My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 20 Cavalry Charge
"Prepare to meet the enemy!" Lu Yi shouted loudly, and the entire caravan began to move quickly.

Although the Hu cavalry came suddenly, they were still far away from them and had a long way to go before they could reach the caravan. Therefore, Lu Yi and others still had time to catch their breath and immediately began to deploy their defenses.

Lu Yi had already considered the possibility of encountering an enemy attack on the grassland, so the caravan had rehearsed it no less than ten times during the past few days of traveling.

This is also the reason why the caravan only traveled thirty miles a day even though it clearly had enough energy to spare.

Sufficient experience allowed the caravan to operate quickly.

The drivers drove their carriages into an oval shape to surround the caravan, and then untied all the horses.

Thirty of the forty infantrymen were immediately separated, each mounted a horse, and evolved from infantry to cavalry on the spot.

Although these pack horses do not have strong explosive power, they can still be used to fill in the gaps temporarily.

Faced with the attack of the Hu cavalry, the infantry without horses could only become sitting ducks for the enemy.

"Cheng Lian and Hou Cheng, you two lead your thirty driver and ten waiters to protect the temporary position and Zhang Jia and the account office. Do not let the Hu cavalry step into the position!" Seeing that the position was arranged, Lu Yi immediately began to issue combat orders.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Cheng Lian and Hou Cheng immediately bowed and accepted the order.

"Although the accountants don't have to fight, they must be on standby at all times. Be especially careful of the Hu cavalry's rockets!" After giving instructions to Lian and Hou Cheng, Lu Yi immediately said to Zhang Jia who was standing beside him.

"Don't worry, sir. These goods are accumulated by my Zhang family for generations. Even if you kill me, these goods will not be lost!"

"it is good!"

"These goods are our hope for the future. We cannot afford to lose them. If necessary, even the accountant will take care of them!"

"The rest of you, follow me and take the initiative to attack. We will not return until we defeat the Hu cavalry!"

After Lu Yi finished his instructions, he immediately led Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Hao Meng and other cavalrymen to mount their horses and form a formation next to the position.

"Promise! I will not return until I defeat the Hu cavalry!"

Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others responded to Lu Yi's call loudly with red faces.

When cavalry fights against cavalry, especially when the number of troops is greatly disadvantaged, everyone must be united as one and attack the enemy directly, only in this way can there be a chance of winning.

By the time Lu Yi had finished arranging all this, hundreds of Hu cavalry in the distance had already rushed to within three arrows' reach.

Being so close, both sides can vaguely see each other's appearance, and some with good eyesight can even see the expressions on the other side's faces clearly.

"Well, brother, something seems to be wrong!" Lu Bu had the best eyesight in the caravan. He watched for a while and suddenly frowned.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi immediately looked carefully at the opposite side, and just as Lu Bu said, the situation was indeed strange.

The other party did not seem to be a whole, but rather two groups, one large and one small.

Moreover, the large group of three or four hundred cavalrymen were chasing the small group of dozens of people in front.

The Hu cavalry in the rear were extremely arrogant, making strange noises one after another. They either shot at the small group of people in front with their bows or waved their scimitars at their backs.

The group of people in the front were no match for the pursuers and could only cling to their horses' backs and run for their lives. From time to time, someone was hit by an arrow and fell off his horse, and was trampled into pieces by the horses controlled by the pursuers behind him.

"It turns out they're not targeting us!" Hao Meng was stunned and relaxed a little.

"No!" Gao Shun said solemnly, "Look at the way the pursuers look at us, as if they were looking at a fat sheep. Even if they were not originally coming for us, they will definitely not let us go now that they see that we only have more than 50 cavalrymen!" "Gao Shun is right!" Lu Yi nodded and immediately reminded, "This battle is inevitable! Don't be lucky!"

"Get ready to charge with me!"

"Yes!" Those present were all heroes who had roamed Bingzhou, so naturally they were not afraid of fighting.

Moreover, since Emperor Wu of Han, the Han people have always defeated the strong with the weak in wars against the Hu people, and the Hu people could not easily defeat the Han people unless they were several times more numerous.

Everyone has a deep sense of pride and superiority from the Han nationality in their hearts, and does not take these Hu people seriously at all.

"Han people on the other side, please have mercy on me and save my life. I am the young chief of the Xiongnu Hunye tribe. If I can escape by chance, I swear to the Eternal Heaven that my Hunye tribe will reward me handsomely!"

Just as Lu Yi was leading everyone to charge, a young man with the most gorgeous clothes among the people being chased on the opposite side immediately shouted loudly in the Hu language at Lu Yi and others.

"Huns?" Lu Yi frowned. Bingzhou was a place where Hu and Han people lived together. Not only did many Hu people speak Chinese, but many Han people were also proficient in the Hu language.

Although Lu Yi's predecessor did not like studying, he had a good talent for learning. Not only was he skilled in archery and horse riding and martial arts, he was also proficient in the languages ​​of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Qiang people. He was basically a language master in northern China.

"Separate and go around from both sides! Don't attack our cavalry formation!" Lu Yi acted decisively and shouted loudly in the Hun language.

Upon hearing this, the young man immediately shouted a few words to those around him. The deserters of the Hunye tribe, who were less than thirty people, immediately split into two groups and bypassed Lu Yi's cavalry charge formation at a distance.

Lu Yi was not worried at all about the other party's collusion. As long as he had a sound mind, he would not lead three or four hundred cavalrymen to kill each other in order to paralyze dozens of the other side.

Seeing this, the pursuers behind the deserters immediately abandoned the Hunye deserters who no longer posed any threat and directed their spearheads directly at Lu Yi's cavalry formation.

However, unlike the Han people who were accustomed to obedience and strict military orders, the Hu people's army was often loose and disorganized, and fought on its own.

Therefore, compared with the loose formation of the pursuing troops who were afraid of bows and arrows, Lu Yi's cavalry formation was tightly united, like a sharp sword stabbing at the enemy.

Soon, the two sides were within an arrow's reach, and the distance was less than 130 steps.

Without the command of their leader, the Hu cavalry began to spontaneously shoot arrows at the troops led by Lu Yi and others.

At once, dozens of arrows flew into Lu Yi's formation.

"Lean down!" Lu Yi shouted loudly, and everyone pressed their bodies down tightly and stuck to the horse's back, so as to minimize the chance of being hit by an arrow.

But even so, more than a dozen of the less than sixty cavalrymen were hit by arrows on the spot.

However, the bows and arrows of the Hu people were designed to shoot quickly and were far less powerful than the horseback bows equipped by Lu Yi and others. Therefore, all the injuries were minor. Only two or three unlucky guys were hit in the vitals by the arrows and fell off their horses with a scream.

"Everybody hold on! The distance we are waiting for is less than one arrow away. The Hu people can only fire one more round of arrows at most!" Lu Yi shouted loudly to boost morale of everyone.

But Lu Bu behind him was unhappy about being used as a target. He reached behind him with his right hand, and the bow and arrow on his back appeared in his hand.

"It's rude to come and not reciprocate!"

"Hu'er, have a taste of Naigong's methods!"

After saying that, Lu Bu flipped his hands and shot out five arrows almost instantly, hitting the faces of the five most cheerful Hu people who were rushing forward, and accurately shot them off their horses.

(End of this chapter)