Chapter 117 Zhao Lie's Attack
The general who defended Dongyang Pass was a loser. His brain was so full of fat that his wisdom had no place to stay. On the day Zhao Lie's army arrived, he thought that the decisive battle was about to come.
They planned to catch the Wu Clan army off guard while they were not yet firmly established. As a result, they went out with more than 10,000 defenders to confront Karu's cavalry, and were beaten to a pulp in an instant.
Poor those soldiers, I have never seen Wu soldiers before, and such fierce Wu soldiers did not dare to step forward when they came to the front of the formation.
In the end, even this great bastard was captured by the Wu clan. If Zhao Lie hadn't rescued him in time, Dongyang Pass would have been breached.
On the night when Wu Feng went to steal the camp, Zhao Lie quietly came to Dongyang Pass again.
This time he raised 50,000 cavalry from various places. Although Zhou's horses lacked endurance, they could still charge at short distances.
Kalu, the general of the Wu clan, couldn't help but look down upon the Zhou army after seeing the useless general and the sergeants of the Zhou Dynasty.
He was not the only one to have this mentality. When the Wu clan invaded the south, they were invincible. All resistance was basically defeated by them, so there is a reason why they look down on the Zhou army.
Zhao Lie may have known about Kalu's mentality.
That night, he led 50,000 cavalrymen to advance in three groups. Each wing had 10,000 men, responsible for the enemy on both sides of the hills. He personally led an army of 30,000 men to attack the enemy's center camp.
The two wings advanced first, outflanked them from both sides, agreed on a signal, and launched the attack at the same time.
The guards of the Wu clan sounded the alarm as soon as the Zhou cavalry appeared.
However, this time it was no longer the infantry that came last time, and the war horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty were taller than the Wu Clan war horses and had very strong short-distance explosive power.
Therefore, when the Wu clan guards sounded the alarm, the Zhou cavalry had already rushed to the camp, and then the two sides started fighting.
The general disdain for the Zhou army by the Wu tribe soldiers was from top to bottom, so they did not pay enough attention to the attack of the Zhou cavalry, thinking it was just a small-scale stolen camp.
When they saw the Zhou cavalry everywhere outside, they began to panic and hurriedly organized resistance. But it was already too late!
The Zhou cavalry had an absolute advantage in numbers, and the camps on the hills on both sides were quickly uprooted. Some of the remaining Wu tribe troops fled to the camps down the mountain.
While the battle was going on on both sides of the mountain, the Chinese army led by Zhao Lie himself had arrived.
Zhao Lie waved his hand, and a strong wind blew by. The horses in front of the Wu tribe's camp were blown into chaos, and the camp gate was also blown down.
The Zhou cavalry took advantage of the situation and charged towards the Wu tribe's camp. The defenders of 5,000 people could not stop the charge of the 30,000-strong army, and they were prepared to attack but not prepared.
The Wu clan's guard led some men and horses to break out of the encirclement and hurried towards Karu's camp. Zhao Lie led the army in hot pursuit.
Just on the way, Karu had received the news and quickly led the army to come to the rescue. The two sides met in an area that was not open.
Zhao Lie's cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty were well prepared. Lingshi lanterns were shot into the enemy's positions with bows and arrows one by one, illuminating the inside of Karu's army as if it were daylight. All situations could be seen clearly.
Some of the Zhou cavalry troops had begun to leave their horses, armed with strong bows and crossbows, and advanced from the two mountains to attack the enemy's flanks.
This time, the enemy was clearly in the dark, and the place was not open. The Wu cavalry could not fully deploy and were crowded together. The troops behind did not know what was going on in front, so they kept charging forward.
Carew's command failed, but the cavalry team of the Zhou army changed into a spear and shield formation, and defended with all their strength. Behind the shield were the spearmen, and behind them were the crossbowmen.
Kalu organized the cavalry to charge four or five times, but failed to break Zhou's shield array. The cavalry on the left and right wings were also attacked by Zhou's strong bows.
These strong bows were specially made by the Zhou Dynasty. They were not aimed at the enemy, but were thrown into the sky above the enemy. The arrows used were also heavy arrows.
Therefore, many Wu clan soldiers who were hit by arrows would bend their bodies down, thinking that the arrows were coming straight at them. Unexpectedly, the area affected by the arrows would be larger.
Not only did he fail to dodge the arrows, but he also made himself more vulnerable to injury.
When they discovered that the arrows were coming from the mountains on the left and right, the cavalry led by Zhao Lie slowly advanced under the cover of the shield formation, leaving them no chance to attack the enemies on the left and right.
Carew led his army to retreat. This was not a good place for his army. He wanted to retreat to the position of his camp behind him. Once there, he could take advantage of his cavalry.
In that way, the Wu Clan's army can take advantage of its own advantages and start a tug-of-war with the Zhou army, consuming the physical strength of the Zhou horses and thus wearing down the Zhou cavalry.
This was their usual method of dealing with the Zhou cavalry.
However, this time Zhao Lie personally led the troops and did not give him a chance to show off his talents.
Zhao Lie saw the opportunity and sent his left and right wings rushing forward, attracting the attention of the Wu Clan army and leaving a temporary vacancy around Karu.
Zhao Lie flew away from his horse, spread out his steps, and passed through the crowd of Wu soldiers like a breeze, arriving at Kalu's side.
Wu Feng was well aware of the strength of Zhao Lie's movement skills. He had only fought with him briefly and learned some superficial knowledge from him. He was able to beat Hu Yanhe to a pulp, which shows that his movement skills were extraordinary.
Kalu's cultivation level was originally lower than that of Zhao Lie, and because he was not good at dodge with body skills, Zhao Lie was suddenly in front of him.
The guards around him hurried forward, trying to use their bodies to block the enemy from the general and give his general a chance to escape.
However, they didn't know how high Zhao Lie's cultivation level was. He had already reached the peak of human cultivation level, only slightly lower than Che She.
Therefore, these personal guards of Karu did not play any effective role in resisting at all.
Kalu also hurriedly transformed, picked up his broadsword and attacked Zhao Lie. Zhao Lie stretched out a hand between his sword moves and slapped his hand.
This slap was as soft as cotton and as strong as iron. It knocked the big knife out of Karu's hand and dislocated both of his arms.
Karu screamed and staggered back, trying to escape.
However, his physical skills were no match for Zhao Lie, so there was no way he could escape from Zhao Lie.
Zhao Lie flashed his feet, came behind Kalu, slapped out a palm, and hit Kalu hard on the back of the heart. Kalu spat out a big mouthful of blood with a "wow" sound, and there were some internal organs mixed in the blood.
of fragments.
Zhao Lie moved forward again, reached out and grabbed Karu, beat him on the back of the neck, and threw him to the side, just on the back of the horse Zhao Lie was riding.
The general of the Wu clan was captured alive!
The general was captured, and the Wu army became even more panicked. In addition, their flags had long been shot down by Zhou's sharpshooters. They couldn't tell the direction in the dark night, and many people were trampled on each other. Many people died among their own people.
Under the horseshoes.
Chapter completed!