Chapter 42 Capture the lance
? Outside Jiangling City, among the chaos, the right guard general Xiao Mohe led the cavalry to charge. The situation became increasingly unfavorable for Chen's army. Xiao Mohe relied on the war horse under his crotch and the horse spear in his hand to enter a no-man state in this melee. The pressure felt was getting bigger and bigger. w????????
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The enemy cavalry came more than I thought, but Xiao Mohe didn't care about this. What he cared about was that the other party was not the Zhou army, to be precise, was not the Zhou army under the Zhou court.
The other side was not the army of the Jiangling General Administration of Zhou State stationed in Ji Nancheng in the north, nor was it the reinforcements of Zhou State in the west. It should be the Anzhou army that had rebelled against the Zhou court or the Xiangzhou army under its command, which could barely be called the Zhou army.
‘Come from the north, when did they take Ji Nan City? They actually took Ji Nan City!’ Xiao Mohe thought to himself a little uneasy.
The Zhou army of Jiangling General Administration guarded Ji Nancheng. It is said that the Anzhou rebels would definitely have a fight to the south, but now they were taken down by the Anzhou rebels without saying a word. It seems that the other party may have joined forces with the Liang army to go south. In this way, there is no need for one side to attack Jiangling to the death but to retreat quickly.
Fortunately, when the generals discussed last night, they had already considered the worst plan: retreat, which was the result that Chen Jun wanted to see the least, and everything was caused by the attack of Jiangjin Shu.
I received news last night that the losses of the personnel after the attack on Jiangjinshu were not large, but the stockpiled food and grass were burned to a large extent, so the army could no longer last long in Jiangbei.
It was originally planned to attack the city with all their might today. The cavalry led by Xiao Maha who could not attack the city wandered around Jiangling to intercept the Zhou army that was very likely to appear. Now the opponent has indeed appeared. Although it is the Anzhou rebels, the size of the troops is no longer something they can block.
Seeing that he was about to capture Jiangling City, the result was already in vain with the emergence of these reinforcements, Xiao Moha's duty was to buy as much time as possible for the army to retreat. Just as he turned his horse's head and was about to continue fighting with the enemy cavalry, the sound of horns came from the south.
"General, it is the trumpet blown by the camp. The army is about to retreat!" said a deputy general next to him.
The amusing arrangement was to attack the city with all efforts but prepare for the entire army to retreat. The amusing arrangement was the two-handed preparations arranged by the generals of the Chen army. Now it seems that the worst situation has happened, so we have to quickly withdraw the army safely back to the south bank of the Yangtze River.
The navy stationed in the Shazhou of Fengcheng had already sent warships to moor on the river bank on the south side of Jiangling in the morning. There was no suitable port there, but it was not difficult for personnel to board the boat with a simple trest bridge that was rushing to build. It was still time for the cavalry to cover the army and then retreat to Jiangjinshu, southeast, to board the boat.
"I returned in vain again." Xiao Mohe looked at Jiangling City helplessly, where some Chen army flags had disappeared.
At the age of thirteen, he dared to ride a horse and rush to the battlefield alone. He had been in the army for nearly thirty years and had never been afraid of anyone in cavalry warfare. However, the situation in Chen State was getting worse and worse. All the prefectures and counties north of the Yangtze River lost all the troops of Zhou State. The army was across the river from Jiankang, the capital of Chen State.
Thinking about the unrelated things in front of you made Xiao Mohe, a general who had always watched from all directions on the battlefield, lost his mind. At this moment, a shout from someone else made Xiao Mohe come back from his depressed mood.
"General. Someone is coming from the east!"
He looked up and saw a horse running from the distance to the east, and hundreds of cavalry were following him. It seemed that the front and back of the river seemed to have been chasing here from the direction of Jiangjin Shu.
"Save, save the car!" The man in front of him was howling immediately, with a bloody face. He heard the sound of accents, but a little leaking.
"It's King Shixing. Hurry up, follow me to save people!" Xiao Mohe said anxiously. He had a very good eye and saw that the man was King Shixing. Chen Shuling didn't care about so much at the moment, and he quickly led his subordinates to rescue people.
According to the strategy set last night, King Shixing Chen Shuling was in charge of Jiangjin Shu. If enemy reinforcements appeared when attacking Jiangling and his side was in a tough battle when intercepting him, Chen Shuling would attack and respond from Jiangjin Shu. Now it seems that Chen Shuling brought reinforcements over, but was intercepted by ambushers on the way.
"General saves the orphan!" Chen Shuling, who had an arrow on his face, shouted desperately. He was trapped in a while and was lucky enough to escape. He was chased by a group of cavalrymen. He finally encountered his own troops for several miles. He recognized the leader as a powerful general Xiao Mohe and couldn't help but cry.
Xiao Mohe led the cavalry to attack the left and right, Chen Shuling, who was rushing towards him, protected the enemy cavalry that was chasing him. He rode his horse forward and rushed towards an enemy vanguard. The opponent was about thirty years old and was burly in shape. He seemed to be the leading general of the cavalry.
‘It’s just right to use you to establish your authority!’ Xiao Mohe thought in his heart that he was flat-duan horse spear against the enemy, and the man seemed to see that Xiao Mohe was also attacking him without bias.
Typical cavalry hedges are holding horse lances and stabbing not only separate the opponent's lances, but also adjust the direction and try to push them over with one blow. The length of the lance is generally more than 80 feet long. The lances are very heavy. Ordinary cavalry use requires holding spears with both hands. The instant impact force of the horse lances when they collided is beyond ordinary people's ability to withstand it. Once the grip is unstable, it will be swept open and exposed to the flaws. Not to mention adjusting the direction and re-orienting it to the person after the impact.
Xiao Maha sat down and galloped like a flying horse. The opponent's sprint was no less than that. The horse spears in his hands quickly hit each other and heard a bang. The two of them crossed over, but they were riding on the horse safely. The cavalry behind them also arrived later.
Blood splattered, and someone fell to the ground at the time. The cavalry of both sides quickly completed the first confrontation and each of them scattered in a melee. Xiao Maha's face was calm, but his hand holding the horse lance was trembling slightly: the impact force just now had already made his tiger's mouth numb.
‘He is a tough guy!’ He thought in his heart that as a general who has been fighting for decades, Xiao Mohe found the opponent’s weight through just one confrontation: his strength is similar, but the opponent is a little stronger than him!
‘Time is not forgiving people.’ Xiao Moha, who is in his early forties, sighed in his heart, thinking that if Ruo was at the same age as the other party, he would not be at a disadvantage in terms of strength.
The enemy general seemed to be interested in him and rushed over to fight again. After a few rounds of confrontation, they changed from hedging to horses and horses moving forward in unison. They fought with the horse spear in their hands.
Horse lances are common weapons for cavalry, but not everyone can do it if they are used well. Power and spear techniques are indispensable. Xiao Mohe has only had his strength and hard-working spear techniques to fight in the south and north for decades. There are countless warriors who have met over the years who are good at using horse lances, but among them, they are evenly matched with him and even gained the upper hand.
After so many years, I finally met the opponent!
Xiao Mohe was so excited that the horse spear in his hand danced like a wind turning into several long snakes and rushed towards the opponent. The horse spear in his hand protected himself without leaking water. Not only did he resolve the attacks one by one, but he counterattacked from time to time. The two of them rode their horses side by side and fought in the chaos for dozens of rounds, but they could not distinguish between the superiors and inferiors.
The other cavalrymen on both sides saw that the two fierce generals were unstoppable with horse spears and cavalry fighting, and no one had the courage to come forward to help. The two fought from the east side of the battlefield to the west side and then turned back to the east side, both sweating profusely but were still excited.
"Happy, I am Xiao Maha, Lanling, and the enemy generals are here to sign up!" Xiao Maha laughed.
"Long live the Jingzhao Shi. I will definitely take your level in this battle!" The man also shouted loudly.
"Long Sui Shi, please find another useful horse spear in the next life!" After Xiao Mohe said that, he swept the horse spear hard towards the front of the opponent's horse spear with both hands. With a crack, the front of the opponent's horse spear was broken into two pieces!
In addition to strength, there is another key to winning the cavalry battle, which is the quality of the horse spear. Xiao Maha admired the opponent's first two items as bad as him, and he had already found that the horse spear he used was flawed.
A top-grade horse lance is very particular about the selection of materials, making and maintaining methods. The horse lance in Xiao Mohe's hand is a gift from the imperial court, but his opponents are much inferior to those used. Through these dozens of rounds of confrontation, from the sound of impact and the feedback from his own spear, Xiao Mohe judged that the opponent's horse lance should be a slightly flawed military qualities.
With that strength and spear technique, if you encounter a lower-powered general, you will not care about encountering an evenly matched opponent. This is a flaw. Now Xiao Mohe breaks the opponent's horse spear, and there is no way to kill the enemy without the spear head.
Seeing that the opponent was scattered and loopholes were opened when he was under this blow, Xiao Mohe saw that he was stabbing the horse spear with great force, but he was trapped by his armpit.
"Your horse spear is good!" Shi Wansui's face no longer had the panic he had just now. He knew that his horse spear was not in charge of the matter, so he used the tactic of trying to get.
It is difficult to avoid spears in cavalry battles, but once the opponent's horse spear is blocked by the head of the spear, the person who uses the spear will have no choice but to use it, because when the person who uses the spear is struggling to stab, the person who uses the spear usually holds the back of the spear with both hands and avoids the attack can use his armpit to hold the spear head and then hold the spear pole with one hand. With this, the person who seizes the spear is easier than the person who uses the spear. When the power difference between the two sides is not large, the person who seizes the spear can "splitting" the spear pole out of the hand of the spear.
"Take it!" Shi Wansui shouted loudly and held the spear pole in his other hand and both arms and force it at the same time, but then there was no expected resistance: the other party directly released the spear pole and pulled out his sword and rode his horse to chop it down at him.
Shi Wansui tried hard to seize the spear, but the other party let go, causing him to use excessive force to shake his body. Seeing that the other party drew his sword and slashed his waist, he turned around and blocked the spear pole. He heard the sound of gold and stone sounds. The sword slashed the spear pole and left only a white mark.
"Good spear, keep the head on your neck!" Shi Wansui danced the horse spear and was about to fight with Xiao Mohe, but he had already rode his horse away. He judged that the horses on both sides finally gave up the pursuit.
The Chen Shuling who had been chasing her before ran to the south and thought she had escaped to the Chen army camp. Now he couldn't chase her anymore. At this moment, more than ten cavalry from the north ran over and asked loudly, "The hero is good at it, I wonder which unit he is under?"
"I am the leader of the horse army under Yuwen Tongjun." Shi Wansui should report his name to his convenience when he saw the other party's clothes.
"It turned out to be the Lord Shi Zhuang. The envoy of Yuwen has an order: Do not pursue the enemy if you lose your enemies, please ask the Lord Shi Zhuang to gather his subordinates and withdraw them."
Yuwen envoy, even the governor of Xiangzhou Yu Wenming, was also the commander of the army who went south this time. Shi Wansui knew that the specific decision was not something he could talk too much, so he gathered his subordinates and leaned north. Looking at the high-quality horse spear in his hand, he looked at the south and grinned:
Chapter completed!