Chapter 906 Jiahe
The dirt road was in chaos, but Lu Chang, who had already rushed to the front, did not pay attention to the situation behind him, but continued to attack with the remaining armored cavalry.
The armor plates on these armored knights rattled as they ran, and the arrows could not even leave a mark on these cold-forged armor plates.
At this time, Cao Hong rushed up with hundreds of cavalry. He obviously did not regard these Taishan Army's sudden cavalry as anything special.
After all, the horses under the heavy cavalry were not wearing iron armor at this time. From the surface, they were no different from normal assault cavalry.
But when he got close, Cao Hong's heart sank after he saw the arrows that kept bouncing away. He knew that the armor that the rider suddenly penetrated was definitely not ordinary.
It was just too late for the thought to reach this point. In just one breath, the two sides collided head-on.
The war horses panted heavily and ran desperately under the driving force of their owners. However, even some of these war horses subconsciously turned their heads to avoid them after seeing similar people on the opposite side rushing towards them.
It’s just that this reaction mostly came from Cao Jun’s side.
Cao Jun's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are indeed elite, but their tactics are still characterized by penetration, penetration, and attack, and they use absolute speed to attack difficulties. They rarely use this super luxurious tactics.
But the armored cavalry of the Taishan Army are different. Their war horses have been responsible for collisions since they were selected. Not only are they all tall horses with strong bones, but their daily training is also based on collision tactics.
With this kind of impact, hesitation will lead to defeat.
In an instant, people on Cao Jun's side were tumbling on their backs, and there were screams of broken bones and broken bones everywhere.
In the first moment of the impact, Lu Chang knocked away the tiger and leopard knight on the opposite side with his horse spear, and then stabbed the one behind him to death with his horse spear.
The horse fell apart at the sound, and the fragments hit Lu Chang's face and were blocked by the iron mask.
He tilted his head casually, and struck Lu Chang's shoulder armor with a ring-headed knife, but it seemed like it struck an iron plate.
Lü Chang grabbed the man's head and threw him off the horse. Then he clamped the horse's hooves, and the horse's hooves stretched out in response to his wishes, crushing the head of the tiger and leopard rider on the ground.
Lu Chang swung his arm, and the iron bone flower tied to his arm with a rope fell into his palm.
The two-kilogram iron bone flower was thrown out in a semicircle by Lu Chang and hit a tiger and leopard rider heavily on the face.
These tiger and leopard riders all have armor, but they don’t have an iron face, so the iron face hit him directly in the face.
Just for a moment, Lu Chang saw that the tiger and leopard rider's eyes were smashed out, and his entire cheek was smashed to pieces like an egg.
The screams became louder and louder.
Lü Chang only took the time to look around at this time, and saw that the armored knights on his side were like tigers and wolves, with a rainbow of momentum. The tiger and leopard knights could not block the attack of these people.
At this time, Lu Chang became more and more aggressive. He pulled off his visor, took a deep breath of the bloody smell of the battlefield, and grinned intoxicated.
This visor is good. The heavy armor is not only powerful but also provides protection. But the only drawback is that it blocks the field of vision.
After Lu Chang pulled off his visor, his field of vision suddenly broadened, and then he suddenly saw the fat man moving forward bravely.
A basin-collar armor seemed unable to cover his fat body. This man held up a ring-headed sword and shouted loudly. It looked like he was the commander-in-chief.
Lü Chang did not rush forward recklessly. Instead, he hid in the chaotic crowd and secretly took off the bow and arrow from the hook on the side of the horse.
Then he stayed on the horse like this, paying attention to Cao Hong in front, and carefully scanning the battlefield to prevent anyone from Cao's army from seeing him.
The heavy-armored knights on Lu Chang's side all have a tacit understanding, and they understand it when they see the general's behavior.
So he fought even louder, and intentionally or unintentionally blocked Lu Chang from behind.
But is it possible to distract yourself from a life-and-death fight? Life and death depend on a breath of air. If you let go, your life will be someone else's.
At this time, these heavy-armored knights can suppress the tigers and leopards to fight. It's not that the tigers and leopards' riding skills and tactics are inferior to others, these people are also one of the ten elites in Cao's army.
They are just inferior to Taishan's army in armor and inferior to Mount Tai's army in horses, not that they are inferior to people.
Another reason is that this dirt road is not wide, and its width is only enough for five riders to fight side by side.
The Taishan Army only had fifty heavy cavalry arranged in ten rows. This formation was already very thick.
So even if there are twice as many people on the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry side as here, they still can't exert their advantage on this dirt track.
But even so, the Taishan Army only had one horse that was fast enough and had stronger kinetic energy, so they rode on the tiger and leopard at the beginning of the collision.
But now they are fighting together, the initial momentum has become weaker and weaker, and the two sides are already somewhat evenly matched.
So at this moment, the Taishan Army was half-hearted and suffered a big loss. Several people were dragged off their horses by the tiger and leopard riders.
Seeing this, Lu Chang felt anxious and stood up and drew his bow to shoot at Cao Hong, who was still shouting.
With just one strike, the arrow hit Cao Hong's cheek. The pain made Cao Hong scream, and then he fell under his horse.
Lü Chang was anxious to behead Cao Hong, but the road ahead was too crowded, and in the end he had no choice but to watch the tiger and leopard cavalry drag Cao Hong onto his horse.
Then, with the sound of horns, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, which was circling towards both sides of the road, heard the sound of horns and turned directly.
They hurriedly retreated on the slopes on both sides. They were running in a hurry on the road, and when they stepped into a pit, they fell over.
The unexpected horn directly interrupted the roundabout plan of these tiger and leopard riders. They didn't know what happened in the middle and why they blew the retreat horn.
But it was precisely because they didn't know that they were extremely panicked, thinking that something sudden had happened, such as the enemy's arrival of reinforcements.
The fighting spirit suddenly disappeared without a trace.
They gathered the defeated troops in the middle and ran towards the road they came from without looking back.
Originally Lu Chang planned to pursue the victory. After all, the Cao Jun cavalry general he shot down just now looked like a figure. If he did not take off the opponent's head, it would not be considered a military merit.
But at this moment, Ding Sheng, who had been observing the enemy troops behind, suddenly shouted:
"Get back!"
After saying that, he looked at a Cao Junhu at his feet The Leopard Rider's corpse looked lost in thought.
After waiting for Lu Chang and others to clean up the battlefield in a hurry, Ding Sheng and others ran back to the road without looking back.
I will never mention watching the formation as mentioned before.
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On the same day, Ding Sheng rushed back to the rear with his armor and cavalry, and met Zhang Xibu who was coming from behind again on the road.
On the other side, after receiving Ding Sheng's emergency military order, the generals in the Linzi camp verified that the arrows were correct and immediately decided to go out in full force.
They marched to a post station five miles southwest of Linzi and met Ding Sheng. That night, Ding Sheng ordered the army to camp there.
At the same time, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, who had learned that the sentinels had gone out, not only failed to capture several Taishan Army sentry riders, but also lost Gao Rou's life, and even the clan general Cao Hong was seriously injured.
But Cao Cao did not accuse anything, but came out of the forest openly and began to raise his flag in the hilly land on the south bank of Zi River.
Obviously, Cao Cao was ready to fight the Taishan Army.
At this time, Cao Cao's total military strength was 26,000. In addition, Cao Cao's combatable troops in Linzi City were 15,000, which was exactly around 40,000.
In the five-mile radius from Linzi Camp to Wuliting, there are two marshal troops of the Taishan Army, with a total strength of about 40,000.
They and Cao's army on the south bank happened to be arranged on both sides of the Zi River, one south and one north.
That night, Cao Jun and Taishan Jun both chose to test each other by infiltrating small units across the river.
Throughout the night, the sound of killings continued from both sides, and it did not subside until daybreak.
In the morning, more than a hundred heads were hung under the south tower of Wuliyi. These were the dead soldiers of Cao's army who had lurked across the river last night.
Under the south building, under a large apricot flag, several Taishan Army warriors were pointing at the heads hanging above. One of them said in awkward Chinese with a Youzhou accent. ：
"Did you see that the one with the green birthmark on his face was the one who chopped it off? I killed four or five of these people last night, but we were so excited about killing that we forgot to take their heads. This is the only one left in the end. "
This Pingzhou warrior is a Wuhuan man and is known for his bravery, so when he said this, no one around him looked at him. envious.
At this moment, a Pingzhou warrior from Goguryeo seemed to remember something, and suddenly said something to several warriors:
"You said that those Cao soldiers on the opposite side also knew about the incoming attack. Us, what do you think of the people we waded through last night, what happened to them? "
But this Goguryeo warrior didn't know that his words directly offended someone.
A warrior with starry eyes and a fierce spirit spoke directly in Hun dialect. Seeing that the other party could not understand, he cursed again in Chinese:
"If you can't speak, don't say it." , If you dare to say one more thing, I will smash all your teeth."
These are all warriors in the army, especially the Goguryeo warriors who know a gorgeous set of footwork and the bows and arrows in their hands. Very well used.
No one can bear anger if he has the ability, let alone the anger of inexplicable injustice.
So, the man waved his fist and was about to hit the Hun warrior.
But before they could run over, people from both sides rushed over to stop them.
Some people told the Hun warrior that fighting was prohibited in the army, and those who violated the rules would be ordered to patrol the camp for three days. These warriors value face the most. Once they patrol the camp like this, they will definitely become the laughing stock of the entire army.
The people on the other side tried to persuade the Goguryeo warrior. They secretly told him that the brother of the Hun warrior was a member of the action team last night.
If you say such depressing words in front of others, not to mention you will get scolded a few times, even if you get beaten, it will be light.
It was these words that completely calmed down the Goguryeo warrior, knowing that he was being unreasonable.
In the end, he could only mutter a few words and prepared to say a good word before going down the steps.
But at this moment, on the horse road outside the camp, a remnant army ran over in a dusty manner.
These knights were either wounded or had broken armor. Even the breastplate of the bearded knight at the front had two deep ax marks.
Obviously, this is an army that has just come off the battlefield.
With a strong fishy smell, these people ran all the way to the south gate downstairs, and then they saw the head hanging upstairs at a glance.
The bearded cavalry leader in the lead ran directly downstairs and asked the warriors present:
"Did the enemy attack the camp last night?"
This man must be a big man He has a reputation, otherwise these unruly ordinary warriors would not bow their heads.
On the contrary, after seeing the cavalry general, the Hun warrior who had been not very interested before was so excited that he shouted:
"Brother, you are back."
It turns out that this cavalry commander was the leader of the Taishan Army's night attack on the other side last night.
But when he heard his younger brother calling, the cavalry general just snorted in dissatisfaction:
"Remember that in the army, only when it comes to military positions and brothers, we are all brothers in the army."
The Hun warrior choked, and then said honestly:
"Yes, Colonel."
At this time, an experienced Han military officer present answered the man's question:
"Xiaowei Dou, last night the enemy army of a hundred people attacked the camp, but they were defeated by us Youyi brothers fifteen miles away. They were discovered and annihilated outside the camp this morning, Marshal. Let us hang these heads on the tower to show the public."
After hearing this man's explanation, Colonel Dou had a happy look on his face, but suddenly he thought of the brothers who crossed the river with him last night. It's almost half, and maybe they will end up like these people.
When he thought of this, Lieutenant Dou felt a pain in his heart.
He ignored these You Yi anymore, but continued to run towards the camp in front with the remaining robes. He wanted to return to the camp immediately to report the situation to the general and commander.
And after these knights left in smoke, the Goguryeo warrior who had been silent for a long time suddenly said:
"So his brother is Captain Dou Tai Dou?"
No People answer him because the answer is already obvious.
At this time, the Goguryeo warrior was on the verge of crying.
No ordinary warrior of the Ping Dynasty or Dai Dynasty knows the name of Dou Tai. It can be said that he and another Chile warrior named Hu Luding are the targets of learning for all Ping and Dai warriors.
Dou Tai was born in a mixed race of the Huns and was one of the earliest warriors of the Fifty-Four Capitals in the North. However, he later made great contributions to the Shangdang under Han Dang. Not only did he become a military official, he was also qualified to enter Yecheng to teach martial arts. School learning.
After the war, he also returned to Yecheng to study at the Martial Arts School, and then directly joined Dong Fang's Daibei Army.
At that time, Dong Fang's regiment was stationed in Daibei, and its daily task was to attack the miscellaneous beasts wandering on the nearby grasslands.
As the Taishan Army has successively pacified many nomadic peoples within the Great Wall, there are no grassland forces in Monan that dare to compete with the Taishan Army.
However, the harsh grassland environment forced many herdsmen to become bandits, often attacking the settlements of the Daibei Army.
It was in Daibei that Dou Tai made great military exploits and rose from suppressing bandits to a lieutenant colonel in the army.
From captain to captain, Dou Tai wrote a legend.
At this moment, when the Goguryeo warrior realized that he had offended exactly this kind of person, no matter how arrogant he was, he cried sadly at this moment:
"I don't want to bully people like this. , if you have a background, just tell me, why are you hanging out with us in the Youyi team?"
Thinking of this, the Goguryeo warrior made up his mind to give his ancestral old ginseng to Na Dou Tai's brother to apologize. .
Although his heart was bleeding with pain, he was still confident in resolving this minor offense.
After all, no one can refuse an old wild ginseng, right?