"Then charge back and bring the people back." Qu Da didn't want to think too much, nor did he have time to think too much, because just like the Song cavalry that were hastily gathering at this moment, the opponent Hezhameng'an also quickly noticed the flags and situation here, and immediately began to gather and adjust.
Of course, everyone was speechless. On a battlefield like this, no one dared to stop, nor could they stop. The only correct approach was to constantly join up with friendly forces and disperse the enemy... Even if they wanted to protect Qu Duan to a safe area, they had to transfer him in this way.
So, after just a short respite, the four or five hundred heavy cavalry of the Song army belonging to the Imperial Camp Cavalry hastily launched another round of confrontation with the three or four hundred Iron Pagodas.
Besides, the Iron Pagoda, with its armored men and horses, is of course extremely powerful. It can even be said that it has the advantage in this kind of short-distance, low-speed charge and hand-to-hand combat. However, Qu Duan's personal guards are also carefully selected, and they have a slight advantage in terms of military strength. Moreover, there should be a Red Heart Team of two to three hundred people behind the opponent who can reunite. So this charge should not be a big problem... In fact, this is indeed the case. Qu Duan used Xiahou Yuan as the vanguard, and after a short charge, he successfully attracted the attention of the previous Red Heart Cavalry, and then reunited with them. After leaving behind more than a dozen corpses, the Iron Pagoda on the opposite side had no choice but to choose to retreat temporarily.
This is the mode of battle... Because of the drop in morale caused by casualties and reduction in personnel, both sides have to fight each other with this small-scale, low-speed charge, and often slow down before the battle to engage in a short, scratchy hand-to-hand combat... In the end, the side with higher morale rather than fewer casualties occupies the position and wins the so-called victory.
But the losers will quickly regroup and fight back.
This kind of battle seems to be endless, but it cannot be endless, because in every similar battle, both sides will suffer various losses.
For example, this time, in addition to the loss of seven or eight soldiers, the Song army also suffered a lame leg of the mount under Qu Duan's crotch... An Iron Pagoda of the Jin army slipped and fell off his horse. With his last struggle, he tried to hit Qu Duan's leg, but hit the auxiliary chariot by mistake. The cavalry hammer hit the left hind leg of the new iron elephant through the silk cover. For a moment, the wound was rotten with blood and flesh, and the white bones were faintly visible.
Then, the Iron Buddha was trampled hard on the belly by Xiahou Yuan, but the horse given by Emperor Zhao also curled up its left hind leg and could no longer run.
In such a battlefield, this was undoubtedly a very dangerous thing, so even the divine horse bestowed by the emperor had to be abandoned. Qu Duan dismounted without hesitation and prepared to change mounts.
However, on the battlefield that had just experienced a short hand-to-hand combat, there were no intact ownerless mounts at all. Either the war horses were damaged or the related equipment was damaged... In desperation, after a brief comparison with several subordinates, Qu Duan could only try to replace the original saddle with a standard war horse of the Song army with the stirrup pulled out. But before he could act, a warning was given, and a group of four or five hundred Jin army iron pagodas suddenly appeared on the eastern flank of Qu Duan.
This number of Iron Pagodas is already very dangerous for Qu Duan and the troops around him, especially since there is a high possibility that there is a Jin army Meng'an who can make the decision among them.
At this moment, a cavalry officer who was helping Qu Duan change the saddle did not hesitate to mount the warhorse with the stirrup pulled out. Qu Da certainly did not pretend and immediately jumped onto the opponent's horse.
Then, there was another hasty charge with the Jin cavalry.
This time, the ones who suffered the most were the Song army which did not have time to speed up. In order to protect the flag, Qu Duan had to abandon some of his subordinates and flee to a depression on one side to regroup.
Just after stopping, before the other knights had time to gather, a warhorse with an empty back caught Qu Duan's attention... One of the stirrups of this horse was completely pulled apart, and it just because of the habit of following the lead horse, it chased all the way to the depression.
In the rain, Qu Duan lost his mind for a moment, but he still took advantage of the opportunity when the surrounding soldiers gathered to ask, "Does anyone know who just changed my horse?"
"It's Zhao Bufan." Xiahou Yuan, whose left arm was obviously injured, blurted out.
In the chaotic depression, Qu Duan was stunned for a moment.
However, the battlefield was destined not to be a place for people to think. At this moment, there was a faint and urgent sound of drums and horns near the dragon flag on the high ground. Then, a large group of Song army armored cavalry bypassed the chevaux de frise from the rear and appeared on the high ground slope to the north. The iconic bronze face and the commanding terrain caused the Jin army cavalry below to be shocked.
Then, Qu Duan saw with his own eyes that a flag of the Jin army that was attacking the large formation of Jie Yuan's troops on the left side of the Imperial Camp on the western slope directly withdrew from the battle, turned to the side, and began to blow the horn and wave the flag. It was obvious that it wanted its troops to gather towards the flag and then deal with Han Shizhong's Beiwei Army.
The Iron Pagodas who were originally engaged in a melee with Qu Duantuan withdrew in large numbers and fled westwards... There was no doubt that it was Wanyan Poshu who gathered the troops.
However, after receiving the signal, the Iron Pagoda Brigade of four to five hundred cavalrymen quickly reorganized their forces and without hesitation launched another attack on the general's flag at the crooked end.
"Go for it!" Qu Duan certainly knew what to do at this moment, or rather, the only thing to do. "Follow me and go for it!"
The Song army knights, who had not yet recovered from the casualties, tried their best to rise from the depression with Qu Duan and rushed forward again. Both sides barely sped up, but when they were only a few dozen steps away from each other, they chose to slow down at the same time, and then another short, scraping hand-to-hand combat ensued.
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