Liu Yu reacted quickly this time. After receiving the news, he immediately sent Hu Wufu, the lieutenant in charge, to the Shao camp to urge him to advance quickly and defeat the enemy in front of him. He "struck Ji Sang's back" and fought with Gou Xi.
One from the south and one from the north, attack the bandit army from a pinch.
After delivering the order, Hu Wufu had to continue supervising the battle and was unable to leave, so he kept crying and sighing.
No one cared about his mood. Tens of thousands of troops marched non-stop, marching eastward, looking for an opportunity for a decisive battle.
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July 18th was a cloudy day with a slight drizzle.
This kind of rainy weather will not hinder the movement of the cavalry, nor will it affect the use of bows and crossbows. It is also very cool. It is really a good weather for fighting.
Li Le climbed up a tree, stood on the trembling branches, and looked out at the enemy.
On the distant horizon, houses are scattered in a scattered pattern, and the fields are golden.
A little closer, there is a slope that is not too high. On both sides of the slope, there are large areas of barren meadows.
Suddenly, a big flag was planted on the soil slope, flying in the south wind.
Li Le was startled and looked behind the slope subconsciously, his face suddenly becoming serious.
Between the gray houses and the golden fields, a silver torrent appeared.
There were dozens of people at the front, wearing heavy armor and holding long-handled axes.
The hundred or so people behind them have walking bows in their hands and long knives on their backs.
Behind, the silver torrent became more turbulent, overwhelming the sky, and the jungle of spears stretched as far as the eye could see, as if it suddenly grew out of the fields.
The drums continued to sound, and there was a strong murderous intention in the wind.
Li Le twisted his body, and the branches seemed to be overwhelmed and almost broke.
"Hey..." The sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded in the grass closest to him.
Before he could react, the grass that was as tall as a man was destroyed, and a tall horse appeared in front of his eyes.
One horse, two horses... ten horses, a hundred horses...
As if by magic, groups of cavalry rushed out of the grass.
They did not carry long pole weapons, but they were wearing armor, with crossbows hanging on their waists, and long swords on their backs. Without any pause in their movements, they rushed straight towards the more than a thousand rebel infantry who were forming formation in front of them.
Before Li Le could react, the earth trembled again from the northwest and southwest directions.
He stood on tiptoe and looked around, only to see hundreds of light cavalry coming from both sides, some holding large halberds or holding horned bows, in dense formations and with a relaxed attitude, as if they had long been familiar with cavalry fighting.
"Blow the trumpet and advance the troops." Li Le felt anxious. As soon as he said the words, he heard a "chi-la" sound, the branch broke completely, and Li Le fell to his buttocks on the ground.
"Get on your horse and fight, quickly!" Li Le ordered loudly, not caring about rubbing his butt.
Someone is fighting faster than them!
The three hundred soldiers of the Mansion dismounted a hundred steps away from the enemy's formation, then divided out 20 people to collect the horses. The remaining 270 soldiers quickly formed a neat queue, holding crossbows and firing forward.
The crossbow bolts shot through the air and directly opened a huge gap in the enemy's loose formation.
There was an uproar and commotion in the enemy formation.
Chang Can put the crossbow machine back under the saddle, then drew out his heavy sword and shouted: "Charge the formation!"
The two hundred and seventy people drew their swords in unison, formed a tight formation again, ran quickly, and faced the enemy.
There was no noise in the formation, only the sound of heavy breathing and the clanking of armor leaves. Occasionally, one or two commands came from the officers, who were reminding the soldiers to pay attention to the formation.
Chang Can takes the lead and is extremely brave.
Around him, people kept speeding up, trying to overtake him.
Although there were less than 300 people, their momentum was overwhelming and their murderous intent was sky-high.
The formation of more than a thousand rebels was first hit by crossbows. Before they could recover, they were a little panicked when they saw the officers and soldiers on the opposite side abandoning their crossbows and charging towards them with swords.
"Whoosh!" Scattered arrows were shot out of the array.
The charging soldiers lowered their heads slightly and allowed the arrows to pass by.
They were within fifty paces.
The enemy fired another wave of arrows.
Chang Can rushed at the front, the sound of piercing the air kept ringing in his ears, and not a single arrow landed on him. But behind him, muffled hums sounded one after another.
If God doesn't accept me, what else do I have to fear?
Chang Can had a ferocious smile on his face, quickened his pace, and his breathing became heavier and heavier.
The faces of the enemy soldiers could even be vaguely seen.
They are panicking, they are scared, and they are vulnerable.
Twenty steps, ten steps...
Chang Can's face turned redder and redder. With two or three arrows stuck in his body, he roared, slashed left and right, swung away the two spears that were thrust towards him, rushed forward, and ran directly into the enemy's crowd.
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"Crack!" There was a pleasant sound of neck breaking, and blood shot up into the sky, making Chang Zhu's head and face smeared.
But that didn't stop him.
The smelly blood was like an accelerant, igniting all the murderous intent in his heart.
The long sword sliced ​​through mercilessly, and the broken limbs flew wildly.
The following soldiers swarmed up and slashed with their heavy swords, directly breaking through the resistance of the rebels like destroying the dead.
After only one round of fighting, more than a thousand people couldn't stand such a ferocious attack and were directly scattered.
Li Le led a thousand cavalrymen to the left and right, fighting repeatedly with the heroic cavalry army. When he suddenly heard that the rebel infantry was defeated, he immediately lost the will to fight and ordered people to wave flags and retreat back.
The outpost battle started so hastily and ended so quickly, as if it had never happened.
But the corpses and blood all over the ground cannot be denied. A short but fierce battle did take place here, with no less than a thousand people killed, and it is now over.
But this so-called end may be just the beginning of a larger battle.
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Li Le hurriedly withdrew to his station. He didn't have time to count the number of people and said directly to Lu Ping: "Hurry, they are chasing us."
Lu Ping was first surprised, then delighted, and asked, "They came so quickly. I thought they would lead me there with deep trenches and high fortresses."
Li Le saw Lu Ping's happy expression and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"What? Something's wrong?" Lu Ping asked as his smile faded.
"The officers and soldiers are a bit difficult to deal with." Li Le said truthfully: "They have five hundred cavalry. They have good riding skills and sophisticated equipment. They dare to fight and fight hard."
"What?" Lu Ping was a little surprised: "Can the army's riding skills be as good as yours?"
"It's not as good as us, but it's not easy to deal with." Li Le took a deep breath and said without any concealment, nor any disguise or exaggeration: "Our son is born to be on a horse, and his various skills cannot be matched by the officers and soldiers.
, if I spent some time and distanced myself, I was sure to severely damage or even annihilate this army of cavalry. But they are good at frontal assaults and are very brave. If the location is not favorable, it is really difficult to control them, so I withdrew."
One is good at frontal assault, and the other is good at guerrilla mounted shooting. Each has its own strengths. Li Le did not tell lies.
If the field is wide enough, without obstructions such as ditches, woods, or houses, and if the distance can be sufficiently increased to circle, he can kill these imperial cavalry.
But in reality, there is no such ideal venue. If you rush forward, you will always encounter obstacles, have to turn, lose speed, and then be caught by cavalry who are good at hand-to-hand charges and crushed with one blow.
To put it bluntly, the horse bandits are good at skilful battles and like to play horseback shooting like the prairie people. After all, a head-on confrontation between cavalry is a test of courage and organization.
"Where's the infantry?" Lu Ping asked subconsciously.
In fact, he already had the answer in his mind, but he just wanted to confirm it again.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to come back," Li Le said.
Lu Ping was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a bait. If you die, you will die. I want to see who suffers and who takes advantage when Shao Xun leads his army to attack and I wait for work."
After saying that, he looked at Li Le and said: "So, the officers and soldiers will arrive in the afternoon. I will let the boys eat some water and recharge their batteries. When the Shao thieves arrive, we will capture and kill them in a battle."
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"General Lu." Li Le thought for a while and suggested: "When arranging the troops, I am a little worried about putting the old brothers in front."
"Huh?" Lu Ping was a little surprised and asked, "How brave are the officers and soldiers?"
Li Le directly stated the tactics of the army and the army that he saw at a glance.
After hearing this, Lu Ping frowned and thought for a long time, and murmured: "The infantrymen carry crossbows and swords, and ride on horseback..."
There are only a few hundred people, but when fighting fiercely, they can maneuver on the battlefield much faster than infantry on two legs.
Lu Ping has fought a lot of battles, and he knows very well that during field battles, fighter planes are fleeting. If you are targeted by a group of mounted infantry, they will suddenly rush towards you before you have time to adjust and sneak in through the gap.
I'm afraid something bad will happen!
"Can we disperse this group of people?" He raised his head, looked at Li Le, and asked.
"I'll try my best." Li Le knew very well that this was not the time to conserve his strength, so he said with emotion: "When the battle is about to begin, if the officers and soldiers try this trick again, I will spend a lot of money to help you disperse them."
"Okay!" Lu Ping slapped his thigh and said, "It's settled. Then I will personally lead my old brother to fight. If you win, you will win, and if you lose, you will lose. His grandma, the general insists that I learn from Shi Le, what should I do?
It’s a brain war. Now it seems that it’s not that easy to use, so I might as well fight with them.”
If you can fight hard, everything will be fine.
No matter how hard they fought, they had long been used to it, just running away and leaving the mess to the general to worry about.
The two of them had decided on a plan and started working on their own.
Li Le led the cavalry to feed, wash the horses, and find a place for ambush.
Lu Ping went to talk to the generals one by one and readjust the arrangements.
After fighting so many battles, everyone was no longer young. They gradually summed up a set of methods that suited them and improved them step by step.
People will always make progress.
Last year we attacked Yecheng and suffered heavy losses.
This year's attack on Yecheng performed much better.
Mr. Shi Le said that what they lack most now is time to reorganize their troops.
As long as they have a year or two to train properly, thoroughly study the experience they have accumulated from fighting in various places, and transform it into combat effectiveness, then the entire army will usher in a radical change.
Damn it, Shi Le does have some skills, but what he lacks now is time. The officers and soldiers are suppressing them step by step, not giving them any chance to breathe, so there is nothing they can do.
At midnight, the big flag appeared again in the fields to the west, like a reminder, stuck on a small earth bag.
Under the banner with the word "Shao" fluttering in the wind, dense silver warriors emerged, one after another, filling the post roads, villages and fields.
The big flag on the earth bag slowly moved, and more than a hundred riders descended the high slope, first turning sideways in a circle, as if observing the terrain and the enemy's situation.
Soon, they rushed over, and the leading general in golden armor was holding a thick horse pole, majestic and full of pride.
Chapter completed!