Chitian and the others looked very presentable in their disguise as miscellaneous soldiers.
In other words, they were originally miscellaneous soldiers, and their scurrying appearance almost made Hu Guang unable to tell whether they were pretending or really retreating in defeat.
Such an embarrassing escape naturally made Hu Lunqian's cavalry very excited.
According to the excellent matching mechanism of the Hezhong Region, once the enemy makes such a mistake, they can immediately follow the cavalry and directly overwhelm the enemy's infantry formation.
Masud rode his horse to the front row. He came from Busaro (Basra) under the control of the Bouveshi dynasty.
This is a Cao Mengde-style dynasty that just occupied Baghdad four years ago, with Yinlak and southwest Persia as its territory.
The Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who was controlled by them was the great man in black, the Caliph Muti of the Abbasid Dynasty.
At this time, the Bouveshi dynasty was on the rise under the rule of the three Ahmed brothers, so the mercenaries (mercenaries) from Baghdad and other places were very popular because most of them were very brave and good at fighting.
Masoud simply took off the visor on his face for the sake of visibility, because he felt that the battle was about to end, and the cavalry could kill them at will as long as they rushed into the infantry formation.
"Boom! Woohoo!" A heart-stopping machine vibration and the sound of flying arrows came.
Although Masoud was a little panicked, he quickly calmed down. The source of this confidence was that he was wearing a sturdy Dashi-style armor.
This kind of iron armor composed of iron sheets connected in series is, in part of its structure, a variant of Chinese pierced armor, or it is also called fictional Chinese pierced armor.
The source is the craftsmanship brought by the Tang Dynasty craftsmen who were captured during the Battle of Talas, but I don't know whether it is intentional or because of lack of skills. There is something wrong with this piece of armor no matter how you look at it.
In this era, the Great Eater was at the center of exchanges between the East and the West. The chain armor that Europeans liked to use and the Chinese-style armor of the Tang Dynasty both had a huge impact on the Armor of the Great Eater.
Under the collision, this weird combination of chain mail and iron plate armor was born. In another hundred or two hundred years, it would evolve into Turkish plate armor and Persian mirror armor, which are unique techniques in West Asia.
But now, it is still very rough. It is basically covered with chain armor on all sides, and a piece of dense iron armor connected in series is used in the middle.
The protection is pretty good, but it's not as good as Chinese armor, and it certainly hasn't been 'tested' by crossbows.
Plop, plop, as the sound of crossbow arrows was fired, the knights in front of Masud fell off their horses one after another.
Massoud even saw several of his fallen companions, who were protected by the same sophisticated armor as him.
Masud immediately became more cautious. He pretended to be blocked by a fallen war horse nearby, and then carefully pulled the reins to the left. This small action saved their lives.
Because what they were facing was the Tabai camp in front of the palace. All of them were equipped with crossbows and swords. They were all tall and strong, and they were extremely difficult armored infantry to deal with.
After three losses, the enemy cavalry had already rushed to a place only about forty steps away. Du Yuhou, who was in charge of the command, did not panic at all. He waved his command flag, and dozens of infantrymen who did not participate in the crossbow shooting at the enemy came forward with pear spears. .
Now in Zhang Zhou's army, the pear flower gun has finally come into play. This kind of pear flower gun used by infantry is quite long. It adopts the mode of one person casting and one person igniting, which makes loading more convenient.
Moreover, the infantry did not rely on this pear-shaped gun to kill enemies, so they gave up filling other items such as iron filings and arsenic, and instead added a large amount of gunpowder that can produce brilliant fireworks.
It is characterized by loud sound and bright sparks, which are completely designed to scare cavalry and horses.
Sure enough, when the violent explosions and brilliant flames spurted out and swept past like a fire dragon, these rustic river horses were frightened out of their wits. They all screamed and stopped, and even turned their heads. Running.
Originally, they were shot down by crossbows during the charge, and the ground was covered with corpses of men and horses. At this time, they were frightened by the pear gun, and the scene became even more chaotic.
The ones in front were running around in fear, while those behind were still rushing forward at a faster speed, so that a wall was formed in front of Tabai Camp, causing their own people to collide with each other to form a human wall.
Du Yuhou took the opportunity to shout loudly. After firing the pear blossom spear, dozens of soldiers came out with big axes and slashed at the horse's legs. The remaining soldiers put down their crossbows, drew their bows, and fired accurately.
As for Mo Dao, ugh! That thing is only used when the enemy cavalry has been beaten to this extent and dares to approach one after another. There is no need for it now.
Blood flowed like a stream, corpses of men and horses piled up like mountains, and screams shook the sky.
As soon as they made contact, the battle turned into a one-sided battle. The charging cavalry was countercharged by the infantry, killing many people.
Suddenly Lun Jian saw him in the distance, and he was so anxious that white foam came out of the corner of his mouth. He quickly ordered someone to play the sharp river flute to summon the cavalry team to come back.
However, although he is one of Guo Guangyi's most talented generals, compared with a master general like Hu Guang, he is far behind.
In the distance, Hu Guang saw that these thieves could not even break through the first line of defense, so he quickly ordered the Shen Shezhen on both sides to change their formations.
Because it seems to be very lethal now, but since only one surface is in contact, the efficiency of killing the enemy is still too slow.
Therefore, under Hu Guang's order, the Shenshe Zhentabai Camp and the Shennu Camp, which were in the upper hand, immediately changed their formations. They formed a small formation according to the two fires, that is, the unit of twenty people.
This small formation has two rattan players, two big swordsmen, four hook and sickle spear or knife swordsmen, six spearmen, and six crossbowmen.
Among them, the rattan hand protects against the stabbing or whipping of the opponent's carbine, and the spearman protects against the enemy cavalry's direct charge.
The Hook Sickle Spear/Mo Dao Shou is responsible for hooking the knights who dare not charge straight away from their horses, or directly cutting off the legs of the war horses.
The Archer is responsible for executing knights who fall to the ground, and the Crossbowman provides long-range output.
Moreover, such small formations are not far apart from each other and can support each other. The ones with the strongest combat effectiveness can even adjust their positions.
This is what the Central Plains tooth soldiers have summarized over hundreds of years, and is specially used for nomadic light cavalry without armored cavalry.
As long as they are not overwhelmed at once, that is, if the ten or eight small formations in front have established their foothold, no matter how many prairie cavalry come, it will be in vain.
Even the Khitan cavalry during Abaoji's period couldn't stand this formation. As long as they didn't encounter abnormal armored cavalry like the Hanshan Dubeiwei cavalry battalion that could compete with the iron pagoda of the heyday of the Jin Dynasty, they could often achieve a complete victory.
At the same time, this formation has another advantage, that is, it can hide strength and show weakness.
For example, now, the enemy cavalry who were originally attacking were stunned by a blow to the head, but the Tabai camp suddenly changed their formation, and they suddenly felt that their eyes were open.
Huh! There seem to be fewer enemies, and they are still scattered everywhere, waiting for us to trample on them.
In the little minds of many people, they can quickly imagine that we have defeated the enemy. This illusion can make them fall into the abyss.
So, Hu Lunqiang, who was ordering people to blow the retreat flute, suddenly realized that his retreat order was useless. The cavalry in front rushed forward howling like a male dog in heat.
Luo Yangui held Mo Dao and stood at the front of the team wearing two layers of heavy armor.
This man was rather unlucky. He had already distinguished himself during the Qicheng War. He was a warrior of the younger generation. Later, he made great contributions to the uprising during the Zhou, Liao and Luoyang wars.
But it didn't take long for him to believe Murong Yanchao's lies, and ran to Taiyuan with Yan Kunlun to join Liu Zhiyuan. Later, he was defeated and captured in Jize County.
Originally, according to the law, he was to be married to Sanqianli, but Luo Yangui's father, Luo Huan, spent all his family property to pay him the money to get him out of jail, and because he had meritorious service in Luoyang, he was only spared.
What's outrageous is that Luo Yangui is now recruited by Li Jixun and comes to Talos again.
This is not just three thousand miles, five thousand miles is enough!
Therefore, Luo Yangui's heart bleeds when she thinks of the 500 yuan of free money that her father spent all his money on.
He only has one thought in his mind right now, and that is to kill more enemies and get more rewards and ranks, otherwise it will be a damn loss.
The chaotic sound of horse hooves sounded. Although Luo Yangui was also a fire chief, he was sent to the front holding a Mo knife because the other fire chief was Wu Yilang, whose status was slightly higher than him.
The speed of the surging thieves was not very fast. They had just recovered from the chaos and were only thirty or forty steps away, so they could not increase their speed at all.
A mess of arrows fell from the sky like raindrops. Not long after, Luo Yangui's body and the ground were covered with arrow shafts. He looked like a hedgehog.
The sword and shield hand will not protect the sword and shield hand like him who is wearing two layers of armor, but will protect the crossbowman behind him.
'Boom! Boom! ' sound sounded, and the crossbowmen in the formation also began to fight back. The thieves began to fall sporadically, at a slower speed.
Luo Yangui looked through the pores in his visor and saw that the enemy knight was about to hit him in ten steps at most. He could already smell the earthy smell of dust and the unpleasant odor of the war horse.
"Royal!" The team in charge shouted loudly, and the spearmen spread out in a semicircle. The shining spear heads clearly told the horses on the opposite side.
'Don't rush here, or you may get disemboweled. '
At the same time, the crossbowmen who had been shooting slowly and accurately immediately accelerated their shooting, and many even fired a series of arrows in a short period of time.
There is no need to be accurate for about ten steps. At this time, one more arrow will have more lethality, and it will mainly shoot towards the war horse.
Sure enough, after seeing the shiny gun head and being hit by many arrows, the horse was in severe pain. It didn't care about any orders. It just wanted to stay away from these ferocious and terrifying upright apes.
The attacking cavalry were like river water being diverted by rocks. There were at least two to three hundred cavalry in front of them, but they invariably formed around a small formation of twenty people and divided into two groups.
Luo Yangui was overjoyed and immediately knew that these guys looked menacing, but they were just a mob.
Because the top armored cavalry, such as the Beiwei cavalry battalion, can take out their hard bows when they are twenty or thirty steps closer to the infantry, shoot two or three arrows in a row, shoot the spear array to pieces, and then crash in directly.
The Khitan armored cavalry were able to slow down their speed, and then used the protective power of both men and horses to urge their horses to force their way in.
He is holding a long and hard bow and strikes from a high position. As long as he crushes the one in front, he can easily cover up and kill him.
The first-rate ones, such as the half-armored cavalry of Xiazhou Dingnan Army, can also calmly go around the formation, rain down a wave of arrows, and then form a team in the distance. Repeat this, pouring four or five waves of arrows, all the way to the spearmen. If you can't hold it any longer, break the formation again.
The enemy knights in front of us were of the lowest quality. Although some knights were still wearing heavy armor, they did not dare to rush into the formation, and they could not maneuver and did not increase their speed. They were just thrown into formation. The heavy armored infantry were diverted.
If you don't accept the military merits so easily, then you will be sorry for God's kindness.
Luo Yangui shouted loudly, and a white light flashed across the Mo Dao in his hand. The war horse that passed him neighed in pain, and Luo Yangui chopped off its front leg directly.
The knights screamed in surprise at the same time as the horses, and the big gallbladder next to Luo Yangui roared. The cavalryman landed, and the iron-wrapped and ribbed gallbladder suddenly hit the cavalryman's head.
Blood and water immediately spurted out from his skin and stomach, and he couldn't die anymore.
With a bang, Luo Yangui shook. It turned out that a cavalryman stabbed Luo Yangui with a spear in his hand.
But Luo Yangui was wearing two layers of heavy armor, and even if he was stabbed by a spear, he was not injured at all.
This aroused Luo Yangui's ferocity, and he roared loudly, making the Mo Dao dance like a flying sword falling from the sky.
One after another, the horses were cut off or had their front and rear legs chopped off by him, and the cavalrymen on the horses fell down like dumplings. He was so happy that he was so happy that he smashed countless heads in succession like a whack-a-mole.
Seeing how cruel Luo Yangui was, a group of cavalrymen began to run away from the giant man who stood up to be almost as tall as the horses they were riding on, and continued to run forward.
Then these fools were immediately dumbfounded, because behind Luo Yangui, there were also countless terrifying giants standing six feet tall, wearing two layers of heavy armor, wearing iron helmets, and even their faces were protected by visors. Chinese.
Suddenly, Jian Jian was almost in tears. He stood up high and could clearly see how much his cavalry had suffered after passing through the small formations scattered like plum blossoms.
A cavalry force of 500 people walked around, and only about 200 people came out.
The retreating recorder played even more anxiously, and the enemy cavalry who had been killed as soon as they heard it sounded like they had just heard the signal to retreat, and hurriedly wanted to turn around and go back.
However, they had just been killed so miserably that many of them were already frightened. It was not easy to retreat from this large and small heavy armored infantry formation.
Countless enemy riders collided with their own, some of them were panicking and running around like headless flies, and their deaths were even worse.
They had completely given up the idea of fighting and only had the desire to escape. As a result, most of them were strangled in the formation extremely easily.
Yao Yuanfu looked at Hu Guang with admiration. This time the enemy's cavalry attacked the Baiying side of the palace with six thousand cavalry.
With 1,000 infantrymen resisting the charge of 6,000 cavalry, and supported by at most more than 1,000 troops from his Zuo Hu Ben Guards, it seemed to be very difficult to defeat, but Hu Guang dared to let go of the square formation and use the plum blossom formation to 'scrape the oil'.
This courage is already as high as the sky. Anyway, if he, Yao Yuanfu, commanded him, he would never dare to do it.
Hu Guang did not explain, but just ordered all the ministries to repair for half an hour, and then continued to advance in battle formation.
Li Jixun, Yao Yuanfu and others naturally knew about the combat effectiveness of Shenshe Town, but they were not yet clear about the combat effectiveness of the people on this side of the river.
They are trash! Even if they go to the Central Plains, they can't defeat the tooth soldiers of the Gao family of Nanping Kingdom.
Hu Guang, who was born and raised in Anxi and returned eastward with Zhang Yan at the age of seventeen, was very aware of the fighting power of these people.
In less than an hour, Hu Lunqiang lost 3,000 cavalry, including more than 200 heavily armored cavalry, but they couldn't even break through an infantry formation of several thousand people on the opposite side. What a shame!
Suddenly Lun Jian quickly called out to the thousands of cavalrymen who could still hear the order, and ran away.
While running, I was thankful that these Tang'er cavalry troops were too weak. Although they sent hundreds of cavalry to pursue them, their riding skills were really poor, otherwise they would not have been able to run away so easily.
However, after running only seven or eight miles, he turned around a mountain and suddenly met Guo Guangyi, who was personally leading the army.
Guo Guangyi's face was livid. If it were in the past, he would have called Hu Lunjian over to ask about the situation carefully, and then decide what to do next after confirming the truth.
The reason why Guo Guangyi rose to the top was not because of his ability to fight and kill, but because of his brains.
But at this moment, his mind was already a little confused by the increasingly frightening future.
There are a total of 50,000 cavalry, including more than 3,000 heavy armored cavalry. This is an extremely powerful force in the entire river, even for Samampos.
Guo Guangyi knew very well that despite the fact that there were 20,000 Creek cavalry among them, he himself would become the son-in-law of the Creek tribe, but these people could not be completely counted as his subordinates. They actually came to follow him to gain benefits. of.
Guo Guangyi must lead them to conquer Suiye and even Shiguocheng, so that they can make a lot of money, so that he can be qualified to dominate them.
But after he sent out troops, he fought for ten days and still couldn't capture a small Hu Shui City. What if he was defeated by an army with only a few thousand people and whom he despised as coward Tang'er.
Then he, Guo Guangyi, would never be alive. These defeated soldiers would kill him.
Therefore, Guo Guangyi had no intention of meeting Hu Lunjian at all, and he could not even let him portray the Tang army as powerful in front of everyone, as that would severely damage morale.
Guo Guangyi, who was desperate, grabbed the collar of the guard who came to report the news, and growled in a low voice: "I will give him three thousand more fine cavalry, and he must trap the Tang'er army until I arrive!" "
There is a small river running between Sanshankou and Hushui City. The river is not wide or deep, but it is still a bit inconvenient to cross the river directly wearing heavy armor.
This is the reason why Guo Guangyi wanted to suddenly trap Hu Guang's Western Army with Jian, and he also wanted to attack halfway across the border.
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When Hu Guang saw the smoke and dust in the distance, and the cavalry that had fled in embarrassment ran back again, and seemed to have added some more men, he immediately knew something in his mind. Of course, he had already surveyed the terrain and knew this river.
"When they escape and come back, it must be the thief Guo Guangyi who personally brought the army. He probably wants to attack us halfway.
You now mobilize the cavalry on the left and right, and charge at the more than 10,000 enemy cavalry. You must completely defeat the Guo thief army before they arrive! "
Hu Guang carefully ordered Chen Tingxiao. The command level of my general manager Hu was indeed extraordinary. Just by seeing the bandits coming back in front, I immediately guessed Guo Guangyi's intentions.
Chen Tingxiao had already been anxious when he saw the infantry troops performing meritorious service. When he heard Hu Guang told him not to stay, he screamed and led a thousand fine cavalry out of the formation.
Li Jizai waited for a long time, but did not wait for Hu Guang to order him to fight, but he did not dare to go up and ask. He only scratched his head anxiously from behind, but Hu Guang pretended not to see him.
Suddenly Lun Jian fled over there and returned. Thinking of the combat effectiveness of the Tang army's heavily armored infantry, I kept beating in my heart.
It turned out that the people coming from the opposite side were cavalry. Thinking of how good the Tang cavalry was, I felt happy.
Then, suddenly Lunqian saw the rain of arrows all over the sky. Although the cavalry under Chen Tingxiao did not belong to the pro-army and the imperial army, and the combat was inferior to them, but this inferiority was mainly due to military discipline and military formation.
As for these two things, the more powerful the dialogue, the more important it is, but... if you are a novice, it is not so important.
Three consecutive shots at sixty paces, the attack is a powerful one, and there are many people on the opposite side, and they are all gathered together before they start running, so the damage is not low.
At thirty steps, suddenly the front row of cavalry under Jian's command was ready to charge. Chen Tingxiao kicked his foot and fired another crossbow arrow.
However, this time the crossbow arrow did not fall from the sky, but was shot from the height of the horse's knees.
This thing is called a small step crossbow. It is loaded on the side of the cavalry horse and can be fired by stepping on it during war.
Suddenly, the cavalry under Qian's command had never seen this thing before. Just as they were about to charge in, they were caught off guard and were shot down in large numbers.
And the most poisonous thing about the small crossbow is that its shooting position is very low. It generally cannot shoot people, but it can accurately shoot the enemy's war horses.
At this moment of charging, if one of the horses in front falls, many horses behind will be injured and must be detoured, so they can't charge forward.
But at this moment, Da Zhou's cavalry had arrived. Chen Tingxiao waved his horse and smashed the neck of the guy in front of him who was still turning his horse.
Like a hammer hitting the mud, the Great Zhou cavalry not only penetrated the enemy cavalry with one blow, but also killed them with their flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Suddenly Lun Jian was at the rear. He saw with his own eyes that the two or three thousand cavalry in front of him were easily defeated and then chased and killed. He remembered Guo Guangyi's order in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and ordered the entire army to attack. Press on.
But suddenly, the hair on his head stood up, because only half of the cavalry was sent to pursue him, and the rest came straight towards him.
Suddenly Lun Jian was in a state of confusion, but he had to put on a fake heroic smile on his face.
"King Khan's warriors, those Tang'er came to the door themselves, charge, let them know how powerful we are."
The surrounding cavalry were all infected by Hu Lun Jian, and with a roar of ghosts and wolves, they actually started to charge.
But at this moment, the galloping Zhou Jun cavalry suddenly took out a hand crossbow. This is a small horn crossbow that can be fired with one hand and can be cocked in advance. It is also Zhou Jun's ultimate killing move. .
Six hundred hand crossbows with more than one stone's kinetic energy were fired at the same time, causing huge damage. Moreover, each of them was equipped with two, which was equivalent to firing 1,200 crossbow arrows in an instant.
This terrifying lethality was shot in one direction. Not to mention the garbage cavalry in the river, even the Khitan's Pishi Army cavalry couldn't stop it.
In an instant, a huge gap appeared in front of Hu Lun Jian.
Chen Tingxiao held the gun in both hands, and there was no one or anything in his eyes, including life and death. There was no life and death in his eyes, only Hu Lunqian in a gorgeous war robe.
"Zidian, join me in the same robe!" Chen Tingxiao shouted the name of his beloved partner.
'Herod! Zidian responded loudly to Chen Tingxiao. This third-generation BMW suddenly raised its speed to its highest speed. The two horses merged into one, and they sprinted towards the goal.
Suddenly Lun Jian looked ahead in horror. The Tang general rode a purple-red war horse and flew in front of him in an instant as if it had wings.
Then suddenly there was a sharp pain on Lun Jian's head, his vision went dark, and he fell off his horse.
Chen Tingxiao hit his head with this blow, and the iron edge at the bottom of the long blade dented Hu Lunqian's skull.
Following Chen Tingxiao was a knight from the Murong family in Guazhou. He shouted loudly, and before Hu Lunqian's body hit the ground, he stabbed him through with his spear, and then let go. , and let the spear stick the body on the ground.
More cavalry swarmed over, and countless pairs of horse hooves ran back and forth on Hulu Jian's body until the gorgeous brocade robe completely blended into the earth.
Originally, these more than 10,000 cavalrymen had suffered huge losses just now, and they only dared to turn back because of Hu Lun Jianjie's alliance. Now, after only one encounter, the commander was hacked to death, and most of the people immediately dispersed.
Chen Tingxiao made a circle and then came back. After killing the wailing and howling guards of Hulun Jian who had gathered around him, Chen Tingxiao personally chopped down Hulunqian's banner.
This was a signal. Upon seeing this, Huguang released the last five hundred Jingqi, Chitian and others.
For a time, the battlefield was full of enemy cavalry, and more than a thousand cavalry of the Zhou army were chasing and killing them wantonly across the vast land.
