Chapter 1037 Invincible Bow Horse VS Iron Cavalry Charge - Zhang Nu's Righteousness
As early as last night, Xiao Baoxian knew that he could not beat the other party.
The warriors under his command of the Gong army were far inferior to those of the Cangzhou Iron Cavalry of the Song people.
But he couldn't make up his mind to evacuate from the battlefield. Because what was in front of him was the Nanjing Xijin Prefecture of the Great Liao Empire!
This is the most solid castle of the Great Liao Empire and the basis of the Great Liao Empire's rule in Yan territory!
If Xiao Baoxian could not lead his more than 20,000 Khitan soldiers (including the Caogu soldiers and the Gu soldiers) into this castle, then the Song army would be able to take advantage of the opportunity to seize it!
Once the Xijin Prefecture is lost, the rule of the Great Liao Empire in Yan land will collapse instantly. The traitor Wu Haogu's tentacles have already penetrated their tentacles into the families of the powerful Yan land. Now, the leader of the powerful Yan land dares to say that there is no "pro-martial faction" in his family, which must be lying against his conscience.
So Xiao Baoxian knew that his soldiers could not defeat the enemy, but he was reluctant to retreat.
In addition, Xiao Baoxian had another hope, that is, there were 5,000 Khitan soldiers and more than 10,000 Dacaogu soldiers and guards in Xijin Prefecture City!
Although more than 10,000 people are weak soldiers and their combat effectiveness is not as good as the personal army of the Eighth Battalion Guards. However, they can still work if they are used properly at critical moments. If they can drive the Jingzhou soldiers in Yanjing out of the city to attack the back of the Song army, they may be able to force the Song people back, so that Xiao Baoxian can lead his troops into the city.
But what Xiao Baoxian did not expect was that his men fought hard on the banks of the Sanggan River for one night, and Yelu Eliduo in Yanjing City was as motionless as a mountain.
When it was dawn in the morning, Xiao Baoxian was a little doubtful, was there something wrong in Yanjing City? Did Yelu Eliduo let the powerful Yan land in the city be ruined?
Yanjing City... will not be taken away by the Song people, right?
Just when Xiao Bao was scaring himself, the brigade of the brigade had already formed a formation on the south side of the battlefield on the banks of the Sanggan River.
More than a hundred cavalry who led the way had already arrived at the edge of the battlefield and began to clear the obstacles that hindered the impact of the cavalry.
The Song army, who were fighting against the defensive counterattack all night, also jumped out of the fortifications made of sandbags, listed neat formations, held the cavalry crossbow with arrows, stepped on the corpses of the Liao people, and approached Xiao Baoxian's defense line step by step.
Brother Zhao Zhong's banner also slowly appeared near the river bank. The Zhao family disciples and Cangzhou cavalry generals of the brigade surrounded him. Brother Zhao Zhong's expression was full of emotion and pride.
More than ten years ago, he was just a illegitimate son expelled by the Zhao family in Zhenzhou, and he did not even have the qualifications to be surnamed Zhao!
Now, he is the number one general under Wu Haogu, the Xuanfu envoy of the Hebei Road of the Song Dynasty, and is commanding 50,000 troops at the city of Xijin Prefecture.
After the city is broken, the Zhao family in Zhenzhou, Yandi, will respect him!
Moreover, Wu Haogu had promised that after regaining Yan land, he would be the Luanzhou Observer, one of the nine states in Yan land. In the future, he could follow the old rules of the prefectures and prefectures and the world's town of Luanzhou!
According to Wu Haogu's plan, Yanshan Road will directly govern Yanshan Prefecture and Jiezhou (Jiehe Shang City), and the remaining nine prefectures will be handed over to the rule of the powerful people in Yan, and a total of nine towns will be placed in observation. All of them will follow the example of the Zhe family in the Prefecture and Prefecture, and the rule of hereditary rule.
With such conditions, the powerful Yan land would naturally not resist the great Song Dynasty soldiers. So as long as the Hejian camp is 10%, Yanjing will be the one in his pocket.
With the banner of Brother Zhao Zhong, there were also brigades of infantry walking on the brigade. They were all covered in hard and held sharp edges. The dawn of the morning shone on the tip of the spear standing like a forest, reflecting a dazzling blood color.
The infantrymen in the marching saw the tall and majestic city of Yanjing. Since Emperor Taizong defeated Gaoliang River a hundred decades ago, no soldiers from the Southern Dynasties have come here.
Moreover, the most powerful Gong branch army in the Great Liao Dynasty was already the defeated general of this Northern Expedition Iron Army. Yanjing City was naturally their possession.
I don’t know who it was, so I took the lead in cheering, and then the entire army was infected, and the soldiers raised their weapons to cheer.
The cheering sound reached Xiao Baoxian's ears, and the soldiers of the Khitan Palace who had fought hard all night in the east of Sanggan River. Everyone felt deep despair. The thousands of Song people's cavalry who had dismounted their horses had already made them breathless.
Now at least thousands of armored infantry have arrived. Can this battle continue? During infantry battles, the long spear formation of armored infantry in the Song army is much better than the shields and swords of the knights.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Xiao Baoxian suddenly shouted loudly: "Return to the west bank of Sanggan River, and then burn the floating bridge!"
Yelu Zhangnu, who was guarding Xiao Baoxian, immediately spoke, "You can't retreat! The Song people's iron cavalry has already formed a formation. Once we retreat, they will just attack, and maybe even the floating bridge will be taken away..."
Xiao Bao first saw that there were indeed some cavalrymen who were in the eighth team or the ninth team who had already set up their teams!
"Zhang Nu, you leave behind the rear!" Xiao Bao gritted his teeth and handed over the task of the rear of the palace to Yelu Zhang Nu, and then took his personal guards to the floating bridge on the Sanggan River without looking back.
The thousands of Liao soldiers who followed Xiao Baoxian to fight hard by the Sanggan River were not only stranded, but also suffered a lot of defeats. Last night, someone killed someone and took off their armor. Now they have no morale. If Xiao Baoxian, the coach, was willing to lead the way, then everyone could still bear it. But now Xiao Baoxian left first, what morale would there be? They all rushed to the floating bridge. The line that was barely maintained collapsed instantly.
To fight against the cavalry with footsteps, you must form a formation to fight. If the array collapses, no matter how strong your personal combat power is, it cannot stop the rushing horse team.
Wu Tian, who was good at capturing fighter jets, raised his horse high without any hesitation, then pointed forward and issued an order to charge the cavalry.
The knights divided into nine teams launched the impact in sequence according to the pre-specified order.
The team led by Wu Tian is the pioneer again as usual!
On the battlefield, the sound of hooves is like thunder, the horses galloping, and the sound of shouting and killing resounds throughout the sky!
Seeing that the thunderous cavalry was about to break through the scattered Liao army formation, suddenly a roar was heard, and a Khitan hero, wearing blood-stained heavy armor, swinging a long-handled battle axe, rushed out of the Liao army formation. Behind him, dozens of heavy-armored Liao army soldiers, all of whom were swinging long-handled guys.
In any case, we must take the Iron Cavalry of the Song people as ours!
Wu Tian was just stunned. There were such a brave Khitan people! But he was extremely brainless. So Wu Tian was not panicked at all, but just led his cavalry to trample on the group of Liao people who were attacking wildly.
The two sides collided in an instant, and the long horse pierced through the heavy armor of the Liao warriors who were rushing in front. The strong horse hit the body of the Khitan warriors, knocking them into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Several spears stabbed into the chest of the war horse, but the high-speed horses were carrying huge inertia. Even if they were fatal injuries, they could continue to move forward and still be able to drive the Khitans holding the spear to fly!
There were also Khitan warriors who succeeded in one blow, all of whom were warriors holding long axes. Yelu Zhangnu Ben was one of them! This counterattack was organized by him, and dozens of Khitan warriors who were not scared were willing to fight him. So he launched this crazy attack.
However, Yelu Zhangnu was still smart. He did not touch Wu Tian's cavalry head-on, but stood on the flank of Wu Tian's cavalry team. When Wu Tian's cavalry broke through the obstacles of the Khitan dead soldiers and began to clear out the abandoned chariot arrays (that is, to connect many carriages together to form an array, just need to cut off the ropes, and then put a few of them on tow away, which would open the road to attack for the rear team). He rushed forward and hooked the armor of a knight with the long axe in his hand, pulled the man off the horse's back, and then used an axe to his back hand.
After chopping the person, he didn't take a look, and immediately rushed up and grabbed the horse that lost his master, then turned over and ran towards Yanjing City.
It turned out that he was not willing to be killed by Xiao Baoxian, a bastard, and wanted to find a way out in this great defeat. That was why he incited a group of Khitan heroes to launch a counterattack, and he took the opportunity to escape. But he ran a little unstoppable, and somehow he ran past the dismounted knights carrying knights crossbows. Several dismounted knights raised the crossbows in their hands, aimed at Yelu Zhangnu on the horse's back and hooked the trigger. Several arrows left the string. Yelu Zhangnu on the horse's back only felt a stinging pain coming from his back, and knew that he had been shot. He didn't know where the crossbow was shot? Yelu Zhangnu only felt a burst of pain coming from, and his strength was lost little by little, and even the horse was unstable, so he had to lie on the horse's back.
The war horse lost control and its speed gradually slowed down. Yelu Zhangnu's ears heard the sound of horse hooves. He turned his head to see with difficulty, and saw a few riders wearing half a pair of wart armor (only before hiding their hearts), and the knight holding the horse snail was really running towards him...
It seems that he is dying here!
Yelu Zhangnu endured the severe pain, straightened his body on the horse's back, beat the horse and turned around, and then shouted: "Yelu Zhangnu of the Great Khitan is here! Who dares to fight!"
After shouting his name, Zhang Nu used his last strength to whip the war horse, and rushed towards the oncoming knight at full speed.
The target of Yelu Zhangnu being targeted by Yelu Zhangnu and was Wu Haogu's number one fake son Wu Tian. He had long seen Zhangnu's mind, but he still rode his horse forward, and just avoided Yelu Zhangnu's head slightly, allowing the two horses to cross at a distance of two or three feet away. At the same time, he used a horse to pull on Zhangnu's back, and took advantage of the inertia caused by the horse galloping to knock Zhangnu off the horse.
Yelu Zhangnu, who fell from the horse's back, had no strength to struggle, but he was breathing heavily. He was blurred in front of his eyes, unable to see clearly, but bursts of cheers came from his ears!
"The Song Dynasty is victorious! The Song Dynasty is victorious!"
Zhang Nu knew that this must be the Song army that seized the floating bridge on the Sanggan River!
Just then, Wu Tian had already rode his horse to Zhang Nu and found that the man was still gasping for breath. He snorted softly: "Kitan Dog!"
Before he finished speaking, the horse in his hand had pierced at Yelu Zhangnu who was lying flat on the ground again!
Chapter completed!