Chapter 80: Cavalry Battles
Since ancient times, war has been impermanence and impermanence.
When Li Yi and the more than 500 people rushed to the outside of Shanggu County, the entire Shanggu County was already in chaos.
Outside the city, the numerous returning cannons of the grassland tribes saw stone bullets and flame shells raining down on the head and inside of the city of Shanggu County.
A large number of defenders had to take refuge in the holes in the walls.
Even so, a large number of soldiers were hit by stone or flame bullets and died instantly.
The return cannons used to defend the castle head of Ueya County were all smashed by stone bullets.
Even the battlements at the head of the city were smashed to pieces.
The gate of the urn city of Shanggu County has been broken by the grassland tribe at this time, and due to the long-distance suppression of the grassland tribe's return artillery, there are not many soldiers guarding the head of the city of Shanggu County.
Therefore, the siege carts of the steppe tribes are like entering no man's land.
The defenders of the city were also killed and wounded by the return artillery.
And compared to the offensive outside the city, the attacks inside the city were no less than those outside the city.
Although the steppe cavalry that attacked was only more than 17,000 people, they played a far greater role than all the troops outside the city combined.
"Hold me off the cavalry, they are not many in number, and once our encirclement is formed, they will be fish on the chopping block."
Huizhou's lieutenant general, Li Chengying, commanded the army defending the city to quickly retract.
As the deputy general of the Huizhou Army, Li Chengying is the younger brother of the main general Li Chengxiong.
Compared with his brother's use of soldiers like a god, he can often win with tricks, Li Chengying is much inferior.
However, he also has his own style of commanding battles, and his combat style tends to be modest, so he is generally not very good at commanding melee and chaos.
But now the situation in Shanggu County is very dangerous, and his elder brother, Li Chengxiong, the commander of the Huizhou army, is commanding the army to defend the city gates.
Faced with this steppe cavalry that suddenly came from behind, the defenders of Shanggu County did not expect it at all.
"General Li, now this cavalry is too fast, they have repeatedly charged and killed in our army's formation, even if we completely surround them like this, we will definitely suffer heavy losses at that time."
Mu Yizheng, who saw the situation clearly, immediately found Li Chengying and said.
"I don't know what kind of tricks General Tiger has?"
Although Li Chengying seemed to be very polite, the people around him could feel that Li Chengying looked down on Mu Yizheng a little.
Mu Yizheng also understood Li Chengying's mentality, most of the generals he had met in Dayu over the years basically treated their beggar army with this attitude, and he would not be surprised after a long time.
"Now it seems that only by limiting their speed can we minimize the losses of our army."
"General Tiger used to be a member of the Grassland Tribe, and he must know more about their tactics than we do, so I wonder how General Tiger can slow them down?"
Li Chengying completely agreed with Mu Yizheng's proposal, after all, the lethality of the cavalry charge was too strong.
"Now I also ask the general to transfer a part of the cavalry and a part of the infantry, let the cavalry charge ahead, and the infantry assemble in formation and advance in a position to compress the battle space of their cavalry."
Mu Yizheng gave his opinion.
Li Chengying agreed after a little thought.
"However, we all know that the grassland cavalry is the best in the world, and if our army wants to select a cavalry that can match them, I am afraid that the only one is the beggar army led by General Tiger!"
Li Chengying directly put a high hat on Mu Yizheng, which made Mu Yizheng stunned.
They didn't expect that they would give Li Chengying advice, but in the end, Li Chengying still wanted to calculate himself, and he wanted to use the cavalry of the grassland to weaken the military strength of the beggar army.
However, what Li Chengying said is also very reasonable, and Mu Yizheng really can't find any good excuse to refuse for a while.
However, Li Chengying's words made An Siqi, who was behind Mu Yizheng, look cold.
After getting along with Mu Yizheng these days, An Siqi feels that his father-in-law is definitely a talented hero.
If he is placed in troubled times, he will definitely be able to achieve a career, even now, if he is not more sensitive, he will definitely be able to occupy a place in the ranks of military generals in Dayu.
In addition, An Siqi is also very fond of the beautiful Mu Xingchen, so he doesn't want to see his father-in-law being calculated.
"General Li, if my beggar army wins the first place in this battle, please ask the general to reward him!"
An Siqi said something seemingly without any scheming, but he glanced at Mu Fenglin with a provocative face.
However, his words made the minds of all the other reinforcement generals present come alive.
Especially Mu Fenglin, who was already ready to move.
Others may not care too much about An Siqi's provocation, but Mu Fenglin can't, they have already formed a grudge in Youzhou.
Later, under the mediation of Lao Youwang, the two sides gave up, but on the surface, the two sides made peace, but in private, they were still secretly competing.
Now An Siqi said this, obviously to provoke Mu Fenglin.
If Mu Yizheng's beggar army really blocked the more than 17,000 cavalry, their reputation would definitely rise, and when others mentioned it in the future, they would say that the beggar army that overwhelmed the Yue army broke the grassland cavalry again.
When the time comes, let him put the face of the prince of the Yue Kingdom, so Mu Fenglin did not hesitate to intervene.
"General Li, how can the grand occasion of cavalry against cavalry only make the people of the grassland tribe beautiful? My Dayu Iron Rider is not a vegetarian either. If not, half of the cavalry of our Yue National Army will be sent out, and half of the cavalry of their Hengguo Beggars Army will be compared, and the two sides will compete to see who can turn the tide. ”
Mu Fenglin's words made all the reinforcements on Dayu's side nod secretly, and he actually didn't want to make these beggars too brilliant.
However, they are indeed inferior to these beggars in terms of cavalry warfare.
And now the stupid boy of Yue Guozi only wants to come out, which makes everyone present secretly proud.
"Yue Guo is not a country of humerus that I am afraid of, and its ambition is a model for us to learn!"
"That is, it is the prince of Yue Guo who raises my Dayu national prestige and strengthens my Dayu momentum, and he is really a handsome among people!"
"That's right, the prince of Yue Guo is indeed the pride of our Dayu people!"
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The sycophants were endless, even Mu Fenglin himself was red-faced when he heard it, but these guys touted it without any psychological burden.
"Since the son of the world has this heart for the country and the people, he will also be happy to be an adult."
Li Chengying waved his hand, and Mu Yizheng and Mu Fenglin went to prepare their own people.
"Brother Qi, you deliberately provoked Namu Fenglin just now!"
When Mu Yizheng and the others walked to a remote corner, Mu Xingchen smiled and hugged An Siqi's arm and said.
"Xiao Qi's move makes it beautiful, so the pressure on our beggar army will definitely be greatly reduced."
Mu Yizheng also gave a thumbs up.
What they didn't notice was that Nie Ji behind them was looking at the three people in front of them talking and laughing with complicated eyes.
But in the end, he lowered his eyes and quickly arranged for the soldiers.
"Uncle Yue, you don't need to go into battle in person in this battle, your son-in-law can take the lead in the charge, and you can cheer for me in the army."
An Siqi saw that Mu Yi was buttoning his helmet on his head, and he immediately stopped Mu Yizheng.
With such a chaotic scene, Mu Yizheng is the commander of the beggar army, once there are three longs and two shorts, their army will definitely be torn apart. In the end, it can only be completely swallowed up by other armies.
As he spoke, An Siqi put the chain mail on his body, then buckled a battle helmet on his head, turned over and jumped on the war horse.
Then, from Mu Yizheng's hand, he turned out his spear and kicked the horse's belly with a confident face.
"Brother Qi, you will return safely!"
Mu Xingchen shouted at An Siqi, who was slowly accelerating.
An Siqi didn't look back, he just raised the spear in his hand and increased the speed of the horse again.
Behind him, a large number of cavalry of the beggar army also began to whip up and accelerate towards the battlefield.
Looking at An Siqi's back, Mu Yizheng suddenly felt as if he had seen himself when he was young.
In the past, he also spurred his horse onto the battlefield under the advice of his wife, and then slaughtered all sides.
Mu Yizheng's eyes couldn't help but be a little moist.
Just as An Siqi led the beggar army to rush towards the cavalry of the grassland tribe, the cavalry on the side of the Yue Guo army also began to move.
Under the leadership of Zhang Xi, the cavalry of the Yue Kingdom charged towards the grassland cavalry like a torrent of steel.
At this time, in terms of weapons, you can see the difference between the Yue Kingdom and the Beggars.
Looking down from the sky, the beggar soldiers rushing to the left were all wearing tattered leather jackets, and they were only covered with a very shabby chain mail, and although the long knives in their hands were polished, these long knives were obviously different in style, and they looked a little disorganized.
However, the cavalry on the side of the Yue army was each dressed in neat standard armor, and they all wore iron helmets on their heads, which was much stronger than the leather helmets of the beggar army.
And the standard long sword in their hands all exuded a cold glow as soon as it came out of the sheath, and at a glance they knew that it was a well-crafted weapon.
Seeing the Yue cavalry in front of them, everyone couldn't help but be hot.
Even some guys began to drool at this cavalry, and at this time they knew why Mu Fenglin dared to offer to compete with the beggar army so boldly.
Even Mu Yizheng looked straight in the eyes when he saw this army ready to go.
However, he did not covet the horses and soldiers, he simply coveted the armor and weapons of these soldiers.
He didn't dare to imagine how powerful and invincible his beggar army would be if he could have such weapons and equipment.
However, he and the generals of the other feudal domains and countries could only get over it, and they were just secretly obscene in their hearts.
After all, except for the larger vassal states such as the Yue Kingdom, the other vassals and countries really couldn't afford to raise these powerful cavalry.
Everyone understands that fighting a war is burning money.
The reason why Yue was able to afford these cavalry was not only because of their relatively large land area, but also because Yue was rich in iron ore and copper ore.
Backed by abundant resources, they were able to arm their cavalry with impunity.
However, An Siqi, who rushed to the front, did not pay any attention to the steel torrent behind them.
The cavalry of both sides approached at the speed of their galloping horses, and neither of them had the slightest intention of slowing down.
This kind of cavalry hedging is actually sometimes a psychological tactic, and whoever retreats first loses the momentum.
In this way, in the later battle, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the other party.
Seeing that the cavalry of both sides is getting closer and closer, if no measures are taken at this time, the two sides will really fall together.
At the last moment, the steppe cavalry that rushed forward suddenly turned to the left.
A large number of cavalry changed direction with the knights in front.
However, there were still a large number of steppe cavalry who did not have time to change direction, so they collided with the cavalry of the beggar army led by An Siqi.
All of a sudden, the horses neighed on the battlefield, and the sound of the horses colliding together was endless.
Looking down from the air, the place where the two armies met was filled with smoke and dust at this time, and a large number of war horses fell to the ground and convulsed.
Many cavalrymen were crushed under the horses, and before they could get up, they were trampled into minced meat by the horses that followed.
And An Siqi, who rushed to the front, waved the spear in his hand like a tiger descending a mountain, and constantly swept over the cavalry that rushed over.
These cavalrymen were directly pumped upside down by An Siqi's spear, and then fell to the ground and were completely trampled to death by their own horses.
"You cowards who only know how to sneak up eat you and me with a spear."
An Siqi drove his war horse to charge among the cavalry of the grassland tribe, and at the same time waved the spear in his hand and constantly harvested the lives of the other party.
The cavalry of the Beggar Army behind An Siqi couldn't help but secretly admire when they saw An Siqi so brave.
You know, they heard that their general had married Miss Xingchen to a young man with a big Yu, and they were all indignant.
But now, seeing An Siqi so powerful, like a god in the sky will descend to earth, all of them are in their hearts, and they secretly admire Mu Yizheng's unique vision.
And Nie Ji in the team was also frantically wielding his long knife to harvest those charging cavalry.
Originally, he also wanted to have a good battle with An Siqi in the battle to see who killed the most people.
But within a quarter of an hour of their contact with the cavalry of the steppe tribe, Nie Ji completely dispelled this idea.
Because An Siqi, who has always looked a little unhappy, is really terrifying.
In Nie Ji's opinion, this guy in front of him didn't look like a human at all, he was like a bloodthirsty beast.
This kind of person has a proper name in Dayu's army: Tiger General.
It's just like Mu Yizheng in the past.
Just when An Siqi's killing was on the rise, the heavy cavalry of the Yue Kingdom in the rear finally collided with the cavalry of the grassland tribe.
Compared to the battle situation on the side of the beggar army, which is like Mars hitting the earth, their side is like a flesh millstone.
A large number of steppe cavalry collided with the ranks of the Yue heavy cavalry and were immediately scattered.
The heavy cavalry of the Yue Kingdom maintained a constant speed, and directly inserted into the ranks of the steppe cavalry like a knife cutting tofu.
The heavy cavalry of the Yue Kingdom immediately flew flesh and blood, leaving behind them a place of broken corpses and blood.
"The heavy cavalry of the Yue Kingdom is so powerful, if there are more people, I am afraid that the grassland cavalry will have to be strangled by them."
Mu Yizheng couldn't help muttering to himself.
However, Mu Yizheng still didn't think that the cavalry of the grassland tribe would be so vulnerable.