Chapter 745: The ruthless character "Array! Array!" Star Ke roared hoarsely, grabbing the flag and waving it back and forth. At the same time, Fu Zhengming kept shouting for his men to gather. When encountering the enemy's elite light cavalry in the wilderness, the best way for infantry to fight against the enemy is to form a defense formation as quickly as possible and use long spears to form a jungle-like barrier to ensure absolute thickness. In this case, the light cavalry will never dare to easily step into the formation. If you rush in, the light cavalry will be stuck in the quagmire. In order to pursue the ultimate speed, the light cavalry's armor is very light. It can't even protect against feather arrows, let alone sharp spears. Therefore, once they broke into the infantry square formation with sufficient thickness, the cavalry sitting on horseback, which was significantly taller, became a target for the infantry to practice assassination. But when the infantry has no time to form a formation, the light cavalry can fly by like the wind and ravage the infantry piece by piece like a knife. Both Fu Zhengming and Shi Dake have been leading troops for many years. Even if they have little combat experience, they have read a lot about the art of war. They know what is the best situation and what is the worst situation. Now that Fu Zhengming's defeated troops have just assembled and are not in formation at all, so if they cannot create the best situation, they must try their best not to become the worst situation. "Archer! Release the arrow! Release the arrow quickly!" Fu Zhengming's voice was hoarse from shouting, and the sound he made was like a broken bellows. The soldiers of the Nanyan Army who had just experienced a panic and rout were simply a fool's errand if they wanted to form a formation in the shortest possible time. The archers began to fire arrows randomly in an attempt to prevent the light cavalry of the Black Flag Army from breaking in, and they had already formed a formation before. Starko's men who were on the defensive were relatively better. The phalanx of five thousand people is already thick enough. It may not be anything in front of the heavy armored cavalry, but in front of the light cavalry, this phalanx is like a large swamp. But Starco¡¯s men and horses had no archers and could not prevent the Black Flag Army¡¯s light cavalry from approaching. But obviously, the Black Flag Army¡¯s Qingqi didn¡¯t intend to break in directly. Xiahou Baichuan looked at the Nanyan Army soldiers in front of him who were clearly divided into two groups, and immediately determined where the attack target was. Star Ke's 5,000 troops were difficult to deal with, and Fu Zhengming's rout was at a time when he was nervous and fearful, so he was naturally unwilling to let it go. Xiahou Baichuan pointed his horizontal knife in the direction of Fu Zhengming's banner and shouted: "Plunder!" Following closely, his elite cavalrymen immediately divided into two teams and rolled towards Fu Zhengming's men from two directions. When the cavalry got closer and closer, the soldiers of the Nanyan Army all turned pale. Only then did they realize that they had just escaped from the tiger's den and fell into the dragon pool. "Shoot!" Xiahou Baichuan ordered loudly, and the black flag embroidered with the Flying Lion Army waved a few times. After seeing the military order, the elite cavalry soldiers immediately raised their crossbows and suddenly turned around fifty steps away from the scattered formation of the Nanyan army, changing from a direct charge to a horizontal pass. This requires extremely strong horse control skills. If you charge forward ten steps more, the war horse may not be able to deflect, but will crash into the Nanyan army. The two cavalrymen drew a beautiful arc at the same time, just like a crescent moon rising on both sides of the Nanyan team. This crescent moon is not only beautiful, but also murderous. The chug sound caused by the repeated crossbows was like the sound of heavy rain hitting lotus leaves. The dense short crossbows poured straight into the ranks of the Nanyan Army. The soldiers of the Nanyan Army on the outside were like rice grains knocked down by sickles. One layer fell immediately, and the next layer also fell crookedly. This light cavalry skimming tactic is simply an unsolvable nightmare for the infantry. The two cavalrymen crossed one side of the Nanyan army, like two long dragons flying around a big ball. The panicked soldiers of the Nanyan Army looked at the two cavalrymen crossing each other, and all their eyes were taken away by the two cavalrymen. But at the moment when the two crossed cavalry teams separated, as if a door was opened, another team of cavalry slammed in from outside the opened door! This is a tactic that has been practiced countless times by the elite cavalry of the Black Flag Army. The movements of Xiahou Baichuan's two cavalrymen before were just a cover-up. When they swept the formation, they must have attracted the attention of all the soldiers of the Southern Yan Army. And just between the two teams The moment the men and horses crossed each other, another cavalry force that had been prepared rushed in. Cooperate. Liu Xuri was a native of Jiaoyang County in the northeast of the Sui Dynasty. During the first Western Expedition of the Sui Dynasty, he was the sixth-rank Guoyi Colonel. He experienced the darkest and cruelest war in the history of the Sui Dynasty and witnessed the tragic death of hundreds of thousands of elites in the northwest. On the grassland of more than two thousand miles, the elite infantrymen who were invincible in the Sui Dynasty were cut down one by one by the prairie people's light cavalry, without even the strength to fight back. How many times did he gnash his teeth in hatred. If the Sui army during the Western Expedition had a strong cavalry, their defeat would not have been so brutal and direct. He has always thought that if he had the opportunity to become a cavalry general in the future, he would definitely bring his own cavalry to let foreign enemies taste the feeling of despair. Those days were not only the darkest days in the history of the Sui army, but also the darkest days in his personal life. In the month after the defeat, he hid in Tibet on the grassland and escaped with his hundred brothers during the day. Hiding in the low-lying grass but not daring to fall asleep, he ran away to the east at night, risking being attacked by wild beasts and discovered by wolf riders. It took him a month to escape to Langru Mountain. But after arriving, he discovered that the northwest of the Great Sui Dynasty was already over. Fortunately, the soldiers who survived the defeat gradually gained a foothold in Langru Mountain under the leadership of Xujun Wang Yang Kai. He was also promoted to a fifth-rank general because of his military merit. Later, he finally realized his dream. He became a cavalry general! Behind him, a soldier held a large flag high. The big black flag is embroidered with a red ribbed and double-winged cheetah, which is fierce and cold. Flying Leopard Army! "Climb over the enemy's formation!" Liu Xuri straightened the long spear in his hand to the front, and there was a frightening coldness in his roaring voice. He once again saw the scene of infantry being ravaged by cavalry, but this time he became the strong one among them. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡°General, the cavalry has trapped both the defeated troops and the responding Nan Yan army!¡± The messengers flew over on horseback and clasped their fists to report the battle situation. Fang Jie nodded and ordered: "Let Liu Xuri and Xia Hou fight according to the previous tactics, entangle the enemy, but do not kill them all on the spot, force the Nanyan army to move towards Qingyuan City, and move the battlefield to Qingyuan Move toward the city. Remember, don't attack the enemy's center so quickly. As long as the enemy's general's flag does not fall, the people in the city may send troops to respond again. The purpose is to let the troops from Qingyuan City come out in batches. Get them all!" "Here!" The soldiers took the order and left. "Let the supply camp cross the river!" Fang Jie waved his hand and ordered. At this time, there was nothing on the south bank of the Jinshui River that could threaten the supply camp. Auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands assisted the soldiers in the supply camp and began to cross the river carrying a large number of siege equipment. At this time, the spliced ??pontoon bridge equipped by the Sui soldiers came in handy. Large siege equipment requires a pontoon bridge of sufficient width to pass through, and the spliced ??pontoon bridge of the Sui warriors can fully withstand it. The naked auxiliary soldiers jumped into the river with ropes tied to their bodies, and then began to drive piles to fix the pontoon bridge. One carriage after another pulled various unassembled equipment across the river. The Jinshui River was so busy for the first time in its history. This was the first time in the nearly 200 years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty that an army from the Central Plains had crossed the Jinshui River and advanced further south. Just like when the Sui soldiers advanced into the south of the Yangtze River and into the southwest, they were unstoppable. The dismantled battering rams and catapults were pulled across the river by horse-drawn carriages. If the number of horse-drawn carriages was insufficient, people would carry them. The team grew stronger and stronger. A large number of infantry gathered on the north bank moved towards the river in an orderly manner under the command of the generals of each battalion. Drive in from the south bank. After a brief assembly on the south bank, the team began to march forward. The team marching hand in hand on a plain looked so majestic and majestic. Fang Jie urged the white lion to run up a high slope, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited when he saw his team advancing. This was the first active attack launched by the Black Flag Army against a foreign enemy since its formation. If the Black Flag Army's light cavalry offensive against the barbarians on the grassland was mainly about military training, then this time it would be an unobstructed invasion. That big city called Qingyuan is a testing stone for the Black Flag Army! The cavalry of Xiahou Baichuan and Liu Xuri cut through the Nanyan army one by one. The originally messy Nanyan array was divided into countless small pieces. There were hundreds of people and groups of hundreds of people fighting each other. , everyone is in despair. They watched helplessly as the cavalry passed by one group after another, and then chopped down their comrades in the distance from behind one after another. The back is handed over to the enemy, and there is only one result. "We have to ask the team to slow down!" Come out of the city to rescue and annihilate the enemy's main force outside the city. We must slow down a bit!" Liu Xuri nodded and loudly ordered the messengers to blow the trumpet to reorganize the offensive, from cutting back and forth to surrounding them on all sides. For a moment, the cavalry charging past could not be seen in front of them. The remaining soldiers of the Nanyan Army subconsciously ran towards the crowded places, and soon came again.When they gathered together, they just felt that a place with more people might be safer. Star Ke gritted his teeth and pulled out the crossbow bolt stuck on his shoulder, and looked around. The cavalry running back and forth outside the team drove his team closer together. "Something's wrong!" He endured the pain and went to Fu Zhengming: "Second Master, I see something is wrong with this situation! The cavalry of the Black Flag Army just cut our team apart, and it won't take less than half an hour to kill all our people. Swallow it, but why are the cavalry of the Black Flag Army surrounding us again? They are deliberately trying to get us to regroup!" Although Fu Zhengming was not injured, his face was even uglier than Starco's. He looked at it. Glancing at the city less than two miles away, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily: "Fang Jie wants to use us as bait to lure Big Brother to continue sending troops for rescue They didn't take advantage of the situation to defeat us in one go, in order to trick more people into leaving the city. "A kind of unspeakable fear flashed in Starco's eyes, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat: "If the city lord sends troops to rescue, they will take the opportunity to surround that devil. They want to fight us outside the city But if the city lord doesn't send someone to rescue" He glanced at Fu Zhengming and found that his eyes were full of fear and pain as he looked towards Qingyuan City. In Qingyuan City, Fu Zhengnan, who was standing on the city wall, felt the same pain in his heart. He subconsciously covered his chest, trying to relieve the pain in this way. But this kind of pain is not a trauma at all, how can it be stopped? "City Lord! What to do!" A general asked with a pale face: "If we don't send troops to rescue the second master, it will be in danger!" "Send troops?" Fu Zhengnan slowly shook his head: "If we send more troops, we will be relieved by Fang. Swallowed it all Second brother I'm sorry for you. When we are reunited down below, I will kowtow to you and admit your mistake!" He raised his head suddenly and shouted in a stern voice: "Who dares to lead all the city gates! Anyone who leaves the city will be killed immediately! Block all the north gate, east gate, and west gate, leaving only the south gate!" No more reinforcements were seen coming out of Qingyuan City on the high slope. Fang Jiefang sighed slightly. Tone: "Fu Zhengnan is a ruthless character."