Chapter 152 First Battle
I don't know if it was to deter the Jingzhou army, but this time the Qin army dispatched 5,000 iron horses.
It's not just Lu Qiang, but many Jingzhou troops have seen the cavalry other than Jingzhou iron cavalry for the first time.
Five thousand iron riders ran up and brought dust to cover the sky and the sun, and the rumble of horses' hoofs hit the hearts of Jingzhou soldiers like thunder.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers defending the outermost Jingzhou couldn't help but be terrified. They swept away the previous arrogance and began to stare at the enemy nervously.
Although he can't feel the mentality of the soldiers, Lu Qiang knows that if he does not go to war, it will inevitably make the Qin army more arrogant, and in the case of this trade-off, the morale of the side will also be greatly affected.
However, he also knows that in this case, it is obviously unwise to fight, and in this kind of cavalry group battle, everyone's bravery does not play much role at all.
Lu Qiang hasn't spoken yet, but Deng Xiang, the young general beside him, couldn't help it. He stepped forward and held his fist in his fork and said, "Your Excellency, the last general, please fight. Although the Qin cavalry is sharp, my Jingzhou iron horse, is not necessarily worse than them."
Deng Xiang's spirit is commendable, but now is not the time to go to war. Lu Qiang smiled and shook his head and said, "Don't worry, consume their spirit first"
He turned his head and said to Zhao Lunwen, "How is the chariot ready?"
After knowing that the Qin army's iron cavalry went south, Lu Qiang prepared a large number of chariots at the suggestion of Sima Xiuzhi and He Wuji to offset the impact of the enemy cavalry.
Zhao Lunwen has not played against the cavalry, and he is still a little uncertain. Hearing Lu Qiang's question, he quickly replied, "As instructed by the adult, 2,000 chariots have been prepared now, but the training time is still short. I don't know what the effect is when playing against the Qin army's iron cavalry."
Two thousand chariots, three soldiers in one vehicle, can dispatched 5,000 soldiers at a time, on a large scale. However, it can't be used for the time being. Good steel should be used on the blade.
Lu Qiang stared at the formation of the Qin army for a while and said, "Have you seen it? Yao Chong wants to deter us with these 5,000 cavalry. We are afraid that not going to fight will affect morale. If we fight, the other 5,000 cavalry hidden in the camp will take advantage of the situation. Humph! Yao Chong, is there no one to bully me in Jingzhou?"
After listening to Lu Qiang's words, Deng Xiang and others were a little puzzled. Why can adults be so calm when they know the consequences of going to war and not fighting?
Lu Qiang smiled and didn't answer. He knew that whenever the army attacked, it relied on a spirit. Once they consumed their momentum, what else would they use to win?
Deng Xiang ordered 3,000 cavalrymen not to unload their armor and horses to leave their saddles, and to be ready to attack at any time, but they must rest in place before they get orders.
Deng Xiang didn't understand what Lu Qiang meant, but when he saw Lu Qiang, he had to take the order and leave.
Lu Qiang also ordered Zhao Lunwen to beat the war drum every hour and make it look like he wanted to fight.
At this point, Zhao Lunwen finally understood that the Qin army showed off their power in front of our camp and always wanted to teach them a lesson, but they could not fight like this.
At the first drum, the Qin army will definitely make every effort to prepare for the battle, and the people hidden in the camp will also be ready to fight, but they will not move, although they will relax, they may not remove their vigilance.
Harasssing Qin Jun again and again, I'm afraid that even anyone would be exhausted by this almost rogue play.
There is something wrong with the brain to attack the enemy with your own shortness.
In the distance, 5,000 Qin army iron riders have lined up, and then a loud soldier came to the Jingzhou camp and shouted through the trench.
"Oh! Listen, the Tianbing of Jingzhou on the opposite side, the heavenly soldiers of the State of Qin have arrived and taught the child surnamed Lu to come and surrender quickly, otherwise our army will enter Jiangling and the chickens and dogs will not stay..."
Qin is far away from the south of the Yangtze River. Although he has heard of Lu Qiang's superb archery, he has never witnessed it with his own eyes. Obviously, he doesn't take it seriously.
For a long time, no one dared to curse like this in front of him. Lu Qiang didn't want to talk to him. Seeing that he was not finished scolding, he couldn't help frowning and stretching out his hand.
The bodyguard behind him immediately handed over the overlord's bow.
This distance is much closer than shooting arrows down at the head of the city. Lu Qiang hardly used all his strength. After pulling the overlord's bow, he aimed at the soldier who was still pulling his neck and shouting.
Under normal circumstances, ordinary arrows can't be shot from this distance, so although the loud soldiers saw someone pulling bows and arrows on the watch platform, they didn't take it seriously.
With Lu Qiang's arrow shooting, the two soldiers only saw a black line flash past, and then they heard a "plop" sound. They just shouted that the soldier had been shot off his horse. A dark iron arrow shot in from his mouth and pierced through his back of his head. He didn't even scream and died.
When the Jingzhou army saw the reappearance of the divine power, they couldn't help cheering together.
The Qin army on the opposite side looked at each other in con's face. Obviously, he didn't expect that the legendary Luqiang God Arrow was really so powerful.
There was not much time, and there was another ride in the Qin army. This time, he learned to be obedient. He stopped the horse far away and shouted, "Isn't it Lord Lu? What's the ability to hurt people with a secret arrow? There is a kind of war with us..."
This time it was too far away to hear clearly, but Lu Qiang and others could guess what he meant.
Lu Qiang smiled and made a gesture to Zhao Lunwen.
Zhao Lunwen made the flag fly. The camp door opened, and hundreds of drummers walked out slowly. After lining up by the trench, they began to swing their arms and beat the drums.
It was at this moment that the Qin army was waiting for, and the army immediately rectified the formation, the knife came out of its sheath, bowed, and prepared to attack.
Who knows that after waiting for a long time, except for those hundreds of war drummers, no soldier came out, and the camp gate was empty. I don't know what the Jingzhou army was doing?
Just when the Qin army did not know why, under an order from the Jingzhou army, all the drummers turned around and lined up to walk back to the camp, and then the camp door was closed.
At this time, Yao Chong also stood on the watch platform in the camp like Lu Qiang and looked at the situation here. Seeing the strange move of the Jingzhou army, it was also a little inexplicable.
"What does Lu Qiang want to do?"
At this time, the 5,000 cavalry in the battalion were ready to go. They had been waiting for a long time. They thought they were going to fight, but now there was no movement. At that time, there were generals to ask for instructions. Should the army rest on the spot or just stand by?
"Wait"
Yao Chong has confidence in the cavalry. He believes that as long as Lu Qiang dares to fight, he can definitely defeat Jingzhou in one fell swoop.
Order the soldiers to challenge again.
The result was the same as just now. The Jingzhou army first shouted, and then walked back to the camp.
After several times, Yao Chong understood that Lu Qiang was playing a tired plan! Humph! Do you think I'm so easy to cheat?
Yao Chong ordered the soldiers not to retreat, but to directly send a few people to challenge. The other soldiers rested in place. In terms of the distance of the battlefield, even if the Jingzhou army came out to attack, their own people and horses would have time to fight.
In this way, the two armies lasted from morning to afternoon. Although the people of Jingzhou did not fight with all their strength, they finally made some progress. In the afternoon, when the Qin army thought that the Jingzhou soldiers would not go to war, the Jingzhou army suddenly changed its normal and sent a team of thousands of people to the outside of the camp.
Seeing that the Jingzhou army was finally willing to fight, the Qin army immediately cheered up to prepare for the battle. Unexpectedly, the Jingzhou army was also thunderous and there was no rain. Under the order of the leading officer, the soldiers shouted, then turned around and ran away.
Qin's army is really about to collapse. How have they ever encountered such a war? Even Yao Chong knew that it was impossible not to withdraw the army. Although the soldiers had not fought with the Jingzhou army, their morale had already been exhausted.
At this time, Lu Qiang had already come down from the watch platform, but he was still secretly observing the movement of the Qin army. Seeing that the Qin army had not completely retreated, he knew that the time had come.
It was rumored that Deng Xiang was ready to rush, and then opened the camp door. According to the previous appearance, the drummer "rumbling" in front of him and walked out.
Qin Jun is not surprised about this, and he said toss you tos around! I won't be fooled by what I said.
The generals who had received the withdrawal of troops and slowly retreated with the cavalry. At this time, the cavalry in the battalion had already unloaded their horses and returned to the camp to rest.
The Qin soldiers didn't go far and suddenly felt something wrong, because they had vaguely felt that the ground was trembling. They were all cavalry. Of course, they could hear that it was the shock of the horse's hoofs landing.
Five thousand Qin army iron riders looked back in astonishment, but saw a team of Jingzhou iron riders rushing out of the Jingzhou camp and killing them with their buttocks under the guidance of a black panther flag.
In that regard, there is no reason for the Qin cavalry to be afraid of the Jingzhou cavalry, but because they have been outside for a day, they have lost their spirit under the continuous toss of the Jingzhou army.
In addition, the Qin army outside the battalion still thought that the cavalry in the battalion would come out to meet them, so from the beginning, they did not think about fighting with the Jingzhou cavalry.
This is a contest between strategy and strength. Although the losing party may not be defeated, the impact on morale is immeasurable.
Today's Jingzhou cavalry has been expanded to 3,000. Although there are more than this number of war horses in the camp, Lu Qiang formed cavalry with the purpose of preferring to lack rather than abuse. Therefore, although he has captured a lot of territory, the cavalry is 3,000.
These 3,000 cavalry can be said to have exhausted Lu Qiang's painstaking efforts. Among other things, the equipment alone is absolutely unmatched in the Jingzhou army.
There are five short-handled throwing guns behind each knight, with bows and arrows on one side of the horse and short crossbows on the other side. When impacting, crossbows are used far away, machetes are used nearby, and even the thick-backed machetes used by soldiers are specially made.
The consequences of such a strange soldier can be imagined when they have been recuperated for a long time.
Five thousand Qin cavalry had just rectified their formation. Before they were ordered to fight, countless guns fell like raindrops.
This shooting distance thrown by the horse is no less than the crossbow, and it is far more powerful than the damage caused by the crossbow.
In a blink of an eye, the Qin army fell down with a large number of people and horses, and even those who raised shields were not spared.
The Qin cavalry was also experienced and knew that the next round should be a crossbow, so they picked up shields one after another.
The two armies are not too far apart. After a round of shooting, the distance between the two armies has become closer, and Deng Xiang has no intention of firing the crossbow at all.
With a wave of the big iron gun, the first horse entered the Qin army...