Man Xiong still stood at the front of the team. He was almost forty years old this year. In this era, not only could a forty-year-old call himself an old man, but he would not even have a few more years to live.
The black bear also felt that his combat effectiveness was declining day by day. The most obvious feature was that when he beat the little black bear Zhang Liechao, he was holding a fist in his hand.
But now that the father and son are practicing for a while, Zhang Liechao needs to be a little more restrained.
A father completely lags behind his son in terms of force, which is a clear proof of his old age.
And Man Xiong also understands that the current Zhang Zhou and the next generation of generals have fully grown up.
The backbone forces include Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui, Guo Rong, Zhang Cheng, Qu Yanqing, Wang Quanbin, Murong Yanzhao, Li Rong and others.
The younger generation is also full of talents, including Gao Huaide, Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Shenqi, Zhe Deku, Shi Yanchao, Zhao Kuangzan, etc.
Even younger ones, such as his sons Zhang Liechao, Yang Jiye, Pan Mei, Cao Bin, Zhang Yongde and Lin Renzhao.
As well as Li Zun, Fan Changgong, Zhao Jinggongnu, Zhangbo Qucha, Han Huzi, etc. who appeared this time, they can already lead hundreds of people to run amok.
During Zhang Zhou's dynasty, under Zhang Yan's influence and eclectic promotion, military generals emerged in large numbers.
In the Yuancong faction at that time, except for Ma Shacai, Ma Yaozi, and (er) Zhu Jing, who could sit on one side, they were all about to reach the end of their careers.
In fact, they are not the only ones. Among the martial arts heroes from the Central Plains in the past, even Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, and An Shenqi could only sit back and have no chance to fight.
Therefore, Barbarian Bear has regarded this battle of Mobei as the last battle in his life, and naturally he does not want to stay on the other side of the river to command.
Yelu Pode took a gamble and arranged for at least more than 8,000 cavalry to attack, including of course the last thousand or so cavalry of the Khitans.
These cavalry screamed strangely, pouring down from the hillside, rolling up smoke and dust in the sky, as if the entire mountain had turned into a hell demon, and was attacking the 1,500 to 600 Zhou troops crossing the river.
Yelubode's plan was to complete the separation of the 1,500 to 600 Zhou troops crossing the river and the troops crossing the river.
It was already October, and the cold wind was already blowing. It was impossible for the Zhou army to bring cotton-padded clothes when they went out to the fortress in August. In addition, they had to fight for more than 2,000 miles in two months, so they must be exhausted.
If they can kill more than a thousand of the Zhou army's most elite men by the Luqu River, it will show that the fighting power of the enemy Lieba tribe and the Khitan is still there, and then they can defend the city and not go out to fight.
Then Master Zhou will probably make a decision to temporarily move after weighing it.
Therefore, Yelu Pode did not care about both sides, and wanted to defeat the elite troops of Shandu who crossed the river with a thunderous blow.
The power of the eight thousand cavalry galloping almost at the same time was quite astonishing. Zhou Fengyi, Hu Zhao and other people from the south of the Yangtze River did not have much experience in fighting against large-scale cavalry, so their faces suddenly turned pale with nervousness.
He was beside them. Hundreds of Han Shandu soldiers were almost motionless, with no expression on their faces. For them, it was a common thing for them to charge into battle with their cavalry.
Even on both wings, the Silver Spear Soldiers commanded by Feng Hui were not surprised. This level of attack was the standard of the Prairie Elite Cavalry.
"Raise your shield!" Barbarian Bear shouted, and the soldiers in the front row raised their shields one after another, and the spears emerged diagonally from the gaps in the shields, forming a series of steel hedgehogs.
The shield had only been raised for two or three seconds when an overwhelming rain of arrows flew towards him, hitting the iron-covered shield with a jingling sound, as if someone was knocking on the door angrily.
The bows and arrows fired by the cavalry during the march are generally not very powerful and are mainly used to deter, intimidate and improve their own morale.
They wouldn't hit them directly. That was the work of the armored cavalry, that is, the Khitan cavalry who was slowly starting to accelerate behind them.
These cavalry roared in like waves, and then pulled back and forth around the steel hedgehog formation formed by Zhou Jun's large shields and spears.
At a distance of twenty or thirty steps, they continued to use bows, arrows and other throwing weapons to hit the infantry behind the large shields.
And at the same time, he did not stop, but cut back and forth, pretending to attack, and constantly trying to open a gap somewhere.
Once they see a place that cannot be protected by a large shield, they will collectively pour arrows towards it.
The wild bear divided more than a thousand people into three large semi-circular formations, relying on each other, like three bulging bubbles on the riverside.
Thousands of prairie cavalry galloped menacingly from left to right and from right to left two or three times. They also tried to charge, but the steel hedgehog of Zhou Jun was very stable and did not give them any chance at all.
Even the archers in the circular formation had chainmail armor, which greatly reduced the damage done to them by cavalry bows and arrows.
Of course, in fact, the biggest weapon of thousands of cavalry rushing down the hillside is intimidation.
If it were an ordinary army, if 1,500 infantry faced 8,000 cavalry and attacked from top to bottom, I am afraid that the cavalry would fall apart before they could even hit them.
But even Xianshan couldn't do it. They were as motionless as a mountain and easily defused the biggest killer move of the cavalry attack.
Barbarian Bear held his breath and almost put himself in a passive state of being beaten. It was not that he did not dare to fight back, but that he was waiting for the Khitan armored cavalry who was hiding behind the light cavalry.
'winter! winter! 'Unlike the heavy sound of the light cavalry's hoofbeats, the Khitan armored cavalry was approaching.
Zhang Hao was also watching nervously on the other side. If the more than a thousand people who crossed the river were driven down the river by the Khitan cavalry, it would be quite difficult to fight.
Therefore, when he saw that the bear withstood the first wave of impact, Zhang Yan became energetic.
This battle is won!
Zhang Hao personally rode his horse to the giant drum next to the coach. He took off his armor and stomach, and then took off his shirt, leaving only half an arm similar to the sleeveless T-shirt of later generations.
"Dongdong! Dongdongdong! Dongdong!" Zhang Hao personally beat the war drum.
In front of the formation, Zhang Xianyu, who saw his father's actions, also stood up and beat the front drum.
"Habayashi! Habayashi! Habayashi!"
"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"
The soldiers on this side of the Luqu River who did not attack first called Yu Lin three times and then called Wan Sheng again.
Barbarian Bear suddenly shouted, "Mo Dao Army! Attack!"
In an instant, the situation suddenly changed. The archers in the formation all cried out in unison (wo~ho), and then all three shots were missed rapidly.
They had all fired leisurely and without unified command, but now all three of them suddenly missed, and they immediately shot down a large section of the eight enemy cavalry that were pulling back and forth.
Just when the pressure in front became lessened, the front row of spearmen and large shields suddenly withdrew, revealing a group of Hanshan Domo swordsmen hidden in the formation.
However, their Mo Dao was not in their hands but in their side. What they held in their hands was the fearsome Divine Arm Bow.
Just at this time, the Khitan armored cavalry also arrived. The unarmored cavalry archers and light armored cavalry of the Eight Divisions of Dilie immediately made way for these armored cavalry, which were the main force in the battle.
The bear seized this opportunity with great accuracy!
If it had been too early, the God's Arm Bow would have shot the unarmored cavalry archer, and it would not have been able to destroy the armored cavalry on the other side.
If it was too late, the Khitan armored cavalry rushed up. There were many of them, and they would probably bring the enemy's cavalry with them, and they would use their long spears and large shields to create a gap in the defensive formation.
It was just the right moment, and the Khitan armored cavalry was still slowly accelerating, but in an instant, hundreds of divine arm bows were suddenly fired!
According to the history of the Song Dynasty, every time the divine arm bow shoots at the iron horse, it will fall down in response to the string!
And this iron horse is not the iron horse that the desperate Khitan people dare to call themselves because they wear a piece of armor that doesn't even have a war skirt. Instead, it was built with the infantry armor of the Song army after plundering the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo. Iron Float Figure.
Amid the screams of the men and horses, the enemy's eight light cavalry units gave way. It was not a passage to attack the Zhou army. It was simply a road to hell.
The arm bow was wound much faster than a crossbow. In almost ten or twenty breaths, at least three or four hundred of the so-called Khitan armored cavalry were shot down.
"Buddha!"
"Mother, I want to go home, I want to go home!"
"It's Hanshandu. Hanshandu is here. We can't defeat it."
No one expected that the Khitan people had been deeply psychologically affected by the Zhou army. They were injured on a large scale and their morale dropped like a torrent. They were much worse than the enemy's eight cavalrymen.
In fact, it is not their fault. Three consecutive emperors in five years, Yelu Deguang, Yelu Ruan, and Yelu Lihu, were all killed by the formation. If they still dare to launch an attack now, they can be considered to have strong endurance.
The barbarian bear roared, and the Khitan armored cavalry disintegrated without any impact. The surrounding enemy soldiers and other prairie cavalrymen were still stupid and did not run away. They even wanted to charge forward. After all, there were many of them.
This is the best time.
"Draw your sword and kill!"
Amidst the roar, Barbarian Bear was the first to lift up the Mo Dao stuck in his side, and then hundreds of Mo Dao stood up against the sun, symbolizing the invincible king in the army who defeated cavalry with foot in the Tang Dynasty.
Mo Daojun is back!
The grassland cavalry that surged over were cut down quickly, their limbs and broken arms flying all over the sky, and human and horse legs intertwined in the air.
Not only the people, but also the war horses were frightened out of their wits by the light that looked like they were practicing swordsmanship. They all neighed in fear and wanted to escape from this hell on earth.
At this time, the Silver Spear Soldiers were also dispatched. Their main role was not to attack, but to drive a large number of prairie cavalry into the center, allowing them to collide with the Modao Army's edge.
The time has come!
Li Cunhui showed no favoritism. At this time, Zuo Yu Lin Wei's Fenghuo Cavalry Battalion was in the most appropriate position.
"Qu Yanqing, cross the river immediately and defeat the enemy!"
Qu Yanqing loudly accepted the order, and the pontoons, boats and even sheepskin rafts across the river were given priority to allow the cavalry of the Fenghuo Assault Battalion to pass.
Originally, although the lethality of Shandu Mo's swordsmen was terrifying, with the addition of silver spears, they only had a few hundred thousand soldiers, and they could not cause horrific damage to nearly ten thousand cavalry in a short period of time.
But it was different when the Fenghuo Cavalry Battalion crossed the river. When Qu Yanqing saw these cavalry staying together so densely, he immediately adopted a wall-mounted charge.
Like a dragon charging back and forth, one attack will take away a large area of enemies.
After repeating this three or four times, more and more Zhou troops crossed the river. The Yingshengdu and Beiwei cavalry battalions were about to reach the battlefield. The enemy's eight cavalrymen finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to collapse.
On the hillside, before Yelv Pode had time to adjust, Yang Jiye, Pan Mei, Cao Bin and other cavalrymen who crossed the river from the wide and shallow place also arrived.
Yelupode could only rush back to Ketun City under his personal protection, because if he didn't leave, he wouldn't be able to leave.
In Kedun City, Shuluping touched the prosthetic hand at her broken wrist and almost burst into tears.
Yelu's enemy chariot was still loyal, and he took several hundred cavalry to help Shuluping. Following the collapse of enemy Lie's eight cavalry, he fled out of the city in a hurry.
It looks like a duel between nearly 100,000 troops, but in fact, only 10,000 to 20,000 people participated in the key battle.
Zhou Jun himself began to attack at ten o'clock in the morning, and the battle was over before noon, that is, at noon.
Yelubode led thousands of people to retreat into Kedun City, while more people collapsed and fled in all directions over the mountains and plains.
Zhou Jun began a major pursuit.
