Chapter 114: The Battle of the Cavalry

In front of the heavy cavalry, even the best at dealing with cavalry Ben Ming Lang had no way to start. The horses of the hoplites, covered with a layer of fish-scale armor, hung from their backs to their calves, almost touching the ground.

If you want to cut off the leg of a heavily armed cavalryman, you either have to cut the scale armor with a single sword, or lift the scale armor first and then cut the horse's leg, but both methods are very unrealistic.

In front of the cavalry, there is only one chance to shoot, if you miss, someone will stab you to death with a spear from the backhand, let alone mention the fish scale armor on the war horse.

On the battlefield at this moment, the hoplites are really invincible, and when they move forward, no one can stop them.

No matter whether it was Yu Lin Lang or Ben Ming Lang who rushed up, whether it was the Yu Lin Army or the Tiger Ben Army, they were ruthlessly crushed by the heavy cavalry.

Liu Xiu and Long Yuan were both seriously injured, especially Liu Xiu, whose face was covered in blood, with two crossbow arrows in his chest and a crossbow arrow in his lower abdomen, and the three arrow wounds were very serious.

Long Yuan also had a lot of arrow wounds on his body, but the location of the injuries was not as dangerous as Liu Xiu's arrow wounds.

Luo You and Long Zhun supported Liu Xiu and Long Yuan and retreated backwards. But how could they retreat faster than the cavalry. The hoplites, no matter how slow, were much faster than their two legs.

Soon, the hoplites of the first platoon advanced in front of them, spears stabbing at them. Luo Yu held his sword to block. Dang, Dang, two spears were bounced off, but immediately after, a third spear stabbed again.

Luo You couldn't dodge because he was holding Liu Xiu, so he could only hastily put away his sword and block it again.

Only this time she didn't have enough strength to draw her sword, and she couldn't completely block the spear, so she heard the sound of sand, and the spear swept over her shoulder, cutting a gap in the clothes on her shoulder. She felt a burning pain in her shoulder, pulled Liu Xiu to dodge to the side, and at the same time let go of the horse's head, she swept out a sword, sand, and the blade of the sword slashed at the neck of the war horse, and the blade rubbed against the armor of the fish scale armor, rubbing out a series of sparks, but fish scales

The armor was not damaged in the slightest, and the war horse was unharmed, and the knight on the horse was condescending, aimed at Luo You's chest, and stabbed a spear fiercely. Without waiting for Luo You to respond, Liu Xiu waved his arm and pushed Luo You away.

Swish! The spear pierced the air, and when the knight withdrew the spear and wanted to attack again, Liu Xiu shot like lightning, grabbed the spear shaft tightly, and stabbed out with a sword while pulling it back. Burst! His sword was right in the neck of the warhorse.

Don't look at Luo You's sword, which failed to cut through the fish scale armor, but Liu Xiu's Chixiao sword easily pierced the fish scale armor, and the blade of the sword was deeply inserted into the neck of the war horse.

The horse neighed and fell to the ground with a bang, and the horsemen on the horse also fell down.

Luo You would not miss this opportunity, stepped forward with an arrow, and killed the cavalry with a sword.

"Your Majesty!" Luo You walked quickly to Liu Xiu, supported his crumbling body again, and asked with concern, "Your Majesty, ...... your injuries?"

Liu Xiu frowned and said, "I can still bear it!" As he spoke, he looked at the hoplites in front of him, squinted his eyes and said, "Don't worry about me, you find a chance to go first!" ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and grabbed a crossbow arrow from his chest, making a gesture to pull it out.

In the middle of the battle, it was too much of a hindrance to have crossbow arrows stuck in your body.

Seeing this, Luo You hurriedly grabbed Liu Xiu's arm and said urgently: "Your Majesty, no!" "If the crossbow arrow is inserted in the body, the rate of blood loss can be a little slower, and once the crossbow arrow is removed, it will only cause the blood loss to accelerate.

Before Liu Xiu could speak, the attack of the heavy cavalry arrived again, and this time a long knife slashed at the two of them.

Luo You was afraid that it would affect Liu Xiu, so he immediately took two steps forward and held his sword against the opponent's edge. When! The swords collided, and the saber in Luo You's hand almost flew out of his hand.

She is not known for her strength, Luo You's moves are mainly light and dexterous, weird and unpredictable, this kind of hard work is not suitable for her.

With just one move, Luo You's tiger's mouth was shattered, and blood flowed out. The military general who killed missed a knife, and another knife was chopped off on the head.

Luo You's body dodged to the side, getting out of the way, and when the war horse was about to pass by her, the military general kicked to the side and kicked Luo You's chest.

She leaned back, staggered back three steps, and before she could stabilize her figure, another spear stabbed diagonally from the side.

She fell downward, narrowly dodging the spear, but the hoplites advancing around her had already approached her, and several spears continued to stab at Luo You's body.

Luo Yu rolled and rolled on the ground, rustling, and the spear kept piercing the ground where she had tumbled.

At this time, Luo You's body was cut by at least seven or eight openings by the edge of the spear.

She had exhausted her strength, lying on the ground, looking at a hoplite who ran up to her and raised her spear high, and couldn't help but secretly say in her heart that it was over!

Just as Luo Youdu was about to close her eyes and wait for death, the hoplite was about to stab her to death, when suddenly, she heard a whoosh, and a crossbow arrow flew over, hitting the cavalryman's throat.

The cavalryman's spear held high never had a chance to pierce again, and the body sitting on the horse's back shook a few times, and fell headfirst to the ground.

Luo You hurriedly sat up from the ground, and subconsciously looked back to see that the crossbow arrow that was shot just now was the sleeve arrow thrown out by Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu staggered to Luo You's approach and blocked her behind her. Now there was nowhere to hide, and everywhere the eye could see, there were enemy hoplites.

Looking at another heavy cavalryman coming on, Liu Xiu took a deep breath, held a sword in both hands, and was about to fight with the force, when he heard a whoosh, an arrow flew over.

The arrow brushed against the cavalryman's helmet, creating a cloud of sparks.

The hoplite couldn't help but be stunned, and his eyes subconsciously crossed over to Liu Xiu, who was near, and raised his eyes to look ahead.

Before he could see what was going on, he heard a pop, and an arrow suddenly fell from the sky, impartial, and hit him in the chest. The arrow pierced through the iron armor on his chest, digging deep into his chest.

Syllable!

Smack!

Bang Bang Bang! At first, only sporadic arrows flew over, but soon, more and more arrows flew in, and the iron armor on the heavy cavalry could not stop the flying arrows, and the cavalry on the horse fell to the ground one after another, even the war horses, from time to time

The ground fell down.

Liu Xiuhe stood up and Luo You looked back, only to see a large group of cavalry running behind him, as fast as a whirlwind.

Youzhou Raid! More precisely, it is the archer cavalry in the Youzhou Assault Cavalry. These cavalrymen are extremely fast, and both equestrian and archery skills are outstanding.

The cavalrymen sat on galloping horses, twisted their bows and arrows, and then the inertia of the horses charged, and shot arrows.

The arrows that flew out not only had a longer range, but also were faster and more powerful, and even the scale armor of the hoplites could not withstand the arrows of the cavalry archers.

There were two runners in front of these cavalrymen, one was Ma Wu and the other was Geng Shu.

Geng Shu was originally under the command of Feng Yi, and fought with Lu Fang's army in Bingzhou, and later heard that Liu Xiu's army was not effective in Liangzhou, so Feng Yicai ordered Geng Shu to lead the Youzhou Assault Cavalry and rushed to Liangzhou for reinforcements first.

When Geng Shu led the Youzhou assault cavalry, passed through Bingzhou, and arrived at Sanfu, he encountered a large retreat of the Han army.

When he inquired with the soldiers of the Han army, he learned that His Majesty was not in the retreating team, but was still in Hanyang County.

Geng Shu didn't think much about it, and immediately led his troops into Hanyang. Ma Wu, who had retreated to Sanfu, took three hundred Han cavalry, followed Geng Shu, and went to rescue Liu Xiu.

I have to say that Ma Wu and Geng Shu's rescue is too timely, even if it is a minute and a half late, whether the two of them can see Liu Xiu alive is two words.

In terms of the strength of the horses, the Youzhou war horse is indeed inferior to the Liangzhou horse, but the Youzhou horse is faster and more flexible.

In particular, the archer cavalry in the Youzhou Assault Cavalry is simply the nemesis of the heavy cavalry.

They can always maintain a certain distance from the hoplites by virtue of their speed, and at this distance, they can shoot their opponents with bows and arrows, while their crossbow arrows cannot hit them.

At this time, the archers who took the lead began to shoot arrows at the hoplites, and the hoplites continued to fall off their horses with arrows, and for a while, the camp of the hoplites began to be in chaos.

Seeing the enemy approaching the cavalry, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry relined and rushed towards the archers.

Without waiting for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to rush to the front of the archers, the Youzhou Turquoise Cavalry had already rushed out of their own camp and attacked and killed the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

This is a head-on collision between the Youzhou Assault Cavalry and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and the two sides are fighting together against Maimang.

Taking advantage of the Youzhou cavalry to resist the Xiliang iron cavalry, the archers suppressed the heavy cavalry, and Ma Wu rushed to Liu Xiu's side with three hundred Han cavalry.

The heavy cavalry near Liu Xiu and others had been suppressed by the archers and retreated, Ma Wu and others successfully ran to Liu Xiu's approach, and saw Liu Xiu who had several arrow wounds on his body, Ma Wu was in a hurry.

With red eyes, he shouted, "Your Majesty, get on your horse!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, grabbed Liu Xiu, and asked him to sit in front of him.

The rest of the cavalry, one after another, took Long Yuan, Long Zhun, Long Xiao, Luo You, and more than 200 other surviving Han soldiers, turned around and ran back.

Geng Shu saw that Ma Wu had successfully rescued His Majesty, put the whistle in his mouth, and continued to tweet. Hearing the whistle, the Youzhou Raiders, who were engaged in the battle with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, turned their horses and retreated.

Xiliang Tieqi is willing to let them go, and chase after chasing, but unfortunately, in terms of speed, Xiliang Horse is really not as fast as Youzhou Tuqi.

On the other hand, if the speed of the Youzhou horse is not fast enough, the Youzhou cavalry is not worthy of being called a commando cavalry.

The Youzhou Assault rode up, it was really a ride, and the Xiliang cavalry followed behind, only eating dust.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry chased more than 100 meters away, and the arrows of the archers arrived again. Bang Bang Bang! As the arrows flew down, Xiliang Tieqi was shot to the ground from time to time, and the speed of the pursuit slowed down.

Under the cover of the archers, Ma Wu took the wounded Liu Xiu all the way to the east, and finally got rid of the enemy army without danger.

In this battle, Liu Xiu led 2,000 soldiers to meet more than 10,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, almost the entire army was wiped out, and finally escaped with the timely rescue of his own cavalry, but only about 200 people were left of 2,000 people.

And none of the people retreated with their whole body, all of them were wounded, hanging colors, and in the process of retreating alone, more than a dozen seriously wounded soldiers failed to hold on, and they died with a whimper.

However, Liu Xiu's resistance was not meaningless, at least it made the Xiliang Iron Cavalry pay the price of more than 1,000 casualties.

You must know that this Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the lifeblood of Kui Huan, the treasure at the bottom of the box, this time there were more than 1,000 casualties, and there were no results, even Wang Yuan, it is not easy to explain to Kui Huan.

After this battle, Wang Yuan did not dare to send Xiliang Iron Cavalry to pursue the Han army, which also greatly reduced the pressure on the Han soldiers in the process of retreating.

Let's say that Ma Wu and Geng Shu and others, with the wounded Liu Xiu, ran out of dozens of miles in one go, and learned that the enemy army did not chase and kill, so Ma Wu and Geng Shu led their troops to stop and rest in place. Geng Shu immediately sent someone to find Jiang Shiyun and asked her to treat Liu Xiu's wounds.