dognovel Chapter 276 All-out Battle
Chapter 276 All-out Battle
And these 3,000 cavalrymen who have surrendered and whose officers have been dealt with seem to be loyal to His Highness.
If you throw them in at this time, there will be heavy casualties.
However, Ning Yi said slowly: "This prince does not believe them."
The reason is simple. They are the soldiers of the vassal kings, and the vassal kings probably don't care about their infantrymen. They have money and can recruit them from everywhere.
But cavalry is different, the princes will definitely attach great importance to their cavalry.
They were paid very high salaries and their families were well taken care of.
Who knows how many of them are willing to work with Ning Yi sincerely?
Maybe they are all holding a grudge, and once they get a chance, they will definitely turn around and run away.
Instead of doing that, it is more reliable to use it here.
Qin Haifeng thought about it and stopped persuading him.
After receiving the military order, Yu Shengfei immediately began to give orders, ordering the cavalry to separate from the rear of the infantry, go around the two wings slowly, and prepare to guard.
When the barbarians saw this, they saw that the soldiers from Hushan Pass of Dawu Kingdom were attacking them so anxiously.
They also immediately urged one by one, allowing a group of chaotic refugees to rush forward to stop them.
Both sides began to approach each other slowly, and the battlefield looked continuous, stretching for several miles in a line with no end in sight.
The criminal army in front of the Dawu Kingdom was just a few dozen steps away from the group of refugees.
The archers who were selected began to draw their bows and shoot arrows.
But among the tens of thousands of refugees on the opposite side, there was not a single crossbowman. They simply relied on simple weapons to make up the numbers.
A wave of arrows felled a large number of people, frightening these refugees who might have attacked the city before.
For them, attacking a city and fighting face-to-face in the field were two different experiences, both of which were terrifying.
However, although the criminal army was originally composed of soldiers from vassal kings, they were all elite soldiers at the time.
In front, they rushed forward, holding old shields, wearing obsolete armor, and holding spears.
Soon they came into close combat with this group of rioters, and arrows fell on their heads from time to time.
This group of rioters were no match for the enemy. They collapsed at the first touch, and with waves of casualties, the people behind them retreated in panic.
But the rebels in the rear threatened them with weapons and refused to retreat.
But the criminal army in front also received the message and was not allowed to retreat. They started killing people to their heart's content. This group of refugees armed with simple weapons were simply a group of lambs to be slaughtered.
The tens of thousands of refugees trapped in the middle were soon killed or wounded. Many of them went crazy and suddenly rushed towards the criminal army screaming, but ended up lying down with casualties.
Some people lost hope, dropped their weapons, knelt down and cried for help, but they were still met with a knife.
If you dare to go to the battlefield, you must be prepared to be killed.
Finally, the refugees could not bear it anymore, and some of them attacked the rebels in the rear. The rebels were also unstable and could only allow a group of frightened refugees to run to the rear through the gaps and both wings.
Soon the regular armies of both sides came into conflict. Even though the criminal army had killed so many rioters and was extremely excited, the refugees had little resistance and were like headless flies.
It didn't consume much physical strength, but when fighting against these rebels, the two sides soon became fiercely engaged.
However, as the guards from the rear approached, more and more archers shot arrows indiscriminately into the 30,000 rebels.
The 30,000 rebels also knew that the army in front of them was not an ordinary Beijing army with no combat effectiveness.
That group of officers and soldiers who were so excited about killing fought to the death and refused to retreat. With 20,000 soldiers fighting against 30,000 soldiers, they were still not at a disadvantage. When more and more reinforcements arrived from the rear.
The rebels, who had lost thousands of men at once, were thrown into panic.
However, the 10,000 barbarian cavalrymen in the rear also demanded that they not retreat.
Be sure to hold on.
The general of the barbarian tribe sneered and said, "I didn't expect that at Hushan Pass, these weak soldiers of the Wu Kingdom would dare to come out to fight."
"My men, follow me, flank them and defeat them. Let these weaklings know that in a field battle, the Wu Kingdom is a weakling."
The mighty barbarian cavalry mounted their horses one by one, holding a variety of weapons.
Most of them have now changed into the breastplates of the elite soldiers of the Dawu Kingdom, but in other aspects, they still have a strong grassland atmosphere.
After all, they had captured so many cities and even many border towns.
The weapons and armor they captured were innumerable, enough for them to select and use themselves. This was much better than the worn-out leather armor they wore when they first left the grassland.
The barbarian army didn't care how long the 30,000 rebels could hold out. They only ordered them not to retreat and to fight to the last man.
The rebels also knew that if they disobeyed the barbarians' military orders, they would only have death and nowhere to escape.
The north is full of barbarian cavalry.
The barbarian cavalry circled around from the west, trying to attack the weak soldiers of the Dawu Kingdom from the flank. They didn't care. Even if they couldn't defeat them, the worst that could happen was that they would leave.
But when they reached the western flank, they were dumbfounded. They saw that behind the Dawu army formation, batches of well-armored cavalrymen were continuously coming out.
The barbarian cavalry were surprised. They had not received the news that there were so many cavalry at Hushan Pass.
They also stuffed a lot of spies into Hushan Pass. Although Ning Yi was cleaning out the spies every day, there were still spies who risked their lives to send news. It was said that there were only a few thousand cavalry in the city.
But now, there are at least more than 10,000 cavalrymen rushing towards them.
When the two sides met on the western battlefield, they were naturally extremely jealous of each other. Neither of them had a way to retreat. They both picked up their weapons, pointed them at each other, and shouted loudly, "Kill!"
Soon the two torrents collided with each other.
These barbarian cavalrymen thought that the southern cavalry of the Dawu Kingdom was weak and was just a group of infantrymen who could ride horses. They were no match for them, who had been eating on war horses since childhood.
But once the battle started, we realized that the enemy cavalry were not weak at all. They were very powerful in both archery and chopping on horseback.
Where did this group of cavalry from the Dawu Kingdom come from, and why are they so powerful?
When Ning Yi saw the cavalry of both sides come into contact, he immediately ordered the cavalry on the east side to quickly go around the enemy's rear and intercept this wave of barbarian cavalry.
This group of barbarian cavalry who dared to come must suffer heavy losses to let them know that Hushan Pass is not so easy to attack.
The entire battlefield seemed to be filled with deafening shouts and cries of killing. The 30,000 rebels in the front were fighting fiercely with the 20,000-strong criminal army, but they soon became unstable.
Because the elite Beijing troops that kept coming from the rear were too well-equipped and could not be compared with the rebels after surrendering. Not only were they suppressed by the large number of people on the front, but they also suffered fierce attacks on both wings.