Chapter 217: Li Mu, the 500 Master of the Zhao State Cavalry
Suddenly appearing in front of the Huns was a 500-man Zhao cavalry.
These Zhao cavalrymen all had firm expressions, and many of them looked quite similar to the Huns in front of them. They were from the Linhu and Loufan cavalry of the five northern counties of Zhao State.
The one who shot the Hun centurion to death with an arrow was Li Mu, the leader of the Zhao cavalry, the young Zhao army's five hundred lord.
The sound of hooves was like thunder. Five hundred Zhao cavalrymen sat high on the saddle, bent their bows and arrows together. The dense rain of arrows instantly covered all the dozens of Hun soldiers who had not yet had time to meet with their mounts.
These Hun cavalry were all wearing simple leather jackets. The leather armor on a few people was completely useless under the dense rain of arrows, and a large area was shot overturned on the spot.
After the rain of arrows was covered, there were only a dozen Huns who could stand.
These Huns had no intention of fighting, and they all turned over and fled to flee.
Li Mu sneered, took out another sharp arrow from the quiver behind him, bent his bow and pulled the strings.
"Since you're here, just leave your head behind!"
The bow is like a full moon, and the arrow is like a meteor.
"Swoosh swish swish!"
The Hun cavalry were shot and fell to the ground one after another, and then they were beheaded by the Zhao cavalry who were caught up.
Li Mu pulled his bow and shot him again, and shot the last Hun knight who was still fleeing. The war horse was unable to maintain balance and fell to the ground in pain. The Hun cavalry on the horse was thrown out like a shell, and drew a parabola and fell heavily to the ground. The whole person was thrown into a dilemma, not knowing the east, west, south and north.
When the Hun cavalry finally came to his senses, they realized that they had been surrounded by the Zhao cavalry, their faces were full of murderous aura, their swords and swords were shining with cold light, and their blood was dripping.
The Hun cavalry shouted and was shocked to faint.
A pool of water stains slowly flowed out from the crotch of the Hun cavalry, making the grass wet a small piece.
This scene obviously made all the Zhao cavalrymen unexpectedly, and they couldn't help but look at each other, feeling a little funny.
"What should I do if the five hundred masters?"
Li Mu was also speechless, and after thinking about it, he said, "Wake up the Huns and ask about the situation!"
Due to years of fighting against nomadic peoples such as the Xiongnu and Donghu, the five northern counties of Zhao had already had their own unique defense mechanisms.
Once the Huns appear in the five northern counties, they will be passed on to each other through the beacon tower.
Once the nearby counties find that there is no invasion of the Huns, they will begin to send a small number of troops to support the invaded counties first, and the large troops will wait until the arrival of the king's order and military talismans before they can be dispatched.
This time, the 500-man cavalry led by Li Mu came from Jiuyuan County.
Since making military achievements in the Battle of Dai County, Li Mu's title has been promoted to sixth level and his position has been promoted to five hundred lords. He was transferred from Gaoquesai to Jiuyuan County, and was ordered to come to help.
After receiving Li Mu's order, several Zhao cavalrymen jumped off their horses and carried the unconscious Hun cavalry toward a small river not far away.
A moment later, the Zhao cavalry returned to Li Mu with a head as if nothing had happened: "The five hundred masters, I have already asked. A Xiongnu cavalry had just passed by here half an hour ago, and I think they were heading towards Yunzhongcheng.
"Yunzhongcheng?" Li Mu frowned and asked, "Does anyone know the way to Yunzhongcheng?"
A cavalryman from Zhao Guolou said, "Five Hundred Lords, Yunzhong County is the place where I grew up when I was young. From here, I will take about three days to the southeast, and a fast horse can reach it in one day."
Although this is a Lou Fanhu, he is quite fluent when speaking Zhao Mandarin. If you don’t look at your face and listen to your accent, you will definitely not tell that this is a Huhu.
The reason for this is because of a sentence that King Wuling of Zhao said back then.
"The Hu Qi is moving wildly. If he wants to expel him or surrender him, it is not enough for the soldiers to do so."
It was under such a policy that after defeating the two ministries of Lou Fanlin and Hu, Zhao did not kill them all, but instead threatened and tempted them to take them for their own use. Among them, the entire tribe surrendered and became the people of Zhao. They obtained food from Zhao every year and gradually began to integrate into Zhao.
The fluent Zhao Yu of Loufan cavalry is a proof of Zhao's policy. In fact, among the 500 Zhao cavalry led by Li Mu, at least more than 400 of Lin Hu and Lou's cavalry were Lin Hu and Lou's cavalry.
After all, in an era when stirrup saddles and other horse harnesses were not popular, the cost of training a cavalry by nomadic people was almost zero, hundreds of times stronger than that of farming people.
Li Mu looked at his subordinates and found that many of them had Huns' heads hanging beside their saddles, but because there were only dozens of Huns' heads, it was obviously not enough to divide them.
Li Mu smiled and said, "Then continue to go south and follow these Huns!"
As a veteran who had been stationed in Gaoquesai for several years, Li Mu was still very clear about the background of the Huns.
Generally speaking, the numbers of the Huns are all full of moisture, and a ten thousand cavalry is usually only five or six thousand.
Unless it is the elite cavalry directly under the jurisdiction of the Xiulli Shanyu, the Xiul's ten thousand cavalry could basically not reach 8,000, and the Xiulli Shanyu's command now only has one ten thousand cavalry directly under the jurisdiction of the nine thousand people.
The thousand cavalry of the small Xiongnu tribes died of only six or seven hundred people, which was not much different from the 500 Zhao cavalry led by Li Mu. Li Mu even felt that his chance of winning was higher.
Li Mu took the lead with a swagger of the horses and led the five hundred Zhao cavalry behind him to quickly move south to chase the Huns.
This run took two hours.
It was already sunset, and a small village suddenly appeared in front of Li Mu. Several thick smoke emerged from the village. The howling autumn wind vaguely brought a few screams, and there were livestock running around outside the village.
"Not good!" Li Mu's heart tightened, and his legs subconsciously clamped the horse's belly and began to speed up.
After surrendering to Zhao State, Lin Hu people and Louanren, after decades, some people gradually got used to settling down and began to live with Zhao people, and this kind of small village came from this.
Logically speaking, after seeing the Great Wall beacon, the county magistrate should order all places to retreat into nearby cities as quickly as possible, but for some reason, the village did not retreat.
But it is no longer time to worry about this. While the horse's hooves were flying, Li Mu had already led his subordinates to approach the village quickly. The village with fire-sky lights were full of the figures of the Hun cavalry and the panic screams of the people of Zhao.
A small group of Hun cavalry was cruising outside the village. Whenever they saw the villagers escape, they would catch up with them, chop and shoot at them.
The blood was dripping from the blades of the Hun cavalry, and the ferocious face and rampant laughter made the people of Zhao even more miserable and helpless.
"Bastard!" Li Mu's eyes suddenly turned red and took off the longbow from behind.
The distance between the two sides is rapidly getting closer.
It was not until this time that the small Xiongnu cavalry outside the village noticed the smoke and dust rolling from Li Mu's troops, and soon recognized the identity of Li Mu's troops.
"The people of Zhao are Zhao cavalry!" A Hun centurion screamed in panic. Obviously, he did not expect that so many Zhao cavalry would appear here at this time.
Li Mu took a deep breath, tilted the bow, pulled it hard, and aimed.
The time flow rate of the whole world suddenly became slower. Li Mu stared at the centurion of the Huns a hundred steps away, and could even clearly see the ugly big wretch on the other party's left face.
"Die!"
Chapter completed!