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Chapter 178 The First Strike (Part 2)
The dust and smoke rising from behind the military formation and the faint shouts of killing made Li Xiaozong's heart tighten. From the moment Mandu Wolf came towards them with two thousand Mandu banner cavalry, Li Xiaozong began to feel uneasy. He and Mandu Lang had been rivals for three years, and he knew what the other party was like, so after discovering something was wrong, the first thing he did was to order Pan Mei to quickly retreat with a group of troops to defend Qingxia, but It's still too late.
A qualified general can roughly judge the number of enemies from the smoke and dust raised from behind. Li Xiaozong didn't need to send scouts to find out the news. He could guess that Pan Mei's men who broke into the camp were probably under siege at this time. Coupled with Pan Mei's arrogant temperament, she may not still maintain the formation when she retreats. It is really worrying whether the camp can be saved under a sudden attack.
"Zhao Sen, you lead a rush battalion back immediately to support Pan Mei. You decide the tactics according to the situation. If Pan Mei can be saved, then you must rescue him. If Pan Mei is trapped and difficult to rescue, you immediately lead people to tear open the door. Make sure the canyon is clear no matter what!¡±
"General!"
Zhao Sen said anxiously: "If I take away another Zhechong battalion, you will only have two Zhechong battalions left. Two thousand four hundred infantry Mandu Wolf has two thousand elite cavalry, I'm afraid"
"You don't have time to worry about me."
Li Xiaozong said coldly: "I said, since I am your commander today, you have only one choice to obey any of my orders, and you should understand that compared to opening the passage for the following troops, I am The edge is insignificant.¡±
"Here!"
Looking at Li Xiaozong¡¯s determined face, Zhao Sen knew that he could not shake the young general¡¯s determination. Although Li Xiaozong was cautious enough when leading his troops out of the canyon, he still made the mistake of underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly. According to the Twelve Military Orders promulgated by His Majesty the Sui Emperor, if someone catches someone with ulterior motives, it is already a capital offense.
He didn¡¯t know this young general very well. He only knew that he was from the Li family of Longyou and the nephew of General Li Yuanshan. Dean Zhou even praised him more than once when he was in the Yanwu Academy. Of course, he also knew that Li Xiaozong was a person who had just been reused before the war, and his career and life were almost cut off before.
Originally, Zhao Sen had no respect for such a young and famous general. But today, the determination on Li Xiaozong's face made him sincerely admire him.
"General, take care!"
Zhao Sen clasped his fists, then turned and left.
"Wait!"
Li Xiaozong stopped him and said: "Blow the trumpet and collect the two hundred cavalry who have dispersed. If Pan Mei cannot be rescued, use these two hundred cavalry to tear a hole and kill them out."
"We only have these two hundred cavalry, so it's better to keep them to support the general!"
Zhao Sen said loudly.
"yes¡¡"
Li Xiaozong sighed: "We only have two hundred cavalry, which are extremely valuable. But this is a battlefield, and precisely because those two hundred cavalry are valuable, they must be used in the most appropriate place. Go ahead no matter what the situation on my side is. , you are not allowed to turn back to support me. Even if I die here, I don¡¯t need you to collect my body. Qingxia¡ is your position.¡±
"Here!"
Zhao Sen shouted loudly, rubbed his sore nose and strode away. After taking away a Zhechong camp, the men and horses in Li Xiaozong's hands became increasingly thin. The Mandu Wolf on the opposite side did not seem to be in a hurry to attack, but watched with interest as Li Xiaozong divided his troops again.
"Taller!"
After seeing a group of troops from the rear of the Sui army separated, Mandu Lang smiled and ordered: "I'll give you three centurions. Do you dare to tear the Sui army's formation from the middle?"
The man named Taler is a very tall and sturdy man from the prairie. He has the typical beard of the prairie people, thick eyebrows and angry eyes, and his voice is like the ringing of a bell.
"Why don't you dare? If the general is willing to reward me with a beauty from Northern Liao, I dare to lead three hundred cavalry to Fan Gu!"
"Ha ha!"
Mandu Lang laughed and said: "If you capture Li Xiaozong alive, I will reward you with two beauties from the Northern Liao region, plus a Hanqi from the Northern Liao region!"
"Thank you, General!"
Taller chuckled, not paying any attention to the two thousand elite Sui soldiers opposite.
"Children, follow me to kill people!"
He roared loudly, took off the mace tied to his back and urged his horse to rush out. Three hundred Mandu banner cavalry followed him, roaring and rushing forward. It looked like three hundred hungry wolves that had seen their prey. The speed of the Mongolian Yuan cavalry was extremely fast.Everyone is good at riding horses. They can even easily control wild horses without saddles and pedals, just as naturally as Southerners drive boats.
Three hundred cavalry used Taller as arrows to form a sharp-looking cone formation and charged towards the Sui army formation.
This is the first head-to-head confrontation between the Mongolian Yuan people and the Sui people in more than a hundred years. Although the scale of this confrontation is not large, it is of far-reaching significance. Both Mandu Lang and Li Xiaozong knew the significance of this first battle. Whoever wins will take the lead.
If the Meng Yuan people slaughtered all the five thousand Sui troops who passed through the canyon, then the pride of the Sui soldiers would be severely smashed into a gap.
"Invincible in a hundred battles?"
Mandu Wolf looked at the bright red Sui war flag fluttering opposite, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "What I broke today is your false reputation of being invincible in a hundred battles!"
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"Zhang Zhen, Cui Min is here."
Li Xiaozong loudly ordered: "You two protect the two wings, and you are not allowed to move without my military order. Even if Meng Yuan's cavalry rushes into the central army, you are not allowed to rescue without hearing the horn sound!"
"Here!"
The other two tooth generals Zhang Zhen and Cui Minlai responded at the same time and returned to the two wings to preside over the battle formation.
"Archer!"
Li Xiaozong urged his horse forward and reached the front of the battle formation to take command personally.
"Shoot arrows!"
Following Li Xiaozong¡¯s order, a row of archers standing at the front drew a special feather arrow from the quiver. This feathered arrow was painted bright red and was thicker than ordinary feathered arrows. After the order was given, the archers in the first row immediately placed this special feather arrow on the bowstring, and more than a hundred people shot the arrow out in uniform movements. The angle of elevation of their arrows was very high, and the feathered arrows they shot were the limit of the range of the hard bows in their hands.
More than a hundred red feather arrows shot out, drawing a beautiful arc in mid-air and then landed one after another. About two hundred and thirty steps away, a red line appeared on the ground. This kind of feathered arrow is called a standard arrow. The function is to let the archer know clearly when the enemy is within range.
When the hooves of Taller's three hundred cavalrymen jumped over the red line composed of arrows, Li Xiaozong fiercely raised the flag.
"First round, throw, shoot!"
More than three hundred archers immediately raised their hard bows and replaced them with expensive armor-piercing cones. This kind of feather arrow can easily tear through thin armor. Unless the enemy is wearing several layers of thick leather armor or expensive chain armor, he or she will not be able to block the shot of the armor-piercing awl.
The first round of feather arrows drew an arc in mid-air, and more than three hundred feather arrows smashed into the array of Mandu flag cavalry like hail falling in mid-air. The first round of projectiles was a covering strike, and there was no accuracy at all. However, this kind of blow covers a large area and the arrows always fall from mid-air, so it is difficult to defend against. For infantry's group charge, the defensive archers' throws are extremely lethal. But for light cavalry moving forward at great speed, the lethality of projectiles is greatly reduced.
The feather arrows smashed into the crowd of Mandu banner cavalry, and immediately twenty or thirty cavalry were shot over and fell off their horses. Taller waved his mace and knocked down two feather arrows one after another, the wildness in his eyes becoming more and more intense. It was obviously not suitable to use a heavy weapon like a mace to knock down arrows, but his arms were extremely strong, and the mace, which was difficult for ordinary people to swing, was as light as a bamboo pole in his hand.
"kill!"
Taler roared, and the Mandu banner cavalry behind them roared in unison.
"Huha!"
"Huha" is the charging slogan of the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry. It has almost the same meaning as shouting forward when the Sui army is charging.
"Second round, flat shot, let go!"
Li Xiaozong issued the order again, and more than 300 archers lowered their hard bows, raised them slightly, and the arrows shot out instantly. After the second order was given, Li Xiaozong immediately waved the order flag and said: "Third round, save and shoot, release!"
The archers focused all their attention on the enemy's cavalry at the front, and in the third round, more than 300 feather arrows were fired very densely. The arrows shot were like a huge fist, slamming into the oncoming Mandu banner cavalry. Taller waved the mace in front of him and deflected three or four arrows in succession. However, some gaps were finally revealed. One arrow tore open his leather armor and penetrated into his shoulder. inside.
The pain made this burly grassland man even more violent. He ignored the arrows trembling on his shoulders and urged his war horse to crash straight into the Sui army formation.
"Archers retreat!"
Li Xiaozong loudly ordered: "Put your giant shield hands forward and your long spear hands into formation!"
About a hundred people holdingThe soldiers with huge shields quickly took over from the archers and rushed to the front. Following the command of the commanding captain, a hundred giant shields slammed into the ground, as if a wall suddenly appeared on the ground. The long spearman behind rushed behind the giant shield, placed the long spear on the giant shield, and raised the spear's front.
The well-trained soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty You Xiaowei completed the formation change in a very short period of time. In an instant, the military formation turned into a huddled hedgehog.
Boom!
The Mandu Banner's cavalry slammed into the giant shield, and the soldier who was squatting on the ground with the giant shield on his shoulders was knocked over, and was trampled by the horses that followed, and the wailing sound immediately started. However, the Mandu banner cavalry who trampled them to death was also stabbed to death by the long spear raised from the opposite side. The twenty or so cavalry at the front knocked a hole in the shield array and completed their mission, and also paid their dues. took their lives.
"Kill through the Sui army and cut down their flags!"
Taller, half of his body soaked in blood, smashed the head of a Sui soldier with a stick. The leather helmet was smashed, and bright red blood mixed with white brains burst out, mixed with a lot of Broken bones. The Sui soldier fell down softly before he could utter a cry, and his ribs were crushed by Taller's horse.
Taller, with about 200 remaining cavalrymen, tore open Sui's shield formation like knives, but they were trapped in the formation and could not extricate themselves. The dense forest of long branches made the cavalry fall into the quagmire, and it was impossible to give full play to the speed advantage of the light cavalry.
It was the first time in Taller's life that he fought against the Sui people, but it was not the first time that he killed people. He once led troops to massacre other tribes on the grassland several times. Those small tribes that did not respect the orders of the Mandu Banner Master would only die. He is an outstanding warrior and is a famous warrior in Mandu Banner.
But today, this warrior found that he couldn't use all his strength.
Those hateful Sui people, their formations are like the natural nemesis of the cavalry! Once the cavalrymen who come and go like the wind are trapped, the knights sitting high on the horses will simply become the target of those long-handed people.
Taler kept waving his mace and smashed four Sui people's long-armed hands to death one after another. But his war horse only took one step forward.
Just when he swept away the Sui soldiers in front of him with a stick, two long spears stabbed from the left side, and with a pop, the belly of his war horse was violently opened. When the spears were pulled out, the internal organs of the war horse were mixed with each other. The thick and smelly blood suddenly fell out.
The war horse let out a whine and slowly fell down. Taller's body was unstable and he fell down.
Before he could stand up, a long stick stabbed his chest hard. He rolled hard to get out of the way, but felt a sharp pain in his calf.
Taller screamed, and when he looked down, he found that his left leg had been pierced by a long spear and nailed to the ground. He wanted to swing the mace and break that damn long spear, but as soon as he raised his arm, he was stabbed by the second long spear. The next second, the third long spear was poked into his lower abdomen, and then the next Seconds later, the fourth thorn stabbed into his heart.
Five or six big Sui men gathered around the tall prairie man who fell to the ground. They kept raising their spears and then stabbed them down fiercely.
After a whilewhere can you still see the man's face?
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