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Chapter 454 Temporary Avoidance
Wrapped in leather jackets and with their hair tied up, the cavalrymen of the Shiwei tribe rushed forward.

The cavalry of the Shiwei tribe grew up around Julunbo, lived in chasing water and grass all year round, endured bitter cold, and their warriors were very sturdy.

White swans are painted on their banners, so they claim to be descendants of white swans.Now they saw the Khitan army in front, defeated by the Wansheng army, in order to protect the Khitan Khan Dazhu and his chief, they brought five Shiwei cavalry to kill them.

On the right side of the cavalry of the Wansheng Army, there is a watery depression, which is a common sight on the grassland.

When the ice and snow melt in spring, countless small rivers are often formed. Such small rivers become wider and shallower as they flow, and finally disappear on the grassland without a trace.

This water depression is formed by melting ice and snow.

The cavalry of the Shiwei Department galloped across the puddles with swift horses, splashing mud and water.

A large group of Shiwei cavalry wading through the water, the momentum is extremely compelling.

On the other side, it is rare for the opponent to attack the Wansheng Army's flank, and immediately led the soldiers in the tribe to cover the Wansheng Army's flank.

Facing the large group of Wei cavalry, Borhan led his [-] soldiers to countercharge the center.

The cavalrymen of the Shiwei tribe wielded huge maces and Guduo, while the [-] soldiers of the Yan Yelie tribe wielded scimitars.

The soldiers of the two armies are all arranged in a dense formation, roaring at each other, like two walls made of iron, colliding head-on, and there is no way to avoid it.

The warriors of the two armies looked at the ferocious face of the enemy, and they were getting closer and closer to themselves. At this moment, they could not escape or be afraid. Instead, they stared at each other's eyes, trying to find a trace of fear in each other's eyes.

The two sides collided head-on in the watery depression.

The blood suddenly bloomed, and the sheepskin jacket on the Shiwei cavalry was cut for a moment by the machete, and the white shredded wool and blood floated together, and the limbs were cut off.

The mace of the Shiwei cavalry is also exceptionally powerful. Such a brute force weapon is also the best weapon to charge and kill immediately.Under such a big stick, those in charge will be killed immediately.

This round of contact between the two armies was a mess of casualties, and the corpses of horses and cavalry were piled up in puddles.

Although Yan Yelie's cavalry was protected by leather armor and iron armor, the casualties were slightly better, but the Shiwei's cavalry was not afraid of death at all, and they fought one after another.

The fighting between the two armies was extremely tragic.

On the two wings of the army, the Yinghefu and Ertuo tribes also fought against the current enemy forces, and nearly ten thousand cavalrymen of the Li tribe also went into battle.

The horn blew wave after wave.

The [-] cavalrymen of the Yinghefu tribe all set up their positions when they saw the enemy approaching. The soldiers hid behind the horses, and directly used the step bows on the horses' backs to dismount and control the bows. .

It was the first time for the cavalry of the Qi tribe to see such a powerful crossbow, and they were shot on their backs immediately.

Yinghefu took the opportunity to lead [-] cavalry in iron armor, and charged back, directly beheading several generals of the Yu tribe.The Qi people were at a disadvantage in combat, and a group of Khitan cavalry had to rush to support them.
And the 2 cavalry of Ertuo are also on par with the current more than [-] Qi and Shiwei combined cavalry.
Dahe Duoluo looked at all the battles on all fronts, and his left and right wings could not make any progress.

However, Wang Junkuo's Wansheng army is very swift and fierce. It has already broken two battles in a row, and tens of thousands of Khitan cavalry were defeated.

Even just now his son Dahe Mohui personally led the Khitan's most elite three thousand, who were selected by the brave men of the eight tribes to form the Khitan White Cavalry.

It took only a moment to step forward to block, before being beaten by Wan Shengjun's skillful tactics, causing heavy casualties, with more than 200 casualties.The Dahe Mohui could only withdraw the Khitan white cavalry from the battlefield and re-repair under a hillside, so as to restore its combat power.

At this moment, even Dahe Duoluo and Dahe Mohui had to admit that they were at a disadvantage of the Sui people even in the plain decisive battle, which Khitan was best at, the cavalry duel.

This cavalry team, composed of Han and Sui people, not only absorbed the bravery of the grassland Fanjun, but also combined the rigorous organization and excellent equipment of the Han people.

The Khitans who refused to admit defeat easily, even though they were not reconciled, now had to admit that their cavalry was far behind. There were only descendants of wolves on the grassland, and the Turkic cavalry might be their opponents.

Dahe Duoluo admitted this unwillingly, but Wang Junkuo's Wansheng Army took one step closer to Khitan Khan's Dazhu.

The Khitan cavalry were still resisting desperately, launching wave after wave of futile attacks against the formation of the Wansheng Army.

Seeing the people of his tribe continue to die in battle, at this moment Dahe Duoluo could only grit his teeth and ordered Dazhu to retreat in order to temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the Wansheng Army.

Youjing, Linshuo Palace.

The heavy rain poured down, and the drainage of the palace was so poor that it was flooded for several feet.The court ladies can only use copper basins and earthen jars to scoop water and drain water.

Zhao Heran, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was in charge of supervising the construction of Linshuo Palace, saw this scene, but broke out in cold sweat. He was really embarrassed to supervise the construction of Linshuo Palace.

But Zhao Heran secretly rejoiced that King Zhao had no time to care about this matter now.

Hearing the news from the Linshuo Palace, Zhao Wang and Wen Yanbo, several officials of the Zhongshu Province, and the left and right servants of the Shangshu, the Hubu Shangshu has been in business for several days.

Just as the official historian said with a swipe of his pen that tens of thousands of troops would be dispatched, how heroic it would be to defeat the enemy, but he did not see the supply and logistics behind the tens of thousands of troops.

In order to complete the expedition to Mobei with the supply of 14 hussars, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty won the decisive battle only by transferring hundreds of thousands of infantry and [-] horses to transfer food and grass thousands of miles away.

The [-] troops of Wang Junkuo, Ertuo, and Yinghefu are all cavalry, and every rider is a supplementary horse, with sufficient food and grass.

However, Xue Wanche and Guo Xiaoke followed up and marched northward. Most of them were infantry, and money and food had to be transported by grain trucks.Although it is not as good as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's expedition to Mobei, it is only the Wuhou Qinshui area in front of him, but this supply line is almost critical, and Zhao's current national strength can bear it.

Right now, three men in civilian clothes walked into the hall.

The inner court official said: "My lord, these three are shopkeeper Xue of Yongheng grain store, manager Xu of Qingfeng chamber of commerce, and shopkeeper Zhang of Zhangjia rice shop."

The three knelt down together and said, "I pay my respects to King Zhao."

Sitting at the head of the table, Li Chongjiu said: "Excuse me."

The three of them thanked each other and stood up. Li Chongjiu said: "Gu used his troops in Mobei, and the army went out to fight, and suffered from the shortage of food and grass. As far as I know, the grain and rice in Zhuo County, one prefecture and three counties, your three families live in one third. Therefore, I ask you for some food and rice alone, to relieve the urgent need."

The three of them looked at each other, and the shopkeeper Xue of Yongheng Grain Shop stepped forward and said: "Report to King Zhao, did the three of us miss paying the city tax?"

Li Chongjiu frowned slightly, and said: "The three are all clean businessmen, and they have not missed paying the city tax."

Shopkeeper Xue cupped his hands and said, "Since you haven't missed paying the city tax, how dare you ask Zhao Wang's army to supply grain and grass, is it not our duty to wait for the rice merchants?"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone present looked sideways.

(End of this chapter)