Chapter 440
It is useless to be brave and fearless. Just shouting a few slogans is useless, and you have to act!
Although the Dangxiang people shouted loudly, they showed their caution in their actions, which was actually cowardly.
Wugutai was also helpless in this regard. He wanted to act like a qualified general, leading the soldiers to charge. This was rare among the Song army, but it was very popular in the grassland tribes.
Shangwu is not about saying it.
But... Wugutai still retreated. He was preparing to charge with his soldiers, but he did not rush forward, but instead charged as the second echelon. Such courage would not be recognized in the Song army, let alone the grassland dynasty that he valued more courage.
The worse the Dangxiang people performed, the better news for the Song army.
At least the firearm can fire one more shot.
But there is not much gunpowder and the iron balls are almost used up. But at critical moments, stones can be used.
But an accident happened. A musket exploded, and the musket soldiers standing beside him were killed on the spot, causing several gunmen to be killed. A small gap appeared in the Song army's defense line, which stimulated the Dangxiang people. The back of the knife hit the horse's back, which was even more useful than a whip. The Dangxiang people roared wildly, as if this could tear the Song army to pieces.
Ruan Xiaoer added to the gap, picked up the spear and knelt half-kneeling on the ground, Lu Qian followed suit.
Next came Gao Qiu's guards, who seemed to know that they could not escape. Whether their lives could be saved can only be luck.
Seeing Gao Qiu's guards busy and messed up the gap, Ruan Xiaoer finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little irritable, but the problem was that he didn't like to kill his own people.
Ruan Xiaoer in a good mood decided to teach him the secrets of the battlefield. The first thing he was Lu Qian next to him was: "You must be steady, you must be decisive when you take action, remember the key points. The spearmen do not sprint to win, but use the spear to make the Dangxiang people bump into themselves."
Indeed, the spearmen guarding the first row are such a miserable group.
But if you do it well, it is also the fastest military force to gain military achievements.
As a master from the imperial boxing gym, Lu Qian was taught experience by a young man and a half on the battlefield. This made him a little laugh and cry, and what made him even more uncomfortable was that Ruan Xiaoer was also a novice.
This is Lu Qian’s first time on the battlefield, isn’t Ruan Xiaoer the same?
But what makes Lu Qian feel so delicious is why Ruan Xiaoer, the oldest boy, performs better than him?
This is unreasonable!
Lu Qian, who was dissatisfied, asked: "Brother Ruan, do you have any secrets?"
When Lu Qian said this, he didn't expect Ruan Xiaoer to give a satisfactory answer, just to hide his embarrassment. But Ruan Xiaoer said seriously: "Concentrate, calm, the important thing is not to treat Dangxiang people as humans."
But Dangxiang people also have two legs and two shoulders with their heads. How can they not be human?
Lu Qian couldn't help but complain, and said helplessly: "If you don't treat them as humans, then what do you think of them?"
"Just treat it as a fish." Ruan Xiaoer said coldly. This was very ordinary, but it still made Lu Qian feel frightened. Treat it as a fish? If you kill a fisherman, you will feel guilty. But everyone faces living people on the battlefield. Is this possible?
While speaking, Ruan Xiaoer suddenly raised the big gun in his hand with his arms. In front of the Song army, a row of big guns were lifted up. The cold and bloody tips of the guns were shining with a dark red light in the sun, aiming at the cavalry that the Dangxiang people rushed over.
Puchi
Ruan Xiaoer adjusted the most ideal position and stabbed the big gun from the lower part of the war horse's neck. This gun was likely to penetrate the heart of the war horse. After the war horse knelt on the ground, the Dangxiang people on the horse's back jumped down cleverly and rolled on the ground. Before he could pounce on the Song army, he was nailed to the ground by a red tassel gun.
The moment he pulled out the spear, Ruan Xiaoer made an evasive move. He rolled on the ground, picked up a scimitar of the Dangxiang people, and cut off the nearby horse's legs.
One.
Two.
When the scimitar became more and more dull, Ruan Xiaoer became a bloody man. But the Dangxiang cavalry in front of him was curbed. The war horses lying on the ground and the corpses of the Dangxiang cavalry were piled up with a thick layer, so it became difficult for Dangxiang's follow-up cavalry to overcome these obstacles. Unlike the solid ridges on the ground, the horse's hooves would slide when they stepped on the dead horse. When the speed was fast, the cavalry riding on the horse would definitely not be able to control it.
"kill!"
Not only did Ruan Xiaoer not stop, but instead took the lead in killing him.
Lu Qian finally killed a Dangxiang cavalry and was about to draw out the big gun and continue to use it. Although the three-meter-long big gun is very heavy and cannot be danced, this kind of weapon has an advantage. As long as you lift it up and point the tip of the gun to the man and the horse, the horse and the horse that are not stupid can hide.
As long as he guarantees that he will not die, Lu Qian feels that he will advise his general Gao Qiu, no matter what he says in the future, and never act with Li Kui.
But even with the intention of saving his life, Lu Qian could not bear the fact that he was compared by Ruan Xiaoer.
People are competitive, and so is Lu Qian, not to mention that he is also carrying the face of a warrior. If even the courage is lost, what is the difference between him and a walking corpse?
Lu Qian gritted his teeth and followed him to kill him.
This time, the Song army lost its previous good luck, and the Dangxiang people suffered heavy casualties, but the Song army suffered great casualties. Even the archers who used up all the arrows drew their swords and stepped forward to help kill the enemy. The battle had just begun.
Li Kui ordered Nian Xi to take his crossbow soldiers to climb up a few limited carriages and shoot from a high place, which was good. The pressure of the Song army was much smaller for a while. The two sides were in a stalemate and fighting, and they all fought hard with one breath. The Dangxiang people lost the advantage of fighting horses, but at the same time, the Song army's long-distance weapons were reduced to the minimum.
Li Kui stared at the battlefield, but Gao Qiu asked in fear: "Renjie, did you win or lose?"
"The soldiers are good. I guess they will only die of two or three hundred people, or even fewer." As soon as Li Kui spoke, Gao Qiu felt a sense of terror as if he had fallen into an ice cave. So many people died, wouldn't a small centaur have also been turned into it? The remaining seven or eight hundred people seemed to be a lot, but could it really withstand the next wave of attacks of the Dangxiang people?
Li Kui reached out and pointed at Gao Qiu on the battlefield, "Do you see my formation look familiar?"
"Three Talent Formation?" Gao Qiu has also been fond of military formation recently. Facing Li Kui's school exam, he casually said the name of the formation. However, Li Kui was not satisfied. He pointed to the haystacks around him and the low walls piled up with stones, and said to Gao Qiu: "What about these? I have prepared good things for the Dangxiang people in the next wave of attacks. Don't you feel the mystery of Wuhou's Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation?"
Pooh!
You dare to compare with Wuhou?
Gao Qiu didn't want to pay attention to Li Kui. Compared to the battlefield, a hundred Gao Qiu was no match for Li Kui. But when it comes to formations, the generals of the Song Dynasty were experts, and even civil officials were experts, and all kinds of strange formations blurted out. The adults of the Privy Council were flipping through the "Military Jing Zongyao" one by one, and the "Military Formation Map" tried their best to reflect all the advantages of the Song army in the battlefield, but basically the military formation that was figured out like this only had one function - harming people.
The Privy Council ordered the formations that the frontline generals followed. The generals who carefully implemented the serious victory on the battlefield did not win once, but suffered heavy losses every time.
Thanks to the national policy of the Song Dynasty, civil servants supervised military officers to command wars, even if they were defeated, civil servants did not need to be responsible.
Fortunately, Li Kui is a civil servant, so Gao Qiu doesn’t need to be stimulated by this.
Suddenly, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Li Kui's mouth and said, "The Dangxiang people can't hold on anymore, they are going to retreat."
"Retreat?" Gao Qiu also looked at the battlefield.
Li Kui glanced at the cliff on his right. There were too few people in his hands and could not form a defense line across the two mountains. He could only watch the Dangxiang people slip away and sighed: "It should be that he retreated from the side, passed through our flanks, and walked around behind us. But don't worry, I was prepared."
"What are you waiting for? Let the crossbow soldiers go and get the cheap ones." Gao Qiu felt that this was an opportunity. When Li Kui was setting up the battlefield, he listened to a lot of opinions. It was a good suggestion to build a low wall with stones on the flanks. There were also behind him. There were not many infantry under Gao Qiu, and the circular formation could not be arranged. He could only use the terrain to highlight his own advantages and hide his own disadvantages.
The lack of infantry is the disadvantage of the Song army.
This must be considered.
When a soldier fled on the battlefield, his tense murderous intent disappeared without a trace. The Dangxiang people became timid in the face of the Song army that had not retreated. At this time, as a commander of thousands of men, it was impossible to suppress the soldiers' fear and order to start to bypass the Song army from the flanks.
The cavalry of Wugutai's original formation had also begun to run. He stood on the kickstand and twisted his body into a strange position. He held the long knife in his hand and maintained the same height as the horse's head.
A sinister thought flashed in his eyes, and he wanted to kill all the Song people.
Especially when he saw that the infantry of the Song army began to retreat and flee. When he was defeated, his viciousness was infinitely amplified. At least for Wugutai, this encounter with the Song army was not ideal. The men suffered too much casualties, but the result was still happy. When the retreating cavalry bypassed the flanks of the Song army, he could join forces to attack the Song army forward and back.
By then, it would be impossible for the Song army to survive.
He sneered and determined a small goal: "I want to make the skull of the chief general of the Song army into a wine glass as his treasure!"
But the question is, was the Song army really defeated?
The process of the Song army retreating was not an unruly chaos, but the compatriots who had no time to estimate the death of the battle at this time were just supporting the injured companions to retreat to the formation.
What remained in front of the Song army seemed to be more than a dozen piles of firewood that had been behind the Song army formation before.
When passing by the pile of firewood, the Song army did not stop at all and ran quickly behind him. The torch was discarded on the pile of firewood, and it was not easy to see if it was ignited.
This scene made Wugutai believe that the Song people's defense line was finally defeated.
This is when he reaps victory.
At this time, Li Kui ordered the messenger to thunder and thunder.
This is a signal to Li Yun. At this time, it is obviously not the time to hold back.
But looking at the sudden loud thunder that soared into the sky, Li Kui was a little speechless, and this was still a second kick.
Chapter completed!