Chapter 1010: Where the Soldiers Look
No general is willing to face an invincible enemy.
Vsevolod II Oligovich did not win more allies during the long winter in Eastern Europe, and Pereyaslaval, SeveroNovgorod, or the more compact Murnikov, or even the principalities of Ryazan and Smolensk, which belonged to Northern Rus', were not willing to stand in the same trench as him.
Helplessly, Vsevolod II Oligovich could only continue to intensify the looting of food and other materials in the Grand Duke's territory, recruit civilians in the territory, and even recruit mercenaries, and then draw troops and horses from his old nest Chernihiv to defend Kyiv. He really wanted to run back to his hometown, but behind the Grand Duchy of Kyiv was Pinsk, one of his most important allies. In contrast to the weaker Kurkos, Pinsk's friendship was crucial for Vsevolod II Oligovich. Therefore, he must stick to Kyiv and fight at least one battle, otherwise he will be seen as a betrayal of his teammates.
As we entered February, the cold in Eastern Europe had not yet dissipated. Lu Yu and Lu Yun, who had been impatient for a long time, raised their whips one after another and inflicted the war on the Rus' principalities.
After a winter's baptism, they have deeply realized the benefits of making the 'cake' bigger for themselves. It was still cold in Eastern Europe in February, and there was still a lot of ice on the river that had not melted, but it was enough for the horses to gallop.
The first to be attacked were Pereyaslaval, Severo-Novgorod and the pocket-sized Kursk.
Lu Chuan and Lu Yue raised troops to attack Pereyaslaval, and the rest of the troops attacked SeveroNovgorod and Kursk on two fronts.
30,000 cavalry troops entered, and the small towns and villages in the Rus's territory melted like ice and snow in the sun under the attack of so many soldiers.
Except for a limited number of large cities heavily defended by the Rus', everything else was swept away by the Lu Qi army.
The 30,000 iron horsemen don't seem to be there to kill, but to travel collectively.
At the front of the line were lightly armed scouts, who galloped in front of the army, constantly listening to and transmitting the military information ahead. Behind them were armies composed of capitals, battalions, and regiments, each with its own route of march, which was chaotic but not chaotic.
The destination of the three teams is the capital of their respective targets.
Because the special human and social environment of Europe determines that the influence and role of the regional rulers will be extremely important to break the foundation.
It's even better if you hit a few cartilages.
The chiefs of the three principalities were all confined to their castles, and the dukes of Pereyaslaval and Kursk did not send an army to launch a counterattack at all, that is, the dukes of Severonowrod sent an army to attack when they saw that the number of Qi vanguard troops outside the city was not very often.
Then the kite was flown by the vanguard of the Qi army!
Veseslav led thousands of cavalry to rush out of the heavy fortress, and then their speed simply couldn't catch up with the Lu Qi army!
In today's era of European masters, the quality of the local horses under the crotch has not experienced the hybridization of excellent Middle Eastern war horses, nor has they undergone self-systematic cultivation, and the quality of the war horses is far from comparable to the same kind in history.
The fine war horses from Central Asia and West Asia under Lu Qijun's crotch could easily throw off them three streets.
The two armies gathered at a distance of about twenty zhang, and one arrow after another flew behind the vanguard of the Qi army.
Li Shifu fired a series of powerful arrows, shooting down five Ross knights like a point kill. The distance between the two sides from each other has slowly narrowed from sixty or seventy meters to forty or fifty meters, and a sarcastic smile appeared on his face, these Rus' people are chasing in such a hurry, can they bite off a single hair of them except to die? Thinking like this, he reached out and took out a grenade from the horse clip, and with a tug of the fuse, he could clearly see that the grenade began to smoke, and then threw it to the ground.
The smoking grenade landed in the Rus's cavalry formation with the sound of rolling horses' hooves, making a "clang" sound, and the countdown to life was carried out.
There are two if there is one. The explosion of the grenade is not very powerful, but it is enough to deal with the warhorses of the Rus. The constant explosions directly disintegrated their ranks, and the frightened horses ran wildly, completely disrupting the momentum of the entire pursuing cavalry group.
And the vanguard of the Qi army, which was still running in front, turned back to the dock one after another, first with a round of stormy shooting, and then threw away the bow and arrow, Li Shifu took the lead, brandishing a big gun and rushing into the enemy formation, which was invincible.
Where the spear goes, there is no three-in-one enemy!
Li Shifu is such an awesome, a man who came out of northern Shaanxi, relying on his outstanding martial arts and relying on his own dare to fight and kill, he successfully entered the eyes of Emperor Lu.
Compared with Na Cheng Min, Wang Sheng and others, as Li Shifu after Zhao Song's demotion, his personal achievements are obviously more successful.
These generals handpicked by Lu Qian, in terms of real skills, are the oldest nine-pattern dragons ranked last. The remaining four generals, Yang Zaixing, Li Yanxian, Niu Gao, and Li Shifu, any one of them is a world-class warrior. Not only is his martial arts outstanding, but he also has a lot of experience in fighting in the army.
Viseslav's hands were shaking.
From his point of view, the team he led was no different from the vulgar farmers, all in a bad mess. Without a squad platoon, there would be no more companies - the army is organized in the decimal system, with ten people as a squad, a hundred people as a platoon, and a thousand people as a company. They have completely lost their organization and team.
You must know that with the fragmentation of the Rus' principality, with the growth of the aristocratic power in the Rus' principality, the combat effectiveness of the Rus' cavalry under the same number has become stronger.
In the early Rus' principalities, their cavalry units were called the Duchy Guard, and their members were divided into two types according to age and seniority: the older veterans were mostly nobles and officers; Young recruit apprentices have yet to gain experience and reach a certain age to be promoted by the lord.
However, time has come to the present, because the situation of private ownership of land has become very serious, the nobles do not report to the army at all, and the apprentice soldiers have become the main force. These people do not have the pride and arrogance of the nobility, and the meaning of being a soldier is very important to them, such as the combat effectiveness of the Rus' cavalry has increased to a certain extent.
They are more like an army and brave in battle.
As a high-ranking officer, how did Visheslav not know the impact of the scattered ranks and the drastic drop in the speed of the whole army on the combat effectiveness?
The enemy was already as fierce as a tiger and a wolf, and he could imagine his tragic end. According to the current trend, it is estimated that in less than half an hour, all the soldiers here will be reimbursed.
"Give up the formation!" Veseslav wiped the sweat from his face: "Each fights, fight to the death." Defend the dignity of Ross with our blood! ”
The current scene was chaotic, and Viseslav lost confidence in victory, and all that was churning in his mind at this time was the thought, "Fight to the death!" ”
In a situation where the battle is irretrievable, such a choice, very knightly!
"For Rose!" Viseslav withdrew the shield in his hand, raised a big sword, roared angrily, and rushed straight towards Li Shifu with the people around him.
"Approach me!" Viseslav looked at Li Shifu's ornate armor and concluded that this person's identity must be different. "There is a Chinese nobleman over there, if we catch him, we can leave the battlefield safely!"
Everyone who heard Viseslav's shouts was shaken. Nobody wants to, does it?
Of course, Li Shifu discovered that Rus cavalry, and just as Vyseslav had judged, he was also very interested in Vyseslav, who was dressed in 'gorgeous' armor and wore a silk cloak, which was no ordinary character.
After a small but very violent impact, Veseslav had an extra cup of blood in his chest, and blood was gushing out of his chest, and the whole person lay on his back on the ground, looking at the blue sky with bitterness on the corners of his mouth.
I didn't expect that the man's strength was so great, just one blow made his arm numb, and the second impact, the big sword in his hand was picked off, Veseslav did not give up, he rushed towards Li Shifu, holding a dagg......er that had just been drawn out in his hand, and then he was picked away by a shot.