Chapter 390 – Liuzhou Iron Cavalry

A cavalry army that doesn’t have an advantage in numbers, wanting to cut through the properly spaced and closely connected three lines of defense in one go, especially when two of the lines of defense are also massed cavalry, under normal circumstances, it’s just like a fool’s dream.

If you add the nearly 20,000 elite cavalry biting the tail behind them, you can probably use the word “dead” to describe the situation.

It is in this extremely dangerous situation, all the way to the south of the Longxiang army began to change the formation, most of the spears and spears have been destroyed the vanguard of the cavalry slightly converge front, to the horse in the lead of Li Morfan as the leader, everyone draws the sword out of the sheath, to the conical open formation, apparently to use the fastest speed to cross the b word Longguan valor of the thirty-eight thousand riders. At the same time, roughly in the middle of the Longxiang army formation, stretching out a clear line, slowing down the speed of the horses more than 10,000 young and strong cavalry concentrated in the rear, almost everyone’s spears and spears, in a normal cavalry crashing posture, laying out rows of spears and spears across the harsh front line.

The former open formation, more is used to tear the enemy formation, at the same time the maximum degree of stalling the speed of the North Mang cavalry, the latter vicious collision formation, is more life and death struggle.

Not far not close just to be able to bite the Dragon Elephant Army back of the Huang Song Pu Department of cavalry, under the personal leadership of the North Mang general, did not try to charge forward, but at the same time the Dragon Elephant Army changed formation, the formation is also quietly changed, the middle of the cavalry formation is thin and the two wings are thick, one of the biggest battle losses, coupled with the previous detour to the northern part of the camp to cut off the Dragon Elephant Army’s northward retreat road, the cavalry and the war horse are somewhat tired, after a drum, it will require Take this opportunity to regain momentum, and then join forces with the southern dynasty b word high door of the first line of cavalry for the north-south pincer attack, once they rushed too fast, bumped into through the dragon elephant army formation, will result in their own side of the awkward situation of collision, but easy to mutual constraints, so the yellow song pu department of the cavalry such as a torrent encountered the river center pillar, intends to let out a large area of the north, in order to the friendly army turn around the horse, by then naturally gathered together in the two Cavalry, the formation can instantly become a great scenario of the center of the abdomen and both flanks are thick, together with the southern side of the camp foot soldiers formed by the refusal of the horse formation, will certainly be able to cause considerable killings of the sharp edge of the Dragon Elephant Army again and again frustrated.

However, the Northern Liang Liuzhou border army had already shown signs of total annihilation, and after Kou Jianghuai’s cavalry and Wanyan Yinjiang’s 20,000 cavalry chiseled each other, the situation took a drastic turn for the worse!

The 20,000 fierce South Dynasty’s first-class border army elite, originally thought it was a simple battle to get a great victory, but never thought that after the collision, it was simply a defeat!

Kou Jianghuai and a young military general clad in strange red armor rode side by side, unstoppable!

This was true of the two horsemen, and even more so of the ten thousand horsemen behind them!

If it wasn’t for Seed Rang, who was hidden by Wanyan Yinjiang’s side, stepping in to save him, Wanyan Yinjiang was afraid that he would have been shot through the chest by that young man in the red armor of the Rune General!

If not for the young man who won the title of “Ten Thousand Enemies” in the Liangmang battlefield, I am afraid that even if Seed Liang wanted to save the No. 2 of the Longguan aristocrats, it would not be easy for him to do so.

But in the middle of the battlefield, seed Liang also feel frightened.

This 10,000 horsemen’s combat power how can it be the last cavalry army of Northern Liang?

It’s more or less the main force of the Dragon Elephant Army that deserves the honor!

Wanyan Yinjiang’s 20,000 elite cavalry is like a piece of silk that has been torn apart by a sharp weapon, and the battle damage is so great that after staggering against each other, more than 3,000 cavalry have actually laid down.

This kind of heavy damage is simply unimaginable.

The whole body will be affected by one hair.

Wanyan Yinjiang Department of elite cavalry inexplicably unbearable, directly leading to the hearts and minds of the western line of infantry defense line of the North Mang, because as long as the north of the Dragon Elephant Army successfully south, will form two cavalry army to a foot army north-south pincer attack posture.

This was enough to be fatal for that large square formation that only the men at the end of the line would be reduced to foot soldiers in the grasslands.

In an instant, the situation switched and the victory changed hands!

Several Longguan B high gate collection of nearly 40,000 cavalry, although still gritting their teeth to intercept the southward Dragon Elephant Army, but facing a number of still more than 25,000 people of the Northern Liang cavalry, naturally, the heart is more than enough.

Chopped no less than thirty enemy riders Li Mor Fan’s iron gun has long been broken, the saddle on both sides of the forty halberd sacs are halberd exhausted, the North Mang supply camp more than forty corpses, without exception on the skull are inserted with a short halberd!

When as the head of the cavalry cone Li Mor Fan was the first to succeed in killing through the enemy line, full of armor blood.

This vice general of the Dragon Elephant Army at that time behind the seemingly more than 25,000 horsemen of the Dragon Elephant Army, in fact, to be precise, less than 15,000 horsemen, because there were 10,000 people of Kou Jianghuai’s division, which was far inferior to the Dragon Elephant Cavalry, in the mix!

The 10,000 young and strong cavalrymen who have outstanding brawn and have been keeping their strength up since the beginning of the battle, wherever their lances passed, there were all the corpses of the North Mang cavalry.

Kou Jianghuai’s hand of stealing the beam and replacing the pillar was the real key to this battle that gave the North Mang cavalry a sense of absurdity from beginning to end.

As a matter of fact, these 10,000 men had always followed behind the two Dragon Elephant Light Cavalry on the left flank, and from the time they broke through the formation, to entering the camp, and now heading south, their battle losses were almost negligible.

At the beginning of the battle, the earliest breakthroughs of the two flanks of the Dragon Elephant Army were too easy, so they were not seen through by the Northern Mang.

So on top of the current battlefield, the North Mang army was in an incredibly awkward and comical situation.

The southernmost Wanyan Yinjiang’s cavalry army has been beaten to the point of no energy left, from the main general Wanyan Yinjiang down to the ordinary cavalrymen, everyone is in a state of panic.

Then there is the infantry square formation has not yet completely cohesive momentum, the North Mang South Dynasty border army’s top infantry, more than 20,000 infantry trekking pawns have been deployed to attack Fengxiang Linyao two towns, this hastily out of the camp formation of the infantry, most of the light leather armor, after all, is not the kind of the Central Plains history of the steppe cavalry specifically for the heavy armor of the infantry, and the infantry’s original intention is to use to attack the flow of the state of Qingcang, how can it be used to resist the North Ryang How could it be used to resist the frontal charge of Northern Liang’s cavalry? For this kind of battle between foot and horse, the North Mang infantry, whether in terms of equipment or training, all appear to be exceptionally raw and young. To pawn identity dismounted combat, this is the North Mang grassland men’s weakness, for the use of heavy crossbows and bows, but also a natural stranger, suddenly want them to stand still to face a Northern Liang iron cavalry charge, that kind of twisted to the extreme discomfort, can be imagined.

Further north, is already with the Longxiang army rubbed shoulders with the B word high gate department cavalry, the most northern, is to give up the center of the abdomen of the Huang Song Pu department full line of iron cavalry.

The complete line of defense that should have been linked together was shattered.

North Mang still has the advantage in strength, but the morale of the two sides of Liang and Mang are worlds apart!

Li Mo Fan raised his eyes and looked at the Kou Jianghuai’s cavalry which was separated by a North Mang’s infantry formation, and that was the main force of the Dragon Elephant Army.

This military general pulled the corners of his mouth, raised his cool sword, and gently rotated it.

Behind him, more than 10,000 Dragon Elephant Light Cavalry simply ignored that infantry formation and drew an arc around the edge of the infantry formation, easily traveling south.

Li Mo Fan suddenly turned his head in dismay after hearing a voice.

Behind the cavalry that still had eight thousand straggler youths left after the frontal collision formation, there was a cavalry that actually crashed straight into the North Mang’s infantry square formation, lance forward, roaring: ”Streaming state iron cavalry! May the dead! Die with me!”

Li Mo Fan, whose face was cold and indifferent, slowed down his horse and always turned his head to look north.

Is that guy crazy?

Today’s battle first and last, are out of kou jianghuai’s meticulous deployment, originally to this point, everything is in kou jianghuai’s calculations, but that Liuzhou general has never let the displaced people young and strong initiative to go to the death of a saying!

To know that this kind of trespassing to advocate the boldness of the snake to add feet, after the war, not to mention all the military achievements, in accordance with the Northern Liang military law, light is to reduce the rank, heavy is to beheading public!

In Li Mo Fan’s field of vision, only to see that a ride is about to crash into the North Mang infantry horse guns, fiercely tighten the reins of the horse, the horse from the fiber away from the ranch of the first-class war horse, suddenly jumped up high!

Crossing over the first two rows of forward tilted refusing horse spears, even the man with the horse slammed into it!

The iron hooves of the falling horse trampled a Northern Mang soldier to death on the spot.

Unable to bear the weight of the horse’s knees broken, the Liuzhou cavalry in the hands of the iron horse ferociously handed out, actually a gun stabbed through the chest of three pawns one after another!

After landing on the ground, the Liuzhou cavalryman gripped his spear with both hands and ran forward furiously.

Behind him, the front line of the cavalry, facing the front of the cold light flashes of the North Mang refusal of horse formation, horses and men are not the slightest retreat, so straight into!

The Northern Liang horses were stabbed to death by the sharp lances.

Cavalry facing the infantry formation, want to open the front, the front row of the pioneer cavalry will die, this is the nail in the coffin, only in this way, can a little bit to break the infantry formation.

Only in this way can the infantry formation be broken little by little. Except for using the lives of the cavalry and horses to fill in, there is no shortcut to speak of.

Eight thousand Liuzhou riders, crashed into the formation!

At the end of the day, there was actually no one who followed the Dragon Elephant Army around the formation and returned south.

In the first row of the North Mang infantry’s horse-rejecting line, many of the spears had dead Liuzhou horses and men hanging on them!

Some of the spears even had two corpses on them.

The infantry formation had to retreat under the constant impact.

Under the huge inertia of the charging horses, many of the spears were broken, even though many of the Liuzhou cavalrymen were shot to death by the heavy crossbows in front of the formation, many of the horses, by virtue of their inertia, still crashed into the formation, and some of the Northern Mang foot soldiers were directly crushed to death in the formation.

The North Mang infantry formation had never seen such a cavalry charge that did not care about casualties.

The originally dense and stable formation was finally on the verge of collapsing.

If this infantry formation is the kind of heavy armor infantry that was born to restrain the steppe cavalry in the Central Plains, the kind of heavy infantry formation where armor and tactics are at their peak, then under the premise of stacked formations, with horse-rejecting spears and multiple rows of shields stacked on top of each other to increase the thickness of the defenses, supplemented by bows and crossbows alternately, then even if the Liushu cavalry disrupts the front line with its bravery and fearlessness, the bodies of the horses that continue to fall to the ground and die are enough to form a new natural line of defense. Enough to form a new natural line of defense, at the same time, the entire formation orderly moved back dozens of steps, the same not hesitate to exchange lives for buffer time and strategic zone, then even if the formation can not be defended to the beginning of the firm degree of a short period of time, but for the subsequent charging cavalry of the continued lethality, can still be said to be amazing.

Unfortunately, this is not the battle of Miyun mountain pass, and the main general of the North Mang infantry is not Xie Xijian, who utilized the tactics of horse-refusal to the realm of perfection.

At this time and place, after the front rejecting horse gun formation is broken and unbearable, coupled with the first to crash into the formation of the Liuzhou cavalry desperately stirred up, the rear of the North Mang crossbow pawns will be completely bewildered, do not know how to deal with it at all.

What was even more deadly was still beyond this bloody battlefield.

Instead of turning their heads to help the Liuzhou cavalry, the Dragon Elephant Cavalry under Li Mo Fan went straight south and rushed towards the Wanyan Yinjiang Clan’s cavalry that was trying to support the infantry formation.

On the other hand, the main force of the Dragon Elephant Riders led by Kou Jianghuai and Xu Longxiang themselves did not hesitate to gallop northward, crashing into the rear of the infantry formation.

Li Mo Fan no longer turned his head to look at the battlefield where the bodies were accumulating.

That young Liuzhou cavalry general, he is not unfamiliar, named Kilfu Longguan, seems to be the young clan king personally from the north mang brought into the north liang lucky, at first in the dragon elephant army served as a captain, and later went to the poring military town promoted to captain, the first liang mang battle in the teeth slope battle, it is this captain upset liang mang both want to lure the enemy into the depths of the enemy and then wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop of the carefully deployed, so that the north liang capital guard chu lu shan and the south courtyard at that time great king dong zuo afterwards cry After the battle, because the Longxiang Army suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield of Liushu, and because Kou Jianghuai, as the nominal general of Liushu, also needed a full-fledged troop of his own, Kilfu Longguan was transferred to Liushu from the Poria military town and became one of the three cavalry lieutenants under Kou Jianghuai’s command.

Li Mo Fan couldn’t help but think to himself that this young man was indeed a prickly character.

He even planned that if this kid survived, he would most likely not be able to become an official, or else he would have the cheek to ask the young feudal lord for a favor, so that he could at least save this kid’s life, and then quietly throw him under his own hand as a commander of his own army?

Under the Dragon Elephant Army’s main force, the already shaky North Mang infantry formation from the earliest nearly 20,000 people, not one in ten!

Once the infantry is broken by the cavalry, that’s it.

However, there are only 3,000 riders left of the 8,000 Liuzhou cavalry.

The blood-soaked young cavalry general, Kilfu Longguan, was killed by the god of killing, Xu Long.

The young cavalry general Kilfu Longguan, who was drenched in blood, was grabbed by Xu Longxiang, who was like a god of killing, from the pile of corpses, and the two of them rode back south together on one horse.

The 3,000 Liuzhou cavalry with heavy casualties retreated under the cover of Kou Jianghuai’s main force of Longxiang cavalry.

Wanyan Yinjiang under the banner of the cavalry in Li Mo Fan Department of the Dragon Elephant Army under the violent impact, the formation was smashed sparsely, and ultimately was not able to form an encirclement with the north of the main army of Huang Song Pu.

Can only watch this Liuzhou border army break out and go.

On the way back to the south, in the white horse tour crossbowmen reported back to the military situation of the North Mang main force and no intention to pursue, the flow of state army stopped horse temporary rest and recuperation.

Xu Longxiang, Kou Jianghuai and Li Mo Fan met up and stood together to feed their horses.

Li Mo Fan glanced at the streamers’ young and strong cavalry gathered in the distance, and after withdrawing his sight, he looked at Kou Jianghuai, who had a gloomy expression, “This battle is considered a great victory, right? The expected supply battalion of the North Mang barbarians has been lost to us, as for the exchange of cavalry, it was roughly a one for two exchange, which is also within the range of tolerance, and in the end, it also ate up Huang Lao’er’s attacking infantry, so this account is earned no matter how you calculate it.”

Kou Jianghuai nodded expressionlessly.

Li Mo Fan sighed, “You frankly said before that this battle will inevitably be the death of the Dragon Elephant Army first, and then the death of the straggler cavalry army, in addition to blocking Huang Song Pu’s pace of southward movement, but also use this as a way of practicing, without delaying, so as not to delay, so as not to have those straggler fledgling children dragging the Dragon Elephant Army’s hind legs in the last battle. But to that kid a toss, after the death is after the death, but the death is also too much, in the end the loss of a whole seven thousand riders. Kou Jianghuai, what will you do next? You only have so many soldiers and horses, is it okay?”

Xu Longxiang suddenly said, “Allocate seven thousand Dragon Elephant Riders to General Kou.”

Kou Jianghuai shook his head, “No need.”

Xu Longxiang said in a deep voice, “After the seven thousand riders are allocated to you, there is no need to return them.”

Kou Jianghuai laughed and said something that made people puzzled, “If it was in Guangling Dao, let alone allocating me 7,000 men, I’d take 70,000 men and beat them to death without returning them. But here, forget it.”

Xu Longxiang couldn’t figure it out, so he didn’t bother to think about it.

Li Mo Fan would smile.

This Liuzhou general narrowed his eyes, “I, Kou Jianghuai, have that three thousand riders of straggler origin, it’s enough.”

Li Mo Fan asked, “What will happen to that kid? I guess if I report it to the capital government according to the facts, it will be tough enough!”

Kou Jianghuai blandly said, “Paper can’t wrap fire, if you really want Kilfu Longguan to live, you can only report it up.”

Xu Longxiang hesitated, “I’ll talk to my brother?”

Kou Jianghuai shook his head, “No point.”

Xu Longxiang was silent.

At the three thousand Liuzhou riders, there was a young military general, sitting alone next to the hooves of a warhorse, his head lowered, not daring to let anyone see his tear-filled face.

Eight thousand Liuzhou riders, may the dead eight thousand.

Because of him, five thousand of his robes died in battle!

After the Liuzhou border troops returned to their quarters, the atmosphere in all the tents was gloomy.

Two eight hundred mile expedited military documents arrived at Qingcang City of Liuzhou one after the other from Huaiyangguan Capital Palace and the General’s Residence in Rejecting North City.

Kou Jianghuai took the two military documents each stamped with “Northern Liang Capital Protector” and “Northern Liang King”, and came to the 3,000-horse Liushu Cavalry Residence, and on the martial arts field, Kou Jianghuai walked up to the high platform, and said aloud: “Liushu Cavalry Captain Kilvor Longguan, come out! Come out!”

The young general stood out, his face calm.

It was as if he was on the battlefield, looking death in the eye.

Kou Jianghuai spread out a military document with no expression on his face, and slowly read, “Liuzhou Lieutenant Kilfu Longguan, greedy for credit, resulting in the deaths of 5,000 riders in Liuzhou, decapitated! Northern Liang capital guard, Chu Lushan!”

The 3,000 Liushu cavalrymen all showed intolerance and were filled with grief and indignation.

Kou Jianghuai did not move at all, his eyes were cold, overlooking the entire school martial arts field.

The young military general who was sentenced to decapitation, however, was as relieved as if he was relieved, with red eyes, he bowed his head and cupped his fists and said, “Kilowo Longguan, lead the way!”

The corner of Kou Jianghuai’s mouth tugged, and suddenly asked with a smile, “Beiliang Capital Protector, in our Beiliang, is the official big enough? It’s even bigger than the Cavalry Commander and the Infantry Commander, and the two Beiliang Dao Deputy Sectional Ministers are even far worse, right?”

All the straggler-born cavalrymen on the school martial arts field were confused, especially Kilowongguan.

Kou Jianghuai stepped forward and began to read the second military document from Rejecting the North City, “Since the early days of my Xu Family’s Cavalry Army, even if the battalion is not enough armor, swords, and horses, it is still an Iron Cavalry!”

“There are six old battalions of Liangzhou cavalry, and there was a new battalion of cavalry in Youzhou last year.”

Reading here, Kou Jianghuai paused briefly, “Now Liuzhou also has an iron cavalry battalion! Permission is granted to put up the battalion flag on the sand field and fight!”

Kou Jianghuai clutched the military document, once again took a step forward, exhaled heavily and then said in a deep voice, “The Liuzhou cavalry has established a new battalion, the Straight Impact Battalion! Kilfu Longguan, from the Liuzhou Cavalry Lieutenant is relegated to the position of Captain of the Straight Impact Battalion!”

“In the capacity of a captain, commanding this battalion! King of Northern Liang, Xu Fengnian!”

Kou Jianghuai looked at the young military general and shouted angrily, “Kilfu Longguan! Lead!”

Kilfu Longguan straightened his back, trembled slightly, and shouted with all his might, “Kilfu Longguan! Dare not take orders?!”

Bei Liang military law, Bei Liang iron horsemen, as long as the armor is on, even if they meet a great general, they never need to kneel!

Kou Jianghuai put away the two military documents, and for no reason recalled the thoughtless words of the young military general in that battle.

This Liuzhou general gritted his teeth with a single word: “Liuzhou Iron Cavalry! May the dead, die with me!”

The school martial arts field, three thousand voices, willing to die!