Chapter 39 Iron Flow (8)
At the end of the field, the dark enemy troops surged like a tide, occupying a vast area within their sight. As the proverb says, soldiers are boundless and boundless, which refers to the military formation of infantry. Cavalry rushes forward and forward, both in scale and momentum, far exceeds infantry. From a distance, the army is like a manic calligrapher waving like a large pen, swaying the thick black; it also seems that a hideous flame swallows the green field, burning it slowly into gray and black embers.
The black tide is getting closer and closer, and the cavalry that rolls forward are not moving fast, obviously saving horsepower for the upcoming charge. Lu Yao has been able to tell the position on the former, with a disheveled hair like a ghost. That is the Xianbei cavalry!
Over the past few months, Lu Yao has fought in various parts of the northern border and defeated at least forty or fifty Xianbei tribes. But those were just miscellaneous Hus who were harboring the name of the Xianbei. Lu Yao has always been extremely vigilant about the real powerful Xianbei tribes and regards them as great enemies.
The last time I saw such a large number of Xianbei cavalry was on the city tower of Jinyang City. At that time, Liu He, the left wise king of the Xiongnu, attacked with tens of thousands of elite soldiers and was able to destroy Jinyang City, which was only a small number of soldiers, but he was not afraid of being attacked and killed by the Xianbei cavalry under Tuoba Yilu's subordinates, and immediately collapsed. The elite of the Huns Han Dynasty was so good at fighting, but they were not the enemy of the Xianbei people. Since then, the bravery, perseverance and death of the Xianbei cavalry have left a deep impression on the Jinyang army.
After Lu Yao arrived in Dai County, he also fought with the Xianbei cavalry. At that time, the Jin army fought a decisive battle with the Changshan bandits. Tuoba Lu official sent a light cavalry to march into Dai County for three thousand days and nights. They were like tigers, horses like dragons, shouting fiercely, and fighting like a storm, which made Lu Yao's troops fall into a mess. Lu Yao's troops personally fought hard and could not recover the decline. If Wen Qiao had not persuaded Murong Longcheng to turn against the battlefield, the ending would be unimaginable.
Now... when the Jin people were in deep, and the Long March was hundreds of miles away from the Daijun base, another huge Xianbei cavalry was attacking and killing him! Because they were not in high enough, it was difficult to estimate the number of enemy troops, but at least 10,000, which was likely to reach 20,000. This number advantage was too terrifying. Lu Yao looked around and all the generals and schoolmen from Xue Tong showed a nervous look, and some of them were even ashamed.
The more nervous he was, the clearer Lu Yao's mind became, and the speed of his thinking was dozens of times that of usual. It seemed that in a moment, he suddenly understood many things.
"A army of such a huge scale... This is the Xianbei cavalry of Youzhou Army." Lu Yao laughed: "I really didn't expect that they would be so bold."
Although there were millions of Xianbei people in the northern border, they belonged to hundreds of tribes of all sizes and sizes. When Lu Guan died, the eastern tribes of Tuoba Xianbei collapsed, and civil strife in Fang Yin, most tribes could only go with the flow and protect themselves. Even if there were a few ambitious people trying to take advantage of the momentum, they would eventually be cut by the strong as fat. The only things that truly have the strength to compete for the battlefield and can determine the future of the northern border are actually six directions: the Hexi Xiongnu, the Bai Xianbei, the Tuoba Xianbei in the western part of Jinyang, the Daijun army, and the Youzhou army.
Since the western Tuoba Xianbei was uniting with the Jinyang army, and fought with the Hexi Xiongnu and Bai tribe Xianbei who crossed the river eastward, and all the front four sides could not make any moves, the Daijun army could leisurely collect the vast territory of the eastern Tuoba Xianbei. This was indeed a good opportunity for Lu Yao's troops who only occupied Daijun.
But what will the Youzhou Army do?
In the first year of Yongxing, Wang Jun, the General of Cavalry, killed the former governor of Youzhou, and led Youzhou. Although this move was not in line with the rules, the court could only recognize him while using people. Dai County where Lu Yao was located was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Youzhou Governor. However, the three counties in Dai were defeated by Mihu for decades, and Wang Jun actually only controlled the four counties and states of Fanyang, Yan State, Beiping, and Liaoxi. Lu Yao served as General Yingyang, the prefect of the county, and the military positions of Shanggu, Guangning, Dai County. Although his power was far inferior, he could do his own thing in terms of the famous court, and did not need to rely on the breath of Youzhou. From this perspective, it is not known that the court intends to support Lu Yao to divide Wang Jun's power.
The Youzhou Army has been fighting in the north and north for many years, and it relies on the forces of the Duan tribe and the Yuwen tribe, two powerful tribes in the eastern Xianbei region. Among them, the sphere of influence of the Yuwen Xianbei is about west of Liucheng and east of Ruyuan. The sphere of influence of the Duan tribe is from the area between western Liaoning and Yan Kingdom, and extends westward to Daidi.
After the Tuoba Xianbei chaos, the Weiluhui tribe, which originally occupied the Bashang grassland, moved eastward, which would inevitably invade the Yuwen tribe's sphere of influence. So the Youzhou army mobilized a huge force to intercept it. First, in order to maintain the territory, and second, in order to gather the huge manpower and material resources of the Weiluhui tribe and the Weinailou tribe. According to the military report, three days ago, the Youzhou army won extremely tragic victory, with nearly ten thousand casualties, so Lu Yao raised his troops and drove straight to the north with confidence.
However, this military newspaper is not complete!
The Duan tribe will not accept the current situation where Dai land is occupied by Lu Yao. The Yuwen tribe has coveted the fertile aquatic plants in Ruyuan for a long time. The Dai County regime that blocks them is their thorn in their eyes and is a thorn in their flesh. It should be noted that with the strong strength of the Second Division, what is the loss of just 10,000 people? Just when Lu Yao was confident and boldly heading north, in the Duan tribe, the real main force of the Youzhou army supported by the Yuwen tribe had already been waiting for the rabbit, intending to destroy the newly emerging Dai County regime in one fell swoop on this distant grassland!
In the past month, Lu Yao and his subordinates have all been immersed in the joy of replacing the county. They have been accustomed to victory and are looking forward to victory after victory. However, they have become careless and neglected, and have not noticed Youzhou's plan at all, and eventually fell into an extremely passive situation in strategy.
Lu Yao took a deep breath and exhaled deeply. But it didn't matter. Dai County Army came to the northern border to fight. Even if the enemy waited for labor, there were many soldiers and generals, they would have to fight with one sword and one gun in the end. And the battlefield fight... I, Lu Daoming, have I ever been afraid of anyone? No matter who the attack was this time, Wang Pengzu, Duan Wuwuchen or Yuwen Mogui, let you see the strength of Dai County Army today!
"Old Xue, fortunately you followed closely." Lu Yao nodded to Xue Tong: "Please go and arrange it quickly. The good things we have prepared must be used now."
"Yes." Xue Tong bowed with her fists and strode downhill.
With Xue Tong's order, the entire Jin army occupied by giant pythons turned up its scales again. The densely arranged Jin army infantry dispersed slightly to make way for the soldiers of the rear team. The rear team led by Xue Tong not only had heavy infantry fighting armor, but also a large number of crossbowmen. In order to ensure the speed of the march, they all placed their equipment on the vehicles accompanying the army and advanced lightly. At this moment, a considerable number of elite soldiers began to carry their helmets and armor with the help of auxiliary soldiers, and the crossbowmen pierced one end of the crossbow into the ground and stepped on the strings.
When these armor and crossbows were removed one by one, the vehicles used to carry them were also vacated. These vehicles were two-wheeled cars, which could be easily pulled with a pack horse. The cars were made of thick wood and iron nails were worn on the corners. Although they were rough, they were very strong. One side of the car was covered with wood and built a baffle about six feet high, with small holes in the baffle. The soldiers pushed the vehicles to the west facing the direction of the enemy's attack, and used the side with the baffle outward to connect with each other with iron chains, leaving a gap between each five cars. In this way, in just a moment, a tall car city appeared in the center of the two rivers!
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Chapter completed!