After all, Yao Yizhong's Qiang cavalry was faster. They rode lightly for a long time and rested for half an hour, so they were full of energy.
Li Yue's Black Cloud Knight followed Ran Min and charged all the way, and the horse was already tired.
From a distance, I could hear Yao Yizhong's arrogant laughter, "Shi Min, son, the Liang thief's head, I'll take it first!"
Shi Min was young and energetic, and his anger was not inferior to that of Yao Yizhong. He struck the Zhulong horse hard with his spear pole. The Zhulong horse was in pain, neighing, and galloped forward.
But Zhu Longma was a divine horse, but Heiyun Xiaoqi was not, and neither was Shi Min's servant, who was left behind.
Shi Min turned around on his horse and shouted, "Hurry up and catch up, don't miss something important!"
A knight's war horse suddenly fell to the ground, tripping several riders one after another, and let out a scream.
Since the fierce battle, even if the manpower is not timid, the horse power has been exhausted.
Li Yue himself was panting from exhaustion.
However, Shi Min didn't think so much and rode his horse back. His eyes were no longer as kind as before, but a little cold.
Li Yue said: "Liang Du is waiting for work, and he is condescending. The soldiers under his command will fight to the death. We might as well let the Qiang cavalry take the trouble. How can we regain some strength, and then go up to the mound in one go and take off Liang Du's head."
The coldness in Shi Min's eyes faded a little, and he nodded and said, "It's exactly what Xing Jin said!"
Li Yue felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He tried his best, but he still wasn't well received by others...
On the other hand, although the Qiang cavalry rushed in front, they didn't feel very comfortable.
On the low hill, the arrows are not very dense, but they are extremely accurate. The Qiang people are all light cavalry. They wear leather armor, but their horses are bare.
Shoot the horse first before shooting the man.
If a man is hit by an arrow, as long as it is not a vital point, he will grit his teeth and stiffen his teeth, but if a war horse is hit by an arrow, even if it is not a vital point, he will immediately become confused.
Under the mound, the Qiang cavalry fell down one after another, whining, and then were trampled to death by the cavalry behind them.
However, the Qiang cavalry's galloping shots were shot backwards from bottom to top, and the range was greatly reduced.
Moreover, the accuracy of mounted shooting is not high to begin with.
The Gaoli Imperial Guards let out bursts of ferocious laughter on the mound.
This laughter also stimulated Yao Yizhong.
Although Yao Yizhong was very angry, he was not reckless. He divided the Qiang cavalry into three parts and circled around the mound, trying to find the weakness of the rebel army.
A small mound, there are weaknesses everywhere, but it can be said that there are no weaknesses.
Because weaknesses are all specific to people, the Gaoli Imperial Guard above does not want to live, but only wants to fight to the death, so naturally he has no weaknesses.
The Qiang Cavalry tried to attack from all directions, but they were unable to charge forward.
Liang Du dug a lot of pits on the mound. When the horses stepped on them, their hoofs sank and they were immediately fractured and unable to move.
More than a thousand infantry troops, relying on the terrain, blocked seven or eight thousand light cavalry.
This reminded Li Yue of Li Ling in history. With 5,000 Danyang Chu warriors, he fought with more than 80,000 Huns on two legs on the grassland, killing nearly 10,000 people before and after. , coupled with the traitor's betrayal, Li Ling almost returned to Han Dynasty...
Liang Du was quite smart in choosing this short hill.
More than a hundred Qiang rode on the mound and whined together with the war horses.
Gaoli's guards captured the people and cut their throats one by one in front of Yao Yizhong.
It wasn't just a knife to kill, but a cut in the throat, and the blood slowly spurted out. The person was struggling and twisting on the mound like a fish out of water, but could not make any sound.
There was only the wanton laughter of Gaoli's guards. While laughing, they cut off the flesh from the hind legs of the dead horse and put it into their mouths...
Under the mound, Yao Yizhong's eyes were about to burst, "Thief, if I capture you alive, I will eat your flesh and sleep on your skin!"
No matter how loud the shouting is, it can't affect the bandits on the mountain.
Li Yue secretly rejoiced. If he had rushed forward, he would probably have suffered heavy casualties.
Of course, the Qiang cavalry can also rely on human lives to pile up the Qiang cavalry. Seven to eight thousand Qiang cavalry attack fiercely from one direction, regardless of the cost of casualties, they will always be killed.
But Yao Yizhong obviously couldn't bear to lose his elite troops like this.
In an instant, the battlefield fell into a stalemate again.
The Gaoli guards on the low hill sit or lie down to conserve their energy.
Li Yue drank some water and rested for half an hour. His physical strength recovered somewhat, and most of the fatigue on the soldiers' faces was gone.
At this time, a large group of cavalry from the north headed south.
One look at their deep-set eyes and tall noses, and you knew they were from the Yecheng Central Army under Shi Bin.
Jin came out of Cao Wei and inherited the model of Cao Wei's Chinese and foreign armies.
Both the former Zhao and Jie Zhao also inherited this military system. Shi Hu even concentrated all the warworthy soldiers of Jie and Zhao in Yecheng, enriched Jizhou with people from all over the world, and strengthened the weak branches to the extreme.
It is precisely because of this that he barely maintained his rule.
These horsemen were extremely proud. Each man held several heads of his own race in his hands, and some even hung a ring of heads on them. As they galloped, their heads collided with each other, but they laughed heartily on their horses.
Cannibalism is not a unique case in China.
China at least still had a superficial etiquette system to restrain it, but since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Jie people had been fighting each other more fiercely.
Hundreds of cavalry surrounded a member of the general Jie, watching from a distance. The banner behind him was "General Wei Zhang".
The generals of Wei are ranked with the generals of hussars and generals of chariots, and are only below the generals.
"What do you mean by coming here?" Shi Mince immediately stepped forward.
Zhang Hedu didn't have the confidence to say anything, "Seeing that we are in a hurry to attack here, I came here to wait and see. I will never doubt it!"
"As a general of the imperial court, how can you show your dignity to His Majesty by shrinking your hands and feet?"
Shi Min was less than thirty years old, and Zhang Hedu was over forty. There was also a huge gap in official positions between the two sides, but Zhang Hedu lost all his momentum in front of Shi Min, as if he didn't even know what to say.
"Dismount!" Shi Min shouted.
Zhang Hedu looked at him blankly.
"I want to take the head of the Liang thief, so I can lend you a war horse!" He said it was a loan, but in fact it was an open robbery.
Shi Min waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him stepped forward.
The soldiers around Zhang Hedu looked at him, but he did not dare to move.
Li Yue looked at him in a daze from behind. It seemed that the Jie people were all afraid of Shi Min and did not even dare to express their dignity in front of him.
"The soldiers here are fierce and the war is dangerous. If you don't fight, stop disturbing our military morale here and leave quickly!" His horse was robbed and he had to drive others away.
However, the more domineering Shi Min became, the more obedient Jie Ren was, and he actually left like this...
Shi Min was in high spirits, "All the armies obeyed the order and followed a certain person to attack the mountains and mounds and take off Liang Du's head!"
Although the shouting was loud, only a few hundred of his followers moved.
All the Heiyun Xiaoqi looked at Li Yue with bright eyes.
Li Yue felt warm in his heart. These are his brothers and sisters. More than two years of fighting have made everyone closely connected.
Shi Min's face darkened. His trick worked well for the Jie people, but it did not work for the Black Cloud Knight, and it was not easy to attack. He changed his tone and said, "Be careful and follow me to make contributions!"
At this moment, Shi Min became the Shi Min from Xingyang City again, with a bold and approachable personality.
This battle will undoubtedly be extremely brutal.
The advantage on the battlefield is never the number of troops.
Liang Du was unarmed when he raised his army. Who would have thought that he could capture Chang'an and Luoyang all the way?
"Are you willing to fight to the death with someone?" Li Yue glanced at everyone, and there were faces that looked either weathered or full of vigor.
"We will follow the general to the death!" Xu Cheng took the lead and shouted.
"Follow me to the death!" Everyone raised their swords and spears towards the bright spring sky.
In an instant, Li Yue could clearly feel that he was connected with them.
Shi Min got back on his horse, holding long blades in front of him with both hands, followed closely by his subordinates. When he was about to set off, he suddenly turned back, his eyes were extremely complex, a little dazed, a little envious, and a little meaningful...
Although they are on the same journey, they have their own goals.
Li Yue suddenly had a realization in his heart that Shi Min's city had always been hidden under his bold appearance.
Everyone is complex.
(End of chapter)
