There is an elite army under the command of Lu Yi that is famous in Hebei, called "Xiandeng Battalion".

Historically, the Xiandeng battalion can be described as the nemesis of the light cavalry, and once created an astonishing record of 800 Xiandeng dead soldiers breaking the amazing record of Gongsun Chan's 10,000 horsemen, and Gongsun Zhan's trump card unit "White Horse Yicong" was also disabled in this battle, and finally withdrew from the stage of hegemony.

So, how did the first battalion achieve 800 to 10,000 horsemen? This needs to start with the origin of the first camp.

It is recorded in the history books: Koji Yijiu was in Liangzhou, Xiao Xi Qiang Fight, the soldiers were all sharp, and Han Fu was the general. The Qiang fight in this sentence is the meaning of riding the fight. Familiarity with cavalry does not mean familiarity with fighting on horseback, but refers to familiarity with how to fight with the cavalry of the Western Liangqiang people. In other words, after a long battle with the Qiang cavalry in Xiliang, Lu Yi mastered the tricks and methods of using infantry to deal with cavalry.

This is to use a powerful foot crossbow to concentrate a salvo at a high-speed charging cavalry!

During the Battle of Jieqiao, Gongsun Zhan formed a phalanx of more than 20,000 infantry under his command, and then let 10,000 cavalry guard the left and right wings, and let Bai Ma Yicong line up in the middle of the cavalry on these two wings.

Yuan Shao was not intimidated by Gongsun Zhan's momentum, he let 800 soldiers under Lu Yi with huge crossbows standing at the head of the boundary bridge, and then sent large shield soldiers to stand on the sides of the giant crossbowmen as cover.

Gongsun Zan saw that there were few soldiers in front of Yuan Shao's army, so he ordered the cavalry to charge, wanting to give Yuan Shao a dismount. When the horses galloped forward, the first dead soldiers under the command of Lu Yi were lying under the large wooden shield, and when the cavalry at the head of the enemy army approached within dozens of steps, they suddenly jumped up, shouted in the dust, clashed straight forward, and the crossbow thundered, and the middle of the army would fall, and at that time, Gongsun Zhan's subordinate general Yan Gang and thousands of cavalry were shot to death......

Battle of the Boundary Bridge. Gongsun Chan was defeated, and Bai Ma Yi was greatly injured from his vitality, and finally embarked on the road of destruction.

In the time and space when Liu He was born, Bai Ma Yicong was finally destroyed by the heavy cavalry of Youzhou, but he withdrew from the stage in another form. Although they are both destroyed, the meaning is somewhat different. It is normal for the light cavalry to lose to the heavy cavalry, and it is not too much, after all, Baimayi has never been omnipotent, but in this way, the strong crossbowmen under Lu Yi have no chance, and it also buries a hidden danger for the Youzhou cavalry.

Now the koji volunteers are under the city of Nanpi. If the main general Xian Yufu has 5,000 elite cavalry under his command and boldly goes out of the city to attack Lu Yi's camp, then the strong crossbow soldiers brought by Lu Yi will cause Xian Yufu to suffer heavy losses.

Whether it is the Qiang cavalry, the Xiongnu cavalry, the Xianbei cavalry, or the Youzhou cavalry that is now in the limelight, they are always on horseback, even if they put on armor, they still can't stop the powerful foot crossbow shooting at close range.

On the day he arrived in Nanpi, he did not immediately launch a tentative siege battle, but sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter dozens of miles around Nanpi City. Then the camp was set up on the east bank of the river.

Xian Yufu in the city paid close attention to the movements of Lu Yi outside the city, and when he learned that Lu Yi had set up the camp on the east bank of Jiangshui, he immediately frowned.

Xian Yufu asked Liu Zheng: "Lu Yi is a very powerful general under Yuan Shao, and he led an army of 20,000 to Bohai this time. But he was not in a hurry to launch an attack on Nanpi City, but set up the camp on the east bank of Jiangshui, what would he do next? ”

Liu Zheng thought about it and told Xian Yufu: "Let's not care about what Lu Yi will do next." Now that the situation in Jizhou is obviously improving on our side, since our task is to defend Nanpi, then we don't have to worry about anything else. When Gongzi straightens out the affairs of Youzhou, he will naturally send troops south to reinforce him, and at that time, how Lu Yi came will have to be withdrawn. ”

"What does Lord Liu mean that we can't hold on, no matter what tricks Lu Yi does outside the city, we don't pay attention to him?"

"Exactly! Lu Yi is well versed in the way of using soldiers, and it is definitely not easy to get along, we might as well learn from Xu Rong's practice of guarding the western front of Youzhou, and hide in Nanpi City without going out of the city to face the battle, so that Lu Yi can be arrogant! ”

"I wonder how long the food in the city will last?"

"General rest assured, when I left Xindu, all the grain stored in the warehouse was transported to Nanpi, which is enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for two months!"

"Good! This time, I spent it with Lu Yi, and it just happened to let the war horse raise a fat! ”

That night, the night attack that Lu Yi was looking forward to did not happen, and the defenders in Nanpi City were asleep except for the soldiers on duty in the city, and no one received the order to go out of the city and attack the camp.

The next day, Lu Yi sent a force of 3,000 soldiers and horses along the river to the north and occupied Beipi City. Xian Yufu, who was guarding in Nanpi City, was still indifferent, just busy organizing the thousands of newly recruited soldiers to conduct various trainings, and he didn't even go to the city.

On the third day, Koyi couldn't sit still, and he commanded his army to launch a tentative attack on Nanpi City.

When the soldiers defending the city saw the large army outside the city, they stood neatly at the head of the city.

"Brothers, Yuan Jun finally can't help it, let them taste our awesomeness today!"

Outside the city were 20,000 battle-hardened veteran troops, and inside the city were 10,000 fierce soldiers who had grown up in blood, so this tentative battle was fought fiercely from the beginning, completely beyond the imagination of Lu Yi.

The defenders at the head of the city were more calm than Lu Yi imagined, calm and calm when defending, they fully relied on the cover of the city wall, and did not blindly lean out of the female wall, let alone crowd in a certain place, which caused great difficulties for the soldiers besieging the city.

After a tentative attack, Koji Yi did not take advantage of half of the advantage, and after paying hundreds of soldiers for casualties, it ended hastily.

He didn't want to sacrifice the lives of his soldiers in vain, so he ordered the 3,000 soldiers who entered Beipi City to make all kinds of large equipment for siege in the city overnight.

The large-scale siege equipment of this era, mainly including well railings, stumbling wheels, ladder trucks, rushing cars and catapults, etc., are basically made of wood, with different uses, and are important auxiliary tools for attacking cities.

The well fence is a commonly used siege equipment for archery troops, in addition to the conventional strong damage to the defending soldiers, and can weaken the opponent's morale through rockets, simply put, the well fence can be called a mobile siege tower, condescending archery attack, eliminate the opponent's troops, and then weaken the resistance of the defenders.

Also known as the house chariot, it is made of thick wood and covered with several layers of raw cowhide at the top, which is used to protect the soldiers hiding below from various counterattacks such as bows and arrows when approaching the enemy's walls.

The ladder truck is a large folding ladder with a noose device, and when it is close to the moat or city wall, it is erected for the besieging soldiers to cross the river or climb the city wall, which is an important tool for ants to attach to the siege.

Rushing the car, also known as crashing, is a siege weapon that attacks by ramming, which can not only crash the city gate, but also crash into the enemy's cloud car and chariot, and generally take the iron crash head

Catapults, also known as artillery and thunderbolts, are the most powerful of the siege engines. As early as the Warring States Period, there was a record of catapults, saying that the stones thrown by a catapult weighed 12 catties and could fly 300 steps, that is, more than 400 meters. The catapult is a rotating wooden shaft that is erected horizontally on the car, and a hole is drilled in the shaft, and a long lever that passes vertically through it is called a tip, and there is a leather bag containing stones at one end of the tip. In the era of cold weapons, the stone cart was a powerful long-range attack weapon, which was not only used to siege cities, but also used to destroy various siege weapons of the enemy.

Lu Yi ordered the soldiers in Beipi City to rush to make all kinds of siege equipment, because he felt that the defense of Nanpi City was tight, and if he did not use these large siege equipment to assist in the siege, not only could he not take Nanpi City, but also had to pay huge casualties among soldiers.

The inhabitants of Beipi City had all been transferred to Nanpi by Liu Zheng, and there was not much wood available in the city, so Lu Yi sent soldiers to cut down trees in the woods along the river, and then transported them to Beipi City.

Xian Yufu, who had been observing the enemy's situation at the head of the city, couldn't sit still, he could see that Lu Yi was going to make a large siege machine, and once he succeeded, Nanpi's defense would be very difficult.

Xian Yufu then led 3,000 cavalry out of the city, wanting to attack the troops sent by Luyi for logging and transportation, but was ambushed by Luyi's troops who were ambushed in the middle of the road.

Fortunately, Xian Yufu has always been fond of being in the limelight, so he did not walk at the forefront of the troops, otherwise he would be shot into a hedgehog by the oncoming crossbow arrows.

In this ambush, Xian Yufu paid more than 1,000 casualties for his men and was lucky enough to escape back into the city.

After this battle, Xian Yufu finally felt the power of Lu Yi, and no longer dared to take the initiative to fight, and shrank in Nanpi City to blame himself.

Liu Zheng saw that Xian Yufu was depressed, so he encouraged him and said: "Why should General Xian Yu blame himself, now that the war is coming, you must cheer up!" ”

Xian Yufu sighed and said: "I really regret that I didn't listen to your words in my heart, which led to such heavy casualties, when this war is over, I will personally ask Gongzi for guilt!" ”

"Now is not the time to say this, since Lu Yi is urging the soldiers to make large siege equipment, we can't be idle. I will mobilize the people of the whole city to rush to make thunderbolts and crash cars, and this time I must also let Lu Yi know the power of our army! ”

Xian Yufu cleaned up his remorse, gritted his teeth and said, "That's how it should be!" He has built all kinds of large-scale siege equipment, and I can't help it? This time, I saw the power of the crossbow at the foot of the camp outside the city, and then I should let him taste the taste of the bed crossbow produced by our Youzhou Macheng Armory! ”

From this day on, countless houses were destroyed in Nanpi City, and the common people removed all the beams and door panels of their homes to make various equipment to defend the city. In order to appease people's hearts, Liu Zheng deliberately took out a sum of property from the warehouse as compensation and distributed it to each household to thank the people for their support.

After a few more days, a fierce offensive and defensive battle finally began. (To be continued......)

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