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But if you cross the bridge, you will be surrounded by the Chu army, so of course you cannot attack by force.

It's just a small number of people in Xiangluo... [-] riders and only a thousand riders left.

Xiang Luo was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but saw the Heijia army heading west again like lightning.

Xiang Luo couldn't help being shocked, and hurriedly ordered:

"Hurry up and report to Wu Zhan's department, so that it must not attack, and must guard the bridge to prevent the enemy from crossing the bridge!"

The messenger responded and rode his horse to the west to report.

In fact, this was Xiang Luo's wrong thinking. The Heijia army was not going west to find trouble with the five thousand cavalry, but they had almost used up their arrows after the two battles, and they were looking for a carriage to replenish their arrows.

Wang Ben fought these two battles very happily. He bowed his hands to Chen Duan with respect and awe and said:

"The captain is good at fighting, but we were able to defeat Chu Qi with one against two, which opened Wang Ben's eyes!"

Chen Duan smiled and said:

"Where is this my way of fighting?"

"If it wasn't for the training of the lieutenant general, how would we know that riding and archery has so many benefits?"

Wang Ben's jaw almost dropped when he heard this... Is this Shen Bing's tactic again? !

2 Chapter Twenty

In this battle, the Black Armor Army only lost more than [-] people.

Most of these more than twenty people were injured by Chu Qi because they were unsure of their balance and accidentally fell off their horses during the battle.

At least Chu Qi said that there were more than [-] casualties.

The reason for the approximate number is that it is unclear how many stragglers fled to the woods and hid.

This casualty ratio broke the record when the Black Armor Army led the city in a water battle.

On this side of the river, there are corpses of Chu cavalry soldiers everywhere, as well as unowned horses running around.

Of course, the Black Armored Army would not waste it. They collected and collected these horses and Chuqi armors and equipment... In this era when resources are scarce and production is entirely dependent on manpower, these things are not a small fortune.

Especially those war horses, after they were collected, there were more than 2000 horses, and they could almost give another horse to the black armor army.

Of course, the role of these things is sometimes not just as simple as wealth.

After these two battles, Xiang Luo was a little frightened. How could he dare to continue fighting with the Heijia cavalry?

This preparation makes sense.

If the Heijia army can ride and shoot the whole army and wear rattan armor without fear of arrows, then they will be almost invincible in this "non-contact" cavalry battle.

Therefore, once the Heijia army is allowed to sneak across the river, the Chu army on this side of the river will be finished.

On the other hand, Xiang Luo immediately sent a messenger to inform Xiang Yan, which of course included the tactics of the Black Armor Army... He has already suffered, but he can't let Xiang Yan suffer too.

His generals are even persuading Xiang Luo to retreat:

"Lieutenant, the Black Armored Army is powerful, and our army has no countermeasures."

"It's not an option to go on like this. How long will we have to wait until Daliang Army arrives..."

The general said it was indeed reasonable.

The Heijia Army was just the vanguard, and the Daliang Army behind it was the main force of the Qin Army.

At this time, the Heijia Army's cavalry army was unable to attack and cross by force, and it was different when the infantry of the Daliang Army came.

At that time, under the attack of Daliang Army and Heijia Army, how could these Chu cavalry be spared?

How could Xiang Luo not know this, he sighed and said:

"Do you think it's okay to withdraw the troops at this time?"

"As soon as our army withdraws, how can the black armor army not chase and kill them all the way?"

"At that time, I'm afraid that before I return to Rushui, the whole army will be wiped out!"

The general thought about it, it really is.

If Chu Qi wants to withdraw, how can he withdraw?

Leave 2000 people behind?

But 2000 people should meet [-] black armor troops, how can it be enough?

These 2000 people are almost enough to guard a bridge each, but they also need to guard a river that is more than ten miles long?

So it is conceivable that doing so will easily allow the Black Armored Army to cross the river and chase after them. At that time, Chuqi will even be divided into several parts and cannot support each other.

But if more people are sent to the rear, such as two thousand to guard the bridge and two thousand to guard the river along the river... At this time, the total strength of the Chu cavalry is only more than [-], and leaving four thousand in the rear is not called withdrawing troops, but fleeing for their lives.

In other words, the Chu army was not only defeated this time, but the remaining six thousand horsemen were stuck here because of the strength of the Heijia army, and they dared not move.

Xiang Luo sighed and said:

"I originally thought that [-] cavalry could quickly encircle and annihilate the Black Armored Army, but I didn't expect these [-] Black Armored Army to encircle and annihilate me with [-] cavalry!"

Although this is somewhat ironic, it is true.

The Ministry will be a little nervous and ask:

"Captain, what should I do?"

Xiang network replied:

"This place is more than a hundred miles away from Ruyin, and the Daliang army should arrive around noon tomorrow."

"Our army will guard here overnight, and when it gets dark, our army can take advantage of the night to retreat."

The generals nodded in agreement.

This is indeed a good idea. If Chu Qi wants to escape, he can only escape at night.

Because the tactics of sticking to the enemy like the Black Cavalry require good visibility, it is difficult to use them at night.

For example, in the dark, it is very easy to distinguish between the enemy and ourselves.

In fact, it is good to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, because the Heijia army is full of black armor, while the Chu army wears reflective leather armor, which can be distinguished by a little moonlight or starlight.

The problem is that bows need to be shot at a relatively long distance, and if the black armored army is invisible at night in black armor, the horses will easily bump into each other... This is not a joke, if you fall off the horse, you will almost die.

The more serious problem is that you can't see the terrain clearly at night and you can't run fast with your horse.

For example, there is a pit on the ground, or there is a dead tree lying in front of you...

If this is galloping in the dark night and galloping as a whole team, if you fall down and form a chain reaction, you don't need the enemy to kill at all, and you will lose more than half of yourself.

However, if the speed of the Black Armor Army slows down, another problem will arise: without the speed advantage, it will be impossible to keep a distance from the enemy and carry out "non-contact warfare."

So this network is considered a talent, and he can deduce that the Black Armor Army's tactics are not suitable for night battles by virtue of his familiarity with horses.

However, even though Xiang Luo was clever, he still missed one point: the marching speed of the Daliang Army was not as slow as he thought.

Xiang Luo took it for granted to calculate the Daliang Army based on the marching speed of other infantry.

Ruanqiao Town is more than a hundred miles away from Ruyin, and the infantry marches fifty miles a day, so it takes two full days.

At this time, it was only one day before the Daliang Army dispatched troops, which meant that the Daliang Army would not arrive until around noon tomorrow.

That's fine.

However, under the training of Shen Bing, Daliang Army had already adapted to jogging, and without armor, it was not a problem to march seventy miles a day.

In addition, he drove for a while at night, so he arrived at Ruanqiao Town at Shenshi that afternoon.

I won't say anything about the next situation.

As soon as Daliang Junbu arrived, he immediately attacked Chuqi.

It is the bridge guarded by Chu Qi who is attacking.

The Heijia Army was afraid of being besieged by Chu Qi at the bridgehead, but the infantry of the Daliang Army were not afraid, especially the Daliang Army was equipped with wolf whisks.

I saw a group of infantry steadily crossing the river along the wooden bridge to the opposite bank and forming an arc formation.

Chu Qi also hoped to block the Daliang army with bows and crossbows, but the Daliang soldiers held rattan shields to block them, and those crossbows could not hurt them at all.

If the crossbow arrows don't work, let alone charge.

In this era, chariots are usually used for charging. As for the cavalry... Just use a carbine to block it, and the cavalry charging will fall off the horse in rows.

So Chuqi had only two choices: either dismount and fight or run away.

It's really not a good choice.

The Qin army had 3000 Daliang troops plus [-] Heijia troops, a total of [-] people.

However, the Chu army only had more than [-] cavalry, and the [-] cavalry who were frightened by the black armor army and feared that the soldiers had no morale, how could they fight?

So Xiang Luo no longer cared about whether he was hunted down or not, and fled with his subordinates as soon as he gave an order.

The Black Armored Army was not too polite, they crossed the bridge and chased after them... Three thousand cavalry chased and killed more than [-] enemy cavalry, and the enemy cavalry had almost no power to resist. This is also a spectacle.

Chapter 221 Return to Teacher

In the end, when Xiang Luo and others fled to Rushui, there were only two thousand horses left.

And this is not over yet, when Chu Qi gathered in Rushui to cross the river, he was attacked again by the black armor army.

In fact, Chu Qi didn't need to be afraid at this time. They just needed to get off their horses and form a shield formation and wait for the friendly army on the other side to send a boat to meet them.

But Chu Qi had been chased by the Black Armored Army all the way, and at this time he had no intention of fighting. In the panic, many people jumped into the river desperately to escape.

As a result, the Chu army lost another group of cavalry for no reason.

It wasn't until the Chu army on the other side sent reinforcements by boat that the Heijia army turned around and drove away.

Shen Bing did not participate in the whole battle.

As soon as he came up, he saw piles of spoils in Ruanqiao Town: armor, bronze swords, crossbows, and more than two thousand strong horses lined up neatly.

While Shen Bing was marveling at the results of the battle, Chen Duan led the Black Armored Army and brought back more than [-] horses, and the horses were still carrying bundles of leather armor.

It wasn't war horses that Wei Xi was looking for, he had already been ordered to lead the Daliang army, and the Daliang army was infantry, so it would be useless to equip them with war horses.

Those leather armors he fancy.

In fact, leather armor is not cheaper than bronze armor at all, but because it is light, it is more equipped with cavalry troops. If it can be used by the Liang army, he will not choose it.

So Wei Wei said to Shen Bing:

"Lieutenant General, the Black Armor Army already has rattan armor, so it's not as good as this leather armor..."

Shen Bing replied:

"You go and count them, and if there are more than [-], they will be allocated to the Daliang Army.

"Reserve the rest for other purposes, and distribute them to Daliang Army later."

Wei Xing was overjoyed, and immediately took his personal guards to take stock.

After counting, there were more than [-] pieces, so more than [-] pieces were distributed to Daliang Army.

Without any hesitation, Wei Xi gave the leather armors to the Sword and Shield Hand immediately.

Sword and shield fighters stand at the front of the team and are the most dangerous position, and of course they need leather armor the most.

Xiang Yan on the other side also received a message from Xiang Luo at this time.

He was taken aback when he saw the tactics of the Black Armored Army, and secretly said:

"This Shen soldier is so good. The black armored army trained is not only invincible on the water, but also invincible in the cavalry army."

"There are such benefits in riding and archery? Why have I never heard of it?"

In fact, the benefits of riding and archery are not a secret in this era, especially for the northern countries such as Qin, Zhao, and Yan.They have been fighting the Huns for a long time, and the Huns used this method of warfare.

Even 28 years later, Liu Bang was defeated by the Huns using this tactic.

However, countries in the Central Plains generally did not take this tactic seriously.