Chapter 944: How Long Can the Dragon Energy Remain Hidden?

"kill!!!"

"Block! Block these Nanbarbarians!"

"We are wolves in the prairie, how can we be defeated on horseback?"

"Go back, go back!"

"Run! Run away!"

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The chaotic Beimang grassland was a chaotic battlefield. Two cavalry armies of nearly 100,000 were engaged in a bloody battle. The two cavalry armies began to collide without any fancy, but one of the cavalry armies was already in decline.

The terrain of the grassland is flat and wide, which is conducive for the cavalry to launch a front line charge. Since it is an excellent place for cavalry battles, it also means that it will be a place where people can easily die, and the speed of death should be very fast.

Since that day Xu Xin decided to conquer Beimang first, and the entire Liangdi area quickly prepared for war and mobilized troops and generals.

Qingzhou, Yongzhou and other states near Beiliang were provided with food by Xu Xin. He visited Liangchan Temple and returned to Beiliang. It was agreed that on the third day of the expedition to the north, tens of thousands of cavalry came out of Liang and went straight into the grassland.

Normally, there would not be enough time to mobilize troops so quickly, but Beiliang is a border area, and the friction and large-scale wars with Beimang have never stopped, so naturally they are always ready for war.

The food, fodder, and troops needed to provide 300,000 cavalry for the expedition were not ready so quickly, but three days were enough to mobilize the ready-made cavalry.

As for food and grass, Beiliang's original storage is enough for tens of thousands of cavalry to be used in the early stage. If they enter the Beimang grassland, they can completely follow Huo Qubing's example and provide food on the ground.

This is what Xu Xin thought and did. He personally led tens of thousands of cavalry to go first, while Chen Zhibao mobilized an army and walked behind him. An army of more than 200,000 went straight into Beimang, stirring up the situation.

Tens of thousands of Beiliang cavalry entered Beimang, killing many Beimang cavalry along the way, and coerced the grassland tribes to drive north.

Beimang is a country in name. In fact, except for Beimang and the Southern Dynasties, the rest are inhabited by tribes of various sizes. The big tribes and tribes live a good life. They naturally have belonging and affection for Beimang. Those who have been at the bottom of the exploitation The weak tribe has an average sense of belonging to Beimang.

For example, the Qiang cavalry that Xu Xin and the others encountered now were still plundering small tribes during the march, and they happened to be hit by the iron cavalry led by Xu Xin. Naturally, it was a big battle.

Qiang cavalry is the lightest cavalry among light cavalry. On the one hand, the Qiang cavalry tribe generally belongs to the poor Dingdangxiang type. They have no money to equip armor, so naturally they cannot be "heavy".

On the other hand, they are very talented. All of them have long arms like apes and extraordinary physical strength. This makes them almost perfect archers on horseback every time they ride.

It is obvious what the outcome will be when archers on horseback fight a cavalry charge. Furthermore, the Qiang tribe is still an old rival of Beiliang. In every invasion in the past, they would hide behind the other Beimang cavalry and fire arrows. This is Once caught in close combat, the Beiliang cavalry would naturally not be polite.

"Turn back, turn around, follow me and charge!"

Some of the Qiang cavalry tried to save the situation. They gathered some elite soldiers in armor, blindfolded the horses with a black scarf, and used superb equestrian skills to drive these horses around the chaotic battlefield, trying to intercept Beiliang from the flank. Iron cavalry.

Xu Xin's figure has been overlooking the earth from a high altitude, acting as a humanoid radar to prevent his cavalry from being surrounded by the large troops mobilized by Beimang.

At this moment, he was looking down from a high position, and he had to admit that the equestrian skills of these prairie cavalry were indeed powerful. The muscles of the blindfolded war horses showing off their heads while running were indeed amazing.

Due to the complex terrain of the Central Plains, it is impossible to form the habit of blindfolding horses during charges.

In the grasslands, blindfolding horses is an old custom that has been passed down for hundreds of years. On the one hand, it ensures that the war horses are fearless when facing the enemy, and on the other hand, it can deliberately "frighten" the war horses.

Before the fleeting and fierce collision between the cavalry and the cavalry, the cavalry whipped fiercely, which can induce the war horse to explode with greater foot power, and use the speed of the war horse to drive the penetration of the cavalry charge.

On the battlefield, only nearly 10,000 Qiang cavalry circled the flanks, making loud roars that shook the sky. They tried to disperse Beiliang's flanks, but were quickly lost in the torrent of steel that followed, unable to make any waves.

On the other side, the cavalry who continued to charge did not make any commotion, nor did they turn around. The front row just changed its direction slightly and continued to charge, chasing them to the end.

High in the sky, Xu Xin looked down at the earth. He was very satisfied with today's battle. Chen Zhibao is indeed a man who is good at using troops. The cavalry assigned to him are very suitable and can be used very smoothly.

Xu Xin has learned from Huo Qubing in his military training for several generations. He uses his troops quickly and uses various advantages to seize opportunities on the battlefield, and then decides in one battle.

This kind of tactics is very effective in the grassland. Let him use cavalry to deal with the light cavalry on the grassland. That's like being familiar with the road.

Since the group of cavalry he brought into the Beimang grassland this time, under the command of Xu Xin, the number of Beimang cavalry defeated by them has been close to one hundred thousand.

In nearly twenty years of constant combat with Beimang, the Beiliang Cavalry also developed a set of highly targeted and mature tactics.

Under the influence of Chen Zhibao, the Beiliang cavalry simply abandoned the process of shooting with bows and crossbows, forged elite soldiers and armors, and allowed the Beimang cavalry to throw out shots while they just focused on charging.

Chen Zhibao of Beiliang once made an arrogant conclusion that was unbelievable to the outside world: under the premise that the strength of the troops was roughly equal or even slightly inferior, the life of the Beimang cavalry was only enough to survive forty steps.

This means that if the Beiliang Iron Cavalry and the Beimang Iron Cavalry encounter each other in the wild, as long as they do not encounter the two heavily armored cavalry carefully built by Beimang, the remaining ones, if they are penetrated by the Beiliang cavalry within forty steps, the Beimang cavalry will surely die.

Today's battle illustrates this point very well. When the enemy and us were eighty steps away, the Qiang cavalry skillfully drew their bows and shot arrows.

However, the violent bumps on the horseback during the rapid charge, the armor of the enemy cavalry, and the lack of time for changing shots in the rapid contact battle are all important reasons for determining that horse archery can only be icing on the cake, and close-range collision and fighting are the key.

The spears and lances of the regular border army of Beimang are not bad, but most of the tribal light cavalry, including the Qiang cavalry in front of them, are very shabby. It is not that Beimang is stingy with refined spears and lances, but that the Qiang cavalry has its own set of familiar tactics, and equipping them with spears and lances will only be superfluous.

The training of organized cavalry is a systematic problem. The weight, length, and length of the swords and spears are related to the arm strength of the cavalry? The precise area for spearing the enemy cavalry? The optimal angle for chopping with a sword? The appropriate weight of armor? These are different for different people and are all great questions.

Those survivors of the Spring and Autumn Period who left their hometowns and fled north to Hongjia brought many secret and superb casting techniques to Beimang, but the lack of iron in Beimang made many Southern Dynasty craftsmen become poor women without rice.

The Beiliang cavalry has been fighting against Beimang for many years and is familiar with Beimang's tactics. As long as they are not colliding with Beimang cavalry with complete equipment, they can completely crush Beimang tribal cavalry that is twice or even three times their own.

"Including this wave, almost 100,000 cavalry were defeated. Even if Beimang has a million troops, this is close to 10%."

"I think some people can't sit still. And how long can the dragon energy be hidden?"

Xu Xin in the sky overlooked the earth. He was looking for the dragon energy of Beimang and preparing to make a big wave.