With the help of Shen's small serial crossbows, the cavalry on both sides have never had close contact. This is why Shen Ao knows his own weakness. Although each of these 1,200 guards has extraordinary strength, they have all reached the level of Ming Jin. If If they fight with real swords and guns, they won't be intimidated by the barbarian cavalry one on one. But they also have their own weakness, that is, their understanding of war horses is still too unfamiliar.
Today's guards can only use war horses to travel, and cannot meet the requirements of fighting on horses. This cannot be accomplished overnight. This is also because the cadres are short of horses, so the frontier troops are mostly infantry, and few The reason for the cavalry.
If the fighting ability of the war horse is too weak, Shen Ao will not fight against the enemy head-on. This is equivalent to comparing his own weaknesses with his opponent's strengths, which is something only a fool would do.
They cannot fight in close combat and can only rely on long-distance shooting with their repeating crossbows. Although it can cause certain losses, the damage is still too limited. This is because the barbarian cavalry cannot figure out how many people they have and the situation here. Otherwise, they cannot understand the situation here. Once the counter-attack comes back, I'm afraid Shen Ao won't be chasing and beating others, but will be chased and beaten by others.
Meng Ding, who was about to return to the city, was focused on escaping at this time, which gave Shen Ao the opportunity to take advantage. He fled all the way, leaving behind about hundreds of barbarians, and finally drove 20 miles away, and he could see from a distance To the outline of Hugh City.
"Ha, hahaha, that guy Bahan is really stupid." As they approached Xiucheng, Meng Ding's laughter immediately rang out.
All the barbarian knights thought that the general had been beaten stupidly. One of the centurions felt brave and asked with a puzzled face, "General, why are you laughing?"
"Haha, that guy Xiaobahan doesn't know how to fight. If he leaves an army here to stop us, what do you think the result will be?" The smile on Meng Ding's face continued, and he continued to ask questions. Still laughing.
The other barbarian knights heard this and kept nodding in agreement. Indeed, if enemy soldiers suddenly rushed in at this time, it would indeed cause a lot of damage to them. From this point of view, the man Bahan also But err.
Just when all the barbarian knights were rejoicing and grateful for having saved their lives, suddenly torches lit up around them, and long dragons appeared immediately, and then they heard Ila's cry, "Hey, Meng Dingsun Son, your grandpa is here, if you don’t surrender quickly, you can avoid death.”
"Ah! It's the enemy cavalry." Meng Ding's laughter stopped suddenly, and then he looked panicked, looking like he was deeply shocked.
"General, run, everything will be easy as soon as we enter the city." Most of the barbarians were also frightened by the scene in front of them, but there were also some who were still clear-headed. They suddenly thought of something and shouted loudly. .
When everyone is confused, someone comes up with an idea. No matter whether it is right or wrong, everyone will instinctively follow it without thinking too much. This shout is like a guiding light, allowing everyone to look for it. On the way home.
"Yes, rush back to the city quickly, don't fight with the enemy." Meng Ding agreed, and then under the protection of a group of wild cavalry, he took the lead and rushed towards the encirclement of the cavalry of the Bahan tribe.
Meng Ding did not turn around and flee, but instead ran towards the encirclement of Bukhan's cavalry. This was originally a wrong decision. This was clearly using his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points.
This also made Shen Ao, who was following behind, breathe a sigh of relief. What he was worried about was that Meng Ding would not enter the city, but continue directly south, towards the barbarian capital. If so, he would also be riding a war horse. It is basically impossible to catch up with the opponent. Even if you can inflict damage to the enemy during the pursuit, the damage is only limited.
It's different now. These barbarian cavalry must compete with the Bukhan cavalry. This is their opportunity, an opportunity to kill a large number of the enemy's vitality.
As a descendant of later generations, Shen Ao also did not pay attention to the gains and losses of one city or one place. Whether it was the so-called Xiucheng or the former Su Dui Shana City, Shen Ao didn't take it seriously. How could he take the opportunity to kill more enemies? The most important thing is to have vitality and severely damage their vitality.
While Shen Ao breathed a sigh of relief, Ila and Hedage were extremely excited.
When Shen Ao told them about this plan before and said that there was a high possibility that the barbarians would charge towards their encirclement, although they nodded in agreement on the surface, they disagreed in their hearts. Knowing that there was an encirclement here, the barbarians would still attack them. Do you really think they are all fools when you launch a charge?
But now, nearly a thousand barbarian cavalry really rushed over, which made the two generals very happy and at the same time admired Shen Ao very much.
"My sons, the time for revenge has come. The number of barbarian knights is not as good as ours, and they have traveled for forty miles. They are already exhausted, and they cannot be our opponents. Come on, kill the enemy and make a meritorious service today."
After the two generals finished shouting, they took the lead in riding out. As soon as the power of example appeared, the other Bukhan cavalry also followed. Even in the dark, the two thousand cavalry still created a lot of momentum.
Two thousand versus one thousand.
One side was well prepared and the other side was caught off guard.
On the one hand, people are waiting for work with ease, on the other hand, people are tired and horses are exhausted.
One side is full of confidence, the other side is confused.
This made it possible to determine the outcome the moment the two sides collided. In one encounter, hundreds of wild horsemen were chopped off, and countless others were injured.
Only a leading general like Meng Ding, with many people protecting him, was able to fight all the way without any injuries, carving a bloody path and rushing to the foot of Xiucheng.
The people rushed out, but the losses were not small. There were originally more than two hundred barbarians following them, but now there were less than a hundred. Looking at this kind of loss, one can imagine the nearly a thousand barbarians. I'm afraid the losses will be even more severe.
Thinking that it was just a night attack, a thousand barbarians were thrown into the enemy camp, and less than 30% of a thousand barbarians returned, Meng Ding had the urge to cry. This battle was fought What, what a failure.
"General, let's enter the city quickly." A centurion who was following him couldn't help but said anxiously when he saw that Meng Ding was about to sigh again at this time.
"Yes, enter the city." Meng Ding recovered his thoughts and was about to enter the city. At this time, another shouting voice came from behind, "Hey, grandsons of Barbarian Cavalry, your Grandpa Hei Dag is here. , if you don’t surrender quickly, you may avoid death.”
"Run, the enemy is coming." As soon as he heard the shout, Meng Ding, who had been frightened for a long time, did not even look back, and then galloped forward, heading straight towards Xiucheng where a wooden fence had just been opened. passed.
There are still four hundred barbarians in Xiucheng, who are responsible for defending the city.
It's just that they, the barbarians, have always been looking for trouble for the man Ba Khan. No one has ever come to trouble them. Over time, they have become aloof. Suddenly, when they saw the torches outside the city, they had a look on their faces.
of confusion.
They wanted to fight their way out of the city, but they didn't know how many enemies had come and how many of their own family members were left. Under this condition of not knowing the reality of the opponent at all, they could only suppress the idea of attacking.
Now, after seeing Meng Ding's banner, it was like members who had been separated for many years had found the organization. Four hundred barbarian soldiers came out with weapons in hand. They wanted to meet their generals and welcome them into the city.
However, this move invisibly blocked Meng Ding's way into the city. Seeing that the way forward was filled with his own infantry, General Meng's face showed a dumbfounded expression. "You idiots, get out of the way, get out of the way,
Let us enter the city."
Seeing that Ba Khanna's cavalry was following behind him, he might rush behind him and strike at any time. Meng Dingzai didn't care about that much anymore, he jumped on his horse and rushed towards him, violently disrupting the formation of his infantry.
Rush into Xiucheng.
Once the infantry formation was in chaos, it was like a piece of scattered sand, and it was impossible to form an effective killing force in a short period of time. At this moment, Bakhna's cavalry followed, came in front of them, raised their swords and slashed,
One after another, the barbarian soldiers did not know what was happening, but they became ghosts under the sword.
Hedage was very brave. After killing three barbarians, he was the first to break out of the barbarian infantry, and then led the cavalry that followed him straight into the wide-open Xiucheng.
Before Meng Ding could breathe a sigh of relief after entering Xiucheng and think about how to stabilize the situation and regain his footing, the enemy cavalry behind him came over again. In shock, he turned around and saw
There were only less than three hundred wild horsemen, and some of them were injured, and the fatigue was written directly on their faces.
"Alas, defeated, defeated. That's all. Leave the city as soon as possible and report everything that happened here to the king. Someone will stay and fight with Bukhan until the last moment." He knew the general trend.
In the past, Meng Ding was prepared to die.
Meng Ding wanted to stay and die for his country. But how could others agree?
As long as the general is around, someone will be responsible for all the failures. If the general is gone, wouldn't they be held accountable?
Thinking of this, after the other barbarian knights glanced at each other, one of them stretched out his hand and knocked Meng Ding unconscious as he was about to turn around. Then, without any explanation, he coerced Meng Ding out of Xiucheng and headed straight for the barbarian capital.
Go away.
When Heidage entered the city, he saw the backs of three hundred barbarians fleeing. Knowing that they could not catch up, Heidage waved his hand and said: "Go back and kill all the barbarians who are unwilling to surrender."
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Outside the north city of Xiucheng, the resistance of the barbarian cavalry was getting weaker and weaker.
The general fled and was faced with a force several times his own. The will of the barbarian army was being broken down. Amidst the voices of people surrendering without killing, the first barbarian knight finally dismounted, abandoned his weapon, knelt down and surrendered, and then
One by one, the hundreds of barbarian cavalry troops were killed. Nearly half of them died, and the remaining 300 people all surrendered.