"What the hell is going on?" Wang Yu asked angrily, grabbing an officer's neck.

"The cavalry was defeated and more than 300 cavalry were lost. General Zhang gathered the scattered soldiers and confronted the bandits."

"Who defeated?"

"The thief army's hall is a horse."

"Get out!" Wang Yu kicked him in annoyance.

The hall was Ma Zhi, and I heard that he killed more than a thousand Xia soldiers after Taigu Pass, and was very arrogant!

This time, Liang general Zhang Guihou should have led people to break the rear.

There were more than 2,000 people in the hall, including more than 1,000 heavy cavalrymen in the hall, as well as more than 1,000 elite infantry battles. This was the only one that Zhang Guihou could fight in his eyes.

Some troops of the Xia army may be able to fight, but overall, they cannot do it and it still takes time to train.

In this way, Zhang Guihou should have asked the Po Xia army to retreat with two thousand Tutuan's village men first, stayed and retreated, and was responsible for cutting off the rear.

"The infantry will press forward and repel the thieves." Wang Yu ordered: "I will go up in person."

The main force of the army left Huayuan Pass and was still marching on the nine-curved and eighteen-turn mountain road. It was drizzling again, and it was extremely slippery. From time to time, vehicles rolled down the valley, and the overall speed was outrageously slow. However, the thief army could escape from relatively easy-to-go roads. If the cavalry had not walked fast, they would have let the thieves run away first.

Dingyuan, the two armies had a total of 1,500 cavalrymen. Five hundred men walked another way, and a thousand men followed the main force. The first confrontation was defeated by the bandit army. The morale of the cavalry had fallen, and the next one could only rely on infantry.

"Slow down." The commander of the military commander Guan Kairun came over and advised: "Commander, let's go with utmost importance. If you choose the soldiers to abandon the baggage and move slowly, you will be in a hurry when you arrive in Dengfeng, your physical strength is already weak and you can't fight again. If you are in good condition, two or three thousand soldiers can beat the hall?"

Wang Yu coughed and wanted to kill the bandits, but bragging was boring. He still had to do it with real swords and guns in the battle formation. There were more than 2,000 people in the hall, and the Xia army was defeated with the same force, and there was no doubt that the Xia army would be defeated in a crushing defeat.

I can only rely on the number of people to crush them to death!

If the more people, the less people will be beaten. If the more people are not peasant soldiers with lack of military skills and experience or farming and fighting soldiers, they will be defeated by one blow, the more energy will eventually be consumed but the more elite.

The destruction of the right wing of the Changzhi Army in Luoyang has proved this point. The Tiande Army was only beaten in front of others, and only the Tianxiong Army in the Martial Arts Department could fight with them. However, the Tianxiong Army's troops were worse than the Changzhi Army, and the victory was that the officers were not afraid of death. At the same time, the total strength of their own side was far greater than that of the Changzhi Army, and their continuous harassment weakened their morale and combat effectiveness, and this was successful in one fell swoop.

They have 12,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry, and ten thousand Tumen's village men. If they walk with a heavy heart, they will be able to kill the entire hall, but do not go up and send people to the death.

"Well, go with sternness and leave this mountain road first." Wang Yu sighed, "It would be great if there were some foreign cavalry."

In the past, I always despised the foreign cavalry's combat effectiveness and was beaten by the cavalry of each army head-on. However, now the cavalry of the military has been abused by other people's heavy cavalry. If there are light archers and cavalry adopting the roaming tactics, it is very suitable.

Armorless light cavalry, light armor medium-sized cavalry, heavy armor heavy cavalry, armored cavalry, armored cavalry, it is really something that can be defeated by one thing.

After ordering, the troops still moved forward slowly and advanced towards Dengfeng.

Along the narrow and winding mountain road, a team of more than 20,000 people stretched for several miles, looking quite spectacular.

As their move, the Xia army's strategic intentions should be very obvious.

...

Wei Boqiu set out for a while. After several days of marching, he finally saw the city walls of Jiacheng County from afar.

At this time, Wei Boqiu got good news and bad news.

The good news is that Jiacheng County is almost an empty city. The vanguard troops sent by Wei Boqiu occupied the entire city with almost no effort.

The bad news is that there is almost nothing in the city, and nearly half of the food and grass they carried with the army has been consumed. If they cannot replenish the food, they can only kill mules and horses to satisfy their hunger. On the one hand, they reduce the consumption of beans and grains, and on the other hand, they increase some meat supply.

But no matter what, the exhausted soldiers finally got a chance to breathe. The road was too difficult to walk, and everyone became mud monkeys. Fighting in the rainy season was simply a torture.

In the afternoon, the auxiliary soldiers demolished the door panels of some uninhabited houses, chopped firewood, boiled water and cooked.

The soldiers were silently maintaining their equipment to ensure that the war did not lose its chains when it came.

"Military envoy, a bandit army came from the north, and there were still ten miles away." The strong scout hurried into the city and reported to Wei Boqiu and Yang Yi.

"How many people are there?" Yang Yi asked first.

"No less than seven thousand, there may be ten thousand. The post road is tortuous and cannot be seen clearly from afar. The thieves have no cavalry, only a few dozen range scouts."

"Has they discovered it?" Wei Boqiu asked.

"The brothers who went out together are back." The scout answered honestly.

It means that none of us were caught, but the thieves knew it and couldn't guarantee it. The terrain was so complicated that no one knew whether they had sent scouts to lurk over.

"Who is the thief?"

"The bandit army has not opened its flag, so I don't know. I have tried to capture the bandit army alone and have a single ride. If it succeeds, it should be able to be questioned."

Wei Boqiu and Yang Yi looked at each other.

So many people should have returned from Dengfeng. I don’t know what the components are, and I can’t stand the battle.

"Military envoy, can you attack?" Yang Yi had five hundred cavalry under him, eager to try.

"There are some shortcomings in five hundred cavalry. Where did Ma Zhi, the Thousands of people in the thief army, go? Could it be that they are still in Taigu Pass? Or Dengfeng?" Wei Boqiu wished he could fly to the sky and carefully see every arrangement of Liang army on the ground.

"If I meet a thief cavalry, I won't fight." Yang Yi was still fighting for it: "It rains for a few more days, and the cavalry will be completely unable to move out. Everyone is rolling in the mud. Don't take advantage of this time."

"I'm not willing to go out to fight before I can take advantage of this moment, right?" Wei Boqiu smiled.

"Military envoy, there are many thieves, so it's hard to say whether we can fight. Our army has only 2,000 infantry and 500 cavalry. If we are determined to intercept the thief army, are you sure you can stop it?" Yang Yi was a little anxious and asked again.

"What you said makes sense." Wei Boqiu found personal soldiers and asked the soldiers to put out the fire. He used milk powder and water for lunch.

Yang Yi looked at him silently, and her face gradually became happy, as if she understood something.

"General Yang!" Wei Boqiu turned his head again, looked at Yang Yi, and said, "This time he left Luokou, it was a risk. Fortunately, King Hong Fu, he went here without any mistakes. Now that he met a thief, how dare he take another risk?"

"Why don't you dare?" Yang Yi smiled.

"Okay!" Wei Boqiu also made up his mind and said, "After the rest, your troops will take a little bit of a walk to the enemy's flank and repeatedly harass them. If you encounter a thief cavalry brigade, don't fight with it, but harass it, do you understand?"

"As for your order." Yang Yi said excitedly.

Wei Boqiu smiled. There is still time. There is no need to rush to clean up now. Let the soldiers rest enough to have the strength to fight.

...

The continuous drizzle finally stopped. Zhao Lin touched the rain on his face and cursed a few words in a low voice.

The brigade was still marching. They abandoned some unnecessary supplies just to speed up the marching. Seeing that the county was far away, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally had a place to settle down.

"Try harder! Go to Gaocheng County to have a good rest." Zhao Lin asked someone to convey the order, and the morale of the soldiers was slightly boosted.

"Military envoy, you can't spend the night in Gaocheng County tonight." Liu Qi came up and reminded.

Zhao Lin looked at him with some dissatisfaction and said, "The thief is rampant. Do I look like the kind of person who is ignorant?"

Liu Yannuo was speechless and had a smile on his face, but he had already scolded Zhao Lin in his heart.

It’s really blind for the things that can be relied on people’s power. King Liang used you as the envoy of the Xia army!

The army walked forward several miles, and suddenly someone came to report: "The military envoy, just now, sent a scout to the mountain to send a flag, and some bandits have arrived!"

Zhao Lin was very surprised and immediately sent two groups of racquets to inquire about the situation. At the same time, he ordered the stop moving forward and the battalions were in full swing.

The auxiliary soldiers pulled up the carriage, distributed the armor and spears to the soldiers one by one, and then placed the empty carriage on both sides of the brigade, with crossbowmen and spearmen lying on the carriage.

After everything was rectified, the sound of horse hooves was faintly heard in the distance.

"What a thief! It's endless, right?" Zhao Lin was furious: "Why didn't the rain last a few days? It's better to destroy the Xia thief's cavalry."

Wang Yanzhang, dressed in military uniform, led his horse past. When he heard Zhao Lin's words, he secretly spat. Can such a person be a commander? Is there no one in King Liang available? Is the Zhao family in Xuzhou worthy of winning over?

The car array began to move forward.

The Xia cavalry also rushed over from afar and rushed to a very close place, but still had no intention of slowing down.

"Swoosh! Swoosh!" A large number of arrows were shot from the Liang army formation, and Xia army cavalry hit the arrows and fell to the ground with a humming moan.

More than a hundred riders rode their horses to the formation and stopped, first pausing the horse lance into the soft soil, and then pulling out the riding bow and shooting continuously.

Sparse arrows fell into the Liang army formation, causing minor casualties. Liang army dispatched a group of archers and shot them. The Xia army cavalry screamed and had to escape from afar.

Zhao Lin's face, which had been tense, finally untied a little, and then he burst into laughter with a little nervousness: "How can riding a bow compare to the arch? Haha! Xia thief is wrong! It's wrong! We can go to the city to rest for four or five miles. I want to see if Xia thief dares to attack the city."

Xia Thief ignored him.

More than 200 cavalry circled forward and shot arrows with the momentum of galloping horses. This time the range was a little farther, causing certain casualties to the Liang army. Unfortunately, no matter how hard the cavalry tried, it was still at a disadvantage in terms of accuracy, range, power, and rate of fire, and was completely defeated by the archers. The military system of the Liang people was no different from that of the Xia army. Everyone also asked to shoot arrows. Therefore, after the large group of archers fought back, the cavalry had to leave more than twenty corpses and retreat far away.

"The Xia thief must have a brigade's main force behind us!" Zhao Lin suddenly realized and said, "The cavalry attacked and delayed our marching speed. When the main force of their rear army catches up, the two attacks together. It must be true!"

Wang Yanzhang, who had just rode his horse forward and used iron spears to pick up several Xia cavalrymen, came back, but he did not refute after hearing this.

Liu Yan subconsciously looked north.

Du Yanqiu was still shooting an arrow, shooting and killing a Xia cavalry who had not controlled the distance and was too close to him, and turned around and said, "If the bandits chased us lightly, we will not run far with our baggage. It is better to turn back and fight. If a real man dies, he will die. Besides, General Zhang's hall is still unknown, and it is not good to leave after he leaves."

Zhao Lin hesitated.

"The military envoy has already passed the time, so why not go to Qiaocheng County. Have a place to settle down first and then make a decision." Liu Yan also suggested.

The Xia cavalry still pestered them.

The Liang army's ranger scouts had been compressed to both sides of the chariot formation and were completely protected by infantry. In the outer fields, the Xia army's cavalry drove left and right, but only a few hundred cavalry, but the momentum was very large, almost completely isolated their large infantry.

"Let's go, go and finish it!" Zhao Lin finally made up his mind, slapped his saddle, and said, "Let's go to the city first, keep our foot stable, and find out the news about the department. It's still a long way to get to Yangdi. We can rest our strength before we can rush."

Wang Yanzhang did not object. In fact, everything is in a confusing way now, and it is difficult to make a correct judgment.

Du Yanqiu is irresistible. He only cares about the hall where the broken rear is left, and feels that he is not righteous after leaving and is sorry for others. They are all robes that have been with each other for many years. At worst, they can die together in battle. How big can it be?

Liu Qi volunteered: "I am willing to lead my troops as the vanguard, and get the control first and help the central army."

"Okay!" Zhao Lin waved his whip and said, "Shi General Liu led a thousand elite soldiers from this capital to lead the way first, and there must be no mistakes!"
Chapter completed!