Volume 1 Chapter 53: The Battle of Huangying Mountain
Huangying Mountain, a big mountain in the eastern part of Montenegro County, I don't know why it is called such a name.
In fact, there is no yellow warbler on the Yellow Oriole Mountain, and the mountain shape is not like the Yellow Warbler, but more like an old bear lying there, with its head facing north, and the trees on the mountain are dense, making it difficult for ordinary people to pass, and just below the ass of this old bear, there is a three-way intersection, which controls the traffic from Black Mountain County to Baishui County and Donghai Prefecture of Rakshasa Country, from a military point of view, it is a choke point.
Now, the choke point is occupied by a large barracks and fences.
The three legions of the Rakshasas, each for exactly eight hours, monitored the two directions of Leopard Water City and Baishui County day and night, and they set up fences in all dangerous places, and well-trained archers with their well-wound war bows were ready to rain arrows on the great merchant armies attacking from these two directions.
A corps of the Rakshasa people, usually composed of 300 archers, 1,000 archers, 1,500 hoplites, 700 light infantry, 400 light cavalry and 100 heavy cavalry, can be attacked and defended on the battlefield, especially their world-famous archers and their iron-tired war bows, which have been the most troublesome existence for the big merchant army for many years.
It was dinner time, and the commanders of the three corps were eating in the most central tent.
The Rakshasa people's dinner is not as fancy as the big merchants, each person has only a few large pieces of wheat cakes, a large portion of beef, and a few large barrels of soju placed on the side of the table, and there are two young and beautiful female soldiers sitting next to each corps commander, eating meat and drinking while not forgetting the romantic atmosphere of the Rakshasa people.
The proportion of female soldiers in the Rakshasa army is quite high, almost standing in one-sixth of the total number, and the strong and toned Rakshasa female soldiers not only contract all the laundry and cooking in the army, build camp tents, etc., but also skillfully play heavy tomahawks or scimitars on the battlefield, and charge into battle is no worse than the Rakshasa men.
"Manro, this fool!" said a regimental commander named Gargat, who was a marquis, and his rank was no lower than that of Manro, and it was only because Manro was a marshal that he had to obey Manro's orders, and he was very unconvinced.
Another corps commander chimed in: "That is, the spies have already reliably reliably reconnoitred, and the big merchant army in Leopard Water City is at most thirty or forty thousand people, and we can completely defeat Leopard Water City, which is the first major merit in the nine years since the war began." As he spoke, he didn't forget to lightly bite the bare pink shoulder of the female soldier next to him, which made the female soldier laugh.
Gargat shook his head and said, "He's just a coward, and he cleverly sent us to this hellish place to be with mosquitoes, and I've been bitten by mosquitoes for the past two days." ”
"Marquis, I think you've been too busy these two nights and have lost a lot of weight, right?" said the third corps commander, raising his eyebrows, causing both men and women in the tent to laugh ambiguously.
"Robbery of the camp, the big merchant army has robbed the camp!" At this moment, a chaotic shout suddenly sounded outside, faintly mixed with bursts of screams, and the three corps commanders didn't care about drinking and eating meat, put on their armor with all their hands and feet, picked up weapons and rushed out of the camp.
In the south of the camp, thousands of merchant infantry held shields, lined up in a neat queue to advance in the direction of the camp, behind them, there were more than 30 bed crossbows, the bed crossbows with a range of 500 meters under the command of a young general launched a volley again and again in the city, the fence of the Rakshasa people was like paper paste in front of the huge crossbow arrows, the Rakshasa archers in the front row were shot to the ground one by one, and the huge impact tore their flesh to pieces, which was miserable.
Gargat roared: "Bring all the sharpshooters in this direction, each sharpshooter is equipped with two light infantry, cover the sharpshooters with shields, and then all the heavy infantry assemble in the second line and prepare to countercharge!"
The other two corps commanders did not dare to slack off, and quickly organized the defense according to Gargat's orders.
Under the dense arrow curtain attack of the archers, the advance of the Great Merchant Army was forced to slow down, and the infantry planted their huge shields on the ground, hiding behind them.
The young merchant generals commanded the bed crossbows and attacked the Rakshasa archers, pinning these threatening enemy soldiers to the ground one by one.
Gargat shook his beard angrily, the range of the bed crossbow far exceeded that of ordinary bows and arrows, and he couldn't find a way to suppress it for a while.
I was thinking about whether to order the hoplites to launch a counter-charge in advance, after all, the merchant army on the opposite side seemed to be small in number, and with the elite troops under his command and the numerical advantage, they could completely suppress the opponent in close combat.
"There are also merchant troops rushing from the east!" a mournful shout came from the rear.
Gagat was so frightened that he didn't have time to run to the east, so he climbed to the nearby watchtower and looked east, only to see that the merchant cavalry had rushed to the fence of the camp.
"The hoplites reversed, lined up to the east, and withstood the enemy's cavalry!"
Ghagat gave a loud order, and the Rakshasa hoplites, who had been lining up behind the sharpshooters on the south side of the camp, under the command of the officers, raised their flat spears and reversed the formation.
"Boom!" The fence on the north side of the camp against Huangying Mountain collapsed with a bang, and hundreds of merchant infantry came out of the dense forest on the mountain, brandishing war knives and rushing into the camp, killing people on sight.
"Damn, how did they get to the mountains?" Ghagart roared in despair, drawing his sword, "Knights, follow me to the enemy!"
Hundreds of heavily armored knights, all abandoning their horses, followed Gargat on foot, wielding huge battle axes or two-handed swords, and roared and pounced on the enemy troops who had sneaked down on the mountains to the north.
Yun Zhong held a huge mace in his hand, and with every swing, a Rakshasa knight fell to the ground with his brains bursting, and Mo Li and Wei Ling followed closely behind him, slashing horizontally with their long swords, bringing up a puff of blood.
The Rakshasa knights were in high spirits, but the merchant troops who rushed down from the mountain were more elite, at least they were all mid-Xuan rank cultivation, and in hand-to-hand combat, the Rakshasa people's overly cumbersome armor became a burden instead, and they were knocked to the ground one by one.
Soon, the defense line formed by the Rakshasa knights was broken open, and Yun Zhong led Wei Ling and Mo Li, with dozens of people, directly rushed out of the gap and killed the southern section of the Rakshasa camp.
The southern front of the Rakshasa Army, made up of archers and light infantry, was attacked from behind, and they were quickly thrown into disarray by the close quarters of these elite warriors, lacking armor.
Gargat shouted, "Hold on." Wielding his greatsword, he repelled a merchant soldier.
A dark shadow appeared on his left side, and two rays of cold light slashed at his breastplate, failing to cut through the armor at the pinnacle of the Ranks, but the impact forced the Rakshasa nobles to retreat again and again.
"The tortoise shell is so hard. The young mercenary with the twin swords in her hand, Blood Swallow, cursed hatefully, bullied her forward again, and fought with Gagat.
Gargat was almost successfully attacked by the Blood Swallow, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and the giant sword flashed with cold light, eager to swing the petite merchant woman in front of him into two with a sword.
After more than ten rounds of confrontation between the two, the Blood Swallow gradually lost its defeat, although Gargat was a gentleman, but he was really a strong man in the early stage of the ground level, and the cultivation suppressed the Blood Swallow, and the Blood Swallow could only rely on his body to deal with it lightly.
In a critical moment, a tall thin figure in black armor came out from the side, carrying a sword like the wind, and the blood swallow attacked Gagat, after two or three together, Gagat was hit by a sword in the door, and he was killed.
Lan Yu, who had killed the enemy's main general, looked proud, and smiled at the blood swallow: "Sister, on the battlefield, there are still men who are stronger." ”
Blood Swallow pursed her lips: "When did you win Sister Mo Li, you will be proud." ”
Lan Yu's face changed, and then he said indifferently: "No matter how powerful Mo Li is, isn't there still Yunzhong?"
The Blood Swallow gave him a blank look, pulled a storage ring from Gargat's body, put it in his arms, and then continued to swing his twin swords, and fought with Lan Yu into the fiercest place of the battle.
The infantry of the Great Shang Army in the south launched a charge, the archers and light infantry of the Rakshasa Army were the first to be routed, and the heavy infantry phalanx fell into the embarrassing situation of being attacked by the Shang Army on both sides.
The fierce battle lasted for nearly four hours and hours, from more than eight o'clock in the evening until late at night, and the Rakshasa army was finally annihilated after all their bravery.
Of the 12,000 Rakshasa army, more than half were killed on the spot, and more than 1,000 wounded were killed on the spot by the merchant army, and the rest of the nearly 5,000 people were captured, and the piles of materials were captured, while the loss of the merchant army was less than 1,000 people, and it was a wonderful victory.
Yunzhong stood in the camp, beside him was Jiang Qin, a fierce general of the merchant army, and Wang Yu, a young general who commanded the bed crossbow just now, not far away, a general who straddled a white horse with a high head and was wearing silver armor walked towards them, and when he got closer, he turned over and dismounted, and the three of them saluted at the same time: "I have seen General Gongsun!"
Gongsun Chan laughed, gave each of the three of them a bear hug in turn, and patted Yunzhong on the shoulder: "It's a beautiful battle, it's really yours, even I didn't wake up until I received a secret letter from General Xu Rong yesterday." ”
Looking at the messy battlefield, Gongsun Chan continued: "Take a little rest, I will lead 10,000 cavalry first, the 20,000 infantry led by General Cheng Pu will arrive at noon tomorrow, and the 50,000 troops led by General Ziyu will be at least until the morning after tomorrow." ”
Yunzhong nodded and said, "Let's take a little rest, and when General Cheng Pu arrives, we will join forces to attack the five Rakshasa legions in the west, and completely cut off Manro's army and Qinglu City." ”
Wang Yu nodded and said, "In this way, Manluo will not care about harming Menghe County." ”
Jiang Qin said: "It also plagued Menghe County, and the old boy is estimated to be in a hurry." ”
All four laughed at the same time.