Chapter 369: Interception
Okayama Shun rushed south with 100,000 defeated troops, and behind him Bai Jisheng led the Flying Dragon Tooth Knights to chase closely, these Japanese soldiers had not practiced orthodox exercises, and they didn't know how to control the vitality and how the speed was comparable to that of the riding beasts, so the distance was getting closer and closer between chasing and catching up.
Soon, Okayama Shun ran to the vicinity of the pass with his people, as long as he passed through the pass, it was a flat river, and when the time came, he only needed to flee separately, and he could completely get rid of this Chinese pursuer.
Okayama Shunzheng was secretly happy, and he didn't know who exclaimed, he hurriedly looked up, and unexpectedly found that there was an ironclad cavalry blocking the way at the pass.
This team of cavalry is the back hand that Fang Shaochuan has already arranged, the Dragon Tooth Knights are subordinate to the Third Division of Dragon Soldiers, and his Second Dragon Soldiers Division naturally also has a cavalry team, but there is a gap between the combat power and the Dragon Tooth Knights, and Hou Dajie's Dragon Soldier Seventh Division and Chi Chuan's Dragon Soldier Tenth Division, although they have not yet formed a cavalry team, but they have a large number of sentry horses, these cavalry are all in one place, and the number is nearly three thousand, commanded by Guo Le, the head of the second division and the third regiment, and they have been waiting here for a long time.
When Okayama Shun saw this scene, his face turned blue with anger, and he hated this cavalry that suddenly appeared, and when he was frowning, Okayama Nobuyoshi on the side raised in a low voice: "Brother, the enemy cavalry is arrayed outside the valley, instead of concentrating forces to defend the valley mouth, our army only needs to rush to the front to kill, or there may be a glimmer of life."
Okayama Shun took a closer look, his eyes lit up, he bowed his head slightly, turned around and shouted behind him: "All warriors, kill the enemy with me, Amaterasu will be with us!" ”
100,000 soldiers roared in unison, their morale was high, and they rushed straight towards Guo Lebu.
A thousand steps passed in the blink of an eye, and the two armies fired several rounds at each other, and the rain of arrows in the sky crossed and fell into the formations of both sides.
Guo Le saw that all the enemy troops were coming, but he did not have the slightest idea of retreating to the valley mouth, but waved his long knife and ordered the whole army to charge.
Three thousand cavalry urged their horses forward, drew their long swords, and went straight to meet the infantry phalanx opposite.
The two troops collided in an instant, Yan Huang Tie rode on the demon beast and was heavily armoured, easily penetrating into the enemy's formation, rushing halfway Guo Le seemed to think of something, and shouted: "Stop them, don't let them go." ”
Three thousand strange soldiers immediately pulled out the beast and rushed towards the valley mouth, as if only then did they remember to occupy the valley mouth, with the attitude of a husband as a pass, all the enemy troops were trapped and killed here, Manji City listened to this, how could they be wishful, almost everyone fought to the death, and the fierce Yanhuang iron cavalry was entangled with death, and finally, Okayama Shun broke through the formation with more than 3,000 people and ran into the valley mouth.
At this time, Guo Leye had broken through the enemy formation, and when he saw Okayama Xun leading the crowd up, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised, and then he raised his long knife and rushed into the formation again, venting all his anger on the remaining Japanese soldiers.
When the two armies were fighting, a demon beast cavalry suddenly appeared in the distance, quickly approaching the battlefield, and the soldiers of Manji City were horrified, and they fought to the death, wanting to shake off the entanglement of the Yanhuang Iron Cavalry here, and take the opportunity to flee into the valley.
When the cavalry approached, Guo Le looked up, only to see that their gallops were closely connected, the formation was not chaotic at all, and the knights had a fierce and indifferent look on their faces, the first general, with a long body, sparse eyebrows, and a calmness and fortitude that were rare among their peers, it was Bai Jisheng.
Seeing a wave of his big hand, the Dragon's Tooth Knights behind him immediately dispersed and rushed towards the Manji City infantry on the battlefield.
The two cavalry converged into one place, quickly opened the gap, occupied the valley mouth, after a short time, Fang Shaochuan also led the troops to arrive, more than 90,000 soldiers in Manji City were trapped in the valley, there was no way to escape, can only kneel to surrender.
Fang Shaochuan found Guo Le and asked, "Okayama Shun fled into the valley?" ”
Guo Le said: "Yes, there are only about 3,000 people, and with Gao Qi's ability, it is easy to stop them." ”
Fang Shaochuan was satisfied, "Good job, you immediately lead the troops to continue the pursuit, be sure to capture Okayama Xun, live to see people, dead to see corpses!" ”
"Yes!"
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Inside the canyon.
I don't know when there are nearly 2,000 people standing here, all of them are wearing heavy armor, the weapons are also quite unique, there are hundreds of weapons such as big knives, spears, plate axes, halberds, maces, etc., the head of the person is holding an iron spear, the body is not very high, about one meter seven or eight, a national face is like a knife and axe carving, revealing a majestic and cold temperament.
This person is the commander of the second division and the first regiment Gao Qi, the troops he brought out this time are the trump card main force in the second division, called the "Dragon Claw Heavy Corps", referred to as the "Dragon Claw Regiment", the department has more than 1,700 soldiers, the number is 2,000, the weapons are different, and the heavy soldiers are many, the armor is special heavy armor, the protection is extremely strong, it is the only heavy infantry battalion in the tribe.
More than 1,700 soldiers formed a tight formation and blocked the narrow canyon.
At this time, a man as light as a swallow rushed from the mouth of the valley, walked in front of Gao Qi, and reported: "Regiment commander, the enemy army is coming. ”
"Okay."
Gao Qi responded lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone is ready to fight." ”
"The whole battalion is ready, the armor is up, and the weapons are in hand."
The swift speed and uniform movements all showed that the unit was well-trained, and the soldiers were staring ahead one by one, waiting for the prey to appear.
Okayama Xun just wanted to cross the valley as soon as possible, a cavalry team that appeared inexplicably, let his 100,000 horses break ninety into seven, and he still bite in the back, in just half an hour, the Huaxia army directly knocked him into the abyss, even if he can escape with his life, he is only afraid that it will be difficult to turn over in the future, it stands to reason that he should be extremely hostile to the Yanhuang tribe, but somehow, he just can't hate, maybe because the strength gap between the two sides is too big, a strong one is an enemy, and a strong one is an idol, This is the concept he has always believed in, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't determine the fate after surrendering, he probably wouldn't have run away with such a little men and horses, and simply surrendered, maybe he could learn the Yanhuang tribe's method of strengthening the army.
While thinking about it, I suddenly heard a report from the scout that there was a troop blocking the road ahead.
And the enemy army? Okayama Shun's mouth opened slightly, and it took him a long time to stabilize his mood, and he asked in a trembling voice, "How many people are there in the blocking force?" ”
"About two thousand, all infantry."
Okayama Shun quietly breathed a sigh of relief, looked back at everyone and said loudly: "Now there are enemy troops in front and chasing soldiers behind, there is no way to retreat, soldiers, dare to follow me out of the encirclement?" ”
"Obey the orders of the city lord!" More than 3,000 soldiers raised their weapons and promised in unison.
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The Dragon's Claw Heavy Regiment located in the canyon was in full formation, and the soldiers were all holding their sharp blades, and their eyes were cast forward, where the enemy figure had already appeared, about two hundred people in a row, and the speed was extremely fast to cover and kill.
Everyone was as usual, indifferent with a little excitement, hundreds of pikemen in front of them raised their spears, the tips of the spears flickering with cold light, overflowing with bursts of murderous aura.
Gao Qi was wearing heavy armor and holding an iron spear, and suddenly shouted: "The will of the dragon's claws!" There is no return! ”
"There is no return!"
Everyone shouted in unison, and for a while, the momentum in the formation rose wildly, and the fighting spirit rose monstrously.
Okayama Shun led people to a distance of 1,000 steps.
"Archers, prepare." More than 200 archers drew their bowstrings, they were not pure archers, more often than not, they still played the role of heavy infantry, and bows and arrows were only a means of assisting the enemy.
Eight hundred steps, Gao Qi waved his hand and ordered: "Release!" ”
More than 200 arrows brought a terrible whistling sound and rushed directly into the front of the enemy formation.
Six hundred steps, the bowstring once again caught the arrows, and another wave of arrows rained away, in the narrow canyon, the soldiers of Manji City could hardly dodge, only to keep speeding up, and strive to meet in the shortest possible time.
Four hundred steps, still so.
And at three hundred paces, Gao Qi suddenly shouted two words:
"Change the crossbow!"
The dragon claw heavy corps was lined up in nine rows, except for the cameo archer warriors, the rest of the warriors were each armed with a hexagonal crossbow, after hearing Gao Qi's order, the archers squatted down together, and rows of crossbow arrows jumped out one after another, like the scythe of death from the void, and the soldiers of Manji City who rushed forward were immediately cut in half.
One hundred steps.
"Prepare to throw a gun!" Gao Qi drank again.
The long knife, spear, and halberd of this unit are all carrying throwing guns, only to see that they are holding a blade in their left hand, and their right hand is drawn out to throw a spear behind him, more than 600 soldiers are like fingers, and their movements are coherent, and rows of black short guns instantly appear in the air.
The spear drew a swift arc in the air, bringing great deterrence and damage, making the enemy's charge almost stagnant.
Okayama Shun was shocked in his heart, before he rushed to the front, more than 3,000 people and horses had already broken nearly half, and the combat power of this blocking force was only afraid that it was not inferior to the Yanhuang regular army on the flat ground.
The distance of the last hundred paces made Okayama Shun and the others feel so long, and finally, they rushed to the front of the formation.
The soldiers were all holding their blades aloft, ready to slash.
"Pikeman, Thrust." Gao Qi shouted, more than two hundred spearmen ran forward, and when they got closer, they stabbed out with a sound of "Huo", and stabbed straight towards the oncoming enemy army, many Manji City soldiers couldn't stop the momentum, and hung directly on the tip of the gun, and the tip of the gun leaked out of its body, and immediately pierced the body of a soldier behind him.
"Axe and shield man, assault."
The tall axe and shield man carried a huge shield on his shoulder, and directly hit the soldiers of Manji City in front of the spear formation with his shield.
Okayama Shun and the others were forcibly stopped, because of the rain of arrows, crossbow arrows, and throwing guns, their impact was already pitifully small, but they were knocked to the ground by the opponent's shield soldiers with a giant shield.
The axe and shield bearers were only responsible for resisting the enemy forces, and the task of slaughtering was left to the pikemen, halberders, and heavy weapons behind them.
"Dragonclaw's Will! Conquer it all! Gao Qi shouted again.
"Conquer everything!"
With the whole army shouting in unison, the dragon claw heavy army began to attack, in this narrow valley, a slaughter without suspense is being staged, the pikemen and halberd soldiers kept stabbing, the heavy weapon hand brandished the long handle heavy soldier strode forward, the front row of the enemy army fell one after another, just a charge, the disparity between the combat power, shattered the last glimmer of hope in Okayama Shun's heart.
In front of this infantry team, the full-level city soldiers looked so vulnerable, and the dragon claw heavy army cut into the enemy's epicenter like a bamboo.
Okayama Shun knew that it was impossible for his troops to break through the opponent's defensive line, and the sound of horses' hooves sounded behind him, he looked up to the sky and sighed, drank the soldiers under his command who were still fighting in front of the battle, and dismounted and surrendered.
At this time, there were less than 400 deserters left from the original 3,000 people.
As for the Dragon Claw Heavy Barracks, except for four people who were slightly injured, the rest were unscathed.
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