Chapter 418 Operation Gyeongju
Seeing this, Helian Bobo wanted to charge towards the third wall.
However, there were quite large bed crossbows arranged on the wall of this pass. The Hu Xia soldiers were driven down by the Song army after several charges. Helian Bobo knew that he had reached the limit and knew how to give up when he felt good, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops.
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After withdrawing his soldiers, Helian Bobo did not return to the original military camp, but stationed troops on the spot between the first and second walls, making it clear that he wanted to confront the Song army in the narrow area in the middle.
After receiving the news, Liu Yizhen and Xie Hui were naturally secretly excited.
The greater Helianbobo's determination, the more in line with Liu Song's strategic intentions.
"In this way, the mission of Hanzhong is completed. It depends on Qingzhou and Longyou."
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Gyeongju.
The most elite cavalry unit of Liu Song Dynasty is stationed here, the Changning Cavalry.
Fu Hongzhi and the newly dispatched deputy general Mao Xiuzhi were currently leading their soldiers to patrol the Gyeongju border. In the distance, vague figures of people could be seen flickering in an oasis.
"That's Helianlun's military camp."
Fu Hongzhi and Mao Xiuzhi were both old acquaintances of Liu Yu's former subordinates. They were not strangers to each other, so they got along quite well.
"Helianlun's men are all cavalry, and some of them have strange equipment."
Fu Hongzhi frowned and slowly expressed his guess: "It's probably Hu Xia's uniformed cavalry!"
Liu Yizhen could care less about the cavalry, but Fu Hongzhi could not.
In his mind, armored cavalry are the only gods on the battlefield in this era!
If you underestimate the armored cavalry, you will definitely pay a heavy price!
Mao Xiuzhi, like Mao Dezu, came from the Mao family in Xingyang. He had a lot of experience and was responsible for commanding the cavalry before. He agreed with Fu Hongzhi's views.
"It is indeed very likely that they are armored cavalry."
"but……"
Mao Xiuzhi looked at Fu Hongzhi: "Isn't General Fu secretly training cavalry? Are you still afraid of the cavalry on the opposite side?"
Fu Hongzhi smiled bitterly: "This is not something to be afraid of or not."
"The emperor doesn't pay much attention to the cavalry. So this battle may be an opportunity!"
"As long as we can prove the power and value of the armored cavalry on the battlefield, even the emperor will reconsider it."
Thinking of this, Fu Hongzhi became a little excited.
"If the emperor agrees to form more uniformed cavalry... not much! Just five thousand cavalry! Think of the momentum of thousands of galloping horses! How exciting it will be!"
No general can say no to the armored cavalry!
That's why Fu Hongzhi kept thinking about this matter, hoping to make the emperor change his mind and form a tiger and wolf army.
After hearing this, Mao Xiuzhi smiled faintly and stopped answering.
Fu Hongzhi and the current emperor had a fateful relationship in Guanzhong. He could complain about the emperor, but he could not.
The conversation changed and the two talked about Guanzhong's actions.
"General Wang Zhene has been stationed in Chencang for more than a month. It's really strange that there hasn't been any movement yet."
"In addition, I heard not long ago that General Zhu Lingshi is also arriving in Gyeongju from Guanzhong..."
The second general, who did not know the complete plan of Liu Song's top management, was a little confused: "In this battle, which side is the main force? Which side is the bait? How should Qingzhou fight..."
While the two were thinking about the overall strategy, they discovered that there seemed to be a commotion in Helianlun's military camp.
After a while, smoke actually rose over the military camp. This phenomenon made both Fu Hongzhi and Mao Xiuzhi feel their hearts sink.
"Now is not the time for a normal meal."
"The sudden order to cook must be some sort of military operation!"
Where can the enemy stationed next to Gyeongju conduct military operations?
Fu Hongzhi and Mao Xiuzhi glanced at each other, then decisively turned their horses' heads and ran towards their camp: "Get ready to defend against the enemy!"
Just as the two men judged, Helianlun had indeed begun to plan military operations against Gyeongju.
It wasn't that there was any big strategic appeal, the main reason was that the news that Helian Juan changed his name to Liu Juan and was canonized as Shanyu by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty reached Helian Lun's ears.
After hearing the news, He Lian Lun was not angry at He Lian Huang's betrayal, but covered his mouth happily and snickered.
There is no doubt that He Lianhuang, as the prince, is a huge threat to Helianbobo's other children. Now that Helianhuang's approach is to make it impossible for him to become the prince of Hu Xia no matter what, then the chances of other people will not be the same.
It's coming, isn't it?
He also thought of Helian Bobo's promise to himself - "As long as Qingzhou is captured, I will make myself the prince."
Now that the Wangzhen evil tribe in Guanzhong was held back by Longyou's army, and he had obtained "inside information" through a hidden line, he knew that Guanzhong would probably not support Qingzhou, all of which created excellent conditions for attacking Qingzhou.
"If we win Gyeongju, the crown prince position will be mine!"
As Helian Bobo's most valued son, He Lian Lun's character is not as violent as He Lian Ding's, but he is quite intelligent.
When attacking the territory of the Han people, you must not attack the checkpoints and cities!
Those yellow wheat fields and green vegetable fields are the favorites of the Han people.
"The light cavalry was broken into pieces and rushed directly to burn the fields!"
"If you encounter Song Army cavalry, don't get entangled with them and run elsewhere immediately!"
"Our cavalry is a man with two horses, and their horse power is much better than that of the Han people. As long as we run, they can't catch up with us."
When the enemy advances, we retreat, and when the enemy retreats, we fight. He Lianlun learned a lot from Helian Bobo.
"In short, it's just one sentence - if you can't fight, run away! Our goal is just the crops of the Han people! Do you hear me clearly?"
"Ouch!"
The Hun soldiers under Helianlun let out excited howls like wolves and rushed towards Qingzhou one after another.
They all carried out Helianlun's tactics accurately. When they saw the wheat fields, they threw the lit torches over them. When they saw the water troughs, they deliberately destroyed them, allowing the water to irrigate the fields to flow elsewhere at will.
During this period, some villagers wanted to come up to stop them, but facing Hu Xia's cavalry, even the heavily armed elite Song troops had to deal with them with caution, let alone them?
After a few charges, a large number of civilians died.
The violent Hu Xia cavalry was not ashamed but proud. He picked up the severed limbs to the tip of his spear and played with them with a smile.
A Hu Xia cavalryman triumphantly used his spear to fling out the flesh and blood from the spearhead, and landed on the houses that the people had worked so hard to build.
The people around him were angry but dared not speak out.
The intimidating power of the Huns' cavalry was too great for them. If they charged forward, they would die. No one wanted to become the next dead soul in the hands of the enemy.
Several Hu Xia soldiers saw so many Han people together but they did not dare to resist them, and they also talked noisily in the song of birds.
"A bunch of cowards, this Han should be the slave of our Huns by birth."
"Who says it isn't?"
"Retreat when you've had enough fun, otherwise the Song Army's cavalry will come over soon."
"..."
One of them lit the dead branches in his hand and threw them directly onto the roof, hoping to turn these villagers into landless refugees.
"court death!"
An incredibly accurate arrow was shot from a short distance away, directly hitting the Hu Xia cavalry's palm holding a dead branch, splattering blood.
"The Gyeongju Prefectural Army is here! Don't let the Huns be so arrogant!"
Chapter completed!