Chapter 167
Huang Long pursed his lips hard and said nothing. He felt very distressed at this time. Compared with Ning Haijun, the Dongjiang Army's firepower intensity was not even the slightest bit inferior, not to mention that at this time, Jiannu placed the main attack direction in front of their Dongjiang Army's formation.
Hundreds of corpses and wounded soldiers were lying together, many corpses were trampled into pulp by war horses, and pools of dirty blood were slowly flowing, forming a small river...
Jiannu really beat him badly this time. Of course, the casualties of the Dongjiang Army were not small. The total number of dead and injured was close to 3,000, and the casualties exceeded 15%.
To say that in the past, the Dongjiang Army should have retreated anyway after fighting like this, but the problem is that now these Dongjiang Army soldiers are also fighting with real fire. Let alone retreat, even the injured soldiers are in pain. He was shaking all over, but he didn't make a sound.
Many Dongjiang Army soldiers chose to die together. Even if they fought to the last moment, no one retreated.
Huang Long looked at Shang Keyi and said, "When this battle is over, you all can join Cheng Shuai!"
"What Huang Shuai means..."
"Our Dongjiang Army cannot win this battle!"
Huang Long said with a ferocious smile: "Even if we can't win, we will still drain the blood of the slaves."
"That……"
Shang Keyi did not understand what Huang Long meant.
Huang Long smiled bitterly and said, "Shang Keyi, are you from Liaodong?"
"Liaodong Haizhou Guard!"
"I'm afraid you've heard about it, right? Our brothers from the Dongjiang Army moved their families to Cheng Shuai. In just one year, they lived a good life!"
Huang Long pointed to the boots on his feet: "You know Xiao Wu who used to feed my horses, right?"
"At the beginning of this year, he came to Cheng Shuai with his blind mother on his back. Cheng Shuai organized Xiao Wu into a military household. In just one year, Xiao Wu took his blind mother and reclaimed 46 acres of wasteland. , guess how much food Xiaowu has now?"
Shang Keyi shook his head: "I don't know!"
"It's thirty-nine stones, which my mother and I won't be able to finish in five years. We brothers in the Dongjiang Army are living too hard. I have no ability. Only by following Cheng Shuai can you live a life like a human being!"
Huang Long laughed in the direction of Jiannu: "Jiannu's horsepower is almost exhausted, let's see how many more times they can charge!"
Located in the direction of the Chinese Army, Cheng Shijie was now in a panic. He looked at Zhou Ning and said, "How many times has this happened??"
"Fifteen attacks!"
Cheng Shijie sighed: "The Dongjiang Army can't hold on for long!"
Sun Chengzong also reminded: "Jiannu has always targeted the Dongjiang Army as a key target of attack. The Dongjiang Army suffered many casualties under Jiannu's attack. If they cannot hold on and become chaotic, the entire phalanx will be in chaos!"
"Zhou Ning!"
"Here we are!"
"You take the thirty-two fire support posts of the Guards Division over there to support the Dongjiang Army!"
Cheng Shijie lowered his voice and said: "General Huang Long is definitely not willing to accept your support. You have to be careful and only take action when they can't stop them!"
"yes!"
Zhou Ning led 64 fire support posts to the right-wing army of Dongjiang Army.
After seeing Zhou Ning and his troops arriving, Huang Long said angrily: "General Zhou, go back, we don't need you here!"
Shang Keyi looked at Ning Haijun and let out a long sigh.
There are some things that need not be said clearly, which shows that Cheng Shijie is not trusting the Dongjiang Army.
At this time, the sound of horse hoofbeats sounded loudly again, thousands of Jiannu cavalry roared in, and Jiannu began to attack again. At the same time, the cavalry of Guan Ning Army, led by Zu Dabi and Zu Dabi, split into two. Like a huge horn, it thrust diagonally towards the side and rear of the Jiannu cavalry.
Du Du, the commander of Jiannu, looked at the cavalry of Guan Ning Army swarming in with complicated eyes.
Even though Guan Ning's army had lost more than a thousand horses, they still had no intention of retreating. Every time they launched a surprise attack on Dongjiang Army, they would be interfered by Guan Ning's army and unable to use their full strength.
It can be said that without the harassment of the Guan Ning Army's cavalry, the Dongjiang Army might not have been able to hold on.
Huang Taiji, who was watching the formation from behind, frowned and murmured in a voice that only he could hear: "What the hell, even Guan Ningjun has changed his gender?"
Both the Dongjiang Army and the Guan Ning Army were their old rivals. It could be said that the generals at Jiannu were very familiar with these two armies.
Dongjiang Army's fighting will is slightly stronger than Guan Ning's Army, but its equipment is poorer. Guan Ning's Army has better equipment, but it is accustomed to conserving its strength, cheating its teammates, retreating when the situation is not good, and betraying its teammates.
However, the problem is that the Guan Ning Army and the Dongjiang Army in front of us have become completely unfamiliar...
Even people who don’t understand military knowledge can tell you something about the tactics of infantry to restrain cavalry. In fact, starting from the Warring States Period, the Central Plains Dynasty’s tactics to deal with these light cavalry was to use infantry with long soldiers or even chariots as the basis. The archers provided cover. The archers lined up in front of the formation with crossbows in hand. They endured repeated damage from the rain of arrows thrown by the light cavalry and fired at the light cavalry with the crossbows in their hands.
There is nothing fancy about this style of fighting, but it is very effective. Before defeating the crossbow formation, it would be a dream for the light cavalry to overwhelm the entire military formation. Light cavalry have the advantage of speed and can move quickly, while the crossbows in the hands of archers have the upper hand in terms of range and accuracy. Shooting is basically one life for one. Whoever can't bear the sharp increase in casualties first Whoever breaks down first.
When the Khitan fought with the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a principle that every Khitan general must abide by, that is, "Don't fight in the formation." In Sun Tzu's words, "Don't attack the majestic formation." It does not mean that the Song army can be easily defeated by just setting up a formation. They, but once the Song Army's formation is formed, the entire battle will become a tragic war of attrition of human lives, and they cannot withstand such attrition.
However, by the Ming Dynasty, the northern nomads still had the same tactics, but the Ming army abandoned all the tactics that had been passed down for thousands of years.
No, it should be said that the Ming army had abandoned this tactic before, but now they have picked it up again. Although Huang Long refused Cheng Shijie to send people to support him, he liked the four-wheeled carriage equipped by Ning Haijun very much.
Huang Long was also a very experienced general. He connected ten carts end to end to form a cart wall. The second cart wall was placed to the side and behind, and on the left and right wings, 460 carts formed a scattered formation. The Checheng that broke the formation blocked Jiannu's attack.
There is no single-layer tight defense line, because they are worried that if Jiannu breaks through, the entire line will collapse. This circular layout of Checheng defense tactics is actually a variant of Cheng Shijie's barbed wire tactics. If Yue Tuo is growing rapidly through war, Huanglong In fact, it is the same.
Due to the interference of Guan Ning's cavalry, four to five thousand cavalry under Du Du rushed to the Dongjiang Army's formation, already at the end of their efforts.
Huang Long shouted: "Crossbow, prepare, fire!"
"Thing thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump…"
The metallic vibrating sound of the crossbow machine seemed to hit everyone's hearts, making their hearts tremble. More than 8,000 crossbows were divided into three waves and began to fire. In each wave, more than 2,000 archers fired the weapons at the same time. Triangular crossbow arrows two feet and three inches long were shot out, forming a terrifying metal storm that swept across The front line of the Jiannu light cavalry.
This kind of crossbow machine really does not have the black technology brought by Cheng Shijie. If it does, it uses a lever winding method. If the lever winding method is not used, the tension of the crossbow machine will be 180 kilograms, even for a strong man. It's not easy for Han to pull away, but with the help of leverage, it's not that difficult.
The Jiannu light cavalry let out desperate wails in the metal storm. Their armor was torn apart mercilessly by the crossbow arrows, which were treated as waste paper. , the metal storm swept past with a low roar, and the Jiannu light cavalry on the right wing was also swept away!
The first row of crossbowmen of the Dongjiang Army handed the empty crossbows to the soldiers behind them, took the loaded crossbows from the back, and fired again. Another large area of the Jiannu cavalry fell. The wailing of people and the mournful neighing of war horses come and go one after another, making people's hair tremble.
Watching the attack led by Du Du fail again.
Huang Taiji looked at Obai beside him.
People who have read "The Deer and the Cauldron" have a deep impression of the most powerful official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Obai. In fact, Obai came from a famous family in the Qing Dynasty. One of the five founding ministers, Su Wanbu Sorguo's son Fei Yingdong was his son. uncle. Aobai was proficient in bow and horse and had strong martial arts. He was awarded the title of "The First Warrior in Manchuria" by Huang Taiji.
"Obai!"
"The slave is here!"
"What did you see!"
Oboi nodded: "The Ming army's muskets and crossbows are too sharp, and the light cavalry cannot charge forward! There is only one way now!"
Hauge asked: "What can we do?"
"White-armored soldiers charge into the formation!"
Hauge opened his mouth and was about to ask for a fight, but Obai knelt down in front of Huang Taiji: "King Khan, give me five hundred white-armored soldiers, and let two thousand elite cavalry serve as cover, and order the entire army to prepare for a surprise attack at any time!"
Huang Taiji nodded and said: "Yes!"
After half an hour of preparation, Obai led 500 white-armored soldiers, with 2,000 light cavalry in front, and more than 2,500 men heading towards the direction of the Dongjiang Army.
Obai's tactical cover action was very successful. No one, including Cheng Shijie, noticed any problems until Zu Dabi led the Guan Ning Army cavalry to attack again. He successfully killed more than a dozen Jiannu cavalry.
Just when Zu Dabi was about to expand his victory, he suddenly discovered that there was a large group of white-armored soldiers among the Jiannu light cavalry. One of the white-armored soldiers was very fierce. Relying on the strength of his armor, he faced Zu Dabi's Mo Dao and directly struck him. Attack with a huge mace.
"Dang Cang..."
Mo Dao, who was already overwhelmed, broke off at the sound. Zu Dabi realized something was wrong and hurriedly retreated. The two to three hundred Guan Ning troops who broke into the Jiannu cavalry formation did not have such good luck. They were entangled by red armored soldiers, and then After being surrounded and killed by white-armored soldiers, most of the time they didn't come back.
Zu Dabi, who ran to the formation, hurriedly reported to Cheng Shijie: "Shuai Cheng, Jiannu is serious about it. They hid the white armored soldiers in the light cavalry formation!"
"knew!"
Cheng Shijie turned off the intercom and tuned to Huang Long's channel: "Huang Shuai, Jiannu is serious about it. They are going to break the formation by force. You have to be careful!"
Up to now, the Dongjiang Army has performed exceptionally well, and of course Huanglong has also been a little unprepared.
Huang Long smiled and said: "Don't worry, Commander Cheng, as long as there is still one person in the Dongjiang Army who can breathe, Jiannu will not be able to break the formation!"
While they were talking, the Jiannu cavalry was bearing the rain of arrows fired by the Dongjiang Army. Although the Jiannu cavalry fell on their backs, they were dead and wounded. However, this did not stop them from attacking. They had crossbows hanging on their bodies, blood spraying from their mouths, breathing heavily, completely ignoring the forest of spears, and rushed straight towards them!
The current Jian slaves completely ignore death and are as crazy as crazy.
The spearmen of the Dongjiang Army are now completely within the bow and arrow range of the Jiannu cavalry. If they fire arrows, they will cause very serious casualties to the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army. However, the problem is that these Jiannu cavalry did not fire arrows. Their eyes were red, and their horses were covered with a layer of black cloth.
War horses are animals. No matter how domesticated they are, animals are afraid of sharp things. That is instinct. In order to break the formation, Jiannu now blindfolded his horse.
The first row of Jiannu cavalry, including men and horses, collided with the spears. Five or six spears mercilessly penetrated the bodies of the horses. The powerful impact caused the gun barrels to suddenly stretch into a bow shape. The spearmen holding the spears moved eastward. Staggering.
This unlucky Jiannu knight flew out from his horse like a cannonball and smashed into the middle of the Dongjiang Army. The Dongjiang Army didn't care whether he was dead or alive. They raised their spears or straight knives and hacked him to death.
"Puff puff puff..."
The sound of spears piercing flesh was heard one after another. Almost without exception, the first row of Jiannu cavalry charging at high speed were impaled on their spears, including men and horses. This method, which was similar to a suicide charge, was really shocking. Dongjiang Army's spear formation caused chaos.
"Steady, steady!"
Huanglong drank violently.
Oboi, who was hiding in the Jiannu cavalry formation, charged while looking for opportunities. When he saw Huang Long shouting loudly, he realized that Huang Long must be the commander of this army.
"call out……"
A sharp three-edged arrow shot at Huang Long. Huang Long was not prepared for the arrow. He didn't realize it until the arrow was inserted into his chest. Fortunately, the quality of his armor was not bad. Although the arrow penetrated However, his armor was stuck by the armor blades and could not penetrate deeply into his flesh.
Oboi put away his bow and arrows and said to himself: "What a pity!"
As the Jiannu light cavalry kept hitting the Dongjiang Army's pike formation, more than a thousand Jiannu cavalry took advantage of their deaths and finally tore open the Dongjiang Army's pike defense line.
"Dajin warriors, kill me!"
Aobai took the lead, and more than 500 Jiannu equipment and heavy cavalry, all wearing heavy armor, rumbled over. The weapons in the hands of these white-armored soldiers are not standard, but are based on personal preferences. Some use tiger spears, some use heavy swords, some use hammers, and some use simple knives.
The white-armored soldiers, including men and horses, were covered with thick armor and were invulnerable. They were just like a group of light tanks. Their kinetic energy when sprinting at high speed was amazing!
When many Dongjiang Army soldiers saw these steel monsters charging forward, they screamed involuntarily, dropped their weapons and ran away...
The weaknesses of the army that has not received systematic training are completely exposed at this moment. They are also very brave and tenacious. Each of them does not lack the courage to fight the enemy to the end, but when they encounter a powerful enemy, During the offensive, I still couldn't control my inner fear. I was timid before fighting. It was only a matter of time before I collapsed.
The army that has received systematic and strict training is more afraid of military law than the enemy's swords and guns, and cherishes honor more than their own lives. You can destroy such an army, but there is no way to make them collapse!
Oboi led five hundred white-armored soldiers and heavy cavalry, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, and slammed into the middle of the Dongjiang Army. Human bodies and weapons flew everywhere, and clusters of soldiers were dragged in by the iron hoofs, turning into pulp in the blink of an eye.
At this point, Jiannu had already suffered heavy casualties, and everyone was red-eyed. The eyes of these white-armored soldiers were bloodshot, or they were dancing wildly with their swords, slashing away the fleeing Dongjiang Army soldiers, or being stabbed by tiger spears. Come out and tie the fleeing Dongjiang Army into a string of two or three...
The light of the sword flashed, severed limbs flew, new blood bloomed, and heads rolled around. The Dongjiang Army's formation, which had been orderly just now, turned into a slaughterhouse in the blink of an eye.
This scene made the Dongjiang Army even more frightened. The fear of Hou Jin surged into their hearts again, almost drowning them. More and more people's minds went blank, their faces were as pale as paper, and they dropped their weapons one after another, shouting wildly. Then he joined the fleeing ranks.
Behind them, Obai led five hundred white-armored heavy cavalry on a rampage. More Jiannu light cavalry rushed in along the bloody alley opened by the heavy cavalry, slashing with swords and stamping on them, until flesh and blood flew everywhere!
"It's done..."
Huang Taiji was so excited that he almost jumped up.
"God bless you!"
"Big gold wins!"
"Long live King Khan!"
As the Dongjiang Army was defeated, in order to prevent Cheng Shijie from deploying Ning Haijun to support the Dongjiang Army, Huang Taiji ordered: "The whole army is pressing forward!"
"yes!"
Located in front of the left-wing army formation, Huang Taiji pressed forward in one breath and directly dispatched 20,000 cavalry. Although there were tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry among them, half of them were Jiannu.
The focus is on the front of Ning Haijun, with the three flags of Haoge, Yuetuo and Manggurtai, bordered with yellow, red and blue, with 20,000 horses and horses, plus more than 10,000 cavalry under the Han flag.
For a time, Ning Haijun was in panic across the board.
Sun Chengzong was shocked, and his body trembled unconsciously. If he wasn't holding on to the desk, he was afraid he would fall.
"Teacher, you have to believe in General Huanglong!"
"How can Master Rang trust him?"
The Dongjiang Army is now on the verge of defeat. Even if the Overlord is alive and Han Xin is resurrected, there may not be anything he can do.
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "Well, even if you don't believe in Huang Long, you should believe in my people!"
Cheng Shijie had already passed thirty-two fire support posts, which were one hundred and twenty-eight thunder cannons. Although the three-layer iron armor of the white-armored soldiers could ignore sword slashes, spear thrusts, and crossbow arrows, unless armor-piercing arrows were used. However, in front of these white-armored soldiers with a 32mm caliber of Thunderbolt guns, their armor was no different from paper.
Jiannu's full-scale attack also killed Ning Haijun in front of the battle line with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
Zu Dale looked at the defeated Dongjiang Army soldiers with a look of helplessness on his face: "Second brother, what should we do?"
"You want to withdraw?"
"This is all the old foundation of the Zu Family Army, just in case..."
Zu Dabi took the new Mo Dao and licked his dry lips: "We were able to protect ourselves wisely back then, and everyone was wise enough to protect themselves. So in the Battle of Daling River, even Wu Xiang was unreliable. Now is the time. Cheng Shuai is in a difficult moment, if we withdraw, this feud will become even bigger!"
"But... we can't win this battle!"
Zu Dale was anxious: "I'm not afraid of death, but the question is, where can I explain it to you, brother?"
Zu Dabi raised the Mo Dao in his hand: "I will use my life to answer to the big brother!"
As he spoke, Zu Dabi raised his sword and charged towards Jiannu's soldiers: "We, Guan Ning's army, are victorious!"
"Guan Ning's army is victorious!"
The more than 4,000 Guan Ning troops who could still fight now followed Zu Dabi and rushed towards the tens of thousands of Jiannu cavalry. In a one-on-one situation, the Zu family army cavalry was not the opponent of the Jiannu cavalry in the first place. Now Dongjiang The army has collapsed, and Jiannu's morale is as high as a rainbow. If they rush forward this time, they will definitely be in trouble!
Zu Dale was stunned for a moment: "Second brother, wait for me!"
"Brothers!"
"I'm not afraid!"
"I knew it!"
"Brothers working together are as powerful as gold!"
At the expense of two thousand light cavalry, Obai used 500 white-armored heavy cavalry to break through the Dongjiang Army's defense line. Jiannu's light cavalry swarmed along the gap opened by Obai, tearing the gap even wider and frantically Cutting down the Dongjiang Army, which lacked armor protection and whose training was several levels behind Ning Haijun's.
Thousands of Dongjiang troops collapsed in the blink of an eye. More and more people dropped their weapons and screamed "defeated, defeated", scurrying around like headless flies, making the entire phalanx a mess. Chaos, Jian slaves swarmed over like flies smelling the smell of blood.
Shang Keyi, with his eyes cracked, led his servants into the middle of Jiannu's white-armored heavy cavalry. Obai had already replaced two simple swords, which was his last spare simple sword.
Shang Keyi's three hundred soldiers only blocked half of the incense sticks, and only a dozen of them were left, dragging Shang Keyi, who was covered in blood, to retreat.
"Huang Shuai, it's impossible, we can't stop it, let's retreat!"
Huang Long's face was distorted, he pointed at the front of the phalanx where flesh and blood were scattered, and roared: "As soon as we withdraw, Cheng Shuai's back will be exposed. Their whole army will definitely be annihilated. Do you think we can withdraw?"
Mao Chenglu's lips trembled, obviously he was very frightened: "But...but...we really can't stop Jiannu!"
Huang Long closed his eyes in pain, and opened them after a long time. He glanced at the battlefield and saw the Jiannu cavalry rampaging, driving a large number of Dongjiang Army soldiers towards Ning Haijun like sheep. The Dongjiang Army's cries shook the sky. The earth is running wildly, and its defeat is irreversible.
Huang Long murmured: "If any of you want to escape, please give me a message and tell Cheng Shuai that Huang has betrayed his trust!"
Huang Long rushed forward on horseback and shouted loudly: "I am Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town! Dongjiang son, follow me and kill all the slaves!"
Shang Keyi originally wanted to retreat, but seeing Huang Long dying generously, he gritted his teeth and said: "Fuck, just die!"
Mao Yongjun glanced at Mao Chenglu, who was expressionless.
Mao Yongjun picked up a knife from the ground: "Kill Jiannu!"
Most of the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were frightened, and many of them were not afraid of death. After all, they were now forced to a dead end. Starting from Sarhu, the Ming Army had been losing. After a defeat for 20 to 30 years, Liaodong had been lost. They were driven out of their homeland and retreated all the way to southern Liaoning. They relied on some barren islands to support themselves. Where else could they retreat?
After waiting for 20 to 30 years, we finally found Marshal Cheng who dared to face the Jiannu. Marshal Cheng had already recovered the four states in southern Liaoning. This battle brought together all the best of Ning Haijun. If they escaped, Ning Haijun would be unable to survive alone. In the future, After defeating Liaonan, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to regain Liaonan in the future.
A Dongjiang Army soldier whose body was covered in blood raised a knife and cried: "Grandpa will fight with you!"
A forty-year-old Dongjiang Army veteran held a bandage and wrapped his hand around his knife. While wrapping it, he murmured: "Father, mother, if I don't run away, our whole family will be left alone." I'm just panting. I've been living like this all these years, and I have nothing to lose. Just die, just die here!"
In the midst of the chaos, the thirty-two fire support posts of the Guards Division led by Zhou Ning had already set up 128 thunderbolt firing positions. They were like statues pointing their guns at Jian Nu. direction of attack.
If the Dongjiang Army hadn't collapsed too quickly, if Huanglong hadn't been stubborn, and if the Dongjiang Army soldiers could have retreated in an orderly manner...
Of course, there are not so many ifs on the battlefield.
Although the Dongjiang Army, under the leadership of Huang Long, broke out with a fierce and fearless momentum, it was a pity that this outbreak came too late. They were disrupted early and were in chaos. Their combat power was greatly reduced and they could not form The effective resistance was killed layer by layer by the white-armored soldiers under Obai's command. The heavy cavalry ran over them, leaving them bloody and bloody.
The white-armored soldiers under Ao Bai waved their weapons wantonly and harvested lives. No one could withstand their impact. After cutting down another layer of Dongjiang Army soldiers, their eyes suddenly opened up. There was an uninhabited land in front of them. The Dongjiang Army's defense line had been penetrated by them, and everyone couldn't help but cheer.
Just when Ao Bai was showing off his power, Cheng Shijie also noticed him.
"Who is this?"
Hu Erqi shook his head: "I don't know him!"
Su Wanayan said: "He is Obai, the number one Batulu in Manchuria!"
"oh!"
Cheng Shijie said calmly: "Wu Sheng."
"Here we are!"
Cheng Shijie pointed in the direction of Obai: "If you fight him, who can win?"
Wu Sheng smiled bitterly: "My riding skills are average, and my skills on horseback are definitely not as good as his. If I dismount and fight on foot, my disciples have a 80% chance of killing him!"
"Pity!"
"pity?"
Everyone was puzzled.
At the same time, Zhou Ning waved his hand fiercely: "Fire!"
"Bang bang bang..."
The sound of thunderbolt firing sounded, and Obai was the first to bear the brunt. A bullet hit the horse he was riding on. The horse died suddenly and fell to the ground. The weight of the tall horse weighing five to six hundred kilograms hit Obai's thigh. He screamed.
This was also Obai's luck. Because his horse fell down and died, he accidentally escaped the dense rain of bullets. The other white-armored soldiers did not have such good luck.
What about three layers of iron armor?
In front of the 32mm bullets, the three layers of iron armor were like paper, and holes the size of fists appeared on the bodies of the white-armored soldiers.
(End of chapter)
