Lu Xu and the others' statistics were correct. Prince Wulu abandoned the bodies of 227 Beiting warriors this time, leaving Lu Xu with 312 horses.
Many of the spare horses of the Beiting cavalry that came down from the battlefield were abandoned on the battlefield.
According to the Beiting soldiers' own estimates, at least half of these war horses are still capable of fighting. This is a big loss, and it is also a big strengthening for the opponent.
Prince Wulu never expected that his first opponent after arriving in Daliang would actually bring him such big trouble.
At this time, he had already vaguely felt that he might not be Lu Xu's opponent.
Even though the battlefield just now was unfavorable to the Beiting Light Cavalry, such a huge loss still proved that there was a big gap in the combat effectiveness of the two armies.
Prince Wulu had vaguely realized that even if he found a suitable battlefield for him, it would be difficult for him to defeat the opponent based on the strength of the infantry archers of the opposing army.
But!
This was a battle for Prince Wulu to prove himself. How could he accept the reality of his defeat? Not to mention the blow to himself from this defeat, the blow to his prestige alone was unacceptable to him.
So he felt that he had to take a gamble no matter what!
Once you overestimate the strength of your opponent, you may be able to use this army to prove your strength.
After all, he finally understood that based on the opponent's equipment, no matter who saw them, they would recognize them as Daliang's elite heavy-duty troops.
Using a light cavalry force to defeat an elite heavy-armed force, and at a numerical disadvantage! This is an incredible achievement for any Beiting person!
When he thought this way, he subconsciously ignored the consequences if he lost the battle.
perhaps......
For a person at his level, defeat can be considered a kind of trial and error?
In short, when Lu Xu's side was fully prepared for the battle, Prince Wulu decided to take a gamble! There was a qualitative difference in the pre-war preparations between the two sides.
What do the two sides have in common? That is that the hearts of the soldiers on both sides are full of anger!
The Xin'an Army deplored the casualties of their compatriots, while the Beiting people were angry about the failed battle just now. Both sides wanted to vent their anger through the next battle.
Soon, Lu Xu's army approached Wei'an Fort. Stationed in Wei'an Fort were Yu Feng and his five hundred brothers.
This person in Feng was the nominal owner of the former Longmen Escort Agency. He once almost caused Yu Yuanliangqi's three souls and seven souls to escape from his body in a confrontation.
This time the Longmen Escort Bureau moved outside Qinfeng Road, and Lu Xu originally planned to let Yu Feng go there as well.
It's just that Yu Feng no longer wants to hang out in the world. Even if the war is dangerous, he still wants to fight for a better future for himself on the battlefield.
Therefore, Lu Xu respected his wish and gave him five hundred soldiers to guard Wei'an Fort.
At this time, Yu Feng, who was on the wall of Wei'an Fort, could already see two groups of people in the distance!
The soldiers of the Xin'an Army were protecting the refugees heading towards Wei'an Fort, while on the other side Prince Wulu's cavalry was following the Xin'an Army at a short distance, just like a pack of wolves following a herd of cattle.
A messenger rushed up from below and asked Yu Feng: "Sir, should we prepare to leave the city to fight?"
Yu Feng stared at Lu Xu's position and asked, "Is there any news from the commander?"
The messenger said: "No."
Yu Feng said seriously: "That's not necessary! If the commander needs us to fight, he will give us news. You go and keep an eye on it. If there is news from the commander, let me know immediately!"
"yes!"
The messenger immediately took the order and left!
On Lu Xu's side, when he was about to enter the open space in front of Wei'an Fort, he ordered his troops to spread out between the refugees and the Beiting people.
Judging from his posture, it seemed that he wanted to protect the refugees from entering Weihan Castle safely.
However, this caused another problem. Although the refugees suffered heavy casualties due to the massacre by the Beiting people, there were still only one to two thousand people.
With Lu Xu's military strength, he wanted to completely protect these people. He had almost no other choice but to use the legendary long snake formation.
However!
Is this how the hoplite phalanx is arranged?
Obviously not!
A square matrix can only be called a square matrix if it is "square" enough.
No matter how well-equipped the heavy infantry is, it is impossible to stop a cavalry charge by itself.
Therefore, the heavy infantry phalanx must be thick enough. Like Lu Xu, letting his formation become so thin is definitely an act of seeking death!
Sure enough, Prince Wulu's eyes flashed when he saw Lu Xu's movements!
"God help me!"
Prince Wulu was in a good mood: "I didn't expect that I could gain so much after a defeat. It's just God helping me!"
Prince Wulu felt that the reason why Lu Xu, a good opponent, made such a foolish move was entirely because in the last battle, the Beiting cavalry was limited by the terrain and did not exert the impact that the cavalry should have.
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And Lu Xu had no experience fighting cavalry, so he naturally felt that the Beiting cavalry was nothing more than that. It was this underestimation of the enemy that interfered with Lu Xu's judgment.
Now Prince Wulu really started to have confidence in this battle.
At this moment, another thing happened on the battlefield, which made Prince Wulu begin to feel that he was definitely going to win. That was - the refugee team began to commotion!
Prince Wulu felt that as long as there was a disturbance in the refugee team, Lu Xu would be in a hurry and the Xin'an Army's combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.
This made Prince Wulu feel for the first time since the war started that he might have a chance to kill Lu Xu!
He may have had such a big spring and autumn dream before the war started, but after the war started, he personally felt the gap between himself and Lu Xu. He would never have such a big spring and autumn dream again, he only thought about defeating Lu Xu
Just fine.
Now, Lu Xu's stupid move and the commotion among the refugees made him see this possibility again.
Then, he began to think: "As far as I know, it can be said that the entire Xinanzhai and Wei'an Fort are supported by Lu Xu with his own personal ability."
"If Lu Xu died here, then Xinanzhai, a serious problem for our Right Route Army, would be solved in an instant."
"Then who in the entire Beiting dares to question my ability, Prince Wulu?"
Thinking like this, Prince Wulu became more and more excited, and he became more and more impatient. But he never thought that all this might be within Lu Xu's expectation.
More importantly, according to Lu Xu's prediction, the riots among the refugees should have started long ago. The fact that the riots occurred now is already a bit of a break in his plan!