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Chapter 435 Setting foot in camp (2)

Xu Kenan rode his horse and broke into the Jiaozhi camp directly.

He acted as the wedge of the wedge formation, waved the mace in his hand, and moved forward bravely.

When Jiaozhi Qingzhuang and the soldiers discovered that the Song army had broken into the camp, they screamed and ran away.

Xu Kenan was overjoyed when he saw this.

As a fierce general, his war instinct made him know immediately that now was the time to create more chaos and panic.

So, he held his mace, roared, and charged forward with a ferocious smile.

Behind him, the cavalry who charged with him also charged with him.

The wedge formation is an ancient but classic armored cavalry tactic.

Its sharp arrows are the main force of the assault. The five or five cavalry behind the arrows are horse archers. They exist as long-range firepower projections during the assault. After breaking into the enemy's position, they will immediately draw their weapons and kill.

Therefore, what followed Xu Kenan's charge was a continuous rain of arrows.

This scene turned into a hellish scene in the eyes of the already panicked Cochin people.

The leader of the Song Army was incredibly huge. He screamed and roared like a wild beast.

And when he came at high speed, the dense rain of arrows had already arrived in advance.

It seemed like it was shot by the Song Army cavalry.

"Ah!" The Cochin man collapsed completely.

There is no more courage, no more order.

Countless people tried their best to escape.

They screamed and ran towards their central army. In their hearts, that was the safest place.

They ran away like crazy at all costs.

And Xu Kenan and his cavalry followed them closely, like driving a flock of sheep, driving them towards the hinterland of the Central Cochin Army.

They are extremely experienced and know how to drive away enemies with the greatest efficiency.

Confusion spread quickly through the Cochin fort like a plague.

More and more camps were threatened by the rebels and fled.

Many people have no idea what happened?
They woke up in a daze and found that the entire camp was running and the nearby camp was shouting.

Countless cries, wolves crying and ghosts howling.

In the distance, at the edge of the camp, a raging fire was spreading.

Everyone wished that their parents gave birth to four legs for them.

Therefore, although these people did not even see the shadow of Song Jun.

But this did not prevent them from escaping at all.

Especially those young and strong civilian men who were forcibly recruited.

First there were thousands, then tens of thousands, and then chaos spread to most of the Cochin camp.

Countless people rushed towards the Chinese army crazily, and even fled backwards, further spreading the chaos.

……

"The captain is in trouble!"

A general hurriedly opened Li Changjie's tent, knelt down and said, "The Northern invaders are attacking the camp!"

"What?" Li Changjie's eyes widened and he looked at the other party in disbelief: "What did you say?"

"Beijing invaders attack the camp!" The general lowered his head.

Li Changjie immediately lifted up his sword and walked outside the commander's tent.

As a result, he saw monstrous flames appearing in the northeast of his army barracks, stretching for several miles.

"Quick!" Li Changjie didn't have time to think too much and immediately ordered to his left and right: "Follow me to intercept the rebels."

He knew that chaos must be prevented from spreading further.

Once the chaos spreads to the entire army, all the strongholds will collapse.

Therefore, we must stop the further spread of chaos at all costs and keep the defeated troops out of the Chinese army.

Otherwise, his army may collapse due to this camp roar.

"No!" Zuo Zuo also knew that the situation was urgent and immediately took the order and left.

At this time, there were actually broken troops who broke into the Chinese camp.

At this time, the choice Li Changjie made before setting up camp played a huge role.

The Chinese Army in Jiaozhi has a large number of troops stationed on the mountain where the Chinese Army is located.

These mountains form a barrier of sluggishness.

The army on the mountain can also observe the entire battlefield from a high position.

Therefore, these people were not panicked, nor were they affected by the chaos.

Because they did not see the shadow of the Song Army's armored cavalry.

So chaos is under control here.

Although many broken soldiers rushed into the camp.

But the soldiers who reacted had already begun to build a defense line under the leadership of the general. At the same time, they organized people to shout: "The general has an order: everyone stops, anyone who dares to take a step forward will die!"

They do what they say.

Those soldiers who failed to heed the warning were directly killed by the soldiers in the camp.

One head after another, rolling on the ground.

At the same time, the archers were also organized and fired a warning rain of arrows at the defeated soldiers.

Only then did the chaotic defeated troops finally stop and start to calm down.

Therefore, when Li Changjie arrived, the situation in the Chinese army's camp was already under control.

A large number of troops stationed in the mountains began to go down the mountains and establish defense lines.

This made Li Changjie breathe a sigh of relief.

But far away in the darkness, the chaos continued.

The fire spread and countless people ran away crying.

The entire eastern barracks was almost out of order.

When Li Changjie saw this, blood almost spurted out from his chest.

He knew that the entire East and even the entire Left were hopeless.

I can't save him either.

Because in the dark, you don’t know the location of the enemy, let alone the number of enemies. The most important thing is that you can’t distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

If you rush to send troops to restore order, you may only lose more.

He could only hold back the pain in his heart and ordered to his left and right: "I am passing the order to the generals of each battalion. They must guard the barracks and are not allowed to leave the camp rashly!"

"Anyone who dares to enter the barracks will be killed without mercy!"

"promise!"

His order was passed on immediately.

More and more Cochin troops began to enter the barracks.

The chaos in the Chinese army gradually subsided.

……

Di Yong looked at the Jiaozhi Camp in the darkness.

He watched as the fire began to appear from the northeast corner of the left wing of the Cochin Camp, and then continued to spread toward its hinterland.

"Commander Xu fought well!" Di Yong couldn't help stroking her hands and praising: "I will definitely take credit for it!"

Looking at the chaos in the Cochin barracks, everyone asked for a fight.

Di Yong shook his head and said regretfully: "The main force of our army is far away in Beizhi, and it is difficult to mobilize it in a hurry."

"The bandit army is not in chaos yet. When the main force of our army arrives, the thieves are already on guard."

Beichang City is at least sixty miles away from here.

The main force of the Song army was infantry, and it was already dawn when they arrived.

Another cavalry commander, Song Jie, couldn't help but said: "General manager, the last general invites you to fight!"

He looked at the Jiaozhi Central Army and said: "Commander Xu, we have now attracted the main force of the thieves. If our army attacks the central army at this time, even if it fails, it will still cause chaos to the enemy!"

Di Yong looked at this person, shook his head and said, "Commander Xu is still in the bandit camp. The command post needs to do a good job of welcoming Commander Xu."

"And..." Di Yong looked at the looming shadows of the mountains in the darkness.

On those mountains, torches have been lit.

"The army of thieves is camped close to the mountain and is in a condescending position. Even if it makes a surprise attack, it will be difficult to achieve victory." This is a fact!

Everyone knows how to fight and know what Di Yong said is right.

The bandit army defending the mountain has sufficient barriers.

Their experience along the border also told them that the best choice for a night attack on enemy camps is those who camp with their backs to the water, and the worst is for those who defend against the mountains.

Because the enemies on the mountain can be condescending and clearly see the movements of the cavalry attacking at night.

The existence of the mountain makes it difficult for chaos to spread.

It is even more impossible for the cavalry to rush directly to the mountain.

Everyone could only sigh with regret.

"How great it would be if all our troops were armored cavalry!"

If the first generals of Yulong were all cavalry, there would be 1000 heavy armored cavalry.

At this time, it is entirely possible to take advantage of the Cochin people's confusion, throw in armored cavalry, and penetrate the entire enemy camp.

such a pity!
This is impossible.

An army of 5000 people like Yulong First General can have more than a thousand fine cavalry, which is very rare even among the Western Army.

There was no way, the Song Dynasty was seriously short of horses.

Qualified war horses are even more valuable.

If one horse dies, it will cause physical pain. If thousands of horses die, even the officials will feel sad.

This time when they went south, all the horses of the First General Yulong stayed in Bianjing.

After arriving in Guangxi, the Guangxi local government added [-] Yunnan horses for use.

Although these Yunnan horses are cheaper than Tubo horses and Dangxiang horses.

But each horse was bought from Dali by the local people in Guangxi with tea leaves, salt and copper coins, and the value was considered sky-high in Guangxi.

……

Xu Kenan led his cavalry and charged left and right in the Jiaozhi camp.

He may seem reckless and cruel, but he is extremely organized.

He and his cavalry are also very flexible.

They just chased the Jiaozhi rebels and drove them to flee. Occasionally they rushed into the rebels and killed them for a while, just to increase the panic.

They rarely charged directly into large groups of Cochin rebels.

They simply didn't give the Cochin people a chance to beat the old master to death with random punches.

At this time, the advantages of the Yunnan horses they rode came into play.

Although these Yunnan horses are not as fast as the Northern horses, their physique is also far inferior.

But they have good endurance. Even if Xu Kenan led his troops to charge and kill in the Jiaozhi camp for a long time, these Yunnan horses were not tired.

However, with the distant Cochin camp, organization began.

As the Cochin people gradually restored order.

Xu Kenan knew better and should have given up on it.

So, after leading his men to complete one attack after another, he turned his horse's head and led his cavalry through the gap between the burning barracks.

When Xu Kenan led his cavalry, they rushed out of the Jiaozhi camp.

Behind them, countless barracks were burning.

Countless corpses lay across the camp.

Most of them trampled each other to death. Those who were actually shot and killed by the Song army's cavalry may not even have a thousand.

But that's what war is like.

In a normal battle between the two armies, tens of thousands of people from both sides fought for a whole morning, and thousands of people were killed. This was already considered a fierce battle.

But once one party falls into chaos and collapses.

Then the whole army will be destroyed.

Just like the first Battle of Lanzhou, Wang Wenyu attacked the Western Bandit camp at night.

Wang Wenyu's cavalry killed only more than 1000 party members, and it was impossible to exceed [-].

But they trampled each other and fell into the Yellow River, killing tens of thousands of people.

So that after the war, the Song army was able to collect the heads of the Western thieves and build a Jingguan under Lanzhou City to show off their martial arts.

……

Its daybreak.

The fire in the Cochin barracks gradually died down.

Li Changjie was walking in the military camp, and his eyes were full of desolation, which made his body tremble.

In one night of chaos, more than a dozen camps were destroyed by fire, thousands of livestock fled, and tens of thousands of people were trampled to death.

There were also thousands of young civilians and defeated soldiers who were killed by the Cochin people themselves.

In addition, a large amount of food and baggage was burned.

The loss is shocking.

What's more serious is the blow to morale.

Li Changjie looked at the soldiers with their heads hanging down, carrying corpses one after another.

He also looked at those young men with dull eyes and nervousness.

He knew that after last night's battle, his army had collapsed mentally.

Once they engage in battle with the Northern Army, a large number of people will flee as long as the battle is slightly unfavorable.

There was no way, the Cochin Army had its backbone broken by the Northern Army ten years ago.

Hong Zhen and the tens of thousands of elites he commanded were killed like chickens by the Northern Army on the battlefield.

Countless people would rather jump into the raging Furiang River than dare to turn around and fight the Northern Army.

It is precisely because of this that Cochin stopped expanding to the south in the past ten years.

Because their most elite troops had been lost in the war.

However, Li Changjie knew better that he must not withdraw now.

Once he orders the withdrawal, everyone will rush to escape.

The more than a hundred miles of road from here to Taiyuan City will become the road to death for him and his army.

There is no way!
"Now I can only hope that this nerd Chongxianhou will lead his army to meet me."

Last night, he had sent people overnight to the camp of Chongxian Hou Li Taide, asking the emperor's brother to lead the army defending the Furiang River to meet him.

And he has no choice.

We can only concentrate the army near the five hills where the Chinese army's camp is located, and build a stronghold based on the mountains to confront the Northern army.

……

Xu Kenan completely took off the armor he was wearing, untied his clothes from his chest, and galloped wildly through Beizhuang City.

Showing off to everyone the trauma his chest suffered last night.

His subordinates also followed his example and showed off their new creation last night to the chieftains and soldiers in the northern city.

One night, they attacked and destroyed more than ten fortresses, causing chaos among the traitors.

This illustrious military exploit made the entire Beizhu City cheer for them.

Of course, Xu Kenan's cavalry also suffered the heaviest losses since the war began.

There were more than eighty riders who never came back.

For most of them, even their bodies were not found.

In addition, 200 people suffered varying degrees of trauma.

There were more than seventy people among them. After they came back, they took off their armor and saw that they were covered in blood. Some even had several arrows stuck in their chests. Military doctors immediately stepped forward to stop the bleeding and debride their wounds.

Many people were carried on stretchers by the chieftain soldiers, and escorted by military doctors, they were sent to Yongping Village in the rear for recuperation.

I'm afraid this war is over for them.

Xu Kenan's unit has actually lost its combat effectiveness. Without ten days and a half of repairs, it will be difficult to continue fighting.

However, they still created miracles.

The entire Beichang City was cheering for them.

When the chieftains looked at these Song Army cavalry galloping wildly, their eyes shone brightly and they couldn't help but lick their lips.

Their eyes looked back and forth on these strong and brave cavalry.

The look in his eyes was like that of the merchants who gathered under the results of the imperial examination in Bianjing City, looking for new candidates.

(End of this chapter)