I am a soldier in the border army

Chapter 539: First Battle! Horses Trampling the Heavens!
After the battle in the Nameless Valley, Huang Tian’s army did not split up.

Instead, they still chose to gather together, pass Zhuozhou and head straight for Youzhou.

It was obvious that he wanted to fight a major battle with the Zhen Liao Army and decide the outcome of the battle.

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When that vast ocean of ochre yellow sweeps in, one can't help but think of locusts and ant swarms.

As a result, one is unconsciously shocked and even trembles.

"This is an attempt to use force to overwhelm others..."

Compared with the huge number of Huang Tian’s army, Zhao Mu’s vanguard of 10,000 cavalry is indeed not enough.

The contrast is stark.

"They are just ant thieves. No matter how many of them there are, they can't withstand the licking of the raging fire!"

"Not bad!"

"I remember the past when the three hundred cavalrymen looked down upon the hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan troops under Dingbei City as nothing! Now we have soldiers and generals, so what is there to fear?"

The ten thousand cavalry generals in the vanguard were talking to each other.

At first, I was a little impressed by the huge number of Huang Tian’s army.

But as I was talking, I became eager to try it.

After all, the battle at Dingbei City when Han Shao’s majestic and heroic figure with only 300 cavalrymen galloping through the vast army left them with a shocking impression.

Compared with this, the Huang Tianjun in front of him seemed to be nothing.

"General, what do you think?"

When all eyes fell on Zhao Mu who was in front of the formation.

Zhao Mu was slightly absent-minded and was stunned for a moment, then said lightly.

"You are right. No matter how many ant thieves there are, they are nothing but grass."

As he spoke, he drew the long sword from his waist and pointed it forward.

"Go ahead. While these ant thieves are still struggling to gain a firm foothold, charge them first and test their quality."

What is the purpose of the striker?
One is to explore the way.

Second, it is for the follow-up army to find out the enemy’s routes and details and clear some obstacles.

For this, it is worth taking some risks.

When Zhao Mu made this decision, the generals behind him, who were already unable to contain themselves, immediately responded loudly.

The next moment, ten thousand black-armored cavalry quickly changed their formation in front of hundreds of thousands of Huang Tian troops.

Then he pulled the reins and walked slowly forward.

By the time the horses' hooves shook the earth like rolling thunder, the black torrent had already become like a black silk thread.

Pouring down rapidly!

When they were about to face the enemy, the first one to point the long sword in his hand forward.

"The enemy is there! What should we do?"

"attack!"

But it is slightly different from before.

Before that, a deafening roar was heard from the rear, who had taken a few steps ahead.

Then, the brave cavalrymen in the front saw that the Huang Tian army on the opposite side, which had been hastily formed a battle formation, was instantly plowed into huge bloody gaps.

Although this scene was still somewhat unfamiliar to the Zhenliao Cavalry, which had already practiced it many times, they were not surprised.

Seeing the enemy camp in chaos, he immediately laughed.

"My men! Get into battle!"

……

Attacked!
Faced with an army of hundreds of thousands, the Youzhou barbarians, who only had tens of thousands of cavalry, chose to take the initiative to attack!
"madman!"

The general of the Huangtiandao army, who had taken off his Taoist robe and put on armor, could not help but curse.

Then he looked stern and ordered his Taoist soldiers to quickly form a formation to block the charge of the opposing cavalry.

"Stop them! As long as we stop them, we can wear them out!"

The most powerful weapon of the cavalry is its speed.

Once they lose their speed, they become fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

It has to be said that the Huang Tiandao Army, which has been tempered in blood, is no longer the mob that could only rush around and kill in a disorderly manner at the beginning.

At least at this moment, the response of these Huang Tiandao military generals was very appropriate.

As long as they could withstand the momentum from the opposite side and then trap them in the quagmire of flesh and blood they had created, they would surely be able to devour these ten thousand black-armored riders whole, skin and bones!
Therefore, this method of infantry dealing with cavalry does not have any major problems in itself.

It can even be said that this has been the case throughout history.

Unfortunately, what happened next disrupted this traditional and effective strategy.

When the deafening and terrifying roar came from the opposite side, almost in the next moment, several sections of the human wall that their side had managed to build collapsed.

Broken limbs and arms, bloody mess.

The tragic cries mixed in with the screams of fear were even more heartbreaking.

At this moment, not only the Huang Tiandao soldiers at the front of the formation were confused, but many Huang Tiantong generals were also confused.

"What is that? A broken crossbow?"

"No! The Pogang Crossbow can't shoot that far, and it doesn't make that much noise!"

"It's not the Po Gang Crossbow? Then... what is it?"

They couldn't figure out what other weapons, apart from the Pogang Crossbow, could have such powerful destructive power on a battlefield.

So there is speculation.

"Could it be some kind of magical power of the great master on the opposite side?"

Just if that's the case.

By slaughtering ordinary soldiers so wantonly, doesn't the powerful person on the opposite side fear that he will be punished by heaven in the future and die in one day?
It only took a few short moments for all sorts of speculations that deviated from the truth to continually surface in the minds of Huang Tian's generals.

Because just after these few moments passed by in a flash, the black torrent that symbolized death had torn countless gaps in the ochre-yellow dam in front of it.

Then take advantage of the situation and pour in.

The black-armored cavalry rushing in the front as the vanguard all rode carefully selected Liaodong horses. They were tall and strong, and covered in solid horse armor.

Horse and men are equipped!

Once you rush into the battle array, you will be like a tiger among a flock of sheep.

The horse had already gathered momentum, and even without using its sharp claws and fangs to bite, its speed alone was enough to knock down the Huang Tiandao soldiers who were blocking its way, breaking their bones and spurting hot blood from their mouths and throwing them everywhere.

Can't stop!
It can't be stopped at all!
Although those Huang Tiandao soldiers, after a brief moment of distraction, fearlessly tried to slow down the momentum of the black-armored tigers and wolves and thus block the gap.

But in the end, everything went against one's wishes and was in vain.

Even if they fought desperately with their flesh and blood to block the front, they only added a bit of heroic color to this bloody massacre.

They rushed forward one after another and then fell down, and were finally ruthlessly trampled into bloody mud by iron hooves.

The original ochre yellow color can no longer be seen.

"kill!"

On the battlefield, it's a fight to the death.

There is no room for any mercy.

Otherwise it would be cruel to oneself and one's comrades.

The Zhenliao Army and the Wuhuan had been fighting bloody battles on the Youbei grassland for a hundred years. No one understood the rules and logic of the battlefield better than them.

So even though many of them knew that the Huang Tiandao soldiers on the opposite side were just ordinary civilians, they would not show any mercy at this moment.

Similarly, if they were to die at the hands of the enemy in the next moment, they would have nothing to complain about.

Because this is the fate on the battlefield.

The moment you hold the weapon, you have already chosen this path.

To return, or not to return.

It all depends on strength and fate!

"Go! Don't stop if you don't want to die!"

In the midst of the chaos of the army, this was the only warning the old soldier gave to the new soldiers.

The same thing happened when the old soldier was a new soldier.

...Outside the battlefield not far away, Zhao Mu, the commander-in-chief, did not charge with the army.

With his current level of cultivation, it is no longer possible for him to go into battle in person easily.

This is also the unspoken rule on the battlefield in this world since ancient times.

The strongest ones mostly exist to offset the threat posed by the strongest ones on the opposite side.

Once you get involved in person, the so-called war will be meaningless.

This is somewhat similar to the great war that led to the transition from Shang to Zhou during the Conferred Gods period.

The gods fought with magic and the soldiers fought to the death.

Life and death, victory and defeat, all have their own logic.

However, this almost eternal war pattern seems to have produced some seemingly subtle changes.

Looking at those metal objects that were once again emitting the light of golden formation runes, Zhao Mu suddenly had an idea.

"What do you think...will there be a day in the future when the training of warriors like us will become meaningless?"

During the previous Northern Expedition to the grasslands, those dozen or so cannons were only experimental in nature.

After just over half a year, it seems that its power and accuracy have improved a lot.

Today, one cannon can cause destruction for several miles and break through the enemy's formation in an instant.

Will there be a day in the future when a single artillery fire destroys the land for dozens or hundreds of miles?

Even destroy a city instantly?

Facing Zhao Mu's sudden words, and hearing the roar of those metal lumps firing again, the army in the opposite side, which was gathered in groups, suffered countless casualties in an instant.

The soldiers watching the battle around him all looked a little sad, and finally chose to remain silent.

When Zhao Mu saw this, he immediately came to his senses.

This casual sigh I just made really dealt a heavy blow to the morale of these soldiers.

I couldn't help but laugh at myself.

"Your Majesty, you have a very good eye for people. I can only be a general, not a commander like Li Jing..."

After thinking about it, he comforted her.

"I am worrying too much."

"Objects are just dead things. They have to be used by people."

"Unless the world is at peace forever, there will be a place for warriors like us to use our skills."

After saying this, he didn't give the people around him the chance to think wildly, he just laughed and continued.

"Speaking of which, we really have to protect these precious ones. With them around, we are even more powerful!"

Zhao Mu said this to the gunners of the Shenji Camp.

When these people were allowed to accompany the army before, many soldiers considered them to be a burden.

After all, most of these people are delicate and weak, they can’t even ride a horse well, and their cultivation is even more mediocre.

All they did all day was hold a book and silently recite something weird, or point their finger here and there, causing many soldiers to look at them as a joke.

But after today's battle, I'm afraid no one will underestimate these people anymore.

After all, with them around, even if they can't completely control the situation on the battlefield, at least they can reduce the number of casualties on our side.

For every individual, it means that after a war, he or she has a greater chance of surviving.

So after hearing what Zhao Mu said, the generals around him nodded in agreement.

"What the General said is very true!"

Some generals glanced at the artillery formation and even had the urge to go over and fire a shot themselves.

I don't know why, but the seemingly indifferent "Fire!"

It was just as exciting as the word "charge" they shouted when they charged into the battle with swords in hand!

It's just as exciting!

"Or... I'll just transfer to the Shenji Camp."

A general was expressing his emotion when his comrades sneered and poured a bucket of cold water on him.

"Just you? Oh, you can shoot accurately?"

The general, who had been married for many years but whose wife had not yet laid an egg, inexplicably felt that there was something else behind the words of this bastard.

But he has no evidence.

Just as his face flushed as he was thinking hard about how to prove himself, Zhao Mu, who had been paying attention to Huang Tianjun's movements, suddenly spoke.

"Alright, that's enough, let the boys withdraw."

He has been slapped in the face and tested.

After this battle, the morale of Huang Tian’s army will inevitably be greatly frustrated.

If we continue to charge forward, we might give Huang Tianjun the chance to react and complete the encirclement.

That would be a real disaster.

In line with the principle of knowing when to stop, don't be too greedy in everything.

Zhao Mu didn't want to be beaten with an iron whip by the emperor again like he did on the grassland.

Although the generals around him were still a little unsatisfied with Zhao Mu's military order, they still nodded in response.

Soon, the black-armored cavalry, who had already penetrated deep into the enemy's formation, heard the sound of a bugle.

Many soldiers who were in the midst of a killing spree complained indignantly.

"Are you calling it a day?"

In their view, the enemy is currently in chaos and shows no signs of resisting their iron hoofs. Wouldn't it be giving up the good situation directly if they withdraw their troops at this time?
The boss's military achievements are right before their eyes, how can they bear to give them up?
It’s a pity that military orders are as heavy as mountains, and troops must be withdrawn as soon as the horn is sounded

No matter how reluctant you are, it can only turn into a sigh of helplessness, resentment and anger.

"Boys! Get out!"

The next moment, the black torrent, which had been unstoppable, suddenly drew a gorgeous arc in the ochre-yellow ocean.

Then, he rushed out from behind many Huang Tiandao soldiers!

"Haha! So happy!"

It didn't take much effort at all. A group of black-armored cavalrymen suddenly appeared from the "mountains and ridges" in front of them, and laughed loudly regardless of the blood all over their bodies.

"A mere ant thief is worthy of fighting against the tigers and wolves of Zhenliao like us?"

"I will teach you a lesson today, but I will kill you all tomorrow without leaving a single piece of armor behind!"

Faced with the ridicule from these Youzhou barbarians, the entire Qingzhou Huangtian Army was filled with ashen expressions.

Especially those Huang Tian generals who had already set up a trap and were waiting for the Zhen Liao army to rush in were so angry that their lungs were about to explode.

Almost!
Just a little!
If these maniacs could rush forward another three hundred steps!

Just three hundred steps!
They can make sure these lunatics never return!
But I didn't expect that these Youzhou barbarians, who seemed crazy and arrogant, were actually so cunning.

Surprisingly, at the crucial moment, it failed to get through, leaving them with nothing, as they had prepared with so much effort!

Damn it! Damn it!

"Rat! If you have the guts, come and try my formation again!"

"Look at how I treat you..."

It's a pity that in the face of such a challenge, those seemingly reckless and brainless Youzhou barbarians interrupted it rudely and mocked it again.

"Haha, what a poor way of provoking me. Do you think I will fall for your trick?"

You ask me to join the battle, but I won’t!

Do you really think I'm stupid?
After saying this, the black-armored cavalry that had been surging forward earlier now galloped forward again with swift hooves.

The main theme is coming and going like the wind!
After this humiliation, several Huang Tianlishi could not hold back any longer, and instantly evolved into the terrifying sky-holding appearance, stomping on the ground like earth dragons, and chasing after them.

"Fuck you! Come back if you have the guts and fight me!"

The next moment, a red light shot out without warning.

It directly pierced through the head of one of the Huang Tianlishi.

Immediately afterwards, there was another overwhelming wave of sword energy, pouring down towards the remaining few Huang Tianli warriors.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and heads flew off.

Martial ethics?

There is no martial ethics in the army. All they do is use the majority to bully the minority and the strong to bully the weak!
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(End of this chapter)