Chapter 730 The Black and White Impermanence of the Divine Arm Bow and the Modao Grassland Cavalry
Man Xiong still stood at the front of the team. He was almost forty years old this year. In this era, not only could a forty-year-old call himself an old man, but he would not even have a few more years to live.
The black bear also felt that his combat effectiveness was declining day by day. One of the most obvious features was that it turned out that when he beat the little black bear Zhang Liechao, he was holding a fist in his hand.
But now that the father and son are practicing for a while, Zhang Liechao needs to be a little more restrained.
A father completely lags behind his son in terms of force, which is a clear proof of his old age.
Moreover, Barbarian Bear also understands that the current Zhang Zhou and the next generation of generals have fully grown up.
The backbone forces include Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui, Guo Rong, Zhang Cheng, Qu Yanqing, Wang Quanbin, Murong Yanzhao, Li Rong and others.
The younger generation is also full of talents, including Gao Huaide, Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Shenqi, Zhe Deku, Shi Yanchao, Zhao Kuangzan, etc.
Even younger ones, such as his sons Zhang Liechao, Yang Jiye, Pan Mei, Cao Bin, Zhang Yongde and Lin Renzhao.
As well as Li Zun, Fan Changgong, Zhao Jingangnu, Zhang Boqusu, Han Huzi, etc. who appeared this time, they can already lead hundreds of people to run amok.
During Zhang Zhou's dynasty, under Zhang Yan's influence and eclectic promotion, military generals emerged in large numbers.
In the Yuan Cong faction at that time, except for Ma Shacai, Ma Yaozi, and (er) Zhu Jing, who could take charge of one side, they were almost at the end of their careers.
However, their Mo Dao was not in their hands but in their side, and what they held in their hands was the terrifying Divine Arm Bow.
Yelubode's plan was to complete the separation of the 1,500 to 600 Zhou troops crossing the river and the troops crossing the river.
In fact, they are not the only ones. Among the martial arts veterans of the Central Plains in the past, even Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, and An Shenqi could basically only sit on the sidelines and had no chance to fight.
This battle is won!
Although the killing power of Shandu Mo's swordsmen was originally terrifying, with the addition of silver spears, they only had a few hundred thousand soldiers, and they could not cause horrific damage to nearly ten thousand cavalry in a short period of time.
Just at this time, the Khitan armored cavalry also arrived. The unarmored cavalry archers and light armored cavalry of the Eight Divisions of Dilie immediately made way for these armored cavalry, which were the main force in the charge.
Amidst the roar, Barbarian Bear was the first to lift the Mo Dao stuck in his side, and then hundreds of Mo Dao stood up against the sun, symbolizing the invincible king in the army who defeated cavalry with foot in the Tang Dynasty.
Then Master Zhou will probably make a decision to temporarily move after weighing the situation.
Thousands of prairie cavalry galloped menacingly from left to right and from right to left two or three times. They also tried to charge, but the steel hedgehog of Zhou Jun was very stable and did not give them any chance at all.
Qu Yanqing loudly accepted the order, and the pontoons, small boats and even sheepskin rafts across the river were given priority to allow the cavalry of the Fenghuo Assault Battalion to pass.
And at the same time, he did not stop, but cut back and forth, pretending to attack, and constantly trying to open a gap somewhere.
With him on their side, hundreds of Hanshan capital soldiers were almost motionless, with no expression on their faces. For them, it was a common thing for them to charge into battle with their cavalry.
Just when the pressure in front became lessened, the front row of spearmen and large shields suddenly withdrew, revealing a group of Kanshan Domo swordsmen hidden in the formation.
The power of eight thousand cavalry galloping almost at the same time was quite astonishing. Zhou Fengyi, Hu Zhao and other people from the south of the Yangtze River did not have much experience in fighting against large-scale cavalry, so their faces suddenly turned pale with nervousness.
The wild bear divided more than a thousand people into three large semi-circular formations, relying on each other, like three bulging bubbles by the river.
Mo Daojun is back!
The bear suddenly shouted, "Mo Daojun! Attack!"
"Qu Yanqing, cross the river immediately and defeat the enemy!"
Therefore, Barbarian Bear has regarded this Battle of Mobei as the last battle in his life, and naturally refuses to stay on the other side of the river to command.
Barbarian Xiong held his breath and almost put himself in a passive state of being beaten. It was not that he did not dare to fight back, but that he was waiting for the Khitan armored cavalry who was hiding behind the light cavalry.
It was already October, and the cold wind was already blowing. It was impossible for the Zhou army to bring cotton-padded clothes when they went out to the fortress in August. In addition, they had to fight for more than 2,000 miles in two months, so they must be exhausted.
Yelu Pode took a gamble and arranged for at least more than 8,000 cavalry to attack, including of course the last thousand or so cavalry of the Khitans.
These cavalrymen roared in like waves, and then pulled back and forth around the steel hedgehog formation formed by Zhou Jun's large shields and spears.
These cavalry screamed strangely, pouring down from the hillside, rolling up smoke and dust in the sky, as if the whole mountain had turned into a hell demon, and was attacking the fifteen or six hundred Zhou army crossing the river.
This is the best time.
Once they see a place that cannot be protected by a large shield, they will collectively pour arrows towards it.
In fact, it is not their fault. Three consecutive emperors, Yelu Deguang, Yelu Ruan, and Yelu Lihu, were all killed in the formation within five years. If they still dare to launch an attack now, they must be considered to have strong endurance.
On the hillside, before Yelu Pode had time to adjust, Yang Jiye, Pan Mei, Cao Bin and other cavalrymen who crossed the river from the wide and shallow place also arrived.
Therefore, when he saw that the bear withstood the first wave of impact, Zhang Hao became energetic.
The arm bow was wound much faster than a crossbow. In almost ten or twenty breaths, at least three or four hundred of the so-called Khitan armored cavalry were shot down.
They wouldn't collide directly, that would be the work of the armored cavalry, that is, the Khitan cavalry behind them who were slowly starting to accelerate.
The bear seized this opportunity with great accuracy!
"It's Xianshandu. Xianshandu is coming. We can't defeat it."
The time has come!
Li Cunhui did not show favoritism. At this time, Zuoyu Linwei's Fenghuo Cavalry Battalion was in the most suitable position.
The barbarian bear roared, and the Khitan armored cavalry collapsed without any impact. The surrounding enemy soldiers and other prairie cavalrymen were still stupid and did not run away. They even wanted to charge forward. After all, there were many of them.
Of course, the biggest weapon used by thousands of cavalrymen galloping down the hillside is intimidation.
If we can kill more than a thousand of the Zhou army's most elite men by the Luqu River, it will show that the fighting power of the enemy's eight tribes and the Khitan is still there, and then they can't defend the city without fighting.
At this time, the Silver Spear Soldiers were also dispatched. Their main role was not to attack, but to drive a large number of prairie cavalry into the center, allowing them to collide with the Modao Army's edge.
Yelupode could only rush back to Ketun City under his personal protection, because if he didn't leave, he wouldn't be able to leave.
The soldiers on this side of the Luqu River who were not attacking first called Yu Lin three times and then called Wan Sheng again.
If it had been too early, the God's Arm Bow would have killed the unarmored cavalry archer, and it would not have been able to destroy the opposing armored cavalry.
The bows and arrows fired by the cavalry during the march are generally not very powerful and are mainly used to deter, intimidate and improve their own morale.
But Xianshan couldn't do it. They were as motionless as a mountain and easily defused the biggest killer move of the cavalry attack.
If it were an ordinary army, if 1,500 infantry faced 8,000 cavalry and attacked from top to bottom, I am afraid that the cavalry would have disintegrated before they even hit it.
"Dong Dong! Dong Dong Dong! Dong Dong!" Zhang Yan himself beat the war drum.
"Habayashi! Habayashi! Habayashi!"
Amid the screams of the men and horses, the enemy's eight light cavalry units gave way. It was not a passage to attack the Zhou army. It was simply a road to hell.
They had all fired leisurely and without unified command, but now they suddenly fired three arrows at a time, immediately knocking down a large section of the eight enemy cavalry that were pulling back and forth.
The shield had only been raised for two or three seconds when an overwhelming rain of arrows flew towards it, hitting the iron-covered shield with a jingling sound, as if someone was knocking on the door angrily.
"Buddha!"
In front of the formation, Zhang Xianyu, who saw his father's actions, also stood up and beat the drum of the front army.
"Raise your shield!" Barbarian Bear shouted, and the soldiers in the front row raised their shields one after another, and the spears emerged diagonally from the gaps in the shields, forming a series of steel hedgehogs.
Therefore, Yelu Pode did not care about both sides, and wanted to defeat the elite troops of Shandu who crossed the river with a thunderous blow.
Now it was just right, the Khitan armored cavalry was still accelerating slowly, but in an instant, hundreds of divine arm bows were fired suddenly!
It is recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty that every time the divine arm bow shoots at the iron horse, it will fall down in response to the string!
And this iron horse is not the iron horse that the desperate Khitans dare to call themselves after wearing a piece of armor that doesn't even have a war skirt. Instead, it was built with the infantry armor of the Song army after plundering the Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.
Iron Float Picture.
Not only the people, but also the war horses were frightened out of their wits by the light, which looked like they were practicing swordplay. They all neighed in fear and wanted to escape from this hell on earth.
Even on both wings, the Silver Spear Soldiers led by Feng Hui were not surprised. This level of attack was the level of the prairie elite cavalry.
In Kedun City, Shuluping touched the prosthetic hand on her broken wrist and almost burst into tears.
In an instant, the situation suddenly changed. The archers in the formation let out a whoo (wo~ho) and then fired three arrows at a rapid rate.
‘Dong! Dong!’ A heavy sound different from the hoofbeats of the light cavalry sounded out, as the Khitan armored cavalry approached.
Even the archers in the circular formation had chainmail armor, which greatly reduced the damage done to them by cavalry bows and arrows.
The grassland cavalry that surged over were cut down swiftly, their broken limbs and broken arms were flying all over the sky, and human and horse legs were flying in the air.
Zhang Hao personally rode his horse to the giant drum next to the coach. He took off his armor and shirt, leaving only half an arm similar to a sleeveless T-shirt in later generations.
Like a dragon charging back and forth, one attack will take away a large number of enemies.
After repeating this process three or four times, more and more Zhou troops crossed the river. The Yingshitou and Beiwei cavalry battalions were almost reaching the battlefield. The enemy's eight cavalrymen finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to collapse.
Zhang Hao was also watching nervously on the other side. If the more than a thousand people who crossed the river were driven down the river by the Khitan cavalry, it would be quite difficult to fight.
But it was different when the Fenghuo Cavalry Battalion crossed the river. When Qu Yanqing saw these cavalry staying together so densely, he immediately adopted a wall-mounted charge.
No one expected that the Khitan people had been deeply psychologically affected by the Zhou army. They were injured on a large scale and their morale dropped like a torrent. They were much worse than the enemy's eight cavalrymen.
At a distance of twenty or thirty steps, they continued to use bows, arrows and other throwing weapons to hit the infantry behind the large shield.
If it was too late, the Khitan armored cavalry rushed up. There were many of them, and they would probably bring the enemy's cavalry with them, and they would use a defensive formation of spears and large shields to create a gap.
"Mother, I want to go home, I want to go home!"
"Draw your sword and kill!"
Yelu's enemy chariot was still loyal, and led several hundred cavalry to help Shuluping. Following the collapse of eight enemy cavalry, they fled out of the city in a hurry.
It looks like a duel between nearly 100,000 troops, but in fact, only 10,000 or 20,000 people participated in the key battle.
The Zhou army began to attack at Sizheng (ten o'clock in the morning), and the battle was over before noon, that is, at noon.
Yelubode led thousands of people to retreat into Kedun City, while more people collapsed and fled in all directions over the mountains and plains.