Chapter 320: The Cavalry's Campaign

Pulache panicked.

Upon arriving at a distance of thirty li from Jincheng, he encountered a scattered group of Xiliang Cavalry.

This group of Xiliang Cavalry belonged to Jili's army.

After their defeat, they had been wandering in the vicinity and knew that Jincheng had been breached.

After encountering Pulache's army, they came to seek refuge and simultaneously informed Pulache of this news.

Pulache immediately ordered the main army to head west, bypassing Jincheng to proceed toward Tongguan.

Although there were three passes to the west.

The Jin River lay directly opposite those passes, and they could not cross the Jin River; only by taking Tongguan could they return to the lands of Xiliang by land.

Fine cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he continuously urged his soldiers to march.

He had originally thought he could reach Jincheng and coordinate with Tuoba Wuji inside the city to at least allow Tuoba Wuji to break out.

He had not expected that Jincheng had now become a trap waiting for them.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Just as the Xiliang army was hurrying along the official road, the earth seemed to tremble.

Pulache looked toward the direction the sound came from, only to see countless silver-armored Cavalry galloping toward them amidst rolling dust.

This scene made Pulache's face turn ashen.

Because he had naively trusted the Ma Family, Tuoba Wuji had only given him a very small number of Cavalry at the time.

Even among the Infantry, thirty percent were conscripted soldiers.

Now, how could this army, which was almost entirely Infantry, face the Yan Wang's Cavalry?

As a Xiliang general, he was very clear about how terrifying it was for Infantry to encounter Cavalry on such a Pingyuan.

"You, flank from the left; you, flank from the right," Zhong Li said, holding a Silver Spear, to the two generals beside him.

Upon receiving his order, two groups of Cavalry immediately split off from the Cavalry unit.

They left the official road, galloped across the fields on both sides, and gradually overtook the Xiliang army.

Seeing a large number of Cavalry pursuing them, the Xiliang soldiers immediately became panicked.

They were not afraid of the Ma Family, but they were afraid of the Yan Wang's army.

Jili's main army had been annihilated by the Yan Wang, and Jincheng had been captured by the Yan Wang.

All of this showed that the Yan Wang's army was not something the Ma Family Army could compare to.

After the two flanking Cavalry units caught up to the foremost Xiliang vanguard, they immediately dispatched a portion of the Cavalry to cut off the Xiliang soldiers' path.

At the same time, Zhong Li caught up to the rear of the Xiliang soldiers.

At this moment, the only Cavalry within the Xiliang army left the main force and charged toward Zhong Li's Cavalry.

Half of them charged toward the Cavalry cutting off their path, and half charged toward Zhong Li.

"Soldiers, grip your Cavalry Sabers tightly; do not bring shame upon our Cavalry," Zhong Li roared, drawing his Cavalry Saber.

The Xiliang Cavalry were similar to the Dasong Cavalry; their main Weapon was the Cavalry Saber, with little mounted archery.

Unlike the Beidi Cavalry, most of whom practiced mounted archery.

Immediately, the two sides' Cavalry collided and began to fight in a chaotic mass.

Zhong Li led the charge, his Silver Spear flying left and right, and Xiliang Cavalry were continuously knocked off their mounts.

The other Cavalry also pursued and fought with the Xiliang Cavalry across the open battlefield.

But two fists are no match for four hands; the Xiliang Cavalry were ultimately at a disadvantage in numbers.

Three or four Wangfu Cavalry chased down a single Xiliang soldier; the Xiliang Cavalry could not parry at all, and after leaving behind a pile of corpses, they were routed.

At this time, Zhong Li ordered the Cavalry to regroup.

Under his command, the Cavalry formed a tight Large Horizontal Formation.

They were about to launch a charge against the Xiliang army.

However, while they were fighting with the Xiliang Cavalry.

The Xiliang army had undergone a change.

The long, snake-like marching formation had gradually transformed into a wartime Battle Formation.

Clearly, the Xiliang general had used this time to scramble to deploy his troops.

Looking toward the spread-out Xiliang main army, Zhong Li searched for a flaw within it.

This Xiliang army had Archers, Shield-bearers, and Long Spear soldiers; all troop types were present.

At this moment, the Archers were at the very front, all with their hands resting on their quivers.

The Long Spear soldiers also had their Long Spears aimed at them, the formation dense.

"General, let's attack!" one general said.

During this time, the Cavalry had been harboring frustration in their hearts.

It was said that they were like stepchildren, only able to pick up scraps on the battlefield.

Now that such a good opportunity was before them, naturally some generals were getting hot-headed.

Zhong Li shook his head.

Charging a dense Infantry Battle Formation was simply throwing away the soldiers' lives in vain.

Although he also wanted to build a reputation for the Cavalry at this moment, he could not be so reckless with the lives of his soldiers.

"Do not be anxious; now is not the time," Zhong Li said.

He knew that the ones more anxious than them right now were the Xiliang army.

If they remained in a stalemate, the ones who would suffer in the end would certainly be them.

The Xiliang general must also be very clear on this.

He believed the Xiliang general would certainly resume marching.

And at that moment, once the formation was in chaos, it would be time for them to charge.

Just as Zhong Li had thought, Pulache's mood at this time was extremely anxious.

He only wished for the Yan Wang Cavalry to charge up at this moment.

That way, he could defeat this cavalry and continue to flee.

But the Yan Wang Cavalry remained motionless at this moment, merely watching them.

If this continued, not to mention the Yan Prince Army catching up.

Furthermore, without food or drink, the soldiers' stamina would also fail to keep up, falling into an even greater collapse.

A quarter of an hour passed.

Two quarters of an hour passed, and the sweat on Pulache's forehead became more and more profuse.

The Xiliang soldiers also became increasingly uneasy.

After half an hour, Pulache finally could no longer endure it, and he ordered the soldiers in front to actively attack the cavalry blocking their path ahead.

The Xiliang soldiers received the order and immediately moved forward, and the Xiliang army formation began to be pulled apart.

Because the Xiliang soldiers were defending against enemies on all sides, the soldiers were facing four directions.

As the soldiers in front moved, those standing sideways could not keep up, and the formation immediately became loose.

Seizing this opportunity, Zhong Li immediately ordered the two wings to charge at the weakly defended positions.

"Kill!" came a great shout.

The cavalry on the two wings cut into the loose positions within the Xiliang army.

Warhorses collided, cavalry sabers were raised, fresh blood splattered, and the Xiliang army formation fell into immediate chaos.

With the two wings broken through, the Xiliang soldiers in the front and back also became panicked.

Just at this moment, Zhong Li shouted loudly and led the cavalry behind him to charge over.

Relying on high mobility, Zhong Li killed a wave within the Xiliang army and then charged out a distance, then charged into the Xiliang army again, constantly letting the warhorses ram the Xiliang cavalry.

The formation of the Xiliang cavalry was struck into increasing confusion.

Just at this moment, a more muffled rumbling sound arose.

The Heavy Cavalry, wearing Plate Armor and with their warhorses draped in armored coverings, arrived.

They walked together with the Infantry, and behind them were twenty thousand Flintlock Infantry.

Seeing the Yan Prince Army arrive, the morale of the Xiliang soldiers immediately disintegrated.

The vanguard troops among them surrendered one after another, and the Xiliang soldiers fled in all directions.

Zhong Li naturally would not let go of the opportunity to pursue and kill, and he slaughtered his way along the path.

Seeing this, Chang Wei smiled helplessly and ordered the Flintlock Infantry to clear the battlefield.

By evening, Zhong Li returned leading the cavalry, dragging a Xiliang general, who was none other than Pulache.

"General, one leader and three deputy leaders of the Xiliang army have all been executed," Zhong Li said, then threw Pulache's corpse down.

During the pursuit, Pulache had engaged him in combat and was cut down from his horse by him.

"Well done," Chang Wei laughed.

The Xiliang army in Jinzhou had been completely wiped out this time.

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