Chapter 811 Armor and Riding Equipment
“Your Majesty, there are too many thieves, we can’t kill them, and we can’t hold our heads against them!”
The messenger, covered in blood, ran over and brought bad news to Feng Yong.
Feng Yong looked at Guan Ji.
There was no emotion on Guan Ji's face, and she said calmly: "It's okay if you can't withstand it. If you can withstand it, it means Cao Zhen didn't try his best. If he doesn't try his best, where will we get the chance?"
Feng Junhou quickly asked: "Then what should we do now?"
"Send the money and withdraw the troops. Let the soldiers withdraw and defend the stronghold."
After hearing this, Feng Yong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered: "Ming Jin!"
Cao Zhen rushed into the battle like crazy. Not to mention the soldiers on the front line, even Feng Yong in the rear was a little frightened.
He does not know much about the soldiers he brought out with his own hands.
To say that they are elite soldiers that are rare in this era is well deserved.
However, no matter how elite the soldiers are, they have their limits.
Fearing that his retreat would be cut off, he led his troops and rushed all the way from Linjing back to Wushi.
After resting for just one day, they rushed all the way to Xiaoguan, and then immediately fought hard for many days with the Wei army who had a numerical advantage.
In this case, even an iron man will be worn out.
Facing the crazy attack of the Wei army today, it is extremely rare that they have only now reported that the front line cannot withstand it.
After all, the Wei army has a numerical advantage and can take turns to fight, but they do not have this treatment on their side.
The golden sound of retreating troops sounded, and the Han soldiers at the forefront felt like hearing the sound of nature.
"retreat!"
The leading captain yelled and pointed out two song lengths: "You lead the people to the back!"
“Don’t panic, hold on! If you hold on for a while, you can go back!”
Retreating troops is a kind of operation that extremely tests the quality of the army.
It does not retreat in a rush, but alternately covers and retreats gradually.
Otherwise, it could easily lead to a major defeat.
Especially those armies that are not highly organized cannot retreat easily, otherwise they will turn around and run away as soon as the sound of gold rings.
It is very likely that the enemy will not defeat you, but will be scattered by your own family.
This will not happen to the elite soldiers of Xiaowei Mansion.
In other words, there are few enemies in the world today that can make the officers and soldiers of Xiaowei Mansion flee while they still have fighting strength.
The grassroots literate officers who have initially developed a sense of ownership are its greatest guarantee.
The first to retreat as a cover were basically the battalions with Nanxiang soldiers as the main force.
Although the front camp had become somewhat scattered under the life-threatening impact of the Wei army, under effective organization, the Han army still tried its best to ensure an orderly retreat.
"Da Sima, the Shu captives have been defeated, defeated!"
Hearing the news from the front, Cao Zhen was ecstatic and laughed: "Feng Thief, no matter how powerful you are, is it possible that you can still pull off any tricks?"
Remembering that his plan was to communicate with Liangzhou first and prepare to take down Longyou.
Later, I only thought about taking down Xiaoguan and consolidating Guanzhong.
The only thing left to do now is to defeat this evil thief to get rid of the bad breath in his heart!
When he thought of this, Cao Zhen felt joy first, then sadness, and then hatred!
Happily, it is Feng Thief who will defeat him.
What is sad is that the plan that I and Your Majesty had planned for a long time was ruined by evil thieves.
The countless money, food, and hard work invested were all wasted in one fell swoop.
More importantly, all the things arranged by the Wei Dynasty in Longyou Liangzhou will be exposed to the Shu captives.
"This thief will never be destroyed, so he will be our biggest enemy after the Wei Dynasty!"
Cao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "Come here, send the order down, let the front army retreat and rest, while the rear army presses up and prepares to attack the stronghold."
He has been at loggerheads with the opponent these days and is well aware of the opponent's difficulty.
Now they have finally been forced to retreat. Taking advantage of the high morale of the army, it is a good time to pursue them.
Otherwise, when the other party recovers, there will be another bad fight.
“Cao is really anxious.”
Guan Ji said this as she watched the Wei army's rear army pick up and prepare to attack the stronghold, seemingly not giving her side any breathing space.
Although she was forced to withdraw her military formation into the stronghold due to such a crazy attack by the Wei army, she still looked calm.
The heavy casualties at the front did not seem to have the slightest impact on her.
“He had to hurry!”
Although I am a mascot, Feng Junhou said that I am not a tool person, but also thoughtful.
"We have been entangled with him here for so long. Not to mention Longyou, even Hanzhong has probably reacted."
“The longer he stays here, the slimmer his chances of breaking through Xiao Pass will become. If the reinforcements from Longyou and Hanzhong arrive at Xiao Pass, he has not yet decided the winner with us.”
“Don’t mention Xiao Guan then, I’m afraid he won’t even be able to keep his peace..."
Guan Ji finally looked back at Feng Junhou and smiled softly:
“It’s as if he can maintain stability now!”
After saying this, she asked: "Where is Zhao Guang?"
Zhao Guang, who had been waiting for military orders under the commander's platform for a long time, had been scratching his head and could neither sit nor stand.
The emergency situation ahead was reported again and again, but my sister refused to call his name, which made him like an ant on a hot pot.
Had it not been for his sister's rigorous military management, which made him feel in awe, I'm afraid he would have stepped forward to ask.
At this moment, when he finally heard his sister ordering his general, he jumped up and said loudly:
“Zhao Guang is here!”
“You come up first.”
Zhao Guang hurriedly ran up to the handsome platform.
Guan Ji handed him the telescope and pointed him in a direction:
"Have you seen that big flag? Among Cao's rebels, this flag is the tallest. It must be where Cao Zhen's military camp is."
Zhao Guang looked in the direction pointed by Guan Ji, with excitement on his face. He nodded repeatedly and said, "I saw it."
"Cao's thieves are now alternating between the front and rear armies. In addition, our army is retreating to the camp. They must not have thought that we would counterattack."
Guan Ji looked calm and said slowly: "Your task is to rush forward from this direction and clear a path. Don't look back and don't cherish the war horse."
"It doesn't matter where you rush. If you can break through Cao's army, that's the best!"
Three thousand armored cavalry broke through the formation of 100,000 Cao Cao thieves? !
After Zhao Guang heard this, he felt that his soul was burning.
Having fun, you are leading a horseman to have fun in Cao's camp!
Zhao Guang was already shaking with excitement just thinking about it.
“The last general will definitely live up to his command! I will not return to the army until I break the bandit camp!”
On the contrary, Feng Junhou, who was standing next to him, didn't like hearing this. He let out a "tsk" and was about to say, "Keep the green hills here, so you don't have to worry about running out of firewood."
How could Guan Ji, as his pillow, not know his thoughts?
At that moment, the phoenix eyes stared over, staring back at Feng Junhou's words.
"If you can really break through the enemy's camp and penetrate the enemy's formation, after this battle, you should fight with General Zhao in the battle of Chang Banpo."
Guan Ji single-handedly suppressed Feng Junhou, while adding more fanaticism to the already enthusiastic Zhao Guang.
Even though Zhao Guang has been severely beaten by General Zhao since he was a child, he is actually a fan of his lord in his heart.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have imitated the appearance of General Zhao when he was young, with a white horse and silver spear and a handsome silver armor.
At this time, when he heard Guan Ji say this, his eyes began to become bloodshot, his nostrils expanded rapidly, and he wheezed like a cow panting.
Zhao Guang hugged his fists heavily, turned around and got off the stage.
In the deepest part of the Han army's camp, three thousand armored cavalry were armoring themselves and their horses with the help of their entourage.
The so-called armored riding refers to people wearing armor and horses not wearing armor or only wearing light leather armor to cover their vital parts.
The so-called equipment refers to horse armor.
Even in Yuezhi City, Feng Yong only dispatched armored cavalry and did not use horse equipment.
Because this thing is too expensive.
So expensive that even the wealthy Feng Junhou has only managed to raise 3,000 horses so far.
The huge amount of money and food is just the foundation.
It is also necessary to have qualified tall war horses and produce enough refined iron.
As for the knights, they are the simplest. After all, it is common practice among the Han Dynasty to raise horses. Coupled with Feng Yong's scientific training, soldiers are not a problem.
Thanks to Emperor Xiaowu, he improved the horse breeds of the Han Dynasty. Coupled with the fact that horse breeding was popular in the Han Dynasty, the horses were not as seriously degraded as in later generations.
Coupled with Liangzhou Dama, it is famous all over the world.
So Feng Yong spent three years, raising them by himself, trying to buy them at a high price from Liangzhou, and scavenging everywhere in Longyou, to finally get these war horses together.
Coupled with the development of Nanxiang's iron smelting technology, Huang Yueying's improvement of iron smelting tools, and the personal supervision of the master Pu Yuan.
The production and quality of refined iron have improved, and then Feng Yong was allowed to organize these three thousand heavy cavalry.
The above conditions are indispensable.
It can be said that without the foundation laid by Feng Yong over the years, there would be no three thousand armored riding equipment.
There are three thousand people in name, but in fact the daily rangers and horsemen are their entourage.
In this formal battle, all the rangers and horsemen in the army must first help them wear armor, and then follow them into battle.
The unusual silence in the Shulu camp made Guo Huai feel a little uneasy.
He took advantage of the gap between the front and rear armies to find Cao Zhen:
"Da Sima, these Shu captives are elite soldiers, and they are also the Feng thieves. They are full of scheming, vicious and cunning. When General Guangzong observed their retreat, they were orderly and not in chaos, not a rout."
"Now that they are suddenly hunkered down in the camp, they are afraid of some tricks, so it is better to be careful. Why not let people test them first and make arrangements before attacking the camp."
Cao Zhen had already been blinded by hatred at this time. He only wanted to catch Feng Wen and that animal, whip him a hundred times, and then skin him and dry him in the sun.
Why do you still want to wait?
"I think Feng Wenhe has all kinds of tricks, is it possible that he can still defeat my army?!"
Isn’t he very powerful the other day?
That's because I still want to leave some remaining strength to capture Xiao Pass.
Now when he shows his full strength, shouldn't he have to retreat obediently?
It's just that this battle was calculated deliberately but not intentionally, and at the same time, it had a huge advantage in troops. In the end, it ended up like this. Even if it won, it would not be very glorious.
Thinking again that all his plans had failed, the anger in Cao Zhen's heart became even higher.
The most important thing is that Feng Thief has delayed himself for too much time, and he is afraid that reinforcements from Shu will be coming soon.
It is estimated that after this battle, the best opportunity to capture Xiao Pass has been lost.
If I don’t take advantage of the victory to attack the camp now, I will really let Feng Thief run away. How can I face His Majesty?
Thinking of this, Cao Zhen looked at Guo Huai with blood-red eyes: "General Guo, didn't you say at the beginning that you wanted to be a vanguard to break thieves? This time I will follow your wish!"
Hearing this, Guo Huai trembled subconsciously!
If he said that he didn't know Feng Thief's sharpness before, that's why he said that, then these days, he finally realized how difficult the other party is.
Guo Huai, who has been directing operations on the front line, can see that the Shu captives' retreat to the camp this time is by no means a rout, but an orderly retreat.
It is probably impossible to say that the other party is playing some trick, because he can see that the Shu captives really can't stand it anymore.
But if the other party wants to hold on to the camp and delay time, it is very possible.
What he was worried about was that if Thief Feng really wanted to delay time, he would definitely make arrangements in the camp.
The first batch of soldiers who went up to attack the camp were afraid that they would not get a good deal.
At this time, he couldn't swallow what he had said before, so he had no choice but to respond: "General, you dare not obey your orders?"
At the same time, I thought to myself: If I can't get a favor, I can't get it. As long as I can defeat the Feng thief, it can be regarded as eliminating a big harm to the Wei Dynasty.
With this thought in mind, I went down to make arrangements to attack the camp without mentioning it.
As a general of the Wei army, Guo Huai had his own merits and instinctively felt that something was wrong, but the Wei soldiers below did not feel anything was wrong.
Seeing that the Shu captives were forced to retreat to the camp, most of the soldiers were very excited. After fighting hard for many days, they were about to capture the thieves.
Just before they started to attack the city, the gate of the camp opposite suddenly opened wide, and even a large section of the wall collapsed.
This sudden change shocked many Wei soldiers.
“Could it be possible that the Shu captives are planning to surrender?”
Someone said subconsciously.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a faint vibration from the ground.
"what is that?"
Those with sharp eyes saw a row of red iron walls appearing on the opposite side, and they were also red iron walls that moved forward.
As the red iron wall quickly approached, the shaking on the ground became more and more obvious.
The hooves move like thunder!
The heavy cavalry, both men and horses wrapped in red iron armor, held up long cavalry-specific spears, rushing over like a red torrent.
Before Wei Jun, who was at the forefront, could figure out what he was facing, his body was knocked away like a piece of paper.
This is...cavalry?
The last thought of many people before they die is: Is this the ghost rider from the underworld summoned by the ghost king?
Not to mention the cavalrymen who were all covered in armor, even their faces were covered with iron masks, with only a pair of extremely cold eyes exposed.
The mounts they sit on have their faces covered by a narrow iron shield, like their masters, with only their eyes exposed.
There is an armor made of armor on the neck, and the chest and body are all well protected.
The person and the mount seem to be integrated into one body, making it impossible to tell what they are.
The Wei army was originally at the time when the front and rear armies were alternating. Coupled with the fierce charge of this unknown monster, no one could stop it, and a big hole was torn open in one fell swoop.
“Assault!”
Even though she was prepared, Guan Ji never expected that the impact of this armored riding equipment would be so powerful!
Wherever the armor and cavalry equipment touched, the Wei army collapsed at the first touch, just like anointing oil meeting a red-hot iron.
In the blink of an eye, the heavy cavalry had broken through the Wei army's front army. Their speed did not slow down and they continued to rush inward.
Guan Ji almost couldn't react, and immediately shouted: "Quick, Tuqi, follow up!"
The front line of the Wei army, which had been ravaged by the heavy cavalry, was in a mess. Before they could recover from their shock, the Tuqi, Huqi and Youqi followed closely.
Lances, halberds, long arrows and heavy arrows fell like heavy rain.
“Don’t stop, follow the armor and charge forward!”
Guan Ji shouted sharply.
The drums of the Han army became more and more exciting.
Zhao Guang, who was rushing at the front, could no longer hear the drums from behind. He now only remembered his sister’s instructions before setting off: Go, go, go!
Don’t look back, keep moving forward!
Hurry as far as you can. It would be best if you break through Cao Cao's army!
The iron hoofs knocked away countless objects, first the infantry, then the cavalry, and then the tents...
If you can’t hit them, then crush them!
No one can stop this red iron armor torrent.
Cao Zhen was about to give the order to the front army to prepare to attack the camp, when he saw some bodyguards running towards him:
“Da Sima, it’s not good! Then Thief Feng… Thief Feng sent ghost cavalry to charge into the formation. The front army is in chaos. It’s all in chaos!”
(End of this chapter)