The Chinese army was half a day's journey away from the front army. When Jin Zheng galloped over, the enemy had just arrived. After a short rest, they immediately launched an attack.
Some of them galloped along the relatively gentle slope, trying to capture the high ground on both sides of the river valley, and then rushed down from the high ground to reach the rear of the Jin army.
The main force of the former army consisted of 2,400 soldiers from Jiafu and Erlong Xiangfu from Xialou and their tribes, as well as hundreds of Jie cavalry, totaling more than 5,000 people.
Shi Xian, who had been promoted to the rank of General of the Xialou Division, stood on the mountainside with 600 men. When he saw the enemy riding up from a distance, he immediately blew a bone whistle.
The two teams of swordsmen and shieldmen immediately stepped forward, looking down at the enemy cavalry attacking from below.
Although the hillside is gentle, attacking from the bottom up still loses a lot of speed, so that the enemy riders are like travelers hesitating in the mud, as slow as death.
The second bone whistle sounded, and two hundred men with only mediocre archery skills rushed behind the shield bearer, picking up their bows and arrows, waiting for orders.
There were dozens of other people with outstanding archery skills who spread out widely, each looking for a place that was conducive to shooting.
No one is directing them, they can play freely.
Shi Xian led a total of 250 soldiers, armed with long spears, long axes, wooden poles, heavy swords and other weapons, ready to attack at any time.
It can be seen from the formation of troops that he has no intention of defending at all.
"Woo!" The horn sounded, and the first wave of arrows flew out.
The enemy's dozen or so knights rushing at the front were startled. The knights kept waving their spears and firing arrows, while lying on their horses' backs to reduce the possibility of being hit by arrows.
"Bang!" Someone's war horse was shot. When it landed, it rolled over to relieve its strength. Then it bent over and squatted in the grass. It turned to look behind, gritted its teeth, and rushed forward.
There is still a steady stream of knights rushing upward from behind.
They shouted loudly and drove their horses with all their strength, hoping to fly in front of the Jin soldiers and trample them with their horse hooves.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" More arrows flew out from high above.
One horse after another was shot down, one knight after another fell to the ground.
After shooting several rounds of arrows, the archers still had some strength left, but the enemy cavalry did not dare to charge head-on. After leaving behind nearly a hundred corpses, they began to move to both sides.
Shi Xian looked down from a high place. On the gentle slopes of the undulating hills, there were green grass and wild flowers everywhere.
Corpses of men and horses lay scattered on the road. Most were fifty to seventy steps in front of the formation. They were sparse beyond seventy steps. There were almost none beyond a hundred steps, except for a few unlucky ones.
The distance of just a few dozen steps was like a chasm for the hundreds of charging enemy cavalry, which could not be crossed. And after the corpses of men and horses gathered, it became even more difficult to cross.
"Athletes from Wei Linfang, follow me up." Shi Xian saw that no one was charging up the mountain anymore, so he immediately ordered 300 people and rushed toward the enemy cavalry in the distance.
The mountains are rugged, and it is not possible to ride a horse everywhere. Most of the enemy cavalry who came here have dismounted and are forming a team.
Shi Xian snorted coldly and led his men to rush over...
Compared with the hillsides on both sides, there were almost no particularly fierce battles on the front.
Occasionally, the cable-headed cavalry galloped over and shot a few arrows. The infantry archers fought back hard. Because of the large number of people, they often carried out covering strikes and came to show off their riding skills. From time to time, the thieves fell off their horses and struggled on the ground.
It goes on and on and gradually becomes silent.
"What are you waiting for? The thieves don't dare to charge, and you don't dare to go up? Chen Jingen!" Jin Zheng looked at it for a while and said: "The brave will win when we meet on a narrow road. If you don't dare to charge in such terrain, why do you call it Feilongwei?"
There are more than a thousand thieves riding in the front, wait until you attack them and then take the battle."
Chen Jingen's face turned red, he cupped his fists and said, "I obey."
After saying that, he immediately ordered Jiafu, and Dongmin Erlongxiang Mansion's 1,200 soldiers went out to attack.
The moment the order was issued, the commanders of various defense departments immediately selected their soldiers.
Some people abandoned their spears, replaced them with swords and shields, and ran forward in small steps.
Some people abandoned their spears and scattered to both sides, holding their strung bows.
Most of them were armed with long weapons such as spears, rifles, wooden poles, spurges, and axes, forming a thick five-row column.
Seeing Suo Tou, who was wandering in the river valley, he immediately became nervous.
"Dong dong..." The drum sounded.
The government troops pulled away the baggage train blocking the road, and five sword and shield bearers in the first row came out.
The traditional veterans of the Yamen Army held their shields in front of them, their swords raised slightly, and they looked over with bright eyes.
Then there are the second, third, and fourth rows.
The two rows at the back spread out slightly and divided into two sides, quickly forming a sword and shield formation of fifteen people.
The pikemen passed over the archers and followed them in formation.
The archers followed their own customs. Some of them grabbed a handful of arrows and held them in their hands. Those who were good at using heavy arrows and armor-piercing arrows had one in their mouths and one on the string.
"Go into battle!" Chen Jingen shouted.
"Go into battle!" 1,200 sergeants shouted in unison, with high morale.
The Xianbei people were stunned. What does "going into battle" mean?
No one could answer them, because the other side had already quickened their pace, and 1,200 infantrymen crowded the mountain road and charged towards them.
Suotou was furious and knew that he could not retreat at this time.
They are the forwards. The main force of the forwards will retreat without fighting. What use do you have?
The dull sound of horse hoofbeats sounded, and more than a hundred horsemen galloped out with their horses under their belly, holding on to their spears and horses, and rushed straight towards them.
The two groups of people collided in the mountain road.
Jin Zheng watched intently.
The more than ten cavalrymen who rushed at the front were extremely fierce. After jumping into the crowd, they rushed left and right, trying to disrupt the infantry formation.
This alone made Jin Zheng look at him in a new light.
These days, many cavalrymen do not dare to charge directly into the infantry formation. Instead, they ride around and fire, trying to deal with the enemy with the least effort and the least casualties.
But head-on battles must be fought. Factors such as the quality of the enemy's troops, the terrain of the battlefield, and the morale of both sides are unpredictable. Sometimes, if you catch up, you will have to kill a lot of people and have the courage to rush and fight fiercely.
The soldiers of Dongping Mansion were also very brave. After letting the more than ten cavalrymen who rushed in first break through the formation, the people who followed did not disperse in a hurry. Instead, they shouted for a fierce battle, and everyone rushed forward.
Chen Jingen raised his hand and shot an arrow, knocking off the horse an enemy cavalryman who was charging the fiercest.
This man was not dead for a moment, and just as he was about to get up, he was trampled by countless pairs of military boots. The veterans of the Yamen Army roared past his broken body and bravely moved forward, forward, and forward again.
"Crash!" Another group of enemy cavalry rushed towards them. The swordsmen, shieldmen and spearmen in front failed to stand firm and fell down in large pieces.
Some people never got up again, while others stumbled to their feet and were knocked away by the enemy cavalry that was galloping towards them.
More people were unstable and were pushed to the rear. However, when they staggered back, they still subconsciously thrust their spears forward, knocking off the enemy cavalry one after another.
The following men and horses who were squeezed by them were extremely anxious and cursed. Some people became impatient and pushed away the robes blocking the front, and rushed out to face the charging enemy cavalry, gritting their teeth and stabbing out their rifles.
The enemy knight was charging forward. He was unprepared for a moment and was directly stabbed in the chest. The sharp blade instantly penetrated the leather armor as thin as a paper wing and came out through the back. The person who stabbed him was also hit by a huge blow from the forward charge of the war horse.
He was knocked to the ground by inertia and couldn't get up for a while.
Dou Yuzhen looked at the scene from behind and his eyes were about to burst.
There is a key point in the cavalry charge against the infantry, that is, when the cavalry rushes into the infantry formation at the risk of huge casualties and creates chaos, what does the main force of the enemy infantry in the rear that has not yet engaged in the battle do?
The best-case scenario is that they turn around and flee, the sub-ideal case is that they freeze in place and are at a loss what to do, and the worst-case scenario is that they are not afraid of the cavalry charge, rush forward, and fight hand-to-hand with the cavalry that breaks the formation.
He encountered the worst today!
This Jin army does not look very formal, because the weapons are not uniform, and they have all kinds of weapons, but they cooperate very well and are brave and unparalleled. It seems that they have been stimulated by something terrible, and the sound of roaring and fierce fighting can almost be heard.
The whole valley.
The hundreds of cavalrymen who were charging could no longer move and stood still.
Chang Ke struck with his axe, and blood spurted out far away.
The wooden raft was smashed, his chest shattered, and he fell to the ground without a word.
The hook, sickle, and spear no longer hooked the horse's legs. Some people directly lifted it up to hook the person off the horse. Others swarmed up and cut the body into pieces with random swords.
There was also a cavalryman who was skilled in combat and killed several Jin infantry. However, as he fought, his horse's hooves gave way and he fell to the ground. This man quickly disappeared in the tide of Jin soldiers.
There are more and more corpses of people and horses on the mountain road, layer upon layer, and it is no longer possible to rush forward.
Dou Yuzhen only hesitated for a moment before the Jin army's infantry jumped over the corpses of men and horses on the ground and rushed over with a roar.
At this time, the cavalry attacking the hillside on the right (left side of the Jin army) also retreated, losing more than a hundred cavalry before and after, and did not attack.
Dou Yuzhen no longer hesitated and directly ordered a retreat.
More than two thousand Xianbei cavalry immediately changed from the rear team to the front team, and the front team changed to the rear team, and ran backwards.
Jin Zheng had a panoramic view of this scene and said: "Follow me! Chase to the end, don't stop!"
The five hundred Jieqi who came with the army immediately took the order. They carefully walked around the corpse-strewn battlefield and made a circle through the mountains on the right.
Qin San, the governor of Ono Ryuxiang Mansion, quickly put on his armor, picked up the bone whistle and blew a whistle.
In an instant, a large number of Zuo Feilong Guard's soldiers rushed toward him.
The tribesmen had quick eyes and quick hands, and handed the reins to their hands one by one.
Someone comes and leads a horse.
Regardless of whose horse it was, the soldiers stood up, looked in the direction of the flag, and gathered together.
After a while, one after another the soldiers of the government came out on horseback, followed behind Jie Qi, and pursued them bravely.
After chasing them for more than ten miles, the Xianbei people detached themselves to counterattack.
The Jie cavalry made circuitous outflanks, going up the mountains and down the slopes, galloping and shooting.
The Feilong Guard infantry dismounted and formed a formation, charging straight at him from the front, crushing him, and beheading more than a hundred people.
After the battle, everyone mounted their horses again and followed the enemy in pursuit.
In the evening, another group of Xianbei cavalry was caught and defeated, killing nearly a hundred thieves.
It wasn't until he saw the enemy's brigade from a distance that he stopped chasing and went up the mountain to set up defenses, waiting for the main force to arrive.
On the same day, Helan Aitou personally led more than 15,000 horsemen, changed the route halfway, went up the Tuwen River (today's Maying River), passed through many mountainous areas, and arrived at the flat boundary of Mayi County.
The food and fodder he brought with the army was not much, but only for seven or eight days. Helan Aitou did not hesitate at all and ordered to go straight to Yinguan County.
Chapter completed!