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Chapter 112: Real Speed! The Super Power of the Beiwei Army!

It is not easy to raise an army.

It is even more difficult to maintain an elite force.

Elite cavalry like this is the most powerful frontal weapon on the battlefield of cold weapons.

In the first few simulations, Chu Shizhao did not have much experience in leading troops, but after several simulations in a row, his experience was constantly accumulated.

The Beiwei Army was an elite cavalry force constructed by Chu Shizhao based on the elite force led by Yue Fei during the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, the tragic thing was that when Yue Fei first organized the anti-Jin war, he suffered from the lack of good horses in the south, and thus could not form a cavalry unit to fight against Jin Wushu. Therefore, the Beiwei Army was initially composed of heavily armored infantry. After the war horses were seized, a heavily armored cavalry unit of the Beiwei Army was formed. The two were combined to form a legion consisting of heavily armored infantry and heavy cavalry.

In Zhuxian Town, Yue Fei defeated more than 100,000 Jin troops with the Beiwei Army.

Since the Beiwei Army was Yue Fei's personal guard, its soldiers were drawn from the most elite soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty, so its combat effectiveness was unprecedentedly strong.

Chu Shizhao's Beiwei Army also had amazing combat effectiveness.

Because the soldiers of this Beiwei Army are drawn from the most powerful warriors among the first-line warriors.

The three thousand vanguard warriors were deployed by Chu Shizhao into the Sanfu Army as an emergency measure. In that extremely bad political situation, Chu Shizhao used them to temporarily control the army.

However, some of these warriors who advanced first actually lacked the ability to lead an army.

They can shock the army and intimidate other soldiers through force and decisiveness, but it is impossible for everyone to have strong organizational skills to lead ordinary soldiers.

But as a general, he must have the most basic organizational and mediation skills.

Therefore, Chu Shizhao retained the vanguard warriors who were suitable for commanding the Three Prefectures Army as middle and low-level generals in the Three Prefectures Army, and continued to maintain his control over the Three Prefectures Army.

Those warriors who had obviously superior military strength and command ability were re-incorporated into the combat department.

The fully equipped vanguard warriors are also of gold level, but if you want to transform them into the Beiwei Army, they just meet the minimum requirements for transformation into the Beiwei Army.

It’s not that the first-line warriors are not strong, but that the Beiwei army cannot do anything to them.

There are also differences among the gold-colored troops.

Just like those golden minister cards, there is also a level difference.

For many subordinate cards, gold is their lower limit, not their upper limit. Some subordinate cards only have highlight moments and lack long-term dominance, so the gold quality is their upper limit, and the lower limit may be only at the purple or blue level, and sometimes the lower limit is even particularly low.

The Beiwei Army and the Vanguard Warriors are both gold-quality troops.

However, the requirements to become a Beiwei Army are several times more demanding than transforming into a Vanguard Warrior.

The first is that the Beiwei Army needs extremely strong basic military force, requiring each transformed branch of the army to reach a military force value of 50 points.

The second is that the Beiwei Army needs many specialties, including superb riding skills, superb archery skills, superb riding and archery ability, superb formation coordination, superb infantry and cavalry coordination, 70 points of training, 80 points of morale, and 80 points of military discipline.

The third is sufficiently sophisticated equipment. Not only must they be equipped with long swords, short crossbows and hard bows, and wear iron armor, but the war horses must also be good horses sent from Liangzhou. Each person must be equipped with three such war horses to meet combat needs. In addition, Chu Shizhao must also ensure their military pay and food expenses.

A strong body is the capital for fighting, and earning money is the key to maintaining efficient morale. You need to have strong discipline in others but not give them money.

Do you think every soldier is data?
The daily cost of these one thousand people is the cost of Chu Shizhao's maintenance of 50,000 Northern Army troops and 10,000 vanguard warriors.

Not to mention the other things, Chu Shizhao had screened out countless people just to meet the first requirement.

Anyone with a military strength of over 50 can become a Baika general. On the battlefield, a general with this kind of military strength can fight against armored soldiers. As long as he is not stubborn, does not fall into an ambush, and knows how to pull the enemy apart, he can easily deal with ten elite infantrymen by himself. It is a piece of cake.

Among the 100,000 Northern Army, only 800 or so met this damn requirement, and more than 500 of them were originally advanced warriors.

Chu Shizhao's exact training time started in the second half of the 31st year of Yongjin, and now it is March of the 33rd year of Yongjin.

Not to mention a 100% restoration of Yue Wumu's Beiwei Army, it has also stacked the combat power to a certain level.

Just this series of golden numbers are several times higher than the various numbers of other arms. What level of strength can it be?

Even Chu Shizhao couldn't help but look forward to the performance of the Beiwei Army on the battlefield.

[“Travel a thousand miles a day, travel fast in light armor——”]

In the picture, Chu Shizhao led the Beiwei Army and marched towards Jinyang at an astonishing speed.

[Your current marching speed is 202 miles per day.]

What does it mean that you get what you pay for?
Xiahou Yuan was famous for his swift marching and flexible tactics. His marching speed was said to be "five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days".

In other words, Xiahou Yuan's daily marching speed was 140 miles per hour.

This speed was extremely powerful in ancient times and was considered one of the best generals.

But don't underestimate the seemingly useless ability of marching speed. It represents mobility, guerrilla warfare, the ability to engage in roundabout warfare, and it also has the ability to launch a flash attack to strike the opponent's fatal area as quickly as possible.

Xiahou Yuan was famous for his swiftness, but now Chu Shizhao and the Beiwei Army were rushing to the battlefield at a speed that surpassed Xiahou Yuan's.

On the other side, Li Fengning bit her lips lightly. She looked at the content on the screen and fell into despair.

[In February of the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, your brother Li Shengquan led a hundred cavalrymen to Datong to borrow troops, but was intercepted by the Xiongnu. Li Shengquan fought a bloody battle and severely injured several people, but was unable to escape the Xiongnu's pursuit and was shot by many Xiongnu arrows on the way.]

[After being shot by several arrows, Li Shengquan knew that he could not be left alive. If he was captured by the Xiongnu, his reputation and body would be humiliated in every way, and his father would even be implicated. So he found a dangerous place and jumped off a cliff with his horse to die.]

[In March of the 33rd year of Yongjin, you had no choice but to ask for help from the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, many people in Jinyang believed that the Great Zhou Dynasty was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and the political situation was chaotic. In this situation, whether Chang'an could protect itself became a problem. You still wanted them to send troops to help Chang'an. It would be better to seek help from the border troops in Datong.]

[In the same month, Yang Zhuting led the soldiers of Datong to fight another bloody battle with the Xiongnu. However, Datong was weak after all. Lu Yi, who had served as the governor of Datong, knew Datong's details well, which gave the Xiongnu a great advantage.]

[In terms of military strength, Datong cannot resist the Xiongnu, and in terms of strength, Datong cannot resist the Xiongnu. Once Datong is lost, it will be almost impossible to defend Jinyang.]

[On March 4, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, Datong fell. Yang Zhuting remained loyal to his country and personally led a small number of generals to protect the people of Datong and retreat, and dispatched another general, Cheng Guan, to escort these people.]

[On the fifth day, Yang Zhuting led the last thousand light cavalrymen of Datong and took the initiative to seek battle. He gave up the idea of ​​defending Datong and declared war on the Huns who were besieging the city, trying to give the people of Datong and other generals a chance to break out and retreat.]

[These 1,000-odd cavalrymen were the last fighting force of the entire Datong. ] [Except for Cheng Guan's 2,000 troops who were trying their best to escort the people of Datong to retreat, most of the other generals were inspired by Yang Zhuting's courage. They also knew that under the current situation, the people's marching speed would make it impossible for them not to be chased by the Huns. Only if they fought a bloody battle with the Huns, attracted their attention, and delayed for enough time would they have a chance. ]

【So the 20,000 Datong defenders and Yang Zhuting's 1,000 cavalry launched a charge against the Xiongnu who were besieging the city.】

[They tore open a line of battle, and Cheng Guan escorted the people of Datong and left through this gap, while the Datong defenders and Yang Zhuting desperately covered them and directly attacked the Xiongnu camp, forcing them to draw their attention to the front battlefield.]

[The Xiongnu people had no interest in the impoverished people, they only wanted to plunder their wealth and food, and Yang Zhuting's reckless attack on the camp meant that they could only focus on annihilating this stubborn resistance.]

[Furthermore, the slow movement speed of the people meant that the Xiongnu cavalry could catch up with them at any time. As long as Yang Zhuting's army was annihilated, how could these people continue to resist their pursuit? Yang Zhuting's approach was just a futile effort.]

[He is seeking a possibility that is almost impossible to succeed.]

[“As generals of the Great Zhou, we may die, but our integrity remains.” Yang Zhuting looked at the Datong soldiers who followed him. His hair was disheveled, and his gray beard fluttered as he shouted, “If you want to pass this place, you must pass me first.”]

[“All soldiers, listen to my orders, charge——”]

[On March 6, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, 20,000 Datong soldiers were almost wiped out by the Xiongnu. Yang Zhuting was completely defeated, with only a few remnants of his cavalry left by his side. However, he still chose to fight hard, and after killing several Xiongnu cavalrymen with his own hands, he was continuously shot with bows and arrows by the Xiongnu from a distance of 100 meters, and was eventually pierced through the heart by arrows.]

[The Xiongnu general immediately ordered his Xiongnu cavalry to pursue the fleeing Datong people and force them to return to Datong immediately so that they could occupy the place. If anyone refused to obey, they would be killed without mercy.]

[In this battle, more than 30,000 Datong soldiers were annihilated in a bloody battle, and the Xiongnu also suffered more than 5,000 casualties.]

[On this battlefield littered with corpses, Yang Zhuting's eldest son Yang Yanchao survived. He escaped death and, while the Huns were leaving the battlefield, he desperately killed dozens of Hun soldiers who were left to clean up the battlefield, collected his father's body, and carried it on his back.]

[On March 7, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, Datong was occupied by Ma Su'an's rebel army. Soon, Shuozhou, Yangquan and other places were occupied by these troops. Jinyang almost became one of the few isolated cities in the whole of Shanxi.]

[But the bloody battle had reached such an extent, and the situation in Jinyang was not satisfactory. Li Jin initially judged that the Xiongnu were just taking advantage of the situation and wanted to take advantage of the aftermath of Lu Yi and Ma Su'an's rebellion by providing military assistance to the two men to quietly gain benefits. So Li Jin built strong defenses and cleared the fields, making it difficult for the Xiongnu to rob food in these places.]

[In this way, the Xiongnu people who cannot gain benefits will leave on their own and will not work for Lu Yi and Ma Su'an in vain.]

[However, Li Jin had never thought that in order to expand the armaments of the rebel army, Lu Yi and Ma Su'an tried their best to satisfy the selfish desires of the Xiongnu people in order to gain the support of the Xiongnu army to the greatest extent.]

[As for the cities they conquered, both of them were willing to share some of the profits with the Xiongnu, which made the Xiongnu willing to help Lu Yi and Ma Su'an continue to besiege the Great Zhou vassal towns in the north.]

[After Li Jin implemented the policy of fortifying the city and clearing the fields, he held out for a while, and the food supply in Jinyang was almost exhausted. If this continued, a mutiny would happen sooner or later in Jinyang. Without absolute certainty, Li Jin would not try such a risky strategy to take the initiative and fight the Xiongnu head-on.]

[Not to mention that Li Jin's every move now, everything he is betting on, is the lives of the people of Jinyang.]

[The death of the second son, Li Shengquan, undoubtedly made Li Jin very sad. ]

[On the night of March 7, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, the gates of Jinyang were wide open, and some people left the city to surrender to the Xiongnu, and even wanted to attack Jinyang from the inside. Fortunately, Li Jin reacted quickly and killed those generals who tried to rebel. However, the morale of the entire Jinyang collapsed.]

[On March 8, the 33rd year of the Yongjin reign, the Xiongnu, together with Ma Suan's rebels, once again besieged Jinyang. With the help of Ma Suan's siege equipment, the Xiongnu's siege brought Jinyang's defenses to the brink of collapse.]

[On the afternoon of March 8, the Jinyang city gate was about to fall, but at this moment, at the far end, an army of unknown purpose suddenly appeared.]

[At first glance, it was just a black mass, but upon closer inspection, it was a group of cavalrymen charging at us at an extremely terrifying speed.]

[When this complete cavalry unit appeared before everyone's eyes, it was inevitable that people would exclaim in amazement.]

[Each of the soldiers riding on the iron-clad horses was a tall, sturdy warrior, with a long, curved broadsword on their right waist, a short sword-like dagger hanging on their back, a strong bow on their back, and even a short crossbow on their diagonal back, ready for any emergency.]

[In addition, each cavalryman has a Rakshasa-like ghost mask on his face, which is not only to protect the face from arrows, but also to give people a shocking deterrent effect.]

[This strange and terrifying mask exudes a chilling dark luster under the sunlight, and an invisible sense of oppression continues to spread inside and outside the battlefield. ]

[Li Jin only blinked an eye, and the cavalry that appeared in the distance had already arrived at the outskirts of Jinyang not far away. In another blink of an eye, those cavalry had already broken into the Xiongnu camp.]

[Within just one encounter, those Xiongnu cavalrymen who were still showing off their power and not taking it seriously were dispersed by this cavalry.]

[Each time these cavalrymen who came to help raised their strong bows, they could take down a Xiongnu cavalryman who was not wearing armor during the process of horse shooting.]

[The Xiongnu cavalry were lightly armed, so when they were suddenly shot, they had no time to react.]

[Although the armor on the cavalry that charged over was not very thick, they still had helmets attached to many of their vital parts.]

[One rider can defeat five riders! ]

[During the fighting, even if someone accidentally fell off his horse while charging, and was besieged by the Xiongnu infantry, the number of countermeasures used by the person who fell was shocking. They used various weapons, raised their hands to attack with a short crossbow, and even threw out a dagger hanging on their legs with a backhand, and in an instant they could kill several people who surrounded them. Then they were covered by the three cavalrymen around them, who escorted them onto the spare war horses that followed closely, and walked in teams of five. They were well-trained to cover each other and fight. In just a short time of an incense stick, the Xiongnu cavalry who had just tried to break through the city gate and charge into it had been attacked and killed and scattered.]

[In a one-on-one situation, this cavalry can easily crush the enemy, and in a one-on-three situation, it can still calmly and oppressively fight back against the siege of the Xiongnu cavalry.]

[But with such strong individual cavalry combat capability, these cavalrymen still need to cooperate with each other and cover each other. ]

[However, on such a battlefield, there were still some Huns who did not want to give up such a victory and continued to charge towards the breached city gate of Jinyang, but they were shot dead by an arrow raised from behind.]

[The Huns had no choice but to try their guerrilla tactics, which they were good at. They began to surround the cavalrymen who suddenly attacked them, shooting from a distance, constantly harassing them, trying to distance themselves from them, and using the guerrilla tactics of continuous roaming and surrounding and shooting to try to kill them.]

[However, the Beiwei Army, which was much faster than the Xiongnu, almost copied the Xiongnu's best tactics, and in their own way, surrounded and killed batches of Xiongnu light cavalry who were less mobile than them.]

[Everywhere he went, he heard the Huns wailing.]

Chu Shizhao’s eyes widened.

He had thought that the Beiwei Army was incredibly strong, but he had not expected it to be this strong.

Li Fengning's beautiful eyes also widened.

Where did this cavalry come from?
So far, the strongest cavalry Li Fengning has ever seen may not be as brave as this kind of cavalry that suddenly appeared.

You have to know that the casualties suffered by Jinyang in the fight against the Huns were already very good, almost to the point where five Jinyang infantrymen could replace one Hun cavalryman.

Sometimes, a Jinyang cavalryman could even exchange one for one with the Xiongnu cavalryman.

But who could have thought that these cavalrymen who suddenly appeared would almost overwhelmingly defeat these Hun cavalrymen.

They suffered no casualties and just chased these Hun light cavalry everywhere.

What's happening here?
Li Fengning was completely stunned when he saw this scene.

Where did this cavalry come from?
(End of this chapter)