Chapter 57: Confrontation
In the early morning, before the sky dawned, the new barracks sounded the rallying call, and Captain Zhao Mantang gathered nearly 200 of his men to stand in formation, ready to march with the large army.
Liu Jiujin commanded a group of recruits to line up in a formation very vigorously, and these recruits have become a bit decent after the past few days of training, and they can quickly arrange them neatly in formation, and their spirits are also very full.
Captain Zhao rode around and nodded with satisfaction, it was not bad to be able to transfer a recruit team so well in a few days. He knew that this was due to the little soldier behind him, these days, this little soldier taught everyone a few tricks on the battlefield that are very practical to kill the enemy and defend themselves, which was very popular with everyone, and assisted Vice Lieutenant Liu, and everyone trained the team and practiced the formation, which was really effective.
Tianci led his horse and followed Captain Zhao to inspect while greeting everyone, he was going to the battlefield today, and he was very relieved to see that everyone had no fear on their faces.
The drums of the expedition sounded, and Captain Zhao took the lead in leading his team and marched to the battlefield with the large troops of the recruit camp.
When the team arrived at the battlefield of the Wild Wolf Valley and set up a formation, a round of red sun rose from the top of the mountain, the golden sunlight spread all over the valley, and the morning dew on the grassland was illuminated by the sun, steaming up a layer of mist, and the golden iron armor reflected the sunlight and shone with a dazzling light. The drums of war were beating, the flags were fluttering, and the mighty army overflowed from the mouth of the valley like a sea of people bursting the embankment, and the black pressure was endless.
The murderous sand scene in front of them made the recruits a little nervous, and some of them couldn't help but shiver under their armor, and their hands holding spears were soaked with sweat. Fortunately, there were endless lines in front of them, left and right, which made them feel some comfort.
After the formation was set up here, in less than half an hour, the sound of the march of the army was heard from the other end of the valley, and the neat steps shook with the earth, and after a burst of dust and smoke, a dense queue appeared on the horizon, advancing towards this side.
The 260,000 troops led by Tufan Wang Deyong personally arrived, and the long rows in front, riding horses and holding flags, led by more than 20 generals riding tall horses, marched at the front of the procession.
In the middle of the subsequent formation is a huge platform, led forward by more than 20 yaks, there are three layers on the platform, under the canopy in the middle of the second layer, the giant throne sits on the Tufan King Deyong Khan, holding a tea cup in his hand, is looking at the front with a leisurely expression, behind him there are maids and guards, and on a Taishi chair in front of the side sits the national teacher Dimo, who is meditating with his eyes closed.
On the third floor of the platform stands a giant Tufan national flag, and below it are two large drums and two giant trombones. Two drummers are beating the big drum with all their might. In the distance of the Tufan army formation, there were still these several such platforms, but the scale was much smaller.
When the Tufan army marched less than two miles away from the array of the Dafeng army, Deyong Khan raised his right hand and waved, the drum stopped, and the two trumpeters began to blow the trombone, and the whole army immediately stopped and stood in order.
At this time, among the generals who led the cavalry from the front, three of them rushed out of their horses and rushed to the front of the formation. The three generals came to the formation and raised their weapons to shout a demonstration, causing the enemy camp to shout again.
General Qi Buqun waved his hand, and the three generals in the formation, Dian Wu, Zhu Cheng, and Wang Weigong, drove forward and went straight to the three enemy generals to kill.
The six of them caught and tore each other in front of the battle, and the knives and guns exchanged and were very fierce. The war drums on both sides also beat violently, and the sound shook the sky.
In less than twenty rounds, an enemy general gradually lost his support, rode his horse and fled, and the general Zhu Cheng was about to catch up, and another fierce general was killed there, and he drove forward to meet Zhu Cheng and fight together.
One after another, more than a dozen generals from both sides took turns on the field and started a car ** battle. However, because Dafeng has not fought for many years in addition to the long-term counterinsurgency on the border, the generals have been pampered for a long time, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as before. And the Tufan soldiers have been fighting for many years, and they are all brave and fierce.
Half an hour later, the Central Plains soldiers had been cut down a few, and they gradually fell to the downwind, which was difficult to resist, and there was no one to replace them here. Seeing this, General Qi Buqun ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.
Seeing that this side wanted to retreat, the Tufan war general took advantage of the situation to chase the general, but fortunately, the Dafeng army had a large number of bows and arrows and strong crossbowmen in front of the formation, and the arrows rained down for a while, blocking the pursuers.
After returning to the enemy formation, the Tufan warriors rode back with the leading soldiers in front of the formation and entered the flag formation behind them.
At this time, a low horn suddenly sounded in the Tufan camp, and the flag-bearers in front of the formation withdrew to both sides, and as the flag array was withdrawn, a large red thing appeared in the middle of the formation.
When this large area of red and glamorous things was all presented in front of the Tufan army, Huang Zhipeng and Qi Buqun finally saw clearly, it turned out to be the enemy's yak formation. I saw nearly 10,000 yaks, and each yak wore a big red carpet on its body, which looked like a sea of red.
Fang Dingchao, who was pressing the formation at the end of the formation, also saw the enemy's yak formation, and he was wondering, why did the yak wear it like this this time? The fear brought to him by the attack of the yak array last time had not subsided, and when he saw today's battle, he couldn't help but feel a chill rise in his heart.
At this time, I suddenly heard several cannon shots from the enemy camp, and for a while, 10,000 yaks immediately galloped out like wild horses out of the territory, the sharp sword on the head of each yak braved the terrible cold light, and the red carpet on the body fluttered in the wind, which was very majestic, and the entire yak array was like a churning sea of fire swept towards the army of the Dafeng Empire.
The cavalry at the front of Huang Zhipeng's army were all stunned by the scene in front of them, and when they came to their senses, they hurriedly turned around and retreated according to the prior deployment, allowing the archers and crossbowmen behind to come forward to the battle.
After nearly 10,000 bows and arrows and strong crossbowmen were in place, an order was given, and 10,000 arrows were fired in unison, and a rain of arrows flew towards the herd.
Qi Buqun looked at the arrows shot at the yak herd, and suddenly understood in his heart, why the yaks were wearing a red carpet.
Sure enough, after the rain of arrows pounced on the herd, it had no effect, and the galloping arrows were dusted down by the red carpet fluttering on the yaks, only a few arrows were only inserted on the red carpet, except for one or two yaks that were shot in the head or eyes and rolled to the ground, the arrow rain was almost unhindered to the yak array, and it still poured like a tide.
Seeing this, General Qi Buqun immediately ordered the archers and crossbowmen to retreat. Seeing this, Huang Zhipeng had no choice but to issue an order to all the troops to retreat.
After the archers and crossbowmen in front of the formation fired two rounds of arrows, they saw that the yak formation was not hurt at all, and they were all frightened, their hairs stood on end, and the hands that drew the bows were unable to exert their strength.
After hearing the order to retreat, the archers and crossbowmen all ran desperately, thinking that with their light equipment, if they could not escape, they were afraid that they would be torn to pieces by the yaks with sharp horns and sharp blades.
The entire officers and soldiers in the front saw the ferocity and horror of the yak formation, and the formation was already chaotic, and when they saw the soldiers in front of them retreating frantically, they also began to turn around and run wildly.
The recruits in the middle of the formation did not receive the order to retreat, and they were still waiting in place stupidly, but they saw the army in front of them retreating one after another, and they did not know what to do.
Some of the frightened recruits also turned around and ran down with the large army, and Captain Zhao, who was riding on the horse, had already seen the huge herd of cattle rushing from afar, and knew that the general situation was unstoppable, so he turned back to everyone and said: "I think it's better to withdraw, the army can't stop it, why should we come to cushion it." ”
Liu Jiujin glanced back at Zhang Tianci who was riding on a horse behind him, Zhang Tianci nodded at him and motioned for him to quickly lead everyone to retreat.
Liu Jiujin immediately beckoned everyone to turn back, and followed Captain Zhao, who had already turned the horse's head, to run towards the state city.
After Liu Jiujin had already led his troops to retreat for a while, he looked back and could already see that the mighty yak herd was gradually rushing over from far and near, and the soldiers behind him were also fleeing like crazy, when he suddenly saw a familiar figure still standing on horseback in the fleeing crowd, standing still. Isn't that person Zhang Tianci?!
Tianci rode on his horse and watched the cattle galloping in front of him, thinking to himself if this would be a failure, and the hundreds of thousands of people in Lingwu Prefecture behind him still expected them to defeat the Tufan army and recover the lost land. He thought of the refugees from the north he saw along the way, and the mother and son who had lost their families and suffered humiliation, and his eyes lit up with hatred.
When the last of the soldiers ran past him, he was the only one left in the whole position, and there on horseback stood there, and the oncoming wind rolled up his long hair and sleeves and blew loudly, and the frenzied herd rolled and pounced on him like a great wave, wrapped in smoke and dust.