Chapter Twenty-Four: Midnight Turmoil
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Hua Xiong didn't expect that the enemy he had defeated would have regrouped in a short period of time and would come back. He knew how to deal with the Hu cavalry, who were accustomed to riding and shooting, but he didn't have anything at hand that could deal with it.
They had no chariots, no camps, not even enough shields, and all their men were exposed to enemy range. Of course, this is not a big problem in itself, as long as they form a formation, hide themselves in the dark, and hold out until tomorrow when General Xu Rong's troops are stationed in Xingyang, the crisis will be solved.
What really worried him was not these small groups of archers, but what damage could they do to them, the small groups of cavalry that were wandering around. Even if Hua Xiong let his foot soldiers form a formation and slowly walk in the dark in the direction of Xingyang, at most a thousand more people would die, at most they would be dragged by the enemy.
What he was worried about was Yanbei behind these cavalry.
What made them have a single rider to kill back after being defeated? If they don't have reinforcements, will they dare to come back like this?
It was for this reason that he did not dare to attack the enemy, and in fact, he did not have effective means of attacking now.
Without chariots as an effective barrier against the archers, and without the light to allow his soldiers to fire long-range arrows at the enemy, this group of foot soldiers alone could not effectively fight the enemy.
He faced the dilemma of Emperor Gao in the early Han Dynasty when he fought against the Huns outside the Saiwai.
Helpless.
Although this attack tactic was very effective against the enemy, it did not cause much damage to the cavalry of Sun Qing and others. and soon they will not be able to bear it. Hua Xiong had eight or nine hundred foot bows in his hands, and the pulling force of the foot bow was greater than that of the riding bow, and the range was terrifyingly twice that of the horse.
After Huaxiong extinguished the campfire, the archers no longer dared to raid the enemy at will, and the three-sided longbow cone formation made the Liangzhou soldiers like a difficult hedgehog, as long as they saw the figure of the archers, there was an endless rain of arrows.
Each time Hu cavalry raided, although they could kill and injure dozens of Liangzhou soldiers, they also had to suffer more than 20 losses.
Fortunately, Tai Shi Ci was the first to extinguish the bonfire outside the camp, so that neither side could detect the enemy, and everyone fought in the dark, relying on listening to the sound to fire arrows...... They were not strong archers of the Han Dynasty, they could hear and distinguish positions, and most of the arrows they shot missed.
The dark environment around caused great distress to anyone, and then Hua Xiong's actions made Sun Qing and the others even more worried.
Thousands of Liangzhou soldiers scattered in a hurry, and ran away in groups to the north, west, and south!
They actually scattered!
It sounds like a very stupid decision, but only Sun Qing and the others know how wise this decision is.
In the darkness of all directions, people can't see their bodies clearly after running twenty or thirty steps, let alone ...... The sound of horses' hooves was much louder than the sound of footsteps, and the Wuhuan riders couldn't see each other clearly, and they couldn't even be sure whether they were friends or foes after more than fifty paces.
For a while, there were flying dark arrows and cold arrows everywhere, which was terrifying!
At this time, even Sun Qing, Tai Shici, and Su Fuyan cut off contact, and each led three or four hundred riders to be stunned on the spot, not knowing what to do at all, so they could only disperse in the distance.
Come closer, and those pruning prunes that shoot everywhere can kill them!
Sun Qing has no master of the six gods, Tai Shici led the troops to listen to the sound and identify the position to command Hu Cai to shoot and shoot, and Su Fuyan ...... I can't hold it anymore.
"Sons of Wuhuan, you can't shoot the enemy, raise your swords, and follow me to attack the enemy!" Su Fuyan put away the big bow and hung it on the horse's hips, raised his knife out, and shouted: "Whoever stands on the ground will be beheaded!" ”
Whoever stands on the ground will be beheaded.
He had no choice but to distinguish his enemies by riding horses and foot soldiers...... In addition to the unfortunate ones who fell off their horses, they were all cavalry, and more than 300 horsemen were scolding and roaring in the wilderness, and along the way, whenever they saw the Liangzhou soldiers fleeing towards Xingyang City, they chased after them and slashed them.
The battlefield is completely chaotic, how far is the distance of seven or eight miles? The chaotic shouts and killings on the battlefield could even be heard by the county soldiers stationed in Xingyang City, but it was pitch black all around, and nothing could be seen clearly, which was terrifying.
They all saw with their own eyes that the invincible Captain Hua led the troops out of the city, a full 6,000 fierce Liangzhou soldiers, this battle should be nine out of ten, but why is there such a scuffle on the battlefield right now?
The killing was completely chaotic, and the hour before the sky was about to dawn was the darkest, and there was no light at all. Hundreds of horsemen, thousands of foot soldiers scurried on the battlefield, feathered arrows flying back and forth. Every moment, there are Wuhuan cavalry who are dragged down by groups of Liangzhou soldiers and stabbed to death with spears, and there are also fleeing Liangzhou soldiers who are passing by by the galloping fast horses before they have time to react.
If you look at it again, the whole skull has already fallen off.
No lone foot soldier can stand up to the elusive cavalry in the night.
Hua Xiongyi is bold, so that the foot soldiers dispersed after the horse led a team of foot soldiers towards Xingyang without dodging and rushing away, the road encountered more than ten obstruction of the Wuhuan riders were chased by his fast horse, but if they were caught up, they would end their lives with a knife.
He had to run to Xingyang as soon as possible, and those city guards didn't know others but recognized him, and only he could call open the city gate. If no one opens the door to the city, his soldiers will probably be killed and wounded by the Liaodong archers.
In fact, it's enough to have a lot of casualties now!
Tai Shi Ci has the ability to listen to the sound and distinguish the position, and he has long realized that the Liangzhou soldiers are fleeing to Xingyang, so he immediately relied on the fast speed of the Wuhuan cavalry to run all the way to the city of Xingyang, and robbed and killed the Liangzhou soldiers who were scurrying around.
Just as Tai Shi Ci was blocking the enemy army, he suddenly heard a loud shout from the city of, "A certain is Huaxiong, open the city quickly!" ”
Tai Shi Ci was overjoyed when he heard this, the enemy army will be here, if he can wait for him to open the city and take advantage of the chaos to pick and kill him, or even take the city pass?
Immediately, he gave orders to the surrounding Wuhuan cavalry, and the group slowly paced closer to the city gate, and heard what Hua Xiong was arguing with the defenders of the city. It's about what to do if the enemy enters after the castle is opened. After speaking less than two sentences, while listening to Hua Xiong's shouting and scolding, he was a person with an anxious personality.
Tai Shi Ci took out the big bow, gestured to his subordinate Wuhuan cavalry, then twisted out the feather arrow and put it on the bow, and drove the horse forward and paced lightly two steps, discerning the exact location of the sound.
"Who!"
Tonight, Hua Xiong was extremely sensitive to the sound of horses' hooves, and Leng Buding heard a subtle sound like a horse's hooves in the distance, and hurriedly opened his eyes and looked into the darkness.
He wasn't sure if there were enemy horsemen in the distance, but what happened next confirmed his thoughts.
Tai Shi Ci didn't know that Hua Xiong was just suspicious, and thought that he had been discovered, and at the same time, Hua Xiong's roar also made him determine the position, and immediately let go of the arrow, and the left hand put the longbow into the bag, and the right hand grabbed the long lance that was inserted upside down on the ground and charged out, and ordered the Wuhuan rider behind him: "Volley!" ”
As Tai Shi Ci ran out, Wu Huan behind him rode each bow and threw the arrows in the direction of Tai Shi Ci's shot, and then some of the dancers followed Tai Shi Ci with their sabers, and the other part of the horses fought left and right with bows.
Under Xingyang City, there are a lot of Liangzhou soldiers!
Hua Xiong heard the sound and it was already over, and a feather arrow suddenly shot from the darkness, and he had no time to guard at all, so he could only rely on instinct to raise his knife and pick it up, and at the same time his body turned away to make a dodge action.
Fortunately, this arrow was shot at the sound of the sound, and Hua Xiong subconsciously hit the horse and shook his body to help a lot, and the arrow flew by its own side, and there was no danger. But then, I saw a horse charging with a long lance, and the momentum was incomparable.
Hua Xiong recognized that this person was the general who had just led the Liaodong soldiers to rush out of the encirclement, and subconsciously regarded him as the main general of the Liaodong army. ”
Almost rushed out a few steps, the two horsemen touched a knife and lance hit each other and then crossed the wrong horse, Tai Shi Ci held the long lance and crashed into the Liangzhou soldiers, Hua Xiong raised the long knife and was buried by the Wuhuan horse.
Tai Shi Ci relied on the speed of the horse, and the long lance was more powerful, but it was difficult to distinguish the subtle movements in the dark night, and the long lance was swinged away by Hua Xiong, and no one could hurt anyone in a round.
The two of them were not even injured, but the soldiers behind them were killed. Taishi Cihua Xiong is a brave man, but also the armor is fine, where is the opponent of the ordinary Liangzhou soldiers and Wuhuan horses, immediately not by the long lance to fly for the long knife chopped, everywhere people turn over on their backs.
The scuffle under the city was in full swing, and Xingyang Ling Ke at the head of the city panicked, and the county lieutenant beside him asked, "County Zun, I'll wait...... Shoot the arrow, don't let the arrow? ”
"Who do you shoot when you release the arrows?" The county commander turned his head angrily and pointed to the city and asked, "Are you the Kwantung general in the Liangzhou soldiers, or the Chinese lieutenant in the Kwantung soldiers?" ”
"The Kwantung princes are fighting with Dong Gong, our small county with hundreds of soldiers ......" The county commander shook his head cautiously but intently looked at the battle below, and said: "Let's see who wins, let's talk about it!" ”
After a period of fighting, seeing that there were many casualties among the surrounding Liangzhou soldiers, the rest were frightened by Tai Shi Ci and retreated, Tai Shi Ci turned the horse's head, listened to the long lance shouted again, and charged out: "That Liangzhou general!" ”
Hua Xiong heard the shouting behind him, and hurriedly swung out his long knife to swing away the surrounding Wuhuan riders, turned his horse and rushed out, and shouted: "Look at the knife!" ”
In this charge, both of them retained their horsepower, separated after a little fight, and made another move after opening up the distance, and for a while the knives came and went, and the fight was fierce. Tai Shi Ci was accustomed to using Changge, so that in addition to picking thorns, there were occasional drags, which made Hua Xiong unable to defend himself.
Hua Xiong's long knife is extremely powerful, and it is also powerful, and this slash is all powerful, which also makes Tai Shici's situation extremely dangerous.
The two of them are brave and unstoppable in all battles on weekdays, Hua Xiong has lived in Liangzhou for a long time, and is the number one fierce general under Dong Zhuo, and has never met such a tricky opponent as Tai Shici. However, he did not have much experience in the battle formation, but he was a general of the conflict twice, and he was always broken, and he was also surprised by Huaxiong's bravery.
Hua Xiong knew that he couldn't drag it out like this, and the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for him, so he didn't look back after a charge, and walked around the city.