Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 314 Joy is not over (15)

Regardless of the casualties, the Liao army rushed straight to the artillery battalion in a circle.The cavalry of the Han army also responded immediately, and divided a thousand cavalry to deal with the Liao cavalry who charged over, while the other thousand cavalry rushed straight to the artillery battalion from another direction. The Liao army broke the formation, but rescued as many gunners as possible.

Beside Zhao Xingde, the core of the circle is more than 200 artillerymen protected by spearmen and archers.The essence of the entire Han army, however, because the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom appeared too suddenly, the artillerymen who formed the formation in a hurry did not have the conditions to set up the artillery, and the space was small. open.If Madam Xia was acting as a spearman, he might be able to complete such a complicated movement under the threat of thousands of cavalry rushing into battle.However, for the Han army who tried their best not to turn around and flee, at this juncture, any gap in the spear formation would be used by the Liao cavalry to break through.

Whether it is Xia, Song, Liao, or Jin, when the artillery army was first established, they all selected gunners from elite archers. Now, the gunners in the artillery battalion of the Han Army are also picking up bows and arrows. Back to the role of the archer.Compared with most of the Jurchen archers who were assistant soldiers, these more than 200 gunners were superior in physical strength and accuracy.

More than 4000 iron cavalry charged with great momentum. Although there were nearly [-] infantry in the circle, they seemed extremely small.The iron cavalry of the Liao Kingdom ran closer and closer, different from the previous charge with reservations, this time they really came on a rampage.Thirty paces away, the cavalry not only did not coil their horses and shoot arrows, but put down the blindfolds on their horses, and drove their horses to charge faster.Horses stumbled and fell, but the cavalry behind them continued to rush towards the circle without any hesitation. The sound of hooves roared, and the smoke and dust they brought up covered the sun.

"Are you going to draw your sword?" Guo Zidong felt his heart pounding. Two generations of his ancestors were city fire gunners. He thought he would die of old age in Chang'an in this life. Zhao Xingde came to Liaodong.Perhaps this was the last moment, but Guo Zidong's mind was clear, "It's time to draw the sword." After releasing an arrow, he pulled out the saber and 'inserted' it into the ground forcefully.

In the eyes of the spearman, he could only see the cavalry coming from all over the world, the neighing of the horses, and the sound of roaring hoofs drumming the eardrums, and he couldn't even hear the sound of the last shot of the firecracker.Horses and cavalry filled the entire field of vision.Those horses that fell down due to being hit by arrows hit the ground with a huge momentum, and the strong horses immediately broke their legs and necks, screaming and never standing up again, what a huge force it is.

"Hold on!"

"No retreat!"

The officer was reminding loudly, slightly counteracting some of the fear in their hearts. It is more likely that most people were frightened by the scene in front of them. Pole, watching the endless subway ride getting closer and closer, twenty steps... fifteen steps... ten steps... five steps... just five steps away, a war horse rushing to the front was shot Hit by the curtain, he staggered forward and fell down. With a weight of more than 1000 kilograms and huge inertia, he crushed two spears, and the four or five spearmen next to him desperately held the spears It stabbed into the chest and front legs of the horse, and the palace tent army on horseback was also stabbed with a spear.

"Stabbed!"

Zhang Lang, who had succeeded, was not happy yet, and then another horse rushed up, and the cavalry rode forward with a spear in his hand and then retracted. Zhang Lang's smile froze on his face, and blood spurted out of his throat.The cavalryman of the Liao Kingdom was stabbed by several spears at the same time, but he rose into the air and fell in the center of the circle due to the inertia of the horse. Before he could stand up, a big ax flew by , the headless body fell to the ground, the scimitar was still tightly held in the hand.Accompanied by a loud noise, one after another of the war horses crashed directly into the Han army's spear formation, each of which would overwhelm several spears. At this time, some spearmen and Tie Futu in the back row filled up The gaps caused by the impact of the cavalry were cleared, while others were a few beats slower because of hesitation and fear. Several gaps suddenly appeared in the shaky but still tight outer spear array. At this moment, the second The cavalry of the Liao army in the horizontal line came up with their horses. This time it was no longer a random collision. The cavalry consciously drove their horses and chose to rush into the circular formation through the gaps that had been opened.

The palace tent cavalry sat on the horse, half a body taller than the pawns, dressed in armor, and the scimitars in their hands were all sharp-edged. In a short blink of an eye, several infantry with thin armor were killed. The cavalry who rushed into the circle were stabbed off their horses by several spears. More and more cavalry entered the circle, and there were cold lights everywhere, blood spattered, weapons came and went, and the soldiers who were stabbed and slashed screamed again and again.In the place where the Liao cavalry rushed away, the spearmen of the Han army were completely unable to stop the influx of more and more cavalry.

The cavalry who rushed into the circle formed a melee with the Han army and Jin soldiers. In the middle of the circle, the archers were still shooting arrows at the cavalry. At this time, there was no need to aim. The target was close at hand, and cavalry responded constantly. Falling from the horse, just a moment later, the archer had to draw his sword to fight.

"Draw the knife!"

"Draw the knife!"

Jurchen Mouk and the artillery centurion issued military orders loudly. Liao cavalry galloped in the circle, some jumped off their horses and fought with the iron floating map, and some circled their horses, trampling and slashing the spearmen from behind. , The artillery battalion's already fragile formation suddenly collapsed, and even the artillerymen standing in the innermost had to draw their swords to fight.They had been targeted by the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom, and several teams of cavalry forced their horses into the Jurchen archers regardless of casualties.These archers desperately stabbed their knives and spears towards the horses of the palace tent army, and some continued to shoot arrows until they were chopped to the ground by the cavalry.The gunners also protect each other in groups of three or five, some back to back to protect each other, and some assassinate the approaching cavalry together.

There was scuffle everywhere, and the palace tent army stuffed the ignited thunderbolts into the muzzles of the guns. Some Liao cavalry even slashed and stabbed at the three-inch gun barrels and gun mounts with sabers and spears. "Boom—" and "Boom—boom—" sounded from far to near from time to time.The place where Zhao Xingde was standing became the target of the Liao army's public criticism. He drew out his horizontal knife to block the incoming arrows and rushed into the melee, but it was safe.

"Back to back!" Du Chuijiao shouted to him, he was the most proficient in melee tactics, including Zhao Xingde, Jian Cheng and several sergeants were called together by him to resist the cavalry that appeared from time to time in all directions. "Snatch the horse!" Jian Cheng said loudly, "We want to snatch the horse!"

"Be careful!" Zhao Xingde saw a Liao cavalry rushing not far away, he lowered his body, clenched the horizontal knife with both hands, and just cut it on the horse's shin. Suddenly, the tiger's mouth burst open, blood flowed, the war horse let out a mournful cry, and stumbled. On the ground, the cavalryman was about to drag down the scimitar, but at this time he also fell down with the horse, and had not yet struggled to get up. "His 'grandmother'!" Jian Cheng yelled, and slashed his neck with a knife. Blood sprayed his face all over his face, and he looked quite horrified. He turned his head and shouted to everyone: " What a pity!" Before Zhao Xingde could react, Jian Cheng shouted again: "Ma! What a pity, Ma!"

"You bastard!" Du Chuijiao scolded, "You're going to die!" The cavalryman sat on the horse with a wide view, and with the help of horsepower, he was condescending.If the enemy is riding on foot, if he only thinks about killing the enemy without hurting the horse, then Nineteen will not be able to survive.Only the blade greets the horse. The cavalry sits on the horse and shoots through the horse's neck. The blade is always shorter than the infantry.If you are a well-trained infantry, you can have a certain degree of certainty in killing a war horse, not blindly gambling your life.This is the principle of "shooting" people before "shooting" horses, and Jian Cheng wants to kill people and take horses, so he will kill horses.However, the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom is increasingly dominant. If there are no horses, if a few people are trapped in the middle of the battlefield, no matter how good their martial arts are, they will not be spared in the end.

"This group of stupid pigs, why don't you go to rescue the artillery battalion! If there is no artillery, what are we going to use to continue attacking the camp of the Liao Kingdom! Rescue the artillery for me immediately!"

Wanyan Aguda boarded the Liao army camp that had just been captured, and saw five thousand Liao army cavalry bows breaking through the round formation of the artillery battalion. Whip.He is old, and originally he also admired the customs of the Central Plains, and wanted to pass the throne to his son, but who would have thought that these two people would be so careless.

"Yes, father!" Both Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongbi had bloody welts on their faces. The two dared not neglect, and immediately mounted five thousand fine horses and headed straight for the Han army in the melee.Wanyan Aguda watched a wisp of smoke and dust go straight away. In the artillery barracks, countless artillerymen fell down every moment. His chest was aching, as if it was about to split open. He frowned deeply. Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the pain.

The place where the artillery battalion used to line up has now become a massacred Shura field.Zhao Xingde and other sergeants stood back to back, while dealing with the Liao soldiers, they kept moving to places where there were slightly more troops on their side. When the situation became more and more critical, a group of soldiers rushed out from the smoke and came straight over. Zhao Xingde took a deep breath In one breath, all the soldiers were planning to make the last resistance, when suddenly someone shouted happily: "General Zhao, don't do anything!" "Han army, this is the Han army!"

The horse came rushing with heavy inertia, bloodstains all over the body of the horse, Han Ningshuang pulled the reins violently, the horse neighed, and the four hooves stood beside Zhao Xingde, a choking smoke rushed towards his face, Zhao Xingde still had time to speak .

"Come up!"

The horses on which the cavalry of the Han army rode were quite steeds, capable of galloping on two people.Without thinking, the sergeant and the artilleryman jumped on their horses, and they rode together.Zhao Xingde was the only one who hesitated, and then jumped onto the back of Han Ningshuang's mount, grabbed the back end of the saddle with both hands, and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your help!"