Chapter 857: Sunrise in the East (82)

After delaying for a long time, Wei He finally figured out that he had now entered the territory of Chima. He ran wildly for half the night yesterday and actually escaped for hundreds of miles. Like Fufeng, Chima also had strong walls and clear fields. It was not easy for the soldiers sent out. After returning from harvesting some crops, they were so busy that they didn't care that the food and grass they had just brought were astringent and unpalatable. After eating some hastily, Wei He took the remaining ten thousand cavalry and headed towards Langya.

When I came, I was high-spirited and felt that I was in control of the world. When I left, I was like a bereaved dog. I was in panic all day long. The feeling of this was not unique to the person involved. Is it really possible that it was painful?

The sun is getting closer to noon. The heavy rain last night made the road muddy and difficult to travel. Fortunately, there is a wide and refreshing horse road here. More than 10,000 cavalrymen pulled out a long queue on the horse road. shape, slowly advancing forward.

"General Wei." The cavalry in front suddenly made a commotion and screamed one after another. In fact, the soldiers did not need to remind Wei He that his heart had sunk to the bottom. On their way forward, a group of soldiers all dressed in black appeared. The cavalry team stood quietly, with the big black flag fluttering in the wind and shining brightly in the sun. Although they were cavalry, they were arranged into square formations. About a dozen square formations came from the Qi cavalry. There was a queue far away, all the way to the end of the field of vision. Judging from the scale, it was probably no less than 20,000 riders.

The independent cavalry division of the Northern Army Group, with a line of fonts embroidered in golden silk thread on the black flag, constantly stimulated Wei He's eyes, making his eyes sore.

He turned around with some difficulty. Behind him was Fufeng. There, there was an unknown number of cavalry from the Eastern Conquest Army, but they were definitely stronger than him. In front of him, these devils in black had blocked the way, and their opponents The only open channel. He was heading towards the winding mountain, and in the winding mountain, there was no doubt that a large number of Eastern Conquest Army troops were rushing in this direction. He actually fell into the trap of heaven and earth, with no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the earth. Door.

"General Wei, what should we do?" A general next to him asked with a frightened face, referring to a rainy battle last night. This army has been completely devastated and has lost all its energy and spirit.

Wei He slowly drew out the sword from his waist, looked back at the panicked team behind him, and said in a harsh voice: "If you want to go home, just charge forward and kill. Going forward is life, retreating is death. Instead of doing this, it is better to fight to the end."

He raised the knife in his hand high. He roared angrily: "Fight out with me, go home, go home!"

The thought of going home finally stimulated the last courage of this remnant army. Tens of thousands of cavalrymen drew their sabers and stabbed their spears with flat ends, shouting to go home and spurring on their horses. Rushing towards the black cavalry formation in the distance.

Gongsun Yi and Luo Lei were both Xiongnu tribesmen, and they were the most proficient in riding and shooting, but the cavalry they led. But most of them are from the Central Plains. The two of them were also trained hard by He Lanyan into a cavalry general who would never show off his personal force. The independent cavalry division of the Northern Group Army has more than 15,000 people. If any one of them is selected, Their cavalry and shooting skills are mediocre, not to mention the Huns and Donghu people, and even the Qi cavalry on the opposite side cannot compare with them. However, when they form a team, under the constraints of strict military discipline and formation, they can Even the Donghu Palace guards were afraid of the energy that exploded.

Seeing the opponent launching a desperate attack, Gongsun Yi laughed, "The infantry was interesting enough that he didn't kill them all quickly. He took a sip of soup and left us some delicious food. Luo Lei, you can help me and I can defeat these clowns." , Hehe, you want to take advantage of the situation and invade our Zhengdong Mansion’s territory. This time, you will lose all your money.”

Luo Lei smiled, "Let's compete again to see who can catch Wei He?"

"Of course!" Gongsun Yi laughed,

"Blow the trumpet, attack!"

The loud bugle sounded, and the independent cavalry division began to move forward. One square formation after another began to gallop forward. When the trot transitioned to medium speed, the entire square formation had turned into a stormtrooper with four cavalry and one row. In the shape of a spear, a stabbing gun rises with its flat end, like a moving steel fortress, roaring towards the Qi army not far away.

There was no shouting to kill, only a steely silence. The independent cavalry division and the infantry cavalry had two completely different offensive styles. However, the independent cavalry division put more pressure on Wei He, not because the other party was more powerful. Many, but because of the charge of tens of thousands of cavalry, except for the rumble of horse hooves, no sound could be heard from the other side. That kind of cold silence made all the Qi army cavalry feel waves of throbbing deep in their hearts. Appearing everywhere.

Since its establishment, this independent cavalry division has participated in almost all battles against Donghu. The brutal and bloody battles have enabled these soldiers to hone their psychological quality and team discipline beyond that of ordinary cavalry on the edge of life and death. Their super obedience, after battle after battle, their battle loss ratio is always a few points lower than that of other troops, which further inspires the soldiers to obey discipline. If the infantry is under the command of a demon god, Then this cavalry is an efficient killing machine.

Still hundreds of meters away from the opponent's cavalry, Wei He felt a mountain of pressure coming towards his face. Looking up, except for the face of the opponent's cavalry in the first row, he could only see the rest. With sharp spears gleaming coldly, he almost subconsciously pulled his horse to avoid the cavalry team that was charging silently in front of him, and got out of the way of the opponent's attack.

No one paid any attention to him. The enemy still rushed straight at him, like a heavy hammer, hitting the cavalry behind him. In an instant, people and horses fell to the ground. The front rows of the opponent's cavalry almost fell off their horses at the first time, but his own cavalry was stepped into a deep groove.

Without stopping, the lances were held horizontally forward, and then forward. Even though there had just been a collision, the enemy's cavalry formation was not in chaos at all. When one horse fell, the ones behind quickly accelerated forward to fill the gap.

Wei He avoided the opponent's first round of charge, turned around, and saw with a pale face that his cavalry of more than 10,000 people was now It had been beaten to pieces and cut into pieces by the opponent.

Wei He no longer cared about his subordinates. The thousand-plus cavalrymen around him were his personal guards, and each of them was an extremely skilled rider. He rushed forward frantically, constantly avoiding the opponent's heavy attack. He fled to where there were fewer people. The battle did not belong to him at this time. He just wanted to escape from this world.

Gongsun Yi looked at the small group of cavalry led by Wei He with great annoyance, passing by his own attack team. Only at this time did he become annoyed, because once this battle formation rushed in, it would be impossible to easily complete the turn. , when he came back after a circle, the opponent was already far away from him.

Luo Lei was a little luckier. Wei He avoided Gongsun Yi's attack, but ran into his team. After a round of weapons clashing and horses neighing, Luo Lei passed Wei He's team. Half of Wei He's personal soldiers had fallen in this round of collision. After escaping from Luo Lei's army, Wei He had no intention of fighting. In the previous round of white-blade attack, all he saw in front of him were the shadows of sharp spears, as fast as lightning, stabbing at him one by one. Even though he was proud of his martial arts, when he escaped, there were several more holes on his body.

Horse-beating maniac Run, run forward.

The enemy's military trumpet sounded again behind him. Wei He looked back and saw that the enemy's army formation turned from a long queue circle to a circle. In the center of the circle, his subordinates were trapped. There were more than a dozen large and small circles, almost trapping all his subordinates.

At this time, both sides had no speed. The Qi cavalry surrounded in the middle was slowly compressed inward. Whenever the Qi army rose up to charge a place, they would be shot back by the crossbows of the independent cavalry division on the periphery.

Charge in a straight formation, kill with spears, trap the enemy in a circle, and annihilate the enemy with crossbows. The tactics of the independent cavalry division were extremely simple. But if it is to be implemented, it must be tempered a thousand times.

The simpler it is, the more effective it is, but the more difficult it is to hone it into shape. The new cavalry tactics pioneered by Helan Yan are still unique on this continent. The cavalry of other countries, in this era, still borrow the fighting methods of the Donghu people and the Xiongnu people, mainly relying on the individual combat power of the cavalry. The only difference is that the various countries in the Central Plains rarely concentrate a large number of cavalry to fight independently, but assist with infantry phalanxes.

Tian Dan of Qi State, for the first time, concentrated a large number of cavalry to take on the heavy responsibility in one direction alone. He wanted to have a blitzkrieg, but encountered the cavalry of the Eastern Expedition Army. Both sides are more than one level apart in terms of combat effectiveness or fighting will. The infantry cavalry that has experienced bloody battles and the independent cavalry division that has been tempered in the battle with the Donghu, how can the cavalry trained by the Qi people be compared?

Wei He fled the battlefield in a hurry. The victory or defeat of this cavalry duel involving tens of thousands of people was decided after only a few rounds of charging. The speed was so fast that both Gongsun Yi and Luo Lei were dumbfounded. Obviously, the enemies they had encountered before were much more difficult to deal with than this Qi cavalry.

"Bah, strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Silver-like wax spear head!" Gongsun Yi joined the Eastern Expedition Army very early and was deeply influenced by the Central Plains culture. Now, when he opened his mouth, he could utter a string of idioms.

"Idiot!" Luo Lei was not as literary as him. He said in a depressed tone: "It seems that Wei He ran away."

"Run, where can he run to?" Gongsun Yi laughed loudly, "This is our home court. He can't run away."