Being awakened from sleep twice in a row, even these cavalrymen who were accustomed to sleeping soundly on horseback became anxious one by one.
If Haruyi hadn't been clear-headed and forcibly suppressed his men, those cavalrymen might have braved the night and charged towards the second city wall.
During that night, the gong and drum team sent by Fang Xiaoyue beat the gongs and drums seven times.
The barbarian cavalry was tortured very hard.
Fortunately, Haruya could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the hazy sky gradually getting brighter.
He swore! When daylight comes, he will pick out all the Daze people in this county and kill them one by one!
But just as Haruya fell asleep, there was another burst of movement.
This made Haruyi relax his vigilance. These hateful Daze people know how to disgust people.
But the next moment, painful screams came from the city wall.
Two crossbow arrows passed through the city wall, broke the wooden shield, and drove several cavalrymen down the city wall.
"Enemy attack!"
This made Haruya suddenly wake up from his sleep.
When he cheered up and looked around with a machete, he discovered that a group of enemies dressed in black and carrying long swords had climbed up the city wall and were constantly attacking the listless cavalry.
"hateful!"
Seeing that dozens of cavalrymen were killed with such a good kung fu, Haru was very angry, and then he raised his sword and faced a man in black.
But as soon as they fought, Haruyu discovered that the opponent's strength was beyond his imagination, and his sword skills were extremely fast. Not to mention that he had been tortured all night, and now he was at a low state both mentally and physically.
Therefore, with just a few moves, Haruyu fell into crisis and received several knife wounds on his body.
If it weren't for the awakening and reaction caused by the severe pain, he would have been killed by the opponent's knife at this time.
Fortunately, as a captain of thousands, Haruyi was always accompanied by a dozen personal guards.
Seeing that their captain was in crisis, the personal guards rushed to the rescue.
However, the strength of the two sides was quite different. After a while, several personal guards were killed by the other side.
At this time, other cavalrymen on the city wall were also hacked to death by the men in black.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
After desperately resisting for half an hour, Haruyi had to give the order to retreat.
No way, except for the elite cavalry he personally led, the rest of the cavalry were herdsmen cavalry. They were fine on horseback, but when they got off the horse and came to the city wall, their strength was not that good.
What's more, the men in black who launched the night attack this time were all the Taoist soldiers who were first trained by Fang Xiaoyue.
They were led by Zhang Yuanming, and together with Fang Shangou, there were only eighteen people present.
But for the last time, they have mastered the Sky-shattering Sword Technique to the middle level.
By the way, Fang Shangou saw blood in these battles, so he was promoted to mid-level.
A group of Taoist soldiers who have mastered the Heaven-shaking Sword Technique and above not only have amazing individual combat power, but when they form a Shocking Sword Formation, they are also able to gather the power of everyone and spread the damage.
In short, even if Haruyu's elite cavalry is mounted, they are no match for these Taoist soldiers in one-on-one combat.
As for eighteen knights versus eighteen men, they are no match.
Coupled with the unconsciousness, reduced physical strength, etc. caused by disturbing the enemy before, the disastrous defeat of the barbarian cavalry is normal.
After being driven down the city wall by the men in black, Haru did not dare to stay under the city wall for a long time, but ran away with his cavalry.
It wasn't until they were on horseback two hundred meters away that the uneasiness in their hearts dissipated.
But after Haru's inspection after dawn, he discovered that the elite cavalry he led were fine during the night attack, and only more than a dozen personal guards were killed.
But the losses of those herdsmen cavalry were heavy.
In just half an hour of fighting, the herdsmen and cavalry dropped more than 300 corpses on the city wall.
In other words, up to now, the remaining troops in Haru Service are only more than 600 elite cavalry and 2,300 herdsman cavalry.
In other words, from the time when Haru Yong first attacked the city until now, he has lost more than a thousand troops, and about 300 of them were elite cavalry.
It is quite reasonable to say that such huge losses should be placed on those counties and cities.
The Xiwan barbarians had conquered many small counties like this before. On average, the loss of troops to conquer a small county would not exceed two hundred.
As a result, Haruyi did not dare to go back now. Once he returned and reported to Jinlu Khan, he was worried that Jinlu Khan would behead him in anger.
Although Haruyi's sister is Jinluhan's concubine, he himself can barely be regarded as Jinluhan's brother-in-law.
But Jinlu Khan had more than fifty concubines!
Such a big loss, beheading a brother-in-law, was nothing to Jin Luhan.
There are also countless brothers-in-law who are willing to send their sisters to Jin Luhan's bed for the sake of the position of captain.
It's that simple.
Therefore, Haruyi weighed in his mind for a long time. Now his only way out is to capture this county. In that case, the property and women obtained may be able to calm Jinlu Khan's anger.
Of course, even so, Haruyi did not dare to attack the city immediately.
You must know that the morale of the remaining herdsmen cavalry has been extremely low. If they are forced to attack the city, they may just rebel.
Although it is not too difficult for his more than 600 elite cavalry to defeat the 2,300 herdsmen cavalry, they are of the same race, and many of them are somewhat related to each other.
If they really wanted to kill him, many of the elite cavalry would not be able to do it.
So Haru simply took the cavalry far away, preparing to repair for a few days and regain morale before attacking the city again.
But what Haru Yi never expected was that on that night, Fang Xiaoyue personally led Taoist soldiers to raid them.
It was a disastrous defeat for the first time, and the cavalrymen were very vigilant as they slept with their horses in their arms.
In addition, after nightfall, the Haru Army also arranged dozens of cavalry to serve as sentries on the periphery.
But Ha Luyi didn't expect that Fang Xiaoyue had developed an invisibility charm.
To say that this invisibility charm is actually pretty useless.
It can only be used by a single person, the invisibility time is only five minutes, and it cannot cover up the breath, sound and traces of the feet. The most important thing is that the effect of the invisibility charm will be completely dissipated the moment it attacks the enemy.
Such an invisibility charm would have little effect in a battle between Taoist priests.
Most Taoist priests who have entered the sect can easily see through the concealing effect of the invisibility charm.
But here, this invisibility charm plays a big role.
After Fang Xiaoyue and others discovered the barbarian cavalry's roaming sentry in the distance, they used the invisibility charm to get closer.
Since Fang Xiaoyue and others could not be seen with the naked eye, even if those swimming sentries heard the slightest footsteps, they could not accurately judge the direction of the enemy.
In this way, these wandering sentinels were quickly cut off one by one.
Before Fang Xiaoyue and others launched another attack, they each applied an invisibility charm.
And the troops dispatched this time were not just Taoist soldiers.
Fang Xiaoyue brought out all the more than 400 county soldiers. After cutting off the sentries, he deployed the county soldiers in the north and southeast directions, while he led the eighteen Taoist soldiers in from the west.
In fact, being attacked at night is a very scary thing.
The so-called roaring camp and bombing of the camp often occur at night.
In the dark night, even though the Haru Ministry of Commerce lit more than a dozen bonfires, it was still pitch black when looking outside.
Human fear comes from the unknown.
Especially when seeing one of his own race turned into a corpse after just a short moment of fighting, this kind of fear is naturally amplified infinitely.
What's more, the previous disastrous defeat caused low morale.
As a result, even Haru's panic was unable to stop the cavalry from fleeing madly.
In fact, Haru's fate was decided when he brought dozens of soldiers to block the enemy's surprise attack.
Fang Xiaoyue, who was taking the lead, didn't care who the enemy was on the opposite side. Just looking at Haru's superior armor that was different from other cavalry, he knew he had caught a big fish.
After Fang Xiaoyue used the martial arts sword technique that reached level 15, the dagger he held in his right hand seemed to be condensed with starlight and swept out gently.
In the blink of an eye, Haru Yi and dozens of his soldiers were cut in half at the waist. Their upper and lower bodies were separated and fell to the ground, howling in pain.
Seeing that all their captains were killed with one sword, the remaining brave cavalry collapsed in an instant.
The enemy is too strong and they are completely unable to resist.
In such a situation, their only option is to escape.
However, Fang Xiaoyue had no intention of letting them escape at all, and led the Taoist soldiers in pursuit.
It's just that he rarely uses the sword-light sweep like before.
In addition to the high consumption of this move, it is too easy to accidentally injure one's own people in a melee under the cover of night.
But even so, no cavalry caught up by Fang Xiaoyue could escape his fatal sword.
The raid battle quickly turned into a pursuit battle and an interception battle.
The whole battle lasted for more than an hour before it ended.
Even those cavalrymen who were the first to flee suffered heavy losses under the interception of county soldiers from three directions.
When the battle was over, Fang Xiaoyue couldn't help but sigh softly after summarizing the situation.
The first death in battle in Qiongshui County finally appeared.
To say that Qiongshui County was unscathed in the previous city defense battle is a miracle in the military history of Daze Kingdom.
However, in this nighttime raid, three county soldiers were killed, five were seriously injured, and 13 were slightly injured.
Death in war is inevitable.
Fang Xiaoyue knew this very well.
After all, the enemy is a cavalry force of up to 3,000 men!
Compared with the battle losses in Qiongshui County, the losses on the barbarian side were huge.
After the war, more than 2,200 corpses were counted, and more than 300 barbarian cavalry surrendered.
Nearly five hundred barbarian cavalry escaped.
This is not surprising. It was night after all. Although Fang Xiaoyue had made arrangements as carefully as possible, it was simply impossible for the 400 or so county soldiers to surround the area in three directions.
If they hadn't set up traps such as horse-blocking ropes in advance, more cavalry would have escaped.
After all, cavalry are mounted on horses and can move much faster than human legs.
As for the harvest, it is also huge.
Since the raid was conducted at night, the barbarians were caught off guard, and many of the war horses had no time to be untied from their hitching posts. Therefore, more than 2,000 war horses were seized after the war, and there were hundreds of horse corpses.
As for scimitars, armor, leather armor, riding bows, food and grass, etc., it is difficult to count them in a short time.
After counting the loot, Fang Xiaoyue led his troops to escort the prisoners and led the horses back to the city.
When the county soldiers returned to the county town, the whole county town became lively.
People bravely came out to watch the prisoners, captured war horses and other trophies.
After Fang Xiaoyue sent out patrolling sentries, he set up a big pot in the open space in front of the county government gate.
The dead horses were pulled out first, disemboweled and cleaned, and turned into half-palm-sized pieces of meat, which were put into large pots and boiled in water.
When the horse meat is half cooked, pour away the boiling water, add fresh water, then add ginger, star anise and other spices, and simmer over high heat.
Wait half an hour before serving, then add rice and simmer over low heat.
After it is cooked like this, it is a famous northern dish: rice stew.
Of course, in the past, this famous dish was made with mutton or beef, and horse meat was reluctant to part with it.
After all, the value of live horses is much higher than that of cattle and sheep, and in the North, horses are basically military supplies. Anyone who dares to kill a live horse will be beheaded.
But this time it was different. There were too many horse carcasses recovered from this battle in Qiongshui County.
There were more than five hundred war horse corpses. Even if the county soldiers burst their stomachs, they would not be able to eat all the horse meat before it rotted.
That's why Fang Xiaoyue opened a big pot and invited the whole county to enjoy it.
For those people, this is undoubtedly a big surprise.
As I said before, Qiongshui County is very poor and barren.
Although Qiongshui County is located in the northwest, it seems to be dominated by animal husbandry.
But in fact, people in Qiongshui County can only eat two meals of meat every year.
The first is the Chinese New Year, and the second is the time to worship ancestors.
It is unimaginable for them to hold a wooden bowl like this and eat bowl after bowl. They can open their bellies and eat meat at will.
Even in the end, when their bellies were bulging after eating, they thought they were dreaming.
"Master Fang is so good!"
"Master Fang is a good official sent by God."
At this time, the people of Qiongshui County had completely forgotten the terror of the barbarians and were immersed in the pleasure of large pieces of meat for several days in a row.
For this reason, Fang Xiaoyue's longevity cards in Qiongshui County are also increasing rapidly.
Of course, there is a little trouble here.
Since people in Qiongshui County rarely eat meat, eating too much meat has caused many people to have diarrhea.
Compared with the happiness and distress of the people in Qiongshui County, Fang Xiaoyue has been quite busy these days.
When county soldiers are injured, treatment is simple.
The trouble is that there are more than 2,000 war horses and more than 300 captured barbarian cavalry.
These guys need to eat every day!
Although some food and grass were seized, it may not last long.