Chapter 425 Zhang Dun: Knowing that I sinned against myself, only the Spring and Autumn Period(1/3)
Desolate pass.
The key pass connecting Guangyuan Prefecture and southern Jiaozhi.
The terrain is dangerous and traffic is restricted, and it is also a must-pass for the main road leading to the Furyo River.
Since ancient times, military strategists must fight!
This place was also the most important fortress of the Nong family in the past.
The cavalry led by Xu Kenan, leading the horses, appeared on the flank of Jueli Pass under the guidance of the guide sent by the local chieftain.
They took a small path and bypassed the checkpoints on the outer edge of the Jueli Pass.
Therefore, when they appeared at Juili Pass, the defenders had not even discovered them.
Da da da!
Until, the sound of horse hooves rumbled on the ground.
Five hundred cavalry formed a charging formation and charged straight into the pass.
The defenders just woke up from a dream.
"Enemy attack!" The sentry on guard at the pass shouted in horror, beating the gong frantically: "The Northern invaders are coming!"
Clang clang clang!
The sound of gongs resounded throughout the Jueli Pass.
Da da da!
The galloping war horses rushed towards the city gate at high speed.
More than a dozen chieftain soldiers, who had received the order early, were already waiting there.
When the Song Army's cavalry launched a charge, these chieftain soldiers, who were supposed to provide early warning or at least serve as a defensive force, directly pushed away the last obstacle to the Song Army's cavalry.
At the same time, the gate of the pass was also opened by them.
When the Jiaozhi defenders on Guancheng came down in panic, they only saw the Song Army's cavalry galloping in from the foot of Guancheng.
These people collapsed on the ground.
"Ruined!"
They were too inexperienced in guarding against cavalry surprise attacks.
In front of the pass, there are only a few wooden fences blocking the road.
There are no caltrops, and no horses are set up.
There are no defensive facilities such as horse faces on the pass.
With internal support, the Song cavalry rushed in effortlessly.
It was only then that the Jiaozhi soldiers and horses in Juili Pass rushed out from the military camp in the pass in a panic, led by several officers.
What greeted them was the iron mace waving in the hands of the Song army's cavalry.
The mace is actually a whip weapon.
Its shape is similar to bamboo, with sections one by one, so it is also called an iron whip.
The basic length is about four feet, and the weight of an iron mace used by ordinary soldiers may be about three kilograms.
The iron maces used by generals generally weigh seven to eight kilograms, or even more than ten kilograms.
The cross-section of most iron maces is generally square with grooves on them, so they are also called "concave maces".
This kind of weapon exists solely to break armor and hit people.
Therefore, when the Song Army's cavalry rushed towards the dozens of Jiaozhi people, and they could only come out with their swords in their haste, without even forming a formation of Jiaozhi soldiers, you can imagine the fate of these Jiaozhi people!
The moment the cavalry rushed in.
The heads of more than a dozen people burst open on the spot.
Even if they wear iron helmets, it will not help!
You can imagine a strong man running at high speed, slamming a square iron whip with grooves on your skull, causing your skull to directly receive a heavy blow from a blunt instrument.
Even if his head is made of cement, this strong blow is enough to cause the cement to burst.
But these people are lucky.
At least their pain was short-lived.
The unfortunate ones are the unlucky ones who were hit on their backs and chests.
Song Jun's iron mace knocked them to the ground effortlessly.
The bones were smashed open in an instant, and comminuted fractures occurred immediately.
These people almost lost the ability to move on the spot.
The internal organs were even hit hard.
"Ah...ah..."
"It hurts!!"
Wails continued to sound, and dozens of people rolled on the ground.
Then, the Song Army's subsequent cavalry trampled over them cruelly.
In an instant, the enemy facing him was trampled by hundreds of war horses.
The Song army had already rushed into the Jiaozhi military camp.
The iron mace was smashed horizontally, and the strong bow was shot.
In the Jiaozhi barracks, all those who dared to come out to resist were killed by the Song army.
Xu Kenan even rode his horse on a rampage, looking like a madman.
The pair of iron maces in his hand, which weighed three or four times as much as the average cavalry mace, were like a battering ram.
No one can stand in front of his mace.
"Surrender! Surrender!" At this time, in the Juili Pass, the local chieftains and soldiers, who had long been colluding with the Song army, immediately started making noises and shouted in Jiaozhou dialect.
They threw down their weapons one by one, knelt in the direction of the Song army's advance, and kept kowtowing: "Grandpa Tianwei, the little people surrender."
The other Jiaozhi soldiers, after seeing the ferocious appearance of the Song Army's cavalry, immediately followed suit and knelt down: "Grandpa, spare your life, we surrender."
The tide is over.
Almost everyone dropped their weapons and knelt down: "Grandpa, spare your life, we surrender!"
Can't blame them for being timid.
In fact, they were rushed into the pass by the cavalry without any defense at all.
The ferocity, bravery and madness of the northern soldiers were beyond their endurance.
Especially the Song Army general who was at the forefront.
Just like the legendary Rakshasa evil ghost.
The iron whip in his hand can beat a person to death every time he swings it.
The skull was hit, and the skull burst open, and all the red and white stuff came out.
If the body is hit, he will immediately fall down on the spot and cannot get up again.
The iron armor he was wearing made a clanking sound.
Those who stand in your way are invincible!
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Xu Kenan reached out and wiped the blood on the mace.
The sticky blood and the minced meat on the mace made him smile evilly.
"Too weak!" He looked at the Cochin people kneeling all over the camp.
Before the war, according to intelligence, there were about a thousand Jiaozhi soldiers garrisoned at Juili Pass.
The enemy's strength is nearly two to one.
However, under the strong charge of the Song army, these thousand people did not hold on for even a quarter of an hour before they were either defeated or surrendered.
Inside and outside the camp, there were about a hundred corpses lying in various directions.
About half of them were killed by iron maces, and the rest were shot by Song army archers.
In addition, there were more than a hundred wounded people wailing on the ground.
After the battle started, there were probably about two hundred people who broke up and fled.
But they couldn't run far, Akwang had already chased them with his men.
Xu Kenan licked his tongue and looked at the Jiaozhi people who had stopped resisting.
To be continued...