Luo Youdu was originally worried that something might happen to Gao Huaide, but when he saw him returning with such a majestic execution, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
He always spoke highly of Gao Huaide's force value.
Champion the three armies bravely.
As long as he got to know him, Luo Youdu had never seen him lose in a martial arts competition. Even tiger generals like Hu Yanzan and Lin Renzhao were no match for him.
Now I see Gao Huaide returning with Yelu Titi's body held high, and I have a new understanding of the word "yong", which refreshes my three views.
He had always thought that the records in history books about those fierce generals who rode alone and killed the generals in the midst of thousands of troops were a bit exaggerated. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, he realized that some people may have the ability to do things that others cannot and cannot do things that others cannot.
Gao Huaide came nearby, threw the corpse hanging on the spear to the ground, as if he had done an insignificant thing, and said: "The general will be restored to life!" Faced with this situation, Luo Youdu could only hold his hands and laugh: "
The majesty of the commander-in-chief and the ability of thousands of armies to overcome difficulties are used to intimidate the young, but the talent is of little use."
He looked at the Pishi army retreating in embarrassment, raised his head and said: "Go back and tell you that the Khitan chief has no real ability, and no matter how many tricks he uses, it is just making people laugh. If the obedient Routan comes to surrender, I may give him the title of Chief of Mercy.
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His voice was not loud, but a messenger would carry his words.
Hearing this, the surrounding soldiers also shouted, "The tanks are coming, please forgive the chief." The voices got louder and louder, and finally gathered into the shouts of 30,000 people, the sound shook the sky.
Gao Huaide's act of killing Yelu Tizi pushed the morale of Dayu's army to its peak.
Lu Duoxun was also shocked by Gao Huaide's bravery. A scholar like him could not understand Gao Huaide's behavior.
As the commander of Sima Jundu, the bodyguard's personal army, and second only to Han Lingkun among the military officials, Han Tong's military commander, Marshal Gao Huaide, personally took risks and beheaded generals on his own.
But seeing this scene, even he couldn't help but feel hot. Seeing the high morale of the soldiers on all sides, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, be careful of the other side retreating."
Luo Youdu laughed and said, "If you want to retreat, they can't help it."
He clasped his hands together and said to the soldiers beside him: "Send the order, the Divine Guards and the Holy Guards are marching forward in formation, and Long Xiang's troops are on the left and right to respond. Commander Ma and Yao, your left and right wings are waiting for the opportunity." Gao Huaide
, Yao Neibin took the order and left.
The Khitans really have the intention of retreating.
The scene of Gao Huaide riding alone to kill Yelu Titi was so shocking that everyone in the Khitan was speechless when they saw that scene.
As a nation that favors martial arts, one can imagine the impact on morale if one's own generals were brutally killed.
Yelu Wuzhi had a game of chess in mind. He didn't care about winning or losing. He lost the first move today and his morale was frustrated. It was better to retire temporarily and delay for a while.
The Khitan's national power is far inferior to that of the Central Plains, so there is no need to show off for the moment.
But Yelübishe, Yelüsha and others disagreed. If they withdrew their troops because of one person, if word spread, they would become the laughingstock of the world.
The Khitan cannot afford to lose this face.
Before they could start discussing, Dayu's army had already started taking action.
In an instant, everyone started talking. It would be stupid to retreat at this time.
Yelusha's eyes were already red and he said loudly: "Lin Renzhao is already attacking Pyongyang, and Yingzhou is also besieged by Pan Mei. Now even our unit has given the thieves an advantage everywhere. If we retreat even if the situation is at risk, we will
If there is no morale left at all, is it possible to retreat to Daliao and go to Beijing? The only plan for today is to fight to the death. If someone takes a step back, his hair will be braided like this!"
As he spoke, he drew out his knife, grabbed his left and right braids with one hand, and swung it violently. While everyone was stunned, he had cut off both of his braids with one knife, and held the broken hair in his hand with a look of determination on his face.
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The Khitan situation was critical, Yelusha suffered setbacks one after another, and his best friend's son was killed one after another. He only felt that the hope of victory was becoming increasingly slim.
At this point, Yelusha had no other thoughts but to serve his country with all his might and just hope for a chance of victory.
Yelu Wuzhi opened his mouth to say something, but finally closed his mouth.
As Yelusha said, they really couldn't afford to lose.
When Yelubi saw Yelusha like this, he suddenly became heroic and said, "Nanfu is a real hero!"
The words "The tank has come to surrender, please forgive the chief" vaguely echoed in his mind, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I and the Southern bandits are at odds with each other!"
Zhao Kuangyi remained silent while he was retreating or not. At this moment, he immediately intervened: "The terrain here is flat, suitable for large army operations. The enemy marched out with their horses, infantry and bows, and they were well prepared. Presumably they planned to use their old tactics.
Use foot, horse and bow to cooperate with each other to win... We can form a formation first, use round shields in the middle, and break through from both wings."
Yelvbi listened and did not answer. Instead, he looked at Yeluwu and asked, "Yu Yue, what do you think?"
Yelu Wuzhi said in a deep voice: "This battle is related to the life and death of our army. We should fight the enemy in the way we are best at, and not others."
Yelu Bishe nodded and said, "It all depends on Yu Yue's arrangements."
Zhao Kuangyi retreated in frustration, feeling secretly resentful: "I want to see what tricks you, old man, can do."
Yelu Wuzhi said: "Nanfu, you lead the left wing and go up the river to support our central army."
Yelu Sha was angry, but he had nowhere to vent when facing Yelu's house hostage. He held back and said, "Does Yu Yue look down on the general?"
He said he was determined to fight to the death, but he was given a coordinating task.
Yeluwu said: "Don't misunderstand Nanfu. We suffered many heavy losses from the navy of the Southern Dynasty. I see that the enemy's right wing is mostly infantry. They are arrayed along the river. Most of them have the intention of advancing simultaneously on land and water. I predict that the enemy will attack from the left wing."
Breakthrough is the most important thing in this river, and no one in Nanfu can defend it."
Yelusha was not a three-year-old child. When he saw that the old man had made up his mind, he could only endure it for the sake of the overall situation and said: "Okay, I will just obey your orders!"
Yelu Wuzhi continued: "Our troops are superior to the enemy. In this battle, we must first gather the enemy's energy, and then use the masses to overwhelm the few. We will definitely gain full success."
He raised his voice as he spoke: "Xiao Tiyin, Master Baoneng, you each lead your own cavalry as the vanguard to meet the enemy, so that the enemy can see what we have achieved over the years.
As his orders continued to be issued, the Khitan's huge military formation began to turmoil, and soldiers and horses were distributed everywhere, and began to approach the Central Plains Army in the distance.
Looking at Yelu Wuzhi's scrawled instructions, Zhao Kuangyi sneered directly in his heart, "What kind of formation secrets does the Khitan barbarian know? This formation? A three-year-old child? Just a simple left wing and right wing? Is this also called a formation?"
In his eyes, a formation should be complete, divided into forward army, front guard, left forward, right forward, left forward ambush, right forward ambush, left wing, right wing, left guard, right guard, etc...
Only when offense and defense are dignified, orderly, and comprehensive can we call it a military formation.
This simple division of troops to attack is just like a child's play house game.
The battle kicked off in what Zhao Kuangyi saw as a game of housekeeping.
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"Your Majesty, the situation on the other side is different!"
Luo Youdu was watching the opponent's movements with a telescope. He saw the opponent's flags fluttering and eight thousand cavalry advancing slowly. The formation was extremely large.
Suddenly I got news of the soldiers on the watchtower.
"How to say?"
Luo Youdu asked.
The visitor said: "The opponent is divided into two groups, the front is the Qingqi and the rear is the Armored Cavalry. They hide behind the Qingqi..."
Luo Youdu carefully looked at the battlefield. The terrain where he was was almost the same as that on the opposite side. Even with a telescope, he couldn't see it. His sight was blocked by the light cavalry in front and their flags.
Under normal circumstances, even if you stand at a high place, you cannot see it from a distance.
But since they have telescopes, the situation is different.
"You want to play this trick on me?"
Luo Youdu muttered.
Armored Cavalry?
Qingqi?
Luo Youdu narrowed his eyes slightly and understood the whole story instantly.
The Khitan first made Yang Ye troubled, and then made trouble for the party. Zhang Qiong caused a scene. Today, Gao Huaide slapped him hard in the face in front of everyone. In order to stabilize the morale of the army and consolidate their morale, they launched tentative attacks.
None, just send out the spirit
Rushing sharply in the face in order to gain the upper hand.
"I'm sorry, the ones I like to fight the most are elites!"
His eyes were blazing, and the rider waved flags.
Dang Jin, who was in the vanguard, received the order and immediately ordered: "Holy Guards, shrink their formation!"
Khitan forward.
Riding in front was Xiao Qulie. Although he was a descendant of the Khitan, he was not from the same clan as Xiao Siwen. He was from the Yishi clan, and the Bali clan had always been one step ahead.
Nowadays, the decline of the Bali family is the time for the rise of the Yoshiro family.
The Central Plains Army entered the battlefield first, but because they were using infantry, cavalry and bows in coordination, they were not fast and were not as fast as Xiao Qulie and Master Baoneng's vanguard entered the center of the battlefield first.
Xiao Qulie was not in a hurry to attack. After these years of confrontation, they knew how powerful the Central Plains people were and no longer dared to act hastily.
He frowned slightly, feeling suspicious in his heart. The opponent's lineup was too dense.
This is contrary to common sense.
Xiao Qulie had absolute confidence in the Khitan cavalry and influenced the nomadic people. He never took the so-called cavalry in the Central Plains seriously.
The strongest thing in the Central Plains is their crossbows, and they have always suffered losses due to crossbows.
But the combination of infantry, cavalry and bows on the opposite side did not have the shadow of a strong crossbow.
The crossbow body expands left and right, and the opponent's formation is too dense, which is not conducive to the performance of the crossbowman.
"You don't have a crossbow? How can you resist my army of cavalry?"
It was not without reason that Xiao Qulie was so confident. The Khitan's horse equipment was originally made of leather, whip and wood, and neither man nor horse had armor. As they plundered a large number of craftsmen from the Central Plains, their technology improved comprehensively.
Nowadays, their light cavalry also wears large patent leather armor, and the shock cavalry has even reached the level of equipped cavalry. Their bows, arrows, bones, and iron spears have all been comprehensively improved.
The light cavalry under his command possesses the best bows and arrows in Khitan, and the armored cavalry hidden behind them are directly armed to the teeth. Even the Central Plains does not have heavy armored cavalry.
Xiao Qulie winked at Master Baoneng behind him, and Master Baoneng understood.
Master Baoneng is naturally a monk, but he does not look like a monk at all. He drinks wine and eats meat, and is proficient in everything. It is only because his family believes in Buddhism that he became a monk. The only advantage is that he worshiped a Songshan Shaolin preacher when he was young.
He was an eminent monk who learned martial arts from the other party. He gained great prestige in the Khitan capital, and thus gained the respect of Yelu Bishe and became one of the commanders of the Tielin Army.
Xiao Qulie and Master Baoneng have been training together for a long time and have a tacit understanding. The two sides accelerated in unison and rushed towards the Holy Guards in front of the enemy's formation.
When Xiao Qulie saw that the Holy Guard Army had stopped advancing, with the tower shield held high in the front, and the soldiers at the rear placing huge spears on the tower shield, Xiao Qulie burst out laughing with a "Puff" sound.
"Great monk, these bastards have to pay their price!"
Xiao Qulie shouted loudly.
Master Baoneng responded with a smile: "Let the poor monk save them!"
As Xiao Qulie shouted, the five thousand light cavalry in front of the Khitan were like elves dancing in the air. They suddenly divided into two groups and attacked the cavalry on the left and right wings respectively. They did not pay attention to the infantrymen holding the tower shields.
Death.
What is the difference between a light cavalry charging into battle and seeking death?
What's more, the opponent also has infantry archers.
The power of the infantry bow may not be as powerful as the crossbow, but it is enough to break the leather armor of their light cavalry.
But the armored cavalry is different.
Can a tower, shield and spear formation composed of mere infantry withstand the impact of armored cavalry?
Xiao Qulie had already seen victory waving to them.
The five thousand light cavalry dispersed left and right, revealing the three thousand Tielin troops hiding behind them. All the soldiers were covered in iron armor, and even the war horses were wrapped in fine vests. They ran like an earthquake, and the pieces of iron armor on their bodies rattled.
Direct sound.
The leader was none other than Master Baoneng. He had a sinister face and rode a tall Liangzhou horse. There was no sign of mercy at all. He was no different from a butcher. Facing the Khitan's attack, the shield formation of the Holy Guard Army remained unmoved.
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As one of the earliest six divisions of the Royal Camp Division, the first of their leaders
The commander-in-chief was Li Chuyun, who was both civil and military. But as Li Chuyun went to Liangzhou, their commander-in-chief became Zhang Qiong.
This unit inherited Li Chuyun's calmness and also incorporated Zhang Qiong's wildness and unrestrainedness. "Shoot!"
Zhang Qiong looked coldly at the heavy cavalry monster he had never encountered before, and was also worried about his troops. Under his order, densely packed small arrows flew towards the Tielin Army.
Master Baoneng looked at the locust-like arrows and shouted "Block!"
The Tielin Army also has weaknesses. They are fully armed, but their eyes have to be exposed. The armor on their faces has average defense. If a powerful arrow hits their faces, they may lose the battle. As for other things?
Master Baoneng doesn't care at all.
When the armored cavalry was formed, they had already conducted tests. Except for powerful crossbows such as the Fuyuan Crossbow, no matter how powerful the infantry bow was, they could only pierce the skin and be unable to cause fatal damage.
It is extremely stupid for the opponent to give up his powerful crossbow and use bow and arrow to meet the enemy.
Next... As long as you break through the opponent's shield formation, nothing but flesh and blood can withstand the ravages of the Iron Forest Army.
Master Baoneng covered his face with his arms and sped up.
Then the next scene completely broke away from the script in Xiao Qulie and Master Baoneng's mind.
The arrows fired by the Holy Guard Army were very short and thin, but even these tiny arrows had indescribable power.
The arrows penetrated the Tielin Army's bodies without any hindrance. The heavy armor on their bodies was like paper and had no effect at all.