Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 252 The first battle with the rebels

Under normal circumstances, when the cavalry chased and killed the cavalry, the chasing side suffered much more and suffered heavier casualties.

Because the arrows shot backward by the fleeing side are more powerful, and the range seems to be [-]% longer than out of thin air. This is also why, when many cavalry fight, even if they defeat the opponent, the winning side is not willing to pursue excessively, just to avoid being in the process of chasing. , suffered heavy casualties.

It's just that such an iron law doesn't seem to work on Anton's cavalry, because everyone in Anton's cavalry has a crossbow, the king of bows and crossbows.

Even the bows and arrows of the Tang Dynasty are far from the magic-arm crossbow in terms of power and range. What's more, the bows and arrows of the Xi people are far behind the Tang-style bows and arrows. Gun gap.

The God Arm Crossbow of Anton Iron Cavalry not only far exceeds the range and power of the bows and arrows of Du Jile and other Xi people, but also Anton Iron Cavalry has the advantage of numbers and armor.

The number of Xi people who were shot and fell off their horses was almost five times that of Anton's cavalry.

Du Jile was horrified and extremely urgent. If this continues, even if he can escape to Youzhou City, there may not be many Xi clan warriors left by his side.

Suddenly, Du Jile saw a large army approaching in front of him.

"It's the reinforcements from Youzhou City!" Du Jile was overjoyed. With the reinforcements from Youzhou City, he was able to fight back against the Anton Tang army that was chasing after him and regain the territory of the Xi clan.

Compared with Du Jile's great joy at seeing Youzhou's reinforcements, Jia Xun frowned when he saw Du Jile and other Xi cavalry who were fleeing. How did the Xi people lose so quickly?
What made Jia Xun most dissatisfied was that the Xi people were defeated too quickly, but there were only less than two thousand cavalry left. Could it be that the Xi people were so useless?

"Anton Governor's Mansion, Li Fei's army!" At this time, Jia Xun also saw Anton's iron cavalry chasing behind Dujile and other Xi cavalry.

"Form an formation and prepare to meet the enemy!" Jia Xun hurriedly ordered loudly, he didn't want Anton's iron cavalry to rush into his army directly, the infantry who didn't form an army formation couldn't kill the cavalry.

Since An Lushan took almost all the cavalry southward to attack Luoyang and Chang'an City, only the generals who stayed in Youzhou City had horses.

"The Anlushan rebels in Youzhou City!" Li Fei also saw Jia Xun and other Youzhou rebels, so he immediately reined in his horses and stopped chasing Du Jile and other Xi people.

Du Jile and the remaining less than [-] Xi cavalry quickly rushed to the left side of the Youzhou rebel formation.

Li Fei reined in his horse, and the other Anton Iron Knight soldiers also reined in their horses and gathered around Li Fei.

Anton Iron Cavalry and Jia Xun and other Youzhou rebels confronted each other about 300 meters apart.

"My lord, the number of rebels in Youzhou is about 1." Wu Sheng unexpectedly quickly estimated the approximate number of rebels in Youzhou, including Jia Xun, and informed Li Fei.

Li Fei nodded, adding nearly 4000 Xi clan cavalry including Du Jile, it was nearly 300 people.He led [-] Anton cavalry into the territory of the Xi tribe, but now only more than [-] people were killed or injured, and his strength was almost undamaged.

The strength of the Youzhou rebel army is not enough to make him retreat.

"Get ready for battle!" Li Fei ordered, he was ready to fight, and if he had the chance, he would directly wipe out this Youzhou rebel army, and if he couldn't wipe it out, he would inflict heavy damage on it, so as not to recapture the Xi clan.

On the opposite side, Du Jile rode his horse to the side of Jia Xun. Because of the disastrous defeat, he could hardly lift his head in front of Jia Xun.

"Half of the tribes of the Xi clan rebelled, and I am no match." Du Jile defended himself.

Jia Xun frowned, his face was not good-looking, why did half of the tribes of the Xi clan rebel?
Jia Xun was a little puzzled, but now that the battle is imminent, it is better to defeat Li Fei first.

Although Li Fei's [-] Anton Iron Cavalry had more troops than he, Du Jile and other Xi tribe's remnant cavalry combined, Jia Xun did not panic and was confident in defeating Li Fei.

Jia Xun's confidence comes from his many years of fighting with An Lushan. Almost all the soldiers under his command are elites who have experienced many battles, while Li Fei is just a yellow-haired boy.

Jia Xun's self-confidence almost became conceited. He felt that the few battles Li Fei had experienced were not worth mentioning, so he subconsciously underestimated Li Fei.As for whether he can really defeat Li Fei with fewer victories and more, we will have to wait for a big battle to find out.

"Finger left and right, give full play to the advantages of our god-armed crossbow, don't go head-to-head with the rebels, find an opportunity to use the 'shocking thunder', and see if we can blow up the rebel formation!" Li Fei noticed that the rebels in Youzhou , There is also a Modao army with a number of about [-]. They know the power of the Modao army. If they go head-to-head, even if they can win in the end, the casualties of Anton's cavalry will not be small, so they told Lu Xin and Wu Sheng.

What Li Fei meant was to learn from the tactics used by the Khitans against the Modao formation of the Anton Army when they attacked Khitan two days ago, relying on the mobility of the cavalry to shoot arrows around the Youzhou rebel formation. Arm crossbows, even if they shoot at each other, can occupy an absolute advantage.

The so-called "shocking thunder" is actually four super-sized firecrackers tied together with primitive explosives.The power is weaker than the iron-shelled thunderbolt used by Anton Mo Daozhen, but it still has some power. People who have never seen it before are guaranteed to be scared to death when they are bombed for the first time.

"Kill!" Li Fei ordered Anton's cavalry to attack.

Nearly [-] iron cavalry, divided into two parts, attacked Jia Xun and other Youzhou rebel formations.

Standing next to Jia Xun and other Youzhou rebels were nearly two thousand cavalry from the Xi tribe, including Du Jile.Originally, as cavalry, they shouldn't stand next to the Youzhou anti-army formation, which is inconvenient to move, and let Anton's cavalry surround them and attack.But Du Jile and the Xi clan cavalry had suffered a disastrous defeat before, and they were chased all the way here. They subconsciously wanted to stand next to the Youzhou anti-army formation that came to rescue them, so as to find a sense of security, so they didn't Thinking about it, when Du Jile realized something was wrong, Anton's cavalry had already surrounded them and the 1 Youzhou rebels.

"shoot!"

"Deng deng deng-"

Thousands of arrows formed a rain of arrows, covering Jia Xun and other Youzhou rebels' army formation.

"Shield, get up!" Jia Xun ordered calmly.

In the Youzhou anti-army formation, the shield soldiers raised their shields to block the rain of arrows.

Arrows rained down, and some arrows passed through the gaps between the shields, killing and wounding the Youzhou rebel soldiers inside.There are also some arrows that directly penetrate the shield and insert into the body of the shield soldier behind the shield.

Although it is only a projectile, the god arm crossbow can throw the arrow higher, and the arrow falls from a higher place, and the power will naturally be greater. The shield of Youzhou Anti-Army is made of wood and iron, which is a reference It is built to withstand the standard of arrow power of ordinary standard bows and arrows. Ordinary standard bows and arrows can't shoot through them no matter what, but the power of the god arm crossbow is almost twice that of those ordinary standard bows and arrows, so some arrows directly shoot through the shield.

Two of the dozens of shields standing beside Jia Xun to protect Jia Xun from the arrows were pierced by two arrows, and one of the arrows stuck under the soil at Jia Xun's feet, scaring Jia Xun for a moment. The hairs stood on end.
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