Chapter 1435: Classic Raid
readx; The soldiers of the Guanning Iron Cavalry did not know at this moment that the raid they were about to launch would later be included in the textbooks of the Daming Martial Arts Academy and become a classic example of the use of cavalry. Pen&Fun&Pavilion www.biquge.info(.. They have only one belief at the moment, and they follow their master and rush into the city in one go!
Cao Wenzhao's tactics were simple and practical. The reason why it is simple is because this battle has been carried out with one word from beginning to end: rush. And the reason for the practicality of this tactic is that there are too many thieves, more than ten times that of the Guanning Iron Cavalry. Once it is caught in a stalemate in the battle and there is no mobility at all, it will be very disadvantageous to the officers and soldiers. Only by charging non-stop can we disrupt the rhythm of the enemy army and firmly hold the initiative on the battlefield in our own hands.
Cao Bianjiao took the lead, and the rising star of the Li clan in Liaodong did not use his best iron spear at this moment, but bent his bow and arrows on his horse, aiming at the few thieves on the city tower and at the city gate, shooting out one after another like meteors catching the moon. Wherever Cao Bianjiao's arrows went, a rain of arrows pressed by the black pressure of Guan Ning's iron cavalry behind him followed, and in an instant, he shot these thieves who had not yet figured out the situation into a hornet's nest.
It was only at this time that Guan Ning's iron cavalry broke out with an earth-shattering shout, all of them collected their bows and raised their swords, and rushed towards the west gate of Yizhen without moving forward. The first thief had just broken through Yizhen County, and he was attacked before he could care about looting the fruits of victory, and he didn't react for a while; The second is that the Guanning Iron Cavalry is too fierce, and the soldiers who control the city gate and the drawbridge were all killed in the first round of arrow rain, and it was too late to close the city gate. In the blink of an eye, Cao Bianjiao entered the city gate, slashed the head of a thief who came in a hurry and flew out with a knife, and then roared and rushed into the city.
At this time, the thieves in the city were swarming, but it was too late. Under the leadership of Cao Wenzhao, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was like a murderous iron spear, fiercely inserting into the thief array. Although the thieves usually ride horses to hurry, they naturally have to dismount and fight on foot when attacking the city, and they basically don't ride horses at this time.
After the enemy is not knotted, he learns to pick up the sail and do not seal it
With cavalry, even ordinary cavalry will have a great advantage, not to mention the Guanning Iron Cavalry, one of the most elite cavalry in the world. Although the mace used no longer exists, the saber used by Guan Ning's iron cavalry is still long and heavy. The soldiers still used the three ways of "splitting Huashan", "flying obliquely into the clouds" and "sweeping thousands of troops", and the flesh and blood flew everywhere they passed, and none of the thieves could stop them in front of the horse for half a moment.
In the fierce battle, Cao Wenzhao still kept a clear head. He knew that the strength of the Guanning Iron Cavalry was the impact power, and the weakness was the lack of troops and poor armor. Once you get into street fighting in the city and are surrounded by thieves, it will be very dangerous. Therefore, he divided his subordinates into three teams, and rushed through the three east-west streets in Yizhen City without stopping for a moment.
And now the leader of the thieves entrenched in the city is one of the "Thirteen Families", nicknamed the "King of the World". Xu became cunning and wise, he did not attack Yangzhou with Lao Huihui and others, but chose to attack Yizhen by himself. Because he knows very well that Yangzhou is a big city, and the officials and soldiers will inevitably be on guard, although there are many thieves, they may not be able to defeat them immediately.
Keyi is really only a county seat, and it is impossible to have too many officers and soldiers, but in terms of wealth, it may not be below Yangzhou. Therefore, Xu Chang made a time difference, first took the Yizheng, planned to swallow the fruits of this victory alone, and then went to attack Yangzhou together, and the meat on both sides had to be eaten.
Today's results also confirm the judgment of the permit. Yizhen did not have an official army at all, and when he heard that the thieves were so big, Yizhen Zhixian abandoned the city and fled, but it was the history of the canon who led some officials to resist for a while. However, he now has 70,000 or 80,000 men under his command, of which more than 40,000 can fight, and he has taken down the city without much effort.
After entering the city, Xu Chang first beheaded all the canons and officials who dared to resist, and then looted from house to house, half of the looted things belonged to him, half to his subordinates, and a small part of the remaining ones were thrown on the streets at will for the poor to fight for. In the past, this trick has been tried and tested, and many poor people who can't eat enough will join the army of thieves because the thieves can grab money at will, eat and drink spicy food.
I didn't know that the looting had just started today, and suddenly the west gate of the city was in chaos, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry came in in three ways. At first, he didn't know what was going on, and he thought that his people were fighting for the spoils of war. It wasn't until the whole city resounded with the sound of shouts and killings and the iron hooves of war horses trampling the earth that I understood: as soon as I occupied the city, I was broken by the official army!
In a hurry, Xu Chang didn't know how many troops the officers and troops had. He was shocked by the extremely terrifying momentum of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and thought that Lu Xiangsheng's main force had arrived, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly led the crowd to escape from the north city gate. As soon as the "handlers" ran, there were no thieves below who did not run, and thousands of people scrambled to flee outside the city, which inevitably caused a stampede, and I don't know how many thieves died in this way under the trampling of their own people.
The Guanning Iron Cavalry was also not in love with war, and soon passed through the county town and killed from the east gate. Although the chaotic situation just now was very advantageous to killing and injuring the enemy, the terrain in the city was complicated, and it was difficult for the cavalry to fully exert its power, especially the hidden arrows, so Cao Wenzhao still resolutely led the army to rush out of the city.
At this time, Yizheng City was still in extreme chaos, and Xu Wei couldn't figure out the situation and went out of the city in a panic, but he didn't organize any counterattack. Cao Wenzhao saw that the opportunity could not be missed, and rushed back with a set of horses, still divided into three roads, plowing through the streets of Yizhen that had already flowed rivers of blood like iron plows. There were many thieves who were lucky enough not to die just now, or who had just escaped from the house, and this time they were sifted through again. It was more of a one-sided slaughter than a battle!
When the Guanning Iron Cavalry went out from the West City Gate again, the permission change that had stabilized his position in the north of the city finally found out that the officers and soldiers who had let him abandon a large amount of gold and silver treasures and fled in embarrassment were only a thousand people!
He was furious. He didn't know that this official army was the famous Guanning Iron Cavalry, but he only knew that his strength was dozens of times that of the official army! Moreover, this official army is not dominated by firearms like Lu Xiangsheng, but traditional cold weapon warfare, and he thinks that he can swallow it and must swallow it, otherwise it will spread in the future, and he will not be able to mix it in the thirteen families.
Therefore, Xu Bian immediately organized a counterattack, and ordered his two generals, Xue Fei Tianqi, to lead 2,000 cavalry each, outflanking from the left and right flanks, and he personally led the standard battalion of 5,000 elite cavalry, and rushed towards the Guanning Iron Cavalry with murderous spirit.
Cao Wenzhao saw that the thieves were chasing him, and his heart was exactly what I wanted, so he immediately ordered: "Fly a kite!" ”
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