Chapter 958 Counterattack on the battlefield
When some bright colors appeared on the horizon, the scouts sent out had already returned.
If it is in the later life, perhaps at such a point in time, most of them are still nestled in bed, struggling with the quilt arduously, and then wait until the stomach is really hungry, then reluctantly get up from the bed, go to eat or eat. Or just order takeout...
However, now, such a life or such a living habit is quite far away from Feiqian.
Right now, Fei Qian is leading a solitary army of more than 500 cavalry. Such a situation is absolutely unimaginable for him in later generations.
Fei Qian took the water bag that Huang Xu handed over, gulped down a few mouthfuls, puffed up his cheeks, poured the water in his mouth, washed out the residue between his teeth, and then didn''t spit it out, but I swallowed it.
got used to.
The food is very simple, but the calories of the food are quite a lot. Animal fat, a little salt and sugar are added, and the fried wheat millet is ground into powder, which is compacted piece by piece and packed in a bamboo tube. It can be eaten when eating. Boiling with water can also be directly eaten dry. Although it is not as good as the compressed biscuits of later generations, it can also ensure the calories and sodium ions needed by the human body in a short period of time.
As if he was used to the military life in the Han Dynasty, and this way of eating, Fei Qian gradually got used to reasoning and thinking about problems in the way of a commander.
Fei Qian called Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao to his side, and said: "...Xiliang soldiers are building a pontoon bridge to cross the river...Wen Yuan, Zilong, what do you think should be done now?"
Zhao Yun looked at Fei Qian and seemed to understand something, but he didn''t say anything.
Zhang Liao acted more straightforwardly. He looked back at the road, then turned around and said, "Your Majesty means, turn around and deal with these thieves?"
Fei Qian slightly smiled and said, "How? Can we still fight?"
Zhang Liao and Zhao Yunjun cupped their hands and replied loudly: "Your Majesty, please give me an order!"
Feiqian laughed, turned around and got on the horse, and went to the formation of the team. Huang Xu and other flag-holding guards followed closely. Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun looked at each other, and hurriedly got on their horses to follow.
Every soldier involuntarily turned his head to look at Fei Qian, and at the commander under the tricolor flag.
In the era of cold weapons, the morale of the army is often a very important combat factor. Even in later generations, it is quite common for a dozen soldiers to chase away several or even ten times the number of opponent soldiers who have no fighting spirit like ducks.
Retreating all the way like this, being chased by Li Jue, although it will be relatively safe now, it will actually cause some damage to the morale of the entire team...
Fei Qian sat upright on the horse, looked around, pulled out the long sword beside him, and slashed to one side violently in the air. Under the reflection of the morning light, the long sword flashed a dazzling light.
"We Bingzhou men are the wolves of this land, not cattle and sheep!" Fei Qian shouted at the soldiers, "In the past two days, we were chased here from Gaolu all the way, these Xiliang thieves are not Annoying, I’m even annoyed! Some people say that the frontier army of the big man has always been the elite of Bingliang! But now, I want to say that the soldiers of Xiliang are no longer good, the whole world! Only the soldiers of Bingzhou like us are the elite of the big man!"
"Oh oh oh!" Hearing what Fei Qian said, all the soldiers couldn''t help raising their swords and spears, waving them towards the sky, and shouting.
"We retreated before, not because we were afraid of these Xiliang thieves, but because we all belonged to the frontier army, and it was not easy for everyone..." Fei Qian opened his eyes and said solemnly, "But these thieves are not finished! We are not in the same state. People are not easy to bully, now it''s our turn to give these Xiliang thieves some color!"
"Everyone on horseback! Let''s go!"
A trace of bright color in the sky is becoming more and more obvious, reflecting a bright red morning glow.
Feiqian''s cloak fluttered high in the morning wind. Even though he hadn''t slept all night, he was still full of energy under the action of adrenaline.
Under the leadership of Li Jue, the Xiliang soldiers rushed all day and then all night. Even with one man and two horses, the degree of loss in the pursuit was relatively small, but after all, human energy is limited, so This node is also when they need to recover their physical strength.
Furthermore, although the pontoon bridge is more convenient and does not need to remove the armor to pass through, how huge can the pontoon bridge built in one night be? How many people can pass at one time?
After the description of the scouts, Fei Qian almost knew the general shape of the pontoon bridge built by Li Jue. It was the simplest bridge based on rafts, using three or four rafts as the base, and then using the rest Of course, the width of the pontoon bridge is at most about one and a half horses and a half wide, because the wider the pontoon bridge will greatly increase the consumption of materials and manpower, and the one-time use is about one and a half horses and a half. The width is about the same.
Although it is said that it is a return to the army to counterattack, it does not mean that Fei Qian must have an absolute advantage, because both sides have been galloping for a long time, and the consumption of people and horses is equally high. Normally, it is not necessary in this situation now. Not a very good time to fight.
However, it is also the best combat opportunity at the moment.
Because unless you go north to the mountain range, there really aren''t many places in this area that can be used to snipe Li Jue. Li Jue thought that he would only run away, and he would not have much preparation, just in time for a sudden blow!
Taking advantage of the morning light, when Fei Qian and the others returned to Juqishui, they bumped into the scouts sent by Li Jue head-on!
The sky was not very bright, so the smoke and dust were not obvious. When the two sides heard the sound of horseshoes like beating drums, they realized that they were already face to face.
Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao rushed to the front of the team like two sharp knives. When they saw the scouts sent by Li Jue, they immediately increased their horse speed to 1000000000000000000000000000000 The highest is like an arrow leaving the string, rushing forward!
Zhang Liao looked as if he was on the back of a horse, with his body slightly arched, a long spear stretched out straight out, and with a little dance of gun flowers, he bounced off all the arrows shot in a panic from the opposite side. Approaching the front line listed by Li Jue scouts!
Zhao Yun was half a horse behind Zhang Liao, but he had already taken off the long bow on the side of the horse. The strength of his legs and waist was enough to help Zhao Yun sit on the galloping horse. Steadily, at the moment the horse soared into the air, Zhao Yun shot three arrows in a row, and then three more arrows in the next moment, the arrows passed Zhang Liao in an instant, and went straight to the front few Xiliang scouts. go!
The arrows screamed, and the Xiliang scouts who were about to attack Zhang Liao were shocked, and could not help but dodge sideways, but in the end, three people were unable to dodge, one was shot in the face, and the other two were shot between the chest and abdomen. Immediately leaning back, he turned over and fell off the horse.
At this time, Zhang Liao had already shouted loudly, and the leaping horse rushed straight into the queue of Xiliang scouts!
A Xiliang scout was just about to raise his knife to chop it down, but Zhang Liao''s spear pierced the neck of this Xiliang scout half a step away, and immediately pierced half of the neck, and the head of the Xiliang scout shrugged. He fell sideways, and the blood in the chest cavity gushed out along the huge wound with a "poof" under the pressure, like a blood-red firework was released.
Behind the two, the rest of the Bingzhou cavalry had already arrived at this time, and slammed into Li Jue''s Xiliang scout squad. These Bingzhou cavalry had already put on their battle armor this time, so they were no longer That kind of state of falling down with one arrow, directly crashed into the formation of the Xiliang cavalry, amidst a crowd of people shouting and neighing, all the formation of the Xiliang scouts was immediately dispersed.
The Xiliang scout team was defeated, and immediately turned around in the diagonal stab, turned around and fled. Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun were about to pursue, but they were held back by Fei Qian and explained a few words. Zhang Liao took the order and led two hundred cavalry to chase after the Xiliang scouts'' defeated tails.
Li Jue was commanding the Xiliang soldiers to cross the river at this time. Indeed, as Fei Qian expected, the pontoon bridge was not spacious, and because of the rush to build it, and because of limited conditions, basically they had to be tied together and soaked in water. Rubbing against each other, some fractures and looseness appeared, which further affected the efficiency of crossing the river.
After finally crossing the river, some soldiers and horses came over. When Li Jue sent a team of scouts to investigate the surrounding situation and the traces of Fei Qian''s escape, he did not expect to see Fei Qian attacking with his troops in person.
Li Jue stood under a white banner on the south bank, surrounded by more than a dozen personal guards.
"Well done!"
Li Jue said viciously, ordering the cavalry who had already crossed the river to come forward to meet them, and let the following soldiers speed up the speed of crossing the river!
The whining ox horn sounded, and some Xiliang cavalry who had already crossed the river, under the command of Li Jue, began to gather to meet the attack of the Feiqian troops. Soon there was a Xiliang military marquis roaring, leading the first two hundred cavalrymen to meet him first.
The sudden encounter with the Feiqian troops, and the fact that there are many gravels on both sides of the river beach area, it is not impossible to deploy, but there is a risk of damage to the horse''s hooves, so Li Jue simply prepared to fight with Feiqian because of the large number of people. If you can defeat Fei Qian and capture or kill him, everything will be worth it.
But the pounce of Fei Qian and other cavalry was much more ferocious than Li Jue expected!
Almost in an instant, the Xiliang army horses sent by Li Jue to meet them were like water hitting a rock. Although the water looked extremely turbulent, the rock remained motionless. Apart from the froth and blood, Fei Qian''s sharp cavalry array couldn''t be shaken!
Some people may be inconspicuous, but as long as they are on the battlefield, these people are the kings on the battlefield!
It''s like Zhang Liao!
During the fierce battle, it seemed that the more enemies surrounded him, the more ferocious Zhang Liao became!
The long spear flying like a dragon accompanied by the figure on the horseback, together with the blood gushing out from the casualties of Xiliang soldiers around, turned out to be like an incomparably red brilliance, piercing everyone''s eyes. pain.
The spear flickered coldly, Zhang Liaofang stabbed to death a Xiliang soldier who was rushing forward, and immediately twisted his backhand, and slammed on the two Xiliang soldiers who were rushing towards here, one of them was slanting in succession. With the collarbone on his neck, a big **** was cut open, and he immediately let out all the strength in his body, clutching the blood that couldn''t be suppressed, and fell down at one end, while the other person took half a step forward, letting the He shot at the head of the gun, but was severely pulled on his shoulder by the gun barrel from behind, and fell off the horse sideways. When he was still rolling, he was stepped on the back by a war horse rushing from the back door. Immediately, he suppressed half of his screams into the soil!
The few Xiliang soldiers who rushed from behind were also wearing armor and brandishing sabers. They moved very quickly. Before Zhang Liao''s spear was retracted, they rode straight into Zhang Liao''s middle circle and hid. He fired the ferocious tip of the spear, raised his knife, and slashed at Zhang Liao.
Seeing that Zhang Liao was too late to close the gun, he simply switched from both hands to one hand, stretched his arm forward, and immediately pierced through the chest and abdomen of the other person in front of him, while his left hand drew out the saber backhand, and kicked the horse''s belly with his foot. Knowingly, he took half a step to the side, and immediately let the two knives cut from the flank miss.
Before the two of them put their sabers back, Zhang Liao''s sabers had already swept out with the force of the horses'' flanks. The two Xiliang cavalrymen who rushed past suddenly became shorter, and the blood rained down on their heads and faces. At this time, The rest of the people saw the heads of these two Xiliang soldiers flying into the sky!
The cavalry''s counterattack was more than ten times faster than the infantry. In the **** rain, Zhang Liao had already seen the Xiliang military marquis leading the front line command in front of the Xiliang cavalry formation.
Looking at Fang Fang, the Xiliang military lord knew that he couldn''t escape, and suddenly became ruthless in his heart, roared, and rushed towards Zhang Liao in a slap in the face!
Junhou held his sword in one hand, and held a somewhat oval riding shield in the other. When they crossed, he saw Zhang Liao stabbing him with a spear. Simple yet powerful, it is obviously a move tempered on the battlefield, full of **** taste.
At this time, Zhang Liao''s two-handed pistol has become a knife and a spear, and the flexibility of the long spear has dropped a little. The timing of the Xiliang Army Marquis knocking Zhang Liao''s spear is very accurate, and the strength is also full. The spear was immediately knocked by the Xiliang Army Marquis. Looking at an angle, he saw the Xiliang Army Marquis slashing at him with his sword, and Zhang Liao also slashed at him with his sword. The swords of the two sides collided in the air, and sparks flew everywhere with a "clang" sound!
Cavalry is different from infantry combat. Usually, the moment the two sides meet each other, there is only one chance to strike, and then the two sides pass by each other due to the speed of the horses. If they want to continue fighting, they have to wait for the next opportunity to stagger each other.
The Marquis of Xiliang is also an old soldier on the battlefield. When he saw Zhang Liao''s state and the martial arts he displayed, he knew that he was not an opponent. After resisting Zhang Liao''s attack, he staggered past, and only exhaled in his heart, when he heard his subordinates shouting in panic!
At some point, Zhang Liao slipped the hand holding the long spear, from holding it at the end of the spear to now holding it behind the red tassel at the head of the spear, freeing up a long length of the barrel of the spear and holding it between the two horses. The moment of staggering is a backhand slanting and violently stabbing back!
Although the tail of the spear was not as sharp as the head of the spear, it still had a blunt pointed point in the shape of a triangular edge. When the Xiliang Army Marquis heard his men warning him and turned his head suddenly, he saw a dark shadow coming towards him. It was too late when he tried to dodge again, and was stabbed on the forehead by the **** of Zhang Liao''s gun!
At this moment, although it was on the noisy battlefield where people were shouting and screaming, everyone seemed to have heard the sound of bone cracking!
Accompanies the Xiliang military marquis who was facing Zhang Liao in front of the commander and fell down. Not only the sword and shield fell into dust, but also the morale of these Xiliang soldiers who fell down...
The Bingzhou cavalry behind Zhang Liao became imposing, shouting loudly and rushing forward in the **** path Zhang Liao made. On the other hand, after the Xiliang cavalry lost their leading commanding officer, they lost their courage for a while and resisted for a while. After that, he slanted to avoid it, then turned his horse''s head and ran back. After all, most of these Xiliang cavalry were Hu Qi from the Qiang people. Although they were extremely ferocious when fighting with the wind, they were also quite proficient in running when they were defeated.
Seeing that the Xiliang cavalry running back and the second batch of cavalry who were about to go forward were about to collide, the formation of the Xiliang soldiers was a bit flustered, and the captain who led the troops behind shouted, The soldiers were ordered to shoot a row of arrows in front of the retreating Xiliang cavalry horses. When they sensed the threat of death, these broken soldiers whose morale had dropped to freezing point were relatively sober, and did not continue to ram into the army formation assembled in the middle...
"The whole army stay here!" Zhang Liao glanced at the number of Xiliang soldiers who had crossed the river ahead, raised his spear and stopped the horse.
The big white banner on the other side of the river is still fluttering, which proves that most of Li Jue has not crossed the river, so it is not worth taking too much risk. Those who have already crossed the river have about five or six hundred riders from Xiliang, while those on the south bank There are also a large number of cavalry lined up. If they get too close, they may be attacked by cold arrows. In addition, there is little room for manoeuvre on the river beach. If it is too deep, it will sink in and lose the speed of the horse in the end. It may not be a good choice.
Therefore, Zhang Liao seized this opportunity to get out of the battle, pulled back his horse, and then picked up the corpse of the Xiliang military marquis with a long spear, and shouted loudly: "This is Zhang Wenyuan from the Yanmen! A special gift, Wangchi Yanghou laughs!"
After the words fell, Zhang Liao slammed the corpse on the spear forward, and a "bang" sound stirred up a large cloud of dust, "If you take a step forward, you will end up like this! The Yongliang frontier army, hehe, it''s nothing more than that Ladies and gentlemen, let''s go!" Then he led his soldiers, turned the horse''s head and walked back.
Zhang Liao''s voice was heard, and Li Jue''s face turned ashen under the white banner...
(end of this chapter)