The bows and arrows used by these officers and soldiers were also very sophisticated. Compared with the bows and arrows used by these officers and soldiers, the bows and arrows captured by his party men from the Ningxia Prefecture Guards were useless. Even the horse bow used by the cavalry has a range greater than the so-called hard bows in the hands of his men. When people are outside your shooting range, you can easily shoot down the charging cavalry one by one.
The bow and arrow in his hand could not reach others at all. Even if they risked their lives to get closer than ten feet, those bows and arrows still couldn't penetrate the armor worn by these officers and soldiers. Even the armors worn by the officers and soldiers were all light armor used by light cavalry, not heavy armor used by heavy cavalry at all. Unless the party man really sticks to it, the scimitar in his hand can really work.
But the enemy didn't give him this chance at all. I also know that Ma Shu is useful, but it is too expensive. The guards of Ningxia Mansion had no equipment at all. The most elite weapons in his hands are the spears and sabers captured from the guards. And he used the captured Han blacksmiths to collect iron tools to make the party scimitar. The length of the spear was simply incomparable to those of the horses.
Even if he braved the rain of arrows and rushed to the place, he would not be able to bring any danger to the officers and soldiers. On the contrary, if he was not careful or could not control the impact of the horse, he and his horse were penetrated by the officer's horse. That kind of horse spear, which is much longer than a spear, is really too lethal. The spears confiscated from the guards in his hands were like children's toys.
In fact, although Tuoba Jiqian was in Ningxia Mansion, he had been dealing with the local guards. But he didn't know at all that the imperial court had different customs in distributing ordnance to the border troops, the Forbidden Army composed of the Four Camps and the Xijing Camp, as well as the guards of the Jiedushi and Chief Envoys in various places. Because making strong bows and hard crossbows is extremely expensive, and also to have the advantage of suppressing the elites of the DPRK and the local guards when necessary.
The four major camps, the Xijing camp, and the frontier troops were all issued with hard bows and powerful crossbows. Even the horse bows were all eight-bow bows. The local guards, only those directly under the Jieduzheng, were issued a small number of such crossbows, but they were also required to be of the lower level of six dou. The rest are all issued with five bucket bows. The Five Dou Bow and the Eight Dou Bow are naturally far inferior in terms of penetration and range.
Facing the army's defense on the mountain, this hedgehog-like formation of iron barrels was formed. Tuoba Jiqian, who had failed to succeed in several fierce attacks, felt quite helpless. What he didn't even know was that the circular formation that Ouyang Shan was using to deal with him was exactly the same formation that the famous Western Han Dynasty general Li Guang used hundreds of years ago when he used 4,000 cavalry to fight against more than 100,000 Huns cavalry. The weak defeated the strong. An iron barrel formation used to defeat the enemy.
At that time, Li Guang only had 4,000 cavalry, and used this formation to hold off the more fierce Huns' cavalry for several days, killing a large number of opponents. Ouyang was good at using this formation, and it was no problem to deal with his five thousand fine cavalry. The elite cavalry under his command are brave and not afraid of death. But after all, they are light cavalry that penetrate deep into the opponent's territory to attack. Facing this kind of iron barrel formation, there are really not many ways to defeat the enemy.
Even though he had already seen it, the man standing on the mountain supervising the battle was the King of England whom he had met at the court meeting at the beginning of the year. He didn't want to lose too much of the five thousand fine knights in his own hands, and he felt like giving up. It's just that Song Gongliang, who hates Huang Qiong deeply, thinks of the so-called humiliation he suffered in the Royal Palace, but is he willing to let the duck fly?
Looking at Tuoba Jiqian's expression, there was a hint of retreat, and he hurriedly said: "Sir, this is our best opportunity. As long as we can capture and kill the British King, the officers and soldiers will inevitably be in chaos. The imperial court is going to suppress this time. , we can definitely win without a fight. If we cannot take advantage of this rare opportunity to capture and kill the imperial coach. If we want to defeat the army, we may have to pay more lives of party men."
"Sir, didn't you decide to rebel just for the sake of the Dangxiang people and the oppression of this ignorant court? You have to think about how the court will treat the Dangxiang people if you fail this time? This King of England Back in Zhengzhou, he dared to kill more than a hundred officials, officials, and scholars without an imperial edict. If the party members fell into his hands, they would probably be exterminated."
Having said this, Song Gongliang pointed to the officers and soldiers on the mountain and said: "Sir, you must not only look at the present, but also think about the future of the party members. And from what I see below, the officers and soldiers cannot defend themselves at the moment. It is precisely In order to rest the horse's power in order to launch a counterattack against us next. So sir, we must not relax at this time, let alone give the officers and soldiers a chance to breathe."
"My lord, as long as we can capture and kill the British king, even if we pay half the price, it should be a good deal. I also know that these five thousand elite cavalry are all warriors of the Pingxia tribe, and they are the capital of my lord's fortune. But My lord, if we cannot take advantage of this opportunity to capture and kill this British king in one fell swoop, with the elite level of the officers and soldiers seen today, the Pingxia tribe will only pay a higher price in the future."
Song Gongliang's words completely dispelled Tuoba Jiqian's intention to retreat. Because he knew that what this guy said was right. If we can't take advantage of this opportunity, we can capture and kill the King of England, the leader of the imperial court's campaign to suppress Ningxia Mansion. Judging from the combat power shown by the Xijing camp today, in the near future, the party men under his command will have to pay a higher price, and may even be exterminated.
Thinking of this, Tuoba Jiqian pulled out his ancestral Dangxiang scimitar and shouted to the troops around him: "You loyal and brave men of the Pingxia tribe, on the mountain in front is the dog emperor of the imperial court, sent to suppress our Dangxiang. The establishment of man is the ambassador of the King of England. As long as I can capture and kill the warriors of the Xia tribe today, more partisans will be avoided and their precious blood and lives will not be wasted in vain."
"Only then will our cattle and sheep be plundered by the imperial court. Only then can our women and children live with more dignity under the protection of the Changshengtian. The warriors of the Pingxia tribe, can our party members get rid of the imperial court in the future?" Slavery depends on today's battle. If it belongs to Dangxiang Man, then rush forward and capture the dog king alive. The eternal God will bless our Dangxiang Man. Blow the trumpet and attack with the whole army."
Tuoba Jiqian was worthy of being a hero, and with just a few words he was able to stir up the blood of the Pingxia warriors around him. When the horn horns unique to the party members resounded through every corner of the battlefield, the five thousand party members raised their sabers and rode towards the mountain where the army was guarding. Under the cover of the archers behind them, Launched one round after another of desperate attacks.
However, opposite them, Ouyang Shan, who was defending in a circular formation, calmly mobilized his formation in the face of the five thousand party members' elite cavalry who launched successive desperate charges. Relying on the favorable terrain to stay on top, we have been holding on tenaciously. Until now, he still had two hundred elite soldiers in his hands, as well as one hundred personal troops brought by Huang Qiong, who were resting and recuperating at the back and had not been used.
He wanted to save these three hundred cavalry for use at the most critical moment. As for the current battle situation, even though Xiang Jingqi, a brave and fearless man in front, braved the rain of arrows to break through several times, he did not mobilize the three hundred cavalry to be used. Faced with the crisis at hand, Huang Qiong looked at the battle ahead with a faint smile on his face. But no one noticed that his eyes were always looking at his opponent.
Huang Qiong, who has excellent eyesight, saw Tuoba Jiqian and Song Gongliang as soon as they appeared on the battlefield. The conversation between the two people before also fell into Huang Qiong's eyes. Compared with Tuoba Jiqian, who had a slight hint of humility on his face at the court meeting at the beginning of the year, but could not hide the unruly nature of this person. At this time, Tuoba Jiqian looked domineering.
Song Gongliang, who was right next to him, was riding on his horse with a groveling look on his face, paying attention to the battle situation in front of him and saying something from time to time. In fact, even though there were some vague speculations in his mind before, Huang Qiong did not expect that the advisor beside Tuoba Jiqian who was very trusted by him was really this guy. Thinking about it now, this guy has been an official in Longyou for many years with his father.
It can be said that he has an unusual understanding of the situation in Longyou. Moreover, this person showed some intelligence in his own mansion, but the city mansion was not very deep. He was able to seek refuge with Tuoba Jiqian and make suggestions for Tuoba Jiqian, and he was willing to become a traitor. It seems that not only did this guy not really realize where he was wrong, but he also resented himself for depriving him of his fame. He was extremely resentful.
Looking at this person, Huang Qiong thought of Jing Niang, who was learning martial arts with her mother while helping her mother take care of Shou Yang and her daughter in the palace, and couldn't help but sigh softly in her heart. How could such a good girl end up with such an irresponsible brother who, for the sake of a little fame and fortune, would even betray the country for glory, act as a stooge, and kneel in front of a foreign race to beg for mercy?
This man has been following his father for a long time and is a pastoral supervisor in Suzhou Qun, so he knows Longyou very well. For the safety of Longyou, especially the safety of various herds and supervisors with hundreds of thousands of war horses, Song Gongliang must not stay. For now, I can only feel sorry for Jingniang. Thinking of this, Huang Qiong suddenly raised his hand and pulled out his bow and two sharp arrows from the bow pouch behind his own soldier.
Then, using the cover of several guards in front of him, he placed two sharp arrows firmly on the bowstring at the same time. Huang Qiong, who understood the principle of capturing the thief first and the king first and hunting the wolf first, naturally aimed his first arrow at the leader of the rebels who had moved to Tuoba. As far as Song Gongliang's status was concerned, no matter how important he was among the rebels, he still couldn't get the first shot. Huang Qiong put the second arrow on the bowstring, which was prepared for him.
At Hulao Pass, after Zhao Wuye shot and killed the rebel general. Huang Qiong once specifically discussed archery with Zhao Wusha. When I was in Zhengzhou, I occasionally shot a few arrows to relax my mind. With Huang Qiong's eyesight and arm strength, which he had practiced martial arts since childhood, there was no problem in pulling this three-stone bow that had been carried on his back by his own soldiers since he left the capital. He specially selected it from the arsenal of the Ministry of War.
Since this bow was made, it has been idle because few people in the army can pull it. When Huang Qiong sent people to the Arsenal Department to select a bow, the people in the Ministry of War thought that the young prince chose this bow, which almost no one could draw, just to show off and boost the morale of the army. So he didn't say anything and just gave it to the person he sent.
Among the officials of the Ministry of War, from the Minister of War, the Minister of War, to the director of the Arsenal Department and the Yuanwailang of the Arsenal Department, there is no one at all. I believe that this gentle prince, who always wears a scholar's attire, actually has the inner strength in his body to pull this thing. When Zhang Sanshi bows, don't be too relaxed. Of course, Huang Qiong originally brought this bow not to personally go into battle to kill the enemy.
With more than 20,000 troops under his command, wouldn't it be a joke for him, the commander-in-chief, to personally go into battle to kill the enemy? But the bow he carries is far from just for simple decoration. In addition to setting an example, there is another very important reason. Through this bow, he wants to show the whole army when needed that he, the ambassador of the system, will always be with them.
