Shi Le's mount was gasping for breath due to the fierce running. In order to pursue Liu Yu and the dozen or so Qingzhou cavalry, Shi Le and the others almost came out in full force.
However, the mounts of this group of Qingzhou cavalry were obviously better than those of Shi Le and others. They were not only fast, but also had excellent endurance. This resulted in thousands of people chasing and intercepting them, but they still could not catch up with Liu Yu and the others.
After chasing them all the way to Qingyangyi, Shi Le and the Hulu not only failed to catch up with the enemy, but were killed by the bows and arrows of the Qingzhou cavalry along the way. Moreover, these Qingzhou cavalry also threw some pointed iron caltrops on their way to escape, causing another Many horses had their hooves pricked.
Seeing Liu Yu and the Qingzhou cavalry entering the attack range of the camp's archers, Shi Le and the others had to give up the pursuit. All the cavalry were forced back out of shooting range by the arrow rain in the Qingzhou camp.
"Damn it, these Jin Nu's horses are too good to catch up with."
Tao Bao beside Shi Le said bitterly, the sweat on his face dripping down his curly beard.
"It should be a Xianbei horse. It must be a good horse from Youzhou."
Diao Ying also had sweat on his face. After running all the way, not only did he fail to catch up with the majestic Qingzhou cavalry, but many more troops were folded in, which made brave people like Diao Ying a little annoyed.
"Dare to be so arrogant in the rain of guns and arrows, this Donglai Liu Jixing can be considered a tiger general."
Shi Le said unwillingly. In the pursuit battle just now, he found that except for Liu Yu and others whose riding skills were top-notch, the rest of the Qingzhou cavalry were only average. He stopped to lure the pursuers, but it was better to rely on their mounts.
At this time, the best horses in the world were those produced in Xiliang and Northern Xinjiang. Most of the horses Shi Le and his companions were riding were the horses originally owned by the officials of the Jin Dynasty, and they were far behind.
"General, the thieves have entered the camp. Our army can only wait for the arrival of the infantry from behind before making plans."
This man is Wang Yang, one of the "Eighteen Riders of Shi Le".
"That's all we can do. Let's go, let's go find Wang Mi and Liu Ling to discuss breaking up this camp."
The infantry following behind are basically members of Wang Mi and Shi Le, and almost all of them are Ding Zhuang, a Jin native who was forcibly recruited in Jizhou and Yuzhou. For high-casualty tasks such as attacking cities and camps, these Jin soldiers have always been counted on. of human infantry.
For Shi Le and others, the Hu tribesmen were all their confidants, and they would feel distressed if any of them died. However, these Jin people did not feel distressed even if they died, because they could always capture new people to replenish their population.
Inside the camp in Qingyang City.
After Liu Yu led more than a dozen soldiers into the camp, the Qingzhou Army soldiers wherever he passed burst into cheers.
This kind of motivation from the general to be personally involved in battle is often the most direct and effective for ordinary soldiers.
Everyone felt that their general could only lead a dozen cavalry to trick thousands of barbarians, which showed that these barbarians were only a handful. Now the Qingzhou Army's chances of winning may be far beyond expectations.
After Liu Yu entered the camp, with the help of his nephew Liu Xun, who was a guard officer, he finally slowly took off his sweltering armor.
At this time, Liu Xun discovered that two feather arrows penetrated the gaps in the armor and were embedded in the inner leather armor.
Fortunately, the arrows of these barbarians are generally not strong. If they were replaced by powerful walking bows, even if they did not penetrate two layers of armor, they would probably be hammered into the flesh.
Seeing this scene, his nephew Liu Xun suddenly looked serious, knelt down and said.
"Your Excellency has the hope of the clan, but you take such risks. If something unexpected happens, how will the whole clan deal with it in the future!?"
At first, Liu Yu didn't feel anything about the two arrows. He only felt the excitement after a thrilling chase and escape. Now Liu Xun suddenly said this, which made him a little scared.
Now, his whole family has basically been brought to Linzi City from Donglai County by him. They are no longer the well-off family in the countryside of Donglai County, but have become a person who lives and dies with Liu Yu's fate.
If Liu Yu suddenly dies now, Liu Yu really can't think of anyone who can take his place. I'm afraid there will be a brutal power struggle throughout Qingzhou, but Liu Yu's brother and others really don't have the ability to overpower these people. Soldiers, generals and heroes.
Liu Xun's words made Liu Yu look at this sixteen-year-old boy with admiration.
"This time, the thieves are quite powerful, and they have won consecutive victories in Yanzhou Lianzhan. If they don't dampen their spirit, I'm afraid they won't be so easy to deal with."
Later, Liu Yu told his nephew about his insights on the art of war that he had studied hard for more than a year. In short, his adventure was very worthwhile.
In fact, Liu Yu had never thought about this kind of problem before, nor had he thought about what would happen to the remaining generals and soldiers if he really died suddenly, nor what would happen to his brothers and relatives who were left behind, nor what would happen to his remaining brothers and clansmen. He passed by his newly married wife Wang Ze.
However, there was not much time for Liu Yu to think about this at this time.
After a while, several generals came to Liu Yu's tent and told him that all the Hulu cavalry outside the camp had arrived, totaling more than 10,000 people.
Liu Yu immediately climbed up to the watchtower himself to check.
"At least fifteen thousand people." Cao Yi beside him said.
In the pursuit just now, Cao Yi also used his cavalry shooting skills and shot down several pursuing enemies.
After returning to the camp, Cao Yi felt that he and Liu Yu had a real friendship, and they were no longer as restrained as before.
"It's all one person and one horse. There's nothing to be afraid of."
Wu Xin said affectionately with a fearless expression.
What is really powerful is the kind of cavalry with one man and two horses, or even three horses. That kind of cavalry can constantly harass and pursue the infantry. Most infantry will face a very big threat.
"Even if there are two horses, there is nothing to be afraid of. Is it possible that they can still ride horses to attack the camp?"
A minister said.
Cao Yi shook his head and said.
"That's not the case. Behind these cavalry, there is a large group of infantry. Now these thieves should be waiting for the arrival of the infantry behind them."
Cao Yi said, looked at the sky, and continued, "At this hour, if the thieves' infantry arrives early, I'm afraid they can launch an attack on the camp before dark."
This camp of the Qingzhou Army is actually quite simple. Although there are many defenses against the enemy, as long as the attackers are willing to sacrifice their lives, these defenses cannot stop them for long.
"The worse thing is that even if they don't attack, as long as they surround us for a day or two, we may have to give up the camp and then take the initiative to attack."
Wu Xin frowned and said softly.
"What? Why don't we attack if they don't attack?"
The general asked in confusion.
At this time, Liu Yu spoke.
"Because there is a shortage of water in our camp. The nearby river with a decent amount of water is behind these thieves. Now the water wells in the entire Qingyang City are not enough to drink for 20,000 of us. If we don't want to die of thirst here, we will be here tomorrow. You have to take the initiative yourself.”
Liu Yu has already received a report from his generals. The further south he goes, the more serious the drought in Yanzhou will be. For example, in Qingyang County, there are only a few wells with water, and the amount of water is still very small. After draining the water, , it takes a long time to refill the water.
In this still sultry weather, lack of water can really make people thirsty to death.
At this time, Liu Yu also slowly understood that Wang Mishile and others wanted to use Qingyang Yi, a place that was conducive to defense, to trap him. When they came with the numerical advantage of infantry and cavalry, he would definitely hold on. Qingyangyi, in this way, it only takes two days for the Qingzhou Army, which is short of water, to either break through the camp or launch a desperate attack.
Liu Yu felt a little disdainful in his heart. If Wang Mishile and the others really thought so, they would be looking down on themselves too much. If they were ordinary Jin army soldiers, they might really be like this when facing a superior enemy, but Liu Yu and the Qingzhou army were not Those state and county soldiers who are as afraid of the enemy as tigers.
Therefore, Liu Yu has no intention of really treating Qingyang City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as a treasure.
After thinking for a while, Liu Yu ordered someone to find several other generals. Liu Yu then told a group of people his plan.
Half an hour later, the infantry of the Hulu bandits arrived, numbering 30,000 in force.
After these Jin vassal infantry arrived, Wang Mishile did not give these infantry a long chance to rest. Before dark, he drove these vassal infantry to launch two attacks. Although they were repelled both times, they were destroyed. Ei's horse-rejecting trenches, if the sky had not turned dark, I am afraid that in the next two rounds, these horse-repelling trenches would have been completely destroyed.
At night, Shi Le Wang Mi and others camped not far from the Qingzhou camp. Although the camp was very simple, they were not too worried. It was a moonless and cloudy day, and the Qingzhou soldiers on the opposite side would definitely not dare to touch it. The night struck.
Moreover, they also had a large number of rangers walking outside, enough to detect any sneak attack attempts by the Qingzhou soldiers in advance.
Just like that, nothing happened in the middle of the night.
It was early in the morning, and I didn’t know exactly what time it was.
Suddenly, a loud thunder sounded in the sky, waking up many alert Hulu.
Soon, everyone discovered that something was wrong. After this thunder, there were thunders one after another.
And after the thunder, one of the tents of Shi Le's army actually caught fire, causing a commotion among the nearby Hulu. After all, the only people who could live in the tents were Shi Le's Zhen Hu, and those Jin infantrymen only needed whoever was on the ground. .
Finally, the Hu people who walked out of the camp discovered a strange sight that they had never seen before.
I saw, from the direction of the Qingzhou Army's camp in the distance, several lights with long tails like meteors, whistling and flying towards their direction.
These "meteors" were like headless flies, drawing various strange arcs in the air. When they flew near their military camp, they plunged to the ground and erupted with a huge roar and bright yellow fire.
This scene was as horrifying as a "meteor falling to the ground", but it frightened these Hulu cavalry to death, and they all thought that heaven's punishment was coming.
Especially after the horses were frightened, many broke free of control and rushed around in the camp. In a moment, huge chaos broke out in the dark Hulu camp, with people shouting and horses neighing.
At the same time, huge noisy shouts broke out from the Jin vassal infantry camps not far from these Hulu camps. There was only one explanation for the noise, and that was that the infantry camps were blown up.
On the watchtower in Qingyangyi.
Liu Yu looked at the dark night sky, and from time to time, several black rockets with long tail flames streaked across.
The accuracy of these rockets made Liu Yu feel a little dizzy after seeing them launched with his own eyes.
Even with the addition of rotating tail fins, the accuracy of these black huo yao rockets is very impressive.
After all fifty rockets were launched, Liu Yu discovered that there was only one remaining firelight in the enemy camp in the distance. This meant that only three of the fifty rockets could hit the target.
These fifty rockets are almost all the secret weapons in Liu Yu's hands. Compared with artillery that requires metal proportions, this black huo yao rocket with inferior pig iron shell is the fastest and most economical huo yao weapon.
Although compared with the power and accuracy of artillery, these large rockets are not as good as the "two kicks" of later generations.
But fortunately, the distance of these rockets is acceptable, and a distance of five to six hundred steps can be easily reached.
In the other direction, a huge noise came from the enemy's infantry camp. Liu Yu knew that this was probably a sneak attack by hundreds of elite soldiers starting to attack.
"Drum beat! Light all the torches for me!"
Liu Yu ordered loudly.
Soon, all the war drums in the Qingzhou military camp started ringing, and the thumping sound of the cowhide drums penetrated for miles in the dark night sky.
He knew that if the Huru bandits on the opposite side did not collapse under the bombardment of rockets like "meteors falling to the ground", coupled with sneak attacks by elite soldiers, then Liu Yu would have to wonder whether there were "political commissars" in the army of these Huru bandits. ” or “instructor” is the magic.
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In the dark and noisy darkness, Liu Ling, protected by several guards, desperately pushed through the crowded crowd, trying to get the horse.
However, there were too many people and the road was blocked.
In fact, Liu Ling still doesn't know how the chaos in front of him happened. He only heard a few thunderous sounds and saw a few shooting stars, and then the whole camp became chaotic.
Moreover, the infantry camp not far away seemed to have been attacked by the enemy, and then the camp was bombed. Under the impact of these infantry troops who had no choice but to choose their way, a chain reaction also occurred in Liu Ling's camp. Everyone just wanted to escape, or Stay away from the insurgents. When thousands of people are moving aimlessly and blindly, any command will be useless.
No matter how much Liu Ling and the guards scolded, no one in front of the soldiers was willing to give way to them. At this time, there were a few pop-pop sounds, and several soldiers were hit by several arrows shot in the darkness and fell to the ground. This caused a huge stir. panic, and then more serious crowding and pushing occurred.
Liu Ling was staggered by the crowds on the left and right, and the torch in his hand was also squeezed out.
Finally, he angrily drew out his saber and slashed viciously at the soldiers blocking the road in front of him. Upon seeing this, his guards also followed suit.
In an instant, a series of miserable screams broke out in the darkness, and soldiers continued to fall down. It was not known whether they were cut down or pushed to the ground by the crowd. However, as long as they fell, they would be immediately beaten by the crowd. Stampede to death.
