back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 923 The Carriage
The silence in the city of Yunnei Province caused many Khitan cavalrymen to feel suspicious and dare not take a step forward.

"Chang Shi (Khitan dialect, meaning general), is there any fraud in this?"

A civilian official with the appearance of Lin Ya (Khitan official name, in charge of documents, and military documents when he went out with the army) whispered to a Khitan general.

"You are getting more and more timid, so what if there is a deceit? The Han people were beaten to death by us before, are you still afraid of him being deceitful? We have led [-] troops this time, which is enough to withstand an army of [-] Han people. Are you afraid? What?" the Khitan general said proudly.

Lin Ya didn't speak anymore, just thinking silently: "This is just a field battle where you can fight against 10 people, but you can still run if you can't beat it. But in the city..." Thinking of this, he didn't dare to think about it any further. , but quietly lagging behind a lot, pretending to retreat to the gate of the city, pretending to urge the Khitan cavalry to enter the city.

In fact, he just wanted to run away, it's okay if there is nothing wrong, he can still run when something happens!

As expected of someone who has read poetry and books for a year or two, no matter how honest and honest he looks, he is as cunning as a fox on the inside.

The Khitan general rode his horse slowly, looking around with vigilance.

But inside the city of Yunneizhou, like a dead city, the lifeless appearance makes people really think that they have come to an empty city.

"Could it be that the Han people have abandoned the city and fled?"

This Khitan general was not stupid, and immediately thought of this possibility.

But he couldn't figure it out. When the spies reported the news earlier, didn't they say that there were still many merchants pouring into Yunneizhou City?Why can't even see a figure?
"Yes, they hid in the cellar!"

The Khitan general had a flash of inspiration, and immediately understood why.Yunneizhou City is not a dead city, but the people have taken refuge in the cellar.

"That's good, I don't need to take these two-legged sheep on the road, so as not to be overtaken by the Han soldiers!" The Khitan general still remembered the previous battle, which was obviously a complete victory and a fruitful harvest.But because of being too greedy, he kidnapped [-] people and ran away together, but was finally caught up by the Han army.

The tens of thousands of Han troops really opened the eyes of the Khitan people. They were surrounded by heavy siege, but they could still charge and kill them.In the end, with both sides hurt, the Khitan retreated on their own initiative.After all, after looting so much money, they are reluctant to fight the Han army to the death!
But since then, the ferocity of the Han army has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no Khitan dares to underestimate the Han army, especially the cavalry of the Han army.Although the riding and shooting skills of the cavalry of the Han army were not good, they were all wearing chain mail, and arrows could not penetrate. They could only kill the enemy with knives and axes.Such an "elite" heavy cavalry, probably only the rich and powerful Dashun could do it.I am afraid that the Liao Kingdom has such an honor only if the imperial tent is personally ridden.

Facing an opponent who can't be beaten to death and still haunts you, I am afraid that there is no one who does not feel frightened.

This gap is not due to riding and shooting, nor is it due to bravery, but the gap in equipment, which makes people feel desperate.There were even Khitan people who said that if the Han had [-] such cavalry, they would be able to move across the grasslands.Chain mail is not very good against knives and axes, but it has a strong ability to protect against arrows, and it doesn't waste much iron.The amount of iron used in ordinary armor can take out three pairs of chain mail.

This chain mail is generally made of iron wire or iron rings, which are buckled into a garment shape. Each ring is buckled with the other four rings, and it is covered with two layers.The shape is like a net lock, and the armor is like a ring lock, which cannot be penetrated by shooting.The most irritating thing is that even if the strong bows and crossbows are shot into the chain mail, these cavalry are still wearing thick cotton clothes under the chain mail, so they can't hurt anyone at all.

As for the armor on the horse, it is not so delicate, and the gaps are still quite large.Therefore, in the face of such "heavy cavalry", the Khitan people can only shoot horses and dare not shoot people.

After this battle alone, the Khitan people became afraid of the Han cavalry, which has to be said to be an irony.In fact, since the past dynasties, the cavalry of the Han people has not been considered weak.As long as the equipment is equipped to crush the opponent, the nomads can't do anything about it.

No wonder the Khitan people are cautious now, because they are afraid of being beaten.

Facing an unbeatable opponent, everyone will feel fear.

"Open History, Open History!"

A personal soldier rushed over and reported: "The carriages discarded by Han merchants were found in front of them. They were full of tea cloth, lacquerware, porcelain, sulfur, flame salt, logan stone, bamboo horns, arrow shafts, mercury, lacquer, etc. Books and other goods!"

The Khitan general was overjoyed: "Quick, grab it and run away!"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Decree!" After saying that, he immediately turned his horse's head and hurried back on the way back and forth.

"Run after grabbing, even the Han cavalry can't chase after it?"

The Khitan general had this idea in his heart, he was really afraid of those Han people, he was simply a group of undefeated Xiaoqiang.The Khitan's horse bows were soft, and although they had good aim, they couldn't penetrate the chain mail anyway.Even if you were lucky enough to hit a leg or foot, you could only injure it, not kill it.

Who is not afraid of such an opponent?

He nervously looked around, for fear that a cavalry army of Han people would suddenly appear.

In fact, he also knew that the cavalry could not gallop in the city at all, and he was not afraid of the cavalry of the Han people.

Wait, cavalry can't gallop?
The general suddenly thought of a desperate possibility: "Hurry up, don't want those goods, leave the city immediately!"

"Changshi, Changshi, a lot of Dashun cavalry have gathered outside the city, they are already carrying sacks, and the sacks are full of surprises, they have surrounded all four city gates!" shouted a Shiwei cavalry, trotting over .

The general trembled all over: "Where's your horse? Where's Lin Ya?"

"Shot to death, Lin Ya seems to have escaped..."

"Walk!!!"

The Khitan general said bitterly, although he hated that Lin Ya ran away, but he also knew that it was not the time to pursue responsibility, and there was absolutely no chance if he didn't leave.If you rush out now, there is still life.

The Han people are so cunning that they dare to use the empty city strategy instead.He was also tempted by the benefits in front of him. There were more than 50 carts full of tea cloth and military supplies. For the Khitan people, giving a mountain of gold was nothing more than that.The Han people also knew the weakness of the Khitan people, and deliberately took advantage of the time when the people fled to lure them into the city to plunder, and gave them a piece of cake.

"boom!!!"

The sudden sound of a cannon stunned all the Khitan people.I don't know when, on the walls of the surrounding earth city, and in the houses of the people beside the street, many armored frontier soldiers suddenly appeared.

The Khitan general turned pale when he saw this scene: "Come on, no matter what, go out of the city!" He knew very well that the advantage of the Khitan army lies in the cavalry, not in the city, let alone fighting in narrow streets.In the city, the speed advantage of the Khitan cavalry has been reduced to the greatest extent.If they can't get up to speed, and they don't have armor, they can only be shot one by one and wait to die.

(End of this chapter)