Chapter 897: Capture the thief and capture the king first
Less than 1,000 people in cavalry fighting, just like two masters competing skills, there will be no such thing as a big battle of 300 rounds, and the attacks between each other are just one or two times, whoever can seize the opportunity can kill with one blow.
In an instant, the winner was decided.
Without waiting for Wuqiu Jian to figure out the cause and effect, Wang Shuang had already led sixty horsemen to rush over, and the goal was to go straight to Wuqiu Jian.
"Kill!" This time Wang Shuang did not shoot arrows, the arrows in the crossbow had already been shot empty, and there was no time to make up for it, he wielded the long hammer, braved the rain of arrows shot by the knights of the Wei army, and killed Wuqiu Jian unstoppably. The long puff swung left and right, slapped the two knights out of the saddle, and then easily pierced a Wei knight who slashed with a sword.
He showed his might, killed five people in a row in a moment, rushed to Wuqiu Jian, shouted angrily, and stabbed Wu Qiu Jian with a powerful blow.
The moment Wu Qiu Jian saw Wang Shuang's burly figure, he knew what kind of opponent he was about to face. He gritted his teeth, clenched the shield in his left hand, pushed it out hard, and at the same time turned around, and slashed out the ring knife in his hand along the spinning Liliang.
The "Woo" long hammer struck the shield and slid through, the sharp tip of the blade cutting a deep crack in the shield. When the two horses were staggered, Wu Qiujian's long knife accurately slashed at Wang Shuang's shoulder. There was a "squeak" sound, and the ring knife rubbed a spark on the iron armor, but it failed to cut Wang Shuang. Wang Shuangli ignored him, and the long puff in his hand didn't even shake, and plunged into the throat of the oncoming Wei army.
The knight flew off his horse, blood gushing from his throat, which had been cut in half by the long hammer.
Don't be frugal and regret it. Another knight in heavy armor rushed in front of him, and this time, he had no chance to protect his chest with his shield, so he could only turn sideways as best he could, avoiding the vital point. The blade of the long hammer sliced through his breastplate, pushing him to the side, nearly falling off his horse.
Wu Qiu Jian was a close confidant of the emperor, and he was wearing fine armor purchased at a high price from Shu Han, which was strong enough to protect him from the sharp long crest. But the knights around him weren't so lucky. Ordinary armor was not enough to withstand Changqi's assassination. One after another, they were stabbed and screamed so terrible that many fell off their horses and were immediately trampled by the incoming hooves. Broken arms and broken legs. There were also many people who were killed on the spot.
After a fierce rush. The two sides separated again, and Wu Qiu Jian glanced back at the battlefield, and his heart sank to the bottom. Look at it. Almost all of those who fell to the ground were his men, and there were not a few red figures at all. He now understood the end of the group in front of him, because he was ending up now.
Two hundred horsemen and fifty or sixty horsemen hedged, but the result was a fiasco of more than 200 horsemen, which is unreasonable, but when you think about the fact that the other party is protected by heavy armor even with people and horses, and is not afraid of slashing and arrows, you can understand that this is the most normal result. At the beginning of the Yuzhou battlefield, when the heavy armor soldiers led by Zhao Tong faced the Wei knights, they had created miracles, and now Wei Ba has turned these heavy armor soldiers into heavy armor knights, and it is natural to copy the miracle.
Wu Qiu Jian was very sad, he knew that not only did he not have a chance to kill Wei Ba this time, but whether he could escape alive was a question. What he worries about is not his life and death, but the safety of Youzhou. He is the assassin of Youzhou, he is dead, who else in Youzhou will resist Wei Ba?
In the entire Youzhou, he is the most familiar with Wei Ba.
Of course, he only now knows that this so-called most familiar is only relatively speaking, in fact, he is not very familiar with Wei Ba either, otherwise he would not have run eighty miles and sent here to let Wei Ba abuse.
After Xiahou Mao, Sima Yi and his son, and Lu Xun, he will once again become a name in Wei Ba's war merit book.
I don't know if it's an honor or a shame.
Wu Qiu Jian didn't have much time to feel sorry for himself, Wang Shuang had just rushed over, and Wei Ba rushed over again. Both sides didn't have much time to adjust their tactics, let alone make a noise, they just did everything possible to accelerate the war horse to the extreme, and then raised the weapons in their hands and killed the other party. Regardless of whether the knife had an effect or not, whether the spear had been effective or not, they did not hesitate to raise their weapons.
That's all they can do. This kind of small-scale battle, there is not much time for you to arrange your troops, see the moves, as soon as you make a move, you will win or lose, the faster than the hand, and the weaker than the hand.
The strong survive, and the weak die.
Wu Qiu Jian saw Wei Ba, but he couldn't face Wei Ba face to face, and the two sides were divided with one touch, and the winner was decided.
Wu Qiu Jian urged the war horse and galloped into the distance, and while he rode his horse wildly, he shouted: "Turn right, turn right." ”
The knights did not bother to check their injuries, and turned their horses' heads according to Wu Qiujian's orders, and Xiangyou turned. On their right, two hundred horsemen acting as right chelates were rushing over, and in the rear of that team, there were two more two hundred horsemen preparing to intercept Wei Ba, as long as they were together with them, they would still have a chance to turn defeat into victory, at least a chance to escape.
Driven by the desire to survive, the knights beat their horses and galloped, squeezing the war horses Zuihou a trace of liliang.
In their skills, Wei Ba was also shouting: "Turn left, turn left!" ”
More than sixty knights and more than a hundred armored war horses made a loud rumbling sound, slowly adjusted their direction, and rushed towards Wuqiu Jian.
"Change horses!" Wei Ba roared, stared closely at the war horse beside him, saw the opportunity, jumped up, and jumped on the back of the war horse next to him.
Dun Wu and the other Wei family soldiers were obviously much easier than him, and they didn't even have any extra movements, just a slight leap, and they completed the action of changing horses.
No matter how advanced the alloy jishu is, a set of horse armor is still quite weighty after all, plus the heavy armor on the knight's body and the weapons in his hands, the weight of each war horse is equivalent to two adults, for any war horse, this is a small burden, and after a long time, it will definitely affect the speed. Stopping to change horses is bound to be a waste of time, and changing horses on the back of a galloping war horse has become the most haode choice.
The so-called best choice can only be for these agile warriors and knights, and I believe that even for those steppe peoples who grew up on horseback, there are not many people who can make this kind of tactical action.
Wei Ba brought out all the real elites this time, and if you want to say that the weaker one is probably himself. Although he insists on practicing martial arts, but riding is not what he is best at after all, in order to be able to practice this kind of jishu, so as not to affect the entire war, he has spent a lot of effort recently, and has also suffered a lot. Fortunately, he practiced boxing on the cliff back then, not only practiced good skills, but also practiced a good courage that is not afraid of danger and is not frightened, otherwise he would not be able to do it at all, and he would be scared and his legs would be weak.
There is still a big difference between whether you can do it or not, and whether you dare to do it.
Despite this, the change of horses was successful, Wei Ba was still so nervous that his heart was beating like a drum, and he was secretly happy.
After changing the war horse, the speed increased again, and Dunwu and the others were in front, chasing after Wuqiu Jian at a gallop.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, Wu Qiu Jian knew what was happening without looking back. He wanted to cry without tears. If it were in normal times, he would only chase Wei Ba, how could it be possible for Wei Ba to chase him. After all, his war horse is lighter, and Wei Ba's men and horses are all wearing armor, and while the protection ability is improved, it will inevitably affect the speed. But today's situation is different, he galloped eighty miles, and his horsepower has long been exhausted, but he wants to entangle Wei Ba with more people and kill him, and he can't do it in one blow, he no longer has any hope of winning, who would have thought that even escaping now is a big problem.
This is probably the reason why Wei Ba deliberately lured him to White Wolf Mountain. Waiting for work with ease is an indispensable factor for the success of Wei Bajihua.
Fight, can't fight, escape, can't escape, now it's up to us to see if we can join the rest of the knights before being caught up by Wei Ba. If he can succeed, maybe there is still a chance to hold Wei Ba back, and when he is exhausted, he still has a chance to win with the advantage of troops.
"Accelerate! Hasten! Wu Qiu Jian ordered repeatedly, slashed the horse's buttocks with the war knife in his hand, and squeezed the war horse Zuihou with pain stimulation A little physical strength.
The poor horse was so tired that he was panting, sweat running down his fur, and his mouth was full of heaps of white foam. The horses' hooves were almost in the air, trampling the turf flying. But the knight on horseback was still not satisfied, and kicked and slammed and slammed again.
At the moment of life and death, even a war horse that usually loves like an eyeball can't take care of it at this moment.
Wu Qiu Jian was trying to play with what idea, Wei Ba could probably guess it. Before that, the news of Wuqiu Jian's division of troops had already been sent to him, and it was also in his expectations. If he had not divided his troops and concentrated his forces to charge, he would not have dared to attack an enemy ten times his size, even if he had elite cavalry equipped with horse armor. Only by dividing the troops can we break through each and make up for the disadvantage in quantity with quality. Now, completely defeating Wu Qiu Jian before he can join up with the remaining knights is the key to Zuihou's victory.
Whether all the plans can achieve the desired results will soon be known.
Victory or defeat is in the blink of an eye.
Wei Ba no longer spared horsepower, and ordered all the knights to run at full speed.
Sixty soldiers and more than 100 war horses rushed towards Wuqiujian.
Wei Ba held his breath, leaned on his horse, and stared closely at the distance and Wuqiujian. Wu Qiu Jian also held his breath, knelt on the horse's back, and looked back at Wei Ba, who was in hot pursuit. Originally, the two hundred knights in front of him on his right were rushing towards him, no more than three hundred paces apart, as long as Wei Ba couldn't catch up with him before that, he could flee to the south, meet up with the more than four hundred horsemen who were still waiting there, and then decide whether to fight or retreat. Either way, he at least had a chance to escape.
Now, he no longer has the luxury of killing Wei Ba, and it is a great victory to escape back alive
(To be continued......)