Chapter Twenty-Nine: The First Cavalry

"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom......"

Tens of thousands of feather arrows suddenly shot out from both sides of the trade road, and the dense feathered arrows covered the elves in the air, and a burst of screams sounded, and thousands of elves fell off their horses one after another, and their bodies and wildebeest bodies were shot like hedgehogs.

Then a desperate scene appeared that made the two wolf bèi unbearable captains appear, and in front of them, the Qinling cavalry, who was still running just now, suddenly got out of the way. Rows of heavy cavalry with men and horses, heavy armor and spears appeared, and they slowly accelerated, and with an irresistible momentum, they crashed into the elven cavalry.

The elven cavalry are all light cavalry, and the simple half-body armor looks vulnerable under the impact of these battlefield beasts, and the already scattered formation is even more scattered.

Some elves desperately swung their swords at these heavy cavalry, and they were really helpless with these heavy armor when they could run long distances, and they were just sparked and split in half by the heavy cavalry's chopping swords.

The two captains had the heart to turn around and run away, and there were not a few elves who had the same mind as them. It's a pity that wildebeest is good at short sprints, and the disadvantage of lack of endurance is fatal at this moment.

The 10,000 cavalry archers rushed out from both sides of the heavy cavalry and began to harvest the fleeing elven cavalry with feathered arrows and swords. The war horse they sat on easily caught up with the exhausted wildebeest, and with a single sword, an unwilling head flew up.

Another chase began, but the two sides of the chase switched roles, and the shape was very different.

The elven cavalry who came one after another from the rear saw that something was wrong and wanted to turn their horses and flee, but they were shot or killed by the roaring half-elven cavalry.

Pursued all the way, and did not stop until it was almost to the elven camp Sanli Prescription. There was not one elf in the world that could escape back, only one or two hundred, including those two captains. Zhou Yi waved his hand and led the army back along the road, sweeping away the living wildebeests, weapons and belongings on the way.

On the way back, the officers and men with the yellow flag and the red flag, although their faces were tired, the joy in their hearts was overflowing. The way of fighting that the adults trained to pacify was too simple, and it was easy to defeat the enemy, but at the beginning it was a little aggrieved, and the soldiers who would not turn back to shoot arrows fled.

But fortunately, when the final pursuit was made, those elves were as tired as dogs, and let them clean up like chopping melons and vegetables, and vented all the grievances that ran away at the beginning.

Back at the temporary camp, Zhou Yi sat on the ground to rest, and the others were busy resting or feeding the war horses.

After a while, Yun Mo came in a hurry, and said with excitement on his face: "My lord, the statistics are out." In this battle, more than 4,300 wildebeest horses were captured, more than 19,000 elves were killed, and no prisoners were taken! Only about two or three hundred elves escaped back! There were more than 19,000 pairs of elven leather armor, long swords, and longbows, more than 2,000 pairs of half-body iron armor, and more than 50,000 gold coins!

Our army suffered less than 500 casualties, only one or two hundred soldiers were killed in the battle, and the rest were lightly wounded! What a great victory!"

Zhou Yi opened his eyes, suppressed the excitement in his heart, didn't want to show an uncalm expression in front of his subordinates, and said lightly: "Those wildebeest can be used to carry supplies, as for the gold coins, let's divide them among everyone!

The soldiers who died in the war were buried on the spot, and their names and places of origin were written down until after the war!"

It is inevitable that there will be casualties in a war, and the generals must reward the meritorious officers and soldiers and compensate for the casualties. Due to their small size, most of the elves' armor is not suitable for use by other races. However, the elven sword and longbow are excellent weapons, and the workmanship is very good, which can be used as a supplement for war consumption. Therefore, Zhou Yi's arrangement can be described as clear and comprehensive.

Yun Mo respectfully received the order to go out and give orders, so that the appeasement made the adults continue to close their eyes and recuperate.

"Pacify your Excellency and have a good day!"

"Good day, Holy Master!"

Hearing Zhou Yi distribute the loot, these half-elves from a bitter background immediately cheered and shouted loudly to praise Zhou Yi's benevolence!

As for the elven camp outside Manchuan Pass, after escaping from the wildebeest cavalry wolf Bèi, the atmosphere was completely different!

"Your Highness, Your Highness, something has happened!" cried out Admiral Simpson as he hurriedly opened the tent door.

Prince Hicks looked at this important general in the army with displeasure, and he was really dissatisfied with his instability.

"What's the matter?"

"Uh...... , Your Highness, the team that pursued the Qinling cavalry has returned, and the two wildebeest cavalry armies have been wiped out, and only two or three hundred of the 20,000 horses have escaped, and all of them are wounded!" General Simpson saw Prince Hicks's displeased expression, and hurriedly pressed the uneasiness in his heart to report.

"Uh-huh!!!" Prince Hicks hadn't taken it seriously, but he suddenly reacted and stood up in horror.

"What's going on? Ambush?"

"Your Highness, I have carefully asked the two captains who led the team, and when they fought with the Qinling cavalry, those Qinling people did not fight head-on, but turned around and fled with a bow and arrow attack. They pursued for more than 40 miles with their cavalry, and were about to give up halfway, but those Qinling people came up to attack again, forcing them to continue the pursuit. Then, the Qinling people ambushed 10,000 heavy cavalry and 10,000 archers more than 40 miles away. The exhausted cavalry was outnumbered and annihilated! They escaped with only 200 horsemen, and then 100 more horsemen fled back one after another, all with arrow wounds!"

Admiral Simpson had already made it clear what had happened to the two captains, and when Prince Hicks asked, he hastened to give a brief explanation of the situation.

"Rubbish! A group of waste! Knowing that the enemy is acting strangely, how can they not be ambushed! Behead these two captains and use the right military law!" Prince Hicks roared angrily with a bulging forehead.

"Yes, Your Highness!" General Simpson was not averse to killing the two incompetent men of the lost army.

"Where are those Qinling cavalry now?" It is not enough to deal with the generals of the defeated army, and there is a Qinling cavalry of nearly 40,000 people behind him, so that Prince Hicks finally faces the threat of Zhou Yi and others.

"Well, those cunning Qinling cavalry pursued to the camp and retreated not far away, and it is estimated that their own losses are not small! I think they should not be able to threaten our army in a short time. "This time, General Simpson guessed wrong, the losses of the half-elf army were extremely small, and the morale was high.

"No, we must not take it lightly! The commander of this army is very cunning, and he is not afraid of ten thousand, but he is afraid that if he strikes a heavy blow to our army at the most critical moment of our army's siege, then our army's losses will be severe!" Prince Hicks did not agree with Simpson's speculation, and he had already greatly increased Zhou Yi's importance at this time.

In the entire army, there are only 20,000 light cavalry and 10,000 royal knights, so they can't send the royal knights out to exterminate them! Besides, the royal knights are the high-end force of their own army, and they are used to deter the emperor and the saint, so how can they be lightly mobilized.

"General Simpson, this king orders you to lead the forces of the two armies to the south, search for this Qinling cavalry along the way, and do not engage or pursue without authorization! Wait for this king to capture Manchuan Pass, and then send troops to help you clean up this cavalry!

In addition, you must send someone to Nanyue City to pass on the king's military order, and you must strictly defend it, and you must not give this cavalry a chance to take advantage of it!"

Prince Hicks thought hard for a long time before he came up with such a solution that was not a solution. Zhou Yi's initial plan was also a success, the elven vanguard army was forced to divide its troops, and the pressure on Huangfu Lesheng in Manchuan Pass would be greatly reduced. Wait until the half-elf follow-up Six Flags arrive, and there is Hicks crying.

General Simpson went down to hurriedly mobilize the army, and the elves implemented a large army system, with one standing army being more than 40,000 troops, and two armies being 80,000 or 90,000.

If Hicks knew that his army had lost more than 60,000 people in Zhou Yi's hands, and he had been pinned down with 80,000 or 90,000 troops, he might have attacked Zhou Yi's two banners.

That night, Zhou Yi ordered the two banners to rest and recuperate, and they didn't say anything all night.

Early the next morning, the army marched out and came again in the direction of the elven camp. The 20,000 light cavalry of the Elven Forward Legion have been wiped out, and the large corps that has lost its ability to maneuver at high speed is a meat ball in Zhou Yi's eyes, and it can overturn them piecemeal.

As for those life knights of the Royal Knights, Zhou Yi was even more disdainful, don't look at their personal strength, but the heavy armor is destined to the heavy cavalry will never be able to pursue them for a long time. As long as they dare to pursue, Zhou Yi will definitely deal with them like two light cavalry troops.

"Report, my lord, there is an elven infantry army in front, about eighty or ninety thousand troops, coming in the direction of our army!" When Zhou Yi was thinking about it, he came to report it, which aroused Zhou Yi's interest.

"Hehe, this must be Hicks' response to us! Tsk, he really looks down on us, and sends two armies at once. It's just that I don't know if His Royal Highness Prince Hicks will vomit blood and die if he loses two more armies!haha!" Zhou Yi sat on his horse and said to Yun Mo and Yue Feijie beside him, with a mocking tone in his tone.

"My lord, how should our army deal with it?" Yun Mo had already admired Zhou Yi's command ability, so he immediately asked Zhou Yi's opinion.

Yue Feijie also looked at Zhou Yi expectantly, wondering what kind of exquisite plan this adult had.

"Let's retreat into the forest, avoid them, let them pass! We'll greet them again in the evening!" Zhou Yi turned his horse's head, turned over and dismounted, and led the horse into the woods.

"All of them! Dismount and enter the forest! The rear army should pay attention to covering up the movements of the army!" Yue Feijie walked towards the rear army, and Yun Mo stood there and commanded the officers and soldiers of the two banners to dismount and enter the forest.

In the depths of winter and early spring, there are very few birds and beasts in the forest, and under the cover of the half-elves who are good at forest hunting, the army quickly disappears into the depths of the forest, and there is no trace of the army's march on the trade road.

Under the noses of several scouts who were hidden, this elven army really gradually disappeared into the distant business road without noticing, and the scouts immediately sent people to report to Zhou Yi, while the others followed the elven army from afar, marking along the way.