Chapter 289 Central Plains and Northern Liang
(Chapter 3 will be relatively late.)
One of the magnates had more than fifty elite cavalry, with strong soldiers and horses galloping northward.
This cavalry is equipped with the most exquisite standard swords in the Liyang court. Only from the tight white scene where the arrow bag is exposed, the elite level of this cavalry can be seen. The arrow feathers of the horse bow are all hard and dense carved feathers. Military experts generally recognize that carved feathers can provide arrows with better wind resistance, so they are more accurate. At the same time, in order to make up for the loss in range, the requirements for the archer's strength are greater. Non-military soldiers are allowed to pull carved feathers and strong bows. Today, the Li is the most familiar with archers. The Li is the most familiar to the archers. Among the cavalry on the Yang border, Beiliang is heavy on crossbows and light on bows, while the two Liao and Jibei are mixed with crossbows. Among them, Jibei Cavalry, which is known for its abundant archers, has far more bows than crossbows. This fast-propelled scout cavalry is a leader in the Jibei border army. Half of the cavalry came from outside Jibei. Yang Shenxing, a general who has been a local emperor in Jizhou for more than ten years, has always been focused on infantry, which has led to a large number of cavalrymen who are good at archery shooting. They have left their hometowns by relying on their connections and seeking a half-position in the army in the hinterland of the Central Plains.
The leader of this scout was a northern athlete from Jibei. He was still a teenager when he followed his father to leave the border. He has long been used to the customs and customs of Qingzhou. Because his father was a lieutenant in the Qingzhou army when he was discharged from the army, he has not lacked any mellow wine and delicacies for so many years. However, compared to the native Qingzhou soldiers, a father who is obsessed with the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield is always staring at him, so he has learned that he has never been able to do anything. The common cavalry and martial arts were the last time the Qingzhou cavalry rushed to the battlefield and suffered heavy casualties in the battle to aid King Zhao Ying of Huainan. Because his father was seriously ill, he had to be the only seedling in his family to escape. This time he left the country, the leader of the army was a close friend of his father and valued him very much, so he specially asked him to win over a group of elite troops in the army who were good at riding and shooting, and made a special trip to call him into the tent last night. He told him that the veritable provocation should not leave the army too far. Once he met the scout of the Beiliang cavalry, he should not be entangled and must escape unscathed. Even at the end of the conversation, the general revealed that the two armies were allowed to lead the troops away after fighting. This made him, who was determined to climb to the full general in the army, but he was also dissatisfied with gratitude. The advancement of local warriors was already difficult and could only follow the steps, especially after reaching the height of the lieutenant, he had to compete for his family's fortune. With his family background, if there was no accident, he would rely on water to work hard for more than ten or twenty years, and then be a small military captain with military power in Qingzhou like his father. Only the real combat achievements that could be presented to the tables of the tycoons of the Ministry of War can break the threshold and rules. As for whether the military achievements come from the head of the Beimang barbarian or the head of the Beiliang barbarian, he didn't care.
The heavy snow has melted, and the fields in early spring are full of green. There are some wild flowers on the side of the road that cannot be called out, clustered with clusters, leaning against each other, and tender yellow buds have already drawn out, swaying in the warm spring breeze. Looking around, they are gentle and peaceful.
It doesn't look like a battlefield at all.
The horse's hooves were trampling on the soft ground, like a man slapping his lover's tender skin with his palms, like a young man in the brothel's pile of powder was beating the red-toothed jade board.
If a month later, when the rape flowers bloom, they will spread out, and the yellow scenery will fill people's vision.
According to previous intelligence, the army of our side would have been about one and a half days before it could officially enter the dangerous area of Beiliang scout patrol. However, at that time, their Qingzhou army could also join the elite troops of the capital of the Ministry of War Xu. General Yuan's 10,000 Jibei cavalry as the main force of the mobile phone involved the Beiliang army. No matter what, as long as you arrive at the location on time and cooperate with Xu to assist in defense, you can pull out the Qingzhou army with less than 500 cavalry. During this period, it is unlikely that it will become the main enemy of the Beiliang cavalry. Instead, the 20,000 Shu soldiers led by a little baby are more likely to be attacked by the Beiliang cavalry.
But just when the warm wind was so intoxicating that the long-term figure, the first-class man suddenly tensed up and said in a deep voice: "There is an enemy situation! Northwest direction, six hundred steps!"
After the reminder of the length, the riders discovered that at the end of their vision, several still black dots could be seen. If you look at them at a glance, you would just glance by them.
Biao Chang's eyes dilated, nervous and excited, unlike his father who had fought old wars on the Jibei border. Although he won the nickname "Da Linhu" in the military arena with his outstanding martial arts, and even his father is not his opponent now. However, his father often reminded him that fighting on the battlefield is not as good as the military fights in the military, nor is it that the martial artists in the martial arts world are in harmony. They often have life and death in the front line. He was not very concerned about it, but this time he went to the army to go with his father, and his father himself put on the old man who had taken him out of the Jibei army in his early years.
The old chain mail was in the martial arts field of the lieutenant colonel. When the father, who mistakenly thought he was a toothless "old" tiger, he slashed his shoulder with a knife in the blink of an eye and put the knife on his neck. He only needed to increase the strength to cut off his head. At that moment, he truly understood what his father meant by fighting for death. Afterwards, the wound was bandaged on his father, and his father told him earnestly that the old soldiers from border soldiers who were not of high origin, who could survive to this day only by one thing, was luck. There are countless disciples of aristocratic families who are self-reliant and have incomplete corpses in the first time they were trapped in the battle.
The team of Biao's quick horses, who were probing horses, followed, and their voices were trembling, "Jiang Biao, what do you say? Or not to fight?"
Biao Chang let out a breath and narrowed his eyes and said, "To be honest, the superior means that we are not allowed to start a war without authorization. Even if we take the four or five cavalry barbarians in one fell swoop, it may not be pleasing."
The Qingzhou Exploser, who was running forward at a constant speed, did not launch a charge and pursue, nor did he stop moving forward, so he just brought the small scout of Beiliang little by little.
Perhaps infected by the calmness of the Biao Chang, the originally nervous deputy began to calm down. Although he was facing the Liangzhou crossbowman who was known as the number one scout in the world, his side had 51 horses to explore the horses, and almost all of them were the top elites in the Qingzhou army. Previously, the Biao Chief had a little complaining that he had to use the first horse to strictly order the first standard to reconnaise the enemy situation. It was really not very appropriate. But on the one hand, the Northern Liang cavalry, as an imaginary enemy, had to guard against several large armies, and on the other hand, this place was not the land of those barbarians.
Pan, I believe that the Beiliang crossbowmen dare not go too deep into the hinterland, so since they are unable to truly take on the responsibility of probing horses, it doesn’t matter whether they can play the greatest effect of their scouts. Now it seems that by accident, the over-caution of the superiors has become their blessing. It is also a considerable contribution to the sharing of four or five enemy heads, especially the other party still calls the Beiliang Iron Cavalry, who has been invincible for twenty years. I believe that no matter how stingy the superiors are, they should move the first or two levels of the first, second or second, including him.
So Biao looked at the 350 steps away with a ferocious look. For some reason, the riders still had no movement. Could it be that they were scared? However, they could gradually see the opponent clearly. After Biao confirmed that the enemy was only a few five riders and there were no other enemy troops lurking nearby, he couldn't help but grin and said, "Jiang Biao, a total of five Beiliang barbarians' heads are not enough for us to stuff our teeth, but the mosquito legs are also flesh. Three belong to you, and Lao He and I are enough!"
President Biao shook his head and said, "This is a good start. There must be more contributions to the war. I am not short of this for the time being and I am still young. But Lao Song, you are different from Lao He. If you don't make enough military achievements in the north this time, you can only retreat from the position of pitiful deputy lieutenant. If you don't complain about anything, I will stand up for you. So you can't escape one of them on this trip, and the other three will be distributed to your brothers."
Mr. Biao, who is almost forty years old, clasped his fists and said, "Old Song is not pretentious, he must remember it in his heart!"
The two scouts were about three hundred steps apart.
Meet on a narrow road.
But just as Qingzhou's horse explorer ordered the bow, the scout Wu Beiliang actually began to turn the horse's head and retreat, without any rush or slow down, and at ease.
Deputy Old He of Biao is the most irritable in the Biao Qingzhou horse exploration. If it weren’t for drinking many times and confronting the head, he would have been a serious lieutenant officer. Then he would have been an official and obtained a rank of a rank. Otherwise, no matter how brave you are, you can’t let those civil servants look at it in the Qingzhou officialdom. So in this contact battle, Old He was even more jealous than Jiang Biao and his peers Lao Song, and he wished that the horses under his crotch would have four legs. Although Old He is no longer young, he is still stronger and his arm strength is still amazing. That bow is one of the few 300-pound strong bows in the Qingzhou army. Ordinary archers shoot twenty in a row on the battlefield are already the double limit of the arm and long bow. However, Old He’s exaggerated arm strength and the high-quality large bow created by the old Shu craftsman are enough to support Old He’s shooting forth forth with more strength.
The Beiliang crossbowman's active retreat made this Biaoqingzhou horse stalker bold.
Lao He used his strength to squeeze the horse's belly and roared: "Kill the enemy!"
The five cavalry scouts of Beiliang were not in a hurry, but no matter how the Qingzhou probation horses drove the horses to run, the distance between the two sides was always about 150 steps, far beyond the range of the horse bow.
I don’t know who was the first to shout “Kill the Barbarians” in Qingzhou. Soon, shouts like “Kill the Barbarians of Beiliang” were heard one after another in the horse team.
Five Liangzhou crossbowmen turned their heads almost at the same time.
Jiang Biaochang was a little uneasy.
The next scene soon made the bell captain who was riding and shooting on the border both worried and relieved. He was worried that the war was about to break out, and he was relieved that the enemy, who was already at an absolute disadvantage, accelerated his departure, leaving only four cavalry to block his own pursuit.
The four horses and Liangzhou crossbowmen began to turn around.
It is a foregone conclusion that the range of horse bows is not as good as that of archers. It is not that there are no light crossbows in the Qingzhou army, but the number is not large. With more than ten years of singing and dancing in the heartland of the Central Plains, there are Qing Party, which is famous for its grouping, and Wen Taiyi and others speak in the court. Jing'an Road, especially Qingzhou and Xiangfan City, have always been a comfortable life, and the outside forces do not enter. Qingzhou is generally a pleasant time to enjoy the happiness behind closed doors. In the long run, in Qingzhou, where there is no war and relies more on the combat power of the navy, the good crossbows, which are not very large in the military, have gradually become the favorite toys for the children of officials. In the eyes of the Qingzhou cavalry who have been exposed to light crossbows, the thing is of course not bad, it is a valuable thing, but it is too rare and maintenance is also troublesome. In terms of range alone, it is even worse than the horse bow.
Then, when the horses of Qingzhou were about a hundred steps apart, they were shocked to find that the four horses were raising their arms and crossbows at about the same time as them!
In fact, if the horse bow at this distance is shot immediately, the accurate head will be quite barely enough. It is even more difficult to break the armor and hurt the enemy. Unless it hits a fatal enemy, the effect will be extremely small. Therefore, it has always been the military rule of the Qingzhou cavalry to open the first bow at about 70 steps.
Lao He, the first in the Explosive Horse, became the first strong figure to shoot arrows.
The two sides took 85 steps, Lao He, who was holding his bow like a full moon, and an arrow thundered quickly and broke through the air. It was a straight line that was completely contrary to common sense, which showed the terrifying power of the scout's deputy.
The Liangzhou Youbi Crossbow subconsciously bent down and opened his shoulders. The carved feathered arrow that had already shot through his chest was almost touching his iron armor.
The confident old He was shocked.
At eighty steps, the four cavalry of Northern Liang not only raised their arms and crossbows, but also began to shoot and kill the enemy cavalry.
With a dull puff, a Qingzhou provoker who was pulling his bow suddenly fell backwards, and a crossbow arrow was nailed into his forehead and penetrated his head.
A young stalker who rushed out a soft arrow because he was too nervous. He saw a black spot as big as a grain of rice suddenly appeared in front of him. The next moment he was shot through his throat. He threw away the horse bow, covered his neck with his hands, and fell from the horse's back.
Jiang Biaochang slanted his head slightly, and a Beiliang arrow smeared a blood groove on his cheek, but the leader of the Qingzhou cavalry did not tremble at all, and he had a bang.
Even though the barbarian of Beiliang rode away in the distance, his entire shoulder was still nailed to his flesh and blood.
The deputy old Song of Qingzhou Biao not only avoided the crossbow arrow, but also the first feather arrow was also accurate. He was just avoided by the Beiliang cavalryman who was facing each other bent down on the back of the horse.
The Liangzhou crossbowman who was thrusting arrows on his shoulders, the Liangzhou crossbowman who bent down to avoid arrows, and the two cavalry who had already killed people were all shot by crossbows when the three leaders of Qingzhou explored horses shot out the second arrow, and when other Qingzhou cavalrymen were tying arrows, they were already made of crossbows when they were tying arrows.
None of the four horses continued to target Jiang Biaochang, so the four horses Qingzhou cavalry were soon caught off guard, and without exception, they were all faces and throats, which were enough to kill them.
However, most of the Qingzhou provocations who were already panicked were not only accurate, but also the opponent's Beiliang barbarians were obviously very good at evading, so that except for the archer Lao He who made a contribution with one arrow and shot a Liangzhou scout off the horse, they did not even successfully kill the enemy with two arrows from Jian Jian and Deputy Lao Song.
Jiang Biaochang's arrow was exquisite. Not only did he not deliberately seek a fatal arrow, he even abandoned shooting people, but directly chose to shoot the head of the war horse first. However, the Beiliang barbarian who looked like a commander was astonishingly exquisite as he just pulled the reins of the horse, and the Liangzhou war horse that had a sympathy with his master turned the head. This caused the arrow to cut off a large piece of meat from the commander's thigh, and would not damage the combat power in a short time.
Jiang Biaochang no longer cared about the fighting power of the enemy cavalry and roared angrily: "Stay calm! If you are not sure, shoot the horse!"
He knew that after entering forty steps, he was destined to be the most powerful and last arrow on his side.
Not only did the three cavalry of Beiliang who were still on the back of the horse, but also the cavalryman who rolled off the ground after falling off the horse, followed the three robes, and shot out the third crossbow arrow in a kneeling position.
Deputy Old He, the eyes of deputy Biao, bulged his arms, pulled his bow vigorously, shouted: "Go to die from the barbarian!"
But a scene that made all Qingzhou horses find awkward and suffocating scene happened. Apart from the Beiliang barbarian who was injured and fell off the horse, the other three crossbow-holding horses did not need any action from the master after shooting the crossbow arrows. The war horses tacitly changed the charge route slightly. The seemingly negligent line of separation was from death to life.
This scene taught Jiang Biaochang two things.
What are the old soldiers on the border, what are the big horses in Liangzhou?
All the Qingzhou Explosers who had already put down their horse bow had no time to think too much, subconsciously shouted out the word "kill", pulled out the battle knife, and rode their horses wildly.
The Liangzhou detective cavalry, who had one more round of arrows than the Qingzhou horse bow, also began to draw swords silently and continue to rush forward.
The three cavalry faced the forty-one cavalry, and the two sides with huge disparity in their troops, one roared hard and the other was extremely silent, and they just bumped into each other.
Jiang Biaochang and Deputy Old Song of Biao were almost the same as joining forces, and they failed to completely leave the commander of the Northern Liang. It was not that the commander of the crossbowman who was a straitor had more martial arts skills. In fact, if a single fight was fought, any of the Biaochang and Deputy of the Qingzhou side had a greater chance of winning, especially in the staging battle, Jiang Biaochang was more sure to win. However, when the two expected that the horses of both sides had reached the limit, the Liangzhou war horses suddenly accelerated again, showing a huge explosive power that made the Qingzhou cavalry feel terrifying and unfamiliar. It was this explosive power that made the commander of the Northern Liang not only avoided two swords, but was only a bloody hole in the back of the Qingzhou cavalry, but was able to continue to carve the formation of the Qingzhou cavalry. He simply stretched out his arm and slashed it, and the head of a Qingzhou cavalry jumped high.
The "two armies" passed by.
Among the three cavalry, the only sergeant broke through the formation, one man and one horse, slowed down, turned the horse's head silently and alone, preparing for the next round of rushing.
After each of the two cavalrymen killed three cavalry, they were already dead on their way.
The first wounded soldier in Beiliang who fell off his horse even before his death, he used an infantry cavalry to shoot one cavalry with arrows and one cavalry to kill one cavalry with one knife. Then he was hit hard in the chest by a Qingzhou war horse and fell into a pool of blood.
Jiang Biaochang, who had almost bit his teeth, turned his head and looked at the only remaining cavalryman in the Northern Liang Dynasty, and glanced at the cavalryman who was not dead more than ten steps ahead of the cavalryman.
The Beiliang barbarian replaced the fifteen horses under my command with three cavalry, and the fifteen horses were all!
The extremely annoyed Qingzhou Biao Chang tied his bow again and pointed the arrow at the wounded man in Beiliang who was already lying in a pool of blood.
Just over ten steps.
An arrow shot into the head of the cavalryman.
On the ground, only carving feathers were trembling.
In the Central Plains, there were not only literati scoldings about Northern Liang.
Chapter completed!