Some of the spears even had two corpses hanging on them.
Under such an endless barrage, the infantry formation had no choice but to retreat.
Under the great inertia of the warhorses' charge, many of the barricade lances were snapped. Even though many of Flow Province's cavalry were shot to death by heavy crossbows, many warhorses still relied on the inertia to charge into the formation. There were already Northern Mang soldiers who were directly smashed to death within the formation.
When had this Beimang infantry formation seen such a cavalry charge that did not care about casualties?
The originally dense and stable formation was finally on the verge of collapsing.
If this infantry formation was the type of heavy armored infantry born to counter grassland cavalry on the map of the Central Plains, the type of heavy infantry formation whose armor and tactics were at the peak of perfection, then under the premise of stacking up the formation, the long spears and many rows of shields stacked up the defensive thickness, supported by the rotation of bows and crossbows, then even if this Liuzhou cavalry messed up the frontline fearlessly, just the warhorse corpses that continuously fell to the ground were enough to form a new natural defensive line. At the same time, the entire formation moved back dozens of steps in an orderly manner, similarly not hesitating to use their lives in exchange for buffer time and strategic space. Then, even if the formation couldn't be as firm as it was at the start, its destructive power towards the charging cavalry was still shocking.
Unfortunately, this was not the Battle of Miyun Pass. The Beimang infantry commander was also not Xie Xibian who used the horse blocking tactic to perfection.
At this moment, after the Horse Barricade Spear Formation at the front was completely shattered, together with the chaos created by the Flow Province Cavalry who was the first to charge into the formation, the Northern Mang crossbow infantry at the back were completely at a loss, not knowing how to respond at all.
What was even more fatal was outside of this bloody battlefield.
The Dragon-Elephant Cavalry under Li Mofan did not turn around to help the Liuzhou cavalry. Instead, they went down south, charging towards Wanyan Yinjiang's cavalry who was trying to support the infantry formation.
The main force of the Kou Jianghuai and Xu Longxiang personally led the Dragon-Elephant Cavalry did not hesitate to charge towards the back of the infantry formation.
Li Mofan did not turn around to look at the corpse-piled battlefield.
He was not unfamiliar with that young Liuzhou cavalry general. His name was Qi Fu Long Guan. It seemed like he was a lucky person that the young king personally brought from Beimang to Beiliang. At the start, he was a sergeant in the Long Xiang Army. Later on, he was promoted to a captain in Fuling Military Town. During the first battle of Liang Mang, it was precisely this captain who messed up the meticulous plan of both sides of Liang Mang to lure the enemy in and then wipe them out in one fell swoop. This made Beiliang Governor-General Chu Lushan and the then Southern Great King Dong Zhuo not know whether to laugh or cry. That was why this young man's name immediately shook Liangzhou Pass. After the battle ended, because the Long Xiang Army suffered heavy casualties on the Liuzhou battlefield, at the same time, Kou Jianghuai, as the Liuzhou general in name, also needed his own troops, Qi Fu Long Guan was transferred from Fuling Military Town to Liuzhou, becoming one of the three captains under Kou Jianghuai.
Li Mofan could not help but think that this young man was indeed a troublemaker.
He even planned that if this kid was lucky enough to survive, he would most likely not be able to become an official. Otherwise, when the time came, he would thicken his skin and plead with the young king to at least preserve this kid's life. Then, he would secretly throw him under his command to become a personal commander.
Under the reinforcement of the Long Xiang Army's main force, the originally tottering Beimang infantry formation, from the initial twenty thousand people, was now reduced to less than ten percent!
Once the infantry formation was broken by the cavalry, this was the case.
However, out of the eight thousand Liuzhou cavalry, only three thousand remained.
That young cavalry general covered in blood at Qi Fu Long Guan.
He was picked up from the pile of corpses by Xu Longxiang who was like a death god. The two of them rode together back to the south.
The three thousand Liuzhou cavalry that suffered heavy casualties retreated under the cover of Kou Jianghuai's main force Dragon-Elephant Cavalry.
Under the intense charge of Li Mofan's Long Xiang Army, the formation of the cavalry under Wanyan Yinjiang was broken. In the end, they were unable to form an encirclement with the main force of Huang Songpu in the north.
They could only watch as the Liuzhou border army broke through the encirclement.
— — —
On the way back to the south, after the white horse crossbowmen reported that the Beimang main force had no intention of chasing, the Liuzhou army stopped to rest.
Xu Longxiang, Kou Jianghuai, and Li Mofan met up, standing together to feed their own horses.
Li Mofan glanced at the young cavalry gathered together. After retracting his gaze, he looked at Kou Jianghuai who had a serious expression, "This battle can be considered a huge victory right? The expected supply camp of the Northern Mang barbarians has already been wiped out by us. As for the cavalry exchange, it's roughly one for two, which is still within the acceptable range. Moreover, we even managed to wipe out old man Huang's infantry in one go. No matter how you look at it, we've profited from this. "
Kou Jianghuai nodded his head expressionlessly.
Li Mofan sighed, "Before, you said that in this battle, the Long Xiang Army would die first, followed by the vagrant cavalry. Apart from stopping Huang Songpu, you could also use this to train the troops. Both sides would not be delayed, and in the final battle, those Liuzhou rookies would drag down the Long Xiang Army. However, after being tormented by that brat, although they died later, the number of casualties was too much. In the end, we lost seven thousand cavalry. Kou Jianghuai, what are you going to do next? You only have so few troops, can you do it? "
Xu Longxiang suddenly said, "Allocate seven thousand dragon-elephant cavalry to General Kou."
Kou Jianghuai shook his head, "No need."
Xu Longxiang said in a low voice, "After the seven thousand cavalry are given to you, you don't need to return them."
Kou Jianghuai laughed and said something that left everyone scratching their heads, "If we were in the Guangling Circuit, not to mention seven thousand, I would accept seventy thousand and not return them even if you beat me to death. But here, forget it. "
Xu Longxiang could not figure it out, so he did not bother to think about it.
Li Mofan smiled knowingly.
This Liuzhou general narrowed his eyes, "My Kou Jianghuai has the three thousand vagrant cavalry. It's enough."
Li Mofan asked, "How do we deal with that brat? I reckon that if we report the truth to the Governor-General, it will be terrible! "
Kou Jianghuai said indifferently, "Paper cannot cover fire. If we really want Qi Fu Long Pass to live, we can only report the truth."
Xu Longxiang hesitated for a moment. "Should I tell my brother?"
Kou Jianghuai shook his head, "There's no point."
Xu Longxiang was silent.
Among the three thousand cavalry of Liuzhou, there was a young general sitting alone beside the hooves of a warhorse. His head was lowered, not daring to let others see his face full of tears.
Eight thousand Liuzhou cavalry, eight thousand were willing to die.
Because of him, five thousand of his fellow soldiers died!
— — —
After the Liuzhou border army returned to their encampment, the atmosphere in the various tents was heavy.
Two urgent military orders, from the Huaiyang Pass Governor-General House and the North Jiebei City general's residence, arrived at Qingcang City.
Kou Jianghuai took the two military orders with the words' Beiliang Governor-General 'and' King of Beiliang 'on them and came to the encampment of the three thousand Liuzhou cavalry. On the drill field, Kou Jianghuai walked up the stage and said loudly, "Liuzhou cavalry Governor-General Qi Fu Long Pass, step out!"
The young general stepped out, his face calm.
It was like he was on the battlefield, facing death with equanimity.
Kou Jianghuai's face was expressionless as he opened up a military document and read it out slowly, "Liu Prefecture's Lieutenant Qi Fu Long Pass was greedy for merit and rashly advanced, resulting in the death of five thousand Liu Prefecture cavalry. Beiliang Governor-General, Chu Lushan! "
The three thousand Liuzhou cavalry all revealed an unbearable expression, their faces filled with grief and anger.
Kou Jianghuai did not move at all, his eyes cold as he looked down at the drill field.
The young general who was sentenced to death felt relieved, his eyes red as he lowered his head and cupped his fists, "Qi Fu Long Pass, yes sir!"
Kou Jianghuai's mouth twitched, suddenly asking with a smile, "Beiliang Governor-General, in Beiliang, is that a high enough position? It is higher than the cavalry commander and infantry commander. The two Beiliang Deputy Jiedushi are far from it, right? "
All the cavalrymen on the drill ground who were originally refugees were confused, especially those at Qifulong Pass.
Kou Jianghuai took a step forward and started to read the second military order from North Jiebei City. "Since the beginning of the Xu family cavalry, even if the camp did not have armor, blades, or horses, it was still iron cavalry!"
"Liangzhou cavalry has six old camps, and Youzhou had a new one last year."
Reading up to this point, Kou Jianghuai paused slightly, "Today, Liuzhou also has an iron cavalry camp! They are allowed to raise the camp flag and fight on the battlefield! "
Kou Jianghuai held the military order tightly and took another step forward. After taking a deep breath, he said in a low voice, "Liuzhou cavalry has a new camp, the Direct Collision Camp! Qi Fu Long Pass, from Liuzhou cavalry captain to Direct Collision Camp sergeant! "
"As sergeant, you will lead this camp! King of Beiliang, Hsu Fengnian! "
Kou Jianghuai looked at the young general and shouted angrily, "Qi Fu Long Pass! Yes sir! "
Qi Fu Long Pass straightened his back, his voice trembling slightly as he shouted with all his might, "Qi Fu Long Pass! You dare not to accept the order?! "
Beiliang military law, Beiliang cavalry, as long as they wore armor, even if they met a general, they would never have to kneel!
Kou Jianghuai put away the two military orders. For some reason, he thought of the young general's unintentional words during the battle.
This Liuzhou general gritted his teeth and said word by word, "Liuzhou iron cavalry! May the dead follow me in death! "
On the drill field, three thousand times, may the dead follow!
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