The defenders of Beixi County are less than three miles away from Chen Si!
Chen Si could even clearly hear the shouts of killing coming from the distance. The guards around him knelt down and cried and begged to let Chen Si avoid the battle, but Chen Si ignored them and his eyes were extremely firm.
"If my blood spills on the battlefield, God will not bless me Dadi!"
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a rapid and intensive sound of horse hooves came from behind Chen Si.
Five thousand light cavalry rushed over, passed the place where Chen Si was, and charged directly towards the Beixi County defenders.
The Beidi Qingqi were extremely fast and arrived at the battlefield almost in the blink of an eye. However, they did not fight head-on. Instead, they divided their wings and attacked the Beixi County defenders from both directions. Almost all the Beidi cavalry grew up on horses, and their equestrian skills were extremely superb. They constantly harassed and encroached on the Beixi County defenders.
Even though the horses were running wildly, the horse archers' archery accuracy was still frighteningly high.
This light cavalry is best at dealing with heavy cavalry. Almost all of them are equipped with armor-piercing arrows. They rely on their horse speed to harass and shoot at Beixi's heavily armored black cavalry.
In just one stick of incense, dozens of black riders in Beixi County were shot dead!
The black knights who fell on the ground were like hedgehogs, with dense arrows stuck in their bodies.
Facing Beidi's Qingqi, whose archery skills were extremely accurate and whose horses were very fast, even Zhao Yulong had no choice but to lead a group of black cavalry to shrink their formation and constantly fight back with bows and arrows. The black cavalry's bows and arrows have a longer range, and they won't suffer any loss if they simply compete with Beidi Qingqi's arrows. But while the two sides were changing their arrows, from time to time there would be small groups of light cavalry, armed with horseshoes, charging at the black cavalry.
Relying on the speed of the horse and the terrifying armor-breaking ability of the horse, as long as it is poked, even the black knight will be killed in one blow.
"General Zhao! This light cavalry is from the Beidi Eagle Brigade. They are the best at horse fighting. Although we are wearing heavy armor, we cannot withstand the exhaustion!"
Zhao Yulong's eyes were solemn.
Almost all the 10,000 troops left by Sang Qian's army in Beixi County were killed. They were about to break through the border and rush straight to the Beidi formation, but they were entangled by the Eagle Brigade that was galloping towards them. Moreover, the war is extremely unfavorable to the Black Cavalry. If they continue to fight hard, they will surely suffer huge losses. But once they retreat, it will be a disaster for the Black Cavalry.
When the heavy cavalry faced the pursuit of the light cavalry, it was almost a massacre, and it was impossible to run away.
Zhao Yulong took a deep breath and his eyes were extremely firm: "Your Majesty has an order! We will break through the border at all costs, break into the Beidi formation, and cover the autumn harvest of the people behind. Give me the order, never take half a step back, just exchange arrows with the enemy. , waiting for the backup troops!"
At the same time, Beidi's messengers had returned to Chen Si.
"General! Beixi's heavily armored black cavalry did not retreat, but stood firm and exchanged arrows with my light cavalry!"
Hearing this, Chen Si frowned again: "Who is the leader of the army?!"
"Returning to the general, the commander of the enemy's black cavalry is Zhao Yulong, the commander of the Longhu Army stationed in Kyoto of the Liang Kingdom, and the son of Zhao Li."
After learning the identity of the enemy general, Chen Si couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"How can a small Beixi County have so many virtuous ministers and generals?!"
"Then Zhao Yulong is indeed the son of Zhao Li. He is so calm when faced with the Qingqi attack. If the Beixi Black Cavalry does not retreat, it will be extremely difficult to deal with them."
Chen Si was depressed. There were too many good ministers and generals in Beixi County. Chen Si was alone. How could he withstand the four attacks? Now we can only grit our teeth and hold on. In today's battle, whoever retreats will lose the opportunity!
The Beixi Black Cavalry and the Eagle Brigade were attriting each other extremely fiercely. The fight lasted only a few sticks of incense, and the Eagle Brigade had already lost hundreds of people. The Beixi Black Cavalry also lost more than fifty people, and more than a hundred people were injured.
Just when neither side was willing to give in and were exchanging arrows and lives, Xu Mo, who had defeated a thousand men on the flanks of Sang Qian's army, arrived with his light cavalry.
The Eagle Brigade reacted very quickly. They immediately gave up the siege of the Black Cavalry and broke into small groups, ranging from three to five people to more than ten people. They fought Zhao Yulong and Xu Mo in two steps and engaged in a fierce melee. .
In the evening, human and horse corpses were already scattered all over the mountains and plains.
But Chen Si finally waited for the backup troops, and another three thousand Qingqi entered the battle. Zhao Yulong and Xu Mo on the other side also waited for the backup infantry.
Li Lang led the infantry in a dense formation, with infantry and spears on the outside to prevent the light cavalry from rushing into the formation, while the inside was filled with infantry archers and crossbowmen to shoot at the surrounding light cavalry. The horse archers and foot archers exchanged arrows, which was very disadvantageous, and the light cavalry did not have the ability to charge into the formation. Even though the Eagle Brigade and the 3,000 Snow Wolf Brigade rushing to the rescue are veterans of hundreds of battles, they have outstanding combat capabilities.
However, faced with the cooperation of Beixi County's infantry, light cavalry, and heavy cavalry, they were still retreating steadily.
At this juncture, Chen Si heard the sound of fighting. Following the sound, he saw a team of 20 Tianji Camp guards, less than 200 steps away from Chen Si!
Forty guards under Chen Si separated to resist, but they were still unable to stop the guards from the Tianji Camp.
Whoosh!
With a sound piercing the air, an arrow almost grazed Chen Si's scalp and flew past.
Chen Si's face was livid. He was assassinated by the guards of Tianji Battalion before he lost an arm. He abandoned the good situation and retreated to the royal capital. Now faced with another assassination attempt by the Tianji Camp guards, instead of retreating, Chen Si shouted coldly: "Tianji Camp guards, you are here very well!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen Night Owls wearing armor and carrying bows and arrows rushed out of the tent behind Chen Si and headed straight for the guards of the Tianji Camp.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the guards of the Tianji Battalion decisively gave up the assassination and retreated covering each other.
From start to finish, the assassination lasted less than a stick of incense.
Captain Ye Xiao withdrew to the camp and said in a deep voice: "The guards of Tianji Camp were defeated, and we are unable to pursue them."
Chen Si waved his hand and said coldly: "You just need to prevent the Tianji Camp guards from assassinating them. There is no need to pursue them. Without cavalry, trying to destroy the Tianji Camp guards is just a fantasy."
The fighting continued until dawn the next day.
As reinforcements continued to arrive from Beidi, Li Zhang finally chose to retreat. If he continued to fight, once he was surrounded by enemy forces, the defenders of Beixi County would be destroyed. They withdrew for the time being to repair and look for another opportunity.
This battle ended with Chen Si winning.
Together with the Sangqian army attacking the city, the Beidi army suffered more than 18,000 casualties.
The defenders of Beixi County also suffered heavy casualties, with more than 1,000 killed and more than 1,600 wounded.
Although the battle loss rate was almost one to ten, the opportunity for the battle was lost. Beixi County won tactically, but lost strategically.
While Chen Si repelled the defenders of Beixi County, he transferred the fighting troops to the forward camp to assist in attacking the Liang Kingdom's border troops!
Facing the Beidi army, which had a numerical advantage, the frontier troops and the Hussars had no choice but to retreat and huddle back into the city to defend themselves.
