Chapter 508

The third year of Guanghe, the third day of the ninth month.

Ever since Duan Jiong was transferred to Luoyang in the second year of Jianning, until Duan Jiong died in the second year of Guanghe.

There had never been a Han-Qiang battle on a scale of over three thousand people in Liangzhou.

After thirteen years.

The wind rose in Liangzhou!

Outside Yunwu City, Duan Yu led two hundred Personal Guards and eight hundred Flying Bear Cavalry to deploy a triangular charging formation on the plain outside Yunwu City.

With Duan Yu in the lead.

The two hundred Personal Guards protected the left and right, and the eight hundred heavy-armored Flying Bear Cavalry deployed their formation and charged toward the Qiang cavalry that had not yet assembled.

The yellow dust rising into the sky rolled like a city wall built by a sandstorm.

The running Red Dragon Cloud-Treading Beast was like a ball of burning flames, leaving Tie Shitou, Wang Hunu, and the others behind by more than ten meters.

In front of the Xiqiang camp, which stretched for dozens of miles, the first group to assemble were the cavalry of the Shaodang Qiang and County Magistrate Qiang tribes.

Compared to other small tribes, the equipment of the County Magistrate Qiang and Shaodang Qiang cavalry was slightly more refined.

Although most of them were not armored, they were fully equipped with weapons.

Look at the thousand cavalry led by Duan Yu.

There was no need to mention Duan Yu's Personal Guard Battalion; they were naturally elite cavalry with elite armor.

And these eight hundred Flying Bear Cavalry, the most elite under Dong Zhuo, were one of the few heavy cavalry units in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

But they were not heavy cavalry in the traditional sense.

Traditional heavy cavalry not only equipped the personnel with iron armor, but even the warhorses were draped in iron armor.

Each Flying Bear Cavalry soldier also needed two attendants to carry armor and weapons.

Only in wartime would the Flying Bear Cavalry wear armor.

Duan Yu, charging forward, and the thousand-plus cavalry under his command moved extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, they had already reached the formation assembled by the Shaodang Qiang cavalry.

And the Shaodang Qiang cavalry on the opposite side, who had never seen the prowess of the Flying Bear Cavalry, shouted and launched a counter-charge.

"Break the formation!"

When the distance was a hundred paces, Duan Yu let out a roar.

Subsequently, the two hundred Personal Guards following behind also roared with all their might: "Break the formation!"

Although there were only a thousand cavalry, they charged with the momentum of ten thousand.

Looking at the counter-charging Qiang cavalry.

According to past practice, they would first draw their bows and shoot a wave of arrows.

However, this time.

Facing the elite wearing iron armor, all the arrows, except for those that hit the horses, were blocked by the iron armor without exception.

Only a series of crisp clanging sounds were heard.

The Flying Bear Cavalry, charging with their heads down, ignored the incoming arrows.

Except for a few warhorses that collapsed after being hit in vital spots, in just a few breaths, they collided head-on with the charging Xiqiang cavalry.

Except for Duan Yu, all the cavalry held their lances level.

Duan Yu held the three-meter-long Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd in one hand and drew a semi-circle in front of him.

Instantly, more than a dozen cavalry were swept off their horses.

Boom!

The earth trembled.

The two colliding groups of cavalry emitted muffled sounds.

The sound of intersecting hoofbeats made the sand and stones on the ground bounce high.

In front of the Xiqiang camp in the distance.

Beigong Boyu's horse speed was still not fast.

Behind him, a panic-stricken Huangzhong volunteer rushed over quickly.

"How is it?" Seeing the person coming from behind, Beigong Boyu immediately asked.

The cavalry pointed to the position behind him with a panicked expression: "General, it's not good; there is a large number of Han cavalry attacking from behind, at least five or six thousand."

"They are less than ten miles away from here!"

Sure enough!

Beigong Boyu was shocked in his heart.

Sure enough, as he guessed, Duan Yu's reinforcements had arrived, and it was not just one group of reinforcements.

Since there was one group behind, there must be another group blocking in front.

"Go pass the order, all cavalry detour from the east side of the camp, and then move secretly toward Poqiang County." Beigong Boyu ordered the deputy general.

"Ah?"

The deputy general was stunned.

"General, shouldn't we tell the Shaodang Qiang and the others?" The deputy general asked.

Beigong Boyu shook his head: "If we tell them, that's just dying together."

"Now we can still leave; if we tell them, we won't be able to leave." Beigong Boyu's expression was cold.

The deputy general nodded, indicating he understood: "But General, shouldn't we retreat toward Wuwei Commandery?"

Wuwei?

No.

Since Duan Yu's reinforcements were coming from the front and back, the intention must be to keep them all here.

As for the retreat route, would Duan Yu not think that they would flee toward Wuwei Commandery?

He certainly could.

Since that was the case, it was hard to say whether there would be ambushes in the direction of Wuwei Commandery.

However, he believed that the most dangerous place was often the safest place.

There was one more reason.

This time he had failed, and the loss of troops and money and grain was quite significant.

If there was no harvest, even if he escaped, what would he use to restore his vitality in the future?

What was behind Poqiang County?

If the main forces of the Shaodang Qiang and County Magistrate Qiang tribes were wiped out here by Duan Yu.

Then the Shaodang Qiang tribe and the County Magistrate Qiang tribe...

These were the capital for his future comeback.

"Go pass the order, quick!" Beigong Boyu said with a gloomy look in his eyes.

The deputy general did not dare to delay any longer, so he hurriedly went to pass the order.

The frontal battlefield of the Xiqiang camp.

With just one charge, Duan Yu led the Flying Bear Cavalry and directly gouged a huge gap in the thousands of Shaodang Qiang cavalry.

Subsequently, in front of the Xiqiang camp gate, Duan Yu saw the group of Qiang leaders standing in front of the camp gate.

Although he couldn't tell which was which.