Chapter Seventy-One: The Art of Cavalry Duel

If you come a few ways, I'll only go all the way. This is what the old slave Nurhachi said, although it is a Tartar, but this is undoubtedly a very clever strategy, with this strategy, Nurhachi only tens of thousands of cavalry, defeated the Ming Dynasty's 470,000 army, which is also the famous battle of Salsh in history.

Chu Yun saw that the opponent's troops were divided into two ways, but Chu Yun did not divide the troops, his troops were originally small, he would not do this, he wanted to use superior forces to break through one way, and then turn around to deal with the other way. And Chu Yun is not going to deal with Guo Quan on the left, even if it seems that he is weaker, Chu Yun is still ready to deal with Peach Leopard first.

In fact, when Chu Yun saw the "peach" banner of the peach leopard, he knew who this person was, Shi Le's sworn brother, one of the first eighteen people to follow him, and the veteran Peach Leopard, who was famous for his rich experience in the battlefield. Chu Yun has always believed that capturing thieves and capturing the king is the most effective and direct method, in ancient times, the highest general was the courage of an army, if there was a problem with him, then no matter how strong the army was, the cavalry of the Qiang tribe just now was the best example, even the most fierce and aggressive Qiang people were like this, not to mention the subordinates of the peach leopard who were mainly descended by the Jin Dynasty and the miscellaneous army.

When Peach Leopard saw the other party killing him, there was no change in mood, he was a veteran of the battlefield, and he was very handy at commanding his subordinates, so he thought about it for a while to know what the other party thought. His cavalry did not have the ability to shoot arrows at high speed in the cavalry, but his men were more orderly than the cavalry.

Seeing Chu Yun's awl formation, Peach Leopard conveyed the order loudly, only to see the cavalry under Peach Leopard galloping towards both sides like a tide, Chu Yun's iron-blooded cavalry was like a heavy fist on cotton, basically no damage to the other party, and there were only dozens of casualties on both sides, which was almost negligible for the two armies.

Chu Yun and the iron-blooded rider turned their horses' heads, Chu Yun stopped and did not attack, and the peach leopard also stopped, and Guo Quan, who had not met anything, also rushed over with people, and the two sides knew that the other party was very difficult to mess with as soon as they fought each other.

"General, what should we do?" Guo Quan came up, just now Peach Leopard and Bingzhou Army were like two masters facing each other, although they were just a trial, but for Guo Quan, it was thrilling. Whether it is the fierce charge of the iron-blooded cavalry, or the defense of the peach leopard like water, Guo Quan's subordinates can't do it, he has no doubt that if he faced either of the two armies just now, he must be defeated, so his respect for the peach leopard from the surface reached anything in his heart, at least on the battlefield, he corrected his mentality and decided to obey the orders of the peach leopard. Although Guo Quan is a little cautious, he is a Hu person, and Hu people respect strength.

"No wonder Hu Qian was destroyed by him, they have this strength, could it be that Liu Kun has been hiding all along? He has this strength of cavalry, I never believe that the Huns can beat him to the point that his nest is lost. Peach Leopard didn't answer, but sighed.

"General Tao, do you think it will be someone from Shangdang County?" After Guo Quan finished speaking, Tao Leopard was stunned for a moment, don't look at Chu Yun's restoration of Luoyang is very morale-boosting for the imperial court, but the Hu people don't care if you defeat Luoyang or Chang'an, they value how many enemies you have destroyed. The Iron Blood Army sent more than 10,000 troops to eliminate 5,000 Huns, and it was when the Hun army was contained by Chang'an, so Chu Yun's reputation was nothing great in the eyes of the Hu people, and thanks to Shi Le's great ambition and great concern about major events in the world, Tao Leopard and others got some information and knew that there was such a force, Chu Yun was just like those beggar armies or small forces that occupied several cities, not in their eyes, there were many such small forces in the troubled times.

"Shangdang County? It's also possible, forget it, no matter which force they belong to, he is our enemy, this time we will fight with them, General Guo, we will join forces in a while, form an awl type to fight with them, we are deeply trusted by the general, they are against the general, that is, against all of us. Since Peach Leopard said so, Guo Quan could only nod.

"Kill. Chu Yun didn't care what the other party thought, since he saw the other party rushing over again, he took the lead in killing the past, Chu Yun's long lance quickly harvested the enemy's name, the peach leopard and Chu Yun took a look, Chu Yun picked up a corpse and threw it towards the peach leopard, the peach leopard dodged with a low body, but several guards around him were smashed and fell off the horse. Once you fall off your horse in a cavalry battle, you will almost be trampled to death by a horse, which is also the most common way of dying in cavalry combat.

The peach leopard was startled, he was separated from Chu Yun by at least a dozen zhang, Chu Yun was able to throw off a cavalry weighing two hundred catties with a weapon, this power shocked him, a cavalryman wearing armor, and even more than two hundred catties, if he said that he threw it with both hands, he would not be shocked, you must know that the long lance is one zhang long, and the weight of a person will definitely double, and anyone who understands the principle of the pry bar knows it.

This peach leopard is not a derivative of divine power, but the two guards beside him are, they only noticed the enemy in front of them, and did not notice Chu Yun's attack, so the two guards glanced at Chu Yun angrily, remembering Chu Yun's appearance, they felt that they had the opportunity to kill Chu Yun, and Chu Yun's actions were a provocation to them in their eyes.

Chu Yuncai didn't care what these two pawns thought, even if they were divine power derivatives. Chu Yun glanced at the peach leopard, it seems that the Hu people are not all stupid, this bloodstone is by no means a good thing, the peach leopard does not use it himself, but uses it for the guards around him, and he is also an extremely smart person.

The iron-blooded rider chiseled through the opponent under the leadership of Chu Yun, and then turned the horse's head to prepare for a new round of charge, this time the attack on both sides moved the real fire, the iron-blooded rider was killed more than 200 people, of course, the other party died more, Chu Yun himself killed dozens of people, and the enemy died more than 400 people, more than double the iron-blooded rider.

"General Peach, they are too powerful, we are probably not opponents, I suggest we go back to the city to ask for help. Before Guo Quan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Peach Leopard.

"Is there still cavalry in Xiangguo City? The cavalry followed the general to Youzhou, we are the last cavalry, do you know that they have now turned Wei County upside down, Wei County (the people of the Qian people have combined Wei County, Zhaoguo County and Guangping County) has been taken by them, more than a dozen county towns have been breached, if we withdraw, do you know what the general will think of us when he comes back? Peach Leopard roared at Guo Quan, Guo Quan was startled when he heard this, although Guo Quan is a newly rising general, but he is only a middle and upper general, he can't get these news at all, and now he knows the severity of the situation.

Peach Leopard said these words so that everyone behind him could hear them. This time, he Taobao is the main general, Guo Quan is the deputy, if they fail, it will delay the major event of the general Shi Le, and the two of them will not be able to please at that time, so their descendants who are closely related to the future of the two will not be better.

Peach Leopard doing this is equivalent to Xiang Yu's last battle, although the reality is not as dangerous as Xiang Yu, but psychologically they are all similar. Xiang Yu will die if he loses, they will lose their future if they lose, and sometimes men value the future more than their lives.

Sure enough, after Peach Leopard finished speaking, everyone screamed, although they said that they would serve the general, serve the peach, and serve General Guo, but in fact they were all for themselves. Peach Leopard breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene, and Peach Leopard's adjustment of the popularity of his subordinates was really extraordinary.

After several rounds of rushing and killing, although the number of the Iron Blood Army was small, it formed a flanking attack on the Peach Leopard Army, Chu Yun took 1,500 people on the right side, the Peach Leopard Army was in the middle, and the more than 600 Iron Blood Cavalry who fought with the Qiang cavalry were on the left side, although it seemed to be far away from the battlefield, but it was only a moment of time for the cavalry.

Chu Yun was waiting for this opportunity, he secretly made a gesture behind him, the flag soldier behind Chu Yun shook the chess pieces, Chu Yun's flag was several meters high, and the flag soldier was still on a horse, so he could still see clearly from a few kilometers away. This is also the flag language invented by Chu Yun, of course, the flag language appeared in the Han Dynasty, but Chu Yun perfected it, Chu Yun is ready to rely on this Yin Peach Leopard Army, in the high-speed gallop, it is difficult for the cavalry to turn.

The two armies are silently facing each other across the kilometer, Chu Yun will not open his mouth to attack first, he is waiting for a wedge, once the other party runs, he will be able to attack back and forth, if he takes the lead, then it is likely that there will be a poor attack, after all, they are only a kilometer away from the Peach Leopard Army, and the other iron-blooded cavalry is separated by three thousand meters, Chu Yun's order is that the Peach Leopard Army moves, the other one attacks first, and then he attacks, striving to make the three sides almost collide together.

But I didn't expect the Peach Leopard Army to be very patient, Chu Yun didn't move, they didn't move, for a quarter of an hour, the three parties didn't move, Chu Yun didn't know if the Peach Leopard found something.

At this time, the Peach Leopard Army suddenly moved, Chu Yun raised his arm high, only to see the Peach Leopard Army slowly accelerating, and the corresponding six hundred iron-blooded troops in the rear also quickly changed from watching the battle to an attacking posture, they got on their horses one after another, and quickly began to attack the back of the Peach Leopard Army.

But at this time, an accident happened, and I saw that the Peach Leopard Army had made a big turn, and they actually gave up Chu Yun's main force and killed the six hundred iron-blooded horsemen behind them.

"Made, you really discovered my intentions, and you deserve to be a veteran, but do you think that a small number of people is a soft persimmon? Chu Yun shouted loudly, and he took the lead towards the Peach Leopard Army. It's just that because of the change in Peach Leopard's tactics, he became an attack from behind, and the six hundred iron-blooded horsemen who had just finished the bloody battle became a frontal battle.

Peach Leopard's idea is right, these six hundred iron-blooded horsemen are small, and it seems that they have just experienced a big battle, so it should be the most vain time. They are like a ticking time bomb, and if they are kept on the sidelines, they are likely to pose a deadly threat to their own cavalry. So the Peach Leopard Army set up a plan, he wanted to see if this part of the iron-blooded cavalry still had combat effectiveness. It turned out that the six hundred iron-blooded horsemen were really ready to attack him from behind as he expected, and Peach Leopard, with his excellent battlefield command, immediately decided to pinch the soft persimmon first, so it caused today's scene.

However, Chu Yun's more than 1,500 men became the back attack, and the 600 iron-blooded cavalry became the main force, and they had to face the frontal impact of the Peach Leopard Army. The Peach Leopard Army thought well, he thought that there were more than 3,000 of them, and the head-to-head duel of 600 people would definitely be like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, falling in one fell swoop, completely defeating these 600 people, but as soon as he fought, he knew that he was thinking too much.

The six hundred Iron Horsemen had just experienced a big battle, and their morale was bursting, plus they were already the most elite of the Iron Horsemen in the party's army, and each of them could even defeat three with one.

The three thousand Peach Leopard Army pounced on their six hundred people with their teeth and claws, and these six hundred people were like small boats in a storm, which were instantly submerged, but after fighting together, Peach Leopard knew that he had chosen the wrong object. These 600 people are like tigers into the flock, they actually wantonly kill their own men, they bump everywhere, where there are many people to kill there, not long after the fight, they actually turned the Peach Leopard Army upside down, and the Peach Leopard completely lost the control of the opponent.

"Whole army, kill the whole army. Both Taobao and Guo Quan shouted loudly, but their voices were drowned out in the fierce battle, and at this time, Chu Yun also killed.

What awaits the Peach Leopard Army next is a massacre, Chu Yun and the Iron Rider are harvesting the enemy's name on a large scale, the Peach Leopard Army is in a mess, and their command system is destroyed, so they can't do much damage to the Iron-Blooded Rider except for relying on instinct to resist.

"The general trend has gone, the general trend has gone. Peach Leopard looked at the battlefield and said in a low voice, there is no problem with his command, to be honest, it was not as good as his command when he was replaced by Chu Yun just now, but he underestimated the combat effectiveness of the iron-blooded cavalry, he didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of these hundreds of cavalry would be comparable to the most ferocious iron-clad cavalry, if he had known that he would not be so reckless.

But the peach leopard did not seem depressed, there were victories and defeats on the battlefield, he would not lose confidence because of a defeat, he took a deep look, killing Chu Yun like a god, and then gave the order to retreat. The peach leopard changed into an ordinary armor, Chu Yun didn't notice him, but Chu Yun was wearing it very conspicuously, his white light armor was very recognizable in the dark red iron-blooded horse, not that Chu Yun was showy, but to let everyone see his existence and stimulate their fighting spirit.

Although the peach leopard also lost control of his subordinates, he took out a musical instrument when he retreated, and the instrument reverberated in a low voice, and the peach leopard's men all got rid of the enemy's retreat, and it can also be seen from here that the peach leopard lived up to its name, and retreated hundreds of people in a short time.

And Guo Quan didn't have such good luck, he was abandoned by Peach Leopard without hesitation, Peach Leopard's decision was just a common trade-off on the battlefield, to be honest, he still admired Guo Quan very much. But Guo Quan didn't know this, he only knew that he himself had been abandoned, Guo Quan and a dozen of his personal guards were entangled by more than thirty iron-blooded horsemen, who made him wear it as conspicuous as Chu Yun.

"Peach Leopard, I am your ancestor. No matter how much Guo Quan scolded, he couldn't change the fact that he was abandoned.

Chu Yun looked at the hundreds of cavalry who had withdrawn, but in the end he still didn't chase them, the iron-blooded cavalry was too tired, and even the iron-blooded man couldn't bear it after two major battles in a row. Besides, there are still one or two thousand people left, and he needs to clean it up, the peach leopard is like a gecko with a decisive broken tail, it is too decisive, and it doesn't give Chu Yun much time.

It took Chu Yun and the Iron Blood Army to clean up Guo Quan's cavalry for more than an hour, even if the Peach Leopard left with a few hundred people, the number of remaining cavalry was almost equal to the Iron Blood Army, and the two thousand people under the leadership of Guo Quan, who was in a desperate situation, also burst out with a lot of strength, and finally the Iron Blood Army killed and wounded three or four hundred people before subduing these cavalry.

Thanks to Chu Yun's action, Guo Quan was captured, otherwise it would not be so simple, Guo Quan is also a derivative of divine power, but compared to Hu Yanmo, who almost made Chu Yun die, it seems that the time for Bloodstone to get it is too short, and it has not greatly improved his strength. After Guo Quan was captured, these talents began to surrender on a large scale, except for those military masters, team leaders and other petty officials, most of them are Han and Zahu, they can't be as loyal as the cavalry, and they can't surrender for them. In the end, nearly a thousand people surrendered, so the Iron Cavalry only suffered three or four hundred casualties.

Chu Yun collected the corpses and booty, and after resting for a day and a night, he once again sent troops to surround Xiangguo City, which was in chaos because of the defeat of the peach leopard.

Everyone accused the peach leopard of humiliating the country and asked for a heavy responsibility for the peach leopard, their main purpose was to fight Kui'an, at this time they were still fighting in the nest, which shows that infighting is not only the best at the Han people, there are fights where there are people. In the end, it was Shi Le's mother who personally came forward to support Kui An, and suppressed all the opposition, Kui An immediately strengthened his defenses, and swore not to go out of the city again, Chu Yunbing besieged Xiangguo City for two days before he left with great strength, this scene was imprinted in the deepest part of Xiangguo City's civil and military affairs, although it seems useless now, but one day it will break out.

Chu Yun left because he received a message from the scouts, and Shile's army was rushing back quickly, and he would be able to return to Xiangguo City in about half a month. The second is that Chu Yun got the news that Lu Zhong of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was defeated in Handan City, with more than half of the casualties, if it wasn't for the 5th Infantry Brigade to block it in Qinkou Mountain, the Wei County army might have cut off the back road of the iron-blooded cavalry, then this operation would be completely over.

This was the reason why Chu Yun had to return to the division quickly, and Guo Yong's department firmly grasped Yongnian City to guard against the division of the Wei army, and for a while, the immigration of the Iron and Blood Army almost stagnated.

Of course, Chu Yun also had an inconspicuous little incident in the process of evacuation, and several prisoners were "careless" fled, one of these captives was Guo Quan, the deputy general of the Qiang people, Guo Quan rode the stolen horse, fortunately escaped the pursuit of the iron-blooded horse, returned to Xiangguo City, after he returned to Xiangguo City, he took dozens of people who fled back with him to make trouble in the Peach Leopard's mansion, the Peach Leopard abandoned his companions and only cared about his own escape, making a fuss, this is not about Chu Yun's business, he took the only remaining 1,600 iron-blooded horses back to Wu'an.