The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 429
After retreating, Huerle felt chills. In just one battle, the Donghu army had tens of thousands of casualties, while the Hengshan army on the opposite side suffered few casualties.Such disparity of results made him feel extremely afraid of Hengshan.If such a powerful cavalry cannot be wiped out as soon as possible, there will be no peace on the grassland.This poses a great threat to his strategy of going south to the Central Plains.

After this battle, Huerla no longer dared to attack rashly.Even if the Hengshan cavalry came to provoke, they did not move.He had already made up his mind, as long as he defeated the golden werewolf, the initiative in the battle would return to his side.What should be urgent now is the Hengshan Army.

Just when the two sides were confronting each other, on the other side, after a fierce confrontation with the Donghu cavalry, the Golden Werewolf was finally defeated and had to fight and retreat, chasing and fighting each other.

The situation gradually became unfavorable to Hengshan.At this moment, the [-] Hengshan infantry stationed in the mall opened the city gate, and [-] heavy cavalry rushed out from the city gate, charging towards the Donghu infantry who were pretending to attack outside the city.Inside the city gate, a branch of Hengshan infantry swarmed out and quickly assembled under the city.

Zhou He, the general of the Donghu infantry, saw three thousand cavalry rushing out of the city, his eyes narrowed, and he shouted sharply: "Form the formation, the sword and shield soldiers immediately form the formation!"

He never expected that the mall with only [-] Hengshan infantry would hide this cavalry.What made him even more frightened was that the cavalry were all heavily armored, with black iron armor covering the whole body, and even the horses under the seat were covered with a layer of chain armor. When three thousand heavy cavalry stepped out, they immediately exuded the power of tens of thousands of cavalry.

At this time, the Donghu infantry had a lot of shields and tight knives and guns, sealing the entire formation tightly.The archers quickly assembled behind the formation, and they all drew their bows and were ready to go.

Soon, the three thousand heavy cavalry arrived with an unstoppable momentum.With an order, countless archers desperately poured arrows at the heavy cavalry, but they didn't want to, the arrows hit the heavy armor, only splashed a little spark, and then fell to the ground, which did not affect the charging momentum of the heavy cavalry at all.

"Hold it! Hold it!" the sword and shield soldiers in the front row screamed, their whole bodies stuck firmly behind the shields.The hand of the spearman holding the spear trembled slightly, his face was pale and bloodless.

At this moment, Sanqian Zhongqi suddenly raised his hand crossbow about 30 meters away from the formation, and fired a volley at the huge shield wall.The crossbow arrows are fired at such a short distance, and their potential energy is very huge.Dozens of crossbow arrows were inserted into the shield, penetrated a foot, and pierced fiercely on the sword and shield soldier behind.

In an instant, there were gaps in the huge shield formation.Before everyone could react, the heavy cavalry rushed in through these gaps.Relying on the strength of the heavy armor, he smashed into the spear array abruptly.The saber swung, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and those who dared to block died.

Three thousand heavy cavalry kept rushing into the army formation, massacring wantonly.The Donghu infantry was in disarray, and the entire formation was on the verge of collapse.Zhou He's face was pale, and he mobilized his troops to intercept them with gritted teeth. At all costs, he wanted to wipe out the three thousand heavy cavalry among the thirty thousand troops.

However, Zhou He's idea was destined to be shattered. At this moment, the [-] infantry who had assembled under the city had already made great strides towards the chaotic Donghu army formation.

The general who led the [-] Hengshan infantry this time was Zhang Qian, who was in charge of guarding Shahu Castle.After he participated in the victory against the Tianyun Army, he was transferred back to Xiazhou to serve as the infantry general under the Zhenbei Army.Now he was sent here again to participate in the war against the Donghu people.This made him very excited. Before that, he had been stationed in Shahu Castle in obscurity and missed all previous battles, which made him very disappointed who wanted to make contributions.Fortunately, in the battle against Tianyun, he was in charge of defending another pass, and made great contributions, and was promoted by Lin Yifan as the infantry general of the Zhenbei Army.

This battle will be an opportunity for me, Zhang Qian, to make a name for myself and stand among the generals of Hengshan. I must not miss it!Zhang Qian narrowed his eyes slightly, fixed his gaze on the enemy formation in front of him, raised his saber, and shouted sharply: "Hengshan Army, charge!"

"Kill!" More than 1 infantry immediately charged forward, rushing into the enemy's front like a torrent.

The Donghu infantry, who had fallen into chaos, no longer had the will to fight, and ran around like headless chickens.Even though the generals at all levels were screaming and screaming, it was difficult to clean up their positions.Even if they managed to pull up a group of troops, they would be scattered by the heavy cavalry in the formation.

The Hengshan infantry rushed smoothly like a chaotic army, formed a combat team in twos and threes, quickly cut and surrounded the enemy army, wiped it out quickly, and continued to eat and advance.

Finally, the Donghu infantry couldn't hold on any longer. As soon as the troops in front came into contact with the Hengshan army, they quickly collapsed and fled frantically to the rear.

At this time, the heavy cavalry was at the end of its strength, but still no one dared to take the lead, and everywhere they went, they all broke up and fled.As a result, heavy cavalry were no longer responsible for charging and killing, but were constantly driving the enemy to the rear, so as to disrupt the formation of the rear troops.

The effect was very obvious, the fleeing infantry flocked to the rear formation, and suddenly disrupted the assembled troops.As the heavy cavalry came, there was chaos in the rear.

Zhou He roared, so angry that he wished to kill all the scattered deserters.But now that the army has collapsed, even he is powerless to recover.

"Withdraw the troops!" Zhou He looked deeply at the Hengshan Army who had slaughtered wantonly in the front line, and finally gave the order in a voice of hatred.

"Woooo!~" The low-pitched horn sounded, and the Donghu infantry, as if they had received an amnesty, no longer had the heart to fight, and fled backward one after another.In an instant, on the grassland, a huge crowd of people scattered crazily, scrambling for their lives.

After chasing and killing for a while, Zhang Qian watched the scattered fleeing everywhere, and regretfully ordered the withdrawal of troops back to the city.It's a pity that the heavy cavalry is exhausted and has no power to pursue.And in the open surroundings, surrounded by enemy cavalry, the infantry should not pursue too much.No, when the infantry retreated to the city, tens of thousands of cavalry came chasing here, trying to chase after them and break into the city gate in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that when the cavalry rushed to the city, the garrison at the top of the city immediately poured arrows and crossbows at the enemy to block the cavalry's charge.As the last group of troops entered the city, the city gates slammed shut, and the cavalry had no chance to take advantage of it.

Seeing that there was no hope, the cavalry immediately withdrew quickly to assist the Donghu infantry to gather their troops.

After returning to the city, Zhang Qian immediately began to count the casualties and count the results of the battle.In this battle, more than [-] enemies were wiped out, and nearly [-] of them were killed or injured. Among them, only more than [-] heavy cavalry were killed or injured.

Standing at the top of the city, Zhang Qian stared sternly at the battlefield in the distance. Through this battle, the enemy infantry collapsed, and they were powerless for a short period of time.But the situation remained unchanged, and the opponent's cavalry was far more numerous than one's own.

How can we turn the tide of battle?Zhang Qian frowned and thought for a long time.In the end, he slowly raised his head and asked the generals on the left and right: "How many war horses are there in the city now?"

"General Qi, there are still [-] war horses in the city, not including [-] heavy cavalry." The general thought for a while before answering immediately.

"Very good, Shang Yun, you immediately lead the [-] garrisons who have not participated in the battle just now, ride horses, and follow me out of the city to support the Golden Werewolf." Zhang Qian was overjoyed, and immediately gave the order to the general.

"Huh? General, we are infantry?" Shang Yun was taken aback and looked at him in disbelief.

"What's wrong with the infantry?" Zhang Qian glared at him. "Everyone in Hengshan is good at riding. If you go down, you can resist the enemy and go up to fight on horseback. Why not?"

"This? This subordinate obeys the order!" Shang Yun hesitated for a while, but finally gritted his teeth and chose to obey the order.

"General Zhang, my heavy cavalry can also go out with the general." At this time, Ning Feng, the commander of heavy cavalry, stood up and asked for a fight.

Zhang Qian frowned slightly, "Commander Ning, your army has been exhausted just now and has not had enough rest. It is really inappropriate to go to war at this time."

Ning Feng smiled lightly, "Thank you, General, for your concern. This time, our army is only half-armored, which is enough. Despite the heavy burden, we can still fight."

"This?" Zhang Qian hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "If that's the case, then your army will follow me to fight."

(End of this chapter)