Chapter 342: Interception
Cai Jifeng looked at the rout army fleeing in all directions in front of him with some horror, and pointed at the hussars who were constantly rushing in front of his horsewhip, and shouted: "Block them for me!" More than a thousand iron harriers, together with thousands of retinue tribal cavalry, responded to the order. Although Cai Jiqian's prestige is growing, and Cai Kexian and other Tuoba clan nobles are deep-rooted, the most iron harriers and tribes are attached to this righteous generation of Tuoba clan masters, and they will be difficult to make military envoys.
Xin Gu, together with more than 100 elite cavalry surrounding him, acted as the arrows of the whole army, and saw the ironclad cavalry leading a large group of party cavalry to rush towards him, "Join the formation!" Xin Gu shouted loudly, the tooth soldiers around him gave orders together, the captain and the ten commanders moved in response, in the short riding of more than 100 steps, each hundred people, each battalion moved closer to the middle, from the loose formation that drove the rout, condensed into a dense cavalry formation, all the war horses in the hussar army under the control of almost the same step, the rumbling hooves like thunder, this hussar rush formation method is similar to the later generations of the abduction horse or chain horse, and the first enemy arrows, is the hussar from Lanzhou began to train out of the tactics after many years, quite the tribe on the grassland suffered a lot of losses。 Tribal warriors who didn't have time to train in formation, or iron harriers who had no one in their sights, would never have formed such a tight and neat formation at high speed.
Although the armor of the Iron Harrier is stronger than that of the hussars, in the front of the narrow charging formation, each Iron Harrier has to face three or four sharp and heavy horse lances, and is almost killed without suspense, and the war horse that has lost the control of its master neighs and runs to both sides to avoid the hussars rolling like thunder, the two cavalry staggered at full speed, and the hussars penetrated the Iron Harrier cavalry formation and slashed deep into the tribal cavalry with thin armor, and these tribal cavalry were even more unbearable, and they screamed and dodged to both sides. In the current situation, the iron harriers, who had turned back to kill, desperately slowed down the speed of the hussars' charge, but they could not stop their iron hooves at all. These party nobles also grew up on horseback, training in the middle of the battle formation, and when they saw that the hussars were charging into battle, they did not touch them head-on, and specially entangled groups of cavalry, like wolves around the yak herd, constantly attacking the cavalry on the periphery of the hussars' flanks.
Cai Jifeng looked pale as the enemy broke through the interception of the Iron Harrier and came straight to the rear, and had to draw out the sword that had not been used for a long time, and grabbed the reins of the horse with a trembling left hand, ready to fight.
Xin Gu guided this subordinate to pass in front of the cavalry array led by Cai Jifeng like a storm, and the iron harriers behind followed him, and Po Chaowu shouted loudly: "The last general failed to intercept the enemy army, which frightened the adults!" Cai Jifeng was stunned, his face was pale, and cold sweat was already pouring down his back.
Xin Gu led the army to rush into the area surrounded by the Dangxiang army, and when the Han army and the iron harriers led by Cai Jiqian were fighting together, they rode horses and galloped around the battle group, while using horse lances and horse archery to drive away the surrounding Dangxiang tribal army, while teaching the sergeant to shout in Chinese: "Anxi hussars come to help, want to retreat to Lingzhou alive!"
This voice shouted several times before the desperate Han army turned around. "Brother Wan, the Anxi Army is against the imperial court. Zhou Sheng shouted loudly as he brandished the sword he had snatched from a dead iron harrier. "The court is a fart, people are here to save us!" Wan Jian shouted loudly, "Kill with me, the Lingzhou army is here to save your life!" More than 3,000 people gathered around him, together with the soldiers and people who were still able to act on the battlefield, mustered up the last remaining strength and rushed desperately in the direction of Lingzhou. Under the leadership of Xin Gu, the hussars continued to move around the Han army, taking advantage of their own combat strength stronger than the Dangxiang cavalry to constantly break the blockade of the Han army by the Dangxiang cavalry. On the battlefield where the Anxi Army, the Dangxiang Army and the Han Infantry Army were mixed together, the hussars led by Xin Gu went down the mountain to the tigers, but the surrounding Dangxiang Army was more like a pack of wolves. The Han infantry army was undoubtedly the weakest party, facing the party troops surging from all directions, they could only reluctantly fight back, and more Xiang troops and people were tightly huddled together, desperately rushing in the direction of Lingzhou, in the process, people kept falling behind, screaming and falling into the blood-soaked dust, and never got up again.
Huanzhou Xiang Army and Minfu originally held the will to die, now have a chance to survive, more desperate bloody fight to advance, the surrounding seems to be in the illusion of hell, the endless party cavalry like a wolf pack on the grassland, the periphery of the cavalry swimming, the front is constantly trying to gather together the Han army divided and scattered, if not the Han army close together, I am afraid that it has long become a meat paste under the iron hoof, several times, the outer layer of the resistance to the party cavalry of the box army is about to collapse, the hussars suddenly appeared on the flank of the party army, disturbed the impact of the party people, and finally, just like this fight each other to advance, I don't know how much time has passed, rushed to the front of Lingzhou City.
These rabble van army wrapped in part of the people, under the siege and interception of the party cavalry of the brigade, they actually rolled and rolled until they rushed to the front of the Lingzhou City Tower, which gave Qian Qingzhi a great shock, although there were many times when the hussars led by Xin Gu helped, but there is no doubt that they were able to hold on to the last moment, all relying on the will of these foot soldiers to survive in death. Originally, there was no infantry stationed in Lingzhou, and both the hussars and the cold armies had developed the habit of despising the infantry army, and at this moment, Qian Qingzhi somewhat understood the reason why an infantry army like the Jiaorong Army was able to subdue Saibei.
"Captain Qian, there are many party members below who are waiting to snatch the city gate, do you still open the city gate?"
Qian Qingzhi solemnly looked at the chaotic army under the city tower, crowded together in front of the city gate, there were more and more Han foot soldiers, surrounded by a large number of party cavalry, and further behind, the hussar army led by the commander Xin Gu was still fighting with the party cavalry that caught up. Farther away was the large camp of the party army, which had been in turmoil after a night of chaotic fighting, and many tribal and state armies were trying to snatch more money from the burning tents, and the piles of baggage were burning, but not many people were actively trying to put out the fires.
"Open the city gate!" "Please, open the city gate quickly!" The Han army that barely rushed to the front of Lingzhou City had fought to the point of almost prostration, but they still gritted their teeth and fought fiercely with the party cavalry that surrounded them, "Open the city gate quickly!" Huanzhou Army Yu Hou Wanjian himself couldn't believe that on such a chaotic battlefield, the Lingzhou defenders actually slowly opened the city gate, and the Han army leaning on the city gate was sandwiched with a small number of party cavalry, and almost couldn't contain the momentum and poured into the urn city.
"Rush, rush in quickly, and take Lingzhou!" the leader of the party tribe near the city gate shouted in ecstasy, desperately beating his horse and rushing towards the urn city.
In just a short time, more than 3,000 Han troops and more than 1,000 party cavalry rushed into the urn city, pushing and slashing each other and huddled together. In the narrow environment surrounded by city walls on all sides, the Han army had a big advantage, and from time to time the party cavalry was pulled off their horses, and they became the ghosts of the sword in an instant.