469 A Trick of Freshness
Anshan Post Fort itself is not big. If it is not important to its location and is the gateway to guard Liaoyang, there will not even be 600 defenders here. You should know that when the Ming army was stationed, it was just a hundred households to guard it.
After hearing this, Babutai turned to look at the Ming soldiers outside the city. They were so tired that they were breathing like dogs, and they were not prepared at all.
So he immediately turned around and shouted sternly: "We cannot give them a chance to recover. Just beggars like the Ming army in Dongjiang. Gather one hundred cavalry and three hundred squadrons, gather immediately!"
Babutai's determination was already made, so his men had no choice but to do so.
Speaking of which, Jianlu is indeed an elite force. At least from the time of passing the order to the troops assembled as required, even if there were only two hundred Jurchen Tartars inside, it was completed in a very short time.
After Babutai turned over the horse, pulled the reins to stabilize the war horse, he shouted loudly: "The military achievements sent to the door are all with me to go outside the city to slaughter the Ming dogs in Dongjiang!"
In the impression of the Ming army in the Dongjiang River in Jianlu, it was the kind of beggar army that could only attack sneak attacks. Babutai said this, but his subordinates didn't accept it after hearing it, and they all happily accepted the order!
After Babutai issued the order, he waved to the top of the city and said, "Open the door and release the suspension bridge!"
As the heavy wooden door was pushed open, a "creaking" sound rang out. Then, a "bang" sound was heard, and the suspension bridge was also put down.
This movement was discovered by the Ming army outside the city at the first time. No one expected that when the Ming army saw the city gate open and the suspension bridge was lowered, the first reaction was not to swarm in and attack the city, but instead "coaxed" and ran away. There were all directions, and they ran everywhere.
Babutai led the army to rush out, and Ma Su saw this situation before he even mentioned it, and he couldn't help but feel a little stunned. This time, the Ming army in Dongjiang was actually weaker than the fifth year of the Apocalypse!
After he hesitating for a moment, he squeezed the horse's belly hard, urged the horse to run, crossed the suspension bridge, pointed forward with his hand holding a spear and said, "Kill!"
Obviously, he chose the direction where the Ming army came from and killed it.
One hundred cavalry followed closely, but the suspension bridge was restricted. There were a few cavalry every time, but Babutai was worried that the Ming army would escape too quickly. He even saw Mao Chengzuo and Liu Xingzhi fleeing backwards. They were riding horses. If they were slow, they would be slipped away like loaches again.
Jianlu, who were left behind on the top of the city, laughed at this situation. They pointed at the outside of the city, as if they were watching a big circus.
Babutai knew that his subordinates would follow, so he did not wait for all the troops to cross the bridge, so he urged the horses to move forward bravely.
Any Ming army who saw Babutai showed horror and fled to both sides. Based on his years of experience in the war, Babutai naturally would not chase and kill these Ming army. If the team was in chaos, it would be impossible to gather again, which would be like a lamb to be slaughtered. The most important thing at the moment is to continue to disperse the Ming army's main formation. It can be said that his tactics are fine for normal combat!
However, he didn't know that this was a trap set against him.
As the dust filled, Babutai, who was rushing in front, suddenly found that the Ming army in front was not running away to both sides, but was motionless on the official road, which was a bit abnormal.
Years of experience on the battlefield told him that there might be danger ahead. Babutai quickly slowed down. Only then did he remember that he had to wait for his subordinates.
When the speed slowed down, it became much closer. He finally saw clearly the situation of the Ming army on the official road not far away. It doesn't matter if he doesn't see clearly, but when he saw it clearly, he was immediately scared to death.
I saw rows of long spears slanted there not far in front of him. Behind the spears were rows of Ming soldiers, each holding powerful crossbows. The arrows of crossbows with full strings were shining with cold light, making their spine chill.
Babutai's subordinates followed him and saw him stop suddenly, and for some reason they all stopped. Before they could ask, they heard the sound of "bangbang" bowstrings. At this moment, the veterans of Jianlu suddenly stood up, and some people instinctively lowered their bodies.
However, it was too late. All Jianlu people and horses in front, including Babutai, were shot by crossbow arrows. Some even penetrated the bodies of Jianlu people and slashed the Jianlu behind. For a moment, on this official road, people were on the back of the horses. The screams of despair and the neighing of the war horses were heard.
Jianlu's cavalry was only about 100, followed by Babutai, and they were not too prepared. They just wanted to chase and kill the Ming army in Dongjiang. Under this death arrow formation, more than half of them had died in a short time.
The spear formation laid on the official road was useless at all. With a command, the spear soldiers immediately retreated to both sides and made way out of the official road.
Under the banner of Governor Denglai, more than ten heavy armored cavalry slowly began to accelerate. Behind these heavy armored cavalry were countless other cavalry. The horse's hooves rumbled and launched an attack on Jianlu's way.
At the same time, the "Wuwuwu" sounded, and the sound was very loud, covering the sky above Anshan Post Fort.
After hearing the horn sound, the Ming army infantry all stopped their escaped bodies, turned around and looked at the other side of the official road, then clasped the weapons in their hands in groups of three or three, and began to walk back with a little concern.
The Jianlu infantry troops who were following the cavalry behind the official road were mostly other tribes in Liaodong except the Jurchens, and were also a little surprised when they heard the sound of the trumpet. They knew that it was impossible for Babutai to blow the trumpet. That is to say, the Ming army was blowing the trumpet.
They were surprised. Before they could think about anything, they heard countless sounds of horse hooves faintly, and they were getting closer and closer. When many veterans who had experience in the battlefield heard this, their faces changed. These were at least hundreds of cavalrymen, and they were definitely not as loud as those of the cavalrymen who could have!
The infantry's pace of advance slowly stopped and was still hesitating about what to do next, when he saw rows of cavalry sped out from the dust in the sky. Especially the cavalry in front, their men and horses were all wearing heavy armor, reflecting the reflection of death under the sunlight.
There was no chance for these Jianlu infantry to react. The iron-armored heavy cavalry knocked the Jianlu infantry on the official road out like a dumpling, and moved forward all the way, invincible!
At this time, the Jianlu infantry who had left the city to pursue him had a tail still inside the city. Under the city gate and on the suspension bridge, there were still teams of infantrymen passing through.
Slowly, the cavalry became closer and closer, and the movement became louder. Even the Jianlu on the Anshan Post Fort heard it. It was just dusty and I couldn't see it very clearly.
The owed update is paid.
Chapter completed!