Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 339 Affecting the Account (4)

The cavalry of the Han army rushed towards the camp of the Liao army, while the cavalry of the Liao army came forward without giving in, and the two sides fought together.Near the Yuanmen of the Chinese army's camp, in a small place, four or five thousand cavalry gathered to fight desperately.Man by man, horse by horse.In the battlefield, there is no room for retreat and maneuver. The only way out is to kill the enemies around you first.The cavalry shouted loudly, brandished their swords, and the horses kicked and bit each other.Amidst the blood splattering, many people fell under the horses and were immediately trampled into flesh.

Yelu Yanshan personally stationed in the horse to supervise the battle, he was less than [-] steps away from the place where the fighting was most intense.Seeing that the battle is getting more and more fierce, the Jurchen cavalry are rushing forward without risking their lives, and the generals around them show fear, and someone said: "The gold thief is good at using poisonous arrows to hurt people, Mr. Dutong should not stay away from them It’s so close, it’s better to step back a little bit!”

Yelu Yanshan was watching the battle intently, when he heard this, he frowned and cursed: "The warriors are still fighting bloody battles, how can the general retreat in fear of death!" Deep, Yelu Yanshan said in a deep voice: "Anyone who dares to retreat from this spear will be regarded as a traitor and be executed immediately!" The surrounding soldiers and subordinates all looked over, he shook his right arm, raised the scimitar in his hand, and shouted : "Longshengtian bless the Khitan people! In today's battle, there will be no retreat!"

The subordinates' soldiers were excited, each drew their weapons, and shouted in unison: "There is no retreat!" "There is no retreat!" "There is no retreat!" Yejiao Ming, the momentum is extremely strong.

This is not only because the military order is like a mountain, but also because Yelu Yanshan is deeply influenced by Yelu Dashi, and he firmly believes that the Liao Kingdom is the Daliao of the Khitan people, and he usually treats the Khitan subordinates like brothers and sisters, so the subordinates are very loyal to him, and they would rather live together with the master. die.Lord Dutong was determined to fight to the death, and the Liao army in the fierce battle was so courageous. The spears that were Zhang Xu long kept shaking, and the Liao troops who had been behind the spears urged their horses forward one after another.

The Han army and the Jurchen cavalry charged three times, but were unable to break through the Liao army's defenses three times.After a hard fight, there were more and more cavalry in the Liao Kingdom, and the situation became more and more critical.Wan Yanci and Gao Bolong both dressed up and charged into the formation in person. Hundreds of cavalry formed a fist and made a hollow from the middle of the Liao army's cavalry formation.Although countless Khitan cavalry fell from their horses, the Liao army still resisted desperately.The cavalry of the Liao Kingdom on the two wings squeezed forward desperately, but the hundreds of elite cavalry were almost trapped in the formation.

"If you don't retreat, you will be surrounded by Liao dogs!" The general shouted hoarsely while waving his sword to resist the Liao soldiers.

It had been a long time since he had fought hard in person, and Wan Yanci's armor and military robe were splattered with blood, and his whole body was drenched in sweat.He tightly held the long knife in his hand, and stared viciously at Yeluyan Mountain not far away, like a trapped animal in a cage.Yelu Yanshan seemed to be looking at him too, Wan Yanci could even see the mockery in the other's eyes.Compared with the Liao Kingdom, Jurchen has a huge disparity in strength and weakness, and cannot afford to wear and tear.

"Retreat while fighting!" He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Let the arrows! Let the arrows!"

The Meng'an Moukes secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the cavalry in the back row took out their bows, bent their bows and set up arrows to shoot at the Liao army.Because it is inconvenient for the cavalry to exert force on the horse, the cavalry bow is only seven or eight times strong, and the arrows used by the Jurchen cavalry are very heavy. Therefore, the shooting range is only fifty steps, and only the cavalry of the Liao army who are nearby can be hit. .There were also Jurchen cavalry who shot arrows at the flag of the Liao army commander, and the arrows flew more than 80 steps away before falling softly.The Liao army in the rear lined up arrows to fight back. The Liao army was originally good at riding and shooting. For a while, there was only the sound of swishing through the air, and the arrows fell like raindrops.

However, for the sake of lightness, the cavalry of the Liao army wore soft armor, so they suffered a bit in the arrow battle.Most of the Han army wore heavy armor, and the Jurchen cavalry wore thick felt shirts in addition to the iron armor. The helmet with the iron face only exposed two eyes. penetrate.Many Jurchen cavalry were 'shot' like hedgehogs, but they were still able to fight and retreat.

Yelu Yanshan heaved a sigh of relief, it seemed as expected. Although the Han army united with the gold thieves, their strength was still insufficient. The sneak attack was acceptable, but they did not dare to fight. It steals chickens and loses nothing.Thinking of this, Yelu Yanshan's eyes shivered slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "These mice are going to escape, the whole army presses them up, don't let them go!" He urged the horse with his legs, regardless of the arrows flying across the front, he personally led the troops. Move your soldiers forward.

Just over a hundred steps away, Gao Bolong saw that Yelu Yanshan not only did not retreat, but "forced" forward, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Take the 'shoot' wild goose crossbow and aim it at Liaogou's general! Listen! I ordered—" Dozens of soldiers around him untied their backpacks one after another, and took out the crossbow and arrows that had already been stretched.Gao Bolong himself took over the crossbow arrows from the soldiers.He crushed the wax seal on the front arrow, 'exposing' the poisonous hole, put the poisonous arrow into the crossbow compartment, and aimed it at the Liao general under Shuai's banner.

This 'shooting' wild goose crossbow is a strong crossbow made by the cavalry army of the Xia Kingdom. Although its shape is not as big as that of the infantry's stepping crossbow, its power is not much inferior. It uses special arrows and has a range of more than 200 meters. step.After Zhao De came to Liaodong, he modified Jurchen's poisonous arrows, drilled bee needle holes in the front of the arrows, inhaled special poison before the war, sealed them with wax, and removed the wax seals during the war.When the arrow 'shoots' the target and stops suddenly, the venom will suddenly flow out from the bee's pinhole under inertia.

The arrows 'shot' from the Liao army on the opposite side rained down, and the arrows landed on the iron helmet with a crackling sound. Gao Bolong's face was as heavy as iron, and he aimed the crossbow at the Liao commander's flag, and shouted: "Fire the arrows!" The crossbow machine was fired, and the iron spine crossbow shot out with a "swish".At the same time, the surrounding soldiers also 'shot' dozens of crossbow arrows.

The talented Jurchen soldiers had only seventy or eighty paces of arrows, which made most of the Liao army relax their vigilance. Even Dutong Yelu Yanshan's personal soldiers did not erect an iron shield for him to block the arrows.Seeing the crossbow arrows coming straight towards the handsome flag like a swarm, many generals of the Liao army turned pale one after another, some shouted "Be careful!" and some stood in front of Yelu Yanshan.However, it was too late to say, it was so fast, in an instant, dozens of crossbow arrows had been 'shot', and with the crackling sound, more than a dozen Liao soldiers fell from their horses with the arrows, and they were actually poisoned The arrow died instantly.Seeing that the poisonous arrows were so powerful, it was not easy to mount the crossbow immediately. After one shot, all the Han soldiers put the crossbow back into their backpacks, shouting "Yelu Yanshan is dead!" Draw out the weapon again, fight and retreat together with the Jurchen cavalry.

The Liao army looked back.However, all the soldiers kept Yelu Yanshan behind, so they couldn't tell whether they were hit by the arrow or not.

"Has Master Du Tong been shot?" The Liao army in the front line became even more flustered.

"Get out of the way!" Yelu Yanshan pushed aside the soldiers in front of him, and said with a livid face, "I'm going to be fine!" Many of the arrows shot just now were trained by him, and he relied on his confidant soldiers. A dozen people were 'shot' to death by the Han army at one time, which made him feel more heartbroken than the hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed and wounded by the side.

All the generals surrounded him, Yelu Yanshan was even more annoyed, and said in a deep voice, "I'm fine!" He pulled out an arrow stuck in the seam of his armor, and shouted angrily, "Don't let the bandits escape!" As the commander of the army, the armor he used when he was in battle was naturally the best in the Liao army. Not only was it light in weight, but it was also difficult for ordinary arrows to penetrate.Only then did the generals feel relieved, and the Liao army in front also shouted loudly: "Your Excellency Dutong is all right!"

However, taking advantage of the short moment of the Liao army's 'turmoil', the Han army and the Jurchen cavalry retreated a lot, and the rear guards had already disengaged from the Liao Kingdom Daying palace tent army.By this time of the battle, the sky had already dimmed. Gao Bolong and his cavalry generals had deduced the retreat route countless times, and now they were even more unwilling to fight, and just fled along the weak defenses of the Liao army.Along the way, Gao Bolong kept urging his horse, "Quick!"

Both the Jin soldiers and the Han army were armored and heavy cavalry, and they rushed forward in close combat. The light cavalry of the Liao army on the periphery couldn't stop them, so they could only follow behind, chasing and killing the Han army and Jurchen cavalry who were left alone.

"It's really hateful!" Yelu Yanshan punched the saddle, his face changed, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Let the generals go to the Chinese army to discuss the matter!" The Han army defended Nanshan City tightly, and now that they have sent cavalry to attack the camp, The infantry marched out of the city again, and in a hurry, even if the infantry retreated back, the defense of Nanshan City would inevitably be lax. In this way, it was an opportunity to take advantage of the situation to attack the city!

A sneer appeared on the corner of Yelu Yanshan's mouth, and just as he felt dizzy on his head, half of his body was almost numb, "Master Dutong!" "General Yanshan!" It's getting blurry.I saw Yelu Yanshan swayed a few times on the horse, then drooped his head, and all the soldiers and generals were in chaos.According to the Liao military system, if Yelu Yanshan died on the battlefield, all of them would be killed.A loud voice shouted: "Master Du Tong has passed out!" "Lang Zhong!" "Call Lang Zhong!"

Everyone hurriedly put Yelu Yanshan down from the horse and helped him back to the tent. The Langzhong came in a hurry and took off the armor for the capital. Only then did they realize that the arrow from the Han man just now passed through the gap in the armor and scratched it slightly. The skin, just like that, the toxicity also broke out, making Mr. Dutong unconscious.The poison of the Han people is very powerful, the doctor poured a lot of soup and medicine, and Yelu Yanshan just woke up, but he could neither speak nor move. The body is a little paralyzed in a short period of time, and the poison must be slowly pulled out with acupuncture and moxibustion medicine stones.

"What a vicious arrow!" Liao army generals commented one after another.According to common sense, since Mr. Dutong is injured and can't take it seriously, he conveniently and deputy Dutong acts as a military order.However, Guo Baoyi, the deputy commander of the capital, encountered difficulties. Although he is a confidant of Yelu Dashi and has a high position and authority, he himself is a Han. Based on Guo Baoyi's understanding of His Majesty, using a Han as a deputy is the limit. If he is in charge of an army of [-] , but greatly violated the taboo.