Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 795 Han Tao's Special Skill
"When you said that, I also remembered it. According to the information, one of Han Tao's arms has been cultivated since he was a child and has amazing skills. It is a circle thicker than the other arm, and this arm is so powerful that it can tear tigers and leopards. Later, he joined Huaxia. Weifu, instead of being a killer, likes to fight in battle. He studies the art of war by himself. Before the reform, he was a member of the Azure Dragon Legion, but later he was transferred to the Black Wolf Legion, and was sent by Li Guangshun to garrison Zhangjiabao." Yelu Hecheng also said immediately.

"Oh! I heard that the Azure Dragon Legion of Xiangfu Kingdom has not fought a battle since it was established. In this way, this Han Tao has never led troops to fight. Hahaha, it turned out to be a young bird on the battlefield. Look at today Leave his head behind."

The sound of drums was heavy, and there were only about two thousand defenders of Zhangjiabao fighting, not to mention antlers, and they didn't even have carbine guns.This is an extremely obvious provocation, or challenge.

With an army of nearly ten thousand under his command, facing an enemy army far smaller than himself, Xiao Tianzhou and Yelu Hecheng did not want to ruin their reputations.What's more, Zhangjiabao will go to battle, as long as he can be killed, this critical pass on the border will be at his fingertips, and the credit will never be small.

For a long time, the Liao Kingdom fought against the enemy, and the Israeli army fought against the army. That was the only style of play that the Pishi Army and the Jingzhou Army had.Tribal troops who have not been trained in formal battle formations are facing the army formation. If they don't want to fight, they can go around directly. Anyway, it is impossible for infantry to line up to chase cavalry.And if you want to fight, then surround it with heavy troops.Then go around like a pack of wolves, through constant harassment and temptation, consume the energy and morale of the enemy army, and surround them for a day and a half, no matter how strong the army is, it will collapse.

But today the enemy army is too close to the city, if they use this method to fight the enemy, it is very likely that the opponent will withdraw into the city immediately.In this way, their goal of taking Han Tao's head is obviously impossible to achieve.

Xiao Tianzhou and Yelu Hecheng discussed a few words, the former raised his hand and recruited three trusted generals.

"Xiao Ajiu." Xiao Tian Zhoumu pointed to the opposite side and said, "Has Zhangjiabao guard Han Tao seen him?"

Xiao Ajiu only nodded and said, "Han Tao, I've seen it a long time ago."

"Bring back his head, and the pasture you've always wanted will be yours. In addition, General Yelu Hecheng will give you [-] sheep."

Xiao Ajiu's eyes lit up in an instant, his fighting spirit was overwhelming, and he said loudly: "Don't worry, Patriarch and General Yelu, Xiao Ajiu will definitely get Han Tao's head back!"

Immediately, Xiao Tianzhou pointed to the two generals behind him again, and said: "You take your troops around to attack on both sides. If Han Tao wants to escape back to the city, you have to block him!"

These three generals are all experienced generals in their clan, so they don't need to order too much.As soon as Xiao Tianzhou issued the order, the three soldiers and horses immediately ran out of battle.

As the horn sounded, there were 1000 troops in the middle, and [-] troops on each side split up, outflanking Han Tao's formation ahead.

The cavalry galloped across the fields outside the city, stepping on the frozen soil like pig iron, and on the ground without vegetation, a piece of loess was flying.The earth trembled under the iron hooves, like thunder sounded from the ground.

The cavalry will charge the enemy in a team of 500 people, and the front and rear teams will take turns to charge the enemy. This is the method of defeating the enemy that the Liao people have used for many years.

But Han Tao didn't send many troops, and the positions were tight. If the Liao cavalry spread out, it would be a waste of manpower.Therefore, at this time, the three cavalry teams of the Liao army were lined up in front and back in teams of hundreds, separated by twenty or thirty steps.As they were running, they separated naturally, rushing towards the army of Xiangfu Kingdom like a wave.

The Liao army, attacking the two wings, was one step ahead and went straight to the target.

Within a hundred steps, a fast horse can arrive in an instant.Whether it is a strong bow or a fast crossbow, after one shot, there is no chance to shoot again.Once the wings are cut off, no matter how strong the central army of Xiangfu's army is, it can only be awarded the head.

Facing the menacing approach of the Liao army, Han Tao arranged for the infantry on the two wings to turn to each other, holding a crossbow in their left hand and a long spear in their right hand, facing the enemy troops coming from the outside.The dismounted cavalry used short halberds to fix the reins of their horses to the ground, and opened the fast crossbows they carried with them.But other than that, the Xiangfu army in the formation didn't respond at all, they were dumbfounded, so calm and quiet that the Liao army felt strange.

No arrows were fired at a hundred paces, no arrows were fired at eighty paces, and at sixty paces, the cavalry of the Liao army who were running at the front suddenly turned outward and passed horizontally in front of the formation. Following behind, the vulnerable side was exposed to the range of the arrows, but it still did not attract the Xiangfu army to shoot arrows.

The seven armies of Xiangfu Kingdom trained for more than half a year under Ye Chen's order. Let alone other things, orders and prohibitions are unparalleled in the army of the world today. No one dares to make any changes without hearing orders.

Xiao Ajiu, whose target was Han Tao, also took the cavalry under his command for a circle fifty or sixty paces away, but he didn't see the slightest timidity of the opponent's central army.

Turning back to the starting point, Xiao Ajiu only raised the long spear in his hand, and the flanking soldiers and horses that turned around earlier started again earlier.

If you can't rush in [-] steps, then take [-] steps and rush forward step by step. I don't believe that these Xiangfu troops can bear it.As long as they use the quick crossbow in their hands, there will be no repelling horses, no antlers, and such an army formation will only be left to mermaid.

The last team of the Liao army had just crossed the front, and the first team came up again.The momentum is stronger and the speed is faster.

The civil servants, military generals, soldiers and commoners who were watching the battle on Zhangjiabao’s castle all raised their hearts. The Liao people seemed to be just probing the previous time, but this time they came back aggressively. The impact of Liao Qi.

Facing the Liao cavalry who charged closer, the formations on the two wings remained motionless. Although many people's hands were already trembling upon closer inspection, the half-year training in the queue made them develop a sense of order and prohibition.

At forty steps, the first wave of Liao army soldiers turned around in front of the formation, and the cavalry on horseback also took the opportunity to draw their bows and shoot arrows when they turned around, drawing high arcs, and falling towards the formation of the Xiangfu army.But this Xiangfu army, which only gave everyone a suit of iron armor and a low-browed helmet, caused a little commotion. The people on the back of the city breathed a sigh of relief. The impact of the horses was limited. Charge straight, and confirm the enemy's approach, so it's easy to deal with it.

But the next moment, their faces became tense.There were more than [-] enemy cavalry attacking the Chinese army, but they did not go around, but went straight to the banner of the Chinese army leader Han Tao.

"Liao dog!!" The magistrate of Shijiabao on the city wall yelled sharply.

The first two waves of cavalry on both wings circled back, which gave people the illusion that the Chinese army would also circle back, but here they rushed straight.A little delusion can mess up the timing of shooting arrows, and there is no room for recovery for an instant mistake.

A sharp horn sounded from afar at the same time, and the Liao army, which was rushing towards the front of the two-wing array, suddenly stopped turning, and stepped forward with the most intense steps, coordinating with the Chinese army.

Under the banner of the Chinese army, only 300 people responded.

Worry gripped the hearts of everyone in the city in an instant.

Xiao Ajiu only stared at Han Tao who was standing in front of the formation, and quickly approached with his mount.The man and the horse seemed to be fused together, and the restless blood transmitted the power to the tip of the spear.But he didn't see a trace of fear or wavering in the expression of Han Tao, the chief general of the enemy army. He only saw that Han Tao suddenly took a square object the size of a head and was still emitting fireworks from a soldier behind him. Then his right arm swung down with the sound of the wind, pointing straight ahead, pointing straight at himself.

"Ah...it's a gunpowder bag." Xiao Ajiu's expression changed drastically. He only knew that the smallest gunpowder bag in Xiangfu Kingdom weighed more than ten kilograms and was to be launched by a trebuchet. Far.And as fast as a crossbow arrow.

Xiao Ajiu, who rushed to the front, only saw a gunpowder bag rushing towards her face, and she seemed to take the initiative to meet it.At the critical moment, he bowed his head and leaned against the horse's back tightly.But the next moment, there was a loud bang and explosion sound from behind, and the mount under his crotch hissed and stood upright.Just before he fell off his horse, his wide-open eyes reflected the scene of more than 20 subordinates and more than 20 horses behind him being blown into pieces and flying around.

"Fortunately, His Majesty the King of Nanyuan issued a death order. Whenever there is a battle with the Xiangfu Army, the ears of the horses must be blocked. Otherwise, if all the horses are frightened by the loud noise, they will be beaten as farts." Xiao Ajiu While thinking wildly, he tried hard to get up.In a daze, he heard the sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air.

It took a lot of effort for Xiao Ajiu to get up from the pile of corpses. His helmet fell off, but luckily he was not injured. He was nearly twenty steps away from the place where the gunpowder bag exploded, but he was thrown away by the aftermath of the explosion. Get off your horse.

A voice shouted from behind, Xiao Ajiu was so dizzy that she couldn't hear anything clearly.Before his head returned to normal, there was a huge pain in his chest. Xiao Ajiu only leaned back, and in front of him was no longer the enemy formation that was close but inaccessible, but turned into a cloudy sky.His mind was muddled, he just felt that the strength in his body suddenly disappeared, and when he lowered his head again, he saw a crossbow arrow in his heart at some point, proudly erected like a flagpole.

The light in the eyes of the young tribal general of the Liao Kingdom disappeared, he tilted his head and died.

A gunpowder bag thrown by Han Tao with one hand directly destroyed the charging formation of the cavalry of the Liao Army, and then the defenders of Zhangjiabao began to shoot and kill the cavalry in disordered formation with fast crossbows. The closer the crossbows are, the more powerful they are The arrows shot from the quick crossbow were mainly aimed at the horses, and caused considerable losses to the Liao army, but the most terrifying thing was that the cavalry in the rear lost their impact during the avoidance. force.In addition, the main general was dead, and there was no one to command for a while, and the cavalry who charged forward were completely confused.

(End of this chapter)