Chapter 32 The Battle of Banqiao (3)
The cavalry of both sides were completely wedged in one place at this time, and Lu Yao could not stop. Two more Hun cavalrymen in front of him waved their maces and long-handled axes to kill each other.
Lu Yao snatched out to the right side of the hand, and the sharp tip made of fine steel collided with the mace, making a loud "clang" sound. The Hu man who made the rod groaned and the mace flew into the air. Lu Yao borrowed the force of the weapon to strike and swept across the gun. The force was even faster, so the Hu man who could not resist it and was immediately knocked off the horse. The Hu man who had the mace had already passed by the horse at this time. Lu Yao leaned back and shot him with a backhand, and also knocked him over.
The attack with Lu Yao was 150 elite cavalry selected by Liu Kun himself, including 100 cavalry directly under Liu Kun; ten subordinates led by Lu Yao, Xue Tong and Shen Jin; Ding Miao and his fierce scout cavalry; and even twelve people including Liu Kun's personal generals Lin Jian, Wang Xiu.
These people are all brave men with skilled martial arts and brave warriors, and their equipment is extremely exquisite. This cavalry is equipped with armor and cavalry equipment. Not only are they all wearing two-fold sleeve armor, but even horses are wearing iron armor, face curtains, chicken necks, breasts, etc.
Cao Cao, the former Emperor of Wu of the dynasty, mentioned in his "Military Order": "I cannot have ten horse armors in the beginning." Even Yuan Shao, a powerful warlord who was in the late Han Dynasty, occupied Ji, Qing, You and the four states, had only three hundred horse armors. It can be seen that horse armor was a highly valued military and national weapon in modern times.
Liu Kun entered Bingzhou with a light cavalry. Although there were few people accompanying him, he carried the excellent weapons collected in the Luoyang arsenal. These equipment and equipment immediately became a nightmare for the Hun cavalry under the use of elite soldiers. One hundred and fifty heavily armored cavalry were like a huge sharp axe, cutting the lineup of the Huns into two pieces!
With his almost inexhaustible physical strength and powerful explosive power, Lu Yao rushed forward like a destruction. At some point, he had rushed to the front and became the pioneer of the entire armored cavalry. Such bravery even made Ding Miao watch frequently.
Lu Yao himself only cares about fighting. Strictly speaking, this is the first bloody battle on the battlefield that Lu Yao experienced after his soul awakens in his previous life. The previous few times were just street fighting. But just like the previous battles, Lu Yao did not feel any tension. It seemed that a small staff member in the office was naturally flowing with the blood of the warriors.
He took the lead, either stabbed with a long spear, wielded a sword, and even drove a tall horse and knocked the Huns to the ground, sweeping all the enemies in front of him like a whirlwind.
After rushing for dozens of steps, Lu Yao felt that the pressure was reduced in vain. He had already penetrated the enemy's formation. He turned around and saw that the Huns' light cavalry had become defeated. He flew with flesh and blood, and people were lying on the ground. His broken limbs were scattered on the ground, and the ownerless war horses were spinning in panic. There were less than a hundred Hu people still riding on the horse. They almost lost their fighting spirit and began to run around.
The 150 cavalry had almost no loss in the confrontation just now, and most of them could continue to fight. They slowly pulled their horses and circled a large circle across the slope. They did not regroup until the far right side of the Jin army array and formed an orderly lineup again.
As soon as the armored cavalry and equipment appeared, Liu Jing knew that his three hundred light cavalry were in great danger. The Jin people first used the unfavorable terrain to limit their routes of progress, and used the heavy cavalry's hand-to-hand combat to restrain their cavalry and shooting skills. Considering the deliberate concealment and the right attack timing of the heavy cavalry, this was undoubtedly a carefully planned trap. The development of the battle situation quickly confirmed his judgment. In a very short period of time, the cavalry that the Huns were proud of were defeated.
As time went by, Liu Jing's rough face became more and more gloomy, while the Xiongnu's queue fell into a brief silence. It seemed that many people could still hear gasping and muttering: This enemy army seemed different from any Jin army before.
That's right, it's different; Liu Jing thought angrily. That's an enemy army with armored cavalry equipment!
This complete set of man and horse armor made of fine steel is extraordinary. One set is worth even more than dozens of good swords. The Bingzhou Army does not have such luxurious cavalry equipment. The enemy is not the Bingzhou Army... They are likely to be the elite imperial guards of the Jin people!
As a noble official of the Huns, he learned far more information than ordinary soldiers. He clearly understood that over the past few months, the battle situation of the Great Shanyu in Hedong was not as smooth as the rumors. The Luoyang Imperial Army, who had experienced countless killings, still retained strong combat power, causing considerable losses to the Huns. At this time, if the Jin people sent an imperial guard to cross the mountains and headed straight to Jinyang... What does this mean? Liu Jing knew more clearly: although his subordinates were large, most of them were the Zahu tribes that responded to the Great Shanyu's call. Although they were not short of fierceness and courage, they were difficult to restrain. Can such a piece of arms be able to fight against the elite Imperial Army? Liu Jing had already made up his mind.
"Despicable! Despicable!" Liu Jing suddenly roared angrily. He tore open the leather robe and exposed his thorny chest, pulled out a scimitar with his backhand to cut a deep wound on his chest. The hot blood flowed, dyeing the sharp blade bright red.
Liu Jing shouted loudly: "The descendants of the Canglang! For hundreds of years, the Han people have used conspiracy to frame the heroes on the grassland, and we have smashed them to pieces with courage and blood! Today, those sheep-like Jin people, the Jin people who were killed by Liu Yuan Da Shanyu, who ran away with their heads and wrecked, once again framed the warriors of the Huns with conspiracy. What should we do?" The guards around him responded first and shouted: "Kill them all! Kill them all!" Then, the incited soldiers shouted together: "Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them! Kill them all! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!
Liu Jing waved his sword and pointed straight ahead: "Kill!" As soon as his cry fell, the soldiers around him roared, as if millions of beasts were howling. They rushed forward like a whirlwind and rushed straight towards the Jin army's array. Most of these soldiers were only wrapped in rough leather robes, and their weapons were strange. They were the Xi and Jie warriors who came to respond to the reputation of the Great Shanyu. Compared with the gradually becoming Chinese, they were even more backward, and therefore more bloodthirsty and barbaric.
The powerful crossbows of the Jin army were welcomed by the Jin army. For hundreds of years, crossbows were the primary weapon used by the Han people to fight against the northern nomadic peoples. Chao Cuo, a famous former Han official, once listed China's five skills compared to the Huns, including the words "If the talented officials are stalked, the same arrows and Taoism, the Xiongnu's revolutionary wood will not be able to support them." At this moment, the Huns' army was attacking and its momentum was terrifying, and the three hundred crossbowmen hidden behind the central army suddenly stepped forward and launched a long-standing attack!
The moment these powerful crossbows were fired, the sound of the violent trembling of the bowstrings was clearly heard even a hundred steps away. Then the sound of arrows breaking through the wind was heard. One foot or two inches long, the arrows made of fine iron were as dense as raindrops, and often could penetrate the bodies of two people with one arrow. Countless blood flowers bloomed at the same time, and more than a hundred people who rushed to the front were killed and suffered heavy casualties.
Liu Jing shouted repeatedly: "Stop up! Don't panic!" At this time, both sides were two hundred steps away, and if they sprinted with all their strength, they would pass in a flash. Even if the crossbowmen used the method of stacking, they would only shoot three rounds of arrows! The Hu soldiers were inspired by his shout and continued to sprint hard.
Seeing that the Jin army was only about thirty steps away, the crossbowmen suddenly retreated rapidly. The sound of war drums in the Jin army's formation sounded, and as the plain-colored "Liu" flag waved, hundreds of spearmen arranged in three lines began to advance. Looking at the uniform and powerful steps, we can see that these spearmen were all brave soldiers who had been through battles and were determined.
The two armies collided fiercely. The first group of Hu soldiers who were rushing to the front were stabbed to death by the overlapping spears almost immediately. The second group of soldiers followed without hesitation. Some of them chopped the handle of the spear with swords and axes, some held the spears with both hands and pulled them hard, and some jumped into the air and slashed at the soldiers of the Jin army. The Hu soldiers roared and continued to attack, the second group of soldiers were still fighting, and the third group of soldiers pressed up again; it seemed as if the raging waves were rolling the reefs, and waves were endless.
However, the array of the Jin army remained as still as the reefs standing by the sea, allowing the waves to slam and bombard them again and again. The battle was unfolding at the same time as hundreds of steps wide, and the battle was extremely fierce. The general of the army guard Linghu Sheng held the big knife that was inserted down on the ground with both hands, standing behind the Jin army's spearmen's formation, surrounded by dozens of fierce personal soldiers. His eyes patrolled the left and right like an eagle and falcon. Occasionally, he found that there was a place where the formation was shaking. With one stroke of his knife, a group of personal soldiers rushed over and killed him, and immediately stabilized the battle situation.
The number of soldiers in front of the Hu people was about two to three times that of the Jin army. For each Hu people killed, there would be two and three Hu people filled the gap, but the losses of the Jin army could not be replenished immediately. Linghu Sheng's efforts to maintain the integrity of the front became increasingly difficult, and there were fewer personal soldiers around him who could serve as mobile troops. All of these soldiers were brave and good at fighting who had followed Liu Kun for many years in battle. Each of them was an irreparable loss!
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