Chapter 673: Xia State Cavalry vs. Yuan State Cavalry!
Huo Quzhi was just eighteen years old.
If you are a bystander, you can either study and study at this age and strive for fame. Either enlist in the army, work hard to earn military merits, and hope to get ahead in the future, and more people are mediocre.
But Huo Qubing has become the deputy commander-in-chief, commanding 80,000 cavalry.
In just half a year, he changed from an ordinary soldier to a deputy chief soldier, almost ascending to the sky in one step, becoming the general in the Great Xia Kingdom whose promotion speed was second only to Yue Fei, and his age was unsurpassed.
Eighteen years old, the age of a young man, but he has already begun to crisscross the grasslands.
Although there is Han Xin's recommendation in this, more factors are that His Majesty is strong to override public opinion, and it is a reward drafted by His Majesty himself, and he said to the civil and military ministers:
"Champion Hou opened up territory for Great Xia and took the Anbei region, and he sat there, so I can sit back and relax. However, the champion Hou is old, and Huo Quzhi is the one who inherits his mantle spirit! Although Huo Quzhi is young, I believe that he will be the second champion Hou and champion the three teams. ”
When Huo Quzhi heard these words, he was moved to tears. What could be happier in this life than being recognized?
His Majesty trusts himself, so he reuses himself, and he also gives himself the heavy responsibility, which is for Huo Quzhi, who wants to serve the country, the only way to defend His Majesty's trust in himself is to use his life.
Now His Majesty has personally conquered the Qin State, and handed over the safety of the Dongqi region to himself, which is equivalent to handing over the back to himself, if he can't stop the cavalry of the Yuan Kingdom, he is a sinner through the ages!
Therefore, Huo Qubing did not dare to be careless, and constantly trained his cavalry, although the time was not long, but the effect was very satisfactory to him.
Now the cavalry of the Yuan Kingdom is here, and there are 150,000 people.
He only has 80,000 cavalry, far inferior to the cavalry of the Yuan State, although there are still 100,000 infantry, but it is not suitable to attack, and it needs to be drawn into a defensive line to garrison the north. Once Huo Qubing is really defeated, this line of defense can also stop the southward sweep of the Yuan army. At the same time, the Marquis of Chang Sheng in Suzhou and the Marquis of Zhenyuan in Ganzhou are also ready to come to the aid at any time.
But will you lose?
Huo Qubing looked at the 80,000 cavalry who had personally drilled, which was almost equipped with the best war horses and equipment in Great Xia, as well as 5,000 heavily armored iron dragoons, what was the other party's 150,000 soldiers and horses afraid of!
He wants to tell the world that His Majesty's reuse is correct! He wants to beat the Yuan soldiers in a panic, and his soldiers and horses are standing at the border, and this group of young people has to retreat for a hundred miles!
"Command the whole army, prepare to go!"
Huo Quzhi walked out with a hook and sickle, and then shouted.
His generals ordered the reorganization of the troops and horses, and the 80,000 cavalry were divided into three parts. The main force was 40,000 cavalry led by Huo Quzhi himself, and the remaining two parts each led 20,000 wings to outflank.
Then, the army marched!
The cavalry of the Yuan Kingdom attacked from the north of Mohe County, where the terrain was the flattest and could be driven straight in, and the two counties next to it were either mountainous or had dense rivers, which was not conducive to rapid marching.
And Huo Qubing was already stationed in the north of Mohe County, so the two armies would be able to meet soon.
Two days later, Huo Qubing led his troops to Luocheng Mansion, the northernmost part of Mohe County. The eagle report from the scouts showed that the cavalry of the Yuan State immediately arrived at the sunset slope. It is one hundred and twenty miles away from Los Angeles, which means that the two sides have only gathered for more than 100 miles.
Obviously, the target of the Yuan cavalry was Luocheng Mansion, robbed Luocheng Mansion and then continued to drive south, directly attacking Mohe County, and then continued to plunder to the southwest.
In addition, Guo Jia also sent a secret letter, these 150,000 troops are only the first army, it is the most elite cavalry of the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom, and it is impossible for 150,000 troops to take the Dongqi region, and Daxia has invested seven or eight hundred thousand. The 500,000 yuan army that came after the Khan of the Yuan State marched slowly, so it would be some time later, which was almost the majority of the troops of the Yuan State.
However, Huo Qubing doesn't need to think about the follow-up Yuan army, his task is to annihilate this advance army, but there is not much time left for him, he needs to annihilate this advance army before the follow-up army of the Yuan State arrives, and stomp on the ground fiercely to demoralize the Yuan army.
At the same time, Aguta, the leader of the cavalry of the Yuan Kingdom, also received the news from the scouts that the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom had arrived, and the number was about seventy or eighty thousand.
Ah Guda immediately laughed.
As the younger brother of the Khan of the Yuan State and the leader of the Ghost Rong Army, this time he personally led the strongest elite cavalry of the Yuan State to come here, and did not take the Xia State cavalry in his eyes at all.
"Xia Guo is really unavailable, with a little guy who hasn't grown all his hair! Pass the order, speed up, annihilate the other party, let Xia Guo know the strength of our ghost army, and teach the Xia Emperor a good lesson! ”
Ah Guta immediately gave the order, and the cavalry under his command screamed, one by one, with arrogant faces, and quickly slapped the war horses.
At the same time, Huo Qubing also led the troops to kill.
Looking down from a high place, on the flat and wide land, two groups of black cavalry, one south and one north, were rapidly approaching.
Ninety miles... Eighty miles... Sixty miles...
The distance was getting closer and closer, and the cavalry of the Yuan Kingdom waved their swords and roared, full of excitement, and the formation was scattered and there was no charter. This is the character of the Yuan people, who believe in the spirit of wolves and are good at using charging and encirclement to hunt down their prey.
On the other hand, Huo Quai's soldiers and horses, although they were running fast, the queue was orderly and not chaotic at all, that is, there were rules and rules.
The two sides are closer and can already see each other.
The roar of the Yuan people was even louder, their number was almost twice that of the Xia army, coupled with the scattered formation and the growth of the bar, it seemed that the scale was even larger, black and pressing, and the length of more than ten miles was full of people. And the Great Xia soldiers had no fear, still maintaining the array, they continued to charge with the reins in one hand, and clenched the blades in their hands with the other.
The collision of the two armies began immediately.
Although the formation of the Yuan army was scattered, when the two sides approached, the four thousand heavy armored cavalry of the Yuan Guirong army rushed to the front, they were wearing heavy armor, war horses were also armored, and they were carrying scimitars in their hands, just like a heavily armed Tiefutu.
Also heavily armored cavalry, the Iron Dragoons were also heavily armed, but much leaner than them.
At the same time, the iron dragoon also rushed to the front, it seems that the intention of both sides is the same, to tear each other apart with great force, the heavy armored cavalry that both sides are proud of, who is strong and who is weak?
It didn't take long to find out.
The two armies that charged finally collided.
It's like two pieces of steel colliding violently together, splashing sparks, and like ink falling into water, spreading out in an instant, a chaos.
The heavy armored cavalry of the Ghost Rong Army raised their knives and slashed, but unfortunately the iron dragoon was holding a horse lance, and the three or four meters long horse lance was made of meteoric iron, which was the most precious divine weapon of the iron dragoon, and the heavy armored cavalry of the other party thought that they could block the attack by wearing heavy armor, but when the lance of the horse lance stabbed in their chests, directly pierced the iron armor and pierced into their chests, they understood that they had met a nemesis!
In an instant, the heavy armored cavalry of the Yuan army collapsed, and it was not the opponent of the iron dragon cavalry at all!
This heavy armored cavalry that was carefully assembled by Xiao Rui, from war horses to armor, to weapons, is all about excellence, the heavy armored cavalry of the Ghost Rong Army is very strong, but when they encounter the strongest of the strong, they look rubbish.
At the same time that the iron dragoon crushed the other party, the Great Xia cavalry in the rear also completely rushed into the Yuan State camp, and the seemingly large Yuan army swallowed the Great Xia cavalry, but in fact, the Great Xia cavalry deliberately entered their encirclement.
Huo Quzhi's best thing is to intersperse annihilation, as large as the entire cavalry regiment, as small as a small group of twelve people, cooperate with each other, and begin to cut the already chaotic Yuan army camp.
Take a small peek at the big one, you will find that among Huo Quai's cavalry, the smallest team is not Shiwu, but a combination of twelve people, forming an arrow cluster formation, and six people on both sides are holding hook and sickle guns, this kind of weapon invented by Yue Fei is specially designed to deal with war horses, and the effect is excellent. The middle four are specialized in dealing with horse cavalry and can move inside and out. In the end, the two were in the rear wing, holding Zhuge repeaters and shooting them.
The strength of the Great Xia is weaker than that of the Yuan army, but sometimes it is true that there are not many people who can win, the Yuan army is too scattered, and the soldiers and horses of the Great Xia have the method of palming, and the mobility of the war horse is brought into play in time, telling the Yuan people that they are not living on the grassland or are masters of playing horses!
The Xia army relied on rapid movement, dodging, and roundabouts, and soon cut the Yuan army's camp into countless small parts.
The leader of the Yuan army, Ah Guta, noticed that something was wrong, he found that the other party was too a chicken thief, and he ran away while fighting, and his soldiers and horses had just gone to chase after him, and the other party suddenly came back with a horse gun. Although there are many people on their own side, when fighting in a small group, they can chase after the twelve people of the other party, but these twelve people rely on the camp and are not afraid of the attack of the twenty-four people at all.
What made Ah Guta even more alarmed was that the cavalry of the Xia army was equipped with gunpowder.
Only then did he understand why Xia Jun's war horse's ears were plugged with cloth, which turned out to prevent the explosion of gunpowder from causing panic among the war horses!
That's right!
Huo Quzhi did assemble gunpowder.
Similar to the explosives pack, but it doesn't contain anything like thistle terrestris to avoid accidental injury. In fact, the mobility of cavalry is strong, and if you throw gunpowder, the opponent can run away, and the power of gunpowder is difficult to hurt the opponent.
But Huo Qubing used gunpowder, not to use gunpowder to injure the Yuan army, but to use the loud sound of gunpowder explosion to deter war horses.
War horses were not controlled by the Yuan cavalry when they were frightened, and the war horses of Great Xia were trained and their ears were blocked, so they were not affected very much.
Therefore, under the situation of eliminating the advantages of the other, what is the result of the large number of Yuan troops, it is nothing more than the result of one more shot!
Gradually, the battlefield was white-hot, the battle was in full swing, and the result was already bright, although the Yuan army occupied a large number of people, it was beaten by Huo Quai!
It was really hanging and fighting, just like playing with children, Huo Quai's soldiers and horses brought the mobility of the cavalry to the extreme, and won the essence of guerrilla tactics.
And in the battlefield, the easiest ones turned out to be the iron dragoons, because they were the heavy armored cavalry that overwhelmingly killed the ghost army!
Originally, the heavy armored cavalry was a hard-fought battle, which should be the most tragic, who called the iron dragoon to occupy the advantage, and the horse lance was too sharp, directly piercing the armor of the Yuan army. And their Mingguang armor can block the blade slashing of the Yuan army, you say that it is not annoying.
The invincible heavy armored cavalry of the Ghost Rong Army was killed with heavy losses and was almost wiped out.
In the end, Ah Guda saw that the defeat was obvious, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and had to withdraw his troops.
Want to escape?
Huo Qubing immediately led his troops to chase after him.