Since ancient times, there had been a poem about the northwest being filled with energy. Today, the west of the northwest was even more so.
The deputy general of Liuzhou, Xie Xi, personally led ten thousand monk soldiers out of the city. He did his best to slow down the Beimang infantry and the two thousand Nanchao border cavalry as they retreated to the north. He did not go all out to kill. Once the Beimang army turned around and got into a charging formation, the monk soldiers also got into formation and did not move. They were like a rich man entertaining his guests. They prepared enough wine and waited for the guests to arrive.
The infantry, who had suffered heavy losses in the attack on the Phoenix military town, quickly realized that the situation was not good. After all, there were still six thousand soldiers in the infantry who could fight. Along with the two thousand cavalry who came and went like the wind from the side, they had more initiative to fight or retreat. The commander of the infantry was born in the Beiting Xue Wei. Beimang established the country through martial arts. Relying on family background and military merit were the two most important paths to promotion. To be able to become one of the three Generals of the infantry, he might not be a genius in the art of war, but he was definitely not a mediocre person who relied on his family background to gain power. The defense of this Phoenix military town was filled with a treacherous aura. Clearly, from the very beginning, the defense could have been even more impregnable, but that commanding general was clearly whetting their appetites on purpose. Like a brothel girl who wanted to say something but didn't say anything, he clearly wanted to sell his art and not his body, but he gave people a false impression that he wanted to refuse but was still willing to accept. This caused the infantry soldiers who were slow to realize the situation to leave four thousand corpses for nothing.
Then, the ten thousand monk soldiers were biting their tail. It was not hard to guess the reason. It was definitely a cavalry from the Beiliang Border Army that was about to arrive. As for who it was, the infantry Generals could not figure it out. Logically speaking, the cavalry of Liuzhou should not have the time to stop them. In this sneak attack on the two towns of Fengxiang and Linyao, the Nanchao border army had sent out twenty thousand infantry and five thousand elite cavalry to escort them. Even if they split into two groups, it was not something that the few thousand Beiliang cavalry could defeat.
Furthermore, the cavalry of Liuzhou was already at a disadvantage. How could they send out a large group of cavalry to leave the main battlefield north of Qingcang City? Could it be the two Beiliang light cavalry units that bypassed many military towns and forts and drove straight into the hinterland of Gusai Prefecture? But the problem was, how could they get back to the border in time? Could it be that these two weak military towns were bait from the beginning? But this was even more unreasonable. Even he, a foot soldier Generals, didn't know where to go after receiving Huang Songpu's order to leave the encampment at top speed. He only went all the way south. It wasn't until he crossed the Liang Mang border that he learned he was going to launch a surprise attack on Fengxiang Lin Yao. During this period of time, the confidential spying report in his hands said with certainty that the 20,000 monk soldiers of Mount Lantuo should have passed through Fengxiang Lin Yao and headed straight for Qing Cang. Or was there really an immortal who could predict the future in Mount Qingliang and the Protectorate General's Office in Beiliang?
Faced with the relentless attacks of the 10,000 monk soldiers of Mount Lantuo, the foot soldier Generals felt extremely sullen. If they really didn't care about anything and fought to the death, they had no chance of winning. They were just waiting for death, waiting for Beiliang's cavalry to arrive and cut off their heads. But if they didn't fight, those bald monks who were shockingly strong and didn't fear death were really unscrupulous. Every once in a while, there would be two to three hundred monk soldiers who didn't care about the exhaustion of their physical strength. They would take up the role of daredevils and viciously bite their butts. The most annoying thing was that before the monks of Mount Lantuo left the city, they had probably emptied the armory of Fengxiang Lin Yao and brought no less than 2,000 light crossbows with them. From the number of arrows in the monk soldiers' quivers, there were no less than 40,000 to 50,000 arrows. In terms of accuracy, it was considered sparse and ordinary. It couldn't even compare to the bows of the grassland men riding on the bumpy backs of their horses. However, the strength of the infantry formation was always in the word 'density'. In addition, the monk soldiers were all strong and sturdy. Each of them pulled their bows like a full moon. What accuracy did they need? The most terrifying thing was the fighting style of the young Liuzhou general. He was able to leisurely pull out the 40,000 to 50,000 arrows from the corpses or pick them up from the ground and put them back into the quivers one by one. This made the two thousand elite cavalry of Mount Lantuo, who were unwilling to wait for death and had launched three rounds of charges, unable to fully utilize the innate advantage of cavalry in field warfare. As for slowly nibbling away at the monk soldiers, that was even more impossible. The range of a horse bow was inferior to that of a foot bow to begin with. Furthermore, this southern border cavalry was fully equipped with light armor and light bows. In the end, the main general of the foot troops helplessly discovered that although there were still a considerable number of 1,600 cavalry left on his side of two thousand, the monk soldiers of Mount Lantuo had actually gathered more than two hundred warhorses. After they mounted their horses, it was as if they had suddenly gained more than two hundred riders!
This battle almost made Bu Ba Zu Generals spit out blood.
That Liuzhou general who didn't personally charge into battle from the beginning to the end was too disgusting!
In the end, he couldn't delay any longer. Bu Ba Zu Generals could only go find the cavalry general from Gu Sai Zhou's Rock Cliff Military Town. He wanted to say something but stopped. It was very difficult for him to speak.
The cavalry general who knew what was going on smiled and didn't say anything. Although they were just acquaintances before, this cavalry general took off a heavily worn white jade python belt from his waist and begged Bu Ba Zu to give it to his young eldest son when they returned to the southern court. He only said that it was given to his father by the previous emperor. Although it wasn't worth much now, it was a family heirloom of their small family.
The 1,600 cavalry finished organizing. The horses' heads faced south, the war blades pointed south. The cavalry general turned his head and watched as Bu Ba Zu quickly left the battlefield.
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