Horse on the World

Chapter 546 The Sound of War Drums ([-])

Yizhou soldiers' spears are all made of apple tree trunks. This kind of tree has a characteristic that if it is subjected to excessive force, it will suddenly shatter. If it is used as a building material, it will obviously create a series of tofu projects. But it is appropriate to use it as a cavalry spear.In the high-speed counterattack, the stabbing spear is piercing the opponent's body, and the shock force on the arm holding the gun is quite terrifying. If the gun shaft cannot be broken in time, the cavalry has to rely on the instantaneous judgment of the cavalry to release the arm. You can't kill people by stabbing, but if you stab your opponent to death, your own arm is also finished.

Yizhou soldiers inherit the tradition of Dingzhou cavalry. These spears are disposable items. The army’s supply camps carry a large number of these apple wood and iron spear heads. If the battle is won, the iron spear heads can be recycled. Secondary processing and utilization.

Li Ping was lying on top of the galloping horse. The horse under his crotch had been following him from the grassland. It was a purebred grassland horse. No, he was originally being used as a sentinel, so he should be replaced by a more durable war horse, but Li Ping had feelings for it, and he would not change horses no matter what.One person and one horse have been together for a long time, and naturally they have a tacit understanding. With a very small movement of Li Ping, the horse under his crotch can know Li Ping's intentions. Moreover, this horse has gone through many battles and has extremely rich experience. Sometimes it does not need to be controlled by its owner. It can also make some accurate pre-rebellion, such a psychic war horse, how could Li Ping be willing to replace it.

The spear was like being stabbed in a piece of wood, with a shattering sound, the barrel of the gun exploded, and a short scream came from the opposite side. The spear made in Dingzhou was a bit longer than the one made in Dachu. It is not easy to notice at all, this is also a masterpiece of the Dingzhou Craftsman Camp. The craftsmen, stimulated by Li Qing's thick rewards, have a large number of people dedicated to researching how to untie weapons, that is, how to make some ordinary weapons more usable and more powerful. Practical and more effective in killing the enemy, the length of this stabbing gun is the product of countless simulation experiments.

Li Ping doesn't need to check whether the person who was shot is dead or not. With the collision at this speed, the chance of surviving after being shot is almost zero. Even if you wear thick armor, the shock force is enough to knock you down. After knocking off the horse, even if you don't die, you are also a tragedy. Thousands of horseshoes are waiting for you!

With a flick of the wrist, he drew out the combat power tied to the horse's back, dragged the blade horizontally, and the horse under his crotch let out a long hiss, and the giant flicked, and an opponent's horse that was rushing to pass him was hit by it, and his side Immediately, the cavalier's flat-end lance suddenly tilted to one side, and with a puff, the knight was immediately thrown off his horse by the lance on the opposite side.

"Lieutenant Li, mighty!" The comrade-in-arms laughed loudly and rushed up.

Li Ping chuckled, this was not the first time this kind of scene happened. "Kill!" He yelled, and slashed back with his knife, beheading an enemy from his horse, blood splashed all over his body immediately.He reached out his hand to wipe the blood on his face, it was sticky, fishy and sweet. Li Ping still remembered that after the first murder, the strong smell of blood made him unable to eat for a whole day. In fact, most of the Yizhou camp at that time People are like this. General Li Feng once roared loudly in the camp, "If you don't kill people, people will kill you. If you want to live longer and don't want your parents to cry, get out of here!" "

In fact, Li Ping knew that General Li Feng had vomited in his big tent, but when he saw that Li Feng was still forcefully picking up a piece of roasted leg of lamb and swallowing it with big mouthfuls, he He couldn't help but stepped up, picked up a piece of meat, endured nausea, and swallowed it mouthful. That night, both the master and the servant even came out with bitter bile.

But now, Li Ping has no sense of killing. After a battle, sometimes in order to hurry up, he even sits in a pool of blood, next to the corpse, cuts a piece of dead horse's flesh with a knife, and can eat it bloody.

Raising the left hand, the hand crossbow shot repeatedly, shooting down several enemies one after another, and the knife in the right hand chopped and slashed, and in an instant, several lives were harvested in succession.

These more than a hundred sentry cavalry had similar experiences as Li Ping, and the Yizhou Battalion formed with [-] cavalry who had been on the battlefield in the Pingman Campaign was indeed extraordinary in combat power.

One hundred is against two hundred, but it is the minority who have the upper hand.

A hedge, Li Ping broke out of the enemy line, ran forward for a certain distance, and when he circled the horses, he saw that there were about [-] soldiers left behind him, but only about half of the [-] soldiers left on the other side At this time, the other party also circled the horse. Unlike the grim smile on Li Ping's face, the other party's face clearly showed a look of fear.

"Kill!" Looking at the opponent's scattered formation, Li Ping chuckled, spit out a mouthful, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and rushed out with his saber under his crotch like lightning.

After breaking through the formation again and passing the horse's head, what Li Ping saw was the enemy's back. The Qinzhou cavalry, who had only about forty riders left, did not turn back this time. Run away.

Li Ping laughed loudly, "Rats, dare to attack my Yizhou!"

"Lieutenant, catch up and kill me!" a cavalry shouted loudly.

Li Ping shook his head, pointed at the smoke and dust in the distance, "The son of a bitch is here to help, chase after the fart, pack up the spoils, bring the remains of your comrades, and go back!"

In this encounter, Li Ping lost nearly 40 people, most of whom were sacrificed in the first hedging, and the second time the two sides crossed again, but the other party was frightened and vented. At the cost of more than ten people, Ping killed seven, No. 80, of the other party.

The cavalry quickly dismounted, packed up the remains of their comrades-in-arms, tied them to the horses, gathered up some usable spoils, gathered some unowned horses, tied them together, put the spoils on their backs, and returned them immediately.

This small-scale encounter caused a great shock to the Qinzhou soldiers. The opponent, with less than twice the strength of their own, almost wiped out their own cavalry. This kind of combat power is already a bit terrifying.

Zhou Tong was so angry that he made a big fool of himself in front of Emperor Tianqi this time. In a rage, Zhou Tong immediately ordered to behead all the more than forty cavalrymen who fled back. Those who arrived at each battalion together were also his general order: "If you meet the right situation, you need to fight to the death. Anyone who retreats will kill Wuhe!"

The Qinzhou Army immediately stood in awe.Since stretching the head is also a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife, why not go forward bravely and pull a back!
The Qinzhou army rolled forward, and the heads of more than forty people were hung high on the flags of the battalion leaders. Their ferocious faces reminded all the soldiers at all times that those who retreat will die!

On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, a fierce Bowang war broke out between the Luoyang army and the Yizhou army.As the vanguard, Zhou Tong, the commander of the Qinzhou Army, led [-] Qinzhou troops, and fought bloody battles with more than [-] Yizhou soldiers in Bowang for a day and a night. Li Muzhi personally went into battle at the most critical moment of the battle, recalling the iron spears he used to pick up seven savage generals in the Weiyuan Fortress, and led his own soldiers to stand out from the enemy's line, fighting until he was only an arrow away from Zhou Tong's Chinese army banner , Only then did he return, Zhou Tong's expression changed with astonishment due to his ferocity and might of martial arts.

Standing beside Zhou Tong, Tian Qi looked at the mighty Marquis of Weiyuan Li Muzhi, and felt sorry for him. At the beginning, Li Muzhi fought bloody for the Great Chu, but time has passed, and now he is fighting against the Great Chu.

Seeing that Zhou Tong wanted to imitate Li Muzhi and fight in person to boost morale, Tian Qi sighed and said, "General Zhou, let's have a truce today. Let's attack again after the Xingzhou soldiers come over!"

In fact, Zhou Tong also understood in his heart that although he had twice as many soldiers as the opponent, Yizhou had always followed the route of elite soldiers. Although there were few soldiers, his combat effectiveness was extremely strong. Whether it is weapons and equipment or the quality of soldiers, they have all been greatly improved. It is really difficult for me to win with only double the number.But people fight for breath, and Buddha fights for a stick of incense. In front of His Majesty the Emperor, even if he wiped out the soldiers of Qinzhou today, he still has to stand up. Hearing what Emperor Tianqi said at this time, it is really like hearing the sound of heaven .

Three days later, Qu Yongjie came with Xingzhou soldiers, but Li Muzhi left the camp. He retreated cleanly overnight, without any muddy water. Qu Yongjie looked at the empty Yizhou army camp, feeling extremely puzzled in his heart, and retreated. The fact that he retreated so thoroughly and simply, without revealing any shadow beforehand, can only show one thing, that is, Li Muzhi made up his mind to retreat before the battle. If that is the case, why did he have to fight a bloody battle here? You must know that although Zhou Tong's Qinzhou soldiers suffered heavy losses, Li Muzhi was even more troubled!Fighting for strength, Yizhou is no opponent here now.Even though Marquis Weiyuan wanted to gamble, but An Guogong Li Huaiyuan was old and strong, how could he let Li Muzhi mess around.Qu Yongjie couldn't figure it out.

Li Mu retreated a hundred li, and had already set up a second line of defense in Changxing. At this time, the soldiers and horses in his hands had quietly withdrawn thousands of elite soldiers. Now he is in Changxing, and he has less than [-] soldiers available, but for the sake of appearance , but a large number of reserve soldiers joined, making it still maintain a number of [-] above the total.

"Five days, stay here for five days!" Li Muzhi looked at the enemy army that was rolling in on the horizon. After Changxing, he had entered the core defense circle of Yizhou, where An Guogong prepared a plan for Emperor Tianqi. A hearty meal.

Compared with the Qinzhou front, after the Minzhou Army and the [-] Yulin Army led by Zhang Aimin entered Quanzhou, they feigned a shot, and the whole army rushed into Yizhou with lightning speed. As Qu Yongjie said, on the western front, Yizhou soldiers The defense was almost nothing. The sudden withdrawal of the Dingzhou army left the west side of Yizhou completely exposed. There were very few regular troops, and most of them were temporarily armed local troops. The core of Yizhou is located in Yizhou City.Zhang Aimin was dumbfounded by the smooth progress of the battle. He even ordered to slow down the pace several times and sent a large number of sentinels to explore the way. Qu Yongjie's advice to him made him be careful.

At the same time, the Dingzhou Army in Zunhua has been quickly reorganized. All the cavalry of the Yishan Division and the Qinian Division have been assembled. The two divisions have a total of [-] cavalry. Shanfeng commanded, while the remaining [-] infantry were commanded by Wang Qinian.

Long Xiaotian, the prefect of Quanzhou, was as if he had been beaten with chicken blood. In Quanzhou, he collected a large number of mules and horses in the name of collecting mules and horses for the retreat of the army, and even the cattle were not spared. By transporting Wang Qinian's infantry and luggage, the speed of the army's advancement should be increased as much as possible.

The Dingzhou Army, which has been fully prepared, can be called the most primitive mechanized army compared to the speed at which the army advanced in that era.

"It's time!" Li Qing put down the military newspaper in his hand, and said calmly: "General, let's attack, I wish you smooth sailing!"

Guo Shanfeng bowed to Li Qing with his fists in his hands, "Dingzhou Army, we will surely win!" He turned around and strode out of the tent.

Moments later, hooves sounded like thunder in the camp.

Hearing the sound of hoofbeats gradually disappearing, Li Qing let out a long breath, and finally started, and he had to go back to Dingzhou.

(End of this chapter)