Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 211 Shouting to Heaven and Crying King Zhao (4)

The Khitan cavalry who broke through the door almost directly rushed into the Han army outside the wall of the village. The scimitars wielded by the cavalry reflected the light of the torches.

Wang Hengzhi didn't care about regretting that he easily mobilized the whole army to attack the Khitan stronghold. Holding a long-handled iron knife in both hands, he rushed up with his own soldiers to meet the soldiers who could not withdraw in time.Amidst the screams one after another, the soldiers of the Han army tried their best to muster up the courage to attack the Khitan cavalry, but the Khitan cavalry led by Yelu Sala came and went like the wind, and they did not give them a chance to fight.Relying on the horsepower that had been stored for a long time, the Khitans rushed into the broken soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit while galloping and firing arrows.

There are fallen figures of the Han army everywhere. The centurion commanders such as Du Chuijiao and Tang Qiyong have already led the sergeants to shoot arrows at the Khitan cavalry. Charge of enemy cavalry.Zhao Xingde's face was serious, there were 2000 cavalrymen to support him, the Chengying [-]th Battalion could still protect themselves, but Wang Hengzhi's [-]-odd Han army was here.

The most important thing is that a large group of cavalry galloping from the west has appeared in sight, Zhao Xingde's heart sank suddenly, more than [-] cavalry were covered in armor, and there were more cavalry behind them. Most of them also have armor, anyway, it is absolutely impossible to be the Han army.The heavy sound of hooves reminded both parties fighting on the battlefield to turn their heads and look over.

This large group of cavalry joined the battlefield, and the balance of victory suddenly tilted. "Let's fight and retreat, lead the enemy to the woods, let Wang Tongdeng, Ma Rui and Jian Cheng flank the enemy army, and then break away from contact." Zhao Xingde murmured, before he gave the order, he found that the Khitan cavalry came first. There was a 'chaos', and they all rode their horses and ran towards the gate of the camp.

"It's the Jurchens who are coming!" Zhao Xingde changed his mind like lightning, and ordered: "The whole camp is on alert."

The Khitan cavalry retreated, and the Han army regained their spirits, shouting loudly and rushing towards the gate of the camp.The Khitan cavalry were eager to return to the village, so they could only throw down their bows and arrows, draw out their scimitars and short sticks, and forcibly rushed past the Han army's obstruction.Many Khitan cavalry were unscathed after galloping and clashing for a long time just now, but they were dragged off their horses by the desperately fighting Han army in this short period of time. .

The fiercest battle took place within the narrow area of ​​the Khitan village gate. It seemed to be a whirlpool of blood and flesh, and more and more Han troops and Khitan cavalry were involved, throwing corpses and stumps all over the ground. After soaking through the snow, flesh and snow mixed into a red mud.The two sides intertwined and fought together, and even the Khitans on the wall of the stronghold could not tell the enemy from ourselves.Lieutenant General Yelushishi stared fixedly at the square inch outside the gate of the city wall. He didn't dare to leave the city envoy Yeluzara outside, and could only look anxiously at the Jurchen cavalry slowly approaching, helpless.Just a few months ago, Yelu Shiwu was just a ten-man commander, and now he is completely unable to deal with the chaos.

The second leader, Pu Tieyan, also hugged a Khitan soldier and rolled in the snow. Both sides lost their weapons. Pu Tieyan bit the side of the other's neck, and blood sprayed all over his face. The Khitan soldier's eyes showed fear, and his mouth spat. with blood blisters.Pu Tieyan threw him aside, found half of the spear at random, got up, and, ignoring looking left and right, stabbed desperately into a horse beside him. He was about to throw away the spear. The hammer slammed heavily on his celestial cap, Pu Tieyan snorted, and desperately hugged a horse's leg when he was dying, and the Khitan soldier who couldn't escape was immediately torn off the horse by the Han army rushing up.

"Where did Han'er have the guts to attack the imperial court army? He really fell into the trick of the Jurchens!" Yeluzar felt great hatred in his heart. He had already lost his horse, and with a machete in one hand and a shield in the other, he was in the chaos Fight and go in the army.Looking at the gate of the village that had not been closed for a long time, he felt great hatred in his heart. He secretly cursed the benevolence of the fifteen "women" of the lieutenant general, raised his head and shouted loudly: "Close the gate!" He rushed up with a scimitar, and Yeluzara had to block it with a round shield first, then caught up with him and finished him with a scimitar, and raised his head again and shouted: "Shut the city gate!" "Shut the city gate!" His I don't know when the iron helmet fell off, the hair was disheveled, and the soldiers scattered. There were messy soldiers all around. The Yelu fifteenth day did not hear the military order of the village envoy.

Yeluzara rushed a few more steps towards the gate of the village, and cut off the necks of the Han soldiers with a machete. Ordinary Han soldiers were far inferior to him in terms of physical strength and weapons, and fought forward in the chaos , There is no one general. "Close the city gate!" Yelu Sala shouted again with all his strength, this time the deputy general Yelu Shiwu finally looked over, seeing that the envoy had arrived at the gate, his eyes showed a hint of joy, suddenly, But turned into panic, the Jurchens forced their way into the 'rebellious' army formation with their heavy cavalry, and smashed a huge mace with shadows towards Yeluzala's head.

"Shut the city..." Before he finished speaking, Yelusa spitting blood and fell to the ground. He dodged his head instinctively, but half of his shoulder was crushed and collapsed, and he still struggled to get up. The vest took another blow.His head was sunk deep in the red and white snow, he could neither breathe nor move, and people kept stepping over him. Yeruzala finally thought, "Your Majesty, I have done my best." Then he climbed into the The white Changshengtian.

The Jurchen cavalry's armor and horse gear weighed more than a hundred catties. They didn't care about the difference between the Han Chinese and the Khitans in the fight.Although the speed of such heavy armored cavalry was far inferior to that of the Khitan cavalry when they charged, it was difficult for the blades of the Khitan soldiers and the Han army to penetrate this layer of heavy armor.And the momentum of the heavy cavalry in a group of three was so great that the Khitan cavalry and the Han army were invincible along the way. They were either trampled under the horses, or stumbled and fell to the ground.Before the village envoy Yelu Fifteen had time to close the gate, he was rushed into the gate by the tower-like heavy cavalry.Once the stockade was breached, the Jurchen cavalry rushed in.Except for Chengying Battalion, which was left on guard with more than [-] cavalry, the other Jurchen cavalry rushed into the stockade, some galloped around in the open space, and some jumped off their horses to search for houses. They all killed anyone they saw. For a time, panicked cries for help and wailing of old and weak women and children sounded everywhere.

Yelv Shiwu led more than 200 Khitan soldiers to resist on the wall of the stronghold, and there were fewer and fewer people around him.The resistance continued until those Jurchen soldiers in heavy armor climbed up the wall of the village.These enemies were dressed in iron armor that could not be cut by a knife, and their physical strength was astonishing. Many warriors died in vain resistance. Yelv Shiwu was a hero among the Khitans. The army began to attack the city and has been fighting until now, which has exhausted his last strength.A tall Jurchen came up last and knocked off his shield and machete with a broad iron blade.

At the last moment, Yelu Fifteen was no longer afraid, and he calmly looked at the pair of emotionless eyes under the iron helmet until he chopped his own neck with the iron knife.Yelu Shiwu saw his headless body, with blood spurting out, and he fulfilled his oath when he set out in Shangjing: "Your Majesty, I will live and die with this stronghold!"

Outside the Khitan stockade, Zhao Xingde led the Chengying battalion to confront the Jurchen cavalry all the time. During this period, Wang Heng saw that the momentum was wrong, and quickly gathered more than a thousand remaining Han troops to form a formation to link up with the Chengying battalion.Zhao Xingde whispered his plan directly to Wang Heng: If the Jurchens were not friends but enemies, then they would resist on the other side, leaning towards the woods where the cavalry led by Wang Tongdeng was hiding, and blocking them with ambushes for a while, the cavalry would not be able to fight the enemy for long However, these infantry could no longer retreat along the road they had come from, but could only disperse and escape in the mountains and forests that were not conducive to cavalry galloping. In the end, how many returned to the stockade was left to fate.

Wang Heng's face was ashen and defeated. This time, the Han army had lost half of its troops. Although Zhao Xingde's Chengying soldiers did not risk their lives like the Han army, only more than 200 archers caused a lot of casualties to the Khitan people. Two hundred cavalry ambushed and never came out.Wang Hengzhi was also a general, and he knew that this style of play was the right way for a military strategist.His lips moved, and finally he silently approved Zhao Xingde's arrangement.

"According to this way of fighting, even if the Han army is completely wiped out, it will not be able to change the situation in Liaodong. What can more than a thousand soldiers in the Chengying camp do?" The unique and powerful Jurchen cavalry is also for the situation and combat effectiveness of the Han army.He felt very wrong.Just when the swords between the two armies were tense, Zhao Xingde was distracted again.