Chapter 219

Yuzhou, Liang State, Ku County.

Liu Yu led two thousand Qingzhou cavalry to go down the Wohu River to Kucheng.

Because after the spring rain, the vortex water is quite abundant, and ordinary shallows cannot cross at all. Moreover, Kucheng is the largest city nearby, and Liu Yu can get some supplies and rest there.

After Cao Yi's explanation, Liu Yu knew that the nearby Wo Shui ferry was in Kucheng, and the floating bridge on the ferry was the only way to pass.

When Liu Yu led the Qingzhou cavalry to the wilderness not far from Kucheng, the scouts who were in the front suddenly hurried back several people.

Obviously, there must be a very urgent situation. Liu Yu, who was walking in the front, immediately went forward.

"General, a large group of barbarian cavalry were found near the floating bridge in Kucheng ahead." A scout said panting.

"How many people are under the banner?" Liu Yu frowned slightly.

Wo Shui is nearly a hundred miles away from Ningping City. If a large group of barbarian cavalry appeared near Wo Shui, wouldn’t that mean that these barbarians had already solved the 100,000 troops of Jin Tingtai.

When Liu Yu thought of this, he felt annoyed.

If this is true, then the many royal family members and ministers in Jintingtai were really inferior to pigs. They didn't last for a day, and even 100,000 pigs could not be killed in one day.

However, Liu Yu thought about it again and felt that this situation would not happen. After all, these Jin courts had a Ningping City that could rely on. Even if the Taichung army was weak, the barbarian cavalry would not be able to break through Ningping City in one day.

"There are about 3,000. From a distance, the banner of the Huns should be Shile's troops of the Bingzhou Xiongnu." The scout replied immediately.

"The Hulu can destroy the floating bridge." Liu Yu was most concerned about the issue of the floating bridge at this time.

"When we saw the barbarians, they did not destroy the pontoon bridge." The scout continued, "The walls of Kucheng are very broken. I looked at the barbarians, as if they were planning to attack Kucheng, so they did not destroy the pontoon bridge. Instead, some Hu cavalry guards were sent."

When Liu Yu heard the scout say this, he was relieved for the time being.

Because if you want to cross the Wo Water, the nearest road is the floating bridge next to this Kucheng, otherwise you have to continue moving forward to Qiao County, where there is another floating bridge ferry. In addition, the situation along the Wo Water coast is not very suitable for cavalry crossing, either because the muddy mudflats are too wide or the river is too turbulent.

"A mere three thousand barbarians are just enough to exercise their muscles and bones for the Qingzhou Army."

When Liu Yu heard that these Hulu cavalry were going to attack Kucheng, he felt that these Hulu were simply too arrogant and just gave the Qingzhou cavalry some training.

"Sent orders, everyone dresses up, sets up horses, and targets the bitter city"

With Liu Yu's order, the guards who were sending orders around him jumped out one after another to convey orders to the cavalry of each battalion. At the same time, the orders of the cavalry of Qingzhou also sounded.

In order to save the strength of the horses, the Qingzhou cavalry kept pulling the horses as much as possible along the way, just to prevent similar enemy situations from happening.

At this time, this preparation is just right.

Soon, two thousand Qingzhou cavalry immediately put on their horses and rushed towards the Kucheng not far away.

When Liu Yu, who was leading his army to the forefront, could see the walls of Kucheng, he also saw some black cavalry shadows from afar.

"General, those are the cavalry cavalry." Wu Xin, the cavalry battalion general who led the scouts back, immediately reported to Liu Yu.

Behind these barbarian cavalry, Liu Yuen faintly saw a large number of barbarian cavalry gathering.

It is obvious that these cavalrymen of the Huguan had long discovered the approaching of the Qingzhou army.

These Hulu cavalry had given up their plans to attack Kucheng and were preparing to deal with the incoming Qingzhou army.

"What a bold courage"

After Liu Yu saw the banner of the Hu cavalry on the opposite side, he couldn't help but blurted out because Liu Yu saw the banner of the Hu cavalry, it was indeed the Hu Han's foreign general Shi Le.

"This Jienu Shile was defeated by our Qingzhou army twice, but he didn't turn around and escape. Judging from his attitude, it seemed that he wanted to fight with our army."

In Liu Yu's words, he did not worry about the upcoming battle, but instead brought some gratitude.

If these Hulu cavalry knew that the Qingzhou army had attacked and fled, burning the floating bridge on the vortex water, it would have made Liu Yu feel a headache, because Liu Yu was almost racing against time now.

As for the battle with these Huhu cavalry, Liu Yu was not worried at all.

Although the number of cavalry in Qingzhou is small, all of them are good families in Jizhou and Youzhou, and the cavalrymen in the Qihuo Army in Bingzhou. The cavalry skills of these people are no worse than those of the Xiongnu in Bingzhou.

Moreover, the Qingzhou cavalry is equipped with the best horse armor and armor, which is no problem for fighting.

At this time, the three thousand barbarian cavalry on the opposite side had already been arranged.

On the field outside Kucheng, three thousand barbarian cavalry lined up in a huge fan shape and began to slowly approach the Qingzhou army.

Flashes of wind blew the flags in the Hulu formation.

"General, the barbarians have finished their formation and are approaching our army." Wu Xin beside Liu Yu saw this and immediately looked at Liu Yu.

"General, the last general is willing to be a vanguard and to slap the arrogance of Hu Qi."

At the same time, Cao Yi, the general around Liu Yu, was the first to ask for the fight.

At this time, the Qingzhou cavalry was just arriving and reorganizing their array while regaining their horsepower. The Hulu cavalry on the opposite side began to approach at this time, obviously trying to attack the Qingzhou army and take advantage of the opportunity when the Qingzhou army was not yet stable in its foothold.

"Okay, Cao Yi, you will first lead the troops and horses of our unit as the vanguard, fight with the vanguards, and try to get involved with the vanguards."

After thinking about it for a moment, Liu Yu agreed to Cao Yi's request for battle.

In this way, hundreds of light cavalrymen from Cao Yi's headquarters could harass and delay the progress of the Hulu, and gain more time for the entire Qingzhou cavalry.

Soon, Cao Yi took the order and left, and then more than 300 cavalrymen roared out under Cao Yi's leadership.

He rushed towards the barbarian cavalry in front.

Liu Yu immediately stood in front of the formation and stared at the three hundred light cavalrymen in Cao Yi's army.

These cavalry are light-equipped cavalry, which is not the mainstream among Qingzhou cavalry today. The real mainstream of Qingzhou cavalry is the cavalry, that is, heavy cavalry with a long horse lance as the main one.

The light cavalry led by Cao Yi used cavalry bows as the main weapon, thinking that the hukao on the opposite side frequently launched harassing raids.

Some of the brave cavalry even rode their horses to the place where the Hulu dozens of steps away, running back and forth, trying to lure the Hulu cavalry to pursue.

However, no one took the bait in the main formation of the Hulu cavalry, but the same light cavalry jumped out from it, and fought with the Qingzhou cavalry led by Cao Yi with a fast horse and light bow.

For a moment, the middle area between the Qingzhou Army and the Hu Han Army became a place for two light cavalry to fight and show off their skills.

In direct battles without rushing, it is often difficult to quickly determine the outcome of the archers against the archers. On erratic horses, it is often difficult to have a chance to hit the archers.

Therefore, the Qingzhou cavalry and the Huhan cavalry did not quickly die or injured too many people in the competition.

However, as time went by, the battle between the Qingzhou cavalry and the Huhan cavalry invisibly hindered the speed of most of the Huhan cavalry.

With a few sounds of ox horns, more light cavalry surged out of the Huhu cavalry array and began to drive out and chase the Qingzhou cavalry.

It is obvious that the Qingzhou cavalry under Cao Yi was not strong enough to have few enemies. Under the pursuit of exponential Hu Guan cavalry, Cao Yi's cavalry began to slowly fall into a disadvantage.

"General, the array has been completed." At this moment, another powerful general of the Qingzhou cavalry, Ran Long, came to Liu Yu to give in return.

"Okay, send an order to let Cao Yi lead the soldiers back."

Liu Yu immediately ordered when he heard this.

With a few low trumpets, Cao Yi's troops, who had gradually lost their support, finally completed the involvement, quickly got rid of the Hu cavalry, and returned to the rear of the two flanks of the Qingzhou Army Array.

At this time, the Hulu cavalry had slowly walked to a distance not far from the Qingzhou army.

At this distance, it is most appropriate to launch a charge.

Sure enough, with the sound of horns sounding in the Huguan Cavalry Army, thousands of Huguan Cavalry began to urge their horses to speed up and start running.

The "rumble" horse hooves trembled and thumped the earth.

At the same time, the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army had also begun to run against the Hulu cavalry.

In these few short breaths, which side of the war horse can just mention the highest horse speed, which side can take a little more advantage in the rushing formation.

As the Qingzhou cavalry beside him roared by, Liu Yu looked at the majestic Hu cavalry opposite him and sneered with contempt.

Liu Yu had already seen that the Hulu cavalry on the opposite side were all light-armored cavalry holding horse lances, and even the riders were covered with armor of different standards, mainly leather armor and hard linen clothing.

In the high-speed and fierce cavalry rushing, these weak armors have very limited protection.

However, the Qingzhou cavalry under Liu Yu were all wearing iron armor under the cloth uniforms, and even many horses had horse armor embedded in cloth armor on the front chest.

This is basically a hedge between a simple version of the cavalry and a light cavalry. Although the Hu cavalry has more numerical advantages, it will not have much impact on the final result.

On the horse running wildly, Shihu's ears were filled with the sound of wind, and his eyes were filled with the Qingzhou cavalry.

Just as he was controlling the Wo Water Floating Bridge, Shi Hu's ranger found a cavalry circling around.

After Shi Hu led his army to seize the floating bridge and crossed the Whirl River, he soon sent cavalry to chase him.

Soon after, the cavalry sent by Shi Hu returned, and these cavalry of unknown origin were the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army.

Moreover, according to the follow-up reconnaissance, the Hu Han cavalry had confirmed that there were about 2,000 to 3,000 Qingzhou cavalry, not far from Kucheng, and it would take not long to arrive at Kucheng.

When he heard that there were two or three thousand Qingzhou cavalry, Diao Ying, as Shi Hu's deputy, immediately advised Shi Hu to give up the north bank of the Wo Water and return to the south bank of the Wo Water to defend through the floating bridge. Of course, the safest way is to burn the floating bridge after returning to the south bank of the Wo Water. In this way, the Qingzhou army would not be able to cross the Wo Water.

Shi Hu, who had originally planned to break through the city of Ku with one blow and rob and kill him, was angry because of the arrival of the Qingzhou Army that interrupted his plan.

Now, Shi Hu was even more annoyed when he saw Diao Ying doing this.

When Diao Ying heard the Qingzhou army coming, he was frightened to retreat back to the south bank of Wo Water, and even burned the floating bridge to abandon the north bank of Wo Water, which made Shi Hu feel that Diao Yingbai was alive and was just a timid and frightened foodie.

Shi Hu personally led the cavalry to investigate. After Shi Hu watched from afar, he found that the number of these Qingzhou cavalrymen was far less than his subordinates, at least one thousand fewer than him. In other words, Shi Hu's military strength was half that of the Qingzhou army.

Moreover, Shi Hu discovered that these Qingzhou cavalry were just ordinary horses and riders.
Chapter completed!