Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 578: Wind Blows the Grass

He also analyzed the characteristics of the Zhenxi Army with the officers.

The enemy is cavalry and moves quickly, so it is not suitable to engage in a field battle.

If a battle in the wild is unavoidable, multiple units must cooperate to trap and entangle the enemy and then destroy them.

He had just issued the battle strategy, but he didn't expect that the cavalry of the Zhenxi Army would appear in front of his camp early the next morning.

Qiu Jie climbed up the lookout tower in the camp and observed the Zhenxi Army outside the camp.

I saw that the enemy was divided into three groups: left, center and right, each with about 5,000 cavalrymen.

They were already within a mile of the camp.

Qiu Jie was very confused. The Zhenxi Army dared to take the initiative to attack when facing a force nearly twice as large as his own. What was they trying to do?

There were four senior generals around him, all of whom looked disdainful.

"General, since they dare to come, what are we afraid of? Let's fight them."

Qiu Jie shook his head: "I've always heard that Lin Feng of the Zhenxi Army is very cunning. Don't fall for his tricks. Stay calm."

No one thought that the Zhenxi Army was going to attack the camp, so no order to defend was even given.

The three cavalry groups in front of the Black Scarf Army Camp immediately waited a mile away for nearly half an hour.

As a result, the enemy camp was silent and no one went out to fight.

The leaders of the three teams were Wang Qian, Hu Jincai and Li Donglai.

After communicating with each other, the three of them felt that it was not right to wait like this. It would be better to follow the boss's instructions, bypass the camp and head towards Lindu City.

It depends on whether the Black Scarf Army can hold on.

The next moment, Li Donglai's 5,000 cavalrymen on the right side of the enemy camp began to mobilize and slowly moved to the right side of the camp.

At the same time, the 5,000 cavalrymen under Hu Jincai on the left also circled to the left side of the camp.

Only the king in the middle stood still, waiting for the other party's reaction.

Qiu Jie still stayed on the lookout tower, keeping an eye on the movements of the Zhenxi Army.

When he looked at the two teams in confusion and began to move eastward around the camp, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Behind his camp is Lindu City, and his boss, King Fu, is staying in the city.

The camp is less than thirty miles away from the city of Lindu, and the war horses can get there in a short time.

Although he also knew that even if these Zhenxi Army cavalry rushed to the city, they would not be able to break into the city.

But what would King Fu think?

Could it be that he would leave 80,000 troops in the camp and allow the Zhenxi Army to run to the city and approach the boss's mansion?

Definitely not, that would be slapping yourself in the face.

Qiu Jie immediately ordered: "Come here, the first and second battalions will stop the enemy on the left, and the third and fourth battalions will intercept the enemy on the right. Just stop them, no need to pursue."

He was also cautious, knowing that the infantry could not catch up with the cavalry.

As long as the other party doesn't provoke us, we won't chase you and fight you.

The Black Turban Army finally made a move, and tens of thousands of infantrymen swarmed out of the camp.

In front of the camp gate, they split into two groups, left and right, and headed straight for the cavalry of the Zhenxi Army.

Hu Jincai warned the messenger beside him.

"Hold steady, don't run away. Wait until they get close, then shoot them with your bow and arrow."

The Zhenxi Army's combat intentions had already been deployed in a meeting, and all officers knew that they would not charge into battle with the Black Scarf Army.

When the enemy approached within a hundred steps, the soldiers began to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

A large number of feather arrows rose into the sky like a dark cloud and quickly floated towards the Black Scarf Army.

The Black Scarf Army was also an elite soldier who had experienced battles. They immediately raised their shields diagonally upwards to block their heads and faces.

However, he did not stop, but continued to march in neat steps, charging towards the Zhenxi Army cavalry.

After two rounds of shooting, there was little effect.

However, the black scarf soldiers who were attacked by arrows were surprised.

The wooden shield in his hand, which was nearly an inch long, was pierced by the feather arrow, revealing the sharp arrowhead.

Many soldiers' arms, which were used to hold up their shields, were wounded by arrows.

Many feather arrows that were not blocked by the wooden shields penetrated the iron armor and pierced into the body.

The leader of the Black Scarf Army rode on his warhorse and took a glance. He estimated that these two rounds of arrows had knocked down hundreds of soldiers.

For a team of 20,000 people, thousands of arrows only injured a few hundred people.

The leader of the Black Turban Army smiled.

"Haha, everyone says the Zhenxi Army is powerful, how come I didn't see that?"

He immediately gave orders to the troops to speed up and block the Zhenxi Army's way.

On the Zhenxi Army side.

Hu Jincai also nodded and smiled: "Not bad, this is what an army looks like. Let's retreat, slowly."

The cavalry began to retreat slowly, keeping a distance from the Black Scarf Army's infantry that was neither too far nor too close.

The two sides advanced and retreated, gradually spreading out into the fields.

The leader of the Black Scarf Army was not stupid. Seeing that the Zhenxi Army cavalry did not abandon them and had the ability to escape far away, but were still retreating slowly, he knew there was something wrong.

Looking up into the distance, I saw the vast fields stretching as far as the eye could see.

Apart from the weeds, there are a few small trees swaying in the wind.

No ambush was found.

"Split into two teams, move forward and block their way back to camp."

The leader of the Black Scarf Army quickly made a judgment and decided to expand the encirclement and trap the Zhenxi Army cavalry in the middle.

As long as your team can hold on to a small number of cavalry, you will be considered to have held on to the enemy.

As for these Zhenxi cavalrymen in front of us, the consequence of being entangled will definitely be their annihilation.

He had great confidence in his soldiers. Each of them was fearless and brave, like wolves and tigers, who would not let go once they bit someone.

As the Black Scarf Army increased its speed, the Zhenxi Army also increased its speed, and the situation remained one of neither leaving nor abandoning.

The chase and escape lasted for more than ten miles.

The black scarf soldiers began to breathe heavily. No matter how strong you are, you can never beat a warhorse.

They really wanted to hear the order to withdraw, but unfortunately, they didn't know what the leader was thinking, and the entire army was still rushing forward quickly.

Hu Jincai discovered from his warhorse that the Black Scarf Army was on the left side of his team and there were quite a few of them.

It must be to prevent his own team from running towards the camp.

"Everyone, turn around and charge to the right. Kill as many as you can. Don't engage in a lingering fight. Do you understand?"

The general responded loudly, waved to his troops, turned around and started charging to the right rear.

The Zhenxi cavalry suddenly changed their fleeing posture and turned around to charge.

The Black Scarf Army immediately became energized and rushed forward with loud shouts.

The Zhenxi Army cavalry charged quickly, and when they were fifty steps away, they fired their crossbows.

This was so sudden that most of the black scarf soldiers were hit by crossbow arrows before they could raise their shields.

The black-scarfed soldiers who were rushing in the front immediately fell down.

Before one wave subsides, another wave arises.

The crossbows of the Zhenxi Army shot towards them again.

After three rounds of intensive shooting, countless cavalrymen rushed into the Black Scarf Army.

This was a group of over a thousand Black Scarf Army troops, responsible for leading the Zhenxi cavalry to charge into the battle.

As long as they can hold on to this part of the cavalry charging into the battle formation and wait for the large force behind to catch up, it will be considered a great achievement.

However, they miscalculated the impact of the Zhenxi cavalry, and thousands of black scarf soldiers were defeated in less than half a minute.

It wasn't that they wanted to escape, but they were trampled by countless warhorses and were unable to form an effective formation.

The cavalry of the Zhenxi Army was like a gust of wind, blowing up the weeds on the ground.