Royal Road - Chapter 227

[Chapter 226 | City]

The sound of hooves from far to near, galloped to the camp.

Yi Yan got off his horse, threw the reins to his personal soldiers, and walked into the big tent by himself.

Seeing the tent, several people were gathered in front of the simple sand table, finely adjusting and studying the terrain.

Hearing the footsteps, Zhang Bin raised his head and said, “General Yi is back? What’s the situation on the Xianbei side of Baibu?

” After reaching the Hutuo River, it is approaching our army. It will be there tomorrow at the latest. With the rear army, there should be no less than 5,000 people.”

“Can you stop the five thousand light cavalry?” Zhang Bin asked.

“Yeah.” Yi Yan nodded and said nothing.

This time they brought a total of 1,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry.

Using this against the five thousand Xianbei cavalry is extremely difficult to do.

However, seeing Yiyan nodding, Zhang Bin felt relieved.

Although the contact time is not long, he is very aware of the general’s tactics in front of him.

As long as he says he can, he can do it.

“Baibu Xianbei will not have more than 10,000 soldiers. They have already lost 2,000 in Jinyang City before. This time they should be their main force, and the rear must be empty. As long as Tuoba Yulu leads his troops to the old Baibu camp, It

will definitely defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!”

Baibu Xianbei is a horse tribe, and if they encounter danger, it is very likely that they will take their clan to take refuge.

However, neither Bingzhou nor Tuoba were incapable of facing the consequences of extending the front, so they could only fight quickly.

Therefore, after discussing with Yiyan, Zhang Bin proposed such a strategy.

The Bingzhou soldiers were used as bait in the front to contain the enemy’s main force, while Tuoba Yulu led his troops to raid the rear and completely wiped out the rebels.

In this way, the forces threatening the hinterland of Bingzhou will be swept away, and this mission will be successfully completed.

However, such an arrangement will inevitably put the Bingzhou soldiers who lure the enemy frontally under great pressure.

In case they were defeated and the enemy returned to help, Tuoba’s troops would face front and back attacks.

In the end, it was Yi Yan who came forward to dispel Tuoba Yulu’s concerns.

Now that the enemy has launched an army, it is a victory or a defeat, only to see the battle tomorrow!

“When you join the army, you will stay in the camp tomorrow and take care of the back road.” As if seeing Zhang Bin’s inner tension, Yi Yan said lightly.

Zhang Bin groaned.

To tell the truth, what he is best at is strategy, and he has never really been on the battlefield.

On the surface, this is to let him take care of the back road, but in reality, it is to put him away so as not to get in the way.

However, he had no qualms about such thoughts, and nodded in response: “I am here in the rear army, and I hope the general will return victorious!”

The next day, just as the sky was dawn, some soldiers drove out of the camp.

This group of men and horses are only foot soldiers, and the march is not very fast, but the formation is quite dense, like a moving castle, slowly advancing in the wilderness.

Within ten miles, the scout brought news that the enemy was less than three miles ahead.

Three miles, for the cavalry, is nothing at all, and it must be reached in an instant.

This is simply a standard encounter.

As if stunned by the bad news, the Jin army hurriedly turned to the nearby mound, and before they could set up camp, they saw the overwhelming cavalry attacking from a distance.

Xianbei scouts have always been alert, how could they not have found this group of enemies?

After finding out that the opponent had no rear army or ambush, the leader immediately led his troops to advance.

Five thousand Qingqi ran like a rushing turbid wave, but the momentum was chilling.

A small mound, even the battalion has not been able to set up in the future, how to resist the Xianbei iron cavalry?

Just rush on it!

Su and Wei were riding on horses, looking at the enemy soldier who raised his spear and shivered behind the shield, showing a mocking sneer.

This group of Bingzhou soldiers is simply stupid. Although the mound occupies the high ground, it is surrounded by wilderness. How can they only guard the front?

There is no need to direct himself at all, the vanguard rushing in front has already bypassed the front of the mound and rushed upwards from both sides.

Enemies on all sides, just one charge is enough to make the opponent’s soldiers collapse!

However, the strong horses only rushed two steps, and suddenly they jumped and barked like crazy, and even the most seasoned knight couldn’t control them and fell to the ground.

“Stop! Quickly stop, there are caltrops!”

Someone reacted and shouted loudly, reminding those behind to take precautions.

It turned out that apart from the front, the mounds were densely covered with caltrops for trapping horses, and the horses’ hooves were injured when they ran wildly. How could they not go mad?

Su He Wei secretly said that it was not good, but before he could give his order, arrows rained like locusts on the mound!

Archers have always been the elite in the army, and nomadic tribes like the Xianbei Wuhuan can all learn bows and are good at riding and archery.

In the Jin army, and even in the Xiongnu army, there will not be a large proportion of archers.

However, today, on this small mound, there were so many arrows shot out, as if everyone was wearing a bow!

Unprepared, the vanguard rushing in front was shot and flipped.

The terrain of this mound is only a few feet higher, which is enough to give the Jin army an advantage in range!

“Retreat! Quickly retreat!” Su Hewei roared!

Before assisting Liu Hu, they had already lost 2,000 soldiers. If they lost all of their soldiers and horses, the tribe would not be able to stand on the grassland!

They were all seasoned warriors, and the offensive of the Xianbei troops immediately slowed down.

The rangers who were scattered around gathered again beside Su Hewei and formed a formation.

Squinting at the hedgehog-like mound, Su and Wei spat, “Attack from the front!”

Since the enemy has left a passage for defense, the best way is to charge forward.

Even if it is a trap, this group of Jin army is only more than 2,000 people, and they have multiple cavalry. Just relying on the number of people, they will be crushed to death!

Immediately there was a confidant who led the order, and the army rushed up.

The passage is narrow and can only accommodate three or four hundred cavalry rushing in. This group of incomparably powerful savages raised their horse shields and charged up against the rain of arrows.

Condescending, the arrow can shoot more than 300 steps.

However, with only three hundred paces, even a horse can only take a few breaths.

There were constant screams and horses neighing, but this short distance was still trampled by horses’ hooves.

Two hundred paces, one hundred paces, fifty paces… Seeing that the cavalry at the forefront was about to crash into the fragile army formation.

Suddenly, the army formation on the hill flickered, and a hundred long spears stabbed out!

It was not a spear used by ordinary soldiers, but a real carbine. It was more than two feet long, and the head of the spear flashed a dazzling cold light, and it poked at the cavalry in front of him.

This is not something that a mere horse shield can defend. Those cavalrymen who finally rushed through the death zone went straight into the spear forest and turned their backs again!

“Keep up! Overwhelm them!” Su and Wei’s expressions changed as they roared loudly.

How many people can a carbine withstand?

Anyway, they are already close to each other, why not use the superiority of force to crush them?

However, what I didn’t expect was that the forest of guns did not waver, and the rain of arrows struck again!

The soldiers on the hill were divided into two formations, the front and the rear, and they were not frightened by the fierce attack.

Just a try, Su Hewei knew that this method would not work, and immediately recalled the troops.

However, there were more than 300 people who died on the mound.

It’s not over yet. Seeing them withdraw their troops, the Jin troops on the mound actually divided several teams, dragged the dead horse corpses and human corpses, and stacked them in front of the formation.

The icy flesh and blood formed a line of defense against horses. If you want to attack, you must first step over these corpses.

Seeing the orderly movements on the mound, a warrior like Su and Wei who had gone through countless battles also felt a chill behind him.

Is he really facing Jin Jun?

Or hundreds of years ago, might suppress the Xiongnu in their heyday, let the six animals live and the women are colorless and strong?

“Leader! What should I do?!” Frightened, Su and Wei alone, the cronies beside him asked anxiously.

“Continue to charge! Use up their arrows! Arrows!” This situation is very similar to the famous general Li Ling who was thrown into the Huns.

However, even if they had not read history books, Su and Wei had chosen the most appropriate course of action.

This group of Jin troops has no backup, and there is a limit to the number of arrows they bring.

When they shoot all the arrows in their hands, they will become their own like a hedgehog stripped of their spikes.

In the face of a tentative offensive, this group of Jin troops could not relax their vigilance. Once they lost their defense, the cavalry that lured the enemy could immediately turn into the vanguard of the attack.

If you don’t want to die, you can only wait for it!

Are they trying to waste time?

Then spend it with them!

Su and Wei firmly grasped the whip in their hands.

This time, he must completely eliminate this group of Jin troops and avenge the deceased clansmen!

However, this is what I think about it, and the fight is still much more difficult than Su and Wei expected.

The group of Jin soldiers seemed to carry double the quiver on their backs, so they spent it with him.

Luring the enemy also requires horsepower and physical strength. From dawn to dark, and several times at night to attack the battalion, until the afternoon of the second day, the opponent’s arrow formation did not mean to run out.

At this time, Su He Wei discovered that there were not only bows, but also many crossbows in the opponent’s army.

Coupled with the soldiers taking turns to rest, this group of Jin troops withstood their attacks as if they were tireless.

But even so, they can’t last three days?

There was a faint unease in their hearts, and Su and Wei realized that they might have missed something…

not good!

This is clearly delaying time!

Frightened, Su and Wei reacted!

The Jin army is here to attack them, how could it be possible to put on such a resolute defense?

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This time, he brought most of the soldiers in the tribe. If someone attacked the rear camp, how could the remaining soldiers be able to defend?

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“Return to camp immediately!” Su He Wei made a decisive decision and gave the order.

They fought fiercely for a day and a night, and lost seven or eight hundred people, but Su and Wei still had the will to win.

The tribe is their foundation. If the tribe loses, what if they win?

Must go back!

Although people are tired and tired, but at the juncture of life and death, how can there be any hesitation?

All the Xianbei soldiers left their exhaustion behind and rushed towards their camp.

The infantry who were left behind could never catch up with their cavalry, but it was not the infantry who pursued them.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Like the dull thunder, the iron hoof ripped apart the silence of the mountains.

When the cavalry suddenly appeared on the flank and launched a fierce attack, a look of despair flashed in Su Hewei’s eyes.

The enemy appeared, it was a cavalry with only 1,000 men and horses, and he had 4,000 troops.

But how could the four thousand worried and tired soldiers stop this iron cavalry waiting to work at ease?

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“Kill! Rush out for me!” Su Hewei roared hoarsely, his eyes red.

These people can’t surround them. As long as they rush out of the ambush, they will have a chance to go back to rescue the elders of the clan.

Just rush out!

However, the gray-blue-eyed killing god did not leave them any vitality.

The iron cavalry is like a steel knife that grinds meat, mercilessly inserted into the cavalry formation.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Baibu Xianbei’s camp was completely torn apart.

Those warriors who were invincible in a hundred battles threw down their swords, bowed their bodies, and beat their mounts fiercely.

Like a dog with its tail between its tails, it fled in all directions.

The horse neighed, and the dust flew.

However, the leader of Bai Bu, who fell in a pool of blood, opened his eyes wide, and he could no longer see the sights that made him despair.