Chapter 66: The Battle After the Break
Seeing that the 500 cavalry of the thief was far away, it spread out in a V-shaped formation, and the wings protruded to the left and right, wanting to surround and eat all the oncoming official cavalry.
The light cavalry general immediately reined in the horseman and shouted, "Change your horse and prepare for battle." As soon as the words fell, the light cavalry immediately leaped to the empty horses on the side, and skillfully changed into spare war horses.
The light cavalry general said again: "The target is the left flank salient of the thief." After three rounds of rapid shooting, I detoured to the tail of the thief formation, attacked the thief's thief cavalry, and lured most of the thief cavalry to chase me. Lead away this cavalry thief for the guard. Everyone is not allowed to fight in close combat, but only to shoot the enemy with bows and arrows, and listen to the actions of our company. Let's go. ”
Forty-six horsemen rode more than 100 horses towards the left wing of the thief's cavalry and the right wing of the Taiyuan County light cavalry. The left and right wings of the thief's cavalry were also light cavalry equipped with bows, but when facing the Taiyuan light cavalry with less than fifty cavalry, he carelessly did not use the riding bow, but prepared to use the spear in his hand to defeat the Taiyuan light cavalry head-on in one fell swoop.
Seeing that the cavalry of the two armies was about to collide in one place, his eyes were full of the blood-devouring smiles of the thieves and the spur spears in his hands. If the Taiyuan light cavalry dared to fight with them, the thieves and horsemen of more than 100 cavalry dared to guarantee that with just one charge, all the official cavalry of less than 50 cavalry could be wiped out.
However, seeing that the Taiyuan light cavalry turned slightly, he immediately drew his bow and arrows, and at a distance of sixty paces, aimed at their respective targets, three rounds of sharp arrows shot out suddenly. Regardless of the outcome of the battle, he gave way to the front and ran from the left side of the thief's horse. In the stunned eyes of the thieves, nearly one hundred and fifty sharp arrows fell on their heads, and where could they dodge on the rapid horses, they had to shrink their heads and curl their bodies on the horse's back.
"Ahh The screams of the thieves continued, and the neighing of the horses also sounded repeatedly, and the dense thieves and horsemen burst into formation, and the fallen horses were slightly the same as the overturned horses. Just a sharp shot from the Taiyuan light cavalry, it shot over more than a dozen people and more than a dozen war horses.
This is the Taiyuan light cavalry in order to strengthen the local firepower, three cavalry to shoot an enemy, so the thief cavalry and even the men and horses were all shot and killed. More than a dozen horses suddenly fell in the galloping cavalry, and these overturned horses suddenly became an obstacle to the road ahead. There were several thieves who could not avoid it, and they were immediately mixed up, and the thieves fell like a gourd rolling on the ground, and the war horse was also mixed with the horse's legs, and fell to the ground neighing miserably.
Just a face, has not touched a piece of Taiyuan light cavalry, on the fold of nearly twenty horsemen, the leader of the thief cavalry suddenly furious, drink ordered the cavalry under his command to immediately abandon the spear and take the bow, with the Taiyuan light cavalry riding track chased, do not kill this hateful cavalry, then swear not to be a man.
But after seeing this cavalry go around in a small circle, he killed the left side of the thief a hundred paces behind the left wing. The leader of the left wing thief cavalry is not good, the left thief cavalry is a pure breaking formation, not like the left and right wings, and is not equipped with bows and arrows, in the face of the diffuse shooting of the Taiyuan light cavalry, I am afraid that it is not good.
Sure enough, in the rain of arrows of the Taiyuan light horse, even though the left thief rode not to meet the arrow rain of the Taiyuan light horse, the wide side was more prone to arrows. After a rain of arrows, the left thief was shot over more than 30 horses.
The Taiyuan light cavalry then rushed towards the leader of the five hundred thief cavalry, followed by the one hundred and fifty angry vengeful thief cavalry.
The commander of the five hundred thief cavalry at the end of the goose-shaped formation was the deputy general of the thief general Xu Huang, and the camp stayed behind waiting for the news of the victory of the thief general Xu Huang, not wanting to wait for the defeat to ask for help. The deputy general of the thief army hurriedly led the troops out of the camp, and personally led five hundred thief cavalry to support first, but unexpectedly encountered dozens of Taiyuan light cavalry who came to intercept him.
The deputy general of the thief army did not want to entangle with the Taiyuan light cavalry, so he ordered to form a goose-shaped formation and spread out the huge wings, wanting to encircle and annihilate the Taiyuan light cavalry in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, the Taiyuan light cavalry saw the opportunity very quickly, and when the five hundred thieves rode to assist the wide area, and when it was inconvenient to turn, they took a step earlier to kill the left wing, and with the help of bows and arrows, they broke out of the encirclement and jumped to the side of the goose-shaped array to attack the five hundred thieves.
Seeing the results of the cavalry shooting of the Taiyuan light cavalry from a distance, the deputy general of the thief army couldn't help but be angry for a while. The white wave thief was originally a thief from Xihe County, and Xihe was close to the Southern Xiongnu, and the county people knew more about the art of riding and shooting, and three hundred of the five hundred thieves knew how to ride and shoot. This Taiyuan light rider wants to fight and shoot, and the thief riders are afraid.
The deputy general of the thief army shouted: "The herald of the right reserve cavalry does not need to care about intercepting the official cavalry, just go to General Xu to listen to the order." The left wing was ordered to chase after the officers and horses, and the right flank detoured to the side of the officers and horses to attack, and I led the Chinese army to block the front of the officers and horses. The four divisions must wipe out the official cavalry in one fell swoop. ”
The herald beat his horse and galloped away, and the deputy general of the thief army personally ran to the front with a bow, and ordered his hundreds of horsemen to gallop up and go head-on in the direction of Taiyuan light cavalry. Moreover, when the Taiyuan light cavalry saw that the thief cavalry was intercepting him, he immediately changed his tactics, and when he was still one hundred and fifty steps away from the deputy general of the thief army, he turned slightly to the right again.
The deputy general of the thief army was stunned for a moment, but immediately turned around, but when he was only a hundred steps away from the Taiyuan light horse, a piercing iron whistle came from the Taiyuan light horse. "Whoosh, whoosh" I saw more than 100 arrows soaring into the air again, looking at the oncoming thief riding and covering his head and face.
The deputy general of the thief army secretly said that it was not good, and he hurriedly urged the war horse to speed up and gallop, and happened to avoid it dangerously when the arrow rain fell. It's just that the thieves who followed closely behind were not good, and they just ushered in the blow of the rain of arrows. The speed at which the arrow rain falls, coupled with the speed at which the horse charges, as long as the arrow is hit, will be killed immediately. This wave of arrows rained down more than a dozen thieves.
The deputy general of the thief army was immediately angry, and repeatedly commanded the two thief cavalry who were left behind to gather, and chased the Taiyuan light cavalry again, and the right wing of the thief cavalry coming from afar was also instructed to change from the initial flank assault to intercept from the beginning.
It was just a return of the Taiyuan light cavalry, once again avoiding the interception of the right flank of the thief cavalry. After shooting a wave of arrows, he harvested more than a dozen thief riders, successfully avoided the bag of the thief riders, and smoothly arranged the attitude of the enemy and me into the retreat and return shooting method that the Taiyuan light cavalry is best at retreating and shooting the enemy.
Several waves of arrows shot nearly a hundred thieves, but they were not afraid that the thieves would not be fooled and chase. Sure enough, the deputy general of the thief army saw that he was successfully escaped by the Taiyuan light cavalry three times and twice, but the army suffered heavy casualties. So he led the remaining three hundred thieves to ride, and pursued them unrelentingly.
The guard general Tun saw from a distance that the light cavalry had led most of the five hundred thieves away, and he couldn't help but be secretly grateful. Bentun has few soldiers and a thin battle formation, which can not withstand the repeated assault of 500 thieves. If there are only 100 horsemen left, you may be able to barely fight.
It's just that the thief general Xu Huang took the lead in leading the formation and the rear army of more than 300 thieves to surround when the thief rode forward. The defender Tun couldn't help but sneer, "Can these low-morale thieves stop me?" ”
Sure enough, the thief general Xu Huang did not rush forward, but only quietly restrained the guards from a hundred steps away. The guard Tun General's heart was cold, it seemed that the thief general wanted to wait for the arrival of his commanded cavalry. I can't help but look left and right, this place is wide, which is conducive to the assault of the cavalry, but it is not conducive to the defense of the army.
The defender Tun General thought about the arrival time of the thief raid in his heart. Immediately shouted: "Quantun listens to the order, takes what as a unit, turns around and runs to the mountain rock a hundred steps away to form a formation." Beware of the thirty guards of the thief's own formation, they can use the Mandarin Duck formation to defend and counterattack. Back...... Turn, run...... Walk. ”
In the surprised gaze of the thief general Xu Huang, more than 100 Taiyuan soldiers in front of him fled backwards regardless of it. Xu Huang was about to give the order to pursue, but saw that although the Taiyuan soldiers were not chaotic, they were mainly running side by side, which was more neat than the walking of the army. Xu Huang couldn't help but gasp, this county soldier is really so elite?
Xu Huang's mind turned sharply, and he shouted: "Where is the flag officer, give me the flag." Command your thirty cavalry guards to pursue this official thief, but be careful. ”
The flag officer, who had long been eager to try, was immediately overjoyed, handed over the flag in his hand to Xu Huang, and immediately led the thirty cavalry guards to chase after the guard. Those who can act as the flag officers of an army are all strong and brave warriors. It's just that it is difficult for a flag officer to have the opportunity to go into battle in person, and this flag officer finally got Xu Huang's permission, where is he willing to let go of this opportunity. Immediately take the lead and dance the spear, to give the army the first victory of the counterattack.
The shield was at the end of the first and turned his head to see the flag officer of the thief army chasing towards him, and seeing that the distance of more than 100 steps was approaching in an instant, he hurriedly shouted: "Stop all and stand in formation." ”
As soon as the order fell, in just a short period of three breaths, a small array of ten mandarin ducks stood up. Ten soldiers stood in peace, staring at the flag officer of the thief army ten paces away.
The flag bearer of the thief army is preparing to slaughter the officers and soldiers with a spear, and he is imagining that he can slaughter all the men and horses in front of him in an instant with one block of ten, and he doesn't want this man to turn around and prepare for battle in an instant. Although the flag officer of the thief army was not shocked, he had no intention of stopping his horse, but only clamped the spear in his hand under his armpit, and prepared to use the momentum of the war horse to assassinate the local.
However, the sound of the bowstring sounded, and the thief army's flag officer found that there were cold arrows in the official thief array. couldn't help but curse a despicable sound, and hurriedly raised his spear to block. With the sound of "dang", the cold arrow was successfully blocked, and the momentum of this charge was inevitable.
At this moment, it was only three steps away from the official thief. But he saw that two of the officials and thieves rushed out and stabbed at him. The flag bearer of the thief army could not help but hurriedly rein in his horse, and was about to force the horse to turn to the left, but four pikemen suddenly rushed out on the left, and before the horse's hooves fell, they stabbed fiercely to the left.
The thief flag officer was shocked, the spear slashed, and the four spears were missed, and before the thief flag officer took the time to protect his empty door, another cold arrow broke through the air, hitting the item. "Ah" screamed, the flag officer of the thief army stroked his neck, and fell weakly under the horse.