Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 979 Wolf Attack

Gwang Dorje found sadly that he had an advantage in overall strength, but he was always inexplicably at a disadvantage in every direction of the battle during the battle, especially Ding Jiagang's two thousand infantry seemed to be drilled into his own. A nail in his stomach made him feel extremely uncomfortable, but he was unable to remove it. Seeing that the opponent's circle was compressed step by step, it was getting smaller and smaller, but the smaller he was, the stronger his rebounding force was, and the stronger he was, the stronger he was. It takes a higher price to further compress inward. Even if he wiped out this infantry, his former army will inevitably be swallowed by Chang Po Dao. Looking back at the left wing, the defense line is already crumbling.

Bowing his head in pain, Gwang Dorje said: "Gewang Ajiu is ordered to lead the [-] daredevils selected yesterday to kill the rear, and the others retreat, retreat..." His eyes were bloodshot, and he said unwillingly After giving the order, after saying this sentence, the teeth actually bit down on his own lips.

Gwan Dorje's department blew the horn to retreat. Ding Jiagang, who had been crushed in the circle, finally took a breath. The horse under his crotch had been shot to death by the opponent, and there were more than 2000 of their 300 people left People, looking at the Tubo cavalry receding like a tide, Ding Jiagang leaned on his knife, panting heavily, and cursed: "You damn Tubo people, if he attacks for a while, I really can't stand it!" gone."

Seeing Gewang Dorje's retreat, Deng Chongxuan knew that his own troops were already at a disadvantage and could not stop the Tubo people from retreating at all, not to mention stopping the Tubo people at this time would inevitably force every Tubo person to fight for their lives. If all the Tubo people were killed, there might not be much left of the 6000 cavalry of their Suzaku Legion plus the [-] infantry under Ding Jiagang's troops.Such a result was not what Deng Chongxuan wanted to see, let alone the result of victory that His Majesty the Great Emperor wanted.

Therefore, Deng Chongxuan did not make too much entanglement, and immediately ordered an opening to let Gwang Dorje's front army escape, but ordered all the cavalry to cover up for a while, and try to kill some of the lagging Gwang Dorje's cavalry.

Riding his horse and walking in front of Ding Jiagang, Deng Chongxuan laughed loudly, jumped off the horse, and slammed the opponent's chest heavily, almost knocking the exhausted Ding Jiagang to the ground, and said: "Yes, in this battle just now, Your two thousand infantry entangled nearly half of the troops and made the first contribution. And you have defended Gaizhu City well for more than a month. Well, you take your men and all the wounded soldiers back to Gaizhu The city, and we will leave it to us to chase and kill the Tubo dogs who fell into the water."

This time Deng Chongxuan took advantage of the Tubo people's retreat and low morale, and the well-planned sneak camp in the middle of the night was extremely successful.In this battle, the Tibetans lost more than 5000 people, while the Suzaku Army lost only more than 1000 people.The most important thing is that Tubo was successfully forced to retreat at night, and it was a very hasty retreat.

In the end, Gewang Dorje only gathered more than 6000 cavalry and galloped towards Lanzhou, followed by nearly [-] cavalry from the Suzaku Legion.

Nearly 2 cavalry dared to follow and kill more than [-] cavalry. Even though the cavalry of the Suzaku Legion was more powerful and equipped than the Tubo cavalry, when the Tubo people first came to Lanzhou, their morale was high and the battle was high, Deng Chongxuan I dare not be so bold, because if I am not careful, I may be encircled and suppressed by the Tubo people.But now the Tubo people traveled thousands of miles, far away from their hometown, and fought for more than a month, not to mention one-third of the casualties. The rear road and food and grass were cut off. What Bu Chi allocated to the various tribes is now clearly empty, with nothing to gain.The most important thing is that it seems that there is not much hope of persevering until the final victory. Whether it is a general or an ordinary soldier, everyone's morale is low, and they still have resentment.

In addition, the most important thing is that they have just experienced a defeat. Rather than being forced to retreat, it is better to say that they escaped.On the other hand, the Suzaku Legion, with the feeling of defending their home and defending the country, and under the mental state of killing the enemy and making meritorious deeds, all of them suffocated.The two sides ebbed and flowed, even though the strength of the other side was only one third, Deng Chongxuan dared to catch up and bite the Tubo army bit by bit, striving to cause the largest possible loss to the Tubo army.

Just as Deng Chongxuan led his men to catch up, suddenly there was smoke and dust in front of him. A sentry stationed in front had sent back the information. About [-] Tubo cavalry who had been killed launched a countercharge against them. After Deng Chongxuan picked up the binoculars to look at them, He couldn't help but sink in his heart. With his eyesight, he could see at a glance that the [-] or so Tubo cavalry were brave men selected by the opponent. He was confident in a cavalry battle with the [-] or so Tubo cavalry and defeated them. One's own side will also lose a lot, and most of them will be entangled for a long time.

In the blink of an eye, Deng Chongxuan had already made a decision, and shouted: "The order is that 3000 members of the first cavalry brigade will stand in front of them for a while, and more than 3000 people from the second cavalry brigade will dismount and fight on foot, and form a battle formation as quickly as possible."

The army of the Xiangfu Kingdom prohibited orders and moved very quickly. When Tubo Gedo Ajiu led more than 4000 dead soldiers to a distance of one mile, according to Deng Chongxuan's request, 3000 cavalry lined up in front, making a charge, and [-] people behind them dismounted and lined up. Alright infantry battle formation.

The dust was flying, and Gedo Ajiu couldn't see the specific situation of the Suzaku Legion at all. He only saw that the Suzaku Legion accelerated towards them when they were [-] steps away. Seeing this, Gedo Ajiu couldn't help being ecstatic. If the speed cannot be raised at all, the combat power of the cavalry charge will be greatly affected.

However, the change in the next scene surprised Gedo Ajiu. At a distance of about [-] steps, Gedo Ajiu saw the Suzaku cavalry suddenly turn their horses, split them into two, and gallop towards both sides .Gedo Ajiu's heart jumped wildly, knowing that something was wrong, and sure enough, after the three thousand Suzaku cavalry in front flashed to the two sides, what was exposed in front of Gedo Ajiu was an infantry battle formation.

Gedo Ajiu and the [-] cavalry behind him all changed their expressions. These days, they have fought with the Suzaku Legion several times. Gedo Ajiu has long known that the Xiangfu Kingdom infantry and long spear battle formation is simply their cavalry who are not well armored. nemesis.But under the current distance and speed, they couldn't stop at all, they could only continue to rush forward.

Three thousand infantry formed three battle formations, set up their positions in place, and set up their formations.
The soldiers in the first two rows stand holding guns, while the third to fifth rows hold crossbows with one hand and guns with the right.There are also six giant crossbow guns on each side of the three infantry battle formations, a total of eighteen giant crossbow gun launchers.Regardless of whether you look horizontally, vertically or obliquely, this battle formation is a straight line.The remaining soldiers lined up in neat three square formations.Deng Chongxuan and his [-] personal guards were behind the three phalanxes, with banners fluttering, and a major from the Metropolitan University excitedly beat the drums persistently, waiting for Deng Chongxuan's order to beat the drums for the attack.

Eight hundred steps, five hundred steps.Deng Chongxuan silently counted the distance between the other party and himself in his heart. When he reached four hundred steps, Deng Chongxuan waved his hand violently, "Crossbow. Spear!"

Eighteen giant crossbows and guns that had already been ready to go fired at the same time, and the eighteen crossbows and guns shot out like lightning with piercing screams, stabbing fiercely at Gedoajiu Charge cavalry group.

Gedo Ajiu and the three thousand cavalry behind him let out a strange cry when the crossbow gun was fired, and swung the weapon in their hands out based on feeling, trying to block the crossbow gun, but how could it be possible.With the speed and strength of the crossbow and gun, except for the first-class martial arts masters who can barely catch the trajectory and dodge it, and the super-first-class masters who can capture the trajectory and block it, it is difficult for ordinary generals in the army even if they are brave. Resist or dodge away.

However, in response to this situation, the Tubo cavalry also concluded a way to reduce losses as much as possible, that is, to evacuate the charge formation and widen the distance between the left and right cavalry.When Gedo Ajiu saw the giant crossbow and gun, he gave an order. The five thousand Tubo cavalry changed their battle formations on the galloping horses, showing extremely strong riding skills, which made Deng Chongxuan who was watching the battle full of praise However, his own cavalry is really inferior to the opponent's cavalry in terms of individual cavalry, except for those who are from the party clan.Under his witness, these Tubo cavalrymen completed the change of formation with only a little confusion.

Half of the sixteen crossbows and guns missed, and half of them were shot at the Tubo cavalry. Each crossbow and gun shot through six or seven people in a row, and all fell off their horses, and were trampled into flesh by their companions behind them.

In the first wave of crossbow and spear attacks, more than 50 Tubo cavalry fell off their horses and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Crossbow gun!" Deng Chongxuan yelled again, and another wave of giant crossbow guns was fired, and more than 50 Tibetan cavalrymen were shot to death. At this time, there were only two hundred steps left.

"Set up the gun!" With a sound of swish, rows of long guns were set up neatly.

"Crossbow. Gun!" Deng Chongxuan finally shouted this word. Eighteen giant crossbow. guns shot out the last round of crossbow. One by one, they picked up the fast crossbows at their waists and became the last row of fast crossbowmen in the infantry battle formation.

Gedo Ajiu was very angry, three waves of crossbows and guns, he lost more than 100 people, but he has not yet touched the Suzaku Army.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer, it's finally getting closer, the horses in the first row neighed, and turned around abruptly. The shining spear points of the infantry battle array made these spiritual horses dodge automatically, and the knights on the horses bent their bows and put arrows flexibly , Shooting a sharp arrow at the infantry battle formation, the arrow rain hits, and the neatly lined up soldiers can't avoid it. It was too close, and some Tubo people were so good at archery that they shot through the gap in the armor, causing seven casualties in the infantry phalanx.Immediately behind the gaps between the fallen soldiers, new spearmen filled up, keeping the formation tight.

(End of this chapter)