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Niran looked at the red sun in despair and jumped out of the clouds and mist, shining with thousands of golden lights. Perhaps this was the last time he saw the sun rise, and he thought bitterly. After a night of battle, he couldn't believe that he was still alive. At night, Han crossbowmen launched a surprise attack and covered the fierce crossbow. He was holding clothes and wrapped in soil like his auxiliary soldiers, Bajia, and filling the trenches in front of the ice castle. When the arrow rain fell down with a sharp sound, his war horse was first caught in the arrow, and the war horse fell to the ground, and pressed him down. Niran, who had no time to vault, was suppressed by the horse, and one of his legs was slightly injured, but not serious. It was also a blessing in disguise. There was also a horse corpse that was killed by arrows when the horse fell. Although he was suppressed, he happened to be in the gap between the two horses, his legs were just stuck and a little scratched.

He was blessed by disguise. He was crushed under the horse and avoided the most sudden and violent rain of arrows in the Sui army. Many of his companions could not avoid it and were shot in one arrow, but he failed to hit a single arrow. When he finally pulled out his legs and climbed out from under the corpse, the damn Xi cavalry happened to break out of the city. The crossbow shooting under the city weakened a lot. He picked up a war horse that had lost his master and fled westward with the leopard flag.

After that night, he experienced a great battle with the Xi cavalry, a raid by the Sui cavalry, and a melee between the last three cavalry.

After dawn, the Tongluo cavalry suffered heavy losses, but still relied on the strength of the people of Mobei to finally retreat. The troops gathered together. Now in the river valley about ten miles west of the ice castle, they were besieged by the Sui and Xi coalition forces. They guarded a shallow valley, blocking the entrance of the valley and holding on the corner. However, the situation was extremely unoptimistic. The small valley was full of wounded soldiers, especially the entrance of the valley, and there were corpses everywhere. In order to defend the entrance of the valley and gain a chance to breathe, they fought fiercely with the Luo people and the Sui and Xi coalition forces last night, and changed hands several times. In the end, they used their flesh and blood to guard the mountain.

However, when they went south, there were less than 5,000 left, and many of them were injured. In a battle last night, they lost at least 3,000 cavalry. This was an unbearable injury. By now, they had lost more than half of their troops, and now they were in desperate situations.

He knew that they had no chance to break through again. In the past three days, their success was just a trap and trap set by the Sui people. When they were careless, they gave them the heaviest blow.

After dawn, both Xi Qi and Sui Qi stopped attacking and seemed to have received the above order.

The battlefield was quiet. The white snow near the small valley had been trampled by the stains. Under the sunlight, many places were covered with black blood stains on the big beach, which seemed shocking. The tranquility at the moment was even more like a sign before the blizzard. I was about to die here and never return to Mobei. He suddenly remembered what his uncle Ted said to him. Surrender was not shameful. Now he knelt down and ministers to stand up again in the future. But will they still have such a chance?

In the ice castle, Yi Feng has received a detailed report on the battle situation last night.

According to statistics from the staff, the battle last night achieved expected results.

The battlefield killed 3,178 Tongluo people, but no prisoners were captured. The Wuzhou cavalry camp was killed 39 people, seriously injured 16 people, and more than 300 minor injuries. The Xi cavalry killed a total of 1,869 people, seriously injured 322 people, and had no choice. Nearly 2,000 people died in one battle, and the battle losses of more than 10,000 Xi people reached 15%, and the number of casualties was extremely large. If you consider that most of these Xi cavalry were recruited, the enemy was the extremely fierce wolf cavalry of Mobei, I am afraid that such casualties would be unbearable. However, Wu

The casualties in the state cavalry battalion were well controlled, with about one percent of the casualties, which was enough to make Yi Feng feel proud. However, these numbers also illustrate a problem. The gap between professional army and herdsmen tribes such as the Xi people is still very large. Even if the Huaihuang cavalry is just a new army, it is far from comparable to the new Xi people herdsmen who have not undergone strict training and are not well-equipped. More than 1,000 casualties were killed in one battle. If they had strict training, excellent equipment, and excellent command, such a large casualties would never have been possible.

The Tongluo people had less than 5,000 remaining soldiers, and they were huddled in a small valley in the river valley to fight stubbornly. Although they refused to surrender, they were already defeated. After last night's battle, these Tongluo people had no ability to fight Yi Feng. Before last night, Yi Feng still did not dare to easily confront these Tongluo people head-on, but now, although these Tongluo people still have nearly 5,000 troops, they are no longer as brave as before, and they are just a piece of meat on the chopping board.

"In the battle last night, we killed more than 3,000 Tongluo people, and seized more than 30,000 war horses, more than 20,000 pack horses, and more than 100,000 camels, cattle, sheep and other mixed animals, and had a great harvest." Wei Zheng, the consultant, looked at the records in his hand and laughed and reported the report.

The Tongluo people's habit was that the main army would take three horses on the expedition, and the two servants would each bring one horse, but they usually did not ride, but used to carry equipment. When they fought with the enemy, they would use plunder to supplement logistics supply, especially when they fought with other tribes, they would also plunder everything they saw. In addition to plundering people and horses, they also plunder cattle, sheep, camels, etc. for plundering spoils and as supplies and rations. Previously, the Tongluo people rushed to the Shehe River, plundering more than 10,000 Xi men and women, plundering tens of thousands of horses, and more than 10,000 cattle, sheep and other mixed animals. After being trapped in the Shehe River, the Xi people who plundered were all driven to the Sui Army camp and shot them. The remaining animals were always carried. In the battle last night, although the Tongluo people finally stabilized their positions, their spare war horses, pack horses, cattle and sheep almost all fell into the hands of the Sui Army.

"Very good. In addition to keeping some food for cattle and sheep, the rest are given to the Xi tribes, which can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer Buddhas and rewarding the Xi tribes. At the same time, it also enhances some relationships. The Xi tribe was also suffering from a major disaster this time." After a pause, Yi Feng said: "But the horses and camels stayed. These are good foot strength. They can help us transport supplies, or keep roads and cities in the future. As for the 30,000 war horses, they need to be fed well. We need to expand cavalry next, and we need good war horses. The Mobei war horses of the Tongluo people are iron hoofed horses, but excellent war horses."

After discussing and arranging some other things, Wei Zheng said: "The infantry battalion and chariot battalion are ready. Are they allowed to come on the field?"

"Well, let the cavalry retreat and rest. It's time to go to the infantry battalion and chariot battalion to go to the field to fight." Yi Feng nodded.

Although such training requires a considerable price of casualties, Yi Feng never felt that such casualties could not be afforded. Only by practicing combat training can one train a truly elite soldier.

With the sound of the trumpet, the west gate of the ice castle opened again, and a formation of chariots formed by fighting chariots was in front, and the infantry battalions followed closely behind, and the troops marched forward in neat arrays.

When the troops arrived at the battlefield, the cavalry battalion began to withdraw from the battlefield according to the orders and retreat to the camp to rest.

The first to enter the battlefield was the chariot battalion. Their attack was normal, with the chariot as the leading, and slowly advanced to a distance of 60 steps. The chariots maintained a neat line. In the huge chariot carriage, ten crossbowmen were divided into two groups, one group stood in front of the arrow hole and prepared to shoot at any time, and the other group stood behind to prepare. When the first group shot, the two groups would quickly change positions. They stepped forward to take over the shooting, and the crossbowmen who had finished shooting retreated to the back and prepared to shoot alternately. Behind the chariots that supported the high armored plate were five swords and shield soldiers, five heavy infantry in one group, two spearmen in another group, and three spearmen in another group when the chariot was moving.

, Two people serve as drivers, and one is the chariot leader. The chariot battalion has a strong defense. When the chariot array is connected, it is a moving castle. Heavy infantry, swords, shields, and spearmen can quickly enhance the defense of the castle. At the same time, the ten crossbowmen in the combat chariot compartment also give this mobile castle a strong defense while also having strong long-range attack capabilities. In particular, the heavy infantry setting is specially designed to deal with cavalry impacts. Their thick steel plate armor can not only resist bows and arrows, but also resist the impact of cavalry. The long and heavy horse-slashing sword in their hands can directly split the cavalry and the people and horses into two halves.

At this time, Yuchi Gong was wearing a full set of steel armor, with a sealed helmet with only two seams in front of his eyes and breathable holes in front of his nose. In addition, he was wearing iron gloves, iron boots on his feet, and even a chain armor in the iron can, which was strong in defense. And he stood beside the chariot, holding the nine-pound horse-slashing sword in his hands was extremely sharp and flashing with a faint light. After the folding armor on the helmet was put down, his vision became much narrower, and even the sound outside seemed much lighter, but his breathing sound was particularly loud. The face that others could not see was red in black at this time, and through the narrow gap, Yuchi Gong's eyes showed extreme desire. Along the way, it was finally his turn to go to the battlefield today.
Chapter completed!