The climate south of the Dadu River is warm and the humidity is also high, so it is basically impossible to fight in the summer.

This time the troops were dispatched a month after the autumn harvest. It takes time for the local grain to enter the warehouse, and when the grain is in the warehouse, the temperature can be slightly cooler.

Even so, there are occasional hot and humid days, and it is uncomfortable to wear iron armor.

Zhu Ming, like an ordinary horse army, wears a set of cloth armor on the outside, and his main function is to prevent arrows.

But he also has a chain mail vest inside, which is a high-end product in the Northern Song Dynasty. Because the metal drawing technology is immature, and it is too labor-intensive to build, and the technical requirements for craftsmen are also high, Zhu Ming asked his father to buy one at a high price.

The cavalry of the two armies approached, then automatically slowed down, and one after another drew their bows and arrows and fired at the opposite side.

The Han cavalry on Zhu Ming's side are all standard horse bows, and the shooting range is slightly farther than the barbarian's earthen bow.

After practicing bows and arrows for several years, Zhu Ming's foot archery has been extremely accurate, and he still owes some heat in mounted archery. After he stopped his horse, he drew his bow and shot it, and the first arrow hit the target accurately.

Li Bao rode his horse and shot without the slightest pause, and an arrow hit the brute's chest.

This guy brought his own northern war horse, and due to the lack of commanders, he had been commanding the infantry before. In the previous war, the grassroots officers with excellent performance were temporarily promoted by Zhu Ming, and some small soldiers were added from the people, and Li Bao finally got out and transformed into a cavalry general.

The cavalry on both sides shot back and forth, and Zhu Ming and Li Bao alone shot and wounded more than ten people one after another.

Truth be told, this horse fight was very amateurish.

In the northern battlefield, it is more like the encounter of small groups of scouts, and there is no cavalry formation to speak of on each side.

Especially the Han cavalry and the brute cavalry on Zhu Ming's side are completely disconnected. The barbarian cavalry could not understand Chinese, and fought on his own throughout the whole process, and was led by the leaders to shoot arrows all the time. And he behaved very cowardly, not daring to get too close, and most of the arrows were shooting in the air.

"Rush over!"

"Woo woo~~~"

The barbarians on the opposite side blew their horns, and the soldiers in the field charged. He was very irritable by Zhu Ming and Li Bao, and saw that Zhu Ming's brute cavalry was out of touch, so he gave up shooting each other and chose to rush and kill.

Zhu Ming led the Han cavalry to meet it head-on, while the first reaction of the barbarian cavalry under his command was to flee, completely becoming two irrelevant parts.

The cornucopia became extremely excited, spreading its four hooves and accelerating, and instantly rushed to the front.

Li Bao and Deng Chun followed left and right on horseback, gradually widening the distance. BMW Li is fast, slightly forward. Deng Chun held his hand more slowly and shouted.

The more than 40 Han horsemen behind him, seeing that the three generals were so brave, also rode their horses to follow.

The formation was extremely scattered, and the distance between the horses was more than two meters.

But it can barely be seen that it is a wedge formation, and Zhu Ming, Li Bao and Deng Chun are arrows.

Between gallops, Li Bao pulled his bow violently and aimed at the opponent's main general.

He was so frightened that he hurriedly lay on the horse's back, but this arrow was shot at the war horse. The arrow shot into the neck of the war horse, and the war horse under the crotch did not die immediately, and instantly went crazy under the pain, and threw the horse lying on the horse's back high.

Zhu Ming rode the cornucopia as fast as lightning, and the iron spear weighing more than ten catties in his hand stabbed out.

Still trying his best to control the crazy war horse, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhu Ming killing, and subconsciously ducked.

The iron spear that Zhu Ming stabbed suddenly turned downward, piercing into the exquisite leather armor on Biri's body. The leather armor was also inlaid with iron plates, but it only protected the key parts, and the tip of the spear instantly penetrated, and the huge impact knocked him off his horse.

Bili was conceited and brave, and he actually charged ahead, and a photo was gone, and the guards on both sides had no time to rescue.

Zhu Ming withdrew his gun and swept away, and the guards in front of him were directly swept off the horse.

Deng Chun had also followed, wielding an iron shovel and rushing hard, almost one by one.

Li Bao was actually still shooting arrows, and the rate of fire was extremely amazing, picking out the barbarians with exquisite leather armor.

The cornucopia became more and more excited, and it did not need to be controlled by its owner at all, and spontaneously rushed forward, knowing how to avoid all kinds of obstacles.

Zhu Ming took advantage of the horse's momentum to move forward, he was wearing chain armor inside, his war horse was tall and powerful, and the weapons in his hands were excellent. Rushing into the midst of these barbarian cavalry is like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and there is no enemy in its pass.

This made Li Bao and Deng Chun behind him much easier, and the three of them were like sharp awls, forcibly carving a passage in the barbarian cavalry.

The Han knights in the back were greatly boosted, and they accelerated their charges one by one, and their momentum was even more than ten times their own.

The brute riders who returned to Zhu Ming stopped after escaping a distance, intending to continue to observe the situation. Seeing that the Han army was so brave, they also followed.

The barbarians began to rout.

The main reason is that their Lord is about to die. Then it was chiseled open from the front, the chain of command was ineffective, and the rear cavalry subconsciously turned to escape.

Zhu Ming's blood was boiling, and he finally realized the thrill of cavalry charging.

"Of the hundred cavalry, only two or three can really come in handy, five or six can follow, and the rest are all waste." This is the testimonial of a certain French cavalry officer during the Napoleonic era.

In ancient times, it was extremely rare for cavalry to hedge and strangle, and often one side would take the initiative to avoid the battle before the head-on contact. Or, after contact, one of the formations is broken, and the remaining cavalry begins to flee.

The two sides are mixed up and fighting, which means that each other is elite.

If the two sides hedge against each other, they can turn around and reorganize the charge, which is not seen once in a hundred years.

Among the 100 people who decide the victory or defeat of the horse, there are only a few people, so the fierce general is precious.

Zhu Ming, Li Bao, and Deng Chun took the lead in rushing into the enemy's formation, and there were more than 40 horsemen behind them to follow up, which had already laid the foundation for the victory. The last follow-up ride was just the icing on the cake.

Looking down from above, hundreds of barbarians fled on horseback, chased by a smaller number of enemies.

After a few miles of open space, the flat land by the river quickly narrowed.

The barbarian cavalry scrambled to flee, often colliding with men and horses. Some simply jumped into the river and swam in horror to escape. Or abandon the horse and climb the mountain, and go into the mountain to live.

Zhu Ming took the lead in rushing into the narrow area, and when he caught up, he shot out, and one shot was one. The enemy is no longer able to resist, and he needs to be more careful not to step on the cornucopia and trip over the corpse, or collide with the horse that has lost its owner.

The enemy, who fled slowly, could not reach the narrow area at all, and was besieged in the open area, and a large number of barbarians chose to dismount and surrender.

chased out seven or eight miles in a row, until he could see the main force of the barbarians, and then Zhu Ming stopped his horse.

Li Bao ran behind Zhu Ming and laughed: "It's really refreshing to kill!" ”

Zhu Ming said: "Go back and clean up the battlefield." ”

"Yes!" Lee Paulema turned.

Zhu Ming continued to ride forward, and Tho Meng was marching before, and at this moment he panicked and lined up to meet the attack.

"The Thief Chief stepped forward to speak!" Zhu Ming shouted.

The distance was too far to hear clearly, and seeing Zhu Ming stepping forward alone, Tho Meng took Sun Shu as a translator and also rode a horse over to negotiate.

Zhu Ming turned over and dismounted, allowing the cornucopia to take the opportunity to rest.

Tho shouted fiercely: "That Han official, why did you come to beat me? I pay tribute every three years, and I am very loyal to the court. On the contrary, you Han officials do not give enough money when you buy things. ”

Zhu Ming shouted: "You yourself do pay tribute every three years, but you don't let other tribes pay tribute, and even intercept the trade teams of various tribes. The imperial court treated the barbarians leniently, and had tolerated them for many years, and if they did not change their repeated reprimands, they could only send troops. Now lead your troops to surrender, and you will not die! ”

"I am the Great Ghost Lord of the Hundred Barbarian Capital, the barbarians here are all my subordinates, how do I treat them, it is not the turn of the imperial court to intervene!" Tho shouted.

Zhu Ming shouted: "That Han man, go back and tell the ghost masters of all the tribes that whoever is willing to defect in battle will forgive his crimes and be rewarded for his meritorious service." Kill the fierce people, heavy rewards, the little ghost lord is promoted to the big ghost lord, and the big ghost lord is promoted to the big ghost lord! ”

Tho was furious and drew his bow and arrows.

Zhu Ming also took out his bow and arrows, and both sides shot them almost at the same time.

The distance was too far away, and I didn't hit the ......

But Tho Meng was so frightened that the arrows flew past him, and he immediately turned his horse's head and ran back into the formation, and warned Sun Shu: "Don't say those words to others just now!" ”

"Yes!"

Sun Shu hurriedly agreed, but his heart was even more firm in his belief in anti-water.

This magistrate was too fierce, and he actually led the cavalry and defeated the vanguard cavalry in the city.

Zhu Ming saw that the barbarians were about to finish the battle, and he didn't bother to waste any more time, so he rode back to inquire about the situation.

Deng Chun greeted him and said: "More than 300 war horses have been captured, and the ears cut off have not yet been counted. Five horsemen were killed on our side, two were shot to death, and three were killed by arrows on their horses. More than two dozen wounds, mostly arrow wounds. ”

Casualty rate 50%?

Although it is outrageous, it is quite normal, the barbarian's bow and arrow are not very powerful, and the arrow wound needs to be dealt with in time.

However, it was said that Zhu Ming went back with more than 300 war horses, whether they were Han cavalry or brute cavalry, they all loudly showed off their results.

When the news broke, the whole army was in a sensation.

Yuwen Chang was afraid: "Success can't be so risky again!" ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "If you don't fight head-on, how can these horse armies be trained?" Don't worry, I'm sure I'll lead the army to kill. Those barbarian cavalry had no rules to speak of, and their bows and arrows and armor were rudimentary. The brute general is even more reckless, and he actually rushed to the front, and there is no suspense if he kills this person. ”

Yu Wenchang admired and worried, and said: "In the future, we must be cautious." ”

"Listen to the words of the driver." Zhu Ming didn't pay much attention to it.

He is not a fool, if the enemy general is hiding in the army, he will not rush to kill with a few outnumbered people.

The barbarian lord rushed himself in front to send people to the head, and of course Zhu Ming couldn't let go of the opportunity.

The hundred barbarians are all big ghosts, but at the moment they are in a dilemma.

Biri was his bravest son, who had fought for many years, charged into battle, and never lost a battle.

When the barbarians faced the Piri, they were often intimidated by the fierce name of the Bili before they had any contact, and they were afraid from top to bottom.

Now he died in a daze, which was a blow to Tho Meng and seriously affected his military morale.

Do you want to go on the offensive?

Just as Tho hesitated, a clipper boat came from behind.

A brute soldier came to report: "The big ghost master, the two forest departments are sneaking up on our village!" ”

This is the success of Qian Huan's persuasion, and the two Lin Barbarians learned that the Han soldiers had won a great victory, and finally decided to send troops to stab the chrysanthemum. And they were timid, they didn't dare to attack Pugu Cage, and only went to attack the remote village of Qiongbu Chuanman.

Tho Meng thought about it repeatedly, gritted his teeth, and ordered: "Kill the past and kill all the Han people in front!" ”

Having come here, he can't withdraw his troops, he must first defeat the Han soldiers, and then turn around and go back to clean up the two forest barbarians. Otherwise, lead the troops to retreat now, and then it is likely to be attacked by the Han soldiers and the two forest barbarians.

(End of chapter)