Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 295 0290 [First experience of riding a battle]

The climate in the south of the Dadu River is warm and the humidity is high, so it is basically not possible to fight in summer.

This time the troops were dispatched one month after the autumn harvest.It takes time for local grain to enter the warehouse. After the grain enters the warehouse, the temperature can be slightly cooler.

Even so, there are still occasional sweltering weather, and it is uncomfortable to wear iron armor.

Like ordinary horsemen, Zhu Ming wore a suit of cloth armor, the main function of which was to defend against arrows.

But he still has a chain armor vest inside, which is a high-end item in the Northern Song Dynasty.Because the metal wire drawing technology is immature, and it is too labor-intensive to build, and the technical requirements for craftsmen are also high, Zhu Ming asked his father to rely on his relationship to buy one at a high price.

The cavalry of the two armies approached, then automatically slowed down, and took out their bows and arrows to shoot at the opposite side.

The Han riders on Zhu Ming's side are all standard horse bows, and their shooting range is slightly longer than the barbarian's earth bows.

After practicing bows and arrows for several years, Ju Ming is already very accurate in foot shooting, but he is still a bit behind in horse shooting.After he stopped his horse, he drew his bow and shot, and the first arrow hit the target accurately.

However, Li Bao rode his horse and fired without stopping, and an arrow hit the barbarian's chest.

This fellow brought his own northern warhorse, and had been commanding the infantry before because of the lack of officers in command.In the previous battle, Zhu Ming temporarily promoted the grassroots officers who performed well, and recruited some soldiers from civilian husbands. Li Bao finally escaped and transformed into a cavalry general.

The cavalry from both sides fired back and forth at each other, only Zhu Ming and Li Bao shot dead and wounded more than ten people one after another.

To be honest, this horse fight was very amateurish.

On the northern battlefield, it was more like an encounter with a small group of scouts, neither of them had any cavalry formation to speak of.

Especially the Han Qi and Man Qi on Ju Ming's side are completely out of touch.Manqi couldn't understand Chinese, so he was fighting on his own the whole time, and was led by the leaders to shoot arrows all the time.And he behaved very timidly, not daring to get too close, most of the arrows were shooting into the air.

"Rush over!"

"Woooooo~~~"

The barbarian soldiers on the opposite side blew their horns, and the Huli charged with more soldiers.He was very irritated by being shot by Zhu Ming and Li Bao, and seeing that the wild cavalry under Zhu Ming's command were out of touch, he gave up shooting each other and chose to charge.

Zhu Ming led the Han cavalry to attack head-on, while the wild cavalry under him, the first reaction was to run away, completely becoming two irrelevant parts.

The cornucopia became extremely excited, spread its four hooves and continued to accelerate, and rushed to the front in an instant.

Li Bao and Deng Chun followed on horseback, gradually increasing the distance.Li Baobao is quick and moves forward a little.Deng Chun held his mace more slowly and shouted to charge.

The more than 40 Han cavalry behind them, seeing the bravery of the three generals, also rode their horses to follow.

The formation was very scattered, and the distance between horses exceeded two meters.

But it can barely be seen that it is a wedge formation, and Zhu Ming, Li Bao and Deng Chun are arrows.

During the gallop, Li Bao drew his bow sharply, aiming at the opponent's general.

Piao Li was so frightened that he quickly crouched on the horse's back, but this arrow was aimed at the horse.The arrow shot fiercely into the horse's neck, and the horse under Piaoli's crotch did not die immediately, but instantly went mad under the pain, throwing Piaoli high who was lying on the horse's back.

Zhu Ming rode the cornucopia as fast as lightning, and stabbed out with an iron spear weighing more than ten catties in his hand.

Hu Li, who was still trying his best to control the frenzied horse, suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhu Ming coming, and subconsciously bent down to dodge.

The iron spear thrust out by Zhu Ming suddenly turned downward, piercing into the exquisite leather armor on Piaoli's body.The leather armor was also inlaid with iron pieces, but it only protected the key parts. The spear tip penetrated instantly, and the huge impact knocked him off the horse.

Piao Li was so proud of his bravery that he actually charged forward, and he disappeared after a single encounter, and the guards on both sides had no time to rescue him.

Zhu Ming withdrew his gun and swept across, and the guards in front of him were directly swept off the horse.

Deng Chun has also followed, wielding his iron mace and rushing forward, almost one mace at a time.

Li Bao is actually still shooting arrows, his shooting speed is extremely astonishing, and he only picks out barbarians with exquisite leather armor.

The cornucopia became more and more excited, without the owner's control at all, it rushed forward spontaneously, and knew how to avoid various obstacles.

Zhu Ming used the power of his horse to move forward indomitably. He was wearing chain armor inside, his horse was tall and handsome, and he had excellent weapons in his hands.Rushing into these barbarian cavalry is like a tiger rushing into a herd of sheep, there is no enemy in its path.

This made Li Bao and Deng Chun who were behind them much more relaxed. Like sharp awls, the three forcibly dug a passage through the barbarian cavalry.

The Han knights at the back were full of energy, and each of them accelerated their charge, overwhelming the enemy ten times their size.

Those savage riders who surrendered to Zhu Ming stopped after fleeing for a certain distance, intending to continue to observe the situation.Seeing the bravery of the Han army, they followed suit one after another.

One ebbs and another, the barbarians begin to crumble.

The main reason is that their master general died.Then it was cut open from the front again, the command system had failed, and the cavalry in the back row subconsciously turned to flee.

Zhu Ming's blood was boiling, and he finally experienced the thrill of cavalry charging.

"Among the [-] cavalry, only two or three can really be used, five or six can follow up, and the rest are all waste." This is the reflection of a French cavalry officer in the Napoleon era.

It is extremely rare for ancient cavalry to fight and strangle. Before the frontal contact, one side will take the initiative to avoid the battle.Or after contact, one of the formations was broken, and the remaining cavalry began to flee.

The two sides are mixing together to fight, which means that each other is an elite.

If the two sides pass by the hedge, they can turn around and reorganize the charge. This kind of scene will not be seen once in 100 years.

Among the 100 people who decide the victory of the horse, there are only a few people, so the fierce general is very precious.

Zhu Ming, Li Bao, and Deng Chun rushed into the enemy's formation first, and there were more than 40 cavalry behind them who could follow up, which had already established the victory for this battle.The last follow-up Manqi is just the icing on the cake.

Looking down from a high altitude, hundreds of barbarians fled on horseback, being chased by even fewer enemies.

After a few miles of open land, the flat land by the river quickly narrowed.

The barbarian cavalry scrambled to escape, and often bumped into each other with their horses.Some simply leaped into the river and swam to escape in terror.Or abandon the horse and climb up the mountain, and if you enter the mountain, you will survive.

Zhu Ming rushed into the narrow area first, and when he caught up, he fired, one shot at a time.The enemy army has no power to resist. What he needs to pay more attention to is not to step on the cornucopia and trip over the corpse, or to bump into the horse that has lost its owner.

Enemies who escaped slowly could not reach the narrow area at all, and were besieged and slaughtered in the open area, and a large number of barbarians chose to dismount and surrender.

After chasing for seven or eight miles in a row, Zhu Ming stopped his horse until he could see the main force of the barbarians.

Li Bao rushed to Zhu Ming's back, laughed loudly and said, "The killing is really refreshing!"

Zhu Ming said, "Go back and clean the battlefield."

"Yes!" Li Bao turned around.

However, Zhu Ming continued to ride forward. Ju Meng was marching before, and now he panicked and formed an array to meet him.

"The thief chief stepped forward to speak!" Zhu Ming shouted.

The distance was too far to hear clearly. Seeing Zhu Ming coming forward alone, Ju Meng took Sun Shu as an interpreter, and rode over to negotiate.

Zhu Ming got off his horse and let Cornucopia take the opportunity to rest.

Jumeng shouted: "That Han official, why did you come to beat me? I pay a tribute every three years, and I am very loyal to the court. Instead, it is you Han officials who buy things and don't pay enough money."

Zhu Ming shouted: "It is true that you pay tribute every three years, but you do not allow other tribes to pay tribute, and even intercept and kill the trade teams of various tribes. The imperial court has tolerated the barbarians for many years, and has repeatedly reprimanded them. If you don't change, you can only send troops. Now lead If you surrender, you will be spared!"

"I am the great ghost lord of Baimandu. The barbarians here are all my subordinates. How I treat them is not the court's turn to intervene!" Jumeng shouted.

Zhu Ming shouted: "That Han man, go back and tell all the ghost masters, big and small, that whoever is willing to turn against him will be forgiven for his crimes and will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. Kill the fierce man and reward him heavily. The little ghost master will be promoted to the big ghost master. The Great Ghost Lord is promoted to the Great Ghost Lord!"

Ju fiercely furious, draws the bow and sets the arrow.

Zhu Ming also took down the bow and arrow, and the two shot almost simultaneously.

The distance is too far to miss...

But Ju Meng was terribly frightened, the arrow flew past him, immediately turned his horse's head and ran back to the formation, and warned Sun Shu: "Don't tell others what you said just now!"

"Yes!"

Sun Shu hastily agreed, but his belief in rebellion became more firm in his heart.

The magistrate was so fierce that he led the cavalry himself and defeated the vanguard cavalry in Huli.

Seeing that the barbarians were about to finish their formation, Zhu Ming didn't bother to waste any more time, so he rode back to inquire about the situation.

Deng Chunying came up and said: "More than 300 horses were captured, and the ears that were cut off have not yet been counted. Five Xiang army cavalry soldiers were killed here, two were shot to death, and three were killed by arrows hit by the horses. More than two dozen were injured, mostly arrow wounds."

50% casualty rate?

Although it was outrageous, it was still normal. The barbarian's bows and arrows were not very powerful, and the arrow wounds would be fine as long as they were dealt with promptly.

But he said that Zhu Ming brought back more than 300 war horses, whether they were Hanqi or Manqi, they all showed off their achievements loudly.

When the news came out, the whole army was shocked.

Yu Wenchang said in fear: "Success can no longer be so risky!"

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "If you don't fight head-on, how can these cavalry be trained? Don't worry, the prefect, I led the army to charge and kill. Those barbarian cavalry have no rules at all, and their bows and arrows and armor are also simple. Barbarians Even more reckless, actually rushing to the front, killing this person will have no suspense."

Yu Wenchang was both admiring and worried, and said: "We still have to be careful in the future."

"I would like to listen to your lord's words." Zhu Ming didn't take it very seriously.

He's not a fool, if the enemy general Piao Li was hiding in the army, he wouldn't charge forward with a small crowd.

The barbarian leader rushed himself ahead to give away his head, of course, Zhu Ming couldn't let go of the opportunity.

The great ghost master of Baimandu is fierce, but at this moment he is in a dilemma.

Piao Li was his most valiant son. He had been fighting for many years, and had never lost a battle.

When the barbarians faced Piaoli, they were often intimidated by Piaoli's vicious name before they even made contact, and they felt fear from top to bottom.

Now he died in battle in a daze, which was a blow to Ju Meng and seriously affected his army's morale.

Do you want to continue to attack?
Just when Ju Meng hesitated, a fast boat came from behind.

A barbarian came to report: "Master Du Dagui, the two Forest Departments are attacking our village!"

This is Qiao Huan's success in persuasion, and the two Linmans finally decided to send troops to stab the chrysanthemum when they learned that the Han soldiers had won a great victory.Moreover, they were timid and did not dare to attack Pu Gulong, they only went to attack the remote villages of Chuanman in Qiongbu.

Ju Meng thought repeatedly and gritted his teeth and ordered: "Kill the Han people in front of you!"

Having come here, he can't withdraw his troops, he must first defeat the Han soldiers, and then turn back to deal with the two forest mans.Otherwise, lead the troops to retreat now, and it is very likely that they will be flanked by Han soldiers and two forest barbarians.

(End of this chapter)