"The officers and soldiers went to the river and were walking along the river." You Liliu looked at the army's infantry marching by the river with a calm expression, "They thought they could guard against our cavalry."
Luo Ru just pursed her lips for a while, letting her chapped lips moisten for a moment, "The cavalry of that army is a bit vicious. Send a hundred cavalry over there. Don't let those officers and soldiers move too fast."
You Liliu didn't shirk it after hearing this. He didn't have many troops, and the old battalion plus horsemen only had a little more than 200. Although they were both called Laoying, they couldn't be compared with the old battalion composed of frontier troops and ruthless bandits like Luo Rucai.
Soon more than a hundred cavalry soldiers rushed out from the west and headed to the north to counterattack the official cavalry.
Luo Rucai kept his eyes on the infantry. After a while, he suddenly laughed and said, "It's not easy to hit him while walking along the river, but the baggage is gone."
"It's because they are afraid of me, Brother Cao, and don't dare to follow the official path anymore."
"They want to go all the way to Baijia Bridge along the river. They must know that it is difficult to escape, and they want to fight to the bottom of Chuzhou City. Little did they know that we have already prepared. You can go to Baijia Bridge again and ask your servant to be more prepared.
firewood."
"Brother Cao, don't worry. I took a look when I came back. The firewood was piled high and the infantry were waiting. They can't cross the bridge. As long as they get down the river, if we block the front and chase after them, the dog officer team will be in chaos. Brother's
The old battalion attacked the rear of the group, so the officers and soldiers had to surrender."
"If we are not afraid that Lu Xiangsheng will win, we can dig a deep trench at Baijiaqiao and see where the officers and soldiers run. It is enough for now. We will capture them then, kill the generals and leave some usable soldiers. Among these officers and soldiers
There is still something available..." Luo Rucai suddenly stopped here and opened his mouth slightly.
Luo Rucai's eyes were smooth with oil and he looked over. He saw a group of officers and soldiers forming an array to the west. The officers and soldiers who followed stopped briefly, seemed to have taken off their pants collectively, and then walked towards the river.
"Brother Luo, here, they want to cross the river from here..." Youlihua paused for a moment and suddenly shouted, "They want to go to Wuli Bridge, and come sideways to King Chuang and the others."
Luo Rucai said bitterly, "Let the old camp come out, but we can't let them cross the river!"
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The sound of a bugle came from the west. The officers and soldiers of the garrison camp have heard it familiarly in the past two days. Some of the large camps of the bandits have gongs and drums, but most of the camp heads only have bugles. When they hear the bugle sound, there are usually large groups of soldiers and horses.
action.
This monotonous trumpet sound can convey very limited orders, so all the surrounding rogues retreated a bit. They needed to observe Luo Rucai's flag and guess what it meant.
"Cross the river, cross the river with me in the first game!"
Yao Dongshan tied his trousers and belt around his neck as if he had an extra scarf. He held his shoes in his left hand. He waved vigorously towards the first game and stepped into the cold river water first.
The ice floe cracked under his feet, and Yao Dongshan grinned. The soldiers from the first round followed behind, and they all looked like Yao Dongshan, walking towards the east bank with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Pang Yu rode his horse and stood on the river bank. A large number of cavalry appeared behind the hills to the west. Luo Rucai had discovered the intention of the garrison camp. At this time, the garrison camp had arrived at the ferry. Pang Yu gained this precious time and successfully completed the first stage.
But the most dangerous moment has just arrived now, which is crossing the river.
The second bureau has been arranged in formation, with rows of spears pointing to the west. The officer leading this bureau is Tuesday. He is the deputy commander of the first division and concurrently serves as the commander-in-chief of the second bureau. Because of Tuesday’s performance at Xiangyang Gate in Tongcheng
, Pang Yu is confident in the second game.
Soldiers from the two bureaus of the First Division entered the river in an endless stream from the ferry. The figures in the river were swaying and the water was rolling. There was a sound of wading in the water, and the differences under the river bed quickly caused chaos in the queue.
Pang Yu's heart was beating wildly. Due to the secretion of adrenaline, his hands and feet had the urge to move. He always wanted to move or touch somewhere. He forcibly resisted this urge and pretended to be calm and steady.
Stand steadily in front of the ferry.
As he guessed, Luo Rucai still hid the cavalry behind the slope. If he really went to Baijiaqiao, he might encounter a cavalry attack anywhere along the way.
The water flow of the Qingliu River in winter is not wide. The people of the first division walked very fast. Yao Dongshan had already crossed the river and led the first division across the river bank and began to form formation on the east bank.
As the sound of horse hooves on the west side gradually intensified, Pang Yu's heart beat violently. The cavalry had many advantages over the infantry. One of them was that they did not need to form a formation and could attack from the march at any time, while the infantry had to form a formation to fight, and the formation
After that, they were unable to move and were often trapped in place by the cavalry.
The two bureaus of the first division had crossed the river, and Wang Zenglu commanded the second division to start walking down the ferry.
"Plant my flag here."
Pang Yu jumped off his horse and stood in front of the left side of the second round array. The rider followed him and planted the flag in the soil on the river bank.
The trumpeters and drummers were waiting beside him. The infantry of the second division on the left were crossing the river. Wang Zenglu kept howling, so that the soldiers could not stop. They must get as many people across the river as possible before the cavalry arrived.
Hundreds of thieves and horsemen came running from the west side. They had already spread out their formation. Looking from the front, the cavalrymen covered the entire west side with roaring sounds. The silhouettes of the galloping horses and riders undulated like waves, and the people and horses spurted out.
The white mist appears and disappears.
"They don't dare to come, they don't dare to come." Pang Yu thought silently in his heart, his hands and feet shaking slightly. Although he had beaten the cavalry so many times, he knew that the rogues were not impact cavalry, but this was the first time they faced him without any support.
The charge of thieves and horsemen is still thrilling.
The ground seemed to be shaking, and King Chen Yu's cavalry did not dare to stop. Their horses did not need to be controlled by the riders, so they tried their best to avoid them. Faced with a large number of huge animals impacting at high speed, whether they were humans or horses, they would instinctively
To avoid it, Pang Yu personally experienced high-speed sprinting on horseback. When the speed is faster, the rider himself is more excited and has a stronger desire to attack. Therefore, in a riding battle, the faster one takes the initiative. This is the so-called momentum.
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"They didn't dare to rush in, I was able to hold them back!"
Tuesday's voice came faintly amidst the rumble of hooves, and other captains were also shouting at the same time, asking the soldiers to stabilize their positions. Pang Yu took a deep breath, pushed the instinct of escape out of his mind, and carefully observed the distance between the horsemen and soldiers.
There was a sound of rushing water behind them, and from time to time there were screams of soldiers falling. Under the threat of the opponent's cavalry attack, the team would definitely be in panic. No matter what they shouted at this time, the soldiers could no longer listen. The only way to calm people's hearts was Pang Yu.
By erecting his own flag here, he also wants all the soldiers to see that the commander-in-chief is still here to stand firm.
Judging from previous experience, the cavalry of the bandits will not charge directly into the infantry formation. As long as they survive this period, the shock of the cavalry attack will be greatly reduced.
The gong player next to him was breathing heavily, and his eyes kept going back and forth between Liu Zei and Pang Yu. As long as the golden sound did not sound, the infantry could continue to cross the river. Pang Yu needed as many soldiers to cross the river as possible, and shortened the line as much as possible.
Well, once you come into contact with the horsemen, the danger of crossing the river increases exponentially.
The distance between the horsemen and soldiers was only more than a mile, and the guardsmen were crossing the river. This group brought many wounded people, many of whom were carried on simple stretchers and could not move very fast.
The people helping the wounded soldiers had no resistance. Pang Yu could not let them stay on the west bank. He stared at the horse soldiers running towards them. The cavalry soldiers' queue also encountered obstacles from field ridges and ponds. Their formations were always in sync with each other.
, the speed has weakened, but as the distance approaches, the momentum is still very amazing.
All the guardsmen entered the river. In the panic, some stretchers fell over and the wounded fell into the water, causing screams. Others rushed to save them. The team was very slow and stopped in many places. The cavalry also retreated under the pressure of the opponent.
At the ferry, bypassing the queue in the second round, the ferry was crowded.
Pang Yu ran to the water's edge in a few steps and shouted angrily at Jiang Guoyong, who was standing in the water and responsible for supervising the river course, "Jiang Guoyong, what are you doing? No one is allowed to stay. No matter who yells, they will be beheaded!"
Jiang Guo, who had black lips, pulled out his waist knife with a swipe, yelled and cursed with the other suppressing soldiers, and pushed those who stopped forward. One wounded soldier was still flopping and howling in the water. The people next to him couldn't pull him up, so he hesitated for a moment.
, and slashed at him with one knife.
As the blood flew out, the wounded soldier stopped for a moment, and Jiang Guo kicked him out of the waterway. The wounded soldier was submerged in the water with blood, and a small piece of clothing floated on the water, slowly drifting downstream.
The queue resumed its movement. Pang Yu rubbed his ferocious face, turned to the cavalry behind and shouted, "The cavalry will cross the river immediately."
Hurrying back under the banner, the horsemen had only two hundred steps. Pang Yu shouted, "Ming Jin!"
The waiting gong player couldn't wait to ring the gong. The clanging sound spread far and near. The third division immediately stopped on the river bank. The garrison camp had been prepared for an attack. The queue was facing the west and formed a combat formation.
Due to the conditioned reflex formed during the training, many soldiers crossing the river stopped when they heard the sound of gold. There was a certain amount of chaos everywhere. It was only after the suppressing soldiers were busy that the queue started to move again.
The cavalry soldiers of the bandit entered Baibu, and the officers of each department were stabilizing the formation. Pang Yu was still standing under the banner. On the right were the soldiers of the second division, and on the left was the entire third division.
The galloping cavalry shuddered, and the rumble of hoofbeats was soul-stirring as they rushed toward the garrison camp.
"Reject the horse!"
The officers of each department shouted loudly, and the front row of sword and shield crouched down one after another. The first row of spearmen squatted sideways, held the spears diagonally with both hands, stepped on the tail end of the spears with their right feet, and pointed the spearhead diagonally forward.
The platoon then followed suit.
The attached infantry archers appeared at the intervals between the various units, bows and arrows bent, and the military formation was like a porcupine with its quills spread, waiting for the surging bandits and horsemen.