Chapter 52 Northern Liang Dam
In the Yellow Sand Desert, five hundred cavalry fight against five hundred cavalry.
The two sides were all light armored cavalry, and they did not wear bows and crossbows, and only had a wooden pole in their hands.
On one side are elite cavalry selected from Jibei Camp under Yuan Zuozong, and on the other side are He Zhonghu's direct Iron Monument Camp. Both sides are doing martial arts here, not because they are the heroes of the North Liang in the distance. They want to see the combat power of North Liang with their own eyes, but because they will feel incredible outside of North Liang Road. Fight for horses! North Liang is the most important horse politics, and the large and large ranches are scattered, among which the most horses are produced in the Rouge Ranch, with more than 1,600 horses produced in the year, of which there are about 300 cavalry horses available, which is in Liyang Dynasty.
There is a shocking number on the other side of the court. You should know that although there are three states in Nanjing, there are seven herds in total, they are just the same as this number. Of course, the inferior ranch in the southern part of the Gyeonggi and the decline of horses are important reasons. Beiliang is the best to do horses. The number of horses provided by the cavalry brigades of the Northern Liang has been unshakable for many years, but the advantages and disadvantages of the horses drawn from the major ranches are very particular. Even the general Zhong Hongwu of Huaihua held the power of the cavalry, and he could not control the good and good farms.
The specific distribution of horses must be followed by one rule, that is, each cavalry in Beiliang must catch the opponent and fight. If you win, take away the good horses, and lose, you can only eat the remaining leftovers of others. Several cavalry troops with a total of over 10,000 people each time, and another cavalry with a total of 800 cavalry, which is roughly equivalent to the combat power, selects the sharps and fights each other. The large camp with the flag leads to a formation of 500 people, while the small camp is between 200 and 300 people. Beiliang is known as the 300,000 cavalry, which means that the total strength is naturally impossible to be true.
In fact, the total number of cavalry in Beiliang has been hovering between 100,000 and 150,000. Otherwise, Liyang could support the Xu family cavalry unless all the war horses in the world were sent into Beiliang Road. According to historical records, the Dafeng Dynasty, which was always named "the most prosperous after the Qin Dynasty", was only "800,000 horses" from the thirty years from the Zhenyuan to the Linde period. Moreover, the most elite cavalry in Beiliang always guaranteed one person, two horses or even three horses. This is also an extremely exaggerated thing for the two Liaos, where the horse sources are relatively sufficient.
Horses are the basis of armor and weapons and the important weapon of the country.
The commanders of the cavalry in Northern Liang are Yuan Zuozong, the old deputy commander He Zhonghu and the "Zhou Queqiao" promoted last year. Among the 140,000 cavalry of the Xu family, Yuan Zuozong did not lead the "personal army" except for three old-fashioned camps that existed before Xu Xiao became the King of Northern Liang, and did not lead the "personal army". He Zhonghu led the left cavalry and the dragon elephant army. He Zhonghu led the left cavalry for 40,000, and Zhou Kang led the right cavalry. Jibei Camp is one of the old-fashioned camps in Northern Liang, and directly under the command of the commander Yuan Zuozong. The naming of Jibei Camp is profound. After Xu Xiao enthroned the vassal of Northern Liang, Jizhou, where the Han family was in charge, was originally the largest horse source in Beiliang outside the country. Xu Xiao
During the Spring and Autumn War, the Han family had many good relationships with the loyal Han family. Later, the Han family was executed by the Han family, not only because the Han family offended the old chief minister of the previous dynasty, but more because the Liyang court had long coveted the vast ranch in Jizhou to legitimately put high-quality war horses into the northern defense line. However, the Han family was full of words in the political affairs of Jizhou and never tampered with the number of horses, but intentionally or unintentionally sent the good horses to Beiliang. Although the Han family had a feud with the Xu family in the later period, they had long been regarded as a thorn in the side by the Liyang Zhaoshi. At that time, Zhang Julu's chief minister could be held firmly, and the Han family could be said to have "indestructible".
The two armies rushed to the cavalry, and the dust was everywhere.
Jibeiying Yiqian tilted his head and avoided a wooden pole of Ruwushu's spear. He pressed the long pole in his hand against the heart of the opposite cavalry and knocked him down from the horse's back. He only got hit by a single shot. Before his body landed, he grabbed the shoulders of the robes beside him, threw them back to the horse's back, continued to charge, and tear open the enemy line.
In addition, Jibei and Iron Monument riders almost at the same time, the wooden pole stabbed each other's chest. With the rushing force of the war horse, the tough pole bent into an astonishing arc, and those with weaker clenchies shot down and dismounted the horse on the spot.
No matter how exquisite the cavalry and spear skills are, they will never have the fancy skills of "killing" the enemy with the head of the pole. They always rely on the cavalry to accumulate momentum and charge, and the cavalry are so clean and neat.
After each penetrated the formation, both sides changed directions, but neither Jibei Camp nor Tiebei Camp, back to back, did not slow down the horse's hooves, nor did they stop the horse's horse's horse and turned back and rush again. Instead, after the cavalry successfully pierced the enemy camp, both of them circled an accurate arc almost at the same time, and they were striving to obtain more penetration power brought by the collision faster. During this period, the fallen horse must immediately lead the horse away from the battlefield. After all, it is not a real fight, and falling horse means "death".
Chen Yunchui is the deputy commander of the Northern Liang Infantry Army. He squinted his eyes and looked at the exit situation on the battlefield and smiled: "Old He, the 120 A-level war horses in Xianli Ranch and the more than 400 B-level good horses in Kouer Ranch, should not be anything else to do with your Iron Monument Camp."
He Zhonghu was still alive and said calmly: "This is just one charge. If you have a disadvantage in the early stage, you will lose. Chen Yunchui will have died seven or eight times in the Battle of the West Wall."
Chen Yunchui laughed and said, "Can this be the same? The Iron Monument Camp is against our elite Jibei Camp, which is the first-class in Beiliang. It is not the gang of young people in Xichu back then."
He Zhonghu sneered: "Brother, why don't we make a bet? If I win, you will send me the yellow Gu scout. How about it?"
Chen Yun smiled and scolded: "My yellow Gu scouts are only four in total, and they are all heart-wrenching babies. If you don't fight this gambling, you will definitely not fight! Also, why don't you say you lost? "
He Zhonghu said calmly: "The soldiers I brought out would not lose."
Chen Yun turned his head and looked at the young King of Beiliang who was sitting on the back of a horse, staring at the battle situation carefully, and smiled and said, "Prince, look, are our Commander He as thick-skinned as a city wall?"
Xu Fengnian smiled without saying a word.
He Zhonghu has always had an ancient style to lead troops and manage everything himself, just like his wife, who is a maid with shit and urine. Even if he is a powerful cavalry deputy commander, he eats and sleeps like ordinary soldiers. Moreover, He Zhonghu has no family and a wife, so he raises a few lame old horses. This veteran of the Spring and Autumn Period has made up his mind to live in the border and die in the border. If we talk about military merits and ranks according to seniority, Zhong Hongwu can't take the position of commander of the cavalry at all. However, He Zhonghu never formed a clique, and has always been a gentleman with the veterans of Wei Tieshan who have withdrawn from the border. He does not like to win over a large number of young and strong generals.
He was the direct descendant of the disciple. He was the one who sat on the chair of the deputy commander in the Northern Liang army for the longest time. He Zhonghu had no obvious style in leading troops and rarely won great victories in wars. However, in the past 30 years of military career, He Zhonghu had almost never suffered a crushing defeat. Li Maozhen, the captain of the Huanghuaguan who was famous for his seniority, was once a subordinate of He Zhonghu. However, Li Maozhen was famous for his great official addiction and had been with He Zhonghu for many years. He was often repeatedly controlled by Zhong Hongwu's confidant. In anger, Li Maozhen left the border army and returned to Beiliang, asking Xu Xiao for a guerrilla general.
Chen Yunchui continued to stir up the flames and joked at Yuan Zuozong: "Captain Yuan, can you bear this?"
Yuan Zuozong smiled and said, "The winner is still a matter of bothering. I am not very happy to clamor for a single fight with General He. The old general is old and he will inevitably be weak."
He Zhong, who had a leopard head and a tiger beard, glared and said, "Yuan Zuozong, he is twenty years younger. Do you believe it or not, I will throw you over with one hand!"
Yan Wenluan, the seemingly thin infantry commander, laughed and said, "Don't let your mother's farts, no matter whether you fight in the horse or in the infantry, you can't beat Commander Yuan if you give you three heads and six arms."
He Zhonghu respected Yan Wenluan, who joined the army at the same time, the most in the Northern Liang army. After being exposed, he did not refute any refutation.
Chu Lushan had about 400 kilograms of fat, but he didn't ride a horse. He stood on the side of Xu Fengnian's war horse and said: "Just just received the intelligence, the general's magical powers and the Gusai Longwa's two states appeared in the Southern Dynasty temple. It was regarded as seeing off Huang Songpu, who had resigned from the King of the South Court. Moreover, the replacement was not the originally expected Tuoba Bodhisattva or Murong Baoding, nor the general Liu Gui, who was called half of the adoptive father by the Empress of Beimang, but the Dong Zhuo who liked to raise crows. Huang Songpu even spoke openly that Beimang would do his best this time and smash millions of troops into our Beiliang. The news that Beimang did not deliberately hide was revealed. I believe that the Emperor of the Zhao family and Gu Jiantang would be ecstatic when they heard it."
Zhou Kang, deputy commander of the cavalry, smiled and said, "Dong Zhuo? Isn't your defeated general, Lord Protector?"
He was the only fat pig standing there rubbed his hands and laughed: "There was still a little luck back then."
Yan Wenluan thought for a while and sneered: "This move in the Beiting King's tent is both a valuation and a warning."
Chu Lushan nodded and said slowly: "Fatty Dong has always been treated as half a son by that old woman. It would be more at ease to hand over the military power of the Southern Dynasty to such a young man with a low foundation. But this guy is holding a full 100,000 yuan in his hand who only recognizes Dong but not Beimang's strong personal army. Even if he is an old woman, he has to consider it. Dong Zhuo is slick by nature. If he doesn't become the king of the South Court, once the war begins, his temperament of not seeing a rabbit or showing off his eagle, even if he is forced to go on the field, he will definitely not work hard. After fighting, Liangmang will suffer serious losses. In the end, Beimang will have the most troops in the Dong family. In this way, Dong Zhuo will have to develop ambitions even if he has no ambition."
Xu Fengnian said: "I heard that Dong Zhuo has always regarded you as a life-and-death enemy who is irreconcilable."
Dong Zhuo said happily: "That little fat man thinks so, but Lu Qiuer doesn't see him that way."
Gu Dazu, who was once the Pizhu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, smiled knowingly: "If Dong Zhuo hadn't become the king of the South Court, I would have almost forgotten the extraordinary achievements of our Protectors back then."
Chu Lushan raised his fat arm and waved it gently, pretending to be shy and said, "A good man won't mention his courage."
Xu Fengnian, who really couldn't bear to see, raised his foot, kicked Chu Lushan gently on the shoulder, and said, "The Iron Monument Camp won, but there were only twenty-one cavalry left on the horse's back."
Everyone looked at it, it was indeed the case.
The cavalry of the Twenty-One Iron Monument Camp raised one arm at the same time and accepted the loud cheers calmly.
He Zhong suddenly laughed loudly, looking out of the corner of his eyes at Yuan Zuozong not far away. The latter's eyes were clear and nodded to the old man.
Next, He Zhong suddenly stood out and shouted loudly to the men: "Come on, the old rules, take your wife away!"
The excellent war horses in Xianli Ranch and Kouer Ranch were all slowly running out from the side of the battlefield where the dust had settled under the leadership of the pastoral officer and the servants.
The five hundred cavalry cheered and shouted, dismounted and greeted the new wives.
On the way forward, some of the cavalrymen in the Iron Monument camp also made a series of dazzling little ones, and some of them smiled and kicked the robe behind them, and threw a dog into their butt. Five hundred people were fighting and making fun of each other, and they were happy.
The Beiliang Horse has always been the daughter-in-law of the Beiliang soldiers.
Who would think there were more war horses that were rarer than those of the water spirit girls?!
Xu Fengnian looked at the five hundred cavalry in Jibei Camp, and everyone stood with their horses, silent.
Xu Fengnian took the horse's belly and left the line alone. First, he came to the Iron Monument Camp, which was busy choosing a horse, and signaled that they would not have to salute them and asked them to continue to receive their "wife", and waited quietly for them to finish their selection. When everyone got on the horse, he looked at one of the cavalrymen who had the most "killed enemies". Xu Fengnian took off the new scalpel at his waist and threw it high.
After the young and burly cavalry caught the knife, he was dumbfounded, then blushed, and his eyes were filled with tears. He shouted loudly and raised it high.
Xu Fengnian finally rode forward and came to Jibei Camp, turned over and dismounted, led the horse forward, and handed the reins in his hand to the cavalry leader.
Chapter completed!