The "Battle of Xuushi City" on October 21, the twentieth year of Wei Hongde, ended with the Wei army's incredible victory.
In this battle, two powerful generals of the "Top Ten Heroes of Beiyuan" level, Han generals Bao Yuan and Jin Yao, were defeated by Wei Gongzi Ji Run one against two.
In fact, King Su Zhao Hongrun made no contribution in this war, but everyone in King Su's army still unanimously believed that His Highness King Su was the one who made the greatest contribution, especially Ma You, the general of Shangshui Youma Army.
With only 5,000 cavalry, the Han cavalry defeated more than 13,000 Han cavalry, and only a hundred cavalry were killed due to injuries. It is undeniable that Yuma's heavy cavalry was the most dazzling hero in the "Battle of Hyunshi Castle".
Once upon a time, the generals of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army were jealous of the special status of Youma Heavy Cavalry, but after the battlefield battles, the status of Youma Heavy Cavalry within the King Su Army was quickly elevated, even if it was the military
The hundred generals among them also respectfully addressed ordinary Yuma knights as "Sir" from the bottom of their hearts, just because they were impressed by the Yuma knights' domineering power on the battlefield.
After the war ended, when Yanling's soldiers were busy cleaning up the battlefield, General Ma You took off his heavy armor with the help of Yanling's soldiers, and sat on the ground littered with Korean corpses, breathing heavily.
At this time, he felt extremely regretful.
Because once upon a time, when King Su Zhao Hongrun proposed the concept of "heavy riding" to him, Ma You disapproved and was even a little reluctant.
Why?
Because the definition, or tradition, of Dangjun's wandering horses is the light cavalry unit formed after the Korean cavalry. The wandering cavalry is a strategic unit that relies on strategic means such as sneak attacks, harassment, interception of food routes, and sabotage to achieve victory. From then on,
Objectively speaking, this is the most advantageous development of cavalry.
However, a certain Prince Su wanted to make the Youma cavalry into heavy cavalry with very limited limitations. Regarding this, Zeng Ma You was very unhappy.
However, Zhao Hongrun later told him that after the heavy cavalry was used to "trap" South Korea, the Yuma cavalry would be restored to Rangers. In addition, His Highness's great efforts enabled the court to restore the name of "Yuma".
number, which made Ma You reluctantly agree to the order to transform the Yuma cavalry.
Ma You has never been optimistic about heavy cavalry because this type of tactical cavalry has too many limitations. Just like this time, if the friendly general Sun Shuke had not created an excellent opportunity for him to attack, the five thousand Youma heavy cavalry under his command could be
To destroy more than 13,000 Korean cavalry in one breath? Don’t even think about it!
But from Ma You's point of view, none of this is important. Regardless of the many shortcomings and disadvantages of the heavy cavalry, they cannot conceal the domineering appearance of this cavalry on the battlefield, which is like a flash in the pan.
"..."
Ma You looked around.
Nearby, the Yuma heavy cavalry generals under his command had also taken off their thick armor and were sitting quietly on the ground.
Suddenly, a ranger cavalry sneered.
This seemed to be an infection. For a moment, the other nearby Yuma Riders looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh, including Ma Yu himself.
These thousands of laughter converged into one sentence: It was so damn fun!
Yes, many Yuma knights are reminiscing about the wonderful feeling they had when they charged on the battlefield, the joy of driving their mounts across the battlefield without worrying about their own safety, crushing any enemy that dared to stand in front of them.
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This kind of fun is intoxicating.
"How could I be so stupid?!"
Ma You gave himself a slap in the face secretly, and after taking a few breaths, Ma You stood up, changed his mount, and went straight to the Wei army's main formation where King Su Zhao Hongrun was.
At this time, the generals of the Yanling Army, including General Wu Ji of the Shang Shui Army who was responsible for defending the eastern flank battlefield of the Yanling Army, and the generals of King Su's Army had all gathered on the slope where the formation was located.
Wang Zhao Hongrun returned to life, and the second reason was to celebrate the victory of this battle.
When he saw Ma You riding his horse back to the formation from a distance, Chen Xie, a three-thousand-man general of the Shang Shui Army, couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Highness, the hero of this battle is here."
All the generals turned around and congratulated Ma You, who got off his horse and walked straight towards this direction.
Everyone knows that after this "Battle of Hyunshi City", the Wei cavalry of "Shangshui Youma" became famous all over the world, because they defeated the first cavalry army in the Central Plains, the Korean cavalry, outnumbered.
"Rejoice together and rejoice together."
Facing the congratulations from his colleagues, Ma You smiled and cupped his fists in return.
He was really happy, because his lifelong wish was to restore "Yuma" and spread the reputation of "Yuma" throughout the world, in order to pay tribute to the predecessors of "Dangjun Yuma" who had been abandoned by the country and died unjustly.
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But after seeing the smiling Zhao Hongrun, the joy in Ma You's heart was suddenly replaced by a feeling of loss. He gritted his teeth, stepped forward, knelt on the ground with one knee, clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness King Su, Ma You...
Fulfill the mission!"
After that, when Zhao Hongrun was about to reach out to help him up, he said bravely: "In the past, the generals were blind and did not realize the power of heavy cavalry. I hope that your highness will forget the blame and allow our Youma Army to keep the "heavy cavalry".
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It turns out that after personally experiencing the tyranny of heavy cavalry that "everywhere it passes, no armor remains", Ma You is reluctant to give up the heavy cavalry formation. When he thinks that the heavy cavalry formation will one day be restored to light cavalry, he seems to
It felt like a knife had dug out a piece of flesh from his heart, which made him extremely heartbroken.
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, then laughed with relief. He reached out to help Ma You up, patted the latter's arm, and said humorously: "Welcome to the club of 'Heavy riding is a man's romance'."
Although Ma You didn't know what the so-called "club" meant, he understood the first half of the sentence.
Yes, heavy cavalry is a man’s romance!
Looking at this scene, the generals of King Su's army present were all a little envious. After all, they also wanted to try a charge like Yuma's heavy cavalry.
Although the sword and shield soldiers of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army are not inferior to the cavalry armor of the Youma Army in terms of armor thickness, the problem is that the former is heavy infantry and the latter is heavy cavalry. How can they be compared?
After congratulating each other, Zhao Hongrun summarized the battle. He strongly commended Sun Shuke and Ma You, and also commended many generals who participated in the battle. He inspired the generals with commendations and, for the time being, only verbal rewards.
They all looked happy and excited.
After that, Zhao Hongrun ordered the generals to collect the horses on the battlefield. The intact horses could be used to mobilize a light cavalry. As for the dead horse corpses or the horses with serious body injuries,
, served as meat for the army.
After all, King Su's army was almost out of rations, which had become a major issue that Zhao Hongrun and the generals had to consider.
After completing the instructions, Zhao Hongrun headed to Xuansheng City first.
At this time, Xuushi City was completely controlled by Yan Mo, the deputy general of the Yanling Army. Therefore, when Zhao Hongrun came to Xuushi City with some troops, Yan Mo was waiting at the west gate.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun praised Yan Mo again. After all, Yan Mo's opponent was the Han general Jin Bo, one of the ten tycoons in Beiyuan. This time, Yan Mo was able to suppress the latter from beginning to end, making it impossible for him to regain the city. This was enough.
It proves that Yan Mo's talent is almost the same as that of Jin Yao, and he is a very outstanding general.
However, Yan Mo seemed very humble when it came to Zhao Hongrun's praise. After all, in the latter's view, he led the army to capture Xu's City, which was nothing worthy of praise. At least when a certain King Su used hundreds of barrels
It is not worth mentioning that the wooden bucket filled with clean water was used to defraud the western wall of Xuans City.
If the west city wall has been conquered by his own side, and if the city of Xuansi is still unable to be captured, then Yan Mo himself thinks that he should simply commit suicide and apologize, and live in disgrace in the world.
However, Zhao Hongrun didn't see it that way. After all, he knew very well what kind of opponent Han General Jin Piao was. He remembered that when he was at Pilao Pass, Jin Piao could still capture a merchant even though the Shang Shui Army had already attacked the wall.
The small flaw in the navy's command and the use of a cavalry force of more than a thousand to launch a suicidal attack to save the situation are enough to prove how difficult this person is.
And this time, even if Yan Mo relied on Zhao Hongrun's ingenious plan to capture the Xuans City, it was enough to prove that Yan Mo's commanding ability was more than one and a half points better than Wu Ji's.
This is a general who will be able to compete with the "Ten Greats of North Plains" in the future.
After exchanging a few words, Zhao Hongrun entered the city.
It can be seen that the residents of Xuansheng City were extremely frightened that the city was captured by the Wei army, but Zhao Hongrun was fortunate that the Korean people living here did not show strong opposition to the Wei army like the residents of Tang County.
Although hatred is inevitably accompanied by some hostility, compared with the residents of Tang County, this level of hostility is nothing at all.
The reason for this phenomenon is very simple: because the Northern Army burned, killed, and looted in Tang County and other places, the local Korean people hated the Wei army extremely; but the Korean people here in Xuushi City have not been treated like the Northern Army.
The scum army has caused harm, so in the eyes of the residents here, the Wei army is still just an "enemy army", rather than butchers, thugs, and villains who kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Seeing that the soldiers under Yan Mo's command did not disturb the people, Zhao Hongrun nodded with satisfaction. After repeatedly telling not to rob the county people's food and property, he led the generals to the city guard's mansion in the city.
During this period, Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows, came to resume his duties - when Yan Mo's army and Jin Biao's army were fighting in the city of Xiunshi, the Green Crows had received Zhao Hongrun's secret order and waited for an opportunity to enter the city and fight with a thousand-man team under Yan Mo.
In one fell swoop, the granary in the city was captured.
But unfortunately, according to Duan Pei, the grain stored in the city's granary is actually not very much. Compared with King Su's army of 100,000, it is a drop in the bucket at best.
No wonder Jin Miao didn't bother to send people to burn the granary when he thought it was impossible and fled the city in a hurry.
This is not surprising. If you think about it, when the Korean army launched a massive attack on Hedong County of Wei State, they had already transported food to several important places where troops were sent, such as Tianmen Pass, Mengmen Pass, etc.
As a city in the hinterland of Shangdang, how much food can be stored in Xuans City?
"In this case, there is no point in capturing this city." Nanmen Chi, the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, said with a frown.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun remained silent.
He had said before that "let's not consider the food issue for now." But today, after defeating the Baoyuan Army and Jin Mao Army, Zhao Hongrun had to rethink the food issue.
Because winter is approaching, King Su's army will not be able to survive this cold winter if it cannot obtain enough food.