Chapter 166: The Battle of Yingzhou 4

The Le'an County guard was called by the guards in the middle of the night, very annoyed, in this early winter night, anyone who was called from the bed, it was also angry.

After learning that Xinyan Town was attacked and the war horse was robbed. Because the anger that was called out in the middle of the night suddenly poured fuel on the fire and turned into a monstrous sea of fire.

Lei Du, the guard general of Le'an County, was shocked and angry at the moment, and was shocked that there were thousands of Yan Guo's tragic army under his rule, and he even had the idea of his own war horse. Angry, this army turned out to be the one he set up in ambush and almost wiped out a month ago.

Four thousand war horses, Lei is well aware of his importance. The jurisdiction of Le'an County is a long and narrow oblique strip, and the top end is the place bordering Yanshan Fort in Yanzhou Prefecture, where the Yan army left more than 8,000 Huolin troops to hold on. Because the terrain around Yanshan Fort is long and narrow, which is not conducive to cavalry combat, therefore, the 8,000 Yan army handed over more than 10,000 war horses to Le'an County to take care of. The county seat of Le'an County naturally could not raise more than 10,000 war horses, so the war horses were divided into three, and there were three towns to assist in stocking. The three towns do not border Yanzhou Mansion, so in the eyes of Lei Du, it is still extremely safe, but I didn't expect it......

"It's over, the lack of four thousand war horses, how should Lei Yan explain there? Damn Yan Jun! Lei Du said hatefully.

"Changwen, bring a thousand cavalry, give me a horse to keep up with this remnant army, be sure to find out where they are located, and don't fight with them. Tomorrow morning, the army will then set off! After summoning the generals, Lei Du gave a sharp order.

A bearded man in his thirties led the order, and a thousand cavalry rushed out of Le'an County overnight and galloped towards Xinyan Town.

On a hill ten miles away from the northern city of Le'an County, dozens of knights silently watched the cavalry of the Yan Army running to the north like a fire dragon, and quietly left.

Behind the mountain pack was a small valley, and after dozens of cavalry rushed down, they joined up with a few knights below.

"It seems that everything is in the plan, and this Le'an County really only sent a thousand cavalry out." A young man who was only eighteen or nineteen years old, with a heroic face, said. Under the faint moonlight, the young man's face was also revealed. This person was none other than Zhao Mang, the captain of the Nufeng Battalion. Zhao Mangren is as his name suggests, sharp and sharp, with an arrow in one hand, only under Zhao Xun. Under his leadership, the Furious Blade Battalion struck swiftly and fled, bringing the archers to the extreme. It's just that Zhao Mang, who was supposed to appear in Yanzhou City at this moment, actually appeared in the north of Yingzhou.

"Yang Hu, take someone to monitor the situation in Le'an County, and notify you immediately if there is a change."

"Subordinates take orders!" Yang Hu, the sentry commander of the Nufeng Battalion, led the order and left.

"Captain Yan, Captain Helian, this is the first battle of your Red Wolf Battalion, don't let me down, let alone let the adults down. There are 2,000 men in your Red Wolf Battalion, and the 1,000 cavalry below will be in your charge, and their horses will also be yours. ”

The Red Wolf Battalion, composed of the prisoners of the Eunuch Army who defected to Zhao Xun and the alien tribes of the Eunuch tribes, numbered more than 2,300 people, and was also the main force of this operation. But in order to sneak these 2,300 Red Wolf Battalion soldiers to Yingzhou, the soldiers were all without war horses.

Yan Xu and Helian Yu replied in response: "Captain Zhao, don't worry, there are thousands of people here, it's not a problem." ”

More than 1,000 cavalry galloped past, and in the quiet night, the sound of horses' hooves spread all over the wilderness, and occasionally the sound of a bird's name came, which was particularly cold.

Changwen led a thousand cavalry to rush to the head, and suddenly, a field of arrows swept up in the darkness on both sides, just like a rain of rain that fell viciously on the heads of the cavalry. Changwen couldn't dodge, he was hit by two arrows in his body, and hurriedly looked around, but more than 1,000 cavalry also lost more than 100 cavalry.

The cavalry did not stop because of the attack, and the continuous rain of arrows and screams made the cavalry not slow down in the slightest, and they rushed away, and then Changwen saw the shadowy figures around him, and he was immediately furious.

"Speed me up, rush over!"

Changwen's plan was to rush through the ambush area of the rain of arrows, and then turn around and kill back. However, the plan did not change quickly, and his luck was not very good.

Changwen's nine hundred cavalry had not advanced more than five hundred paces to the right flank, when the empty wilderness suddenly collapsed without warning, and a thousand more archers came out of the grass hiding on either side. When Changwen wanted to drive the troops to assault and want to cut melons and vegetables to kill this group of archers on the spot, the war horse under his crotch suddenly sank down, and he was viciously lifted out of the horse.

Changwen kept flying forward dozens of steps in the air before falling heavily to the ground. This fall threw Cheng Yin half to death, and before he could get up, a heavy foot had already stepped heavily on his head, crushing him face down into the cold ground.

What tripped the Changwen war horse was a trap pit, which was a trap pit temporarily dug by more than 2,000 soldiers at night.

The 900 cavalry that followed followed also suffered the same fate, the seemingly flat wasteland was actually full of disorderly horse traps, and the cavalry that was rushing forward was defenseless and crashed headlong into the horse trap formation. Suddenly, a group of people turned on their horses, slowing down the speed of the cavalry behind, and under the light of the torches, these soldiers were living targets. Archers from the back and on both sides suddenly appeared with double and the Warrior Army, and suddenly the chaotic cavalry of the Eunuch Army became a living target for practicing archery.

Yan Xu stretched out his hand and grabbed Changwen's neck, raised it high, and shouted: "You and the other leaders have been captured alive, if you want to live, kneel on the ground and surrender!" Otherwise, shoot and kill! ”

Changwen wanted to scold angrily, but the big hands on his neck made him barely able to breathe. What made Changwen feel horrified was that this time the ambush army turned out to be the Eunuch people, which made him extremely puzzled, why did the Eunuch army attack him, what was going on?

Seeing that the cavalry was unmoved, Yan Xu was ruthless in his heart, and shouted: "Release the arrow!" Keep firing the arrows! ”

The soldiers of the Red Wolf Battalion, who had already surrounded the cavalry of the Yan Army and were waiting for the other party's surrender, immediately stretched out their bows, mounted arrows, and pulled the strings, and then let go...... A thousand feathered arrows formed a dense dark cloud in the air, cutting a curved arc in the air, and in an instant flew above the heads of the cavalry of the Swift Army, and then fell like endless raindrops with a sharp whistling sound. As for the war horse, it is no longer in the scope of consideration.

Under Changwen's angry gaze, his 1,000 cavalry fell after a few rounds of arrow rain, although some threw down their weapons and wanted to surrender, but they were also killed by the archers one by one.

"Who are you? Why did you attack me? Changwen, who was thrown on the ground, asked angrily, his eyes were red, like a lone wolf who wanted to choose something to devour.

"Clean up the battlefield, collect everything you can use, especially their leather armor and necklaces (identification accessories), weapons, and horses, and after making sense, dispose of this place!" A cold voice came from the darkness. Two thousand soldiers quickly got busy.

"I'm here to sue you, why did he attack you?" The man in the dark is getting closer and closer, and finally it is completely revealed in the eyes of Changwen.

"You...... Han...... How could it be ......," Changwen said in surprise.

Zhao Mang approached Changwen and said softly: "They are my people, I am a person from the Huolin Army, understand?" ”

"You ......"

"Poof......" The tip of the sword appeared from Changwen's back, and Changwen suddenly understood something, and lowered his head with a wry smile accompanied by horror.

Zhao Mang pulled out the short sword he picked up from the ground in his hand and sneered: "Now that you know the answer, let's go where you should go." ”

According to statistics, in this battle, 1,000 cavalry of the Fune Department were killed, and the casualties of their own side were only more than 100 people, which was still the loss suffered by the opponent in the counterattack of the other side. 300 horses that were still able to participate in the war were captured, 200 horses that could not be ridden, and the rest of the leather armor. There are more than 1,000 scimitars each.

"Pack up, let's go to Liang Town! Zhang Yin, the two hundred war horses will be handed over to you in charge, and they will be sent to Steward Xie, and you will be sent to Wohu Mountain overnight to deal with them, and after they are cured, they will be good war horses again. ”

"Subordinates take orders!"

Two thousand cavalry rode away in the night and disappeared into the vast night, except for the moon in the sky, no one saw it, and one thousand cavalry disappeared on the avenue in the north of Le'an County.