Chapter 80 Are you still fighting?
This man from the Virat tribe did not get a chance to survive. He had become the giant wolf's dinner. King Voss was so angry that he personally ordered his troops to avenge his son!
In this battle, the number of casualties on both sides was about the same. When Ma Da came to visit Hong Liang, he reported the exact number: "Uncle, 4,567 people were killed and 1,839 were injured, including 37 seriously injured.
Seventeen people.”
"Sigh." Hong Liang sighed and said nothing. These 377 people were seriously injured, but I don't know how many lives can be saved. On the front line where there is a lack of medical treatment and medicine, minor injuries often turn into serious injuries, and serious injuries turn into death.
Life is raised by parents, whose life is not valuable?
Seeing his uncle sigh, Ma Da knew what his uncle was thinking. When he first entered the military camp, he was also so sad. Although his uncle would be sad at that time, he was never like this.
On the other hand, I have become numb to the number of casualties, thinking that this is maturity and life. But seeing my uncle's current appearance, I thought that maybe when I get older, I will have a new appreciation for life.
"Uncle," Ma Da interrupted his sadness, "we have more than 800 horses! Purebred Voss horses!"
"More than eight hundred horses? That many?" Hong Liang was surprised.
"Yes, it's a big bargain! They didn't have time to mount their horses when they ran away! There was such a big group of horses that they couldn't wait for their owners to come and they all went to graze in the back mountain! Our soldiers discovered this in the morning when they went to collect water from the spring in the back mountain."
This is really a big surprise. Daxuan Kingdom is a plain country. Although the land is fertile and easy to cultivate, it is not suitable for producing good horses. The best horses in Daxuan are all horses obtained from Voss in recent years.
Crossbred with local horses. Not only are they not as good as the Wass horse in size, they are also far behind in terms of endurance.
"Also, uncle, when our soldiers were cleaning the sabers of the Voss people, they found that although their knives were very good, the blades were still much different from ours." As he said that, Ma Da took his saber and the captured one.
The ring-shou knife was handed to Hong Liang for inspection.
The blade of the Huanshou sword does have a chip. Although it is not deep, it is quite a lot. On the other hand, the motor's sword only has shallow holes.
"It's just that there are too few. It would be great if the entire army could be equipped with these No. 1 Baolu steel ones!" Ma Da said with a hint of regret in his tone.
The physical gap with the Voss people is difficult to make up. It is whatever God gives it, and it cannot be changed. But the knife can be changed.
"This will take time. Arms workshops and engineering departments in various places are rushing to work." Hong Liang comforted: "They can all be replaced. I heard that our mines are rich!"
If Chu Qing was contracted to build this sword, it might be faster, but now Chu Qing only supplies iron ingots, and the weapons workshop in Jizhou can't use them all.
It was peaceful for five consecutive days. The Vos people retreated thirty miles to camp and never dared to attack again. It was said that their food and grass were insufficient and the gap was huge. As a result, these brave soldiers often left the camp to hunt, otherwise they would starve.
The people of Wos were worried about food, but Hongliang was not idle. They made use of the small valley. First, they cut down a few trees across the mouth of the valley, which were not high enough, just high enough for the horses to speed up and jump in. Then at the bottom of the valley
Trenches were dug one after another. Boards were then cut and built up, and then covered with soil. Trenches and traps were created one after another to ensure that the cavalry who jumped in would stumble!
Although the valley is not big, it is definitely possible for the Voss people to lose some cavalry. When we fought the first battle a few days ago, we were in a hurry and started the battle almost as soon as we arrived. We had no chance to do this. Otherwise, he would not have died that day.
Daxuan's soldiers.
King Voss came with his cavalry, and he only raised 20,000 warriors. Although all the people of Voss were soldiers, it was not difficult to bring more troops, but the season was not right. He needed his people to cultivate food.
The climate in Voss is very complicated, with long winters and large expanses of desert. They have very little arable land. And they are not good at farming.
The farming method is also very extensive. Basically, after planting in the spring, I leave, and then go back here in the fall to see how much crops have grown.
This is also related to their geographical environment. They cannot stay in one place for a long time. The cattle, sheep and horses will eat up all the turf, which will lead to desertification and another desert. But they also need food.
On the sixth day, King Vos integrated the two groups of troops together with more than 60,000 cavalry and arrived at the mouth of the valley. Without any pre-battle mobilization, he did not even shout a slogan to avenge the Ninth Prince, but just charged with murderous intent.
Come over, dust and sand will spread all over the place, rolling in like a sandstorm.
The few trees lying across the valley entrance did not catch the eyes of Cavalry Voss at all. He lifted the reins a little and the horse crossed over easily. But... the horse landed on something other than the ground. When the hooves stepped down, the planks flew or broke.
The cavalrymen fell into the tunnel one after another. Before they could climb out, the horses that jumped in from behind were trampling on them without stopping.
I don’t know how many knights and horses were trapped in the trenches, but it was impossible to stop the horse team rushing in at high speed. Even if the reins were tightened to slow down the horses, they would be knocked into the ditch by the horses following them. Until the tunnel was blocked
When there are enough people and horses, the horses behind can continue to move forward.
Hong Liang and Ma Da, who were standing on the slope behind the valley preparing for the battle, looked at each other with the same regret in their eyes - what a pity. What they regret is that there are so many purebred Voss horses.
King Vos was so angry that his eyes were about to spit out fire: "Kill me! Anyone who kills an official will be rewarded with a thousand cattle and sheep! The bigger the official, the greater the reward!"
The declining morale was revived. They rushed up the ramp, stepping on the corpses of their companions who had filled the tunnel. The entrance was too narrow, and the cavalry had to be squeezed into a long snake formation to rush upward, but they rushed up,
What awaited them was a hail of arrows.
These arrows are not the same, many of them are Voss's arrows. Shooting their own people to death with their own arrows, these Voss cavalry feel so cowardly and heartbroken!
King Voss also rushed into the valley, with the guards and flag bearers around him closely following him. King Voss raised his hand to stop the team and shouted: "Fire the arrows!" They also had arrows, and their cavalry were all gods.
Shooter!
The cavalry fired arrows towards the high point on the back slope. If they rushed in, the route would be uneven and tortuous, but when they released arrows, the straight-line distance was just enough for one arrow. What's more, the Voss people were strong and used two weapons.
A heavy bow above stone!
For a time, there was a rain of arrows, and some arrows even collided in the air and fell straight down. Suddenly, the Daxuan soldiers started making noise, the war drums became louder and faster, and the soldiers became more excited!
"What's going on?" King Voss asked warily. This felt very wrong.
"Report!" A rider rushed back to report: "Their soldiers are shouting, 'The army is getting reinforcements!'"
"Army reinforcements? Why so fast!" King Vos was shocked!
"Yes, Your Majesty! That's what I called for reinforcements from the army!" the rider repeated.
Yes, reinforcements from the army have arrived. After the 300,000-strong army entered the palace, they were divided into two parts, with 100,000 troops guarding along the road. Another 200,000 troops came to the north to aid Hong Liang.
After all, Dong Lun Kingdom is just a small country, not much bigger than Jizhou. Their kings are all dead, and they can no longer gather any effective forces.
But Hong Liang was using only 120,000 infantrymen to carry the cavalry of the Kingdom of Voss to death. He was really risking his life.
Chapter completed!