Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 224

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Amidst the endless sound of horns, two cavalrymen flew across the wilderness like flying, approaching at an alarming speed, and then collided fiercely without fancy, like a high-speed flying stone bullet colliding with an egg.

In an instant, the five hundred heavy cavalry were like a hard stone, smashing through the fragile shell of the egg, and charged forward at an alarming speed, smashing Yang Ding's five thousand cavalry into pieces, and could no longer hold on formation.

At this time, the three thousand cavalrymen came after them, like a sharp bone-eviscerating steel knife, they ruthlessly cut into the formation of Yang Ding's army, which had already been disrupted by the heavy armored cavalry, and tore apart the five thousand cavalrymen again. A bloody gash.

When Yan Xing led [-] cavalry to defeat the enemy, Yang Ding's [-] cavalry fell to more than [-] cavalry.

Just one charge caused close to [-]% of the casualties.

This ratio is astonishing, and the blow to the morale of the army is also fatal.

Amid the sound of desolate horns, three thousand cavalry quickly assembled on the other side of the mountain pass, ready to launch a second charge.

"How could this be?"

Yang Ding's eyes were glazed, and his mouth was still trembling.

Seeing that thousands of cavalrymen were in a mess and were no longer in formation, and even some cavalrymen had completely lost the courage to resist, desperately urging their horses to flee for their lives, Yang Ding couldn't believe what happened before his eyes.

The brave Xiliang iron cavalry was defeated in this way, and was defeated without any suspense in a decisive battle with the superiority of troops.Such a result is like a blow to the head for Yang Ding, who has always been full of enthusiasm and has never tasted the taste of failure, but this blow is a bit too heavy.

Seeing that Luo Zheng's [-] cavalry had rushed over again, but his own thousands of cavalry were still in a mess, Yang Ding only felt that his eyes were dark, his body shook a few times, and almost fell off his horse.

The outcome has been decided, the result is no suspense.

Yan Xing launched a second charge, completely defeating the chaotic cavalry of Yang Ding's troops.

After two charges, Yang Ding's [-] cavalry lost a total of [-] cavalry.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Yang Ding's eyes were about to burst, and he roared loudly. He tried his best to gather the chaotic cavalry and retreated into the mountain pass.

However, the army has already collapsed, so how can they gather together.

Yan Xing led [-] cavalrymen to fight hard, but Yang Ding managed to gather less than [-] cavalrymen, but he didn't dare to retreat into the open field, but fled into the mountain pass in a hurry, retreating back and forth.

Because the cavalry in the dark area not far away has reached three miles away and is encircling from three sides.

Moreover, the main army led by Duan Yan was still inside the mountain pass, even if Yang Ding had only one soldier left, he would never dare to leave Duan Yan's army and escape alone, otherwise he would not be able to bear the charge of running away.

Soon, except for the nearly thousand cavalry that Yang Ding gathered and fled into the mountain pass, the rest of the five thousand cavalry were almost completely wiped out under the outflanking of Luo Zheng's own army, only a few tens of miles protruding from the encirclement and fleeing for their lives.

In addition to those killed in battle, more than [-] riders were captured.

Luo Zheng left five hundred riders to guard the prisoners, and soon came to the mountain pass.

"Lord!"

Yan Xing galloped over on his horse, bowed his hands on the horse's back and saluted.

Luo Zheng made a 'hmm' sound, and said with a sneer: "Duan Yao is stupid enough, knowing that the general has more than [-] cavalry, but still dares to send [-] cavalry to the front to deliver food to the general, it is really courting death! "

Jia Xu caressed his beard and said, "It's no wonder Duan Yan, the army is going on a mountain road, how can there be no pioneers to open the way, otherwise, it would be even worse if they were ambushed. It's just that Duan Yan didn't expect that the general's target was the only five thousand cavalry under his command. , did not intend to ambush him in the mountains at all. And Duan Yan is also considered a veteran general, if he is not so careless, most likely the general who commanded the cavalry attacked without authorization, which made the general block the [-] cavalry at the mountain pass , smash it in one fell swoop."

Luo Zheng said happily: "The five thousand cavalrymen who can defeat Duan Yao this time all rely on Wen He's plan. It is not so easy to ambush Duan Yao. However, as long as the five thousand cavalrymen are killed, Duan Yan will become After losing the toothless tiger, I have plenty of ways to drag him to death on this Chencang trail, and teach Dong Zhuo a bloody lesson."

Jia Xu pondered for a while, and said: "War is not a long-term strategy. This looting of the powerful gentry in Guanzhong has completely offended all the powerful gentry in Guanzhong. If the general takes Guanzhong in the future, he will inevitably encounter huge resistance. Therefore, I believe that unless it is absolutely necessary, the general should not plunder the nobles. Otherwise, every time a city is captured, he will have to attack with force, and the soldiers under his command will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Once it comes, the general will have to send troops to guard the cities and lands, wasting a lot of troops to guard the occupied cities, thereby delaying the pace of external expansion.”

After thinking about it for a while, Luo Zheng understood the key point, and said awe-inspiringly: "Wen He reminded me that this general took it for granted. Well, after cleaning up Duan Yan this time, this general will order that no more Looting the noble family."

Jia Xu's eyes showed admiration, and he complimented casually: "The general is wise!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand, frowned and said: "Wenhe, don't flatter me, why does this general feel that he is not good at all!"

"hey-hey!"

Xu Chu, Yan Xing and other generals beside him couldn't help laughing out loud, and then quickly suppressed it.

Jia Xu didn't care at all, and said calmly: "Today, Duan Yan's five thousand cavalry are almost wiped out. When Duan Yan leads the army out of this mountain, the general can give full play to the advantages of the cavalry and make them dare not enter the city." , dragged to death in this wilderness."

Luo Zheng said in a loud voice: "What Wen He said is very agreeable to me. The key to cavalry is to come and go like the wind, and to attack thousands of miles. As long as you stick to the eight-character formula of the enemy advancing and retreating, and the enemy retreating and advancing, do your best to harass and harass. , without five thousand cavalry, let's see if Mrs. Duan can escape back to Chen Cang smoothly, unless he hides in the mouse hole with the army, hahaha!"

All the generals also laughed heartily.

Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Just as Duan Yan led the army into this treacherous valley, there were scouts galloping ahead.

"Report-"

Still far away, the scout Tanma shouted loudly, "Three thousand Luo Zheng cavalry were found outside the mountain pass, and General Yang Ding led five thousand cavalry to find out."

Duan Yan's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "How come there are only three thousand cavalry, what about the rest of Luo Zheng's army?"

The scout scouted the horse and rushed to the front, gasped for a few times, and then hurriedly replied: "I haven't found any news yet!"

Duan Yan frowned together, thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure it out, he couldn't understand why Luo Zheng appeared outside the mountain pass since he didn't choose to ambush on this mountain road, it was really strange.

Also, there are only three thousand cavalry outside Shankouzi, where did the rest of Luo Zheng's army go?

Duan Yan is not Yang Ding, he is deeply wary of Luo Zheng, and he dare not be careless at all.

After thinking for a while, he said decisively: "Order the army to speed up the march and cross this mountain as soon as possible."

"As ordered!"

All the generals bowed their hands in unison, and immediately urged their horses to gallop, and went to urge the army to march in person.

However, as soon as the former army passed Tiger Leaping Ridge, they heard faint thunderclaps in front of them, and soon there were shouts of killing and screams. To shout for killing?"

"This, the last general also doesn't know!"

The left and right generals also looked puzzled, not knowing what happened.

Not long after, another scout came galloping ahead.

Duan Yan didn't wait for the scouts to get close, he reined in his horse and shouted: "What happened, why are you shouting for killing?"

The scout explored the horse and hurriedly reined in the horse, and said loudly: "Report, general, just as our army rushed out of the mountain pass, Luo Zheng's three thousand cavalry rushed over. General Yang Ding led five thousand cavalry and Luo Zheng's three thousand cavalry Fierce battle!"

"what?"

Duan Yan couldn't help but suddenly changed color, and said sharply: "Without this general order, Yang Ding'an dared to fight the enemy easily, who gave him such a boldness, and the main force of Luo Zheng's army has not yet appeared, how can he underestimate the enemy so carelessly."

"Uh……"

The scout cavalry choked, not knowing how to answer.

He was just an errand runner, how could he get in the way of such things.

Seeing that Duan Yan was furious, he was immediately frightened and worried, not knowing what to do.

Duan Yao's face was troubled, and he shouted: "Order, march at full speed, be sure to cross the mountains as soon as possible."

"Order!"

Long ago, the orderly responded loudly and urged the horse to gallop down.

The speed of the march accelerated again, and the [-]-strong army pulled up a long line. The spearmen at the front had already started running on the mountain road with long legs, and the mules and horses pulling the carts were also shouting from the soldiers Bai Wu raised all four hooves, pulling large carts to run on the uneven mountain road, and the ordnance was shaken off the frame from time to time.

However, just after running for more than three miles, there was a chaotic sound of horseshoes ahead.

Duan Yan hurriedly stopped to watch, and saw Yang Ding fleeing in panic leading less than a thousand cavalry. At this time, not only were there less than a thousand cavalry left among the mighty five thousand Xiliang cavalry, but all of them lost their helmets and Armor, panic like a bereaved dog.

It looked like a frightened flock of sheep, as if a tiger was chasing after them.

"This……"

Duan Yan was stunned and couldn't recover for a while.

The rest of the generals were also startled, all of them opened their mouths wide open in disbelief.

Some generals thought they were dazzled, so they rubbed their eyes vigorously, but they were not dazzled, but it was true.

"General!"

Yang Ding urged the horse to gallop over, turned over and fell to the ground, not daring to raise his head.

Only then did Duan Yan come back to his senses, his face twitched violently, and he pointed to cavalrymen who were less than a thousand not far away, all of them were downcast like dead parents, and tremblingly said: "What's going on, my general's Where are the five thousand cavalry?"

"General!"

Yang Ding let out a mournful cry, and said in a sobbing voice: "Luo Zheng is too cunning. There are not only three thousand cavalry outside the mountain pass, but the main force of Luo Zheng's cavalry is also outside, hiding ten miles away. The last general wanted to break through the mountain pass. The [-] cavalry in front of us cleared the way for the general's army, who would have expected Luo Zheng to lead the main force to kill them, and the general will be outnumbered!"

"you……"

Duan Yan's lips trembled, his fingers trembled, and he was speechless for a long time.

The rest of the generals also had gloomy faces, looking at Yang Ding with anger and undisguised contempt.

Yang Ding snotted and cried, secretly looking at Duan Yan while crying.

This time, [-] cavalry were lost, leaving less than a thousand remnants and defeated generals. The consequences were too serious.

Even his uncle Yang Biao, who is so arrogant to His Majesty, probably can't save him.

Even if Duan Yan killed him, it would not be an exaggeration.

Yang Ding couldn't help worrying, at this time, in order to survive, he couldn't care less about other things, even if Duan Yan rushed to the door in a rage, he didn't even give him a chance to distinguish, and ordered someone to pull him down and chop him up.

"Come on, give this trash to General Ben and chop it up!"

Duan Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, his face instantly became extremely ferocious, and he let out a loud roar.

"As ordered."

The two soldiers rushed over immediately, trying to take Yang Ding away.

"Ah, spare your life, General!"

Yang Dinghao's soul flew away, and he shouted heart-piercingly: "General, please spare my life, the last general is convicted, and the known general is convicted, please, general, look at the face of the young general's uncle, and spare the late general's life!"

All the generals looked at him coldly, and no one interceded.

The five thousand cavalry disappeared just like that, and only less than a thousand cavalry remnants escaped back. Everyone was angry.

Duan Yan's mouth was trembling with anger, his face was blue and purple, and now he was fighting fiercely, if it wasn't for Taiwei Yang Biao who had secretly helped him, he would not have promoted and reused Yang Ding.However, I didn't expect that Yang Ding was familiar with the art of war, and with a little training, he would be able to be alone, but in the end he ruined the only five thousand cavalry under his command.

This price is too heavy, even Duan Yan can't bear it.

Cavalry is no better than infantry. The formation of cavalry requires many conditions.

Raising a cavalry with real combat effectiveness is much more difficult than training an infantry.

The infantry only needs to recruit strong men for training. As long as they fight a few battles and weed out some short-lived ones, those who can survive will become veterans.

This is not the case with the cavalry. A cavalry has very strict conditions from organization to training.

Among other things, first of all, cavalry is not simply able to ride horses, but to fight on horseback, but this strictly limits the number of cavalry, it is impossible to recruit casually like infantry.

Secondly, the source of war horses is also the key to forming cavalry.

Although the Xiliang cavalry was tough and good at fighting, Dong Zhuo had only [-] to [-] cavalry, and Liangzhou and Bingzhou, which produced war horses, were not actually under Dong Zhuo's control, and the source of war horses was severely restricted.

For an army, cavalry is definitely a strategic force.

In particular, the opponents we face are all cavalry. Under such circumstances, if there is no cavalry, the initiative in the war will be completely lost. With only more than [-] infantry, they can only be beaten passively and have little power to fight back.

As Dong Zhuo's confidant general, Duan Yan was only assigned [-] cavalry when he left the town.

However, unexpectedly, Yang Ding was buried just like that.

Duan Yanhuo rushed to the door and shouted sharply: "Come on, pull me down and give you fifty lashes."

Without any further hesitation, the two soldiers rushed forward and dragged Yang Ding away.

Duan Yan's face twitched from anger, and he ignored Yang Ding's crying and begging for mercy. (My novel "Leaping Horse Xiliang" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the top right to "add friends" , search the official account "qdread" and pay attention, hurry up!)
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