The first battle to break out was actually outside the city.
Hundreds of Xianbei people had to stay outside to take care of the horses because they had not brought all the horses into the city.
When they saw Chen Yougen arriving with four hundred sword troops, the Xianbei people who were feeding their horses didn't know what they were going to do.
Someone shouted something, but no one understood.
After the four hundred people dismounted, twenty people were left to collect the horses. The remaining three hundred or so people immediately formed a team, wearing armor and holding crossbows, and rushed towards the Xianbei people who were grazing.
Some Xianbei herdsmen felt something was wrong, so they subconsciously snatched the horses and ran away.
Some people looked on stupidly, only to be greeted by dense crossbow bolts.
The screams were endless.
One after another, the Xianbei people fell to the ground.
Some people took out weapons to resist, but were soon chopped down to the ground by the long sword warriors who abandoned their crossbows and held swords.
It was almost a one-sided killing.
"Chang Can, take fifty men and mount your horse to pursue the remaining enemies." Chen Yougen ordered.
"No." Chang Can didn't waste any time, and immediately led his team of fifty people, each with three horses, individual crossbows and heavy swords, and chased in the direction where several enemies were escaping.
"Liu Da, you lead fifty people to collect the horses." Chen Yougen continued to order: "The rest of you, follow me to search for the thieves and see if there is any land to herd the horses."
"No." All the soldiers responded to the order with a bang, dispersed, mounted their horses, and disappeared into the night with a roar.
Outside the door, the battle started a little later.
The 600 people in the first building of the Silver Spear Army set out first. When they arrived, they found Xianbei warriors chatting in groups in the city gate.
Two hundred veterans held strung bows and faced a hail of arrows.
Inside the dark city gate, there were constant muffled screams.
The archer did not stop. After shooting one round, he took out the second arrow from the quiver on his waist, and while moving forward, he shot at the place where the figure was looking forward to.
The screams gradually became less frequent and disappeared.
Four hundred new recruits of the Silver Spear Army pulled seven or eight baggage trucks and rushed in in formation.
They walked dozens of steps and finally encountered the first group of Xianbei people, who had heard the screams at the city gate and came to check. It seemed that there were hundreds of people, no horses, holding all kinds of weapons, and they were menacing.
"Woo--" As soon as the horn sounded, the veteran archers rushed over again, picked up their bows and arrows, and shot them with their heads covered.
The Xianbei people were caught off guard, and more than twenty of them lay down on the spot.
The others yelled curses and fled backwards, apparently calling for help.
"Dong dong dong..." The drums sounded, and the sword and shield bearers of the Forbidden Army's left guard rushed up. They were led by the building owner Huang Biao. They held large shields in their hands and had swords in their heads. They followed closely behind the baggage vehicles and walked along the avenue.
go ahead.
The sound of "rustling" footsteps sounded, and the spearmen wearing only four hundred pairs of iron armor followed behind the sword and shield men.
Behind them, there were a larger number of infantry armed with spears, with only leather armor or even no armor on their bodies - but it was enough. On the narrow streets, there was no need for all of them to wear armor.
Four hundred infantry archers were sent from Jiying to Chaomen to assist in the battle.
They glanced at the Silver Spear Army in amazement, everyone holding a bow.
Some of the archers have been soldiers for more than ten years, and this is the first time they have seen an army with all archers and all members fighting in close combat.
People from Qiannu Camp also came.
While building a second barricade in the rear, they used horse-drawn carriages to pull several huge crossbow machines, trying to move forward to support the infantry.
The entire offensive formation was quickly set up.
The strong crossbow was loaded onto the carriage, and the swordsmen, shield bearers, and spearmen guarded the front, rear, left, and right sides, covering the crossbowmen's operation of the crossbow machine.
A large group of people followed behind.
The dense jungle of spears stretches as far as the eye can see, with infantry archers moving forward and back, ready to assist everywhere.
Some archers were even divided from Jiying into the houses on both sides of the street. Some climbed onto the roofs, and some even squatted on the trees, holding strong bows, and killed Xianbei people in groups of three or three from a high position.
The sound of rapid horse hooves sounded at the end of the street.
After Shao Xun heard this, he immediately climbed on the wall of a private house and looked from a distance.
The cavalry is getting closer and faster.
Shao Xun was too lazy to take action because there were always idiots trying to play cavalry charge on the narrow streets.
"Woo——" the horn sounded.
The powerful mechanism shot out instantly.
The thick crossbow arrows, with the scream of death, penetrated the thick night sky, and with great force, they crashed into the oncoming Xianbei cavalry.
The man fell on his back!
The crossbow caused terrible damage, and the horse stood up in pain, throwing the knight on its back to the ground.
The knight relied on his strong skills to roll out the moment he landed. Before he could get up, another horse suddenly fell to the ground and pressed on his calf.
There was a "click", and the miserable howl resounded through half the street, just like the scream of the woman he killed last night before she died.
Another batch of crossbow bolts came, and this time the knight was knocked off his horse.
The iron armor on his body was made of paper, and was directly pierced by the crossbow arrow. The person was also carried away by the strong force, and finally landed with a crash, motionless.
Crossbow bolts continued to shoot out, and the bodies of the cavalry piled up like mountains. After they fell, even bigger and more obstacles were formed, completely blocking the subsequent cavalry charge.
"Dong dong dong..." The drum sounded.
"Kill!" The archer jumped over the corpses of the men and horses, and shot a wave while standing.
The spearmen climbed over the obstacles with difficulty, then formed a team and ran quickly, chasing behind the Xianbei cavalry who were riding back.
"Kill!" The spears were thrust out in a row. The cavalry in groups were no match at all and were instantly stabbed to the ground.
Someone was waving the halberd in vain, but sitting on the horse, the gap between his armpits and front and back was too big. He was first knocked to the ground by a wooden pole, and then his throat was cut by the sword and shield wielder who rushed up.
.After his body twitched for a while, he stopped moving.
The infantry marching along the wall are invincible in the streets.
Powerful crossbows and infantry bows provided long-range firepower, large shields shielded the threats posed by weak cavalry bows, spears stabbed, and ring-headed knives decapitated people. No one could stop them.
The Xianbei people "enjoyed" for a day and a night, but their physical strength had already been greatly reduced. Many shepherds and slaves could not find a leader. The largest organized resistance was only a hundred people, and it was quickly completely crushed.
The streets were full of dead bodies, piled up like mountains.
The horses must be unable to run, and now they can only engage in foot combat, which they are not good at.
However, infantry warfare requires organization, equipment, and training, and they are lacking in this area. When faced with the left guard of the Forbidden Army who are in a strict formation, with all types of troops, and who cooperate tacitly, it is almost impossible to stop them for a moment.
Not to mention that there are people with bow-legged legs, so it is really difficult for them to dismount and fight on foot...
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There was a dark cloud floating in the night sky.
A sudden strong wind blew away the bloody smell of Chang'an.
But the killings didn't stop.
Lines of Imperial Guard infantry, armed with swords and guns, cleared out the remnants of the enemy in this area of ​​the North City house by house.
I didn't have time to elaborate on the plan, but I killed more than a thousand people anyway.
After advancing for a while, they encountered more than 500 people from the advance battalion who came from the direction of Yongzheng.
These hundreds of heavy armored infantrymen were covered in blood. After joining forces, they laughed loudly and shouted "Kill them happily".
After the two armies merged, they continued to clear out the remaining enemies along the street.
Not long after, the sound of killings in the direction of Zhicheng Gate and Qingming Gate died down. A total of nearly two thousand infantry from both sides successfully fought through the entire street and met in the center.
So far, these combined troops have killed at least 2,500 Xianbei cavalry, which is a remarkable achievement.
The left guard sergeants distributed in the south, southwest, and southeast gates are still fighting.
But listening to the sparse sounds, it must be almost over.
Everyone was getting more and more excited. On normal days, what kind of life would it take to kill five thousand cavalry?
After this battle, Luoyang's biggest enemy was also eliminated - well, something seems not quite right.
Qi Hong hurriedly hid in the palace city.
He was not stupid, he knew that in this situation, it would be impossible to rush out on horseback.
Corpses of men and horses blocked the streets, and at least three barricades were set up inside each city gate, fearing that anyone who rushed out would be shot by crossbows.
He once wanted to fly out of the city, but failed to find a chance, so he fought and retreated, hiding in the palace city, trying to resist stubbornly.
But in his haste, only about two hundred people gathered around him, which made him want to cry without tears.
If the once-proud five thousand cavalry charged in the wilderness, who could stop them?
But they were tricked and blocked in Chang'an City, unable to find a way out.
What can you do!
What makes people even more desperate is that Duan Xianbei, whom Governor Wang attracted by marrying his daughter, can get up again after being severely damaged? You must know that in many wars in the past few years, they have already lost three pieces.
There are more than a thousand cavalry, and losing another five thousand this time is a big deal for Duanbe Xianbei, which has a population of only 150,000 or 60,000.
Duan Bu Xianbei is not without enemies.
The most fearful thing on the grassland is that you are showing signs of decline, because once you do, you may be devoured by your vicious neighbors.
well!
However, now is not the time to feel sad for Duan Bu, and it has little to do with him. Qi Hong gathered his mood and looked around for a way out of the predicament.
At this time, drumming noises were heard outside the Shenhu Gate and Yunlong Gate of the palace city. After a while, the sound of swords clashing was heard, and the Xianbei soldiers who were left behind the gate fled in confusion and dispersed in a rush.
The two palace gates, one east and one west, opened one after another.
"Kill the thief!" Hundreds of soldiers from the Silver Spear Army entered from the Shenhu Gate, and hundreds of soldiers from the Forward Battalion entered from the Yunlong Gate.
The army formed a square formation in the wide square in front of the palace and then advanced quickly.
"It's over!" Qi Hong sent out the last hundred or so men to fight with the enemy.
He took several personal followers and ran towards Xiaoyaoyuan in the north of the palace city.
When I got closer, I found that Xiaoyao Garden was full of dead branches and leaves. It had not been used for a long time and all the gates were sealed.
He was so anxious that he was running around in circles.
In desperation, he summoned a follower and asked him to carry him up. After grabbing the wall with his hands, he was about to exert force when he heard a "swish" sound and a long arrow flew from behind and shot out through his neck.
Qi Hong's hands pulled at the wall a few times, then hung down weakly and fell to the ground.
The golden-armored god general rushed over quickly, slashing with his heavy sword one after another, barely able to defeat the enemy.
A moment later, all four people in Xiaoyao Garden, including Lian Qihong, were killed.
He Shi Shiran wiped the heavy sword, then took out the ring-shou knife, cut off Qi Hong's head, held it in his hand, and said with a smile: "General Qi, there is no need to run away!"
Chapter completed!