Chapter 40 Iron Flow (9)
The surging horse hooves were like thunder, and hundreds of cavalry of Youzhou spread out like a tide. Although the equipment of these Xianbei people was stronger than that of Tuoba Xianbei, they were still considered shabby. Only a very small number of people were armoured and used a variety of weapons. Obviously, they were obtained from fighting over the years and had never been sorted out. However, the Xianbei cavalry that shocked the Central Plains never relied on these external things. The cold and hard life in the north cultivated their strong bodies; forged their perseverance and fearless character; and gave them all good at horses and coming and going like the wind. Compared with the residents of the Han area of the Central Plains, these Xianbei people were completely savages; they had nothing, so they never cared about it and were willing to use their lives to fight the glory and wealth given by Chief Qu Shuai.
For them, it doesn't matter what the purpose of the war is and who the enemy is. In the past decade, these ferocious Xianbei people have been busy from the northern border to the Central Plains. They just gallop, kill, plunder, rape, and act recklessly, and will also receive considerable rewards... Such a life is really simple and pleasant.
But the atrocities in the past have finally been a great title that can be explained to the Luoyang court. In today's battle, the army affiliated with the court launched an attack on another court army without reason, which was a bit unreasonable. The Xianbei soldiers did not need to care, but their leaders were still a little concerned. Therefore, this army did not use any banner to contact each other, simply by whistling, horns or sharp whistles, which retained the last bit of face to the Jin court. With the tacit understanding established by the Xianbei people in group fishing and hunting since childhood, even without the guidance of the flag, the Xianbei soldiers went from a thousand-man team to a hundred-man team, and the ten-man team still ordered them at all levels, just like the arm.
The cavalry advanced slowly, and the formation extended far toward the two wings. In the center of the cavalry, the position of the slightly protruding array was the elite tiger squad under the command of Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou. This cavalry touched about a thousand people, composed of the dead soldiers of various tribes of Hu Jin whom Wang Jun had recruited for more than ten years. The men and horses were all wearing heavy iron armor and covered with mixed battle robes. From a distance, the deep black iron armor shone brightly in the morning sunlight, and the knights and war horses under the armor seemed to be integrated. When those heavy weapons such as big spears, long swords, iron vertebrae were waving like the wind, the hideous giant beast with steel bars and iron bones showed its sharp claws and roared forward. The formidable and powerful aura was enough to make any enemy's hearts and courage. A thousand armored knights gathered together to charge, which was simply impossible to stop humans.
The Hu tribes in the northern border were all good at using cavalry, but due to different conditions in different regions, the methods of using cavalry were different in each tribe. The Xianbei tribes in the eastern region have been constantly traded with the Central Plains courts for nearly a hundred years. Due to the lack of border barriers, a large number of fine gold and iron were smuggled to the grasslands, and gradually gained a large number of Han people as craftsmen, so they gradually established a considerable number of iron-armored cavalry teams. During the battle, they first used elite heavy cavalry equipped with armored cavalry to charge into battle, and they would hit the top of the sky like thunder and destroy them; after the enemy fell into chaos, they would follow up with light cavalry to expand the results of the battle and slaughter them to the fullest. Such a tactic, on the one hand, overwhelmed the army of the Jin people with the advantage of good horses and arrows, and on the other hand, overwhelmed the Hus in the northern border with the exquisite armored armor and armor, which is worthy of being the proud skill of the heroes of the northern border.
The leader of this heavy cavalry is Duan Wuwuchen's nephew, Duan Mobo, the brave general who is as famous as Duan Wenyang in the Xianbei of Duan. Duan Mobo is 35 years old this year. He is at the time of his prestige and his military power reaches its peak. This person became famous long ago than Duan Wenyang and is regarded as the most powerful cavalry general in the Xianbei of the Eastern region. Among the entire Tiger Squad, half of the Tiger Squad came to surrender because of his reputation. At this moment, the two armies were still far apart. The giant man with disheveled hair and magnificent body did not join the Tiger Squad's ranks, but rode his horse behind Wang Jun, the cavalry general, and carefully controlled the distance behind half of the horse.
"On the other side is the main force of the Dai County Army. All the elite northerners who Lu Daoming has joined forces for several months are here." Duan Mobo tried his best to smile, and a rosy red scar on his face jumped like a swimming fish. He immediately turned sideways to Wang Jun and said deeply: "With this battle, the entire Youzhou and the thousand-mile grassland north of Youzhou will be under the control of the general. The general is so frightened that he will congratulate the general first."
Duan Mobo's character is not as rough and fierce as ordinary Xianbei people. He is somewhat similar to his uncle, Duan Wuchen, Duan Xi of Liao, is as fierce as a tiger and as cunning as a fox. When facing Wang Jun, his words were extremely respectful, and it can even be said to be a bit flattering. However, Wang Jun just smiled and nodded, and did not answer.
Wang Jun naturally knew that the Duan Xianbei was not as full of sincerity as Duan Mobo showed. The rise of the new prefect of the county prefect completely blocked the Duan Xianbei's westward development power, so the Duan Xianbei had to kill it no matter what. It was said that "it was all in the hands of the general." It seemed that this battle was purely for the hegemony of Youzhou, which made it look down on its own vision.
But... even if Dai County was wiped out, there were still countless enemies waiting to be killed. Fang Dang used people, it would be better to win over these Xianbei people. Thinking of this, Wang Jun casually talked about another topic: "I think Dai County Army was actually in front of the car array, which was very strange. I wonder what their intentions were?"
"I once heard that during the Xianning period, the imperial court fought against the Western Qiang. The Wuwei prefect Ma Long led 3,000 warriors to cross the west to the Wenshui River. There were side vans in the army. When the land was wide, the deer antler chariot camp was formed. When the road was narrow, wooden houses were made to be placed on the chariot. The army relied on the chariot camp and fought in front, and used strong crossbows as a cover. So they were able to fight thousands of miles to pacify Qin and Liang." On the other side of Wang Jun, a young general who was walking with him responded: "In the eyes of the last general, what the county army used at this moment was just the same trick of Xianning, and it was not difficult to break it!"
"Oh?" Wang Jun looked at him with interest: "I'll ask the general of the Fujun to tell me in detail."
This young general was Wang Jun's deputy, Duan Jilu Jun, the general of the army. Although he was young, he was the heir of Duan Wuwuchen in western Liaoning. He had a very noble position among the Xianbei people. This time, the Youzhou army went north to the grassland and was actually responsible for military command.
Wang Jun's military power has always been dependent on the Xianbei. Although there were many prominent Jin officials in the Youzhou Shogunate, Qi Hong, a general who was famous in the Central Plains, had to sit in Jicheng. Among the others, Zao Song was a noble nobleman in the high school, Wang Chang, Ruan Bao, and Hu Ju were not brave men and were not enough to command the army. Therefore, the army fought south and north, and the actual generals who led the troops either came from the Yuwen tribe or from the Duan tribe.
Chapter completed!