Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1979 The iron cavalry descends from the sky

Chapter 1977: Iron Cavalry Descends from Heaven

"Wen Yuan, after receiving a letter from Feige from Luoyang, the Tang army has withdrawn from Luoyang." Xu Huanghui reported.

Hearing this, Zhang Liao was immediately refreshed, and shouted: "Hurry up, speed up the march, and make sure to catch up with the main force of the Tang army before the Tang army leaves Henan Yin and enters Hongnong County."

"promise."

Following Zhang Liao's order, the 150 Qin army started the raid mode, marching at a high speed in the direction of the Tang army's Hongnong County at a moving speed of [-] miles per day.

Most of the [-] cavalry led by Zhang Liao were light cavalry. Among them, the [-] main Qin cavalry had one man and two horses, and could travel two hundred miles a day, but the remaining [-] cavalry could not go so fast.

The other 150 cavalry came from Li Jing, Zhang Yun, Xiao Yan, and Han Xin. They used to ride alone. After reorganization, although they also reached the standard configuration of Qin cavalry with one man and two cavalry, it was obviously not enough. The high-intensity rapid marching speed of two hundred miles a day, or even [-] miles, is already the limit for them.

In order to allow the [-] cavalry to keep up with the speed of the main force, Zhang Liao deliberately reduced the marching speed to [-] miles a day.

At a daily marching speed of [-] miles, although the [-] main force could reach the predetermined position in the shortest time, the other [-] cavalry were left far behind.

Even if the [-] main Qin cavalry were able to defeat the [-] Tang army, they would definitely pay a lot, and Zhang Liao naturally would not do that.

After Zhang Liao's calculations, even if he didn't march at full speed, he could still catch up with Tang Jun before he left Henan Yin and entered Hongnong County.

The current location of the 150 Qinqi is at Xiaopingjin Pass in Hedong County, which is only [-] miles away from Luoyang. Even if they travel [-] miles a day, they can reach the city of Luoyang in only two days.

The Qin army has such a fast speed because it has an all-cavalry lineup, but the Tang army is a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry. No matter how fast it is, fifty miles a day is the limit.

Calculated according to the distance between the two sides, the Qin army can catch up with the Tang army in at most three days at a marching speed of 150 miles a day, and the Tang army may not have entered Hongnong County in three days.

On the Luoyang side, after learning that Zhang Liao led [-] cavalry one step ahead and would arrive in Luoyang within two days, all the generals in Luoyang were enraged.

Most of them don't want to watch the Tang army flee, but there are too few soldiers in Luoyang City, even fewer elite soldiers. Once the Tang army is recruited out of the city, even Luoyang may not be able to keep it.

Now this worry is completely gone.

Forty thousand cavalry were about to arrive in Luoyang. Even if the defenders in the city chased them out, the Tang army would not dare to come back.

Based on this consideration alone, the senior officials of the Qin army unanimously decided to concentrate their elite troops out of the city to pursue and help Zhang Liao's [-] cavalry.

Perhaps the combat power of the Luoyang garrison is not strong, but if the elites are gathered together, it is also an extremely strong combat force, which can give a lot of help to the cavalry.

Currently, there are only [-] flying tiger troops and [-] women's troops in Luoyang city that can go out to fight.

The recruits and strong men can only be used to defend the city. If they really fight the Tang army head-on, they will be defeated at the first touch.

"About the candidate for the lead of the chasing army?"

Jia Xu looked around at the generals, but finally his eyes fell on Mu Guiying.

"Mu Guiying, the old man ordered you to lead the army of [-] ladies and [-] flying tigers to chase the Tang army out of the city. We don't want to defeat the Tang army, but we want to delay their march until General Zhang Liao arrives."

A look of joy flashed across Mu Guiying's face, she clasped her fists decisively and said, "No."

Giving Mu Guiying the position of the chasing general is actually a helpless move. Now Luoyang City is full of yin and yang, and among the 8000 troops who can participate in the pursuit, [-] are women's soldiers.

If the members of the Detachment of Women are not allowed to be the main generals, if the gang of strong ladies show their temper and quit, Jia Xu will have nothing to do with them.

After confirming the candidate for the main general, it is naturally Mu Guiying's turn to choose the general.

"Qin Liangyu, Hua Mulan, Arthur, Hu Sanniang, Deng Chanyu, Liang Hongyu, Yang Paifeng..."

Every time Mu Guiying read a name, one of the female generals would stand up. As she read it, she found that the male generals were shocked to find that all the female generals stood up. This is the rhythm that I don’t want to play with them!

"uh-huh."

A strange look flashed across Jia Xu's face, pretending to cough, reminding Mu Guiying to restrain himself.

Mu Guiying didn't deliberately not choose male generals, but the current Luoyang is full of yin and yang, and most of the generals present are female generals, while male generals only account for one-third, and most of them are not of high grade. Prioritize the selection of female generals.

But Mu Guiying also reacted, and quickly ordered a few more male generals, which made the male generals heave a sigh of relief.

In the end, Mu Guiying led an army of [-] women and [-] flying tigers, a total of [-] troops, as well as generals such as Qin Liangyu, Hua Mulan, Di Qing, and Qin Ji, and embarked on a journey to pursue the Tang army.

Not long after Mu Guiying's [-] troops left Luoyang, they were discovered by Li Shimin's secret sentry and sent the news back to the army.

Li Tang's senior officials were very surprised when they heard about it. They didn't understand why the Qin army in Luoyang City didn't come out to chase after they had just retreated, but waited until they had already walked for a long time before chasing them?
What do these mean?Make a show?

"No, the Qin army is definitely not pretending. Among the [-] Qin troops who left the city, there are not only [-] female troops, but also [-] flying tiger troops.

This is already the last elite in Luoyang City, if it is just a show, it is absolutely impossible to send all these elites out of the city. " Li Kui said with a determined face.

"Then what gave Qin Jun the courage to go out of the city to pursue him at this time?"

Hearing this, Li Kui couldn't help but fell into thinking. Just when he figured it out, Sima Yi rushed ahead of him and said: "There is only one possibility. The Qin army's reinforcements arrived ahead of time, which gave the Luoyang Qin army confidence. That’s why I dared to go out of the city to pursue them.”

"It's absolutely impossible."

Li Shimin resolutely denied it, but a trace of panic flashed in the depths of his eyes.

"The Hebei Qin army has a full 20 troops. How could it be possible to come so quickly? Besides, I got news not long ago that the Qin army has not yet completely crossed the Yellow River. It is impossible to reach Luoyang in such a short period of time."

"No, there is another possibility."

Fright flashed in Li Kui's eyes, and he smiled wryly, "Li Jing should divide his troops into two groups, and let the cavalry cross the river first. Only with the speed of the cavalry can it be possible to reach Luoyang so quickly."

"..."

Li Shimin suddenly felt struck by lightning.

If the cavalry of the Qin army in Hebei were really separated from the main force and came to pursue them alone, at the marching speed of the cavalry of the Qin army, it was really possible to catch up with them.

The focus now is how many cavalry did the Hebei Qin Army dispatch?
If it was [-] to [-], Tang Jun could still handle it, and he could still fight back if he paid a certain price.

But if it reaches [-], it may be difficult for the [-] Tang troops in Luoyang to withdraw safely.

　Guaranteed

　　
　
(End of this chapter)