Chapter 381
Seeing that people were constantly being shot and fell off the horse, and people kept escaping from the brigade and fleeing. Yuan Shimi knew in his heart that if this continued, he would be afraid that in less than half an hour, his eight thousand people would either be completely wiped out by the other party or completely disintegrated. He looked around in despair and shouted loudly: "Let's kill us and fight them!"
The Wusun battle cavalry and some Kushan heavy cavalry used their last bit of morale to gather courage, turn the direction, and attack the Liang army's pursuers. They shouted and turned around their horse's heads, then shouted and whipped the horse's whip to start speeding up.
Seeing this, the nearly 1,000 longbow chariots of Liang's army had already begun to turn the direction. The shafts of the longbow chariots were very special, with a rotating shaft similar to a universal device. Therefore, they could achieve large-angle rotation. When the Wusun cavalry turned the direction of the cavalry, Liang's army almost changed the direction of the chariot.
Now it has become the momentum of Wusun war cavalry chasing Liang army. However, the longbowers on the chariot were not idle and still took the opportunity to lay arrows. Heavy arrows continued to fly towards the Wusun people's array. These chariots were much faster than the Wusun war cavalry, so the latter naturally could not catch up with them. These chariots even had time to stop and stop, which allowed the longbowers to snipe the enemy more accurately when they stopped.
Yuanshi Mi was jealous. This was not a war, it was obviously a one-sided massacre. "General, be careful!" Yuanshi Mi heard a roar, and one of his personal soldiers suddenly increased their speed to block ahead of him, and then Yuanshi Mi saw a big arrow emerging from the back of his head and neck. Another corpse fell down from his eyes.
From the encounter between Yuan Shimi and these Liang army's longbow chariot soldiers, in less than an hour, Yuan Shimi's war cavalry lost more than half, and at this time there were only less than 4,000 cavalry left. The entire army had become scattered and collapsed. But even if they fled in all directions, they were still inevitably chased by the Liang army, because the light cavalry and heavy cavalry of the Liang army also rushed up.
Yuan Shimi saw the Liang army cavalry rolling towards him, and shouted with red eyes: "Fight with them..." Before he finished speaking, an arrow instantly shot into his mouth, and the arrow cluster also drilled out of the back of his head. However, this arrow was not a heavy arrow from the Longbowman, but an ordinary arrow shot by the Light Cavalry Feiyu.
The two thousand Liang army cavalry had already pressed up, and the light cavalry's arrows were also shot in densely. Then the heavy cavalry's wolf-toothed stick swept across.
The ordinary combat cavalry of the Wusun Army could not defeat the Liang army's heavy cavalry. Their scimitars could not be stabbed, and they could not split the heavy armor of the opponent's men and horses by just chopping. The final outcome would be to be knocked away by the opponent's big stick.
Only the heavy cavalry of the Kushan army could fight against the heavy cavalry of the Liang army. A Kushan army cavalry raised his cavalry and poked straight towards the heavy cavalry of the Liang army. The heavy cavalry of the Liang army was waving his wolf teeth and swinging left and right, and just smashing the head of an infantryman. Before he could close the stick to block the gun, he was about to be penetrated by the opponent's cavalry of the body.
At the critical moment, a loud shout came. A young general riding a black horse holding a silver spear shook the silver spear and drove the spear open. Then he poked it with the momentum and stabbed the spear into the thigh of the Kushan heavy cavalry. This person was Liangzhou Ma Chao Ma Mengqi.
The horse under the saddle of Kushan horse was not covered by heavy armor. The gun blade completely penetrated the rider's thigh and pierced the skin of the war horse. The war horse was frightened in pain and screamed, and it pushed the knight off the horse. Ma Chao took advantage of the momentum to shake the man off the blade, and fell under the hoof of a galloping horse...
A Kushan heavy rider rode a horse and sneaked to Ma Chao. When the tip of his rifle was less than two feet away from Ma Chao's body, a mace hit his chest with the horse force and knocked him into the air. Before he could land, a mouthful of blood gushed out.
The Wusun cavalry, who had lost the lord, were quickly completely defeated, and the cavalry fled in scattered places, leaving only countless bodies of Wusun soldiers on the battlefield. Two thousand Liang army cavalry, nearly a thousand longbow chariots, followed by the pursuit.
These Wusun cavalry and Kushan heavy cavalry have been fighting for a long time, and have already exhausted their physical strength and exhausted. At this time, even the heavy cavalry of the Liang army can catch up with them, not to mention the light cavalry of the Liang army and the fast-speed longbow chariot.
The two-hour pursuit battle almost wiped out the remaining Wusun war cavalry and Kushan heavy cavalry, and the hundred and none that could escape back to Liuzhong City. On the yellow sand oasis that stretched for dozens of miles, the bodies of Wusun and Kushan riders and the horses of their lost owners could be seen everywhere on the yellow sand oasis that stretched for dozens of miles.
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Finason, who was in charge of Liu Zhongcheng, was shocked when he heard the news of Yuan Shim Mi's defeat. When he waited for the news that Yuan Shim Mi was confirmed to be killed, he couldn't believe it. At first, he thought that Yuan Shim Mi was careless and led to a crushing defeat, but unexpectedly, Yuan Shim Mi was wiped out and his life was thrown away.
Finason began to feel anxious. The demise of Yuanshi Mi means that he could only take more than 8,000 infantry to defend Liuzhongcheng. Once he was besieged by the Liang army, he could only wait for foreign aid in the city. Although Liuzhongcheng had sufficient food and grass preparations, if Kushan in the west and Wusun in the north did not come to support, he would have to wait for death.
But if you completely abandon Liuzhongcheng and retreat to Loulan, it may cause criticism from the Kushan King and Wusun Kunmi. Because Liuzhongcheng is a transportation hub connecting Wusun and Kushan, if you lose Liuzhongcheng, it means that it will take a long way to go from Kushan to Wusun.
After thinking about it, Fenason made a decision. He left a deputy general to lead 2,000 soldiers to defend Liuzhong, and he took the rest of his troops to retreat to Loulan, which was closer to Kushan. At the same time, he sent a messenger to send an urgent message to Wusun Kunmi, asking Wusun Kunmi to send troops to reinforce Liuzhongcheng immediately to prevent Liuzhong from falling into the enemy. However, Fenason never dreamed that Feng Yu would dare to use a small force to bypass Liuzhongcheng and seize Loulancheng, which was guarded by only two thousand soldiers.
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Under the setting sun, a long convoy was running in the yellow sand desert. It was deserted and there was no sign of life, only the sound of horses running and horse hooves rolling up salsa sounds from the yellow sofa. The entire convoy consisted of two hundred four-wheeled personnel carriers, with more than a thousand Liang army infantry, led by Zhang Liao himself.
They must arrive in Loulan within three days and capture Loulan. Otherwise, even if the main force of Wusun side does not come, they will collapse due to food and water loss.
Zhang Liao poked his head out of the skylight of the chariot and looked at the boundless desert to the west. Suddenly, a willow tree appeared in his sight, which indicated that the Loulan Oasis was almost here. The rest of the chariots and the soldiers who were looking at the head also cheered.
A small black dot appeared in the distance. It turned out to be a fast horse, which was Liang Jun’s own scout. He rode his horse to Zhang Liao’s car and said to Zhang Liao: “General, the eight miles ahead is Loulan City. There are not many defensive troops in the city, all of which are infantry!”
Chapter completed!