She Song

Chapter 146 Blood-stained South Embankment

The Korean Imperial Guards were shooting arrows at a distance of eighty steps, confronting each other.

Not long after, Xin Yan, the commander of the cavalry brigade, arrived.

After listening to the pioneer officer's explanation and difficulties, Xin Yan immediately ordered people to gather fifty war horses, then lit the horse tails, and then ordered his subordinates to stab the horses' butts with swords and guns, forcing the horses to go crazy and rush towards the Korean army's position.

Then he said to the vanguard officer: "If you can't take down these refugees anymore, jump into the river yourself!"

As a result, the vanguard of 70 people was forced to pick up swords and shields and follow the horses towards the Korean army.

Seeing dozens of crazy war horses rushing towards them, Han Xiaoyao and others shot more than 20 horses in succession, but they still could not stop the horses behind them.

When the war horses rushed within forty steps, he ordered the first line of defense to be abandoned, and the infantry retreated to the end to re-build the defense line. He led the crossbowmen of the second line of defense to shoot the war horses.

When the vanguard officer led his men to charge forward on a bank full of corpses, he almost vomited when he saw the blood everywhere, but the officer crushed the people to death, so he staggered all the way and followed the horses closely.

Behind the vanguard officer, Xin Yan ordered his men to clear the road and move forward while paying attention to the battle ahead.

The nephew of the Xin family, who is known as the general of the Western Army, followed Tong Guan to suppress the rebellion, and he was originally going to gain military exploits.

However, seeing nearly half of the vanguard casualties but being unable to advance even an inch, and seeing a steady stream of cavalry crossing the river on the pontoon bridge, he had no choice but to use the "Fire Horse Formation", and even forced the vanguard to attack at any cost, hoping to overwhelm the opponent as soon as possible. Seize the ferry.

However, the forest of swords and spears stuck upside down on the ground blocked the embankment after stabbing and wounding several horses, and the following horses were forced forward by the vanguard.

As a result, war horses continued to fall under the embankment or into the river. Finally, seven or eight war horses managed to climb over the forest of swords and guns and break through the first line of defense.

However, the serial crossbowmen behind the second line of defense had already changed three or four quivers, and Han Xiaoyao withdrew to rest behind the infantry.

Seeing that the first two lines of defense resisted the Forbidden Army's attack regardless of casualties, the crossbowmen behind the third line of defense were ready to go, forming five teams and taking turns to shoot.

When 50 men finished filling an quiver, all the horses were shot, and the vanguard began to cross the first line of defense and rush over with shields waving.

If you want to be a suicide squad, just die!
Han Xiaoyao had finished shooting his arrows, so he had to take the repeating crossbow from the cavalry beside him, aim at the vanguard officer in the crowd, pull the trigger, pull the bolt, and pull the trigger again. In this way, he fired five arrows in succession, killing the vanguard officer. The soldiers in front shot all the soldiers in front to clear the area, and finally fired their weapons at the unobstructed vanguard officer.

The vanguard officer was urging his subordinates to cover his charge, but before he noticed what happened, suddenly everything in front of him was empty, and he saw twenty steps ahead, a young man covered in blood was smiling at him and pulling the trigger.

Finished!

In his eagerness, the vanguard officer didn't know whether to duck sideways or pull his subordinates in front of him. He hesitated for a moment, but Han Xiaoyao's crossbow arrows didn't give him time to think.

"Boom!"

The powerful crossbow arrow carried huge kinetic energy, shot from the vanguard officer's eye socket, penetrated the back of the skull, and actually inserted itself into the chest of another Forbidden Army soldier.

Double kill with one arrow!

Seeing that their king was so brave, all the Korean officers and soldiers gave out loud cheers.

"King of Zhenbei, King of Zhenbei!"

There were still 50 people in the vanguard. Because the chief officer was killed and they were shouted at by the Korean army, they were stunned. They didn't know whether to attack or retreat.

Han Xiaoyao shouted decisively: "Counterattack! Counterattack!"

The eight armored attendants immediately climbed over the third earth wall, brandished their long knives and rushed forward to kill the imperial troops outside the second line of defense.

Han Xiaoyao changed his arrow box, flew up and stood on the earth wall, and shot at the most aggressive soldiers in the Forbidden Army, killing them with one arrow.

After accurately shooting three people, the Vanguard could no longer withstand the tremendous psychological pressure and collapsed instantly.

As soon as they turned around, Xin Yan's supervising team raised their swords without hesitation and killed six or seven soldiers who came back on the spot.

"If you are advancing or retreating, go ahead and kill them!" Xin Yan sat upright on his horse and ordered his men to continue charging.

His brigade was a fresh force. Xin Yan usually managed the army quite strictly and won the trust of Xin Xingzong. Therefore, his military equipment was of the highest quality. Therefore, Xin Yan took out the bottom of the box.

Thirty strong men wearing steel helmets and double armor brandished blunt weapons and charged like bulldozers.

Damn it, the most fantastic defense and lethality of the Song Dynasty!

There are almost no flaws all over his body.

Han Xiaoyao sighed, are you cavalry or infantry?
But he soon discovered that, just like Achilles, there was no armor below the ankles.

So he calmly ordered: "Shoot their feet! Cut off their ankles!"

As a result, dozens of serial crossbows immediately aimed at the opponent's base, killing seven or eight infantry soldiers. When the opponent approached the earth wall, Han Xiaoyao decisively withdrew behind the third line of defense.Continue to shoot the opponent.

At this time, the Korean army's subsequent crossbowmen landed one after another, and more than 200 people had gathered.

Han Xiaoyao asked them to go down the river embankment and surround Xin Yan's retreat. No matter what, they would eat the four hundred cavalry in front of them and give Tong Guan a blow on the head.

As soon as the Korean cavalry descended the river embankment, Xin Yan immediately realized that the way back was dangerous. Judging from the number of people and horses on the pontoon bridge, it was at least thousands.

If he is cut off from his retreat, he will be attacked from both sides, and he is doomed.

Seeing the remaining dozen infantrymen clumsily climbing over the earth wall to attack the Korean army, Xin Yan turned his horse's head and retreated decisively.

Han Xiaoyao pulled out his long sword and quickly avoided the attack of the first stepman who climbed over the earth wall. He walked around to his side, inserted the sword into the gap under the opponent's arm, and then twisted the handle of the sword. Pull out.

Bu Renjia roared and swung his iron whip towards the side. Han Xiaoyao jumped away nimbly, and then watched the opponent fall down like an iron tower.

Pointing behind the remaining Bu Renjia, he said loudly: "Your people have escaped. Surrender. The Korean army treats prisoners preferentially!"

The Infantry is the most favored unit in the entire army. Xin Yan usually serves delicious food and drink, how could he abandon them?
However, the sound of horse hooves getting further away cannot fool anyone!
The ferocious and violent Infantry A seemed to be stupid, and slipped away without saying hello. Is this using their lives to hold back the pursuit of the Han army?

After discovering that the usual politeness was all lies and deception, the armor and weapons weighing sixty or seventy kilograms suddenly seemed as heavy as a thousand pieces of metal.

wow~
Weapons were thrown all over the floor, and a dozen infantry soldiers slumped or sat or fell to the side to make way for the passage.

The infantry stepped forward and moved the sand and earth bags away. Han Xiaoyao led more than a hundred cavalry to pursue westward along the south embankment.

The attendant asked: "King Zhenbei, they have been running for more than half a quarter of an hour, and the horses are faster than ours. Can they catch up?"

Han Xiaoyao smiled and said: "Maybe, maybe God will favor Han Ji..."

I felt that King Zhenbei's words were unfathomable, but Han Xiaoyao's words were always magically effective, and the attendants rode forward and raised their whips.

Just as Xin Yan was running for his life on the South Embankment, the Korean cavalry under the embankment was in hot pursuit.

Xin Yan thought proudly: Fortunately, he saw the opportunity quickly, otherwise he would have been blocked by these mud-legged people.

But, no matter how much you chase me now, you will only end up with ashes. The South Embankment leads all the way to Tongguan Camp, and there are still [-] cavalry waiting for you. If you are not afraid of death, just chase!

However, in front, two or three war horses suddenly fell down. The cavalry on the horses fell or flew away. The front cavalry team suddenly braked and even bumped into each other.

"what happened?"

Xin Yan stepped forward and asked loudly, but a little ominous premonition floated in his heart...

(End of this chapter)