Chapter 386: Cheng Gongying Defeated
It wasn't until he approached fifty paces of Tai Shici's infantry phalanx that Cheng Gongying realized that the enemy's archers seemed to be very powerful, because there were many fewer companions around him, and the team began to be chaotic because of the casualties of the cavalry. However, at this distance, you can only rush forward hard, and strive to rush into the enemy's phalanx with all your might, so that it is possible to kill the enemy and leave calmly. If you choose to turn around at this time, you will not only be blocked by your companions, but you will also suffer more bows and arrows than you came.
Cheng Gongying tightened the big knife in his hand, lifted the reins, and the war horse under his crotch quickly ran ahead.
Thirty steps, twenty steps, it's safe, you've entered the blind spot of the enemy's archer projectile coverage, you can adjust your posture and prepare to kill the enemy!
Cheng Gongying was surrounded by people rushing up behind him, they were undoubtedly the most elite riders in the Liangzhou rebels, and it was time for them to destroy the enemy. Cheng Gongying saw the enemy's indifferent faces, obviously caused by nervousness and fear, he liked this feeling very much, once the cavalry broke through the bow and arrow blockade, it should be a one-sided slaughter.
The temperature of the battlefield is fast ???????????????? The rapid rise made the firelight brighter, and Cheng Gongying could already clearly see the faces of the enemies in the front row. He brandished the broadsword in his hand, ready to trample on the enemies in the first row who did not raise their shields. Cheng Gongying thinks that this is too Shi Cimo, isn't it in progress that he even forgot to issue the shields of the infantry?
The cold light flashed, the cold light flashed, Cheng Gongying thought that he had hallucinated, although there were enough torches on both sides to light up the battlefield, how could such a cold and shining weapon suddenly appear in the hands of the enemy. Why is it so uniform?
Click, click, pop, pop...... The cavalry rushed towards the infantry phalanx without slowing down, and although the archers had disrupted their pace and slowed down a bit, and the ranks had become a little looser, Cheng Gongying knew that relying on the weight of the cavalry horses against the unshielded infantry they would win, even though the infantry looked like they were wearing armor, and although the weapons in their hands looked quite scary.
However, his broadsword had not yet slashed at the infantryman's body, and two broadswords, one on the left and one on the right, slashed at him. The war horse under the crotch realized the danger and stood alone, Cheng Gongying tried to stabilize his body on the horseback, the big knife in his hand swung away from the attack of an enemy, and the other enemy's big knife grazed the neck of the war horse until it slid to the hooves of the war horse, the war horse was psychic, and Cheng Gongying took a few steps back to get rid of the danger.
But the others did not have such a good war horse like Cheng Gongying, nor did they have such good martial arts, and most of them were directly cut into two or two halves by the Mo sword soldiers who raised their swords and fell. Some of the frightened horses rushed into the infantry formation, some turned around and scurried, and some remained with the knights on horseback, falling to the ground, blocking the path of their companions.
Cheng Gongying was taken back a few steps by the war horse, and looked at the front of him and was frightened, where are these infantry, they are simply butchers! A few steps ahead of him lay the corpses of his own soldiers and horses, and the butchers were moving forward with neat steps, cutting down everything that stood in their way.
Click, click...... Poof, poof...... Almost one-sided of the casualties were Cheng Gongying's subordinates.
The cavalry of 3,000 men had been a little loose due to the interference of the archers, and now the front row was blocked, and those in the back were terrified to see their comrades in the front row being killed, but soon followed in the footsteps. In the rear, the cavalry, which was trying to control the speed of their horses, had to fight the darkness on the one hand and the rain of arrows on the other.
Cheng Gongying knew that he had encountered the elite of the imperial army, and these imperial army soldiers went out of the camp to fight definitely not because of panic, but the open field was more conducive to them to exert the advantage of that kind of big knife, and it was easier to paralyze and surround themselves.
Run, hurry up and gather the team to run! Cheng Gongying's first thought after reacting was to run quickly, using the speed advantage of the cavalry to escape before the enemy's infantry completely surrounded him, only in this way could he have a glimmer of life.
However, it was still too late, for the rumbling of horses' hooves could be heard in the darkness on both sides. The enemy also has cavalry, and there are quite a few voices. Because Cheng Gongying doesn't think that there are reinforcements nearby.
Soon, when the heavily armed heavy cavalry appeared in front of Cheng Gongying and his men, everyone was shocked, and they were fully armed again! This is the treatment of the regular army of the imperial court, it is not easy for their rebels to have a weapon in their hands, and these people are all wearing armor,???????????????? The horses are also covered with armor! The gap is too big!
The Mo sword soldiers in front were still pressing forward, and the Divine Arm Archer was even more crazy and low, and Cheng Gongying's war horse was also lucky to be shot. He finally understood that it was not the archer's mistake before, but that other people's bows and arrows had such a long range and could still guarantee lethality.
Poof, poof, poof...... The sound of bows and arrows entering the flesh, the sound of Mo knives entering the flesh, and the sound of those heavy cavalry chopping horses and knives into the flesh were loaded together.
There was no need for Cheng Gongying to give an order, most of the people had already turned their horses and ran in the direction they came, but the heavy cavalry on both sides had gradually closed, and the two thousand heavy cavalry stood in front of the more than two thousand panicked light cavalry, and they couldn't rush out!
More torches were hung from the barracks' fences, and more infantry and archers began to gradually expand and strengthen the encirclement along the flanks of the previous infantry countershock. The originally boxy phalanx of infantry gradually opened up like a river overflowing a dike.
Several personal soldiers finally found Cheng Gongying in the chaos, they gathered together to escort Cheng Gongying to break through, Cheng Gongying also knew that he must get out of the battlefield as soon as possible, otherwise he would be surrounded by the enemy's 15,000 people, and no matter how many enemies they killed, they would be completely annihilated in the end.
But how could Tai Shi Ci let the duck fly away in his mouth, he and Guan Hai each led a team of heavy cavalry to kill from both wings, the purpose was to surround these three thousand enemies as soon as possible. With mental arithmetic or unintentional, Cheng Gongying's cavalry had no training at all except for looting, and their equestrian skills were not bad, but when they encountered the original strength of individual soldiers, their heavy cavalry immediately became numb, and the war horses that were disturbed by the arrows that kept falling from the air no longer obeyed the call, and the original formation became chaotic and could not form a joint force at all.
Cheng Gongying's light cavalry fell in waves, and the Mo Dao soldiers had formed a crane wing formation to wrap most of the cavalry in the center, and the two thousand heavy cavalry blocked Cheng Gongying's retreat.
Cheng Gongying led a few guards to try to identify the direction, ready to go out from the political rear, although those heavy cavalry individual combat ability is strong, but he believes that he and a few personal soldiers around him will be able to tear a hole. Cheng Gongying frantically waved the big knife in his hand, and really shook back a lot of enemy cavalry who were besieged, and two of them were cut off by him, he couldn't care about the enemy's life or death, and slapped the horse's buttocks fiercely with the back of the big knife.
Just before he could look up and see the road ahead, with a bang, a halberd smashed on Cheng Gongying's right shoulder. Cheng Gongying's body shook, and he didn't fall off the horse with his equestrian skills after all.
It's just that when he instinctively raised his sword to block, the enemy's second halberd arrived again, and it still smashed him on the shoulder. It was only blocked by Cheng Gongying's big knife in the air, but the big knife was pressed against his body, and the huge force from the halberd made Cheng Gongying's body flash back.
Cheng Gongying was shocked in his heart, knowing that he had met a master, he had fought with Yan Xing in his spare time before, and that guy had used his brute strength many times to make many people's weapons completely useless.
Sure enough, without waiting for Cheng Gongying to sit up and raise the big knife, the enemy's halberd on the opposite side arrived again, this time it was a sweep, sweeping Cheng Gongying's waist, and Cheng Gongying felt his waist ???????????????? It's all about to break, but fortunately, it is protected by armor, it should only be internal injuries, and it can be supported for a while in the event of life and death.
Bang dang, bang dang, but the enemy's move is faster than one move, Cheng Gongying is left and right, and soon has no power to parry, and once again a halberd smashed on Cheng Gongying's right shoulder, this time smashed into it and stuck on the shoulder blade, not only that, the other party pulled back, and Cheng Gongying left his war horse.
The corners of Tai Shici's mouth curled slightly, and he dragged Cheng Gongying to the side of his horse, and immediately a personal soldier came up to press Cheng Gongying who fell off the horse to the ground and tied him up. Tai Shici picked up Cheng Gongying with a halberd again and then fell down fiercely, so painful that he successfully died and came back to life.
Before Cheng Gongying could see the appearance of the enemy general, Tai Shici had already swung the halberd in his hand again and smashed into the enemy's cavalry, and those light cavalry without armor immediately suffered.
When the battlefield was quiet, almost all the infantry in Tai Shici's camp were dispatched, and the 3,000 people were surrounded in the center, with the Mo Dao soldiers in front gradually narrowing the encirclement, and the back being the divine arm bow constantly harvesting lives. These rebels were also veterans of the battlefield, and it was not until a quarter of an hour after Cheng Gongying was captured that nearly half of the casualties stopped the attack and chose to surrender. The rest of those who still wanted to resist saw that their main general had already been captured, so they laid down their arms and surrendered.
When Cheng Gongying was carried into the military tent by Tai Shi Ci, Cheng Gongying didn't say a word, and as soon as Tai Shi Ci let go, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "This general, we are willing to submit to the court, and we are willing to submit to the court." ”
He was obviously thrown very hard just now, and in the face of such an infantry who specialized in restraining cavalry, he felt that even if all his 10,000 soldiers and horses were dispatched, he would not be an opponent, not to mention that he heard that there was a famous general of Xiliang in the back. Cheng Gongying felt that he didn't need to carry it to death.
Tai Shi Ci said with a smile: "Just like Han Sui, when the imperial court soldiers are strong, they will be obedient, and the court soldiers will rebel when they leave?" ”
Cheng Gongying: "......"
He chose to surrender so simply, and it is the truth in his heart, the so-called heroes do not suffer immediate losses, this is the criterion of these Liangzhou rebels. I didn't expect the chief general of the court to be so direct, didn't he see through it or say it in the past, but now that he has said it, do you want to kill yourself directly?