Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 66 Meeting on a Narrow Road, the Brave Invincible

The Hedong cavalry rushed towards the formation from the side, and the large shields placed in front were useless. What's more, there was no cart to resist the horses, and the large shields alone could not stop the impact of the Hedong cavalry.

Seeing that several army formations in front were broken and soldiers were being slaughtered, Cao Guangping was about to burst into tears.

"Retire into battle, wolf soldiers, refuse horses!"

"Quick! Spear, buckler follow up."

The disbanded formation hurriedly retreated into the adjacent undissolved formation. Some of them could not get in, so they relied on their large shields, raised their spears, and pressed the back handles of their spears to the ground. Relying on the rear to reject the horse, there was no sign of collapse.

At the beginning of the training, the Youlongwu Army repeatedly emphasized that after the formation is broken, people will flee and die faster, and there is a chance of finding a new formation in the adjacent formation.

Therefore, "defeat and escape" has always been a red line in the minds of ordinary soldiers, and they dare not cross it.

At this time, it also paid off.

As long as there is a supporting team behind, the morale of the army will not collapse.

It's just that some of the original Huazhou soldiers who joined the battle didn't know what to do after the formation was broken. Some dropped their weapons and lay on the ground, and some ran around with their weapons.

The Hedong Army showed no mercy to them. A soldier lying on the ground was accurately stepped under the horse's hoof by the Hedong cavalry. He immediately vomited blood and died.

Those who ran around had no good results, and several of them were directly beheaded, and their heads rolled on the ground.

In just such a wave, more than 200 formations were directly broken through. Cao Guangping's initial calculation shows that more than [-] soldiers died on the spot.

The soldiers from the east of the river were brave and brave, and the formation was broken. Basically, not many escaped the killing. Of course, this is also the reason why many soldiers went to the battlefield for the first time.

"End formation! Form formation!"

The formation at the rear, receiving the people from the formation at the front, is becoming more and more dense

In addition, the battlefield was inherently narrow, and the dead men and horses became obstacles, delaying the impact of the cavalry.

The dozens of Hedong soldiers who rushed into the formation, like lambs entering the flock, were blocked by wolves from attacking, surrounded by bows, arrows and spears, and soon shot into hedgehogs and fell off the horse.

With the deepening of the Hedong Army, the battlefield became more and more beneficial to the soldiers of the Eight Capitals.

"call"

"The officers and soldiers are so mighty!"

"The Hedong army was blocked!"

The earthen walls on both sides of the market were not high in the first place, and there were still many incomplete ones. Many people in Luzhou had been watching from afar, and some of them were bold enough to climb onto the roofs.

The ordinary people knew very little, but the wealthy gentry and bureaucrats thought a lot.

When the Hedong army plundered Luzhou, they hated Meng Fangli and transferred Zhaoyi army away.

When the Hedong Army attacked Meng Fangli, they immediately turned against the water and took refuge in Hedong.

When the Hedong army occupied Luzhou, they didn't see the kindness of the Hedong army to them, and some still killed them brutally.

Their money was robbed, their wives and daughters were insulted, and even their lives were trembling under the force of the Hedong Army.

Just now, these beasts were still dissatisfied. They searched for the last grain from house to house, snatched away their wives and daughters, and killed anyone they saw that made them unhappy.

Until they heard the sound of the gathering drum, the people of Luzhou thought it was God's blessing, and the disaster finally left.

No, it is not.

It is the officers and soldiers of the imperial court.

It was these people who led the Hedong army away.

They blocked the offensive of the Hedong Army.

No, they are fighting back.

The imperial army is fighting back.

The people of Luzhou read it right.

The soldiers of Badu are counterattacking. They are fighting in formations and attacking formations, and they are counterattacking.

The market is narrow, and the Hedong Army's offensive failed. Instead, they gathered money and shot. Among the random arrows, many soldiers in Badu were shot.

The Hedong army used horn bows, which obviously had a much longer range than the longbows of Badu.

Cao Guangping, the commander of the capital, was also outraged, and the fifty soldiers from Hedong who had provoked before, no matter whether they were injured or not, were now escorted one by one to the earth wall.

"Kill these bastards to sacrifice the flag."

Either slashed with a knife, stabbed with a spear, or shot with a bow and arrow, more than fifty people were all executed, and none of them died.

"How dare you do that!"

Li Kerang's eyes were bloodshot, the fifty or so people were clearly wearing Hedong military uniforms, how dare the gang of officers and soldiers of the imperial court do this.

"Rush forward, charge forward, kill these people!"

Li Kerang urged the team around him to charge, and casually cut off a soldier who was lingering.

And the soldiers of Badu stepped over the field full of corpses and kept moving forward.

As long as the charging distance of the Hedong army is reduced, the speed of the cavalry cannot increase, and the Hedong army has nothing to fear.

Beep...beep beep...beep beep

Under the supervision of Li Kerang, the Hedong cavalry charged again.

But this time, the soldiers of the Eight Capitals did not give them a chance.

At a distance of fifty steps, the speed of the horse could not be increased at all.

Not even the large shield can break through.

In the narrow space in front of the shield, the two teams squeezed together.

The wolf-whip soldiers waved their wolf-whips and swept across a large area.

"What is this?" Hedong Bing was very puzzled. Although the bamboo that didn't look clean was not fatal, it would poke a lot of holes as long as it was swept on the face.

The most frustrating thing for them is that whenever they draw their bows to shoot, or swing their knives to kill, even the bows will be swept away by the wolves.

Moreover, this thing also blocks the line of sight, often after sweeping, a spear will pop out from nowhere and directly kill them.

The round shield swordsmen also found their own way to kill the enemy at this time. Against the cavalry, they suffered a lot. Before they swung their swords, the swords of the Hedong army had already fallen.

Attacking from the bottom up is definitely a disadvantage.

Moreover, the soldiers and horses in Hedong are all wearing armor. If they are stabbed with spears, there will be many gaps, but the effect of cutting with knives will be far worse.

However, the cavalry from the east of the river did not wear armor on their horses' legs, and with their round shields on their heads, they got out from the gap between the big shields, lowered their bodies, and cut off the horse's legs.

After a while, the cavalry in front of the shield fell down, and the Hedong soldiers who fell to the ground were miserable. Some were crushed by horses, and some jumped out and were stabbed to death with spears and knives.

The long shield soldiers took the opportunity to move forward, harvesting the lives of the soldiers and horses in the east of the river one after another...

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"The officers and soldiers of the imperial court are going to win."

"Kill these dogs."

"Aya, have you seen that these thieves have been punished, Aya, come back alive and see!"

Some people's faces were full of tears, and some people knelt on the ground foolishly, sobbing constantly.

At this moment, Li Kerang had lost the arrogance he had just now, and looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

The Hedong cavalry, who were all over the world, were actually blocked, no, not only blocked, but also retreating, killing and retreating.

"I'm going to let these people die without a whole body!"

"Quickly send all the soldiers and horses to Xingping Street. These dog officers and soldiers are going to be chopped into pieces. Hurry up!"

The left and right persuaded: "You can't be handsome, if you can't bear it, you will mess up and make big plans. If you know how to be handsome, you will definitely punish Dushuai."

"Do you want the general to tolerate them, delusional, if these people don't die, the general will not spare them."

"They are all handsome..."

Li Kerang pulled out his saber, squinted his eyes slightly, stared at the Eighth Commander and said: "Those who disobey the order will be cut off!"

(End of this chapter)