The Demon Lords

Chapter 1095: Chapter 263: Call Me Brother (Part 3)

Of course, besides the pros and cons of tactics, there is another reason, which is the Yan cavalry has always had a strong confidence in being the "world’s best cavalry," especially these two divisions, the Northern Stability Army and Southern Pacification Army.

Since it is a melee, just charge straight ahead, first crush the enemy’s outpost riders, then crush the enemy’s vanguard, and then let the enemy’s routed troops retreat back to our side, forming a beaded curtain. The rear troops follow with one charge, and the enemy might just get confused and suffer a chain of defeats.

Don’t think this is far-fetched, in fact, it is not uncommon for two or three thousand cavalry to directly rout tens of thousands of enemy troops. In fact, even those defeated enemy troops are quite puzzled, because they know that their numbers are ten times more than the opponents. With ten fighting one, they would surely win. After all, everyone has the same two arms and one head, but often they just inexplicably get routed.

The most classic battle case is the initial Earl of North Border with thirty thousand defeating the five hundred thousand Northward Expedition of the Qian State. That was a nearly twenty to one military strength comparison, and at that time the Qian State had just been founded and it was the second generation emperor who led the elite troops brought by his brother when founding the country. Just like that, they lost their armor and helmets absurdly, establishing the Northern Stability Army’s reputation as the world’s best.

At this moment,

Lord Zheng and others were situated on a hillside, below was a relatively flat canyon, providing a good vantage for watching the battle.

The princess curiously asked:

"Why don’t you go down to say hello?"

The princess was one whose position changed the fastest, to be honest, despite her noble birth, she hadn’t endured the hardships of the past month’s fleeing. Seeing the Yan Army now, she was the second most excited.

Because she could imagine that following Zheng Fan back to the Yan region, first, she would be conferred by the Yan Emperor, second, she could live in the Earl’s Mansion at Snow Sea Pass. Based on her observation that Zheng Fan was even more particular than herself,

She thought that her life at the Earl’s Mansion might not be that ceremonious, but the living standard and quality would undoubtedly be superior.

However, Lord Zheng shook his head, saying:

"If I go down now, it would be difficult to distinguish friend from foe for them, not good."

"Oh, I see."

The princess felt enlightened because she believed in her man’s ability to command in battle. In military matters, whatever her man said had to be right.

The actual situation was that though the small unit of Yan cavalry below seemed aggressive, it didn’t necessarily mean they could win this small-scale encounter. Lord Zheng felt that if he went down to say hello now, it could likely lead to issues.

As expected,

a group of nearly a hundred Chu cavalrymen suddenly appeared from behind the Yan cavalry. The Chu cavalry in front that was being pursued also turned their horses around quickly to cooperate with their comrades from the rear, beginning to encircle this Yan army.

Jiang Hu saw this and excitedly clutched the stone in front of him.

He was inwardly cheering for the Chu army’s prevailing advantage.

The princess licked her lips; she would be excited to see the Yan army appear, but with the current advantage of the Chu army, she couldn’t feel sadness.

Lord Zheng also noticed the political alignment of these two "Chu people" beside him,

but this was human nature, and Lord Zheng understood.

However, seeing Jiang Hu’s excitement, Lord Zheng just slightly shook his head, because he had roughly figured it out. The Chu cavalry originally retreating was over two hundred, the pursuing Yan army was over two hundred, and the Chu army coming in from behind was around two hundred as well.

The numbers were roughly two to one, perhaps the Chu army was slightly more, but definitely not three to one.

Though the Yan army was surrounded and in a strategic disadvantage, yet...

Lord Zheng silently took out a Chinese brand iron box and drew out a cigarette, this time, he lit it.

The princess looked at Zheng Fan, somewhat worriedly saying:

"Down there, it might..."

Lord Zheng exhaled a smoke ring, casually saying: "Hehe, this is the Southern Pacification Army."

The Yan officers below immediately ordered a continued charge in response to this situation, with the front-line Yan cavalry all raising their horse lances.

Continuing the charge, without dividing forces to defend the rear, was the wisest choice.

Firstly, the front Chu cavalry had just turned around to counter-charge, their horse momentum couldn’t possibly have recovered and our chase momentum could just hit them head on!

Secondly, cavalry combat strategy inherently emphasizes speed, ferocity, and precision, and cavalry commanders rarely ponder on having all bases covered.

Impact,

happened quickly.

In an instant,

there were riders falling on both sides, but after a round of charge, it was evident that the Yan cavalry’s riding skills and ability for mounted charges were superior, directly creating a breach through the Chu army, breaking up the middle, leaving the Chu army on both sides perplexed. Furthermore, as this was a canyon, the limited space on both sides also hindered the progress of the following Chu cavalry.

Moreover, many of the rear Chu soldiers even stopped and dismounted, seemingly to care for their comrades while eagerly dispatching any fallen but alive Yan cavalrymen.

It amounted to the originally pursuing Chu army’s formation scattering instantly.

The original pursuing Chu cavalry had to rein in their horses;

Meanwhile, the Yan cavalry, having completed one breach, switched the positions of rear and front according to the officer’s command, where the former front lances were damaged or dropped, but the rear ones were perfectly intact and raised again.