Chapter 277

The sound of hooves rumbled, thousands of horses were like hurricanes, and everywhere they went, dust and grass clippings flew into the air, covering the sky and the sun, and the scimitars were held high like a forest, and the brilliance was shining and dazzling.

"Bow and arrow! Bird's Gun! Get ready...... Put! ”

Jiang Bin shouted, and the Ling Qi held high in the air slashed forward, and in an instant, there was a squeak of the bowstring and the sizzle of the burning rope. Immediately after that, the buzzing sound was endless, and thousands of feathered arrows broke through the air, gathering into a moving dark cloud in the air and covering the Tartar cavalry a hundred paces away, Jiang Bin calculated very accurately, the arrows flew and fell in the air for a few breaths, and the Tartar cavalry happened to be within the best range of eighty paces away.

The rain of arrows fell from the sky, and the Tartar cavalry fell on their horses, and the soldiers and horses who were shot rolled on the grass, setting off mud waves several feet high, and the screams of the soldiers, the neighing of the horses, and the low popping sound of the arrows entering the flesh were intertwined, which made people feel creepy.

The first round of arrows on the Tatar cavalry caused hundreds of people to fall from their horses, but this did not stop their charge in the slightest, and the soldiers and horses rolling in the grass did not slow down their speed in the slightest, and their eyes were fixed on the Ming army in front of them, allowing the horses' hooves to trample the fallen compatriots into flesh, without even frowning.

The second round of arrow rain of the Ming army came, mixed with the dense arrows and hundreds of birds shot out of the iron sand, this time the Tatar cavalry suffered more casualties, two rounds of long-range attacks, took the lives of more than 300 people, and hundreds of cavalry could not dodge and collided with the tumbling war horses also became rolling gourds.

However, there were only two rounds of archery within range, and after two rounds, the Tartar cavalry had rushed twenty paces away, and could no longer shoot a third round of arrows; Jiang Bin waved his hand, the flag in the air changed, and the archers in the front row did not evacuate, throwing down the bow and arrow in a group of five people to lift the two-zhang long giant spears that had already been placed on the ground, these giant guns were specially built to cope with the charge of the Tartar cavalry, the barrel of the gun was as thick as an arm, and the head of the spear was cast of cast iron, although it was rough and simple, but this kind of giant gun did not need to be very exquisite.

Hundreds of giant spears raised their heads and pointed obliquely ahead, and the tail of the guns fell into the small pit on the ground, forming a forest of guns in the front of the Ming army, and the tips of the guns were facing the galloping Tatar cavalry, like a poisonous snake that only chooses people to devour, and raised its head high.

"Boom."

In the abnormal sound, the Tartar cavalry was like a monstrous turbid wave, hitting the embankment guarded by the giant spear, the sound of broken tendons and fractures made people chill, the huge spear head pierced into the body of the horse and the human body, and the flesh and blood splashed all over the sky after the hole, the limbs that swirled up fell several feet away, and the huge inertia of the war horse rushed into the crowd to crush it......

The initial impact seemed to freeze time, everyone seemed to be imprisoned in a nightmare and oppressed to breathe, and the impact of flesh and blood was like ripples on the surface of a calm lake, surging in both directions layer by layer; When the initial impact was over, it was as if people were suffocating through the air, but then more brutal hand-to-hand combat began.

For the infantry, the cavalry charge was a nightmare, and a cavalry of more than 100 men could defeat more than five times their own infantry, provided they had room to charge. Once the cavalry charged, engaging the infantry was tantamount to a wolf entering a flock, and the best way to deal with them was nothing more than relying on fortifications to defend and strike at a distance; When you have to face the cavalry head-on, the best thing to do is to block their rapid charge, and the giant spear formation undoubtedly plays this role.

The ferocious impact of the front, more than 400 giant guns unequivocally took the lives of hundreds of Tartars, although under the impact of inertia, the Tartar cavalry was still like a torrent crashing into the Ming army's defense line, but the first wave of the giant wave was the most ferocious, after being resisted, the second and third waves that followed were not so terrible.

Hand-to-hand combat kicked off, and the cavalry that followed up brandished the scimitar and rushed into the Ming army to slash and slash, and the Ming army did not show weakness, and cooperated in groups of three to meet the enemy. The combination of swords and shields, pikemen, hooks and sickles, this is an effective way to deal with the Tartar cavalry that the Ulju soldiers came up with, the hook and sickle soldiers attack the horse's legs, the sharp barbs can break the horse's hooves, and the pikemen are responsible for attacking and interfering with the Tartars on the horse, and after the Tartars fall off their horses, it is time for the sword and shield soldiers to show their skills. The fallen Tartar is like a wolf with a broken leg, and he is not good at it, and he can only be slaughtered.

The valley under the setting sun became a Shura field, and the soldiers with hideous expressions were like a group of emotionless machines, mechanically slashing their blades at others, with numb expressions on their faces; The piercing sound of the sword intersecting was followed by the screams of the dying and the clattering of the blades to the bones, no one cared about the life and death of others, not even their own life and death, and just pulled the tip of the bloody knife out of the body of others, and the next moment he was stabbed by someone else; One moment he cut off the head of his enemy, and the next he became a headless corpse.

The battlefield became a huge meat grinder, and the intact human body entered it, and soon it was broken into pieces of minced meat, and the terrible thing was that no one flinched, and the soldiers in front and back still filled it with expressionless faces, until they also became several pieces of minced meat.

Song Nan is also one of them, he is covered in blood, and the embroidered spring knife in his hand no longer knows how many people he has killed, his body has gradually disobeyed the call, and the torture of the past few days has made him extremely tired, and at this moment he is completely supported by a fierce spirit, if it weren't for the bear skin armor on his body, I am afraid he would have fallen under the knife of others; But even so, the huge shock of the sword and his body also made Song Nan's body ache everywhere, so he could only grit his teeth and persevere.

The battle gradually came to an end, it was impossible to say who won and who lost, the Ming army was exhausted by a brave force to entangle the five thousand Tatar cavalry, both sides were killed and wounded more than half, in the face of the madness of the Ming army, the Tatar cavalry gradually exhausted; Once morale declines, there is no power to return to heaven.

Jiang Bin rode his horse and rushed to Song Nan's side, and with a single sword, he cut down a Tartar leader who was entangled with Song Nan, and shouted loudly: "Brother Song, quickly retreat, we can't fight." ”

Song Nan gasped with his knife and said, "Is it the second wave of Tartar cavalry coming up?" ”

Jiang Bin wiped the blood stain on his face and nodded: "Yes, it's already five miles away, most of the first wave of Tartars were killed by us, but we also lost nearly two thousand, and the second wave seems to be five or six thousand, the Tartars are treacherous, we are exhausted with this first wave of fighting, and we will not be able to resist the second wave of cavalry rushing in, retreat south, I will send someone to protect you." ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Retreat south?" Isn't this looking for death? Once retreated, it will be a catastrophe, how can a person's legs run over the horse's legs? ”

Jiang Bin said: "There is no way, how much can be withdrawn, we have built fortifications thirty miles away, as long as we can return the fortifications and hold on, it will be easy to do." ”

Song Nan shook his head and said: "If you can't retreat, if you retreat, the whole army will be annihilated." ”

Jiang Bin spread his hands and said, "What should I do then?" Are we all here waiting for the second and third waves of the Tartars to come up and kill us all? ”

Song Nan thought for a while and said: "Retreat to the slopes on both sides, the Tartars are fast and crowded, but they will never dismount and attack the slopes." ”

"But the emperor is in the south, so wouldn't it be a long drive south for the Tartars to chase the emperor?"

Song Nan shook his head and said: "No, the emperor should already be dozens of miles away, and the Tartars will not be able to catch up for a while, besides, if the Tartars dare to go deeper, it will be a good thing." ”

Jiang Bin said: "A good thing? ”

Song Nan said: "Don't ask, I'll explain to you slowly when I go up the hill, time is pressing, let's give an order quickly." ”

Although Jiang Bin was puzzled, but out of confidence in Song Nan all along, he no longer hesitated, sounded the horn and gave the order, the Ming soldiers immediately withdrew to the high mountain slopes on both sides, the first wave of Tartar cavalry 5,000 people had less than 2,000 left, and they were almost desperate, and suddenly saw the Ming army retreating to both sides, and suddenly the courage increased greatly and followed the fierce pursuit, the Ming army paid the price of more than 200 people to rush to the hillside, and turned around and shot down with a feather arrow, which stopped their crazy pursuit.

When the second wave of 5,000 cavalry charged, there was no Ming army on the battlefield, and the dead corpses were all over the ground, and the grass was red, which was miserable.

The Tartar general who led the team hurriedly delivered the news to the bald man behind him, asking him for instructions.

Bald Meng can lead hundreds of horsemen to the battlefield, and when he saw that the Ming army had withdrawn to the slopes on both sides, and the valley in the middle had been completely opened, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha, the Ming army is vulnerable, this is a turtle with a shrunken head, pass my order, the army pursues to the south, and the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to flee far, vowing to take him." ”

A manager of ten thousand households hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Respected Great Khan, it is taboo to lead the army deep, let's not fall for the tricks of the Han people." ”

"Trickery? They were all beaten and hid in the mountains as mountain rats, what other tricks could they have? Bald said disdainfully.

The head of the ten thousand households hurriedly said: "Great Khan, we have been here for almost nine days, and the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty must have arrived from everywhere. Let's take it when we see it, cut off the heads of these Han people and return to Ulaanbaatar, and besides, our supplies are about to run out, and it is not good for us to consume them. ”

Bald Mengke twisted his brows and thought for a while: "What you said makes sense, but I am really unwilling to let the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty flee in vain." ”

"Great Khan, it's better to send two thousand iron horsemen to chase after it, the large army will not move, if we encounter reinforcements from the Ming army, we might as well evacuate beyond the pass in time, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Bald Mengke nodded and said: "Okay, I will listen to you, send two thousand light horsemen to the south to chase, and the rest of the men and horses will retreat and set up camp, closely monitoring the Ming army on the slopes on both sides, although these mountain rats have been defeated, they also need to prevent them from raiding at night." ”

On the hillside, Song Nan put up a pergola and watched a group of cavalry in the valley gallop south, but the Tartar army retreated and set up camp, and couldn't help but stomp his feet and scolded: "What a treacherous Tartar, really careful." ”

Jiang Bin smacked his lips and said, "I don't know how far the emperor has gone." ”

Song Nan said: "Don't worry, the emperor will be fine, it's getting late, the Tartar soldiers have to stop and camp at most fifty miles away, tomorrow is the ninth day, the people who should arrive should arrive, if not, it is a heinous crime." ”