Chapter 1 Drumming (Part 1) Li Xu drew a long knife from the back of the saddle, pushed the front armor with the tip of the knife, and then knocked hard with his legs. Heifeng made an angry protest, took four hooves, and rushed down the hillside.
Behind them were more than a thousand light cavalry, driving various war horses, including some tall mules, galloping in formation, like a torrent.
The terrain underfoot is not suitable for cavalry combat. The land is too soft, the weeds are too lush, and the stones and pits hidden under the weeds all pose a fatal threat to the high-speed cavalry. In the past few days, there have been nearly a hundred soldiers.
The brother was injured under the hooves of his own horse instead of the enemy's hands. But at this moment, Xuzi could not cherish the soldiers. So far, the most effective way to deal with the rebels was the cavalry attack. Two or three large-scale breakthroughs could greatly damage their morale and even kill them.
Complete defeat. If the infantry were to engage in the battle, both sides would have to fight for at least two hours to achieve the same effect. A long fight would bring greater casualties. The county soldiers could not afford to fight the enemy at a loss.
This time when they moved to Xingyang, Master Zhang Xutuo only brought out 15,000 brothers. The remaining brothers had to be left to Master Pei Caozhi to guard the home. Once the nest was raided by thieves, the pessimism spreading everywhere could clearly be seen.
Quickly defeat this team within a few days
Before leaving, Lord Zhang Xutuo made an agreement with the new Lord Tongshou Jia Wuben that within a year of arriving in Xingyang, he would gradually return the soldiers he had taken from Qi County. "If the supplies provided by the imperial court are sufficient, within one year
General Li and I will definitely be able to train 20,000 new soldiers. When the time comes, Qijun and Xingyang will attack from the front and back, and we will wipe out all the bandits in Henan!" Lord Zhang Xutuo promised firmly, as if he didn't take his opponents seriously at all.
"I will make a one-year agreement with Mr. Zhang. You can go, but within one year, Jia will guarantee that the brothers will have no worries!" Jia Wuben, who once served as a general of Yingyang, also responded with a big smile.
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Both of them tried their best not to look at the worry in each other's eyes. The war was imminent, and they needed to show some confidence to stabilize the morale of the army. But both the host and the guest knew that one year later, there may not be many brothers left alive after the war.
In the world of fierce wars and dangers, throughout the ages, those who kill three thousand enemies and lose eight hundred are considered good generals. However, the number of enemy troops that everyone has to face is hundreds of thousands, and there is a possibility that the number will continue to increase as time goes by.
Since leaving Qijun, they fought four consecutive battles with different enemies within half a month, and defeated the enemy every time. They never had too much entanglement with any group of bandits. Zhang Xutuo did not intend to fight with the bandits along the way.
He spent too much strength on his body, and those were sent to die by Li Mi. As the new military advisor of the Wagang Army, the biggest difference between Li Mi and his predecessor Xu Maogong is that he doesn't care about sacrifice. Of course, the ones who are being sacrificed right now are the small fish and shrimps on the periphery. The real
The enemy is hidden in the back. Before testing the specific strength of the army, Li Mi will not easily fight with the army.
Therefore, the county soldiers are not willing to let the enemy easily discover their true strength. They use cavalry as the main force in every battle. The infantry is only used for partial coordination. To be more precise, it is only used to clean up the battlefield after the battle.
The tactic of showing one's teeth to others can easily be misunderstood by the bandits. Zhang Xutuo wanted this effect by amplifying the actual combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers several times. If he could cut off the wings of the Wagang Army without fighting, he would not mind creating the illusion.
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While creating an illusion, it often means that some people have to sacrifice. The most arduous task was undertaken by the light cavalry trained by Asahi himself. Over the past few days, they were like boning knives, cutting off pieces of flesh and blood from the bandits. At the same time,
They themselves are like a sword that has been used for a long time, and the blade is full of gaps.
"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!" Facing the steel knife that was rushing towards him, Mingwei General Wang Dongsheng shouted in a panic. He was originally the sixth master under Zhou Wenju, the thief in Wei City, and had just been assigned to be the commander-in-chief of an army.
By three months, I had not even figured out what rank and rank the official title of General Mingwei, conferred by Li Mi, should belong to. If I died now, I would feel that I would be too sorry for this official uniform.
The rebel archers standing in the back row of the team drew their wooden bows for hunting and shot out arrows in succession. Like the general Wang Dongsheng, they had only been serving as Wagang soldiers for less than three months. They had no idea how to compete with regular officers and soldiers.
They had no experience in fighting. Although everyone had defeated local soldiers and horses who came to conquer before, those opponents were farmers who were as confused as they were. The results of the battle between the two sides basically depended on luck, a wind, a gust of rain, or a sudden sudden change from the sky.
A stone rolled from the mountain may affect the outcome of the battle.
But today, what they saw was a team that was not affected by external conditions. Thousands of feather arrows fell from the air, which only caused the advancing team to pause for a moment. Then, this team
But he rushed even faster, not caring about how many people were injured.
"Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows!" Seeing that the opponent's charging speed showed no sign of slowing down, Wang Dongsheng shouted even more panicked. He began to doubt whether his role as General Mingwei was worth it, even though he was the only one among the brothers from the same village.
He became a general, and he was the only one who allocated more than forty acres of land at the foot of Wagang Mountain, built a big house, and married a wife. But if a man were to die in battle, all these things would probably fall to others.
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The second wave of arrows fell from the sky again, shooting down ten of the galloping horses. The enemies on horseback suddenly disappeared. Under the command of a leader on a black horse, they all adopted the posture of hiding in stirrups.
This posture makes it difficult for the feather arrow to hit them, and even if it hits them, it will be difficult to kill them with one arrow.
The enemy rushed over very fast, and in a blink of an eye, the distance between them and the rebels was less than fifty steps. All the brothers felt the shaking of the ground. The sound of roaring horse hooves suppressed the drums and shouts of both sides, shaking everyone's hands and feet.
The hemp archers trembled and bent their bows again. They only had one chance to shoot an arrow, but with such a poor killing effect, they didn't know if they would have time to escape after the next arrow was shot. Some people's faces turned pale, and they held their hands.
The hands of the sword began to tremble uncontrollably, and some people bent down low, their legs trembling. Most of them wanted to escape. The rushing horses were too tall, and even everyone did not dare to look up.
If you have a chance to stop it, you will be crushed to death by those fallen corpses.
"Spearman, take three steps forward and squat down!" At the critical moment, Wang Dongsheng remembered a trick taught by Master Xu Si of the Wagang Army. Master Xu Si's current official position is champion general, general manager of the internal army.
For such a long time, Wang Dongsheng couldn't even remember those dazzling titles. He only remembered that Xu Mao's army was very organized and much stronger than the brothers under his command. He originally wanted to find time to learn from Xu Mao's skills how to command his subordinates.
These people were trained to be as strong as the internal army under Xu Maogong, but before they could say a few words to each other, they were assigned the task of going to Jiyin to intercept the official army.
"If you encounter the cavalry, you can only shoot three times, so use your spearman well. They can save their lives at the critical moment!" Before leaving, Xu Maogong whispered to him. In Wang Dongsheng's impression, Xu Maogong looked far away.
He was far more reliable than the second leader Li Mi, but village owners and leaders from all over the country all respected Li Mi, so Wang Dongsheng had no choice but to follow the crowd.
Many rules in the village are not written on the surface, but if you violate them, you will definitely die ugly. It is precisely because Wang Dongsheng kept this in mind that he slowly climbed from a private soldier to his current position.
The brothers holding wooden poles and spears quickly stepped forward and used their weapons to form a deadly jungle. There was a big gap between their steps, so the spear wall appeared uneven. Even so, the spear wall was still to a great extent
The archers and daggermen who had stabilized their morale and were hiding behind the spear wall cheered up again and pulled out their weapons from their waists. Everyone still had a chance to win. As long as the spear-wielding brothers could stop the horses for a moment, everyone would win.
They can surround and kill the officers and soldiers on horseback. In terms of number, the rebel army is ten times more numerous than the officers and soldiers.
As if he saw that the bandits were on guard, the cavalry's forward speed suddenly slowed down. Wang Dongsheng secretly rejoiced. "Archers!" he shouted in a long voice, preparing to let his archers carry out the third attack.
But at this moment, he suddenly found that the sky above him darkened.
Five hundred, at least five hundred. Wang Dongsheng was horrified to think that five hundred arrows suddenly flew up from the rushing cavalry, rushed into the sky, blocked the sunlight, and then neatly smashed into the spearmen's team.
The spearmen with simple thin armor immediately fell down, and a huge gap appeared in the spear wall as if it had been soaked by floods! Before the rebel soldiers could scream in surprise, the bare people on the opposite side
Suddenly, a figure reappeared on the horse. The officers and soldiers rushing at the front turned their bodies from the belly of the horse onto the saddle, and raised their weapons high.
At the forefront was a long black knife, as dark as ink and as cold as frost. Then, the scenery in front of him suddenly became extremely unreal. Wang Dongsheng only saw a flash of black knife light, and then his front team was like crops in autumn.
Amidst the neighing of horses and the cries of people, the battle flags disappeared one after another. The brothers who were once known for their bravery turned around and fled in front of the enemy's horses.
The man, the horse, and the knife made half a circle diagonally, and the spear wall blocking the road collapsed. Wang Dongsheng knew what he had to do. He turned the horse's head around without hesitation and walked away.
Note 1: I suddenly discovered that "Holding Hands and Growing Old with Sons" is actually an anti-war poem, rather than a simple love story to canvass votes. Haha, keep on canvassing.
