Liu Yu led his cavalry to rush to the refugee camp about 200 paces away.
The walls of the refugee camp in front have been broken through several gaps by the Xiami officers and soldiers. Many parts of the wooden camp wall have been burned, and many thatched huts in the camp have also been set ablaze.
A large number of low-secret officers and soldiers were pouring into the camp through the gap and attacking the refugee militiamen left behind in the camp. These refugees were trying their best to resist for the sake of their relatives, wives and children in the camp.
When Liu Yu looked at the fighting situation in the camp, he realized that the Xiami County officers and soldiers wanted to break the camp, capture the women and children, and use them as hostages to threaten the refugees who followed him. If the government and the army were allowed to succeed, most of these young and strong refugees would leave them, or even worse, they might turn against themselves and become collaborators with the government and the army.
"Everyone, dismount." Liu Yu ordered loudly. Because he had been running wildly all the way, he needed to let the horses rest for a while to accumulate power.
Everyone dismounted, and many people took a handful of beans from the cloth pockets on the horses' backs and fed them to the horses.
At this time, Liu Yu saw a large flag on the gate of Xiami City waving crazily, probably giving orders to the officers and soldiers besieging the camp.
Sure enough, a large number of officers and soldiers rushed out from the gap in the camp and began to line up in the direction of Liu Yu and others.
Liu Yu looked from a distance and saw that there were about three to four hundred people in formation, including about forty or fifty cavalry.
Soon the group of officers and soldiers formed up next to the camp, with the cavalry at the rear and the infantry in front.
When he saw the county magistrate's flag and order at the top of the city, the xiamiwei Zhang Qi, who was commanding the siege of the refugee camp, also knew that a group of Donglai bandits appeared behind him.
Zhang Qi saw that there were only about 20 people in this group of thieves, so he immediately ordered the mobilization of all the more than 40 cavalry, and also mobilized the nearest brigade of infantry, and quickly formed a formation and rushed towards the group of thieves.
Secret Lieutenant Zhang Qi thought of advancing with infantry and cavalry. If the thieves did not escape, then let the infantry attack and fight, and then use the cavalry to outflank them. A mere twenty thieves and cavalry could be wiped out in one round.
Seeing the officers and soldiers who had completed their formation, maintaining their formation and advancing slowly, Liu Yu knew that the officers and soldiers must want to take advantage of their numbers. The infantry would attack and fight first, and then the cavalry would outflank his rear. He was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers and could never get into a head-on fight with a large number of infantry.
Liu Yu immediately called Dong Ping and Zhao Xiazi to mount their horses together. The three of them were the best mounted archers in the army.
Liu Yu and the others mounted their horses and rushed towards the flank of the infantry. When they rushed to the flank of the infantry dozens of paces, the three of them opened their bows together and shot three feather arrows rapidly.
The three men were running close to the flanks of the infantry formation, shooting rounds of arrows. Many of the infantry in the army lacked good armor, and more than a dozen infantrymen had already been hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
The archers in the infantry formation also began to fight back, but most of the arrows were unable to hit the galloping horses. One of the arrows with great luck hit Liu Yu, but the weak arrow only penetrated the outside of the armor. The smock did not hurt Liu Yu at all. On the contrary, several archers separated from the infantry array due to shooting, and were called out by Liu Yu and others with strong bows, and they fell to the ground instantly.
Within a very short period of time, nearly twenty soldiers in the official infantry formation fell to the ground, and the entire formation began to shake.
In the cavalry formation on the left wing, Lieutenant Zhang Qi saw all this and regretted his carelessness. He should have divided the infantry into two wings for cover.
It is particularly abominable that these three thieves dared to harass a queue of more than 300 people.
Zhang Qi gave an order and led more than 40 cavalrymen to the right wing to expel Liu Yu and the others.
Liu Yu saw that the enemy's cavalry had been lured out by him. His goal had been achieved, so he immediately turned his horse's head and returned.
Undercover Lieutenant Zhang Qi led the cavalry when he saw that the three Donglai thieves had taken advantage and turned around to run away. They quickly pursued them.
Who would have thought that the three thieves did not run away in one breath. Instead, when they saw the official cavalry approaching, they turned around on their horses and fired arrows. Three arrows were fired in unison. The two cavalrymen who were rushing at the front screamed and fell off their horses. .
In the blink of an eye, the three thieves looked back and fired arrows again. This time, the secret cavalry were on guard, but one of them was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse.
Zhang Qi saw that the three thieves were so fierce and did not dare to pursue them any more. Just when he was about to give the order to retreat, he suddenly discovered that they had already rushed a hundred steps away, and the twenty Donglai cavalry who had lined up in front were already very close to him. .
At this time, Liu Yu had led Dong Ping and Zhao Xiazi back to the formation, and saw that the undercover cavalry had been lured away from the infantry array by him.
Liu Yu retracted his bow and arrow, took out his lance, tucked it under his arm, drove his horse to the front of the cavalry line, and loudly ordered: "Brothers, follow me and kill!"
Twenty cavalrymen rushed forward in unison.
At this time, Lieutenant General Zhang Qi saw that the rebels had launched a charge, and gave an order to urge the horses to charge again. However, the distance was too close, and the official cavalry had not yet fully picked up their speed. The Donglai Army on the opposite side had already used the force to charge. He ran into it at top speed.
The actual confrontation between the two groups of cavalry can only be described in the blink of an eye. All training, experience and courage were perfectly released in this moment.
When Liu Yu and the others rushed far away, turned around and re-arranged, Liu Yu saw more than a dozen corpses and wounded soldiers lying in the place where they had just fought. Only one wounded soldier among them was from the Donglai Army.
Liu Yu's lance also pierced the neck of an officer in the previous confrontation and stayed on top. He drew another long knife and shouted loudly: "Charge again!"
Twenty war horses immediately began another charge.
At this time, the high-density cavalrymen had just stopped their horses and turned around. When they saw that the terrible Donglai bandits were coming to kill them again, some wanted to regroup and fight again. Some people simply did not have the courage to fight anymore and wanted to fight. The horses fled to both sides.
Xia Miwei Zhang Qi was riding on a horse at this time and wanted to escape. In the confrontation just now, a knife from the Donglai Army slashed his arm. Although the armor was not cut, his right arm was still intact. There were waves of severe pain, and he could no longer lift his right arm, nor could he use any strength. Zhang Qi thought that the bones in his arm might have been broken.
Liu Yu saw the disorganized cavalry on the opposite side and kicked the horse's belly hard to raise the horse to its highest speed.
Just as the Xiami cavalry were turning around and running away, the Donglai cavalry, which had once again accelerated to the highest speed, collided with them again.
In front of Liu Yu's sword was a high-density cavalryman who did not run away but charged towards them. Liu Yuping held up his long sword and when he passed by him, he turned his wrist lightly and easily deflected the cavalryman's weapon. The long sword, and then the blade slashed across his fragile throat. Half of the cavalryman's neck was cut open, the cervical vertebrae were broken by inertia, and his head strangely hung down behind his back.
