Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 45 Field Battle ([-])

At this time, the Khitan cavalry was under the command of the central army, and about 1 cavalry brigades on the right rushed out, walked an arc and launched an attack on the flank of the Song Army formation. Forced to fight head-on.Obviously the Khitan commander intended to wipe out the only mobile force of the Song army.

Fortunately, the right wing of the Song army, which is the front half of the side where Ye Chen is now, has a very steep slope, and it is difficult for the cavalry to cross and charge from the side. As a result, the Song army's infantry so far can only rely on the vanguard spear formation in the front, and the Khitan The contact surface of the cavalry is limited, otherwise if the side is disrupted, the Song army will be defeated.

With the fierce battle, the battle formations of both sides were a little shaken, and the scope of the battlefield began to expand. There were arrows in the sky, and the fighting was shaking the sky. The ranks surged like surging tides. Each has its own rules and regulations.

Ye Chen saw that the large formation of the Song army stood still under the impact of the surging enemy cavalry. Each battalion, large and small, had its own rules, and was able to advance slowly to launch a counterattack. However, the Khitan cavalry was like a flood in the Song army camp. The gap left was rushing back and forth, but he couldn't rush in, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Luo Yaoshun said again at this time: "When fighting on the plains, the enemy's cavalry will take advantage of the advantage of the land. Although our army is still close to the enemy, but with the same number of troops, no matter which part of the enemy's army is affected In the event of heavy damage, the rest of the cavalry can quickly make up for the past and plug the omissions, and our army is all infantry. As long as one battalion is lost, the other battalions can only abandon their sons and cannot go to help. If this hard battle continues, there is a risk of encroachment Fortunately, we are on this side, and there is a steep hill in front of us."

"To our left...what's the sound? It's not good. Another cavalry from the Khitan circled the steep hill and came from the gentle slope where we are standing now." Ye Chen seemed to have better hearing than the others, and was the first to hear the sound on the left. The sound of thousands of cavalry rushing to the side.

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Yaoshun and the two hundred cavalry behind them turned around and looked to the right. Sure enough, they saw thousands of cavalry rushing towards them. The rear went straight to the rear camp of the Song Army, where Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin was.

If this matter allowed the Khitan army's scheme to succeed, the possibility of Zhao Kuangyin being captured alive might be very small, but the Song army would probably be defeated in all likelihood.

Ye Chen and Luo Yaoshun thought of this in an instant, their faces were ugly, and their breathing became a little short. However, many of the [-] cavalry behind them already showed fear in their eyes. If Luo Yaoshun didn't give the order, they might have retreated a long time ago. Well, after all, blocking [-] with [-] is simply death.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Chen had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he shouted: "200 people stand on the slope line of the hillside, lined up in a row, and then go back and one person will report the situation here to the Holy One."

As soon as Ye Chen said it, Luo Yao understood Ye Chen's meaning by the way, his eyes lit up, he groaned inwardly, he quickly repeated what Ye Chen said, and sent a cavalry to report, the remaining 190 nine cavalry quickly became One row, turned their horses' heads, facing the direction of the five thousand Khitan cavalry, just standing on the hillside.

"Draw the knife and lift it up! Quick!" Ye Chen shouted.

"You bastards, quickly draw your sword and raise it up, as if charging, don't you hear me?" Luo Yaoshun immediately cursed.

With a swish of two hundred cavalrymen, they drew out their sabers and raised them up, making a charging posture.

Although at this time, many of the nearly two hundred cavalrymen were pale and frightened.But under Luo Yaoshun's strict orders and reprimands, no one was timid to fight as expected of the strictly disciplined elite of the Forbidden Army.

In fact, most people still didn't know the real meaning of Ye Chen's letting them stand on the mountain breaking line, and they thought they were going to stop the Khitan cavalry for a while, so as to buy time for the army behind to adjust their formation.

Of course, gaining time is the ultimate goal, but Ye Chen's direct purpose of letting two hundred cavalry stand on the dividing line is to frighten thousands of Qidan cavalry.

Because Ye Chen knew that from the eyes of the cavalry rushing from the other side of the hillside, there was a row of cavalrymen on the hillside where they were, and whether there were cavalrymen behind the hillside was blocked by the line of sight and could not be seen at all.

Ye Chen just wanted to give the Khitan cavalry a false impression that their sneak attack plan had been seen through by the Song army, and they had already sent a cavalry to wait for a long time.

Sure enough, Yeluxiu, the general who led five thousand death-defying cavalry, just turned around the mountain road below the hillside, looked at the expected middle hillside, but his expression changed, and he cursed bad luck.Instinctively led five thousand cavalry to stop.

However, he has always been bold and decisive in his actions. Now that he has arrived, even if the Song army is blocked by cavalry, he will have to charge for a while. Let's try it out.

On the hillside, Ye Chen and Luo Yaoshun saw that the five thousand daredevil riders had just stopped and looked this way for a few moments. After hesitating for a while, they rushed towards this side again. Their expressions changed drastically. If the situation is not right, prepare to retreat first.

At this time, Song Jun Zhao Kuangyin had received a report from here, and was ordering the [-] infantry on the right wing to turn the guns and adjust the direction of the battle as quickly as possible.

Rumble ---
The Khitan cavalry was very fast, and when they were a hundred paces away, Luo Yaoshun ordered the 200 people who had already had bows and arrows in their hands to shoot arrows.

These 190 nine cavalrymen were obviously not good at riding and archery, but only more than 20 Khitan cavalrymen fell off their horses amidst the chirping sound.But they had no time to shoot the second arrow.

But they were too late, which doesn't mean Ye Chen was too late. Everyone saw that after Ye Chen shot an arrow at the same time as them, he shot four consecutive arrows. Brother Xiu's one arrow was knocked into the air by him, the other four arrows were all arrows, the Khitan cavalry must fall from their horses.

When they were thirty paces away, Luo Yaoshun ordered decisively, and everyone turned their horses' heads and retreated to the right.

Brother Yeluxiu saw Song Jun bowing his bow and shooting arrows, his heart sank at first, he thought that when he rushed to the front, more than half of them would be killed or injured, but unexpectedly only two hundred arrows were shot, he was ecstatic, even though he guessed that there were very few Song cavalry on the hillside. .

Brother Yeluxiu let out a long laugh, and led the people to rush up the hillside first, while looking down the hillside, he was about to rush down without stopping.

But at this moment, like lightning, three arrows shot towards him from the lower right side, depending on the direction, one was at the throat, one at the heart, and one at the horse's neck.But this timing was very well grasped, it happened to be the moment Yeluxiu had just set foot on the hillside, before he could see the scene behind the hillside clearly, and the three arrows arrived at the same time, not to mention extremely precise, the angles of the three arrows were all tricky and vicious extreme.

In the blink of an eye, Brother Yeluxiu let out a roar, and slashed out with the saber in his hand.

Clang!chi chi!Amidst the sound of two metal and stone clashes, brother Yeluxiu is worthy of being called the number one warrior of the young Khitan generation. He actually blocked an arrow that was aimed at his throat, and also blocked an arrow that was aimed at his heart with his arm swinging the knife. Although his arm was injured, his life was saved.

But his war horse was not so lucky, he was hit by an arrow in the neck, and he let out a groan on the spot, fell to the ground, and also fell the injured brother Yeluxiu to the ground.

With a puff, Brother Yeluxiu got out from under the still tumbling horse, spit out a mouthful of hot blood, his face was pale, but he was seriously injured.Because of his arm injury and the fact that he was chopping a knife on the horse, he fell off unexpectedly, and because he couldn't dodge in time, he was crushed by the horse's body again.

Thirty steps away, Ye Chen's star-like eyes were full of regret, and he exchanged a glance with Yeluxiu, who was extremely furious, put away his bow and arrow, turned his horse's head, and ran for his life.

The chief general was injured and dismounted, and the Khitan's five thousand fine riders stopped instinctively. Fortunately, all of them were superb riders, and in addition, when they broke through before, they opened a distance, so there was no collision.

"Leave me alone! Xiao Mu! You lead people to continue rushing in, hurry up, we must capture Emperor Song." Brother Yeluxiu shouted to another lieutenant general.

A cavalry general following Brother Yeluxiu agreed, and threw nearly [-] death-defying cavalry, and rushed towards the Song infantry who were about to set up a battle formation.The last cavalryman stopped, pulled Yeluxiuge on his horse, and galloped towards the way he had come.

At this time, the 190 nine cavalry led by Luo Yaoshun and Ye Chen also retreated to the side of the infantry formation, and turned back their horses, ready to cooperate with the infantry formation.

After Zhao Kuangyin got the news that the Khitan cavalry went around and attacked, he knew the seriousness of the matter, and decisively asked Cao Bin, the No.

Cao Bin is indeed a worthy soldier with a high reputation. In the little time Ye Chen and Luo Yaoshun led 190 nine cavalry, he took the lead in adjusting the direction of [-] outermost infantry, forming a battle formation to firmly block the outside, and then Let go and adjust the direction of the battle against the large number of infantry behind.

boom……

Amidst the screams, the [-] foot soldiers blocked the [-] Khitan elite cavalry, but they also paid a heavy price. Nearly half of them were killed or injured when the Khitan cavalry rushed forward.And after holding on for less than ten breaths, he was overwhelmed.

However, at this time, Cao Bin had already commanded the five thousand infantrymen behind to turn around, set up a battle formation, and stood in front of the five thousand cavalrymen.

Ye Chen and Luo Yaoshun led [-] cavalry not to block them head-on, but kept firing arrows from the side, and then charged like peeling an apple, harassing and consuming the Khitan cavalry.Fortunately, the target of these five thousand Khitan cavalry was only Zhao Kuangyin's watchtower, and he had no time to pay attention to them.

Five thousand fine Khitan cavalry scattered one thousand infantry, killed five or six hundred people, and only four or fifty died themselves. However, their speed has weakened a lot, and because they were discovered in advance, their morale has also dropped at this time .

Immediately afterwards, they rushed to the five thousand elite infantry of the Song Dynasty and set up a battle formation, which could not break through in a short time.And when they paid the price of four or five hundred deaths and finally broke through the five thousand pace rear phalanx, they were greeted by ten thousand elite infantry soldiers who had already set up the battle formation.

At this point, it is obvious that the most critical strategy of the Khitan army - the sneak attack from behind has ended in failure, and the five thousand fine cavalry have fallen into heavy siege because they are alone and too far away from the army. The final outcome must be annihilation.

(End of this chapter)