The devil is coming

Chapter 143 Charge!
Zheng Fan held the armor of the barbarian soldier in front of him with one hand and looked back behind him from time to time. He hated it because he knew clearly that the one hundred cavalry led by Huo Guang were assigned there. It was basically impossible. Out.
Perhaps this is the true cruelty of war. You come and I go, I can chop you, but I can also chop you back.
This is not a game. In the game, after a game is over, the troops can be replenished and replenished for a few rounds.
It's not that the strength of the army cannot be restored, but it is really uncomfortable to watch the soldiers under your command fall in and lose your capital.
To be more emotional, they are all living people. At dusk, he even spoke to them, saying that he would take them back and lead them to earn military merits and live as long as possible.
The high spirits that came along the way before were all blown away by the rain and wind.
This may be an inner feeling, a part that a novice brother must go through. Zheng Fan once thought that he was mentally prepared, but when the thing really happened in front of him, he felt that his previous mental preparation , still too fragile.
At this moment, he suddenly understood the princess's behavior of using more than 2000 civilians as bait in order to gain victory. Since people were bound to die, he should take the initiative to die as long as he could seize the opportunity.
Zheng Fan is like a boss from a small family. He used to run a small business with a small capital and not much profit, but the advantage was stability. After closing the stall every day, he could still sit on the bed and talk happily. He was holding a cigarette in his mouth, picking his feet and counting money.
He longed for the big boss's lavish spending, but when he finally had the opportunity to show off, he realized that his mentality was not in the right position at all.
Can't afford to lose,
Can't afford the loss,
Zheng Bapi,
This is Zheng Fan's inner definition of himself.
However, you can control your rationality, but you cannot control your emotions.
until,
When Zheng Fan looked back again,
However, they found that the group of wolf soldiers actually started to chase after them with "oooooooo".
Zheng Fan's eyes narrowed,
Then my heart trembled,
But he immediately turned his gaze forward, which was the direction where Liang Cheng was. Zheng Fan did not give orders or overstep his authority because he believed that Liang Cheng would make the most correct choice.
Professional matters should still be left to professionals.
At this time, Zheng Fan only had one thought left in his mind:
They caused me to lose money.
Then I
We must kill them!
.........
Because Liang Cheng ordered the retreat in time, except for Huo Guang's hundred cavalry who were lost in the city, the rest of the cavalry did not suffer much damage.
Compared to Zheng Fan who was not calm, Liang Cheng was the most calm one. This was a war, life and death, and it was completely normal for the old to come and the new to come.
This failure was just bad luck.
In war, you can never expect that the goddess of luck will always look after you.
The infiltration, seizing the city, and opening the city gate all went smoothly, but who knew there would be so many wolf soldiers hidden inside.
As for saying that I was careless and did not investigate in advance, it is meaningless, because this is a raid, and a raid requires a certain amount of gambling, and you can't let people go in and fully understand the situation. Entering the city again will, firstly, increase the risk of the infiltrator being discovered by the city guards. Secondly, if the time is delayed, what is the point of a sneak attack if it is daylight?
For Liang Cheng himself, he only lost one of Huo Guang's troops, which was not a big loss because he had nearly [-] cavalry beside him.
Huo Guang even died inside. As the leader of the Huo family in Cuiliu Fort, his death made it easier for him to control the remaining members of the Huo family.
This kind of thinking is naturally a bit dark, but it is a fact. Throughout the ages, there are countless examples of using the enemy's sword to help one eradicate dissidents.
As a general who had been leading troops in war since ancient times, Liang Cheng was naturally not clear about this. Once Huo Guang died, the remaining [-] Huo family members would be divided and absorbed quickly after they were leaderless. Soon, they The clearest mark on his body is no longer the Huo family but the soldiers of Cuiliu Fort.
Just ...
From the corner of his eye, Liang Cheng glanced at Zuo Jiqian, who was galloping along on his left side.
Zuo Jiqian didn't notice that a large ancient zombie glanced at him at this time, otherwise, he would have been frightened.
"woo woo woo woo!!!!"
At this moment, Liang Cheng heard a long cry from behind.
He turned around and looked behind him,
He was stunned,
What did he see?
He saw that the wolf soldiers actually chased them out of the city gate, and even chased them outside the city.
He saw a group of infantry chasing the cavalry?
This situation, this change,
Liang Cheng suddenly felt a high degree of self-doubt.
Is this... a trap?
Because the opponent's move was really incomprehensible to Liang Cheng.
Just like a Mathematical Olympiad student competing with his opponent. After the first round, he was frustrated. After the second round started, he suddenly found that the opponent had written the answer of one plus one as three.
But soon,
Liang Cheng felt relieved again,
Because he figured it out.
It can be said that the espionage war between the Qian State and the Yan State had already begun before the official confrontation between the two sides. Through the business relations of the Silk Road, both sides planted countless nails in each other's homes.
As for the matter of Qian Guo's transfer of the Southwest Wolf Soldiers to the north, the Sixth Prince had already passed it on to Cuiliu Fort through his own intelligence network.
The wolf soldiers are soldiers under the chieftain of the southwest of the Qian Kingdom. They are extremely brave and have caused a lot of corruption in the southwest of the Qian Kingdom decades ago.
But they also have a problem. This problem actually has little to do with themselves. It has nothing to do with courage or equipment, but... war consciousness and thinking mode.
Just like the Senggelinqin cavalry in later generations launched a charge against the gun positions of the British and French allied forces,
Just like waves of hussars waving their sabers and charging towards the German armored tanks,
Just like de Gaulle climbed out of the tank and watched the German Stuka bombers destroy his French tanks one by one;
This is a gap in war thinking and cognition, and this gap, in many cases, will cause extremely horrific consequences, and its impact will even exceed the gap in weapons and equipment itself.
The southwest of Qian Country is mountainous. It’s not that they don’t have horses, but their horses are short and can carry people, but they are more often used to carry goods.
When the chieftains in the southwestern region of Qian State rebelled collectively, the reason why the Qian Army failed to quell the rebellion several times and suffered heavy losses, causing the situation to collapse step by step, was because in the mountains and forests, the native soldiers relied on their familiarity with the mountains to harass them with various methods. , division, sneak attacks and other methods, the Qian army was beaten into a state of disarray.
In the mountains and forests, it is difficult for war horses to play a real role. At the same time, Qianguo's cavalry is not very good.
For this reason, Mrs. Da Xi, including the wolf soldiers under her command, have not really experienced the education of cavalry baptism, so they made the choice to use infantry to pursue the cavalry.
They are definitely not unfamiliar with cavalry. They also have cavalry. Maybe in their eyes, cavalry is just like this.
However, the Yan people's horses are different from those in the southwest. The Yan people's understanding and application of cavalry tactics are beyond the reach of the Qian people and chieftains.
Because for hundreds of years, the Yan people have always had a good teacher, who has been teaching the Yan people how to use cavalry tactics, and in the past 100 years, the Yan people have finally become better than their masters. Knocked down.
The masters here are naturally barbarians.
The desert barbarians are naturally the group that knows best about cavalry in the world, but the strongest cavalry in the world is in the Yan Kingdom!
Liang Cheng's eyes flashed with an evil spirit,
He knows,
My master must be feeling very distressed right now.
Then, let yourself give the Lord the best comfort.
Liang Cheng raised his hand,
These days, the soldiers and horses of Cuiliu Fort are learning one thing, and that is to "obey orders".
Under Liang Cheng's instructions, they began to deliberately slow down their horses while escaping.
Since you are so stupid and dare to chase me out,
Then let you run a little longer.
No matter how fast you run, can you compare to a four-legged war horse in terms of endurance?
On the north gate tower of Mianzhou City, Meng Gong was holding on to the wall crevices with both hands. He was very anxious because he saw that the Yan cavalry did not flee, but retreated!
Retreat and escape are two completely different meanings, and at the same time, they may also mean two different results.
Meng Gong shouted to the guards around him to beat the gongs, calling for the wolf soldiers to come back.
but to no avail,
The wolf soldiers have gone crazy,
and,
They never listen to specific greetings on the battlefield.
There are more than 1000 wolf soldiers in the city who are busy treating their injured tribesmen. At the same time, they are happily cutting off the heads of the Yan people, pulling on the Yan people's armor, and picking up the Yan people's weapons.
They heard the shouts and gongs of the gangsters on the tower, but they just smiled and didn't care. They looked at these gangsters with obvious disdain.
You are useless, you are scared out of your wits by the Yan people, but in front of our descendants from the mountains, the Yan people are really nothing more than that!
Meng Gong's shouting failed to make Mrs. Daxi look back after chasing her out of the city. Meng Gong knew that back then, there was actually a person who could make the chieftains under him obey orders in a good manner.
That was Xianggong Cimian. During Xianggong Cimian's time, the combat effectiveness of the Western Army of Qian State had been greatly improved for a period of time, and the chieftains he had conquered did not dare to exceed the rules in the slightest in front of his commanding flag.
At that time, there was even a voice in the court, that is, if they fully support Mr. Thornface, there is no way Daqian can escape the humiliation bestowed upon him by the first generation Zhenbei Marquis!
But soon, there was no more.
The chieftains can be regarded as Anshun under Qian Guo's tolerant policy over the years, but Meng Gong knew that without the suppression of the assassin-faced sannyasi, this kind of Anshun was really just a layer of skin on the surface. .
Do they really think that the Yan people are just like Ganjun who lacks cavalry?
Do they really think they are the same as the peasant army they faced when they helped put down rebellions several times?
If the Yan people are really like that,
Then Daqian, wouldn’t he have already gone on the Northern Expedition?
Didn’t the barbarians go south long ago?
Meng Gong was a little helpless and confused.
Now he could only hope that the generals of the Yan army were also frightened.
It was obviously a "victory" start,
But he felt no joy at all,
The fear and uneasiness in my heart turned into a roar,
Meng Gong punched the wall crevices hard.
scolded:
"Straight thief!"
.........
Naturally, the soldiers couldn't feel Meng Gong's angry wolf, but they did feel...a little tired.
The local soldiers were also human beings. Although they had better endurance and were better at running, they had already chased them so far away that the Mianzhou City behind them was a bit blurry.
They are human beings after all, but they want to use their own feet to chase down the group of prey on horses.
It can be said that if the distance between the two sides was not being shortened little by little, and if the other party had not been running away without any counterattack, the wolf soldiers would not have pursued them so far.
Mrs. Daxi may not understand the true horror of cavalry, but as a widow who rules a mountain stronghold, she naturally cannot be so miserable. She sensed that her men were a little tired.
At this moment, her instinct as a military strategist made her instinctively want to order to turn back. Since she really couldn't catch up, she shouldn't give up.
Or, grit your teeth and continue chasing for a while?Just for a moment?
What Mrs. Da Xi didn't know was that during the strange process of the infantry chasing the cavalry, under Liang Cheng's order, the cavalry at the front had already turned around in batches and started to make detours to both sides.
Zheng Fan also noticed the changes in the troops. At this time, the barbarian soldier who originally carried him had already jumped on the back of another empty horse, allowing Zheng Fan to ride the horse alone.
Zheng Fan knew that he was about to take action.
It’s time to stop, Mrs. Daxi thought to herself.
Because she suddenly discovered keenly that the number of prey she was chasing seemed to be much less.
"Ohh Ohh ohh…………"
A long cry came,
The wolf soldiers began to slow down. Some of them were panting and some were cursing. Those Yan people ran really fast, causing them to lose a lot of money.
However, at this moment, Liang Cheng in front also completely slowed down and led the cavalry around him to turn their horses' heads. His eyes looked extremely calmly at the wolf soldiers not far in front of him. ,
as well as,
The only woman in the group of soldiers was riding a horse.
Liang Cheng had to admit that this was a very brave army. Their bravery and courage were much greater than those of the Qianguo army he had encountered.
War often requires bravery and courage, but sometimes, some gaps cannot be bridged simply by courage.
There is no armor, no sophisticated weapons, no tight formation,
Are you going to face my [-] riders like this?
Liang Cheng pointed the knife forward, and at the same time began to move his horse.
The enemy has already left the city far enough,
below,
Time to give them a taste of cavalry, the true horror!
A haze suddenly hit Mrs. Daxi's heart. She didn't know what was going on, but the ominous premonition was getting stronger and stronger.
"Dong dong dong! Dong dong dong!"
Suddenly, two cavalrymen appeared on both sides of the wolf soldiers. They were riding horses. They were galloping. They took down their crossbows and bows at the same time.
"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"
Arrows were shot one after another, and one of the native soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by the arrows.
The soldiers were a little confused, because they did not expect that the prey they had chased and fled in panic would actually dare to turn around and grin at them again.
They were angry, so they started fighting back.
Every wolf soldier is an extremely good hunter in the mountains, which means that their arrows are very accurate.
However, at this time, the Cuiliu Fort cavalry were not living targets that were difficult to move around in the city like before. They were galloping, and at the same time, they also paid attention to keeping a distance.
After a wave of arrows was fired, they would choose to distance themselves again to avoid the wolf soldiers' counterattack. Then, the next wave would continue in this way to force them from the other side and shoot another wave of arrows.
While being hit by arrows, they also have to aim at high-speed moving targets. The wolf soldiers' bows and arrows are not as sharp as when they are hunting in the mountains and forests. Sometimes, even if they hit the target, the arrows will miss due to the distance. The lethality was reduced, and it was shot directly on the armor of the Cuiliu Fort cavalry and then bounced away.
Zheng Fan is also in the team, and he also holds a bow and arrow in his hand. Because of A Ming's training, Zheng Fan's archery skills have improved a lot during this period. Although he is not as good as the barbarians, he can instill it in the arrows. With his own Qi and blood, his arrows can shoot farther and be more powerful.
A wolf soldier was hit by Zheng Fan's arrow. The force of the arrow caused his body to roll over, but Zheng Fan did not cheer happily: "I hit it, I hit it!"
Because it seems that most of the characters on the screen cheering for their shots are preparing for the subsequent headshots and sudden deaths.
At this time, Zheng Shoubei was like a gambler who had just lost a hand. At this moment, he was determined to regain his place.
Mrs. Da Xi soon realized that the situation was extremely bad, and she quickly ordered the team to start retreating. However, how can the speed of human feet compare with that of a four-legged war horse?
Simultaneously,
These wolf soldiers are also tired.
Liang Cheng did not order a charge, but continued to command his cavalry to harass and tease in this way, using soft knives to slowly cut the flesh.
Perhaps due to the influence of film and television works, in most people's understanding, cavalry means rolling iron hooves and then rushing through the enemy's defense line. Then the cavalry is equivalent to sitting on a high bench and starting to cut each other with the surrounding enemies.
In fact, most generals will not choose to use cavalry in this way unless they are forced to or under extreme circumstances.
the reason is simple,
Too expensive!
The Yan people have always been interested in cavalry, so every year, more than half of the Yan State's taxes have to be sent to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion to be responsible for raising troops.
For this reason, the Jingnan Army was divided into front and rear camps, and why none of the emperors of the Yan Dynasty went south. This is the reason. Raising troops is already expensive enough, and once a war breaks out, the Yan State's treasury will not be able to move south at all. Unable to sustain a war.
The ancestors of the Yan people do not know that infantry is cheaper, but there is no way, this is all forced, because you have barbarians as neighbors, you can't let yourself go to the desert with two legs to fight with barbarian cavalry. ?
Cavalry, in the age of cold weapons, was an absolute money-burning thing. If you don't want to be a show-off, it will cost even more money.
Thinking about how Zhenbei Hou had to fight with the prince Ji Runhao to grab chicken legs and eat them when he was a child, you can see how frugal the entire Hou family went to maintain the 30 Zhenbei army cavalry.
This is not to say that there is no corruption in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, but its excess losses are definitely at an extremely low point, an extremely low point that is unimaginable in any vassal town in history. If you dare to commit corruption, you have to try to live frugally. What will happen to the Li family if they find out!
Qianguo also ran the horse administration, but firstly, the investment was too great, and secondly, because of the national conditions of Qianguo,
After all, they failed to support the supply of war horses from the Qian Kingdom. At best, they could only maintain the appearance of superficial goods.
The wolf soldiers are now facing an extremely embarrassing situation. They want to retreat, but it is difficult to retreat freely, because the cavalry around them are like dog-skin plasters that keep sticking to you, taking a bite of your flesh and then retreating.
I want to move forward, but I can't catch up with the opponent at all.
Mrs. Da Xi's face was as dark as water. She knew that the general of the Yan army was giving her a lesson, but she could not afford the money for this lesson.
Cutting flesh with a soft knife is also a terrible thing, because human mental resistance has its limits.
Especially when being surrounded, teased, and harassed by the cavalry, this desperate mood will gradually be amplified and amplified...
Even an extremely excellent army with military discipline and restraint would be hard-pressed not to collapse in such a situation with no internal or external support and no hope, let alone the wolf soldiers who can only rely on pure blood and bravery to fight such a war.
Their courage comes fiercely, but when they collapse, it will be even more complete!
In fact, they are more like a group of rabble. In the mountains, they can use their hunters' instincts and familiar terrain to their advantage. But in fact, they are not much different from the peasant army. It's just in terms of morale. He and his bravery simply surpassed the peasant army.
at last,
They started to fall apart,
Some people began to run away desperately,
They instinctively want to go back to the city,
Because they remembered that these Yan people were not so scary in the city before!
They were going back to the city, back to the city, running alone, in pairs, and then in groups.
Mrs. Daxi's long shouts were no longer able to gather her tribesmen at this time.
The wolf soldiers, who had no obvious formation at first, completely lost their formation at this time, and they dispersed!
At this time,
Liang Cheng raised his long sword and issued a new order.
At this moment, all the cavalry retracted their arrows and crossbows, they drew out their sabers, and they began to fully unleash the power of their horses without any room left.
The prey has collapsed under their training. Next, it's time to harvest.
Liang Cheng slashed his sword, leaving an afterimage, and shouted:
"charge!"
(End of this chapter)