Royal Road

Chapter 333 Break the line

It is indeed a heavy ride. The horse bears armor, the person wears armor, the long squat is silvery, and the hoof is thunderous! In the gloomy night, the two thousand heavy knights rushed toward the main formation like the killing **** who rushed out of the Asura ghost mythical creature!

It turned out to be a riding gear! Shi Le’s heart slammed, secretly saying that it was not good. During night attacks, heavy cavalry is rarely used. It is difficult to see things, and the burden is heavy, and the horses and men cannot move flexibly. It is difficult for heavy cavalry to avoid possible battalion traps. But now? The fire bombs thrown from the city head dispelled the night and exposed his army to the enemy.

Except for the chariot formation, nothing can stop the heavy cavalry. What’s more, he was caught off guard and just stepped out of the camp?

Like cracking brocade, the black torrent rushed into the army. Invulnerability, the arrow is hard to damage, except for being torn apart, there is no power to fight back! However, this is not the end. After the heavy ride, the light rider equipped with bow and crossbow, followed by the pikes with long spears in hand, lined up to encircle and suppress. Break the formation, disturb the enemy, clean up, all in one go!

Listening to the screams in the ears, Shi Le’s teeth creaked. Why doesn’t he understand? Everything is a trick by the enemy to lure him to the bait!

The west gate opened, fearing that the ambush had been hidden long ago. The Three Thousand Qingqi sent by himself was not able to prevent it at all, and was wiped out clean. Then the enemy used Simon as a front, sent troops at night, and attacked frontally. Shred his army and disrupt his organization. A night attack is no better than a day. Once it is attacked, even if the Chinese army can remain intact, the soldiers below will also bomb the camp. He has a lot of combatable soldiers, but they are not tacitly coordinated, and there are also guys like Wang Mijiang and the rogue. Once you are in a mess, you will be defeated!

How to do? Lead a cavalry, bypass the heavy cavalry, and rush towards the west gate? As long as you can capture the West Gate and invade Yecheng, you can break the enemy’s layout and get a head start. However, the thought was only a flash, and it was forgotten by Shi Le. Can the other party not think of what you can think of? I’m afraid Simon’s empty hypothesis is also the bait to lure him into the bait.

“Let the Chinese army raise the flag to lure the enemy, we retreat!” Shi Le led the way without hesitation.

The handsome banner of the Chinese army is the courage of the army. Once the handsome banner falls, the army will be defeated. But today, the situation is different. The enemy’s heavy cavalry has torn apart the army, and the defeat is only a matter of time. Once the soldiers are defeated, these 100,000 horses are immortals and cannot be gathered. The only way is to keep the elite around him, first retreat, wait until dawn, and then slowly gather the remnants.

Therefore, the banner of the Chinese Army is no longer important to him. It might as well be used to hold down the enemy and buy some time for yourself.

Following the military order, thousands of cavalry turned their horses and rushed out under the cover of the insurgents.

The long brush in his hand swept across, the blade of light flickered, and the blood spattered. Within ten steps, it instantly turned into a piece of white ground. However, Yi Yan did not stop and continued to ride forward. By his side, there are five hundred elites, each holding a long scorpion and wearing a light armor. The soldiers who followed were dressed in plate armor and armed with sabers. Although they were invincible, they were far less powerful than the vanguard.

But for the enemy in front of him, it is enough.

Two thousand armor riding equipment, thanks to the appearance of plate armor hammer forging, was able to be equipped. Even so, I don’t know how much money was consumed. Such elite soldiers must naturally be used on the blade.

Ambushed the enemy Qingqi, and then rushed all the way into the enemy’s formation. Even if only the small centaur was deployed to attack Ximen, this would be a huge camp for tens of thousands of people. It is not easy to break an enemy camp of this size with a mere 2,000 heavy horses.

However, none of Yiyan’s soldiers flinched. The blood rushed to the face, the frost condensed the armor, like a sharp arrow, they went straight to the enemy camp! The previous fire bomb has been extinguished, and the enemy’s handsome flag is like a lone lamp in the black sea tide, swaying and fluctuating. How can I get close to the Chinese army and slash the enemy chieftain?

With a cross grip, Yi Yan clamped his horse’s belly and stopped Ai Ju abruptly: “Shi Le is no longer in the army.”

The pros around him were surprised: “Did you escape? Are you still chasing the handsome banner?”

“No. Penetrate the enemy line!” Yi Yan said coldly.

Want to use handsome flag to lure the enemy, let them spend time chasing, and even deviate from the direction. Good idea. But the heavy cavalry entered the battlefield, not just to be a coach, but to break the enemy camp!

Therefore, Yi Yan made a decisive decision and changed direction. The two thousand heavy knights continued to rampage, breaking through the densest line of the enemy camp, from start to finish, and crossed.

After smashing a **** road, the light cavalry behind it caught up and expanded the torn army. The rear pawns methodically disperse the insurgents and behead the enemies who have lost the ability to resist. In a blink of an eye, Yingpan was torn into several pieces and turned into a mess of porridge. The people’s husband has long been holding their heads and scurrying, and the enemy soldiers attacking the city have also been completely defeated.

It’s just that it is not so easy for these people to leave Yecheng. There are also 20,000 elite soldiers hidden in the three nearby Wubaos. Just wait for the soldiers to be defeated, go out of the city to besiege. Nothing can be easier than siege to defeat soldiers. Even if Shi Le rushed out of the encirclement, I’m afraid he won’t accept many remnants!

From the third watch to the dawn, when the first ray of sunrise appeared in the sky, a team of soldiers and horses galloped into the city.

“General Yi, did you catch the stone thief?” Ge Hong didn’t sleep all night, although his eyes were bloodshot, his expression was extremely excited.

This battle was so happy! With just over 30,000 soldiers, the enemy’s 100,000 army was defeated! And most of them were to capture rout soldiers, and the damage from the battle was minimal. Even the Shangdang offensive and defensive battles back then may not have been able to fought so heartily.

After this battle, the thieves were afraid that they would be unable to advance northward for several months. Both Sizhou and Jizhou have great buffer leeway. If you can kill Shile, you can even get rid of the big troubles!

However, on the opposite side, Yi Yan shook his head: “Shi Le has escaped. There are so many people in the middle of the night, I am afraid that the soldiers and horses sent by Wubao will not be able to stop him.”

It was not once or twice that he fought against Shi Le. He knew that the thief was cunning. The night attack was a mess, and it was even harder to stop him from escaping.

Hearing this, Ge Hong was slightly disappointed: “In this way, I am afraid that I will let the tiger go back to the mountain.”

Shi Le’s old camp is in Yanzhou, so I’m afraid he will return to his teacher directly. Now that the severe drought has not disappeared, the most important thing is to support the people, and there is no spare capacity to pursue it, and even defeat Yanzhou. After getting rid of such a dangerous man, after a few months, he has to face a strong army.

“It’s okay. It would be better if he escaped back to Yanzhou.” A sharp light flashed in Yi Yan’s blue eyes.

Ge Hong was taken aback. Could it be that the staff has other plans.

Yi Yan didn’t say much, stretched out his hand and took off his head. After a fierce battle overnight, the blood had already soaked the red tassels, and the **** waters splattered down to the ground along the jet black iron armor.

To determine the victory or defeat in a battle requires the right time and place, as well as a lot of luck. As for Zhang Canjun and him, they have never pinned their victory or defeat on illusory luck. It’s the same trick. This time it’s the thief’s turn to look at Xinling’s methods.

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Shi Le’s reaction was swift. Before the enemy re-rided the formation, he retired from the battlefield with all his heart. Unexpectedly, there are still ambushes in several Wubaos near Yecheng. As a result, it was not enough to retreat, and it retreated thirty miles in a row and bypassed the enclosure twice before this soldier could escape the snare.

When the sky was bright, Shi Le looked at the team with fewer than 10,000 people around him, his face was as deep as water.

“General, the enemy has set up so many ambushes, it may not be able to gather the remnants…” A confidant said with a sad expression.

How could Shi Le not understand? This night attack completely knocked out the courage of the army, and abandoned the handsome account. One can imagine the chaos of the final defeat. The terrible thing is that there are still ambushes around Yecheng. Without the establishment and courage, those who broke down, let alone resist, might even abandon their weapons in order to escape. Wouldn’t it be easy to contain it?

At this time, the brigade will inevitably be intercepted. And those guerrillas and scattered generals who flee alone are more headless flies, and they cannot be expected to come back and return to the team. After World War I, nearly nine adult horses were destroyed, and Shi Le had never experienced such a big defeat!

No, it’s not right. He had indeed experienced a defeat of this magnitude, and it was also under the hands of Bingzhou soldiers and horses.

With the uncomfortable blockage in his chest, Shi Le gripped the horse’s rein tightly: “Don’t wait anymore, go back to the old camp!”

The most important thing now is to save this elite. When I returned to Yanzhou, I once again recruited miscellaneous people and refugees, trained for a few months, and became a big army again. However, always this is not the way.

How can we keep our strength and not be easily defeated by others? On the way back, Shi Le thought about it. Since he started raising troops two years ago, he has seen many soldiers and horses. Some are as cruel as Wang Mi, some are brave like Liu Cong, and some are as strong as iron barrels like Bingzhou. But no matter which one, if you want to stand firm, it is not the soldiers, but the ground. Just like Liu Yuan had settled in Pingyang, it was like Liang Feng in front of him occupying Bingzhou.

Without a site, it’s like duckweed on the water, never able to stand. Even if soldiers can be recruited, a big outburst will be completely scattered. It seems that the top priority is to manage Yanzhou well.

It is necessary to cultivate the fields and grow food, to recuperate, and to let the people trust him to vote for him, rather than just looting. There are also scholars… Shi Le’s eyebrows are slightly wrinkled, he doesn’t like those aristocratic families, and he hates the Sima clan even more. But what about the concubine? Is there anyone available? There are also refugees and ordinary people. Countless times to open the warehouse and release grain, kill officials and break the city, he has long let him know what those poor people who are unclothed and hungry for food want.

If the people can be governed by the subordinates, it would be great! There are also miscellaneous people scattered in Henan and Yanzhou, and all of them must be collected under the account. Jin people can farm and govern, but soldiers still have to use Hu, and only in this way can they stabilize their own foundations.

Countless thoughts flew in Shi Le’s mind. The big defeat didn’t make him lose his courage, but on the contrary made his overheated mind sober. Tuning grain is an important means to resist drought, but it must also be considered in the long run. This big defeat has lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and relatively reduced the pressure on food. If he asks for help from Han, maybe Liu Yao will give some food and grass based on his holding of Bingzhou.

As long as we survive this disaster year, there is always a chance to turn around.

Without the cumbersome army, the return journey was several times faster. With the only soldiers and horses and the unsettled rear team, Shi Le hurried back to Yanzhou.

As soon as I got off the horse, I saw a servant galloping over and said loudly, “General, I’m overjoyed! Someone found the old lady!”

Shi Le was shocked. Regardless of being with him behind him, three steps and two steps were made to rush towards the camp!