Unity time is about six o'clock in the afternoon. By this time, the sun has lost its power. The wind blowing in the face brings a hint of coolness. The gorgeous sunset reflects on the three-foot-high command tower, making the people above it Yang Ji seemed to have turned into a sparkling statue.
"Your Majesty! The scout lit the smoke." Ling Jing reminded him from the side.
Yang Ji looked into the distance and saw three plumes of wolf smoke rising into the sky. The billowing smoke conveyed the news that the Turkic army was coming. On the hills a few miles away, three more plumes of wolf smoke ignited.
"Bah! Bah! Bah!" At this moment, a sharp cry suddenly came from the sky, and a golden eagle flew from the east, sometimes hovering in the low altitude, sometimes soaring upward, with the potential to look down on the world. When it flew close to the command tower, it suddenly swooped down and landed firmly on the railing of the command tower. When it landed and folded its wings, a gust of wind blew up, blowing the flags loudly.
Ling Jing looked intently and saw that this golden eagle had a fierce appearance. The feathers on its upper body were dark brown, while its lower body was black and white. There were many willow leaf-like crests on the back of its head, and it had a sharp beak like a barb and a blade. The sharp claws are frightening.
This golden eagle is a small eagle that Yang Ji tamed in the Great Lakes area. A few years later, it has turned into a majestic divine eagle. The hovering posture in the air just now was to convey military information to Yang Ji. When it saw Yang Ji making a gesture, it flew away again.
Yang Ji waved his command flag and said loudly: "The enemy is approaching, the whole army is in formation."
"Woooooooooo..." The messenger under the command tower heard Yang Ji's voice and the flag, and immediately blew the horn.
In an instant, the desolate and majestic sound of trumpets resounded across the grassland. Thirty-five thousand Sui troops were organized into military units, each battalion, each regiment, each brigade, each team, each fire lined up one by one, and then according to the front arrow formation, They were quickly divided into the front army, the middle army, and the left and right wings on the vast grassland.
"Da da da da" Not long after the battle formation was set up, earth-shattering sound of horse hooves came from the front. The ground seemed to tremble. The horses snorted uneasily. The soldiers held their weapons tightly and stared at the front with concentration.
A black line soon appeared where the sky and the earth met. As the black line continued to get closer and thicker, the sky and the earth also changed color at this moment. The sound of horseshoes clattering on the earth seemed like muffled thunder caught in the dark clouds. The momentum created by thousands of Turkic cavalry seemed to be enough to destroy everything.
Yang Ji originally thought that when they were outside the best charging range, they would stop and reorganize their formation. However, what he never expected was that the Turkic army did not stop and actually charged towards the infantry phalanx with an unstoppable momentum. The front army swept in.
"I thought I was crazy and arrogant enough! I didn't expect that there would be someone crazier than me among the Turks. I really deserve death." Yang Ji cursed in a leisurely manner, and then looked at Ling Jing with dumbfounded eyes. Next, he suddenly waved the command flag: "The crossbowmen are ready."
At the sound of the trumpet, six thousand crossbowmen and three thousand archers came forward at the same time. The crossbowmen in front shot from a long distance, and the archers behind shot from close range. Both were divided into three rows, each row was feet apart. Width.
The Sui army's crossbows mainly include Zhang crossbow, angle bow crossbow, continuous crossbow, wooden single crossbow, large wooden single crossbow, bamboo pole crossbow, large bamboo pole crossbow and Fuyuan crossbow. Among these crossbows, only the Broken Crossbow, the Horned Bow Crossbow, and the Repeating Crossbow are individual crossbows. The Broken Crossbow is exclusively for infantry, and the Horned Bow Crossbow is exclusively for cavalry. Although the Repeating Crossbow has the advantage of continuous and multiple shots, , but it also has the shortcomings of short range, weak power, and slow reloading. Therefore, when the infantry phalanx faces cavalry with strong impact and fast charging speed, the repeating crossbow is basically useless. The repeating crossbow is generally used for foot-to-foot. and ambushes.
Yang Ji's six thousand crossbowmen used Zhang Zhang crossbows. When the first row of crossbowmen heard the order, they bent their knees and half-crouched. The two thousand Zhang Zhang crossbows "brushed" and pointed diagonally forward, aiming their cold arrows. The Turkic army rushed forward.
The Turkic knights were getting closer and closer, and the overwhelming evil energy seemed to destroy everything. Under the banner of the Silver Wolf in the rear, Ashina Bulishe pulled out his sword and shouted loudly: "Warriors of the Great Turks, this is our glory. Moment, let us kill the Sui army today and cheer for victory!"
"Kill the Sui army!" Twenty thousand elite Turkic soldiers shouted loudly, the momentum reaching into the sky. Ashina quickly reined in his horse, and the horsemen stood up. He raised his sword again and shouted: "Kill the Sui army, cheers. victory!"
"Kill the Sui army and cheer for victory!" the Turks roared and shouted, and soon rushed close to the range of the Sui army's crossbows.
"Order to shoot!" On the command tower, Yang Ji waved the command flag in his hand.
The sound of "dong dong dong" war drums was deafening.
"Buzz", two thousand crossbow arrows were suddenly launched, forming a dense cloud of arrows, roaring towards the Turkic cavalry. In an instant, the Turkic cavalry formation was overturned, and hundreds of men and horses were shot down. Before they could react, they were trampled into mud by their comrades who followed closely.
But what followed was the Sui Army's second row of crossbows and the third row of crossbows. The dense crossbows poured out like a violent storm, causing the Turkic soldiers to scream and fall off their horses during the charge. Thousands of Turkic cavalry fell from their horses. He immediately rolled to the ground and was trampled into a pulp by the dense war horses.
The three rows of crossbowmen skillfully cocked, charged, and fired their crossbows, and fired indifferently at the enemy in front. In just three rounds of shooting, the Turkic cavalry lost three to four thousand people, leaving the fronts of the two armies full of people. Human corpses and horse corpses became the biggest obstacle to the following Turkic cavalry. The soldiers rushing in front were tripped one after another. Some people wanted to slow down, but they were directly bumped into by the knights behind, and then fell to the ground together. Then he was knocked down and trampled into mud by the cavalry further behind.
But the trampling one after another finally made the Turkic soldiers rush to within a hundred steps. However, just this short distance and a little time made the Turkic cavalry pay a heavy price, and the total loss reached a terrifying Six to seven thousand people.
Of course, the real enemy-killing rate of the Sui army's crossbows was not high. It was mainly caused by the impact, collision, and trampling of the Turkic cavalry. This was also the helplessness of the Turkic cavalry. The range of their bows and arrows was not as good as that of the Sui army. In addition to charging, there was no other way to kill the enemy. There is no other way; if they advance slowly, they will die even worse with only leather armor.
Seeing that the Turks were approaching, the Sui army's crossbowmen retreated like a tide. The archers who had been waiting for a long time began to shoot desperately. The archers used longbows and arrows specially designed for infantry. The arrows were long and heavy. Once thrown at an elevated angle, the powerful The force can shoot through both men and horses. The Turkic cavalry and war horses that rushed through the front were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and the dead bodies piled up like mountains. In addition, the crossbowmen who retreated to the rear cooperated with the shooting, so that the Turkic cavalry would always be defeated even if they paid a heavy price. Can't get within forty steps.
The heavy casualties also caused the Turkic cavalry's morale to plummet and their position to be in chaos. Yang Ji and Ling Jing, who were at a high place, could clearly see that the Turkic cavalry were getting fewer and thinner at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Your Majesty!" Yuchi Gong, who was in the audience, saw an opportunity to take advantage of it. He immediately raised his head and asked Yang Ji for orders: "The enemy has been defeated. The general is willing to be the vanguard for the two winged Qingqi!"
Yang Ji stared at the banner of the Turkic rear army and said calmly: "You take my handsome banner and lead the cavalry to directly clash with the Turkic army. Even if you cannot kill the enemy general, you will capture the banner!"
Yu Chigong was overjoyed: "General, I will obey your order!"
The drums of the "Dong Dong Dong Dong" attack were loud, and two thousand heavy cavalrymen wearing heavy armor and horses waving their war flags followed the banner of "Wei Wang Yang" to attack the Turkic cavalry.
The Turkic cavalry were originally herdsmen and guards from various tribes. They did not have the iron-like fighting will of the Sui army at all. They relied on one-stop fighting, so their morale came and disappeared quickly. Once the war reached a stalemate, they began to fight against each other. end. At this time, after a brutal and desperate battle, the overwhelming evil aura of the Turkic cavalry had long since dissipated.
When the two thousand heavy cavalry led by Yuchi Gong rushed into the enemy group, they instantly killed the Turkic soldiers until corpses were scattered all over the field and blood flowed into rivers. Next, exit the battlefield, turn around and run away.
"Order the left and right wings to encircle them from the sides and seize the enemy's rear." Seeing that the time was ripe, Yang Ji issued an order to encircle on all sides.
The drums of "dong dong dong dong" were beating loudly and war flags were flying. The 20,000 surrender troops who were ready to go rode their horses forward, shouting and killing the Turkic army.
"Jingzhi, you are in charge now..." Yang Ji thrust the flag into Ling Jing's hand. Before Ling Jing could react, he ran down the command tower, got on his horse, and took the flag from his bodyguard. "Puijiawujinshan" said loudly: "Soldiers, follow me to kill."
"Your Majesty, you are the coach, how can you go into battle in person?" Ling Jing saw that Yang Ji had run away with two thousand elite cavalry, and he was so angry that he jumped up and down.
As a counselor, Ling Jing was very opposed to Zhang Yangji going into battle to kill the enemy. On the other hand, he wanted to go too! But Yang Ji had already run away, so he, who had already put on his armor, had to wait and watch on the command line to prevent an accident.
Yang Jike didn't care about that. His previous position as 'coach' restricted him from going into battle in person; but at this moment, the balance of victory had tilted heavily towards the Sui army, and he no longer had any worries. The suppressed bravery seemed to be released, and he suddenly changed from a calm and calm commander to a domineering and arrogant general.
Under the leadership of Yang Ji, two thousand cavalry attacked the silver wolf-head banner, which was forced back by the heavy cavalry. Like a torrent of steel, they fiercely attacked the panicked Turkic army. The horses in the middle galloped, just like a group of tigers rushing into the sheepfold. The Turkic soldiers died when they touched or touched them, leaving numerous corpses around them and rivers of blood.
Ashina Bulishe watched the brave and skilled soldiers being killed by the monster-like heavy cavalry, but his own soldiers could not penetrate the opponent's turtle-shell armor. His heart couldn't help but bleed. He couldn't help it. Roaring loudly: "Come on, kill me..."
He panicked and roared in Turkic language. However, with the sudden attack of the Sui army, the fear of the Turkic soldiers spread like a plague. Facing the overwhelming power of the Sui army with a large number of people, no matter how powerful Ashina was, No matter how hard you beat, scold or hack to death the deserters, you can't prevent the collapse of the Turkic army.
Amidst the roars, Ashina Bulishe suddenly discovered that a black mass of fine cavalry had rushed into the formation from the side. Wherever the leading warrior went, he killed the surrounding Turkic soldiers and ran away with their heads covered, leaving corpses strewn across the field. He followed him closely. The iron cavalry is also ruthlessly harvesting fresh lives.
"Retreat, all retreat!" Ashina Bulishe suddenly regretted that he did not listen to Shi Shuhu Xi's repeated instructions, and regretted that he was so arrogant in fighting the Sui army. As long as he escaped this disaster, he swore that he would never fight the Sui army again in his life, and he was absolutely unwilling to face the demonic general who was about to kill him.
In fact, the Turkic army had already been killed by the Sui army and collapsed. Everyone fled for their lives without Ashinabulishe's order. However, Ashinabulishe knew that escaping alone would lead to death faster, so he still wanted to try his best to save the Turks. The soldiers gathered together and shouted in the crowd, trying to stabilize the morale of the soldiers.
"Want to leave? Have you asked me?" Yang Ji had already noticed Ashina Bulishe, who was shouting in the crowd.
Due to lack of financial resources, poor smelting skills, and a single type of arms, the Turkic soldiers usually wear leather armor. The only troops wearing iron armor are probably the direct descendants of the Great Khan.
The ordinary army mainly uses two or three layers of thick leather armor. Only tribes with great status and strength can barely equip a very small number of direct iron armor. Therefore, most Turkic soldiers are not interested in powerful crossbows. , a sharp horizontal knife with almost no resistance.
However, the 20,000 Turkic troops had a very high rate of wearing iron armor, and the general was wearing a high-end Mingguang armor of Yang Ji's level, so Yang Ji expected that this army was 100% built by Ashinabuli who was assisting Mrs. Fan's city. army, and this general is Ashina Bulishe, the youngest son of Qimin Khan.
When he was in the Great Lakes Region before, out of the need to split the Eastern Turks, Yang Ji let go of the powerful and prestigious Ashina Qilifushe. However, after that fiasco, his strength was far inferior to that of Ashina. That's auspicious; and this Ashina Bulishe happens to be Ashina's loyal lackey. If you kill him at this time, you can indirectly help Ashina Qilifu and lay the foundation for the split of the Eastern Turks.
At this time, seeing that he was still trying to gather the soldiers in the crowd, Yang Ji urged his horse to rush towards Ashina Bulishe to kill him. The armor-piercing black golden spear flew up and down. Wherever he passed, the Turkic soldiers were killed with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The severed limbs fell to the ground.
"Ashina Bulishe, since you are here, then stay!" Yang Ji cut his way through the crowd, rode his horse and rushed in front of Ashina Bulishe; Ashina Bulishe was horrified In his eyes, the penetrating black golden spear drew a black arc and penetrated his chest. Ashina Bulishe screamed and was picked up from the horse by Yang Jishengsheng.
Yang Ji threw his body, smashed it against the Turkic cavalry, and shouted: "Ashna Bulishe is dead! Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy."
"Ashnabulishe is dead! Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy."
"Ashnabulesh is dead!"
"Ashnabulesh is dead!"
"..." With the loud shouts of the soldiers, the voice of "Ashinabulishe is dead" resounded throughout the battlefield. The fatigue of the Sui soldiers seemed to be swept away in an instant, and the blood in their bodies seemed to be ignited at this moment. , roaring together excitedly.
This battle came and ended quickly. From the beginning of the bow and arrow battle to the end, it took less than an hour. The Turkic army was hunted by bows and arrows and crossbows at the beginning, so when Yang Ji When the order to encircle everyone was given, everyone was surrounded. In the end, although some people took advantage of the night to slip through the net, the elite soldiers who rescued Mrs. Fan City were completely finished.
