Chapter 167: The Battle of the Cavalry

On the second day after the defenders of Kyoto City left the city, Zong Yu, the leader of the Rong army, sent a letter of persuasion.

The content of the letter is naturally to reach a settlement with Yun Bi, and as for the land of the three counties of Zhili.

As expected, Yun Bi was burned as soon as he received the letter, and he swore to beg the thief.

Outside the city of Kyoto, the army of the Rong tribe of the grassland and the allied forces in Kannai have set up positions, and a major battle is about to break out.

It's just that neither side of the confrontation is the first to attack, as if to find each other's flaws, and then launch a fatal blow.

On the side of the allied forces in the Guannai, Yun Bi was accompanying Xiao Jiu, Gu Chong and other princes to stand in front of the team on horseback and observe the opponent's formation.

"General Xiao, I hope your method can really hold back their cavalry."

Yun Bi looked at the cavalry lined up in a long line in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a little stunned in his heart.

Xiao Jiu just nodded lightly when he heard this, as for the final result, he didn't have much confidence in his heart.

Before, Xiao Jiu took out tripwires and earthen mines made of wire, just to deal with the Rong cavalry.

According to Xiao Jiu's plan, Yun Bi's remaining cavalry would lead the other party to a trap set in advance.

That trap and Xiao Jiu arranged a large number of barbed wire in advance, and once the opposing cavalry chased after him, he would definitely dodge.

As soon as the enemy enters the pre-planted minefield, this powerful army can be blown to pieces in a matter of moments.

The only thing to consider now is whether the enemy will be fooled?

Moreover, these days, the allied forces in the pass have gathered together, and the uneven military quality of the soldiers of the rest of the forces also made Xiao Jiu sweat in his heart.

Long before setting off for Kyoto, Xiao Jiu was still very confident in resisting the Rong clan, after all, the reputation of the forbidden army was made by real swords and guns.

But now looking at these recruits who couldn't even hold their weapons steadily, Xiao Jiu could only show a wry smile.

Looks like we're going to have a tough fight this time!

The two armies confronted each other for about half an hour, and the Rong side moved first.

Zong Yu directly sent his elite 10,000 cavalry to divide into two teams and began to detour from the flanks, preparing to take the lead in attacking the Allied camp that was in position.

Yun Bi naturally didn't dare to be careless about this, and directly scattered all the cavalry at hand, but it didn't exceed 5,000 people when it was full.

The number of cavalry is not comparable to others, so they can only rely on infantry to make up, and in order to deal with the cavalry, they can only allocate a part of their forces to be placed on the flanks to prevent the opponent's surprise attack.

In this way, in the face of the menacing Rong army, the pressure on the frontal army could not help but increase a lot.

Xiao Jiu didn't care about the orders given by Yun Bi, his eyes were always staring at the cavalry scattered from the opponent's army, and his eyes were glowing with a little cold light.

"Jinzi, take your cavalry to assist the forbidden army in leading the enemy into the encirclement."

Xiao Jiu waved his hand and directly sent his henchman Jin Zi to personally lead the army to deal with the cavalry of the Rong clan, and Jin Zi took the order.

The formation was set, both sides were ready, and after Zong Yu's order to attack, the war officially began.

The Rong cavalry, which received the order, immediately launched an offensive and charged directly from the flanks against the allied forces in the Guannai.

"Kill~"

Many Rong cavalry roared and shouted to give themselves courage, showing their wild side to the fullest.

Jin Zi and the cavalry of the Praetorian Army together did not talk nonsense in the face of the enemy's charge, and clamped the belly of the horse and led the troops to meet them.

The two opposing cavalry had not yet met, and the brunt of the oncoming rain of arrows caused many riders to fall in the way of the charge.

For this entry, the Rong army can be said to have made a bloody investment, and the elite cavalry is all full of armor, and the sophistication of the equipment is not inferior to that of the pass.

Fortunately, the Xiao family cavalry battalion led by Jin Zi has a crossbow in its hands, which is much more efficient than the Rong cavalry's single-bow shooting, so the Rong cavalry is mostly killed in the rain of arrows in the first wave of shooting.

After the unreasonable rain of arrows, it is the handover of the two sides, and this is also the time to test the quality of the soldiers on both sides.

When the two hostile sides look at each other, they are faced with a life-and-death scene.

Galloping horses galloped wildly in the fields designated as battlefields, knocking and knocking down countless soldiers.

With the swing of the weapon in his hand, the entire battlefield turned red for a while, and the strong bloody aura came to the face, making people can't help but vomit.

"Cut down these sheep-like Daxia people, the Central Plains will be ours, kill it."

A cavalry commander of the Rong tribe brandished the scimitar in his hand and rushed to the front line of the battlefield to encourage the Rong cavalry around him.

At this time, those Rong soldiers were all like Shura demon gods crawling out of hell, rushing towards the enemy with scarlet eyes and desperate for their lives.

In the face of such a group of demons in the world, the soldiers on the cavalry side of the forbidden army couldn't help but be afraid in their hearts.

For example, most of the cavalry from the forbidden army have never experienced any war, because the veterans in the Huya Pass before were all mainly defending the city, and they did not fight with the Rong people outside the pass at all.

As for Kannai, after the forbidden army took Kyoto Castle, it did not encounter any decent enemies.

At this time, for the elite division on the grassland, fear is inevitable.

In fact, not only the forbidden army, but also the cavalry under the command of Jin Zi were also afraid, but most of the officers among them were some non-commissioned officers from military schools, and their convictions in their hearts did not allow them to retreat.

When the soldiers took the lead, the rest of the people were not so afraid in their hearts, and began to try to recall the training they had received before, and fought hard to meet the enemy army.

And all this was naturally seen by the armies of the two sides of the confrontation.

The Rong army did not react, after all, they were born in the grassland and were already accustomed to fighting on horseback, and only those Great Xia people in the army could not help but smack their tongues.

Zong Yu, the leader of the Rong army, looked like he was sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, as if everything was confident, and he had already settled on the other party in his heart.

On the other hand, on the side of the allied forces in Guannai, Yun Bi, as the nominal supreme commander, had his cheeks flushed at this time, staring nervously at the battlefield situation.

He had already seen that the cavalry side of the Guannai was showing obvious decline on the battlefield, and most of the soldiers who fell under the impact were soldiers from his own side.

Not to mention the huge disparity in the number of soldiers on both sides, the quality of the cavalry itself is also much worse than that of the cavalry of the Rong tribe.

can become the capital of the grassland Rong tribe outside the pass, these Rong cavalry are undoubtedly the existence of killing weapons.

Seeing that the cavalry on his side was about to be unable to hold on, Yun Bi began to order the infantry on both sides to press forward to resist the onslaught of the opposing cavalry.

Seeing that the other party began to send infantry to suppress the formation, Zong Yu showed a flash of joy in his eyes, and directly sent all the remaining cavalry.

The reason why he didn't press all the cavalry elites at once was also for the sake of prudence.

Now that the cavalry in the pass has been beaten and has no power to fight back, he uses the cavalry to put a little more pressure on the opponent at this time, and he can save a penny of effort in the front when the decisive battle is fought later.

"Crush them."

With Zong Yu's order, the remaining more than 10,000 cavalry of the Rong army began to rush to the battlefield from all directions, of course, more rushed to the flanks.

Because the cavalry is faster, if it can break the opponent's flanks before the opponent's Chinese army can react, it will definitely be the final word for this war.

For a time, all the Rong cavalry went completely crazy, fantasizing about the good days when they wantonly plundered after the war.

Now in their eyes, the heads of the soldiers in the Kannai are money and military merits, and these things seem to be at their fingertips.

The influx of cavalry like locusts crossing the border caused great psychological pressure on the soldiers of the Allied side of the Guannai who held their positions.

Many recruits unconsciously trembled their legs after seeing the sight, and even fell to the ground without holding their weapons.

The commanders of the Chinese army who were standing in a wide field of vision also unconsciously held their breath, only Xiao Jiu gently tapped the back of his left hand with the fingers of his right hand, and he was waiting for all the enemy cavalry to rush in.

"General Yun, it's almost."

When the 10,000 cavalry rushed to the flank, Xiao Jiu turned to Yun Bi and said.

Yun Bi did not hesitate when he heard this, and directly ordered the drum to withdraw the troops.

As the drums spread across the battlefield, the cavalry in the pass, who heard the movement, turned their horses and began to retreat from the flanks in an orderly manner, leaving the infantry on the flanks of the army to face the butcher's knives of the cavalry.

The cavalry retreated, and this group of infantry became outcasts, and became ghosts under the iron hooves of the demonic Rong cavalry.

The cruelty of the war was vividly displayed at this moment, Xiao Jiu saw everything in his eyes, and his lips were dry and speechless.

The Rong cavalry army that rushed from the flank crushed the spear-armed soldiers in a single charge, and the commander then set his sights on the retreating cavalry in the pass.

"Pursue their cavalry, kill the rest of their infantry, and only defend."

It was still the general of the Rong clan who launched the charge before, and with a wave of his scimitar, he pointed at the retreating cavalry in the pass.

The commander of the Rong cavalry, who killed the red-eyed cavalry on the battlefield, also began to turn their horses' heads to chase and kill the fleeing enemy, regardless of what queue they were rushing to chase after each other.

This is the absolute crushing brought about by the numerical advantage, but the 20,000 Rong cavalry can gallop freely in the Central Plains.

The cavalry on the battlefield who was hit by blood only wanted to kill the enemy, but Zong Yu outside the battlefield needed to control the overall situation.

"Something seems wrong?"

Zong Yu looked at the retreating cavalry in the Guannai, although the other party showed a tendency to rout, everything was too smooth.

Sure enough, when the Rong cavalry was about to catch up with the enemy's cavalry, it had gradually broken away from the flank of the allies and gradually reached the city of Kyoto.

They were not afraid of being besieged by the infantry, because they were confident that their horses under their crotches could disperse the slow infantry.

But the situation on the battlefield is always changing rapidly, and a small detail can make or break a war.

At this time, the Allied infantry in the rear had gradually surrounded the Guannai, and these soldiers lined up were still holding tripwires made of wire.

And the cavalry in the Guannai who was being pursued in front also turned their horses' heads at this time, and a smile hung on the corner of the mouth of Jin Zi, who was standing at the front.

"Brothers, go back and kill these brutes."