Devil’s Advent

Zheng Fan held the armor of the barbarian in front of him with one hand, and turned his head to look behind him from time to time. He hated it very much, because he knew clearly that the hundred cavalry that Huo Guang brought was there, and it was basically impossible. Out.

Perhaps this is the real cruelty of war, you come and go, I can cut you, but I can also cut you back.

This is not a game. In the game, after a round is finished, the troops can recover their strength after a few rounds of supplies.

It's not that the strength of the troops cannot be recovered, but it's really uncomfortable to watch the soldiers under him sink in and lose their capital.

To be more emotional, they are real people. At dusk, I even spoke to them, saying that I would take them back and lead them to earn as much military merit as possible and live as much as possible.

The high spirits that came all the way before were all blown away by the rain and the wind at this time.

This may be a heartbreak, a part that a first-time brother must go through. Zheng Fan once thought that he was mentally prepared, but when things really happened in front of him, he felt that his previous psychological preparation , is still too fragile.

At this moment, he suddenly understood the princess' behavior of using more than two thousand civilian husbands as bait in order to obtain the results of the battle. Since he must die, he should take the initiative to die, as long as he can catch the opportunity.

Zheng Fan is like a boss from a small family. He used to be a small business with little capital and little income, but he was stable. After closing the stall every day, he could still sit on the bed and talk happily. With a cigarette in his mouth, he picked his feet and counted money.

He longed for the kind of big boss who spends a lot of money, but when he finally had the opportunity to show off, he realized that his mentality was not in the right position at all.

can't afford to lose

Sorry,

Zheng Papi,

This is Zheng Fan's definition of himself.

However, you can control rationality, but things like sensibility cannot be controlled by yourself.

until,

When Zheng Fan turned his head again,

But they found that the group of wolf soldiers actually let go of their feet and chased them out.

Zheng Fan stared intently,

Then my heart trembled,

But he still immediately turned his attention to the front, which was the direction Liang Cheng was in. Zheng Fan didn't give an order, and didn't go to Yuezu to replace him, because he believed that Liang Cheng would make the most correct choice.

Professional things should be left to professionals.

At this moment, Zheng Fan only had one thought in his mind,

They made Lao Tzu lose money,

That old man,

Just kill them!

………

Because of Liang Cheng's timely order to retreat, except for Huo Guang's hundred cavalry who fell into the city, the rest of the cavalry did not suffer much damage.

Compared to Zheng Fan who was not calm, Liang Cheng was the calmest one. This is war, life and death, it is quite normal for the old to be replaced by the new.

The failure this time was just bad luck.

In war, you can never expect that the goddess of luck will always take care of you.

The infiltration, capture of the city, and opening of the city gate all went smoothly, but who knew there would be so many wolf soldiers hiding inside.

As for saying that I was careless on my side and didn't investigate well in advance, it is meaningless, because this is a raid, and a raid requires a certain degree of gambling, and you can't let people go in to find out the situation completely. Entering the city again, first, it will increase the risk of the infiltrator being discovered by the guards in the city, and second, if the time is delayed, if it is daylight, what kind of sneak attack?

As far as Liang Cheng himself was concerned, only one of Huo Guang's troops was lost, which was not a big loss, because he still had nearly 1,400 riders around him.

Even, Huo Guang died inside. As the leader of the Huo family in Green Willow Castle, his death made it easier for him to control the rest of the Huo family.

This kind of thinking is naturally a bit dark, but it is a fact. There are countless examples of using the enemy's knife to help oneself eradicate dissidents throughout the ages.

Liang Cheng, as a general who has led troops to fight since ancient times, is naturally not unclear about this. Once Huo Guang died, the remaining 600 Huo family members would soon be disintegrated and absorbed after being leaderless. Soon, they The clearest brand on his body is no longer the Huo family but the soldiers of Green Willow Fort.

that is……

Out of the corner of Liang Cheng's eye, he glanced at Zuo Jiqian who was galloping on his left side.

Zuo Jiqian didn't notice that a large ancient zombie glanced at him at this moment, otherwise, he would have been terrified.

"woo woo woo woo!!!!"

At this moment, Liang Cheng heard a long cry behind him.

He turned his head to look behind him,

He froze,

what did he see

He saw the wolf soldiers chasing out of the city gate and out of the city,

He saw a group of infantry chasing the cavalry?

This situation, this change,

A high degree of self-doubt suddenly arose in Liang Cheng's heart.

Is this... a trap?

Because the opponent's move really made Liang Cheng somewhat incomprehensible.

Just like an Olympiad student competing with his opponent, after the first round, he was frustrated. After the second round, he suddenly found that the opponent wrote the answer of one plus one as three.

but soon,

Liang Cheng was relieved again,

Because he understood.

It can be said that the espionage war between the Qian State and the Yan State had begun long before the official confrontation between the two sides. Through the commercial and trade relations of the Silk Road, both sides planted an unknown number of nails in each other's home.

As for the matter of the southwestern wolf native soldiers going north from the Qianguo Diao, the Sixth Prince has already passed on to Green Willow Castle through his own intelligence network.

The wolf soldiers are the soldiers under the chieftain of the southwestern part of the country. They are very brave and have caused corruption in the southwestern part of the country decades ago.

But they also have a problem, this problem has nothing to do with themselves, it has nothing to do with courage, it has nothing to do with equipment, but...war consciousness and thinking mode.

Just like the Senggelinqin cavalry in later generations charged against the gun positions of the British and French allied forces,

Just like the big waves of hussars brandishing sabers and rushing towards the German armored tanks,

Just like de Gaulle climbed out of the tank and watched the German Stuka bomber paralyze his French tanks one by one;

This is a gap in the cognition of war thinking, and this gap, in many cases, will cause extremely terrifying consequences, and its impact will even exceed the gap in weapons and equipment itself.

The southwest of Gan country is a mountainous area. They don't have horses, but their horses are small and can carry people, but more often they are used to carry goods.

When the chieftains in the southwestern region of Qian State rebelled collectively, the reason why the Qian army suffered setbacks in suppressing the chaos several times and suffered heavy losses led to the collapse of the situation step by step. , Separation, sneak attack, etc., beat the army into a mess.

In the mountains and forests, it is difficult for war horses to play a real role. At the same time, the cavalry of the Qian Kingdom is not very good.

Because of this, Mrs. Daxi, including the wolf soldiers under her command, had not really experienced the education of cavalry baptism, so they made the choice to use infantry to chase cavalry.

Cavalry, they are certainly no strangers, they also have cavalry, maybe in their view, cavalry is just like this.

But the horses of the Yan people are different from the horses in the southwest region. The Yan people's understanding and application of cavalry tactics are beyond the reach of the people of Qian and the chieftains.

Because for hundreds of years, the Yan people have always had a good teacher, and this good teacher has been teaching the Yan people the use of cavalry tactics. Master, hit the ground.

The master here is naturally a barbarian.

The barbarians in the desert are naturally the group that knows cavalry best in this world, but the strongest cavalry in the world is in the country of Yan!

In the depths of Liang Cheng's eyes, the evil spirit flashed away,

he knows

My lord should feel so distressed now,

Then, let yourself give the Lord the best comfort.

Liang Cheng raised his hand,

These days, the soldiers and horses of Green Willow Fort have been learning one thing, and that is to "obey orders".

Under Liang Cheng's instruction, they started to slow down their horses deliberately as they were fleeing.

Since you are so stupid and dare to chase them out,

Then let you run for a while.

No matter how fast you run, can you compare to a four-legged war horse in terms of endurance?

On the tower of the north gate of Mianzhou City, Meng Gong was holding on to the wall with both hands. He was very anxious because he saw that the Yan people's cavalry did not flee, but retreated!

Retreat and rout are two completely different meanings, and at the same time, they are likely to mean two different results.

Meng Gong yelled for the guards around him to beat the gong, calling for the wolf soldiers to come back.

but to no avail,

The wolf-soldiers have gone mad,

and,

They never listen to specific greetings on the battlefield.

There are more than a thousand wolf soldiers in the city who are busy treating their injured clansmen. At the same time, they happily cut the heads of the Yan people, pulled the armor of the Yan people, and picked up the weapons of the Yan people.

They heard the shouts and gongs of the dry people on the tower, but they just smiled and didn't take it seriously. They looked at these dry people with obvious disdain.

It is useless for you to be a human being, and you are frightened by the Yan people, but in front of our descendants of Dashan, the Yan people are really nothing more than that!

Meng Gong's shout failed to make Mrs. Daxi, who was chasing out of the city, turn back. Meng Gong knew that back then, there was actually a person who could make the chieftains under his command obey orders in a proper manner.

That is the thorn-faced gentleman. When the thorn-faced gentleman was there, the combat effectiveness of the western army in the Qian Kingdom had been greatly improved for a period of time, and the chieftains he subdued did not dare to exceed the rules in the face of his command flag.

At that time, there was even a voice in the court that if he fully supported the assassin, he would not be able to say that he would be able to Yixue the shame bestowed by the first Zhenbeihou back then!

But soon, there will be no more.

The chieftains can be regarded as Anshun under the gentle policy of Qianguo over the years, but Meng Gong knew that without the suppression of the stabbed gentleman, this kind of Anshun is really just a layer of skin on the surface .

Do they really think that the Yan people are the same as the dry army who lacks cavalry?

Did they really think it was the same as the peasant army they faced when they helped put down the rebellion several times?

If the Yan people are really like that,

Didn't Dagan have already started the Northern Expedition?

Didn't the barbarians go south long ago?

Meng Gong was a little helpless and at a loss,

Now he can only hope that the generals of the Yan people's army have already been scared out of their wits.

Obviously a "victory" start,

He felt no joy at all.

The fear and anxiety in my heart turned into a roar,

Meng Gong slammed his fist hard on the wall,

scolded:

"Straight girl thief!"

………

Naturally, the wolf soldiers couldn't feel Meng Gong's anger, but they did feel...a little tired.

The soldiers are also human beings. Although they have better stamina and are better at running, they have already chased them far away in one breath. The city of Mianzhou behind them is a bit blurred.

After all, they are human beings, but they want to use their own feet to chase and kill the group of prey on horseback.

It can be said that if the distance between the two sides was not getting closer little by little, if the opponent had not been running away without the slightest counterattack, the wolf soldiers would not have pursued so far.

Mrs. Daxi may not understand the true horror of cavalry, but as a widow who rules a village, she naturally cannot be so unbearable. She feels that her men are a little tired.

At this moment, her intuition as a military strategist made her instinctively want to order to turn back. Since she really can't catch up, then don't chase her.

Or, grit your teeth and continue chasing for a while? just for a while?

What Mrs. Daxi didn't know was that during the strange process of the infantry chasing the cavalry, under Liang Cheng's order, the frontmost cavalry had already turned around in batches and began to detour to the two sides.

Zheng Fan also noticed the change in the troops. At this time, the barbarian who was carrying him had already jumped onto the back of another empty horse, allowing Zheng Fan to ride the horse alone.

Zheng Fan knew it was time to do something.

It's time to stop, Mrs. Da Xi thought to herself.

Because she suddenly and keenly discovered that the number of prey she was chasing seemed to be much less.

"Ohh Ohh ohh…………"

A long cry came,

The wolf soldiers began to slow down, some of them were panting, some were cursing, those Yan people ran really fast, and they lost a lot of money.

However, at this moment, Liang Cheng in front of him also completely slowed down, and led the cavalry around him to turn around the horse's head. His eyes looked very calmly at the wolf soldiers not far in front of him. ,

as well as,

The only woman in the group of soldiers on horseback.

Liang Cheng had to admit that this was a very brave army. Their bravery and courage were much stronger than the Qian Guo army he had encountered.

Wars often require bravery and courage, but sometimes, some gaps cannot be made up by pure courage.

No armor, no fine weapons, no strict formation,

Are you going to face my fourteen hundred cavalry like this?

The knife in Liang Cheng's hand pointed forward, and at the same time began to stir the horse under his crotch.

Enemy, far enough out of town,

under,

Time to give them a taste of cavalry, real horror!

A haze suddenly hit Mrs. Daxi's heart. She didn't know what was going on, but this ominous premonition was getting heavier and heavier.

"Boom boom boom! Boom boom boom!"

Suddenly, two cavalrymen appeared on both sides of the wolf soldiers. They were riding horses, they were galloping, and they took down their crossbows and bows at the same time.

"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"

Arrows shot over one after another, and a local soldier fell to the ground after being hit by an arrow.

The soldiers were a little confused, because they didn't expect that the prey they had chased and fled in a hurry would dare to turn their heads and grin at themselves again.

They were furious, so they started fighting back.

Every wolf soldier is an excellent hunter in the mountains, which means that their arrows are very accurate.

However, the Cuiliu Castle cavalry at this time were not the live targets that were difficult to turn around and move in the city as before. They were galloping, and at the same time, they also paid attention to keeping a distance.

After a wave of arrows shot past, they would choose to re-open the distance to avoid the counterattack of the wolf soldiers, and then, the next wave would continue to force them from the other side in this way, and shoot another wave of arrows.

While being hit by arrows, they have to aim at high-speed moving targets. The bows and arrows of wolf soldiers are not as sharp as when hunting in the mountains. The lethality decreased, and the shot hit the cavalry armor of Fort Green Willow and was directly bounced away.

Zheng Fan is also in the team, and he also holds a bow and arrow in his hand. Because of Ah Ming's training partner, Zheng Fan's archery has improved a lot during this period. Although it is not as good as the barbarians, he can instill it into the arrows. His own blood, so his arrows can shoot farther, and their power can also be greater.

A wolf soldier was shot by Zheng Fan's arrow, and the force of the arrow turned his body over, but Zheng Fan didn't cheer happily: "I hit it, I hit it!"

Because it seems that most of the characters who cheered and jumped on the screen and shot themselves were paving the way for the next headshot and sudden death.

At this moment, Zheng Shoubei is like a gambler who just lost a hand. Right now, he is determined to get back his game.

Mrs. Daxi soon realized that the situation was extremely bad, and she quickly ordered the team to retreat. However, how could the speed of a person's two feet compare with that of a four-legged war horse?

at the same time,

These wolf soldiers are also tired.

Liang Cheng did not order to charge, but continued to command his cavalry to harass and tease in this way, using soft knives to slowly cut flesh.

It may be influenced by film and television works. In most perceptions, cavalry is rolling iron hooves and smashing through the enemy's defense line. Then cavalry is equivalent to sitting on a high bench and starting to attack the surrounding enemies.

In fact, most generals would not choose to use cavalry in this way unless it was absolutely necessary or under extreme circumstances.

the reason is simple,

too expensive!

Yan people have always played cavalry, so more than half of Yan's tax revenue has to be sent to Zhenbeihou's mansion every year to be responsible for raising soldiers.

Therefore, why did the Jingnan Army divide into the front battalion and the rear battalion, and why did the successive emperors of Dayan not go south? Can't afford war.

The ancestors of the Yan people didn't know that infantry was cheaper, but there is no way, this is all forced, because you have a barbarian neighbor next to you, you can't let yourself use two legs to go to the desert to fight with barbarian cavalry, right? ?

Cavalry, in the era of cold weapons, is an absolute money-burning thing. If you don't want to be a showman, it will burn even more money.

Think about how Zhenbei Hou had to fight Ji Runhao, who was the prince, to grab chicken legs when he was a child. You can see how the Hou family cut down on food and clothing in order to maintain the 300,000 Zhenbei army cavalry.

It's not that there is no corruption in Zhenbeihou's Mansion, but his excess consumption is definitely at an extremely low point, which is unimaginably low for any feudal town in history. If you dare to embezzle, you have to try it out. If the Li family knew about it, what would happen!

Qianguo has also run horse affairs, but firstly, the investment is too large, and secondly, because of the national conditions of Qianguo,

After all, it failed to support the supply of war horses in Qianguo, at best, it just maintained its face.

The wolf soldiers are now facing an extremely embarrassing situation. They want to retreat, but it is difficult to let go, because the cavalry around them keep sticking up like dog skin plasters, and retreat after biting a bite of your flesh.

Want to move forward, but can't catch up with the other party at all.

Mrs. Daxi's face sank like water. She knew that the general of the Yan army was teaching her a lesson, but she couldn't afford the tuition fee for this lesson.

Cutting flesh with a soft knife is also a terrible thing, because people's mental resistance is limited.

Especially when being harassed by the cavalry, this hopeless mood will be gradually magnified and magnified...

Even an excellent army with military discipline and restraint, it is difficult not to collapse in such a situation where there is no hope at home and abroad, let alone this kind of wolf soldiers who only rely on pure blood and courage to fight.

Their courage comes fiercely, but when they collapse, it will be more thorough!

In fact, they are more like a group of mobs. In the mountains, they can use their hunter's instincts and familiar terrain to give full play to their advantages, but in fact, they are not much different from the peasant army, only in morale. In terms of bravery and bravery, it surpassed the peasant army.

finally,

They start to break down,

Someone started running backwards desperately,

They instinctively want to go back to the city,

Because they remembered that they were in the city before, these Yan people were not so scary!

They want to go back to the city, go back to the city, run alone, run in two, and then run in groups.

Mrs. Daxi's long shouts were no longer able to gather her clansmen,

The wolf soldiers, who didn't have a clear formation, completely lost their formation at this time, and they scattered!

Just then,

Liang Cheng raised his long knife and issued a new order.

All the cavalry retracted their arrows and crossbows at this moment, they drew out their sabers, and they began to leave no more room to fully release the horsepower of their war horses.

The prey has already collapsed under their training, below, it's time to harvest.

Liang Cheng's knife cut down, drawing an afterimage, and shouted:

"charge!"