Three thousand and five hundred Youqi quickly left a battlefield full of corpses. Behind them was the thick smoke caused by the burning of grain and fodder. This was the fifth time Youqi helped Beimang light the "bear smoke" outside the mouth of the gourd. As many as 14,000 soldiers and auxiliary soldiers in Beimang were killed, and nearly 200,000 cattle and sheep were lost. The northernmost part of Youqi's horseshoe footprint has actually stepped on the territory of Longyao State, and then quickly went south. The battle just now was not Youqi's active attack, but Beimang's interception. Beimang used two thousand The mediocre ranger lives to determine the position of this elite Youqi, so as to reduce the room for Youqi to move around. I believe that the main cavalry army of Longyao Prefecture will soon move after hearing the news.
On the way of retreating, Yu Luandao suddenly raised his head and saw two birds chasing swiftly in the sky. At the same time, Xu Fengnian drew a feathered arrow from his quiver and drew the bow like a full moon. The falcon flew quickly and slowly drifted away. When the peregrine falcon was forced to lower its height and fall to escape, there was a bang, and Xu Fengnian shot an arrow, killing the peregrine falcon on the spot. The huge inertia drove the peregrine falcon into the clouds. And the extraordinary six-year-old phoenix rose up accordingly. Under the eyes of everyone, this sea dongqing pierced the sky and rushed towards Xu Fengnian. Its claws hooked the corpse of the peregrine falcon that was pierced by the arrow. , thrown down lightly, and after circling a few times above the owner's head, it disappeared in a flash. Xu Fengnian threw away the body of the peregrine falcon, and put the feathered arrow back into the quiver tied to the left side of the saddle. Cool crossbows are well-made, but heavy crossbows are often overwhelmed after a big battle, and they are still easy to be damaged in large numbers. Although the light crossbows carried by Youqi are more resilient than heavy crossbows in terms of number of times of use, five cavalry battles After hunting down, there were not many crossbows or arrows left, so they had to replace the Beimang cavalry bows captured after the war. Both Xu Fengnian and Yu Luan used one with a thick Iron tire bows branded by Xishu craftsmen.
Yu Luandao looked around and was worried. If it wasn't for the fact that he could support the war with battle, or even use Beimang follow-up troops to encircle him, his cavalry army would have really collapsed. The previous five hundred miles of Jizhou raid was not because of his strong body The cavalry couldn't carry it. Even though it was already one man and two horses at that time, the war horse was still terribly harmed. Long-distance raids pursued the speed and surprise of soldiers, but since it was "long-distance", the cavalry could rely on perseverance. Support, but war horses can't, especially this season is not the season of high autumn horses and fattening. The horses are not fat enough, and the horse officials in Beiliang Ranch are not gods, and they can't change this reality. Later, after a short rest, they rushed another 600 li to go out of the gourd mouth. Fortunately, there were collected Beimang war horses to minimize this invisible battle damage. After the field cavalry battle, even the horses can still be rotated continuously, but at this stage, the cavalry has become "rushing from one battlefield to another" and the cavalry can't bear it anymore. The reason why they haven't shown obvious fatigue... Yu Luan Dao Subconsciously glanced at Xu Fengnian who was wearing an armored uniform beside him, Yu Luandao retracted his gaze, and turned his head to look at the faces around him. Luan Dao's cold personality is still enough to be proud of. It is not uncommon to kill more than 14,000 enemies. The cavalry troops escorting the supplies and grass in Beimang were all second- and third-rate combat forces in the border towns of the Southern Dynasty. There were two cavalry battles that were completely one-sided massacres from the contact to the end. But the supply line between Longyaozhou and Hulukou was paralyzed by most of them, and in the end it involved the passive transfer of at least ten thousand elite cavalry troops on the border of Beimang, giving them thousands of cavalry to lead them around in circles. Yu Luan Dao and You Qi's greatest achievement.
On the way to the south of the cavalry, Fan Xiaochai and Mi Fengjie had escorted Youqi's wounded away earlier, Xu Feng said youngly: "Our bow is too tight."
Yu Luandao nodded and said: "The difficulty now is to find a place to stop. Since the two young generals who are known as the "Nabo" in the autumn and winter in the east have also marched out, it is impossible for us to retreat to the east. As I said, the intelligence has shown that Yang Yuanzan ordered Hong Jingyan to lead half of the Rouran cavalry to withdraw from Hulukou to block our southward route."
Yu Luan looked to the west with a knife, to the west? It was the northern line of Liangzhou, where the main army of Beimang under the command of Dong Zhuo, the king of the Southern Academy, was launching an offensive against Hutou City. The total strength of the two sides was 700,000. Going there is really throwing yourself into a trap to give the Beimang barbarians their heads and military merits. Not to mention the only 3,500 horses left, it is 35,000 horses. Without the support of our own army, it is not enough for Beimang to make dumplings. of. Even if Yu Luandao met those two Nabo or Hong Jingyan's Rouran cavalry, even if the entire army of Youqi under his command died in battle, he would not go west.
Xu Fengnian also looked to the west, as if waiting for someone.
Xu Fengnian was waiting for Song Diao'er, the leader of the horse bandits. With Huangfu Ping's secret support, the thousand horse bandits were young and strong. They might not be able to change the overall situation in Youzhou, but they could help Yu Luandao's Youzhou cavalry to slow down after all. tone. Youqi is like an exhausted martial arts master at the moment, if he takes a breath of fresh air, he can fight again, if he can't even take this breath, he will only be exhausted. The reason why Xu Fengnian didn't say it was not because he wanted to surprise this cavalry army, but because he didn't dare to have too much expectations for Song Diao'er, who had only met once. The masters of Beiliang are lurking and restraining, Xu Fengnian will not even let Song Diao'er rush to lead the way, and put himself in Song Diao'er's position to consider the problem, who is a thousand horse thieves to take refuge in? The current situation in Beimang is firmly in the upper hand. If Song Diao'er becomes rebellious and takes 3,500 Youzhou cavalry troops as votes, Yang Yuanzan, who has been tossed by Yu Luan Dao's cavalry army, will probably not be stingy. husband long. Even in Xu Fengnian's view, it would be strange if Song Diao'er, who was originally from a noble family in the Southern Dynasty, hadn't thought about it at all and stood on Beiliang's side from beginning to end. As for the truth, Xu Fengnian had to meet Song Diao'er's messenger to judge. Once Song Diao'er did not dare to come in person and was not in the team, then Xu Fengnian could only regard this chess piece as a change of color. Then Yu Luan Dao and You Qi, who has nowhere to retreat, are destined to have to bite the bullet and fight to the end with the two big Nabo or Rouran Iron Cavalry, and Xu Fengnian will go to find Song Diao'er single-handedly. Beiliang asked Huangfuping to bring Song Diao'er the horse bandit forces that dominate outside the pass, and Xu Fengnian can also take it back with his own hands.
It is better to say nothing in the first place than to give hope and then be disappointed.
Xu Fengnian asked: "How many of Fan Fen's scouts are left?"
Yu Luandao said bitterly: "The original scout veterans are now less than 60, and more than 800 scouts have been replaced one after another, so that they can maintain the number of 400 scouts. Therefore, it can be said that Fan Duwei suffered the most losses. Serious, helpless things, fighting outside the pass, as a scout, will definitely die at the forefront."
Yu Luan pursed his chapped, bloodshot lips with a smile, and said in a hoarse voice: "However, our battles were not for nothing. Three thousand and five hundred riders are better than those before we left Youzhou. , the combat strength has improved a lot, as long as we can breathe a sigh of relief, we can completely slow down, and we dare to say that we will win against the Rouran cavalry with the same strength as Hong Jingyan. Before this, who in Youzhou, which is only famous for its infantry, will With such an idea, if these 3,500 people can return to Youzhou alive, it will definitely be of great benefit to the entire battle situation in Youzhou."
Lieutenant generals Shi Yulu and Su Wenyao both had delicate expressions and did not dare to speak, they were afraid that Xu Fengnian would misunderstand the words of the chief general and mistakenly think that Youqi was complaining about the embarrassing situation in which he was trapped in death.
Yu Luandao laughed suddenly, and said openly: "This trouble for us not only hurts the muscles and bones of the three states of Longyao Hexi oranges, but also hurts the vitality. I am afraid that the northern grasslands will continue to cut flesh. Before Tuoba Bodhisattva Those Da Xitiao who have finally been suppressed may start to move again. They originally had objections to attacking Beiliang first. In the eyes of these guys who don’t see rabbits and don’t scatter eagles, gnawing on a man with only hard bones and no fat all over his body No one is willing to go to a place where there is no place like Jizhou, which is empty of troops. As long as you pass Jizhou, you will be in the fertile Central Plains with thousands of miles of fertile soil, countless gold, silver and people. Liao is also fine, once and for all, as long as Gu Jiantang is beaten down, that is a long drive south, and the soldiers are approaching the city. Our trip to Hulukou, not to mention how many enemies we killed, will definitely let Dong Zhuo and the Taiping Order who insist on going to Beiliang first and then the Central Plains, Too much hatred, maybe you are jumping and cursing at the moment?"
Su Wenyao was looking down at the arrows gathered in the quiver one by one. They were all heavy hardwood rods with fine texture. They belong to one type of arrows, which are like "close relatives". The two types are completely opposite to the many bows and arrows in Liyang. It's not that the latter went astray, it's just that inland wars are mostly infantry against infantry, and the speed of advancement is naturally slower than that of cavalry charges. The former Liangmang Feather Arrow, even with the outstanding physical support of the northern athletes, is still asking for the words "piercing the armor to death". He was seriously affected by Beiliang, which has better armor, otherwise, with Beimang's superb riding and shooting, against most of the other Liyang frontier troops, he would be able to kill people like flying kites in many cases.
Su Wenyao casually threw away two arrows with a crack in the arrow shaft, and after hearing the humorous remarks of the commander Yu Luandao, he laughed softly, raised his head and said: "Those Xitiao are not all really stupid, I also know If we don’t take down our Northern Liang, it’s all false to go from Jizhou to the south to plunder the Central Plains, and to fight all the way to Tai’an City. How many people do we have in Youqi? They’ve already made their supply lines run wild. No one cares about the Liangbian Army. Do they still want the Southern Dynasty? Maybe even the Beimang royal court has been smashed by us. It’s just the truth. As individuals, we all hope to do less and make more profits. They Beimang The dignitaries want to fight Jizhou and Liaodong, I, Su Wenyao, wish there were so many of them, how many fewer people can die in Beiliang."
Shi Yulu nodded and said in a deep voice, "Fatty Dong and that Taiping Order really deserve to die!"
Fan Fen, the chief scout, arrived on a horse and reported the military situation to several generals, "There are 800 horses thirty miles away from the south, and their armor is better than that of the Northern Mang cavalry we encountered before. For the vanguard troops withdrawn from the calabash mouth, depending on the situation, if we continue to go south, at most we will encounter two or three small groups of cavalry as bait, and then we will soon encounter the Rouran cavalry."
Yu Luan smirked but didn't smile, his handsome face was full of long-simmering hostility, and he said ferociously: "Let's not care about whether the iron cavalry is iron or not, and if the bait is not free, let's take the eight hundred cavalry first." Tooth-beating sacrifice! Shi Yulu, Su Wenyao, follow the old rules!"
The enemy army with only 800 cavalry can fight with 800 cavalry, and the enemy cavalry with 8,000 cavalry can also fight with 8,000 cavalry. Now Yu Luan Dao has only 3,500 cavalry in hand, so everything has to be "managed" Youdao" how did it come about, because in the final analysis, the enemy of Youqi now is not only the Beimang cavalry pawns on the surface, but also Youqi himself. The Yu Luan knife must take into account all potential battle losses such as the physical strength, energy, spirit, horses, bows and crossbows of one's own soldiers. Now Youqi's riding and archer feeling can be said to have reached the peak, but if there is too much continuous long-term fighting, it will also cause irreparable sequelae. The number of charges quickly eliminates the enemy, quickly withdraws from the battlefield, and quickly enters a safe area for rest. After receiving the military information from Fan Fen, the main force of Youqi began to slow down actively. More than a thousand cavalry were in the middle, and Shi Yulu's thousand cavalry escorted a large number of military horses to the "rear of the palace". Fan Fen's most powerful four hundred scouts began to attack first, and "circled" on the left wing to prevent the fish that slipped through the net from being lost. .
What Yu Luandao has to do is to rely on the superiority of the number of people to divide the multiple charges that are equivalent to launching at the same time, and strive to take away the 800 riders when they pass by each other three times. Youqi's war horse couldn't carry it, and neither could the cavalry who were already tenacious enough to fight. Abandoning the more lethal but very cumbersome heavy weapons, mainly using the light cavalry of the sword to hedge against the sword, even if each of them is determined to die, but on the death line where the two sides meet and intersect, there will not be too many corpses left , but under Yu Luandao's instruction, except for the fight outside Yinyao City in Jibei, and the six battles outside Hulukou, Youzhou Qingqi was required to kill people during the charge. The price of this order is to kill people, and Those who were killed were less likely to fight again with minor injuries, and more were seriously injured to death. The most concealed and cold-blooded part of Yuluan Dao's style of play is that Youqi can easily win the game from the very beginning. After the battle, there are not many Youzhou wounded cavalry who left the main force and retreated to the east. Shi Yulu and Su Wenyao knew it well, and so did the captains and captains, but no one objected or questioned it.
No matter how soul-stirring frontier poems are, they cannot describe the cruelty of the battlefield where everyone has to commit suicide.
Youzhou cavalry has three cavalry, which horse does not have a saber with a death robe
For this kind of extra burden, no matter how hard-hearted and demanding the details, the main general Yu Luandao couldn't bear to restrain him.
Outside the battlefield where the fighting had not yet begun, the one-five-five riders of the Northern Mang Horse Lanzi ran in the opposite direction to the eight hundred riders, and ran southward at a fast speed, trying to pass on important information to the main southern army that they had encountered the Youzhou cavalry.
Suddenly, an inconspicuous black dot appeared from the back of the flank and bypassed the main battlefield. This figure ran like lightning, far faster than the galloping horses.
He circled a semicircle and stopped Wuqi on the way, his feet slipped on the yellow sandy ground, sending out a cloud of dust.
The five Ma Lanzi were taken aback by the strange scene in front of them. A hundred steps away stood a thin child with a Beiliang knife on his back.
The indifferent child started to confront the five riders. When he was twenty steps away from the lead rider, the elusive child had already dodged four arrows, leaped high, and caught the last arrow that shot at his chest halfway. Feather Arrow, facing the horse fence who drew out the saber, punched the horse's head with a fist. The whole horse whose head exploded and its front legs were broken was almost knocked upside down by the punch. The horse fence who was the corporal He threw himself forward, and was hit in the chest by the child with the knife on his back, and immediately knocked a horse behind him into the fence, and the arrow thrown by the child pierced the third rider's throat, and he fell off the horse and died. The horse rails on both sides, who had escaped a catastrophe, did not dare to fight, so they rode their horses forward at full speed.
The child turned around and ran wildly. When he caught up with a riding fence, he grabbed a horse's tail with both hands. His feet were fixed. The horse's hoof was stunned by him, and the horse's tail broke. It screamed in pain and accelerated desperately. Forward.
With one step, the child leaped out, stood side by side with the horse, and then swept out his fist and hit the horse's abdomen, sending the Beiman scout on the horse's back flying along with the horse. After the son fell to the ground, he was slid and hit by the back of the horse to death.
The child didn't froze in the slightest, and quickly caught up with the last horse fence that was frightened. He bent down, held a horse's hind leg with both hands, twisted his feet on the spot, and lifted the horse's hooves off the ground in the air. After being spun around, it fell hard.
The horse fence was thrown from the back of the horse, struggling to stand up, the child came to him, pulled out the Beiliang knife from behind, stabbed the Beimang barbarian hard in the heart, pulled it out and put it back into the scabbard, the child's expression was He said calmly, "Big man, the three hundred and seventy-ninth."
Captain Fan Fen and the 400 scouts who arrived afterward saw this scene from a distance, did not step forward to speak, but began to line up to the north. Among them, after Fan Fen helped the child bring a war horse, he patted the Beiliang knife on his waist, and said with a soft smile: "Little general, if I die, the sword will belong to you, and I won't be greedy. Just help me kill fifty Northern Mang savages."
Yu Dilong jumped onto the horse's back and stood with a knife behind his back. The blood-stained child rolled his eyes.
Nowadays, the Youzhou Cavalry Army likes to nickname this child named Yu Dilong "Little General".
Two days ago, Yu Dilong was supposed to be arranged by Xu Fengnian to escort the sixty wounded horses to retreat to the east, but the child refused life and death. Even if Xu Fengnian looked angry, the child just held the horse with the armor of the big man's relic hanging on it, With that Beiliang knife on his back, he neither spoke nor left. Later, a slightly injured captain asked to leave the main force and personally escorted the wounded to retreat. Before leaving, he joked with the little general who had killed the Quartet in the previous battles that he owed him fifty military merits of the barbarians of the Northern Mang up. Xu Fengnian acquiesced that Yu Dilong would stay. The child probably really feared Xu Fengnian, the master. Even if he stayed in the army, he would not dare to appear next to Yu Luandao and the others. He hung alone on the tail of the cavalry, and never talked to anyone. Apart from going out with Fan Fen's scouts to spy on the military situation, he always followed the army silently and alone.
On the frontal battlefield, the 800 Cavalry Army of Beimang were killed and injured after three charges. The 70 or 80 rangers who broke up and fled were also hunted down by Yu Dilong and Fan Fen's 400 scouts. All the Beimang cavalry soldiers who hadn't breathed their last were slashed by the Youqi who swept the battlefield.
Xu Fengnian stabbed a Beimang centurion with an iron gun to death, who had resentful eyes before he died. He raised his head slightly and looked west. Outside the battlefield, there were more than ten horsemen watching the fire from the other side in the distance.
Xu Fengnian's heart sank, but he didn't see that familiar figure in his field of vision.