Chapter 186: Cavalry Attack

Five thousand Liao soldiers left and did not return, which made Yelu Honggu feel furious and angry. He sent a team of cavalry to find out the news many times but failed. He could only lead the army to respond.

Taking 20,000 iron cavalry and galloping on the grassland, Yelu Honggu was upset when he remembered all the reasons before and after, and he shouted at his subordinates and ordered them to run faster.

On the grassland, wherever the army went, the Hualie tribe's probes scattered everywhere avoided the news from afar, and only quietly peeked at their whereabouts from afar. They did not siege and kill like the cavalry that had originally dealt with the Liao army to prevent them from sending the news back.

The iron hooves trampled across the grassland, and smoke and dust were flying everywhere, rolling forward, and the ground of the grassland was trembling constantly by the iron cavalry.

Eighty miles away, 20,000 troops galloped past and soon saw the tribal camp by the river in the distance.

Looking at the hills near the camp, Yelu Honggu frowned and remembered the advice of Yelu Huage before leaving. Although he forced his troops to fight regardless of his opinion, he was finally careful in his heart and did not dare to take the fate of the entire army as arrogant as Xiao Puwen.

The call sounded, and 20,000 Liao soldiers stopped their war horses, stopped on the grassland, got off the horse and rested, drank water and ate some dry food, and prepared to attack the camp of the Bu people after the rest.

Thousands of cavalrymen rushed out of the team, spreading on the grassland and searching for the whereabouts of Xiao Puwen's five thousand cavalrymen.

Yelu Honggu was rigorous in his army and his subordinates were mobilized properly. Although there were still some people in front of the camps that were in tattered clothes and shouting and running around. The Liao soldiers looked down on him and refused to step forward and attacked rashly.

Soon, the Liao soldiers shouted and galloped around the grassland. Looking at the blood-soaked mud on the ground, they all changed their faces.

After a great battle, even though the soldiers of Hualie tribe tried hard to clean the battlefield, the blood sprinkled on the ground was not so easy to remove. The smell of blood seemed to be faintly dissipated in the air.

Yelu Honggu also smelled the familiar smell of blood, his face was as heavy as water. When he heard the Liao soldiers coming back to report the situation, his face turned blue, shocked and angry, knowing that his five thousand subordinates had probably been hit by the enemy's poisonous hands.

Such an enemy is so terrifying that Yelu Honggu can tremble slightly if he can destroy his five thousand elite soldiers in one fell swoop without leaving a single living mouth to escape.

In the rage, the yelling and scolding of the swearing people came from afar. He raised his head and saw that the swearing people were already erecting wooden fences in panic in the camp ahead, and raised the heads of many Liao soldiers, shouting and cursing, and insulting the Liao emperor, Yelu Huage, Yelu Honggu's ancestors and relatives with all kinds of insulting words.

Yelu Honggu was furious, but refused to fall into the enemy's trap. He turned his head and turned a blind eye to the screams and scolds from afar. He bit the dry food in his hand fiercely, waiting for his subordinates to rest before he fought the final decisive battle with the enemy.

The camp ahead seemed a little weird, and there might be some trap waiting for me. And the nearby hills were enough to hide a large number of enemy troops behind. If an ambush rushed over from the flanks when attacking the camp where the enemy was protected by wooden fences, and the two attacked each other, even if they were undefeated, they would inevitably fall into an unfavorable situation.

After patrolling the blood on the grassland, the Liao soldiers gradually dispersed, part of them rushing towards the enemy's camp, and the other part circling behind the hill to search for whether there were actually ambushers hiding behind the mountain.

Before the Liao soldiers approached the camp, a large number of arrows were shot out from it, shooting many Liao soldiers overturned their horses. However, under the pressure of military orders, the remaining Liao soldiers were running forward, hoping to rush to the front of the wooden fence before the enemy's arrows hit him, and fight against the enemy in close combat, and kill these slogans who dared to murder their companions!

A loud noise sounded on the grassland, and a large number of Liao soldiers were galloping, and suddenly the ground sank. The war horses rushed into the trap in panic and neighed, and were pierced by a large number of sharpened wooden sticks. The screams instantly broke the tranquility on the grassland.

The Liao soldiers sitting on the ground eating dry food jumped up in shock, staring at their companions who were suffering tragically in a daze, watching them fall into the trap, and miserable howlings came from it. Although they could not see any disaster they suffered, from the screams, they could guess that they would not feel comfortable in the trap.

Yelu Honggu was furious, and his beard, which was as sharp as a steel needle, was trembling in anger. These hateful slogans were even more cunning than the Song people. They actually came up with such a vicious tactic and so many traps, but they could even dig out.

I looked around the camp, and it seemed that many traps might be dug out everywhere. If I wanted to attack the enemy camp, I didn’t know how many subordinates I would have to lose to find the right path.

His eyes suddenly turned to the river. Since he was blocking the Bu people from establishing a camp on the river, if he ran through the river, or could he avoid the traps on the grassland, rush into the camp directly, and kill all the enemies inside?

Before he could complete his plan, he heard a whistling sound coming, and the sound of horse hooves shook the sky, as if a large army was rushing towards him.

Yelu Honggu immediately raised his head and looked in the direction where the sound came.

Behind that hill, a huge army was galloping towards itself, trampling across the grassland, stirring up smoke and dust in the sky.

In the smoke and dust, the flag was raised high by the ingenious cavalry, and the big characters written on it were clearly written by the Song people.

The rough soldiers wearing robes and armor gathered under a large flag with a pole, waved their swords with cold light, roared loudly, galloping towards this side, full of fierce murderous aura, looking at the large number of Liao soldiers sitting on the ground here.

The first big flag was written with the words "Hua Liehan". Under the big flag, a tall man was wearing armor and galloping on his horse, full of violent murderous aura, which shocked Yelu Honggu.

As his thoughts turned, Yelu Honggu already understood how Xiao Puwen's five thousand cavalry were killed.

First, lure them to attack the camp of this small tribe, use arrows and traps scattered outside the camp to weaken the strength of the Liao army. When the Liao soldiers were exhausted, they would then protrude into the surprise soldiers and a large number of stopping soldiers rushed out from behind the hills and surrounded them all. His thousands of subordinates naturally could not resist it. They were slaughtered on this grassland by all the cruel enemies. No wonder large areas of grassland would be stained with blood.

What surprised him the most was that the Hualie tribe was so far-sighted and set up a trap here in advance, waiting for his subordinates to come to fight, get into the trap, and kill all his five thousand subordinates without letting go. Such precise planning and ruthless methods made Yelu Honggu secretly terrified in his rage, and was deeply afraid of the rumored Hualiehan Luo Dacheng.

Although he knew how his five thousand subordinates were killed by the enemy, it was useless. Yelu Honggu could only watch the enemy running out and rush towards the cavalry unit he sent to investigate the ambush.

Hundreds of cavalry, blocking the attack of tens of thousands of troops, were like a mantis armed on a chariot, and were completely submerged by the enemy troops rushing into the field.

The lucky ones rushed directly to their cavalry, shouted excitedly, swung out the best sharp steel knife, slashed the wind in the rapid charge, chopped the enemy off the horse's back, screamed and fell to the grassland, and was trampled by tens of thousands of troops, and their flesh and blood were instantly turned into mud.

Amid the screams, hundreds of Liao soldiers were submerged among countless enemy troops, and only a few blood flowers were scattered, and they were silently destroyed on the grassland.

Among the Liao army, officers at all levels were already stunned and furious. There was no other way except to loudly order the Liao soldiers to get up immediately to prepare to face the enemy.

Although they had not yet rested, the Liao soldiers quickly dropped their water bags and dry food, jumped onto the horse, held up their swords and guns, and pointed at the enemy troops rushing forward.

After all, it was a well-trained army. The Liao soldiers quickly lined up in close formations and formed a whole, galloping on horseback, and heading towards the army of Hualie's troops.

For the Liao army, the most common tactic they used was to run quickly, rush into the opponent's array, and defeat the enemy's formation. Next, they could slash and kill the enemy.

Even after an unfavorable start, the Liao army still habitually adopted this tactic. All the cavalry were struggling to gallop. The speed of the war horses galloped faster and faster, gradually turning into a rolling iron stream, and with a huge momentum, he rushed towards the enemy.

The two armies galloped against each other, and the sound of trumpets was already heard among the Hualie army. The cavalrymen quickly turned their horses and drew a huge arc and galloped towards the flank of the Liao army.

It is not easy to turn the direction when the army is running wildly. However, many people spend their entire lives on horseback and horse control can be said to be extremely exquisite. While turning with the army, they can also draw a long bow and put arrows on the arrows, pointing to the Liao army that is coming from afar. The team is not at all messy and rushing to the side.

Countless arrows pointed upwards, rising like a forest above the Hualie army. Above the arrow tip, cold light flashed, like starlight, hanging above the Hualie army.

The sound of the horn sounded deafeningly. At the forefront of the Hualie army, the brave soldiers let go of the bowstrings and made a trembling sound.

At the Central Military Office of the Liao Army, Yelu Honggu raised his head and looked at the arrows shooting from the sky, slightly ecstatic.
Chapter completed!