Chapter 829 Decisive Battle in Suzhou (Part 2)
Just when it was raining, Cao Meng and Gao Chong had led 6,000 cavalry to the north of the battlefield. They hid in a forest, waiting for the command of the commander Cao Meng.
Although Cao Meng is only twenty years old, he is already an experienced veteran. He is very clear about his mission. They are not the surprise soldiers passing by here, but the reinforcements ordered by the commander to be transferred, which requires them to obey the commander's orders at major nodes.
Attacking the enemy is of course also a major juncture. Cao Meng did not dare to attack without authorization, but sent his personal soldiers to report to the commander of the capital. After a moment, his personal soldiers rushed back and handed a command arrow to Cao Meng, "The commander has an order, let the general see the three rockets before launching!"
"I see!"
Cao Meng took the order arrow and turned around and shouted to his personal soldiers: "You can make your tricks more clear. Please remind me when you see the rocket!"
After all, the two armies of Hu Ben and Fei Xiong in the Jiangnan Army were built by three major foreign relatives at great expense. They were well-equipped and well-trained. They had 15,000 spear infantry, 4,000 sword and shield army and 1,000 cavalry formed a large formation of spearmen that complemented the infantry and cavalry. Under the leadership of the main general Xiang Fa and deputy general Zheng Chen, they fought against the 10,000 elite Jingzhao army that came.
Heavy rain fell from the sky, destroying Xiangfa's crossbow army's deployment, causing 10,000 infantry soldiers of the Jingzhao Army to arrive without any obstacles. Ten thousand spears were like surging waves. Under the leadership of Liu Qi, the large spear formation of spearmen launched a storm-like attack from all directions.
Most of the summer in June are showers. After a brief heavy rain, the rain clears away the clouds, and the sun shines on the earth again. The crossbow soldiers of the Jiangnan army changed their strings one after another, and the crossbow soldiers showed their power again.
The 10,000 right-wing infantry led by Wang Gui was blocked by the three thousand crossbow troops sent by Guo Huaisu. The Jingzhao army shouted and killed the sky. They bravely moved forward and swept towards the Jiangnan army. They held shields with one hand and spears with the other, and rushed violently towards the enemy's positions in the face of the dense rain of arrows.
When entering a hundred steps, the Jiangnan Army's Divine Arm Crossbow Army began to shoot arrows, and the overwhelming rain of arrows shot towards the soldiers of the Jingzhao Army. The army led by Wang Gui was reorganized from the surrendered army, with slightly inferior equipment, and the defense of both armor and shields was relatively weak, and it could not withstand the strong crossbow of the Divine Arm Crossbow.
The dense and powerful crossbow arrows shot through the shield, and the Jingzhao soldiers were shot overturned, but the rolling army was still like a black tide, surging and surging towards the Jiangnan army.
When Li Yanqing was facing tit, he also sent 5,000 Jingzhao crossbow soldiers to shoot at the enemy. They also used the divine arm crossbow, and the soldiers pulled the strings and raised arrows at extremely fast speed.
Flying waves of crossbow arrows shot towards the enemy formation like locusts, and a large number of Jiangnan soldiers were also shot over and received effective cover. Wang Gui's army finally rushed to the front of the Jiangnan army formation. Jiangnan army crossbowmen put down their bows and arrows and ran backwards. Li Mo led 10,000 troops to fight.
‘Boom!’ There was a loud noise from the ground, and the two armies collided like two surging waves. In an instant, the murderous aura was confusing to the eyes, soldiers and swords fought each other, armor collided, and there was a loud sound. The two armies fought fiercely together, shouting and screaming, the heads fell to the ground, and blood flowed into a river. The war was so cruel that the soldiers' lives were as humble as grass at this moment.
A Jingzhao soldier screamed, his head was chopped in half by an axe, and blood and brain plasma splattered everywhere. Two burly soldiers met in close combat and fell to the ground together. The Jingzhao soldier held the other party tightly, pulled out a dagger from his leather boots, and poked it at the other party's forehead and eyes. The other party choked and died tragically on the ground.
Li Yanqing also sent another 5,000 people to support Liu Qi, with only three thousand cavalry left in his hand, and the entire battle entered a state of intense heat.
In this battle, the Jiangnan Army fought against 40,000 with 65,000 people, which had a great advantage in military strength. Moreover, there were two well-trained elite troops in the Jiangnan Army. Although the 20,000 Jingzhao Army had very strong combat effectiveness, the soldiers were all northerners and were not very adapted to the humid climate of Jiangnan.
In addition, the 20,000 surrendered troops that had just been incorporated were too weak in combat, which dragged down the overall battle, which made the Jingzhao Army gradually at a disadvantage.
At this time, Xiangfa smiled slightly proudly. He had already seen that his army's strength was slightly better than the Jingzhao Army, and they were fighting at home. In any case, they would definitely win this battle.
At this moment, three rockets appeared in the sky, making a crisp explosion in the air, followed by a roar like thunder in the north.
He pointed to the north and shouted in surprise: "Look at the Grandmaster!"
He pointed to the northwest, his face full of horror, looked at Xiang Fashun and was also shocked. He saw a cavalry breaking out from the woods three miles away in the northeast. There were about five or six thousand people, with flags waving and terrifying momentum, and he rushed towards him.
The leader general had an extremely strong black BMW under his crotch, holding a pair of eight-edged purple gold hammers and a silver helmet on his head. He was Cao Meng, the most powerful general of the Jingzhao Army.
Xiang Fa held back his horse and took a few steps in shock. Nearly six thousand cavalrymen came. He suddenly felt the pressure like a mountain, and he felt like escaping in his heart. Xiang Fa tried his best to calm his mind, waved his sword and shouted: "Cabinets fight!"
Xiangfa only had one thousand cavalry in his hand, and they were heavy armored cavalry. This was a powerful weapon he planned to use against Li Yanqing's three thousand cavalry.
These thousand cavalry were led by Xiang Zongliang's adopted son Xiang Yong.
Xiang Yong is also known as the most powerful general of the Jiangnan Army. He has great martial arts skills and great strength. He gave him a nickname, Sai Zhuanzhu, and used a 120-pound, ripe iron stick.
Xiang Yong's original surname was Qin, and his name was Qin Yong. He was a hunter in Nanyang County. Ten years ago, Xiang Zongliang went to a manor in Nanyang County to visit. He accidentally saw this eleven-year-old boy who was only eighteen years old at the time. Xiang Yong carried a wild boar weighing 300 kilograms down the mountain. Xiang Zongliang was shocked by his strength, so he adopted him as his adopted son and changed his name to Xiang Yong.
From then on, Xiang Zongliang carefully trained Xiang Yong, asked famous teachers to teach him martial arts and cavalry, and eventually trained Xiang Yong to become a brave general who was brave in the three armies.
When Xiang Yong heard the order from his brother Xiang, he immediately raised his horn and blew it. Dozens of horn hands blew together. Xiang Yong waved his big iron rod and led a thousand heavily armored iron cavalry to rush towards the opponent's cavalry.
One thousand iron cavalry are heavily armored cavalry, and they are immediately covered with armor to resist bows and arrows. The cavalry is selected from the 80,000 Jiangnan Army. They are all outstanding in martial arts and well-equipped, and become the most elite army of the Jiangnan Army. They rarely participate in battles. However, today, Xiangfa was afraid of the 6,000 cavalry who came unexpectedly, he finally ordered the iron cavalry to fight.
A thousand heavy armored iron cavalry ran rapidly, like a powerful iron stream, and instantly rushed to the six thousand cavalry led by Cao Meng with murderous aura. With a shocking sound, the powerful impact of the heavy armored iron cavalry actually overturned hundreds of cavalry to the ground.
A thousand armored cavalry were extremely brave, and in an instant, they overturned and killed more than a hundred Jingzhao cavalry. They were covered with broken limbs and bodies, and their bloody and pungent bodies were so bloody that they couldn't breathe.
Although the heavy armored iron cavalry was extremely brave, they still suffered heavy losses in front of the Jingzhao army, which was six times more powerful than them. As the blade passed, people were overturned and horses were overturned, and blood was flowing.
Xiang Yong couldn't help but feel angry. He roared, rushed forward, waved his big stick and beat him left and right, killing more than ten people in a row. When the cavalry saw him rushing, they were so scared that they turned around and ran away.
Xiang Yong saw the enemy in a mess and laughed loudly. Before he could finish his laughter, Cao Meng came from the slanting sect and roared, "The thief will die!"
Xiang Yong smiled and hit the big stick in his hand like a shadow. Cao Meng swung his hammer and smashed it hard. The hammer and the hammer were hit with a gust of wind. The hammer and the hammer and the sticks collided. With a loud bang, the two horses retreated several steps in a row.
"Good boy, take me another hammer!"
Cao Meng hadn't encountered such a powerful opponent for a long time. He was extremely excited and fought again with a hammer swing.
But Xiang Yong is no longer the boy he was back then. Ten years of hearing and seeing him gradually lost his nature. For ten years, he has done all kinds of evil and is cruel and vicious, and is called Xiang Lang behind him.
Although Cao Meng was his rare opponent, he did not intend to win by force. When the two horses were intertwined, he stepped on the stirrup with force, and a poisonous arrow shot out of the stirrup, hitting Cao Meng's back hips.
Cao Meng's war horse screamed wildly, raised his front hooves high, overturning Cao Meng to the ground, and then knelt on the ground, foaming at the mouth, and died of poison.
Xiang Yong was overjoyed and swung his stick on Cao Meng's head.
Chapter completed!