Chapter sixty-ninth, bluff
The war was in full swing at the head and ends of the Lion Head Ridge. After experiencing a period of tranquility, a large number of Western soldiers flocked into the end of the Ridge. These soldiers were just retreating to the tail Ridge.
There were no more wooden rocks landing here than any other section, but the Western Alliance soldiers at the tail of the ridge were still desperately rushing towards this side.
Ars issued an order to retreat to both ends from the beginning, and commanders at all levels of the Western coalition quickly led their respective teams to retreat to the tail of the ridge or the top of the ridge. Lei Dongfeng, who was commanding the battle in the valley, secretly marveled at the speed and proper command of Ars, and believed that this was the best choice under the conditions at that time. When the arrangement of the Bian Zhang Ce and the old Taoist who had not appeared for a long time were not within the normal range, nor was it the mistake of Ars command.
In order to cooperate with Zhang Ce's bluff, Lei Dongfeng went out and poured a large number of rolling wood and rocks down the ridge. The bow and arrow did not shoot much, but the shouts of killing were extremely huge. Of course, these were all in the eyes of the commander of the commander of the Teutonic Heavy Infantry Regiment of the Teutonic Principal of the Teutonic Principal in the back formation.
Ryan is forty-two years old this year. He is the commander of the highest military rank of the Teutonic heavy infantry regiment of the Western Alliance, except for the 10th Master Mengel, who was appointed by Als as the temporary commander of the Teutonic heavy infantry and the sea blue light infantry in the rear team.
From the beginning of encountering a burrow to receiving the order from Ars. Rean quickly retreated out of the valley. Ryan did a good job. At this moment, after losing contact with Ars, Ryan was not panicked at first, but ignored his own judgment based on the situation: "Can the bluff? The momentum can be faked, but the arrow rain cannot be faked. Pass quickly under the ridge, don't worry about the people behind."
Ryan believed that as long as he could rush through this area, the Han soldiers would have no choice but to do anything about it. Moreover, the landslide not only hindered their rescue of the sea blue light infantry, but also hindered the Han soldiers' pursuit.
The Han soldiers at the tail of the ridge obviously discovered their feet. The intention of the Western coalition to escape into the valley was that the rain of arrows that had already begun to become denser again, as if they were going to shoot the last shot before they escaped.
"Retreat quickly!" The changes in the arrow rain, Lien strengthened his judgment. Don't look at it. The shouts of killing in the valley are shocking, but compared with the arrow rain of the Han soldiers at the tail of the ridge, the sparseness tells him that the Han soldiers' large troops are outside the ridge, and there must be not many people in the valley. Moreover, the battle has begun for so long, and the rolling wood and rocks on the mountain have almost been thrown away. If you don't rush over at this moment, when will you wait?
However, it was obvious that the Han soldiers at the tail of the ridge could not easily let these fleeing Western Allied Army soldiers disappear at the entrance of the valley. The Han soldiers had already killed thousands of infantry soldiers from the light infantry regiment of the Sea Blue Kingdom at the other end of the landslide, and the Han soldiers did not pursue the remaining enemies, but allowed them to escape in the direction of Longyang.
After the enemy disappeared from sight, the Han soldiers dismounted and quickly pulled out wooden boards from the side of the road and began to assemble them.
It is very wide. It is a simple wooden bridge about three meters and dozens of meters long. It is obviously one of Chuck's small inventions.
Then, the Han soldiers who were ambushing on the hillside also boarded their horses and rushed in on wooden boards.
"All people, increase the attack!" Zhang Ce waved his hand, and the fewer than 100 Han soldiers were still busy in the mountains and forests. At this moment, if there were soldiers from the Western Alliance in the mountains and forests, they would find that the rain of arrows pouring over their heads was not all done by manpower, but more were wide crossbow arrows arranged in the woods. Often a soldier controlled several crossbow arrows, and each crossbow arrow could actually fire ten crossbow arrows at the same time, which could fire three rounds of volleys.
This crossbow arrow is not as huge as a bed crossbow, and the bows and arrows used are much smaller. If you have to have a metaphor, it is a reduced version of the bed crossbow, but it has greatly improved the number of arrows placed on it.
This is the locust crossbow that Zhang Ce started to develop at Dasan Pass and has first landed on the battlefield today.
This kind of crossbow arrow is based on the Empire's crossbow, with some secret manufacturing techniques of the bed crossbow, and a wooden box that uses Jihuang to automatically exert force to continuously supply arrows. There are five shooting tracks at the same time at the shooting position. Each can add one to two crossbow arrows, and a maximum of ten crossbow arrows can be shot at the same time in one round.
In this way, the hundreds of Han soldiers on the ridge made the feeling that thousands of Han soldiers kept shooting for Ryan and his subordinates at the ridge, and also made Ryan make the most wrong judgment in this battle.
The biggest advantage of this kind of crossbow arrow is that its weight is only about five kilograms after disassembly. The only disadvantage is that the crossbow arrow consumes a lot, accounting for more than two-thirds of the house held by each Han soldier.
The lack of living supplies can only be saved in terms of time. This is also the main reason why the Han soldiers must speed up the marching along the way and hope to fight Ars as soon as possible.
Soon, the Han soldiers chasing came into contact with the rear formation of Western Alliance soldiers who were still retreating.
It should be said that Ryan was still very cautious when commanding the retreat. Although he did not expect or see the Han soldiers building a simple wooden bridge and collapsed through the ground, Ryan still arranged a 100-person Teutonic heavy infantry team to break the back.
These soldiers also completed their tasks very diligently. Every time they withdrew more than ten steps, they stopped to form a formation until all the Han soldiers disappeared from sight.
However, just as they breathed a sigh of relief and were about to chase the home team that had already fallen by nearly a hundred meters, they did not hear the shattered sound of horse hooves behind them, covered by the echoes of the valley.
Although the sound of horse hooves was slight, the light of the sword soared into the sky.
"Kill--" As the heads of the Teutonic heavy infantry at the end of the queue flew up, the blood that shot instantly dyed the battle armor of the Han soldiers and cavalry that were charging.
"Where did they come out? Didn't the road collapse?" Ryan shouted angrily.
"The back team stopped moving forward and formed a formation to resist on the spot! The rest of the people accelerated!" Ryan shouted, and was determined to sacrifice the back team to save the rest of the troops.
But the Western Allied Army soldiers who fell to the end had already been rushed into the queue by the Han soldiers. All they could do was blindly wave the swords and shields in their hands to resist the powerful impact of the Han cavalry.
These Han soldiers and cavalry who were touching from behind them like ghosts flashed with hatred, hatred, anger, and pleasure in their eyes. These emotions became the prelude to the massacre.
The soldiers of the Western Alliance fell to the ground screaming. Compared to the robes that had just died in the landslide, they still had to experience hopeless resistance and painful suffering before their death.
This combat power is only without mercy. Yes, mercy has died in the hearts of these Han soldiers as soon as these people invaded the empire and killed the soldiers of the Han people.
The Han cavalry, with less than a thousand people, shocked these Western coalition soldiers who were retreating in panic in this narrow valley, as if they were the evil spirit Shura.
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"Here, it seems that he has made a successful decision!" Lei Dongfeng lay in the grass, and saw thousands of Western coalition infantry retreating to his side in panic.
"We must never let them meet with Als!" Lei Dongfeng thought to himself.
At this moment, although Als' main force has already left the head of Shitou Ridge nearly a hundred meters, if you look back, you can still easily see the situation in the valley.
"Jingtao, I'll leave the enemies ahead to you. You must hold them back!" Lei Dongfeng thought to himself.
At this moment, there were less than a thousand people around Lei Dongfeng. Since the beginning of the war, these soldiers only shot a few arrows occasionally, and more often they pushed the wooden and rocks with their eyes. At this moment, when the enemy entered the valley again, they all looked at Lei Dongfeng.
"Brothers, killing the enemy is today, get on the horse!" Lei Dongfeng said angrily.
"Here!" The Han cavalry turned over the horse and went down the mountain to rush towards the unprepared Western coalition.
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"Kill--" A dense rain of arrows shot out, and hundreds of Xianbei cavalrymen were hiding under the stomp immediately, but nearly a hundred people fell off their horses.
"Win the string and shoot freely!" Tuoba Hongchuan roared, and the Xianbei Light Cavalry immediately pulled his bow and arrows and shot towards the Han soldiers and cavalry in the distance.
But these Han soldiers were not interested in fighting, and had long since rode away and hid behind the rocks at the corner.
At this moment, in front of Shitou Ridge, a large flag was flying behind the Han soldiers' queue, with four big words "Imperial Killing God" written on it.
Li Yan and Li Jingtao were riding on horseback and holding a bow, standing under the flag. From time to time, the bow was like a full moon, shooting an arrow. Every time he shot, there would inevitably be a chasing officer of the Xianbei Light Cavalry screaming and falling off his horse.
Under the orders of Ars, the cavalry of the Gaul Cavalry Regiment of the mountains went up the mountain to encircle Li Yan, but he and more than a dozen subordinates had already retreated down the Shitouling. Then before he could go down the mountain, Ars was angry and ordered Tuoba Hongchuan to take two thousand Xianbei light cavalry to pursue Li Yan first, asking him to bite Li Yan tightly, preferably to tangle him somewhere. Ars personally led a large army to follow the Xianbei light cavalry and chase Li Yan.
It was because, in less than five minutes just now, Li Yan had already sniped two commanders, including Ma Pole, Leon, and four centurions, after going down the mountain from a small road, shot and killed two centurions of the Xianbei Light Cavalry in front of the formation.
If he didn't chase Li Yan and let him continue to snipe, the whole army would have vaguely feared him, and he would lose this battle without fighting. Moreover, with Ars' pride, he would let others be so arrogant in front of him. Although he was still calm on the surface, he hated Li Yan to the extreme.
Therefore, after confirming that Li Yan escaped from Shitou Ridge, Als immediately ordered Tuoba Hongchuan to temporarily lead the Xianbei light cavalry to chase Li Yan, but he was afraid that Tuoba Hongchuan would make mistakes alone. Moreover, if he was dividing troops at this moment, he would have led his team and followed him.
However, at this moment, Als didn't know what was happening in the valley, but even if he knew the situation in the valley, with his cautious personality, he would only choose to leave this narrow section of the mountain road for the time being and make other plans.
After all, the army is still there and the main force is on the side. Even if Lei Dongfeng makes a lot of plans, the gap in strength cannot be compensated in the end, so he can only choose to have a decisive battle with Als.
Chapter completed!