"General!"
The deputy general was about to report.
Chen Si had already waved his hand to interrupt, saying that he knew everything. Although the Beixi County defenders would arrive at the camp soon, Chen Si remained calm.
"Is the enemy's leading force cavalry or infantry?"
Night Owl quickly reported: "Back to the general, the Beixi black cavalry is leading the formation, the infantry is pressing behind the formation, and the light cavalry is moving in separate directions. It is obvious that they are not coming towards my camp."
Hearing this, Chen Si's brows slowly wrinkled and he immediately shouted an order: "Give me the order to immediately assemble the army to fight! Quickly send messengers to report to the forward camp, and send additional light cavalry to rush to the rescue immediately. The enemy is coming this time. If you are not good, I am afraid that you will go all out to break through the front line and counterattack our Dadi territory!"
After learning that Beixi County had made a desperate move, the deputy general's face instantly became extremely solemn. He did not dare to be negligent and explained quickly.
In the time it took for a cup of tea, the sound of intensive stamping had already come from the distance.
Beixi Black Cavalry is here!
The infantry stationed in the camp hastily formed a defensive formation, with thousands of rifles and spears facing the outside world in unison.
Even so, the hearts of all the infantry were still in their throats as they listened to the heavy stampeding that was getting closer and closer.
At the same time, the eight hundred light cavalry in the camp had also rushed out of the camp and went to stop the Beixi Black Cavalry.
However, since they were fighting at night, the light cavalry also faced a dilemma. If they did not light the torch, the team would be too chaotic and would be extremely prone to stampedes. They might have already become chaotic before they even engage the enemy.
If you light a torch, you become a living target. The Beixi Black Cavalry on the other side was completely dark, but judging from the sound of horse hooves trampling, the opponent's formation was quite neat.
"Strange! It's obviously a night march without torch lighting, so why can we maintain an orderly formation?"
Some light cavalrymen were surprised and felt that the military quality of the Beixi Black Cavalry was somewhat contrary to common sense.
As everyone knows, the black cavalry has been trained by Zhao Yulong, the special envoy of Gaoshan Kingdom, and Qin Feng, and has long been distinguished from ordinary cavalry. Human hearing may be limited, but horses' hearing is quite keen. They can identify the direction and marching rhythm based on the bells on the leading horses.
To train cavalry, you must first train war horses.
Almost eight hundred light cavalry appeared within the shooting range, and the black cavalry on the periphery began to blindly fire according to the firelight.
The Black Cavalry, on the other hand, wasted no time. The accuracy of the eight hundred light cavalry was severely reduced, and they fell into an extremely passive situation. They could only do their best to harass the Black Cavalry in a meaningless manner.
However, the black cavalry ignored the limited harassment of the light cavalry at all. Their marching speed was only slowed down by 10%, and they headed straight for the main camp with a clear goal.
There were only 5,000 Beidi soldiers left behind to guard the camp, and 800 light cavalry were sent out, leaving 4,200 soldiers left. However, there were only more than 1,000 soldiers capable of defending on the front line.
The black cavalry itself marches slowly. Whether it is slowing down or stopping, it is much more convenient than the light cavalry.
After reaching the shooting range, the black cavalry had no intention of rushing into the formation and shot directly at the enemy armed with spear rifles.
This temporary camp had no effective walls to defend against arrows.
Almost all of them are composed of horse barriers and wooden fences.
Facing the indiscriminate shooting of the black cavalry, the infantry on the first line of defense quickly became confused, leaving more than a hundred corpses behind, and retreated hastily into the camp.
At the same time, the Black Cavalry calmly moved away from the horse, opened a path large enough for the Black Cavalry to pass, and continued to march slowly into the camp.
Every other person on the outside of the black cavalry is holding a horse spear, and the adjacent one is holding a bow and arrow, while the black cavalry surrounding the inside are all holding bows and arrows, just walking in and shooting at the same time.
Chen Si’s camp was instantly in chaos!
Where have they seen this kind of charging method? Where is the cavalry brigade here? It is clearly a moving phalanx of infantry and archers!
And because the black knight is sitting on the horse, he only needs to be guided by the bell of the leading black knight, and the subsequent black knights will advance in an orderly manner. The black knight just concentrates on shooting.
Soon, the enemy discovered the clues. The infantry archers came from all directions and shot at the leading cavalry like crazy!
As long as the leading cavalry is killed, without the guidance of the bell, the subsequent black cavalry will not be able to advance so effectively, and the black cavalry will have to devote its energy to controlling the war horse.
But the Beidi infantry quickly fell into despair.
The armor of the leading black knight is thicker and stronger than the armor of the other black knights. He is protected by a dozen black knights holding large rifle shields.
Not to mention that most of the arrows were blocked by the large shield. Even if they hit the leading black knight directly, they would not be able to break through the armor!
That's right, armor-piercing arrows specifically aimed at armor can't penetrate armor!
"Damn it, how thick are the armors of these black knights!"
"Even our Beidi Horses can't bear such thick armor. Damn the traitors of the Gaoshan Kingdom, they actually sold so many plateau horses to Beixi County!"
Fighting at night and fighting during the day are completely different things.
If it had been daytime, the Black Cavalry would have launched a charge long ago, but now they were blind, rushing into the formation indiscriminately, and they were simply tired of living. Therefore, under the leadership of Zhao Yulong, the Black Cavalry used night tactics to slowly but effectively attack Chen Si's camp. .
Although they were immediately surrounded by the enemy, they only had 4,200 infantry and 800 light cavalry.
Facing the black knight who is armed to the teeth and armored so thickly that even a plateau horse cannot run fast, the armor-piercing arrows that have not been repaired and improved are simply scratching the itch. A full incense has passed since the black knight appeared in the camp, and no one in the black knight has fallen off his horse.
Chen Si's camp suffered heavy casualties and was on the verge of collapse.
It wasn't until the light cavalry relied on their horses and began to charge that they dismounted each of the black cavalry.
However, due to the need to brave the arrow rain and the black cavalry's horse defense, the charge of the Beidi light cavalry was like a suicide attack.
It often takes the loss of seven or eight light cavalry to kill one black cavalry.
In the blink of an eye, Beidi's light cavalry were exhausted and could no longer launch any charges. The mortality rate was as high as 70%. Even so, they only killed more than twenty black cavalry.
At this moment, the invincible Black Cavalry suddenly stopped attacking.
Zhao Yulong was located next to the black knight at the head of the platoon, holding a horse spear and his body covered with arrows. His sharp eyes were observing the surrounding situation through the gaps in the collar and armor.
"The enemy army has formed an encirclement. All the soldiers listened to the order, changed the rear row to the front row, and fought their way out of the camp. Although the enemy army is skillful in formation, their number is too small to be a concern."
Following Zhao Yulong's order, a bell rang behind the black cavalry. The three thousand black cavalry slowly but orderly turned their horses and advanced slowly towards the camp gate.
At the same time, the entire camp was surrounded by the remaining three thousand Beidi infantry.
There were six hundred infantry archers, equipped with crossbows, waiting for the black knight to show up.
Chen Si, on the other hand, was sitting on horseback on a slope five hundred steps north of the camp, watching the overall situation.
