Chapter 62 Lu Hong once again rises to prominence
Abatai led his subordinates to intercept the Ming army. Tulai was not a clay man and wood sculpture. He shouted to Goshha beside him. Goshha controlled the horse and left the brigade to pass the orders to the back team. Several Niu Lu Zhangjing who received the orders asked his subordinates to rush out of the brigade and face the central army of the Ming army. Tulai and Abatai had the same idea and just entangled the Ming army for a while. Abatai had hundreds of cavalry support and even had the confidence to eliminate the Ming army. Who is afraid of one on one?
Lu Hong looked at the two Jiannu cavalry who were intercepting him. The group separated from the brigade was relatively close, so he chose them. "Follow me." Lu Hong raised his gun and pointed at Tu Lai's subordinates. The central cavalry lifted the reins and released his horse to charge.
The two sides were not far away, and they had already entered the attack range by sprinting for more than a dozen breaths. The Later Jin army used to bend the bow and shoot arrows, and the Ming army launched a long-range attack before contact. The central cavalry lay on the horse's back and tried to block the face without protective gear, and the other parts were casual. Zhou Shixiong equipped them with the best iron armor, unless they were too lucky and were shot into the gaps in the armor by the bow and arrow, otherwise Jiannu's riding bow would not have the ability to penetrate the iron armor.
After a round of bows and arrows shot, only three or five unlucky men in the Ming army were caught and fell off the horse. Most of the arrows made one or two marks on the armor, which was their greatest contribution. Lu Hong waved his spear and intercepted all the arrows within a range of 1 zhang. The cavalry following him were blessed.
Zhou Shixiong was a little regretful when he saw Jiannu's arch strike. He did not ask the Ministry of Works for a new crossbow. How could he forget such an important method of long-range strike? "Hao Yongzhong, go and get those injured soldiers back." Zhou Shixiong was learning to command the battle, and he had too many basic things that he didn't understand. These Ming troops unfortunately became experimental products.
After checking the situation of several wounded soldiers, only one of them had the luck to get home and broke their necks. The others solved the problem in just a few seconds and could join the battle at any time. Zhou Shixiong found the weakness of the Ming army's standard armor from their injured parts. There was no face armor, and the gap of the scale-type armor was too large, so the rate of shooting arrows was very high. The mountain text armor worn by the generals was enough, but it was complicated, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and could not be used as a popular armor.
Zhou Shixiong naturally thought that European armor, such as full-body armor, was no longer suitable for the defense effect of long-range crossbows. It is easy to create these things. As long as Zhou Shixiong draws the style, I believe Gong Liu and Tieyong can help him get it out.
Zhou Shixiong was a little distracted when he wanted long-range weapons and defense tools. Zuo Liangyu and Liu Liangzuo suddenly cheered. Zhou Shixiong looked at the battlefield with a telescope and found that Lu Hong had defeated the intercepting cavalry assigned by the brigade Jiannu, and was gradually speeding up and rushing towards the Jiannu Reserve. "Hao Yongzhong, order the vanguard camp to attack and target the Jiannu Battalion." Hao Yongzhong stood beside Zhou Shixiong, and Zhou Shixiong directly ordered him to issue a banner.
Lu Hong danced his spear, cut melons and vegetables, stabbed all the Jiannu cavalry close to him under his horse. None of the hundreds of elite soldiers in the yellow flags were his one-piece general. Abatai looked at the Ming army from afar and felt a chill in his heart. A small half of the hundreds of elite soldiers died directly at the hands of this person. He would hit the gun and never leave it empty. It was too strong! "Get the arrow and shoot him to death!" Abatai didn't have the courage to face this powerful general of the Ming army and shouted his subordinates to gather fire.
Lu Hong couldn't understand the Jurchen language. Seeing that the other party slowed down and raised his bow and planned to intercept it with a bow and arrow, he raised his spear and pointed at the Jiannu brigade. If you don't let me go, then don't go. Anyway, there are others who need to take care of it. The central army defeated the intercepting Jiannu and turned to pursue the Tulai brigade.
Abatai was stunned. Why would I ejaculate you if you don’t come? Isn’t this cheating! Abatai complained that there was no way to seek justice and was about to follow Lu Hong. Black Cloud Dragon is coming. We can’t blame Abatai for not paying attention to the overall situation on the battlefield, mainly because Lu Hong is too fierce. Except for the Shenshu Camp and Tulai Team who are playing around in circles, everyone else was shocked by Lu Hong’s courage. It is normal for him to have no intention of paying attention to others.
Black Cloud Dragon was also scared by Lu Hong's performance. Can a spear be used as a whip? After receiving Zhou Shixiong's flag order, Black Cloud Dragon led the vanguard battalion to attack, preparing to join forces with the Shenshu Battalion to attack the Jiannu Brigade. As for Abatai's five hundred men, they just stood in the wrong position, which just blocked the attack route of the vanguard battalion. Black Cloud Dragon rushed over without hesitation. It was good to have some snacks before having a big meal.
Facing the crisis, Abatai finally put aside his distracting thoughts and led the Five Hundred Flag Ding to work hard, trying to hold Heiyunlong's vanguard battalion and give Tu Lai a little more time. Huang Qiankun and Li Xiaobin are the two leaders of the vanguard battalion. Of course, they didn't want to lose to him when they saw Lu Hong's authority in front of the formation. Li Xiaobin used his riding and shooting skills, charging and shooting arrows all the way. Before the two sides contacted, he wiped out nearly thirty Jiannu alone.
Abatai is lucky. His opponent is not Li Xiaobin, otherwise he would die under Li Xiaobin's arrow without even seeing it clearly. Huang Qiankun and Heiyunlong were running side by side. Normally, the opponent's main general should be given to his boss, especially the enemy general who is about to become a military master. Huang Qiankun had not received this education and rushed towards Abatai with an embroidered sword.
Abatai didn't want to play hand-to-hand battle with the Ming army several times his side. He shouted and led his men to circle around and use bows and arrows to solve the problem and restrain the Ming army. But something unacceptable happened. The two generals of the Ming army were riding BMWs and quickly approached his troops. Abatai was not panicked at all when he saw the two generals of the other side leaving the troops and came to kill them. He directed his men to separate the two and shoot with bows and arrows.
Huang Qiankun and Li Xiaobin are not fools, how could Abatai make all his wishes come true? The two quickly met and Huang Qiankun called the arrow to protect the safety of the two. Li Xiaobin used a pulley compound bow to fight back. Huang Qiankun was good at sword techniques, and his biggest feature was fast. He used it to create a silver light in front of the horse and blocked all the arrows. Li Xiaobin was also fast. His continuous bead arrows were one-third faster than Yu Jiaao. The muscle strength developed after transformation and high-intensity training was enough to support Li Xiaobin to shoot five times the number of arrows of ordinary shooters.
Without Li Xiaobin shooting a hundred arrows, the two of them attracted Abatai's attention not long after. The Black Cloud Dragon had already caught up. Abatai now had only two options, whether to run or die. He knew that as long as he led his subordinates to retreat to the outside of the battlefield, the Ming army would not pursue him, and they would still have to deal with Tulai's large army. It was impossible to waste time for him.
The only question is whether Abatai dares to abandon Tu Lai? Abatai dares not, he must at least rescue Tu Lai before running away. If Tu Lai dies here, Abatai believes that Huang Taiji will definitely give him Tu Lai a burial with him. Without time to hesitate, Abatai whistled and led his subordinates to evacuate outside the battlefield. He planned to wait for the two armies to fight completely and look for opportunities to save Tu Lai.
Although there has not been any major change in the strength ratio between the two sides so far, and the fact that the Later Jin Dynasty had fewer than the Ming army had little impact on the overall situation. However, Abatai had already determined that this battle would be defeated. It was a reason for the three generals of the Ming army to have amazing martial arts and superb shooting skills. Another reason was that the commander of the Ming army, who controlled the rhythm of the entire battle under the premise of the equal number of people on both sides, made Abatai and Tulai acted according to the Ming army's ideas. Facing such an opponent, Abatai was powerless.
Abatai bet right, his evacuation was not pursued. The Ming army quickly approached the defender of Tulai's troops. With the cooperation of the Ming army led by the powerful general, he began to attack Tulai's rear team. Tulai knew that he was attacked, but he could not rescue him. After a long circle, this Ming army was finally willing to fight with him. At this time, he chose to turn to a purely self-destructive way.
Wu Weiying has been waiting for Zhou Shixiong's flag order. Although he was confident that no matter how long he had been to catch up, it was boring to go around in circles. Seeing the chaos in the Jiannu's rear army, Wu Weiying decisively turned and launched an attack on Jiannu. Zhou Shixiong's flag order came a little late, which shows that he was not as good as Wu Weiying in control when the time of decisiveness was decided.
In ancient wars, the role of generals was infinitely magnified. Originally, Heiyunlong was a powerful general, and his subordinates were also very brave. With Lu Hong, Huang Qiankun and Li Xiaobin, the courage increased twice. The three thousand Ming army chased and killed 4,000 Jiannu. The troops of Tulai had just contacted Wu Weiying's Shenshu Camp, and the rear army had been defeated by Lu Hong and Heiyunlong. Then Tulai's central army was also involved in retreat, and the war reached ** in an instant.
Wu Weiying only resisted Tulai once and found that Jiannu had no ability to continue attacking, because Heiyunlong and Lu Hong had already cut into the central part of Jiannu, disrupting the Jiannu formation and unable to organize effective attacks. "The Jiannu is about to be destroyed, brothers, kill me!" Killing the fallen dog is a major hobby among the Chinese people. At this point, there is no ethnic bloodline. Jiannu has fallen into chaos. If you don't pick up the bargain at this time, what are you waiting for?
Zhou Shixiong breathed a long sigh and won. Although 6,000 beats 5,000, he was more than defeated, Zhou Shixiong did not plan to make more than 1,000 people. We should be generous and not be so calculating about such things. After scanning the battlefield, Zhou Shixiong saw the hundreds of Jianzi who escaped seemed to want to come back to do something, and was very interested and continued to pay attention.
Abatai just wanted to save Tulai, but Tulai was surrounded by numerous encirclements. It was difficult! Lu Hong and Hei Yunlong, who had dispersed Tulai's army, both noticed Tulai wearing lightning rods. This guy must be a big fish and must not let him go. Abatai wanted to thank Huang Taiji for his exploitation. Although he was also Nurhaci's own son, Abatai was so poor that he could not afford to wear a luxurious full set of riding armor. His body was still robbing a Ming general's armor on Zunhua.
Therefore, as the main general, he was not valued and was given up as a little fish. Should Abatai be glad or sad? Abatai has no time to consider this philosophical issue now, so he had to make a choice again. It would be better to die now or die back.
Tulai's brigade was completely defeated under the attacks of the Ming army. Less than two hundred Goshiha gathered together to surround Tulai. They had no choice. Tulai would die even if they died!
ps: The bright moon shines among the pines, the clear spring flows up the stone, then?
Chapter completed!