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Chapter 274 Night Attack
Ashina Kush was Gao Kaidao's leading general, but he was shot down by seven arrows from the man in front of him, not only Gao Kaidao's cavalry were shocked.Even Luo Cheng couldn't help looking up at the opponent, thinking that this person was 150 steps away, but he could shoot seven consecutive arrows with a strong bow on the horse. This kind of archery is unheard of, unheard of.

But when he saw a big banner standing high behind the opponent, Luo Cheng's body shook, and he cursed himself for being confused. Apart from Li Chongjiu who could assassinate the Turkic Khan in an army of 20 Turks, there were few people in the world who could do this.

Luo Cheng boasted that he was an unrivaled general, but compared with this person, he was really far behind.

Luo Cheng's fighting spirit was a little weak at the moment, so he led the cavalry back.Now Luo Cheng and Ashina Kush's cavalry were fighting back together, while Li Chongjiu's county soldiers broke up and fled.

After Li Chongjiu shot and killed Ashina Kush, he personally led the cavalry of the Wansheng Army to pursue it, and it was just a dream that the heavy cavalry and the light cavalry shot at each other on horseback. The Youzhou iron cavalry guarding Luocheng controlled their horses sometimes fast and sometimes slowly, and the cavalry in the rear kept turning their backs to shoot at the Wansheng army.

The cavalry can't meet head-on when chasing, otherwise, if one's own horse rides forward, it will hit head-on with the arrow shot by the opponent's back.

Li Chongjiu immediately transferred the cavalry to the right side of Luo Cheng's cavalry. Most of the cavalry, no matter if they are Hu Han people, all hold bows with their left hands and lead arrows with their right hands. , chasing the enemy cavalry on the left is always the upper hand.

Seeing the opponent's cavalry turn around and shoot arrows awkwardly like twists and turns, Li Chongjiu's Fanqi was in the upper hand, and they all pursed their lips and whistled, urging their horses to speed up. Qingqi's speed was still a bit faster. They are the elites of Fanqi, and they immediately draw their bows on the horse and chase after them.

Under the arrows, Gao Jun's cavalrymen kept falling from their horses like broken sacks, breaking down nearly a hundred of them in a short time.

Gao Jun's cavalry lost their fighting spirit at the moment, and at this moment Luo Cheng led the armored cavalry in front to break down, and turned back to kill the cavalry that Li Chongjiu was chasing.

This move was extremely fast, and the cavalry of the Wansheng Army just wanted to open a distance, but it was a step too late, and was intercepted by Luo Cheng's armored cavalry.

Seeing the opponent's Jia cavalry coming to kill, Li Chongjiu immediately pulled out the arrow without any haste, and then shot three arrows.

Killing three people with three arrows, all of them pierced through both men and armor. The Youzhou iron cavalry were all horrified when they saw Li Chongjiu's archery skills. But here, the Wansheng army saw the iron-armored heavy cavalry approaching, and threw out their horses one after another. The soldier caught him, and then pulled his horse back.

More than a dozen people were savagely dragged off their war horses, and a few people were not dragged. However, when more Youzhou iron cavalry rode on the opponent's horse poles before they got up on their bodies, the dancing horses would come oncoming, dancing on the horse poles. All the riders were picked off their horses one after another.

In this contact, Li Chongjiu's Wan Shengjun still suffered a small loss, after the two sides opened up a certain distance.Luo Cheng has led the Youzhou iron cavalry to join Luo Yi Qingqi and broke through the siege.

Yinghefu's cavalry just wanted to stop them, but Luo Yi's cavalry all pulled out their light horse crossbows from their horses and fired rapidly.Seeing this, Yinghefu hurriedly ordered the cavalry to retreat, but it was still a step too late, and dozens of cavalry were shot off their horses.

After the opponent's three groups of cavalry joined together, the county soldiers behind them also formed formations and slowly moved forward to meet them.Li Chongjiu knew that he could not fight any more, so he immediately ordered to retreat.

"Is Li Shijun in front?" the general on the other side spoke suddenly.

When Li Chongjiu saw Zhuma, he replied, "Exactly, you are the Marquis of Jingbian?"

The other party laughed, and said: "It is so and so. Li Shijun, you are quite capable in traveling thousands of miles across the grassland. There are endless territories outside the Great Wall. Why come to spy on my land in Zhuojun? I will persuade you to quit immediately. Zhuojun, I don’t want to take anything against you, how about not chasing after you?”

Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes and said: "I have heard for a long time that the Marquis of Jingbian is a hero in Liaodong, but I never thought that being famous is not as good as meeting each other. His knowledge is so short. The land of Zhuojun is not owned by you. With your thousands of troops, you also want to be the master." Zhuojun, don’t you hear that snakes swallow elephants? No matter how big the snake’s body is, it’s bigger than the elephant’s feet? Right now, you’re asking for trouble. I’d like to advise you to surrender immediately, before it’s too late, and I can spare you. Life."

"Bold!" Luo Yi yelled, and said, "Today's battle, you can see that your army is mediocre, and even my subordinate general is far above you. With some luck, you dare to rise to the top. In my opinion, you are just a scumbag. My son. You have thousands of fan soldiers wrapped in animal skins, and county soldiers who are no different from poor people. I can defeat you with a thousand cavalry, believe it or not?"

Li Chongjiu laughed, and said: "Jingbian Marquis is serious, my army is here, just let your horse come over, and see how you can defeat my [-] army with a thousand iron bumps."
Hearing Li Chongjiu compare the opponent's Youzhou iron cavalry to iron bumps, everyone laughed, Luo Yi sneered and scolded: "Huangkou Lizi, he only knows how to fight with words, he is a man, I want to fight with you to win! Dare you dare?" ?”

Li Chongjiu retorted and said, "Last time in Liaodong, I shot Jingbian Hou off your horse with one arrow. Do you remember?"

Luo Yi suddenly remembered the scene where he was shot off the horse during the last Pingtu inspection. Suddenly Luo Yi woke up and said, "So it was you."

Li Chongjiu's generals all laughed when they saw this, Su Su said to Li Chongjiu from the side: "Luo Yi is just a woman, Xiao Jiu is nothing to worry about."

After Luo Yi persuaded him from left and right, he gave up his plan to fight Li Chongjiu and went back to the camp.

Both sides withdraw their troops with Mingjin, and Li Chongjiu checks the troops here.

General Zhao Quanting was hit by a horse and was lying in the wounded barracks. He is still unable to move. As for the 600 county soldiers under his command, nearly [-] people were killed or injured. They will not be able to fight again for at least a month.The rest of the other cavalry units suffered a small loss when they fought against the Luo family army.

After the war, Yinghefu, Etuo, Wang Mahan, and the generals of the Wansheng Army all had lingering fears about the combat power of Luo Yi's two thousand Youzhou cavalry.The opponent's cavalry is well-equipped, both men and horses are heavily armored, and the horses are tall and heavy-carrying Liaodong horses that can sprint. As for the horses used on the horses, the horses are different from spears, and it takes at least three years for a horse to work. Cheng, except for the generals, not small soldiers can equip them, but the Luo family's heavy cavalry has one handle, and the horse crossbow used by the light cavalry is basically one person, and Li Chongjiu's army only has arm crossbows and step crossbows. These two crossbows are used by infantry and are not suitable for immediate use at all.

No cavalry army under Li Chongjiu's command could compete with the combat power of two thousand Youzhou iron cavalry, even Wang Mahan's sudden cavalry regiment was no match.
Li Chongjiu knows that a strong army does not just need to be well-equipped, but more importantly, it is the spirit of daring to fight from top to bottom in one breath, so that every soldier is an elite soldier.This is the real horror of the Youzhou iron cavalry, so when Luo Yi was guarding the frontier, he led this army to sweep Khitan, Mohe, and Goguryeo.

The generals are thinking about how to fight Luo Yi tomorrow. Although the opponent's army is unknown, even though our army is twice as strong as Luo Yi, we should not underestimate the enemy.

Suddenly a soldier entered Li Chongjiu's camp and said to Li Chongjiu, "General, here is a secret letter."

Li Chongjiu took the letter and looked at it, smiled and said to the generals: "There will be no decisive battle tomorrow, the outcome will be tonight!"

After the Youzhou army set up the stronghold, the three armies buried pots to cook food, and after eating hastily, it was getting late, and all the armies rested one after another.

Luo Yi and his personal guard Chi Ge patrolled the camp, inspecting the password and checking the sentry post.Luo Yi has been in the army for many years. Although his status will gradually increase in the future, it is a must to patrol the barracks every night before going to bed, otherwise he will not be able to sleep peacefully.

Luo Yixin guessed that Li Chongjiu might come to attack at night, it was nothing else, his side was very tired just after setting up the stronghold, and the opponent was light cavalry coming and going like the wind, so he didn't take advantage of Qingqi to attack at night, he would doubt whether Li Chongjiu knew how to use troops up.

In order to guard against night attacks, Luo Yi divided 1 horses into seven armies, which were the central army, the left and right Yuhou armies, and the left and right front and rear four armies. They formed a six-flower formation to support each other.

Luo Yi's two thousand Youzhou iron cavalry are in the middle, and everyone can use a bow and horse. The archer carries a gun, and the gunner carries a bow. A must have for every fighter.Bows and crossbows are the best weapon against night attacks, and guns can be used for melee combat.

But the county soldiers are helpless. Melee spearmen and long-range crossbowmen and archers can only choose one of them. There are not even many horses among the county soldiers and town soldiers, and most of them are pack horses.However, under Luo Yi's arrangement, they were well organized, and trenches were dug between each battalion.In the Seventh Battalion, anyone who crossed the trench without a password was shot and killed.Outside the camp, there are barbed wire and antlers.

Roy is confident that with such an arrangement, as long as the county soldiers' performance is not too bad, Li Chongjiu's night attack will be a waste of effort. If the night battle cannot be profitable, then the decisive battle tomorrow will inevitably exhaust the enemy army, and Luo Yi's chance will be then .

Luo Cheng also followed.Luo Cheng said solemnly: "Father, although our own army won the first battle today, Li Chongjiu has a strong army. For the opponent, this loss does not hurt the muscles and bones. Tomorrow's decisive battle will be the winner." when."

Luo Yiyan said: "Cheng'er has indeed grown up if he is able to stand in front of the battle and not underestimate the enemy, but you should not worry too much. Although Li Chongjiu's army is powerful, he is still not my opponent. I have been in battle for 20 years and have experienced Hundred battles, no matter what, he will not be inferior to this Huangkou Lizi."

Luo Cheng nodded and said: "Father Commander, what you said is correct, but I am still worried about the [-] county soldiers. If they are willing to cooperate a little in the battle tomorrow, we will definitely win."

While the father and son were discussing, the horns of the front army suddenly sounded, and then the thunderous cavalry stepped on the ground.

Luo Yi said coldly: "I'm overestimated, I really dare to attack at night, hum, Li Chongjiu's use of troops is nothing more than that."

"Cheng'er, take 500 people to patrol the battalions and wait for my orders."

"promise."

But at this moment, the camp of Xu Wu, the soldier of Youjun County, was on fire.

Luo Yi, Luo Cheng couldn't help but turn pale with shock when they saw this, there is something wrong with Xu Wu.

(End of this chapter)