"Array! Array!"
Shouting hoarsely, Stark snatched the flag and waved it back and forth. At the same time, Fu Zhengming kept yelling for his subordinates to gather together. When encountering the enemy's elite light cavalry in the wilderness, the best way for infantry to fight against the enemy is to form a defensive formation as soon as possible, and form a jungle-like barrier with long spears to ensure absolute thickness. If you rush in, the light cavalry will be stuck in the quagmire.
In order to pursue the ultimate speed, the light cavalry has light armor, which can't even defend against feathered arrows, let alone sharp spears. Therefore, once they broke into the infantry phalanx with sufficient thickness, the cavalry sitting on horseback, which was obviously taller, became the target for the infantry to practice assassination.
But when the infantry has no time to line up, the light cavalry can cut and ravage the infantry piece by piece like a knife.
Both Fu Zhengming and Shi Dake have led the army for many years, no matter how little combat experience they have, they have read a lot of art of war. They know what is the best situation and what is the worst situation. Now that Fu Zhengming's rout has just been assembled, it is not in formation at all, so if they can't create the best situation, they must try their best not to become the worst situation.
"Archers! Let the arrows go! Let the arrows go!"
Fu Zhengming's voice was already hoarse, and the sound he made was like a broken bellows.
The soldiers of the Nanyan Army who had just experienced a panic and defeat wanted to gather in formation in the shortest time. The defense of Stark's subordinates is relatively better.
The phalanx of 5,000 people is already thick enough. It may not be a big deal in front of heavy cavalry, but in front of light cavalry, this phalanx is like a large swamp.
But Shi Da Ke's men and horses did not have archers, so they could not prevent the Black Banner Army Qingqi from approaching.
But obviously, the Qingqi of the Black Banner Army didn't intend to break in directly.
Xiahou Baichuan looked at the soldiers of the Nanyan Army who were clearly divided into two groups in front of him, and immediately determined where the attack target was. Shi Dake's 5,000 troops were not easy to chew on, and Fu Zhengming's rout was a time of nervousness and fear, so he was naturally unwilling to let it go.
Xiahou Baichuan pointed the horizontal knife in the direction of Fu Zhengming's banner, and shouted: "Ploot!"
Immediately following him, the fine cavalry under him immediately divided into two teams, rolling towards Fu Zhengming's men and horses from two directions. When the cavalry was getting closer, all the soldiers of the Nanyan Army turned pale. Only at this time did they realize that they had just escaped from the tiger's den and fell into the dragon pool.
"shoot!"
Xiahou Baichuan ordered loudly, and the black flag embroidered with the flying lion army waved a few times. Seeing the military order, the elite knights immediately raised their crossbows, and suddenly turned around fifty steps away from the scattered formation of the Nanyan army, changing from a straight charge to a horizontal sweep. This requires extremely strong horse control skills. If the horse is charged ten steps forward, the horse may not be able to deflect, but will crash into the Nanyan army.
The two cavalry drew a beautiful arc at the same time, as if a crescent moon rose on both sides of Nanyan's team at the same time. This crescent moon is not only beautiful, but also has a murderous look.
The chug and chug sound of the continuous crossbow was like the sound of heavy rain hitting the lotus leaves. The dense short crossbows sprinkled straight into the Nanyan army, and the outermost soldiers of the Nanyan army were like rice felled by a sickle. The same layer immediately fell down, and the layer immediately behind also fell crookedly.
This kind of light cavalry's sweeping tactics is simply an unsolvable nightmare for infantry.
Two cavalry crossed on the side of the Nanyan army, like two long dragons swimming around a big ball. The panicked soldiers of the Nanyan Army watched the two cavalry cross, and all eyes were taken away by the two cavalry. But at the moment when the two cavalry teams separated, as if a door had been opened, another team of cavalry slammed in from the open door!
This is a tactic practiced countless times by the elite cavalry of the Black Banner Army. The movement of the two cavalry of Xiahou Baichuan before was just a cover-up. The moment the men and horses crossed, another cavalry that had been prepared for a long time rushed in.
Cooperate seamlessly.
Liu Xuri was from Jiaoyang County in the northeast of the Sui Dynasty. During the first Western Expedition of the Sui Dynasty, he was the Captain of Liupin Guoyi. He experienced the darkest and cruelest war in the history of the Sui Dynasty, and witnessed the tragic death of hundreds of thousands of elites in the Northwest. On the grassland of more than two thousand miles, the invincible elite infantrymen of the Sui Dynasty were cut down one by one by the light cavalry of the prairie people, and they didn't even have the strength to fight back.
How many times, he gritted his teeth in hatred.
If the Sui army that marched west at that time had a strong cavalry, it would not have been defeated so tragically and directly.
He always thought that if he had the opportunity to become a cavalry general in the future, he would definitely bring his cavalry to let the foreign enemies also taste the taste of despair.
Those days were not only the darkest days in the history of the Sui army, but also the darkest days in his personal life. In the month after the defeat, he fled for his life in hiding on the grasslands, leading hundreds of brothers during the day. Hiding in the low-lying grass but not daring to fall asleep, he ran away to the east at night, risking being attacked by wild animals and being discovered by wolf riders. It took a month before he escaped to Langru Mountain.
But when he arrived, he discovered that the Northwest of the Great Sui Dynasty was over.
Fortunately, the soldiers who survived the defeat gradually gained a firm foothold in Langru Mountain under the leadership of Xu Jun Wang Yang Kai, and he was also promoted to a fifth-rank general because of his military achievements. Later, he finally realized his dream.
He became a cavalry general!
Behind him, a personal soldier held up a large banner. A red cheetah with ribbed wings and two wings is embroidered on the black banner, which is fierce and cold.
Flying Leopard Army!
"Tread over the enemy line!"
Liu Xuri leveled the long spear in his hand to the front, and there was a chilling coldness in the roaring voice.
He saw the scene of the infantry being ravaged by the cavalry again, but this time... he became the strongest among them.
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"General, the cavalry has engulfed the rout and the supporting Nanyan army!"
The messenger came flying, and the opponent clasped his fists to explain the battle situation.
Fang Jie nodded and ordered: "Let Liu Xuri and Xiahou fight according to the previous tactics and entangle the enemy army, but don't kill them all on the spot, forcing the Nanyan army to move towards Qingyuan City, and move the battlefield to Qingyuan City. Move in the direction of the city. Remember, don’t break through the enemy’s central army so quickly. As long as the enemy’s general flag does not fall, the people in the city may send troops to respond again. It is to let the people in Qingyuan City come out one by one, All entangled!"
"Here!"
The orderly led the way.
"Let the supply battalion cross the river!"
Fang Jie waved his hand and ordered, at this moment, there was nothing on the south bank of the Jinshui River that could threaten the supply camp.
Auxiliary soldiers and peasants assisted the soldiers of the supply battalion to carry a large number of siege equipment and began to cross the river. At this time, the mosaic pontoon bridge equipped by the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty came in handy. Large-scale siege equipment requires a pontoon bridge of sufficient width to pass, but the spliced pontoon bridge of the Great Sui Warriors can fully bear it.
The naked auxiliary soldiers jumped into the river with ropes tied to their bodies, and then began to drive piles to fix the pontoon bridge. One after another, various unassembled equipment was pulled across the river in a carriage. For the first time in history, the Jinshui River was so busy. This is the first time in the two hundred years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty that the army of the Central Plains crossed the Jinshui River and marched further south.
Just like when the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty marched into the south of the Yangtze River and the southwest, they were unstoppable.
The disassembled rams and catapults were pulled across the river by horse-drawn carts. The number of horse-drawn carts was not enough, so people came to carry them. The team grew stronger and stronger. A large number of infantry gathered on the north bank, under the command of the battalion generals, moved towards the river in an orderly manner. Enter the South Bank. The team started to march after a brief assembly on the south bank, and the team marching side by side on a plain looked so majestic and mighty.
Fang Jie urged the white lion to run up a high slope, and he couldn't help feeling agitated as he watched the team advance. This is the first time that the Black Banner Army has launched an active attack on a foreign enemy since its establishment. If the Black Banner Army's Qingqi attack on the barbarians on the grassland is mainly about training, then this time, it will be an unobstructed invasion.
That big city called Qingyuan is a testing stone for the Black Banner Army!
The cavalry of Xiahou Baichuan and Liu Xuri cut the Nanyan army apart one by one. The already messy Nanyan array was divided into countless small pieces. , Everyone is desperate. They watched helplessly as the cavalry passed by one group after another, and then cut down the distant comrades one by one from behind.
The back was given to the enemy, and there was only one in the end.
"The team has to slow down!"
Xiahou Baichuan urged his horse to find Liu Xuri: "If you continue to kill like this, the Nanyan people will collapse completely in a short time. The general's strategy is to lure more Nanyan troops out of the city to rescue them, and to send the enemy's main force outside the city. Annihilation, our speed must be slowed down!"
After Liu Xuri nodded, he loudly ordered the messenger to blow the horn to reorganize the offensive, from cutting back and forth to double-teaming. For a while, the charging cavalry could not be seen in front of them. The remaining soldiers of the Nanyan Army subconsciously ran towards the crowded place, and soon regrouped. They just felt that the crowded place might be more crowded. It's just safer.
Stark gritted his teeth and pulled out the crossbow bolts stuck on his shoulders, and looked around. The cavalry outside the team were driving back and forth, driving his team closer together.
"It's not right!"
He endured the pain and came to Fu Zhengming: "Second Master, I see something wrong with this situation! Just now, the cavalry of the Black Banner Army has cut our team apart, and it will take less than half an hour to swallow us all, but This is why the cavalry of the Black Banner Army surrounded us again, they are deliberately trying to get us to regroup!"
Although Fu Zhengming was not injured, his complexion was even uglier than Shi Dake's. He glanced at the city less than two miles away, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily: "Fang Jie is going to use us as bait... Sending troops to rescue... They didn't take advantage of the situation to defeat us in one go, but to trick more people out of the city."
An indescribable fear flashed in Shi Dake's eyes, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat: "If the city lord sends troops to rescue, they will take the opportunity to surround more people. Fang Jie, that devil is going to A decisive battle with us outside the city... But if the city lord doesn't send someone to rescue..."
He glanced at Fu Zhengming, and found that his eyes were full of fear and pain as he looked towards Qingyuan City.
In Qingyuan City, standing on the city wall, Fu Zhengnan felt a pain in his heart. He subconsciously clutched his chest, trying to relieve the pain in this way. But this kind of pain is not a trauma at all, how can it stop
"City Lord! What to do!"
A general asked with a pale face: "If you don't send troops to rescue the second master, you will be in danger!"
"Send troops?"
Fu Zhengnan shook his head slowly: "If you send any more troops, Fang Xie will swallow them all...Second brother... It's the elder brother who is sorry for you. In the future, when we get together next time, the elder brother will kowtow to you and admit his mistake!"
He raised his head abruptly, and shouted in a mournful voice: "Shut all the city gates! Anyone who dares to lead troops out of the city will be punished! Block all the north gates, east gates, and west gates, leaving only the south gate!"
high slope
Fang Jiefang lowered his clairvoyant and sighed slightly after seeing no rescuers come out of Qingyuan City again: "Fu Zhengnan...is a ruthless character."