Chapter 51 The Battle of the Two Powers 7
Zu Kuan looked at the scene in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help staring. He seemed to be a little unable to believe what his eyes saw. But when he looked carefully, he found that it was a fact that it had nothing to do with his eyes. Everything was beyond his expectations. Almost all his arrangement just now was empty. First, the artillery was bombarded back and more than a dozen bodies were left behind. Then the team of people and horses controlled by Zu Kui's flanks were also dragged by the thief cavalry. Up to now, they are still chasing and fighting back and forth in the north of the battlefield. Then the team of soldiers and horses were sent to clear the wooden fence in front of the thief's army. Under the sharp platoon shot of guns of the thief army, they were beaten like a horse. Turn, is this Xing Tianjun really an army of thieves composed of exiles?
This idea was the first idea that came to Zu Kuan's mind. He could hardly believe that after his hundreds of iron riders had launched a charge, the thieves' army's array was actually un disordered, and there was no fluctuation he expected at all. For such a long time, these thieves in the Central Plains were facing him. This Guanning iron cavalry is often the same as soon as they launch a charge, and the other party immediately has riots. This situation can be said to be repeated trials, but today everything does not seem to work. The thief army on the opposite side is not moved at all, and they also broke up a cavalry team with such a sharp counterattack.
In this way, Zu Kuan had to completely put away his mind of underestimating the enemy. He hurriedly ordered the defeated cavalry to gather the defeated cavalry and let them rest in the rear. When the 200 cavalry came back, there were only more than 150 people left, and there were more than a dozen seriously injured. As for the horses carrying these defeated soldiers in the dense platoon of the Xingtian Army. There was also a lot of damage under the volley of the gun. Even if they didn't fall down at that time and barely ran back, some war horses fell to the ground with hissing sadly, and it was completely useless.
After those soldiers who were beaten fell from the horse, they cried and rushed to their horses and panickedly checked the injuries of the horses. They were like dead brothers. For them, Guanning iron riders, they have been staying with their horses since they joined the army, and their combat effectiveness is almost all the source. For these horses, it can be said that on weekdays, the closest ones are these horses. On weekdays, they get up to feed the horses before dawn, wipe their eyes, walk the horses and so on. They serve these horses just like their relatives, and the horses do not let them down. When they go to battle, they carry them to fight south and north. How many have been saved? The lives of soldiers like them, but today they didn't expect that it was just a rush, which made them lose so many war horses. Looking at these war horses lying on the ground, struggling and hissing, and even spitting blood foam, how can they not make these soldiers feel heartbreaking pain! Therefore, many soldiers who were injured by their horses couldn't help holding their horses and crying.
An officer with a green face came to their soldiers and scolded, "Why are you crying? This is all the abuse of the thief army. Now that you are crying, it's better to turn back and kill them, kill all these thieves, and avenge your horses. Men and man, don't be such a childish attitude. Don't let them continue to suffer! Give them a break, go back and kill all the thieves, and the court will make up for your new war horses!"
After listening to this, although the soldiers were reluctant to give up, they knew that he was telling the truth. Seeing their wounded horse struggling, they touched the horse's mane one after another and pulled out their waist knife against the horse's neck. They only heard the sadness of the horse after a sound. The hiss stopped abruptly, and slowly fell to the ground. When some war horses were dying, they even shed tears, which immediately made these soldiers grimace.
Seeing that Zu Kui also led a whistle riding on the outside of the battlefield and entangled with the cavalry of the thief army, the cavalry of the thief army was very slippery, but after the first head-on collision with the cavalry under Zu Kui's command, he began to take a guerrilla method and never fought head-on with Zu Kui's troops, slippery one by one. Like loach, under the leadership of their officers, they urged the horses to run around, so that Zu Kui could not catch their tails, but they refused to withdraw from the battlefield and kept a distance from Zu Kui's subordinates. As long as Zu Kui had the idea of turning around and rushing to the battle, they would immediately turn around and come back and pestering Zu. Kui's department, this kind of playing method really makes Zu Kui and others feel aggrieved. They can't fight, and they can't catch up. This makes Zukui's Guanning soldiers angry and scream strangely, and they are chasing them all at the same time.
After looking at it, Zu Kuan shook his head and looked helpless. He did not expect that the light horse of Xing Tianjun was so resilient. Although there were not many people, they could also be called elite soldiers. Although the equipment and combat strength may not be as good as the Guanning army under his command, the cleverness was much better than his men. If the fight goes on like this, Zu Kui still can't eat them at all. Anyway, the soldiers and horses responsible for cleaning up the wooden fence of the thief army have been disabled, and it doesn't make sense to keep Zu Kui entangled with the cavalry of these thieves.
So he immediately ordered, "Mingjin recalled Zu Kui and others. It's really embarrassing. He can't even eat such a cavalry as the thief's army. He looks good when he comes back!"
The sound of gold immediately sounded among the officers and soldiers. After hearing the sound of gold, Zu Kui, who was chasing the cavalry of the Xingtian Army, immediately grabbed the reeds of the horse. After cursing, he waved the horse's head, led his soldiers, and retreated back to this array, and the cavalry of the Xingtian Army led by Situ Liang also circled. They lived on their respective horses, gasping and laughing loudly and scolding the officers and soldiers who had turned their horses back to this battle.
This time, the head-to-head confrontation between the cavalry of the Xingtian Army and the Guanning Iron Horse has come to an end. This battle can be said to be the first time that the cavalry of the Xingtian Army has faced such a strong enemy. Although the loss ratio is higher than that of the cavalry of the Guanning Army, it is not a failure for them. After all, they are a newly built cavalry team that can face. It is already valuable to have such a performance against such a strong enemy. The most important thing is that they showed a strong fighting spirit. When they were at a disadvantage, they rushed up without hesitation and successfully prevented the officer's attack on the flank of the second battalion. In any way, they all completed Xiao Tianjian's hand over to him. Although their task was damaged, they were still very excited. They laughed and scolded loudly, and began to follow Situ Liang to run back to the team.
By the way, on the way back to the battle, they also collected their own brothers who fell from the horse and suffered casualties, and cut off the heads of the Guanning soldiers who were left behind. After showing off their power in front of the battle, they returned to this array.
Xiao Tianjian looked at the cavalrymen who returned to the array and nodded slightly. After this battle, these cavalrymen really experienced a baptism of blood. He had no doubted that sooner or later, these cavalrymen will become brave and real elite riders, and will also become the future. The backbone of the cavalry he is going to form. With this elite soldier, he is still worried that he will not have an elite cavalry that surpasses the opposite Guanning Iron Horse in the future?
After this contact battle, Xing Tianjun won a complete victory. If the cavalry battle was a draw, then this battle was even if it was two wins and one draw, which immediately boosted the morale of the Xing Tianjun. Some soldiers muttered with a smile on their faces, "What a bullshit Guanning iron horse, but that's all. ! Against our Xing Tianjun, it's still a dish. I'm afraid of them! Just kill as many of our brothers!"
"Hey hey! Yes, brother, that's right! Since our Xing Tianjun started the army, when did they follow our general to fight the defeat? When I first came here, I heard that their reputation of Guan Ning Tieqi was very big, and I was still a little worried. Now it seems that it's all. We are the right person. It's just happy to follow our general to do things. If others don't say anything, my life will be sold to our general. Wherever the general points, we will fight in the future. Son!"
"That's not bad. Speaking of the brothers here, whose life is not given by the general? If it weren't for our general, we wouldn't have known where we would have starved to death! I guess the bones should be eaten by wild dogs at this time. Isn't it all given to us by the general if we can live until now? Isn't it Guan Ningjun? If you dare to come up again, kill them all!"
"Hey hey! Maybe I'll eat horse meat again tonight! ..." A guy looked at the horse's corpse in front of the wooden fence and drooled.
As a result, as soon as this guy's words fell, it attracted the contempt of everyone, and then the officers shouted and scolded, "Quiet! Do you want to get a military stick again? Don't make a noise before the battle. If I forget this, I don't care about going back to clean up you guys!"
So the buzz in the array calmed down, and everyone straightened their chests and looked at the opposite officers and soldiers. This time, it was different from when they just saw the officers and soldiers and horses appear in front of them. At the beginning, those worries had been swept away, and the whole army was all over. Everyone showed pride and raised their chins higher.