Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 971 Moths to the flame
Killing nearly [-] Tubo people successively these days made Yang Yanqing dissipate a lot of murderous intentions towards Tubo people in his heart. At this moment, he said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Gao Wuyang led the special brigade to discover this Dafengkou. The reason why we were able to do so They killed so many Tubo people at a small price, because the Dafengkou was related to the food road and retreat route of the Tubo people, so they had to send people to take it back. But this road is narrow, and they will not invest more than [-] troops at a time. If we can’t bring out our advantages, we will fight in the field with the same number of troops, whether it is infantry or cavalry, who in the world is our opponent in the infantry formation of Xiangfu Kingdom.”

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The trebuchets of the Xiangfu army began to launch, and Yang Yanqing picked up the binoculars to observe the effect of the bombardment.The Tubo cavalry in the circular field of vision kept ringing with explosions again and again. From time to time, some people fell off their horses or died or were seriously injured and disabled and screamed, but this time it did not seem to have a great impact on the morale of the Tubo people, and these Tubo cavalry There is a tragic aura about him.

Yang Yanqing saw that the Tubo army was still advancing bravely.The people and horses who fell to the ground were quickly swallowed by the dense queue behind. The cavalry of the Tubo army stepped on their wounded mercilessly, and rushed towards the entrance of Dafeng unswervingly.

"It seems that the Tubo people already know that Wu Shengjun has been captured by the army commander and the others. We have pinched their lifeline and retreat, so the Tubo dogs are desperate. But I don't intend to fight for my life with these Tubo dogs." Yang Yanqing finally observed After reviewing the behavior of the enemy army, he shook his head and sighed a few words, his expression became a little dignified, and then he shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, line up, and each battalion forms a hollow phalanx with characters of character!"

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"Squads [-] and [-] should be replaced with invincible steel needle gunpowder packs." The company commander of the catapult company strutted around behind the [-] catapults, and issued a loud order sonorously.Following his order, the latest development of the equipment department has not been used these days, and the extremely expensive steel needle gunpowder packs have been installed with the best performance and best accuracy of the first and fifth shift stone throwing machines.

By the time the Tubo army crossed the last hill and stepped down the southern slope road opposite the Second Brigade of the Qinglong Army Infantry, the trebuchets of the first and fifth squads had all been replaced with steel needle powder packs.

"emission!"

"emission!"

"emission!"

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Eighteen trebuchets used an assembly line method to punch out the gunpowder packs one by one, including two invincible steel needle gunpowder packs.

Half of the eighteen gunpowder packs were missed, but the gunpowder packs that fell into the Tubo cavalry caused great damage to the Tubo cavalry in a short period of time. The steel needle gunpowder package that entered the Tubo cavalry stirred up a bloody storm.The screams resounded through the valley and reached the top of Dafengkou Mountain where Xiangfu's army was located. Even the strong wind here could not blow away the bloody sound.

Every time the gunpowder package hit the cavalry, accompanied by the sound of an explosion, a piece of broken limbs and arms of the horses and horses would be thrown in the air. The catapults bombarded the cavalry for several rounds, but it still could not stop the Tubo cavalry from advancing resolutely.They desperately controlled the horses under their crotches, and stepped their struggling and wailing companions into the mud.In a blink of an eye, they had reached the bottom of the valley.

"All crossbow and gun squads are free to shoot." Yang Yanqing issued another order.

The giant crossbow gun squad that had been prepared for a long time and was ready to fight immediately began to show its power. Each salvo of 32 giant crossbow guns could kill nearly a hundred people.Whether it is a trebuchet or a giant crossbow. Gun, they are all performing a series of repeated technical operations in an orderly manner.But even though the Tubo cavalry suffered heavy casualties, the Tubo army kept shouting like thunder. The leading cavalry was speeding along the road and rushing towards the Xiangfu army. The sound of hoofs was as dense as raindrops.

"Shoot!" Lu Fengyun, who was standing directly behind the infantry phalanx, gave an order.
The infantry in the second and third rows of the infantry phalanx, each holding a crossbow, immediately fired a volley. More than 100 Tubo cavalry rushed to the front and rolled off their horses amidst the screams.These Tubo cavalry bypassed the fallen comrades with superb riding skills and continued to charge forward resolutely.

The front two rows of spearmen of the Xiangfu National Army were close together, and they thrust out their spears shoulder to shoulder. Thousands of shining spear blades shone coldly in the sun, brighter than the stars in the night sky.

"After the third row, shoot freely with a quick crossbow!"

Lu Fengyun shouted again.

The first wave of the Tubo army rushed up 5000 people, and nearly a thousand people died on this road. The remaining cavalry finally galloped to the front of the infantry phalanx of the Xiangfu Kingdom, roaring and waving their sabers and short spears, but none of them People can rush into the hedgehog formation of the Xiangfu army.

"kill!"

The first row of Xiangfu infantry shouted at the same time, and two hundred spears were stabbed out at once. At least two blood holes were stabbed in each of the Tubo cavalrymen or horses who rushed to the front. After being drawn out, the life of the Tubo cavalry also flowed out of the body along with the blood.Nearly a hundred Tubo soldiers in the front row opened their eyes wide, their throats were gurgling but they could no longer utter a single word.Then he was thrown off his horse.The cavalry behind them rushed through the passages specially left by Yang Yanqing on both sides of the phalanx.

"shooting!"

The fast crossbowmen on the east and west sides of the phalanx also launched a salvo amidst the sound of orders, and more than 100 people fell to the ground.More Tubo cavalry rushed up the mountain from behind them, and drew two arcs around the front infantry battalion phalanx of Xiangfu Kingdom, all the way around to the side of the phalanx.

"shooting!"

"shooting!"

The infantry phalanx at the front is the first battalion of the second infantry brigade of the Qinglong Army, and the second and third battalions in the back are also listed as hollow phalanxes. They and the first battalion form a big "pin" character. The horses of the cavalry of the Tubo army Running between the gaps of the three hollow phalanxes.

Thousands of Tubo cavalry galloped back and forth outside the three phalanxes, roaring and waving their sabers and short spears, but none of them could rush into the hedgehog formation of the Xiangfu army.They just ran back and forth outside the formation, drawing arcs of light in the air with their knives forcefully, spraying their insatiable desire to kill the enemy and venting their continuously accumulated anger.

From time to time, people who fell off their horses stumbled towards the phalanx of the Xiangfu army.If these people were not hit by their own horses, they would be able to run to the pikemen of the Xiangfu Kingdom army.

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Horse corpses, as well as soldiers of the Tubo army who died in battle, they were piled up layer by layer.The corpses in front of the infantry phalanx of Xiangfu Kingdom quickly piled up into a wall.It has even begun to affect the fighting between the two sides.

At this time, right in front of the phalanx, a Tubo army cavalry reined in and rushed straight towards the Xiangfu army's line. The first row of Xiangfu infantry who had already knelt on the ground had already dropped their masks from their helmets. Although they couldn't see their expressions from the only remaining gap, when the Tubo cavalry rushed over, not even a single person in the row of Xiangfu troops he faced was shaken.Just quietly pointing out the spear.

The cavalry rushed over... approaching... The horse under the cavalry's crotch turned a corner outside the rows of spears, and plunged obliquely in front of the horizontal line of the Xiangfu army. The Tubo army cavalry screamed angrily, He leaned out to the left, raised his hips from the saddle, and straightened his saber to draw towards the Xiangfu army.Although his upper body was tilted so that it was almost parallel to the ground, the waist knife he was desperately poking over didn't even touch the spear blades of the Xiangfu army's phalanx.

With a scream, an infantryman in the fourth row shot the horse with a crossbow in his hand. The horse let out a shriek and screamed, threw the knight on its back, and then rushed two steps forward. His legs gave way and he fell to the ground.The Tubo cavalryman rolled several times on the ground, lying on the ground for a long time and was still in a daze. He struggled to sit up from the ground, blinking his eyes trying to drive away the countless gold stars.

hum!
There was another sound of fast crossbows breaking through the air, and the Tubo cavalryman who had just kneeled tilted his head, and the leather helmet on his head was blown away, blood spattered a foot high, and the soldier kept kneeling for a while. Then he fell to the right with a bang. In the direction where his head was pointing, the remaining Tubo cavalry were still shouting and charging.

The fast crossbowmen on Xiangfu country's side were still shooting non-stop, and a gust of mountain wind blew.The gunpowder smoke produced by the explosion of the gunpowder bag was rolled back, choking Ma Lijun who was standing behind the hillside to tears.He took a few steps back and coughed a few times, then walked up and asked, "Why doesn't the other party try to smash into our long spear array? Even if it can't break through, at least it can kill a few of us!"

Yang Yanqing, who had already handed over all the command of the front infantry phalanx to Lu Fengyun, had already retreated to the side of the engineer battalion commander Ma Lijun. Hearing the latter's question, he said, "The Tubo dogs want to trade their lives for their lives, but their horses are not good enough. Ken."

Yang Yanqing pointed to the edge of the phalanx, where densely packed rows of sharp spear blades protruded outwards, like the sharp fangs of wild beasts: "As long as we leave a passage for the horses to run through, those horses will It will definitely go around our battle formation."

Ma Lijun looked at the spears for a while, and then said to Yang Yanqing: "What if the other party is holding a ten-foot long spear?"

"That's useless!"

"Why? Aren't our guns nine feet?"

"Hahaha...we are just holding five-foot short spears, as long as the front blade is bright enough, that's enough."

Yang Yanqing looked at Ma Lijun's bewildered look, and laughed triumphantly: "Brother Ouyang, think about it, the enemy soldiers know that their spears are longer than ours, but their horses don't. Haha, so as long as we take A stick with a sharp enough and bright enough blade in the front, and then we leave a passage, so the horses will walk around our phalanx. Ha ha."

(End of this chapter)