In Shen Yi's army, the ratio of infantry to cavalry has always been maintained at about nine to one, which means that there will be about 10% cavalry.
When he fought against the Japanese army, there were only 500 people in total. Shen Yi relied on his money to buy some horses from Xu Fu and raised a cavalry force of 500 people.
It's just that war horses are so rare that even if they were later expanded to become the Dusi, they still couldn't raise two thousand cavalry.
It was not until Shen Yi came to Huai'an that he successfully expanded the cavalry to two thousand by relying on the war horses obtained from the Ministry of War.
But because it only lasted a few months, most of these cavalry have not yet developed the combat effectiveness that cavalry should have.
But even so, these cavalry are still Mr. Shen's treasure. After all, if he wants to make the Northern Expedition in the future, it is unrealistic to rely solely on infantry.
Shen Yi needed a powerful cavalry, enough cavalry to allow the Northern Expedition to complete all tactical actions.
Therefore, Shen Yi has always been very concerned about this cavalry and has never been stingy with the money he should spend.
But now…
No matter how distressed he was, Shen Yi had to let these cavalry dismount and transform into infantry!
Because for a defense line with only 2,000 people, even if only 500 people join the battlefield, it is still a very rare new force!
It can give the entire front line that is already in danger a lot of life!
After hearing Shen Yi's instructions, Su Ding couldn't bear it, but he quickly gritted his teeth, turned around and ran out to give the order.
In the capital, those who can be selected into the cavalry battalion to become cavalry are undoubtedly elite, and these cavalry are well-equipped, and everyone wears armor and swords.
All five hundred men were quickly thrown into the battlefield by Su Ding.
With the addition of five hundred elites, the pressure on the entire defense line suddenly eased a lot.
However, the Qi troops on the river are still slowly landing, and there are more and more Qi troops on the south bank.
The addition of five hundred fresh troops can only delay the retreat of the capital, but it cannot completely change the entire battle situation!
After Shen Yi rested for a while, he rushed back to the front line of the battlefield and personally led the soldiers to guard along the Huaihe River.
After he sideways avoided an arrow, he viciously chopped down a Qi man with his sword, and then glanced at the surface of the Huaihe River.
At this moment, he urgently needs a powerful navy.
The Coastal Capital Division... although it was related to the Navy, in the final analysis, it was originally a bandit suppressor. In the process of suppressing bandits, although he drove ships, he basically never fought against Japanese pirates at sea.
Shen Yi built only three warships in Yueqing, and they were already vulnerable to the Japanese pirates, so he stopped building warships.
In comparison, traditional naval forces such as the Huaihe Navy can easily pull out dozens of large ships.
If Shen Yi also has dozens of large ships, among other things, these ships can meet the enemy on the river. Even if they cannot defeat the enemy, they can still stop the enemy for a very long time, so that the troops along the coast can be deployed calmly, and they will not be like now , focus on one and lose on the other.
Dusi…
In other words, Huai'an Mansion needs to be transformed into a navy as soon as possible!
Shen Yi's thoughts were like lightning, and all his thoughts flashed through his mind almost instantly.
When Shen Yi came back to his senses, a messenger stumbled over, lowered his head to Shen Yi and said: "Master Shen, Master Shen!"
"General Xue..."
Shen Yi was shocked and asked quickly: "What happened to Xue Wei?"
"General Xue fought bravely to kill the enemy. He killed seven formations by himself. He was stabbed several times and fainted in the enemy formation!"
Shen Yi's eyes widened with anger and he was about to speak when the orderly took a breath and continued: "Brothers fought hard to get General Xue out of the military formation, and now General Xue is unconscious!"
"After General Xue passed out, the brothers turned to Cheng Qianhu for command. Cheng Qianhu asked the younger one to ask Master Shen!"
The messenger lowered his head and gritted his teeth: "How long will the fight last?"
"If the fight continues, we in the west need to add more manpower!"
"Brothers can't hold on any longer!"
At this time, the Zhouqiao defense line was divided into two sections, one section commanded by Su Ding, one section commanded by Xue Wei, and Xue Wei's section, which was further to the west.
Shen Yi turned around suddenly and shouted to Su Ding who was not far away: "Su Ding!"
"Have the five hundred cavalry been distributed to the west?"
This was the first time that Shen Yi directly called Su Ding by his name. General Su was so excited that he immediately shouted back: "Mr. Shen, half of them have been separated and rushed to General Xue!"
"good!"
Shen Yi turned around, glanced at the messenger, and took a deep breath: "Take me to see Xue Wei!"
The messenger bowed his head deeply.
"yes!"
After that, he took Shen Yi and ran all the way to the west. Not long after, he came to a simple temporary tent. There was a bed in the tent. The sturdy Xue Wei was lying on the bed. Still wearing armor.
But the armor on his body was soaked with blood, and his inner clothes were all black and red.
At this moment, the Western Front was commanded by Cheng Qianhu, and in the tent, another Qianhu under Xue Wei, Huang Cong, was watching. This Huang Cong was also an old man from the anti-Japanese army, and he was also injured at the moment. After seeing Shen Yi, he quickly stood up, lowered his head and said, "Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi waved his hand, indicating that he should sit down without saluting. Then he glanced at Xue Wei, who was already asleep, and his voice was a little hoarse: "General Xue..."
"what's the situation?"
Huang Cong's eyes were already red. He lowered his head slightly, and his voice was choked with sobs: "Mr. Shen, General Xue killed him seven times in a row, and his subordinates couldn't hold him back. When he was rushing out of the formation, he saw that the armor behind him had been ripped open by the enemy's sword!"
"The military doctor has already seen it."
Huang Cong said in a hoarse voice: "The military doctor said that he cannot move for the time being and needs to send General Xue to a safe location in the rear before he can be bandaged!"
He looked up at Shen Yi, took a deep breath, and asked, "Mr. Shen, how long do we have to stay here?"
Shen Yi did not speak, but stood up silently, opened the tent and looked at the sky outside.
There is only less than half an hour left before noon.
Shen Yi glanced in the east and west directions again, then returned to the tent and whispered: "Tea time!"
"Go tell Cheng Qianhu and hold on for another half hour. If there are no more reinforcements, they will retreat. There is no need to hold on any longer!"
Huang Cong's left arm was fractured and could not move. It was hanging on his chest. He wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes with his bloody right sleeve, lowered his head to Shen Yi and said, "Yes, I will inform Cheng Qianhu now!" "
After that, he left this simple camp.
Master Shen silently glanced at Xue Wei who was lying on the bed, gritted his teeth, pulled out the saber from his waist, turned around and strode towards the outside of the tent.
At this time, the sun is shining in the sky!
Under the sunlight, Mr. Shen trampled his dark shadow under his feet.
Then step by step, he walked firmly towards Qi Ren.
He went to the front line in person, with fierce eyes. After seeing a Qi Ren, without saying a word, he held a knife in both hands and slashed the Qi Ren who only had leather armor to death!
The second-ranked Jinshi shouted angrily and slashed at the other Qi Ren with his sword!
At this time, Shen Yi was even a little crazy!
Even if he was knocked directly to the ground, he immediately got up and held the knife tightly!
In this state, if he hadn't been protected by a few skilled internal guards, he would have been killed by Qi Ren on the battlefield!
This half hour is extremely long for Shen Yi!
I don’t know how long it took, it might have been an hour, or it might have been two hours!
Finally, a voice rang in Shen Yi's ears.
"Guangzhou Wei Jia Ziying was ordered to come to our aid!"
"Wenzhou Wei Bingzi Camp is here to help!"
"Fuzhou Wei Jia Ziying is here to help!"
…
Amid the loud shouts from the reinforcements, Mr. Shen finally gave out his strength. Holding a knife in one hand, he half-knelt on the ground, breathing heavily.
After breathing for a moment, he used his last strength to shout.
"Huang Cong, Huang Cong!"
Huang Qianhu hurried over and half-knelt in front of Shen Yi.
"Mr. Shen!"
"Reinforcements are coming. The two thousand-household battalions of Zhouqiao Camp must retreat immediately to recuperate!"
Mr. Shen bit his tongue to wake himself up.
"You, along with General Xue, also immediately retreat to the rear! Let the military doctor..."
"Treat him..."
After saying this, the long knife that Shen Yi had been holding tightly in his hand slowly fell to the ground and hit the stones, making a sound of metal collision.
Mr. Shen couldn't hold on any longer and felt his eyes were extremely heavy. He slowly closed his eyes.
Before closing his eyes, he heard Huang Cong's slightly frightened voice in his ears.