Chapter 31: Fighting to the Death, Winning Greatly
With the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, the barbarian cavalry rushed across the middle line of the valley, and a rain of arrows like flying locusts shot out of the cavalry cavalry!
The arrows used in this first wave of arrow rain are specially made, and there is a special hollow on the shaft of the arrow, and the arrows will make a whining sound when they fall in the air, and the soul will be dementored!
"Shield!"
The shield bearer who was guarding the direction raised the shield in his hand diagonally above his head, and the barbarian arrows rained down!
From time to time, soldiers were shot by arrows that pierced through the gaps in their shields, and fell to the ground wailing, but many more were unharmed.
"Drop the shield!"
The first rain of arrows is over, and the archers hiding next to the shieldbearers stand up and return fire!
And at this moment, the barbarian cavalry, who had not yet had time to shoot the second wave of arrows, had already rushed into the area full of horse pits!
The barbarian cavalry that rushed to the front fell in a row!
The crisp sound of the horse's leg breaking, the neighing of the war horse, and the frightened howl of the cavalry as they flew forward under the action of great inertia, resounded through the valley!
Even if the cavalry in the rear found that something was wrong, the horses that had already launched the charge would definitely not be able to stop in a short time, and even if the barbarian cavalry pulled the reins frantically, they still couldn't change their mounts and rushed into the area full of horse pits!
For a while, the people in front of the defense line turned on their backs and rolled into a ball!
This distance is exactly the range that the archers of the Xuanzi Battalion can carry out, and the arrows fall like raindrops, and the means used by the barbarians to harvest the lives of the Han people in the past are now smashed on their own heads!
In the battle array, Zhao Hengyi rode on a horse brought by the guards, and looked at everything that happened on the battlefield with cold eyes.
When he saw that more than half of the barbarian cavalry had fallen in the area full of horse pits, he breathed a long sigh of relief and defended it!
After three rounds of arrows in a row, the archers quickly retreated, and the few pikemen filled the gaps they left behind.
Luckily passed the test of the horse pit, and a small half of the barbarian cavalry fell in the area covered with thistles, and finally barely rushed to the front of the defense line, and there was not one out of ten!
At this time, the cavalry had already lost the speed of the charge, and with the long knives in their hands, they could not pose any threat to the defensive line arranged by Zhao Hengyi at all.
The pikemen rushed out with a roar, and two or three people besieged a cavalryman, and without waiting for the cavalry to put up any resistance, they directly stabbed the other party into a blood gourd with the spear in their hands!
And the cavalrymen who fell to the ground because of the damage of the war horses were even more miserable, these guys suddenly fell down on the galloping war horses, and they were all thrown one by one, with injuries on their bodies, and even more unlucky they would be crushed under the injured war horses, and the wails resounded through the valley, and they were not miserable for a while!
Seeing such a scene, Zhao Hengyi directly asked people to beat the drum and charge, and the ordinary soldiers who were shrinking behind the defense line roared and rushed out, and the long knife in his hand reflected a little golden light in the afterglow of the setting sun!
In this battle, the Xuanzi battalion beheaded 673 barbarian cavalry, captured 218 prisoners, and only 100 people fled!
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! ”
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! ”
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! ”
After the great victory, the roars of the officers and soldiers of the Xuanzi Battalion resounded through the valley, and even the clouds in the sky became thin, as if they were shattered by this boundless might!
As the sun set, the battle report was sent to Zhao Hengyi's military tent.
The battle losses of the Xuanzi battalion were very few, only twenty-three people were injured in the first wave of arrows, and no one was killed, compared to the previous record, this can be called a big victory for the border army!
After this battle, the Xuanzi battalion went up and down, and Zhao Hengyi was convinced.
Because the trap and thistle terrestris were all aimed at war horses, but this time they were captured, and there were only twenty or thirty war horses intact.
These war horses Zhao Hengyi asked people to send them all back to Yonggu City with the wounded soldiers, there were no cavalry in the Xuanzi battalion, and those war horses stayed here and could not play their due role.
Knowing how to ride a horse and being able to gallop and slash on horseback are completely two concepts, Dayan has long lost its horse farm, and it is extremely difficult to obtain qualified war horses, so that in the border army, in addition to scouts, there is only the headquarters of the marshal Zhang Chaoyang, and there are 300 cavalry in the Wuwei battalion.
As for the war horses that broke their legs and could not continue to ride, Zhao Hengyi ordered all the stews to be slaughtered, and for a while, the entire Xuanzi camp was filled with the smell of meat.
The camp was full of laughter and laughter, facing the cavalry of the barbarians, it was the first time that these soldiers of the Great Yan Kingdom won so easily, not only did they and their comrades survive, but also had a large piece of stew to eat, is there anything happier in this world?
On the contrary, as the de facto controller of the Xuanzi Battalion, Zhao Hengyi hid in his military tent and vomited.
The battlefield in the era of cold weapons needs to face death and bloodshed at close range, with stumps and broken arms, and plasma and internal organs, which are displayed in front of Zhao Hengyi in the most violent and crude way, which really makes him, who has only seen and killed three bandits, unable to face it calmly.
It's just that Zhao Hengyi has extraordinary willpower and the ability to control his body, which makes him not make a fool of himself when he supervises the battle.
The one-armed Wang Dahu, with a crossbow at his waist and a long knife, stood outside the military tent to prevent others from approaching.
Wang Erhu gently patted his boss on the back in the military tent.
This young man, who was secretly called embryo killer by Zhao Hengyi, not only did he dislike the owner for not being brave enough, but he admired it!
The young man has always been proud of his courage, that is, when facing the bandits, he dared to take the other party's life with his own hands, the eldest brother cut the throat of the bandit in front of him, and he was just curious that the person whose throat was cut could spurt so much blood!
But today, above the battle array, when the sound of horses' hooves came like thunder, when the barbarian cavalry howled and rushed over, the young man almost couldn't help but turn his head and run away for a moment!
But his timid proprietor calmly rode on horseback to supervise the battle, although his hands were secretly shaking, he could still clearly issue various military orders.
I'm afraid this is the real courage that the eldest brother mentions on weekdays, right?
"The owner, Zhang Dashuai sent someone."
Outside the military tent, Wang Dahu's voice came in.
"Come in, please."
Zhao Hengyi, who had already regained his unwavering demeanor, had a calm voice.
The veteran Zhang Chaoyang sent his deputy, and the battle of the Xuanzi Battalion today was placed in the border army, and it was also a big victory that had not been seen in more than ten years, far exceeding the expectations of everyone in Yonggu City.
Zhang Chaoyang's deputy brought a large number of supplies, although he did not say anything, but it made the attitude of the Xuanzi battalion to continue to stick to it clear.
Zhao Hengyi was not surprised by this, nor did he have any dissatisfaction, but just put forward his needs in a clear manner.
"This general, my Xuanzi battalion needs more archers, and at the same time, I hope that the commander can allocate as many baggage battalions as possible for my use, and finally, I hope that the battalion will fully cooperate!"