Chapter 576: Unparalleled in the world [two in one](1/2)
"Don't come? Then I'll go."
With a hint of arrogance, Xue Ao smiled and glanced at the group of Yu Zhangyi soldiers in front of him. The calm expression proved his fearlessness and strong confidence.
This fearlessness and strong confidence did not come from blindness. Xue Ao is not the kind of mediocre person who does not know how to advance or retreat. On the contrary, he saw the situation on the battlefield very clearly.
Use five thousand cavalry to fight against twenty times the enemy?
No, in Xue Ao's eyes, the battlefield in front of him is not calculated like this.
It is undeniable that the rebels still have more than 100,000 people, and the number of single-wheeled people is indeed twenty times that of his 5,000 cavalry. However, given that the rebels formed a long snake-like formation in order to evacuate, the only one who really blocked Xue Ao was the 40,000 Yuzhang Yishi, whom he regarded as the target.
What's more, even the 40,000 Yuzhang Yishi Division, not everyone has the chance to touch his Taiyuan cavalry.
According to Xue Ao's estimate, it would be nice to have two thousand soldiers from Yuzhangyi Division come into contact with his cavalry.
In other words, it was not five thousand cavalry against more than one hundred thousand rebels, but five thousand cavalry against two thousand rebel infantry.
How can this be invincible?!
"Richmane."
Xue Ao bent down slightly, stroked the mane of the dark horse under his crotch, as if he was talking to the war horse: "Take me over."
It is said that horses are human. The black war horse seemed to really understand Xue Ao's words, and then sniffed. In the middle of a horse, it suddenly lifted a pair of front hooves and stepped heavily on the ground, which shocked the group of Yuzhangyi soldiers in front of it and screamed and retreated.
"superior!"
Xue Ao shouted in a low voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, the dark horse under his crotch suddenly jumped out and rushed straight to the dense crowd ahead.
"Bang bang bang--"
There was a burst of noise, and the seemingly dense crowd was rushed down by Xue Ao, and was trampled on by the heavy hooves of the black horse's mane, and screamed and wailed.
『General is really...』
The Taiyuan cavalry fighting nearby saw Xue Ao's actions, and felt a little helpless.
You are a general with the title of "General of the Car and Cavalry". Where can you take the lead in charging into battle?
But in his helplessness, many Taiyuan cavalry were also inspired by this general's fighting spirit - such generals took the lead in charge, how could they not follow?
"Come on the general!"
"Come on the general!"
As several Taiyuan cavalry shouted spontaneously, hundreds of Taiyuan cavalry immediately stopped entangling with the nearby rebels, shook the reins hard, and drove the horses to chase Xue Ao.
『I knew this would be the case...』
After taking a long look at Xue Ao's location, the cavalry general Dong Dian sighed helplessly.
As generals, they are even higher than they are rushing to the ground. What is this!
But it is precisely because of the general's character that they are willing to follow him.
Taking a deep breath, Dong Dian raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, don't be thrown away by the general, let's rush over to... and drill through the enemy!"
"Whoa whoa--"
Thousands of Taiyuan cavalry held high and responded loudly.
On the other hand, Zhong Liao also made the same decision as Dong Dian, leading his cavalry to rush straight towards the Yuzhang Yi Division in front.
For a time, the five thousand cavalry were divided into three torrents, led by Xue Ao, Dong Dian and Zhong Liao, and it was like three sharp blades that pierced into the abdomen of Yuzhang Yishi.
As Xue Ao had judged before, Yuzhang Yishi, who had more than 40,000 people, could not organize an effective blockade. Their long snake-like formations that were easy to march could not stop the raids of the three cavalry.
With just a few dozen breaths, five thousand Taiyuan cavalry penetrated the middle abdomen of Yuzhang Yishi, killed from one side to the other, and cut 40,000 Yuzhang Yishi and even more than 100,000 Yishi in half into two sections.
Looking at the corpses everywhere after the cavalry flew over from afar, listening to the soldiers of the righteous army who were knocked down by war horses and even trampled on them, screaming and wailing. Cheng Zhou, the commander of the righteous army of Yuzhang, was shocked and angry, and his face turned red.
He had more than 40,000 Yuzhang Yishi's army, but was so easily penetrated by the opponent's only 5,000 cavalrymen? He was killed from one side to the other?
He angrily scolded: "What are Xu Di and the others doing?! Why can't they stop these damn cavalrymen?!"
Hearing his anger, he said carefully: "Shi Ku, that's Xue Ao's own team..."
"So what?"
Cheng Zhou glared at the spoken guard fiercely and said in a deep voice: "So what about the five tigers of Chenmen? We have more than 100,000 troops..."
As he was talking, suddenly another guard pointed to the west and shouted: "Master Qu, the three cavalrymen are gathering again on our right side, and it seems that they are going to raid our army again..."
"What?"
Cheng Zhou subconsciously turned his head to look.
Sure enough, the five thousand cavalry that penetrated his army really gathered again and put on the stance of raiding his Yuzhang Yishi Division again.
Obviously, the other party didn't take them seriously at all.
"Damn it."
Cheng Zhou felt that he was humiliated, so he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Send Xu Di, Huang Jun, Lu Yu, Zhang Dou, this time I must block it!"
"Yes!" The left and right rushed to order.
At the same time, Wu Yi, Zhao Yin of the Jiangdong Yishi, and Chen Xu of the Jiangxia Yishi have all learned about the news that Xue Ao was among the Taiyuan cavalry, and at the same time, they also learned about the formation of the Yuzhang Yishi was led by Xue Ao and the five thousand Taiyuan cavalry.
It was Zhao Yin, and it was also incredible. You should know that they had more than 100,000 people, so where did Xue Ao have the courage to attack them?
However, what made Zhao Yin even more unbelievable was that Xue Ao not only dared to attack them, but even really penetrated the formation of Yu Zhang Yishi.
"This is the Five Tigers of Chenmen, the General of the Cavalry and Cavalry..."
He turned around and looked at the Taiyuan cavalry reunited in the distance from a distance. Zhao Yin felt shocked.
He said to Wu Yi: "Looking at the actions of the Taiyuan cavalry, it seems that they are still preparing to raid Yuzhangyi Division again, General Wu, should we send someone to support?"
“…”
Wu Yi frowned and looked at the Taiyuan cavalry in the distance.
If the Yuzhang Yishi Division was attacked on a normal battlefield, his Jiangdong Yishi Division would naturally send people to support him, but the problem is that they are breaking through and retreating at the moment. If all the 40,000 Jiangdong Yishi Divisions turned around to deal with the Taiyuan cavalry, this would definitely delay the evacuation time.
What's more, the Taiyuan cavalry opposite are not fools. If they see the opportunity, the other party will definitely retreat immediately. How can the soldiers of his charity army catch up with others with their two legs?
After thinking about it, Wu Yi finally made a decision: the rest of the army evacuated south, and at the same time sent a small group of troops to support the Yuzhangyi Division, striving to restrain some of the cavalry for the Yuzhangyi Division.
Thinking of this, he ordered in a deep voice: "Tell Zhong Yi, and ordered him to lead his subordinate Qu troops to support Yuzhangyi Division and assist Yuzhangyi Division to restrain some of the cavalry."
"Yes!" He clasped his fists left and right.
On the other hand, Chen Xu was also shocked that Xue Ao actually appeared on the battlefield here.
In addition to being shocked, he also made the same decision as Wu Yi: "Tell me the order and ask Zhu Mao to lead his subordinate Qu troops to assist Yu Zhangyi."
After giving this order, Chen Xu sighed worriedly.
Unlike the Jiangdong Yishi, because Zhou Gong was not lucky and got the task of the palace queen, Chen Xu could only place his 20,000 Jiangxia Yishi in the last sequence of evacuation to the south.
Righteous Master Yuzhang was dragged by Xue Ao, and the righteous Master Jiangdong could continue to evacuate, but he could not leave for 20,000.
Considering that Zhou Hu must be on the way to lead his army to come, Chen Xu was worried. After all, he would delay any longer. When Zhou Hu led his army to the battlefield here, he would be afraid that no one would want to evacuate the 20,000 Jiangdong Yishi Division.
At the same time, on the side of more than 100,000 Yishi Divisions, Xue Ao, Dong Dian and Zhong Liao were indeed preparing to raid Yuzhang Yishi Division again. After all, repeatedly rushing the enemy to disrupt its formation was originally a common tactic for cavalry.
Of course, before raiding Yuzhang Yishi again, Xue Ao had to make some arrangements. After all, the enemies they faced were not only Yuzhang Yishi, but also Jiangdong Yishi and Jiangxia Yishi on both sides.
In view of this, Xue Ao calmly said to Dong Dian, Zhong Liao and the two rebels: "The two rebels in Jiangdong and Jiangxia will not allow the Yuzhang rebels to be defeated. Dong Dian, you will restrain the Jiangxia rebels later. The rebels in Jiangdong are called Zhong Liao to restrain them. As for the Yuzhang rebels, I will lead a cavalry alone enough."
Hearing this, Dong Dian and Zhong Liao showed concern and dissuaded them one after another, but saw Xue Ao chuckling and said, "Are you still worried that a group of rats can hurt me?"
Dong Dian and Zhong Liao wanted to speak but stopped.
Of course they know the skills of their generals, but who can tell the truth about the battlefield?
But unfortunately, this general inherited the courage of the old teacher and also inherited the stubbornness of the old teacher.
In desperation, Dong Dian and Zhong Liao looked at each other, clasped their fists and said, "So... Please be careful, General."
"ha!"
Xue Ao laughed, then raised the weapon in his hand and pointed it forward, shouting in a deep voice: "Go up! Taiyuan cavalry, drill them through!"
With a command, five thousand Taiyuan cavalry turned into three torrents again and rushed straight toward the Yuzhang Yishi in the distance.
When they were about to approach the Yuzhang Yishi Division, Dong Dian and Zhong Liao dispersed to the left and right respectively, and happened to meet Zhu Mao, the general of Jiangxia Yishi Division who was preparing to help the Yuzhang Yishi Division, and Zhong Yi, the general of Jiangdong Yishi Division.
"Car hanging!"
Dong Dian and Zhong Liao shouted at the same time, reminding the cavalry behind him to use the chariot and hanging tactics.
The so-called chariot hanging tactic is a common tactic used by cavalry. Simply put, it is to let the cavalry follow a circle trajectory, constantly riding horses and running, while approaching the enemy little by little, as if a wheel that keeps rolling.
The essence of this tactic is that as the "wheel" gradually approaches the enemy, each cavalry has a brief chance to fight with the enemy, and then they will immediately stay away.
Although the power is average, it is better to let the cavalry charge directly, but the victory is that the casualty rate is low, and the entire cavalry can maintain a high-speed rush from beginning to end, and can be transformed into other formations at any time, which can be called a formation of unimaginable gold.
As for the disadvantage, it is that it consumes serious physical strength against war horses. Even if experienced cavalry know how to save horsepower, this tactic will not last long.
But even so, the chariot and horses are still the ultimate moves of cavalry. Apart from the excessive horsepower consumption and the fear of the enemy's crossbowman covering attack, there are almost no shortcomings, and it is even more effective in restraint.
Just now, facing Dong Dian, Zhong Liao, the two generals, Zhu Mao and Zhong Yi, who were rushing towards him quickly, immediately ordered the infantry under their command to form a formation to defend.
However, for cavalry that adopts the tactic of chariot hanging, the effect of solid defense is quite poor.
The cavalry led by Dong Dian gradually approached the front of Zhumao like a wheel. The cavalrymen flew over the front of the Yishi infantry in a circular arc. At the only contact point between the circle and the straight line, the cavalry waved their spears and smashed them hard at the shields in the hands of the enemy infantry.
The attack, which was driven by the charge of the war horses, could not be easily blocked. The infantrymen of the Yishi who used their shields to take this heavy blow were immediately backed by the attack, and even knocked down the robes behind them, causing chaos in the formation.
To be continued...