Chapter 716: Galloping Horses (Part II)
Five hundred horses unloaded their saddles and lined up in line, in order to maximize the impact of the horses, the horses were divided into three echelons to charge, after all, the Song army's defensive surface was relatively narrow, and the enemy side could only allow dozens of war horses to step on the front line of the fortifications at the same time.
All the preparations were done, Li Ningming gave an order, and the first batch of more than 150 war horses were stabbed on the big fat buttocks at the same time, and at the same time, the leather whips of the Xixia soldiers were also whipped on the horse's buttocks; The war horse panicked, let out a series of mournful neighing sounds, spread its hooves and galloped wildly, heading straight for the Song military fortifications in front.
The distance of two or three hundred steps between the two armies is nothing at all, almost in the blink of an eye, Crazy Horse has already stepped on the pile of corpses in front of the Song army's formation, the horse's hooves stepped down, the flesh and blood flew sideways, the ground was soaked into a soft layer of flesh and blood, dozens of war horses stumbled one after another, rolling in front of the formation with a mournful neighing sound, setting off a wave of blood and red sand grains in the sky.
After consuming dozens of war horses, the remaining more than 100 crazy horses still successfully stepped on the Song army's fortifications, and the carts piled up with dirt were more than several feet high, and the war horses crashed into the fortifications one after another like suicidal attack fighters, impacting the entire fortifications in pieces; These horses also broke their tendons and fractures, and even the horses and carts slid towards the crowd of the Song army, and a large piece of pressure was pressed.
The Song army's formation was in chaos, after the fortifications were opened, the second batch of more than 100 crazy horses came one after another, and the Song army could not take a breath, and the thunderous hoof sound rolled through everyone's hearts again, this time the Song army had to shoot out the remaining precious arrows, and most of the horses were shot on the way, and there were still dozens of horses rushing into the Song army's formation, causing a large area of trampling and killing.
"Master Su, what should I do? Think of a solution. Di Qing shouted loudly as he swung his knife and split in half two crazy horses with teeth and grinning on the way.
Su Jin shouted repeatedly: "Where is Wang Lang? ”
Wang Lang got out from under a big cart, his official mansion was already covered with flesh and sand, his hat was crooked to the side, and he said in a loud voice: "Humble duty, humble duty." ”
Su Jin hurriedly asked, "How many animals are left for us to pull the cart?" ”
Wang Lang said hoarsely: "There are also fifty oxen and hundreds of mules, all of which are behind." ”
Su Jin said without thinking: "Hurry up and catch up, and bring the last few barrels of oil with you." ”
Wang Lang didn't know what was going on, and before he could ask to understand, Su Jin scolded: "Why don't you fucking go quickly, what are you doing in a daze?" ”
Wang Lang hurriedly ran to the mountain road outside the valley, Su Jin turned his head and shouted: "All retreat fifty steps back to set up a second fortification, the archers shoot all the arrows, and be sure to shoot the crazy horse halfway." ”
The crowd moved quickly, except for a few hundred archers who stayed where they were and fired their arrows, the rest quickly retreated, and flipped the cart to the ground closer to the entrance of the eagle's beak cliff, barely forming a second line of defense.
A third group of one hundred and fifty horses rushed madly, and the archers shot their arrows from a distance, barely strangling the suicidal attacks in the middle of the road when the quiver was exhausted.
The frenzied charge of five hundred crazy horses caused a lot of damage and impact, in addition to destroying the first line of defense, it also crushed and wounded seventy or eighty soldiers, and more importantly, it consumed all the bows and arrows of the Song army, which were originally used against people, not these beasts.
Li Ningming laughed, this effect was exactly what he wanted to see, but the only thing he was not satisfied with was that the original estimate was insufficient, five hundred war horses did not completely destroy the Song army's defense line, the Song army obviously retreated in an organized manner, and set up a second simple line of defense.
"The plan has changed, the infantry has postponed the attack, this prince wants to see how many rounds the Song army can hold, General Yeli, General Wuzang, immediately release another five hundred war horses, this time the Song army will be trampled into pulp."
"The last will obey." Yeli Xianzong and Wu Zang Ming were also extremely excited, although the war horse was precious, but there was no need to go up in person to watch the Song soldiers turn over on their backs, this feeling was like a cat teasing a mouse, it was really cool; The two shouted in unison, and quickly pulled out five hundred war horses.
The same scene was repeated again, this time the five hundred horses were no longer divided into batches, in order to prevent the Song army from having a chance to breathe, the sound of hooves rumbled, and countless dust and sand were raised, and the crazy war horses that even the saddle had not had time to unload were like a fierce torrent heading straight for the enemy formation.
Li Ningming squinted his eyes, with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, he ordered the infantry to attack, the time for harvest had come, he believed that the Song army could no longer block this fatal blow, and the battle was about to end.
Through the blown sand, Li Ningming's expression suddenly seemed to be a ghost, his mouth opened wide in shock, and the soldiers around him also let out an incredibly frightened shout.
Just when the horses galloped halfway, the fortifications of the Song army suddenly moved away, and at the same time, the strange sound of 'moo' was loud, and dozens of cattle rushed out desperately with flames on their buttocks, and then looked closely, it turned out that the tails of these cattle had been ignited, and the fire was obviously soaked in fire oil; the tail of the cattle was long, and the hair was abundant, and after the fire, it was like a blazing torch, and these wild cattle kicked and screamed wildly, staring at the blood-red bull's eyes and rushing out.
And that's not all, followed by a large group of black mules, these mules also have a fire burning behind their butts, the mules have rich expressions, and at the moment their faces are full of pain and let out a screaming sound similar to sobbing, which makes people listen to the creepy, under the fire behind the buttocks, they have no choice but to rush forward.
Fifty oxen with sharp horns led the battle, more than 200 big black mules with burning butts as the backbone, and 500 war horses with knives on their buttocks opposite, and this battle between people eventually evolved into a great animal duel.
In the open ground in the middle of the canyon, the two torrents collided together, and suddenly the ox turned on its back, the mule neighed, and the huge impact knocked the middle part of the arch, and the muffled sound of the creepy 'poof' impact, mixed with the sound of flesh and bone tearing, plus the miserable screams of the three animals filled everyone's eardrums, and the tragic situation in their eyes was not much inferior to the fight between man and man, and even more shocking.
Animals are animals after all, they don't know how to avoid, they don't know how to pity, they don't even distinguish between friend and foe, and in the end the ox tops the horse, the horse hits the mule, the mule bites the cow, and the ox turns around to top the mule, in short, it becomes a pot of porridge; The most terrible thing is that the fire on the tail of those burning flesh and blood gradually ignited all the animal fur, and in order not to waste time, the saddles of the second batch of 500 horses were not removed, which became the root seedlings of trouble, and the saddles made of leather and wood were gradually ignited, and they were immediately burned into a sea of fire.
The cattle were all crazy, and they were no longer limited to fighting with each other, but walked in all directions, some directly hit the cliffs, and most of them ran wildly, and even ran directly to the ranks of the Song army and the Xia army.
The horseless Western Xia infantry who followed the horses and prepared to attack the Song army quickly turned around and ran, and the slightly slower ones were caught up by these fire-making beasts, and were suddenly knocked to the ground like a cloth bag, and then trampled into the gravel of the ground, and the screams were endless, and from time to time someone was pushed into the air by the horns of the ox, and fell heavily under the hooves.
"Quick, close the fortifications, pikemen ready." Su Jin shouted loudly, the fir spear was raised again, and more than a dozen people withstood one to meet the coming ferocious impact.
The situation on the Song army's side is better, after all, there is still a fortification as a barrier, and only one side is impacted, so it is relatively easy to defend; The Western Xia army was not so lucky, 1,800 people stood in the middle of the canyon, not against the mountain in front of the wall, and there was no barrier on the left and right.
"Shoot the arrows, shoot them." When Li Ningming was panicked, he didn't mess up, and the arrows of the Western Xia army were also sufficient, and the arrows were shot out repeatedly, and it was not easy to shoot the cattle that rushed towards the team on the way, but fortunately, hundreds of animals were killed by mutual collision in the middle, and the impact after dispersion was not much, so that it was saved from a trampling disaster that caused fire to burn; Even so, everyone's hearts were pounding, and they were sweating all over their bodies.
Su Jin didn't expect this result, he just remembered the fire bull formation in a hurry, since the enemy army used this kind of suicidal charge of war horses, then he could resist it in the same way, none of the horses of the five hundred horse army moved, not that Su Jin was reluctant, but that the other party might repeat the old trick again, and then these horses had to make sacrifices.
But after the scene just now, Su Jin believed that the other party would never dare to use this attack method again, because no one knew whether the Crazy Horse who was released would turn around and attack him, although Li Ningming, who had experienced a frightening scene, did not discuss with Su Jin for half a sentence, but the two reached a consensus in the dark.