Chapter 972: The Battle of the Blue Hoof Pavilion

"Break through the West Road Pass!"

Prince Yan personally supervised the battle, commanded the Mongolian cavalry to storm the West Road Pass of Lishixian, the Mongolian army fired thousands of arrows, and the Mongolian cavalry went to fight for the pass.

Shimazu Yoshihiro, a military commander known as "Onishimazu", defended the pass, and the Satsuma samurai were not greatly affected in the mountains, and tried their best to prevent Prince Yan's Mongol army from breaking through.

The morale of the Goryeo army dropped dramatically, and it had to rely on foreign armies such as the Satsuma samurai as the main force.

Tachibana Michiyuki, Shimazu Yoshihiro and other Dongying samurai did not disappoint Lee Sung-gye, at least showing stronger combat power than the soldiers of the Goryeo Kingdom.

Shimazu Yoshihiro's Satsuma samurai, relying on the terrain, blocked the advance of the Mongol army.

In the narrowest place, only a few tens of meters, there are constantly stones rolling down!

Shimazu Yoshihiro had 40,000 soldiers and horses, and the soldiers were divided into two routes, one was personally commanded, and the other was handed over to his brave younger brother Shimazu Iehisa.

Prince Yan, Gongsun Fan, Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Xu and other military generals, with Mongolian cavalry, repeatedly attacked Shimazu Yoshihiro's main formation.

Riding on a war horse, Gongsun Yue urged about a thousand Mongol cavalry to advance, and the Mongol bow was spread out and shot at the samurai of the Shimazu family.

Prince Yan's team mainly came from the forces of Gongsun Zhan, Fan Zhongyan was transferred by Chutian to Wei County to control the water, and Di Qing was fighting with the army of the Lihua family.

Gongsun Fan and Gongsun Yue are the younger brothers of Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Xu is his son, and now they all serve under Prince Yan.

The Satsuma samurai blocked the West Road Pass, and the corpse of the Satsuma samurai alone was enough to block the Mongol cavalry onslaught.

Prince Yan estimated the time, and it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

Three hours had passed from the encounter between Di Qing and Tachibana Michiyuki's army to Prince Yan's attack on the pass of the West Road of Stone.

Reinforcements from both sides entered the small battlefield one after another, and the situation was unfavorable for the Mongol cavalry.

Of the 50,000 Mongol cavalry, at least half of them had to dismount and fight.

"The samurai of the Shimazu family have already delayed the enemy army at the West Road Pass, and the Fire Dragon Legion is heading north along the West Ridge of Stone, making a detour to attack the Biho Pavilion and surround the Xia army!"

Brand commanded the Fire Dragon Legion, along the rugged mountain range, bypassing Prince Yan and trying to surround Prince Yan's 50,000 Mongol cavalry.

Whether it is Prince Yan or Brand, none of them are mediocre, and in the complex and narrow terrain, the tactics adopted are to attack the opponent's back in a roundabout way, trying to obtain the result of annihilating tens of thousands of people.

In the Bihu Pavilion, Di Qing left 500 Mongolian cavalry to garrison.

After Prince Yan learned that this place was the famous Bihu Pavilion, out of caution, he sent 3,000 Mongolian cavalry to garrison the Bihu Pavilion.

In the plains and hills between Wangkehyeon and Lishihyeon, the Xia army and the Goryeo coalition army invested more than 100,000 troops!

The encounter turned into a meat grind battle, the cavalry was vertical and horizontal, thousands of arrows were fired, the foot soldiers fought hand-to-hand, and the shouts of killing echoed on the battlefield!

3,500 Mongolian cavalry garrisoned the Bihu Pavilion.

A Mongol Qianhu is nervously watching the battle between the Xia army, which is backed by Wangkehyeon, and the Goryeo coalition army, which is backed by Liseokhyeon.

The outcome of this battle may determine the ownership of the Goryeo Kingdom.

"My lord, there is a group of enemy troops in the southwest, waving the fire dragon flag!"

"The enemy wants to capture the Bihu Pavilion and make a detour to the rear of Wangkehyeon. Be sure to stick to the Blue Hoof Museum! ”

Mongol thousand households take down the Mongolian bow.

The 3,500 Mongol cavalry garrisoned by the 3,500 Mongol cavalry were attacked by the United States Fire Dragon Legion, and a group of slave archers used poisoned arrows to shoot at the Biho Pavilion, and the planks of the post were shot like hedgehogs.

The musketeers of the Fire Dragon Legion, under the cover of slave archers who were cannon fodder, attacked the Blue Hoof Pavilion, and the dense arquebuses suppressed the rain of arrows woven by the Mongolian bows, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air.

The Mongol cavalry had to retreat near the Biho Pavilion and hold out.

At eleven o'clock, Prince Yan, as a former army general, received an emergency from the Mongolian cavalry in Bihoguan, and the Xia army's back road was unstable.

At this moment, Shimazu Iehisa, the brave general of the Shimazu family, led a group of Satsuma samurai from the mountain on the right side of the pass, condescendingly, to attack Prince Yan's cavalry!

Gongsun Yue's cavalry bore the brunt of the attack and was caught off guard, and a group of Mongolian cavalry was shot by the iron artillery team of the Shimazu family!

The Satsuma samurai of the Shimazu family held the big naginata, and with the help of the impact of the terrain, he slashed into the Mongol army!

"Don't go back!"

Gongsun Yue fought desperately, holding a spear in his hand, and picked off a naginata warrior.

However, on the battlefield of the Fifth National War, the Shimazu Iron Artillery Team that Chutian had fought against was powerful, and Gongsun Yue was fired by the Iron Artillery Team in a volley, and his armor was shot through by the arquebus used by the Iron Artillery Team!

"The Satsuma samurai's mountain warfare ability was undoubtedly stronger than that of the Mongol cavalry, and the Shimazu family was one of the first daimyo to come into contact with firearms......

Prince Yan also felt very troubled when he encountered such terrain.

In plain or steppe terrain, a small group of Mongol cavalry could play with a large number of Satsuma samurai, however, in hand-to-hand combat in mountainous terrain, the satsuma samurai still had the upper hand.

The four islands of Dongying are mainly mountainous, and mountain cities can be seen everywhere.

Arquebuses flowed into Tanegashima in Toei, and Tanegashima's daimyo was a retainer of the Shimazu family, so the iron cannon team of the Shimazu family was also in front of the daimyo of Toei.

"My lord, General Gongsun Yue was killed by the iron artillery team of the Shimazu family!"

"Gongsun Yue...... I can't explain to Gongsun Chan now. ”

Prince Yan learned that Gongsun Yue was killed in battle, and the Gongsun family lost another good general, so he recalled Gongsun Fan and Gongsun Xu, who were fighting in front, to keep some bloodline for the Gongsun family.

The melee of 100,000 people, and the narrow terrain, anyone could be killed, and even Prince Yan could die under the random arrows.

"I'll go into battle myself, and I'm sure to take the West Road Pass!"

Prince Yan came to the front, and the Mongolian cavalry was slashed with the samurai of the Shimazu family because of the arrival of the commander and the characteristic bonus of Prince Yan, and the morale was restored!

The battle of the Biho Pavilion was even more tragic, and the Fire Dragon Legion besieged the 3,500 Mongol defenders of the Bihu Pavilion from three sides.

The dragoons drove the slave soldiers as cannon fodder and stormed the Blue Hoof Pavilion.

During this period, a Mongol Qianhu led a cavalry counterattack on the Fire Dragon Legion, which was attacked by a volley of dragoons and a large number of traditional cavalry, and then retreated to the mountain.

Brand the leader of the Fire Dragon Legion swung his two-handed greatsword and slew a Mongolian hundred.

Of the 3,500 Mongol defenders, 2,000 were killed, and only a thousand Mongol households remained.

"Lord Qianhe, if this continues, we will all die in battle!"

"Keep it up!"

Mongolian thousands of households were hit by several arrows and defended the Biho Pavilion.

The Fire Dragon Legion besieging the Biho Pavilion sent 12,000 men, as well as high-level dragoons and musketeers, and the Mongol cavalry, which was inferior in numbers, suffered heavy casualties.

The remaining thousand or so Mongol cavalry fell into despair.

The second-ranked Fire Dragon Legion of the United States showed strength beyond the imagination of the Mongol cavalry.

In the Huiyinling Pass, a young general led 3,000 Zhao Bian cavalry to come out as the vanguard of the second batch of Xia troops, and the shouts of killing could already be heard.

The scout cavalry sent by Prince Yan to the rear to ask for help met with this elite Zhao State border cavalry: "General Zhao Kuo, the Bihu Pavilion has been attacked, please go to the rescue immediately!" ”

"Forward, target the Blue Hoof Pavilion!"

Zhao Kuo drew his sword and pointed in the direction of the Blue Hoof Pavilion.

3,000 Zhao Guobian rode in a valley less than 100 meters wide, quickly supporting the Bihu Pavilion.

Soon Zhao Kuo's cavalry engaged the Western cavalry surrounding the Bihu Pavilion and defeated the Western cavalry on the periphery.

Zhao Kuo swung his sword and slashed, fought with the Western cavalry, and killed a Western cavalry!

Unless it is a high-level cavalry, the low-level Western cavalry cannot withstand the impact of the Zhao State side cavalry.

"Dragoons, build a defensive line!"

Brand ordered 1,000 dragoons to dismount and line up in a line of muskets, trying to block the advance of Zhao's border cavalry.

The Zhao Guobian cavalry in the front rows was shot by the dragoons, and the Zhao Bian cavalry in the rear, under the command of Zhao Kuo, continued to attack the dragoon defense line, and finally broke through the spearmen protecting the dragoons and slashed 300 dragoons!

The horse's hooves trampled on the arquebus, destroying it, and the dragoons, deprived of the protection of the spearmen, were extremely vulnerable and had little resistance to the high-ranking cavalry.

The commander of the Fire Dragon Legion, Brand, personally commanded the cavalry to meet the battle, and slashed a Zhao Bian cavalry with a two-handed sword, and the sharp two-handed giant sword tore through the armor!

Zhao Bianqi continued to fight to the death, and he fought until he reached the bottom of the Blue Hoof Pavilion!

"The captivating general Zhao Kuo came to the rescue! How many of you are left?! ”

Zhao Kuo, who was covered in blood, shouted to the Mongolian thousand households trapped in the Bihu Pavilion.

"General Zhao Kuo, we only have less than six hundred people left!"

"Repel this group of Western barbarians!"

Zhao Kuo kills the red eye, meets on a narrow road, and the brave wins!

The follow-up troops of the Fire Dragon Legion arrived at the Blue Hoof Pavilion, and Brand easily waved his two-handed giant sword and led the 20,000-strong Fire Dragon Legion to counterattack!

Zhao Kuo's Zhao Bian cavalry was killed one after another, so much so that Zhao Kuo had to retreat to the Bihu Pavilion and join up with the Mongol cavalry with less than 600 men left.

With firearms and more troops, the Fire Dragon Legion besieged Zhao Kuo and Mongolian Qianhu in the Biho Pavilion!

"This is the Fire Dragon Legion of the United States, they are more numerous than expected, how many enemies are there in this area?"

Zhao Kuo's scalp was numb.

According to Zhao Kuo's inference, Li Chenggui may choose to stick to Kaijing.

However, according to the current situation, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses have been gathered on the narrow battlefields around Lishixian and Wangkehyeon, and the two sides have strangled each other in the broken terrain, and at least tens of thousands of people have been killed in the battle.

The Fire Dragon Legion made a comeback and stormed the Biho Pavilion, plunging Zhao Kuo, Mongolian Qianhu and others into a crisis.

However, when Zhao Kuo and Mongolian Qianhu were a little desperate, the second Zhao State rode and fought with the Fire Dragon Legion, and there were more Xia cavalry in the rear!

"Retreat two kilometers and get out of the battle!"

Brand saw more Xia cavalry reinforcements and knew that the plan to capture Bihu Pavilion and cut off the Xia army's retreat had failed, so he broke away from the battle and relied on the half-moon-shaped stone Xian to continue to put pressure on the Xia army.

This time, Zhao Guobian rode smoothly to defeat the Fire Dragon Legion whose physical strength had declined, and successfully rescued the defenders of the Blue Hoof Pavilion.

"You're not far from it."

The general of this Zhao State came to the Bihu Pavilion and took off his helmet, but it was Zhao Kuo's father, Zhao Hao, the horse suit.