Hu Yanhe, who was watching the situation from behind, was astonished. He never expected that the Xia army had such a mature set of tactics. It was a classic battle in which infantry defeated cavalry.
First, through logistics, celestial phenomena, and cooperation with Huo Feiguang's lone cavalry, they were forced to launch a decisive battle and take the initiative to enter the intersection of grasslands and hills.
This made the battle area unfavorable for the charge of the cavalry group, which weakened 30% of the cavalry's combat effectiveness from the beginning.
What Hu Yanhe saw next was that 30,000 cavalry charged straight into the front of Xia's army. Whether it was the first wave of charge or the performance of both sides after the engagement, it was really hard for him to accept.
The Xia army was lined up in front with large shields and heavy armor. They were not allowed to stand up while sitting in front of the formation. The rear was lined up with spearmen. The sunken inward formation of shields and spears was not only strong, but also chilling.
When the Jin Army cavalry sprinted to more than 200 steps, the divine arm bows began to fire. When they rushed to more than 100 steps, the crossbowmen who had strung the strings began to fire again.
Strong bows and powerful crossbows were fired repeatedly, and arrows rained down like rain. The senior officials of the Jin Army who were watching clearly realized that something was wrong.
What crossbow? Also, what kind of arm strength does Xia Jun on the opposite side have, who can shoot so far.
When the Jin Army's cavalry, which suffered heavy casualties, charged to the front of the Xia Army's formation, all of its few heavy cavalrymen had already been killed, and their impact was no longer as powerful as it was at the beginning.
After waiting to break through the shield array and the gun forest, the Xia army's front row suffered heavy casualties. Some Xia soldiers only made one action of holding a shield or drawing a gun from the beginning to the end, but all the 30,000 cavalrymen were trapped in the "quagmire" .
Nearly 40,000 imperial troops opened the door and immediately surrounded them, surrounding the retreat.
At this time, the most elite five thousand Fumo came out with Mo Dao and massacred these unimpactful cavalry. Of course, they were easy to do.
The lengthened and heavier Mo Dao appeared in this world for the first time. There was no similar weapon before. It was simply because it could not recruit so many soldiers and could not be lifted.
The unspoken rules of the Xia Kingdom's military service today are that only those who have achieved a small degree of physical training can join the Forbidden Army, only those who have achieved a high degree of physical training can have the opportunity to serve as corps commanders or commanders, and only the day after tomorrow can they become team leaders and possess official status.
The starting point of the demon-suppressing army is the completion of physical training. Most of them are in the acquired realm. Only those in the innate realm can serve as battalion-level officers commanding five hundred people.
At first, the arrogant Jin Army dared to put up a fight, and many people dismounted and formed a formation. However, once Mo Dao's power was revealed, they were immediately killed to the point of being devastated and their morale collapsed.
As a member of the King of Jin's army, General Zhahe, who had an overview of the 30,000-strong army, saw that the army was in danger of collapse and immediately ordered a retreat.
"Keep your distance, shoot freely, don't dismount and fight on foot!"
"Quickly retreat!"
Hu Yanhe, who occupies a small piece of high slope in the rear, can naturally see clearly what the situation is like on the front line.
Hu Yanhe eagerly asked the generals around him: "Quick, rush over when the second wave is ready. At this time, the Xia army is also in chaos!"
"Your Majesty, General Junshan replied to the letter. It still takes one stick of incense to form the formation." The preparations were quickly reported, but the result was not satisfactory.
Hu Yanhe looked towards a low slope not far away. It was densely packed with people and horses. Most of the military formations were already in order, but a small half were being assembled and arranged.
If a cavalry charge wants to have impact, it must be from a high altitude. No matter how low the slope is, it is better than nothing.
The first batch of 30,000 people rushed out, and the second batch took a certain amount of time to form the formation, no matter how fast it was. What's more, the real elites directly under the command were either in the first batch or around Hu Yanhe. The military discipline of the second batch was inevitably a bit worse.
At this time, Hu Yanhe fully understood Zhou Bai's sinister intentions. He decided to leave the fighting area alone. Now even the place and time for the cavalry charge have been clearly arranged for him.
The Jin people who have long been accustomed to criticize all kinds of force have never seen such temple calculations, fighting purely at the disadvantage of being dumb.
"No wait, let Junshan dispatch immediately. At the same time, you lead ten thousand direct cavalry to break through from the side and be sure to crush the long sword army." Hu Yanhe took a deep breath. He knew that he could no longer be led by the nose and took out Give the arrow to the general beside you.
The black dragon flag of the Kingdom of Jin fluttered in the dark wind, and amid the rapid sound of the horn, more than 40,000 golden cavalry were mobilized.
In addition to the 10,000 cavalry sent to contend with Xia's cavalry, there were already less than 20,000 cavalry left with Hu Yanhe, which was considered the last reserve team.
Hu Yanhe, who has experienced countless battles of various sizes in the past two years, cannot help but fall into a very nervous mood.
He stared at the battlefield in front of Cangbei City, fearing that the situation was irreversible. After this defeat, he didn't know when he would regain his momentum.
But let's bet, no matter what those long swords are, he doesn't believe that a hundred thousand cavalry can't beat the infantry.
The movements of most of the Jin army were quickly learned by both sides on the battlefield. The Jin army tried their best to resist, while the Xia army launched an even faster offensive.
"Qu Zhi, you lead an army of five hundred guards and kill that general with Gao Hu." Under the city, Zhou Bai, motionless as a mountain, stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhahe, who was under guard.
Beside him, Qu Zhi, who had always been silent, quickly took orders and mounted his horse, leading five hundred men into the battle formation.
Five hundred bodyguards joined the battlefield the day after tomorrow, which was a very obvious fighting force. Their constant forward momentum attracted many Jin troops to block them, which greatly reduced the pressure on Gao Hu who was rushing at the front on the other side.
"General Gao, I have ordered you to kill that golden general!"
Qu Zhi's voice filled with vitality was like thunder piercing his ears. How could Gao Hu not understand what it meant.
Outside the world, there seemed to be a patch of starlight, and the Demon-Conquering Army commanded the tall tigers, white horses, and silver spears. As if they were in an uninhabited land, a sudden burst of gun light spread across the fields.
The soldiers who were guarding the body were like scarecrows who could not fight back. They fell down in a state of confusion.
This is the power that a Xiantian realm warrior with a star destiny can exert on the battlefield. It is no exaggeration to kill people like mowing grass.
"Hey, General Jin, my king wants you to die, but you still dare to live!"
Gao Hu suddenly slapped the horse's back, jumped ten feet, and hit the fleeing Zhahe like a meteorite.
Zhahe can be reused by Huyanhe. In addition to his good command ability, he himself is also in an innate state that has rarely been broken through by the Jin Kingdom after his spiritual energy was revived.
Being so humiliated by the enemy general and unable to escape, Zhahe angrily drew his sword to fight. The sword energy burst out with all his strength, the sound waves were rolling, and the power was terrifying.
"Even if you are unable to defeat the enemy, you can always get support from your subordinates, and then the military formation will be deployed..."
However, in the next moment, he only saw the silver gun whizzing towards him, and he lost consciousness in an instant.
Bang~
The collision between the two innate forces caused the surrounding area to suddenly become quiet. The Jin Army who came for support turned pale and did not dare to take another step forward.
It turned out that Zhahe, the powerful general in the grassland, had been nailed to the spot by a silver spear without making any sound.
Being massacred too much by the Mo Dao Formation of the Demon-Subduing Army, the morale of the army, which was only maintained through the prestige of Zhahe, completely collapsed.
In the world of spiritual change, the seals in the mortal world were released, and the battle between hundreds of thousands of armies actually affected the celestial phenomena.
Black clouds threaten to destroy the city, seeming to submerge the land in the abyss. The north wind whistles and the snow falls.
The snowfall date judged by the Taoist officials of the two countries arrived early, and pieces of snowflakes soaked in bloody military evil began to fall, but the battle between the Jinxia and Jinxia armies below became more and more intense.
The first wave of collapsed Jin troops, in order to avoid Modao's massacre, desperately attacked the military formation surrounded by the Xia Kingdom's Jin troops.
Originally, it was impossible to break through the siege with an unorganized and undisciplined attack, but a hole was opened in the rear where most of the Jin army was escaping.
They didn't suspect anything was wrong. They just felt that the air outside was much fresher and smelled of vitality.
Immediately afterwards, the tens of thousands of golden soldiers who escaped found that the Mo Dao behind them seemed to be chasing them again, and they had no choice but to run away for their lives.
Throw away your weapons and take off your armor. You don't need to run very fast, you just need to be faster than your teammates around you.
But as he ran, the Jin Bing behind noticed that the front had slowed down, gradually stopped, and finally even turned around and cursed.
"Stop rushing forward!"
"Are all the people in the back pigs?!"
Some golden soldiers had good eyesight. They saw the golden soldiers in front of them making a U-turn, and their expressions changed drastically, as if they had witnessed something extremely terrifying.
There was no need to ask this time, because the horrific scene came quickly.
Dong Dong Dong~
The shaking of the earth became louder and louder, and the neighing of the war horses was deafening.
The golden-armored cavalry, their swords drawn, tens of thousands of iron hooves stomping on the ground, thunder and lightning roared, shaking the battlefield, and their sharp edges were revealed.
Is it a member of your family? The fleeing golden soldiers suddenly realized that they must block the road and not be trampled into pulp?
Many smart people immediately wanted to run to both sides, but the time to release them was controlled by Xia Jun, and it was too late.
More than 10,000 golden soldiers suddenly rushed out and were scattered in the center of the battlefield. Junshan, the commander of the second wave of golden cavalry, did not fail to see it, as did Hu Yanhe and the other golden generals.
However, the upward-downward charge process of a large-scale cavalry regiment cannot be reversed at all. Once an order is given to suspend the charge at this time, it may bring even more disastrous consequences.
All Junshan and the other generals could do was to strictly order the troops to fight against each other. Those defeated soldiers were not Jin warriors.
As the saying goes, when thousands of horses are galloping, the world is afraid, and when thousands of troops are galloping, ghosts and gods are worried.
Tens of thousands of golden troops spread like wolf smoke, furious like dragons, holding their heads high and chest high, pressing down on the situation.
Facing the tightly arranged Xia Army array before, the cavalry group's charge showed no power at all, but in front of more than 10,000 scattered golden soldiers, they showed their fangs.
Bang bang, waves of unparalleled black tide submerged all those who stood in the way within a moment.
When the horses' hooves trample them, only broken corpses will be left on the ground, and it will be difficult to find any survivors.
But after being blocked by his own family, not only the impact force has been greatly reduced, but Xia Jun has also used this time to reorganize their formation.
The tight shield wall and forest of guns, as well as the missing Mo Dao team hidden in the military formation, all made the Jin soldiers who had just experienced a massacre feel a little uneasy.
The companions who died under the hooves of their horses had plunged into this army formation before.
"Your Majesty has an order. If you behead someone of the first level, you will be rewarded with ten sheep. If you behead someone of the third level or above, you will be given a woman and promoted! If you capture and kill Xiahou, you will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"
"My sons of Daijin, have we ever encountered any obstacles in front of our iron hoofs? Have you ever heard that a single step can defeat a horse?" Junshan, who is also in the Xiantian realm, stirred up his true energy and shouted to the maximum volume, striving to boost the morale of his subordinates. morale.
"No! No!" Faced with the bounty and the "fact" that the cavalry must win, the golden soldiers responded in unison, finally suppressing the fear in their hearts.
"In that case, crush them!"
The black wolf, already covered in wounds, roared and charged forward again. The heavy snow was flying, unable to cover up the soaring blood energy of tens of thousands of cavalry.
The snow had fallen for almost an hour, but there was no snow left on this battlefield.
As the 30,000 golden cavalry smashed into the shield wall head-on, and the 10,000 golden cavalry rushed in from the side, Zhou Bai smiled slightly and affirmed in a low voice: "This is a victory, you go quickly to find Huo Feiguang and see if you can intercept the golden king. "
An hour later, the same situation as the first wave of the Golden Army appeared, and the 40,000 Golden Cavalry were still killed.
Without the vast terrain with free fire, the cavalry, which had lost its irresistible impact, could only become the plaything of the Xia army in the melee.
Not counting the 5,000 men of the Demon-Suppressing Army, even the 40,000 Forbidden Army's individual qualities far exceeded that of the Jin Army's cavalry. The Jin Kingdom, which was mired in civil war, failed to keep up with the leap in martial arts initiated by Dingzhou.
Among the 40,000 golden knights, less than 10,000 have completed the physical training, and even fewer in the acquired realm.
This is also due to their wide source of meat and sufficient blood and energy, otherwise the lethality to Xia Jun would be smaller.
Even though the blood and vitality of the soldiers of the Xia army were too much at this time, and their combat power declined seriously, Hu Yanhe did not choose to take all the pressure.
He has become the king of the Jin Kingdom and has received support from the top leaders of Heaven. He has long lost the courage to fight for his life alone.
Just as his subordinates persuaded him, there are still tens of thousands of elites loyal to him in Nandu and Yinshan, and there are countless tribes on the grassland that can recruit troops, so everything can still come back.
As for the internal questioning of nobles and surnames, as long as the meat from Liangzhou is taken out, they can always be reluctant to deal with it.
The top priority is to escape back to the grassland, try to intercept and kill Huo Feiguang, and snatch back Wanyan Zonggu and others.
Otherwise, this defeat will be really disgraceful, and a lot of effort will be spent to re-stabilize the internal situation.
To keep the green hills without worrying about firewood, Hu Yanhe did a better job than persuading his confidants.
When the situation was irreversible, he ordered the last remaining tribe, Wan Qi, to be cut off, and after fighting with the Xia army's cavalry, he transferred Wan Qi back to retreat together.
These tribal nobles who have witnessed great defeats and suffered heavy losses may be the most unstable factor if they follow them back to the grassland.
Therefore, we should try to weaken it as much as possible, or even make it die.
It's good that Zhou Bai accomplished the feat of defeating cavalry with foot, but he still couldn't change his most fundamental disadvantage, mobility.
Hu Yanhe wanted to retreat, but he couldn't stop him at all. Chu Kai could only give chase tentatively with the remaining three thousand cavalry.
Unexpectedly, this temptation was really richly rewarded. The tens of thousands of tribesmen who stayed behind were already frightened out of their courage. The death of a leader of a small tribe triggered a collective surrender.
Three days later, on November 15th, the land in Cangbei was already covered in silver and covered with snow.
During the window period when the Jin Kingdom's forces retreated, the Xia Kingdom took the opportunity to regain the entire territory of Cangbei, and asked the Taoist priests to temporarily repair the frontline military forts and station troops.
The first batch of voluntary relocation people in the country, as well as the new Cangbei County Governor Yan Luo, are already on their way to Cangbei.
The territory of Daxia was officially increased to six counties.
The original Cangbei people can adapt to the cold, and there is no need to worry about the trouble of transporting food. The bacon processed after the war cannot be eaten at all.
At the same time, Zhou Bai sent various envoys to various tribes in the Cangbei grassland. The envoys, with the momentum of victory, only asked one question, whether to surrender or to fight.
If you surrender, please go to Cangbei City to see Xiahou immediately. If you want to fight, please sharpen your sword and welcome the king's attack.
(End of chapter)
