Chapter 2145: Iron Horse (Part 1)
"My lord, Huang Taiji's 15,000-strong army has been completely defeated under the joint efforts of my lord and General Long Qie. Our army killed 5,000 enemies and suffered 300 self-inflicted losses. The remaining nearly 10,000 Qing troops retreated towards the enemy. They fled in the direction of Lu Long." Jiang Ji reported with excitement.
The 7,000 elite cavalry defeated 15,000 Qing troops head-on in just one charge, killing 5,000 enemies and 300 self-inflicted losses. The casualty ratio was close to 1:17. Such a record is rare even in elite battalions.
Qin Hao was not excited at all. In his opinion, the Nine Dragon Guards were dispatched, and even he himself took action. It was completely reasonable to achieve such a result.
After nodding and indicating that he understood, Qin Hao asked again: "How many people were killed by the Nine Dragon Guards?"
Compared with the casualties of ordinary soldiers, Qin Hao still cared more about the casualties of the Nine Dragon Guards.
"There were thirty-seven casualties in total, of which twenty-three were killed directly in battle and fourteen were seriously injured."
Jiang Ji said with a distressed look on his face. He was the commander of the Nine Dragon Guards. He had killed so many potential officers at once. How could he, the commander, not feel distressed?
Qin Hao was a little unhappy after hearing this, so he said: "The number of casualties of the Nine Dragon Guards actually exceeded one-tenth of the total casualties. Jiang Jiong, it seems that you, the commander, have slacked off. I will fine you three months' salary."
"..."
The corners of Jiang Ji's mouth twitched, but he finally cupped his fists and said, "The last general will be punished."
"Send the order to Long Qi and let him lead the army to pursue the defeated army. It doesn't have to be completely exterminating. It just needs to prevent them from being concentrated to form a fighting force. They are still caged birds anyway. It won't be too late to deal with them after the decisive battle is over."
"promise."
After giving the order, Qin Hao originally wanted to lead the Nine Dragon Guards and the remaining Jingqi back to the Eighth Formation, but when he saw the Qing army's formation in the distance, he had an idea and led nearly 7,000 Jingqi to the rear of the Qing army.
In this way, Qin Hao's 7,000 cavalry and Long Qie's 3,000 cavalry were divided into two again after jointly defeating Huang Taiji's 15,000 army.
On the other side, after Nurhaci ordered Huang Taiji's troops to attack, he immediately ordered the entire army to attack Wei Qing's troops. After all, he didn't know how long Jin Wushu and Huang Taiji could hold on.
But what Nurhachi didn't expect was that the Qin army, which was impatient and eager to fight immediately, actually fired a false shot and divided the troops into two groups, one with 30,000 and the other with 40,000, trying to get around The main force of the Qing army is no longer in a hurry to engage in a decisive battle with the Qing army.
When Nurhaci saw this situation, it was alright. The Qin army could drag down the Qing army, but the Qing army could not. If they dragged down the 70,000 cavalry, they would be in vain, so he quickly ordered a full-speed pursuit.
Nurhaci did not dare to divide his troops to pursue. After all, dividing his troops would disperse the combat effectiveness. There were only so many people left in the Qing army, and they could not give the Qin army a chance to defeat them one by one.
Nurha planned to rely on his strength advantage to first defeat the 40,000 Qin cavalry who were inexperienced in combat, and then deal with the other 30,000 elite cavalry. This would save time and effort, and was much easier than directly defeating the 70,000 Qin cavalry.
Nurhachi's thoughts were beautiful, but he didn't know that every step he took was beyond the expectations of the Qin army's military advisor. From beginning to end, he was always the one being played.
Facing the pursuit of 70,000 Qing cavalry, Huo Qubing, who was in charge of commanding 40,000 cavalry, naturally would not choose to confront the Qing army head-on. While retreating at full speed, he also used crossbows to shoot the Qing cavalry behind.
[Ding dong, Huo Qubing's skill 'Riding God' is activated. Effects 1, 2, and 3 are activated one after another. Force +4. When riding a famous horse, the force bonus is doubled. When leading the cavalry, the combat commander +2. The morale and speed of the whole army are greatly improved. ;
Huo Qubing: Commander 100 (+1), Force 103 (+2), Holy Emperor Commander +1, Force +2, Weapon +1, Mount +2;
Currently, Huo Qubing’s command has increased to 103, his force has increased to 112, and the morale and speed of the entire army have been greatly improved;]
With the increase of 'Eight Banners', Nurhachi's commander attribute rose to 103, and Huo Qubing also tied it with the increase of 'Riding God' and 'Holy Emperor', but this is not his limit.
[Ding dong, Huo Qubing’s skill ‘Iron Horse’ is activated.
Iron Horse: This is Huo Qubing's unique skill. When present together with 'Jin Ge', it can trigger the combo skill 'Jin Ge Iron Horse'.
Effect 1: When commanding cavalry, command +1, the speed and durability of the entire army are doubled, and morale and combat power are greatly improved;
Effect 2: When facing foreigners, the commander +2 and the force +4; when facing the same race, the force +3;
Effect 3: When fighting in a duel, the opponent's mount increase can be sealed.
'Iron Horse' effects 1 and 2 are activated one after another, commander +1, and the speed, durability, morale, and combat power of the entire army are greatly improved; when facing foreigners, commander +2, force +4;
Currently, Huo Qubing’s commander level has increased to 105, and his force level has increased to 116;]
Holy Emperor +1, Riding God +2, Iron Horse +3;
The increase in the three commander skills directly increased Huo Qubing's command attribute from 100 to a terrifying 106 points, making Huo Qubing comparable to Bai Qi. The only pity is that he can only be in the cavalry field.
Even without relying on any external force, Huo Qubing could reach the level of 105 as a commander when he was commanding the cavalry.
Therefore, it is not polite to say that in the field of cavalry, Huo Qubing is a bug and is almost invincible.
But Huo Qubing, who leads the infantry, does not have any skill increase and can only rely on the basic commander to lead the army.
In this regard, we can only say that if there is a gain, there must be a loss.
The Eight Banners Army also had the riding equipment equipped by Qin Cavalry, such as stirrups, saddles, etc., but the riding skills possessed by the Eight Banners Army were not possessed by all cavalry.
Because of the difference in riding skills, even if Huo Qubing's troops were all light cavalry, their speed was still much slower than that of the Eight Banners Army. It would only be a matter of time before they were overtaken.
It is precisely because of this that Nurhaci gave priority to pursuing Huo Qubing's headquarters.
But what Nurhaci never expected was that the speed of these 40,000 Qin cavalry was getting faster and faster, and even tended to throw the Eight Banners Army away.
This is so out of character, it's like hell.
With the dual support of the 'Qi Shen' and the 'Iron Horse', Qin Qi was able to overtake in a direct curve, surpassing the Eight Banners Army in terms of speed.
Originally, with the speed of the Eight Banners Army, they could catch up with the Qin Army very quickly, but no matter how hard the Qing Army pursued them, they could only follow behind and eat ashes.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was far away, Nurhaci's heart kept sinking. He opened his bow without an arrow to turn back. Now he had no other option but to bite the bullet and continue to pursue.
Huo Qubing relied on his speed advantage to lead the Qing army in circles to delay time. In the process, the Qin army annihilated the 35,000-strong army of Jin Wushu's command, and also defeated an army of Huang Taiji's command. Fifteen thousand troops.
Modified the attributes of Xialong and 'Dragon's Roar'. Before setting this skill, I really forgot that 'Tenglong' has other effects.
(End of chapter)
