Chapter 293: Paved with Blood
The Japanese army was suddenly attacked by the Tang army, and the front line was suddenly shattered. The spears in the hands of the Tang army's trapped warriors continued to stab out, bringing up a puff of blood mist when they were withdrawn.
The shield in the hands of the trapped warriors is thicker, and the spear shaft in their hands is the same as the horse lance in the wolf rider of the state, so it is strong enough to make the Japanese army's sword constantly sharpened.
Chanting slogans, the warriors marched forward, and if their shields were broken, they stabbed with spears in both hands and with greater speed and force.
At the same time, the soldiers of the 7th Division, who were retreating, stopped retreating, but followed behind the trapped brigade and on both flanks, and re-launched an attack on the Japanese army.
"Crazy! Crazy!"
Saito Shinbo roared and was carried back from the front of the Japanese army by the horses, and outside Bolingdu, the group of warriors of the Tang army did not have the slightest idea of cherishing their lives.
They don't care about casualties at all, they only focus on the crazy forward rush!
Outside Bolingdu, because of the addition of the Tang army's fallen warriors, the battle became more tragic.
In an instant, the popping sound of spear blades piercing into flesh, the clashing of halberds and naginatas, the sound of armor being slashed by swords, the terrible howls of the soldiers of the two armies before they died, and the roars of the soldiers on both sides were all intertwined.
A large number of Japanese soldiers and a large number of Tang soldiers were cut off by sickles like weeds on the side of the road, and one by one fell to the ground.
Saito Nobufang's eyes are red, he is from the Mino Saito clan, he has been practicing martial arts and archery since he was a child, and he is good at kung fu, so he was a pioneer in the front line by the Fujiwara Yoshifang Committee.
Achievements are made today, how can they be defeated in the hands of this group of Central Plains people, how can they lose to these farmers who are as humble as ants!
"Get out!"
Saito Nobubo broke free from the guard beside him and pulled out the sword at his waist, his rugged bearded face distorted with anger.
Although his military position is largely due to the power of his family, he is not a gentleman who does not learn or know.
Saito Nobubo raised the sword in his hand high and roared angrily, "The children of the Mino Saito family, how can there be cowards! Minong's sons, kill the enemy with me!"
Saito Shinbo shouted loudly and walked forward, and the Ma Huizhong beside him saw that he could not move, so he could only follow Saito Shinbo forward.
In Bolingdu, not long after the two armies engaged, the battle situation had already entered a white heat.
Fujiwara Yoshibo also noticed the change in the situation in Bolingdu, the military flags were flying, and a large number of soldiers walked onto the pontoon bridge under the leadership of the Japanese generals, and even in this group of people, there were more than 500 elite samurai of the Japanese army wearing heavy armor all over their bodies! new
Chu Luxu was dressed in a basin-collared armor and held a horse lance, leading the war horse under his seat to gallop on the field of Bolingdu on the west bank of Hengshui. More than 5,000 heavily armed Jing Saiyi followed closely behind him.
Jingsai Yicong is the name given by Wang Rongxin to Yicong, and the source of the name is the Jingsai Army, a cavalry unit of the Song Dynasty with extremely strong combat effectiveness in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. The Jingsai Army was founded during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty and defeated the elite Khitan cavalry units in many battles against Liao.
In the territory of the Song Dynasty, there were no Liangzhou and Youzhou two places rich in war horses, and the horse politics of the Song Dynasty was very pitiful, resulting in the Song Dynasty has always lacked qualified war horses and could not form a large-scale cavalry corps.
After the Northern Expedition of Song Taizong, he obtained 40,000 horses of various kinds, so he personally supervised the construction of the strongest cavalry force in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty - the Jingsai Army.
The Jingsai army is full of 3,000 people, one person and five horses, and the cavalry are all from Yizhou, Saibei, and they can pull a hard bow on the horse, and they are extremely fierce. The horses under his seat are all good horses, from soldiers to war horses, all wearing heavy armor, weapons in addition to bows and arrows, all equipped with hooks and spears.
Although this cavalry was not large in number, it did not taste defeat in previous battles against the Khitan, and repeatedly defeated the Tielin Army, the strongest ace army of the Liao State.
In the famous Battle of the Tang River (the first year of Duangong of Taizong of the Song Dynasty, 988), the cavalry of the Jingsai Army, as the vanguard of the Song army, fought bravely, first attacked the enemy formation and broke the Liao army formation, which made the Liao army defeated, and the Song army pursued to the Cao River, beheaded 5,000 and captured 10,000 horses. The good news was sent to Kaifeng, and the ministers were each other
Celebrating, Song Taizong issued an edict to praise the generals and give rich rewards.
Later generations will be the Jingsai Army of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Tielin Army of the Liao State, the Iron Harrier of the Western Xia, the Jurchen Tiefutu, and the Mongolian Heavy Armored Iron Cavalry are the five major iron cavalry known in the world. It is enough to prove the strength of the Jingsai army.
Wang Rong gave the name of Jingsai to the righteous servants, hoping that they could clear the border fortress and keep the Central Plains peaceful. And now the Japanese army they are facing is the target of their purge.
A long piercing sound sounded in Chu Luxu's ears, and he turned his head to look at the high slope where Wang Rong was in the Tang army's formation.
He saw a blue flag waving, which was the signal for Wang Rong and the attack he had said before.
"Whoa—"
A short whistle sounded in the cavalry formation, followed by a continuous cavalry trumpet in the cavalry formation.
The eyes of all the righteous cavalry outside Bolingdu were focused on Chu Luxu's general banner.
"Drive!"
Chu Luxu let out a low sigh, kicked the horse's belly with his legs, and between the drive of the war horse, the headwind attacked head-on, and the cold north wind was like a steel knife scraping bones.
The wind was howling, and Chu Luxu heard a loud noise from the riding formation behind him, and he knew that it was the sound of the banner in the riding formation being blown by a strong wind.
The headwind blew against the wind, and also blew the white tail feathers on the helmets of the righteous cavalry in the cavalry formation, blowing up their robes, and the corners of the robes fluttered in the wind, adding a few points of majesty to the Jingsai righteous servants.
Chu Luxu turned his head, with a horse lance on the iron hook on the horse of his own soldier at his side, holding a riding bow in his hand, and followed closely behind him.
Behind them, there are rows of moving horse heads in the riding array, bundles of fluttering horsehair, and resolute Jingsai righteous obedience on all faces.
Chu Luxu has been riding horses for several years, and has seen the soldiers of the Yong army, the armored cavalry of the Ji army, the iron cavalry of the grassland and the Western Regions, and the light cavalry of the Yu Kingdom, but he has never seen any army, which is similar to the Jingsai Yicong who is now following him.
When he joined Wang Rong's command, Wang Rong did not have many cavalry in his hands, but Wang Rong attached great importance to cavalry. This is all because of the pressure of the grasslands, the Western Regions and the plateau, three places, three countries, three different cavalry, and they are still very strong.
Wang Rong attached the most importance to the role of cavalry, and divided the cavalry of the Luchuan army into two categories, the armored cavalry specially used to charge the formation, and the light cavalry that wandered around the periphery and waited for the opportunity to move and act as scouts.
The cavalry under Wang Rong's command will not be lost on the battlefield as consumables, and they will be paid well, and the family members who have died can still get a pension, and they will also be supported by the army.
This made the cavalry under Wang Rong's command extremely loyal, and when Wang Rong ordered their entire army to attack and meet the enemy cavalry, they did not even flinch a point. They used their blood to take down the annexation state for Wang Rong, and paved the way for the establishment of the Tang State with blood.