Horse on the World

Chapter 908 Lessons from the past
More than a thousand heavy cavalry armors were hung by the Qili Bridge in the afternoon. The dark armors were stained with blood, and some of them were even disfigured. They were supported by wooden poles, densely packed like a black forest. Outside the bridge town.

As expected by Jiang Heiniu, after the armor of the heavy cavalry was erected outside the town, there was a lot of commotion in the town. Many soldiers climbed up from the hiding place to the roof and other high places, looking around here, with faces It's hard to hide the panic on the screen.

If Luo Peiteng was not completely desperate because of these things, then Meng Yixuan was tied up and hung outside the town by Wuhuada, which made him fall to the bottom of the valley. The chariot soldiers have been wiped out, and they have become a lone army in Qiaobian Town.

Guard, there is no food and grass inside, morale is fluctuating, retreat, you can imagine with your butt, retreat will turn into a rout at any time, under the pursuit of Dingzhou iron cavalry, there will be very few of the more than [-] elite soldiers left.

"General Luo, I have a solution!" a general whispered.

"What can you do?" Luo Peiteng's eyes lit up, and he went to the doctor in a hurry. No matter what he could do now, it was better than nothing.

"The Dingzhou soldiers now have an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and because of the destruction of our armored cavalry, the morale of the soldiers has plummeted to the bottom, and they have no desire to fight to the death. It is impossible to defend, and the retreat will be reversed and collapsed." analyzed.

"Get to the point!" Luo Peiteng said dissatisfiedly, wouldn't he be clear about these things?
"Yes!" The general dared to say: "Dingzhou Ruijian Battalion has a large number of heavy weapons. If they attack by force, stone bullets and crossbows will come in. It will be difficult for us to defend, but the opponent did not do so, which means They have scruples." Pian Jiang said.

"What scruples?" Luo Peiteng asked.

"Common people!" Pian Jiang nodded outside, "There are more than [-] civilians in Qiaobian Town. Dingzhou soldiers did not use these heavy weapons to attack, which shows that they are unwilling to accidentally injure the people here. Don't they always claim to love the people like children, Shi Heavy crossbows fly in, but soldiers and civilians are not distinguished, since this is the case, why don't we take advantage of this?"

"What do you mean by use?" Luo Peiteng asked doubtfully.

"We have to retreat, but we can coax these people to retreat together, mix them in our team, and make the opponents be afraid to attack. In this way, we can try to retreat slowly, but we can ensure a safe departure. Go." The general said.

Luo Peiteng's eyes lit up, and what the general said was indeed an idea. If the Dingzhou Army really cared about this, then this would be a good idea.

"Go down and prepare for the retreat first, let me think about it!" Luo Peiteng waved his hand.

Seeing the lieutenant retreat, the middle officer beside Luo Peiteng said in a low voice: "General Luo, should you think twice about this matter?"

Luo Peiteng looked at the officer, "What's the matter, this is indeed a good idea. If the Dingzhou Army really cares, we can indeed get away!"

The Chinese military officer looked outside and whispered, "General Luo, do you still remember Liao Bin?"

Luo Peiteng's heart trembled, "You mean Liao Bin who was ordered by Li Qing to be hacked to death in Quanzhou City?"

The officer in the middle army nodded, "General Luo knows that Li Qing treats most of the former commanders in the conquered land with grace, but why does he hate Liao Bin so much? Not only do he want to kill him quickly, but he also has to execute him to death?"

Sweat protruded from Luo Peiteng's face, "When Liao Bin retreated, he ordered the city of Quanzhou to be set on fire."

"That's right, Liao Bin ordered the whole city to be burned with gunpowder, which indeed stopped the Dingzhou army, but the fire also killed hundreds of thousands of people in Quanzhou. To this day, Quanzhou City has not returned to its former appearance."

"If General Luo also assisted the people to retreat today, and the Dingzhou army attacked regardless of everything, then the people would suffer heavy casualties. Who do you think Li Qing will pay for this?" the officer said.

Roberto remained silent.

"Forgive me for saying something that shouldn't be said. Now that Dingzhou and Luoyang are fighting for hegemony, it's hard to say who will win. If Li Qing wins, what will the general do in the future? Even if the general is not afraid of life and death, he is not afraid of disaster. family?"

Luo Peiteng stood up distractedly, "I don't want to bind the common people, but the lives of more than ten thousand soldiers?"

The middle officer was silent for a while, and said: "General Luo, the general feels that no matter what, it's better to leave a way out. Liao Bin has learned from the past, so don't be careless."

Luo Peiteng sat down slowly, "I see, you go down too, let me be quiet and think about it."

"Yes!" The Chinese military officer bowed and retreated.

Under the strict surveillance of the Dingzhou Army, there was no movement in Qiaobian Town overnight, but in the early morning of the next day, the rumble of war drums in Qiaobian Town sounded loudly, and Li Feng and Jiang Heiniu hurried to the front line, However, they saw groups of enemy troops driving out of Qiaobian Town and forming formations in the distance, looking like they were going to fight the Dingzhou Army stubbornly to the end.

Jiang Hei Niu couldn't help being surprised.

Li Feng laughed loudly, "Old Jiang, you miscalculated, this Luo Peiteng is a master, and he actually wants to fight our army! Strange, in this case, why didn't he use the terrain of Qiaobian Town to deal with our army, instead Came out of the town to fight a decisive battle with the superior force of our army, could this guy have lost his mind?"

Jiang Heiniu squinted his eyes to see the opponent's gradually forming formation, shook his head and said, "General Li, that's not right, the troops they deployed are only more than [-] people, I understand."

"What do you unserstand?"

"Look!" Jiang Heiniu pointed to the other side of Qiaobian Town. At this time, in that direction, smoke and dust rose, and another army was leaving quickly from behind.

Li Feng asked in surprise, "Luo Peiteng actually took on the task of intercepting himself, so that the other one can retreat?"

"If Luo Peiteng walks away, the morale of the army will be confused, but if he stays here, he can control the soldiers to the greatest extent and gather morale!" Jiang Heiniu said: "As General Li said, this is a character who is not only brave , and he does not want the flames of war to spread to the people, he is considered a benevolent general, if it is not for the enemy and us, I would like to hand over such a character!"

Li Feng laughed loudly, "In my opinion, this is a foolish approach, Lao Jiang, since you want to hand him over to him, we will capture him alive and hand him over to you. Come or me first?"

Jiang Heiniu smiled, pointed at the opponent's fortified army, and said: "Let me come first, the Luo army has a fortified lineup, and the defense line composed of chariots has no flaws. I will attack with heavy ordnance first, and then I will pounce on it with infantry." Tear open, and when their formation is disrupted, General Li will defeat them with a single blow from the cavalry."

"Alright!" Li Feng nodded and said, "I'll make the cavalry gallop on both wings to relieve some pressure for you to break through."

Luo Peiteng thought about it all night, and finally decided to give up the action of cooperating with the people and fleeing. As the Chinese military officer said, the Dingzhou Army will never give up the opportunity to destroy its own troops. In the end, this account will be credited to him. Even if he dies, he doesn't want to end up like Liao Bin. Not only will he suffer all kinds of suffering, but he will also bring disaster to his family.He decided to lead half of the troops to block the attack, while the lieutenant led the other troops to retreat.

Standing under the banner of the Chinese Army, seeing Dingzhou Army's trebuchets erected, and a Taiwan Baoxu crossbow being pushed up, he raised his saber high, "Ready to defend!"

Huge shields were lifted up one after another, and iron plates were erected on top of the chariot. In order to resist the opponent's heavy weapons, Luo Peiteng almost tore down all the door panels and bed panels in Qiaobian Town and nailed them into hollow frames. Soldiers fell beneath it, minimizing casualties as much as possible.

As the rapid sound of the drums on the opposite side suddenly stopped, countless stone bullets and crossbows appeared in the air, and the loud sound of the two shooting overwhelmed all other sounds in an instant.

"Dingzhou Army, Wansheng!" With the roar of the trebuchet and the whistle of the eight-ox crossbow, the soldiers of the Ruijian Battalion roared and charged towards Luobu.

Li Feng's two cavalry jumped out one from the left and the other from the right, and galloped forward. The soldiers drew their bows and fired arrows.

The stone bullets and the eight-ox crossbow ruthlessly destroyed all the protective equipment carefully set up by Luo Peiteng. A hollow wooden frame was smashed to pieces by the stone bullets. With just one round of shooting, all these protective equipment were destroyed, forming a circular shape. Once the chariots in the defensive position were shot head-on by the eight-ox crossbow, the huge impact would make these chariots either turn upside down or fall apart.

The second round of shooting followed. In the army formation, there were screams and blood spattering from time to time. Compared with the weapons flying from all over the world, the ones that caused more pressure on the soldiers were those rushing like a tsunami from the opposite side. Soldiers of the Ruijian Battalion.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, with a sound of collapse, sharp arrows like rain flew from the army formation, piercing towards the Ruijian camp, and the soldiers who were running were also row after row. They were shot down, but the successors were not moved at all, and continued to charge forward with shouts.

Jiang Qingniu was the first one to run backwards, with two feathered arrows stuck in his shoulders and helmet, shaking tremblingly as he ran, holding up his shield, Jiang Qingniu excitedly dragged his knife and ran wildly, ten steps, five steps, he With a loud roar, he jumped up, flew up with his man and shield, and jumped onto the chariot.

"Kill!" He let out a strange cry.Several spears poked on the shield, and the huge recoil force made him almost fall on his back. The shield was tightly attached to his body. He turned halfway, trying to offset the force as much as possible, and at the same time swung the steel knife in his hand forward, cutting Breaking the spear shaft, he squeezed forward, jumped off the chariot, and rushed into the crowd.

Luo Peiteng's [-]-foot horse was attacked by the Dingzhou Army from three directions. The soldiers of the Ruijian Battalion were like waves of sea waves, constantly pounding his defense line. In less than half an hour, the army formation had been torn apart several times. In these torn openings, the soldiers of the Ruijian Battalion are rushing in continuously, expanding the results of the battle to the left and right.

The soldiers of the Yizhou Battalion rushing from both wings kept pouring in sharp arrows, shooting down the soldiers on the periphery row by row.

"Shrink." Luo Peiteng waved the command flag. This is a mortal battle. All he has to do is buy more time for the retreating troops.

(End of this chapter)