Chapter 849 Cavalry Battle(1/2)
North wind outlet:
Two generals, Yan Rou and Tian Yu, received Zhao Yun's order and led the cavalry division to advance towards the Chinese army's garrison.
Beifengkou is only a hundred miles away from Qin Qi's army.
This kind of area is absolutely under control, and there will be several waves of reconnaissance horses every day to conduct repeated reconnaissance to ensure the safety of the Chinese army.
Under normal circumstances, there will generally be no problems.
The problem is that there is a huge mountain forest in the Beifengkou area. The scale of the mountain forest is so large that the scout horse cannot complete the reconnaissance and can only observe the peripheral areas.
What about the prairie cavalry?
Hidden in the middle of the mountain forest, the traces of the army's passage have been cleaned up, and it is difficult to find any problems if you look around.
In this way, the 60,000 prairie cavalry escaped the reconnaissance of the Xiakou Cavalry Division.
Yan Rou's cavalry division thought that it was only a few hundred miles away from the Chinese army's camp, and never dreamed that it would be blocked by the prairie cavalry here.
You know, Beifengkou is considered the sphere of influence of the Xiakou Army. Who would foolishly lead troops to stop it? Isn't that just sending food?
Just like that, the prairie cavalry is here, hiding right under your nose.
Dark under the lamp!
Yan Rou led the army to the North Wind Pass and saw a prairie cavalry arrayed on the broad grassland in front of the passage.
The scale reached 60,000 cavalry, which was three times the strength of Yan Rou's cavalry division.
Yan Rou's face changed drastically, and she almost cursed Tan Ma under the tent, but this was not the time to curse.
The two armies faced each other, with the distance between them being less than five miles.
"Come here, send a telegram to General Zhao of your lord's Central Army and Corps, saying that we are being blocked by more than 60,000 prairie cavalry and requesting reinforcements."
Yan Judo.
"As you command!"
Send orders to soldiers.
You heard it right, it was indeed a telegram. Six months ago, Qin Qi received ten telegraph machines from Xiakou Workshop.
Huang Yueying invented it after nearly two years under Qin Qi's explanation. At that time, it could only send messages over a distance of several miles.
After repeated improvements, it can now reach a distance of 250 miles for communication between two places.
Nowadays, each cavalry division of the conquest army is equipped with one.
But what?
Because the distance is still a little short, it cannot be used in many cases. It can only be received when the distance between the two divisions is within 250 miles.
Telegraphs play an extremely important role in the military.
It also plays a very important role in controlling the place, because Qin Qi believes that Huang Yueying, as long as she is given time, the distance between sending and receiving newspapers will be further.
A small soldier of the prairie cavalry, holding a white flag, rode quickly towards Yan Rou's cavalry division.
"General of the Central Plains, your way forward is blocked by our great prairie people. If you are wise, give up your resistance and surrender. Otherwise, what awaits you is death without a burial place."
The grassland soldier said arrogantly.
Hahaha!
Yan Rou laughed loudly.
surrender!
Are you kidding me?
Only the Xiakou Army soldiers who died in battle never gave up resistance. This is the fine tradition of the Xiakou Army.
"Barbarians, listen up, if you want to fight, fight. If you want our cavalry division to give up resistance, are you worthy?
Besides, Beifengkou is only a hundred miles away from the Chinese army camp. Once there is a fierce battle, we only need to hold it back.
When the Chinese army comes to kill you, you will fall into a place of no return. Go back and tell your boss,
If you are sensible, your best choice is to surrender to our Xiakou Army. Don't have any delusions, and don't try to resist, it's useless. In the face of absolute strength, everything is a paper tiger."
Yan Rou scolded.
"General Zhongyuan, you only have 20,000 cavalry, and we have 60,000 cavalry. We have a huge advantage in terms of strength.
I can annihilate you in a short period of time. When your main army comes to kill you, the war will be over early, so come and collect your corpses!"
Prairie Soldier Road.
snort!
Yan Rou snorted coldly.
"Barbarian, go back! If I don't kill you, it doesn't mean that I dare not kill you. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will sacrifice your head to the flag."
Yan Judo.
The little soldier on the grassland did not dare to speak anymore, and he was also very scared. He was worried that Yan Rou would chop him down in anger.
Turn the horse's head around and slowly go back holding the white flag.
"Chief, the people of the Central Plains do not want to surrender. They even say that we should surrender. Otherwise, this place will become our burial place."
Prairie Soldier Road.
"In this case, we will go to war and annihilate these 20,000 Central Plains cavalry in a short period of time. When reinforcements from the Central Plains army arrive, our war will be over and we will hear the farts of our cavalry!"
A leader of the grassland race said.
"Warriors, fight over and let the Central Plains people taste whether the scimitar of our prairie people is sharp and whether it can kill people."
The patriarch said.
drive!
Boom!
The earth shook and thousands of horses galloped.
Sixty thousand prairie cavalry rushed up to fight, with a fierce momentum and a grand scale, much larger than the scenes on TV.
Only countless war horses can be seen galloping in the distance.
So spectacular!
drive!
When Yan Rou saw 60,000 prairie cavalry, they all came to kill them. Without showing any signs of weakness, Yan Rou led 20,000 cavalry division soldiers to meet them.
Of course, Yan Rou only has 20,000 cavalry, and the prairie cavalry has 60,000. If there is a collision, the front is made of hard steel.
That would definitely not work. It would be easy to fall into the encirclement of 60,000 prairie cavalry, and one load of them would not be able to kill the entire prairie cavalry formation.
Twenty thousand cavalry division soldiers will face difficulties.
That was a suicide attack, not suitable for the current situation.
Although the Xiakou Cavalry Division is equipped with the Three Treasures of Horses and is much more powerful than the Prairie Cavalry, it is still difficult to break out of the tight encirclement.
Unless there is a very powerful warrior on the arrow who can kill the blocking prairie cavalry one by one, the speed of the war horse can be maintained.
Once the cavalry's speed slows down, they will become the opponent's lambs to be slaughtered.
brush!
Yan Rou is a very good general. He has lived on the grassland since he was a child, which makes him very familiar with cavalry combat.
Seeing that the second army was about to face the hard steel, Yan Rou suddenly led a 20,000-horse cavalry division in a roundabout way and came out in an arc.
Three hundred steps.
Two hundred steps!
One hundred and twenty steps.
Whoosh whoosh!
At this time, an angle of ninety degrees was formed between Yan Rou's cavalry division's cavalry formation and the prairie cavalry formation, which was convenient for shooting.
Tens of thousands of sharp arrows were shot out together, flying towards the prairie cavalry that was coming to kill them.
Blocking out the sun, the sky is filled with arrows.
The compound bow in the hands of the Xiakou Cavalry Division is definitely one of the longest-range bows and arrows in the world, and it is extremely lethal.
The range of the bows and arrows among the prairie iron riders is only between sixty and eighty steps, and it is difficult to break through eighty steps.
It’s not that the prairie people can’t draw a hard bow, it’s that the prairie people can’t produce a strong bow.
When Qin Qi came to the Han Dynasty, the range of bows and arrows in the Central Plains was actually between eighty and a hundred steps.
Why do the archers from the Central Plains have great lethality against the prairie cavalry as long as they form a good battle formation?
Even though it only has an advantage of twenty steps, it is a great convenience in war, enough to allow one side to shoot one more arrow.
To be continued...