Chapter Twenty-Three: The Strength of the Mongol Cavalry
In fact, people have to talk about luck, the vast majority of people's luck is bad, a small number of people's luck is okay, only a very small part of the luck is very good.
Smart people usually understand that you are brave enough to retreat, because they know that luck will always follow you, and if you don't stop in time, you won't be far from failure.
I was obviously unlucky, and as soon as I entered the fifth battalion, I noticed a big problem.
The first four battalions were all infantry, and I always thought that the rear were all infantry, but after entering the fifth battalion, I found that the other side had cavalry, riding skeleton horses with only bones left.
You must know that the Mongol army conquered the world with cavalry, so after Batu entered the camp, they were immediately defeated and unable to resist, and there was no effective resistance at all.
Under the confrontation of the cavalry on both sides, Batu's cavalry was immediately scattered, and they fled for their lives, due to the small number and poor strength, the cavalry under Batu was quickly divided and surrounded and annihilated.
Fortunately, I reacted quickly, held the gate of the camp, and asked Alice to send a message to retreat.
Due to the previous run-in, coupled with the instinct to escape, Alice's transmission speed was quickly conveyed.
Batu's cavalry began to retreat, from the charge to the retreat, it didn't take ten minutes in total, Batu's cavalry lost seven or eight hundred men, and the remaining cavalry barely gathered enough for a thousand horsemen.
More than five hundred were lost inside the camp, and two or three hundred were still lying outside the camp.
Promise the ones outside, they weren't dead at first, and I tried to bring people to rescue them.
But often before they get close, a rain of arrows comes down and quickly shoots the living into hedgehogs.
As a result, not only did we not save people, but we also lost dozens of people.
Batu himself was also injured, and he was slashed in the shoulder, and I don't know if it was because the knife was too dull, the flesh was rolled up, and it was very bloody.
Fortunately, we have a first-aid kit here, and Wang Sheng is half a doctor, so he quickly took care of it.
But after this battle, our losses were too heavy, and excluding some of the tribal soldiers who were too badly wounded to fight again, we had at most about 1,200 men left.
I was so angry that I screamed, and of course I blamed myself more, because because of my negligence, more than 800 people were killed and injured at once.
More than 800 people, real people, it's not about fun, let alone the death of more than 800 people, even the death of more than 800 dogs is also a huge crime.
At this moment, I really realized what it means to "one general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies".
I slammed my fists on the ground to vent the anger in my heart, finally calming myself down.
But when I thought about the eyes of the women and children in the tribe when I was leaving, I couldn't help it.
It was a look in the eyes that prayed for the return of the son, the husband, and the father.
But because of me, there will be more than 800 people, no, I don't know more than 800, and there are six or seven hundred dead in front of me, a total of almost 1,500 people, who died because of me.
I pounded the ground frantically again, Liu Wei came over, he handed me a cigarette, but I didn't answer: "I don't smoke!" ”
Liu Wei nodded himself: "Brother, I don't blame you for this, it's their own choice, they have been trapped here for eight hundred years, and they also want to leave, if they don't leave, they will always be sacrificed."
The reason why they are willing to follow us is because they know that even if they don't come,
It's also death, and instead of becoming a sacrifice and dying in vain, it's better to fight, so you don't have to think too much about it. ”
Obviously, Liu Wei is not very good at comforting people, but at this time, Wang Sheng and Alice are helping to deal with the wounded, and the only one who can comfort me is Liu Wei.
I tried to excuse myself, but I couldn't convince myself.
So he took his crossbow and went to the gate of the camp, where there were still groups of cavalry, and they were running back and forth by the camp wall, but they had no intention of coming out.
My approach to the camp immediately attracted a rain of arrows, but I counted the distance and did not let the other party shoot me.
I raised the hard crossbow in my hand and aimed it at the cavalry inside.
The arrows easily pierced through the opponent's armor, and the arrows came out from behind, but the cavalry who was shot did not react at all.
The reason is very simple: they are dead, unless they shoot the head, it is useless at all, and the other party is always running on horseback, there is no pattern at all, and it is almost possible to shoot the head.
I shot a few more arrows, and after confirming this, I was irritated again.
I looked closely and found that the range of the opponent's bow and arrow was not enough, and I also found that the opponent seemed to know that his bow and arrow were too old and did not dare to pull the bowstring, and a few tried to pull it full, but the bowstring broke.
Now I was happy, I could shoot them, they couldn't shoot me, so I replaced the arrows with the burst arrows.
Since love can't shoot your head, then Lao Tzu will blow you up.
"Bang~" The arrow flew over a distance of dozens of meters, pierced the chest of a Mongolian cavalryman, and pierced into his chest, followed by an explosion, and his upper body was blown up.
Several of the soldiers around him also suffered, and although they were not killed, they were also left with broken arms and legs.
"It's powerful!" With one arrow, I found that the power was not bad, and I couldn't help but cheer.
Then he shouted at Liu Wei: "Brother Liu, come here, bring all the exploding arrows here, bring Wang Sheng's hard crossbow over, and find a few people to wind them up for us, Lao Tzu will blow them up today." ”
Liu Wei quickly did as I was told, and also taught two guys who specialize in winding.
After watching me shoot for a while, he spoke: "We have only a few hundred bursting arrows, and there are at least 10,000 people in them. ”
The truth is indeed as Liu Wei said, but I have no better way, I have resentment in my heart, so I can only vent it in this way.
I still shot the arrow and told Liu Wei the truth, Liu Wei shook his head, and also said that he was helpless and had no choice.
It wasn't until half an hour later that Alice came.
Alice watched me shoot arrows there, doing something trivial, frowned and said, "How about I blow them up with a drone?" ”
"Your drone is indeed quite powerful, but the number of people killed by the explosion is limited, and your drone didn't shoot down before, you don't remember it so quickly?" I'm not optimistic about Alice's approach.
Alice snorted coldly and said angrily: "Then you want to find a way, there are still these people left, how can you fight such a large battalion?" ”
I'm a cowardly person most of the time, as long as I give me enough face, I don't care most of the time, Alice is obviously very smart, and she gives me enough face most of the time, so she yelled at me,
I'm not very angry, just a little upset.
"I also have seven drones there, each drone has a kilogram of special explosives, adding up to seven kilograms, it is very powerful, there is not a single grass within a radius of 50 meters, if you can gather the other party, you can kill them in the greatest range.
After such a huge explosion, we rode over and I thought it was very feasible. Alice spoke in detail about her thoughts.
Liu Wei nodded and said, "Xiao Ai Beauty is very feasible. ”
"Then how do you solve the problem that the drone will be shot down?" I asked, frowning, pondering the feasibility of Alice's plan.
"Are you stupid? The drone can't only fly so high, I fly higher and fall down slowly, and even if I am shot in the end, it will fall in their crowd and will not affect the overall situation. Alice rolled her eyes and looked at me like a silly fork.
But I still disagree, because there is an important question: "Even if we rush through this big camp, what will we do with the next big camp?" ”
I'm a little scared, it doesn't matter if I die, but I can't kill everyone.
There were more than 2,000 people in total, nearly 3,000 people came out with me, and now there are only more than 1,200 people who can move, and I don't want to die anymore, I don't want to take responsibility for the death of these people, so I retreated.
"Your sister, she is so timid, she has no sense of responsibility at all, and the old lady is blind before she takes a fancy to you!" Alice saw my problem at a glance and immediately jumped to her feet and scolded me.
I pursed my lips and didn't speak, I didn't respond, I treated me coldly and violently.
Liu Wei persuaded me: "Brother Qin, I think it is feasible, in addition, we are already in the formation, we can't retreat, we can only rush forward if we want to survive." ”
But I never let go, Alice waited for a long time, and when she saw that I didn't let go, she immediately scolded: "Groove, you don't need your consent, the old lady will go to the batu to discuss it herself." ”
Soon Alice finished the discussion, and the rest of the people who could fight were all assembled.
At Alice's request, they assembled at the gate of the camp, kept a long enough distance, of course, to make a noise of clamour, and found someone who knew Mongolian to call for battle.
This was to allow the cavalry inside to be gathered as much as possible to facilitate the implementation of Alice's plan.
I don't know if it's because I saw it or understood it, but after the bullhorn was blown in Badu, the cavalry inside also made a burst of drumming sounds, and they also gathered together, with a posture of fighting to the death.
The drone on Alice's side has already been lifted into the air, and in order to prevent it from being shot down before it flies overhead, the drone has been raised to a height of 100 meters.
The eyeless Mongol cavalry looked up one after another, but in fact, the soldiers on the tribe's side were watching, and they were very puzzled by what could fly into the sky.
Everything is ready, the next is the explosion, and then the charge.
But because of my anger, I was always reluctant to leave, and I wanted to stay here.
Wang Sheng didn't come to persuade me, and I was relieved, because once the other party came to persuade me, I would definitely have to give him face, but I would definitely feel uncomfortable in my heart.
Wang Sheng is a smart man, so in order not to be estranged from me, he didn't come.
Alice said, "He can't go, stinky man." ”
But in the end, he came over, hugged me and said, "Husband~"
And then I was and went with Alice.