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Chapter 515: Going Home and Revenge
The Meng Yuan people did not use war drums when attacking, but used huge horns. The sound was low, but it could be heard for dozens of miles. In addition to the men and horses on guard in the rear, about 30,000 cavalry left their beloved horses, either holding scimitars and shields, or holding Han Chinese spears that were not easy to use, or carrying ladders, or pushing The crude battering ram slowly approached the valley.
Because the valley is so narrow, the 30,000 wolf cavalry in the main attack can only enter like a long dragon. While marching, the Wolf Cavalry soldiers tapped their breastplates with their scimitars. Because the stone wall was built a mile away in the valley, it was impossible for a team of 30,000 people to completely enter the canyon. At this time, they were beating their breastplates to boost their own morale and to see off their comrades in front.
The leather armor of the prairie wolf riders is exceptionally tough, which has something to do with their living habits. Prairie people eat meat with bare hands. They rarely eat any other vegetarian food other than roasted naan. After eating the meat, they just smear the oil from their handles on their leather armor. Over time, the leather armor will become thick and greasy. Layer, rain can't get in.
The leather armor soaked in oil became extremely tough, and even weak arrows could not penetrate it. However, the difficulties faced by the Wolf Cavalry now are not only the unfamiliar siege warfare, but also the weapons in their hands. For infantry combat, the power exerted by the scimitar is much smaller than that for mounted combat. The arc of the scimitar can cause maximum damage to the enemy when passing by in a mounted battle. The wounds caused by the scimitar are very long. Even if the injury is not fatal, you will die from excessive blood loss. The medical level of this era , not enough for military doctors to easily deal with such injuries.
But in infantry fighting, the scimitar was too short, and it was at a disadvantage compared with the Han soldiers holding long spears. Even compared to the standard horizontal sword of the Sui infantry, it was still much shorter, which was a fatal flaw on the battlefield.
Kuoketai Menglie personally commanded. After watching the team enter the canyon, he raised the flag in his hand high, the huge horn blew, and the advancing team slowly stopped. Because the Meng Yuan people had little experience in infantry combat, they did not form a formation as habitually as the Sui warriors did when they stopped, and seemed a bit scattered.
But the Meng Yuan Wolf Cavalry has a very complete organizational structure. Teams of ten, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousand all gather under the leadership of the leader, so although they are scattered, there is no chaos.
"Farewell"
Kuoketai Menglie ordered: "Take three thousand-man troops, and you will be the first team. Kuo Tie'er, you will take two thousand-man teams, and you will take two thousand-man teams as the second team. Mahan, you will take two thousand-man teams as the third team." The third formation must defeat the enemy in one battle. The Great Khan is still waiting for us to return, and your family is also waiting for you to return. It has been almost three years since we left the grassland. The kids at home have grown up a lot. I miss you. Do you miss the warm yurt, do you miss your fair women, do you miss the days of hunting and riding horses on the pasture, then go!¡±
He pointed his command flag toward the stone wall: "Use your sharp scimitar to cut off the enemy's head. The Immortal God will grant you infinite power. The light of the Golden Family will shine on you. You will be invulnerable! Let those Han people Look who is the real warrior!"
"Huha!"
The Wolf Cavalry soldiers shouted loudly, and no one noticed that Meng Lie's words were different from before. This time he did not mention Prince Ming or Dalun Temple in Daxue Mountain.
The Wolf Cavalry soldiers were thinking about finishing this battle quickly and returning home, hugging their plump wives and holding their children high above their heads. Who would care who was not mentioned in Meng Lie's words? They have already returned home.
"Warriors!"
Zhe Laibie drew out his scimitar and pointed forward: "Rush in the direction called by the Great Khan and let the weak Han people cry and beg under the scimitar! You are all wolves who grew up drinking blood, and the Han people are destined to be The sheep we devoured!¡±
"Huha!"
"Huha!"
The shouts of charging resounded through the canyon, and the sound circled back and forth over the canyon.
The first thousand-man team, led by the captain, began to speed up and run wildly. The people at the front held up the ladder and rushed forward like crazy. In such a narrow area, they knew that dodging and stagnating would not lead to any loss. As luck would have it, the only hope of surviving the enemy's arrows was to rush under the stone wall as quickly as possible. The wolf cavalry behind the ladder put the cavalry shield on his chest and tried his best to cover his vital points. But the cavalry shield was too small, and it couldn't even cover the upper body.
This kind of offensive method of running wildly with the power of one's own two legs makes every Wolf Cavalry soldier feel that he is no longer a giant. When on horseback, they travel faster than the wind. But now, they must let themselves run and run as hard as they can.
When the horns of the charge sounded, the Black Flag Army soldiers on the stone wall put their arrows on their bowstrings one after another. Their faces were solemn, and many of them were talking loudly.Breathe to steady yourself. More than a dozen heavy crossbows installed on the stone wall have already tightened their ropes, and they will roar out like an angry dragon at just one command.
Xiahou Baichuan looked back at the general standing on the other side of the stone wall, and then took a deep breath. I have been waiting for months and this day has finally arrived. This is the first battle he led his troops in after becoming Fang Jie's subordinate. He now knows what kind of person Fang Jie is. He will never exclude or suppress those who have merit and ability, as long as he fights this battle well. , then he has truly established his position in the Black Flag Army.
A majestic general from the fourth rank.
Precisely because he has been working hard in the military for many years, he knows how difficult it is for a child from a poor family to rise to such a height. Basically, the generals of rank five or above in the army were from various aristocratic families in the Sui Dynasty. If children from poor families like them want to stand out, they can only wait for war. But in the war, it is difficult for even one person from a poor family to rise to this position among 10,000 or 50,000 people. There is no doubt that Xiahou Baichuan is lucky, because neither the former Prince Xu nor the current General Fang are the kind of people who drink the blood of soldiers.
He knows that he is now extremely close to the peak of his life. As long as he survives this battle, a fourth-grade Ying Yanglang will have no problem. The third-grade general, who is at the peak of military generals, is not far away. Of course, most people never cross from the fourth level to the third level in their lives, but this is the beginning of hope, isn't it?
What¡¯s more, Fang Jie is a fair and equitable leader.
He looked at Fang Jie and felt Fang Jie's trust in him.
"Everyone!"
He pulled out the horizontal knife and pointed it at the wolf rider.
"Take revenge!"
This tiger roar suppressed the roar of the charging wolf cavalry, floating back and forth in the canyon.
Take revenge! Take revenge! Take revenge!
This sound is like many innocent souls shouting together in mid-air.
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With a buzzing sound, more than a dozen heavy crossbows took the lead and plowed out several gaps in the wolf cavalry array more than two hundred steps away. The straight line of the heavy crossbows' flight left no survivors. In such a dense formation, Meng Yuan Langqi had no possibility of dodge other than running forward with his head lowered.
After the heavy crossbow unleashed its power, the archers on the stone wall within a hundred and fifty steps of the Wolf Rider began to harvest their lives, shooting arrows one after another without having to aim at all. The narrow space will inevitably lead to the concentration of troops on the attacking side. For the defending side, this initial period of time is the most favorable opportunity to attack the enemy.
The arrows falling like raindrops kept knocking the wolf rider over, and even the timid person couldn't run back at this time. The wolf cavalry at the back pushed forward with all their strength, and the dead people in front were replaced layer by layer. The centurions running at the front were lucky enough to survive three rounds of arrows, and ten soldiers were still alive. nothing.
The two centurions were all dead before they got within fifty steps of the stone wall. The people behind were pushed by the people behind and couldn't stop at all. The wolf-riding soldiers stepped on the corpses of their comrades and rolled over the waves. The tide surges forward. The archers on the stone wall were divided into two rows. When the first row shot out the arrows and took them back, the archers in the second row neatly sent out the arrows. Then they took the arrows, and the first row had already shot out again.
Just like this, the actions are repeated mechanically, neatly and orderly.
Xiahou Baichuan walked back and forth behind the archer, walking from one end to the other, shouting loudly. At this time, the man with the hoarse voice looked particularly attractive. The male demeanor on the battlefield is fully revealed. This is originally a competition between men.
Half an hour later, wolf cavalry finally carried the ladder to the bottom of the stone wall. These soldiers were not skilled in erecting the ladder, but they wasted a lot of time because of poor coordination with each other. Every second on the battlefield was bloody. The delay is enough for more people to die.
The archers on the stone wall began to divide the work. The first row of archers leaned forward and shot down the wall, while the second row continued to attack the wolf cavalry that had not yet reached the vicinity. At this time, Zhelibie, who saw soldiers rushing to the city wall, gave an order loudly, and the wolf-riding archers began to fire suppressively at the soldiers attacking the city. Every wolf cavalry is an excellent archer. This is an ability created by the living environment.
A thousand-man archer began to counterattack. The arrows flew into the sky densely and then landed on the stone wall. The Black Flag Army soldiers guarding the city immediately fell to the ground. The front row of hundreds of archers lost almost 80% of their numbers. above. When the soldiers fell, the people behind them immediately came up to replace them. The feathers and arrows were so dense that they collided together in mid-air, and the white feathers that fell on the ground seemed to be covered with weeds.
¡°Nail shot!¡±
?Xiahou Baichuan loudly ordered: "Put the nails in!"
The racket, which was five feet long and three feet wide, was lowered with spikes on it and beat the wolf cavalry at the base of the wall to death. Then the Black Flag Army soldier struggled to pull up the Wolf Fang Pat and then put it down. The mace nails, which were more than a foot long, easily penetrated the wolf cavalry's leather helmet, and then split the skull. When the nail racket was pulled up, there was even the corpse of the Wolf Cavalry hanging on it.
"Cut the rope!"
Zhelibie roared from behind, but the sound was not clearly conveyed to the ears of the wolf cavalry at the front. The wolf cavalry who were unfamiliar with siege warfare were frightened by the power of the nail racket. No one could react immediately and cut off the rope of the nail racket. So the first time I put the nails in and patted them down, I didn't destroy any of them.
When the corpses piled up one layer under the wall, the first ladder was finally set up on the stone wall. The moment the simple ladder leaned against the wall, the wolf cavalry actually burst into cheers, as if they had seen the hope of victory. It was a pity that the Han soldiers who were familiar with defending the city were not nervous at all. They used scratching hooks to lift the ladder and push it out. The ladder was smashed down together with the soldiers hanging on it.
The ladder falling from the sky created a gap in the dense formation behind, and the soldiers below the ladder immediately started to cry.
From the beginning of the war, there was no temptation and it went straight into a brutal fight. The wolf cavalry were eager to return home, but the soldiers of the Black Flag Army were eager to take revenge. Such a battle was destined to be extremely bloody. No one of the Black Flag Army soldiers on the stone wall took a step back under the blow of the feather arrows. They attached their hatred to the feather arrows to vent their hatred.
Xiahou Baichuan couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment, as if he had returned to the tragic battle more than three years ago. The Han soldiers who lost their command began to collapse, but dozens or hundreds of them formed small counterattack arrays, and few surrendered.
The blood of that battle covered the entire Mandu Banner Grassland, and the blood of today¡¯s battle is destined to fill the entire canyon.
The black flag flutters on the stone wall, showing the blood and dignity of the man. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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