Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 56 Tonight's Grave Digging
It was night.

On the vast plain, hundreds of riders are galloping on horseback.

With a man in his head and a horse with hooves bound, under the leadership of the third prince of Beirong, Gu Lilie, hundreds of riders quietly approached the Beijiang camp.

When he saw the flames of the northern Xinjiang camp, Gu Lilie ordered: "Come closer!"

The cavalry continued to move forward, and when they were only a few hundred meters away, a horn sounded from the camp.

woo-

The horn sounded loudly, representing the enemy's attack, but Gu Lilie didn't take it seriously.

He knew that he would definitely be discovered. After all, it was impossible for the northern Xinjiang camp to be guarded at night.

But he is not afraid of anything, because at this time, the army is basically sleeping, and it will take some effort to get up and put on armor, and then ride out to chase them.

Taking advantage of this time, we can find out some deployments of the northern Xinjiang camp.

But Gu Lilie obviously wanted to go wrong.

Not more than a few tens of seconds after the sound of the horn, a rumbling sound burst out from the camp.

This is……

Hearing that voice, Gu Lilie's face changed greatly.

"Cavalry! A large group of cavalry!"

The next moment, the campfire illuminated the heavy cavalry who left the camp.

They continued one after another, and the number was more than a thousand.

"Quick retreat!" Gu Lilie yelled.

He couldn't understand at all why there was still a thousand heavy cavalry in the northern Xinjiang camp awake at midnight?
Seeing how well-armored they are, even if they are ready to attack, they will not be so fast!
unless……

Gu Lilie came up with an idea: Unless there is a big Zhou spy among my people!

Yes, it must be so!

The spy disclosed to Su Yuan that I was going to attack in advance, so the soldiers in the Northern Xinjiang camp had already prepared, damn it!
Let me find that spy, I will definitely pluck his skin alive!

Gu Lilie felt resentful in his heart, but there was no time to study these things carefully.

For the cavalry he brought had begun to die.

"Shhhhhhh!"

Sharp arrows were shot from behind continuously, and Gu Lilie was horrified while making people fight back.

When did the cavalry of the Great Zhou become so good at riding and shooting? !

You know, riding and archery has always been what Bei Rong and some other nomadic soldiers are good at.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou were better at large-scale and large-scale battles.

But now, almost every one of the cavalry chasing them was a master of cavalry and archery, not to mention that they shot and killed dozens of Bei Rong cavalry in a short period of time.

And what shocked Gu Lilie even more was that the horses of the Zhenbei Army cavalry ran faster than their Beirong horses!
call out!
A sharp arrow shot from behind, Gu Lilie gritted his teeth and turned over, letting himself hang on the side of the horse's belly to avoid the arrow.

He turned his head and looked back, and nearly half of the hundreds of cavalry he brought had been lost!
And the rest are still dying.

The cavalry of the Zhenbei Army were fast and accurate, and they almost crushed the elite Beibei cavalry he brought out from all levels.

This made him feel a sense of despair in his heart.

If there are tens of thousands of such cavalry in the Northern Army, then why fight?What is there to fight?It's over if Bei Rong directly surrenders the whole country!

After all, there is no comparison between Bei Rong and Da Zhou!
The terrain of Dazhou was complex, and there were many towering and strong city walls. Some cities were surrounded by deep mountains, and cavalry could not gallop freely.

But what about Beirong?

Beirong is a country built on a plain, with tents as family units, and hundreds or thousands of tents combined into a tribe and city.

With such a city structure, in the face of tens of thousands of cavalry, there is really no power to fight back, and there is no strategic defense force at all.

Gu Lilie was thinking, only to hear his horse screamed, lost its front hoof, and threw him flying.He rolled several times on the ground, and his left forearm was directly broken.

"Third Prince!"

The remaining dozens of cavalry flew to the rescue, and one of them gave his horse to Gu Lilie.

"Third Prince, run away! We will be in the camp soon!"

"You... I will definitely avenge you!"

After Gu Lilie finished speaking, he endured the pain in his arm and galloped away on his subordinate's horse.

In order to cover Gu Lilie's retreat, the remaining Northern Army cavalry charged in the opposite direction towards the Zhenbei Army cavalry.

The result is that it is instantly submerged and swallowed up.

And Gu Lilie also took the opportunity to run back to the Wansheng camp, and was supported by a large army of camps, the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army did not pursue any more and went back home.

That night, Su Yuan received the news.

In the study of the Prince's Mansion in Zhenbei, Su Yuan lit the oil lamp and asked Chu Changning who came to report, "Did the Beirong attack the camp?"

Chu Changning said: "Yes, my lord. There are hundreds of riders in total, and they seem to come to find out the truth."

"and then."

"A dozen or so were caught, and one escaped. According to the interrogation, the one who escaped was Gu Lilie, the third prince of Beirong."

"Gurilie..."

Su Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"I've heard about this guy, and he seems to be the most promising of the sons of King Beirong. My father died at the hands of the army he commanded."

"……Yes."

"Is he in the Wansheng camp now?"

"should be."

After Chu Changning finished speaking, he saw Su Yuan stand up.

"My lord, you are..."

"Before the sun rises tomorrow, I will destroy the Wansheng camp."

Chu Changning was startled, but immediately stood up with a bang.

"My lord please order!"

"Changning, I'll give you [-] iron cavalry. You go around from the west to the back of the Wansheng camp. Be sure to block their retreat for me."

"Yes! Then, my lord, you want to personally lead the troops to fight head-on?"

"Yes."

Su Yuan is really annoyed now.

Not only because sleep is disrupted, but also because of getting up gas.

Also because of these provocative behaviors that are beyond self-control.

He has a lot of soldiers in his hands, and it turns out that others don't believe it. This is the funniest thing, but this kind of disbelief will only dig their own graves.

Su Yuan planned to bury the Wansheng camp first tonight.

But before the expedition, Chu Changning also told him one thing.

"My lord, according to the account of the Northern Army cavalry, Gu Lilie also planted spies among the soldiers of the former Northern Xinjiang camp, and there were as many as dozens of them."

"yes."

"The subordinates believe that some of these spies have been disarmed and returned to the field. The other part may be among the more than 400 soldiers who are willing to continue their military career."

There are more than 4 people in the northern Xinjiang camp, of which only more than 400 continue to join the army.

These more than 400 people, Su Yuan handed over the management and command to Niu Yuhong.

Su Yuan thought for a while and said, "Then don't tell Niu Yuhong about that army for the time being."

"My subordinate understands."

Regarding the issue of spies, Su Yuan planned to deal with it when he came back from the Wansheng camp.

He knew very well that there must be something like a "spies list" in Gulilie's place. As long as this guy was caught, the spies would be easily caught.

The plan is finalized, and the action begins immediately.

If it is said that the greatest advantage of Su Yuan summoning soldiers is not their combat effectiveness.

It's about speed!

Soldiers are extremely fast, they can be there wherever Su Yuan is, this is absolute power.

So, when Su Yuan got on his horse and went out of the city, under the protection of the four swords of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, he came to a thousand meters away from Wansheng camp.

He silently used the Soldiers Talisman of the Heavens.

"Come forth, my cavalry."

(End of this chapter)