Chapter four hundred and fifty seventh: Fangtou fierce battle
Lu Fan stood there with his war horse, staring at the thick smoke rolling in the distance under the morning light and the fire that soared into the sky. After almost a night of running around, they rushed to Fangtou, but they were still one step late. The ships in the Baiqu were all moaning in the fire at this time.
This also means that their last road to retreat smoothly was completely cut off.
The scouts ran over from the direction of the fire. There were about a dozen when they went, but when they came back, only three were left.
"Chengde Wolf Cavalry! Chengde Wolf Cavalry!" The three scouts rolled their saddle and said in a trembling voice: "General Lu, we met the defeated soldiers of the Fangtou Navy. Chengde Wolf Cavalry raided Fangtou. In the early morning, they set fire to burn all the ships, and even the dock was destroyed. We inquired forward again, met their scouts, and only the three of us came back."
Lu Fan's body trembled slightly, lowered his head, pursed his lips tightly, and after a while, he said, "How many times has Chengde Lang ridden come?"
The scout reluctantly calmed down: "According to those defeated soldiers, there were more than two thousand cavalry."
Lu Fan took a deep breath. The formal organization of Chengde Wolf Cavalry was only 100 cavalry, but their supplementary cavalry had nearly 2,000 cavalry. Together, they formed a military force like Chengde Wolf Cavalry that was terrifying the north.
"General, retreat, Fangtou has no way to go." A general came up and whispered: "Retreat and find another way."
Lu Fan glanced at the general and knew that the general was already scared when facing the Chengde Wolf Cavalry.
He said coldly: "Look at our brothers, look at our war horses, and run back at this time. Do you think we can run better than Chengde Wolf Rider? Let others chase and beat them?"
The general looked back at the tired soldiers and sweaty war horses behind him, and was speechless immediately.
Of course it can't be escaped.
"If we retreat now, the Chengde Wolf Cavalry only needs to be behind us and catch up with us for a while, without them taking action. All our own war horses are exhausted." Lu Fan took a deep breath: "I'll order the entire army to rest on the spot, eat, and be ready to fight. Only now have the only way forward or there is still a way out."
"As for the order!" The general held his fists helplessly and took the order away.
"You guys, move back and find Cao Shuai and tell him that Fangtou should not come. Shi Zhuang's troops are one of the most elite troops under Li Ze's command. Even if there are only more than 10,000 people, if they cannot defeat them and are dragged by them, they will inevitably be trapped in a siege and cannot escape. Let Cao Shuai go north. In the north, Heishan is Qin Zhao's troops. It is an army that is pieced together from east to west. It is not strong in combat power and the fighting will is far from comparable to Shi Zhuang's troops. If they can defeat them and escape into Heishan, they can still hold on for a while and wait for Zhuang Zhu to lead his army to aid." Lu Fan said.
"As for your order!" The three scouts nodded repeatedly, turned their horses and headed towards the Acropolis.
After doing all this, Lu Fan took out a handful of beans from his pocket and leaned over to the horse's mouth. While watching the horse chewing the beans, he gently combed the horse's long mane.
Also as an excellent cavalry general, Lu Fan not only did not convince himself of the Chengde Wolf Cavalry, who was known as the world's No. 1 cavalry, but of course he also had extremely in-depth research and never gave up on the other party's in-depth investigation. After deeply studying the previous battles of the Chengde Wolf Cavalry, he had to admit with some discouragement that the Chengde Wolf Cavalry is indeed the title of the world's No. 1 cavalry.
Fortunately, their formal organization only has one hundred riders.
While ensuring their 100 cavalry's combat effectiveness, they could not expand this cavalry into a large army. If they had a thousand people, they could do whatever they could do without a single person.
But it is almost impossible to select a thousand such people, unless Li Ze has the ability to unify the world in the future and select personnel within the Tang Dynasty.
As for the supplementary cavalry of Chengde Wolf Cavalry, Lu Fan believed that at most it was similar to the core elite under his command. Even if he was a little stronger, he would not be much stronger.
What made Lu Fan even more jealous was Li Ze's investment in the army under his command at all costs.
The Chengde Wolf Cavalry is undoubtedly one of the best-treated troops under Li Ze. In addition to paying salaries, their entire equipment is also jealous.
Li Anguo was already willing to invest enough. If Li Ze came to power, his investment in the army was even better than that. It would be impossible to describe soldiers and monsters as armed to the teeth.
Although the enemy is strong, I am not useless. The 5,000 cavalry under my command are twice as many as the opponent. As long as I rest well, I will not be unable to fight with the opponent.
What if you win?
Even if you can't win, as long as you can destroy the opponent and make the opponent unable to enter the battlefield, it will be extremely helpful for the main force to break through.
Half an hour later, a slight sound of thunder came from his ears. Lu Fan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground and sleeping with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up from the ground. Almost as he stood up, the five thousand cavalry under his command also stood up from the ground.
Lu Fan turned over the horse and held the gun and smiled: "Today our opportunity is here. The enemy in front of us is known as the number one cavalry in the world. If you defeat them, this name will be ours!"
Thousands of cavalry raised their weapons and shouted in unison.
Lu Fan nodded with satisfaction. The soldiers he led had never lost their ambitions.
Smoke and dust gradually rose in the distance, and a black-armored cavalry gradually became clear in Lu Fan's vision. About two miles away, the cavalry on the opposite side slowed down and finally stopped.
The black flag was embroidered with a white wolf head, and the more than a hundred riders in the front were indeed as rumored to say, the helmet was in the style of a wolf head. At this moment, except for the person in the front who lifted up the face armor, the rest were tightly pulled the face armor.
Behind them, two thousand supplementary cavalry were wearing ordinary helmets.
The wolf helmet is the iconic equipment of the official De Wolf Rider.
What made Lu Fan's eyelids twitch were the sabers of the same style of the more than 2,000 cavalrymen in front of him. One hundred Chengde wolf cavalry were covered with armor, and even the horses were wearing leather armor. Helmets were also installed on the horse's heads, and the sharp blades on the helmets were shining. Only the war horses that were selected under their crotch could withstand the long battles of such armored knights. The remaining two thousand cavalry were wearing leather armor, but the horse's heads were without helmets, and everyone was wearing half-body armor.
Except for the generals, the rest of his five thousand cavalry were all wearing leather armor, and they were indeed incomparable to the other party's equipment.
Lu Fan slowly raised the spear in his hand.
Five thousand cavalry behind him rushed forward at the same time, raising the weapons in his hand.
Two miles away, Min Rou looked at the cavalry in the distance and nodded in admiration. As a cavalry general, he admired the other party's reaction and arrangement.
Instead of running away, he prepared for a battle, but broke his idea of winning easily earlier.
This is a strong opponent.
But the stronger the opponent, the more excited he is.
He raised his saber in his hand high, and pulled the armor with his other hand, without giving any orders. He just destroyed the war horse with his legs and jumped forward first.
Chengde Wolf Cavalry has always been the highest general who charges in front.
One hundred wolf riders were in the shape of an arrow and ran forward immediately.
Behind them, two thousand cavalrymen were added, and each hundred people were a charge formation, led by an officer, divided into dozens of charge formations and galloped forward.
When the Chengde Wolf Cavalry launched a charge, the five thousand cavalry under Lu Fan also shouted in unison. Amid the sound of shaking clouds, the two cavalry quickly approached and collided with the rumbling sound.
When Cao Huan received Lu Fan's warning, it was already afternoon. Fangtou was lost and the ship was burned, completely cutting off his original idea. As Lu Fan said, now he can only go north and go to Heishan.
Without any hesitation, he immediately ordered the entire army to turn north and head towards Black Mountain. He could not delay the time Lu Fan earned for him. No matter what the result of Lu Fan's battle was, even if Lu Fan wins by chance, he could not change the ending of Fangtou's about to be lost.
At this time, in the direction of Heishan, Qin Zhao's troops had already begun to build a defensive camp on the spot. Cao Xin's estimates were being fulfilled one by one in advance. When there was no way out, Cao Huan would definitely choose Qin Zhao, which seemed to be better.
Even though he was a little dissatisfied, Qin Zhao had to admit that compared with Wuwei's military and horses, the soldiers under his command were indeed much worse. Of course, even his earlier Yuan Cong Guard could not be compared with the elite soldiers of Wuwei.
Holding the important road and striving to completely annihilate Cao Huan is Qin Zhao's best choice at this moment, and it is also his opportunity to prove that his subordinates are not wasteful. Qin Zhao wanted to prove to Cao Huan that it was also a mistake for him to choose himself.
Cao Huan was retreating towards Heishan. Qin Zhao built a defense line in Heishan. Cao Xin led his troops to chase him closely. Wen Fu, who was in the south, also rectified his troops at this time, led his troops out of the Acropolis and advanced towards Heishan. Tu Lichun, with thousands of cavalry, was also pressing towards Heishan.
But in Fangtou, fierce battles are still going on.
The unique mobility of the cavalry makes the battle between the two sides extremely wide, and within a range of more than ten miles, there are cavalry battles everywhere. The establishment of both sides has long been broken up at this time. Whether it is Lu Fan or Min Rou, the two supreme commanders, have lost control of their subordinates.
However, the difference is that Min Rou always follows his Chengde Wolf Cavalry's regular soldiers, while the supplementary cavalrymen are divided into one hundred-man team, but the small teams are always gathered together. Even though some hundred-man teams have only half of their men left at this moment, they are still organized and leaders.
Lu Fan's cavalry could not do this.
Chapter completed!