Chapter 118: The Remnants of the Defeated Army
In the case of only one side pedal hanging on the side of the saddle for easy mounting, it is a very valuable thing to be able to fight immediately, because it means that the person who can sit firmly on the horse and swing the weapon to kill the enemy If he has not grown up on horseback, the lower strength of his waist and legs is greater than that of ordinary people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In this case, the further north you go, the more cavalry, the more south, the less cavalry, and in the Central Plains, only a family with economic strength has a chance of a small number of cavalry, because only the family can afford to raise horses, so that children can grow up on horseback. Cao Cao's army just showed the characteristics of this Central Plains army, the leader of the tiger and leopard cavalry Cao Chun is Cao Ren's own brother, most of the members of the tiger and leopard cavalry are the children of the Yuzhou clan with superb riding skills, among which Cao, Xiahou, Li surname is the majority of the surname, Li surname is Li Dian's family, Li Dian's father and brother have followed Cao Cao to conquer, but also the vitality of Cao Jun.
The children of the family are much better than ordinary people in terms of nutrition and training, and the chances of becoming talented are much greater. Yuan Shao's army was not too strong in cavalry, because it was only slightly more than Cao Cao, because there were many places where Hu and Han lived in Bingzhou and Jizhou, and the Southern Huns grew up on horseback since childhood, so it was naturally easier to select cavalry than Cao Cao.
The number of cavalry under the command of the heroes of the world is several times that of Gongsun Chan destroyed by Yuan Shao, because the Youzhou he occupied before borders on Xianbei in the north, it is not only easier to change to war horses, but also easier to get Xianbei people who are good at riding, which is why Yuan Shao was able to have tens of thousands of cavalry after destroying Gongsun Zhan, some of these tens of thousands of cavalry were captured from Gongsun Zhan's department, and some were newly recruited from Xianbei.
Cao Cao was very aware of his shortcomings in cavalry, so when he took a place in the Central Plains, he encouraged himself and the children of the generals family to learn horsemanship, and even contributed to the children of the Cao family and the Xiahou family to buy horses and distribute horse food. Because Cao Cao understood that cavalry was difficult to cultivate, he had to go through the elite mode, and now the hundred half-grown sons surnamed Cao and Xiahou in the Divine Envoy Battalion began to learn to ride horses at the age of ten at the latest, and the fifty children of the Wei family were from Wei Zi's family foundation, and they also learned the art of riding and archery early.
People who have been cultivating the art of riding and archery since childhood are very terrifying and pure in this era, especially these boys are not as illiterate as the Hu people, only relying on the experience of their fathers to gallop on horses to kill the enemy, they are all knowledgeable people, they know the importance of strategy and tactics, and they also know how to obey, so when the children of the twenty divine envoy battalions and Cao Pi and a few of them will meet, they will immediately burst out with extremely strong power, with dozens of county soldiers and village warriors to kill the unarmed and exhausted and hungry routed troops.
Before, Lu Lingqi encountered the rout because the leader of the county soldiers was killed by the other party, which caused those large number of county soldiers and village soldiers to scatter and flee, they rode trapped in the county soldiers who were scurrying like headless flies and couldn't use it at all, they could only use thunder to stabilize the team, and then use bows and arrows to deter and fight and retreat, but now the situation is changing, fifty or sixty county soldiers and village warriors are moving forward bravely under the Jedi, plus I don't know how many reinforcements are in the rear, and soon they have the initiative.
Lu Lingqi's riding skills are obviously much better than martial arts, quite a father's style, a war horse that is not considered superior was driven by him to advance and retreat as desired, as if his long legs, the skill of killing the enemy is above everyone, and more than ten people have been stabbed to death with a horse lance.
Cao Pi had already shot out of an arrow bag at this time, and his arm felt faintly sore, knowing that if he shot again, he was afraid that his hand would be so soft that he couldn't even lift the sword, so he collected the bow, whistling and smoking a spear to kill the rout, Cao Zhen saw this and immediately beckoned four companions to move closer to Cao Pi, and killed the enemy together, and the five people raised their spears and rushed into the rout formation one after another, and the spear in their hands immediately pulled out a sharp sword and slashed at each other after stabbing a rout with momentum.
Cao Pi found that the sword "Yan" that came out of the ancient tomb was very sharp, and with a random wave, he could cut off the opponent's spear shaft, and the poles of those farm tools were like rotten tree trunks, which would break when touched, and the sword was swung with a cold atmosphere, causing the enemy to dare not get too close to him, although so, Cao Pi had already hacked five or six people to death.
Cao Zhen suddenly jumped off the horse with a ring-headed knife, and killed the people around him, and at the same time used his flexible body to kill the enemy on both sides of the horse from under the horse's belly, and several people saw Cao Zhen dismount and wanted to step forward to grab the horse, but Cao Zhen was directly hacked to death, obviously this kid was luring others to grab the horse, and then spicy.
The children of the other divine envoy battalions were in a group of three or five, supporting each other, relying on the sharpness of the ring head, and they were also very happy.
It was dark not long after the two sides picked up the station, and in the moonlight, unconsciously most of the rout soldiers were either cut or hacked to death, or they had fled, at this time there were only twenty or so people gathered in one place, this group of people was a bit special, their flying stone rope was very good, and they were thrown on the three disciples of the divine envoy camp, these children are strong people who have been trained for a long time, although they were slightly injured after being hit on the horse, but they rode their horses to avoid the next attack, to chase and kill those who were alone. The other disciples of the Divine Envoy Camp saw that this group of people was not easy to deal with, so they also bypassed.
However, the group of county soldiers and township warriors who wanted to make up for their merits rushed up to fight desperately, but more than a dozen people were killed by the circular formation formed by more than 20 people, so this group of township warriors no longer stepped forward, but just raised their spears around them and scolded them.
At this time, except for these twenty or so people, the other defeated soldiers either lay on the ground or ran away, and the divine envoy battalion, under the leadership of Cao Pi, slowly approached the stubborn people who were surrounded by the county soldiers and the village braves. Lu Lingqi on the side took advantage of this gap to come to Cao Pi's side and whispered: "This is your reinforcements?" Six people? ”
Cao Pi smiled: "Isn't it enough? ”
Lu Lingqi said with a strange face: "What a darer. ”
Cao Zhen stepped forward and said: "This group of people should be the ones who control the nearly 200 defeated soldiers, seeing that they all have spears snatched from the county soldiers in their hands, there is not a single farm tool, and many of them have changed their clothes, they are pulled down from the dead county soldiers and village warriors, and they are all wearing the best, they must be the elite of this group of people." ”
Cao Pi nodded and said: "Brother Xian is right, you see them in a circle, with their spears facing outward, this is a kind of battle formation, if there are archers in the circle, the power is still very huge." ”
Cao Zhen smiled: "There are no archers in the circle, but there are three people who throw flying stone ropes, but they were dodged by the brothers, and only three unlucky people were beaten, but it was no big deal." ”
Hearing this, Cao Pi nodded and stepped forward to stop the noisy county soldiers and village warriors, asked them to get out of the way, rode his horse to the front of the formation, looked at this group of men up and down, and found that there were no Hu people among them, they were all Han people with black hair and black eyes, Lu Lingqi, who was following behind, frowned and looked at them for a while, and said softly: "The Han people in the north who can use the flying stone rope so well are the white horse righteous servants under the command of Gongsun Bogui who have been fighting with the Xianbei people all year round. ”