Chapter 202: The Battle of Taniguchi
When the Jin army heard this, they stepped forward, and a swarm of bees pressed the wooden generals to the ground, and then found ropes to tie the wooden generals like zongzi.
Taking advantage of the fact that the vanguard of the wooden army was retreating in a hurry and the rear army had not yet launched an attack, Lin Haotian ordered his soldiers to quickly carry back the dead horses in the canyon and put them in the valley.
Lin Haotian had already carefully observed the valley, there was no grass here, it was impossible to find food from the valley, and he didn't know how long he would be trapped, he couldn't last long with the little dry food he carried, and it was still necessary to use dead horses as reserve food.
His precautionary move, but the Jin army benefited a lot, and it was precisely because of the reserves at this time that the Jin army was difficult to maintain in the canyon.
The five thousand cavalry of the Mu Kingdom could not be used in the canyon, and they were defeated by the arrows of the Jin army, leaving hundreds of corpses and dead horses, and even the generals who led the army were captured alive by Lin Haotian.
Seeing that it didn't take long for his cavalry to let the Jin army fight out as soon as they entered the canyon, Li Wei's face was a little unbearable, and he immediately prepared to dispatch more troops to continue to charge.
At this time, Sima Changren stopped him, smiled leisurely, and said: "The canyon is narrow, and the inside is uneven, and there are many rocks, which makes it difficult for the cavalry to perform. ”
"What does the general mean ......"
"It's better to charge with infantry. Chang Sima Changren said confidently.
"But...... Our troops are all cavalry, and we are used to fighting on horses, and if we get off our horses, I'm afraid it will ......," Li Wei said embarrassedly.
Sima Changren smiled, patted Li Wei's arm, and said, "You can force Lin Haotian to this place of execution this time, you have done me a great favor, and next, it is the turn of the infantry soldiers to go into battle!"
Li Wei heard this. Although I felt a little uncomfortable, I didn't want to continue to say anything, so I gave up.
Sima Changren led the army to set up camp at the entrance of the valley, and the large battalion of 50,000 cavalry blocked the entrance to the valley tightly, not to mention people. Not even a rat can get out.
After setting up camp, the wooden army did not continue the attack, but waited for the infantry in the rear to arrive.
Taking advantage of this rare gap, the Jin army happened to take a short rest in the valley to recuperate and prepare for the next battle.
Lin Haotian did not rest, but walked slowly into the depths of the valley.
After this long and narrow canyon, the eyes suddenly opened up, and what greeted me was a large round valley. This valley is several miles in circumference, and the area is huge, but in the huge space, there is not a single grass, the ground is all bare stones, and around the valley are towering cliffs, the mountain walls are steep and smooth, and there is no point of strength, unless it is a profound cultivator. Ordinary people want to climb up, and they are like climbing to the sky.
As Sima Changren said. It's a dead place, and there's no way into it.
Seeing that Lin Haotian didn't speak for a long time, at this time, Gu Liangyun stepped forward and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, adults. The canyon is narrow, and the cavalry of the Mu Kingdom can't rush close at all, not to mention that it won't be long before all the armies will get the news and rush over to rescue the adults. ”
Lin Haotian shook his head with a smile. said: "Sima Changren will not let us get out of trouble easily, and he will not easily give up this great opportunity to kill me." ”
Lin Haotian is not as optimistic as Gu Liangyun, Sima Changren is not only unfathomable, but also a genius who is good at commanding troops to fight, his own army is in a head-to-head confrontation with him, and it is not certain who wins and who loses!
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard hurriedly ran over from the valley mouth, and when Lin Haotian approached, he intervened to give a salute, and said with a hurried face: "My lord, the enemy army has begun to attack again, but ...... This attack is the infantry of the Wood Country!"
"Oh?" Lin Haotian secretly said so quickly, Mu Jun was dressed in steel armor and was all on foot, and he arrived in such a short time!
He nodded and said, "I see." As he spoke, he looked left and right, smiled lightly, and said, "The enemy is coming to the door again, and you will fight with me!"
"Yes!"
Gu Liangyun and the others followed Lin Haotian together and quickly walked towards the valley mouth.
When Lin Haotian returned to his camp, the wooden army outside the canyon had already begun to attack, only to see countless wooden troops lined up in a neat phalanx, pressing towards the Jin army step by step.
Lin Haotian narrowed his eyes, turned his head sideways and said, "Save arrows, wait for the enemy to approach before releasing arrows!"
Lin Haotian is trapped in the place of death, there is no backup at all, everything has to be carefully calculated, and the support of the wooden army is sufficient, there is no concern, when the vanguard of the wooden army is still a hundred steps away from the stone wall, the arrow array of the wooden army comes.
With the clatter of bowstrings, countless arrows flew out from the Wood Army's camp.
The Jin army immediately lay down and used stone walls as a barrier to avoid the arrow array of the wooden army.
"Jingle Bell!"
The arrows hit the stone wall, crackling, sparks splashing everywhere, and the arrow array of the wooden army seemed to have no end, round after round, endlessly, under the continuous impact of the arrows, the stones that had been built up began to loosen, and many boulders had rolled down.
Just when the wooden army had advanced to less than fifty steps, Lin Haotian suddenly shouted, "Release the arrow!"
As he spoke, the Jin soldiers lying on the ground stood up one after another, raised their bows and fired back.
The distance of fifty paces was too close, and no matter how hard the steel armor of the wooden army was, it could not resist such a close shot. The Jin army only fired one round of arrows, and the wooden soldiers who walked to the front became hedgehogs, covered with carved feathers, screaming and falling to the ground.
The wooden army also reacted quickly, and the soldiers put down their bows and arrows, set up their shields, and used shield arrays to resist the Jin army's arrow array.
In the process of the whole army's march, of course, the shield array cannot be monolithic, from time to time there are arrows through the gaps between the shields, shooting at the body of the wooden army, but the wooden army with arrows is a minority after all, and its overall camp is still advancing.
The distance of fifty paces was only a matter of blink of an eye, and soon, the wooden army had rushed to the stone wall.
This stone wall is the only barrier of the Jin army, if it is pushed down by the wooden army, or turned over by the wooden army, the Jin army can only retreat into the valley, in such an open area, the Jin army of only more than 2,000 people is afraid that it can be swallowed by the wooden army of 50,000 people in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the wooden army had approached, more than a dozen Jin soldiers jumped onto the stone wall, holding swords, and slashed and stabbed the wooden soldiers below.
The condescending slashing and slashing was so powerful that dozens of wooden soldiers were cut open by the war knife and fell to the ground, but there were more wooden soldiers behind who screamed and stepped forward, aiming at the Jin army on the stone wall and stabbing continuously.
At this time, the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
I saw that the heads of the wooden soldiers outside the stone wall were surging, like ants, dead in a row, and immediately filled another row, and the Jin army on the stone wall was stabbed to death and stabbed by the wooden army from time to time while slashing and killing the enemy, screaming and falling down, and what was even worse was that there were many marksmen in the wooden army, and their threat to the Jin army was too great, and many Jin soldiers were hit by the cold arrows that suddenly flew from the crowd and were killed on the spot.
Seeing this, Lin Haotian immediately asked his soldiers to put on heavy armor again, and everyone worked together to hold it up and erect it on the stone wall.
The heavy armored cavalry was originally intended to fight on horseback, but now it is flexibly used by Lin Haotian and placed on the stone wall, so that it can prevent the enemy's cold arrows and assassination at close range.
This trick really worked, as the heavy cavalry climbed the stone wall, the sharpshooters in the wooden army immediately lost their threat, and the arrows they shot were nailed to the three layers of thick armor of the heavy armor, and even the first layer could not be penetrated, and with the crisp sound of clanging, the arrows broke off and fell to the ground.
The heavy cavalry were all sturdy men, armed with spears, and stabbed from top to bottom, often piercing two wooden soldiers with one shot, and for a while, the wooden soldiers in front of the stone wall screamed continuously, and people fell to the ground one after another.
Seeing that his own morale had risen, and the morale of the enemy was weakening, Lin Haotian secretly said that there was a good opportunity.
He cast a shadow drift, flashed directly from the stone wall to the outside of the wall, dragged the dark iron halberd, and rushed into the camp of the wooden army, just swinging the halberd, three wooden soldiers rushed to the ground, at the same time, he shouted: "Brothers, kill with me-"
The commanders of their own side have already rushed out, where can the soldiers below still have the intention of fear? Lu Kai, Gu Liangyun, Shao Lin and other generals led the Jin soldiers and soldiers to climb over the stone wall and pounce on the camp of the wooden army. (To be continued......)