Text: The Struggle of Great Powers_Chapter 276 The Difficult Xilong City
After a night of peace, the next day Galahad continued to lead the army to run, while Ma Chao still led a cavalry force of 50,000 and hung unhurriedly behind Galahad.
Galahad listened to the news reported by the reconnaissance force and learned that Ma Chao's troops were still twenty miles away from his own troops. Suddenly I felt helpless, and I kept scolding Beichen Jun in my heart, damn, this is an addiction to fart. It's disgusting to hang behind yourself for days in a row. But, keep following, and I'll let you know in a moment that I'm Galahad great.
After several hours of marching, Galahad suddenly ordered 50,000 men and horses, abandoning all weapons and armor, and marching at full speed. The main force still maintained a dissatisfied and unhappy speed, and slowly ran away with the cavalry of the Beichen Army. Ma Chao didn't care much about Galahad's dispatch of 50,000 horses to speed up his march in advance. Now Galahad is already fat on the board, and he can't run away at all. Just wait for Xue Rengui to lead an army of 50,000 to come from the north, and Galahad will definitely die. And the 50,000 horses who left in advance, if they were given a leg, no matter how fast they ran, they could only meet the 50,000 cavalry of Xue Rengui going south faster, and it seemed that they still couldn't escape a dead word. It would have been better if all the 50,000 men had escaped halfway through.
With 50,000 fewer men and horses, when the siege is combined, he and Xue Rengui's 100,000 army will be able to have a lot less trouble when they annihilate Galahad. After all, Galahad was the main target of the Beichen Army, and those little pawns at the bottom were not taken seriously by the Beichen Army at all. If you want to escape, run away, and it's a good thing to run away from them all.
But after two hours, Ma Chao was not so optimistic. Because the Beichen Army scouts found that the 50,000 enemy troops who were the first to leave, they actually ran to the front and entered a small city. This immediately made Ma Chao scold Galahad for being shameless, and actually sent soldiers and horses into the city in this way. After knowing what Galahad planned to do, Ma Chao immediately took action. Now it is absolutely impossible to allow the main forces of Galahad to enter the city, whether it is a large city or a small city. As long as the nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses under Galahad hid in the city, even if he and Xue Rengui completed the siege, they could only look at the city and sigh.
It is simply a fantasy for the cavalry to attack the city, and Lin Hu can successfully sneak attack, which is to take advantage of the fact that the army of the country where the sun never sets has no defense. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the 100,000 cavalry was, it would be impossible to take the fortified city garrisoned by 200,000 people. And now he is chasing after Galahad's ass, and after he enters the city, he must be strictly guarded, and it is impossible to sneak attack. When the time comes, the only way to annihilate Galahad is to wait for the infantry to arrive, or if Galahad's army is all starving to death in the city. But that will undoubtedly delay a lot of time for the Beichen Army.
When Ma Chao discovered Galahad's intentions and led the cavalry to prepare to charge and kill Galahad's army, it was already a little late. Galahad's main army was now only a few miles away from the city, and as long as it was a little faster, the front army would be able to enter the city in less than half an hour. And Ma Chao is now twenty miles away from Galahad's main force. This distance is enough for the cavalry of the Beichen Army to run for more than half an hour. After all, before the battle, the war horse can't run at full speed, otherwise it won't have the strength to accelerate the charge when the time comes.
Even so, Ma Chao still led 50,000 iron horsemen to chase after him.
Half an hour later, Ma Chao finally caught up with the tail of Galahad's army. Galahad's troops were still 230,000 troops outside the city, but now the front army had begun to enter the city, but the rest of the troops were still blocked outside the city gates, or rushed in the direction of the city gates. In a hurry to enter the city, the formation of Galahad's rear army was no longer what it had been. Especially when Ma Chao led 50,000 iron cavalry to kill, his rear army was directly dispersed all of a sudden.
One by one, the soldiers who never set on the country shouted loudly that the Beichen Army was stupid or something, which directly caused the collapse of tens of thousands of soldiers in the rear army. Countless soldiers rushed to the front, throwing away their weapons and slowly taking off their armor as they ran. The consequence of this is naturally to cause a total rout of the army. Countless rear sergeants ran towards the front, shouting that the cavalry of the Beichen Army was coming as they ran. This made many soldiers of the Chinese army and the front army panic in their hearts, and then hurriedly began to squeeze into the city.
Fortunately, Galahad is still outside, after a lot of saliva encouragement. Galahad finally suppressed the rout of his army, and then organized an army of 100,000 and began to urgently line up, preparing to block the attack of the Beichen army. The rest of the troops were speeding into the city.
Galahad stood in the center of the 100,000-strong army, looking at the troops that had just been organized by themselves. I didn't know what to say in my heart, but I didn't tell my army that I had begun to arrange an ambush because of the need for concealment in my strategy. As a result, as soon as the Beichen army is chasing and killing now, these guys are actually faster than rabbits one by one, if it weren't for their quick reaction, maybe the 200,000 troops would be directly defeated by this gang of guys. When the time comes, even if your arrangement is successful, what will it be?
The deployment of the 100,000-strong army finally made Ma Chao frown. It's not that the Beichen army can't defeat these 100,000 enemy troops, but he hates why he didn't run faster just now, otherwise where would Galahad had the opportunity to organize the soldiers who fled in a panic to arrange the defensive line. However, now that the enemy's defensive line has been successfully arranged, it is not possible for him not to rush into battle.
After giving the order, the 50,000 iron horsemen immediately adjusted the speed of the war horse to the maximum in the shortest time. Tens of thousands of war horses were like a gale, carrying knights and puffs of dust, and rushed towards the large array of Galahad's improvised organization. Seeing that the cavalry of the Beichen Army began to charge, Galahad's troops immediately became nervous.
And Galahad also began to order the archers of the whole army to start preparing, once the Beichen army entered the firing range, they would immediately fire arrows, and as many Beichen cavalry as they could kill. And the archers of the country on which the sun never sets, also faithfully carried out Galahad's orders. After the cavalry of the Beichen Army had just rushed into the firing range, a rain of arrows composed of tens of thousands of feathered arrows immediately flew towards the Beichen Army.
The knight of the Beichen Army, who was advancing at high speed, only felt that the sky in front of him was dark, and hurriedly raised the round shield hanging on his arm. Then, there was a jingle mixed with a lot of screams. Countless arrows rained down, and even with the shield of the round, many cavalrymen were still shot down and fell off their horses. And then trampled into meat by countless galloping war horses, this is the cavalry, as long as you start to charge, then you must rush with a mortal mentality.
Several waves of arrow rain caused a lot of casualties to the cavalry of the Beichen Army. However, in the eyes of the Beichen Army, this is not in the way of major events at all. Because of the armor, the casualties of more than 5,000 people could not affect the next charge of the army at all.
After rushing through the rain of arrows, the main event came.
Tens of thousands of cavalry, carrying a large amount of dust, directly crashed into the 100,000-strong army formation arranged by Galahad. Suddenly, the entire military array arranged by Galahad immediately became a military array with countless gaps. Tens of thousands of cavalry relied on the impact of their horses and rammed through the military formation for dozens of meters, and then they slowed down.
One charge did not chisel through Galahad's 100,000 horses, which surprised Ma Chao. This is really incredible, you must know that tens of thousands of cavalry can't penetrate the army formation of 100,000 people in one go, it is simply a shame to say it. The 10,000 cavalry that others have can defeat the 100,000 enemy army head-on, but now it's good, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry trained by himself with a force of 50,000 people can't be chiseled, which makes him lose face.
Galahad, who was at the rear of the military formation, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead greatly, fortunately he prepared early, otherwise it would have been over. It turned out that there was a deep pit in front of Galahad that was five or six meters wide. This pit was dug in advance by the 50,000 soldiers and horses who arrived first, although it was said to be a deep pit, but in fact it was not a body, only less than one meter deep. This depth and width are not something that the cavalry of the Beichen Army, which has lost its charging speed, can come over.
And when arranging the military formation, Galahad also divided the army under his command into two parts. Among them, 70,000 horses were arranged in front of the pit to block the Beichen cavalry and reduce the charging speed of the Beichen cavalry. He led 30,000 men to set up a formation behind the pit, and countless sword and shield soldiers and spearmen stood at the edge of the pit. In this way, if the cavalry of the Beichen Army wanted to come over, they not only needed to cross the deep pit, but also directly crashed into countless spears when jumping into the deep pit directly with the help of their war horses.
So when countless cavalry of the Beichen Army, after breaking through the 70,000 days that do not set the national army array. When he came to this deep pit, he was immediately dumbfounded, and hurriedly grabbed the war horse. Even some knights did not stop their horses in time because they were not paying attention, and they crashed into the deep pit and were pierced by countless spears. After that, many knights also tried to manipulate their horses, intending to cross the pit. However, the fate was even worse, and when they leapt to the top of the pit, they found that there were countless spears in front of them. As a result, they were pierced by countless spears, and the dead could not die again.
Seeing this situation, the many cavalry of the Beichen Army immediately eliminated the idea of continuing to charge in their hearts. Looking at the scene, it's completely a rhythm of rushing up and dying. In addition, because there are still many soldiers around him who do not set the sun, they are swearing to resist. Therefore, the cavalry of the Beichen Army directly continued to kill the surrounding enemy troops, and no one crossed the red line.
In the end, when the puzzled Ma Chao led the cavalry all the way to the deep pit, he was also surprised. Immediately afterwards, he began to curse Galahad on the other side for being shameless, and he was even able to come up with this method, which was really yin. Galahad watched the countless Beichen Army cavalry stay on the opposite side, and no one dared to rush forward, and he laughed in his heart. I didn't expect that a way for me to get along suddenly became the nemesis of the cavalry, which will play a great role in fighting against the cavalry of the Beichen Army and the cavalry of the Xia Kingdom in the future.
The cavalry of the Beichen Army could not continue to charge forward, so it naturally gave the soldiers of the country where the sun never sets a lot of time. Nearly 100,000 men of the front and middle armies under Galahad now entered the city, and later Galahad began to command his 30,000 men and horses to retreat into the city. Seeing this situation, Ma Chao could only red-eyed, but there was nothing he could do.
Now there are still tens of thousands of soldiers on his side who have not solved the problem, and there is no place to charge for the cavalry. And the charge of a small group of troops could not break through the enemy's spear formation at all, and it could only be a waste of troops. In desperation, Ma Chao could only wield the spear in his hand and kill the enemy soldiers around him one by one. The rest of the officers and soldiers of the Beichen Army were also holding back their breath, and they did not spare any hands for these 70,000 horses.
When Galahad's Chinese army entered the city, the last 10,000 of the 30,000 men began to prepare to retreat. At this time, the soldiers of the country on the other side of the pit were almost dying. All the soldiers of the Beichen Army had several heads hanging on the side of their horses, and they slowly gathered to the edge of the pit.
However, after the soldiers who did not fall into the country retreated some distances, the cavalry of the Beichen Army still did not pass through the deep pit very smoothly. Because after jumping over the pit, the war horse will stop on the ground for a little while. As soon as the cavalry behind is fast, they will directly collide with each other. Therefore, the Beichen army had no choice but to start crossing the pit in groups.
When several thousand cavalry of the Beichen Army crossed the deep pit, they immediately slaughtered the 10,000 enemy troops who were the last to enter the city under the leadership of Ma Chao. At this time, the 10,000 men had not yet entered the city, and many people were blocked outside the city gates. Ma Chao led the cavalry to rush and kill, and directly defeated the 10,000 cavalry troops.
Later, tens of thousands of cavalry rushed into the city, only to find that there were not many people in the city. Except for the 10,000 soldiers and horses who entered the city in time and fled in all directions, there was no one else at all. This situation made Ma Chao dumbfounded again. If you want to say that there are no ordinary people, then it is still possible, after all, when the army is killed, the common people have already fled for their lives. However, Galahad had just entered the city, could it be that his hundreds of thousands of troops could disappear directly into the city?
And just when Ma Chao was dumbfounded, Galahad had already led the 200,000 troops who were the first to enter the city out of the north gate. Standing outside the north gate, Galahad looked at the city in front of him, and only a sneer remained at the corner of his mouth.
Hmph, after running twenty miles and fighting for another hour or two, you should also rest in the city. When the time comes, the dinner I have prepared for you will definitely surprise you.
After smiling slightly, Galahad took control of his horse, turned away, and caught up with the main force that was marching north.