Chapter 184: Attention

The heavy armor of the iron harrier has become a great burden at this time, and it cannot catch up with the enemy, but it is constantly shot off the horse, and the only way to survive is to dismount and form a circle formation, and shoot at the enemy horse with a hard bow, but it loses the effect of blocking the enemy. What's even more terrifying is that his group was led farther and farther away by the Lanzhou cavalry, and the other group of the Lanzhou cavalry actually took the opportunity to continue to chase and kill the master, the vast grassland is full of roads, and there are too few people on his side, how can they stop it.

Cavalry archery is one of the basic tactics of the Lanzhou cavalry, since the recovery of Amur and other grassland tribe warriors, Wu Yingying specially ordered these tribal hussar battalion sergeants to Lanzhou in batches for training, on the one hand, to make them return to their hearts, on the other hand, let the Tuhun army exchange with them riding and archery and other skills. In this way, the hussar detachments on the grassland can quickly gather in formation to fight, and the Tuhun army, which has lived in the interior for a long time, has also begun to have the spirituality of some tribal rangers.

With light horsepower, Mi Di led the cavalry to keep a certain distance from the Dangxiang Iron Harrier, and whenever Po Chaowu turned back and fled, the Lanzhou cavalry did not hesitate to catch up, and when the Dangxiang Iron Harrier turned back and rushed to kill, they fled again. Like maggots on tarsal bones, it torments the iron harriers in agony.

In the end, Po Chaowu was also shot in the eye by Mi Di's arrow, and the horse fell to the ground with a long neighing in pain, pressing Po Chaowu under the ground and unable to move, the iron harrier completely lost its combat power, and was surrounded by a group of Lanzhou cavalry regiments, Mi Di's horse whip pointed at Po Chaowu and ordered: "This person is the leader, tie him up first." ”

On the way back, Po Chaowu saw Cai Jifeng, who was also tied with his hands behind his back and on a horse, his eyes were empty and seemed to be full of endless pain.

In this battle, 558 infantry soldiers were killed, 230 people were killed by Minfu, and 127 people were killed by cavalry. 1,300 party cavalry were killed, more than 3,000 were captured, less than 500 escaped, more than 6,000 horses, more than 800 pairs of armor, and countless other military equipment. In this era, the techniques of battlefield healing were backward, and the lightly wounded were bandaged slightly, and the seriously wounded were not one in ten, so the number of wounded on both sides of the war was not counted.

Wu Yingying listened to Xiao Jiu's report to him about the losses of the Lanzhou Army, nearly 700 sergeants, all of them were carefully trained by his own hands, almost one-tenth of the veterans of the Lanzhou Army. He looked at Cai Jifeng, Cai Kexian, and Cai Keshun's uncle and nephew who were kneeling on the ground with some amusement.

In the official history, this Cai Jifeng would be the queen of the self-proclaimed Dingyan Festival after the death of his brother, but several of his uncles wanted to rebel against him, so they did not hesitate to ruin Cai's century-old foundation, led the Song army into Xiazhou, and forced Cai Jifeng to dedicate the five states of Dingyan to the Song Dynasty. But Cai Jiqian resolutely did not allow, fled to Jinze, actually used the method of surrounding the city in the countryside, and from the Song Dynasty to take back the five states of Dingyan, not only that, but also successively captured Lingzhou, Dunhuang, defeated the Uighurs, Tubo, and finally in the period of Cai Yuanhao, the founding of the Western Xia, the territory of thousands of miles, the east end of the Yellow River, west to Yumen, the south of Xiaoguan, the north control of the desert, the territory is vast, and the Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan side by side, almost the longest life of a dynasty in this era.

Now that I'm here, I might as well start changing here. Wu Yingying said secretly in his heart, but his face was pleasant, and he said with a smile: "Below is Lord Cai Jifeng, the commander of the Xiazhou Yanei?"

Cai Jifeng looked at Wu Yingying with some fear, the fate of the defeated was clear in his heart, the Tuoba clan has always been willing to die unyieldingly, but he Cai Jifeng, there was always a little unwillingness in his heart, so he raised his head and replied: "It is in the next, because of a slight misunderstanding, Jifeng offended the Lord Huwei, the crime should be ten thousand deaths, Lord Wanwang opened the net, and released us to Xiazhou, Jifeng must be remembered in the five, and no longer dare to harass the Lanzhou caravan." He made up his mind that the eldest husband could bend and stretch, and he said this in such a low voice that even Cai Kexian and Cai Keshun showed disdain, and Cai Keshun said even more heartily, the face of the ancestor Tuoba Sigong is all lost to your puppy.

Wu Yingying knew that Cai Jifeng was forced to Kaifeng as an official in the history books, and he was not surprised that he was able to grovel to make amends to himself, and said with a smile: "If it's a misunderstanding, my Lanzhou lives next to the Dingyan Army, and many things have to be taken care of by the Yannei." Can you tell me who caused the Xiazhou army to actually do this to my Lanzhou caravan, so that the soldiers were bleeding and the loss of goods was not calculated?" As he spoke, he looked at Cai Kexian and Cai Keshun next to him intentionally or unintentionally, making both of them nervous, and they all lowered their heads, for fear that Cai Jifeng would not know what to do and open his mouth to climb others.

Cai Jifeng has always regarded himself as the future lord of Xiazhou, but he is an arrogant character, and he can't pull his face to pour sewage on other people's heads, but Wu Yingying's face is gloomy, so cringe, he wants to be a bitch and a person who wants to set up an archway. His face was gloomy, and he spoke with a bit of murderous aura, and said in a deep voice: "Since Lord Cai doesn't know how to misunderstand, I'll let Lord Cai clean up the villains around him." shouted: "Come on, drag the iron harriers who escorted Lord Cai just now to the tent and behead them all, so that everyone can see the fate of the villains who separated my Lanzhou and Xiazhou armies." ”

The sergeant under the tent replied loudly, and went to pick up the people who were tied outside the tent, the first batch of ten iron harriers were tied with their hands behind their backs, and pressed to the ground, the executioner raised the butcher knife, and was about to be beheaded one by one, Cai Jifeng's face was already pale, and he couldn't bear it anymore when he saw that Wu Yingying was about to drink the order to behead. Party aristocratic rules, he, the son of the Tuoba clan, has a group of aristocratic children playmates since he was a child, and when he grows up, he has become the most loyal iron harrier around him, this group of people is the foundation of his future management of Xiazhou, if he is killed by Wu Heroes now, he is afraid that he will become a difficult envoy, and his position will not be stable. Cai Jifeng thought a lot, and with the intention of not dying and being poor, he said loudly: "Lord Wu, please forgive me, there is another person who separates Xiazhou and Lanzhou, it is Cai Keyuan of Yinzhou." He said this, Cai Kexian and Cai Keshun both glared at him angrily, although Cai Jifeng and Cai Keyuan fought openly and secretly because of the difficult festival, it was the family affair of the Tuoba clan, and he sold Cai Keyuan to outsiders, which was a big taboo, how could this kind of person be the lord of the five states.

Wu Yingying waved his hand for the sergeant to take the iron harrier down again, pretended to smile profoundly, and whispered to Cai Jifeng: "But someone told me that it was Lord Yanei who presided over the sneak attack on my Lanzhou caravan." ”

Cai Jifeng was both frightened and angry, and said loudly: "General Wu is clear, Jifeng is wronged! Obviously, it was Cai Keyuan who first proposed that the Lanzhou caravan go outside the fortress and transport a large number of goods from China to the Western Regions, which made it difficult for me to make business travel in the five states increasingly scarce. I was also confused for a while, and I ate that guy instigated. What kind of villain is stirring up trouble in front of adults, and he is willing to confront him!" Since he had already admitted that it was Cai Keyuan who instigated this matter, he simply told Xia Zhou's intentions and motives, and wanted to know who betrayed him. Cai Kexian and Cai Keshun, who were kneeling on the side together, were also thoughtful. Even in bad weather such as fog and storms, the reinforcements from Lanzhou still arrived in time, and it is impossible to say that there was no preparation in advance. The more Cai Kexian and Cai Keshun thought about it, the more suspicious they became, it must be someone in the Dingyan Army who reported to Lanzhou and set a trap. Wu Yingying's words deepened their views.