Niu Qian's command flag waved, and the long-awaited siege troops of Zhao began to sprint to the gate of Yuanyang City, which was the fourth charge in two days, and everyone knew in their hearts that this would definitely be the most decisive one.

After Zhao Jun left Qiu Linyue, he began to organize the camp, and finally on the second day, he waited for the news that Loufu's troops were moving in the direction of Daqingshan. This was expected by Zhao Yong and Niu Qian. When Qiu Linyue escaped, if Lou Annoying and Huyan still had some gains, they must quickly fight to drag the vanguard of the Qiu Lin Ministry, otherwise it will be a failure In fact, after learning that Qiu Linyue had escaped, Lou Yuan thought in his heart that after knowing that he and the Huyan Department were united, they would flee by themselves, and they were somewhat reluctant, and they were somewhat remorseful in their words. Huyanba was stunned and angry, and threatened that if Lou Yuan could not eliminate the Qiu Lin Department, then the Huyan Department would regard Lou Fu as an enemy, and always go south to Daqing Mountain to compete with Lou Fu; On the one hand, he promised Lou Yuan that if he could eliminate the Qiulin Department, the Huns would always stay away from Daqing Mountain and never an inch of land south.

Even if he knows, Ba Yan's guarantee is not credible at all, but Ba Yan left the clouds, maybe it will be a big trouble, if he is eliminated, according to what he said, he came to the clouds, everyone in the Huyan Department knows, in case there is anything wrong, it is not clear, can only reluctantly agree to Ba Xuan's words, and organize the soldiers and horses to leave the cloud city on the afternoon of the second day. Lou Yuan's purpose, whether it is to drive away the Qiu Lin Department, or to use a knife to kill people and clean up Huyan Ba Xuan, it seems that it can be.

At the same time, Qiu Linyue, who woke up from the Zhao army camp, took a few guards selected by Zhao Yong for her, and also rushed towards Daqingshan, of course, she also knew that Ba Su was actually the key to stopping this war, if she could assassinate Ba Suan, then Lou Nuren might take the initiative to withdraw from this war, and the second brother and they would be able to stay safe and sound at the foot of Daqing Mountain, waiting for the arrival of all the tribesmen and gaining a firm foothold in Daqing Mountain. It was Qiu Linyue who took the lead in running to Cloud City, and when she arrived, she received the news that it was indeed the Lou Fu army that had set off. It seems that they will not wait for the people of the Huyan Department to come and converge, but hide near Daqing Mountain, and wait for the annoying people to arrive before converging and attacking the Qiulin Department.

Qiu Linyue, who was anxious, could only run towards Daqingshan while bearing the pain, hoping to catch up with this war. But she obviously underestimated her injury, even with the treatment of Zhao Jun's military doctor, the arrow wound in her back could not be recovered for a while. After a long and bumpy ride, the wounds that had not healed began to tear and hurt again. If it weren't for Zhuo Ka's careful care, I'm afraid Qiu Linyue would have died on the way forward.

In any case, for Zhao Jun, the best time to attack Yuanyang has come. After besieging Yuanyang for three days, the Zhao army began an expedition against Yuanyang.

Yuanyang City is a big city with trouble, but its scale is not particularly outstanding, from a distance, it is just a simple square city: there are almost no such defensive settings as stone rolling wood, I am afraid that they themselves also feel that they have only heard of the Hu people attacking the city of the Central Plains, and have not heard of the Central Plains people attacking the Hu people's homeland in turn, so they are not well prepared; The combat effectiveness of the personnel and defenders was insufficient. As I said before, the Hu people are very superficial about the concept of the city, and the senior Lou Fu people like to live in tents and wander around following the footsteps of the Lou Fu King, which also caused the problem of insufficient soldiers in Yuanyang City.

Attacking such a city, the Zhao army hardly had any pressure. From Niu Qian's slightly proud expression as he watched the siege troops attack, it can be known that Zhao Jun is determined to win here.

"General." A scout rushed in front of Niu Jian and bowed down.

"How? The shadow of Lou Yuan's cavalry could have been found nearby. Niu Jian asked absentmindedly while observing the battle situation.

"There is no trace of Lou Yuan's cavalry, and the king has arranged a new batch of scouts to expand the scope of inspection, and strive to get Lou's annoying attention as soon as possible."

Niu Jian nodded and said, "That's good." ”

Looking at the back of the scout leaving, Niu Jian glanced at the Zhao army camp behind him, where he silently turned his head and continued to focus on the siege.

Zhao Yong stood on the chariot, silently watching the battle situation of the siege troops in front, as if he did not intend to issue any orders, beside him, was the elite cavalry and chariot troops of the Zhao army, this time the siege, Zhao Yong handed over all the command to Niu Qian, and waited for the result in the back. It's both learning and trust.

"Since Lou is not keen on the city, why should he build the city? It's puzzling. He muttered.

Zhao Yuan stayed by his side, and when he heard Zhao Yong's question, he looked left and right and was qualified to answer Zhao Yong's question, but he was not a wise general, he only knew that he was charging into battle, and after holding it for a long time, his face was red, and then he said hesitantly: "Presumably... Be... Follow the example of the Central Plains. ”

Zhao Yong was slightly stunned when he heard him reply. In fact, he was just talking to himself just now, so that he didn't care what the answer was, seeing Zhao Yuan answering his question in embarrassment, he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "What does Lone mean is that since Lou Annoying people have built a city, there is absolutely no matter of giving it to others for nothing, not to mention that there is a granary built here, if it is given to others for nothing, wouldn't it be asking for hardship?" There is no such stupid approach. ”

Zhao Yuan knew that the answer he had just given was Meng, and he didn't expect to receive encouragement, but he didn't expect to make a "stupid" evaluation, so he could only compliment and say, "The king is wise." ”

Zhao Yong shook his head, among the young generation of generals in Zhao State, Zhao Yuan's qualifications are good, but he is more than brave, has few strategies, and has a similar personality as Zhao Guang. This kind of artificiality is acceptable, but it is not satisfactory to be handsome. Among the young generals who are similar to him, perhaps only Li Zhuo, Li Yan, and Lian Wu can take action, and barely lead the army to fight. Lian Wu was pressed out of the Baijin camp by him, he just wanted to put pressure on these generals so that they would not be too proud, and Lian Wu's ability, whether it was Pang Cong or Zhao Shan, was very commendable, but he lacked time to test it. and the rest of the sons have not yet shown their prominence; After them, Pang Yuan and Lian are quite worthy of great responsibilities, but they are both in the growth period, "Zhao Hao and Ju Xin that Pang Cong said, Zhao Hao Gu has already seen it, how Ju Xin is, but I don't know, I hope it is also a pearl in the sea." ”

Suddenly, the shouting and killing sound not far away, the direction of Yuanyang City suddenly became lively, and after a while, I saw the loess all over the sky, and it seemed that suddenly a large number of troops descended on the battlefield. Zhao Yongzhi didn't feel surprised, but just thought: Sure enough, there is a backhand.

"Is this the back hand? I see. Niu Jian looked at the open gate at the gate of Yuanyang City, and suddenly killed a team of Lou Fu cavalry, about five or six hundred people, and his brows jumped, and he said to himself lightly. He shouted unhurriedly to the herald and said: "Order, the two teams of cavalry on the left flank will attack the cavalry troops of the opposing party, and the two teams of cavalry on the right flank will detour behind each other to outflank the rear road." ”

Hearing the order, the cavalry of the Zhao army also shouted and rushed to the middle of the battlefield. It should be said that this is the first duel between the new cavalry of Zhao and the Hu cavalry, and it is also a small test to test whether the new cavalry of Zhao is the opponent of the Hu cavalry. No matter how much psychological construction and self-comfort there was before, it will face this verification.

The Hu rider was jolting on the horseback, and soon habitually stopped, drawing the bow and shooting arrows, clamping the horse's belly with his legs, and facing the Zhao army in the distance is a rain of arrows, and before they could react, they saw that the left cavalry of the Zhao army had been launched, and they launched a bow and arrow counterattack. The general of the Hu army gave a whistle, and all the Hu cavalry immediately turned the reins, ready to escape from the range of the opposing cavalry, and then return fire.

However, the cavalry on the right flank of the Zhao army also quickly cut into the battlefield, but they did not directly enter the range of engagement, but detoured back to the rear of the Hu cavalry, cutting off the possibility of the Hu people escaping back to the city, and further compressing the maneuver space of the opposing cavalry. The Hu cavalry saw that the back road was blocked, and there were also pursuers in front, and it was no longer possible to maneuver and detour in such a space, and there was only one way to choose white-knuckle combat. Without hesitation, he drew his weapon and began to fight.

The new cavalry of the Zhao army, in addition to changing the armor to Hu Fu and beginning to emphasize the use of bows and arrows and crossbow arrows, the biggest secret is probably the Takahashi saddle and stirrups. This time he sent troops to the north, Zhao Yong did not plan to hide, for the Daidi cavalry, it was also equipped with a small number of high bridge saddles and stirrups, it was in the hope that through the conquest of Sanhu, the reliability of these two inventions would be tested in front of the Hu people, and this small cavalry duel was exactly what Zhao Yong and others wanted to see.

However, the balance of victory and defeat has been decided early, or in other words, due to the appearance of Zhao Yong, a traverser, the victory of this war has long been doomed. The level of bow and horse of the Hu cavalry is naturally not to be underestimated, because they are with the horses all day long, twelve hours a day, and more than half of the time are on the horses, so it can be said that the horses are like their legs. However, even so, it cannot be denied that in an era when the saddle was still covered with leather on the belly of the horse, it may not be a problem to impact or gallop, but when archery, it is necessary to stop and shoot the arrow in order to complete this action, otherwise, the strong afterforce of the bow and arrow may bring the rider off the horse, and the action of archery can only be completed by clamping the horse's belly. In the same way, if you want to be stable in the face of chopping, you must also have a strong force to clamp the horse's belly in order to stabilize the horse. Therefore, the Hu people crisscrossed the grassland, relying on exquisite bow and horse skills, rather than melee combat ability.

However, after equipping the Takahashi saddle and stirrups, the cavalry of the Zhao State can not only rely on the Takahashi saddle to fix themselves on the horse's back so as not to slip down, but also rely on the stirrups to offset the force of the chopping action, so that they can carry out melee attacks more flexibly, and the shooting of the bow and arrow does not need to be stopped, and this action can be completed while the horse is driving. It can be said that after completing the compression of the mobile space of the Hu cavalry, the Zhao army completely defeated the Hu people against the enemy in close combat.

Takahashi saddle and stirrups are the biggest plug-ins brought by Zhao Yong's crossing, and he made it possible for the cavalry to be established independently, more than a hundred years earlier than history. It's just that he doesn't know.

Seeing that the Hu cavalry had been defeated under the impact of the cavalry of the Zhao army, which was about the same number, Niu Jian realized that it had become possible and inevitable for the cavalry to build an army independently, and he could understand that Zhao Yong hid these two kinds of equipment tightly in order to keep it secret, and even the outside world did not hear about it, and even the Baijin battalion was rarely used, but these two kinds of equipment will not be widely promoted for the time being, this is the biggest secret of Zhao State, of course, it is used as a killer weapon, and before that, the history of cavalry shooting will continue. However, the last trace of confusion about Zhao Yongli's order to establish an independent cavalry system was calmly resolved.

"The time of cavalry has come." Niu Jian said.

(End of chapter)