Chapter 9: Winning the Command (7)

As he spoke, two more groups of scouts galloped in. This time, instead of warning with a copper whistle like last time, he rushed directly to Chai Rong and panted to report the details of the unknown forces ahead.

"Report, the person who came is the Caozhou garrison. Among them, there are eight flags recognized by the cavalry battalion, ten flags recognized by the infantry battalion, and four flags recognized by the Yanai battalion. There are a number of scouts, and they have already made contact with our scouts!"

"Second brother stay, you don't have to go, stay and lead the guard battalion!" Chai Rong frowned, and his right hand decisively pressed the hilt of the sword on his waist. "Pan Mei, order the entire Cangzhou Army to form a team!"

According to the establishment of the Zhou army, the size of a regular cavalry battalion is about four to five hundred. The establishment of an infantry battalion is 500 units, and the establishment of the Yanai battalion is roughly the same as that of the infantry battalion. Eight battalions of cavalry, ten battalions of foot soldiers, and four battalions of the Yanai pro-army, the total strength is close to or more than 10,000, which is equivalent to the Caozhou defenders pouring out!

"Obey!" Pan Mei and Zhao Kuangyin were relieved, and they all agreed. Before the two of them could turn their mounts, the third group of scouts had already galloped back again, on horseback, behind the scouts, several long arrows were inserted, and blood was dripping all over the ground with the ups and downs of the horse's body!

"Damn!" Tao Dachun and Tao Qi immediately led several cronies to ride out, greeted their scouts, and escorted them all the way to Chai Rong

"Report, enemy attack. Caozhou Jiedu made Yang Wensheng personally lead the army to intercept him, and Pan Dutou had already exchanged hands with his forwards. Brethren, brethren outnumbered!" Before the horses could hold their horses, the two scouts tore their throats and loudly reported the latest military situation.

"How far is it from us?" Chai Rong's eyes quickly widened, and he asked in a deep voice.

"The forward, the forward is less than three miles away from our army, and you can see it when you climb over the mound in front. The Chinese army, the Chinese army is about four miles. The rear army is full of foot soldiers, and it will take at least half an hour to get here!" the scout, though wounded, answered the question with clarity and conciseness.

"They, they say you're a thief fake prince! Pan, Pan Dutou has tried his best to stop them. Please, please make a decision early!"

Hearing this, the last trace of illusion in Chai Rong's heart was completely shattered. Drawing his sword, he pointed to the hills in front without hesitation, "Zhao Kuangyin, take my personal guards and seize the ridge ahead!"

There is no need to know more, the arrows and blood stains on the scout's body are the answer! Yang Wensheng, the envoy of Caozhou Jiedu, can even find a bad excuse like "bandits pretending to be princes". Obviously, he wanted to take advantage of the large number of people and catch everyone off guard!

He wanted to be beautiful, but he overestimated his own strength. It's also too underestimated to be the opponent's skills.

Chai Rong, whose hopes were shattered, quickly regained his composure, and passed the order down to the left and right like a stream, "Pan Mei, you take three battalions of Cangzhou cavalry, follow Zhao Kuangyin closely, and capture the fighter plane by yourself!"

"Tao Dachun, you take a battalion of cavalry, detour along the left side of the hill, and obliquely insert the enemy's soft underbelly!"

"Others, follow me......"

"Uh......h Woo woo woo ......" "Woo...... Woo woo woo ......" "Woo...... Woo woo woo ......" horn sound like a tiger roaring and a dragon roaring, overshadowing the angry roar of the soldiers.

Battalion after battalion of cavalry instigated war horses, followed behind Zhao Kuangyin, Pan Mei, Tao Dachun and others, and rushed to the position designated by the commander.

After a long period of hard training, an abundant supply of meat, a clear command hierarchy, simple and clear banners, and years of concerted efforts, it finally came to fruition. The seven battalion heads, as they galloped, scattered themselves into four large blocks, front, rear, left, and right, echoing each other with trumpets and banners, like an enraged beast, spreading its flexible and thick limbs on the earth.

Seven battalions, 3,500 people, the scale is really not big, but the smoke and dust raised by the horse's hooves cover the sky and the sun!

Looking at the smoke and dust that suddenly rose from behind the hill, the cavalry of the Caozhou army commanded Yang Xuan's heart to jerk, and the bow and arrow that was originally aimed at the back of the enemy general quickly broke away from the bowstring, and pierced into the crevice of the gravel under the hooves of the enemy general's horse with a "pop", and the sparks splashed.

"Dog thief, if you have a kind, you will continue to chase!" Pan Xing, the head of the Cangzhou army who escaped death, turned his head and scolded loudly. The seven or eight wounds on his body were bleeding, but it didn't make his courage decrease in the slightest, "Within a quarter of an hour, how can your head still grow on your neck, Lao Tzu and your surname!"

"Speed up, all speed up, rush to the top of the mountain!" Yang Xuan, the commander of the capital who had been eager to kill him immediately under the arrow, suddenly became magnanimous at this moment, and turned a deaf ear to the shouting and scolding. Turning his head directly, he roared loudly at the cavalry behind him, "All of them, don't get entangled with the rangers, accelerate to the top of the mountain, and seize the advantageous terrain!"

This is a conclusion he has directly reached by virtue of his many years of experience in leading troops in war. Otherwise, fifty rangers, facing an army of 3,000, would never dare to use their arms as a chariot! Otherwise, even if they were warned by the scouts, the opponent would not react so quickly, and would not immediately make a decision to fight for favorable terrain and prepare to fight for their own life and death.

"General Yang has an order, don't entangle with the rangers, all speed up, and rush to the top of the mountain!"

"General Yang has an order, don't entangle with the rangers, all speed up, and rush to the top of the mountain!"

"General Yang has an order, don't entangle with the rangers, all speed up, and rush to the top of the mountain!"

"General Yang has an order, don't entangle with the rangers, and all speed up ......"

The heralds tore their throats and repeated Yang Xuan's order over and over again in command of the cavalry of the Caozhou Army. The Caozhou soldiers who were chasing and killing the Cangzhou Army were stunned at first, and then began to move closer to the core of their own team with a little disdain, and at the same time increased the speed of their horses along the way.

There is a cloud in the art of war, and if you fight for profit for fifty miles, you will jump on the general. Chai Rong and Zheng Ziming have no matter how capable they are, and their team has already become the end of the crossbow from Boji Canal to Caozhou. But the Caozhou army is waiting for work, and the soldiers and horses are three times as many as theirs!

"Speed, speed up, Yang Dingliu, you are in the barracks, come forward for me to seize the top of the mountain!!" Seeing that the brothers under his command reacted so slowly, Yang Xuan was so anxious that his forehead sweated. While galloping on horseback, make tactical adjustments.

"Yes!" his pro-battalion commander agreed loudly, slamming his legs the stirrups, "Brothers, come with me, the time has come!"

"Boom, boom, boom!" the five hundred soldiers squeezed out the remaining strength of their mounts, and like a giant centipede, they accelerated and sprinted forward.

They came prepared, they were full of physical strength, and they were familiar with every grass and tree near Caozhou! Soon, the first horse rushed to the top of the mountain, followed by the second, third, fourth, tenth, and hundredth horses! Everyone tightened the reins and quickly formed a team, the steel knives in their hands reflected the sunlight, and the cold air was like a tide.

"Huh-" Seeing that his team took the lead and occupied a favorable position, the Caozhou cavalry commander made Yang Xuan finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Cavalry duels, terrain is especially important. The condescending side can easily crush the formation of the attacking side to pieces with the help of the geographical advantage. Then take advantage of the intact formation of their own team, go on a rampage, and capture the flag.

However, before his heart could sink back into his stomach, a silver tide of anger suddenly swept up the mountain beam from the other side of the hill......side! The whole team of five hundred Caozhou elites who had just started was swept away in an instant, like grains in autumn!