Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 235 Raindrops of Red Knife Hu's Blood

"Sound the retreat! Send Pu Sandong back!" Wen Dun Hun Yu gritted his teeth. "Order all the marching troops to gather around me. Don't face the enemy individually. Gather together and strike back with one punch."

But before the military envoy set off, several scouts arrived quickly.

"Report!" The scout, covered in dust and blood, seemed to have just been through a tough battle. "Hundreds of enemy cavalry are coming from the east. General, make preparations."

Wen Dunhunyu was so angry that he laughed instead. He whipped the scout and said, "Do you need to tell me that the enemy cavalry is coming? They are already charging right in front of us... No... Which direction are they coming from?"

The scout was whipped but didn't react at all. He just stared blankly at the smoke and dust in the south with his mouth wide open.

Wen Dunhun Yu asked again, and the scout finally came to his senses and hurriedly replied, "General, it's to the east, it's those Tianping bandits!"

Wen Dun Hunyu swayed on his horse, then regained his composure: "How far is it?"

The scout replied, "The Tianping bandits are all cavalry and are extremely fast. When I reported back, they were still ten miles away, but now they should be no more than five miles away."

Wen Dunhunyu was excited at first. The Tianping Army set out more than half a day later than the Wuxing Army, but now they arrived almost two hours later. Moreover, the Tianping Army must have fewer horses and mules than the Wuxing Army, so the enemy must be exhausted. This was an opportunity to fight.

However, the next moment, he saw the tired and frightened expressions of the guards around him, and suddenly realized that it was not just the Tianping army that was exhausted. The Wuxing army under his command was also exhausted after experiencing the battles and journeys in the past few days.

"Ignore the Tianping bandits. Let's deal with the current situation first. Hui Lancheng, you gather the soldiers here. If Pushandong comes back, have him come to support me." Seeing that about seven cavalrymen had gathered, Wen Dunhunyu raised his halberd and said, "Cavalry, follow me! Follow me!"

As he spoke, Wen Dunhunyu took the lead and led more than 600 cavalrymen to meet the big flag with the word "Wei" on it.

Although the Wuxing Army was exhausted, they still maintained good military qualities. They automatically formed a battle formation while running, with light cavalry on both wings and armored cavalry in the middle. The large battle formation of Crooked Cavalry took shape in an instant.

After getting closer, both sides did not start attacking directly, but slowed down and formed a straight line.

"Report! The enemy army has 500 cavalrymen, all of them are armored cavalry!" Scouts kept reporting back and forth, and finally at the last moment, they found out the number of soldiers and horses under the big flag with the word "Wei" on it, which made Wen Dunhunyu feel certain.

Five hundred armored cavalry, and they are from the Han area, so we can still fight.

"Surround them from both wings with light cavalry! Don't hold back, shoot all the arrows in the quiver at the heads of the loyal thieves!" Wen Dunhunyu gave a loud order.

The light cavalry on both wings, totaling about 400 in number, dispersed to the left and right after receiving the order, but Wen Dunhunyu keenly felt that these 400 light cavalry were a little slow in their actions.

He was about to get angry, but he immediately realized that it was not because the four Moukes and the light cavalry resisted his orders, but because they were too tired.

The bows used by light cavalry are relatively soft compared to the iron-framed bows used by armored cavalry. However, no matter how soft the bow is, it will make the arms weak and sore after being pulled continuously for two consecutive days.

In addition, after marching all the way, being exhausted had become a reality, not just an adjective.

This will inevitably cause the army to move slightly slower and their movements slightly deformed when fighting.

Everything in the world is just a little bit off.

Just as the light cavalry was slowly changing their formation, the loyal army had already set up its formation.

There was no penetrating formation commonly used by heavy cavalry, nor were there any fancy moves like round-the-clock shooting. The armored cavalry of the Loyal Army formed a huge horizontal formation with the large flag with the word "Wei" as the center. The left and right wings each had a large flag with the word "Yu" and "Zhang". Under the guidance of the large flag with the word "Wei" in the center, they pressed forward like a high wall of war horses.

Wen Dunhunyu was stunned for a moment, then looked back at the banners across from him. Suddenly, he realized that these five hundred armored cavalrymen weren't simply marching sideways. Instead, they were arranged in groups of one hundred, each forming five rows of twenty men. These five small rows, linked together, formed a large horizontal formation. This formation was extremely wide and perfect for sweeping across the battlefield. If the enemy wasn't aligned, they could easily be crushed from afar. However, its drawback was also obvious: it was too thin, easily split in the middle, making it difficult for the left and right to coordinate.

Wen Dunhunyu laughed out of anger.

Did the Loyal Army already think he was a soft persimmon?
"Yi La Ce, follow me!" Wen Dun Hun Yu shouted the order, then raised his halberd and swung it down heavily: "Men of the Wuxing Army, follow me to kill the bandits!"

"kill!"

The three hundred Jin army cavalrymen were excited at the same time, shouting loudly, and rushed forward following their general's flag.

During the march, the armored cavalry automatically used Wendun Hunyu as spearheads to form a cone-shaped formation for penetration.

Because the Loyal Army's horizontal formation was too wide and the battle started too hastily, the light cavalry gave up their plan to move to the two wings, and instead, armed with their spears, rushed forward closely following the armored cavalry.

Although the armored cavalry of the Loyal Army had undergone a series of drill training, and was composed of veteran soldiers as the backbone and liberated slaves as the base, and had no shortage of horsemanship skills, the army had only been formed a short time ago, and the war horses would race against each other when running, causing the entire horizontal formation to become less neat and roughly resemble a wavy line.

The big flag with the word "Wei" was right on the bulge, like Wen Dun Hun Yu, heading straight for the general's flag.

It can be seen that both sides have the same idea, and both want to quickly resolve the war by killing the enemy.

The cavalry of both sides approached each other quickly, and in just a moment, they collided head-on.

The shouts and sounds of horses' hooves intertwined, but were quickly drowned out by the sounds of weapons entering flesh and clashing with each other.

Although the armored cavalry facing each other were all wearing heavy armor, due to the speed of the war horses, the armor did not provide much protection against the fast spears. The armored cavalry who charged in the front with their spears raised high almost all ended up being destroyed together.

Even if some lucky or brave armored cavalry escaped the meat grinder of the first attack, they would still have to face countless stabbing spears and slashing long swords in the subsequent attack.

At this time, the role of the brave general is reflected.

As long as there are brave generals charging ahead and tearing apart the enemies along the way, they can open up gaps for subsequent charges, thus breaking through the enemy's formation.

Coincidentally, Wei Sheng, the commander-in-chief of the loyal and righteous army, was such a brave general.

This brave general who rose from the ranks did not waste time after the peace talks in Shaoxing, but instead honed his martial arts and military strategy to perfection.

Perhaps in two years, Wei Sheng's health will decline due to old age and illness, but at this moment and here, he is still at the peak of his physical strength, courage, and wisdom as a brave general.

If a sword is drawn at this moment, who can stop it?
Wei Sheng was wearing heavy black armor and holding a long-handled broadsword that was said to have been passed down from Han Shizhong. His long beard fluttered, his eyes were wide open, and a maroon warhorse was neighing and galloping under his crotch. He swept down the golden cavalry in front of him like Guan Gong reincarnated.

Just like using a hatchet to split an old bamboo, Wei Sheng split the spearhead of the Jin army's armored cavalry in half, rushed to Wen Dunhunyu, and raised his long sword.

"break!"

Wei Sheng finally shouted loudly, his long beard fluttering, and the big knife in his hand suddenly swung out like a colorful ribbon in the sky.

(End of this chapter)