Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 728

There was the sound of thumping drums in the distance, and occasionally there was the sound of shouting and killing and the sound of horseshoes.

Zhang Tie rode his horse in the middle of the army, triumphantly under the banner of the banner that covered the sky and the sun.

"Di Lie Babu is quite brave, but did they regard Lao Tzu's Invincible Erlang as a pseudo-Jin cavalry who lacked horses? They even wanted to use light cavalry to delay my army's progress!"

There was a burst of laughter, and on the second day of October, when Zhang Kai's soldiers approached less than sixty miles away from Ketun City, the light cavalry of the Eight Divisions of the Enemy Lie immediately began to harass.

With hundreds or even two or three thousand cavalry as a unit, they kept trying to intimidate, outflank, and even surpass the forwards of the Zhou army and the main force of the central army to attack the food, grass and transportation teams behind.

However, Di Lie Babu was soon bruised in the face of reality.

Not to mention that Zhang Ke himself has [-] cavalry retinues from various grassland tribes, and even his more than [-] Helong cavalry conscripts are by no means easy to provoke.

These recruited Helong athletes really wanted to fight in battle. It can only be said that the training experience is very rich, but the combat experience is still a bit lacking.

But if you want to fight this kind of chasing battle with more than a hundred people to a thousand people, you will be in control!They often play like this in the Helong area.

From the dogfighting of dozens of people, to the mutual impact of hundreds of people, to the piercing, side attack, detour, cutting tactics of thousands of people, and mutual harassment of each other's supplies and supplies.

"My lord, Chai Kehong, Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Southern Tang Longwu Army, a feudal vassal of the Great Dynasty, has captured a member of the little prince of the Beishan Shiwei Department, and come to the imperial court to praise his achievements!"

Wang Sheng and Hu Zhao hurriedly rolled off their horses, took over two pieces of chain mail made of twisted thick wire, and swayed from crying.

"Take two sets of soft gold silk armor that I ordered people to make. The life of my son Lang is worth more than the Khitan people."

Being able to fight against such a powerful enemy twelve to one without collapsing is indeed a strong army. Thinking back to the Opium War, as long as half of the Qing army had this fighting power and fighting will, how could the British army fight from south to north.

With the arrival of the generals one by one, the battle flags were raised one after another, the drums were beating one after another, and the cheers of the crowd immediately brought the fighting spirit to the highest level.

Helong Jian'er's war horses are basically very handsome Helong horses.

Of course, the cavalry of the eight divisions of the enemy lost one or two thousand horses, and the damage was so great that they approached Ketun City today, and the cavalry of the eight divisions of the enemy did not dare to take the initiative to challenge them.

"The commander-in-chief of Jintian Town, Haifu, West Sichuan, discusses Boren!"

These people total about 4 people, and they can be regarded as the last resistance force in this land.

Zhang Ting also dismounted from his horse, and helped Chai Kehong up with his own hands, "If it is my clan Haoerlang, if there are a few more Chai Dalangs here, the land in the south of the Yangtze River will be returned to the country sooner, and the suffering of the common people will be relieved! "

At this time, the colorful flags of Ketun City were flying, and Boli Yi and others tried their best to gather about [-] cavalry.

At the same time, Shuluping's mother's family also dispatched [-] horsemen, and there were also three or four thousand horsemen from Shiwei, Tieli, and Wugu.

The two Wuyue Neifang soldiers were trembling with excitement.

Hearing the sound of the big drum of the commander in chief of the Chinese army, all the generals and commanders (1000 people) of each battalion immediately began to gather at Zhang Tie's side.

"Haha, good!" Zhang Tie clapped his palms and laughed, "Zhang Du captured the enemy Xiao Xiao, and gave him five pieces of brocade, and transferred him to a military officer!"

On Zhang Ting's side, there are 5000 main cavalry, [-] athletes recruited from Helong, and [-] light cavalry from various ministries, adding up to about [-] people, which is a few thousand more than Shuluping on the opposite side.

"Hao Erlang!" Zhang Ting praised greatly, and handed a pair of ring lock armor to this man who didn't know whether it was Zhou Fengyi or Zhou Fengquan.

Chai Kehong was on the outermost edge, looking at Zhang Xianyu nervously.

"You Yulin Wei Zhonglang General, Su Guogong Li Cunhui!"

Hearing the chanting, Li Cunhui immediately rode forward, and at the same time, the drum of the Chinese army beat five times rapidly, and the battle flag symbolizing the right feather forest guard and Li Cunhui's black Li character banner on a silver and white background were immediately erected behind Zhang Tie.

Zhang Xianyu took the long list and began to sing aloud.

Objectively speaking, the enemy's eight cavalry is a qualified opponent. If it weren't for the high level of equipment crushed by Zhou Jun's cavalry, Zhang Wei's Eastern Expedition would be a bit risky this time.

"Unfortunately, the commander of the front chamber of Shandu, Zhang Tingzhong!"

It is the most elite light cavalry except for the Khitan Pishi Army's Tie Harrier and Tie Lin. "

Although the Tubo cavalry who followed this time were only more than two hundred cavalry, Zhang Tie still counted them.

Chai Kehong immediately fell to the ground and cried loudly, swearing and swearing that he must work harder for Zhang Shengren.

Shen Huzi led two horses forward, his expression was both embarrassed and proud, because the only Wuyue Neifang soldiers who came with him were these two.

So when the two sides met, the light cavalry of the Eight Divisions of Dilie suffered a big loss. Even though their riding and archery skills were no worse than Helong Jianer's, the equipment gap between the two sides was too great.

Chai Kehong jumped out and took the flag from the flag-bearer general that symbolized the [-] or so Southern Tang imperial troops riding on them. Although the number of Southern Tang army generals was small, they cheered in unison, "Habayashi!" '

"The soldiers and horses in the government office of Songpan Mansion Lang return!"

But in turn, several, no!It doesn't take a few, even if a Helong Jianer catches up with a cavalryman of the Eight Divisions of the Enemy Lie, as long as he hits an arrow, he can at least lose his combat effectiveness.

In terms of equipment, the herdsmen of Dilie Babu basically use sharpened animal bones as arrowheads. It is not bad to have a suit of leather armor, and most of the bows are shoddy.

"Beat the drum! Gather the generals!" As long as the children had eaten a bowl of extremely rare soup cakes, Zhang Tie couldn't wait to start attacking.

The city is built with rammed earth walls, backed by hills, and facing the Luqu River (Kerulun River), making the most of the dangers of mountains and rivers it can use.

A puff of smoke and dust rose, and a member of the Xiao school carried a strong man with a bloody head in one hand, boastingly circled Zhang Tie, and then threw the strong man on the ground in front of Zhang Tie with a bang.

Compared with the grassland tribes on the side of Langjuxu Mountain, the cavalry of Jinshan (Altai Mountain), Suiye, Hezhong, and Persia are all scumbags.

But Helong Jianer's arrowheads are all made of fine steel, and the arrow shafts are carefully crafted by himself with a lot of time in his daily life.

Kedun City was built on the mountain, and it was first built by the Uighurs. After the Khitans took over, they managed it into a fortress city.

At this time, Shuluping in the distance saw that Zhou Jun was beating drums and gathering generals, and immediately ordered the enemy Liebu to dispatch two thousand cavalry to start harassment.

"Chai Kehong, Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Longwu Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty!"

This general Xiao didn't throw people over directly like Zhang Sheng just now, but shouted from forty or fifty steps away.

Zhang Sheng was extremely excited, he made an empty first salute on the horse, and then turned back to join the battle with a roar.

There were two drum sounds of 'dong dong', which meant that someone was approaching Zhang Ting. Chen Huo'er, the capital of the Golden Spear Squad, stood beside Zhang Ting with a large shield in his hand, and Zhang Ting gently pushed him away.

Often, four or five cavalry from the Eight Divisions of the enemy lieutenants surrounded a Helong Jianer and shot, and after shooting for a long time, Helong Jianer was still able to fight back while running.

"When did Chai Dalang arrive? You are so late!"

I saw a brave general wearing an iron helmet, whose attire was not quite the same as that of Helong Jian'er, galloping towards him from a distance.

Even if it is not Tianma and Longma, they are still very good, the kind that is enough to make a man unable to take his eyes off on the grassland.

With such a simple sentence, Chai Kehong almost burst into tears. He rode his horse and threw the little Shiwei prince to the ground. road.

As for the Khitans, Zhang Tie doubted how much combat power they had left after Yelu Deguang, Yelu Ruan, and Yelu Lihu were killed in battle.

Lun Boren, Su Shangzhi, and Langgui (the son of Langjie Jiangcuo) were very excited, and all the Tubo and Qiang generals also cheered.

Er Er shouted, and a Southern Tang cavalry also rode out. He was a good archer with the length of a two-armed ape.

Zhou Jun walked the sixty-mile road for two days. During these two days, the athletes recruited by Helong were growing rapidly.

It is not only Oruduo of the Eight Divisions of Dilie, but also an important frontier defense town for the Khitan people on the grassland.

Even for the cavalry under Murong Nobunaga, after Qu Yanqing returned with the Fenghuo Cavalry Battalion, some of the Zuo Yulin Guard cavalry that Murong Nobunaga took away could not compare with the ten thousand cavalry around Zhang Tie.

Most of the herdsmen's war horses in Dilie Babu are better than hard-working, but it is difficult to be called a steed.

"Kangding Mansion's Consolation Envoy, Su Shangzhi, Supervisor of Soldiers and Horses!"

"Qu Yanqing, commander of Zuo Yulinwei's Fenghuo Cavalry Battalion!"

"Brothers Zhou Fengyi and Zhou Fengquan of a certain Jiangdu are also willing to fight for the country, please give me armor."

The short one replied in a trembling voice: "Hu Zhao from Yuezhou!"

Although both sides are athletes who grew up on horseback, Zhang Ting's Helong athletes are basically semi-standby troops who can be trained part-time and in a targeted manner. The herdsmen on the grassland can never do it.

So when the fight started, the cavalry of the Eight Divisions of Dilie didn't take advantage of it at all.

The barbarian Zhang Zhaozhong stood beside Zhang Ting, and said in a low voice: "Saint, the quality of the cavalry of the Eight Divisions of the Enemy Lie should be higher than that of the Karakhan cavalry in Polu Prefecture!

Besides them, Shuluping also had [-] Khitan armors, including [-] armored cavalry and [-] armored soldiers.

Not long after, smoke and dust rose again, this time mixed with a lot of cheers, so Zhang Tie reined in his horse and stopped to wait.

The man got off his horse and took the armor. He raised the armor above his head, "Thank you for the armor, please saint, please see the strength of my Jianghuai hero!"

"Saint! Zhang Sheng, the head of the bow and arrow department of Zhaoyi Inspection Department, Didao County, Lanzhou Prefecture, captured Meilu, the enemy's lieutenant!"

The closer they got to Ketun City, the more intense the battle was. Zhang Tie even released Zhang Cheng and others to fight.

Seeing that the two of them might have come to court without armor, so they could only go into battle in unlined clothes, Zhang Ting immediately shouted to the clerk behind him.

At the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, the gathering of generals is still going on.Zhang Xianyu's voice was hoarse, but he was still extremely excited.

Zhang Ting was talking through gritted teeth. In the past two days, the Helong recruiters under his command lost more than 100 soldiers.

Then the battle drum of Youbayashi Wei in the distance also began to beat in response, and Youbayashiwei three called Yubayashi, and the sound shook the roof tiles.

"So, our son's sacrifice is worthwhile. Although their casualties are not small, after defeating such an opponent, there will be no enemy in the world that cannot be conquered."

A ring lock armor is the basic standard equipment, and the rest of the hard bow, iron helmet, horse lance, etc. are also extremely sophisticated.

But with Zhang Ke's attitude, he would definitely not get angry with Chai Kehong, he laughed and rode forward.

"Chen Chai Kehong's eyes are narrow, he didn't know the Lord in the past, but now he knows the broad-mindedness of the saint's heart and the acme of benevolence.

On the battlefield that was more than ten miles wide, the war drums kept ringing non-stop. Helong, who hadn't been able to fight much, recruited athletes, and finally had a good fight.

Zhang Ting nodded in agreement. It seems that the rise of the Mongols in history still has a certain background.

Meilu is a Uyghur word, which originally meant the elite guards of the Uyghur kings or Yiduhu, and later referred to the low-level officers with courage on the grassland, which is about 50 people long.

For a distance of sixty miles, Zhou Jun was like a firm giant. No matter how harassed by Dilie Babu, Shiwei, and Tieli cavalry, they still moved forward slowly according to their own plan, pressing towards Kedun City.

Chai Kehong!Zhang Tie's spirits perked up. Didn't this kid do something loyal and righteous in the last battle in Huainan?

If His Majesty can pardon the great crimes committed against the imperial court in the past, I would like to take the crime and make meritorious deeds and be loyal to Holy Week! "

It is estimated that Zhang Tie will ask him to go to the battle alone, and they dare.

Cao Bin and Pan Mei, who were not eligible to enjoy the glory of drumming and gathering generals, looked back at the Chinese army with great envy, and then began to lead the arranged cavalry teams to entangle with the enemy's light cavalry.

The tall one replied loudly: "Huzhou Wang Sheng!"

Zhang Tie rode his horse forward, looked at the two Wuyue knights behind Shen Huzi and asked, "Where are these two strong men from?"

But Di Lie Babu is fighting at home to protect his wife, children, children and property, and his combat effectiveness should be good.

Seeing that only twelve people can be replaced by Zhou Jun, it seems terrible, but in fact, with such inferior equipment, they are facing the most elite cavalry in Zhang Zhou, none of them.

Because even with such a gap in equipment, Di Lie Babu still scored about twelve to one against Zhou Jun Jingqi.

"Wu Yue's inner teeth and upper army are all head-scratched!"

At this time, Zhang Ting also got on his horse, rode his horse back to the commander's position, and suddenly drew out the imperial horse-slaying long knife, pointing the edge at Ketun City.

"My lords, destroy this slave and feed it!"

All the generals crossed their hands at the same time and responded loudly, "Here!"

The war drums sounded, and the generals of all the troops returned to their positions immediately. All the troops sang the ancient Dunhuang ecstasy together, and prepared for battle according to the established plan.

(End of this chapter)