The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 392 Tilt!
The shield collided violently, the sun, the breath on the person's body, and the burning tingling sensation in the throat.

The opposing army formations kept attacking the opposing formations, blades and spears stabbed frantically, trying to tear open a gap, He Gui walked behind the formation with a knife in his hand, and ordered adjustments to the cavalry who came back and forth by his side The command.

While the guards on the side discouraged him from retreating, they raised their shields from time to time to cover the top and block the flying arrows.There was a hysterical fight, the front line was crazily reduced, and the rear team quickly filled up, and with the shield in hand, the crumbling front was stabilized again.

"Hold on. Let me push—"

A general pulled out the blade from the gap in the shield and roared loudly, and dozens of people around shouted in unison: "Push!" A little further away, more people responded, almost all at the same time, kicking the soles of their feet vigorously, pushing forward. The moment it tilted, it squeezed a line of battle, and suddenly sagged towards the Khitan army formation.

"kill!"

A simple roar resounded, and the general rushed forward with his shield on his shield. His iron helmet was blown away by the thrusting spears, and his shoulders were nailed to pieces of flesh. When he retreated back, his whole body was stained with blood. He was dragged behind by the soldiers, and he bled to death within a short while. Only after the examination did he find several wounds on his waist, ribs, thighs.

Such a scene can be seen everywhere in the team that has been reduced to about 4000 people. He Gui came over to take a look. This is the first general who died in the battle with the Khitans.

damn khitan
With a curse in his heart, he retreated to his original position and continued to command. On the front line of the battle ahead, there was a huge crowd, frantically hitting and slashing, and on the two wings that could not be seen, two teams of more than a hundred riders from both sides were cruising and shooting at each other in the field. , occasionally entangled in parallel, and then separated again, detoured out of the distance, and collided fiercely again.

The Central Plains cavalry were dressed in leather armor, and their crossbows, spears, and sabers were the most exquisite and durable. The mounts under them were carefully selected from the Northwest. The two consecutive rounds of confrontation caused the Khitan tribe cavalry to suffer a lot. 30 people were killed or injured and fell from their horses.

"Be careful--"

There was a staggered slash, and in the sprinting cavalry, someone shouted in Chinese: "The enemy's reinforcements are coming!"

The Liang cavalry and the passing Khitan cavalry slashed at each other. Looking back, an army formation of about [-] and [-] Khitan cavalry arrived at the edge of the battlefield.

This is an obvious signal of increasing troops. The general commanded by the Khitan may no longer plan to make a tentative attack, or he is still considering the coach of the Han army.

watched for a while.

Wang Yanzhang narrowed his eyes, held the reins with both hands and put them on the horse's neck. His army formation, which was not many in number, also moved slowly for a moment. He was not as good as the opponent, and the tentative attack basically made Wei Wei The generals who participated in the battle understood the bravery of the Khitan people, and how to fight depended on daily drills.

"The Khitan has increased its troops, it seems that the Khitan general still wants to test it." Xie Yanzhang came here from the main formation a little anxiously.

Wang Yanzhang nodded to him, took the water bag from his subordinate, and took a sip, "He has the capital to try, but we don't. Thank you, Commander, it's your turn to go up."

"Okay." Xie Yanzhang didn't have any extra words, nodded gently, turned around and rode his horse back to the formation, raised his spear, and ran past one cavalry to the front, the moment the cloak fluttered in the wind, his voice shouted, "Come with me—"

The cavalry of the Central Plains, who have been resting since entering the north, finally made a large-scale movement. Nearly [-] cavalry listened to the blowing of the horn and the orders of the commanders in each compartment, and urged their horses to move slowly. It began to speed up, like a torrent rolling on the left and right wings of the battlefield.

Yelu Haili also has an elite Khitan cavalry in his hands, the big tent leather army.

It was the imperial tent guards who followed Yelu Abaoji and gradually built up an army, all of whom served as Khitan children, with one man and two horses, named after birds and beasts of prey, such as eagles, dragons, phoenixes, tigers, bears, iron pigeons, and falcons. .

But the one in his hand only has a thousand horses, it is so precious that it cannot be used casually.When he arrived, all the Han Chinese cavalry had come out, and he only raised his hand to make gestures.

Yelu Wangu led [-] Beifu cavalry troops to rush out of the array like a tidal wave, and roared, the sound of rumbling iron hoofs suddenly boiled and shook the ground, like two tumbling pythons, they greeted the Han Chinese cavalry entering the battlefield For a moment, the rain of arrows roared, rising densely into the sky, intersecting with the same rain of arrows, colliding with each other in the air, and falling to the array of cavalry running each other, setting off roads of blood.

The Han cavalry here are all the elite cavalry led by Xie Yanzhang. They are a little inferior to the Khitan cavalry, but they cannot do four bows by one person, but the horses sitting on them are all good horses from the Northwest. Horses all have certain advantages, and they also have experience in riding, shooting, and fighting in close combat.

When the battle suddenly started, the Han cavalry discarded their horn bows and raised their spears to charge towards the Khitan cavalry formation. The galloping horse lost its direction and bumped into Han's horse. There was a crash of flesh and blood, and the two horses fell sideways with screams and screams.

In the dust and smoke, there are cavalry charging staggeredly everywhere, or there are bang bangs, some people are thrown high and fall, and some war horses rush to the ground.

The cavalry who entangled and killed together did not defeat the Han cavalry as easily as Yelu Haili thought, which made him feel a little unhappy.

"These Han people are fierce"

He took a deep breath, suppressing the disappointment in his heart.

The sky was slanting to the west, and the stalemate on the battlefield lasted for several hours. When the sound of shouting and killing tore through the hazy sky, the battlefield at the other end became quiet. After much hesitation, he rushed to the forest covered in blood, walked across the mountain road all over the mountains and plains, and rushed to the agreed place.

Occasionally there were sporadic fights in the col. Soon, the leading general of the Jin army came back with a head and tied it around his waist with a smile, showing off to a young soldier with blood on his face.

"Wen Zhong, how about it? I'm not bragging. That guy cut it off as soon as he said it. Look at this head. You can get a lot of rewards when you go back. If you have time, I will take you to the brothel to have meat and taste the taste of women."

"What is the taste?"

That young soldier, about thirteen or fourteen years old, is qualified enough to be in the army in this world.

However, compared to the general who came over, he still seemed a little shy when he mentioned women, and he couldn't help being curious. He wanted to ask again, but he was hooked by the other party's neck, held under his arm, and walked towards the forest.

"Don't ask, you have to hurry to the front, there are still many Khitans over there, and I will chop off two big ones for you to receive the reward!"

The young soldier nodded with a dry smile. He had heard it so many times, but he had never seen this Shangguan give him any favors.

The two walked shoulder to shoulder into the forest, Shi Jingtang, who was sitting on a rock resting, looked at the two of them, the general quickly withdrew his hand, saluted with a serious expression, and then called the surviving subordinates to hurry on their way.

"Who are these two people?" Li Siyuan rode over, threw the water bag to Shi Jingtang, got off his horse and sat down to rest beside him. Seeing the scene just now, he said something leisurely.

"That man? A small school under my camp, named Liu Zhiyuan, is very cunning. The young soldier who was dragged by him seems to be surnamed Guo. Guo Wei, he is a bit dull."

The so-called dull, in Shi Jingtang's words, is actually just a baby, who has not experienced women before, and his brain is not enough.

Li Siyuan smiled, he has no interest in that kind of young man, and he may not see him again in the near future, and in his position, only someone like Liu Zhiyuan can pretend to be a subordinate.

"Rest well, let's go!"

The figures all over the mountains and plains speeded up during the transmission of the order. After leaving the forest, they quickly marched to the west of Youzhou for nearly twenty miles.

Li Siyuan rode to the front, listened for a while, and after he was convinced that it was a battlefield, he turned his head: "Maybe King Yong's subordinates are fighting with Yelu Abaoji to kill you all!"

He glanced across the forest, looking at tired, blood-stained faces, and raised his voice.

"I also hope to put aside the past hatred, just to drive out the Khitan barbarians today and restore peace to me in Youzhou—"

Drawing his sword and pointing it out of the mountain, Li Siyuan hissed and roared.

"kill!"

"kill!"

Shi Jingtang let out a low growl, far and near, a group of soldiers followed suit, groping down the mountain with exhaustion, the cavalry led the horses closely behind.

Outside the mountain, the red rays of the sun spread endlessly over the mountains, and the breeze slowly blew across the battlefield. Yelu Haili was thinking about all the factors of the fighting groups.

In the corner of the eye, under the moving horse's hooves, the dust particles in the soil trembled imperceptibly, with a slight vibration that made the horse breathe out a little uneasy.

Yelu Haili's thoughts were interrupted, and when he stretched out his hand to comfort the restless horse, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

(End of this chapter)