Chapter 417: The Battle of Minzhou (continued)
Before the Tuyuhun could recover from the shock, a second wave of intense fire followed, followed by a third and a fourth......
This kind of uninterrupted continuous blow shattered their morale in a single shot, and the whole team was immediately in a mess, and looked at a loss under the sudden onslaught of blows. Before the arrows were fired, the Tuyuhun army had completely collapsed.
They don't know how many Qi people still have and how many arrows they can fire, they just want to get out of this dead land!
The cavalry, which had been neatly advanced and retreated, turned into a mass of frightened men and horses, and the Tuyuhun people let out desperate cries as they rushed to the rear, and many soldiers and horses were turned into hedgehogs by arrows fired from all directions along the way.
The Qi people had few crossbows, but they were very dense and powerful, just like the herdsmen drove the sheep, and they tried to drive all the Tuyuhun people into one place.
"Don't panic, the Qi people have few bows and crossbows, we rush up, they can't stop us!"
Fu Yun shouted in horror, he tried to restore order to this army, but his words were obviously not convincing, this tribal group that was still in the middle of the semi-slave and semi-feudal was at an absolute disadvantage, and the soldiers who were bathed in the rain of arrows couldn't think about it at all, they just wanted to flee backwards!
Fu Yun was not without loyal warriors, but their riding bows were not enough compared to those of the Qi army.
In the case of upward shooting, even if it hits, its power will be greatly reduced, and several times it organized a counterattack salvo, all of which were defeated under the onslaught of the Qi army's transfer of firepower, the crossbows of the Qi people were too strong, and they were not opponents at all!
Fu Yun even saw with his own eyes that the eyes of a personal soldier were pierced by a crossbow, and the blood mixed with brains splashed on his face and body, so he fell to the ground on his back with wide eyes, and he didn't even shout out a scream...... The counterattack lasted only a little bit of effort, and it was already declared a failure. Fu Yun knew that the situation was out of control now, so he could only abandon those useless thoughts and flee with the soldiers towards the valley.
"The people of the Central Plains are not good at horse warfare, as long as they escape smoothly and regroup their troops in the open field, there is still hope!"
Fu Yun thought, and at the same time desperately tried to hold back the pain. He was hit by three arrows in the attack just now, but fortunately none of them were fatal. The fine armor on his body helped him block most of the damage, and the heavy basin collar and mantle armor did not let the arrows pierce the skin, and did not hurt the muscles and bones, if he was the same as those soldiers who were not even equipped with leather armor, I am afraid that he would have been shot a long time ago!
Fu Yun dismounted and squeezed into the crowd, and the Tuyuhun warriors around him became a cover for his life.
The crossbow arrows of the Qi people were bitten very tightly, and they desperately squeezed forward, leaving behind a place of dead bodies, and more people were trampled to death by people and horses than by crossbow arrows!
With his heavy armor and luck, Fu Yun finally got lucky to rush to the valley mouth. But instead of life and light, he saw a troop of iron horsemen ravaging and slaughtering his army on the flat plains of the valley like a grinding wheel!
The armored Qi army smashed iron whips and maces on the heads of the Tuyuhun people, trampled their corpses with iron hooves, and then lifted their horses and rushed to the next enemy who stood in the way, and the Tuyuhun people's formation was already shattered......
Fu Yun, who rushed out of the valley, had just escaped, but he was faced with such a hellish scene!
"—Young master, run!" The burly guard iron wolf carried a crude spear and fought with the Qi army, his head was smashed, the whole person was smashed backwards, and the thick iron helmet was dented. Blood trickled down his head and soon became all over his face. He staggered to his feet, turned to Fu Yun and said, "...... Young master run! No...... Don't run west, run south! ”
A mouthful of blood spurted out of the iron wolf's mouth, leading a snatched war horse over, Fu Yun just wanted to take the reins, and a sharp crossbow came out of the back of the iron wolf's head! The iron wolf's body was weak and collapsed on the ground, Fu Yun stood in a daze, he saw a general flag with the word "Liu" written on it, as well as a majestic and solemn general under its banner, and several heavy horsemen wrapped in silver and bright iron armor surrounded him.
Fu Yun stared at the "Liu" flag, roared in despair, pulled out his scimitar, and rushed towards the general with blood-red eyes.
He dodged the two spears and ran quickly towards Liu Fang, but the man didn't feel any fear, he also dismounted, strode towards him, Fu Yun swung his scimitar and slashed at Liu Fang's neck, and Liu Fang hadn't even pulled out the knife.
Just as a few soldiers nearby shouted, the moment they ran desperately, Liu Fang knocked him down with a sideways elbow blow, and then raised his knife and cut off the head of the Tuyuhun prince!
The battle is extinguished, the entire valley has become a purgatory on earth, the valley and the mountains are full of corpses, there is hardly any living thing that can stand up, the air is filled with disgusting blood, but there are few moans, Liu Fang stood in place in blood, and there was no wave in his heart. The sonorous footsteps of the deputy general came from behind, "General, the enemy has basically been cleared, and I have already asked people to go to Minzhou to report the news!" ”
Liu Fang knew what he meant, but he still shook his head resolutely and said: "We won't go to Minzhou, tell them over there, ask them to send some food and horses, and take precautions, so that the battlefield doesn't need to be cleaned, waste time, let the brothers rest for two days, and throw away the baggage, we will set off directly to the north, and intercept the enemy before the Tuyuhun people turn over the water!" ”
Liu Fang paused for a moment and said, "There is still a tough battle to be fought!" ”
"We just ran a battle, fought a tough battle, and now we have to fight again?" The adjutant general was dumbfounded, and bowed his head a little incomprehensibly: "The lowly position is not afraid, the lowly position just feels that the distance we are running is too far, and the soldiers are very tired and need to rest...... And he felt that the general seemed to be a little too light on the enemy, even if Tuyuhun's combat strength was low, but it was still a country. ”
"I know," Liu Fang knew that the deputy general was not afraid of death, and he said that he was also old and serious, and maintaining stability was the best, so he did not reprimand, but said: "The fighter must not be lost, the last time we were in Taozhou, we set up a suspicious formation, and we waved a shot to rob Minzhou, once the news of this battle was passed one step ahead of us, they reacted and knew that we were false, and our situation would be very bad, so it was better to take advantage of the fact that he did not know our details, and beat him first, which would also save us trouble in the future." ”
Liu Fang added very heartily, "Send Fu Yun's head to them." ”
At the end of September, Tuyuhun invaded the western frontier, and Liu Fang set up an ambush at the mouth of the Shayang Valley in Minzhou, broke Tuyuhun and beheaded the prince of Tuyuhun Fuyun. The battle of Minzhou is over, Liu Fang does not stop for a moment, leading people to cross the Tao River to the north, at this time Tuyuhun is in the north of the Tao River, and does not know the reality of the Qi army, Liu Fang took advantage of the night road to attack it, and broke Tuyuhun again, the eldest prince fled in panic, and Taozhou recovered.
On October 3, Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, sent a recital to the emperor, which said: "Tuyuhun Khan Kwallu was unwilling to be defeated, and his troops were in Tao and Minzhou...... The saint is wise, the three armies are killed, and the small country of Yuer goes against the sky, which only increases the laughing stock. ”
In Gao Changgong's view, it is very common to defeat Tuyuhun, so the beginning and end of this battle have not been embellished, and the primary target of Chang'an's defense should be Bashu. But when this recital reached Yecheng, it really caused a lot of discussion.