708 Cutting off the tail (2)
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The commander of the Third Banner of the Central Army, Eridami, stood on a high rock, looking coldly into the distance, the place that was originally a mountain pass, but now it was completely dyed red by the steaming flames.
Pillars of fiery red and bright fire, like magic, rose from time to time in the distant night, and then a rumbling explosion came and went,
The mountain wind blew with the foul smell of burnt fire and the terrible sound of fighting. A qiē is as unreal as a dream, as if in a dream
The black torrent stumbled into the mountain road where he was,
The sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer below, like a muffled thunder rolling in awe, that kind of majesty, even the cliffs on both sides of the mountain road are also trembling,
Eredami's face moved slightly,
The remnants of the Eastern Court, numbering 35,000 people, were so powerful in the panic that even His Majesty did not want to fight with the cavalry of the Eastern Court in the mountains and fields.
In order to escape for their lives, the Dongting people are definitely going all out this time,
The most elite black-armored cavalry cleared the way, and the light melee cavalry, which was fast and able to meet on both sides, was in the center.
Finally, there are the heavy cavalry, which are more bulky in size and speed,
The thunder god bombardment just now, although the loss to the main force of the East Court was not large, but it had already made the people of the East Court like frightened birds.
The road ahead was blocked by rocks, and the panic of the sudden ambush soldiers,
Tens of thousands of Dongting cavalry can only turn headlong into this narrow passage connected to the mountain pass, which is the mountain pass leading to the south, like rats lit by fire.
In order to let the Dongting people follow the predetermined route, Thor in the distance is still constantly firing cannonballs,
"My lord, the people of Dongting are here."
The adjutant's nervous voice came from the side, and Erimida withdrew her gaze from a distance, her calm face suddenly filled with murderous aura,
On either side of him, a line of Vekian crossbowmen half-crouched on both sides of the rock wall, holding crossbows and bows completely integrated into the rocks in the black night, only the howling mountain wind blew
This is the ambush area of his Third Banner Regiment,
According to the plan, 8,000 of the most elite crossbowmen had already controlled the high cliffs on both sides of the mountain road, and he was the commander of the second ambush line, like a strong lasso, turning the entire mountain road into a dead knot that trapped the fierce horse of the Eastern Court cavalry
Soon, the vanguard of the Eastern Court cavalry entered the mountain road, and thousands of black-armored archers rushed to the front
"Ignition"
Eramida raised her hand,
With an order, the crossbowmen on both sides lit the torches that had been planted on the cliff walls on both sides at the same time.
"Whew" countless red lights, like magic, suddenly appeared on both sides of the mountain road,
Like two huge red dragons, the entire mountain road is illuminated in an instant.
A large number of torches were also thrown down from the top of the hill like meteors, illuminating the crowded figures of the cavalry in the eastern court below
"Ambush, there are ambushes"
The panicked shouts of the Dongting cavalry were heard below, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves was even paused.
"Shoot"
The crossbow captains above the cliff shouted, and the Xueliang war knife in his hand suddenly swung down, "Collapse, collapse." Collapse. The strong string of the crossbow brought a whistling wind. Countless black images of locusts rising on the horizon, black arrows covering the sky of the narrow mountain road,
"Hiss" Hundreds of running war horses were like crashing into an invisible wall, and they were shot into a hornet's nest in an instant, and the war horses that lost their support with their front hooves rolled and threw out the Dongting cavalry above, these Dongting cavalry were wearing black fine armor, and the black-armored archers of the strongest class in the Dongting
"Whoosh.
The black arrows were like a swarm of locusts rushing towards the wheat field, covering the heads of the Dongting cavalry with a roar and killing, and the powerful impact of the crossbow arrows made the Dongting cavalry roll on the ground with a group of people and horses, and the war horses with arrows ran uncontrollably, and the cavalry rolling on the ground was trampled into minced meat by the chaotic horse hooves. The entire queue was in chaos.
"Counter Attack"
Hatalu, the king of the Eastern Court Khan, brandished his saber and shouted with blood-red eyes, and countless black-armored archers untied their recurve bows one after another, using the mountain rocks as a shield to counterattack the crossbowmen above,
"Hell, these Dongting shooters are too tenacious" The scorching battle situation made Eramida scold angrily, and the arrows shuttled back and forth between the two sides, and the strength of the Dongting shooters was vividly displayed at this moment,...,
The strong archery skills practiced since childhood, although these elites of the Eastern Court responded in a hurry, they still relied on the powerful recurve bow in their hands to shoot the crossbowmen on the top of the mountain, and both sides suffered losses, and from time to time, the corpses of the Vekia crossbowmen fell from the top of the mountain, and they were about to be unable to suppress it, allowing the Dongting army to break through
At this moment, "Collapse, collapse." Collapse. A whistling sound tearing through the air came from the direction of the last mountain pass, and I saw thousands of elite black-armored archers struggling to draw their bows, like cut straw, twisted into a pile of minced meat by countless bursting cold lights in an instant. His heavily armored body was pierced by some kind of long arrowhead, nailed deep into the hard rock behind it
"It's Bolawu's ballista, it's really *** will pick up cheap"
Eramida looked up happily, and in the direction of the cold light, through the bright firelight on the top of the mountain, she saw that on the other side of the hill, strange weapons were pouring arrows in this direction, and the unprepared archers in the East Court kept falling like harvested wheat grass
The iron-headed giant arrow, which was more than a meter long, shot at the gravel where the Dongting people were hiding, and the metal giant arrow shattered the hard mountain rock into pieces, and the shooters behind it were also strung together
"It's a Wikibian ballista"
Below, he just felt that he had seen a glimmer of victory in the dawn of victory, and his face suddenly turned pale, he had heard that the Vekians had a powerful crossbow arrow driven by machinery, which could not only fire several clusters of arrows at once, but also pierce through the heavy armor of knights, but this was just a legend after all, and now it is a different thing to actually see it
The sudden blow on the opposite side was too violent, almost cutting off half of the black-armored archers who opened the road in front, and after a night of fierce fighting, the black-armored archers not only suffered heavy losses but also almost all of them were wounded, and suddenly the momentum of the Dongting people was discharged, if they couldn't break through to the fullest, it was not impossible for the whole army to be wiped out in this valley,
"Let the heavy cavalry of Zamu Russia get on"
Seeing that his subordinates were completely out of the target of the killing, Hatalu, the king of the Eastern Court Khan, hurriedly ordered the heavy melee cavalry that was pressing the formation behind him to be transferred up and "advance"
Five thousand heavily armored Dongting cavalry lined up, holding round cavalry shields to cover their bodies, and their bodies were covered with heavy armor, advancing like a thick iron wall.
The vests rubbed against each other, densely crowded, and a wall of iron men was built layer upon layer, this is a tragic team,
They don't have weapons to fight back, and the only thing they can provide to their companions is the shield in their hands, which is only used to support the corpses of their companions in front of them.
They are the warriors of the Dongting Grassland, and the belief of sacrificing a qiē for the sake of the clan has long been integrated into their blood
"Forward, for the Khan, for the tribes, for the steppe, forward"
The voices of the warriors of the Eastern Court were extremely tragic, and the arrows above their heads were particularly hideous and piercing.
The staggered firing line of 14,000 Vikia crossbowmen and 50 ballista carts made the short distance of 100 meters leading to the exit of the mountain road a terrifying Shura killing field.
In the countless cold light, rows of Dongting heavy cavalry were hit by arrows one after another, their bodies were torn apart by powerful crossbow arrows like toys, and blood splashed on the faces of their companions behind them
"Forward, if you don't want to die, keep going" shouted Khan King Hatalu in the back,
He knew that the Wikibian-made killing machine, while powerful, was cumbersome to reload, and as long as it could survive a round of shots, it would be able to rush out of the gap through the gap
The cover of the "shooting" ballista struck again, and there was a piercing tearing sound from a cluster of arrows overhead, and the heavy cavalry shields in the second row of "pop" were shattered under the crossbow arrows, and the cavalrymen wearing heavy armor on it were like being hit head-on by a heavy hammer, and they flew up with a strong impact, and collided with the shields of their companions behind,
"Bang" the east courtyard of the mountain road below everyone turned on their backs and rolled over,
The heavy cavalry, who had received the death order of the Khan, could no longer control so much, and rushed forward fearlessly against the corpses and minced flesh of their comrades, allowing the crossbowmen above their heads to pour clusters of arrows of death,
Pieces of corpses fell, but more Dongting cavalry filled in, first the black-armored archers, then the lightly armed assault cavalry, and finally even the Khan King Hatalu filled in with the royal court guards, and the narrow mountain road completely became a slaughtering ground for the Dongting cavalry, so that the two Falcon Banner commanders who commanded the shooting on the top of the mountain also looked secretly frightened...,
After several rounds of fire, the bolts finally stopped
"The opportunity has finally come"
The bloodshot eyes of the Eastern Court Khan, Haruta, flashed with a hint of fierceness, and in the process of advancing, he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, although it was blocked by thick shoulder pads, but the arrow cluster was still deeply embedded in the shoulder clavicle, making him blood-stained robe
"Assault with all your might, rush out"
Looking at the mountain pass that was already within easy reach, the Khan King Haluta rushed forward with the Khan's guards, losing the support of the ballista, and the exhausted falcon crossbowmen could not block such a short distance assault of tens of thousands of cavalry,
The Eastern Court cavalry finally burst out of the mountain pass like a flood that had broken through the embankment, and it was not until it rushed out several miles away that the torrent slowly stopped, and a fish-white color appeared in the sky in the distance, and it was already dawn
It was a vast meadow, with green wheat grass and crystal clear dew hanging on the stems and leaves of the flowers and plants, looking calm and sweet, as if every day
"Thanks to the Immortal Heaven, we rushed out"
Khan King Hatalu muttered in a low voice, and the hand that held the reins of the horse slowly loosened, because of the excessive blood loss, his body shook, and his face turned pale from his horse,
Panting heavily, he felt that all the strength of his body seemed to be drained at once, his bloody fingers were deeply grasped into the dirt, and his knees fell heavily to the ground.
"Father" Prince Haigru ran from not far away, and the prince of the Eastern Court shouted excitedly, "We rushed out, rushed out, we can go back to the grassland"
"Yes, back to the prairie"
Khan King Hatalu's heart was filled with sorrow,
Thinking of the grassland where he raised his army, this resolute immortal hero could not hide the tears rolling in his eyes at this moment, how high-spirited he was when the 100,000 army went south, how like a scaly water dog like now,
Defeated and Amira first, after being ambushed in the mountain road canyon, the 100,000 army is still remnant, and the troops around Zài are less than 10,000, and the elite black-armored archers are almost lost...... ,