Chapter 309 Arrival at the Military Camp
The Western Hu people were a nomadic people and were not good at attacking cities. Even though they had a favorable numerical advantage and caught the three counties off guard, after a day and a night, they still had not captured any city. However, there were still confrontations between the two armies. The Western Hu people gave up attacking the city several times and tried to break into Chenzhou from the side. Unfortunately, they were blocked by the Wei army.
Today's Wei family army is no longer the Wei family army of the past. Although they do not have so many cavalry to pursue the Western Hu people, they have Mo Dao, and each of them is young, strong, brave and brave. It is not easy for the Western Hu cavalry to break through their defense line.
"Report, the Western Hu people have started attacking again."
The messenger soldiers broke into the central military camp of Dafeng County again. From yesterday until now, they didn't know how many times they had broken into the central military camp. Every time, Yan Lang and others who were in charge were frightened. They did temporarily block the attack of the Western Hu cavalry, but their cavalry was too few and could not cause much damage to the Western Hu people. It was impossible to really repel them. In the long run, it would definitely be disadvantageous for them.
"Where is their main attack direction?"
Wei Chengyi, who had just returned, stood before the sand table, his delicate and handsome face brimming with fortitude. The messenger, recognizing him as Second Master, replied respectfully, "Reporting to Second Master, the Western Hu people have dispatched approximately 10,000 cavalrymen in an attempt to force their way through Hulukou. General Wang and his men have stopped them, and the two armies are currently engaged in fierce fighting!"
Hulukou is located in the middle of Dafeng County and Daping County. It can go directly around the rear of the two counties and deep into the hinterland of Chenzhou. There is no natural barrier to defend. They deployed a full 10,000 heavy troops there, and Wang Zhaolin also guarded there personally. If it was broken, it would be worse than Dafeng County. Someone once proposed to build a checkpoint there, but it was rejected by those in the government office because they did not want to spend money.
"How many combat-capable cavalrymen do we have at present?"
Staring down at the position of the gourd mouth on the sand table, Wei Chengyi asked in a deep voice, they have a total of 10,000 cavalrymen, with 2,000 deployed in each of the three counties, and the remaining 4,000 reserved for reinforcement. After wiping out all the intruders from the Western Hu yesterday, he brought all the remaining cavalrymen back to Dafeng County. Although they also suffered a lot of casualties, they seized a lot of war horses from the Western Hu people, and should be able to form more cavalrymen, but their combat effectiveness is definitely not as strong as those cavalrymen who trained every day.
"We originally had less than 5,000 cavalrymen, but we captured a lot of war horses. As long as we tame those horses, we should be able to gather another 10,000 cavalrymen."
Yan Lang thought for a moment before saying that the total number of cavalry in Dafeng County, including the reserve ones, was about 6,000. In just one day, they had suffered a full 1,000 casualties, leaving less than 5,000, many of whom were injured. Of course, compared with the losses of the Western Hu people, these casualties were really nothing. Based on the number of war horses they had captured, he had arranged for the 10,000 reserve infantry to tame those horses and conduct some simple cavalry training. When necessary, they must also serve as cavalry.
"Speed up the taming of warhorses. Send a message to Daping County and Dalin County to each dispatch 10,000 infantrymen on standby. They can be converted into cavalry at any time."
Wei Chengyi said as he picked up his Mo Dao. "Since the Western Hu people dared to break into Hulukou, then don't leave. I will take the remaining cavalry to provide support. I will leave the affairs here to you. Also, Wanwan should be arriving with the medical children soon. Let them rest first. They didn't sleep all night last night to rescue the injured soldiers."
As he spoke, he had already walked out of the central army tent with his Mo Dao in hand. Because they had no cavalry, from yesterday until now, they could only passively defend every time the Western Hu attacked. But this time, he wanted to defeat these 10,000 Western Hu cavalry and let them know that they could not just break into the border whenever they wanted. Of course, the most important reason was that they needed rest. For a whole day and night, the Western Hu attacked from time to time, and no one from top to bottom had a rest. If this continued, their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced, and the Western Hu could easily break through them. Only if they were afraid of hurting them, would the Western Hu people no longer resort to such harassing attacks and deliberately torture them.
"Well, I know that swords have no eyes on the battlefield, so you have to be more careful!"
Yan Lang really wanted to say that he hadn't rested either and wanted to persuade him to rest, but he knew very well that they couldn't go on like this. Only Wei Chengyi could create a miracle and buy some rest time for all of them.
"Um."
After looking at him deeply for a while, Wei Chengyi nodded, turned over and mounted his horse. The cavalrymen had not even taken off their armor and were already waiting outside the camp. Everyone knew that they were the main force in the battle against the Western Hu people, and were destined to suffer more hardships and fatigue than the infantry.
"well···"
Watching their figures going away, Yan Lang rubbed the cartilage of his nose and sighed deeply. Dafeng County was like this, and Daping County and Dalin County, which were also under siege, were not much better. As a military advisor and the one in charge of everything, he felt heavy in his heart when he saw the soldiers becoming more and more tired.
"Report, Military Advisor, it seems to be Madam's team."
On the watchtower, the soldiers looked into the distance and shouted loudly. They already knew that the lady was coming, and she had also brought a number of military doctors who were good at treating sword wounds.
"Um?"
Hearing this, Yan Lang looked up and saw a group of people, escorted by cavalry, slowly approaching them. A smile slowly appeared on his previously tired face. He also knew Shen Xiangwan's ability. With her joining, their wounded should all survive, the probability of death will be greatly reduced, and the losses will be minimized.
“Whoa!”
The team soon arrived in front of them. The guards in the lead stopped first, and the carriages behind also stopped one after another.
"Send all the wounded to the wounded camp."
"yes."
Looking at the wounded soldiers on the carriages behind, Yan Lang gave orders in a serious tone. The horseman was about to whip the horse, but Shen Xiangwan's voice suddenly rang out: "Wait."
“···”
Although they didn't know what was going on, the soldiers stopped their movements in unison. In their minds, the lady and the second master were both supreme.
Shen Xiangwan bowed and got out of the carriage. Mu Yunran was with her, and the medical boys sitting in the two carriages at the back also got out. On the way here, they all took a short rest. Even though they still looked very tired, they seemed to be in good spirits. After all, they were all young boys and girls, and staying up for a night or two occasionally was not a big deal.
"Wanwan, you're finally here."
Yan Lang went to greet them immediately. He was looking forward to their arrival from the bottom of his heart.
[End of this chapter]
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