Chapter 196: The Battle of Le Chun (Part II)
Under the faint light of the torches, you can see the surrounding area three or four feet clearly in the dark night. In the light of the clusters of torches, Ma Dai could see a little that the battlefield was in chaos under the darkness of the night, and countless panicked faces were even more frightened by the torches, which were enemy cavalry dismounting and surrendering.
They hadn't trained for a few days before they were forcibly recruited by Han Sui, so they naturally knew in their hearts that they were not the opponents of Xiliang Tieqi. After admiring another imperfect fire attack, watching the many robes being consumed by the flames, panic became their mood tonight. Therefore, as soon as the Xiliang army asked for surrender, the vast majority of people obediently obeyed, and only a few people coveted the war horse, knowing that once they surrendered, the war horse would be confiscated, so they fled in all directions. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry also stopped pursuing, and in front of them was a large number of surrendered troops, waiting for them to surrender. The number of surrenders was too many, and the Xiliang army was extremely skilled, and soon tied up five or six thousand enemy cavalry, and dismissed them when the battle was over.
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At the same time that Ma Dai led his troops to attack Zhang Hengbu, on the other side, there was also a battle in Leyun City. When Zhang Heng attacked the camp, the Xiliang soldiers took the opportunity to raise a fire not far from the city of Lejun and swayed the torches.
As soon as the horses at the head of the city saw the torches that were obvious under the city, they heard the faint sound of shouting and killing and the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, thinking that Zhang Heng must have succeeded in the sneak attack on Ma Dai's camp, and immediately burst into joy, not doubting him, and lit up the two thousand five hundred horsemen who had been waiting under the city gate for a long time, opened the city gate, and rushed out of the city.
What Ma Yu didn't notice was that the soldiers sent by Zhang Heng to raise the fire did not approach him nearby, but disappeared without a trace when he led his troops out of the city.
Two thousand five hundred horsemen swarmed out of the city gates, and the horse played just in time to see that Ma Dai's camp was already on fire, and the wails were everywhere. The horse played with great joy, presumably Zhang Hengbu rushed into Ma Dai's camp and burned the camp tent, and those heart-rending screams were of course made by the Ma Dai cavalry who set himself on fire.
When he was playing proudly, he had already led his troops to rush out of Lechuan City, which was a mile away from the gate of Lechuan City. At this moment, a rattling arrow was shot into the night sky, and the terrible sound immediately made the horse stagnate. When the sound of the arrow stopped abruptly, Ma Yu looked back, and on the left and right of the Lechuan City Gate, countless torches were raised in the darkness, and the darkness and firelight together reflected the outline of the Xiliang Iron Horse.
Ma Yu was shocked, and before he had time to consider Zhang Hengbu's life or death, he immediately shouted: "There is an ambush, quickly withdraw to the city!" ”
Who expected that the cavalry he led was all newly recruited by Han Sui, and the training was unknown, and when he heard the order to play with the horse, he was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and then hurriedly turned around the war horse and turned back. Some of the cavalrymen were not familiar with the handling of war horses, and they fell off their horses without paying attention. What's more, he couldn't pull the reins of the war horse, and at night, he rode the war horse into his own queue, causing chaos in the queue.
"Idiot! It's all stupid! Ma Yu looked at the cavalrymen who were frightened by the ambush, and couldn't help but scold.
When Ma Yu looked at the left and right sides again, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in ambush on the left and right had already instigated the war horses, and the ground trembled, and the firelight illuminated the sneering smiles of the Xiliang soldiers, and the shining blades of swords and guns.
Ma Yu hurriedly ordered: "You, you, hurry up and lead your troops to block!" ”
"Huh? General, this ...... "The two lieutenants who were drawn by the horse play winced.
Ma Yu was so anxious that he raised his horsewhip, whipped the two of them fiercely, and scolded: "Fool! Just go! ”
Only then did the two lieutenants order five hundred horsemen each, and each rushed to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry that was flanking left and right.
The horse was relieved, but he ignored that the cavalry was not infantry, and the infantry hedge was not easy to penetrate from the enemy formation, so it could block the enemy; However, because the cavalry was evacuated in formation, it was inevitable that it would penetrate from the enemy formation after hedging.
In the face of the enemy's counterattack, the two Xiliang Iron Cavalry did not panic in the slightest, but were even more excited. When approaching the enemy, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry first threw torches at the enemy. Seeing the beams of fire flying, the enemy panicked and opened them with their weapons.
However, this is exactly what the Western Liang soldiers want. Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy cavalry was busy blocking the torches with their weapons, the Xiliang soldiers hurriedly rushed forward, and countless spears shining in the moonlight quickly slammed towards the unsuspecting enemy cavalry.
"Ahh The screams were loud, and while countless Han Sui cavalry were dodging the torches, the Xiliang cavalry swept past them and were stabbed off their horses by the spears they struck. As soon as the two armies collided, dozens of Han Suijun cavalry immediately fell off their horses and fell heavily to the ground.
After rushing into the enemy's formation, the Xiliang soldiers and the cavalry of Han Sui's army fought to the death. The two cavalry collided, and as a result, countless men rushed to fall off their horses. With thicker armor, more skillful technology, and faster horses, the Xiliang soldiers defeated the cavalry of Han Sui's army.
As soon as he saw a shadowy black shadow rushing in front of him under the night sky, Xiliang soldiers immediately adjusted the direction of the war horse through the reins. The war horse rushed to the side of the enemy cavalry, on the right side of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, if the enemy cavalry was slow, and the spear or ring head knife in his hand had not yet killed him, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry took a deep breath, clamped the belly of the war horse with both legs, held the reins with one hand, and raised the broken gold knife high with the other hand, and when the war horse rushed to the distance of the enemy cavalry's arm's arm, he vigorously waved the broken gold knife, and the broken gold knife immediately cut down the head or neck or shoulder of the enemy cavalry, and some of them cut off the head of the enemy cavalry with one blow.
If they saw that the enemy cavalry had already been prepared against them and was ready to kill them, the Xiliang soldiers withdrew the broken gold knife from its scabbard and picked up the spear from the saddle instead, because the spear was easier to block the weapons of the enemy cavalry. The Xiliang soldiers quickly let go of the reins, held the spear in both hands, lowered the spear to the height of the abdomen, and aimed at the abdomen of the enemy cavalry, because the abdomen is the most difficult to protect and the widest part of the human body. At the same time, the soft, boneless abdomen is more likely to pierce or even pierce. The enemy cavalry rushing on the opposite side also held spears in both hands, but he was obviously not as skilled and experienced as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, holding the spear with both hands, ready to push the chest of the Xiliang soldiers, but they didn't know that the spear at this height was easier to open.
When the distance was close, the Xiliang soldiers swirled their spears and struck at the spears stretched out by the enemy cavalry. The greater strength of the Xiliang soldiers immediately swung away the spears of the Han Sui cavalry, and the chest and abdomen of the Han Sui cavalry were exposed. At that moment, the Xiliang soldiers hurriedly returned their guns and stabbed them directly, and immediately stabbed Han Sui's cavalry in the chest. Under the blow, he immediately broke the armor of the cavalry of Han Sui's army, and when the broken armor was splashed, the Xiliang soldiers poured their strength into the spear, and the potential energy of the war horse running was also attached, and half of the sharp spear head was immediately submerged into the body of the enemy cavalry.