Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 333 The Blessing of the Horse

When the entrapment army arrived in the south of Linxiang City, the Jiangdong soldiers who attacked the city were caught off guard and rushed to fight. The light infantry was as fragile as paper in front of the heavy infantry.

Melee combat without the help of horses is a real competition of strength and defense. Because the soldiers are tightly wrapped, they can hack and attack without any scruples, and their bodies are hardly damaged by the opponent's knives and arrows.

The weapons of the Jiangdong light infantry are not standard. There are various types of swords, swords and spears. The materials of weapons include bronze and iron. It seems that they have been accumulated and passed down from private trilogy. Due to the poor material of weapons and the strength of soldiers, etc. The soldier's heavy armor cannot break the armor.

I can hurt you, but you can't hurt me, the fate of this is obvious.

In less than two minutes of fighting, the Jiangdong soldiers on the southern side of Linxiang began to shrink their formation and moved eastward with purpose. They were not like Huang Gai's cavalry, who were lured into a U-shaped bay and lost their retreat and had to fight to the death.

During the rout, Gao Shun used the mobility of scouts to intimidate and pressure the opponent by chasing, killing and intercepting along the way.

Although there was a three-fold gap in troop strength, Gao Shun did not adopt any tactical strategy, relying on sophisticated weapons and equipment to directly carry out frontal suppression.

The result was just as Gao Shun thought, Jiangdong's soldiers, who were mainly private, were vulnerable to the fallen army.

The maneuverability of the trapped army was relatively poor. Gao Shun commanded the main force to approach the east slowly after the victory at the south gate in order to preserve his strength, only to be harassed by scouts.

Cheng Pu was shocked when he heard the news of the defeat in the south, so he had to withdraw the siege troops and horses to quickly assemble the formation, and urgently dispatched troops to meet the defeated army, and sent sentries to find out the situation of the opponent's reinforcements.

Because the distance is relatively short, the Tanma report was also very timely. Judging from the information received, Cheng Pu probably knew that he had kicked on the iron board. It was obviously Gao Shun's camp in the rumors, but the number was smaller than the 800 people in the legend. Too much exaggeration, what's even more surprising
The cavalry who harassed Liling also appeared.

Cheng Pu immediately issued an order to Han Dang in the north of the city to stop attacking the city, and immediately led his troops to the east to join him. He was going to try the hard dish of being trapped in the camp.

The battlefield was changing rapidly, Gao Shun didn't wait for Cheng Pu to finish his assembly, and when he arrived at the front of the opposing formation, he directly waved the command flag and launched an attack.

The [-] soldiers of the trapped army were like a moving steel city wall, and the sun shone dazzlingly on the armor. Cheng Pu saw that Gao Shun "didn't talk about martial arts" and hurriedly commanded the army to meet the enemy.

Jiangdong's soldiers were like weeds in front of the torrent of steel, coupled with the powerful effect of the euphorbia warriors breaking the formation, Jiangdong's soldiers fled to the rear one after another shortly after the battle. Time fell to one side like the wind blowing ears of wheat.

Cheng Pu was surrounded by the defeated soldiers and fled to the north. Fortunately, the light armored infantry moved at a reasonable speed. Only the scouts in the trapped army were not affected, and the whole corps pursued northward as a whole.

On the way, they met Han Dang who came to support him. The two sides fought again in a panic. Han Dang's trilogy was still unable to resist, so he threw away his helmet and armor and fled to Cheng Pu's direction. Linxiang was relieved in less than two hours. around.

The trapped army fought several times in a row, and it was not easy to pursue them with heavy armor. In addition, they did not have a good rest last night. Gao Shun immediately ordered to rest in place, and sent all the scouts to follow the defeated army closely, preparing to bite the opponent before making any plans.

After the battle, Gan Ning and Xi Zhen went out of the city to meet each other, especially Xi Zhen was so excited that he couldn't speak, because what he saw today was an elite. .

"Sir, General Gao." Gan Ning (Xi Zhen) cupped his fists at the same time.

Gao Shun nodded calmly, and Lan Tian looked at the two with a gratified expression: "The two generals did a good job. I will ask General Guan for your credit after the war."

Xi Zhen was so excited that she could speak incoherently: "In the end, it all depends on my husband's support."

Seeing this, Gan Ning laughed and said, "Isn't General Xi trying to be sarcastic? Didn't the master demote you? Where did you get your support? Hahaha."

"Ah, this. The humble job has absolutely no intention of that." Xi Zhen clasped her fists in embarrassment.

Lan Tian glanced at Gan Ning, then shook his head and said to Xi Zhen: "You have made great contributions in protecting Linxiang calmly and calmly, and my lord will definitely use you again."

"Uh, thank you, sir." Xi Zhen bowed and saluted.

Gan Ning immediately asked Gao Shun: "Although Boping broke the siege of Linxiang, he only killed more than [-] people. Now Cheng Pu's main force is still fleeing. We must find a way to wipe out this partial army as soon as possible. Sun Quan's main forces join forces, and the pressure on General Guan in Dongting will be too great."

Gao Shun shook his head and sighed: "The entrapment army lacks mobility, and if they take off their armor and pursue, the damage will be too great. We can only let the scouts follow along the way. See if there is any good way, sir."

Lan Tian nodded in affirmation: "It's not just going north to threaten General Guan, so many people are wandering in Changsha, how many people will suffer."

"I robbed the camp last night and burned a lot of food and grass for them. If Cheng Pu's army lacked food, they would really loot counties and towns." Gan Ning quickly reminded.

Lan Tian then asked Xi Zhen seriously: "Are there any cavalry left in Linxiang City?"

"There are only a hundred horses left in the city, and they were handed over to General Gan yesterday." Xi Zhen shook her head like a rattle.

Lan Tian said disappointedly: "It's a pity, now only the cavalry can easily pursue."

Gan Ning nodded and sighed: "The cavalry who run thousands of miles are the best. If there are enough horses, I can do all of my five hundred pieces."

Gao Shun and Lan Tian suddenly looked at each other and smiled, and then Lan Tian smiled and said: "I almost forgot that General Gan is proficient in water warfare, infantry warfare, and horse warfare. Two horses should be enough for each person, right?"

Looking at Gao Shun, Gan Ning swallowed, and asked suspiciously, "Boping, when did you get rich?"

Gao Shun nodded lightly, "Yesterday we surrounded and annihilated Huang Gai's 2000 cavalry regiment, and captured more than [-] horses."

Gan Ning was dumbfounded when he heard this, and thought that this was really a fortune. In this era, ordinary war horses cost 20 yuan, and good horses can't even be bought for [-] yuan. Two thousand horses is a huge sum of money.

"Isn't it [-] cavalry? Did the rest flee or surrender? What about the other half of the horses?" Gan Ning asked curiously.

"Most of Huang Gai's cavalry were killed. As for the horses, they were either seriously injured or died on the spot. The horse meat feast Mr. gave us last night." Gao Shun answered truthfully.

Gan Ning's eyes widened, and he said in his heart that you are all good, who can be as rich as you, eating war horses is more rich than eating cattle, which is equivalent to eating money directly.

"You guys are really extravagant." Gan Ning said hesitantly.

Lan Tian shook his head and explained: "You need to be flexible when doing things, and you can't stick to the rules. Dead horses and wounded horses are very valuable to eat, but so much horse meat is not finished, maybe it will be sent to Linxiang tomorrow, and we will do it at that time For a victory horsemeat feast, I will teach the chef to cook it myself."

Gan Ning nodded sharply, "If the master cooks, it will be a blessing for the horses."

(End of this chapter)