Chapter 262: The Alliance under the City

The Glorious Empire Luo Jingdong Effect.

Two cavalrymen were chasing on the open plains. There were about two thousand cavalrymen in front of them. The cavalry team was covered with only two iron pieces of scale armor on the front chest and back, and the rest were covered with leather armor made of old cowhide. Looking at the short bows they held in their hands, a discerning person could tell at a glance that they were barbaric cavalry from the Great Wilderness.

There were more than 3,000 cavalry chasing behind. The cavalry was also wearing only light armor, but they were holding sharp scimitars in their hands. In front of the cavalry's formation, a big flag was flying fiercely in the wind, with a golden sun embroidered on it. There was no doubt that this was the army of the Glorious Empire.

The war horses of the Glorious Empire were obviously faster than those of the Barbarians. In less than half an hour, the two teams of cavalry had almost chased each other at least three times. Unfortunately, the barbarians had good riding skills and their formation was changed in time. When they were about to catch up, the barbarian cavalry team would immediately divide into two, and they would eventually break into four, fleeing in several different directions. Almost at the same time, the barbarian cavalry landed on the back and fired arrows.

Although the short bow in the hands of the barbarian cavalry is not far away and cannot be compared with the infantry long bow in the Middle Earth world, it has strong lethality. Moreover, the barbarians' shooting skills are also superb. Often, after a rain of arrows, at least hundreds of cavalry from the Glorious Empire will fall backwards.

The two armies chased after two more hours, but the cavalry of the Guanghui Empire still failed to catch up with the barbarian cavalry, but instead lost four or five hundred cavalry in vain. The leader of the army saw that it was not a solution, so he had to order a retreat. However, the barbarian cavalry who had just escaped just now stopped doing this. They killed them and chased them back like maggots attached to bones.

The captain of the Glorious Empire Army did not want to continue the futile pursuit just now. This time he made up his mind to rely on horse speed to get rid of the pursuers, but the result was miserable. He forgot that his cavalry was one man and one horse, while the barbarian cavalry in front was one man and two horses. At this time, the barbarian cavalry had changed to war horses and chased after him in high spirits.

Then there was a massacre. When the cavalry corps were taken back to the camp by infantry, the captain of the regiment counted the number of people, and there were only more than 800 left in the cavalry corps of 5,000 people. For a moment, the cavalry corps captain felt that the eyes were black, and suddenly gritted his teeth and pulled out the battle knife, and wiped it viciously on his neck...

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Luojing is in Xixi, and the two armies are confronting each other.

An infantryman from the Glorious Empire had been trapped on a hill. There were about 5,000 infantrymen, including at least one thousand longbowmen.

A stone's throw away from the hill, four or five hundred barbarian cavalry were like wild wolves cruising on the grassland, patrolling back and forth in groups of three or five. From time to time, they would suddenly turn their horses and rushed towards the hills. As long as the long bow on the hills were holding their bows and firing arrows, the barbarian cavalry would immediately turn their horses and flee in panic.

Since noon the day before yesterday, this confrontation has lasted for two days and two nights.

The Glorious Imperial Army, trapped on the hill, had sent people to break through the encirclement twice and tried to bring reinforcements, but the messengers sent were killed by the barbarian cavalry cruising around. In fact, the leader of the Glorious Imperial Army on the hill was also very clear that in order to fight the war, the imperial army had all been retracted into the strong camp, and it was impossible for an army to pick them up at this time.

There is no water source, no food, and no arrows to replenish it on the hill.

Moreover, the soldiers had not closed their eyes for two days and two nights. Due to the endless harassment of these damn barbarian cavalry, they could not even rest for a while. Now, they were finally unable to hold on. Several soldiers even fell asleep directly with longbows. They let others call and didn't want to wake up. They muttered: "Don't die, I want to have a sleep now..."

“Woo woo woo woo…”

The low and desolate horn sounded suddenly, and the barbarian cavalry who were traveling around the hills suddenly began to gather. It seemed that they were preparing to launch a final attack. On the hills, the remaining soldiers of the Guanghui Empire Army looked sympathetic, and the longbowmen also threw down the longbows in their hands and raised short swords from their waists. Without arrows, these longbows were not much better than fire sticks.

"Aoah..."

“Oh oh oh…”

“Wow wow wow wow…”

Accompanied by strange screams, more than 400 barbarian cavalry launched a rush toward the hills. The sharp sabers reflected the autumn sky. On the hills, the chief general of the Guanghui Empire Army licked his somewhat cracked lips, and his expression was bitter. Has the last moment finally arrived?

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Luojing City, the enemy building in the north gate.

Yue Meng stood in front of the high screen with his hands on his back, staring at the map hanging on the screen in a daze. Behind Yue Meng, the commanders of several major legions and their division commanders had already quarreled together. Some advocated the army to attack and fight to the death with the barbarian army, some advocated perseverance and must not attack the enemy's strengths with their own shortcomings, and also advocated peace with the barbarians. Don't the barbarians ask for money and food, so give it to them, as long as they are willing to return to the Great Wilderness.

Just as everyone was quarreling, a sharp duckling voice suddenly sounded outside the building: "Your Majesty is here..."

The quarrel in the hall of the enemy building suddenly stopped. Including Yue Meng, the senior generals of the Guanghui Empire turned around and turned around. Dozens of sharp eyes had already looked at the door at the same time. With the rapid footsteps, the two teams of imperial guards drove in first, and then quickly seized both sides of the hall.

Then, the emperor of the Glorious Empire, Yue Meng, walked in surrounded by two eunuchs.

"I will meet your Majesty." Yue Meng and other generals saluted Meng Yan in unison, and Meng Yan waved his hand as a return gift.

As the war reaches this point, no matter how good Meng Yan has a good temper or how trusted Yue Meng, he will never have a good face. You must know that in order to realize Yue Meng's strategic idea of ​​annihilation of the barbarian army under Luojing, Meng Yan mobilized a total of more than 20 divisions, which was a total of 500,000 troops. Even if he stepped on it, he could trample only tens of thousands of barbarians into flesh paste.

However, the cruel reality is that after more than two months of war, the empire consumed a lot of supplies and nearly 100,000 casualties, but it was unable to annihilate these tens of thousands of barbarians. Not only did it fail to annihilate them, it even failed to cause too much harm to them. Today, the barbarians are still as rampant as they were two months ago, and they shouted and scolded outside Luojing City every day.

"Yue Meng." Meng Yan asked in a bad tone, "I only ask you one thing, is there a possibility of winning this battle?"

Yue Meng was speechless. He really couldn't answer this question. In the past, he only heard that Meng Hu was good at military affairs and had many tricks, but he had no direct impression. It was not until the two fought that he had a deep understanding of Meng Hu's deceit. This guy's cunning was indeed not something that ordinary people could imagine. For example, his Imperial Guard Corps, the six divisions of the Imperial Guard Corps were originally ambushed in Tiandang Mountain, and originally planned to launch a sudden attack from behind while the barbarians were unprepared. As a result, Meng Hu discovered the flaws and burned the endless forests of Tiandang Mountain in a fire, which also forced the Imperial Guard Corps out.

The war has completely exceeded Yue Meng's control. The barbarians under Meng Hu's command fought a war beyond Yue Meng's perception. These barbarians did not fight face to face with the Imperial Army. They were just a group of shameless and barbaric wolves. When the Imperial Army attacked, they retreated. Once the Imperial Army retreated, they would fight back. Then they would tangle like an inexorable cloud. Even at night, they would not give the imperial soldiers a chance to rest. They would tangle for a few days. When the Imperial Army was exhausted and exhausted, more barbarians were like wolves that smelled the smell of blood. In an instant, they gathered from all directions to launch the final attack on the exhausted Imperial soldiers...

In the end, Yue Meng had no choice but to send cavalry to deal with the barbarians.

However, the ending of the cavalry is not much better than that of the infantry. Although the barbarians' war horses are not as tall as those of the Imperial Cavalry and slightly worse than that of the Imperial Cavalry, they are better because of their strong endurance. In addition, the barbarians grew up on horseback, have superb riding skills, and have strange short bows that can shoot arrows on horseback to kill enemies. After more than half a month of battle, the imperial cavalry suffered heavy casualties, while the barbarians' casualties are almost negligible.

"Your Majesty..." Yue Meng pondered for a while, and said carefully, "I think there is only one way to defeat Meng Hu's barbarian army..."

Meng Yan suddenly looked louder and asked, "What's the solution?"

Yue Meng said: "Use the way of others, he will cure his body."

"With the way of others, we can treat our body?" Meng Yan frowned, "How do you say this?"

Yue Meng said: "Even we will train a cavalry like the barbarians and use the same tactics to deal with them. In this way, this barbarians will no longer pose a threat to the empire."

Meng Yan frowned and said, "If you were asked to train such a cavalry now, how long would it take to go to the battlefield?"

Yue Meng said: "It is easy to form such a cavalry, but it takes at least half a year to familiarize the soldiers with the combat methods of the barbarians. The most important thing is the barbarian's bow riding. I have asked the old craftsmen in the weapon workshop that it is not easy to imitate the barbarian's bow riding. It will take at least two years to understand the manufacturing process."

"Two years!" Meng Yan's face suddenly turned dark, then he flicked his sleeves and said coldly, "There is no need to continue this battle. Since Meng Hu also intends to discuss peace, I will discuss peace with him!"

"Your Majesty is wise." As soon as Meng Yan finished speaking, a familiar figure suddenly entered the door.

Yue Meng and the senior generals of the Guanghui Empire looked back and saw that they were the imperial teacher Shi Miyuan Shi who had not appeared for a long time.
Chapter completed!