Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

The sound of horse hooves was rumbling, and the distance was only five miles. For the cavalry, which was attacking very fast, it only took a short five or six minutes!

Statistics were once made by military horses. It took only 5000 minutes for Shandan military horses to launch a charge from a distance of 8 meters!

On Duan Pengju's side, he was setting up a tent, digging a camp stove and preparing to light a fire for cooking, when he heard the rumbling sound of the earth.

The sound got closer and closer, and then became more and more intense!

In the marching camp, Duan Pengju seemed to have heard such a sound!

As expected of a battle-hardened veteran, he quickly realized what was wrong: "No, it's the enemy's cavalry! Get on your horse!"

However, although Duan Pengju's reaction was quick, Lin Chong's cavalry, riding Jingdong East Road horses and possessing excellent attack speed, quickly rushed to the front!

While they were recuperating and cooking, some unsuspecting soldiers were frightened when they saw Lin Chong's cavalry attacking!

Duan Pengju shouted: "Mount your horse and fight!"

The officers and soldiers of the Lin Chong Cavalry who were rushing at the front raised their hand crossbows. Although this kind of hand crossbow was not as powerful as land bows and arrows, with the rapid impact of the cavalry, the kinetic energy increased a lot. In addition, the hand crossbows The steel crossbow head in the crossbow is greatly increased in power!

There was a rapid sound of crossbow arrows, and a harsh sound of breaking through the air!

A dozen Song soldiers in charge of security missions were shot instantly!

The soldiers of Lin Chong's cavalry continued to urge their horses and rushed into the camp at a gallop.

Just as a captain was about to mount his war horse, Lin Chong's eight-foot-long snake spear had already pierced his chest, killing him under his own horse!

"Hurry up, guys! Mount up!"

Duan Pengju commanded his soldiers to respond quickly, but the sudden attack caught them off guard!

Su Xia had told Lin Chong that a short attack could only last up to half a cup of tea, which was three to five minutes!

After this time, Duan Pengju will inevitably counterattack. Once Duan Pengju and his cavalry and infantry surround them, it will be difficult to escape!

My own cavalry are not yet strong enough for a decisive battle. Now, I just want to disgust them first!

Thinking of this, Lin Chong ordered: "Let the ten thousand enemies go!"

The soldiers who had already prepared the fire bombs ignited the tens of thousands of enemies in their hands and threw them towards the camp in the distance!

"Boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Explosions came one after another, and with the cooperation of tens of thousands of enemies, they separated the soldiers who were deployed in the military camps on both sides of the enemy!

"Break the enemy!"

Lin Chong's Zhangba Snake Spear took advantage of the enemy's morale to attack again. Immediately, the cavalry brigades that had completed their division of labor quickly assembled!

"withdraw!"

The sound of horse hooves began to retreat quickly. On the way before leaving, according to the plan made before the war, a large number of horse nails were thrown on the road. This was the responsibility of the cavalry brigade in charge of the rear.

(Horse nails, also called iron caltrops, are available in copper and iron. Horse nails have four sharp claws. When thrown casually, three prongs will support the ground, and one tip will stand upright. The upper tip will be pushed down, and the lower tip will rise again. , mostly scattered on the battlefield)

The short and effective attack caught Duan Pengju's cavalry off guard. By the time their main force reacted, Lin Chong had already retreated quickly with the cavalry detachment.

Due to proper arrangements in advance, Lin Chong's cavalry detachment suffered very little losses, with less than ten casualties!

As for the Song army on Duan Pengju's side, at this moment, the assembled cavalry began a retaliatory attack under Duan Pengju's organization.

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However, before the pursuit had taken a few steps, horses among the cavalry fell from time to time, blocking the speed of the cavalry's pursuit!

Duan Pengju was furious: "What's going on?"

"No, General, my horse is nailed!"

"What did you say?"

"Report to the general that they have placed horse tacks on the road. It is almost dark now, and it is difficult for our cavalry to find where the horse tacks are!"

Duan Pengju felt that his vision was darkened. He finally understood why Su Xia's cavalry was taking advantage of the darkness to launch an attack!

His own troops had been marching for a day, but the cavalry was also short of men and horses, and their speed when mounting for battle was weak. Naturally, they were no match for the Su Xia cavalry who were waiting for work.

Secondly, he attacked while it was getting dark. When he reacted, the horse spikes were placed on the road. His cavalry was in a dilemma. He didn't know where the horse spikes were placed. On the contrary, Su Xia's cavalry was familiar with the route. So he will run away quickly!

These bastards!

With such curses in his heart, there was a lot of resentment in his mind!

Maybe I underestimated the enemy too much!

However, judging from what I heard and saw just now, there should not be many Su Xia cavalry, and the maximum number of cavalry troops will not exceed 2000!

Otherwise, if they have cavalry with the same strength as themselves, they will definitely be wiped out like a whirlwind!

I'm afraid I'm in a very bad situation now.

However, although this cavalry had a small number of troops, he was deeply impressed by its attack speed and command-and-forbidden fighting style. He knew that this must be a powerful cavalry enemy!

A lieutenant general came forward to report: "General, we have calculated our losses in the raid just now!"

"How are the casualties?"

"74 people were killed and 460 eight were injured! However, the loss of our horses caused a lot of shock!"

"So many injured?"

"They were all hit by their explosives and the impact of their cavalry during the raid. General, they seem to intentionally not save the lives of our injured soldiers!"

"how do I say this?"

"General, after their cavalry attacked and knocked down our soldiers, they quickly continued to advance. They attacked our horses like a purposeful attack. Our horses were greatly frightened. At least nearly half of the horses were frightened. I'm afraid We can’t join the war in the short term!”

Duan Pengju closed his eyes tightly, breathed a long sigh of relief, and yelled: "You bastards, please notify us immediately. All armies must be on strict alert and send scouts five miles away! We will wait until Commander Hu comes tomorrow to decide on the march." thing!"

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At noon the next day, Hu Shiwen led the army and finally rushed outside Gaoqing City. When he heard about Duan Pengju's encounter, Hu Shiwen suddenly felt dissatisfied, "Master Duan, I don't know what you think about this. I am Hu." Feeling that your face is shameless, the dignified Imperial Guards all said that the Izuku Dragon Spear and the cavalry in your hands are invincible. Why do you look like this today, being beaten by a small rebel with thousands of people? So unbearable?"

Seeing that Hu Shiwen was deliberately mocking him, Duan Pengju couldn't help but feel unhappy: "The general was not fully prepared yesterday. If we fight again today, we will definitely be able to find out the flaws and eliminate the enemy in one fell swoop!"