Chapter 438: The End of the Crow Army
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The sound of rolling thunder suddenly sounded, and then kept approaching. It's not rushed, but it's extremely dull.
It's getting closer!
"Blow the trumpet!"
"Hold your ground!"
Under the city of Feng'an, a large army has slowly spread out in formation, and countless torches have been lit and lined up into a wall of fire. Wang Chong, the general of the Zhenguo Army, personally sat on the front line, all knew that under the banner of the soldiers and horses, he rode his horse and whipped him, he held a sharp sword in front of the battle, and the long sword in his hand continued to cross the spears of the soldiers of the Zhenguo Army, and the sound of gold and iron was loud.
"Strange soldiers raise their shields!"
"Hold your ground!"
The Shatuo people have come, but Wang Zhong is not afraid at all, because the Shatuo people have already plunged into the ambush set up by the Zhenguo army. This time, he had every reason to believe that the Crow Army would never be able to escape again. Because Li Jing had already expected him to come, and the Shatuo people had already crossed the river, and now no matter how powerful the Shatuo cavalry was, they couldn't escape.
The momentum of the Black Crow Army is so majestic, and the charge of the indestructible Shatuo cavalry of the Black Crow Army is so shocking!
Black battle flags, black knights!
A flying black helmet on an iron helmet, a tall horse wrapped in black leather armor. And the black spear of the forest!
The knight roared low. The horses whistled heavily. There is also the sonorous friction of iron armor.
Five thousand black cavalry are like flying black crows!
The terrifying Black Crow Army, the first cavalry legion in the world.
It is this iron cavalry, they followed the Tang Dynasty to defeat Tiele and Tubo, defeated the Hui Hui, defeated the Tuyuhun army, and also defeated the Tang Dynasty to defeat the Tang Dynasty Chengcheng German army Wang Chengzong, Huaixi Army Wu Yuanji, Zelu Army Liu Zhi, etc., and also participated in the pacification of Pang Xun's rebellion.
Countless mighty and proud troops fell under their horses, tough Tiele cavalry. The unruly Tubo warriors, the brave and fierce Hui cavalry, the fierce party cavalry, the proud Chengde soldiers, the arrogant Huaixi elite soldiers, the commanding Zelu mountain heroes, and the crowd tactics of Pang Xun's chaotic army, none of them can take advantage in front of them.
Even Li Jing, who has won many battles and has not really suffered defeat so far, has explained to his subordinates again and again. Avoid the Crow Army when you see it.
But now, the Zhenguo army will be on the land of Jiuyuan. Put an end to them.
The Shatuo people have already stepped into the road of no return with one foot, and the Zhenguo army will have facts to tell them that fighting a war is not just by virtue of bravery. The Black Crow Army has stepped into an ambush on all sides, and he is surrounded by rivers on all sides, and no matter how strong the war horses of the Black Crow Army are, they can't fly the rolling Yellow River full of ice cubes.
The whining horn sounded long, with a hint of sadness.
The flying horse's hooves beat against the dry earth, pressing it to let out a hoarse moan. In the howling cold wind, the Shatuo Iron Rider looked twisted and tall, and Li Ke wore an eyepatch, and the only remaining single eye shone with a dazzling light.
Knowing that the Shatuo people who had fallen into the siege became more and more fanatical, Li Keyong wanted to break through the net and break out of the encirclement. The charging Shatuo Black Crow Army increased its speed and rushed towards the Tang Army arrayed in Feng'an City in the north.
Wang Chong saw the black pressure of the Shatuo cavalry pressing up, not only did he not fear, but also inspired the arrogance in his heart. How could the Zhenguo army be afraid of the Shatuo people, the marshal let him fight under the city, instead of letting them hide in the city, just to give him a chance, a chance for him to lead the Zhenguo army to kill this Shatuo people.
Facing the galloping Black Crow Army, the soldiers in front of the Zhenguo Army tightened their grip on the bayonet spears and big shields in their hands.
This is the last rebel army, and after they are exterminated, they can go home.
Wang Zhong admitted that the Shatuo people were very strong, especially the current black crow army, which had been following Li Keyong's father and son in the southern and northern wars. But the Zhenguo army is not a bargain, although the soldiers are indeed not as good as Shatuo fine cavalry, but they are backed by the fortified city, there are countless crossbowmen and crossbow carts in the city to throw artillery support, in front of their formation, there are a full 3,000 large iron shields composed of copper walls and iron walls.
This is a defensive counterattack battle, and Wang Zheng has let the Shatuo people shed the last drop of blood here.
Wang Zhong rode his horse and galloped between the phalanxes again, shouting, "Ready! ”
The strange soldiers in the front row smashed the square iron shield into the dirt in front of them, and a row of iron teeth under the shield was deeply inserted into the iron. One by one, the strange soldiers crouched on the ground half-sideways, their right hands tightly holding the shield arm, their right shoulders and arms leaning on the shield, one leg half-kneeling, and one leg diagonally propped up in the mud. On the other hand, the tail end of the eight-foot bayonet was diagonally inserted into the earth a few inches deep, and the sharp blade of the spear pointed diagonally into the sky.
Behind them, and then a platoon of strange soldiers, the same with shields in one hand and guns in the other, their guns rested on the shoulders of the soldiers in the first row, and through the shield wall, countless cold rays were revealed.
Countless shields reflected the light of leaping fire, and a cold flash of steel shone above the phalanx. Behind the two sides of Feng'an City, 5,000 cavalry of the Zhenguo Army and 3,000 Zhenwu and Tiande cavalry were also ready to be prepared, serving as reserves for counterattack on both flanks, and rows of sabers raised were as bright as snow, like a dazzling band of light.
The sound of thunderous iron hooves kept approaching, and the ground under the feet of the soldiers of the Zhenguo Army was also shaking slightly. The black and oppressive Shatuo cavalry was rapidly approaching, like a storm, like a terrifying wave, like a landslide, like a tsunami. Like a flock of crows galloping, like a thousand horses galloping.
At the head of the black press, he was armed with an eight-foot spear.
The iron hooves of five thousand war horses splashed mud and flew all over the sky. The momentum made everyone who saw it immediately understand why this army would be called the Crow Army, because they were indeed like a flock of crows flying by.
"Hold your ground!" Wang Dong, who had been promoted to the tenth general of the flying spear battalion, stood under the battalion flag, holding a flag gun like steel in the array. Shout out loud. The leader of the front row was also armed with a red pennant gun. Turning to his brothers on the team, he shouted, "First row." All crouch! ”
"For Datang!" Zhang Chengye, the envoy of the supervising army, also rushed to the front of the battle with a team of guards at some point, and immediately raised his sword and shouted with his unique sharp voice. shouted over and over again, so that the soldiers of the Zhenguo Army in front of the battle also began to follow the shouts.
The continuous shouting reduced the tension in the hearts of the soldiers before the battle, and at the end of the day, the voices of countless people gathered together, and the three armies shouted in unison. The mountain calls the Tang Dynasty.
"Datang! Datang! Datang! ”
With every shout of the Tang Dynasty, the morale of the Zhenguo Army in front of the entire Feng'an City rose a few points, and at the end of the day, the momentum of the Zhenguo Army was majestic, and the tension and worry had gone.
Li Jing and Yu Xuan stood on the tower of Feng'an City to watch the battle, and Yu Xuan was surprised by Zhang Chengye's performance. Due to the dictatorship of the eunuchs in the court, the Southern Ya and the Northern Division fought for many years, and in the end, the Northern Division of the eunuchs completely overwhelmed the Southern Ya of the Prime Ministers. Therefore, the literati and scholars of the Tang Dynasty. There is little good attitude towards eunuchs. But in this battle in Hedong, the performance of Zhang Chengye, the supervisor of Li Jing's side, amazed him. At present, I see Zhang Chengye in the current enemy. Suddenly, he dared to go to the front line to boost morale, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"You have a good prison envoy!" At present, all feudal towns, whether they are controlled by the imperial court or not, have supervised military envoys sent by the imperial court. For those marshals of the feudal towns, a military envoy who can cooperate with tacit understanding is indeed quite rare.
Li Jing also nodded slightly, Zhang Chengye was indeed one of the rare loyal and patriotic ministers among the eunuchs of the late Tang Dynasty. And this is still a person who is both patriotic and loyal, and is not greedy for money or power, and at the moment, there is indeed no one more suitable than him to be his prison envoy.
The Shatuo people were getting closer and closer, and the strange soldiers in the front row nailed their feet firmly to the ground, holding their bayonet guns tightly, and everyone's hearts couldn't help but beat wildly. Looking at the Shatuo cavalry getting closer and closer, many soldiers inevitably turned pale after all. Behind the phalanx, countless crossbows were raised behind the battlements, and the bright arrows were aimed at the open space in front of the soldiers.
The Crows are closing in at an unbelievably high speed! In the blink of an eye, get closer! You can see it, the cloud-like banners, the dense swords and guns, the hideous faces of the cavalry, the white gas spewed out of the nostrils of the horses, the soldiers and horses galloping forward, like a storm, like a raging hurricane, swept in a dense formation, thousands of surging!
Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, I prefer to go to the tiger mountains!
Obviously saw the Zhenguo army in the formation under Feng'an City, although they rode on foot, but they had the advantage, they had their backs to the city wall, no worries, and put the long-range crossbowmen and heavy equipment all under the protection of the city wall, the cavalry of the Shatuo people could not be destroyed at all.
But Li Keyong could only hit it head-on, because he had no other choice. The back road has been broken, and he can only rush forward all the way, and only by defeating the Zhenguo army head-on can he break out of the encirclement.
Li Ke used a horse to take the lead, and his son Li Siyuan personally carried the flag for Li Ke today, and the horse followed closely behind. Li Sien and Li Siben guarded left and right.
Fight the tiger brothers, go into battle with father and son soldiers, Li Ke uses the father and son to charge to the death!
When the Black Crow Army approached, two hundred paces, a huge shout broke out in the formation of the Shatuo people, which rushed straight to the clouds.
"Shatuo!"
The Black Crow Army roared, "Shatuo, Shatuo, Shatuo!" This slogan was shouted for the first time, and every time they fought in the past, they were shouting from the mountains.
The sky was crumbling, the mountains were collapsing, and the charge of the Shatuo cavalry had never been stopped by the enemy's infantry phalanx before. This time, Li Keyong also believed that the Shatuo cavalry could rush through any phalanx that stood in his way.
Li Jing stood on the city tower, calmly watching Li Keyong, who rushed to kill him first, with a hint of mockery flashing across the corners of his mouth.
Flying Tiger Li Keyong is brave, but after all, he is just a barbarian.
He slowly raised his right hand, raised it high in the air, and waved his hand violently at the rushing Shatuo cavalry.
"Shoot the arrows!"
The crossbowmen who were densely covered on the head of Feng'an City suddenly pulled their bows in unison, and the sound of countless bowstrings trembling gathered together to play a passionate movement. In this movement, thousands of white feathered arrows burst out of the string and flew into the sky over the battlefield with a dense stream of feathered arrows, forming a huge storm of arrow blades, and then slammed into the high-speed moving array of the Shatuo cavalry. (To be continued......)