Chapter 22: The Barbarians
The sky is high and the clouds are blue, the scorching sun is rising, and there is silence for a hundred miles! "De, de, de......" The heavy and dense sound of iron hooves flying awakened the barbarians who were resting, and the dust was flying, and soon hundreds of horsemen were seen rushing towards them. 500 meters...... 300 meters...... At the beginning of the two-hundred-meter ...... "sigh ......", this group of cavalry did not change direction and still galloped in a straight line, nor did they avoid the barbarian formation. Until it was discovered at close range that it was the barbarians gathered, the spears in the hands of the leading cavalry were raised, causing all the horsemen to stop their horses, causing a burst of confusion in the formation. "Whoa, whoa, whoop......" The loud echoing wolf howl began, and about two or three hundred brute horsemen howled excitedly rushed out of the formation and killed hundreds of cavalry. "Keep moving, bow and arrow to meet the enemy!" Seeing that the brute cavalry divided his troops to attack as planned, after all, it was a cavalry officer with battlefield experience, Luo Bin pondered, and did not turn around immediately according to the plan, but commanded with a wave of his spear. "Uh......" All the cavalry that lured the enemy were quite stunned, but these cavalrymen were selected by thousands of people, and they still understood the battlefield discipline, and when they saw the general's actions, although they had doubts in their hearts, they could only put it in their hearts, and they did not disobey the order in the slightest. 200 meters...... 100m ...... Seeing that Luo Bin and the others were about to bypass the barbarian cavalry, the chasing brute cavalry had already narrowed the distance. "Bang, bang, bang......" "Bang, bang, bang......" bowstrings exploded, and sharp arrows roared. This time, the people who came out to lure the enemy were all carefully selected cavalry, experienced on the battlefield, and they were all skilled in archers and horses, and hundreds of sharp arrows pierced the sky to attack the chasing brute cavalry. "Ahh......h "Move horizontally! Bow and arrow beckon!" Luo Bin shook the reins in his hand, and the war horse turned his head and galloped in the lateral direction, galloping, constantly bending his bow and arrows to shoot the brute horseman. "Bang, bang, bang......" Luo Bin was born in Orion, and began to practice feeling since he was a child, at this time, Luo Bin showed extremely strong archery skills, and every bowstring burst loudly, there was a brute horse who fell off the horse in response to the sound and never fell short. "Whoa, whoa, whoop......" and "*@*#......" two teams of cavalry, galloping on the plain, chasing and fleeing, but the pursuing barbarian cavalry was constantly weakened by the cavalry led by Luo Bin, but they couldn't do anything about it, causing those barbarian horsemen to howl and abuse angrily. "Whoa, whoa, whoop......" At this moment, a louder and denser wolf howl sounded, and the barbarian cavalry that had been standing still before turned over their horses and swarmed out. And it went straight to the front of the cavalry led by Luo Bin, obviously intending to intercept the target. "Are you finally willing to move?" Seeing the barbarians in pursuit, Luo Bin thought with joy in his heart, turned the horse's head again, led the crowd to gallop back and forth, and made an overall observation, and found that Luo Bin took the "zigzag" route. However, the war horses of the barbarian cavalry were stronger than Luo Bin's war horses on the whole, and the barbarian cavalry chased more and more closely, more and more, and four or five hundred horsemen came out together, dusty and imposing. "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......" Seeing that the distance was sixty or seventy meters, the brute rider who ran at the forefront began to return fire with bows and arrows.
The brute cavalry is the chasing side, and the range of the bow and arrow is limited, so it is necessary to wait for the distance between the two sides to close before starting to draw the bow and shoot the arrow.
I have to say that the barbarians are indeed barbarians on horseback, and although the bow and arrow skills are not said to be 100 shots, the quasi-head is not comparable to Luo Bin and them. For a while, the sound of dense breaking wind swept up, and hundreds of bows and arrows formed a rain of arrows, shooting towards Luo Bin and others.
"Get down, keep charging!" the crowd was shocked and shouted at the same time, and most of the archers listened to the order and lay on their horses, clamped their legs, and accelerated to continue the charge. "Ding Ding ......" Luo Bin relied on his good martial arts riding skills, turned around, pulled out the spear he was carrying, and stabbed out with lightning in one hand, and the crisp and dense metal impact sounded, and dozens of arrows flew away. "Ah, ah, ......" But there were too many bows and arrows to shoot, and Luo Bin alone was unable to resist at all, and there were still more than a dozen cavalry who fell behind who were covered by the rain of arrows and fell off their horses.
"Kill!" At this moment, a thunderbolt burst on. "Boom, Boom, Boom......" Thousands of sharp arrows swept up from the woods and shot at the barbarians who were chasing and killing Luo Bin and others, and more than 100 people armed with spears, axes, and iron knives like tigers and leopards went out of the forest to kill the barbarians. It turned out that after a tense chase, the cavalry on both sides had already entered the predetermined ambush site. "Turn around, attack!" The main force attacked, Luo Bin naturally didn't have to run frantically, shouted at all the cavalry, and then stopped his horse and turned his head to kill the barbarians. "Teng, Teng, Teng......" "Drink!" "Boom, boom, boom......" Luo Bin turned the horse's head and snorted softly, the spear in his hand flew like a pear blossom, and the lightning stabbed at the barbarians, and the power of the simple and stabbing spear should not be underestimated. The cavalry, who had been chased in embarrassment, stopped their horses one after another, bent their bows and arrows with all their might, and shot at full speed to take revenge. "Drink!"
The cavalry was killed happily, and the infantry, as the main force, was naturally not willing to be left behind. The infantry led by Li Xin, Ye Qing and others had already rushed out of the woods and killed next to the barbarian cavalry. Taking advantage of the great reduction in the momentum of the barbarian cavalry, all the pikemen began to quickly form a formation and prepare to attack.
"The first platoon commander rushes forward, stab forward......" As soon as Ye Qing's order came out, the pikemen who had already been prepared stabbed towards the barbarian soldiers in front of them at a very fast speed. Although the barbarian soldier used the scimitar in his hand to quickly separate the spears that were stabbing at him in front of him, the two spears on both sides still pierced his ribs with lightning speed. The iron head of the spear easily pierced through the barbarian armor and pierced the ribs. In an instant, an unprecedented pain quickly spread from the ribs to the whole body, and the arrogant expression on the face of the barbarian soldier was quickly covered by shock, and then, the face full of shock was covered by despair before death. Looking down at the spears that had pierced his ribs, the desperate barbarian soldier was tempted to raise his mace and kill the two robbers. However, at this moment, he has no chance. As a large amount of blood quickly gushed out of his body from the wound, the desperate barbarian soldier could clearly feel that his limited physical strength was rapidly disappearing at an unprecedented rate.
This phenomenon is not an isolated case, under the stabbing of hundreds of soldiers in the first row, hundreds of barbarian cavalry died and fell to the ground in an instant.
"The first row, put away the guns and retreat, the second row is ready to ......" "The second row will immediately carry out the ...... of the stab"
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"The second row retracted its guns and retreated, and the first row took two steps forward and continued to stab forward......"
Under the continuous thrust of the infantry, there were constantly barbarian soldiers falling from their horses, and the barbarian cavalry, which was already inferior in numbers, was now less than 100 people, and the barbarian cavalry also collapsed under the double blow of the cavalry and infantry, and began to flee in all directions.
"All archers, cavalrymen, start shooting the fleeing horsemen!!"
Seeing that the barbarian cavalry collapsed and scrambled to flee first, Ye Qing, who was directing the infantry to besiege the barbarian cavalry, commanded loudly.
This barbarian cavalry is just a partial division, there is no special master, in the barbarian iron cavalry may not even be a second-rate team, under the siege of several times the human soldiers, they were finally all wiped out.
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"My lord, the battlefield has been cleaned up, the results of the battle have been counted, a total of 500 barbarian soldiers were killed in this battle, 410 war horses were completely usable, 150 horses were disabled and killed in battle, and a number of weapons and armor ......"
After a while, the battlefield was cleaned up, and Qin Fei, who was in charge of cleaning the battlefield, quickly got up to report, and at the same time sent a large bag.
"Ding-dong-......" Ye Qing picked up the bag and shook it a few times, the sound of metal hitting was crisp and sonorous, obviously containing gold coins, silver coins and other coins, and possibly gems and the like, I don't know how much it is, but it is not the time to count the money at present. "What about the casualties?"
Handing it to Fu Bo, who had been following him for personal protection, Ye Qing took the lead in asking.
"One hundred and thirty-two soldiers were killed, thousands were slightly wounded, and forty-five were seriously wounded and disabled. ”
Qin Fei's face darkened, but he hid it deeply, still expressionless, and responded seriously. Five thousand against five hundred, but most of the soldiers are still new recruits, and they have not yet completed even the most basic training, and they are still facing the ferocious barbarian iron cavalry, so the casualties are already a great victory in the battle between the human race and the barbarians. However, after all, it is your own people, and it is appropriate for the enemy to die 10,000, and it will be heartbreaking if you kill any of your own troops.
"This victory is a credit to everyone! Each person will be rewarded with a gold coin, the wounded will be doubled, and the rank of officer will rise in turn. The threefold pension for the dead must be ensured to be paid to the beneficiaries, and the corrupt will be dealt with by military law...... Those who are unwilling to stay in the army and want to go home will be given a one-time payment for three years, and those who are willing to continue to stay in the army will be supported by the lord's mansion for the rest of their lives!" Ye Qing pondered for a moment and said slowly. "Uh......" Not only Li Xin, Qin Fei and other officers were stunned, but also Fu Bo, who was standing next to him and had been silent, was also quite stunned and surprised.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing everyone looking at him with strange eyes, Ye Qing's first reaction was that there might be something wrong with his disposal.
In the first two battles, they were either slightly injured or directly killed, and there were no serious injuries at all, which required compensation, so Ye Qing had no experience in this area, and he was afraid that the pension he gave would be less, which would chill the hearts of the soldiers.
The army has won the battle, and it is normal to reward and double the reward, the important thing is Ye Qing's treatment of the wounded and the disabled, this is a big problem that will flow through the water, and it will also form a huge burden, and you don't dare to make this determination without a certain amount of courage.
"No, my lord is merciful, I thank you for all the soldiers. ”
The officers were not slow to react, and they looked quite excited, moved and bowed, and thanked them in unison.
"Okay, bury the bodies of all the barbarians on the spot at once, and then collect the corpses of our soldiers, and transport them all back to the territory for burial, and gather all the wounded soldiers in batches, and I will see if I can treat them with a medical book." ”
"Yes, Your Excellency!!"
The officers solemnly answered, and then went to set up.