Luo Luo Bupo led 20,000 Xianbei cavalry and ran for 100 miles before encountering the vanguard of the Tengjia Army led by Wang Yong.
The scout troops of both sides fought fiercely, but in the end, the Tengjia army relied on the three-piece cavalry suit and the new type of repeated crossbows to suppress the Xianbei scouts, preventing them from getting much information.
When his subordinates reported the report, Luo Luo Bupo couldn't believe it at all. He went to the scout commander and said angrily: "What are you doing for food? You are actually suppressed by the Han people in riding and shooting!"
The scout commander Luo Luozhe said aggrievedly: "Commander, the Han people are all experts in riding skills. They can fire crossbows with both hands without controlling the horse. Such riding skills are rare in our Xianbei country, let alone the Han people."
The crossbow arrows are also very powerful. Not only can they shoot far and accurately, but they can also shoot very fast. One of my subordinate cavalry squads had originally surrounded a Han cavalry, but he shot seven or eight arrows in a row with the crossbow arrows, injuring three of me.
The men broke out of the siege and fled directly."
Luo Luo Bupo couldn't believe it and said: "How is it possible? Even if the Han people are very good at crossbows, how can their riding skills be so superb?"
Luo Luo Bu Po didn't know that what they encountered was the repeating crossbow that Xu Wei had just developed. The principle was the same as that of an air gun. A lever was used to push the bow string. There was also an arrow box above that could hold 10 long arrows. In other words, it could be compared to
Drawing a bow can shoot 10 long arrows at a faster speed. Of course, the disadvantage is that the range is relatively short! So it has not been widely used.
Luo Luozhe thought for a while and replied: "Commander, it is said that this Lei Gong has taken in tens of thousands of Xiongnu, Wuwan, and Xianbei tribes. Could it be that Lei Gong organized them into cavalry, so that it would make sense that they have superb riding skills?
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Luo Luo Bu Po felt that there was something wrong with this. He didn't believe that Lei Gong was so magnanimous that he would use his sophisticated weapons on barbarians, but he couldn't figure out why, so he didn't continue to think about it.
The problem he has to face now is how to stop Xu Wei from supporting Pingcheng Wubao.
"I didn't expect that Thunder Lord would come so quickly. In just 5 days, Thunder Lord's vanguard has almost reached Pingcheng. If we hadn't stopped Thunder Lord in advance, we would have been blocked by him in the mountains."
After thinking for a while, he ordered to his men: "Let's go and meet Lei Gong's vanguard troops to see if they are really that elite!"
At the same time, Wang Yong was also listening to the news obtained by the scouts!
"General, the enemy is General Luo Luo Bu Po of the Xianbei tribe in the west. He has about 20,000 cavalry."
Wang Yong said solemnly: "The Xianbei people have come here. It seems that Pingcheng Wubao has been breached!"
The scout thought for a while and said: "General, my subordinates did not see the large Xianbei army. Logically speaking, if the Xianbei people really broke through Pingchengwu Fort, they would have mobilized a large army instead of only 20,000 people like now."
Wang Yong's eyes lit up and he thought this was the truth, so he said: "You can find a way to take people to Pingcheng to check the situation!"
The scout could only say with a grimace: "No!"
The next day!
Luo Luo Bupo ordered 20,000 Xianbei cavalry to gather together and arrange them in a cone-shaped formation.
Wang Yong, the vanguard, saw the Xianbei people putting up an offensive formation and immediately ordered four battalions of cavalry to form a dense formation. The two sides faced each other less than 5 miles apart.
Luo Luo Bupo came to the front of the military formation and found that Lei Gong's military formation was so dazzling that it was difficult for him to look straight at it.
When he saw it clearly, he couldn't help but use the words he learned from Han to curse: "That's your mother! This Lei Gong really robbed Jizhou. He actually had thousands of sets of iron armor, and even the soldiers were wearing iron armor!"
He still didn't know that if Xu Wei hadn't devoted himself to farming, most of the steel would have been used in production, and only 20,000 troops would have fully popularized iron armor.
After the expansion of the army, the world has barely produced more than 10,000 sets of armor in more than a month. However, facing an army of 100,000 people is really a drop in the bucket. There is no way to popularize less than 30% of the number of armors, and among them, the cavalry is the vanguard.
, several thousand more sets of armor were distributed, and the number of armors in stock exceeded 30%.
In this era, iron armor was still a very precious luxury product. The price of a set of iron armor exceeded 100,000 yuan. Even among the Han Dynasty, only mid-level and senior officers at the rank of captain could afford to buy it. Among the Hu people,
Xiaoshuai cannot be popularized even at level 1, because they have lost the technology tree of blacksmithing, so they can only grab the big man's. If you grab it, you will have it. If you can't grab it, you won't have it. Among the 20,000 soldiers, there are less than a hundred people with iron armor.
When he saw the precious armor worn on the soldiers, why didn't he want to curse, why didn't he feel envious, jealous, and hateful!
"Luo Luoheng, you take 3,000 people to test the strength of the Han people!" Luo Luo Bupo ordered.
Luo Luoheng said: "Understood!"
Then he waved his hand and said to his men: "Warriors of Xianbei, follow me to kill the Han people!"
"kill!"
A huge horn sound suddenly rose into the sky, and Luo Luoheng's 3,000 troops followed him out of the formation slowly. The soldiers' shouts instantly resounded through the open wilderness.
After Wang Yong saw the movements of the Xianbei people, he shouted: "Li Gang!"
Li Gang stepped out and said: "My subordinates are here!"
"You take 3,000 people to test the strength of these Xianbei people!"
Li Gang cupped his fists and said with a smile: "No!"
Then he shouted to his battalion: "Front, left, and middle troops will fight with me!"
The soldiers from the front, left, and middle groups all shouted: "Kill!" and then followed Li Gang out of the queue!
Li Gang stood at the front of the military formation, drew his long sword and pointed it at the Xianbei people: "Everyone, kill me!"
The soldiers also shouted "Kill!"
The 3,000 iron cavalry were like a strong wind, and the sound of the horses and iron was so thunderous that they viciously swept towards the rushing enemy troops.
Luo Luoheng also drew his saber, pointed at Li Gang and shouted: "Warriors of the tribe, now is the time for everyone to show their courage. Kill all the enemies and rob Mayi! Kill!"
After saying that, he was the first to rush out!
The Xianbei soldiers also shouted: "Kill all the enemies and seize all the Mayi! Kill!"
Then he followed Luo Luoheng and rushed towards Li Gang's department!
The two armies rushed towards each other and approached quickly.
Facing the roaring and killing Han army, Luo Luoheng suddenly showed an expression of excitement on his face. He was like a bad wolf seeing its long-lost prey. When the enemy came 100 steps closer.
"Raise your bow and prepare to shoot!" Luo Luoheng raised his bow and arrow and shouted.
Xianbei soldiers are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles, especially cavalry combat, which they are most familiar with. Luo Luoheng just called out that these veterans had already set up their bows and arrows, preparing to shoot the Han people to death when they entered the shooting range.
But Li Gang and his crossbows had already been aimed at these Xianbei people.
"shoot!"
"Boohoo!"
I saw 3,000 long arrows roaring in the air, shooting at the Xianbei people. The Xianbei soldiers who rushed to the front were instantly filled with long arrows and fell down their horses, and were overwhelmed by the horses coming from behind. The Xianbei people obviously suffered a disadvantage in the first wave of attacks.
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Rushing into the range of the cavalry bow, Luo Luoheng shot an arrow at a Han soldier, and more than 2,000 long arrows roared behind him. The Xianbei people immediately counterattacked with their own cavalry bows.
Long arrows roar like rain!
Li Gang shouted: "Raise your shield!"
The shields on the war horses were made of rattan armor wrapped with a layer of iron. They were light and strong, stronger than ordinary one-inch-thick wooden shields. The long arrows of the Xianbei people were bounced away, and only a few unlucky ones were shot off the horse.
After a round of shooting from both sides, the soldiers on both sides were already within 20 steps of each other.
Luo Luoheng and Li Gang shouted almost at the same time: "Draw your sword and kill!"
The war horses were galloping on the grassland, the soldiers were shouting and shouting heartily, and the two iron cavalry collided in an instant.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
In an instant, the place where the two sides collided was full of blood and people fell on their backs!