Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1236 The Little Black Spot on the Battlefield

   "General! General!"

   From a long distance away, Wu Qiuxing heard the scouts' voices full of panic, and even a little out of tune.

   Guan Qiuxing frowned and said, "Why are you panicking?!"

   "General, general, they are here, they are here again..." the soldier acting as a scout said in a panic, pointing to the north, speaking incoherently.

   "Who's here?" As soon as the words came out, Wu Qiuxing suddenly understood, "You mean that army from the Zhengxi cavalry from before, that army has come again?"

"Yes, yes, that's the cavalry, I saw their flag, it's less than thirty miles away from us! They even sent men to chase us, and shot and killed several of us..." The scouts nodded repeatedly, obviously I still have lingering fears.

   "How many people are here? How many cavalry? But there are infantry, how many infantry? Who is the leader?" Wu Qiuxing didn't have the heart to appease the scout's petty emotions at all, and asked directly.

The cavalry who was temporarily captured as a scout choked. At that time, after he saw a cavalry appearing from the north, the first thing he saw was the fluttering three-color battle flag, which made him turn his horse's head immediately. , and fled without even fighting with the troops. The so-called fighting process is all made up in the brain. Where did they carefully observe these details?

  But when Wu Qiuxing asked about it immediately, he had to say it.

   "General, yes, there are thousands of cavalry..." The scout said nonsense, thinking that since the soldiers and horses of Zhengxi appeared and killed many of their own cavalry yesterday, it must be indispensable.

   Guan Qiuxing was startled, thousands of cavalry appeared?

   For Hongnong and Hedong who have no horse farms, cavalry is a luxury unit. Let alone Hongnonghedong, even Yuan Shao gradually built up a cavalry team after taking Youzhou, and many of them were recruited Wuhuan cavalry...

  War horses are not something that can be obtained casually. War horses are scarce materials anywhere.

"Come here, send an order! The whole army is in formation, ready to meet the enemy!" Wu Qiuxing ordered loudly, although he was not very clear whether Pingyang really had these troops, but since they came, there was no reason to back down, let alone What's more, if the infantry fights against the cavalry, if the formation is a little careless, they may be taken advantage of, leading to a collapse.

   "Also, withdraw all the cavalry for the time being, and prepare to fight." Hearing that the opponent has thousands of cavalry, if they are all as fierce as yesterday, it will be troublesome. Guan Qiuxing knew very well that nearly half of his troops were nothing more than civilian bravery. If he fought alone, he was afraid that if the Zhengxi cavalry from the opposite side charged, they would disperse like birds and beasts. They could only gather in one place to fight.

  The rumble of war drums sounded, and clusters of figures swayed in a hurry, and began to move under the orders of the grassroots sergeants, and stood at the forefront.

According to the military law of the Han Dynasty, normally speaking, the auxiliary soldiers or the death camps are the first arms to fight when the two sides are fighting in the field, just like the Roman army on the other side of the earth at this time. The same is to put the light infantry on the front line.

These auxiliary soldiers, after going through the first battle of iron and blood, can get the status of soldiers who survive, enjoy double the supply of soldiers, and don't have to do those extra complicated labors. For those who became soldiers, it was already a huge leap.

Because of the lack of basic education and the fact that the ruling class did not take the lives of these soldiers seriously, this kind of battle arrangement is the most normal survival of the fittest. Those who survive on the battlefield, whether it is because of luck or the so-called For the ruling class, it doesn't matter if the battlefield explodes. They are all consumables anyway. You just need to defeat the opponent before your own consumables are exhausted.

  If it wasn’t for this journey, the few cottage villages belonging to Bingbeifeiqian would have run out of people, and Wuqiu Xing would still conscript some local peasants to serve as temporary labor, and even go directly to the front line...

Regarding this matter, Wu Qiuxing felt quite strange, after all, it was not as rich and prosperous as Beipingyang, and he had heard about it more than once before he came. The cities that are comparable to each other are really amazing, but now they are not far from Pingyang County, but along the way, there are only empty villages, but no people.

  Accompanied by billowing smoke and dust, the sound of horseshoes gradually sounded in the distance.

  But Guan Qiuxing frowned, pointed at Yanchen and said to Zheng Tai who was beside him: "Gongye, just look!"

   Zheng Tai looked at it, and was also a little puzzled. After hesitating for a while, he said: "This...the number seems to be a bit..."

   After a while, with the three-color battle flag appearing in the field of vision, Wu Qiuxing's face darkened, and he suddenly turned his head to stare at the captain in charge of the cavalry without saying a word.

  The captain of the cavalry trembled, and quickly admitted: "Subordinate, this subordinate has neglected his duty... This subordinate... will deal with that scout..."

   "It's bad luck to kill a soldier before the battle..." Guan Qiuxing said coldly, "Let's strip him of his identity as a soldier and fill him in the vanguard battalion, let's atone for his crime!"

   "My subordinates take orders!" The captain of the cavalry hurriedly bowed his hands.

   "...If there is a next time..." Wu Qiuxing stared at the captain of the cavalry and said, "You can go to the forward camp without your hat!"

   "Ah, Wei! Wei..." The captain of the cavalry faced Wu Qiuxing's murderous gaze, the sweat on his forehead trickled down his face, but he didn't dare to wipe it off.

There are thousands of cavalry in front of us, no more than 300 at most. A general at the front recognized the flag with the word "Zhang" and led more than ten cavalry in front. The rest of the cavalry were slightly behind and followed behind. .

  Wu Qiuxing's face twitched, feeling somewhat hot and uncomfortable, as if someone had slapped him across the face. There were only 300 cavalry from Zhengxi in front of them, and they were so frightened that they quickly formed an array to meet the enemy...

  Zheng Tai hurriedly rounded up the situation and said: "The cavalry who conquered the west may have been divided and gone elsewhere..."

Guan Qiuxing nodded silently, accepting Zheng Tai's consolation. Immediately, nameless anger rose in his heart. He pointed to the three hundred Zhengxi cavalrymen who were showing their might in front, and said to the cavalry captain beside him: "You are brave, you can be good!" Hurry? Defeat it quickly!"

  The captain of the cavalry was excited, and quickly drew out his sword, shouted, and rushed towards the cavalry who were waiting in the center with the cavalry on standby!

  Zhang Lie looked at the Wuqiu Xingjun formation waiting in front of him, he laughed a few times, and said: "This group of fools, really think that someone will fail in the formation? With such a posture, are you not afraid of getting tired?"

Several cavalrymen who followed Zhang Lie also laughed, and they didn't feel the tension of facing a tens of thousands of people, as if they were not facing soldiers with swords and guns, but a large group of sheep gathered together. Group in general.

"Look! The kid in front is holding a long gun like a hoe, he didn't even lift it up, haha..." A cavalryman turned his horse's head and followed Zhang Lie slowly outside the range of Wuqiu Xing's army. Slowly stopping, he pointed forward and said, which immediately attracted several other cavalrymen to laugh too.

Veterans, when facing a battle formation, most people are relatively calm, while those who are nervous are often recruits. Although some people's expressions are not obvious on their faces, their uncontrollable trembling reveals their innermost feelings. real thinking.

  When going into battle, especially when leading new recruits for the first time, the sergeants at the grassroots level will even order these extremely nervous recruits to raise their swords and guns, close their eyes, and slash forward...

Don't worry about these recruits with closed eyes cutting empty, and don't worry about whether they will be unable to avoid fatal damage because of closing their eyes in the first round of battle, because there are more important things than these. matter.

The simple method is very effective. Otherwise, not all recruits have a strong psychological quality to fight against fear when facing the bright swords and guns. Once the cowardly escape of a few people leads to the collapse of the array, it will be the biggest problem. mistakes.

   Those who survived the first wave of contact will be able to basically adapt to the **** battlefield under the stimulation of adrenaline.

  Anyway, the crowd is crowded, and the swords and guns wielding indiscriminately, there is always a chance to hit the target...

War is cruel. The vast majority of recruits lost their lives the first time they set foot on the battlefield, so they couldn't even talk about growing up. This kind of tragic elimination mechanism, especially for troops like the Death Battalion , even more so. For the princes from all over the world, these recruits who are entering the battle for the first time are not even bothered to equip them with armor. Anyway, they are consumables. Apart from a gun head, even giving an extra battle robe is a waste...

  Pawns are different. There is more or less one piece of Zhajia, and according to the different types of arms, they are equipped with different weapons, and they are more organized and disciplined. They are generally used as an important force in the Chinese army.

  Seeing the number of Zhang Lie's cavalry, Guan Qiuxing's soldiers immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and even the cavalry who rushed over seemed excited for a moment, waving their swords and yelling, and rushed over.

It is human nature to bully the weak and be afraid of the strong. These soldiers of Wuqiu Xing faced Zhang Lie's cavalry with a maximum of 300 men, and naturally a lot of courage surged up in their hearts. They even felt that this was a matter of pinching snails with ten fingers. Many people are powerful. Although most soldiers may not be stronger than their opponents, the knives and guns in their hands are not made of mud. Everyone rushes up together. One person can wipe out these three or two hundred people at once. Is it?

  Isn't that what fighting in the countryside is all about?

  Or if they charge so vigorously, the opponent will naturally run away when they see that they are invincible...

   Of course, this is their idea, not the idea of ​​​​the Western Cavalry.

   "Yo, the momentum is not bad..." Zhang Lie smiled, swung his horse's head, and then roared, "Let's go, take them for a walk!"

Zhang Lie didn't foolishly confront Wuqiu Xing's cavalry here. At such a distance, even if the speed of the horse increased, it would be equivalent to entering the shooting range of Wuqiu Xing's infantry. No matter how well equipped he and his cavalry are, after all, it's not like those armored heavy cavalry have vests. If they passed by in a daze like this, wouldn't they be shot as fools?

  Therefore, he opened the distance, hung Wu Qiuxing's cavalry unit, took a cold breath when he had the opportunity, and didn't force it if he didn't have the opportunity. This was Zhang Lie's combat goal.

  Of course, apart from this reason, Zhang Lie deliberately led his troops to wander in front of Wu Qiuxing, just to attract Wu Qiuxing's attention and make him ignore certain things inadvertently...

Just like people staring at the black dots on a piece of white paper, they will only subconsciously set their eyes on the black dots and forget about the white paper itself. Zhang Lie's three hundred rides were actually specially given out to Wu Wu. The "little black spot" that Qiu Xing was staring at.

  The key is that this "little black spot" has thorns, and it will be stabbed if you are not careful.

   At the beginning, Guan Qiuxing saw Zhang Lie and others "fleeing in the wind", and he felt a little complacent in his heart. He stroked his beard and shook his head. But after a while, when he saw the horses running fast and disappearing from sight, Wu Qiuxing's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly ordered: "Come on! Send the order to the captain quickly, and just disperse them. Can't be chased after!"

  However, in order to wash away the embarrassment and shame in front of Wu Qiuxing, the captain of the cavalry did not realize the danger coming...

Although Wu Qiuxing's scouts were hit hard before, most people think that one was ambushed by Zhengxi cavalry, and the other was that 300 Zhengxi cavalry attacked Wu Qiuxing's 100 scouts at that time. It is also what it should be, and now I have a thousand cavalry, which is three times the number of Zhengxi cavalry fleeing ahead. The current strength ratio is reversed, and victory is in sight. How can I give up easily?

  The two sides, one in front and one behind, ran for more than ten miles in a blink of an eye.

During this process, both sides fired with their bows, and Wuqiu Xing's cavalry shot more arrows than Zhang Lie's cavalry, but the lethality of these bows and arrows was quite limited, especially the arrows shot by Wuqiu Xing Even if they caught up with Zhang Lie and the others, they probably lost their strength. Except for a few unlucky ghosts who were scratched by the arrows on the horse's buttocks, there was no damage at all.

Of course, turning around and shooting bows and arrows is also a matter of luck, but because Wu Qiuxing's cavalry rushed up against the arrows, so once they were hit by the arrows, the degree of injury was naturally much more serious than that of Zhang Lie's men. As a result, several cavalrymen stumbled off their horses and disappeared into the smoke and dust between the horses' hooves.

The sporadic casualties aroused the wrath of the Wuqiu Xing cavalrymen, yelling and waving their weapons, as if they could speed up by doing so, catching up with Zhang Lie and the others. Lie and the others ran slowly and dispersed, from the original oval shape to a larger fan.

  Horses churned, from the backs of Zhang Lie and others, small black spots fell one after another, and disappeared into the smoke and dust, without attracting attention at all...

  (end of this chapter)