GBP Chapter 347: Defeating the Rebellion Outside the Earl's Mansion
Chapter 347: Defeating the Rebellion Outside the Earl's Mansion
When Liu Feiyun led three thousand cavalrymen and suddenly appeared in front of the rebel army besieging the Earl's Mansion, the defeat of these rebel troops was already doomed.
Although Liu Feiyun only had these three thousand men, they were all cavalrymen wearing armor.
Three hundred of them put on the heavy armor worn by the Tiger Guards, and the rest wore light armor.
Those in heavy armor carry heavy spears, while those in light armor carry bows and crossbows.
Heavy armor is like a tank, charging forward recklessly; light armor is like a roaming wolf, roaming with bows and crossbows drawn!
Generally speaking, cavalry is the nemesis of infantry!
Not to mention, the 800 men in the Yunhu Camp, whether wearing heavy or light armor, are all tough soldiers picked from hundreds.
Even the more than 2,000 people from the Yunhuang tribes were brave men who had fought on the battlefield and seen blood.
On the other hand, although these rebel armies number tens of thousands, only about 10,000 or 20,000 of them are real combat soldiers.
Although most of the losses in the past few days were cannon fodder with low combat effectiveness, the losses of these combat soldiers were not great.
However, these so-called combat soldiers are nothing but a mob compared to these three thousand cavalrymen!
Three hundred heavy-armored soldiers charged into the chaotic army, while the rest of the light-armored soldiers used bows and crossbows to kill and injure the enemy, and drove them towards the Linshui River not far from the Earl's Mansion.
When Liu Feiyun's cavalry appeared, several city gates that were originally closed were opened in time, and hundreds of cavalrymen and thousands of able-bodied men in the mansion rushed out of the city.
At the same time, drums rumbled in the Earl's Palace, flags fluttered on the tall towers, pigeons soared into the sky, and drums and trumpets responded from the nearby mountains.
"Counterattack!" "Counterattack!" "Counterattack!"
Inside and outside the Earl's Mansion, shouts of "counterattack" came one after another!
Not long after Liu Feiyun led three thousand cavalrymen to completely disperse the chaotic army, nearly a thousand unarmored cavalrymen came charging from all directions.
They came in groups of thirty, fifty, seventy or eighty, and they shouted and joined the ranks to drive away the rebel army.
These are the young and strong barbarians who surrendered to the Liu family in the past two years.
Although these people were unarmored, they were excellent horsemen and were particularly good at archery.
And how many soldiers in the rebel army were wearing armor, and how many soldiers dared to confront the cavalry head-on?
The army became more chaotic and morale collapsed!
Soon after the barbarian cavalry appeared, a large number of infantry began to appear. These were the folk militia of the Le'an Autonomous Territory.
In the eyes of the rebel army, these militiamen were everywhere, and there were probably thousands or even millions of them.
In reality, there were only a few thousand people, and half of them were just there to make up the numbers.
But these rebel soldiers don’t know this!
"Damn it! Why did Gongsun Yian leave the wealthy Liu family alone and go to surround the county town? The Liu family is a trap!"
"Didn't Butcher Liu transfer all the Tiger Guards to the county? But where did these armored cavalrymen come from? And they are so fierce?"
"The Liu family has cavalry, but they are in the grassland south of the city! And they are dealing with Gongsun Yian in the county town. How could they get here without making any noise?"
"No, these are not Butcher Liu's cavalry. They are coming from the north! ... The north... Could they be the barbarians?"
"But how could the barbarians wear the Empire's armor? Moreover, these people have a strict formation, which is obviously not something the barbarians can do! And look at the flag they are flying... Yunhu!... Whose soldiers are Yunhu?"
“Yun Hu!?… Yun Hu!… I heard someone say before that the Little Butcher’s personal guard battalion is called Yun Hu… Little Butcher!?… Oh no!… It’s the Little Butcher!… The Little Butcher is back!”
“Young Butcher!?…Little Butcher!…The little butcher who was dismissed from his post as military advisor by the dog emperor!…Could it be that he is the one who has returned with the Desert Suppression Army!?”
"How is this possible? Didn't you say that the little butcher is no longer a military commander?"
"You believed all the bullshit the dog emperor said!... It's over! The little butcher is back with the wasteland suppression army! Let's... run away quickly!"
In the chaos, several leaders looked at the defeated army, whispered to each other, then mounted their horses, led more than a hundred of their trusted men, abandoned the main army, and fled first.
They were all core figures of the rebel armies. Their escape made the rebel armies, whose morale had already collapsed, even more at a loss as to what to do, and they could only flee for their lives.
But where could they escape to? After all, a two-legged person could never outrun a four-legged horse.
After absorbing nearly a thousand barbarian cavalry, Liu Feiyun's cavalry expanded to nearly four thousand people.
After driving the rebel army to the bank of Linshui River and handing them over to the infantry to deal with, Liu Feiyun led 4,000 cavalrymen and rushed to the county town without stopping.
When Zhou Bandxia led a group of young men to the Earl's Mansion, Liu Feiyun was nowhere to be seen.
"This little bastard! He runs really fast, but it's a pity that I can't show off in front of him! Forget it! You should just go and force the rebels to land on the banks of the Lingshui River!"
Zhou Banxia said to the young men from Huanmi Valley with some regret.
"The Earl has given an order! He ordered us to quickly reunite with the young master and kill the rebels! We must not let a single rebel escape from Anping County!"
Several miles outside Anping County, a cavalry force of nearly a thousand men was staring at the chaotic army camp below the city!
There are only a few hundred armored men in this cavalry unit, and among the rest there are quite a few barbarians!
After reading the message from the carrier pigeon, the cavalry leader excitedly turned around and gave the order.
Finally, he added:
"This time, the young master has brought several thousand men, and they are all cavalry! Brothers, we can't be outdone by those newcomers! Did you hear me clearly?"
"Listen carefully! We will never ruin our reputation in front of the young master!"
A group of men shouted loudly.
In Anping County, Gongsun Yian has been feeling a little uneasy lately.
Although he and his allies had the upper hand for more than half a month, they had not captured a single fortress.
They did rob a lot of things, but there was no food. As for people, there was not a single person to be seen outside the fortress.
Except for the Anping County militia and the Liu family's private army that attacked him from time to time.
He was very depressed:
When we attacked other counties in the past, the poor people responded and came to surrender, not to mention the refugees who were wandering around.
So every time he conquered a place, his team would grow a little bit. As he conquered more and more places, his team also expanded like a snowball, to 70,000 or 80,000 people.
But why is it that things become different in Anping County?
Just now, he received a piece of news that shocked him:
The little butcher is back with tens of thousands of soldiers!
How can this be! ?
The little butcher was dismissed by the dog emperor because he was unwilling to kill the prisoners. This news is now known to the world!
Even if the little butcher comes back, he can only bring back a few hundred people!
Bluff! This must be Butcher Liu and Little Butcher bluffing!
They wanted to scare me away so that they could follow and kill me when I was halfway retreating!
Although I haven't read many military books, I have accumulated some battlefield experience and I'm not that easy to fool!
In that case, I will give them a head-on blow and defeat this so-called wilderness suppression army right in front of Butcher Liu!