The rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and the people at the head of the Yan Clan City finally relaxed when they saw the feather forest rider who seemed to have bathed in the river of blood returning with a smile.

After all, the heavy cavalry appeared in this era for the first time, and no one knows what the combat power is.

And 3,000 forest cavalry raided 15,000 Wei troops, although the cavalry has a natural restraint on the infantry, but for this era when stirrups, horseshoes and other horse harness have not been invented, the lethality of cavalry is far less powerful than that of later generations.

Without stirrups as support points and an aid to fix the body, the horseman's two-handed weapon was not only easy to fall off the horse, but also lacked strength.

Therefore, the main weapons of the cavalry are the three-foot long sword and the bow and crossbow that do not need to be swung with all the strength.

However, due to the lack of strength, the three-foot long sword in the hand of the cavalry is slightly insufficient for the damage of the armor, and the armor-piercing ability is slightly weaker, far less lethal than the bow and crossbow.

Therefore, it is inevitable that everyone is so worried about the surprise attack of the 15,000 Wei army by the 3,000 Yulin cavalry without the cover and support of the foot soldiers.

Fortunately, this Yulin Rider not only returned safely, but also from the perspective of the head of the horse and the heads hanging on both sides of the horse's belly, this is obviously a big victory.

"Congratulations on the return of the general's victory!"

A uniform congratulatory sound pulled Zhang Ji back from his thoughts, but Zhang Ji just waved his hand, without much joy on his face, and returned to the camp alone.

And Zhang Ji's performance can't help but make people a little confused.

Obviously, he returned from a great victory, and severely damaged the 15,000 Wei army with 3,000 cavalry, why did Wei Wei seem to be a little depressed?

Maybe just like the indifferent Wu Anjun in the past, the great talents in the world have their own weird tempers.

However, even if Zhang Ji is like this, it must not hide the fact of this great victory, thanks to the 40,000 stone grain and grass and various vegetables, fruits and meat prepared at Zhang Ji's request in advance, this celebration banquet is still quite rich, and the fly in the ointment is that alcohol is not allowed during the war.

In Zhang Ji's big tent, he did not participate in everyone's celebration, and Zhang Ji still had a stinky face.

He was the only one who didn't set foot on the battlefield in this battle, just quietly watching the situation on the battlefield change from the hill.

The Wei soldiers who can still move and flee seem to have only about 5,000 people.

This is not to say that Yulin cavalry killed 10,000 Wei troops, but that many Wei troops were seriously injured and could not move.

was knocked into the air by a heavy armored cavalry of nearly half a ton at high speed, and he was neither dead nor disabled.

Although Yu Lin began to harvest human heads after the Wei army broke and fled, and the speed was reduced and the impact damage was greatly reduced, it was impossible to get up immediately.

But despite this, the number of enemies killed by the Yulin cavalry formation will not be less than 6,000.

This record is not the upper limit of the Yulin Cavalry, and it has not brought out the greatest combat power of the Yulin Army, Zhang Ji must admit that it was because of his negligence.

After taking over Yu Linwei, most of his time was either learning the art of war from Li Xin, Qiang Qi and others, or learning martial arts with the startled salamander, tide and Zhao Ji and others.

It was not without saddles in this era, but the saddles of this time were not so much saddles, such as a saddle pad, which was shaped like two pillows, stuffed with wool on the inside, and made of leather on the outside, folded when not in use, unfolded on both sides of the horse's back when used, and held in place with three straps, and the effect of the low-bridge saddle pads was only to make the rider sit more comfortably.

If today's Yulin Cavalry is all equipped with Takahashi saddles, stirrups and horseshoes, then with the personal qualities of these Yulin Cavalry, who are at least two armor slashers, the Yulin Cavalry at least has the physical strength to be able to charge twice, and the ability of the Yulin Cavalry to break the formation with both hands and use a spear to charge into battle is far better than that of the Yulin Cavalry using the Qin sword.

However, what really annoyed Zhang Ji was not only that Yulin Cai's combat power was not brought to the limit because of his negligence, but that Yulin Cai's terrifying combat power completely defeated the Wei army.

The Wei army, which had a casualty rate of seventy percent, obviously could no longer have the will to fight, but Zhang Ji's purpose was never to completely defeat this Wei army.

Zhang Ji's purpose was to sow discord between Jin Yao, who was the only son of Jin Contempt, and Wei Wuji.

Jin Yao's position as deputy general was personally appointed by Wei Wangyu, and such an appointment was issued after Lü Buwei sent secret agents to spread rumors that Wei Wuji had a rebellious heart in Daliang and bribed many Wei courtiers and Wei Wang's close attendants to slander Wei Wuji to Wei Wangyu.

Using Jin Yao, who has the connections and prestige left by Jin Contempt in the army, and has a deep blood feud with Wei Wuji, to restrain Wei Wuji's military power is indeed a clever means. Jin Yao is a person who knows the army, and he will not do anything to endanger the army, but he will always keep an eye on Wei Wuji. And Wei Wuji, whether he had the intention of rebelling or not, had to endure Jin Yao's surveillance.

Wei Wangyu's checks and balances are indeed good, but he did not choose the right time.

If there is no war in the Wei State, then such a check-and-balance technique is appropriate, but once the Wei army encounters a war, it will be a taboo for soldiers.

Since ancient times, there are five invincibles: the royal general is invincible, I don't know if I can't win, I don't know if I can't win, I don't want to win, I can't win.

Wei Wuji, the main general of the Wei army, cannot be trusted by Wei Wangyu, this is the "imperial general", the army is divided into two factions: Wei Wuji and the old Jin contempt, and the generals are not in harmony, they are "good generals".

This gave Zhang a chance to take advantage of it.

Zhang Ji originally planned to rely on the ink craftsmen of the Yi Mo family to personally rebuild it, and drag down the army of pioneers on the left led by Jin Yao, and then let Jin Yao think that Wei Wuji deliberately made things difficult for him, not only giving his low-hanging fruit to his henchmen, but also letting him attack a fortified city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Only then did Zhang Er, Chen Yu's right vanguard army and Wei Wuji's Chinese army have the matter of Jin Yao's secret report from the old Jin Ministry.

But Jin Contempt has died after all, and not every protégé can have a heart to repay his superiors who promoted him in the past, and they must know that they may not even have a heart to repay their home country.

Some people can take refuge in Zhu Hai and Wei Wuji, who hammered their old masters, and some people can take refuge in the Qin State.

In this age of decay, faithfulness and propriety are luxuries.

These old Jin subordinates who secretly reported to Jin Yao had actually been rebelled against by the net.

Their status in the Wei army may not be very high, but with the relationship between the old Jin and the disdainful department, their letters can affect the relationship between Jin Yao and Wei Wuji, even if they do not succeed in provoking, they will plant a seed of doubt in Jin Yao's heart.

Trust is like a mirror, when it is not broken, it can reflect all the good things in the world, but once it is broken, no matter how beautiful things are in the mirror, the image in the mirror is extremely ugly, and it can never be restored.

And Zhang Ji ordered Yulin cavalry to raid the Wei army, in fact, it was only with the purpose of frustrating the Wei army's spirit and looking for an opportunity to burn the Wei army's baggage, so as to completely ensure that the concentrated 5,000 defenders could defend Yanshi City under the attack of tens of thousands of Wei troops.

It's just that...... Zhang Ji really didn't expect that the Yulin Cavalry would directly defeat the Wei army.

The Yulin Assault Cavalry is the first formed heavy armored cavalry today, and no one knows what kind of results the formed heavy armored cavalry can cause.

Originally, he had already begun to try to lay out the layout to make Jin Yao and Wei Wuji completely break up, but after a battle, it would be good for Jin Yao to escape the capital crime of defeat, how could he still break with Wei Wuji?

Can this not make Zhang Ji not depressed?

Fortunately, there are still people who can comfort the depressed Zhang Ji.

While everyone was celebrating the victory, the salamander glanced at the sky, which was getting darker and darker.

Well...... It's not daylight.

In the next moment, several slender figures appeared around the tent.

Glaring at several female killers who were secretly snickering, his voice was cold: "Just say that the general has fallen asleep, and no one will be allowed to come in unless there is an emergency military situation." ”

"Yes~"

Under the playful gaze of the female killers under his command, the surprised salamander's face was slightly red, and he entered Zhang Ji's tent with a light cough, and put down the door curtain.

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