Chapter 69: Iron Blood Forges Iron Horseman
That night, Peach Leopard went to sue his sworn brother Kui An, Kui An was extremely embarrassed after listening, this matter would definitely be dealt with by Shi Le to support Peach Leopard, but it would be difficult to give him Kui An's order, don't look at him as the prime minister of Xiangguo, but there are a lot of restraints around him, not to mention Shi Le's relatives, even those ministers Zhang Jing and others often find themselves uncomfortable, so his every move is very restricted.
Kui An comforted Peach Leopard, and learned that today was the birthday of Peach Leopard's original wife, so he asked Peach Leopard to go back first, and everything would be said tomorrow, Kui An had a headache, and he still had a lot of trouble tomorrow, but he didn't know that he left Peach Leopard overnight to set aside a big event.
Early the next morning, Captain Hu, who had not slept all night, immediately prepared to attack, he was afraid that he would be thoroughly investigated last night, Guo Quan's words of analysis wandered in his mind, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he would definitely be punished, Captain Hu thought he was a tough guy, he was not afraid of death, but it was meaningless to be afraid of death.
As soon as the morning dawned, Captain Hu couldn't wait, he knew that the peach leopard went into the city to complain to himself, he was afraid that the person who arrested him would appear at any time, he decided to fight for himself, he didn't eat breakfast, he let the whole army attack, at this time the city gate of Xiangguo City was not opened, and the sergeants who wanted to tell the peach leopard were completely out of line.
However, despite the fact that Captain Hu was nominally the leader of this army, it could not completely control the two thousand men, so about five or six hundred cavalrymen, led by a deputy lieutenant, refused to obey Captain Hu's orders, because Captain Hu's orders were illegal without the documents of the superiors. Captain Hu is ready to fly, in his opinion, even fifteen hundred people can defeat the other party, and in his heart, the cavalry of the Qiang tribe is invincible.
Just after Captain Hu came out of the camp with about 1,500 cavalry, Guo Quan walked out of the camp tent on the other side with a few henchmen.
"Mr. Li is really a last resort, I think it's much better than that Zhang Bin. Guo Quan said in a low voice, yesterday he went to ask Mr. Li again, Mr. Li didn't want to say more, but he couldn't be pestered by Guo Quan so he gave Guo Quan a suggestion.
Yesterday, after Guo Quan explained the benefits and disadvantages to Captain Hu, Captain Hu wanted to understand what he had done, and Shi Le would definitely not be able to spare him when he came back, so Guo Quan gave him an idea, that is, to strive for credit, and the merits and demerits were offset, and even Shi Le felt that he Captain Hu was more talented than Peach Leopard, and he would reuse him. So Captain Hu was overjoyed and accepted Guo Quan's suggestion, and this scene this morning happened.
"Mr. Li told me that if the Bingzhou army can block Xiangguo City, there must be a reliance, let these fools try the quality of the Bingzhou army first, if there is a chance, hehe. Guo Quan quickly gathered his troops and sent out dozens of scouts to reconnoitre, so that he could master everything, and just half an hour after Captain Hu left, Guo Quan gathered 1,500 cavalry under his command and quickly followed.
An hour later, the city gate was opened, and some of the cavalry of the Qiang tribe who were unwilling to follow Captain Hu to disobey the order ran to the Peach Leopard's mansion to report, and some ran to their respective masters, but the rest of the people didn't matter if they had any ideas, and after the decision-making Peach Leopard and Kui An knew, it was already two hours later. Peach Leopard was so shocked that he rode back to the camp without even going to find Kui'an.
He Taobao is the commander of this army, although Captain Hu is rude first, but once there is a problem, he Taobao is the first person responsible. If Captain Hu wins, then he will become a rat who is greedy for life and afraid of death in the eyes of everyone, and your subordinates can defeat the Bingzhou army, but you are the main general but do not move, what is it that you are not cowardly and greedy for life and afraid of death? Once you gain this reputation, then he will be finished.
Of course, if Captain Hu is defeated, he will not be able to please him, and the reputation of a person who is incompetent in governing the army will not be much better, and he will not even be able to manage his own subordinates, and he can still be trusted by Shi Le? What's more, if this army is completely destroyed, then he will become the enemy in the eyes of all the Qiang people, who have a total of about 100,000 people, and 2,000 men will be very sad to the Qiang people.
However, after Peach Leopard rushed back to the camp, more than two hours had passed, and what made him even more annoyed was that Guo Quan's descendants had also left, which almost showed that he had completely lost control of this army. But Tao Leopard had no choice but to lead his descendants of more than 1,500 people and more than 200 people of the cavalry of the Qiang tribe towards the camp of the Bingzhou army, if Captain Hu and Guo Quan and the Bingzhou army reached a stalemate, he could kill the past with the posture of a savior, defeat the Bingzhou army, then everything can be saved, of course, this is just the best situation.
In fact, Captain Hu had already killed with the Bingzhou army, and on the unobstructed plain, the two cavalry fought each other, relying on bravery and horsemanship, and there was no strategy to use. Most of the time, the art of war left by the ancestors of the Han people is indeed useful, but many times it is useless, and any conspiracy and trickery is fake in the face of absolute strength. When Chu Yun was in the Immortal Martial Continent, he relied on absolute personal force to deter his subordinates, and no one among his subordinates dared to betray him. In this world, since personal strength cannot reach that height, then Chu Yun pinned his hope on an invincible army in the world, Chu Yun has always cultivated the iron-blooded cavalry with the highest requirements, and today Chu Yun is ready to defeat this cavalry of the Qiang clan in a dignified manner, only by constantly defeating the enemy, then an invincible and strong army can be slowly born.
Of course, it can't be said that Chu Yun's idea is wrong, nor is it absolutely correct, but Chu Yun thinks that he is correct.
But just as Chu Yun was preparing to face the 1,500 cavalry of Captain Hu, the scouts reported that there were 1,500 cavalry behind them, and they would leave reserves when fighting on the battlefield, Chu Yun of course knew it, but in Chu Yun's opinion, the number of the other party was twice as many as his own, and in order to ensure his victory, he would definitely send the whole army out to have a decisive battle with him, and he would never use refueling tactics.
Although Chu Yun didn't think clearly about the special situation that the opposing cavalry was split because of the high-level battle. But it blocked Chu Yun's confidence that he wanted to take this opportunity to annihilate the more than 1,500 people, since the other party dared to divide his troops, then he dared to divide his troops. Chu Yun ordered 1,500 iron-blooded cavalry to stand by in the southwest, and their task was very simple, that is, to block the 1,500 cavalry led by Guo Quan and the follow-up enemy, and buy time for them to completely annihilate Captain Hu's army.
Chu Yun had already seen that this cavalry was dominated by the Qiang people, and it was even likely to be all the cavalry of the Qiang tribe, their tall stature and the best weapons and armor undoubtedly exposed their identities.
Chu Yun has a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Qiang people, you must know that the Qiang people are a nation that has created history, although they have not existed for a long time, but they have burst out with the most dazzling light. In the period of division of Wuhu chaos for hundreds of years, the cavalry of the Qiang nationality can definitely rank among the top three strong military groups, and a few decades later, they have created bloody deeds that almost exterminated the Xianbei and Jiangnan Han people, of course, in the end because of their brutality, they also dissipated in the long river of history, but no one can deny their strength.
The iron-blooded cavalry defeated the Hun cavalry, as long as they defeated the Qian's cavalry, the Xianbei cavalry, and the Qiang iron-cavalry head-on, then they would establish absolute confidence and make them one of the strongest armies in the world, and this honor can only be obtained by war.
Chu Yun would rather let the iron-blooded cavalry and the cavalry of the Qiang clan fight to defeat both sides, even if the 1,500 people were almost wiped out, he was not ready to change his mind. What's more, the Iron Rider also has his own help, Chu Yun has long observed the Qiang Cavalry, except for the strong and fierce man at the front who is a derivative of divine power, the rest are just ordinary people, Chu Yun is ready to capture the thief and capture the king, kill the strongest leader of the other party first, and create a better opportunity for the Iron Knight.
There is no nonsense in the cavalry engagement, in one word, it is - dry.
The iron-blooded cavalry is still an awl-shaped formation, Chu Yunding is at the forefront, and the cavalry of the Qiang tribe is not to be outdone, they rushed up with a roar, but they first came with a rain of arrows during the impact, which is completely different from the Huns, and unlike the Huns who have seriously degraded their riding skills in sinicization, the cavalry of the Qiang nationality retains the wildest wolf nature of the nomads. That's why they were able to shoot arrows in just a few breaths of time when the two cavalry were engaged, and then discard their bows and arrows and draw their weapons, which the Predators couldn't do, to be honest.
Chu Yun flew two sharp arrows, he was obedient to the cavalry of the Qian tribe, this is really a group of crazy people, ordinary cavalry duel with them, with bare hands, they can consume most of their morale, and it is not only a blow to morale, because they encountered arrows in the high-speed advance, so many iron-blooded horsemen could not dodge, and they were shot and fell off their horses. Although there were only a few dozen people, it also made the formation of the iron-blooded riders chaotic.
Chu Yun still has a long lance in his hand, although he has mastered the knife realm, but to be honest, the iron-smelting process at this time is very backward, the Qinglong Yanyue knife used by Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms is all fictional, and most of the generals at this time use guns, lances, halberds, axes, and hammers, and that kind of long-handled Pu knife is also common, but the length of riding on the horse is too short, and the weight of Chu Yun is too light, Chu Yun still uses the long lance he got before, which is enough to deal with ordinary people.
Chu Yun's lance continued to kill anyone he saw in front of him, although the people of the Qi tribe were not afraid of death, but they were not a general in front of Chu Yun. Chu Yun quickly penetrated the formation of the Qiang people, but when he turned the horse's head, there were only a few dozen people behind him, and the rest were all entangled by the Qiang cavalry, Chu Yun jumped the horse's head without saying a word and killed it.
What kind of mind and strategy on the battlefield is nonsense, once the fight starts, there will only be numb killing, Chu Yun no longer knows how many people he killed, two or three hundred people are there, but there are still enemies everywhere. Most of the people's horses on the battlefield don't know where to run for a long time, almost all of them have become infantry, although the iron-blooded cavalry is elite, but it is still worse than this group of crazy people who specialize in killing, almost every half-person can replace a Qian, if it weren't for Chu Yun, the leader who is almost like a god, to be honest, the iron-blooded cavalry can't hold on.
Now the battle has been going on for more than half an hour, and the Iron Blood Army has killed and injured more than 600 people, of course, the Qiang people have not bargained, and they have almost half of the dead, but every Qiang warrior has no trace of fear, they are red-eyed, and they are crazy to kill every Iron Rider they see, they are worthy of the title of battle madman.
"It's crazy. Chu Yun swept away, and the three Qiang warriors were swept out, seeing that they were no longer alive, but there was still a steady stream of Qiang people killing him. Although Chu Yun is a master of transforming strength, he is not invincible, and his strength will also run out at times. Suddenly, a hint of pale gold appeared in his field of vision, which attracted Chu Yun's attention, Chu Yun's iron-blooded army wore dark red fish scale armor, while the people of the Qiang tribe wore black and some wore white. The armor of the cavalry is all first-class chain mail, but there are also better, some favored generals, who will be given some more advanced goods.
The armor of this era was made of fish scale armor, that is, iron pieces the size of fish scales, and although the person was wearing fish scale armor on the outside, he had a gold wire soft armor inside, which was not made of gold, but a vest woven with fine metal wire, which could be worn on the body to play a protective role. It is actually the miniature version of the European chain mail. It was very difficult to weave metal wire into armor in ancient times, so its price was extremely expensive, not less than the same weight of silver, and the quality was not inferior to the same weight of gold.
The defense of the golden silk soft armor is actually very average, and it is very effective against slashing weapons such as knives, which can prevent the knife from slashing into the limbs, and use the method of increasing the contact surface to turn the force of the knife into a relatively slight blunt injury. However, there is a limit to this effect, and the effectiveness of heavy slashing weapons such as axes is very limited, and this kind of weapon can directly cut off the golden silk soft armor. Moreover, because the woven mesh is relatively sparse, piercing weapons such as bows and spears can easily concentrate their force to exert huge pressure on a small point, and then destroy the armor. Therefore, the role of gold silk soft armor for piercing weapons is very limited. For blunt weapons, the golden silk soft armor is almost completely defenseless.
But the golden silk soft armor is a symbol of status, the person Chu Yun saw just now is the leader of this army, no matter how strong the cavalry is, but once the leader is killed, then the army will be in turmoil, which gives Chu Yun a chance.
Just when Chu Yun was about to capture the thief and capture the king, Guo Quan, who rushed to the battlefield, was stunned, and he saw at a glance that the cavalry of the Qian clan and the iron-blooded cavalry led by Captain Hu had already been mixed together, and at least they had been fighting for a short time. But in his heart, the invincible cavalry of the Qiang tribe could only maintain balance, and the armor worn by the two armies was of different colors, and it was obvious that the remaining manpower on both sides was almost the same.
And what shocked him even more was that in front of them, there were cavalry almost equal to them guarding against them, the iron-blooded cavalry was in strict order, they were almost horizontal and vertical in front of them, Guo Quan could easily calculate that this cavalry guarding them was almost 1,500 people.
You must know that the total number of 3,000 Bingzhou troops has long been determined by them, and now there are 1,500 people guarding against them, doesn't it mean that the 1,500 men of Captain Hu are facing the same number of Bingzhou cavalry? But now it seems that the two sides have almost ended in a draw, which was unimaginable in the past.
Guo Quan regretted it a little, once he let Shi Le know that he provoked Captain Hu out of the camp, then no matter how much he was trusted by Shi Le, he would be annihilated by Shi Le's anger.
"General, what should we do?" asked one of Guo Quan's lieutenants.
This unlucky guy just provoked Guo Quan's anger, and Guo Quan dragged the deputy general off the horse: "What should I do, what should I do? We just saw Captain Hu come out with someone, and wanted to follow him out to see what was going on, and now I found that we were lost, we can only go back, such a simple thing, and use me to teach you?"
After Guo Quan finished speaking, his subordinates were all stunned, they had been following Guo Quan for several years, Guo Quan was a general who advocated attack, he even dared to attack thousands of enemies with hundreds of men, what happened now? He actually opened his eyes and said nonsense, even a blind man could see the battle thousands of kilometers away, he actually said that he had lost it? Many honest sergeants looked at the battlefield and then at Guo Quan, and after looking back and forth a few times, Guo Quan saw the stupidity of this group of subordinates, and his anger rose again.
He rose too late, so his subordinates are all leftovers picked by others, which is also too stupid. Don't they have long brains? Are they comparable to Captain Hu's men? Didn't they see that the cavalry of the Pure Nationality under Captain Hu were almost overwhelmed, wouldn't they give people their heads when they rushed up?
"Let's go. Guo Quan said angrily, he is not afraid of his subordinates betraying him, because the families of these guys have to rely on themselves to eat, and once they betray themselves, then there is no need to mix under Shi Le, the people of the Qian people hate the person who betrays their master the most.
Looking at the cavalry that was leaving, the fifteen hundred iron-blooded horsemen who were ready to intercept them at any time were stunned, of course they couldn't hear Guo Quan's words and didn't know Guo Quan's thoughts, but as soon as they retreated, it was obviously a sign of weakness, and it was an honor to be able to scare the people away, and these iron-blooded horsemen all booed.
Captain Hu, who was not far away, was furious when he saw this scene, he was not blind, how could he not see Guo Quan and them, he was full of gratitude, thinking that Guo Quan was here to help him. To be honest, he didn't expect this army to be so difficult, watching his men fall one by one, although he never knew what despair meant, a Qiang warrior is not allowed to despair, but he still involuntarily rose in his heart with remorse. He knew that General Taobao's analysis was right, and the siege of Xiangguo City by such a small number of people in the Bingzhou Army was indeed based on them, and the strong combat effectiveness of the Bingzhou Army was relied on, he should not listen to Guo Quan's provocation, he was just a school captain, and his eyesight was far behind, otherwise how could Taobao be a general.
But he still has some hope in his heart, this hope is that in addition to their 1,500 cavalry, he doesn't believe that he will be abandoned, but Guo Quan's behavior completely destroyed his luck, if Guo Quan is by his side now, then he will not hesitate to slaughter Guo Quan.
Except for Captain Hu, the rest of the cavalry of the Qiang tribe were not fools, and they also fell from hope to despair, and this kind of up-and-down impact quickly lowered their morale. But on the contrary, the morale of the Iron Blood Army has risen sharply, and this increase and drop is a fatal blow to the Qiang people.
When Captain Hu saw the 1,500 reserve troops not far away, which were ready to support at any time, he immediately wanted to order a retreat, and if he did not leave again, then he would probably be completely annihilated. The Qiang had never been annihilated by more than a thousand cavalry at one time, and he did not want to be the first.
But just as he was about to speak, a man with a long lance quietly came to his side like a ghost on the battlefield, this person was Chu Yun who used the Bagua Step to fight his way out of the encirclement, and the long lance in Chu Yun's hand stabbed towards the frowning Captain Hu with a cold light, and Captain Hu didn't notice it at all.
"Lieutenant, be careful. A few exclamations woke up Captain Hu in thought, but his personal soldiers saw Chu Yun's lance, and they all desperately gave up their respective enemies and killed Chu Yun, but unfortunately it was too late.