The party's vanguard battalion is so powerful. In addition to the brave soldiers and strong horses, the most important reason is that the knights and horses are equipped with thick armor, making it a standard heavy armored cavalry team.
The smelting technology of the Dangxiang people is even more backward than that of Dakang, so it is not easy to build a heavy armored cavalry team.
This time it was also because the cavalry force behind them failed to keep up, so Li Jikui transferred the vanguard battalion to suppress the situation.
Normally, Li Jikui would feel distressed if he lost a soldier from the Pioneer Battalion, but he was destroyed by the Tielin Army.
The consequences of this are too serious.
"How is my big brother?"
Ye Lilang asked with red eyes.
His eldest brother Ye Lixiong was the commander of this attack on Qingshui Valley.
"General Yeli...died in battle!"
Hong Ling quickly replied carefully.
Choking!
Ye Lilang drew out his saber directly: "Say it again!"
Hong Ling was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and trembled.
"what are you doing?"
Li Jikui kicked Ye Lilang away angrily: "If you want revenge, go to Tielin Army. Why are you angry at one of your own people? Did he kill your eldest brother?"
Ye Lilang was kicked, but he was not angry. He turned around and knelt down on one knee, clasping his fists and saying: "Commander, please allow me to lead people to destroy the Tielin Army!"
"Commander, you can't!"
Before Li Jikui could speak, his staff quickly stopped him: "We have already lost half of our cavalry. We can no longer send people to attack Qingshui Valley until we figure out the new formation of the Tielin Army. If anything happens to this half of the cavalry, our southern cavalry will be destroyed."
The conquest plan was aborted."
"Who said we only have half the cavalry left?"
Ye Lilang said with red eyes: "Didn't you listen to what he said? My eldest brother's men are not all dead, but they were blocked by the Tielin Army in Qingshui Valley. Marshal, we must rescue them!"
Many members of the Yeli family joined the army, and most of them followed Yeli Xiong to Qingshui Valley.
If all these people are killed, their Yeli family's status in the military will plummet.
"Sir, we party members will not abandon our brothers."
Li Jikui said to his staff: "Besides, we not only have cavalry, but also infantry."
The staff member sighed and offered no further advice.
"Send the order, the fifth battalion of cavalry, the second battalion of infantry, and the third battalion of infantry will stay at the camp. The others will immediately assemble to rescue General Yeli Xiong."
Following Li Jikui's order, the entire Dangxiang camp immediately became lively.
Soon, the troops were assembled.
Li Jikui personally suppressed the formation and led a thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry to attack Qingshui Valley.
On the Qingshui Valley side, the party's cavalry had been pressed into the middle of the canyon by the phalanxes on both sides.
More than a thousand cavalrymen were standing next to each other, and the horses were so crowded that they didn't even have time to turn around.
"stop!"
"attack!"
"receive!"
Following the shouts of Xu Xiao and Zhong Wu, dozens of party cavalrymen were stabbed to death.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
The soldiers of the Tielin Army shouted slogans to persuade them to surrender again.
Then without waiting for the party members to reply, the phalanx started again.
He took two steps forward and stopped again.
The bamboo poles were given away and taken away, and dozens of people and horses were taken away.
…
In just one stick of incense, the party members lost hundreds of men and horses.
Of course, there were also some party cavalry who wanted to resist and tried to grab the bamboo poles.
It's a pity that there are three Dakang soldiers behind each bamboo pole. How can one person win against three people?
Even if some party cavalry are strong, as soon as they grab the bamboo pole, the bamboo pole next to them will stab them...
There are also party cavalry who chop bamboo, but if the bamboo is broken, as long as it has a sharp point, it can still stab someone to death.
Even if he can't stab him to death, he can still knock him off his horse.
In this situation, falling off the horse almost means being trampled to death.
Even if you don't get trampled to death, when the phalanx gets closer, there will be a last-ditch hand that will do the last-ditch damage.
The Tielin Army was well prepared and brought many spare bamboo poles. Every time a bamboo was cut, it would be quickly replaced with a new one.
The replaced bamboo can then be sharpened with a knife and can be used again.
The bravery of party members is based on long-term victories.
After fighting with Dakang for so many years, they had never been defeated, so many party members believed that Dakang's soldiers were vulnerable. As long as they drew their swords, Dakang's soldiers would be killed at the neck.
But now that they are seeing tribesmen on the fringes being stabbed to death by the Tielin Army, some party cavalrymen who are not determined are beginning to waver.
I have already begun to consider whether I should surrender.
Although you have to do hard labor if you surrender, and you may be beaten to death at some point because of exhaustion, you can live one day at a time.
At this moment, the sound of intensive horse hooves came from behind.
"Brothers, our reinforcements are here. If we hold on for a while, we can break through and kill the Tielin Army."
A school captain shouted loudly to encourage the party cavalry.
Sure enough, the morale of the party's cavalry was greatly boosted and they kept attacking the square formation.
Jin Feng immediately asked the drummer and flag bearer to remind the people below.
When Zhong Wu cut off the retreat of the party's cavalry from the mountains, he formed two square formations, one facing forward and one facing behind.
The one toward the back is to block reinforcements.
Zhong Wu is a veteran on the battlefield. He didn't need Jin Feng's reminder. As soon as he heard the sound of horse hooves, he ordered the phalanx in front to slow down the attack rhythm and focus on safety. Then he turned around and ran to the phalanx facing behind, personally commanding the phalanx.
The phalanx also retreated a hundred steps and entered the canyon.
Right in front of the phalanx is a newly dug hole.
There was no time to camouflage the potholes this time. Looking from the high ground, the dozens of meters long river beach in front of the phalanx were full of dark, bowl-sized deep potholes.
Li Jikui calmly ordered the drummers to beat the drums to prevent the cavalry from charging.
The staff and other party generals beside him also looked ugly.
These deep pits are too damaging and have almost no impact on the phalanx advancing on foot, but they are a fatal problem for the running horses.
If you accidentally step in, your legs may be broken, or you may fall to death on the spot.
In the battle between the two armies, the cavalry's greatest trump card is the impact of running. The deep pit completely defeats the cavalry's greatest advantage.
"Commander, I suggest you stop the cavalry first, switch to the infantry, fill these holes, and then send the cavalry to charge over!"
The staff suggested.
"That's a good idea!"
Li Jikui's eyes lit up and he immediately ordered the drummer to pass on the order.
Soon, the cavalry moved to both sides of the road, allowing the infantry behind them to advance first.
On the high ground of the Tielin Army, Old Man Zhao, who had just come over, immediately noticed the other party's intention and quickly reminded:
"Mr. Jin, they probably want the infantry to fill the hole. Do you have any way to stop them?"
"Zhong Wu will not give them a chance."
As soon as Jin Feng finished speaking, he saw Zhong Wu commanding the phalanx to advance and arriving at the pothole area almost at the same time as the party infantry.
Even the heavily armored vanguard battalion was no match for the phalanx, let alone these infantry without armor.
As soon as the bamboo poles were sent and retracted, a row of party infantry fell down.
Then the phalanx pressed hard on the remaining infantry, forcing them out of the pit.
When Li Jikui replaced his cavalry, Zhong Wu immediately led the phalanx back behind the pit.
"Damn it!"
Li Jikui cursed angrily and turned to look at his staff: "Sir, what should we do now?"