Chapter 51 Great Victory
(Supply the second update on the 15th)
In just three or four breaths, the cavalry led by Sun Zheng penetrated the officers and soldiers' camps and arrived at the north bank of Dongbao River.
He glanced at the south bank and saw that the wooden box pontoon bridge assembled on the shore was being pushed into the water by personal guards.
"Kill with me!" After a little bit of a team, Sun Zheng led the cavalry back and rushed into the officers and soldiers' camp again.
When entering the camp again, the cavalry's speed was much slower, but due to the advantage of being condescending, the chopping made it difficult for officers, soldiers and infantry to defend.
"Commander Sun! There is a high official in the northwest!" A cavalry of a personal guard shouted.
Sun Zheng took the time to glance at the northwest and saw several officials wearing cow heads and large-sleeved official uniforms standing together, surrounded by guards.
What surprised Sun Zheng was that these officials did not wear armor. You know, they were here to fight.
"Kill with me!" Sun Zheng yelled, turned his horse's head and rushed to the northwest.
Whoosh!
The sound of breaking through the air came. Before he could react, a giant crossbow arrow flew past Sun Zheng, and the screams of the personal guards immediately came from behind.
"Be careful, the officers and soldiers have large divine arm crossbows!" The commander next to him reminded loudly.
It’s time to come, what’s the use of being careful? Only rushing! rushing! rushing can solve the problem.
Sun Zheng gritted his teeth and increased his horse's speed for another quarter. He waved his saber faster. Before the officers and soldiers shot out the second crossbow arrow, he rushed to the outside of the defense circle.
"Kill!" The sabers slashed at a xiang army, and the horses hit a xiang army in front of their chests so that they flew up behind them.
Where can the sword and shield infantry stop the cavalry with tall horses?
The three or four layers of defense circle inside and outside are like an egg shell hitting a stone and are directly broken by a blow.
The official wearing the blue official uniform began to turn around and run away.
"Where can you escape!" Sun Zheng stared at one of the people, turned his horse's head repeatedly, and chased him.
"Don't kill me!" The official saw that he couldn't escape, raised his hands and expressed his surrender.
"Kill!" Sun Zheng kept swinging his knife and swept directly towards his head. The official's neck was protected by the raised arms. He was chopped by the sabre and turned around two or three times, and fell to the ground, not knowing his life or death.
Sun Zheng turned around and saw an official running away again, running away while taking off his official uniform.
"Dog official! Don't try to escape!" He clamped his legs and pulled the reins to the left, and the war horse under his seat chased towards the escaped official.
At this time, the defense of the camp had completely collapsed. The officers and soldiers were only concerned about escaping their lives, and no one raised their swords to resist. Sun Zheng's pursuit was much smoother.
The escaped official ran to a horse, reached out and pulled down the ten generals of the wing soldiers on the horse, and was about to turn over the horse.
"The dog official is killed!" Sun Zheng bent down and pulled up a spear inserted on the ground, turned the spear head, and threw it at the official.
The distance was close and luck was good, and the escaped official was on the back. Before the official who had just climbed onto the horse could be happy, he felt a severe pain in his back, unable to control his body shape, and fell off the horse.
After dealing with all the officials in his eyes, Sun Zheng led the cavalry to rush again twice, and then he saw that the floating bridge had been set up. Lu Hui led the personal guards and infantry to kill him.
"Let's go and chase the prisoners."
"good!"
The cavalry began to evacuate from the main battlefield and chased towards the north, shouting along the way, "Surrender and don't kill!"
"Who would have thought that the Song Dynasty's wing army would be so weak!" Chen Lu stood on the south bank of Dongbao River, watching the personal guards clean up the mess, and couldn't help but sigh.
"These wing troops do not have any training in their daily lives. They do some chores for the government. If the Song Dynasty court wants to fight, they have to rely on the imperial guards." Chen Xun said.
The people from Guangnan East Road did not know that even the imperial guards were already at the bottom of the roots.
Now, against the Jin army in the north, we can only rely on the Western army. The imperial guards were defeated again and again, and the Song court itself did not believe in the imperial guards.
"So our Chenjiazhuang personal guards are so strong." Liu Yu praised.
"It's indeed strong." Chen Xun was also very proud. He used to fight against those pirates overseas, but he only felt that winning easily. He thought that the pirates were originally a mob. Now it seems that the combat power of those pirates is actually stronger than that of the wing army.
I just don’t know how powerful the imperial guards in the south of the Song Dynasty are now.
The weaker the enemy and the stronger the one, the faster Chen Xun will be confident that he will end the troubled times.
It is better to be a peaceful dog than to be a chaotic person.
In all troubled times, the people who end up suffering are the poor.
For his own selfish interests, he forcibly intervened in this chaotic world at the junction of the Northern and Southern Song dynasties, disrupting the originally calm Jiangnan land. It was already a great sin. It was a great sin to be able to quickly defeat the Song Dynasty and take over the dominance of the fate of the Han people. It would be good for anyone.
"Let's cross the river too, otherwise it will be difficult to cross the river when the officers and soldiers come and demolish the floating bridge." Chen Xun said.
People from Chenjiazhuang on the south bank of Dongbao River quickly passed the pontoon bridge, and then closed the pontoon bridge again.
At this time, the war on the North Bank had basically ended, and the cavalry chased the defeated soldiers and captured prisoners. Lu Hui was leading the infantry to clean up the battlefield.
"Three hundred vs. Three thousand, we will win a great victory." Lu Hui was very excited. Although this victory was not created by him personally, as a native of Chenjiazhuang, everyone present was honored.
"This is the standard way to defeat the strong with the weak." The second brother Chen Lu's confidence in Chen Xun increased a lot.
"Yes, it was mainly because the officers and soldiers were caught off guard. They did not expect that we would have three hundred cavalry." Chen Xun explained: "When the news comes back, it will not be so easy next time."
Infantry fights against cavalry, there are still many weapons to restrain.
You can form a giant spear formation, two meters long or even three meters long. You can stand up densely and the cavalry rush in, and there will definitely be heavy casualties.
There is also the tactic of cutting horse legs, which can also make the cavalry useless.
In addition to resisting, there are also many defense equipment against cavalry, such as resisting horses, densely trapped horse pits (small pits that are slightly larger than horseshoes, one or two feet deep), triangular nails (with four corners, thrown on the ground, always one corner facing upward), etc., which can effectively defend against cavalry attacks.
It soon became dark, and a large number of torches were lit in the camp, and batches of prisoners were brought back. After the Xu hour (21 o'clock), Sun Zheng returned with his personal guards.
The personal guards who came back were walking with horses. At this time, horses were more tired than people.
After handing over his horse to his subordinates to manage, Sun Zheng came to the central army tent to report the battle situation to Chen Xun.
"Mr." Sun Zheng bowed and bowed.
"Congratulations! Dasheng is back." Chen Xun stepped forward to support him.
"How dare you take credit? It's mainly because of the husband's good horse and the guards who dare to fight. I just fought the first battle." Sun Zheng said modestly.
"The head start is already very powerful. The sharp spear is all about the tip of the spear. This time you defeat the officers and soldiers, you will be the first to win the title." Chen Xun continued to praise.
"Thank you, Mr. Lang." If you continue to be humble, Sun Zheng himself feels hypocritical.
"How is the battle?"
"The enemy's casualties have not been counted yet. There are about 1,300 prisoners. 37 people were killed in battle, 96 people were injured, and nearly 100 war horses were killed or injured." Sun Zheng replied.
The first wave of spear formations of officers and soldiers rushing forward was that because other cavalry did not have the horse armor that was protected in place, there were still many casualties on their own side.
"What a pity, these are all the seeds of Chenjiazhuang." Chen Xun was so distressed that he was almost suffocated.
Chapter completed!