Chapter 259: Reinforcements from Whitewater City

Whitewater City is located at the northern foot of the Karatau Mountains, on the western edge of the Talas Desert. Crossing the White Water City, passing through the Kalatau Mountain Range, the terrain is flat, and you can drive south and ride for half a day to reach the capital of the Stone Kingdom, Zhezhi City.

Due to the fear that Li Huaitang and them would return to Qianquan and cross the road of Shiguo in Baishui City, Yi Wei was ordered to divide heavy troops to garrison in Baishui City, cooperate with the strange soldiers of Dumo Zhi to block the horse bandits, and annihilate them in one fell swoop when the army arrived.

In the plan of Que Yi Nanru and Du Mozhi, tens of thousands of infantry and more than 1,000 cavalry may not be able to eliminate the rogues, but it is not difficult to intercept and block their return route.

Plans are always not changing fast. When Que Yinanru was making plans, he didn't expect Aslan to be greedy for merit, let alone that Aslan was an unlucky guy, last year, and this year is no exception.

There are many war horses of the horse bandits, and they all made wedding clothes for Li Huaitang. As for the hundreds of captives, Li Huaitang did not kill the killers, and if they wanted to break through the defense line of Baishui City as soon as possible, they could still exert their residual heat.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. The horse bandits live a life of licking blood from the knife edge for nothing more than money and women, and if they have milk, they are mothers, as for who to follow, they do not have certain principles in their hearts, of course, if they are allowed to choose, they will definitely be willing to move closer to the strong. When Li Huaitang promised to distribute the wealth of the horse bandits to them, the surviving horse bandits who were taken prisoner saw the light, and they scrambled to agree to the conditions proposed by Li Huaitang.

Under Whitewater, more than a dozen cavalrymen brought an urgent call for help.

Sam is the main general of Whitewater City, commanding more than 10,000 troops, all of whom are infantry. As a proud cavalryman, Aslan naturally looked down on Sam, and Li Huaitang's southward trail was not told to him from the beginning.

"Fuck that egg, damn Aslan must be the idea of eating alone again, I'm afraid that I will encounter hard stubble, so I remembered to ask us for rescue." When Sam got the news of Aslan's battle with the Rogue, he was furious. He also looked at Aslan unpleasantly, in his eyes, Aslan's bandits were nothing more than a rabble, and they couldn't compare with his elite.

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, anger is anger, and rescue must always be provided. Sam's pressure came from Dumozhi, and the Turgish were not easy to mess with, and if Aslan and them suffered a big loss, Dumozhi would definitely settle the account on his head in the future. Cleaning up his bad mood a little, Sam ordered the 8,000-foot army and marched in the direction of Qianquan.

The Chu River, which flowed through the northern edge of the Talas Desert with great difficulty, had just escaped from the burden of the desert when it lost its vitality and died in a wide swamp. Sam's army stopped in front of the swamp, and it was not difficult to cross the swamp, but when the army was at its most vulnerable, Sam had to be cautious.

"General Sam, what's the grind? General Aslan and their numbers are at a disadvantage, and they will not be able to withstand it for long, and if they do not get support, they may be wiped out. When the time comes, explain it to General Dumochi yourself. ”

The bandits hurried up to Sam and brought out the god Dumochi to put pressure on him.

Sam snorted coldly, ignoring it again, but looking north. There was no vision in the sky above the northern horizon, and it was said that thousands of troops were fighting for a long time, and there should be traces of billowing smoke and dust. Suspicion quietly occupied Sam's thoughts.

"How many rogues are there?" Sam quietly asked the bandits who had come to ask for help.

The horse bandit replied, "Nearly three thousand men, tens of thousands of horses and camels." Also ask the general to cross the river at speed! ”

Sam sneered: "Come on, take it all for me!" ”

Dozens of pro-soldiers swarmed up at the order to knock down the bandits and tie them up. Regardless of the bandits' angry scolding and struggles, Sam gave another order: "Retreat!" ”

As soon as the voice fell, Sam felt something abnormal, and the expression on his face became grim. Years of war experience taught him that the slight tremors from the earth and the faint roar of thunder on the horizon were the work of tens of thousands of horses' hooves.

"Array, array!"

Sam had guessed correctly, and under the skies of his thousands-strong army, a rolling black line appeared, and countless horses' hooves rumbled against the earth, sweeping towards his army that had stayed at the edge of the swamp.

Li Huaitang's wishful thinking was to lure out the Shi Guobu army in Baishui City and wipe them out at the time of the half-crossing. The caution of the enemy general ruined his plan, however, Li Huaitang did not hesitate, and attacked decisively in time, intending to defeat nearly 10,000 enemy troops with his light cavalry, and then fish in troubled waters and infiltrate Baishui City to open up the road to the south.

The infantry had a slim chance of winning against the cavalry in the field, but the ability to resist was not vulnerable. Although the strength of the elite Yishu infantry has declined after repeated expansions, the foundation is still there, and Sam gave an order, and before the cavalry entered the attack range, the 8,000 infantry gradually formed two thick phalanxes.

In the face of the terrifying cavalry assault formation, although the infantry of the Stone Kingdom was afraid, they did not disperse. Sam didn't worry about the fear of the soldiers, as long as they lined up in a phalanx to resist the enemy, it would probably not be easy for the other party to defeat him easily. In Sam's eyes, unless the other party has heavy cavalry, a hard charge is a loss for killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, after all, cavalry is more precious than infantry, and the rogue has heard that the strength is less than three thousand, which cannot be consumed.

"Shoot the arrows!" The Trumpeter translated Sam's command into a muffled sound signal for the longbowmen in the phalanx.

The phalanx was like a dark cloud, and the feather arrows were like a torrential rain, blocking Li Huaitang's impact pace.

"Damn it!"

Instead of frightening the enemy, the galloping horses almost hit the attack. Li Huaitang was furious, and a feathered arrow was stuck in his chest, and the tail of the arrow was still shaking. Just now his horse was too fast to dodge, and he almost rushed into a rain of arrows, and several tributaries of arrows pounced on him, and he blocked most of them with his horse lance, and a sharp arrow that slipped through the net almost killed him.

The soldiers of the Ministry of Light were terrified and had palpitations, and the longbowmen in the enemy formation were obviously inexperienced, did not position themselves in advance, did not shoot in turn, and their judgment was also biased, resulting in the area covered by the rain of arrows in advance. Although they just rushed and did not lose much, most of the knights at the front end were wearing cotton armor and could deal with bows and arrows, but Li Huaitang was their backbone, and once he made a mistake, the entire Northern Expeditionary Army would die here.

"Crossbowmen, give them all the bolts!"

Li Huaitang pulled out the feather arrow on his body, the cotton armor on his body had long been broken and abandoned, fortunately, a step shake in his arms blocked the sharp arrow for him, but the step shake was broken in half, deeply stabbing Li Huaitang's deep memories.