Turbulent Times Chapter 1561: All the wealth in the world is concentrated in the elite

After another ten breaths, 30,000 Li family light cavalry fled back to nearly 20,000 people in a panic, and the other 10,000 armored cavalry turned into corpses.

Li Shentong and all the Li Family Army officers and soldiers were stunned at once. They never thought that this war would lose more than 10,000 people in such a short period of time. You must know that they have a total of nearly 100,000 people, including five cavalry. Ten thousand, one-tenth of the troops and one-fifth of the cavalry were lost at once.

What Li Shentong didn't know was that the Far Eastern Army had practiced countless times during the process of tens of breaths just now, so it was able to connect so closely and cooperate so closely, and even in order not to miss the best opportunity, this process There is no command from any commander, and everything can be implemented according to the previously designed combat plan for such situations.

Otherwise, as long as their reaction is a little slow, the 30,000 Li Family Army cavalry will react and start to swim and shoot, keeping a distance from each other, and the damage will definitely be reduced by more than four or five times.

The hundreds of light cavalry from the Li family who were still howling, rolling, or crawling on the snow were all turned into hedgehogs after another round of small-scale steel-string bow throws, and then went on the battlefield again. There is no living thing that can move.

The Far Eastern Army did not cheer for the first victory, and the Li Jiajun on the opposite side did not curse or scream, and the audience fell into a strange silence for a while.

Only the corpses all over the ground and the fear in the eyes of most of the Wolf Guards told people what happened just now.

Of course, Li Shentong's red eyes, extremely gloomy face, and Wang Junlin's relaxed smile also reflected the state of the two armies at this time.

"They didn't plant landmines, but they dug a lot of horse traps under the snow." Li Shentong immediately figured out the key reason why they interrupted the charge of 30,000 armored cavalry and caused heavy losses later.

"The flock of sheep can indeed detect whether there are landmines, but they can't check for horse pits." Wang Junlin seemed to be understatement on his face, but the joy in his expression was hard to conceal.

Experienced cavalry actually dislike galloping at high speeds on snowy roads or in the dark on unfamiliar terrain. Because neither cavalry nor horses can see what is on the road, such as whether there are pits or raised hard rocks under the snow.

It is enough to break the legs of a galloping horse.

According to the design of Wang Junlin leading the Far Eastern Army's councilors, apart from the few passages deliberately left in front of the four-sided camp, in these days, the soldiers of the Far Eastern Army have dug a full ten feet within a hundred steps of other places. Tens of thousands of extremely standard, uniform style, just a little bigger than a horseshoe, densely packed like a honeycomb.

It is a pity for Wang Junlin that the 20,000 light cavalry of the Li family army did not charge first. alright.

I have to say that the troops led by Li Shentong are indeed elite and have a strong will to fight. After recounting it again, after the rest of the army cheered in unison, their morale recovered a lot.

And, soon the 20,000 light cavalry in the front slowly stepped forward, and the horses walked in small steps, carefully probing, and slowly pressed towards the camp of the Far Eastern Army.

In Li Shentong's view, tens of thousands of people were lost in the battle just now, but that was because he fell into the opponent's tricks, and they still had more than 90,000 troops, so he still had confidence.

Besides, Wang Junlin only has more than 10,000 troops around him, and the opportunity to be surrounded by them is really rare, or if he doesn't fight close to him, Li Shentong will definitely not retreat willingly.

Wang Junlin has already identified where Li Shentong is, locked on the latter with a telescope, and watched how it will react, so as to make the most correct response at the first time.

Li Shentong first ordered the light cavalry to attack the camps of the Far Eastern Army on both sides. After the test, they quickly discovered the road that was not trapped in a horse pit and was only about two feet wide. And along this road, they tried to charge, but under the attack of the gunpowder packs and giant crossbow guns from the trebuchet, five or six hundred corpses were left on both sides, and they retreated in embarrassment. You can only charge on a passage that is only two feet wide, and you don't even need to aim too much with trebuchets and giant crossbows.

The remaining nearly 20,000 armored cavalry of the Li Family Army, which was facing the Chinese Army on the west side of the Far Eastern Army's camp, did not continue to advance.

It stopped at about a hundred and fifty paces.

"Li Shentong is indeed prudent and cunning." Wang Junlin snorted coldly and couldn't help cursing secretly. About 350 steps is just the best distance for armored cavalry to charge.

The distance exceeds this range, and with the weight of the armored cavalry, rushing over will inevitably reduce the horsepower, so that the speed cannot be increased in the final charge stage.

It's too close, not to mention that it's not enough to increase the speed of the cavalry to the maximum, and there is not enough time to adjust the charging battle formation. The most important thing is that no matter how close it is, it is already within the effective range of the Far Eastern Army's giant catapults and giant guns and crossbows.

Li Shentong was able to grasp the distance so accurately, he was indeed a rare and experienced cavalry soldier.

However, the difference in weapons and equipment between the two sides is too great, and the Far Eastern Army is fully prepared for this war. Wang Junlin's ability to command and fight is no worse than Li Shentong. In addition, the Far Eastern Army's individual combat power is much stronger than that of Li's army. . Under various factors, even if Li Shentong's military strength is nearly ten times that of the Far Eastern Army, it is obviously not easy to defeat the Far Eastern Army.

It can be seen that the iron armor of Li Jiajun's armored cavalry is not light. Fortunately, the horses under their crotch are all good horses. Armor and people.

Wang Junlin also considered setting up 2,000 heavy cavalry in each battalion of the Far Eastern Army. In order to gather enough good horses for the heavy cavalry, the Far Eastern Army did its best and spent countless money to protect these good horses. Ju, as long as there is no need for heavy armored cavalry in the war, they will not go out, but let the two thousand officers and soldiers wear ordinary steel plate armor to fight as ordinary cavalry.

Considering the unequal effect and effort, the Far East Army has not implemented it. I don't want the Li Yuan Group to easily produce 30,000 such good horses, how can it not make Wang Junlin envious or even jealous.

At the same time, it also shows that the saying "most of the world's wealth is concentrated in the hands of powerful families" is not a lie.

"In any case, only by defeating the elites led by Li Shentong can we truly send troops to Taiyuan." Wang Junlin couldn't help thinking to himself.