Their experience along the border also told them that the best option for attacking enemy camps at night was those who camped with their backs to the water, and the worst option was those who defended against the mountains.

Because the enemies on the mountain can be condescending and clearly see the movements of the cavalry attacking at night.

The existence of the mountain makes it difficult for chaos to spread.

It is even more impossible for the cavalry to rush directly to the mountain.

Everyone could only sigh with regret.

"How great it would be if all our troops were armored cavalry!"

If the first generals of Yulong were all cavalry, there would be a thousand heavy armored cavalry.

At this time, you can take advantage of the Cochin people's confusion, throw in armored cavalry, and penetrate the entire enemy camp.

such a pity!

This is impossible.

An army of 5,000 people like the First General Yulong can have more than 1,000 elite cavalry, which is very rare even among the Western Army.

There was no way, the Song Dynasty was seriously short of horses.

Qualified war horses are even more valuable.

If one horse dies, it will cause physical pain. If thousands of horses die, even the officials will feel sad.

This time when they went south, all the horses of the First General Yulong stayed in Bianjing.

After arriving in Guangxi, the Guangxi local government provided 3,000 Yunnan horses for use.

Although these Yunnan horses are cheaper than Tubo horses and Dangxiang horses.

But each horse was bought from Dali by locals in Guangxi with tea leaves, salt and copper coins, and the value is considered sky-high in Guangxi.

…

Xu Kenan led his cavalry and charged left and right in the Jiaozhi camp.

He may seem reckless and cruel, but he is extremely organized.

He and his cavalry are also very flexible.

They just chased the Jiaozhi rebels and drove them away. Occasionally they rushed into the rebels and killed them for a while, just to increase the panic.

They rarely charged directly into large groups of Cochin rebels.

He didn't even give the Cochin people a chance to beat the old master to death with random punches.

At this time, the advantages of the Yunnan horses they were riding came into play.

Although these Yunnan horses are not as fast as the Northern horses, their physique is also far inferior.

But they have good endurance. Even if Xu Kenan led his troops to charge and kill in the Jiaozhi camp for a long time, these Yunnan horses were not tired.

However, with the distant Cochin camp, organization began.

As the Cochin people gradually restored order.

Xu Kenan knew better and should have given up on it.

So, after leading his men to complete one attack after another, he turned his horse's head and led his cavalry through the gap between the burning barracks.

When Xu Kenan led his cavalry, they rushed out of the Jiaozhi camp.

Behind them, countless barracks were burning.

Countless corpses lay across the camp.

Most of them trampled each other to death. Those who were actually shot and beheaded by the Song army's cavalry may not even be worth a thousand.

But that's what war is like.

In a normal battle between the two armies, tens of thousands of people from both sides fought for a whole morning and thousands of people were killed. This was already considered a fierce battle.

But once one party falls into chaos, it collapses.

Then the entire army will be destroyed.

Just like the first battle of Lanzhou, Wang Wenyu attacked the Western bandit camp at night.

Wang Wenyu's cavalry killed only more than a thousand party members, and it was impossible to exceed two thousand.

But they trampled on each other and fell into the Yellow River, killing tens of thousands of people.

So after the war, the Song army was able to collect the heads of the Western thieves and build a palace under Lanzhou City to show off their martial arts.

…

Its daybreak.

The fire in the Cochin barracks gradually extinguished.

Li Changjie was walking in the military camp, and his eyes were full of desolation, which made his body tremble.

In one night of chaos, more than a dozen camps were destroyed by fire, thousands of livestock fled, and tens of thousands of people were trampled to death.

There were also thousands of young and strong civilians and defeated soldiers who were killed by the Cochin people themselves.

In addition, a large amount of grain and grass baggage was burned.

The loss is shocking.

What's more serious is the blow to morale.

Li Changjie looked at the soldiers with their heads hanging down, carrying corpses one after another.

I also looked at those young men with dull eyes and nervousness.

He knew that after last night's battle, his army had collapsed mentally.

Once engaged in battle with the Northern Army, a large number of people will flee as long as the battle is slightly unfavorable.

There was no way, the Cochin Army had its backbone broken by the Northern Army ten years ago.

Hong Zhen and the tens of thousands of elites he commanded were slaughtered like chickens by the Northern Army on the battlefield.

Countless people would rather jump into the raging Furian River than dare to turn around and fight the Northern Army.

It is precisely because of this that Jiaozhi stopped expanding to the south in the past ten years.

Because their most elite troops have been lost in the war.

However, Li Changjie knew better that he must not withdraw now.

Once he orders the withdrawal, everyone will rush to escape.

The more than 100 miles of road from here to Taiyuan City will become the road to death for him and his army.

There is no other way!

"Now I can only hope that this nerd Chongxianhou will lead his army to meet me."

Last night, he had sent people overnight to the camp where Li Taide was waiting in Chongxian, asking the emperor's brother to lead an army to defend the Furiang River to meet him.

And he has no choice.

We can only concentrate the army near the five hills where the Chinese army's camp is located, build a stronghold based on the mountains, and confront the Northern army.

…

Xu Kenan completely took off the armor he was wearing, untied his clothes from his chest, and galloped wildly through Beizhuang City.

Showing off to everyone the trauma on his chest last night.

His subordinates also followed his example and went to the chieftains and soldiers in the northern city to show off their new creation last night.

One night of raids, more than ten fortresses were destroyed, causing chaos among the traitors.

This illustrious military exploit made the entire Beizhu City cheer for them.

Of course, Xu Kenan's cavalry also suffered the heaviest losses since the war began.

There were more than eighty riders who never came back.

For most of them, even their bodies were not found.

In addition, two hundred people suffered varying degrees of trauma.

There were more than seventy of them. After they came back, they took off their clothes and armor and saw that they were covered in blood. Some even had several arrows stuck in their chests. Military doctors immediately stepped forward to stop the bleeding and debride their wounds.

Many people were carried on stretchers by the chieftain soldiers, and escorted by military doctors, they were sent to Yongping Village in the rear for recuperation.

I'm afraid this war is over for them.

Xu Kenan's unit has actually lost its combat effectiveness. Without ten days and a half of repairs, it will be difficult to continue fighting.

But, they still created miracles.

The entire Beichang City was cheering for them.

When the chieftains looked at these Song Army cavalry galloping wildly, their eyes shone brightly and they couldn't help but lick their lips.

Their eyes looked back and forth at these strong and brave cavalry.
Chapter completed!