12dz Chapter 311 Great Xia Kingdom Cavalry
Chapter 311 Great Xia Kingdom Cavalry
Twenty minutes later, Zhang Fei led a regiment of ten thousand cavalrymen out of the woods, and Rachel followed closely behind, entering the forest less than two miles away from Zhang Fei.
After walking for a few more minutes, a scout ran up to Zhang Fei and reported, "Reporting to the brigade commander, the enemy soldiers have entered the woods!"
Zhang Fei ordered his troops to halt and turn to meet the enemy. Rachel led ten thousand cavalry across the forest road, but before they even left the woods, scouts reported that the enemy soldiers had stopped and were waiting outside the forest.
Rachel feared that if he left, the Chinese soldiers would continue their journey back to Tovia. He planned to engage the Chinese soldiers in a brief battle before fleeing, drawing them away to other places so they could not return to the Tovia battlefield.
Before Laher could charge out of the woods to meet Zhang Fei, shouts and neighing of horses suddenly came from the woods on both sides behind him. Countless Hua soldiers and cavalrymen rushed out from the depths of the woods and surrounded Laher's 10,000 cavalrymen.
Hearing the commotion in the woods, Zhang Fei knew the attack had begun. Before Laher could come out, he led his troops into the woods and blocked the road in front of Laher.
Seeing the enemy cavalry rush out of the woods, Rachel knew he had been ambushed and immediately ordered a retreat, but was stopped by the Chinese cavalry who were the first to charge out.
These 10,000 Dayuan cavalry were not originally intended to fight the Hua soldiers; their mission was to lure Zhang Fei's cavalry away, so they were not prepared for battle at any time.
Having just crossed the river twice, the icy water splashed all over him, leaving him soaking wet and shivering. Now, surrounded by cavalry three times his size, he was thrown into chaos, with men and horses falling to the ground.
Rachel led his personal guards to charge backward, but was stopped by Cao Zhen and Yu Digen. Some soldiers tried to escape into the woods, but most were also stopped and fought.
Zhang Fei, wielding a serpent spear, charged in from the east side of the woods, killing dozens of enemy soldiers along the way, as if he were in an empty field.
After fighting Cao Zhen and Yu Digen for a long time without success, Laher saw more and more Chinese cavalry rushing out of the woods. Retreating along the way they came was no longer possible. So he abandoned the two men and led his personal guards eastward, trying to break through Zhang Fei's direction.
Rachel was a decent fighter; he killed several Chinese soldiers along the way and led dozens of his personal guards across half the battlefield, only to run into Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei, having been outmaneuvered by Rachel for so long, was feeling incredibly frustrated when he saw an enemy general leading a troop of brightly armored cavalry charging towards him. He knew this was the enemy commander. With a roar, Zhang Fei thrust his steel spear fiercely towards Rachel's chest.
Rachel kept an eye on the road ahead as he ran, knowing Zhang Fei was just ahead. Although it was dark in the forest and visibility was poor, Zhang Fei's size was so enormous that Rachel finally spotted him less than ten meters away.
Seeing Zhang Fei thrusting at him with a spear, Rachel didn't engage. Instead, she ducked and tried to slip past him, escaping to the east.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei was a very experienced fighter. As soon as he saw Rachel make a dodging move, he knew that Rachel did not want to fight and wanted to pass by and run away.
Zhang Fei didn't have time to lower his spear to assassinate Rachel. Instead, he suddenly raised his leg, stood up, and kicked to the right, sending Rachel, who was riding his horse and about to cut in front of him, flying to the side of the road. The horse neighed and ran for dozens of meters before realizing that its master was not on its back, and then stopped and ran back.
At this moment, Zhang Fei had already turned his horse around and charged towards Rachel, who was rolling on the ground.
Rachel was kicked away by Zhang Fei and fell to the ground, where he was dazed and confused. Before he could even see what was happening, Zhang Fei pierced his chest with a spear, killing him instantly.
The First Regiment, Second Battalion, and Third Battalion, totaling over 6,000 men, defended the other two directions of the triangular formation, leaving no direct route for the cavalry charge against Pochi.
Aside from a few cowardly Xia soldiers who deliberately avoided the frontal assault and instead flanked the enemy lines instead of following Pochi's orders, the Second and Third Battalions did not suffer much of a charge from Pochi's cavalry. Pochi seemed to have no intention of using classic cavalry guerrilla tactics.
Tactics: They still hoped to crush the Chinese soldiers in one fell swoop.
Seeing that the Xia Kingdom cavalry did not use guerrilla tactics for an outer attack, but instead charged directly into the formation from the First Battalion's defensive line, Sun Li was overjoyed. He ordered the First Battalion to relax its defenses a little, allowing the enemy soldiers to truly charge into the enemy ranks.
After Boqi's several thousand cavalry charged in, Sun Li ordered the Second and Third Battalions to turn around and surround the several thousand Xia cavalrymen who had rushed into the ranks, and to carry out a fierce attack.
Less than two hours later, Boqi, the cavalry leader of the Great Xia Kingdom who had boasted before setting out that he would annihilate the vanguard of the Hua soldiers, slunk away with more than 2000 remnants of the Great Xia Kingdom and fled back to the Babuyan camp on the grassland in a sorry state.
Sun Li's army killed more than 5000 enemy soldiers, captured more than 2000, and seized several thousand warhorses, while suffering less than a thousand casualties. It was a super victory for soldiers against cavalry.
At 10 p.m., Yu Jin's troops arrived at the site of the battle. This place was less than 80 li away from the Babuyan Daxia organization. Yu Jin learned that Babuyan had sent cavalry to intercept them. In order to prevent the marching column from being too long and being cut off by enemy cavalry, Yu Jin ordered the organization to change the marching method after leaving the Gobi Desert.
The 132nd Society abolished the vanguard organization, Sun Li's Corps returned to the first position, the brigade and the soldier camp were changed to parallel advancing soldiers, forming a rectangular soldier formation that was four or five hundred meters wide and only three kilometers long, and advanced towards the Babuyan Daxia organization.
Boqi led more than two thousand defeated soldiers back to Babuyan's grassland camp and reported the results of the first battle to Babuyan.
Hearing that most of his 10,000 cavalrymen had been killed or wounded, Babuyan was furious. It should be noted that the Great Xia Kingdom didn't produce many horses; most were purchased from Dayuan, Wuxi Feizu, and the Western Roman Empire. His entire southern camp only had 20,000 cavalrymen, all of whom Babuyan had brought to the grasslands.
Now, Pochi led 10,000 cavalry to attack the enemy's 10,000 soldiers. Not only did he not gain any advantage, but the enemy annihilated more than 5,000 of his men and captured more than 2,000. Pochi only brought back 2,000 men, and all of them were wounded. Their weapons and armor were almost all lost.
"Quickly, someone, drag this guy out and kill him!" Feeling that this defeat would have an extremely negative impact on the morale of his soldiers and unable to explain it to his subordinates, Babuyan had no choice but to order the execution of Boqi.
Upon hearing that Babuyan intended to execute him, Boqi refused to comply, his eyes widening as he struggled and cried out, "General, spare my life! This humble general has something to say!"
"Wait!" Babuyan waved his hand to stop the guard's movements, his eyes blazing as he glared at Boqi and said, "What else do you have to say?"
"General, it's not that I wasn't brave in battle, but all the enemy soldiers were Chinese. They were valiant, their formation was tight, and their weapons were sharp. We couldn't possibly defeat them!" Boqi broke free from the two guards' hold and lay on the ground, panting as he argued.