Chapter 449: Three thousand! Seven thousand!
"Retreat! Retreat!" A chill ran down the cavalry general's spine all the way up, and cold sweat wet his vest at once, he put away the anger in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Quick! Evacuate in the opposite direction!"
It's just that they have been too aggressive, and the public loss inspector at the head of the city deliberately waited a little longer, allowing Wang Xuanwei to lure them close enough to start releasing the arrows.
In the neighing of war horses, countless Tang cavalry were hit by feather arrows, although the cowhide armor on their bodies could block the feather arrows to a certain extent, but only to a certain extent, the crossbow arrows shot by the crossbow cart were powerful and heavy, and they were also intentionally made thicker and sharper than the arrows of the archers when they were manufactured.
A total of three waves of crossbow arrows fell, and hundreds of Tang cavalry of nearly 8,000 people have fallen, counting those who were harmed by thistle terrestris before, only more than 7,000 of these 8,000 Tang cavalry can continue to gallop on horseback.
"It's amazing. Li Yu stood on the lookout, looked at everything that was happening in the distance, and immediately shouted: "The first, second, and third battalions of the infantry army advance forward and cover the battlefield!"
The drums of war beat and the drums changed, and countless soldiers in armor marched in line with heavy shields in their hands, and the spears in their hands were sharp, and under the shouts of the generals one after another, every step seemed to shake the ground.
However, before the infantry could advance, the confrontation between the two cavalry changed again.
Originally, it was the Tang army chasing the Mo cavalry, but at this moment, the Mo cavalry turned around and charged towards the Tang cavalry in a more resolute posture than when they had just fled!
The thistle terrestris had been almost thrown away, and the leather bags that were originally piled up became empty at the moment, Qin Ke sighed, and suddenly pulled out the Bodhisattva sword from his waist, and the blade of the sword flashed with a cold edge in the sun.
Wang Xuanwei was still at the forefront of the cavalry, and the moment the two armies intersected, he brazenly slashed his sword.
It is hard to imagine that Wang Xuanwei, a spiritual cultivator, had a thunderous momentum when he took out his sword, and suddenly there was a burst of explosions out of thin air, which was the sound of the sword raised by the Tang cavalry in front of him being cut off with great force.
Wang Xuanwei did not hesitate, and another hand raised the knife and slashed another Tang soldier who passed by him, the blade never entered the armor of the Tang army, and the blood light suddenly gushed out, sprinkling a bewitching scarlet in the air.
The Tang cavalry didn't expect Wang Xuanwei to turn his head and launch a fierce attack, so he could only be dragged to his horse's butt and charge towards his own infantry shield.
Qin Ke turned sideways slightly, and the edge of a war sword rubbed between the tips of his hair, and then he squinted his eyes, and the tip of the sword stabbed out violently, directly penetrating a person's chest, and Abu, who was not far from him, waved the halberd in his hand, and swept through thousands of armies with the strength of one person, and the Tang army entered the formation several times as if it were no one.
"Withdraw! Withdraw!" the general of the Tang cavalry roared in the crowd with red eyes, they were out of the range of the crossbow arrows at the head of the city, and if they continued to flee for a while, they could escape back behind those shields that shone with silver light.
At this time, Wang Xuan shouted slightly: "Qin Ke, shoot him down!"
Qin Ke was excited, subconsciously responded, immediately pulled out the longbow behind his back, and took a feather arrow made of fierce beast teeth from the quiver, and as he mechanically pulled the bow with both hands, the muscles of his arm tightened inch by inch.
The bowstring was suddenly pulled by him into a full moon.
He took a deep breath and looked at the general who was shouting incessantly to gather the chaotic cavalry, and as he drove the wind that flew around him, the feathered arrows left the bowstring as his hand suddenly let go, like a falcon that had spotted its prey descending from the sky, and swept towards the general.
"Don't panic!" the general glared, still yelling, but when he sensed the wind in his ears, he slashed behind him with his sword!
With a "ding", the feather arrow was cut by his sword, the horse's hooves rumbled, and he had a breath of cool air in his chest, and it took a long time to feel the throbbing of his heart.
But he's nowhere near the time to relax!
At the same time, he turned around and looked at Qin Ke, as if he saw a trace of regret on that reluctant face, and then, the longbow like a full moon had been mounted with feather arrows again!
Three sharp feathered arrows!
The three feather arrows at three different tricky angles, riding the strong wind, rushed straight towards the Tang army general, this move, Qin Ke had practiced countless times, but it was the first time that it was really used to kill people on the battlefield.
The feather arrows flew in front of the Tang army generals, the cold light reflected his round eyes, he raised his sword, no longer used any trick skills, only instinctively slashed horizontally and vertically, like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, one sword was faster than the other, in the blink of an eye, he had already split two feather arrows!
Then he took a deep breath and slashed the last arrow, slashing the sharp arrow of the feathered arrow and watching it crash into his right shoulder armor.
But the fourth arrow struck again!
The general of the Tang army snorted, his body shook in the chaos, and finally rolled off his horse, and the war horse followed with a mournful roar, and another feathered arrow pierced deep into its head.
The general was full of cultivation, and the feather arrow did not hit his vital point, and he tossed twice on the ground to stabilize his body, while still dodging the other horses rushing from his side.
However, Qin Ke had also arrived in front of him.
Seven into the sword, and the wind!
This is the first sword Qin Ke has learned, and it is also the most proficient sword he has learned, and after a long period of training, the power of this sword has long been different.
The general still wanted to raise his sword to resist, but as soon as he lowered his head, he could only watch Qin Ke's Bodhisattva sword plunged into his chest, blood dripping down, he opened his mouth wide, and wanted to say something, but it was pitch black in front of him, and the shadow of death blinded his eyes first.
He fell.
"General!"
"The general is dead!"
The cavalry of the Tang Kingdom was in a big chaos, and the cavalry that was originally tried by the general to try their best to restrain seemed to have turned into a plate of loose sand in an instant, and each of them had their own infantry camp in front of them, but no matter how they instigated the war horses, they seemed to be getting farther and farther away from those silver shields, and the Mo cavalry walked through their cavalry array, slashing with long knives, like hungry wolves that broke into the flock, chasing them in all directions.
3,000 people chased and killed 7,000 people, where had the Mo cavalry seen such a situation? But this happened right in front of their eyes, and they couldn't help but believe it.
Wang Xuanwei's figure was as steady as a mountain in front of them, and a group of people were surging in blood, all of them were brave and excited, and their eyes were red.
But Wang Xuanwei's blade was still as calm as at the beginning, and there was not even any wave in his eyes.
This is just the beginning.
The infantry of the Don army was also constantly advancing, spears formed a forest, they were ordered to cover the battlefield, and every step was extremely resolute.
"Retreat!" Wang Xuan pulled the reins of his horse slightly, and with a wave of his big hand, he brought a wave of invisible qi, which shook the surrounding Mo family cavalry.
Although the Mo cavalry was still a little unsatisfied, and wanted to kill a few more Tang soldiers to vent their anger, they also knew that Wang Xuanwei's order could not be disobeyed, so they could only hurriedly restrain the war horse, turn the horse's head and follow Wang Xuanwei in another direction.
A round of arrow rain suddenly rose in the formation of the Tang army, but the Mo cavalry had already run out of a distance, just out of range, but the arrow rain was like a forest but could only be rooted into the soil one by one, and the sound of landing was dull, all of which seemed to have a sense of unwillingness.
Abu looked at Wang Xuanwei's back, a little embarrassed, although he had studied in the Taixue Hall for many years, but this was the first time he had seen such a strange way of using soldiers.
Under Wang Xuanwei's command, this cavalry is as elusive as a ghost, when you think he is attacking, he is running away, when you think he will keep running away, he may suddenly turn around and give you a knife.
From the beginning of the war to the present, the cavalry of the Tang State has been led by his nose at all, and the number of people is more than doubled, but they have been defeated.
If he could use his tactics freely, he might not lose to Sun Qing in Jing Wu's military exercise.
"But this thing...... I don't think I will be able to learn it for a while. Abu smiled bitterly and thought that the reason why a hero is a hero is because he can do things that ordinary people cannot.
And he is just a student who is not outstanding in the Taixue Hall, not as talented as Sun Qing, and not as blessed as Qin Ke.
The Tang infantry continued to advance, but Wang Xuanwei had already headed towards the east of the city, and this sudden departure made the Tang army a little stunned for a while—even if they continued to advance, what could they do except expose themselves to the range of the crossbow carts at the head of the city? With the speed of the infantry, it was impossible to catch up with those Mo cavalry.
Li Mo frowned, and he couldn't weigh it for a while.
"Why don't you keep moving forward?" At this moment, he heard Xiang Chu's thick voice behind him, he hurriedly turned his head and shouted respectfully: "General." ”
Xiang Chu looked at the Mo family cavalry from a distance and laughed softly: "Since the cavalry can't catch up with them, why don't you continue to move forward?"
"The crossbow carts at the head of the city are too powerful, and if they force their way forward, they are afraid that our army will be too badly damaged. Li Mo said softly: "After all, it is only 3,000 cavalry, even if they are killed, Jinzhou will not be breached, but the soldiers will shed blood in vain." ”
"Then simply continue to attack the city?" Xiang Chu looked at the Mo family cavalry had already turned to the east of the city, and over there, there were still two thousand foot soldiers to respond, with a few strange changes in the direction of the Mo family cavalry, the formation of the entire Tang army was chaotic again.
"Hmm, what?" Li thought he had misheard.
"I said, in that case, let's just attack the city. Xiang Chu said calmly: "Since it is not worth advancing all the way for the sake of three thousand Mo family cavalry, wouldn't it be better to target the entire Jinzhou City?"
"This ......" Li Yu knew that his generals had always used troops like fire, but when he heard his plan, he was also a little confused for a while, "It's too impulsive...... The siege of the city that day has proved that Jinzhou is by no means a city that can be captured in a short time, and now go up to ...... I'm afraid that the loss is still there. ”
Xiang Chu sneered indifferently and said, "I don't care about losses. Even if it is one person for another, it is worth it in my opinion, they have less than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and we will exchange 20,000 for their 20,000...... If you can kill Wang Xuanwei, what is it?"
Li Yu's face turned pale all of a sudden, and more than ten thoughts turned in his heart, and he said in a low voice: "It's still ...... Inappropriate. We'd better let the cavalry charge again, and I think they'll run out of thistles......"
Xiang Chu lowered his head, his tall figure was like a mountain, his eyes looked at Li Yu as cold as a knife, he slowly shook his head, his eyes were stained with a little disappointment.
After all, Li Mo is the person promoted by Yang Taizhen, if he changes to the dragon horse, I am afraid that he would have raised his arms with him and led people to forcibly attack the city without hesitation......
"Okay. But don't blame me for not saying the ugly things ahead, you're going to miss the best opportunity......"