We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?
Chapter 208 The end of the armored cavalry begins with this battle!
As the enemy army fled, the situation on the battlefield gradually became clear.
Huo Duanxiao stopped his horse, and the cavalry behind him passed by, excitedly chasing after the Khitan deserters.
He couldn't help but frown, looking at Li Che who was killing excitedly in the distance, and shouted: "Your Highness, don't chase the desperate enemy!"
After hearing this, Li Che shot his opponent away with a spear and looked back.
The Fengtian Army cavalry rushed towards the fleeing enemies like arrows, causing chaos in the formation.
Huo Duanxiao had already ridden his horse to Li Che's side. "The enemy's main force hasn't arrived yet, especially the armored cavalry. We shouldn't pursue them aggressively at this moment."
"Zhengze's words make sense." Li Che nodded seriously, "Bugler, blow the assembly call!"
The sound of military bugles resounded throughout the battlefield, awakening the Fengtian cavalrymen who had been overwhelmed by the killing and immediately began to gather under the royal flag.
Li Che quickly counted the losses and found that more than 300 cavalrymen were killed or wounded.
The number of visible enemy corpses alone was probably more than three thousand.
"The casualties are one to ten, so this battle is a great victory." Qiu Bai grinned.
Huo Duanxiao said calmly, "It's not over yet. The Khitans will definitely send more people over next."
Qiu Bai said, "Then why don't we just charge forward? I don't think these Khitan cavalry are that powerful. They're like paper."
Huo Duanxiao shook his head. "Our army has been on the march for a long time and just fought a great battle. The soldiers are exhausted. We may not be able to win another battle."
Qiu Bai looked around. The cavalrymen were excited about their recent victory, but they couldn't hide the fatigue in their eyes.
Especially the war horses, their tongues hanging out and they were breathing heavily.
"What should we do next?" Li Che asked.
"Wait." Huo Duanxiao replied, "Let the soldiers dismount and rest. The enemy will arrive within an incense stick of time."
Hearing Huo Duanxiao's words, generals such as Qiu Bai looked at him with half belief and half doubt.
Are you so sure? Do you know fortune telling?
Li Che nodded without a trace of doubt: "All troops, rest, keep your armor on, and be alert."
As expected, just as the Fengtian Army cavalrymen had caught their breath, they heard even more frequent horse hoofbeats in the distance.
Everyone looked at Huo Duanxiao in surprise, who smiled faintly and said, "As expected, they are reluctant to part with such a great achievement, Your Highness, and will not tolerate a cavalry unit behind them that could threaten them."
"What should we do now?" Yue Yun asked.
Li Che said: "Keep the formation and run!"
The cavalrymen jumped on their horses and turned around to run.
As Huo Duanxiao said, Khalhan could not resist the temptation of a vassal king of Daqing.
Shortly after Mo Ye left, he left 20,000 men to continue the siege, and rushed to the rear with the remaining Khitan cavalry and Pi Shi army.
As a result, halfway through the journey, they encountered Japanese cavalry fleeing from the front line.
This made Khalkha even more determined to capture the King of Feng first.
While gathering the remaining soldiers, he commanded the main force to pursue, and after arriving at the battlefield, he finally saw the royal flag.
Just as Khal Khan ordered the entire army to attack, the royal flag suddenly moved quickly to the rear and turned around to escape.
He had no choice but to order his troops to continue the pursuit. As they were getting further and further away, Khalhan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
This Fengtian Army doesn't seem to be running away, it's more like luring the enemy?
Once the doubts started to arise, I couldn't hold them back anymore, and I became more and more uneasy.
The longer Khalhan chased, the worse he felt, so he ordered his men to slow down and pursue cautiously.
Unexpectedly, when the Fengtian Army on the opposite side saw that they had slowed down, they suddenly turned their horses around and rushed straight towards them.
Khalhan was bewildered and was just about to send his armored cavalry out to meet the enemy.
But the Fengtian cavalry suddenly turned sharply, drew their bows and arrows, and shot a volley of arrows towards them.
Arrows fell like locusts, and there was a sudden scream among the Khitan army.
Khalhan's face turned ugly and he ordered his troops to shoot arrows in retaliation. However, the Fengtian army shot a volley and then turned and fled. The Fengtian flag had already slipped away.
The arrows shot by the Khitan cavalry fell on the open ground and were in vain.
Khalkhain suppressed his anger, left the wounded behind, and led his army to continue the pursuit.
The Qing army began to flee for their lives without looking back.
When Khalhan chased him slower, they turned back and shot arrows at him, then ran away.
In this way, the Khitan army advanced and the Qing army retreated. The Khitan army stayed and the Qing army harassed.
This was repeated several times, tormenting the Khitan army so much that they were in great pain. Their faces turned red and they kept cursing.
Halehan's expression became more and more solemn. He could see that he was in a dilemma.
When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue.
As a successor of socialism, Li Che may be unfamiliar with other military tactics, but these sixteen words are engraved in his bones.
Khalkhain knew that this was not going to work, so when the Fengtian troops turned around and started harassing them with arrows, he suddenly shouted, "All troops, listen up! Charge at full speed!"
The Khitan cavalry had long been unable to bear the harassment and immediately whipped their horses frantically and rushed forward like crazy.
In a flash, the distance between the two armies shortened rapidly.
Li Che laughed out loud upon seeing this: "Red is warm, the defense is broken!"
Huo Duanxiao also had a smile on his face. His Highness's tactics were simply amazing... Although a bit tricky, they were really useful.
"Hurry, run to the designated location!"
Li Che took the lead and led a group of cavalry to retreat to the pass at a desperate speed.
Tens of thousands of Khitan cavalrymen were chasing him relentlessly, determined to fight to the death.
After all, the Fengtian cavalry had been fighting for a long time, and their horsepower and physical strength had reached their limits. The Khitan cavalry behind them were getting closer and closer, and occasionally those who fell behind were hit by arrows.
Finally, Li Che saw the familiar mountain pass ahead and was suddenly overjoyed: "Wang Sanchun, here to receive the guests!"
Five thousand cavalrymen swept through the mountain pass in the wind and sand and disappeared at the end of the forest.
The Khitan cavalry in the rear had long lost their minds and were completely unaware of the changes around them, rushing forward in a crowded crowd.
When Halehan saw the surrounding terrain clearly and saw that the team had already rushed into the mountain pass, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!" Halehan suddenly grabbed the reins, "Quick, retreat..."
Before he finished speaking, a burst of dense drumbeats suddenly came from all around.
dong dong dong-
Khalhan looked around blankly, but saw military flags erected all around him, and under the flags were neatly arranged infantry phalanxes.
Flexible small square formations or matrices formed eight large formations located in the southeast, northwest, northeast, southeast, and southwest, surrounding the Khitan cavalry.
In the center of the formation, the flag with the word "Feng" on it was raised high, forming the core of the main formation.
Huo Duanxiao jumped off his horse and, escorted by a group of Ninggu soldiers, climbed onto the high platform at the center of the formation, holding a command flag in his hand.
"Yu Fu's Eight Formations, set up!" Huo Duanxiao waved the command flag in his hand, and the military formation below the stage slowly began to move.
Halehan felt a splitting headache. He had heard about the battle formations in the Central Plains dynasties, but had never seen them in actual combat.
This kind of formation has extremely high requirements for the army. It cannot be used by troops that are not elite and have experienced hundreds of battles. It also requires a commander who is proficient in the formation.
I didn't expect to meet you here today.
"Commander, what should we do?" a leader stepped forward and asked.
Halehan's face was pale. The best thing to do at this moment was of course to run away.
But they could no longer leave. This was a narrow pass with a forest on the side. Tens of thousands of cavalrymen rushed in all at once, making it impossible for them to retreat in an orderly manner.
In a hurry, Khalhan pointed in one direction and said, "There's a plain over there, charge over there!"
The cavalrymen received the order and immediately charged forward.
Huo Duanxiao watched carefully from the stage, smiled slightly, waved the flag in his hand, and the formation changed instantly.
From the two large formations in the south and southwest, rows of heavy infantry wearing iron armor and holding swords and shields came out to block the Khitan army's retreat.
Directly in front of the Khitan army was a rocky beach. As soon as they stepped on it, they heard the sound of bowstrings vibrating from all directions.
Hua Ying of the Crossbow Battalion was in a commanding position, with thousands of arrows falling from behind him, making the Khitan army howl in agony.
As soon as the bows and arrows stopped, countless infantrymen armed with ring knives and sharp axes pulled the terrified Khitans off their horses and chopped off their heads.
Although there were tens of thousands of cavalrymen, they were completely unable to display their strength in the formation. The cavalrymen at the back could only hear the miserable screams of their friendly forces in front, and they were even more terrified.
"Commander, no!" an armored cavalryman shouted, "There's a blockage ahead, we can't charge at all."
Armored cavalry that cannot charge is just a moving block of iron and can do nothing at all.
Khalhan gritted his teeth and had to abandon the cavalry in front that was surrounded by the Qing army and retreat in another direction.
The situation on this side was not much better, except that they were greeted with bows and crossbows before, but now they were greeted with grenades.
The Ninggu Army under Li Che was not like the National Protection Army. Their grenades were not used up and they could throw them out without any cost.
Explosions rang out one after another, and rusty fragments flew everywhere, embedding deeply into the flesh and blood.
This road was blocked, so Khalhan had to turn again.
However, no matter how he turned, the eight large formations were able to adapt to the situation, and they were greeted with either bows and arrows, crossbows, or rolling stones.
After several struggles, Halkhan felt that the troops around him were getting smaller and smaller.
This formation is really weird. If it continues like this, the troops in our hands will be wiped out sooner or later.
He looked at the flag with the Chinese character "Feng" flying in the main formation and suddenly hardened his heart: "Pi Shi Army, charge straight at the main formation!"
A thousand armored cavalrymen gathered together. These cavalrymen were the aces among aces of the Khitan army and represented the highest combat power of this era.
Li Che had already come to Huo Duanxiao's side. Looking at the thousand armored cavalrymen rushing towards him, the corners of his mouth suddenly rose slightly.
“Finally I got fooled.”
Huo Duanxiao beside him also smiled and waved the command flag twice towards the bottom.
When the Ninggu Army soldiers received the order, they not only did not stop the Pi Shi Army, but instead gave them a way to charge directly into the main formation.
The murderous armored cavalry were getting closer and closer. Li Che couldn't help but mutter: "The end of the armored cavalry begins with this battle!"
"Come and experience the art of explosion!"
At the same time, a horse hoof stepped on the ground, and the pedal under the soil suddenly sank.
boom--
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