Chapter 235 Heavy Damage to Iron Pagoda
After leaving the battlefield, Qin Wang Zhao Defang and Yang Yanzhao led the Mo Yun Cavalry and the Volcano Army and went around to the south of Yingzhou City to meet Meng Liang who was retreating from the city.
Among the three thousand soldiers defending the city, there were one thousand elite Volcano Army soldiers led by Meng Liang. After several days of hard fighting and bloody battles, they suffered heavy losses.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang looked at the team with less than a thousand people left and everyone was injured, and a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes. In the guerrilla warfare these days, the elite soldiers of Mo Yun Cavalry also lost 186 people, and Yang Yanzhao's two thousand Volcano Army lost more than 600 people.
They were all hot-blooded men of the Song Dynasty, but because of this hastily launched Northern Expedition with no chance of winning, many soldiers found it difficult to return to their hometown.
After running sixty miles, seeing that the enemy had not caught up, the King of Qin ordered them to rest on the spot. The Moyun Cavalry and the Volcano Army deployed in formation and alert, while Luo Li and the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor led the military doctors to provide emergency bandages and treatment for the wounded. After
resting for an hour, the exhausted Luo Li was carried by the King of Qin onto the warhorse, and more than four thousand soldiers continued to move forward. After galloping
less than forty miles, it was almost evening, and there were still more than twenty miles to Huanzhou City. The hope of being able to go into the city to have a good sleep and eat a hot meal was just around the corner.
Suddenly, a scout in front came running with an urgent report: "Report... Your Majesty, General Yang, Huanzhou City was captured by Liao troops in a surprise attack. Ten thousand elite Liao troops left the city and formed a battle array to block the road ahead."
Luo Li, who was leaning on Qin Wang Zhao Defang's arms, cursed in a low voice: "Damn it! Damn it! My wish to go into the city to have a good sleep and eat a hot meal has been dashed."
A scout also came running from the back: "Report!... Your Majesty, General Yang, Yelu Xiezhen led two troops to Ten thousand cavalrymen are catching up, and they are sixteen miles away from our army."
Luo Li was startled, and angrily muttered, "Fuck! There are wolves in front and tigers behind. Is Yelu Xiezhen going to make dumplings and eat us?"
Qin Wang Zhao Defang pondered for a moment, and said to Yang Yanzhao beside him: "Yanzhao, I will lead the Moyun Cavalry to charge in front and kill the enemy formation, and the wounded will protect the middle. You will lead the Huoshan Army to follow the formation closely. Let's rush over and head straight for Yanmen Pass." "
Yes! Your Majesty, I obey your order." Yang Yanzhao clasped his fists and accepted the order, and took the Huoshan Army and fell behind.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang ordered the Moyun Cavalry to slow down and let the war horses accumulate strength.
: "Yun Yi, Uncle Master, the three of us will be the tip of the blade, and the Shadow Guards will follow closely behind. Let's use this most powerful formation to kill the enemy!"
Yun Yi took the order and commanded his subordinates to adjust the formation. The Ghost Hand Poison Doctor looked up arrogantly, "With my poison powder in hand, there is no formation that can't be killed!"
Luo Li looked at him with amusement, "Ghost Hand, you Are you sure? When the army of thousands of horses rushed to kill, could your poison powder distinguish the enemy from me regardless of the wind direction? "
The ghost hand poison doctor's arrogance disappeared, and he said with a smile, "That's impossible! When I rushed to kill the Liao army's Iron Pagoda formation today, I didn't dare to sprinkle poison powder. I relied on this unfathomable martial arts that is unrivaled in the world to kill the enemy.
Master, I, your disciple, will personally... Killed twenty-six Iron Buddhas in heavy armor, and the thunder bombs I made killed two or three hundred Iron Buddhas. Isn't this a great achievement?"
Luo Li sincerely praised this old disciple who was always boasting, "Awesome! It's a great achievement. Ghost Hand, it's a pity that you only have six large and six small thunder bombs left. Use the good steel on the blade, and use the thunder bombs sparingly." The
Ghost Hand Poison Doctor secretly glanced at Luo Li, and asked cautiously and expectantly: "Master, your gun is hidden in your arms, are you ready to show your power?"
What he thought was a secret was seen through by this old guy with a poisonous eye. Luo Li glared at him domineeringly, "Your two little triangular eyes are quite sharp. When the master shows his power later, you help me cover up."
"Yes, sir!" The voice of Qin Wang Zhao Defang came to his ears.
"Yes, sir!" Ghost Hand Poison Doctor was not willing to be left behind and said it crisply.
"Yes, sir!" Yun Yi received the order respectfully and admiringly.
It was their honor to see the princess's artifact called pistol show its power.
When they could see the dark formation of the Liao army in front, Mo Yun's elite cavalrymen increased the speed of their horses. Behind Qin Wang, Ghost Hand Poison Doctor, and Yun Yi, there was a formation of six people. The sound of horse hooves became faster and faster. The warriors on horseback had firm eyes and were full of momentum!
The Liao army's 1,000 Iron Buddha heavy armored cavalry also rode forward, the heavy hooves gradually accelerated, and the speed gradually increased.
The biggest advantage of these heavy cavalry, who were covered with heavy armor on both their bodies and horses, when facing the enemy was to rely on the impact of strength. In front of them, ordinary light armored cavalry and infantry were often thrown off their horses and thrown to the ground, and the weapons in their hands could not cut through or pierce through their heavy armor, and they were slaughtered unilaterally.
Ordinary archers did not pose a threat to them either, as their arrows could not penetrate their heavy armor at all.
Of course, for the extraordinary Qin Wang Zhao Defang and the shadow guards, these kung fu masters can rely on their deep internal strength, infuse their internal strength into the weapons in their hands, pierce through their heavy iron armor, and take the lives of the people in the iron armor. But it also consumes internal strength, and they cannot be trapped in the formation of heavy armored cavalry. Long-term fighting will also exhaust their strength and kung fu masters will also die.
The distance between the two armies is getting closer and closer. Luo Li can already see the fierce eyes under the iron pagoda masks.
Unable to wait any longer, Luo Li raised his pistol and pulled the trigger to fire.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"... The sound of gunfire was almost inaudible amid the galloping of thousands of horses and the deafening shouts of killing. But they saw a row of Iron Pagodas coming towards them with great momentum. One by one, they were hit by bullets, and their heavy bodies fell down with a bang. ...
After the thirty bullets in the pistol were used up, the two rows of Iron Pagoda heavy armored cavalry were hit one by one and fell down. The Iron Pagodas rushing up from behind crashed into them and the panicked horses, and fell down with a rumble!
"Li'er, you are amazing!" Qin Wang Zhao Defang praised excitedly.
Luo Li just wanted to be humble, and six of the shots missed the vital parts of the Iron Pagoda's face. Fortunately, with the huge body of the Iron Buddha, it was not easy for him to deviate from the target when shooting at such a close distance. The Iron Buddha who fell off his horse could not die immediately, and the heavy iron armor made it impossible for them to get up. Under the trampling of countless horses' hooves, they could not survive.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang held a long spear in his hand, and Yun Yi and Ghost Hand Poison Doctor on both sides held snowflake iron swords and rushed up with sharp blades. The highly skilled shadow guards followed closely behind the sharp blades with snowflake iron swords in their hands. The steel knives in the hands of the elite warriors of Mo Yun Cavalry were not vegetarians either, and the blades of these sharp blades were also extremely sharp!
The Iron Pagoda, whose speed was slowed down and stopped moving forward, lost its advantage in impact force and became like a huge wild boar waiting to be slaughtered. It bared its fangs and tried clumsily to resist for a few times, but was stabbed into the body by the sharp blades and fell off its horse.
In just a few seconds, the Iron Buddha heavy armored cavalry formation of a thousand men was completely wiped out, and more than half of the dead Iron Buddhas fled in all directions.
Yelu Qi, the Liao army commander who had captured Huanzhou City after being recalled by the Grand Marshal, was stunned. The 1,000 Iron Buddha heavy armored cavalry specially assigned to me by the Grand Marshal were gone in the blink of an eye?