Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 348: The Battle at Anping City Continues

On the top of the city wall of Anping County, the county magistrate Gao Xian and his son Gao Jinda were both nervously looking at the two large armies outside the city that were about to engage in battle.

Gao Xian couldn't help but ask Le Anbo Liu Shihao who was calm and composed:

"Mr. Earl! Look! Should we send some troops to support the young earl?"

Liu Shihao had no expression on his face and shook his head.

"No need! Five thousand cavalrymen are fighting against less than thirty thousand infantrymen. If they can't win, this kid's trip to the Northern Wilderness will be in vain!"

"What's more, although there are several thousand soldiers in the city, if we want to go out of the city to help, it will only make things worse."

"Even if something unexpected happens and the rebel army takes advantage of the situation and breaks in, our defense of this city will be in vain!"

"Your Excellency, just watch the battle with peace of mind!"

Gongsun Yian looked at the thousands of cavalrymen on the opposite side and now felt a little regretful:

Although this little butcher did not bring back the Zhenhuang Army, five or six thousand cavalrymen are still difficult to deal with.

Can his 25,000 most elite men defeat the little butcher's 5,000 cavalry?

Although he had managed to piece together a cavalry of several thousand men, could his cavalry compare with that of the little butcher?

Our own cavalry were made up of ordinary people who had just put down their hoes, axes and saws, and their horses were slow horses used to pull goods and plow the fields. Only a pitiful few percent of them were wearing armor!

As for the little butcher, his men were either well-trained professional soldiers or barbarians who had been on horseback since childhood, and most of their horses were specially trained war horses.

There is no comparison at all!

As for the more than 20,000 infantrymen, although they had seen blood and had some combat experience, only 30% of them were wearing armor.

How to fight this battle?

But this battle has to be fought!

It is a fantasy for the infantry to want to escape in front of the cavalry! They can't outrun them at all!

On the contrary, if we fight hard, there may be a turning point.

The infantry phalanx with spears and lances can also restrain the cavalry.

And he just happened to have nearly ten thousand spearmen and lancers.

A short spear is a gun, a long spear is a spear. In fact, in my eyes, there is not much difference between a gun and a spear.

"This Gongsun Yian is quite skilled in combat. He even knows how to form a spear formation to protect the archers and short-bladed infantry!"

Qin Jiu looked at the battle formation of the opposing army and commented.

Liu Feiyun nodded and said:

"They are indeed quite skilled! However, those spearmen are not a concern. Instead, the several thousand cavalry are a bit troublesome! Let's send a thousand unarmored barbarian cavalry to raid the enemy's formation, attack the enemy infantry with bows and arrows, and lure out the enemy cavalry at the same time."

Qin Jiu added: "Then destroy them with light armor!"

"Not bad!"

More than a thousand unarmored barbarian cavalrymen flew back and forth in front of the chaotic army in a show of force, launching wave after wave of arrows.

Although the casualties caused by each wave of arrow rain were not great, it was really infuriating to see their unscrupulous behavior.

Gongsun Yian saw that a long time had passed and Liu Feiyun's main force had not made any move. They just watched the performance of the thousand or so barbarian cavalrymen, and he became more and more angry and uneasy.

"What is this little butcher doing? Does he want to use these thousands of barbarians to wear down my army? What a joke!"

"But why didn't his main army move? Could it be that... he was trying to recover his strength?"

"That must be the case. His cavalry just fought a great battle and rushed here in a hurry. They must be exhausted!"

"Damn it! I shouldn't have given them a chance to breathe!"

When Gongsun Yian thought of this, he immediately gave the order for all the cavalry to attack, half of them to drive away the barbarian cavalry, and the other half to detour to the side of Liu Feiyun's main camp and wait for the opportunity to move. At the same time, he personally commanded the infantry formation to press towards Liu Feiyun's main camp.

"The infantry took the initiative to press on the cavalry! Does Gongsun Yian have any common sense about military affairs? He can even do such a stupid thing!"

Tuo Dajun looked at the chaotic infantry formation that was pressing forward, and for a moment he didn't know what to say! "

Qin Jiu said:

"It's not impossible for the infantry to attack the cavalry, but that's not the way he attacks! Sir, it's time for us to go to war!"

Liu Feiyun also said:

"Yes, it's time to go to battle!"

"Order! Light armored troops go around to the side and rear of the enemy formation and launch a long-range attack. Heavy armored troops attack the enemy cavalry on the side. If the enemy cavalry dares not to fight, attack the enemy infantry formation from the side."

"The Barbarian Cavalry continue to pin down the other half of the enemy cavalry!"

"When the enemy's formation is in disarray, the heavy armor will sweep it away, the light armor will cover it, and the barbarian cavalry will raid the formation and chase the fleeing enemy!"

"Army attack!"

When Liu Feiyun's entire army began to move, everyone on the city wall became nervous.

Even Liu Shihao, who had been extremely calm before, was no longer calm:

"Order the Tiger Guards, the local soldiers, and the selected local warriors to assemble at the city gate and be ready to go out of the city and kill the enemy at any time!"

Gao Xian became even more nervous after hearing this, and Gao Jinda blurted out:

"My Lord Earl..., didn't you say earlier that even if the soldiers in the city left the city... they would only cause more trouble?"

Gao Xian quickly winked at him and refrained from speaking nonsense in order not to upset Liu Shihao.

Liu Shihao said:

"It's different now, it's different now!"

"If the rebellious army had remained motionless, it would have been hard to take down that guy! But now that the rebellious army has moved, it has revealed its weakness!"

"Look at the way the guys attacked, the parts they attacked, and the speed at which they moved. It's obvious that they found a flaw!"

"The rebellious army is doomed to fail!"

"But there are still tens of thousands of rebels outside the city. What if they take advantage of the situation to attack the city?"

Gao Jinda asked despite his father's disapproving look.

"If Gongsun Yian's elite soldiers are defeated, how can that mob, who are probably even worse than you, dare to attack the city again!"

Liu Shihao was not angry, but smiled and said:

"Gao Jinda, I heard that you have improved a lot since you started to curry favor with Zhou Banxia! This time, do you dare to wait for me to lead the army out of the city and then lead the troops to force the rebels who did not participate in the battle to land at the city gate?"

"If you can accomplish this, I will also count it as a great achievement for you!"

Gao Xian's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then he became worried and uneasy for a moment:

He hoped that his son would dare to take on this job and show off his reputation, but he was also afraid that his son would be in danger if he took on this job.

Gao Jinda was also excited and hesitant, but when he saw his old father's hopeful and worried eyes, he gritted his teeth, steeled his heart, and said in a cold voice:

"My Lord Earl! Why wouldn't Jinda dare?"

As Liu Shihao expected, the battle situation began to develop in a direction favorable to Liu Feiyun.

Three hundred heavily armored soldiers were the first to engage in battle with more than a thousand rebel cavalry.

There were about 1,500 to 1,600 cavalrymen in these rebel troops. Relying on their large numbers, they did not retreat but took the initiative to fight.

As a result, naturally, they were quickly defeated under the impact of the heavy armor.

Whether it was the quality of weapons and armor, the quality of soldiers, or the quality of horses, there was a huge gap between the two sides.

In the first clash between the two sides, only a dozen heavy armored soldiers were killed or wounded, while the disorderly army suffered hundreds of casualties.

The disorderly cavalry, not knowing how to advance or retreat, turned their horses around and charged forward again, with the casualty ratio again being more than ten to several hundred!

Now, these rebel cavalrymen were finally frightened.