Chapter 534 [Difficulty (V)]

Chapter 534 [Difficulty (V)]

The Boluo people did not react slowly. Since they understood that the Northern Army was clearly looking for trouble, they soon made preparations for the army to mobilize and prepare for war. A small part of the Boluo people's 30,000 troops were originally scattered all over the place, but there were 20,000 main forces, and a reorganized corps were stationed in their capital.

Hillman immediately ordered the entire army to mobilize a corps stationed in the capital, prepare as quickly as possible, mobilize food and grass, and then ordered the army to set sail toward the border border with the Northern Army.

Although this Naked Governor is a famous weirdo on the mainland, at least he is not an idiot. He knows very well that since Xia Ya has broken up with him, the next thing will be a battle that concerns the life and death of the two families.

Just fight!!

What the Boluo people have been speculating about is how many troops the Northern Army can send to attack them.

Although the Northern Army is good at fighting, everyone knows that their troops are not very strong. Moreover, with the forces surrounding the Northern Army currently... they cannot send out all the troops. They always have to keep some guards and deal with other forces taking advantage of the situation.

According to the Boluo people's speculation, the limit that the Northern Army can mobilize is only half of its troops.

Ten thousand? Twenty thousand?

At this time, the general who was a castrated military leader in the Boluo Military Region put forward his opinion: "The opponent's troops will not be more than 20,000. Moreover, they come to attack us from afar, running all the way, and the supply line will be lengthened, which is a heavy burden for them. We only need to gather troops and confront them. After all, there are other forces around the Northern Army, and those are all our Red Round Table. As long as you write a few letters to several allies, you ask them to take the opportunity to give the Northern Army some pain behind their backs. At that time, Xia Ya, who learned that his nest was attacked by others, will definitely not be able to confront us for a long time here. As long as they can withdrew, we can take the opportunity to counterattack and defeat them!!"

This plan is not wrong. Judging from the situation at that time, such judgments, speculations, and calculations were very reasonable.

But...the facts...

When Governor Hillman took his 20,000 main army to Xiliuwan City, which was closest to the border, finally waited for the news that Xia Ya personally led the army to come to the door, the military information sent back by the scout shocked everyone in the Boluo Military Region!

"Five, five hundred?!!! It's really only five hundred?!!"

The scout's answer was very yes.

Moreover, this place is called Xiliuwan, which is the recess of a river on the border between two families. It is an open plain of river beaches and plains. It is a flat area at first glance. It is absolutely impossible for a place to hide large-scale ambush.

That is to say...

"He really only brought five hundred people and called him?!!"

Hillman suddenly screamed after a brief shock.

At this moment, the Governor, who had already made a tough battle, was not surprised at all - he felt that he was insulted! Does this guy despise me? Even though I knew that I had tens of thousands of troops, I actually brought 500 people to find fault?

He, he, he, he thinks I am made of mud?!!

Hillman, who was dazed by anger, immediately made a decision: go out of the city to fight!!

The castrated general did not object to the governor's order, and in fact he did not think there was any reason to object.

Five hundred people... That Xia Leiming was really crazy!

We have 20,000 people! A reorganized corps! What kind of waves can five hundred people make? Twenty thousand people, you can trample on the other side if you don’t need to be beaten, and you can trample on the other side to death!!

Since this is the case, what else can I worry about? Anyway, the scouts have already made it clear that there are no traces of the ambush of the opponent's large troops within a radius of dozens of miles.

Five hundred people? Then fight, no conspiracy is needed, and they will be destroyed directly!

There was an agreement within the whole country, and the crowd was excited to fight. So the first large-scale battle in the north of the Byzantine Empire: the Battle of Xiliu Bay, which kicked off.

...

Many historical materials from later generations have recorded the Xiliu Bay Battle. But the same is true that all historical materials record the battle very briefly, with almost no detailed description.

Because... the process of this battle was too short and ended too quickly.

Well, now let's take a look at some of the basic situations of this battle at that time.

First, location: Xiliu Bay.

This is located at the berth of a river at the junction of the two families, a plain where the river hits. On the other side of the river is a fortress built by the Boro. If an enemy invades, the fortress will become a nail that holds here.

The place of battle was an open plain, which could be said to be a natural battlefield. It was open on all sides, without any obstruction, without woods, and without hills.

The two sides fighting were 20,000 troops in the Boluo Military Region, with 4,000 infantry heavy and 15,000 infantry light. In addition, there was a cavalry team of thousands of people.

And here in the Northern Army, there are only Xia Ya and the Fortune Five Hundred Cavalry Camp.

20000 vs 500.

In this battle, the Boro did not make any consideration and directly pulled the team out of the fortress and placed it on the plain.

Even the Governor Hillmann specially left his 1,000 cavalry team on the flank - his plan was that once he won, he could use the cavalry to surround the enemy's retreat and defeat the abominable Shay's Thunder in one fell swoop!

Let that bastard be buried in Xiliu Bay!

Since you are here, don't go back!

...

At noon on that day, Xia Ya's army arrived here. Looking at the dark array of 20,000 people across the street, Xia Ya took the lead, looked at it for a while, and smiled and said, "This guy is very cooperative. He actually pulled out such a person. Compared to his family, he brought out all his family."

The two armies quickly set off on the battlefield and began to confront each other.

When the Boluo people looked at the small team here in Chara, many people smiled proudly. In their opinion, there was no need to say the ending of this situation.

Even the cavalry on the flanks have ordered the preparations for encirclement.

Governor Hillman was in the team. He looked at the tiny cavalry unit opposite him. Until now, he couldn't believe that the other party had actually brought such a few people to fight.

The only one who noticed something was wrong was the general Boluo, who was a castrated man. He was surprised to find a detail: the five hundred cavalry brought by Xia Ya were actually light cavalry!

These cavalry did not wear tight and heavy armor. Most of them only wore the lightest breastplate, covering only the vital parts - some guys even wore leather armor directly!

This is simply the equipment of the light cavalry.

However, compared with their light armor, the weapons used by these "light cavalry" are all heavy weapons for heavy armored cavalry to rush into the formation!

Double-edged battle axe, edge hammer, mace, heavy rifle...

These are by no means the weapons that light cavalry should use.

And he also noticed that all the cavalry on the other side, each of whom was a powerful and powerful man, was even a bit too exaggerated.

However, unlike the simple armor of the cavalry, those war horses were covered with tight heavy armor.

People don’t have armor, but horses are armor... Where is this strange truth in the world?

There in Charia, the cavalry were making the final preparations before the war in an orderly manner. They drove the horses to the distance behind them, and all the armored war horses were lined up, and five hundred cavalry formed a formation. These guys were not making noise, and they looked at the huge square formation of the Boro people opposite quietly and indifferently.

Before the official start of the fight, the Boros showed their arrogance—in contrast to such a power, they did seem to have reason to be arrogant.

Governor Hillman sent dozens of people to yell and scold the Northern Army for being betrayal, heartless, and despicable, while also encouraging their morale and shouting loudly...

With these shouts, the Boluo army was fighting with great enthusiasm and became excited. The soldiers raised their weapons and shouted loudly, and the shields knocked loudly...

On the opposite side, Xia Ya sat on the horse, yawned lazily, and looked at Boluo Jun who was shouting and jumping up and down.

He yawned boredly and opened his mouth, then raised his hand and waved it, as if driving away flies, frowned at the cavalry beside him and said, "It's so noisy, go and trample them to death."

Then……

...

Then, Boluo Army was really trampled to death by them!

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The process of the Battle of Xiliu Bay was very short, very simple, and so simple!

Just after Charia ordered the charge, the five hundred cavalry rushed towards the 20,000 army on the opposite side with a resolute attitude.

Then... I went in!

A scene that subverts everyone's military common sense immediately unfolds:

The five hundred cavalry of the Northern Army rushed in easily from the left wing ribs of the Boro! During the charge of their five hundred cavalry, the Boro archers' troops immediately completed two rounds of volleys in the back row.

However, what shocked everyone was that the two volleys of the archers caused to the Northern Army was zero!

The flying arrows fell on the cavalry of the Northern Army, and they were really like drizzle. The cavalry didn't even have the interest to raise their shields to block them. They rushed in under the flying rain of arrows! All the arrows shot on them bounced away easily...

It seems that they are not charging forward in the rain of arrows, but in the drizzle!

Before the Boro had time to be shocked, the cavalry had already rushed to their left wing ribs.

The heavily armored infantry in the front of the Boluo people had already raised their shields, and the spears that were like forests were discharged from the gap between the shields!

This is the most standard and effective formation to deal with cavalry charges!

According to normal military common sense, if the enemy has thousands of cavalry, it will be a considerable price to break through this solid steel array.

But Shaya only subverted common sense once again.

Five hundred cavalry rushed to the cavalry formation with shields, spears, and heavy armor, and rushed in directly!

Without any skills or any tricks, you just hit the front and then... you break through!

It seemed that what was standing in front of them was not a heavy armored infantry square, but a thin piece of paper for rubbing the butt!!

Then, the Boro people's nightmare began.

They were frightened to find that not only the arrows shot by the archers before could not cause damage to these enemies, but even the spears and swords in their hands could not harm the other party! The swords that were chopped on the other party were like being chopped on a stone!

Charia's five hundred cavalry almost forcibly crashed into the Boro team in a arrogant and unreasonable way, and then directly tore their team apart!

There was even a ridiculous scene on the battlefield: Finally, the cavalry of the Northern Army rushed into the Boro team. The horses were tripped by the corpses on the ground. The cavalry fell to the ground and were squeezed in the middle by several desperate Boro soldiers around them. Several swords and spears were stabbed at the same time. But after stabbing for a long time, the cavalry did not suffer any damage at all. Instead, they swung the hammer in their hands, swept across the Boro soldiers, and then turned on the horse again...

This battle cannot be fought!!

Charia's cavalry was rampant among the huge Boluo army formations and was invincible. The square formations were quickly torn and smashed. The cavalry goal of the Northern Army was very clear: the flag of Governor Hillman, the central army!

Hillman was frightened to find that his strong army was more fragile than tofu in front of his footsteps against the cavalry. His army was overturned, and the other party was almost rushing under his nose. The first reaction of this governor who liked to run naked was to... turn around and run away!

As soon as the coach ran, the coach's flag fell down, and the Boluo army, who were still barely resisting around, finally collapsed instantly.
To be continued...