Chapter 1016: Engagement
Xiao Lengzi was once one of Deng Su's five thousand ironclad heavy cavalry.
The Qin Iron Cavalry is famous in the four countries, but the real core is only the five thousand heavy cavalry led by Deng Su, they are built by the Deng family with a lot of money, and a quarter of the military expenditure of the Qin State Field Army is spent on them every year. So much so that the field armies of other divisions sometimes did not even have complete armor and weapons, and they were damaged, and they could not wait for replenishment in a hurry.
The poverty of the Qin State Field Army once left a deep impression on the young Qin Feng, and when he was in the Western Army of Chu in the Luoying Mountains, all the Chu Army, including Qin Feng, had a consensus, that is, if he died in battle, the corpse must not fall into the hands of the Qin people.
Because then they will die without dignity, the Qin army will strip these Chu troops who died in battle, and they will not even give you a single trouser left, the Qin State field army is ruthless, because if they don't rob, they won't have better weapons, and if they don't have better weapons and armor, then in the cruel war, the chance of survival is even smaller.
Xiao Lengzi has no such experience, whether it is weapons or treatment, they are no worse than the royal family's Thunder Army, and because their daily life is non-stop fighting, so their combat effectiveness is even better than that of the Thunder Army, and they have the ruthlessness that the Thunder Army does not have.
The power of the Qin State Iron Cavalry is actually based on these five thousand iron armored heavy horses.
But in the battle of Hengdian, the prestige of the Qin iron cavalry was lost, and they were stubbornly carried by the hoplites of the Ming army. That battle was the most incredible battle Xiao Lengzi had ever fought, a group of infantry wrapped in iron cans, with the broadswords and lives in their hands, blocked the fatal impact of the ironclad heavy cavalry, the invincible ironclad heavy cavalry broke through the layers of barriers of these hoplites, but the iron cans in front seemed to be endless, layer by layer, and finally, the ironclad cavalry completely stopped.
Then, the tide of the battle tilted in favor of the Ming army.
Countless Ming light cavalry took advantage of their superior equipment and surrounded them after defeating the Qin cavalry from the left and right flanks. When the ironclad cavalry lost the speed of their impact and were encased in a small space, they became live targets.
The end of the war was disgraceful. The Qin army was routed on all fronts, and Xiao Lengzi became one of the few heavy cavalry that escaped.
Five thousand iron horsemen, those who can escape, can be counted in a slap.
The ironclad cavalry was incomparably powerful when they attacked, but when they fled, the heavy ironclad became a huge burden, and even their commander Deng Su was killed on the battlefield by Chen Zhihua, the current general of the Ming Kingdom, with an arrow.
The Qin State was defeated, the Deng clan was defeated, and Lu must have controlled the remaining army, and they were no longer the darlings of the past, because Lu must no longer be able to afford heavy armored cavalry. And they are not Lu's henchmen.
They were thrown into a newly recruited army, and of course, people like Xiao Lengzi were still reused and became the cavalry commanders of this army.
Xiao Lengzi is thinking about revenge all the time, for Deng Su, and for the comrades-in-arms who fought together in the past. But their situation is simply too difficult.
Being able to eat enough every day has become the greatest wish of the Qin army stationed in Daxin.
Robbery has become a part of daily life.
This robbery of the Ming caravan was something that Xiao Lengzi had planned for a long time.
For Qingzhou County, robbing the Ming people is a taboo thing, because most of the supplies for the main force of Qingzhou County now come from the Ming caravans in Kaiping County, and Lu must have issued a strict order not to rob the Ming merchants, especially those big caravans, because these caravans are transported to Qingzhou County are all strategic materials that Lu must urgently need, and the most important thing is food.
But Daxin didn't get much of this food, and basically used it to raise Lu's descendants.
Xiao Lengzi is very uneven. He thinks that the current Qingzhou County already has 100,000 troops, and if the Ming people don't give it, we can rob it, haven't we always done it like this before?
The Ming people did not have many troops stationed in Kaiping County, there was only one giant wood battalion before, a Baoqing battalion, and there were only 10,000 people in the total, after the spring of this year, even the Baoqing battalion was transferred to Kaiping County, a giant wood battalion, less than 10,000 people, Xiao Lengzi felt that if Qingzhou went all out, he would be able to swallow Kaiping County with a bite.
Where can I use my money to buy food? Those Ming profiteers sold the price of grain several times higher than in their country, and they completely treated them as fools.
This time the grain rush is really because the food crisis is already very serious, as long as the arrangements are appropriate, the measures are effective, and the rumors are not exposed, the Ming people will not be able to grasp the handle. Besides, what if the Ming people really find out, then do a fight, and be able to drag the entire Qingzhou into the water and fight with the Ming people, that is really good. Xiao Lengzi at least felt that if Qingzhou County attacked with all its might, it would not be a problem to kill Chen Zhihua's Jumu Battalion, and if he could kill Chen Zhihua, he would avenge General Deng Su's death.
The situation at that time was somewhat unexpected to him, those Ming Shang guards reacted quite quickly and made very quick decisions, they should have come from the Ming army.
The people he sent out to pursue have returned one after another, but there is only one team, and there is no news anymore, it should be the leader of the pursuit of the guard.
They may never come back. Xiao Lengzi thought in his heart, but it wasn't a big deal. What can Kaiping County do if he knows? Can you still come and beat yourself? If they want to argue, they must have a fight with Lu. If Lu must be in a hurry and decide to do it, he will make a lot of money.
Xiao Lengzi didn't think that the Ming army would come to pursue him at all, because he knew very well that Kaiping County did not have large-scale cavalry, and even if they sent troops, he would have returned to Daxin County long ago.
The important thing is that he has grabbed nearly 3,000 stone of grain, and he can finally alleviate the new food crisis.
He was very happy, humming the slang of his hometown all the way.
So when he heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground, he even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.
At this time, he had already seen the walls of the Great New City.
Looking back, he saw the banner of the Wind Chasing Battalion fluttering in the wind.
"Camp Chasing the Wind!" He gritted his teeth and yelled. This is one of his enemies, the Battle of Hengdian, and the other two Ming cavalry participating in the battle are the Chasing Wind Battalion and the Ming Emperor Qin Feng's personal guard Agni Death Battalion.
"All the grain trucks, quickly move towards the big new city, and the grain must be sent into the city." He shouted angrily: "The army in the city is not allowed to go out of the city to fight, but only to hold the city." All the cavalry, follow me and hold out until the grain enters the city, and then break through on your own! ”
Xiao Lengzi was not flustered, when he saw the banner of the wind chasing camp and the overwhelming Ming cavalry, he knew that he couldn't beat it. But the food that has been snatched with such great effort must be sent to the city. In this way, at least the soldiers in the city will not starve anymore, and they will fight with the Ming army, and then run away, it doesn't matter if they can't fight, anyway, there are many bandits in Qingzhou now, and it is not difficult to recruit another cavalry.
Watching a soldier rushing frantically towards the big new city with a grain truck, Xiao Lengzi turned around, raised the iron gun in his hand, and shouted: "Brothers, Minggou has entered our Qingzhou, and we will fight with them." ”
As soon as the war horse was clamped between his legs, he took the lead and rushed towards the Ming cavalry that was frantically surging on the opposite side.
When he saw this bold Qin cavalry appear in his eyes, Yu Chao laughed happily.
"Order, outflanking the left and right flanks, the Chinese army assaulted, and wiped out this Qin cavalry, damn it, if you let one go, Lao Tzu will let you have nothing to eat at night." The horse pointed forward, and Yu Chao shouted.
As the sound of the military horn sounded, the Ming army who were galloping on their horses jumped up on their horses and jumped on the war horses that had been accompanying them for battle. The left and right flanks circled in a large circle to round the enemy's cavalry, while the Chinese army rushed straight forward.
At this time, Huo Zheng's war horse had already run to the point of foaming at the mouth, and he naturally couldn't go up in the war, so he stopped at the side of Yu Chao under the banner of the Chinese army, Huo Zheng pointed to the grain cart that was going away, "General Yu, grain cart, grain cart, stop them." ”
Yu Chao snorted: "What are you stopping them for, do we lack this bit of food?" ”
"Huh?" Huo Zheng didn't react for a while.
"If the food doesn't enter the city, then after I annihilate this Qin cavalry, I won't have an excuse to stay here anymore!" Yu Chao smiled. "It's hard to make a trip, how can you just forget it?"
Yu Chao tilted his head, remembering that two years ago, he also chased here, and then received an order to return to the army, what a pity!
"That's a big deal!" Huo Zheng muttered to himself.
Yu Chao smiled and pointed ahead: "What, do you think the current matter is still very small?" ”
Huo Zheng's gaze turned to the battlefield, and the cavalry of the black-armored Wind Chasing Battalion was already like a raging tide, and had already drowned the cavalry of the Qin State in it. Whether it is equipment or combat effectiveness, the Ming cavalry has the advantage of crushing. The earthy yellow cavalry of the Qin State disappeared in the black wave piece by piece.
"That's too fast, isn't it?" Huo Zheng said in a trembling voice.
"After the Battle of Hengdian, there will be no more Qin State Iron Cavalry!" Yu Chao said lightly: "It's just that heavy cavalry is still a bit interesting, if you go head-on with them, then the wind chasing battalion is really not an opponent, of course, I won't be so stupid, such a heavy ironclad cavalry, Lao Tzu dragged him to death, and grinded him to death." It's a pity, in that battle, we didn't have this opportunity, we could only shake head-on, the 5,000 miners' battalion, that time was a heavy loss, two-thirds of the miners' battalion soldiers, fell in that battle. ”
Listening to Yu Chao's words, Huo Zheng also nodded slightly, when their giant wood battalion arrived at the battlefield, the battle was nearing the end, and they undertook a pursuit job.
And the biggest battle achievement was that their general Chen Zhihua killed the fleeing Deng Su with an arrow, which earned some face for the Jumu battalion.