Chapter 191: The Covenant War
Xu Wan's army did not stop, but was several points faster than before, as if it had deliberately slowed down in order to lure Rong Di's army.
The three elders heard the sound of drums on the other side of the hill and knew that there should be an ambush or reinforcements, but the iron cavalry had already sprinted, and if they wanted to stop, they had to stop the cavalry behind first, otherwise they would collide with the horses that stopped in front, but the three elders took the lead in rushing ahead, so there must be a process of passing orders.
During this hesitant time, a number of battle flags suddenly appeared in the hills in the distance, on which the characters "Qin" and "Meng" were clearly written.
In an instant, I saw the flag quickly drifting towards this side.
And because there were no leaves in the woods, I could vaguely see the crowds of people, and the shouts of killing were deafening.
Whoosh, whoosh......
I saw one crossbow arrow after another shoot straight out of the mountains and forests on the upper hill, as fast as the wind, as fast as lightning into Rong Di's iron cavalry camp.
When the Meng family army arrived, the flying crossbow also arrived.
The Rongdi knight, who rushed in front, subconsciously raised the shield in his left hand, but the next moment, it was a group of people who turned on their backs.
The overturned horse fell to the ground, which became a stumbling block to the back, and then fell down again until the iron rider behind him came to a halt.
Everyone looked at the woods in a daze, rather nervous.
Of course, Rong Dijun didn't know the power of the flying crossbow.
The longbow that is usually used in combat shoots an arrow feather that is a throwing line, so when it hits the target, it flies diagonally above the target.
If the target is a cavalry, then the knight can easily resist with a shield that will not shoot a man or hurt a horse.
But the crossbow is different.
The crossbow that shot straight over was naturally a larger war horse, but in a straight direction, the shield in the knight's hand would not play such a big role.
Instead of being resisted by the shield, it is better to shoot the war horse directly to the ground, then the cavalry will naturally have no advantage.
This is the conclusion reached by the Meng Jiajun practicing the flying crossbow during this time, and it has been reflected in Chang Yu's body before, but the time Chang Yu did, the horses were indeed a little less.
This time it was different, the front army of the three elders was a full 10,000 iron horsemen.
What a target!
The Meng family army finally emerged from the woods.
The three elders fixed their eyes, but saw that the front row was an array of archers with only about 2,000 people, and they couldn't help but be so angry that their eyes were full of stars.
You must know that the archers are most afraid of cavalry, and this Mengjia army actually uses archers to take the lead.
Although the crossbow arrows fired from the crossbow array on the opposite side hit many horses, they were much weaker in terms of numbers and flexibility, and the cavalry behind them did not seem to have any intention of attacking.
This loss cannot be eaten in vain.
Thinking of this, the three elders commanded their front army, bypassed the horses that had been shot down, and charged diagonally towards the bow and crossbow array on the opposite side.
It's not that there are too few archers in the Mengjia army, but the number of flying crossbows is limited, and during this time, in addition to the three thousand for Changping Jun, the Jingjia class hurried to make so many.
However, another advantage of the crossbow is revealed, and that is the burst!
Although the number of crossbows is small, the crossbow arrows are enough.
In addition, it takes you to shoot one arrow with a longbow, and you can shoot three arrows with a flying crossbow.
In this way, the crossbow camp with only 2,000 people can exert the combat power of 6,000 archers, and with the characteristic of shooting only horses and not people, the role is ten times greater than that of 6,000 archers!
The consequences of underestimating the enemy were finally embodied in the three elders.
I saw the front army of the Rong Di army, and explained what it means to go forward and follow one after another with their own actions.
The horses in front kept falling, and those behind followed, and then fell again.
The horses fell to the ground and died on the spot, and the men rolled and crawled, throwing away their armor.
Of course, the three elders were no exception, and their own warhorses were shot by flying crossbows
Later, he was also smashed.
After recovering from his senses, he found that one of his legs was pressed under his warhorse.
Looking at his war horse again, he was hit by several arrows, blood flowed out of the wound one by one, his body was still trembling, and he was already twitching when he retreated.
The three elders shouted vigorously and tried to pull the crushed leg out from under the horse's belly, but tried several times without success.
Coincidentally, the war horse that fell from behind hit his war horse and brought the three elders out.
In the blink of an eye, looking back at his team, he saw that most of the horses had been lost, and the remaining part was still rushing forward, and it kept falling down.
The warriors of Yiqu, like the three elders, were either crushed under the body of the war horse, or they rolled on the ground with their injured legs or arms, wailing.
Those who were not injured, fearing being trampled by the horses behind, ran to the sides.
Finally, the knights who were still rushing forward behind narrowed the distance between the two sides to thirty zhang, but Rong Di's iron cavalry was less than a thousand.
The three elders stared blankly at the backs of these warriors, not knowing how to issue military orders for a while.
Keep rushing?
It must be the same end.
Withdrawn?
Isn't that more humiliating.
But at this moment, another volley was fired.
The remaining thousands of iron horsemen unexpectedly fell to the ground in response to the neighing of people and horses.
Seeing such a scene, the three elders' eyes bulged outward, their pupils were already covered with bloodshots, the blood vessels on their foreheads bulged high, almost bursting, and their teeth were clenched together and were about to shatter.
10,000 iron riders!
Is it so vulnerable?!
The third elder bit the tip of his tongue violently, causing himself to wake up coldly, and then found his saber, and was about to reach out to pick it up.
But at this moment, I heard several horns sounding from behind the Meng family's crossbow array.
In an instant, 10,000 foot soldiers suddenly slaughtered from behind the crossbow array, heading straight for the front army of the three elders.
At the same time, Xu Wan, who had escaped before, also came back with his soldiers.
In this way, in terms of the number of people alone, the three elders have already suffered a big loss, not to mention that half of them are still lying on the ground, and the remaining half are also greatly reduced.
It seems to be a collapse of faith.
The three elders shouted, raised their knives and led the tribe to strangle with the Qin army.
Xu Wan recognized the three elders in the crowd at a glance, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and urged the horse to cover up.
The Third Elder was not Xu Wan's opponent in the first place, but now he lost his horse and collapsed his faith, so he was captured by Xu Wan with only one face.
I only heard Xu Wan shouting: "Stop it all!" ”
Everyone followed the voice and looked in Xu Wan's direction, only to see that the three elders had been restrained by Xu Wan.
Whether it was the Qin army or the Yiqu army, they all stopped their movements, as if time had stopped at this moment.
Xu Wan raised his halberd, and then pointed at the Yiqu tribe with its ring and said, "Your elder has been captured, and the general trend has gone, hurry up and surrender!" ”
The Yiqu tribe, who had already lost their fighting spirit, had the confidence to resist, and almost subconsciously dropped their weapons on the ground.
"The Great Age of Genes"
The 30,000 foot soldiers of the Qin army took the opportunity to step forward and captured all the warriors of Yiqu.
"Take it away!" Xu Wan shouted.
The Qin army quickly took away the Yiqu warriors and weapons that they had captured.
As the generals of the former army, the three elders were naturally escorted directly to the Qin army's barracks.
And the main force of Rong Di's army in the back, before they could see what was going on, saw the scout horse in front stumbling back.
"Report ......" Tan Mara said in a long voice, "Young Patriarch, Third Elder, he ...... He ......"
Seeing that Tanma was so flustered, Thorin felt bad and asked urgently, "What's wrong with him, tell me quickly!" ”
The tanma swallowed his saliva for a moment, and then said, "The three elders are all overthrown
Gone! ”
"Huh?" Thorin was shocked and said, "How can this be?!" ”
"What?" The Fourth Elder shouted, "Is there a mistake?" ”
Qiang also said nervously: "He was defeated? ”
"The exact reason for this is not yet known." Tanma said, "I only saw in the back that the tribal warriors of the front army were chasing the Qin army defending the city, and when they were about to catch up, another group of Qin troops suddenly appeared from the height of the mountain range, presumably they had been ambushed there earlier, but the number was not too many, and the crossbowmen who took the lead were also crossbowmen. ”
The three elders probably thought that the crossbow phalanx was easy to break, so they led the army to rush over. Which Cheng thought, the crossbowmen on the opposite side seemed to shoot horses, and in just a moment, our war horses fell in pieces. ”
"Damn!" Qiang Qi said hatefully, "I have heard that the Qin army is scheming, and such a despicable method is really hateful. ”
"Then how is the Third Elder now?" Thorin asked anxiously.
Tanma arched his hand and said: "The three elders and all the soldiers were captured by the Qin army, and only countless corpses of war horses were left at the scene. ”
"Let's go, let's see." Thorin said, and walked out.
Everyone followed out of the tent and jumped on their horses.
On the other side, the Qin army camp.
Xu Wan escorted the three elders to the middle military tent of the Mengjia army.
"The last general has seen General Meng." Xu Wan saw Meng Wu and arched his hand.
"General Xu, don't be polite." Meng Wu bowed his hand and saluted, "I heard that you just went to war, and you made the first merit and captured an elder of Yiqu. ”
Xu Wan grinned and said: "Don't dare to be, if it weren't for the courage of the Meng family's army, how could we win so much, if you want to say the first merit, it should belong to General Meng." ”
"Hehe, General Ben is not here to compete with you for credit." Meng Wu said with a smile, "Where is the elder of Yiqu, go, take a look." ”
"It's right outside the tent." Xu Wan said as he led the way in front.
Outside the tent, Meng Wu saw the three elders who had been tied up by the five flowers at a glance.
Although they were tied, the three elders stood tall and proud, and obviously, they had recovered a lot of spirit.
"What are you doing here, loosen your ties quickly." Meng Wu shouted.
Although he didn't understand what he meant, he still stepped forward and loosened the rope of the three elders.
The third elder moved his slightly pantothenic arm, and said coldly: "If you want to kill, kill it, blow up your eyes, don't call Yiqu a hero!" ”
"Hahaha......" Meng Wu laughed, "This elder is serious, in Xia Mengwu, may I ask the elder Gao's surname?" ”
The third elder's brows moved slightly, and he finally looked at Meng Wu and said, "You are Meng Wu?" ”
Meng Wu still smiled and said: "Exactly, it's like a fake." ”
The third elder nodded slightly, and said: "The third elder of Yiqu is Yu Ye, I have long heard that the Meng family has many heroes, and it is not a shame to lose in your hands!" ”
Meng Wu knew that Yu Ye was looking for face for himself, so he didn't care, so he made a gesture and said, "Please also ask the third elder to tell the account." ”
Yu Ye didn't answer, and strode into the big tent.
Meng Wu invited Yu Ye to sit down, and ordered to look at the tea left and right, and then said: "I don't know what is the reason why Yiqu united with the Rongdi tribe this time and sent troops to attack my Great Qin?" ”
Yu Ye snorted coldly: "The people of the Yiqu tribe have taken back the former land, which is justified, what is the reason?" ”
"Sure enough." Meng Wu's face still kept a smile, and he said slowly, "Then I don't know, after this battle, what does the third elder think is the hope of Yiqu to recover the land?" ”
The third elder's face changed for a while, and he didn't speak, as if he was embarrassed to speak.
At this moment, I only heard the voice of a horse outside: "General Yu, the main army of Yiqu has marched over, claiming to ask for the three elders. ”
When the three elders heard this, they immediately came to their senses.
"Let's go, let's see." Meng Wu stood up and walked out of the tent.