Zheng Fan held the armor of the barbarian soldier in front of him with one hand and looked back behind him from time to time. He hated it because he knew clearly that the one hundred cavalry led by Huo Guang were already there. Basically, It's impossible to come out.
Perhaps this is the true cruelty of war. You come and I go, I can chop you, but I can also chop you back.
This is not a game. In the game, after a game is over, the troops can be replenished by just leaving them there for a few rounds to replenish.
It's not that the strength of the army cannot be restored, but it is really uncomfortable to watch the soldiers under your command fall in and lose your capital.
To be more emotional, those are living people. He even spoke to them at dusk, saying that he would take them back and lead them to earn military merits and survive as much as possible.
The high spirits that came along the way were all blown away by the rain and wind at this time.
This may be an inner feeling, a part that a newbie must go through. Zheng Fan once thought that he was mentally prepared, but when it really happened in front of him, he felt I realized that my previous mental preparation was still too fragile.
At this moment, he suddenly understood the princess's behavior of using more than two thousand civilians as bait in order to obtain the victory. Since people were bound to die, he should take the initiative to die as long as he could give the fighter plane to him. catch.
Zheng Fan is like a boss from a small family. He used to run a small business with a small capital and not much profit, but the advantage was stability. After closing the stall every day, he still made a lot of money. I can happily sit on the bed with a cigarette in my mouth, picking my feet and counting money.
He longed for the big boss's lavish spending, but when he finally had the opportunity to show off, he realized that his mentality was not in the right position at all.
Can't afford to lose,
Can't afford to lose,
Zheng Papi,
This is Zheng Fan's inner definition of himself.
However, you can control your rationality, but things like sensibility cannot be controlled by yourself.
Until,
When Zheng Fan looked back again,
he found that the group of wolf soldiers actually started chasing him with "oooooooo" come out.
Zheng Fan's eyes narrowed,
and then his heart trembled,
But he immediately turned his gaze forward, which was the direction of Liang Cheng, Zheng Fan did not give an order or go to Yue Zu to take his place, because he believed that Liang Cheng would make the most correct choice.
Professional matters should still be left to professionals.
At this time, Zheng Fan only had one thought left in his mind,
They caused me to lose money,
then I,
We must kill them!
…………
Because of Liang Cheng’s timely order to retreat, except for Huo Guang’s hundred cavalry who were trapped in the city, the rest of the cavalry fell.There wasn't much damage.
Compared to Zheng Fan who is not calm, Liang Cheng is the most calm one. This is a war, life and death. It is completely normal for the old to come and the new to come.
The failure this time was just bad luck.
When fighting, you can never expect that the goddess of luck will always look after you.
The infiltration, seizing the city, and opening the city gate all went smoothly, but who knew there would be so many wolf soldiers hidden inside.
As for saying that I was careless and didn't do a good job of investigation in advance, it's meaningless, because this is a raid, and a raid requires a certain amount of gambling, and you can't let people do it. Go in and fully understand the situation before entering the city. Firstly, it will increase the risk of the infiltrator being discovered by the guards in the city. Secondly, if the time is delayed, what the heck is a sneak attack at dawn?
For Liang Cheng himself, only one of Huo Guang's troops was lost, which was not a big loss because he had nearly 1,400 cavalry beside him.
Huo Guang even died inside. As the leader of the Huo family in Cuiliu Fort, his death made it easier for him to control the remaining members of the Huo family.
This kind of thinking is naturally a bit dark, but it is a fact. Throughout the ages, there are countless examples of using the enemy's sword to help one eradicate dissidents.
As a general who has been leading troops in war since ancient times, Liang Cheng is naturally not clear about this. Once Huo Guang dies, the remaining 600 Huo family members will be divided quickly without a leader. Disintegrated and absorbed, soon, the clearest mark on them was no longer the Huo family but the soldiers of Cuiliu Fort.
That's it...
Liang Cheng glanced at Zuo Jiqian, who was galloping on his left side from the corner of his eye.
Zuo Jiqian did not notice that a large ancient zombie glanced at him at this time, otherwise, he would definitely be frightened.
"Woooooooooooo!!!"
At this moment, Liang Cheng heard a long cry from behind.
He turned around and looked behind him,
He was stunned,
What did he see?
He saw the wolf soldiers chasing them out of the city gate and outside the city.
He saw a group of infantry chasing the cavalry?
This situation, this change,
made Liang Cheng suddenly have a high degree of self-doubt.
Is this... a trap? ?
Because the opponent's move was really incomprehensible to Liang Cheng.
Just like a Mathematical Olympiad student competing with his opponent. After the first round, he was frustrated. After the second round started, he suddenly found that the opponent had written the answer of one plus one as three.
But soon,
Liang Cheng felt relieved again,
because he understood.
The espionage war between the Qian Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom can be said to have started long before the formal military confrontation between the two sides. Through the business relations of the Silk Road, both sides dropped countless nails into each other's homes.
As for the matter of Qian Guo’s transfer of Southwest Wolf soldiers to the north, the Sixth Prince had already passed it on to Cuiliu Fort through his own intelligence network.
The wolf soldiers are soldiers under the chieftain of the southwest of the Qian Kingdom. They are very brave and have caused a lot of corruption in the southwest of the Qian Kingdom decades ago.
But they also have a problem. This problem actually has little to do with themselves. It has nothing to do with courage or equipment, but... war consciousness and thinking mode.
Just like the Senggelinqin cavalry in later generations launched a charge against the gun positions of the British and French allied forces,
Just like the hussars of the United States brandishing their sabers and charging towards the Germans armored tanks,
just like de Gaulle climbing out of the tank and watching the German Stuka bombers destroying his French tanks one by one;
This It is a cognitive gap in war thinking, and this gap, in many cases, will cause extremely horrific consequences, and its impact will even exceed the gap in weapons and equipment itself.
The southwest of Qian Country is a mountainous area. It’s not that they don’t have horses, but their horses are short and can carry people, but they are more often used to carry goods.
When the chieftains in the southwestern region of Qian State rebelled collectively, the reason why the Qian army failed several times to quell the rebellion and suffered heavy losses, causing the situation to collapse step by step, was because in the mountains and forests, the soldiers relied on their own control over the mountains. With his familiarity, he used various methods of harassment, division, sneak attacks, etc. to beat Qian's army into a state of disarray.
In the mountains and forests, it is difficult for war horses to play a real role. At the same time, Qianguo's cavalry is not very good to begin with.
For this reason, Mrs. Da Xi, including the wolf soldiers under her command, have not really experienced the education of cavalry baptism, so they made the choice to use infantry to pursue the cavalry.
Cavalry is definitely no stranger to them. They also have cavalry. Maybe in their eyes, cavalry is just like this.
But the horses of the Yan people are different from those in the southwest. The Yan people's understanding and application of cavalry tactics are beyond the reach of the Qian people and chieftains.
Because for hundreds of years, the Yan people have always had a good teacher. This good teacher has been teaching the Yan people how to use cavalry tactics. In the past hundred years, the Yan people have finally become better than their masters. Sheng Yulan beat his master to the ground.
The masters here are naturally barbarians.
The desert barbarians are naturally the group that knows best about cavalry in the world, but the strongest cavalry in the world is in the Yan Kingdom!
The evil spirit in the depths of Liang Cheng's eyes flashed away.
He knew very well.
How distressed his master must be in his heart right now.
Then let yourself give the Lord the best comfort.
Liang Cheng raised his hand,
These days, the soldiers and horses of Cuiliu Fort have been learning one thing, and that is ""Follow the order."
Under Liang Cheng's instructions, they began to deliberately slow down their horses as they were escaping.
Since you are so stupid and dare to chase them out,
Then let you run a little longer.
No matter how fast you run, can you compare to the four-legged war horse in terms of endurance?
The north gate of Mianzhou City? On the city tower, Meng Gong was holding on to the wall with both hands. He was very anxious because he saw that the Yan cavalry was not fleeing, but retreating!
Retreating and fleeing are two different things. They have completely different meanings, and at the same time, they may also mean two different results.
Meng Gong shouted to the guards around him to beat the gongs and call for the wolf soldiers to come back.
But it's no use,
The wolf soldiers have gone crazy,
Moreover,
They never listen to specific greetings on the battlefield. < /p>
They heard the shouts and the sound of gongs from the gangsters on the tower, but they just smiled and didn't care, looking at these gangsters with obvious disdain.
You are useless, you are scared out of your wits by the Yan people, but in front of our descendants from the mountains, the Yan people are really nothing more than that!
Meng Gong’s shouting could not stop Da Xi who was chasing him out of the city! When the lady turned around, Meng Gong understood that back then, there was actually one person who could make the chieftains under his command obey orders in a well-behaved manner.
That was Xianggong Cimian. The combat effectiveness of the Western Army had been greatly improved for a period of time, and the chieftains it had conquered did not dare to exceed the rules in the face of their commanding flags.
At that time, there was even a kind of attack in the court. The voice, that is, if he fully supports Mr. Xiangmian, it is impossible for Da Gan to escape the humiliation given by the first generation Zhenbei Hou!
But soon, there will be no more.
The chieftains can be regarded as Anshun under Qian Guo's tolerant policy over the years, but Meng Gong knew that without the suppression of the assassin-faced sannyasi, this kind of Anshun was really just a layer of skin on the surface. .
Do they really think that the Yan people are the same as the Ganjun who lack cavalry?
They really think that they are the same as the peasant army they faced when they helped to suppress the rebellion several times? ?
If the Yan people were really like that,
Wouldn’t the Daqian have already started the Northern Expedition?
Wouldn’t the barbarians have long ago? Going south?
Meng Gong was helpless and confused.
He could only hope that the generals of the Yan army were also frightened.
< p>It was obviously a "victory" start,but he felt no joy at all.
The fear and uneasiness in his heart turned into a roar,
Meng Gong punched the wall corrugation hard,
Scolded:
“Straight bitch!”
…………
Of course, Meng Gong’s angry wolf soldiers could not feel it arrived, but they did feel...a little tired.
The local soldiers are also human beings. Although they have better endurance and are better at running, they have already chased them so far away that the Mianzhou City behind them is a bit blurry.
They are humans after all, but they enjoy their own feet to chase down the group of prey on horses.
It can be said that if the distance between the two sides was not being shortened little by little, and if the other party had not been running away without any counterattack, the wolf soldiers would not have pursued them so far.
Mrs. Da Xi may not understand the true horror of cavalry, but as a widow who rules a mountain stronghold, she naturally cannot be so miserable. She sensed that her men were a little tired.
At this moment, her intuition as a military strategist made her instinctively want to order to turn back. Since she really couldn't catch up, she shouldn't give up.
Or, grit your teeth and continue chasing for a while? Just for a moment?
What Mrs. Da Xi didn’t know was that during the strange process of the infantry chasing the cavalry, under Liang Cheng’s order, the cavalry at the front had already turned around in batches and started to make detours to both sides. .
Zheng Fan also noticed the changes in the troops. At this time, the barbarian soldier who originally carried him had already jumped on the back of another empty horse, allowing Zheng Fan to ride the horse alone.
Zheng Fan knew that he was about to take action.
It’s time to stop, Mrs. Daxi thought to herself.
Because she suddenly discovered keenly that the number of prey she was chasing seemed to be much less.
"Woooooooooooooo..."
A long cry came,
The wolf soldiers began to slow down, they had Some were panting, some were cursing, those Yan people were running really fast, causing them to lose a lot of money.
However, at this moment, Liang Cheng in front also completely slowed down, and led the cavalry around him to turn the horse's head directly. His eyes looked extremely calmly at the horse in front of him. The wolf soldiers in the distance,
and,
the only woman riding a horse among the group of soldiers.
Liang Cheng had to admit that this was a very brave army. Their bravery and courage were much greater than those of the cadres he had encountered.
War often requires bravery and courage, but sometimes, some gaps cannot be bridged simply by courage.
Without armor, without sophisticated weapons, without a strict formation,
How are you going to face my 1,400 cavalry?
Liang Cheng pointed the knife forward and began to move his horse.
The enemy has gone far enough out of the city.
Now,
it’s time to let them have a taste of riding.Bing, it’s truly terrifying!
A haze suddenly hit Mrs. Daxi's heart. She didn't know what was going on, but the ominous premonition was getting heavier and heavier.
"Dong Dong Dong! Dong Dong Dong!"
Suddenly, two cavalry appeared on both sides of the wolf soldiers, they were riding horses, they were galloping, they At the same time the crossbow and bow and arrows were taken down.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"
Arrows were shot one after another, and a native soldier fell to the ground after being hit by the arrow.
The local soldiers were a little confused, because they did not expect that the prey they had chased and fled in panic would actually dare to turn around and grin at them again.
They were angry, so they started fighting back.
Every wolf soldier is an extremely good hunter in the mountains, which means that their arrows can be shot very accurately.
However, the Cuiliu Fort cavalry at this time were not living targets that were difficult to move around in the city like before. They were galloping, and at the same time, they also paid attention to keeping a distance.
After a wave of arrows is fired, they will choose to distance themselves again to avoid the wolf soldiers' counterattack, and then the next wave will continue to press in from the other side in this way. Shoot another wave of arrows.
While being hit by arrows and aiming at high-speed moving targets, the wolf soldiers’ bows and arrows are not as sharp as when they were hunting in the mountains and forests. Sometimes even if they hit the target, it is because The distance caused the arrow's lethality to decrease. It hit the armor of the Cuiliu Fort cavalry and then bounced away.
Zheng Fan is also in the team, and he also holds a bow and arrow in his hand. Because of A Ming's training, Zheng Fan's archery skills have improved a lot during this period. Although he is not as good as the barbarians, he can He can infuse his own energy and blood into the arrows, so his arrows can shoot farther and be more powerful.
A wolf soldier was hit by Zheng Fan's arrow. The force of the arrow caused his body to roll over, but Zheng Fan did not cheer happily: "I hit it, I hit it." ”
Because it seems that most of the characters cheering on the screen are preparing for the next headshot and sudden death.
At this time, Zheng Shoubei was like a gambler who had just lost a fortune. At this moment, he was determined to regain his position.
Mrs. Daxi soon discovered that the situation was extremely bad, and she quickly ordered the team to start retreating. However, how can the speed of human feet compare with that of a four-legged war horse?
At the same time,
these wolf soldiers are also tired.
Liang Cheng did not order a charge, but continued to command his cavalry to harass and tease them in this way, using soft knives to slowly cut the flesh.
Perhaps due to the influence of film and television works, in most perceptions, the cavalry is rolling with iron hooves and then rushing through the enemy's defense line. Then the cavalry is equivalent to sitting on a high bench and starting to fight with the surroundings. The enemies cut each other down.
In fact,Unless they have no choice or under extreme circumstances, most generals will not choose to use cavalry in this way.
The reason is very simple,
it is too expensive!
The Yan people have always been interested in cavalry, so every year more than half of the Yan State's tax revenue has to be sent to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion to be responsible for raising troops.
For this reason, why the Jingnan Army was divided into front camp and rear camp, and why the emperors of the Yan Dynasty did not carry out the Northern Expedition. This is the reason. Raising troops is already expensive enough, but once the war breaks out , Yan's treasury could not support the war at all.
The ancestors of the Yan people do not know that infantry is cheaper, but there is no way, this is all forced, because you have barbarians as neighbors, you can't let yourself go to the desert on two legs Are you going to fight with the barbarian cavalry?
Cavalry, in the age of cold weapons, is an absolutely expensive thing. If you don’t want to be a show-off, it will cost even more money.
If you think about how Zhenbei Hou had to fight with the prince Ji Runhao to grab chicken legs and eat them when he was a child, you can see how frugal the entire Hou family went to maintain the 300,000 Zhenbei Army cavalry.
This is not to say that there is no corruption in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, but its excess losses are definitely at an extremely low point, an unimaginable extremely low point for any vassal town in history. As long as you dare to commit corruption, you will be punished. I have to give it a try and see what will happen if the Li family, who live frugally and live frugally, finds out!
Qianguo has also organized horse administration, but firstly, the investment was too high, and secondly, due to the national conditions of Qianguo,
After all, it was not possible to supply and support Qianguo’s war horses. At best, it's just to maintain the appearance of a decent person.
The wolf soldiers are now facing an extremely embarrassing situation. They want to retreat, but it is difficult to retreat freely, because the cavalry around them are like dog-skin plasters that keep sticking to you and bite you off. Then he retreated again.
I want to move forward, but I can’t catch up with the opponent at all.
Mrs. Da Xi’s face was as dark as water. She knew that the general of the Yan army was giving her a lesson, but she could not afford the money for this lesson.
Cutting flesh with a soft knife is also a terrible thing, because human mental resistance has its limits.
Especially when being teased and harassed by the cavalry, this desperate mood will gradually be amplified and amplified...
Even if you are an extremely outstanding soldier with military discipline and restraint, It is difficult for a powerful army not to collapse in such a situation with no internal or external support and no hope, let alone the wolf soldiers who can only rely on pure blood and bravery to fight such a war.
Their courage comes fiercely, but when they collapse, it will be more complete!
In fact, they are more like a group of rabble. In the mountains, they can use their hunters' instincts and familiar terrain to give full play to their advantages, but in fact, they do not have much difference with the peasant army. The only difference is that they surpass the peasant army in terms of morale and bravery.
Finally,
they began to collapse,
Some people began to run away desperately,
They instinctively wanted to go back to the city,
because they remembered that these swallows were in the city before. People are not that scary!
They want to go back to the city, go back to the city, run alone, run in two, and then run in groups.
Mrs. Da Xi’s long shouts could no longer gather her people at this time.
The wolf soldiers, who did not have an obvious formation in the first place, were completely lost at this time. The formation, they, dispersed!
At this moment,
Liang Cheng raised his long sword and issued a new order.
At this moment, all the cavalry retracted their arrows, bows and crossbows, they drew out their sabers, and they began to fully unleash the power of their horses without any room left.
The prey has collapsed under their training. Now, it’s time to harvest.
Liang Cheng slashed his sword, leaving an afterimage, and shouted:
"Charge!"