At this time, seeing Li Chong and Xu Jing acting like this, Li Qi snorted coldly. He was dissatisfied and disdainful, but he didn't say anything. He raised the halberd to his knees and led his troops to attack a group of enemies from the side and front.

The rider hit him head-on.

At this time, Li Chong couldn't care less about his brother's contempt. He was thinking that if he could get to the foot of Yashan first and stand firm, he might have enough energy to divide his troops to support the subsequent breakout troops.

But he couldn't see that at the foot of Yashan Mountain directly in front of them, in the dense forest, more than a thousand cavalrymen and horses, all wearing black armor, followed the gesture of the commander Pang Xiong, picked up their weapons one after another, turned over and rode on the back of the horse.

Get up, pull up the reins, and step out of the woods at an extremely slow speed.

On the fallen grass, Xuan Jiaqi looked like the god of death harvesting life, waiting for the first wave of defenders to break out...

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The biggest shortcoming of the armored heavy cavalry is the lack of the ability to maneuver over medium and long distances. However, the Central Plains war horses selected by the Xuanjia Cavalry are strong and tall, which overcomes the problem of insufficient short-range impact speed to a certain extent. In a short period of time, it is even faster than

The dwarf horses introduced by Dachu from Sichuan, Yunnan and other places were faster.

In the wilderness of less than four or five miles from the southeastern shore of Longyou Lake to the foot of Yashan Mountain, once more than a thousand black armored cavalry increased their speed, they surged forward like a black angry wave, and the ground shook like thunder.

If Li Xiu and Li Qi led 3,000 elite cavalry, they might dare to confront more than 1,000 black armored cavalry in the vast wilderness. But usually, unless absolutely necessary, they would still choose to avoid it and try their best to distance themselves.

To weaken the enemy's horse power.

For Li Chong and Xu Jing at this time, they were both horse and infantry behind them.

As for the so-called horse infantry, the main combat mode is to use horses, mules and other livestock to save physical strength during movement, carry out medium and long-distance maneuvers at a fast speed, and dismount to fight in formation when encountering the enemy.

The training of generals on horseback and horse fighting is not as good as that of real cavalry. The armor they are equipped with mainly consists of shields, spears and long bows that are inconvenient to handle on horseback. They are not suitable for horse fighting, let alone hedging against heavy armored cavalry.

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Seeing the enemy cavalry all in black armor fighting out of the woods at the foot of Yashan Mountain, Li Chong's heart beat like a drum and his face turned ashen, as if there was an invisible giant hand made of iron, squeezing his throat tightly.

, making him breathless.

On the left is Longyou Lake. Although it is frozen, Longyou Lake is open for more than ten miles. It is unclear whether the ice on the lake can withstand thousands of cavalry trampling on it.

What's even more terrible is that Longyou Lake is extremely shallow, and large reeds are exposed on the ice. They can be ignited with rockets and burn into pieces, which can also melt the lake ice.

On the right is Li Xiu and the cavalry of Li Qi.

Retreating are the remnants of the navy under Gao Chengyuan.

They could not charge forward, and were only three or four miles away from the enemy's heavy cavalry charge line. They hurriedly dismounted and formed a formation, able to withstand the impact of the first wave of heavy armored cavalry groups that hit them like a huge wave.

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"Go southeast!" Xu Jing shouted.

To the southeast was the gap between the southern end of Longyou Lake and Nha Mountain, which was about four miles wide. The edge of the gap was 700 steps away from them, which was slightly further than the enemy's cavalry forward line. However, counting the time, they rushed forward.

They could reach the gap before engaging the enemy cavalry, and then break out to the east along the edge of the lake shore. However, the only people who could break out of the gap in time might be them and hundreds of people around them.

Not to mention Gao Chengyuan's troops behind them, the more than 4,000 horse infantry led by them behind them were only three miles apart at this time.

What they did was actually pulling the entire array of horse and infantry behind them diagonally to the southeast, and then directly exposing their flanks to the enemy's heavy armored cavalry to rush and kill them.

The only good thing is that they and the personal guards around them may successfully escape.

Xu Jing was the head of the Privy Council's Staff Department, but Li Chong was the commander of the group of horse and infantry behind him. However, he only hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and shouted: "Let's go!" He took the lead in galloping to the southeast...

"Idiot!" Seeing this scene, Li Xiu couldn't help but yell.

The enemy had an ambush hidden under Nha Mountain. How could they leave a gap on the southeast side?

If you don't dare to dismount and form a formation to fight the enemy, even if you step on the ice of Longyou Lake, your chances of winning will be slightly higher!

However, Li Chong did not dare to risk his life. The situation was already bad and he could not change it. Whether he, Li Qi and the men behind him could survive, how many people could survive, and whether they could successfully cut through the right front

The enemy cavalry were approaching as densely as a dark cloud.

Gao Chengyuan led the remnants of the navy behind the horse infantry. The terrain was slightly lower, and the men were on horseback. However, friendly cavalry was galloping in front and on the right side. The field of vision was not wide, and he and the generals were just trotting forward.

Among the generals of the Dragon Bird Army, Guo Liang was already a young and brave general who was awarded the post of General of Yuhou more than ten years ago just after he passed the age of weak crown. It was only because of the rebellion of the old Dragon Bird Army chief that the old army suffered heavy losses and was implicated.

It's just a few hundred old soldiers who have been guarding the old Longque Army for ten years.

Li Zhigao, Chai Jian, Zhou Shu and others were young generals who grew up in the army following the first general of Chu, Li Yu, the king of eastern Zhejiang Province. Li Yu retired, and Li Zhigao, Chai Jian, Zhou Shu and others became the backbone of the Xinchang Hou Mansion.

, ability and knowledge are all extraordinary.

Gao Chengyuan was selected by the late emperor as a guard of the Chongwen Palace because of his loyalty, bravery and studiousness. Later, he was able to command the guards at Linjiang Marquis Mansion, and then served as the capital of Yuhou in the Longque Army. Only then did he have the experience of truly commanding more than a thousand men. Later, because of Yanyou,

The emperor trusted him and entrusted him with the important task of organizing and training the water camp.

He knew that his talents were mediocre, so he never dared to slack off when training his generals.

More than 3,000 remnants of the navy trotted out of the city for more than ten miles, and the distance between them and the horse and infantry was only five or six hundred paces. In fact, the entire formation of the horse and infantry was pulled to the left by Li Chong and Xu Jing in front.

When Gao Chengyuan turned to the side and cleared his sight ahead, he discovered that the forward line of more than a thousand Xuanjia Cavalry was less than three miles away from him.

At this moment, Gao Chengyuan seemed to have been struck by thunder, and he subconsciously reined in his horse, almost falling off the horse.

"Run to the lake!" The generals on the left and right shouted.

Gao Chengyuan turned his horse's head in confusion, and wanted to turn east with his subordinates and the generals, thinking of taking the risk of walking through the ice of Longyou Lake, but the next moment he suddenly came to his senses and shouted: "Don't panic, generals."

Charge forward, don't be afraid of death and follow me on the left front to block the enemy's advance!"

The generals on the left and right were all senior generals brought by Gao Chengyuan in recent years. When they heard Gao Chengyuan's order, they were puzzled at first, but they were used to obeying Gao Chengyuan's orders. Then they each led their own horses, and Qingluo's family followed them. There were about three

Hundreds of people, following Gao Chengyuan, gathered on the left front wing and made way for the passage on the right to allow the remaining soldiers behind to continue moving forward.

By the time Gao Chengyuan led them on horseback and rushed to the left front towards the flank of the Xuanjia Cavalry, the front of the Xuanjia Cavalry was already like a sharp knife, cutting into the flank of the horse infantry.

The flanks of the entire cavalry and infantry formation had no resistance at all, and no military attache stepped forward to pull out a group of troops to block the front of the Xuanjia Cavalry. When the entire formation was pulled to the left, it was already due to the

Fearful of war and death, it has been compressed extremely tightly and chaotically against the lake shore.

In fact, the moment they came into contact with the more than 300 cavalry forwards of the Xuanjia Cavalry, the horse and infantry formation had already collapsed, and some people even fled to Longyou Lake to the northeast of them.

If they had just chosen to flee towards Longyou Lake, they would have been blocked by the rout of horse and infantry troops, and they would have been completely routed.

Because the Xuanjia Cavalry was tilted toward the southeast in response to the horse infantry formation, in order to make it easier to attack the flanks of the horse infantry, during the impact process, the three waves of cavalry formations also adjusted their directions and moved toward the northeast.

The Xuanjia cavalry forward has already entered the cavalry and infantry formation. The second group of cavalry formation is less than 200 steps away from the flank of the cavalry infantry. Their speed has reached the extreme. It is impossible to adjust the direction hastily without causing chaos. Only the third group can

The more than two hundred heavy armored cavalry were moved a little further away. The speed had not reached the extreme yet, and the direction of the sprint could be adjusted. At this moment, both the left and right generals understood that Gao Chengyuan was going to lead them to fight to the death and hold down the two hundred heavy armored cavalry.
Chapter completed!