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Chapter 447 Attacking An Ancient City (2)
In the blink of an eye, three thousand cavalry crossed a distance of hundreds of meters and rushed into the army under Zhao Hu's command. Soldiers of the new army were pierced through their bodies by spears, and one soldier was hit by a galloping horse and trampled to the ground.

In a short time, the three thousand cavalry passed the army under Zhao Hu's command, killed more than 2000 soldiers, and regrouped a thousand meters away from Zhao Hu's army, turned around, and lined up in a charge formation at one time, urging The war horse, raising the spear in his hand, rushed towards the direction of Zhao Hu's army.

The distance of a thousand meters passed in the blink of an eye under the galloping horses. The army under Zhao Hu's command hadn't recovered from the cavalry charge just now. Zhisheng didn't dare to resist, so he broke up and fled. The [-] cavalry under Pi Mohan's command, as if entering no man's land, rampaged freely among the army under Zhao Hu's command, beheading every soldier of the new army.

Looking at the soldiers of the new army who were fleeing in all directions, a look of helplessness flashed in Zhao Hu's eyes, and he shook his head gently, ignoring the soldiers who were fleeing in all directions, and led more than a thousand elite troops under his command Directly under the guard, they went straight to the cavalry who were blocked by the fleeing soldiers and their speed had slowed down, and launched a fierce attack.

A cavalry without charging speed is like a tiger without teeth, and its combat effectiveness has dropped by half. Under the attack of more than a thousand direct guards under Zhao Hu's command, a cavalry was ruthlessly killed and fell off the horse. , becoming a broken corpse.

Zhao Hu's more than a thousand direct guards, each of them has at least the strength of a first-class fighter, and each of them has a strength of a thousand catties, which is not comparable to those ordinary and strong.

Under the leadership of Zhao Hu, these direct guards possessed at least a thousand catties of strength, rich combat experience and combat skills, and killed three thousand cavalry like a tiger descending a mountain. More than half of the cavalry died tragically under the sharp weapons of the direct guard.

"let's go!"

Seeing that the guards under Zhao Hu's command were so formidable, and killed more than half of his own cavalry in a short time, Pi Mohan's heart tightened, and he immediately ordered loudly, and took the lead in returning to the direction of Angu City.

The cavalry, who received Pi Mohan's order, immediately turned around without the slightest hesitation. Before the guards directly under Zhao Hu came over, they urged the horses under them to gallop towards the gate of Angu City.

In the blink of an eye, more than 1000 cavalry returned to Angu City, and the gate of Angu City was immediately closed to prevent Zhao Hu from leading his troops in.

Glancing at the cavalrymen who had fled back to Angu City, Zhao Hu turned his attention to the messy battlefield, and found that most of the messy battlefields were the corpses of his own soldiers, and only a few were the cavalry corpses of Angucheng. This made Zhao Hu's complexion very ugly.

Ten thousand troops, the opponent's cavalry has not rushed over, their morale has plummeted, and they have no fighting spirit. The opponent's cavalry has just rushed over, and it has automatically collapsed, making the enemy's cavalry feel like entering no one's land. The companions of one's own side even blocked the path of the guards directly under one's command, so that the guards directly under one's command could not carry out a powerful attack on the enemy's cavalry.

At the end of the battle, Zhao Hu counted the number of troops, and found that the number of troops had dropped by two-thirds. More than 1 soldiers died, more than 4000 people died, and more than 2000 people escaped. Only 3000 people remained. For the joint captain, there was only one big captain left, which made Zhao Hu very speechless.

After this battle, Zhao Hu knew that the war was not as simple as he thought, and the number of troops was not simply an accumulation of people. An army without strict training, strict discipline, and strong fighting spirit could not be regarded as an army at all, but could only be regarded as an army. A group of rabble, vulnerable.

Like in today's battle, if Zhao Hu's army has undergone strict training, has strict discipline, and strong fighting spirit, it will not collapse at all, but will quickly form a strong formation to block the charge of the cavalry and let the cavalry fall into the infantry. In the quagmire, the cavalry who had lost their power to charge were killed one by one.

After being severely taught by the cavalry led by Pi Mohan, Zhao Hu no longer had the desire for the number of troops before, and had more requirements for the quality of the soldiers. As the core, form an elite force with strong strength, strict discipline, and strong fighting spirit.

As for the ordinary and strong troops, Zhao Hu planned to use them as a reserve team and civilian team, responsible for simple tasks such as logistical material delivery, battlefield cleaning, and maintaining city law and order, trying to prevent them from fighting with the enemy as much as possible.

After all, these ordinary elite troops would not only be unable to help the elite troops on the battlefield, but might also hinder the elite troops. This was something Zhao Hu absolutely did not allow and did not want to see.

Glancing at the demoralized soldiers, Zhao Hu sighed helplessly. Instead of ordering the siege, he retreated ten miles and stationed in a village. Launching an attack on the ancient city of An, the ancient city of An was captured.

After returning to Angu City with the remaining 1000 cavalry led by Pi Mohan, the supreme officer of the Angucheng army, he ordered strict defense against the defenders on the city wall, and paid close attention to the movement of Zhao Hu's remaining army, and then went to the big family in Angucheng And went to the big businessman for help.

However, none of the big families and big businessmen in Angu City is a fool, and no one is willing to get involved in the war between the upper echelons of the empire and the noble alliance, threatening their lives and property.

If they maintain a neutral position and do not help each other, neither the upper echelons of the empire nor the alliance of nobles will attack them and harm their interests.

However, once they join one of the parties, they will definitely be brutally attacked by the other party, their lives and property are guaranteed, and they may die tragically under the enemy's butcher's knife.

After all, none of the upper echelon of the empire and the noble alliance is something they can provoke. The reason why the upper echelon of the empire and the noble alliance do not move their interests and do not attack them is because they do not want to push them to each other. One side will definitely be hit hard by the other side, which is not something they can afford.

Therefore, the big families and big businessmen in Angu City ignored Pi Mohan's request at all, and dealt with it casually, quietly waiting for the result of the battle between Zhao Hu and Pi Mohan.

Unable to get help from the big family and big merchants in Angu City, Pi Mohan was full of helplessness, so he had to ask the small families, small merchants and residents in the city, hoping that the small families, small merchants and residents in the city, He can actively assist the defenders to defend the city and prevent Zhao Hu's army from entering the city.

However, the small families, small businessmen and residents in Angu City are unwilling to assist the defenders in defending Angu City. They don't want to involve themselves in the cruel war and be crushed to ashes by the ruthless war.

After all, whether it is Zhao Hu's imperial army controlling Angu City, or Pi Mohan's defenders controlling Angu City, their life and property safety can be guaranteed, why would they involve themselves in the cruel war? !
The war between the upper echelon of the empire and the noble alliance is, after all, a civil war in the Ultron Empire. Whether it is the people directly under the empire or the people under the noble alliance, they don't support or pay much attention to this civil war, as long as it doesn't damage them. Direct benefits will do.

Within [-] years of the Ultron Empire's peace, the people under the direct jurisdiction of the empire and the noble alliance had a strong sense of identity with the Ultron Empire, and were not enthusiastic about the civil war in the Ultron Empire. Therefore, although the war between the two sides was large-scale, But it wasn't very intense, and it didn't have the aura of going all out, fighting to the death, and breaking the net to the death.

Pi Mohan doesn't quite understand the concept of the people in Angu City. In Pi Mohan's eyes, there is no alliance between the upper echelons of the empire and the nobles that belong to the Ultron Empire. Both sides belong to the same country. Even if it is a civil war, it should not be fought too intense.

In Pi Mohan's eyes, there is only the difference between friends and enemies. Since the imperial army led by Zhao Hu is his enemy, then he must use all means to defeat Zhao Hu's army and win the war. .

Therefore, Pi Mohan was very angry at the people in Angu City who did not support him. He had nothing to do with the big families and businessmen in the city, but he did not pay attention to the small families, small businessmen and ordinary people in the city.

After being rejected by the small family, small merchants and ordinary people in the city to assist the defenders, the angry Pi Mohan led two thousand soldiers to confiscate the goods and property of the small merchants as military expenses for the defenders of Angu City. Among the ordinary people, they were forcibly selected to assist the city wall defenders in defending the ancient city of An.

Under Pi Mohan's forcible transfer, the elite in the city was almost completely removed by Pi Mohan, and an army of 5 people was reorganized, which increased the number of soldiers in Angu City by ten times.

Pi Mohan did not have enough weapons and equipment for the newly formed 5000 army, so he handed over the remaining [-] weapons in the army to the newly formed [-] army, and other soldiers who did not have weapons had to find their own solutions.

Soldiers who did not have weapons had to spend their own money to buy weapons, or just get a strong stick from home, or go to the city wall empty-handed, and assist the defenders on the wall to defend.

With the newly formed [-] army, Pi Mohan, whose number had increased by ten times, showed a faint smile. He ignored Zhao Hu's threat, and went straight back to the mansion to rest.

It was very late at night, and boundless darkness enveloped the entire land. Angu City, which was still noisy during the day, slowly fell silent and fell into a dreamland.

At this time, in the southeast corner of Angu City, deep in a rather large courtyard, in a study room lit with magic crystal lamps, Cheng Jide, the head of the Cheng family, and his three confidantes were sitting opposite each other.

"Pi Mohan didn't abide by the rules and forcibly pulled our Cheng family disciples into the army to serve as cannon fodder on the battlefield to help the defenders resist the imperial army's attack. It's too much, and he didn't take our Cheng family seriously at all!
Although our Cheng family is only a small family, we are definitely not easy to mess with. Since Pi Mohan does not obey the rules, then our Cheng family will not be polite to him!Tonight, the three of you secretly left the ancient city of An, went to the place where the imperial army was stationed, found the chief of the imperial army, and told him that our Cheng family is willing to act as an internal response, open the gate of the ancient city of An, and let the imperial army enter the ancient city of An among.

The other two people are in charge of controlling the east gate of An ancient city in the hands of our Cheng family. When the imperial army approaches the east gate of An ancient city, they will open the east gate to allow the imperial army to enter An ancient city! "

Sitting on the main seat, Cheng Jide, the head of the Cheng family, said to the three confidantes in front of him with a serious face.

"Yes, Patriarch!" As soon as Cheng Jide's voice fell, his three confidantes quickly responded in a low voice.

Hearing the words of the three confidantes, Cheng Jide showed a satisfied look on his face, and softly explained some precautions to the three confidants, before solemnly saying: "You guys act now!"

After receiving Cheng Jide's order, the three Cheng family children quietly left the Cheng family mansion and galloped towards the east gate of Angu City.

Soon, the three Cheng family disciples successfully arrived at the east gate of Angu City and joined the army where the Cheng family disciples were.

Although the Cheng family was only a small family in the ancient city of An, hundreds of them were forcibly conscripted into the army to assist the defenders in defending the city and stationed near the east gate of the ancient city.

At the same time, the Cheng family also has a certain influence in the ancient city of An. Many strong men in the ancient city of An are willing to obey the orders of the Cheng family. Therefore, as soon as the three disciples of the Cheng family entered the army where the children of the Cheng family belonged, they took over Control of the army where the Cheng family's children belonged.

After all, the army that Cheng's disciples belonged to was just a new army to assist the defenders. Most of the soldiers didn't even have a weapon, so they were really vulnerable. The family disciples have taken over control of the army.

After gaining control of a thousand troops, the disciples of the Cheng family quietly opened a gap in the East City Gate. A confidant of Cheng Jide, the Patriarch of the Cheng Family, quickly rushed out of the gap in the East City Gate, and took advantage of the darkness to attack the soldiers under Zhao Hu's command. He galloped away in the direction of the village where he was stationed.

At the same time, the other two confidantes of Cheng Jide, the head of the Cheng family, organized hundreds of Cheng family children and elites who took refuge in the Cheng family, and waited quietly near the east city gate, ready to open the east city gate at any time and let Zhao Hu under his command. The army entered the city.

(End of this chapter)