" News from the front-!!"
This time, they were going to have a decisive battle with the Qin country. Both sides had invested a total of a million troops. This place was a central army formed by more than 200,000 people. They were moving forward at a certain speed, stretching for ten miles. At this moment, a rider came from the front. He shouted as he galloped along the group until he reached the commander's flag. The knight jumped down from his horse and knelt on one knee. He cupped his hands and said,
"Marshal Ling, there is good news from the front. Young General has saved more than 1,000 soldiers from Shangshui and Shangcai, defeated 10,000 enemy cavalry and thousands of infantry, and killed a commandant!”
"Oh?" Xiang Yan was stunned." Quick, let me see the express delivery."”
"Yes."
The knight hurriedly stood up and came to Xiang Yan's horse, handing him a bamboo slip. Xiang Yan carefully looked at it three times. Her brows, which were originally covered with dark clouds, relaxed and she laughed loudly.
"The heavens will not destroy our Chu Country!" He said boldly,"Men, report this news to the King and the three armies."”
One of the transfer officers received the order and brought his men to handle Xiang Yan's instructions. He looked at the bamboo scroll again and thought to himself,"As expected of a descendant of the Xiang Clan."
"Where are the young general's soldiers now?" He remembered something and asked.
"The young general is leading his troops to pursue the enemy cavalry.”the knight replied.
Xiang Yan thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate." Pass on my commander's order. Order the young general not to pursue him too deeply."”
"Yes." The knight mounted his warhorse and galloped away.
An hour later, the second rider shouted," Victory at the front!" and stopped in front of Xiang Yan.
"Marshal Ling, the major general's army attacked the Qin outpost camp, killed a commandant, and destroyed 10,000 infantry.”
When the knight said that he could defeat the enemy, he meant that he could defeat the enemy before attacking. He did not count how many people he killed after the attack and directly scattered the enemy. This was because Jing Yu's speed was too fast. Once the enemy lost the will to fight, he would lead the army to charge further into the enemy's formation. Therefore, even if his cavalry killed their way to the enemy's stronghold, there were still many Qin soldiers behind them. However, these Qin soldiers kept their distance when they saw his number, not having the slightest intention of resisting.
When Xiang Yan heard the report, her heart skipped a beat. He was worried that Jing Yu was young and impetuous. After reading the report, he carefully inquired about the location of Jing Yu's troops and once again issued a strict order, asking Jing Yu to bring his troops back.
However, after another hour, another horse came over and shouted "good news", causing Xiang Yan's forehead to sweat. He directly gave an order to Xiang Liang, who was in the front line, asking him to bring as many cavalrymen as possible to receive Jing Yu. In fact, before he gave the order, Xiang Liang had already gathered nearly ten thousand cavalry under his command and headed in the direction of the Jingyu Movement.
At dusk, the army set up camp. Xiang Yan paced back and forth in the commander's tent, somewhat restless. From time to time, she would ask if there was any news from the two generals in front.
On the other side, when Jing Yu gave the order to stop the pursuit, only a thousand light cavalry were left. The remaining heavy-armored cavalrymen slowed down along the way and were controlled by four lieutenants. After fighting for half a day in a row and personally leading the charge every time, he really felt a trace of fatigue.
At this time, it was already dark. Jing Yu reined in his horse. No matter how brave he was, it was impossible for him to charge into the enemy camp with his own strength.
"Uh…Young Master, aren't we going a little too deep?”Commandant Xu, who was following him, also felt his brain cool down. He realized that the situation of his troops…was clearly surrounded by Qin troops. Especially in front of them, the sparks of fire in the camp of the Qin army could be seen even from a few miles away. The sheer scale of the battle had cast a shadow over the Chu cavalry who had been excitedly killing their enemies.
"Hehe, I want to let the Qin army know that the Chu Country is not without people.”Jing Yu said this on purpose to remind the soldiers behind him of today's battle, and their morale rose again. He turned the reins around." Do you remember the tactics I taught you? If he were to be pursued on his way back, he could give it a try.”
The difference between his light cavalry and the heavy cavalry was that each horse had two quivers filled with sharp metal arrows. In this half day of pursuit, Jing Yu had strictly controlled their use of arrows. Moreover, the bows used were all bowstrings made from a tendon on the back of an animal. Its effective range was extremely long. When it was slightly closer, it could even penetrate the heavy armor of this era with its sharp metal arrowheads.
Not long after Jing Yu's cavalry left, thousands of cavalrymen galloped out of the camp. Judging from the red flag in the fire, they should be the Golden Fire Cavalry of the elite Meng family of Qin country. The two cavalrymen galloped into the distance, one in front and one behind. Jing Yu's cavalrymen were not fast at first, but when they were one mile away from each other, he gave the order to increase the speed of the light cavalry.
The Golden Fire Cavalry was still slowly closing in. However, when they were 150 meters away, waves of arrows shot out from the light cavalry formation, as if they would not stop. The dozens of cavalry at the front were caught unprepared and fell from their horses.
A general in the formation hurriedly commanded his troops to raise their shields to block, and even increased the speed of their horses, wanting to charge and subdue the enemy. The light cavalry immediately increased their speed, and they were almost as fast as the Golden Fire Cavalry. The arrows continued to shoot backward, not giving the Golden Fire Cavalry any chance to get close. The Golden Fire Cavalry tried to shoot with their crossbows several times, but the power of the crossbows on horseback was limited. The arrows lost their accuracy when they were more than a hundred meters away.
After a while, although the light cavalry temporarily had the advantage, Commandant Xu was a little worried.
"Young master, your horse is good. Let's go first…I swear to my life that I will delay this cavalry army.”He whispered to Jing Yu. The remaining energy of the light cavalry was not enough to support a long run. He calculated in his heart that in another fifteen minutes, the horse power would start to weaken. Once the heavy cavalry behind closed the distance, there was no way to resist. If he entered the range of the enemy's crossbow bolts, he would die without a doubt.
Jing Yu smiled." It's fine. Let's continue like this. I have other troops waiting for them."”
"There's another?" Commandant Xu was stunned and thought,"Could it be that the other army horses are not exhausted, but that the Young Master intentionally left them behind?"”
Hearing that the Qin army could not catch up, he cursed. Jing Yu sneered,"Let me greet them.”
Jing Yu took a large bow from his mount, which was made from tiger tendons. There were only ten metal arrows in his quiver, each of which was 130 centimeters long. The soldiers behind him made way for him. Jing Yu suddenly leaped onto his horse, stepped on the bow, pulled the bowstring, and nocked an arrow. He pulled the six-picul bow open in an instant, and a sharp arrow shot out.
Ding! Sparks flashed in the distance, and the sharp sound of collision could be heard even as the warhorses galloped.
"Eh?" Jing Yu was a little surprised." What a powerful armor."”
The general's armor actually withstood his arrows and was not pierced through.
In the Qin army's front line, a tall and sturdy general who was also wearing black armor with golden edges glared at the small figure of the Chu army in front of him with a gloomy face. In his hand was a halberd that had been broken into two…It had been broken when he had blocked the arrow. There was also a small, sharp hole on his chest armor, which was caused by the arrowhead just now.
Although the arrow didn't pierce through his armor, the force still made him feel suffocated. Moreover, if he hadn't reacted quickly and clamped the horse's abdomen with his legs, he might have been trampled to death by the horse.
"What a terrifying fellow!" The corners of his mouth curled into a smile. It was obvious that although he had walked through the gates of hell, he was not afraid at all.
"General!" Someone called out to him.
"It's fine. Continue to pursue and destroy these Chu cavalry.”He gave the order with dignity.
"Yes." That person cupped his hands and passed down the order.
The general threw down the broken spear in his hand and pulled out the sword at his waist." I want to see how powerful your arrows can be."”
As expected, Jing Yu drew his bow and shot again, but the target was not him, but the person holding the flag behind him. This time, the arrow's power was displayed. The person who was shot was directly pulled off his horse. After the arrow pierced through his chest, it killed another person before stopping.
Jing Yu did not shoot again. His arrows were special. Losing one arrow was very difficult to replenish.
The light cavalrymen moved forward for another fifteen minutes and happened to pass by a low slope. The Golden Fire Cavalrymen behind him did not suspect that it would catch up to them, but they suddenly killed a group of heavy-armored cavalrymen from the low slope. The Golden Fire Cavalrymen did not panic in the face of the ambush. A portion of them went up to the heavy-armored cavalrymen, while the remaining 500 cavalrymen continued to chase after the light-armored cavalrymen, who had begun to slow down.
"Good fellow, you have a big appetite."
The corner of Jing Yu's mouth curled up into a cold smile. With a wave of his spear, the entire light cavalry actually abandoned their formation and completely dispersed in the open terrain.
Indeed, the impact force of the heavy cavalry was very terrifying, but there had to be something for it to attack in order to display its power. Right now, the thousand cavalry were going in dozens of directions. Were they going to use five hundred cavalry to chase after them? If they focused on one area, they could destroy them one by one. However, there would still be arrows shooting at the enemy cavalry from other directions. In this way, the shield that could only block one enemy would lose its effect. On the other hand, if the five hundred cavalry were to spread out, the impact of the heavy cavalry would be lost. At this moment, it was Jing Yu's world.
This tactic was useless when there were many people, but it was very effective when there were few people.
The general instantly made a judgment. He waved his hand and ordered his knights to stop. He looked at the dozens of enemy teams that had also stopped not far away and began to gather.
"Interesting." He smiled unrestrainedly." Let's defeat the enemy's main force first.”
He actually led 500 cavalry and approached the cavalry that was fighting against Jing Yu's heavy-armored cavalry.
"Young Master, what should we do?" Commandant Xu asked Jing Yu," If we don't rescue them, they will all be wiped out.”
Jing Yu narrowed his eyes. The Qin Country had the Golden Fire Cavalry, Dragon Tiger Cavalry, Anxi Town Army, and other elite troops. He wanted to see how powerful they were in this battle with Qin Chu.
"You guys stay here and be on guard. I'll go meet the Golden Fire Cavalry.”Jing Yu patted the butt of his horse with his long spear and galloped towards the cavalry.
In today's battle, the cavalry that followed him had an extremely high morale. At this moment, he was waiting for fatigue, and it was a sudden attack, so he did not show any signs of weakness for the time being. They rushed down the slope and fought with the Golden Fire Cavalry for a round before splitting up. After galloping for a distance, he made a circle and charged back.
Just like that, when Jing Yu rushed towards the short slope, the two sides had already fought for three rounds. Out of the 3,000 Chu Country heavy armored cavalrymen, over 1,000 of them had died. However, the Golden Fire Cavalrymen only suffered half of this number. This showed the combat strength of the Golden Fire Cavalrymen.
The heavy-armored cavalrymen gathered behind Jing Yu. As he pointed his black halberd, the originally weak killing intent collapsed again. Kill, kill, kill. After three consecutive shouts, the entire team fell silent. Even the commander of the Golden Fire Cavalry was surprised. The Chu Country's heavy-armored cavalry only had one more general, but it was as if they had an additional soul…and their combat strength had actually increased.
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