The Beiyi army came very fast, and before Pei Shuozhang could react, his troops and horses were charged by the Beiyi cavalry. Immediately, nearly a hundred people fell off their horses, wailing everywhere.
"You! Did you report the letter?" Pei Shuozhang said angrily to Yi Xiaodao.
Yi Xiaodao turned around and ran away, ignoring him at all. The Beiyi cavalry charged past him, spread out to both sides, and distanced themselves, preparing for the second round of charge. The Beiyi infantry was also approaching quickly. At this time, Yi Xiaodao had no time to argue with him.
Pei Shuozhang did not dare to neglect and quickly ordered: "Everyone should return to Juyi City!"
Although the Northern Army was all cavalry, they had just been attacked by the Northern Yi and were already in disarray. They had no time to gather together. After finally gathering together, they retreated in a panic towards Juyi City, and the second round of charge by the Beiyi cavalry began again.
"General Pei! Save me..."
"Run away! We're coming to kill you!"
"Pei...ah!"
The Beiyi cavalry was already brave and swift, and the Beiyi army was caught off guard, so no one had the intention to fight back. In the second round of charge, the Northland Army dropped hundreds of corpses and wounded soldiers, and a thousand soldiers and horses, only half of them were left in the blink of an eye.
When Pei Shuozhang heard the wailing behind him, his heart was as sharp as a knife. These were his own soldiers, and many of them were even his relatives and neighbors. Now they were being hunted down by the Beiyi cavalry like they were chopping melons and vegetables. The power to fight back. Now he could only listen to the screams behind him and judge whether the person who fell was his classmate and friend or his distant cousin...
The Beiyi cavalry repeated their old tricks, quickly dispersed to both sides, turned their horses' heads, and prepared for the third round of charge.
Pei Shuozhang couldn't bear it anymore and drew his spear from the shoulder of his war horse: "Everyone, stop, follow me and turn around to fight to the death!"
"I am willing to fight to the death with General Pei!" Even though this pro-army force was ravaged by two rounds of Beiyi cavalry charges and the number of soldiers was reduced by half, their morale remained intact and they still followed Pei Shuozhang closely. When Pei Shuozhang turned around to fight, everyone responded and their voices shook.
When Yi Xiaodao heard the voice behind him, his running steps suddenly stopped, and he turned around to check the situation: "This idiot!"
The Beiyi cavalry were dressed in cloth armor, each holding a spear, with crossbows and arrows hung on their horses, and daggers at their waists. The equipment is well-equipped and simple, maximizing the weaponry and balance of the cavalry. There were only a few people, about a few thousand, but they were enough to crush the Northland Army.
The Northland Army all wore iron armor, and their weapons only had some long spears and iron poles hanging on their horses, and they had no long-range shooting capabilities. In addition, the war horses were raised in captivity in the Beidi vassal area, which was much worse than the war horses that the Beiyi people raised on the grasslands.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly! Don't get entangled with the Beiyi!" Yi Xiaodao shouted anxiously, because not only were the thousands of Beiyi cavalry on the opposite side, but also endless infantry troops were coming. It's just that the distance is a little far away. In order to save energy, these infantry have not launched a charge yet, but it will be a matter of time before they arrive.
Didn't Pei Shuozhang know that turning back to fight would lead to death, but it was still half an hour away from the city of Juyi. Even if they retreated, their flesh would be cut by the blunt knives of the Beiyi army, and they would be ground to death bit by bit.
Seeing that the Northern Army had stopped fleeing, the Beiyi cavalry turned around and formed a formation, but also stopped and did not launch a third round of charge. Instead, they inserted their guns and changed their bows, and fired arrows at the Northland Army from a distance. From time to time, some people were shot in the face and fell down from their horses.
The Beiyi army did not come forward to engage in hand-to-hand combat, apparently wanting to minimize casualties.
Yi Xiaodao made a move with his feet, used Qinggong, and rushed to Pei Shuozhang's side in a few leaps. He grabbed his horse's reins and said, "Dismount! Order everyone to dismount!"
Pei Shuozhang whipped his horse whip towards Yi Xiaodao, but Yi Xiaodao ducked and said, "You're crazy!"
"I knew you must be a spy from Beiyi. You must have tipped off these Beiyi people to attract us. Now you want us to dismount and surrender? We would rather die than surrender!" Pei Shuozhang said, firing another shot. Despite his stout figure, his shooting skills were quite sharp. If Yi Xiaodao hadn't been able to dodge quickly, he would have been pierced by this shot.
Yi Xiaodao said anxiously: "Beiyi are all light cavalry. You are wearing iron armor, and your horses are not as good as those of Beiyi. Horse fighting can only be a dead end. Besides, it is inconvenient to move on horseback. It is better to dismount, or there is a chance of survival!"
Pei Shuozhang was not willing to listen, but he swiped the gun barrel at Yi Xiaodao's waist and abdomen again. Yi Xiaodao grabbed the gun barrel, and after a struggle, he actually dragged Pei Shuozhang off his horse.
"General Pei!" The surrounding cavalrymen were frightened, and they all came to the rescue with guns in hand.
Yi Xiaodao snatched the spear and pointed it at Pei Shuozhang's throat: "If you dare to act rashly, I will shoot this stupid fat man to death!"
Pei Shuozhang was confused. He had been called big fat guy, little fat guy, dead fat guy, but no one had ever called him stupid fat guy...
Pei Shuozhang had a strong temperament, and when he was about to sacrifice his life for justice and ordered Yi Xiaodao to be surrounded and killed, an arrow shot towards Yi Xiaodao.
Without looking, Yi Xiaodao grabbed the arrow with one hand and threw it back, shocking the Beiyi cavalryman who was shooting the arrow and falling off his horse.
"Are you... really not a spy from Beiyi?" Pei Shuozhang asked hesitantly.
"Order all the cavalry to dismount and form a formation!" Yi Xiaodao shouted with a glare.
Pei Shuozhang saw that Yi Xiaodao's current appearance was far different from that of the "honest Donglu people" in the city, so he did not dare to disobey, and quickly ordered all the horsemen in the north to dismount and form formation.
After getting off their horses, these Northland soldiers became more flexible. When arrows were shot, they were knocked down by the spears of the Northland Army. Bows and arrows were unable to work, and casualties suddenly decreased. The Northland Army finally had a chance to breathe.
"The opposite side is full of light cavalry, and you can't escape. Although you have iron armor, these war horses don't have them, and they can't be considered heavy cavalry. A horse battle will definitely be defeated!" Yi Xiaodao saw the shortcomings of the Northland Army.
The horses are not as good as those of the Northern Yi, but they still fight on horseback. With their own shortcomings and the enemy's strong strength, how can they fight like this?
"Then... dismount, what to do now?" Pei Shuozhang ran out of ideas.
"Wait! If the Beiyi cavalry dares to come over, our infantry are all wearing iron armor, so they won't be able to take advantage." Yi Xiaodao replied coldly.
Pei Shuozhang nodded blankly, feeling that what Yi Xiaodao said was somewhat reasonable, but he glanced north and suddenly became less confused: "But... when those Beiyi infantry troops arrive..."
Yi Xiaodao did not reply to him, but nervously thought about countermeasures. Indeed, when the Beiyi infantry arrived and the army encircled them, they only had five or six hundred men and horses, and they were still facing a dead end.
"Isn't it too slow?" Yi Xiaodao looked behind him in the distance, waiting anxiously for Bai Xinglong, but he didn't see even a shadow.
The cavalrymen stood on the ground, each holding a spear. The Beiyi cavalrymen fired several rounds of bows and arrows, but they all stopped because they had no effect. Just letting their horses roam far away in all directions, they were also waiting for the infantry to catch up.
"This... brother, after the battle with Yuanbu is over, I ask you to escort General Pei back to Juyi City!" A cavalryman who seemed to be Pei Shuozhang's bodyguard said to Yi Xiaodao.
Yi Xiaodao raised his eyelids and did not answer him.
"As long as you send General Pei back, there will be benefits for you! One hundred taels of silver, that's enough!" He thought Yi Xiaodao was waiting for him to get benefits, so he said with a hint of sadness and anger.
Only then did Pei Shuozhang get up from the ground: "Cousin, I won't leave! Now that I'm gone, how can I explain to my aunt when I go back? Since I brought you out, I must take you back! If you can't go back, I will be with everyone. So what if my brother dies here?”
"Stupid! Even if we brothers die, as long as you are alive, there is still hope for the young and old in our family! If you are gone, can my cousin, a female classmate, make the young and old in our family rich? Follow this man quickly Brother, let's go!" This cavalryman turned out to be Pei Shuozhang's cousin. At this time, he couldn't help but take out his brother's helmet and scolded him.
"Stop making noise! You're disturbing me and trying to think of a solution!" Yi Xiaodao couldn't help but interrupted them. He was indeed thinking of a solution, but he couldn't let these people have a death wish at this time. Once the will to die arises, if you are brave enough to fight without fear of death, but you are always fighting for your life, how can you still survive?
Pei Shuozhang closed his mouth and signaled his cousin to be silent. Judging from Yi Xiaodao's move of ordering the cavalry to dismount, if he could really think of another way, there might still be a glimmer of hope.
Yi Xiaodao thought for a moment and sighed: "Bring all the war horses over, line them up in a row, and connect them with reins and whips."
When the surrounding cavalry heard Yi Xiaodao's words, no one doubted them. Without waiting for Pei Shuozhang's order, they spontaneously pulled the horses together, connected the reins, and hundreds of horses stood closely together in a row.
"This is?" Pei Shuozhang vaguely guessed Yi Xiaodao's thoughts, but he was not sure or arrogant.
Yi Xiaodao looked at Pei Shuozhang and said: "Horses are good horses, but it's a pity that no matter how good the horse is, they are not as important as the people. When the Beiyi infantry is close, we will release the horses and attack the enemy's formation. We will take advantage of the Beiyi infantry to attack the enemy." Chaotic retreat.”
Pei Shuozhang was a little embarrassed: "But these war horses are extremely tame. Even if they are tied together, it will be difficult to achieve anything. Once the Beiyi people give the order to stop, these war horses will be given away for nothing."
"I have my own way." Yi Xiaodao waved his hand, not taking it seriously.
Both sides were waiting, but they didn't wait long. The Beiyi infantry finally got closer.
The Northern Army soldiers looked at the seemingly endless Northern Army, and their hearts slowly sank. There are tens of thousands of people on the other side. Against the five hundred of them, they are simply pinched. I am afraid that once they fight, they will not even have the ability to fight back.
"Is it hot?" Yi Xiaodao suddenly asked inexplicably.
"Ah?" Pei Shuozhang was asked. Beidi is located in the north. What's more, it's almost late autumn. How can it be hot?
Yi Xiaodao stretched out a hand and pointed at one end of the horse formation. Everyone was very confused, what on earth was going on? Does it mean to let the war horses over there charge first?
Soon, everyone discovered that they were wrong, and very wrong. Yi Xiaodao stretched out his hand and grabbed it in the air, and a wisp of flame suddenly burst out from the tail of the first war horse.
"rise!"
Yi Xiaodao stretched out his hand and wiped the air from one end of the horse formation to the other. That wisp of flame suddenly burst out and turned into a ball of fire. Following Yi Xiaodao's gesture, it lit all the horses' tails on fire.
Behind the war horse, a fire dragon rose out of thin air.
"Let's go!" Yi Xiaodao casually hit the butt of the horse in the middle with his gun. The war horse is in pain and must run away. The reins of the two war horses leading it to the left and right were stiffened in an instant.
With one move, the whole body was moved, and all the war horses were moved slowly by the horse in the middle.
The war horses looked up to the sky and neighed. As the war horse in the middle continued to exert force, and as the soaring flames gradually ignited on the tails of all the war horses, the horse formation moved!
