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Chapter 056 Cavalry Without Horses

"Swish...Puff", a few warm liquid splashed onto Xu Rong's cheek. One of his personal soldiers who were guarding him fell straight down from the saddle. The arrows inserted between the eyebrows were still trembling slightly.

Xu Rong could no longer care about so many things. He rode his horse along the original road with all the cavalry of Xiliang and ran back along the original road. But they soon discovered that the original road had also been cut off. On the official road in the forest that was originally empty, there was a row of bamboo horses that were crossing the middle of the road.

A general of Xu Rong shouted loudly: "Come off the roadblock!" More than 20 Xiliang cavalrymen jumped off their horses and ran forward.

Fortunately, it may be because the suicide squad that entered the forest searched played a role, and the arrows that came from the forest became sparse at this time. Otherwise, the Xiliang Army, which was blocked, would have to withstand more arrows.

When the more than 20 Xiliang soldiers moved the roadblocks with all their hands, the ground in the bamboo forest on both sides of the road was suddenly "opened". Dozens of soldiers holding short spears and round shields and wearing disguise of grass and trees suddenly rushed out and speared at the empty-handed Xiliang soldiers. These soldiers were the baggage soldiers of the Zhuyang Army.

In just a few blinks, all the Xiliang soldiers who were preparing to remove the roadblock were stabbed to the ground. Then these baggage soldiers formed a formation after resisting the horse.

Almost at the same time, shrill screams came from the forest one after another, and then the arrows shot from the forest became denser again.

The fifty or sixty Western Liang cavalry who dismounted and entered the forest to fight could not be the opponents of the Zhuyang Army scouts. The latter had special training for fighting in the forest. In a moment, all the Western Liang soldiers were killed in the forest.

Xu Rong was also extremely anxious at this time and ordered loudly: "Everyone dismounts! Kill the frontal thief army!".

Xu Rong was helpless in commanding like this. The tactics of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry originated from the Qiang people, mainly using war horses to charge, stabbing the guns, and fighting with sabers. However, they were not good at riding and shooting skills like the Xianbei of the Xiongnu. Therefore, the Western Liang Iron Cavalry generally did not have bows and crossbows.

Without a crossbow, if you want to deal with the infantry who refuses the horse, you can only dismount and fight. At the same time, dismounting is also an need to avoid the need for constantly attacking arrows, otherwise standing on the horse will undoubtedly be a living target. In fact, before Xu Rong gave the order, many experienced veterans had already jumped off the horse.

The soldiers of the Western Liang carried swords and guns, and rushed over like a tide. The Zhuyang Army's baggage soldiers fought with them for several rounds through the horses and retreated.

The Western Liang soldiers then moved away the roadblocks and continued to chase down the road. After less than fifty battles, they saw another horse. After the horse, dozens of Zhuyang troops were still waiting for the battle. The two sides fought again, and Zhuyang troops shouted and fled again.

The soldiers of Xiliang carried the horses to the bamboo forest beside them, and were about to chase them down. Xu Rong suddenly realized something, his eyes trembled and said loudly: "Wait, leave half of the people to go back and get on the horse and follow them. The rest continued to chase on foot until they were completely driven away from the road."

Before he finished speaking, the roars and neighing sounds of horses behind him suddenly became dense. The remaining nearly a thousand war horses scattered everywhere, most of them crept into the dense forest. It turned out that the enemy actually took the opportunity to attack a few soldiers guarding the horses and drove out the war horses.

At the same time, the earth began to tremble slightly, and the sound of thunder was heard like summer. Xu Rong immediately realized that the trembling and thunder were not only triggered by the Western Liang war horses that fled everywhere. These also confirmed his terrible thought the moment before.

"Quick! Carry back the roadblock! Use a cavalry to set up a formation!"... "Oh, it's too late, hurry! Blink into the forest!" Xu Rong immediately reacted and shouted continuously. But it was too late. In his sight, hundreds of cavalry followed the road, rushing towards him like a torrent of steel.

The soldiers in the Xiliang front were caught in the rolling iron hooves before they understood what was going on. The soldiers near Xu Rong had just figured out what their commander meant, and before they could take action, they were swallowed by the torrent...

"Puff", before a Xiliang soldier had time to enter the bamboo forest, a horse spear stabbed into his right rib, almost piercing his entire body, and his body flew out with the spear. The iron armored knight with a tall bronze mask and fighting on the horse pulled out the battle knife again...

A Xiliang soldier holding a cavalry rifle twisted his body and unconsciously pointed the spear head at the rushing cavalry. The tip of the spear touched the armor surrounding the chest of the war horse. Before the gun blade could penetrate the armor, his cavalry rifle was released under the huge impulse. Then, he was cut off his head by a sabre.

More Xiliang soldiers were directly knocked down by the tiger and leopard cavalry and then stepped into meat sauce. Only a few Xiliang soldiers who were quick to react were spared. They rushed into the forests on both sides the moment before the torrent swept over. Xu Rong himself was one of them.

However, they were immediately intercepted by the Zhuyang Army who was lying in the forest. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry finally stopped on the official road full of corpses. Under the command of the team leader, most of the knights jumped off their horses and rushed into the forest. The remaining cavalry continued to patrol the road...

Xu Rong lost his horse and his spear, and even lost his helmet. He had already lost his direction, limping in the bamboo forest that could not be seen at a glance, running aimlessly. He was still following a personal soldier, but now he was also killed by arrows.

He heard a rustling sound and quickly pulled out his sword from his waist. Just as he was about to ask, his legs were already tightened, and he fell down without the center of gravity. A rope trapped his ankle and hung him upside down...

Feng Yu, who was more than ten miles away, heard the prompt sound of the task completion, and knew that the ambush was successful and Xu Rong had been captured. He had been hung over more than 300 soldiers of the Zhuyang Army, and finally let go. This was a beautiful ambush battle, almost wiped out Xu Rong's Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and there were only more than 20 casualties.

Three days later, the more than 300 soldiers who seized a large number of horses caught up with Feng Yu. The group continued to move forward quickly towards Nanyang. But when they encountered some minor trouble on the road, they were the captive Xu Rong on a hunger strike.

In the camp under the night, there were again bonfires. The soldiers took Xu Rong to Feng Yu. Feng Yu, who was chewing jerky noodles, asked: "Why don't you eat? Do you want to go on a hunger strike to be loyal to Dong Zhuo?"

Xu Rong glared at the leopard and said, "No. Dong Zhuo is neither my father nor my king. Why should I be loyal to him in the form of starvation and damage to my body?"

"Why is that?"

"I don't want to be humiliated by someone!" Xu Rong replied loudly.

Feng Yu smiled slightly, then ordered to the left and right: "Unlock the rope for him and let him eat by himself."

The soldiers around him hesitated slightly, but still tied Xu Rong to the direction of Feng Yu. Feng Yu put a large bag of jerky and bread in front of Xu Rong.
Chapter completed!
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