Chapter 1016: Engagement
Xiao Lengzi was once one of Deng Su's five thousand iron armored heavy cavalry.
The Qin cavalry was famous in the four countries, but the real core was only the five thousand heavy cavalry commanded by Deng Su. They were built by the Deng family. Every year, one-quarter of the military expenditure of the Qin field army was spent on them. So sometimes the field army in other units was not even complete with armor and weapons, and they were damaged, and they were anxious and could not wait for a supplement.
The poverty of the Qin field army once left a profound impression on the young Qin Feng. In the Western Chu army in the Luoying Mountains, all the Chu army, including Qin Feng, had a consensus that if they were killed in battle, they must not fall into the hands of the Qin people.
Because that would die without dignity, the Qin army would strip these Chu troops who died naked and would not even give you a trouser. The Qin field army was cruel because they would not have better weapons and without better weapons and armor. The chance of survival in the cruel war would be even smaller.
Xiao Lengzi did not have such experience. Whether it was weapons or treatment, they were no worse than the royal Thunder Army. Moreover, because their daily lives were constantly fighting, their combat effectiveness was even better than the Thunder Army. They had the ruthlessness that the Thunder Army did not have.
The power of the Qin cavalry is actually based on these five thousand iron armored heavy cavalry.
However, in the Battle of Hengdian, the reputation of the Qin cavalry was completely destroyed, and they were resisted by the heavy infantry of the Ming army. That battle was the most incredible battle that Xiao Lengzi had ever fought. A group of infantry wrapped in cans used the big swords and lives in their hands to block the fatal impact of the armored heavy cavalry. The arrogant iron-armed heavy cavalry broke through the layers of barriers of these heavy infantry, but the iron cans in front seemed endless, and they were filled up layer by layer, and finally, the iron cavalry completely stopped.
Then, the battle situation tilted towards the Ming army.
Countless Ming army light cavalry used their better equipment to defeat the Qin cavalry from the left and right wings and surrounded them. When the iron-armored cavalry lost their speed of impact and were wrapped in a small space, they became living targets one by one.
The end of the war was shameful. The Qin army was defeated on its entire line, and Xiao Lengzi became one of the few heavy cavalry to escape.
Five thousand iron cavalry can count even one slap.
The iron-armored cavalry was unparalleled when they attacked, but when they fled, the heavy iron-armor became a huge burden. Even their commander Deng Su was shot to death by the current Ming general Chen Zhihua on the battlefield with an arrow.
When Qin State was defeated and Deng's family was defeated, Lu Dao took control of the remaining army. These people were no longer the darlings of the past, because Lu Dao could never be able to support heavy armored cavalry. Moreover, they were not Lu Dao's confidants.
They were thrown into a newly recruited army, and of course, people like Xiao Lengzi were still valued and became the cavalry commanders of this army.
Xiao Lengzi was always thinking about revenge, for Deng Su and for those comrades who fought together in the past. But their situation was too difficult.
Being able to eat enough every day has become the biggest wish of this Qin army stationed in Daxin.
Robbery becomes a part of daily life.
This time, the robbery of the Mingren caravan was something that Xiao Lengzi had planned for a long time.
For Qingzhou County, robbing Ming people is a taboo thing, because most of the supplies of the main force of Qingzhou County are from the Ming caravans in Kaiping County. Lu must have issued strict orders that Ming merchants are not allowed to be robbed, especially those large caravans, because these caravans transported to Qingzhou County are strategic materials that Lu must urgently need, and the most important thing is grain.
But Daxin did not get much of this grain, and basically used it to support certain direct troops of Lu.
Xiao Lengzi was very unfair. He believed that Qingzhou County now has 100,000 troops, and the Ming people would not give it to him, so we can go and rob it. Didn’t we always do this before?
The Ming people did not station many troops in Kaiping County. In the past, there was only one Giant Wood Camp and one Baoqing Camp, which only had tens of thousands of people. After the spring of this year, even Baoqing Camp was transferred to Kaiping County. There was a Giant Wood Camp with less than ten thousand people. Xiao Lengzi felt that if Qingzhou was fully deployed, he could swallow Kaiping County with just one mouthful.
There is no need to buy grain with money? Those unscrupulous merchants in the Ming Dynasty sold the price of grain several times higher than their country, and they were completely treating them as fools.
This time, the food robbery was really serious because the food crisis was very serious. As long as the arrangement was properly and the measures were effective, and the Ming people could not catch the handle. Besides, what if the Ming people really discovered it, then just do a battle and drag the entire Qingzhou into the water and fight with the Ming people. That would be really good. At least Xiao Lengzi felt that if Qingzhou County attacked with all his might, it would be no problem to kill Chen Zhihua's Giant Wood Camp. If Chen Zhihua could be killed, it would be avenged General Deng Su's death.
The situation at that time was somewhat beyond his expectations. The guards of the Ming Shang responded very quickly and made very quick decisions. They should have been from the Ming army.
The people I sent out to pursue had already returned one after another, but there was no news in one team. It should be the leader who pursued the guard.
They may never come back. Xiao Lengzi thought to himself, but it's no big deal. What can Kaiping County do if he knows? Can he still beat him? If they want to argue, they must go to Lu. If Lu must be forced to do something, they will make a big profit.
Xiao Lengzi had never thought that the Ming army would come to pursue him because he knew very well that Kaiping County did not have large-scale cavalry, and even if they sent troops, he would have returned to Daxin County long ago.
The important thing is that you have grabbed nearly 3,000 stones of food and finally can alleviate the new food crisis.
He was very happy and hummed slang songs from his hometown all the way.
So when he heard the sound of horse hooves pounding the ground like thunder, he even doubted whether something was wrong with his ears.
At this time, he had already seen the big new city wall.
Looking back, he saw the big banner of the Fengfeng Camp fluttering in the wind.
"Zhaofeng Camp!" He roared with gritted teeth. This was one of his enemies, the Battle of Hengdian, and the other two Ming cavalrymen participating in the battle were Zhuhaofeng Camp and the Liehuo Death Camp, the Emperor Qin Feng of Ming Dynasty.
"All grain trucks should move quickly towards Daxin City, and they must send the grain into the city." He shouted loudly: "The army in the city is not allowed to go out of the city to fight, but only to defend the city. All cavalry should follow me to attack, persist until the grain enters the city, and then break through on their own!"
Xiao Lengzi was not stunned. When he saw the banner of Zhuifeng Camp and the overwhelming Ming cavalry, he knew that he could not fight. But after so much effort, he had to send the food he had snatched into the city. In this way, at least the soldiers in the city would not be hungry anymore, and he fought a battle with the Ming army and then ran away. It would not matter if he could not fight. Anyway, there are many bandits in Qingzhou now, so it is not difficult to recruit another cavalry.
Seeing a soldier rushing towards Daxincheng in a grain truck, Xiao Lengzi turned around, raised the iron spear in his hand, and shouted: "Brothers, Minggou has entered our Qingzhou, fight with them."
With both legs and one war horse, he rushed towards the Ming cavalry that was rushing towards the opposite side.
When Yu Chao laughed happily when he saw this bold and arrogant Qin cavalry appear in his eyes.
"Send the order, the left and right wings encircle, the central army attacked and wiped out the Qin cavalry. Damn, if one of them is let go, I will make you not eat at night." Yu Chao shouted with a finger at the front of the horse spear.
As the sound of the military horn sounded, the Ming army, who were riding their horses, jumped up on the horses that had been with them, and jumped onto the war horses that were specially used for combat. The left and right wings circled in a large circle to capture the enemy cavalry, while the central army rushed forward straight.
At this time, Huo Zheng's war horse was already foaming at his mouth. When he was fighting, he naturally couldn't get up. He rode his horse to the side of Yu Chao, the banner of the Central Army. Huo Zheng pointed to the food truck that was moving away, "General Yu, food truck, grain truck, stop them."
Yu Chao snorted: "What are you trying to stop them? Are we short of this food?"
"Ah?" Huo Zheng didn't react for a moment.
"If the food does not enter the city, then after I annihilate this Qin cavalry, I will have no excuse to stay here again!" Yu Chao smiled. "How can I forget it like this after finally coming here?"
Yu Chao tilted his head and remembered that he had chased him here two years ago and received the order to return the army. It was a pity!
"That matter is a bit big!" Huo Zheng murmured to himself.
Yu Chao chuckled and pointed ahead: "Why, do you think things are still very small now?"
Huo Zheng's eyes turned to the battlefield. The black-armored Chasing Wind Camp cavalry had already submerged the Qin cavalry in it like an angry tide. Whether it was equipment or combat power, the Ming cavalry had the advantage of crushing. The yellowish Qin cavalry disappeared into the black wave one by one.
"This is too fast, right?" Huo Zheng said tremblingly.
"After the Battle of Hengdian, there will be no more Qin cavalry!" Yu Chao said lightly: "That heavy cavalry is a little bit noticeable. If you fight them head-on, then the Zhuifeng Camp is really not an opponent. Of course, I will not be so stupid. I will drag him to death and grind him to death with such heavy iron armored cavalry. Unfortunately, in that battle, we didn't have this opportunity, so we could only fight head-on. Five thousand Miner Battalion, which suffered heavy losses. Two-thirds of the soldiers of the Miner Battalion fell in that battle."
Hearing Yu Chao's words, Huo Zheng nodded slightly. When their Giant Wood Camp arrived at the battlefield, the war was coming to an end, so they took on a pursuit job.
Chapter completed!