"It's terrible, the officers and soldiers are here!"
When they met one after another, the officers and soldiers shot and killed more than a thousand Montenegrin troops without losing any of their cavalry. The men and horses in Bailuo were so frightened that they abandoned their helmets and armor and turned around to run for their lives. Bai Yao couldn't stop him, so he had no choice but to follow behind and move closer to where the main force was.
"Pursuit!"
Taishi Ci took the lead and moved forward with his gun. Like lightning, he rushed into the defeated Black Mountain thieves, raised his knife and dropped it, just like chopping melons and vegetables, killing heads rolling around.
The Wuhuan cavalry's cavalry and archery abilities have been perfected under the training of Taishi Ci and Duan Pixi. While chasing the infantry, they are galloping and shooting on horseback. Wherever the bow strings sound, there will be thieves shot down, and screams can be heard one after another. .
Taishi Ci rushed left and right among the thieves, as if he was in an uninhabited country, with no enemy in front of his horse. In a moment, he caught up with Bai Rao, and with one shot of his spear, he stabbed the Black Mountain Canal Commander off his horse. , and with a backhand shot, he took the enemy general's head and hung it in front of his horse.
The billowing smoke and dust shook the sky and obscured the sun. Under the violent charge of three thousand cavalry, the three thousand Montenegrin army led by Bai Rao was caught off guard. Almost the entire army was wiped out. They were either shot to death by random arrows or trampled to pulp by horse hooves. Only a few dozen people panicked and chose their way. He escaped death by running for his life.
In addition to the 3,000 infantry that Bai Luo had taken away to guard Zhang Yan, there were only 2,000 cavalry left to guard him on the left and right. When he heard screams from behind, he knew something was not going well, and hurriedly ordered the cavalry to go out to meet the enemy and intercept this inexplicable cavalry.
Before the two cavalry met, the Wuhuan cavalry's power of galloping on horseback was revealed. The horses did not stop, but the knights were able to gallop on horseback. Another wave of arrows passed by, shooting down the Black Mountain bandits' cavalry. The rest of the more than 300 people were timid and retreated one after another. The Montenegrin Army cavalry suddenly became chaotic.
Sima Yi was among the troops and saw Zhang Yan's flag at a glance, and loudly reminded Tai Shici: "General Ziyi, under that flag must be the thief lord Zhang Yan. If he can take his head, the Black Mountain bandits will be defeated!" "
"Okay, watch me take the head of the traitor Zhang Yan!"
Taishi Ci agreed, raised his horse, raised his gun, and charged straight towards the Black Mountain Army commander's flag.
The setting sun was setting in the west, the autumn wind was chilling, and the flags all over the mountains and plains were blowing. Nearly a hundred thousand Black Mountain bandits were fighting fiercely with officers and soldiers from all walks of life around Dingxiang.
Taishi Ci straddled his horse and rushed towards the commander's flag with his spear in hand. He was like a tiger in a pack of wolves among thousands of troops. Wherever he went, all those who stood in his way fell off their horses.
"Hiss...this cavalry turned out to be our army disguised as officers and soldiers. Looking at the rolling dust in the south, it seems that reinforcements from Hebei have arrived. I don't know how many people have arrived?"
Zhang Yan immediately raised his sword and looked southward. He saw the dust behind the charging cavalry, and it seemed that tens of thousands of troops were rushing towards him.
Although Taishi Ci was brave, Zhang Yan was not afraid of him. He had been a soldier for most of his life. He had seen countless fierce generals and soldiers. He could shoot them back with a row of bows and arrows. The bravery of an ordinary man was nothing to be afraid of!
What worries Zhang Yan is the main force behind the cavalry. Judging from the dusty appearance, it must be at least tens of thousands in size.
But he didn't know that this was a strategy used by Sima Yi. Seeing the strength of the bandits, Sima Yi left two hundred cavalry behind. He cut branches from the trees on the roadside and tied them to the tails of horses to gallop back and forth, raising dust all over the sky. It was used to scare the Black Mountain bandits, but Zhang Yan fell into the trap.
In addition, Zhang Yan was shocked by the combat effectiveness of this cavalry. His eyes widened with an expression of disbelief!
Soldiers who can shoot on horseback are not uncommon. Among the cavalry of the Montenegrin Army, there can always be found one in every hundred. But like the cavalry coming towards us, with a force of one thousand, they could almost without exception be able to shoot on horseback, with fast speed, precise arrow skills, and the sound of bowstrings. Many of our own soldiers fell off their horses. In such a battle, The power is really terrifying!
They were caught off guard by the sudden arrival of officers and soldiers from the south, and Qu Shuaibai was killed in battle. This greatly dampened the fighting spirit of the Montenegrin Army. The intensity of the siege suddenly weakened, the drums gradually became sparse, and the trumpet sounds became soft and weak. stand up……
"Sound the horn and withdraw the troops!"
Seeing the defeat, Zhang Yan's eyes turned red and she reluctantly ordered the withdrawal of troops. As two long and one short horns sounded, the Montenegrin army, which had long been exhausted, fought and retreated, each scrambling to return to their own military camp.
"The thieves have retreated, the thieves have retreated!"
"God bless Dingxiang, God bless the great people!"
"Whoa... Our reinforcements are here, we are saved!"
Seeing the Black Mountain bandits, who were as dark as a swarm of ants, finally retreating, the soldiers and civilians on top of Dingxiang City rejoiced, and the women and children, shouting hoarsely, wept with joy and hugged each other in cheers. More than 40,000 lives were lost throughout the city, and they were finally saved from being harmed by the Black Mountain bandits...
Taishi Ci charged towards the commander's flag for a moment, but was attacked by a hail of arrows from Zhang Yan's personal guards. Unable to move forward, he could only fight and retreat.
Seeing that the Montenegrin army had stopped attacking the city and withdrawn its troops and returned to the camp, Yuan Jun did not dare to push too hard, let alone attack the opponent's camp by force, and also paid gold to withdraw his troops. Sima Yi and Tai Shici led the cavalry to the direction of Bailang Mountain to meet up with Sun Li and the men and horses they led.
After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Black Mountain bandits dumped the bodies of many people under Dingxiang City. In addition, the original Wangdang's troops suffered more than 4,000 casualties. Sun Qing also suffered heavy losses under the double attack of Sun Li and Qianzhao and was killed in battle. More than 6,000 soldiers were killed, plus more than 3,000 Bairao troops who were shot and killed by Wuhuan cavalry. The rebels suffered heavy casualties, with nearly 30,000 killed in this battle.
The attackers were littered with corpses, and the defenders were no better. Wang Ling's troops had more than one person killed in the battle, and together with the 2,000 people killed in the previous days, there were only two dozen defenders left in the city.
The civilians who helped defend the city, including the old, weak, women and children, had low combat effectiveness and their ability to dodge bows and arrows was almost negligible. In the dense rain of arrows from the Black Mountain bandits, more than 2,000 people were killed or injured.
In the dark night, the wilderness in Dingxiang was filled with the smell of blood, and mutilated corpses could be seen everywhere in the mountains and fields.
Under the cover of the night, dots of jackals and ferocious beasts appeared one after another in the wilderness, feasting on a gluttonous feast. I don’t know how many dead bodies were turned into bones under the cannibalism of the animals!
After the three Yuan armies gathered together, Sima Yi suggested that Sun Li and Qian Zhao lead their troops to break out of the siege and enter the city to assist Wang Ling in defending Dingxiang. Taishi Ci and Sima Yi led the Wuhuan cavalry to fight guerrillas on the periphery, harassing the Black Mountain Army and making it restless.
After the plan was completed, taking advantage of the moonlight, Sun Li and Qianzhao led their troops to march towards Dingxiang City.
The Black Mountain bandits had been fighting for a day, and they were already exhausted. Zhang Yan could not figure out the strength of the officers and soldiers, so he had to close the door and let the officers and soldiers enter the city.
Thousands of reinforcements were suddenly added to the city, bringing a considerable number of bows and arrows. The morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city suddenly rose. The crowd was full of emotions and vowed to protect Dingxiang to the death.
The next day, Sima Yi and Tai Shici retreated twenty miles and gave up the battlefield around Dingxiang, leaving the Black Mountain bandits to bury the bodies.
There is an unwritten rule in this era. No matter how much hatred the two sides have, after the battle, the winning side is responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, while the other side needs to stay away.
Although the Montenegrin Army suffered heavy losses in this battle, they still had 70,000 to 80,000 troops, and the siege of Dingxiang was still unresolved.
The Montenegrin Army still takes the initiative, and the responsibility for cleaning up the battlefield falls on the Montenegrin Army.
After all, most of the people who died in the wild were Black Mountain bandits. They could not sit idly by and ignore their companions. If there was no burial place after death, who among the soldiers of the Black Mountain Army would dare to sacrifice their lives for Zhang Yan in the future?
The officers and soldiers also need Montenegrin thieves to clean up the corpses. If ignored, the corpses will rot and plague will spread. This is what neither side wants to see!
Therefore, the area around Dingxiang City temporarily entered a state of calm, and the two sides suspended their sword fights. While the Black Mountain bandits were burying the bodies outside the city, Wang Ling also led the soldiers and civilians in the city to find an open place to bury the fallen heroes in the soil.
Two or three days later, the corpses inside and outside Dingxiang were finally cleaned up. Zhang Yan also figured out the strength of Yuan's army. It turned out that the infantry from Hanoi still hadn't arrived, and only three thousand vanguard cavalry were killed in the previous attack!
Unwilling to be reconciled, Zhang Yan ordered the attack on the city again, but the number of defenders at the top of the city was doubled. There were also generals who were good at defending the city, such as Wang Ling, Sun Li, and Qian Zhao. After one round, the Black Mountain bandits dumped corpses under the city again. There were more than two thousand people, but not a single soldier climbed up the city wall.
When the Black Mountain Army was attacking the city, Taishi Ci and Sima Yi led the cavalry to attack from behind. A hail of arrows shot through the Black Mountain Army and killed the Black Mountain Army. When the main force of the Montenegrin Army came to encircle and suppress them, the entire army turned around and retreated southward, shooting as they retreated, killing another three to four hundred thieves.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yan became angry and ordered: "Leave 30,000 horses."
Continue to siege the city, and the other troops will follow me to chase this cavalry. They will destroy this team first, and then attack the city! "
At that moment, the focus of the Black Mountain Army shifted, and more than 40,000 thieves turned around to chase Yuan Jun's cavalry, heading south for ten miles.
Just when Taishi Ci and Sima Yi were fighting and retreating, the southern flag was fluttering, and a team with bright armor came from the south. The Yuan flag was fluttering in the wind. It was the reinforcements led by Yuan Xi and Yuan Mai. .
Taishi Ci and Sima Yi were overjoyed and immediately went to pay homage to Yuan Xi. After some deliberation, Yuan Xi ordered a formation to confront the Montenegrin army.
By the Hutuo River, in the bleak autumn wind, two officers and soldiers and more than 40,000 Black Mountain bandits formed their own formations, more than ten feet apart, scolding each other.
Yuan Xi was too lazy to talk to Zhang Yan and turned to Yuan Mai next to him: "Xianyong, these heads are gathered together. It's a good time for your Thunderbolt Car to show off its power. What are you waiting for?"
"Thunderbolt chariot?" Sima Yi and Tai Shici looked surprised at the same time, "The kind used in the White Horse Battle?"
Yuan Xi smiled confidently: "You will see its power later! It is an enhanced version."
Yuan Mai also replied: "This is actually the credit of Ma Jun and Liu Ye. I just temporarily led this battalion to supervise the construction. Fortunately, I did not disgrace my command and finally built two Thunderbolt vehicles."
Just like Zhu Di valued the King of Han, and Zhao Kuangyin valued Zhao Guangyi, Yuan Xi also valued Yuan Mai, and of course he used them with caution, otherwise the clan would be prone to civil strife as it grew larger.
However, the world is still uncertain, and the clan still has to use its brothers to fight tigers, just like Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian in the early Tang Dynasty. Yuan Xi has high hopes for Yuan Mai, so he temporarily gives the powerful Pili camp to Yuan Mai.
The two enhanced Thunderbolt vehicles manufactured by Ma Jun were hidden in the middle of the team, so they did not attract the attention of the Black Mountain thieves. I have tried firing several times on the road, and it can throw rocks up to a distance of more than 200 feet, and can shoot large rocks weighing more than 100 pounds. It can also fire continuously at an extremely fast frequency.
"Thunderbolt, ready to launch!"
Following the order from the messenger, two Pili cars were filled with stones. As Yuan Mai led Xu Yi to control the machine together, a huge stone on one Pili car was lifted up and hit like a meteor. Towards the Montenegrin Army on the opposite side...
"Wow...a big rock fell from the sky!"
"Boom"
With an earth-shattering sound, the big stone that Yuan Mai personally selected was smashed into the crowd of the Black Mountain Army. It was like Mount Tai weighing down the top of the mountain. It immediately suppressed more than a dozen traitor soldiers. The smashed stone was bloody and bloody, and their brains and brains were all white. The blood is intertwined and extremely bloody!
"Wow...the bodies are all smashed and sticky!"
The soldiers of the Montenegrin Army were in chaos. They didn't know where the rocks that suddenly fell from the sky came from.
"Boom" sound...
Before these soldiers could figure it out, another big stone roared into the crowd, and more than a dozen people were smashed to pieces.
The firing frequency of the Thunderbolt vehicles was extremely fast, and the two vehicles alternated with each other. The rocks in the sky rumbled into the Black Mountain Army's formation, killing six to seven hundred people in a short time.
What makes the thieves even more frightened is that they have no defense against these powerful stones. Unlike bows and arrows, which can be blocked with shields, they can only wait to be hit or turn around and escape. In addition, There is no other choice!
Liu Ye and Ma Jun did not disappoint the Yuan brothers. In this era, the power of such a weapon is truly shocking and huge.
"No, there is a strange person among the officers and soldiers who knows the magic of falling rocks. The whole army must retreat immediately!"
In his haste, Zhang Yan did not understand the origin of the big stone falling from the sky, and thought that there were capable people in the army formation who could use sorcery. What's even more helpless is that, facing the huge meteorite falling from the sky, the Montenegrin Army had no power to resist and could only order a retreat!
Most of the Black Mountain Army are remnants of the Yellow Turbans from various places. From the beginning, they have been brainwashed by Zhang Jiao's brothers. They believe in ghosts and gods, and believe that Zhang Jiao is a "great virtuous teacher". Therefore, they will use it when there are strange people and strangers in the officers and soldiers. There is no doubt about witchcraft.
Being smashed by rocks during the First World War, tens of thousands of Black Mountain bandits panicked and turned around and fled in panic. They were originally a rabble, and they were even more undisciplined when they were frightened. They fled back all over the mountains and plains, trampling on each other and killing countless people.
"The whole army is pursuing us!"
Yuan Xi waved the Sky Sword in his hand, and the official behind him
The tide of soldiers generally follows the thieves and pursues them. After a pursuit battle, more than 3,000 slow-running thieves were killed, and more than 2,000 people were captured. Once again, they won a great victory.
Zhang Yan saw that the situation was over, the morale of the army was shaken, and everyone was tired of fighting, so he had to abandon the camp and lead his troops to retreat eastward. The Black Mountain Army retreated eastward to the Mengxian area, and then set up camp, stopped for a while, and then considered the long term.
"Haha... Our Thunderbolt Chariot is really powerful. A burst of rocks fell from the sky and knocked away the Black Mountain bandit. I want to supervise the construction of another hundred Thunderbolt Chariots. Let's go to the south to fight Cao A'hao!"
