the valley.
In the valley, Kree was scrambling to direct his men to retreat, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left eye, and he didn't know anything. Zhang Liang's arrow shot through his left eye and straight out of the back of his head, and the power was staggering. Pity a ruthless young patriarch of the Murowei tribe, he got off his horse like this, and saw that he couldn't live.
Zhang Liang proudly raised the boxwood hard bow in his hand and said, "Shi Danai, what is it if you knock down dozens of small soldiers with a log, Zhang killed a big fish with an arrow!" What else do you have to say now! ”
"Tell me you're big!" Liu Ziqiu walked over with his hands behind his back, "If you two keep talking, the big fish will all run away." When the time comes, it will be cheaper, but don't blame me for being biased. ”
Lu Tong is the commander of the pikemen, and his mission is to ambush the valley and form a gun formation to prevent the remnants of the enemy from escaping. Although the spear formation is an effective way to deal with the cavalry, it often brings heavy casualties to itself, not to mention that they only have 1,000 people, and it is really not easy to deal with 6,000 nomadic cavalry. If Shi Danai and Zhang Liang can't eliminate the living forces in the valley as much as possible, it will definitely put great pressure on the pikemen.
Only then did Shi Danai and Zhang Liang come to their senses and gave their own instructions. On the left slope, rocks and trees roll down like rain, and on the right slope, feather arrows and iron arrows fly like locusts. At this moment, the Murwei cavalry and Xianbei cavalry in the valley were suddenly in chaos, with countless casualties. The horse's hooves trampled on it, and Kree, who was already lying on the ground with only breath out and no breath in, became a pile of meat in the blink of an eye.
Knowing what was going on behind the group, Mughuza and Jinbo turned their horses' heads and fled out of the valley. When Meng Wuzha was leaving, he did not forget to shake his shoulders, and the golden eagle flapped its wings and went straight into the sky. Unexpectedly, the golden eagle had not yet flown to the top of the mountain, and an arrow came from afar, hitting the eagle's head. The golden eagle's wings sank, and the trumpet fell down the valley.
On the top of the mountain, Ji Rentai collected his bow, spitted it, and scolded triumphantly: "Damn, I finally killed you!" ”
Mughuza didn't see the golden eagle that he regarded as his family in the sky, and he and Jin Bo were rushing to the valley mouth in a hurry, and they saw that there was already a military formation outside the valley mouth. The spear is like a forest, the morale is like a rainbow, and the black pressure is overwhelming.
Jin Bo gritted his teeth and shouted with a whip: "Rush out!" ”
They were cavalry, and they had a natural advantage over infantry, and Jin Bo, who was a Han Chinese, knew it best. Although the other party formed a phalanx, it was not easy to shake this phalanx, but their purpose was only to rush out, and they did not want to eat the other party.
The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was back at the mouth of the valley, and the phalanx on the opposite side was already close at hand, and even the nervous expressions on the young faces could be seen. At this moment, there was a loud "boom" sound, and a huge pit appeared in Taniguchi, and the cavalry rushing in front disappeared in the blink of an eye. The cavalry behind did not know what to do, and they were anxious to flee for their lives, so they rushed forward and fell one after another. They managed to restrain their horses, and they had already lost thousands of men.
When they saw that there was an ambush outside the valley, they both subconsciously reined in the reins and let their soldiers rush ahead, and they escaped. From time to time, the screams of the seriously injured and undead were heard from the trap ahead, but the breaking of the rocks and arrows behind was even more terrifying. The two couldn't help but look at each other, thinking that it was a battle to find out the bag, but it turned into a trap for them.
It turned out that Liu Ziqiu had already asked people to dig a trap at the mouth of the valley, but the trap was covered with a layer of movable wood for camouflage. When the cavalry rushed into the valley, the pikemen who were lying in ambush outside the valley quietly removed some of the planks, and the pit, though not yet collapsed, was loose enough to hold up the trampling of thousands of horsemen.
At this time, there were only six or seven hundred people left with Mughuza and Jinbo, and even if they rushed out of the valley, they would not be able to escape in the face of a spear formation like hedgehogs. Even so, Liu Ziqiu still has a back hand outside the valley.
After the sound of horses' hoofs was rushed, the phalanx of spears, which was so tight that it was impossible to know what to do, suddenly parted, and a large group of horsemen, two thousand men, each carrying a sandbag on his horse. The cavalry rushed to the edge of the pit and immediately threw the sandbags on their horses into the pit, ignoring the wounded who were screaming in pain.
As Munghuza and Jin Bo watched in shock, the pit was quickly leveled, and the screams inside came to an abrupt end. The cavalry regrouped into two long formations, each showing its blades, one with a bright scimitar and the other with a sharp lance.
Mughuzha's heart sank. He was tempted by Murong Fuyun to be crowned king, and almost poured out of the nest, and more than 3,000 young people of the entire Murowei tribe were brought out by him. Now, there are less than four hundred people still with him, and this is the last seed of the tribe. If even these 400 people are killed in battle, only the old and weak women and children are left in his tribe, and they will be bullied, and the final fate of his people is likely to become slaves of other tribes. It all stems from his greed. knew that this was the result, even if he was made the lord of the country, he would not wade into this deep water.
Suddenly, Meng Wuza, who was about to look up to the sky and sigh, saw a familiar figure appear on the top of the mountain, it was Liu Ziqiu, who he wanted to put to death again and again.
The surrounding mountains are not high, and the top of the mountain is only a few hundred steps away, if it was yesterday, Liu Ziqiu would have shouted loudly, telling these people trapped in the valley to lay down their weapons. It's just that his physical strength has not recovered now, and he can only walk down the mountain step by step.
It was easy to destroy the more than 600 people trapped in the valley, but it was easy to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 yourself. Liu Ziqiu loves the nurses and soldiers like his father and brother, and until now, no one in his 5,000-man team has been killed, and the only few wounded are still injured by themselves when moving the logs, but they are not seriously injured.
The trapped beast hesitated, and the more than 600 people who were able to survive were all brave and brave, and the energy that burst out in the face of a desperate situation should not be underestimated. This battle has been won, Liu Ziqiu certainly does not want his soldiers to have unnecessary casualties, he has to personally come to persuade him to surrender.
Zhang Liang and Shi Danai both knew that Liu Ziqiu's physical strength had not yet recovered, so they hurriedly followed, one left and one right to protect Liu Ziqiu. Shi Danai was holding a cooked copper stick, which also weighed more than fifty catties, which was on par with Liu Ziqiu's Mo knife. Zhang Liang's saber was still hanging from his waist, not even unsheathed, holding a longbow in his left hand and five wolf-tooth arrows in his right hand.
Meng Wuzha and Jin Bo's eyes fell on the bronze stick in Shi Danai's hand, but they didn't know that Zhang Liang's bow and arrow was the most deadly weapon.