Eight hundred cavalry, against a team of five hundred composed of musketeers, swordsmen and heavy armor, Dugu Xuda really had no idea who was stronger or weaker.
But in the short term, Dugu Xuda can really do it without being at a disadvantage and persist until the reinforcements arrive. However, he ran so fast with 800 cavalry just to be able to reach Yan County in time and fight with the enemy.
What's the use of lingering for a long time?
Especially now that the sun is about to set, and the eight hundred light cavalry galloping all the way are still exhausted, is it possible that they have to fight at night by burning the midnight oil?
"Major General, kill us!" a general said from the side.
"Kill you!" Duguxuda wanted to hit him on the head with the handle of the knife.
You can't even see if you can kill me!
And what if these guys blow up the bridge in desperation? They may not have brought gunpowder with them. Wouldn’t it be equivalent to killing for a while and getting nothing?
"Let's go!" Dugu Xuda made a decisive decision.
I won’t let you pass here, so there are places where I can pass. You can’t just follow me all the way, right?
You heavy armored men can't run away!
Duguxuda led the cavalry to turn their horses and leave. Whether it was to go north to find the next bridge or simply to find a shoal suitable for crossing directly, it would be better than to have a head-on confrontation with the Han army here.
Watching Dugu Xuda go away, Liu Shu's tense heart relaxed at this moment.
Standing next to him, Ren Youwu squinted his eyes and couldn't help but smile: "The commander has a clever plan."
"That also requires proper cooperation from the general." Liu Shu looked back and said.
The two of them exchanged business boasts, which was actually to cover up the tension in their hearts that had not completely dissipated. In fact, as long as Dugu Xuda could get closer and take a closer look, those Han heavy armored soldiers standing tall and solemn, what kind of clothes were they wearing on their bodies?
What kind of heavy armor is it? It's just a shelf supported by wooden boards and covered with paper.
Paper armor is not a new thing. There are records of the use of "paper armor" in the army during the Southern Qi Dynasty. Cheap and lightweight paper armor is very suitable for smaller southern soldiers, especially the southern soldiers who are mostly navy soldiers.
When fighting, you need to be protected by armor, but when you are on a ship, you cannot wear armor, otherwise it will be too bulky. It is reasonable for something like paper armor to come into being that is light and has sufficient defensive power.
However, the flaws of paper armor are also obvious. Fear of fire and water is inevitable no matter what kind of paper, and paper armor is layered. The production process is not much easier than making armor. It is only used when iron smelting is underdeveloped or when armor is urgently needed.
It's okay to make up the numbers temporarily. It really makes the soldiers pin their hopes of fighting on the paper armor. It's strange that the soldiers are not afraid.
Therefore, the Ministry of Industry once studied the feasibility of paper armor, and finally found that it would be better to build real armor. After all, the iron smelting technology of Han Dynasty is not backward, and more importantly, there are many related industries behind iron smelting.
Han Dynasty has already formed a complete upstream and downstream industrial chain, so giving up armor and making paper armor will not only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also force a large number of people to adjust and change their work, which is not worth the gain.
As for the paper armor created by Liu Shu and Ren Youwu, it cannot be used in actual combat at all. The principle of the paper armor is to use the thickness of the paper to form a buffer against the enemy's swords. However, Liu Shu and the others just stuck it on the outside of the wooden frame.
Just a layer of paper.
From a distance, there is no difference in shape and color between the white paper armor and the heavy armor worn by the heavy armor. It's just that Dugu Xu is in the north, and his understanding of the Han heavy armor still remains on paper.
, I have never seen real heavy armored soldiers of the Han army.
What he didn't know was that within the Han army, heavy armor was also called Mingguang Armor, because this thick silver armor would shine in the sun. Although it was cloudy today, it was impossible for Mingguang Armor to be used at all.
There is no feeling of reflection.
If it were any Northern Zhou frontline general, I'm afraid he would have felt that something was wrong.
This may be the advantage of fighting behind the enemy's rear. The inexperienced enemy generals and slow-responsive rear system can give the Han army many breakthroughs.
"We are not in danger for the time being, and we don't know what's going on in Yan County." Ren Youwu couldn't help but worry.
This time, if Liu Shu hadn't been quick to think and built this paper armor to pretend to be the Mingguang Armor, which scared Dugu Xuda away, with the five hundred of them facing the Northern Zhou Qingqi, they might not have been able to escape unscathed. After all, these five hundred people
It's not all Mo Dao team, and even if it's all Mo Dao team, the enemy still has a real numerical advantage.
After walking away from the edge of death, Ren Youwu was left with lingering fears.
But no matter what, the enemy's infantry and cavalry advanced towards Yanjun intact. This meant that the pressure they might not be able to withstand now had to be borne by Luo Yi.
"We can buy at least two hours for Yan County." Liu Shu murmured, "But the rest depends on General Luo."
Ren Youwu nodded.
For the current Yanjun battlefield, time is obviously the most important thing.
If they really had a head-to-head confrontation with Dugu Xuda, not only would they not be able to stop the enemy, they wouldn't be able to delay it for long. If the cavalry breaks out, the winner may be decided in less than half an hour.
Therefore, it is definitely better to gain two hours than to cause a small amount of losses to the enemy, not to mention that once they come and the entire army is annihilated, at least dozens of muskets will fall into the hands of the Zhou people. All of a sudden, the loss will be
With so many muskets, even if the Han army's musketeers destroyed them, many of them would be rendered useless and the enemy's combat capabilities would be greatly enhanced.
From the time the Han army installed muskets to the present, there has been no record of the organized musketeers being defeated or even annihilated. If Liu Shu and Ren Youwu break this precedent, no matter how many achievements they have made before, they will be nailed to the humiliation
Facts on the Pillar.
Now, they have done all they can.
The rest is up to Luo Yi.
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Why has it become like this? I don’t want to die yet.
This was Yuwen Gong's first thought after seeing the city wall collapse.
As the youngest adult among Yu Wenxian's sons and the youngest king, Yuwen Gong has not yet enjoyed the benefits that the title of "King of Yan" brings to him.
He was even a little annoyed, why he had been in Yan County for so many days and only thought about how to fight for power and defend the rear area of Yan County, but he did not think about the common people and use his name as King of Yan to experience the prosperity of singing and dancing.
Not long ago, Yuwen Gong ordered the armored cavalry to attack. Fifty armored cavalry and hundreds of light cavalry swarmed out, with more infantry behind them ready to support at any time.
Just when Yuwen Gong thought that Luo Yi could be surprised by this trick, he saw the armored knight, the armored knight who was enough to destroy everything in the hearts of the Northern Zhou soldiers, turned into ashes in the bright artillery fire.