Huo Bu'uli, who was completely unaware of anything unusual, led his Qingqiang athletes and horses to cross the river by boat.
There were no big ships in Nanzhong, so they could only cross the river in batches in small boats, which was not efficient.
Although he didn't find many abnormalities, Xu was accustomed to fighting and had a beast-like vigilance, so Huo Bu'uli immediately led the first batch of soldiers to mount their horses and be on guard after crossing the river.
Meng Huo was held back on the west bank, waiting to cross the river with the last group of soldiers.
In the second and third batches, as more and more soldiers successfully crossed the river, Huo Bu'uli gradually became relieved, but he still held bows and arrows and did not dismount.
However, just when almost half of the army had crossed Tu Shui, a sudden change occurred.
Tom, tom, tom, tom…!
A rush of war drums suddenly came from the mountains and forests north of the east coast. A large number of flags were raised. More than a hundred horsemen rushed out first. The knights were all wearing armor and showed extraordinary momentum.
At the head was a young general with long arms, wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, holding a bamboo-like spear. The spear reflected light from time to time in the sun, and it seemed to be made entirely of metal!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack——!"
Liu Chan led the cavalry to kill the generals first, and the barbarian soldiers wearing blue and black clothes immediately fled south in disorder.
The enemy army was not worthy of the general's flag. He only saw a group of people who looked the same. He couldn't tell which one was the main general, and he didn't know whether Meng Huo was among them.
I could only hear bursts of chirping sounds from the enemy formation, and I didn't know what the other party was shouting.
"Isn't it said that the Qingqiang warriors are not afraid of death and are fierce and good at fighting? Why do you think they are about to collapse at the first touch?"
Liu Chan was puzzled, but it was a good thing after all that the enemy troops were defeated. He took the lead and led his troops to rush towards the enemy troops who were fleeing south.
Although those Qingqiang soldiers without horses were not used to battle formations, they seemed to be no strangers to dealing with cavalry attacks. They gathered together, knelt down on one knee, and leaned their spears and bamboo spears on the ground.
The people behind were holding bows and shooting, which was in sharp contrast to the Qingqiang cavalry who immediately ran away.
The shooting skills of these Qingqiang soldiers are also very good, but the arrowheads they use are not of high quality. In addition, the hundreds of Red Star cavalry are all equipped with black armor, so it is difficult to cause damage in a short period of time.
Originally, the Red Star Army did not have so many mysterious armors. This was also thanks to Xia Houshang and Xu Huang, the two top ranking brothers. Liu Chan really captured a lot of them in the battle in Dongsan County...
"Raise the gun!" As the Qingqiang soldiers got closer and closer, Hu Li estimated the time and issued the command.
The cavalrymen raised their spears and gathered momentum behind them.
"Throw!"
Buzz—!
Hundreds of throwing spears roared and were thrown at the Qing Qiang soldiers' position. Those Qiang soldiers were also prepared for long-range attacks, and they all raised the rattan and wooden shields they carried on their backs.
Moreover, its shield is very wide and looks like a large turtle shell when raised. It is obvious that the Qingqiang soldiers are also very experienced in dealing with bow and arrow shooting.
However……
Click! puff!
"Ah——!&;#^#"
All the shields that were hit by the spears were penetrated, and those that were unfortunately hit by two or three were shattered on the spot. The wounded Qingqiang soldiers who were still alive suddenly howled in a language that Liu Chan could not understand.
After the Southwest Qingqiang moved into the mountainous Nanzhong, they had abandoned the Northwest Qiang's cavalry and spear-throwing tactics, but unexpectedly they suffered a big loss at this time.
After two rounds of gunfire, nearly a hundred Qiang soldiers were killed or injured.
"Where is Meng Huo?! How dare you come out and die!"
【Trigger of drinking stop】
After charging closer, a loud shout came from Liu Chan's mouth, intending to completely frighten the enemy soldiers with the power of shooting the enemy.
However, due to the language barrier, the Qingqiang soldiers could not understand what he was shouting. In addition, due to the tough and ferocious nature brought about by the harsh living environment, the effect of [Breaking Drink] was far less effective than when facing the Wu soldiers, rather than being hostile to the Han army.
Seeing that he could not frighten the enemy soldiers, Liu Chan immediately urged his horse to speed up. Before the enemy could recover from the flaws caused by the shot, he charged into the enemy's formation with a bamboo-jointed iron spear.
[Fenxun trigger]
Now that he has not yet captured Yizhou County, the talent [Survival from the Dead] is activated every day.
At this moment, Fen Xun shines, and his physique immediately rises to that of an overlord.
Buzz—!
A bamboo-jointed iron spear in Liu Chan's hand flew up and down, making bursts of whistling wind sounds like the roar of a ferocious beast.
Not to mention the Qiang soldiers who were impaled on the spot, even if they were swung by this big iron rod, their bones and tendons were broken immediately, they vomited blood and flew away. None of them could stand up again.
Hundreds of Xuanqiang cavalry led by Liu Chan were like a torrent of steel. Thousands of poorly equipped Qingqiang infantry were unable to resist and were directly killed.
"kill--!"
The main force of the infantry led by Ding Feng and Qian Duo from the rear has also arrived. The Red Star Army is charging forward, followed by a thousand ordinary soldiers, and is heading straight towards the already chaotic enemy army.
"These barbarians are so brave!" Ding Feng couldn't help but said when a Qiang soldier rushed towards him with a machete.
Ding Feng, who was born in the Wu army, did not expect that these barbarians could fight to the death despite such high battle losses.
Li Er didn't say anything after hearing the words, he just observed the battle situation silently and coldly, adjusting his formation from time to time, already quite like a general.
Qian Duo, who was excited to kill, smiled and said: "Haha, you are so brave, but your skills are not good enough!"
However, after all, the Iron Army was not an iron army blessed by faith. It could only rely on fierceness and ruthlessness to reach its limit. After half of them were killed or injured, their morale finally collapsed and they began to collapse.
Liu Chan continued to chase the Qingqiang cavalry without even looking back.
These infantrymen successfully bought them precious time to start, and at this time they were already some distance away from Liu Chan and the others.
At this time, Liu Chan had discovered that things were not that simple.
The Qingqiang cavalry, who originally thought they were about to be defeated, actually fled while turning around and shooting skillfully. Everyone was a master of equestrian riding and shooting.
The seemingly chaotic flight made Liu Chan unable to find his main force to fight no matter which way he pursued.
He led his troops to chase to one side, and the cavalry from other directions immediately circled back and shot at them.
The enemy troops in front, whose horses were of the same breed but wore thin leather armor and weighed less, were unable to catch up for a while and were also running and fighting back.
Although these Qingqiang cavalry were unable to cause effective damage to the Red Star cavalry who were all wearing black armor and carrying small shields on their arms, they were as annoying as flies and mosquitoes.
"Damn it, you dare to fly my kite."
Since his debut, he had never fought such a frustrating battle. Liu Chan was filled with anger and fear, and he immediately urged his horse to speed up.
Wu Zhui was deliberately slowed down by his master. Seeing that he couldn't catch up with the group of "junk" in front of him, he was already frustrated.
At this time, after receiving the signal from the master, he immediately spread his hooves. A burst of smoke and dust rose up, and he began to widen the distance from the rear team.
[Triggered alone]
[Physique increased to unparalleled hegemony]
The long-soldier and riding talents were also immediately upgraded by one level.
Seeing Liu Chan's sudden speed increase and his pursuit getting closer and closer, the Qingqiang cavalrymen who were flying their kites relaxedly changed their colors in shock, and their dark faces seemed to turn a little white.
puff! A sharp spear pierced a Qingqiang cavalryman from the back, knocking him off his horse with blood spattering. The furious Liu Chan urged his horse to kill the next target.
Liu Chan felt aggrieved, and Huo Bu'uli felt even more aggrieved than him.
The word "ri" in his name means black bear, and he is worthy of this name. He has been brave and difficult to defeat since he was a boy. He fought countless battles with Han and barbarians for most of his life without encountering an enemy.
At a young age, he led his troops to defeat the original Qingqiang King and became the new generation of Qingqiang King. When had he ever been beaten so embarrassingly?
The men who were brave and good at fighting were beaten by the Han army as if they were killing chickens and cattle and had no power to fight back.
The proud cavalry can climb mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground, and are skilled in bow and horse. They have always been the highest combat power of the Qingqiang clan.
As a result, they are now being chased like chickens. Even if their arrows occasionally hit those armored knights, they cannot cause fatal injuries at all...
But the one who did this was the Han army who he regarded as weak and greedy for life. This made him so angry that he almost wanted to vomit blood, but there was no good way.
Seeing that it was difficult to kill Liu Chan's mysterious cavalry, Huo Bu'er shouted and led a large group of cavalry in a circle, killing the Han infantry in the rear, leaving only a small group of cavalry to contain Liu Chan and others.
After stabbing ten people in succession, Liu Chan gradually calmed down.
Noticing that a large group of Qingqiang cavalry was killing the rear infantry, he decisively abandoned the enemy in front of him and raised his spear to signal for reinforcements.
Li Er saw that the cavalry circled around and came towards his side, and immediately ordered: "Conquer the formation!"
After hearing the order, the Red Star Army soldiers immediately gave up their pursuit of the defeated troops and quickly formed a formation.
Huo Buori originally planned to catch the enemy by surprise, but by the time he entered the shooting range, most of the enemies had already formed their formation.
However, this sudden change of formation allowed him to discover the enemy's weakness.
About one-third of the enemy troops, some were still chasing the defeated troops, and some were beginning to form formations but were slow to take shape.
"Fire arrows there!" Huo Bu'uli decisively ordered to shoot those Han troops who were a step late.
A wave of arrows rained out, and he finally launched his first effective counterattack with difficulty, causing some damage to the Han army... although it was not too much.
At this time, most of the enemy troops had formed their formation, and Liu Chan also led his troops to fight back. Huo Bu'uli knew that he would never get any advantage, so he immediately led his cavalry to flee south.
Liu Chan, who had calmed down, knew that he could not completely wipe out the enemy troops by himself, and that others could not catch up with them, so he decisively ordered Jin Jin to withdraw his troops and take prisoners of war into custody.
Seeing that there was nothing he could do to stop them, Huo Bu'uli fled south and never returned.
In the first confrontation between Liu Chan and the barbarian army, both sides felt that the fight was suffocating.
It's just that if Huo Bu'uli knew that the enemy general was aggrieved, he would definitely vomit three liters of blood. I am dead and captured, with more than a thousand Qingqiang soldiers, and your side only killed and wounded more than a hundred infantrymen. What can you be aggrieved about? !
But Liu Chan, who had not yet completed the full effort, obviously did not think so. In the case of a successful ambush, the result was not satisfactory.
Thank you to the bosses of "Peerless Love" and "The Most Loving Kamen Rider" for each investing 100 points in Jihan Armed Group. Their points will be used for the development of Nanzhong University. Thank you for your support~
(End of chapter)
