0219: Let's fight again! (Thank you to all the readers who subscribed to this book, and added more to you)
In the southeast of Manbo County and the northwest of Meiji County, about ten miles away from the cities of both sides, Li Yi led an army of 30,000 to meet Yu Fuluo's army of 80,000. As mentioned earlier, although the establishment of the Duliao battalion and the Duliao general was originally to deal with the nomads in the north, after the Xiongnu were attached, in most cases, his duty was to monitor the Huns.
Therefore, Manbo County and Meiji County themselves are very close to each other. This is also why whether it is Li Yi or Yu Fuluo, as soon as they send troops, they go straight to the opponent's camp, because they gather for dozens of miles, and it takes less than a day to go back and forth, and if they don't defeat the other party, they can't do anything else at all.
The two armies confronted each other, each encamped, while Li Yi and Yu Fuluo, one on a horse and the other on a tiger, stood in front of the camp and looked at each other from afar.
"Hehe, it seems that this Yu Furo also knows that it is impossible to defeat our army with cavalry alone." Li Yiyao looked at the enemy camp and sneered softly. It's just that although these words seem to sound sarcastic, the tone is very solemn.
Speaking of which, since the bilateral stirrups were pounded out by Li Yi and handed over to the Han court, the number of cavalry in the entire Han Dynasty has been growing rapidly, because with this thing, soldiers are undoubtedly more relaxed when they are trained in horsemanship, and they will also save more physical strength when traveling long distances.
And this thing was naturally quickly obtained by the Qiang people, Huns, and Wuhuan people who were attached to it, but compared with the Han people, the help provided to them by this thing was obviously not so great.
There is a joke that the bilateral stirrup is a nuclear weapon that can elevate cavalry to a terrifying and almost invincible state. In the past, Li Yi was also convinced of this, after all, all kinds of online articles praised bilateral stirrups to the sky. Just imagine carefully, if this thing is really so strong, why will there be Sui, Tang, Song, and Ming in the future? Especially the Song Dynasty, in the case of emphasizing literature over military force and continuously destroying the Great Wall, it was stunned that it was attacked by the wheels of the three major nomadic empires of Liao, Jin, and Mongolia, and maintained it for so long.
Perhaps the reason is very simple, that is, the bilateral stirrup is not so magical at all, in fact, for people like Li Yi and Lu Bu who are extraordinary, the only use of bilateral stirrups is just to save a little physical strength when traveling long distances.
This is also why Yu Fuluo obviously has a large number of cavalry, but he is still so jealous of Li Yi.
Yes, the cavalry is the king of land warfare, but strictly speaking, in this era, this king is to put a quotation mark. Because if it is really the same number, the elite cavalry in the formation is compared with the elite infantry, then it is often the infantry that basically wins. Because in the face of the retracting defense of the infantry, the cavalry was helpless.
It is only in sports warfare that cavalry can become the real king, because through cavalry archery and super mobility, cavalry can easily play with infantry in applause. This is also why no matter how powerful the nomads are, it is difficult to invade the Central Plains in the south, and it is often difficult for the dynasties of the Central Plains to succeed in the northern expedition.
"Hmph, it looks like it's still so leaky!" Yu Fuluo looked at Li Yi's side and thought to himself.
Speaking of which, Yu Fuluo let a large number of Hu people get off their horses and pick up the long contradiction card to act as infantry, but he hesitated for a long time before making up his mind. Because this seems to have completely given up the advantages of the Huns, after all, even if the Huns have been attached for more than a hundred years, they are still the same horse nation.
It's just that Yu Fuluo had to do this, because it was impossible to win Li Yi with cavalry alone. This point, when he was outside the city of Mamber in the past, Yu Furo had already deeply realized it. If the cavalry wants to break through the infantry formation, unless the infantry takes the initiative to attack, it must find a flaw in its formation, break through this flaw, and then break the entire formation. But in Yu Fuluo's eyes, the infantry formation under Li Yi's command made him unable to find this flaw at all.
Therefore, if the cavalry is not replaced by infantry, how can Yu Fuluo and Li Yi fight? It can even be said that even if Li Yi's troops are less than half of Yu Fuluo's, Yu Fuluo will have no way to take Li Yi with cavalry alone.
Yu Fuluo was thinking about it, when he suddenly saw Li Yi riding the huge white tiger quickly approaching his side, and he was immediately frightened and quickly retreated. He knew very well how strong Li Yi's force and archery skills were, and the distance between the two armies was only about 3 miles.
At the same time as Yu Fu Luo retreated, dozens of Hun cavalry on the side came up to protect Yu Fu Luo behind him.
"Uh...... Am I that scary? Seeing this, Li Yi thought strangely, he originally wanted to come up and shout to Yu Fuluo to see if he could have another fight. Because since the last time he played a fighting general under Mambo City, he has completely liked this mode, and it is simply a big killer to weaken the morale of the enemy!
It's just that although it seems that Yu Fuluo didn't cooperate with Li Yi's idea at all, Li Yi still couldn't help shouting, "Thief Chief Yu Fuluo, I have heard for a long time that your Hu people are known for their martial arts, do you dare to compete with us Han people now?!" ”
"Compare a fart!" When Yu Fuluo heard this, he was immediately furious, he still remembered how badly he would lose with Li Yi in the past under Mamber. The number one warrior under his command can't even beat the young man under the command of the other party.
However, Li Yi's voice was not only shouted to Yu Fuluo, but also to the entire Hu people, although it was impossible to spread so far, as long as the Hu soldiers in front heard it, it would naturally pass on.
Therefore, it is impossible for Yu Fuluo to let Li Yi talk nonsense, otherwise, although the morale may not be defeated, if it can, who is willing to let the morale of their troops fall because of the other party's words?
"Li Yi! You and I are both commanders of the First Army! Now that we are each leading our armies here, you have brought up such a thing as the courage of a barbarian, isn't it a joke to say it? Hearing this, Yuvro shouted.
Just hearing this, Li Yi also laughed and said, "Isn't this to cooperate with you?" If you want to test Wen Taowuluo, that's the real bullying you! So it's just a matter of comparing martial arts and archery, and at least it seems that you have a little bit of hope of victory. As he spoke, Li Yi stretched out his hand, and his thumb and index finger were slightly separated by less than an inch.
In a word, he almost made Yu Fuluo angry, but what made him even more angry was the people around him.