Chapter 774 Hedging

Chapter 774 Hedging

Chapter 774 Hedging
Perhaps no one expected that Jingle would be the key point of this battle.

On one side were 6,000 heavy infantry from the Silver Spear Camp, 10,000 light infantry from the Wansheng Army, 2,000 cavalry from the Yicong Army, plus 1,500 personal soldiers who were both infantry and cavalry, for a total force of nearly 20,000.

The other side had more than 2,000 cavalry.

In addition, Jingle City should be able to mobilize thousands of able-bodied men and women, but they are afraid and dare not move out for the time being, and only defend the city.

From the nearby mountains, there should be enough men, women, and young to mobilize a few thousand cavalrymen, but they were already in a panic and had fled.

The war broke out under such circumstances.

On the seventh day of May, under the bright sunshine of early summer, the cavalry of both sides took the lead in fighting.

Liu Da, deputy governor of the Yicong Army, took out a small round shield from under the saddle.

The original shield was made of wood and was quite heavy. Later, he felt it was not comfortable to use, so he replaced it with a round rattan shield from somewhere.

There is a grab handle on the rattan shield, which is not located in the middle but on the outer edge. After you put your hand in and grab it, the shield will seem to grow on your arm, and you can block the enemy's weapon by raising your hand.

The rattan shield is in the left hand, and the right hand holds a short spear, which can be used to stab left and right. This is very different from the fighting style of the Central Plains cavalry of the Xianbei people who use long spears and halberds.

The sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out and smoke and dust filled the sky.

The Xianbei people had only two thousand cavalry, but when faced with tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry, they were not afraid and actually took the lead in launching a charge.

Liu Da was a little annoyed.

Behind him, King Liang’s banner stood halfway up the mountain.

Countless infantrymen threw simple deer antlers made from cut branches in front of them. They were wearing armor, with bows strung and guns pointed forward, looking at him eagerly.

Even the yellow-headed man in light armor kept the baggage carts outside.

They were a little scared, but their own soldiers were everywhere in the mountains and there were about ten times as many people as the enemy, so they gradually calmed down.

There is certainly no necessary connection between victory or defeat and the number of people, but having more people can boost morale. Especially for those novices on the battlefield, having more people is the most intuitive.

"Charge!" Liu Da took the lead and rushed out with four or five hundred cavalry.

The thousand or so riders behind slowly gathered together, first jogging, then slowly picking up speed, and charging out closely behind.

The standard three-stage charge is what Cao Mengde called "war cavalry", "trapping cavalry" and "roaming cavalry".

The cavalry were covered in iron armor and charged in the front.

The trapped cavalry followed closely behind.

The rangers, carrying light spears and bows and arrows, walked at the end.

Liu Da was leading the cavalry at this time, most of whom were his family's Jie slaves. No one dared to run or retreat, and they all rushed forward without hesitation.

The other side also rushed up with strange shouts. In addition to spears and halberds, they also had all kinds of weapons.

Liu Da also roared and aimed at the rider rushing towards him.

The opponent was wearing double-legged armor, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and his face looked extremely ferocious. When he charged on his horse, his horse's mane was flying and his braids were bouncing up and down.

The two sides approached each other quickly and collided with each other in an instant.

"Bang!" The long spear with a cold glow was blocked by the rattan shield and deflected.

Liu Da took advantage of the situation to release the force, twisted his body, grasped the tail end of the short spear, and stabbed it diagonally into the shoulder and neck of Suo Tou from top to bottom.

Screams rang out behind me, more than one, from both the enemy and me.

After he had galloped for more than ten steps, another man came towards him, stabbing him with a spear.

Liu Da had no time to react. He clasped the shield tightly with his left hand, with the upper end facing backwards and the lower end facing forwards, forming an inclined plane to protect his body and neck. He held the short spear in his right hand and stabbed forward from under the shield.

As he passed by the wrong horse, the expected heavy blow came.

The enemy's spear first pierced into the rattan shield, then slashed upward diagonally, removing most of the force.

Liu Da subconsciously leaned back, releasing the force while avoiding the fate of being stabbed in the face by the spear. The short spear in his right hand seemed to have stabbed the opponent, but he didn't know where it stabbed. Anyway, when a huge force came from his hand, he threw away the short spear. When he stood up again, he had pulled out a thick iron sword from the sheath.

The cavalry's hand-to-hand combat charge was said to be formed in a "tight" formation, but in fact it was not as crowded as in the movies. In fact, there was a considerable distance between people to avoid collisions.

Therefore, after fighting with the second person, Liu Da ran forward seven or eight steps before he met the third person.

This man was behind, so he was naturally not very powerful, and he didn't even have armor on his body. Liu Da was full of confidence and went straight to him. When they crossed each other, he moved both hands to the left at the same time. The rattan shield in his left hand first blocked the opponent's weapon, and the iron sword in his right hand slashed out from under the rattan shield. Using the speed of the horse, he cut a huge hole in the opponent's chest and abdomen.

Blood gushed out and intestines fell out as he walked. The enemy swayed on his horse for a while and then fell down with a loud bang.

After killing the third person, the front suddenly opened up and Liu Da had broken through the enemy's formation.

He slowed down his horse, galloped forward for more than a hundred steps, then reined in his horse and turned back.

Looking around, it seems that a lot of people have died.

This confrontation was extremely tragic for both sides.

The brave cavalrymen burned their lives and fought in the midst of thousands of troops. This kind of courage to face life and death is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Those who can persist for a long time and withstand the pressure to go to the battlefield repeatedly are all brave, cruel and even -

A pervert who enjoys killing people!
Both sides launched a second wave of attack.

Among the three sections of cavalry, this time the "Rangers" were in the front, the "Trapping Cavalry" were in the middle, and the "War Cavalry" were at the back. In the flat valley, hundreds of Rangers drew their bows and arrows and spread out to the left and right wings.

The sound of arrows breaking through the air was so dense that more than ten enemy riders fell in an instant.

They were not afraid at all. They clamped their legs tightly around the horses' bellies and rushed forward with all their might.

Occasionally, arrows would fly out from the formation, each time shooting down a volunteer cavalryman.

"Boom!" Just after the cavalry slightly disrupted the enemy's formation, the trapped cavalry rushed in and passed by, and countless soldiers from both sides, who were also from the Xianbei tribe, were killed and wounded.

The empty horse ran away sideways with a cry of sorrow.

Blood splattered up, and after reaching its peak, it fell down like flowers scattered by a fairy.

The ground was littered with broken limbs, intestines, hearts, livers, kidneys, spleens and other parts.

The knight who luckily survived the fall from his horse ran to both sides, and when he met the enemy cavalry who had also fallen from his horse, he rushed forward with red eyes.

Some people didn't even have weapons, but they hugged each other, punched each other, and rolled on the ground.

Unfortunately, Liu Da was knocked off his horse, but he was not seriously injured. He stumbled to his feet with his bare hands.

An enemy cavalryman, seeing an opportunity to gain an advantage, charged straight at him.

Seeing this, the servant who had followed him for many years rode forward quickly and blocked the enemy's fatal blow, but his body flew high into the air and fell into the grass by the roadside.

Liu Da rolled and crawled away from the center of the battle between the cavalry of both sides and came in front of the slave.

The servant was already on his deathbed, his eyes wide open and filled with tears.

"Weilang, from now on, your son is my son. I will raise him, and King Liang will let him become an official." Liu Da said repeatedly.

After hearing these words, the servant closed his eyes with relief and regret, and died as insignificantly as a reed by the river.

Liu Da pried open his fingers, took out the iron sword, looked around, found an enemy soldier who had fallen from his horse, and killed him with a roar.

After the second clash between the two sides, their respective formations were greatly damaged, and it was obvious that they had suffered heavy casualties.

The sound of exciting drums rang out from the hillside.

"Kill!" Thousands of infantrymen in the central camp with silver spears crossed the deer horns and marched forward holding swords, shields, spears, and bows.

The movements were uniform, the formation was indestructible, and the morale was extremely high.

Just then a gust of north wind blew, and the loud shouts of killing came towards the Xianbei cavalry who had charged twice, making their horses restless.

Six thousand iron-armored warriors advanced towards their wall. At the beginning, they might have been able to try to force their way through, but no one dared to do so now.

They hesitated for a while, it was obvious that they could not win the battle today.

But he was reluctant to leave like this, because the flag of "General Shao" was flying high on the hillside. With such an important goal in front of him, how could he be willing to leave without giving it a try?
But Shao the bandit has set up camp on the mountainside, how can we attack him?
Fortunately, the Xianbei people were experienced in fighting many battles, and had fought dozens of times with Liu Han, Wang Jun, Shi Le, and Duan's Xianbei. They were very experienced. When the Yicong Army seemed to be planning to launch a third wave of charge, they retreated.

The remaining thousand or so riders turned around and fled to the south.

The Yicong Army took advantage of the situation and launched a pursuit.

Even Shao Xun's personal army sent out 500 cavalrymen to pursue.

The south gate of Jingle County burst open, and a group of able-bodied men and women, armed with horn bows, fled southward - they did not dare to fight in a field battle, and could not defeat the enemy, but they still had the courage to pursue, and were very brave.

The officials and civilians in Jingle City watched the entire head-on confrontation between the men and were greatly shocked.

Such intense fighting was really too cruel for them. The Xiongnu and Wuhuan tribes had not seen such a fierce fighting for many years.

Perhaps, there were some such warriors among the Huns who served as thugs for the Han Dynasty during the Later Han Dynasty.

Perhaps, the Wuhuan cavalry, who were known as "famous cavalry in the world" during the Cao Wei period, dared to do so.

But times have changed and these are now old news.

The Xiongnu and Wuhuan cavalry are becoming more and more cunning in fighting, and now the Xianbei people dominate the world.

They adopted the tactics and equipment of the Han cavalry, and were already the leader in the cavalry world. Even King Liang recruited a large number of Xianbei people with excellent riding skills and trained them.

After such a battle, the remaining little thoughts in my heart have disappeared.

There are 20,000 troops outside the city. What do you want to do?
The north gate of Jingle City was opened again, and the county magistrate brought his men driving cattle and sheep to entertain the troops.

"No need." Shao Xun came down from the hillside and said, "Send the meat jerky, cheese, and food from the city. I'm in a hurry to get on with my journey."

The order to break camp and set off has been given.

Each unit began to pack up their equipment and prepare to march south.

The Yellow-Headed Soldiers who served as auxiliary troops cut off more than 500 enemy heads and piled them on the carriage, which looked very scary.

After defeating this roundabout Xianbei cavalry, the road ahead became much clearer.

Shao Xun wanted to march quickly seventy miles southward, directly attack the old city of Loufan, and block the way between Xiurong and Jinyang.

If we can capture one or two Tuoba Xianbei nobles during this trip to the north to pacify the rebellion, we will have accomplished our mission.

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