A cavalry army that is not dominant in numbers wants to pierce three lines of defense that are properly spaced and closely connected, especially if two of the lines of defense are both large-scale cavalry.
If you add that there are nearly 20,000 elite riders biting their tails and chasing after them, the situation can probably be described with the word "death".
It was in this extremely precarious situation that the Dragon Elephant Army, which was rushing all the way to the south, began to change formation. The vanguard cavalry army, whose spears and spears had mostly been destroyed, drew back their front line a little bit. The formation was conical, obviously to use the fastest speed to cross the thirty-eight thousand cavalry of the B-word Longguan giants. At the same time, roughly in the middle of the formation of the Dragon Elephant Army, a clear line was stretched out, and more than ten thousand young and strong cavalry who slowed down their horses gathered at the rear, almost everyone with spears and spears, colliding with the formation with normal cavalry The posture, laying out rows of sharp front lines of spears and spears.
The formation of the former is more used to tear apart the enemy's formation and at the same time retard the speed of the Northern Mang cavalry army to the greatest extent, while the latter's fierce collision with the formation is more of a life-and-death struggle.
The Pubu Cavalry Army of the Huang Song Dynasty, who were not too far or near enough to bite the back of the Dragon Elephant Army, was led by the general of Bei Mang himself. , The formation is also quietly changing, the middle of the cavalry formation is thin and the wings are thick, so they suffered the most in battle, and they had detoured to the north of the camp to cut off the northward retreat of the Dragon Elephant Army. The cavalry and horses were a little tired. It is necessary to take this opportunity to re-gain momentum, and then join hands with the cavalry of the Southern Dynasty's Yizi Gaomen to carry out a north-south pincer attack. Once they charge too fast, they will encounter an embarrassing situation where they collide with those who pass through the formation of the Dragon Elephant Army , on the contrary, it is easy to hinder each other, so the cavalry troops of the Pu tribe in the Huang and Song Dynasties, like a torrent meeting a pillar in the heart of the river, deliberately gave up a large area in the north so that the friendly army could turn around. In an instant, it can become an excellent scene with both thick wings in the middle abdomen. Cooperating with the horse-repelling formation formed by the infantry in the south, it will definitely be able to cause considerable damage to the Dragon Elephant Army, which has been frustrated again and again.
However, the Beiliang Liuzhou frontier army had already shown signs of annihilation. After the cavalry of the Koujianghuai Department and the 20,000 cavalry of the Wanyan Yinjiang Department fought each other, the situation took a turn for the worse!
The 20,000 menacing first-class elite frontier army of the Southern Dynasty thought it was a simple victory that could reap great military exploits, but they never thought that after the collision, they would be defeated like a mountain!
Kou Jianghuai and a young general in a strange red armor go hand in hand, unstoppable!
This is true for two riders, and even more so for Wan Qi behind them!
If Zhongliang who was hiding beside Wanyan Yinjiang hadn't rescued him, Wanyan Yinjiang would have been shot through the chest by the young man wearing the red armor of the talisman general!
If it weren't for the young man who won the title of Enemy of Thousands in the Lumang Battlefield without the desire to fight, it would be very difficult for Zhong Liang to keep the No. 2 figure who is the leader of the nobles in Longguan.
But Zhong Liang, who was in the middle of the battlefield, also felt frightened.
How could the strength of these ten thousand cavalry be the cavalry army at the end of Beiliang? !
The well-deserved main force of the Dragon Elephant Army is almost the same!
Wanyan Yinjiang's 20,000 elite riders were like a piece of silk torn by a sharp weapon, and the battle damage was huge. After they turned their bodies, more than 3,000 riders actually lay down.
This kind of heavy damage is simply unimaginable.
Pull one hair and move the whole body.
The inexplicable vulnerability of the fine cavalry of the Wanyan Yinjiang Department has directly caused the enthusiasm of the infantry defense line on the western front of Beimang to fluctuate, because as long as the Dragon Elephant Army in the north goes south smoothly, a situation of two cavalry troops attacking one infantry army from north to south will be formed. .
This is fatal enough for the large phalanx on the grassland where only the lowest-class men are reduced to pawns.
In an instant, the situation is reversed, and the outcome changes hands!
Nearly 40,000 cavalry troops assembled from several Longguan B-shaped high gates, although they still gritted their teeth to block the Dragon Elephant Army going south, but faced with a Beiliang cavalry army that still had a number of more than 25,000 people, they naturally had more than enough thoughts And lack of strength.
Li Mofan's iron spear, who had beheaded no less than 30 enemy riders, had long since broken, and the more than forty halberd pouches on both sides of the saddle were exhausted. The more than forty corpses in the Beimang heavy camp, without exception, had their heads on the ground. They all have a short halberd!
Li Mofan, who was the head of the cavalry formation, took the lead in successfully killing through the enemy formation, his armor was full of blood.
At that time, the deputy general of the Dragon Elephant Army seemed to have more than 25,000 Dragon Elephant Army riders behind him, but in fact, it was less than 15,000 riders, because there were 10,000 soldiers from the Kou Jianghuai Department who were far inferior to the Dragon Elephant Army. people!
The 10,000 refugee cavalry troops with outstanding physical strength who had been recharging their energy from the beginning to the end, wherever their spears passed, were all the fallen corpses of the Northern Mang cavalry army.
Kou Jianghuai's stealth is the real key to this battle that gave the Northern Mang Cavalry Army an absurd feeling from the beginning to the end.
In fact, these 10,000 people have always followed behind the two dragon elephants on the left. From breaking the formation to entering the camp, and now going south, the battle damage is almost negligible.
At the beginning of the war, the two-winged dragon and elephant army broke through the formation too easily, so Bei Mang did not see through their identities.
So on the current battlefield, the Beimang army fell into an extremely embarrassing and funny situation.
The southernmost Wanyan Yinjiang cavalry army was beaten to the brim, from the main general Wanyan Yinjiang down to the ordinary cavalry soldiers, everyone panicked.
Then there is the infantry phalanx whose formation has not yet been fully consolidated. The top infantry of the Northern Mang Southern Frontier Army, more than 20,000 infantry infantry, have been dispatched to surprise the two towns of Fengxiang and Linyao. The army is mostly wearing light leather armor. After all, it is not the kind of heavy armored infantry in the history of the Central Plains that specifically targeted the grassland cavalry. Moreover, the original intention of this infantry was to attack Qingcang City in Liuzhou. How could it be used? To resist the frontal charge of the Beiliang cavalry? For this kind of battle on foot and cavalry, the Beimang infantry appeared extremely raw and immature in terms of equipment and quality. Dismounting as pawns to fight is the weakness of the men in the northern mang prairie. They are naturally unfamiliar with the heavy crossbows and bows that are not easy to use. Suddenly they are asked to stand still and face the collision of a northern Liang cavalry. The extremely awkward discomfort can be imagined.
Further north is the cavalry army of the B-character Gaomen Department that has already passed by the Dragon Elephant Army, and the farthest north is the cavalry of the Huang Song Pu Department who gave up their middle belly.
The complete line of defense that was supposed to be connected with each other was fragmented.
Northern Mang's military strength is still superior, but the morale of both sides is worlds apart!
Li Mofan raised his eyes and looked at the cavalry army of the Kou Jianghuai Department separated by a phalanx of the Northern Mang infantry, that was the real main force of the Dragon Elephant Army.
The general twitched the corner of his mouth, raised his cold knife, and swirled it lightly.
The more than 10,000 dragon-elephant Qingqi behind him ignored the large infantry formation at all, and circled around the edge of the formation, heading south easily.
After Li Mofan heard a voice, he suddenly turned around in astonishment.
After the head-on collision, there were still 8,000 young and strong cavalry behind. One of the cavalry slammed straight into the Beimang infantry phalanx, with its spear forward, roaring: "Liuzhou iron cavalry! May the dead! Die with me !"
Li Mofan, with a cold face, slowed down his horse and kept turning his head to look north.
Is that guy crazy
The beginning and end of today's battle were all due to Kou Jianghuai's meticulous deployment. So far, everything has been calculated by Kou Jianghuai, but that Liuzhou general never let the young and strong refugees go to death on their own initiative!
You must know that such a bold act of arbitrarily arbitrarily advocating superficiality, all post-war military achievements are all mentioned, according to the military law of Beiliang, ranging from lowering ranks to beheading for public display!
In Li Mofan's field of vision, he saw the rider tightening the reins suddenly when he was about to collide with the repelling guns of the Beimang infantry, and the first-class war horse from the Xianli Ranch suddenly jumped high!
Passing over the horse-repelling spears leaning forward in the first two rows, even people and horses crashed into it!
The iron hoofs of the falling horses trampled to death a Beimang infantry on the spot.
The overwhelmed war horse broke its knees, and the Liuzhou cavalry pawn fiercely held out the cavalry, piercing the chests of three pawns one after another!
After landing, the Liuzhou cavalry pawns ran forward with guns in both hands.
Behind him, the front line of the cavalry faced the flickering Beimang Resisting Horse Formation directly in front of him, and none of the men and horses flinched at all, they just rushed straight ahead!
Those Beiliang war horses were stabbed to death by sharp spears.
Facing the infantry phalanx waiting in full force, the cavalry wanted to fight head-on, and the vanguard cavalry in the front row would die.
There is no shortcut other than using the lives of cavalry and horses.
Eight thousand Liuzhou riders collided!
In the end, no one followed the Dragon Elephant Army around the formation and returned south.
In the first row of the Beimang infantry's refusal horse formation, on top of many spears, the Liuzhou people and horses all hang their corpses to death!
Some of the spears even had two corpses hanging from them.
Under this continuous impact, the infantry had to retreat backwards.
The huge inertia under the charge of the horses caused many carbine-repelling guns to be broken. Even though many Liuzhou cavalry were shot to death in front of the formation by infantry and heavy crossbows, many horses still slammed into the formation arbitrarily by virtue of their inertia. At the beginning, Beimang infantry were killed directly in the formation.
How could this Beimang infantry phalanx have seen such a cavalry charge regardless of casualties.
The originally dense and stable formation was finally on the verge of collapse.
If this infantry formation is on the territory of the Central Plains, the kind of heavy infantry born to restrain the prairie cavalry, the kind of heavy infantry with the highest armor and tactics, then under the premise of stacking formations, it is impossible to resist horses. Spears and multiple rows of standing shields are superimposed on the defensive thickness, supplemented by alternate rotations of bows and crossbows, so even if this Liuzhou cavalry disrupts the front line with a brave attitude, the corpses of the horses that are constantly falling to the ground are enough. A new natural line of defense is formed. At the same time, the entire formation moves back dozens of steps in an orderly manner, and it also does not hesitate to exchange its life for a buffer time and a strategic area. Then even if the formation cannot be deployed to the initial level of strength in a short period of time, However, the continuous lethality of the subsequent assault cavalry is still amazing.
It's a pity that this is not the battle at Miyun Mountain Pass, nor is the commander of the Beimang infantry, Xie Xizhen, who used the tactics of rejecting horses to a superb level.
At this moment and here, after the carbine spear array in front was shattered, and the Liuzhou cavalry who first crashed into the array desperately disturbed it, the Beimang crossbow infantry behind were completely at a loss, and did not know how to deal with it.
The deadlier is still outside this bloody battlefield.
The Dragon Elephant Cavalry Army under Li Mofan did not turn around to help the Liuzhou Cavalry Army, but went straight south, rushing towards the Wanyan Yinjiang Cavalry Army who was trying to support the infantry.
The main dragon elephant cavalry led by Kou Jianghuai and Xu Longxiang, galloped north without hesitation, crashing towards the rear of the formation.
Li Mofan no longer turned his head to look at the battlefield where corpses piled up.
He is no stranger to the young Liuzhou cavalry general. His name is Qifu Longguan. It was this captain who disrupted the careful deployment of both Liangmang and Lumang to lure the enemy deep and then wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop, so that the Beiliang Governor Chu Lushan and Dong Zhuo, then the king of the Southern Academy at that time, couldn’t laugh or cry afterwards, so the young people suddenly became famous outside the Liangzhou Pass. , and also needed a direct line of soldiers and horses, Qifu Longguan was transferred from Fuling Army Town to Liuzhou and became one of the three cavalry captains under Kou Jianghuai's command.
Li Mofan couldn't help thinking, this young man is indeed a thorn in the side.
He even planned that if this kid could survive by chance, he would probably not want to be an official, or else he would have the cheek to ask the young vassal king for a favor, at least to save this kid's life, and then quietly throw it into his hands Next, be a pro-military commander
With the support of the main force of the Dragon Elephant Army, the already crumbling Beimang infantry has nearly 20,000 people since its earliest days, and there are not even one out of ten!
This is the case once the infantry is broken by the cavalry.
But there are only 3,000 cavalry left in the 8,000 Liuzhou cavalry.
The blood-soaked young cavalry general begged for help at Longguan,
It was Xu Longxiang who was like a killing god who bent down and grabbed the corpses, and the two rode back south on the same horse.
The 3,000 Liuzhou cavalry, who suffered heavy casualties, retreated under the cover of the main dragon elephant cavalry dispatched by Kou Jianghuai himself.
Wanyan Yinjiang's cavalry army was smashed into a sparse formation under the fierce impact of Li Mofan's Dragon Elephant Army, and finally failed to form an encirclement circle with the main force of Huang Songpu in the north.
He could only watch helplessly as this Liuzhou frontier army broke through.
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On the way back to the south, after the white horse crossbowmen reported the military situation and the main force of Beimang had no intention of pursuing, the Liuzhou army stopped their horses for a rest.
Xu Longxiang, Kou Jianghuai and Li Mofan met and stood together to feed their respective horses.
Li Mofan glanced at the refugee young and strong cavalry gathered in the distance. After looking away, he looked at Kou Jianghuai with a dignified expression, "This battle is a big victory, right? The expected Beimang barbarian camp has been given to us." It's gone. As for the swap of cavalry, it is roughly one for two, which is within the acceptable range, and in the end, he also ate up the siege infantry of Huang Laoer in one breath. It's earned."
Kou Jianghuai nodded expressionlessly.
Li Mofan sighed, "You said frankly before that in this battle, the Dragon Elephant Army must be killed first, and then the refugee cavalry army. In addition to hindering the pace of Huang Song Pu going south, you can also use this to train troops. Don't delay the two, so as not to be defeated in the battle. In the last battle, those young children from Liuzhou dragged the Dragon Elephant Army back. But after a toss by that kid, they died later, but they died too many, and in the end they lost a total of 7,000 horses. Kou Jianghuai, what are you going to do next? You only have so many troops, can you?"
Xu Longxiang suddenly said: "Allow seven thousand dragon elephant riders to General Kou."
Kou Jianghuai shook his head and said, "No need."
Xu Longxiang said in a deep voice: "After the seven thousand riders are given to you, there is no need to return them."
Kou Jianghuai smiled, and said something that made Monk Zhang Er puzzled, "If it is in Guangling Road, let alone 7,000 people allocated to me, I will accept 70,000 people, and I will not return them if they are killed. But in Guangling Road Here, forget it."
Xu Longxiang couldn't figure it out, so he didn't bother to think about it.
Li Mofan smiled knowingly.
The general of Liuzhou narrowed his eyes, "I, Kou Jianghuai, have three thousand cavalry from refugees, that's enough."
Li Mofan asked: "How to deal with that kid? I guess it would be terrible if he reported the truth to the Protectorate!"
Kou Jianghuai said indifferently: "Paper can't cover fire, if you really want to save Qifu Longguan, you can only report the truth."
Xu Longxiang hesitated, "Shall I tell my brother?"
Kou Jianghuai shook his head and said, "It doesn't make sense."
Xu Longxiang was silent.
At Sanqianqi in Liuzhou, there was a young general sitting alone next to the hooves of a war horse, with his head down, not daring others to see his face full of tears.
Eight thousand Liuzhou riders, eight thousand are willing to die.
Because of him, Pao Ze killed 5,000 people in battle!
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After the Liuzhou frontier army returned to the station, the atmosphere in all the camps was dignified.
Two urgent military letters of 800 miles arrived at Qingcang City in Liuzhou from the Duhu Mansion of Huaiyang Pass and the General Mansion of Jubei City one after the other.
Kou Jianghuai took two military documents each stamped with "Northern Liang Governor" and "Beiliang King" and came to the garrison of the Sanqian Liuzhou Cavalry Army. : "Lieutenant of the Liuzhou Cavalry Army begging to ambush Longguan, come out!"
The young generals stepped out and stood still, with a calm face.
It's like on the battlefield, seeing death as home.
Kou Jianghuai spread out a military document expressionlessly, and read slowly: "Lieutenant Liuzhou begged to subdue Longguan, greedy for meritorious deeds, and led to the death of five thousand cavalry in Liuzhou, beheaded! Protector of Beiliang, Chu Lushan! "
All three thousand Liuzhou cavalry pawns showed a look of unbearable grief and indignation.
Kou Jianghuai remained motionless, with cold eyes, overlooking the entire school martial arts field.
The young general who was sentenced to be executed was relieved, with red eyes, lowered his head and cupped his fists and said: "Begging Longguan, take orders!"
Kou Jianghuai twitched his lips, and suddenly asked with a smile: "The Guardian of Beiliang, in our Beiliang, is the official big enough? Bigger than the commander of the cavalry and the commander of the infantry, the two deputy Jiedu envoys of Beiliang Road Far worse, right?"
All the cavalry pawns who came from refugees in the school martial arts field felt confused, especially Qifu Longguan.
Kou Jianghuai took a step forward and began to read the second letter from Jubei City, "Since the early days of our Xu family's cavalry army, even if the battalion lacks armor, swords, and horses, it is still an iron cavalry!"
"There are six old cavalry camps in Liangzhou, and there are new cavalry camps in Youzhou last year."
After reading this, Kou Jianghuai paused for a moment, "Now Liuzhou also has cavalry camps! Allow the camp flags to fight on the battlefield!"
Kou Jianghuai held the letter tightly, and took another step forward. After exhaling heavily, he said in a deep voice, "Liuzhou cavalry set up a new battalion and hit the battalion directly! Begging for Longguan, the Liuzhou cavalry The captain is demoted to the battalion commander!"
"As the captain, lead this battalion! King of Beiliang, Xu Fengnian!"
Kou Jianghuai looked at the young general and shouted angrily, "Begging for Longguan! Take orders!"
Qifu Longguan straightened his waist, trembling slightly, shouted with all his strength: "Qifu Longguan! How dare you refuse to accept orders?!"
Beiliang military law, Beiliang iron cavalry, as long as they wear armor, even if they meet a general, they never have to kneel!
Kou Jianghuai put away the two military documents, and for no reason remembered the unintentional words of the young general in that battle.
The Liuzhou general gritted his teeth word by word: "Liuzhou cavalry! May the dead die with me!"
School martial arts field, three thousand voices, willing to die!