Chapter 143 Charge!
Zheng Fan held the armor of the barbarian soldier in front of him with one hand and looked back behind him from time to time. He hated it because he knew clearly where the one hundred cavalry led by Huo Guang were assigned. It's basically impossible to come out.
Perhaps this is the true cruelty of war. You come and I go, I can chop you, but I can also chop you back.
This is not a game. In the game, after a game is over, the troops can be replenished and replenished for a few rounds.
That's not to say that the strength of the army cannot be restored, but it is really uncomfortable to watch the soldiers under your command fall in and lose your capital.
To be more emotional, they are all living people. At dusk, he even spoke to them, saying that he would take them back and lead them to earn military merits and live as long as possible.
The high spirits that came along the way were all blown away by the rain and wind at this time.
This may be an inner feeling, a part that a newbie must go through. Zheng Fan once thought that he was mentally prepared, but when it really happened in front of him, he felt , my previous psychological preparation was still too fragile.
At this moment, he suddenly understood the princess's behavior of using more than two thousand civilians as bait in order to obtain the results of the war. Since people are bound to die, then he should take the initiative to die as long as he can catch the fighter plane. live.
Zheng Fan is like a boss who comes from a small family. He used to run a small business with a small capital and not much profit, but the advantage is stability. After closing the stall every day, he can still make money. Sitting happily on the bed with a cigarette in his mouth, picking his feet and counting money.
He longed for the big boss's lavish spending, but when he finally had the opportunity to show off, he realized that his mentality was not in the right position at all.
Can't afford to lose,
Can't afford to lose,
Zheng Bapi,
This is Zheng Fan's inner definition of himself.
However, you can control your rationality, but you cannot control your emotions.
Until,
when Zheng Fan looked back again,
he found that the group of wolf soldiers actually spread their legs and chased them out with "wuwuwuwu".
Zheng Fan’s eyes narrowed,
Then his heart trembled,
But he immediately turned his gaze forward, which was the direction of Liang Cheng. Zheng Fan did not give any orders or overstep his authority, because he believed that Liang Cheng would make the most correct choice.
Professional matters should still be left to professionals.
At this time, Zheng Fan only had one thought in his mind,
They caused me to lose money,
Then I,
will kill them!
…………
Because Liang Cheng ordered the retreat in time, except for Huo Guang’s hundred cavalry who were lost in the city, the rest of the cavalry did not suffer much damage.
Compared to Zheng Fan who is not calm, Liang Cheng is the most calm one. This is a war, life and death. It is completely normal for the old to come and the new to come.
This failure was just bad luck.
In war, you can never expect that the goddess of luck will always look after you.
The infiltration, seizing the city, and opening the city gate all went smoothly, but who knew there would be so many wolf soldiers hidden inside.
As for saying that I was careless and didn't do a good investigation in advance, it's meaningless, because this is a raid, and a raid requires a certain amount of gambling, and you can't let people in. Make sure you fully understand the situation before entering the city. Firstly, it will increase the risk of the infiltrator being discovered by the guards in the city. Secondly, if the time is delayed, what is the point of a sneak attack at dawn?
For Liang Cheng himself, he only lost one of Huo Guang's troops, and the loss was not too big, because he had nearly 1,400 cavalry beside him.
Huo Guang even died inside. As the leader of the Huo family in Cuiliu Fort, his death made it easier for him to control the remaining members of the Huo family.
This kind of thinking is naturally a bit dark, but it is a fact. Throughout the ages, there are countless examples of using the enemy's sword to help oneself eradicate dissidents.
As a general who has led troops to fight since ancient times, Liang Cheng is naturally not clear about this. Once Huo Guang dies, the remaining 600 Huo family will be leaderless and will soon be divided and disintegrated. Absorbed, soon, the clearest mark on them was no longer the Huo family but the soldiers of Cuiliu Fort.
That's it...
From the corner of his eye, Liang Cheng glanced at Zuo Jiqian, who was galloping along on his left side.
Zuo Jiqian didn't notice that a large ancient zombie glanced at him at this time, otherwise, he would have been frightened.
“Woooooooooooo!!!”
At this moment, Liang Cheng heard a long cry from behind.
He turned around and looked behind him,
He was stunned,
What did he see?
He saw the wolf soldiers chasing them out of the city gate and outside the city.
He saw a group of infantry chasing the cavalry?
This situation, this change,
made Liang Cheng suddenly have a high degree of self-doubt in his heart,
Is this... a trap?
Because the opponent's move was really incomprehensible to Liang Cheng.
Just like a Mathematical Olympiad student competing with his opponent. After the first round, he was frustrated. After the second round started, he suddenly found that the opponent had written the answer of one plus one as three.
But soon,
Liang Cheng felt relieved again,
Because he figured it out.
The espionage war between the Qian State and the Yan State can be said to have started long before the official confrontation between the two sides. Through the business relations of the Silk Road, both sides have spread countless secrets in each other's homes. a nail.
As for the matter of the national transfer of the Southwest Wolf soldiers to the north, the Sixth Prince has also passed it to Cuiliu Fort through his own intelligence network.
The wolf soldiers are soldiers under the chieftain of the southwest of the Qian Kingdom. They are very brave and have caused a lot of corruption in the southwest of the Qian Kingdom decades ago.
But they also have a problem, which actually has little to do with themselves. It has nothing to do with courage or equipment, but... war consciousness and thinking mode.
Just like the Senggelinqin cavalry charging at the gun positions of the British and French forces in that era,
just like the large waves of hussars waving their sabers and charging at the armored tanks of Nazi Germany,
Like de Gaulle climbing out of a tank and looking at Germany The guy's Stuka bombers destroyed his French tanks one by one;
This is a gap in war thinking and cognition, and this gap, in many cases, will cause extremely terrifying consequences. The consequences, its impact, will even exceed the weapons and equipment gap itself.
The southwest of Qian Country is a mountainous area. It’s not that they don’t have horses, but their horses are short and can carry people, but they are more often used to carry goods.
When the chieftains in the southwestern region of Qian State rebelled collectively, the reason why the Qian Army failed to quell the rebellion several times and suffered heavy losses, causing the situation to collapse step by step, was because in the mountains and forests, the native soldiers relied on their familiarity with the mountains to harass them with various methods. , division, sneak attack and other methods, the Qian army was beaten into a state of disarray.
In the mountains and forests, it is difficult for war horses to play a real role. At the same time, Qianguo's cavalry is not very good to begin with.
For this reason, Mrs. Da Xi, including the wolf soldiers under her command, have not really experienced the education of cavalry baptism, so they made the choice to use infantry to pursue the cavalry.
Cavalry is definitely no stranger to them. They also have cavalry. Maybe in their eyes, cavalry is just like this.
But the Yan people’s horses are different from those in the southwest. The Yan people’s understanding and application of cavalry tactics are beyond the reach of the Qian people and chieftains.
Because for hundreds of years, the Yan people have always had a good teacher. This good teacher has been teaching the Yan people how to use cavalry tactics. And in the past hundred years, the Yan people have finally become better than others, and have used their own cavalry tactics. Master, beat him down.
The master here is naturally a barbarian.
The desert barbarians are naturally the group that knows best about cavalry in the world, but the strongest cavalry in the world is in the Yan Kingdom!
A trace of evil spirit flashed deep in Liang Cheng's eyes,
He knew clearly,
My Lord must feel so distressed right now,
Then, let yourself give the Lord the best comfort.
Liang Cheng raised his hand,
These days, the soldiers and horses of Cuiliu Fort have been learning one thing, and that is to "obey orders".
Under Liang Cheng’s instructions, they began to deliberately slow down their horses while escaping.
Since you are so stupid and dare to chase me out,
then let you run a little longer.
No matter how fast you run, can you compare to a four-legged war horse in terms of endurance?
On the north gate tower of Mianzhou City, Meng Gong was holding on to the wall crevices with both hands. He was very anxious because he saw that the Yan cavalry did not flee, but retreated!
Retreat and flee are two completely different meanings, and at the same time, they may also mean two different results.
Meng Gong shouted to the guards around him to beat the gongs, calling for the wolf soldiers to come back.
But it’s no use,
The wolf soldiers have gone crazy,
And,
they never listen to specific greetings on the battlefield.
There are more than a thousand wolf soldiers in the city who are busy treating their injured tribesmen. At the same time, they are happily cutting off the heads of the Yan people, pulling on the Yan people's armor, and picking up the Yan people's weapons.
They heard the shouts and gongs of the gangsters on the tower, but they just smiled and didn't care. They looked at these gangsters with obvious disdain.
You are useless, you are scared to death by the Yan people, but in front of our descendants from the mountains, the Yan people are really nothing more than that!
Meng Gong’s shouting failed to make Mrs. Daxi look back after chasing her out of the city. Meng Gong knew that back then, there was actually a person who could make the chieftains under him obey orders in a good manner.
That is Xianggong Cimian. When Xianggong Cimian was there, the combat effectiveness of the Western Army of Qian State had been greatly improved for a period of time, and the chieftains he conquered did not dare to show any signs of fear in front of his commanding flag. Overstep the rules.
At that time, there was even a voice in the court, that is, if they fully support Mr. Thornface, there is no way Daqian can escape the humiliation bestowed upon him by the first generation Zhenbei Marquis!
But soon, there was no more.
Under the tolerant policy of the Qian Kingdom over the years, the chieftains can be regarded as Anshun, but Meng Gong knew that without the suppression of the assassin-faced sannyasi, this kind of Anshun was really just on the surface. It's just a layer of skin.
Do they really think that the Yan people are the same as Ganjun who lack cavalry?
Do they really think they are the same as the peasant army they faced when they helped put down rebellions several times?
If the Yan people were really like that,
wouldn't Daqian have already gone on the Northern Expedition?
Didn’t the barbarians go south long ago?
Meng Gong was a little helpless and confused.
Now he could only hope that the generals of the Yan army were also frightened.
It was obviously the beginning of a "victory", but
he felt no joy at all.
The fear and uneasiness in his heart turned into a roar,
Meng Gong He punched the wall with his fist and cursed:
"Straight bitch!"
......
Of course Meng Gong's angry wolf soldiers couldn't feel it, but they did feel...a little tired.
The local soldiers are also human beings. Although they have better endurance and are better at running, they have already chased them so far away that the Mianzhou City behind them is a bit blurry.
They are humans after all, but they want to use their own feet to chase down the group of prey on horses.
It can be said that if the distance between the two sides was not being shortened little by little, and if the other party had not been running away without any counterattack, the wolf soldiers would not have pursued them so far.
Mrs. Daxi may not understand the true horror of cavalry, but as a widow who rules a mountain stronghold, she naturally cannot be so miserable. She sensed that her men were a little tired.
At this moment, her intuition as a military strategist made her instinctively want to order to turn back. Since she really couldn't catch up, she shouldn't give up.
Or, grit your teeth and continue chasing for a while? Just for a while?
What Mrs. Da Xi didn't know was that during the strange process of the infantry chasing the cavalry, under Liang Cheng's order, the cavalry at the front had already turned around in batches and started to make detours to both sides.
Zheng Fan also noticed the changes in the troops. At this time, the barbarian soldier who originally carried him had already jumped on the back of another empty horse, allowing Zheng Fan to ride the horse alone.
Zheng Fan knew it was time to take action.
We have to stop, Mrs. Daxi thought to herself.
Because she suddenly discovered keenly that the number of prey she was chasing seemed to be much less.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo [R, , and,"
A long shout came,
The wolf soldiers began to slow down. Some of them were panting, and some were cursing. Those Yan people ran really fast, causing them to lose a lot of money.
However, at this moment, Liang Cheng in front also completely slowed down, and led the cavalry around him to turn the horse's head directly. His eyes looked extremely calmly not far ahead of him. The wolf soldiers here,
and,
The only woman riding a horse among the group of soldiers.
Liang Cheng had to admit that this was a very brave army. Their bravery and courage were much greater than those of the Qianguo army he had encountered.
War often requires bravery and courage, but sometimes, some gaps cannot be bridged simply by courage.
Without armor, without sophisticated weapons, without a strict formation,
How are you going to face my 1,400 cavalry?
The sword in Liang Cheng's hand pointed forward, and at the same time he began to move his horse.
The enemy has gone far enough out of the city.
Next,
it’s time to let them taste the real terror of cavalry!
A haze suddenly hit Mrs. Daxi's heart. She didn't know what was going on, but the ominous premonition was getting heavier and heavier.
“Dong-dong-dong! Dong-dong-dong!”
Suddenly, two cavalrymen appeared on both sides of the wolf soldiers. They were riding horses. They were galloping. They took down their crossbows and bows at the same time.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"
Arrows shot over one after another, and a native soldier fell to the ground after being hit by the arrow.
The soldiers were a little confused, because they did not expect that the prey they had chased and fled in panic would actually dare to turn around and grin at them again.
They were angry, so they started fighting back.
Every wolf soldier is an extremely good hunter in the mountains, which means that their arrows are very accurate.
However, at this time, the Cuiliu Castle cavalry were not living targets that were difficult to move around in the city like before. They were galloping, and at the same time, they also paid attention to keeping a distance.
After a wave of arrows are fired, they will choose to distance themselves again to avoid the wolf soldiers' counterattack, and then, the next wave will continue to press in from the other side in this way, again Shoots a wave of arrows.
While being hit by arrows and aiming at high-speed moving targets, the wolf soldiers’ bows and arrows are not as sharp as when they were hunting in the mountains and forests. As a result, the lethality of the arrows decreased, and they were directly deflected after hitting the armor of the Cuiliu Fort cavalry.
Zheng Fan was also in the team, and he also held a bow and arrow in his hand. Because of A Ming's training, Zheng Fan's archery skills improved a lot during this period. Although he was not as good as the barbarians, he He can infuse his own energy and blood into the arrows, so his arrows can shoot farther and be more powerful.
A wolf soldier was hit by Zheng Fan's arrow. The force of the arrow caused his body to roll over, but Zheng Fan did not cheer happily: "I hit it, I hit it!"
< br>Because it seems that most of the characters on the screen cheering for their shots are preparing for the subsequent headshots and sudden deaths.
At this time, Zheng Shoubei was like a gambler who had just lost a fortune. At this moment, he was determined to regain his place.
Mrs. Daxi soon realized that the situation was extremely bad, and she quickly ordered the team to start retreating. However, how can the speed of human feet compare with that of a four-legged war horse?
At the same time,
These wolf soldiers are also tired.
Liang Cheng did not order a charge, but continued to command his cavalry to harass and tease in this way, using soft knives to slowly cut the flesh.
Perhaps due to the influence of film and television works, in most perceptions, the cavalry means rolling iron hooves and then rushing through the enemy's defense line. Then the cavalry is equivalent to sitting on a high bench and starting to fight with the surrounding people. Enemies cut each other down.
In fact, most generals will not choose to use cavalry in this way unless they have no choice or extreme circumstances.
The reason is very simple,
Too expensive!
The Yan people have always been interested in cavalry, so every year, more than half of the taxes from the Yan State have to be sent to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion to be responsible for raising troops.
For this reason, the Jingnan Army was divided into front camp and rear camp, and why none of the emperors of the Yan Dynasty went south. This is the reason. Raising troops is expensive enough, but once a war breaks out, The Yan State's treasury could not support the war at all.
It is not the ancestors of the Yan people who don’t know that infantry is cheaper, but there is no way, this is all forced, because you have barbarians as neighbors, you can’t let yourself go to the desert on two legs. Fight against the barbarian cavalry?
Cavalry, in the age of cold weapons, is an absolutely expensive thing. If you don't want to be a show-off, then it will cost even more money.
Thinking about the fact that when the Marquis of Zhenbei was a child, he had to fight with the prince Ji Runhao to grab chicken legs and eat them, you can see how frugal the entire Hou family went to maintain the 300,000 Zhenbei Army cavalry.
This is not to say that there is no corruption in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, but its excess losses are definitely at an extremely low point, an unimaginable extremely low point for any vassal town in history. If you dare to commit corruption, you will be punished. Let’s try and see what would happen if the Li family, who lived frugally and lived frugally, found out!
Qianguo also had a horse administration, but firstly, the investment was too big, and secondly, because of the national conditions of Qianguo,
After all, it was not possible to supply and support the warhorses of Qianguo. At best, Just maintain the appearance of a good guy.
The wolf soldiers are now facing an extremely embarrassing situation. They want to retreat, but it is difficult to retreat freely, because the cavalry around them are like dog skin plasters that keep sticking to you and bite you off. Retreat again.
I want to move forward, but I can't catch up with the opponent at all.
Mrs. Da Xi’s face was as dark as water. She knew that the general of the Yan army was giving her a lesson, but she could not afford the money for this lesson.
Cutting flesh with a soft knife is also a terrible thing, because human mental resistance has its limits.
Especially when being surrounded, teased, and harassed by the cavalry, this desperate mood will gradually be amplified and amplified...
Even for extremely outstanding soldiers with military discipline and restraint It is difficult for the army not to collapse in such a situation with no internal or external support and no hope, let alone the wolf soldiers who can only rely on pure blood and bravery to fight this kind of war.
Their courage comes fiercely, but when they collapse, it will be even more complete!
They are actually more like a group of mobs. In the mountains, they can take advantage of their hunters' instincts and familiar terrain, but in fact, they are not much different from the peasant army. , it just surpassed the peasant army in terms of morale and bravery.
Finally,
they began to collapse,
Some people began to run away desperately,
They instinctively want to go back to the city,
because they remember that in the city before, these Yan people were not so scary!
They were going back to the city, back to the city, running alone, in pairs, and then in groups.
Mrs. Daxi’s long shouts were no longer able to gather her tribesmen at this time.
The wolf soldiers, who did not have an obvious formation in the first place, completely lost their formation at this time. , they dispersed!
At this moment,
Liang Cheng raised his long sword and issued a new order.
At this moment, all the cavalry retracted their arrows, bows and crossbows, they drew out their sabers, and they began to fully unleash the power of their horses without any room left.
The prey has collapsed under their training. Next, it’s time to harvest.
Liang Cheng slashed his sword, leaving an afterimage, and shouted:
"Charge!"(End of Chapter)