Chapter 11: What Really Happened
Even if the 50,000 werewolf cavalry didn't catch up, Liu Tianzhao would have a way to defeat them, but if they caught up, then the battle would be easier.
As soon as the 50,000 werewolf cavalry entered the range of the Wei army's archers and bed crossbows, the Wei army's side moved, and countless feathered arrows flew on the city wall, as if heavy rain was pouring.
In the midst of this heavy rain, there were also several large "hailstones", which were heavy crossbow arrows shot from bed crossbows, as thick as an adult's thigh, and after hitting one person, the castration was unabated, and the people behind that person were also strung together, just like a string of sugar gourds, stringing five or six people together.
In a moment's effort, the werewolf cavalry was put down by a large number of people and horses, and the loss was at least a thousand people.
Rodney glanced at the fallen soldiers and ordered to charge again, but this time, the expected second round of arrows did not come, and their cavalry was less than three miles from the city wall.
Rodney sensed that something was wrong, but without the order to retreat, he could only rush forward with his soldiers.
Liu Tianzhao led his troops back to the city gate, turned his horse's head, and quietly watched the opponent's 50,000 cavalry rush over.
"After that, there is probably no such thing as a werewolf. ”
Boom! Boom!
It was the sound of traps collapsing, and countless cavalry fell into the traps, and there were countless sharp barbs in the traps, and people and horses could not climb back after falling into them.
The wailing overshadowed everything, and after a moment there was silence again.
5,000 mobile traps!
Designed and built by Karakuri City, it is the most advanced trap in the horse pit today, and it will consume a five-star ink core at one time, which is equivalent to thousands of taels of gold.
But being able to bury 5,000 cavalry at once is worth this amount at all.
A mile further, there are 5,000 mobile horse traps waiting for the werewolf cavalry, and there are more than 10,000 mobile horse traps outside each border gate, as soon as the mechanism is activated, the traps hidden in the ground will move to the designated position, which is difficult to detect in peacetime, but when it is detected in war, it is already too late.
The eastern Xinjiang and state line is the top priority, the city that Liu Tianzhao they guarded is called Julu City, and Julu City was called the Rejection City at the earliest, which is to drive out the Tartars and keep them out.
Julu City has had three famous battles, and the number of troops participating in these three battles has exceeded one million, one of which took place before the era of the Nine Kingdoms, and it is a battle recorded in historical records, and the specific situation is unknown.
Another time was at the beginning of the founding of the Chen State, when the eastern Xinjiang did not have a state line, but a Jingzhou line. It was a war with Youguo, in which both sides used more than half a million troops, and finally ended in a great victory for Chen, and Youguo was also in a state of collapse, and was later destroyed by other countries, forming the present Beiguo.
Therefore, a large part of the people in Beiguo are from the original You country, especially the group of werewolf clans, almost all of whom are descendants of the You country, so there is a feud between the two sides.
In the era of Chen Fengxian, the king of Chen, that is, when Emperor Wei ascended the throne, Beiguo and Shu jointly launched an attack on Chen Guoyuan's Jingzhou line in eastern Xinjiang, which is now the location of the eastern Xinjiang and state line, but was pressed down by Liu Zhanguo with his own strength, killing more than 80,000 enemies and capturing more than 200,000, all of whom were escorted to poor areas to open up wasteland.
So in fact, the contradictions between countries are very big, and some of them are feuds accumulated over several lifetimes, which cannot be resolved at all, and have reached the point of life and death.
Rodney almost went crazy when he saw that his five thousand cavalry were gone in the blink of an eye, the werewolf clan was similar to a nomad, and there was no such thing as building a city gate, so he didn't know anything about the current city defense equipment and devices, and he didn't expect that this mobile horse trap had such a powerful lethality.
Rodney knew that he had to retreat now, and who knows how many pits there were in front of them waiting to be tread, and even at the risk of disobeying military orders, he had to withdraw with his army, otherwise all 50,000 cavalry would be buried here.
"Collect the pit, kill it with me!" Liu Tianzhao seemed to have guessed Rodney's thoughts, ordered the removal of the mobile trap in advance, and rushed forward with 10,000 cavalry.
The mobile trap is reusable, can be retracted immediately after use, and the ground will be level again.
After repairing and maintaining, the recovered trap can be put into use again, and can generally be reused 20 to 30 times.
This ingenious design can no longer be designed and built except for the Karakuri City.
"Blow the horn and retreat!" Rodney told the herald to hurry to herald.
The horn of retreat sounded, and the remaining more than 40,000 cavalry of the werewolf clan began to retreat, but how could it be so easy for more than 40,000 people to retreat at the same time, and the training of the werewolf clan was not as strict as that of Great Wei, the scene looked a little chaotic, and the efficiency of retreat was much lower.
Rodney watched as the Great Wei cavalry led by Liu Tianzhao got closer and closer.
"Nanyi, take 2,000 men with me!" Rodney shouted to one of his lieutenants.
If Liu Tianzhao's 10,000 cavalry were allowed to rush over, their already chaotic retreat formation would be completely disrupted, and Liu Tianzhao might annihilate them with a few charges, which Rodney did not want to see.
Liu Tianzhao saw that there were more than 2,000 people on the other side stopped, and pursed the corners of his lips with disdain.
"Guns!"
When there were still 100 meters away, Liu Tianzhao shouted, and then everyone took off the javelins in unison and threw them forward.
Ten thousand javelins fell at the same time, like a monster with ten thousand sharp teeth, and swallowed the two thousand cavalry in one bite.
With just one round of projectiles, the two thousand werewolf cavalry were wiped out!
Rodney was hit by a javelin in his left shoulder, and quickly retreated on horseback, the courage in his heart had been frightened, and the two sides had not fought head-to-head at all, but Rodney knew that his army would never win even if it was several times that of the other party!
"Nanyi!" Rodney wanted his lieutenant to bring another 5,000 people to stop him, although these 5,000 people were equivalent to death, but as long as he could delay for a moment, more people could run back.
After screaming a few times but getting no response, it occurred to me that Nan Yi was afraid that he had died in the round of javelin throwing just now.
"Sakai!" Rodney called out another lieutenant's name.
"General!" Sakai rode to Rodney's side.
"You take 5,000 people to disturb them, no, take 10,000 people!"
After Rodney finished giving the order, he noticed that Sakai had been following him for a long time, which made him frown.
"Alas!"
Rodney gripped the reins, sighed heavily, and didn't ask Sakai to take someone to stop him.
"Crossbow!"
Liu Tianzhao led people to chase after him, and when the distance was about 20 zhang, he ordered the soldiers in the front row to pick up their bows and crossbows, and fired a burst of shots, and nearly 1,000 people who were hanging from the back of the enemy became the souls of the crossbows.
"Bastard, what's going on? What is Rodney doing with this idiot!"
In the rear, the Nine Systems Chen Pi threw the clairvoyance he used for observation to the ground, and he was so angry that he couldn't beat him with 50,000 against 10,000, but was chased and killed by his ass!
In a short period of time, under the three-wheel crossbow shot of the army led by Liu Tianzhao, the werewolf cavalry on Rodney's side lost nearly five thousand.
"The last round!"
Liu Tianzhao gave the order and quickly emptied his crossbow box, then turned his horse's head and retreated with the army.
"Liu Tianzhao, Liu Tianzhao, don't let you lead an army alone, it's too talented. ”
On the wall of Julu City, Yang Xingxiong shook his head and sighed, Liu Tianzhao is a general, he used to be the general who led the army alone, Yang Xingxiong even thought that the general of Eastern Xinjiang in the future could be continued by Liu Tianzhao, but after that incident, Yang Xingxiong knew that all the generals of the Liu family would no longer be entrusted with important tasks.
The Liu family army is absolutely loyal to Emperor Chen Fengxian of Wei, and is also absolutely loyal to Great Wei, but why did His Majesty break them up and suppress the original generals?
Isn't it good to let the seven fierce generals under the former Liu Warring States like Liu Tianzhao lead an army each?
Of course, the answer is not good, because as soon as Liu Zhanguo leaves, the Liu family army will have one less absolute commander, and none of the seven fierce generals such as Liu Tianzhao will be able to inherit Liu Zhanguo's position, and it will be even more impossible to pick an external general to lead the Liu family army.
His Majesty the Emperor can see it thoroughly, in the long run, although the Liu family's army will not be dissipated, but the army will be disheartened, and there will really be no gap between the seven fierce generals, and they are all like brothers? No one dares to guarantee that if there is a slight discord, it is really possible to provoke infighting.
Although it will not really fight, after all, the soldiers of Great Wei will never kill each other, but it will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness, how to cooperate perfectly on the battlefield in the future?
"Alas!"
Yang Xingxiong sighed again.
"Let the kitchen prepare the food and drinks tonight, and I will reward the soldiers. ”
"By the way, prepare five big meat buns for each of the brothers from the southern Xinjiang and state lines, the skin should be thin, the trap should be large, and the taste should be beautiful!"
"It's been a wasted trip for them. ”
When the Nine Systems Chen Pi asked 50,000 cavalry to rush over, Yang Xingxiong knew that it was impossible for the 200,000 troops of Beiguo to attack it.
Because, the 200,000 army of the Bei Country is not planning for the Julu City, but the unique horse breeding pasture that originally belonged to the werewolf clan of the Bei Country!
When Rodney withdrew to the werewolf camp, there were only more than 30,000 people left, and nearly 20,000 people were tortured and killed in less than half a day.
Rodney met the angry eyes of the Nine Systems of Chen Pi, but he had nothing to say, if he did not lead the troops to retreat, the 50,000 troops would be wiped out!
"Rodney, do you have anything to say?" the Nine Systems Chen Pi roared, and the spit stars sprayed all the stars on Rodney's face, he felt that this battle was too unbelievable and too embarrassing.
Aggrieved, on the one hand, because of this fiasco, and on the other hand, because he was forced to fight this battle.
"The last general has nothing to say, if you want to kill, you have to listen to the honorable!" Rodney said stiffly.
If you follow the general plot development, Jiuzhi Chenpi will definitely be furious, and then order to behead Rodney, but there will definitely be someone next to him to dissuade him, and then Jiuzhi Chenpi casually perfunctory said a few words to make Rodney guilty and meritorious, and in the end it will be gone.
However, the development of the plot is often unexpected, and the nine systems of tangerine peel did not give the people next to him a chance to dissuade him, without saying a word, he directly drew his saber and cut off Rodney's head with a sword.
With a bang, a human head fell to the ground, because the slope rolled to the feet of the Nine Pieces of Tangerine Peel, and the Nine Systems of Orange Peel directly kicked Rodney's fallen head out.
Some of the strategists, generals, and ministers accompanying the army directly changed their faces, and a dark seed was planted in their hearts, and they didn't know when it would suddenly take root and sprout.