The battle has begun. Hu Yu has been authorized by Gao Fei to direct the battle. When he saw that the person coming was Ma Qiang, who was frightened by the whole Dongyi, his heart couldn't help but flutter.
, was indescribably excited, and the expression on his face became dull.
Six thousand Han infantry were displayed on the battlefield. Wen Pin and Chu Yan each came with a thousand crossbowmen from the left and right wings to support them. Hu Yu originally commanded the two thousand subordinates of his headquarters, plus Bai Yu, Yu Du, and Shi.
The two thousand people led by Jie and Li Yulin merged into the shape of a door and hid behind the antlers and horses to protect the deep trench that had not yet been successfully excavated.
The soldiers Hu Yu commanded were the soldiers he had trained in Lelang County. Although they were not elite, their advantage was that they were all good at archery. Each of them held a repeating crossbow in their hands and carried a large bow on their backs.
There are sabers and quivers hanging in the middle, and there are five hundred spearmen among them.
Seeing Ma Qiang rushing over with a thousand horse archers, Hu Yu immediately issued an order: "Wen Pin, Chu Yan, you all retreat, Bai Yu, Yu Du, Shi Jie, Li Yulin hold down the position, this man
Leave it to me to clean up."
This was a typical battle involving infantry against cavalry. Instead of feeling scared, Hu Yu became more and more excited. After he gave the order, Wenpin on the left wing immediately led his troops to retreat, and Chu Yan did not respond.
After retreating, the two troops just stood there and watched, waiting for the evil.
"Brothers, it's time to show your lord, show your courage. How the Goguryeo people bullied you, you should repay them twice as much." Hu Yu roared loudly, boosting the morale of his men.
, "The entire army is on alert!"
With an order, the two thousand soldiers immediately formed a battle formation, and the five hundred spearmen erected their spears and placed them behind the antlers, standing there like sharp awls. And those who originally held the spears
Five hundred of Liannu's soldiers also put on their bows and arrows, filled their bows with arrows, and were ready to shoot.
Five hundred repeating crossbowmen were distributed behind the archers, and the other five hundred swordsmen also took off the round shields they were carrying from their backs, held them in their hands, and lined up at the front to protect them one-on-one.
The spearmen. The battle formation had been formed and they were waiting for the cavalry led by Ma Qiang to attack. Hu Yu was extremely excited.
Ma Qiang jogged forward with a thousand horse archers. He originally rushed towards the left wing, but he didn't know that the left wing evacuated automatically and retreated out of the shooting range. The right wing also moved in the same way. Only a small battle formation emerged in the middle.
, he could only call on his subordinates and rush towards the middle.
"Fire the arrow!"
Almost at the same time, Hu Yu and Ma Qiang shouted these two words at the same time, and arrows flew into the sky, like locusts flying all over the sky, covering less than half of the sky.
The big bows used by Hu Yu's men were also Qi bows, and their range was the same as that of the vicious horse archers led by Ma Qiang, so when he and Ma Qiang saw each other entering the shooting range, they shouted out in unison.
"Puff, puff..." The arrows shot by the Goguryeo people fell down and landed in the middle of Hu Yu's troops. There were only 500 swordsmen holding rattan shields to protect them, and there were only 500 spearmen.
Only a few of them suffered minor injuries.
After the five hundred archers finished shooting their arrows, they immediately dispersed to both sides and detoured back from the left and right sides. The repeating crossbowmen at the back directly filled the vacancy. The soldiers aimed their repeating crossbows at the approaching horse archers.
It was just a random shot.
What people didn't expect was that Ma Qiang's horse archers acted like nothing happened even though more than a hundred people were injured by arrows. They still followed Ma Qiang and rushed over. At the same time, they drew their bows and arrows and shot a second wave of arrows.
The second wave of arrows fired very fast. This wave of arrows shot directly into the formation of the crossbowmen, and then the entire cavalry team immediately split into two and ran back.
"ah……"
A group of repeating crossbowmen immediately fell in front of Hu Yu, and more than two hundred people were killed. He originally wanted to wait for the opponent to get close, and then charge directly with the spearman, but he didn't expect that the opponent turned back halfway, and the horses
The speed was also significantly increased by more than twice that of the attack.
"Damn, you're so stupid. I'm not used to it without horses!" Although Hu Yu commanded infantry, he himself liked riding horses, and there were originally 500 cavalry in his army, but he never
Lelang County 1st Road
When they reached Heshenggu City, most of the cavalry died following him, and there were very few horses left. In addition, when taking a boat from Heshenggu City to the inner city, the horses could not stand the bumps on the water, so they had to move
All the horses stayed in Heshenggu City.
The first confrontation between Hu Yu and Ma Qiang was completed, but for Gao Fei who was standing on the watchtower watching, this was not what he wanted to see.
Gao Fei frowned, seeing that Ma Qiang commanded the cavalry very quickly, and that the cavalry team was very slow when attacking, but was extremely fast when escaping. He knew that infantry has always dealt with cavalry since ancient times.
They were all at a disadvantage, and they didn’t blame Hu Yu. After all, Hu Yu could create a battle formation with four arms that cooperated with each other. It was really good. It might be possible to win against the attacking cavalry, but against the cavalry who were good at guerrillas
The archers were at a bit of a disadvantage.
Hu Yu immediately asked people to pull down the dead soldiers, and also asked the wounded soldiers to get off the battlefield. After a rough count of the number of people, there were only 1,500 left.
Wenpin, Chu Yan, Bai Yu, Yu Du, Shi Jie, Li Yulin and others were all watching, and they all begged to join the battle, but Hu Yu politely refused.
Hu Yu had suffered a loss just now. Seeing that Ma Qiang was fighting guerrillas with him, he decided not to engage in any more battle formations. He called a few of his subordinates to him and said immediately: "The cavalry will charge over in a while, and you will follow me."
We rushed over together. They still have less than a thousand people left. As long as we launch a fierce attack, we will definitely disrupt the opponent's layout.
Bureau. I just saw that this group of cavalry has been strictly trained. It is different from the Goguryeo army we have seen before. They follow some experience. They start shooting arrows wherever the horses go, and when to retreat.
I haven't seen Ma Qiang say a word, they have already made an agreement, all they have to do is mess it up."
Several military commanders were promoted by Hu Yu single-handedly, and they were not greedy for life. They all nodded in agreement.
Hu Yu didn't say much nonsense and immediately ordered several army commanders to disperse and prepare to charge forward.
Ma Qiang returned to the city wall. He was just trying his best to test the strength of the Han army. Seeing that although the Han army was large in number, it was limited to the evolution of infantry battle formations, he laughed and said: "The Han army is nothing more than that.
Let’s see if I don’t completely defeat them this time! Lord Zhong Yu, please lead all the archers to cover me from behind, and rush forward together to eliminate the army in the middle first.”
Zhong Yu felt very unhappy when he saw Ma Qiang being so complacent, but after all, he was Ma Qiang, the number one warrior in Goguryeo, and the one who frightened the whole of Dongyi. No matter how unbalanced he was, he could only swallow his anger in his stomach.
Yes. He only nodded and did not answer.
Ma Qiang didn't care what Zhong Yu thought, he didn't need to care either, he just needed to see clearly the enemy's every move.
"Okay, let's do it again. This time we will use all our strength to completely defeat the front of the Han army!"
"promise!"
Following Ma Qiang's order, the remaining 800 cavalrymen rushed up together, but this time was different from the last time. This time all the cavalrymen sprinted with all their strength, and Guo dismounted under him and used all his strength.
With great strength, the knights on horseback charged into the formation at the fastest speed.
Hu Yu frowned. Seeing Ma Qiang's cavalry team rushing up, he smiled, took the shield from a soldier's hand, and said loudly: "The sword player is in front, the spearman and the crossbowman are in the middle.
With the archers behind us, rush forward together and be sure to completely disrupt the enemy's formation!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Yu was the first to rush forward with a steel sword and shield in his hand, followed closely by 1,500 soldiers behind him.
The simultaneous charge of both sides surprised the spectators. Ma Qiang's horse archers shot out their arrows early, but they were not equipped with sabers or spears and other melee weapons.
When the opponent rushed forward desperately, he had no choice but to turn back quickly.
Hu Yu's eyes were indeed very sharp, and he immediately understood Ma Qiang's fighting method. He ran forward quickly, blocking the incoming arrows with his shield, and shouted "Kill" loudly.
Soon, before the horse archers behind them could figure out what was going on, they were collided by the Han infantry. Blood spurted out wherever the Han soldiers' blades passed, and the Goguryeo people fell off their horses one after another.
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Hu Yu was the first to capture a horse. He didn't have any worries about his subordinates behind him. How to beat him could be left to the Army Sima's command. They were all brothers who cooperated with each other tacitly. All he had to do now was
Chase Ma Qiang and chop off Ma Qiang's head.
He turned over and jumped onto the horse's back, shouted "drive", and then blended in with the Goguryeo horse archers and retreated behind them.
Zhong Yu's archers had just caught up and before they could figure out what was going on, they saw Ma Qiang leading the cavalry back halfway, firing arrows while retreating. When all the cavalry disappeared in front of him
At that moment, he finally saw the scene in front of him clearly. It was actually a group of Han infantry who rushed forward desperately. Seeing that Ma Qiang had run away, he had no confidence, so he immediately retreated without fighting. In desperation, he
He also forgot to give the order to retreat and just focused on escaping.
The Goguryeo archers did not receive the order to retreat and just rushed forward. Soon they were fighting with the Han army's sword soldiers. The archers who were not good at melee combat encountered these soldiers holding steel swords.
The warrior immediately fell into a disadvantage. He had no time to draw his bow and arrow, and his hands and feet were chopped into two pieces.
Hu Yu took the lead and slaughtered everyone wherever he went with the steel knife. Suddenly he saw Zhong Yu passing by not far away. Seeing that Zhong Yu was very well-dressed, he hurried over and shouted loudly while holding up the steel knife.