Chapter 600: The Battle of the Luanhe River
The first wave of Tatar soldiers ashore had less than 6,000 men, while Jiangxia had 30,000 soldiers and horses. 30,000 against 6,000, a difference of five times the number of troops, it stands to reason that once a battle starts. It should be Jiangxia's side that destroys the withering and decaying momentum like a rainbow, but the actual situation is not the case.
Whether it's the soldiers of the Xingzhou Army or the soldiers of Zhenshuowei. The combat effectiveness itself is not high, which is because the ability of the generals of the guard is too poor. Second, it is also a historical problem of the Ming Dynasty.
At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, single-handedly founded this guard system, so that the military households could pass it on from generation to generation, and they would fight in their leisure time and fight in wartime. As a result, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were negligent in their training, and there was almost no difference between them and ordinary peasants. This situation has lasted since the opening of the Ming Dynasty to the present.
Although Jiang Xia had the intention to change this situation when he was in power, he could only start from the border army from the beginning. After all, this is a military system that has been inherited for more than a hundred years, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to completely change it in a few years.
Therefore, when the six thousand soldiers and horses of the Tatars rushed up violently, the spear and shield arrays that had been standing in advance were unexpectedly restless at this moment. It seems to be about to break down.
As soon as Jiang Xia saw such a situation, he immediately frowned. With a wave of the Long Yuan sword in his hand, he directly single-handedly killed those Tatar soldiers.
Seeing that Jiang Xia actually killed him alone, Xiao Kill and Qian Juexing were suddenly shocked, and Xie Tengfei exclaimed: "Protect the general!" Then he commanded the soldiers beside him to wrap around the two wings.
With Jiang Xia's martial arts, after he single-handedly killed those Tatar soldiers, it felt as if a tiger had broken into a flock of sheep. For a while, he could only see the Long Yuan Sword in Jiang Xia's hand slashing left and right, taking away the lives of one or two, or even two or three people, every time.
However, in just a dozen breaths, Jiang Xia alone was like a peerless killing god, personally killing more than 30 Tatar soldiers.
In addition, Xiao Kill and Qianjue Xing are even more like two Grim Reapers, who hold a death sickle and specialize in harvesting human lives. Rushing all the way, the Tatar soldiers fell one after the other like wheat that had been cut down.
Seeing this scene, those Ming soldiers who were originally a little restless suddenly felt extremely encouraged. Originally, the Tatars, who were said to eat human flesh and drink human blood, were actually not very powerful. Look at the generals, isn't it easy to kill.
"Forward!" Xie Tengfei saw that the soldiers had formed an encirclement from both wings, so he immediately ordered the soldiers in the gun and shield array to press forward.
A few soldiers who were afraid of advancing were slashed in place by the axe men without hesitation. When these soldiers saw it, it turned out that this was really going to kill people. So they rushed forward one after another.
Soldiers armed with spears were placed in a row of ten, and the leader of the line was ordered by the leader of the group. The leader of the team shouted: "Thorn! The vanguard will shout together: "Thorn! Then everyone would stab the spear in their hand together.
The spears pierced through the gaps in the shields in the hands of the Iron Shield Soldiers, and one after another spears. The sensations that pierced into the flesh were transmitted back through the barrel of the gun. The pikemen suddenly felt nervous and excited. Then I heard the command: "Take! Then they all withdrew their spears, and a line of Tatar soldiers fell.
Seeing that the effect of the gun and shield array was so good, when Xie Tengfei gave the order to "advance" again, these guards no longer had the slightest fear, and walked forward in unison.
Another round of spears. Assassination, the killing effect is very good. Seeing that his own soldiers and horses had begun to fight with the Tatar soldiers and horses, Jiang Xia couldn't keep trapping in it, so with a wave of his long sword, he cut the throats of four or five Tatar soldiers in a row, turned around and retreated.
As soon as Jiang Xia retreated, Xiao Kill and Qian Juexing naturally retreated. At this moment, it was time for the Ming soldiers to perform, and the soldiers on both wings surrounded the Tatar soldiers in the middle, and the spear and shield arrays continued to press in. As soon as the spear came out and was harvested, dozens of lives were harvested. The only place where there were no Ming soldiers was the Luan River behind the Tatar soldiers. If you run into the Luan River, what is the difference between it and suicide?
While the Ming soldiers were fighting with the Tatar soldiers, the second wave of Tatar troops had reached the middle of the river. This time they did not encounter a strong attack from bows and arrows, only a small wave of archers and slingers released arrows and boulders.
But so it was, when the Tatar soldiers reached the shore. The first wave of Tatar soldiers had already been killed and wounded.
Seeing this second wave of soldiers coming, the soldiers in the spear and shield array were excited. They screamed and rushed at the group of soldiers. When Jiang Xia saw this scene, his face suddenly changed greatly.
As soon as the soldiers of the spear and shield array rushed, the formation immediately loosened. The Tatar soldiers armed with iron shields immediately rushed up and completely scattered the spear and shield array. As soon as the formation dispersed, the two sides fell into a melee.
Melee was a favorite situation for Tatar soldiers, as they were extremely adept at working in groups of three, attacking at the same time with each other back to back, and then retreating to defend. And the cooperation between these three people is also very tacit, and the combat power that often bursts out together is far beyond the combat power of ordinary three people.
According to legend, this is because the grasslands are often met with wolves. The Tatars would have resorted to this method when they were besieged by wolves.
The northern grasslands are tribal, and both men and women are basically good at riding and shooting, hunting, and are natural warriors. Therefore, in Chinese history, the Han dynasty in the Central Plains was always very jealous of the northern grasslands, which was a very normal thing. After all, a comfortable environment is easy to cultivate talents who are creative and intelligent, rather than iron-blooded warriors. A true Predator can only be derived from the sharpening of knives and blood.
Seeing that his lineup was in chaos, Jiang Xia estimated the time. Now it is very difficult to swallow this second wave of Tatar soldiers, if you are bitten by this second wave of Tatar soldiers, your 30,000 soldiers and horses are likely to be swallowed by the third and fourth waves of Tatar soldiers who come ashore.
At that time, although Jiang Xia's martial arts were powerful, it was already the limit to one enemy and one hundred. If you want to fight in and out of thousands of troops, it is still impossible.
So Jiang Xia had no choice but to order a retreat.
Bang Bang! The sound of Ming Jin's troops was heard, and the Ming soldiers immediately began to retreat. But the Tatar soldiers did not relent, even if there were only a few thousand men and horses, they still rushed up and continued to pursue the Ming soldiers.
In the end, it couldn't be helped. Jiang Xia had no choice but to let Xie Tengfei lead some people to break off, and he couldn't let his own soldiers and horses be retained.
So Xie Tengfei took 7,000 people to stay and let Jiangxia and them withdraw first. And not long after Jiang Xia and they left, a Tatar soldier wearing a felt hat and an ordinary military uniform suddenly rushed out of the crowd of Tatar soldiers.
His body was like a whirlwind, rushing towards Xie Tengfei at great speed. Xie Tengfei just felt a murderous aura, and when he looked up, he felt a chill in his neck......