Chapter 217: Li Mu, the Five Hundred Cavalry of the Zhao State (First Update)

What suddenly appeared in front of the Xiongnu was a cavalry of five hundred Zhao State.

These Zhao cavalry all looked resolute, and many of them looked a little similar to the Huns in front of them, and they were the Linhu and Loufu cavalry from the five northern counties of Zhao.

And the one who killed this Xiongnu centurion with an arrow just now was the leader of this Zhao cavalry, the young Zhao army of five hundred lord Li Mu.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the five hundred Zhao cavalry sat on the saddle, bending their bows and arrows in unison, and the dense rain of arrows instantly covered all the dozens of Hun soldiers who had not had time to meet with the mounts.

These Hun cavalrymen were all dressed in simple leather clothes, and the leather armor on a few people was completely useless under the dense rain of arrows, and they were shot over a large area on the spot.

After the rain of arrows was covered, there were only a dozen or so Huns who could stand.

These Huns had no intention of fighting at all, and one by one they turned over and fled for their lives.

Li Mu sneered, took out another sharp arrow from the quiver behind his back, bent the bow and pulled the string.

"Now that you're here, leave all your heads behind!"

The bow is like a full moon, and the arrow is like a shooting star.

"Whoosh!"

The Hun cavalry fell to the ground with three arrows one after another, and then the Zhao cavalry who caught up was beheaded.

Li Mu pulled the bow again and shot it, and an arrow hit the hind legs of the last Hun knight who was still fleeing from the crotch of the war horse, and the war horse could not keep its balance under the pain and fell to the ground, and the Hun cavalry on the horse was thrown out like a cannonball, drawing a parabola and falling heavily to the ground, and the whole person was smashed to pieces, not knowing the east, west, north and south.

When the Hun cavalry finally came back to his senses, he found that he had been surrounded by the cavalry of the Zhao State, his face was murderous, and the cold light of the swords was flickering, and he was dripping with blood.

The Hun cavalryman screamed, and he was directly frightened and fainted.

A puddle of water stains slowly flowed out of the crotch of the Hun cavalry, making the grass wet for a small part.

This scene obviously made all the Zhao cavalry a little surprised, and they couldn't help but look at each other, and they all felt a little funny.

"Five hundred masters, what should I do?"

Li Mu was also a little speechless, and after thinking about it, he said: "Wake up this Hun and ask about the situation!" ”

Due to years of fighting with the Xiongnu, Donghu and other nomadic peoples, the five northern counties of Zhao have long had their own unique defense mechanism.

Once the Xiongnu appeared in the five northern counties, they would be transmitted to each other through the wolf smoke of Fengsuitai.

Once the neighboring counties found that there was no Xiongnu invasion, they would begin to send a small part of the army to support the invaded county first, and the large army would wait for the arrival of the Handan king's order and military talismans before dispatching.

This time, the 500-man cavalry led by Li Mu came from Jiuyuan County.

Since his exploits in the first battle of Daijun, Li Mu's title has been promoted to the sixth rank, and his position has also been promoted to five hundred lords, and he has been transferred from Gaoquesai to Jiuyuan County, just when he was ordered to come to help.

After receiving Li Mu's order, several Zhao cavalry jumped off their horses with a smile, and carried the unconscious Hun cavalry towards a small river not far away.

After a while, these cavalry of the Zhao State returned to Li Mu with a human head casually: "Five hundred lords, I have already asked, a thousand cavalry of the Huns just passed by here half an hour ago, thinking that they were heading towards Yunzhong City."

"Cloudsdale?" Li Mu frowned and asked, "Do you know the way to Cloud City?" ”

A Zhao Guolou annoyed cavalry and said: "Five hundred lords, Yunzhong County is the place where I grew up when I was a child, and it takes about three days to go southeast from here, and it takes one day to get to the fast horse. ”

Although this is a Lou Fu Hu person, he is quite fluent when he speaks Zhao Chinese, and if you don't look at your face and listen to the accent, you will definitely not be able to tell that this is a Hu person.

The reason why this is so is because of what King Zhao Wuling said back then.

"Hu cavalry moves erratically, and if you want to expel it or surrender it, non-infantry soldiers are enough to do it."

It is under such a policy that Zhao did not kill all of them after defeating the two tribes of Lou Fu Lin and Hu, but coerced and lured them to take these two for their own use, among which the entire tribe of Lou Fu became the people of Zhao State, and they would get food from Zhao State every year, and gradually began to integrate into Zhao State.

The fluent Zhao language of this Lou Fu cavalry is a proof of Zhao Guo's policy, in fact, among the 500 Zhao cavalry led by Li Mu, at least more than 400 people are Lin Hu and Lou Furen.

After all, in the era when stirrups and saddles and other horse harness were not popular, the cost of training a cavalry for nomads was almost zero, which was hundreds of times stronger than that of agricultural peoples.

Li Mu looked at the subordinates around him and found that many people had Hun heads hanging next to their saddles, but because there were only dozens of Hun heads, it was obviously not enough.

Li Mu smiled and said, "Then continue to go south and follow this group of Huns!" ”

As a veteran who has been stationed in Gaoque for several years, Li Mu is still very clear about the details of the Huns.

Generally speaking, the number of the Huns is watery, and there are generally five or six thousand people for one thousand horsemen.

Unless it is the elite cavalry directly under Huley Shan Yu, it is basically impossible for the Huns' 10,000 cavalry to reach 8,000, and Hugh Li Shan Yu's command is now only a direct subordinate to 9,000 10,000 horsemen.

Like this, the thousand cavalry of the small Xiongnu tribe were only six or seven hundred people who died in it, which was not much different from the number of five hundred Zhao cavalry led by Li Mu, and Li Mu even felt that his chances of victory were a little higher.

Li Mu flicked the reins of his horse, and led the five hundred Zhao cavalry behind him to hurry south to chase the Huns.

This run is two hours.

Seeing that it was already sunset, a small village suddenly appeared in front of Li Mu, several thick clouds of smoke came out of the village, the whistling autumn wind vaguely brought a few screams, and livestock ran around outside the village.

"Not good!" Li Mu's heart tightened, and his legs subconsciously clamped the horse's belly and began to speed up.

After returning to the Zhao State, after a few decades of time, some people slowly got used to settling down and began to live with the Zhao people, and this kind of small village came from this.

It stands to reason that after seeing the beacon of the Great Wall, the county magistrate should have ordered all the residents of all places and townships to retreat into the nearby cities as quickly as possible, but the village did not retreat for some reason.

But at this moment, it is no longer the time to dwell on this, Li Mu has led his subordinates to approach this village at a rapid pace, and the blazing village is already full of Hun cavalry raging figures and the panicked screams of the people of Zhao State.

A small detachment of Hun cavalry cruised outside the village, and whenever they saw the villagers fleeing, they chased after them on horseback, slashing and shooting them wantonly.

The blood was dripping, dripping from the blades of the Hun cavalry, coupled with the hideous faces and rampant laughter, which showed the misery and helplessness of the people of Zhao State.

"Bastard thing!" Li Mu's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he took off the longbow from behind his back.

The distance between the two sides is rapidly closing.

It was only at this time that the small Hun cavalry outside the village noticed the smoke and dust billowing from Li Mu's department, and quickly recognized the identity of Li Mu's department.

"Zhao Guoren, it's Zhao Guo's cavalry!" A Xiongnu centurion shouted in panic, obviously not expecting that so many Zhao cavalry would appear here at this time.

Li Mu took a deep breath, put on the bow, pulled it hard, and aimed.

The time flow of the entire world slowed down in an instant, and Li Mu's eyes stared at the Hun centurion who was a hundred paces away, and he could even clearly see the ugly big mole on the left side of the other party's face.

"Die!"

Li Mu thought silently in his heart, and decisively let go of his right hand that drew the bow.