Chapter 506 Guo Xun died in battle
Guo Xun yelled, "Kill all the chaos!" The soldiers and horses behind him yelled in unison. Ten thousand people were in the open wilderness at the foot of the mountain. The horse's hooves were like thunder, and the armor reflected bright light. A faint cold light shone on the sharp blade. The army was like a huge arrow, heading towards the Hejian rebel army that was rushing like a tide, without any hesitation and unstoppable recoil.
There are still hundreds of steps away from both sides.
The cavalry of the Southern Expedition Pioneer Army, one by one, took off the crossbows next to the saddle. One black crossbow after another was flat in his hand, and there were seven faint crossbow arrows in the crossbow box. This was the seven-shot crossbow improved by the Liaodong Equipment Department on the three-shot crossbow. Although the range was shortened, for the cavalry warfare, these short crossbow arrows were the natural nemesis of the peasant army without armor and shields. [..com]
"put!"
Ten thousand arrows were shot at the same time, as fast as a meteor, as rushing as a rushing force.
The cavalrymen who were constantly riding horses and galloping wildly felt like locusts coming in front of them. The next moment, countless cavalry were shot down by powerful crossbow arrows and stepped into soil by the rolling iron flowing behind them.
Dou Jiande waved the big gun in his hand, blocking the left muzzle right before knocking away several crossbow arrows in front of him, but in the end he was still rubbed by a crossbow arrow, and there was a burst of scorching pain. Looking at the powerful crossbow arrows on the opposite side, Dou Jiande felt a palpitations in his heart. It was too strong. This kind of crossbow arrow is much stronger than the riding bow, fast and fast, and its lethality is much stronger than the crossbow arrows. In this round just now, he estimated that the newly built cavalry had lost a lot of people.
However, Dou Jiande did not hesitate. He understood the advantages and weaknesses of the imperial army. The imperial army was strong in equipment and training. But their weakness was that they had few people. As long as he could lead his troops into the opponent's array, no matter how much damage was, it was worth it. As long as he broke the opponent's formation, the 50,000 infantry that rushed from behind could destroy the Sui army that had been armed to the teeth like ants. At that time, those war horses, weapons and armor could completely make up for the losses in this battle.
The seven-in-one crossbow machine, the arrow cassette loaded before the battle allows them to shoot seven arrows in a row without stopping during cavalry war.
The seven-wheeled crossbow arrow rain made Dou Jiande's already dark face even darker. He knew that at least 30,000 cavalry under his subordinates had lost at least 30%. However, it was approaching, and his eyes were full of anger, and the raging fighting intention was burning in his heart.
After the seven rounds of shooting, the soldiers and horses in front of both sides were only twenty steps away. Dou Jiande's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness. At such a close distance, was the soldiers and horses of the court planning to charge with crossbows? If this is true, then he would let these guys who are above the bottom of their eyes see the power of the Hebei rebels.
Twenty steps.
The loud voices of the messengers kept ringing among the Liaodong Army's vanguard, "Switch the spear!"
Brush!
One cavalry after another quickly put the crossbow machine in the crossbow machine bag in the saddle, and quickly took off the spear next to the saddle. The speed of replacement was worthy of their regular cavalry.
The Hejian Rebels were not feeling good when they were able to make such perfect moves in a rapid run. The opponent's horse speed did not decrease at all. The cavalry began to lower their bodies, and their spears were neatly half a foot above the horse's body.
A roar like thunder: "Kill all the rioters"
On the other side, they were yelling: "Kill"
The bloody battle has begun!
With its huge impact force, the cavalry used their spears to pierce the Hejian cavalry, which was not armor-free, without any difficulty. Some even pierced and picked up two or three together. The spears could not withstand the huge impact force, and when they pierced the peasant army, they burst. The cavalry immediately dropped their spears and plucked out a shiny sword from their waists.
The peasant army in the second row began to counterattack with spears, spears and scimitars, knocking off the Liaodong army's cavalry. The Liaodong army cavalry behind them carried a sharp horizontal sword and split the peasant army in front of them in half.
In an instant, hundreds of official troops fell off their horses. They could never return to the horse's back. At the same time, thousands of peasant troops were stabbed to death and hacked to death.
The subsequent troops were not at all confused or afraid. The impact continued, and they all rushed in in an instant, and the melee began!
Guo Xun's troops were better than the peasant army in combat power. Each knight could be equivalent to three peasants, or even more. Under the protection of the garrison armor, they could exert greater combat power. The excellent horizontal sword was extremely sharp. With one knife, the simple weapons in the hands of the peasant army broke one after another. Even the knights' war horses were taller than the peasant army.
What even more frightened the peasant army was that the official army with strong combat power also maintained a small array of three cavalry groups in the melee. Three people and one group, with complementary offense and defense, and their combat power was equivalent to more than ten peasant army. As the knights swung their horizontal swords again and again like lightning, more and more peasant cavalry fell down.
Dou Jiande's heart was bleeding. He knew very well how precious these ten thousand cavalry were, but he knew even more that he had no second way now. He waved his spear and kept giving orders to fill all the cavalry like he was sent to death.
He had only one thought in his mind, and he had to entangle the enemy cavalry no matter what. As long as he entangled them for a while, he could wait for the arrival of the infantry army behind him.
Perhaps it was the peasant cavalry's fearlessness of death, or perhaps it was Guo Xun's underestimation of the enemy.
When Guo Xun's cavalry killed Dou Jiande's 10,000 cavalry, Dou Jiande's infantry finally arrived.
Soldiers gather like ants.
But Guo Xun, who was bathed in his body, did not realize the danger at all. In his opinion, the strongest 10,000 cavalry were annihilated by him, and the remaining infantry were even more vulnerable. But he forgot that although Dou Jiande's cavalry was more precious than infantry, there were more than 30,000 troops in Dou Jiande's infantry. It was his truly trained Hejian Rebel Army, not the cavalry unit that had been formed in a hurry.
The flags flew, and the commanders ran around in front of the formation to pass on the orders.
Just when Guo Xun was still strangling the last remaining peasant cavalry soldiers, Dou Jiande had already transferred all 50,000 infantry and surrounded Guo Xun. At the front were shields of various sizes, including square shields, round shields, and iron shields and wooden shields.
Behind the iron wall made of countless shields was a spear battle composed of countless spears like a forest, an infantry array dedicated to the cavalry.
Guo Xun was secretly secret, and he forgot that he could easily defeat Dou Jiande's cavalry. Because Dou Jiande's cavalry was a real mob, but he forgot the essence of military tactics of military constraining.
Infantry is at a disadvantage against cavalry, but as long as the number of infantry is sufficient, it can use the layers of spear formations to restrain the cavalry tightly. When Guo Xun suddenly realized that it was too late.
Dou Jiande gritted his teeth and looked at his 10,000 cavalry that had just been obtained for a few days. In just one battle, he was wiped out. With great anger, Dou Jiande pointed his spear forward and roared, "Be prepared for the rain of bows and arrows!"
"put!"
Among the 50,000 peasant army, there was a archer battalion specially formed by Dou Jiande, with a total of five archers.
Five thousand archers fired volleys. Although most of them were not good at shooting, the effect of hiding behind the spear array was amazing. Pieces of archery rain roared down from the air, taking away one knight's lives after another.
Guo Xun waved his spear to block the flying arrows and shouted, "Create the formation! Arrow the arrow formation, and rush to the formation!"
Although his face was ugly, he didn't think it could trap him. He knew the weakness of the peasant army. Most of the infantry were peasants who had not received much training. As long as he led the cavalry to rush into the infantry formation, he did not believe that many people could stabilize their position. Cavalry and infantry have a natural deterrent power. In the past, he had led his army many times to conquer the peasant army near Zhuojun. The array of peasant army was often broken by them.
Waving his long spear, Guo Xun roared, "Kill!"
More than 8,000 cavalry began to rush into the belly of the horse and rode their horses wildly. The war horses slowly started, running faster and faster, and finally moved forward with the sound of the wind.
Looking at the torrent, many peasant soldiers holding shields and guns were panicked, their feet were cramped, their faces were as white as soil, and their sweat was raining.
"Keep the ground!" One by one, the messengers were running and shouting in front of the formation on horseback.
Dou Jiande personally led his subordinates to the front, "If anyone dared to take a step back, they would be killed on the spot, and all the family members in the family would be demoted to slaves."
Dou Hongxin led the three thousand old brothers from the headquarters to the spear formation and set up a line of defense. Everyone was carrying a big knife. Those who dared to take a step back were the law enforcement and supervision team. The soldiers in front of the formation swallowed and gritted their teeth and persevered. Retreating was death, but there might be a glimmer of vitality to stick to the formation.
"Brothers, as long as you defeat this cavalry, I will be rewarded with many rewards, and everyone in the army will always be rewarded with money." Dou Jiande spoke loudly and made a generous reward. It is said that there must be brave men under heavy rewards. He believes that he can still be able to raise his subordinates' blood.
The rumbling hooves were getting closer and closer, and the dust raised by the iron hooves of the war horse had already floated to the front of the formation. The rebels in front of the formation felt bitter in their hearts. They squatted on the ground one by one under the command of the commander, and inserted the end of the spear in their hands into the ground, pointing the cold spearhead diagonally at the officers and soldiers. Going far away, the peasant army was like a hedgehog lying on the ground, suddenly spreading the sharp thorns all over their bodies.
With endless shouts of killing and neighing by war horses, Guo Xun's cavalry and Dou Jiande's spearmen collided. The high-speed rushing horse, with unparalleled momentum, hit the spear formation hard. The spear pierced into the physical strength of the war horse, and they could not bear the huge force.
More and more cavalrymen followed one after another, but under the threat of the big sword teams behind them, and under the threat of Dou Jiande slashing the heads of several turning rebels with his own hands, more and more peasant soldiers did not retreat but advanced, and they all plucked their knives and guns, stabbed the cavalry who had crashed into the formation one by one.
Chapter completed!