sweeping the world

Chapter 568 Stunned
The cavalry who rode and fought on horseback, they can persist for at least several days without dismounting, eat, drink, pull, scatter, and sleep on the horseback.

It is difficult to stay on horseback for a long time, and cannot stand eating, drinking, pulling, spreading, and sleeping without landing on the ground. When it comes to the battlefield, you can only dismount and fight. This is actually an infantry soldier on horseback.

In many cases, the Central Plains Dynasty did not have infantry in the true sense. Most of them relied on the foot power of war horses to rush, waiting to dismount and fight on the battlefield.Or looking for battle on horseback can't maintain a long-term cruising, and it can't be called a qualified cavalry.

Gathering the power of the whole country of Han, Liu Yan only organized seven standing cavalry corps, which were divided into two types: elite and ordinary.The Huben Army, Habayashi Army, and the First Standing Cavalry Army can flexibly change formations during wartime, can endure long-term waiting on horseback, and have enough endurance to meet the enemy after traveling without getting off their horses for several days , can be regarded as elite.Most of the second to seventh standing cavalry corps can also wait on horseback for a long time, but they cannot flexibly change formations during wartime, so they can only be regarded as ordinary standing troops.

This time, Xie Ai's lone army went deep into the grassland. It was the First Standing Cavalry Army. The number was only about [-]. That was because the cavalry army had been fighting in the north for a long time. If there was a battle, it would lose men. Even if it was replenished quickly, it would not be able to replenish it all the time. Keep it full.

In fact, anyone who knows the military will understand that it is impossible for an army that has been in a state of war for a long time to be fully staffed at all times. Only some newly formed armies will be fully staffed.

Xie Ai didn't know much about the Imperial Guards. His preliminary understanding meant that he was brave enough to fear death, the strength of the execution of military orders and the speed of replenishment of the Imperial Guards, and other aspects that needed to be explored because it was his first time commanding the Imperial Guards.

There were already [-] Imperial Guard cavalry fighting with the coalition forces, and the grass was trampled by horseshoes so that there was billowing dust and smoke. It was actually difficult to observe the battle situation clearly when staying outside.

The two armies were looking at a distance of about five miles, which meant that only a narrow five-mile space was reserved in the middle to fight.

The two sides waited in the rest of the army, and invariably moved the long-range troops to the front. As long as our army approached, there would be a burst of diffusion.In this way, the space for activities of the two warring armies is compressed.

The wind is not blowing to either side of the two armies standing still, so it has no effect on the two armies. They are only in the trial stage now, waiting for one side to find out the combat power of the other side, and the situation will definitely change.

"We have a lot of soldiers." Murong Jun pointed to the direction of the wind: "It is absolutely possible to take advantage of the wind."

"This is not far from Rouran Mountain." Tuoba Shi Yijian said dullly: "At least we must entangle the Han army first, and then seize a favorable position."

They were all cavalry, and the flat terrain of Baili Road was only half a day's journey to the cavalry. The battle site was indeed a little close to Rouran Mountain. If the Han army cut their tails to survive, they would definitely be able to retreat to the mountains.What the coalition forces want is to fight the Han army on a flat and open land, and it is definitely not to fight mountain battles with the advantage of cavalry.

The probing troops sent by both sides are about to show results. It is that more and more cavalry from the coalition side are withdrawing to the front line. Only when one side loses in the billowing dust and smoke will a similar situation occur.To put it simply, most of the teams fighting in teams were killed, and the remaining few would die if they stayed any longer. It would be foolish for the cavalry to be able to withdraw or not.

As the commander of the Han army, Xie Ai couldn't see the situation clearly because of the dust and smoke. He only knew that the battle field was moving more and more towards the enemy's line. He speculated that his army had gained an advantage in the battle.

In the billowing dust and smoke, the coalition forces with the majority of Di tribe cavalry, and the right-wing Zhang's Liang army were already on the verge of collapse within less than a moment of the battle. The Tuoba Dai army was the first to fail.

Zhang's Liang army was relatively weak. They were originally going to cruise and plunder the formation. The Han army first charged directly at the Di cavalry of the central army, but the Han army suddenly turned to the right midway.The commander of Zhang Liang's army was surprised that the Han army was able to make a detour while galloping at high speed. The formation of the Han army was not chaotic during the detour. He wanted to evade but found that he would be cut off in the middle, so he could only forcefully Go forward with a scalp.

Of course, the Zhang Clan’s Liang Army that Zhang Chonghua brought to the grassland considered them to be elites, but the elites of Zhang Clan’s Liang Army were actually troops transferred from the Western Regions. Regardless of equipment or combat power, it is necessary to have a heart that dares to fight.

Before the battle, the two thousand Zhang's Liang troops yelled "Hoo!". The Lancers in the front row put down their lances about five meters in length, and the cavalry in the rear were supposed to dodge arrows and move their bodies as far as possible. Sticking close to the horse's back, the one who should be ready to shoot the arrow has already drawn the bow and is ready to shoot.

The Han army who set their targets on Zhang's Liangjun were all assault cavalry. To put it bluntly, they were wearing cavalry armor with a group of armor, holding brittle wooden spears and small round shields, and their backup weapons were straight swords similar to ring heads. The knife did not carry a long-range attack weapon, and the war horse was equipped with a vest in its predecessor.They first withstood a wave of arrows and collided with Zhang Liang's spear cavalry in silence. In an instant, there was of course a burst of people falling on their backs, screams and muffled grunts.

The clash between the two armies quickly pierced each other. The [-] Han cavalry cavalry lost about [-] to [-] cavalry, and the [-] Zhang Liang army lost more than [-] cavalry.

The battle loss ratio was more than five to one, and the generals of Zhang's Liang army, who quickly noticed the difference, felt relieved.

It was just a mutual charge, a face-to-face loss of a quarter of the troops, and everyone in the Zhang Liang army who discovered this felt hesitant or fearful.After all, this is more than one-tenth of casualties, and even an elite army with more than [-]% casualties will lose confidence in the battle.

On the other side, the Tuoba Dai army, they got close to the cavalry archers of the Han army as they wished, but the problem was that they were only close. Whenever the distance between each other did not exceed a hundred steps, they would be "instigated" by the cavalry archers of the Han army. "Come on a wave of arrow rain.

The range of the horn bow carried by Tuoba Daijun could not reach a hundred paces, even if someone could shoot a hundred paces, the arrows they shot would be too soft to kill anyone.They tried again and again to get closer to the cavalry archers of the Han army, and in the process of trying, people kept getting shot and fell off the horse. Whether the 3000 people were in a group or surrounded by a team, they were shot at long distances endlessly anyway. After chasing and chasing, they lost confidence and didn't plan to chase, but instead were caught by the tails of the Han army cavalry and kept shooting.

The country established by the Hu people, except for some ace troops, otherwise there is no such thing as iron armor at all. Some thick sheepskin jackets or regular leather armor are too ineffective in defending against arrows. They were caught by their tails and shot continuously, and within a quarter of an hour, six or seven hundred were folded in, forcing them to simply break into pieces behind them.

The friendly forces on the left and right flanks were abolished one after another. As the main force, the Diren cavalry did not do anything during the period. They tried repeatedly to intercept the Han army to fight, and finally they did. Those who lost their confidence to fight became spectators.

The Di people are the old opponents of the Han army, and they have been slaughtered by the imperial guards only a few times less than the Qiang people. It is actually a little courageous for them to face the standing army of the Han army. The Imperial Guards, who are very capable of fighting, really felt guilty before they started fighting.

After a series of fights, the two thousand imperial guards who went to battle had less than a thousand cavalrymen left to charge the Di tribe cavalry, but the five hundred cavalry archers had not lost a single one.The loss is more than a quarter, no matter how elite the army is at this moment, they should be unwilling to fight in their hearts. The problem is that this situation will not happen to the imperial guards. The physical strength may be exhausted, but it is absolutely impossible to show the mentality of fear of death .

One side feels guilty, and the other side is brave and fearless, so what kind of mentality does the fighting army have, and what kind of momentum it will show.In fact, a large part of the momentum of the army before the fight determines the final victory or defeat.

A thousand dashing cavalry directly charged head-on, and five hundred cavalry archers were divided into two teams to shoot arrows on the left and right wings. The battle with the Di cavalry was only a round of piercing, and the winner was really determined. With the remaining majority of the Di cavalry Scattered and fled to the main formation, which marked the prelude to this battle.

The result of the first trial battle came to fruition. The [-] imperial guards went out and only returned less than [-]. The coalition army went out to [-] and probably [-] went back. Regardless of the order of retreat or the ratio of battle losses, there is no doubt. It was the Han army that won.

When Xie Ai returned from the victorious Imperial Guard, he raised his arms and shouted "Wan Sheng". What is more embarrassing is that only a few people, including Li Hong, responded. One of the Imperial Guard is like a sculpture. Quiet.

Those Imperial Guards who returned to the battle, they walked to their original positions in silence. If you observe, you can see that many of them are injured.

"Medical craftsman!" Xie Ai felt that the embarrassment at that moment was nothing, and he loved the Imperial Guard who could fight without complaining: "Hurry up and treat him!"

There is no doubt that the Imperial Guard is an army that would make normal people uncomfortable no matter how they get along. They can simply talk, have no concept of friends or robes, and usually have no entertainment at all. No one said that they never Where does it come from, the ideal is an absolute luxury.

Facing the Praetorian Guards, the enemy troops will have all kinds of negative emotions, and the friendly troops will have a full sense of security even though they are not used to getting along with them.

The existence of the imperial guards in the Han Dynasty is a force that fights ahead and retreats behind.Any friendly army who has cooperated with the Imperial Guard will not have any negative comments on those comrades who are accustomed to silence and are not easy to make friends with.

"General!" Li Hong was full of excitement: "Let's make a general attack! Launch a general attack, 12 against [-], there is no chance of winning!"

Xie Ai was looking at the enemy army on the opposite side, and the multi-ethnic coalition forces were constantly mobilizing, so he ordered decisively: "Seize the limelight!"

Do you know what it means to use your arms and fingers?As soon as he got any instructions, he would react immediately. The guards who moved quickly made Xie Ai stunned, and then he was full of satisfaction in his heart.

[Commanding such an army...] Xie Ai had a bright smile on his face: [It's really comfortable! 】

The mobilization of the multi-ethnic coalition forces was because Bati wanted to retreat. Murong Jun was the first to object and demanded to take the limelight. Then Tuoba Shi Yijian, Zhang Chonghua, and Fu Hong echoed Murong Jun's opinion.

Ba Ti was more or less intimidated by the combat power displayed by the Han army in front of him. He also received a report just now. The Han army that was cruising and fighting earlier killed more than 3000 people successively. The Han army that Rouran can get There are only more than [-] corpses of soldiers killed in the army.

[This is your mother...] Bati had to be afraid: [The Han army is so fierce? 】

The Han army had the habit of trying its best to take away Paoze who died in battle, and the person who reported to Bati did not explain clearly, making him think that the Han army only lost about 3000 people and killed more than [-] of its own people.

[There seems to be something wrong? 】Bati ignored the kings who were still trying to make suggestions, and thought a little dazedly: 【The Han army should have dispatched two thousand just now, and only about one thousand returned?The Xianbei and other clans dispatched 6000, and more than [-] came back? 】

When calculating casualty data, there will basically be a gap between the two sides. That is, one's own side can count, and the other side can only rely on guesswork.

Ba Ti was really a little confused. He didn't know whether Rouran was as strong as he understood, why Rouran lost [-] and could only kill [-] Han troops, but the rest of the ethnic groups lost about [-] but could kill them. Kill about a thousand Han troops?

"Hurry up and make a decision!" Murong Jun was very annoyed when he saw that Bati was in a daze all the time: "Only a fool like you can do it in a daze on the battlefield!"

Murong Yan Kingdom is in a stage of rapid rise. In the early days, they can fight whoever they want. The victorious battles they have won again and again give them a kind of self-confidence that "we are strong". Overall I still feel strong.

People dare to speak loudly and forcefully when they have the confidence in their hearts, especially when facing someone they don't like, they will subconsciously feel "what's wrong with insulting you" subconsciously, and even have the feeling of "disagreeing? Then stand and poke". The unscrupulousness of the class.

"If you want to fight, you fight." Bati didn't care about Murong Jun's attitude: "It's your war, I don't want to play anymore!"

After Bati finished speaking, regardless of the stunned kings, he greeted the left and right and issued a series of orders. The general meaning was: the Han army is a bit too aggressive, we can't afford to play with the Han army, the wind is tight!
"This..." Zhang Chonghua was completely dumbfounded, and pointed at Bati who was riding away on horseback in disbelief: "They...they...it turned out to be like this?!"

"Rouran people, they are really Rouran people!" Murong Jun was also stunned, and after realizing it, he yelled: "Don't stand still, take the troops and run!"

Tuoba Shi Yijian and Fu Hong's reactions were not slow at all, they had already galloped on their horses before Murong Jun finished speaking.

On the other side, Xie Ai, who was in a state of exercise, was already mentally prepared to fight to gain the limelight, but after watching, he found that something was wrong.

"The barbarians want to escape?" Xie Ai couldn't understand at all, but he didn't delay at all: "The achievement of immortality is at this moment! The whole army! Chase! Kill!"

(End of this chapter)