On the wide plain outside the south gate of Changshu City, the first confrontation between the Song and Wu armies had already begun.
The three hundred cavalrymen of the Shandong Army faced ten times the enemy without any fear. Even though the enemy was surrounded on all sides, they still charged left and right, looking for weaknesses and gaps, and engaged in small-scale fights with the enemy's forward troops.
Relying on the natural flexibility of the cavalry and the bravery and decisiveness of the two generals Yue Fei and Lin Chong, they were always able to maintain an absolute advantage in battles with more numerous enemies. While constantly attacking the opponent's defense line, they also killed them. Two to three hundred Wu troops.
However, this casualty was obviously not a big problem for the Wu army with sufficient strength. Instead, it aroused their hatred, making them cover faster from all sides, and the layers of interceptions they laid became thicker.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is like a fish swimming in the water. It still looks flexible, but there are already large nets shrinking around it. Once they are trapped somewhere, the only result waiting for these three hundred people is one.
After once again breaking through the enemy's first layer of defense, they found that two more teams of three to four hundred people were approaching from the front. The cavalry team quickly turned around again and broke out from the other side before the enemy encircled them. However, two arrows ahead, another army was already rushing towards them.
As the battle progressed, the Wu Army's vanguard elites became somewhat familiar with the cavalry's advance and retreat patterns, and actually began to make certain predictions. Fortunately, they were not fast enough to block the way out, allowing the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to rush past quickly, and they could only pursue them from behind. However, this has made many people worried that if this continues, they will really be trapped to death. among the enemy's armies.
Lin Chong, who was running at the front of the team, was even more keenly aware of the signs that the army was about to press on the left and right sides further away. He became even more uneasy and finally couldn't help but said to Yue Fei who was a little behind: "Pengju, the enemy army. All our escape routes have been almost cut off and blocked, and it may be in danger if we don’t think of another way.”
Yue Fei seemed quite calm at this time, looking left and right from time to time. After raising his gun and knocking away a cold arrow that flew from nowhere, he said loudly: "Brother Lin, please be patient and wait a moment. I think it will be soon." This is our best chance to turn the tide of the war.”
Can this turn the tide of the war? Do you want to defeat 3,000 enemy troops with just these 300 cavalry? Lin Chong really couldn't figure it out, but with his peaceful temperament, he did not have an argument with Yue Fei at this critical moment, even though he was far superior to Yue Fei, a boy who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, regardless of age, qualifications and status.
While they were talking, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry once again encountered an enemy force that was intercepting them head-on. There was no room to dodge at this moment, and the whole army shouted with a roar, galloping forward and charging straight towards the enemy who was equal in number to them. Lin Chong and Yue Fei took the lead, flying like two dragons out of the water with their spears and spears. They defeated more than ten enemy soldiers in one encounter and even carried away a Wu Jun general who was trying to fight for his life. Up in the air.
Just this move made the soldiers in front of them feel timid and subconsciously moved to the side, allowing them to successfully fight their way out and gain freedom for a short period of time.
Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing out of the interception many times as if entering uninhabited territory, they also discovered that the Hongyu Second Battalion on both sides
The army and horses actually wanted to attack from a flank. Liao Guang, who was behind and commanded the troops to outflank and intercept, was really furious: "What do you do for food? Three thousand people are actually being fooled by three hundred people? Zhang Zhong, Li Yi, you guys The two of them will also lead my army to make up for it. This time, they must be trapped in the northwest direction and they cannot be killed again!"
The last two groups of troops guarding him immediately took action. At this time, Liao Guang, the forward general of the Wu army, only had a mere three hundred soldiers left. If he could no longer control and annihilate this cavalry, I'm afraid he would have to lead his troops to rush over and fight.
But at this moment, Yue Fei, who had been paying attention to what was happening on his side, showed a confident smile: "It's time! Brothers, the enemy is defeated now, follow me and kill!" As he said, he suddenly Shaking the reins, he controlled the war horse and suddenly drew an arc on the spot, turning the horse's head that was originally running towards the northwest to the left to the south, and then clamped the horse's belly fiercely, causing the war horse to gallop with all its strength. .
After hearing this and looking at the direction he was turning, Lin Chong finally understood quickly. With admiration in his heart, the movements of his hands also appeared like flowing water. He quickly turned the horse's head and followed Yue Fei towards that place. Run in the direction. Although the other cavalrymen were not as good as the two generals in terms of riding skills, they were only one beat slower than them. In just a short moment, the entire tiger and leopard cavalry had reversed its direction and headed straight like an arrow from a string. Rush towards the south and rush over.
When they started to charge, all the generals in the city woke up from their dreams, and shouted excitedly: "What a tactic! It turns out that they had the idea of capturing the thief first, and the king was captured first. All the previous actions were just to keep the enemy troops at bay. Attract them out, disperse them around, and then just wait until the enemy's army is empty before attacking and beheading them!"
Some people, while admiring the comrades below for their cleverness, also looked at Sun Tu with admiration. Just now, when everyone was worried about the situation of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, his own commander had already seen the key, so he was as stable as a mountain without any panic.
Sun Tu's face was also flushed at this time. He nodded slightly to express his approval for Yue Fei and the others for seizing the opportunity, and then quickly turned around: "Send an order to Dong Ping and ask him to prepare to send troops out of the city to meet him. If my prediction is good, I will kill the enemy." General, after defeating the enemy vanguard, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will enter the city from the west!"
The soldiers behind him responded loudly and hurriedly ran to deliver the order. At the same time, the war under the city has taken another turn—
Because everyone in the Wu army took it for granted that the Song army's cavalry would only run away, they put more troops on the east and west sides of the north. However, there was a rare emptiness in the south facing them, with only two and three troops. An army of more than a hundred people was still blocking their way forward.
This was no obstacle at all to the tiger and leopard knight who had already raised his horse speed to the limit and was ready to strike with all his strength. With just one sudden kill, the two teams were killed and scattered, thus completely exposing their own army to the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, only a hundred steps away.
"Kill!" As the crowd roared, the entire cavalry rushed up like a whirlwind and arrived in front of the Chinese army in the blink of an eye. At this time, Liao Guang was shocked and hurriedly ordered people to stop him, and ordered the surrounding troops and horses to quickly come back for reinforcements.
at the same time
, Hongzhou's two battalions of nearly ten thousand troops, who had been ordered to attack from a flanking attack, also quickly came from both wings. However, due to the distance, it would take at least a while before their outflanking could truly take shape, but it was obviously impossible for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to give them so much time.
At this time, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry finally revealed his sharpest fangs, and also revealed the truly terrifying aspect of the cavalry against the infantry. The reason why cavalry can always stabilize infantry on the battlefield is not only due to its flexibility or speed, but also because of its great impact and destructive power due to its speed advantage.
When charging with all its strength, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was like a swordfish flying into the air. Not only did it easily tear through the fishing net, it also pounced on the fisherman, Liao Guang, with the most ferocity.
There were only three hundred soldiers left in front of Liao Guang. Seeing the enemy cavalry flying towards them, they did not dare to retreat, and they all gathered in formation to greet them, trying to stop the tiger and leopard cavalry's full blow.
But obviously, they underestimated the powerful impact of the cavalry. Before their formation could be fully formed, the cavalry had already arrived. Even dozens of archers had just put their arrows on the strings. Before they even drew their bows, the swords and spears were already roaring and stabbing.
It was a weapon carrying the huge momentum of a galloping horse, and its speed and force were greater than they imagined. The dozens of soldiers in the lead had just raised their weapons, but were quickly killed by spears and sharp knives, and fell to the ground screaming.
When this bloody scene was displayed in front of everyone's eyes, the soldiers in the rear couldn't help but feel fear. I don't know who started the attack first. He turned around and ran away with a cry, thus affecting more people. The defensive formation that had just been hastily assembled also collapsed in the blink of an eye.
Liao Guang couldn't believe his eyes. You must know that as a private soldier of the vanguard general, he was also the first-class soldier in the Wu army. They couldn't even resist the Song army's cavalry for a moment? This made him feel panic in his heart, but he had nowhere to run at this time. He could only shout, raise the knife in his hand, and bravely face the enemy who was already close at hand.
Yue Fei was the one at the front of the team. He had already set his sights on Liao Guang, the enemy general. He let out a low roar, clamped the horse's belly again, and controlled the horse to move forward at full speed. The spear in his hand was shaking during this period. Shoot out several guns and flowers, covering all the vital points of the opponent's body.
At this critical moment, Liao Guang also showed no reservations and used all his abilities. He danced his long knife like a wheel, and he guarded it without leakage, and he actually blocked Yue Fei's shot in the sky. down. However, after no less than a hundred collisions, his arms and tiger's mouth were all sore and numb, and his body retreated several feet. It was obvious that he was completely at a disadvantage in this encounter.
Fortunately, with this sharp sword, he finally blocked Yue Fei's most violent attack, and once the momentum was exhausted, Yue Fei could only control the horse to walk sideways, and was unable to launch a second wave of attacks on it for a while. This made Even though he was frightened, he breathed a sigh of relief.
But Liao Guang couldn't be happy for long, because just when he thought he could find a chance to escape, another horse galloped from behind. Lin Chong followed Yue Fei on horseback and attacked, with a spear in his hand. With a violent roar, it hit Liao Guang's chest as fast as thunder!