Chapter 574: Joy

Gongsun Yi was delighted to see that his opponent had no defense at all. As the vanguard of the Eastern Expedition Army, Gao Yuan had spent a lot of money on the equipment of all the soldiers of the First Army. Compared with other troops of the Eastern Expedition Army, they were absolutely ahead. Cavalrymen like them could not wear heavy armor like infantrymen, because it was too heavy, not conducive to cavalry galloping, and not flexible enough in combat, so they could only wear leather armor, but these leather armors were somewhat different from ordinary ones. Iron pieces were inlaid in the key parts of the body, which were easy to be fatal. Don't underestimate this small change, it can save lives on the battlefield. Lewen is worth your collection. lw0.

Doing this would not cost much, but the trouble is the production, and the process is much more complicated.

If this special leather armor can save lives, then the crossbow, which has become a standard weapon in the hands of the Eastern Expedition Army, is a life-threatening thing. This Donghu is small and has a short range, but it can fire continuously and cannot penetrate the heavy armor of the infantry, but it can kill the ordinary leather armor worn by the cavalry with one shot.

Gongsun Yi took advantage of the fact that the Wusu tribe had never fought with the Eastern Expedition Army and didn't know much about the Eastern Expedition Army. He deliberately set up such a formation to lure the opponent to rush over without mercy.

Facts have proved that Gongsun Yi's plan completely calculated the opponent's reaction.

The half-moon shape is unfolded, and the middle is the deepest. The opponent's cone-shaped attack formation will rush to this deepest point, and the entire attack formation will be deeply trapped in the half-moon area. It is easy to break through, but the problem is that the impact surface they have to bear is too large.

Allen didn't know that the opponent deliberately set a trap. Looking at the opponent's formation, he screamed with excitement. He took the lead. He plunged deeply into the deepest part and rushed straight to that depression.

At this moment, the continuous sound of linlin suddenly rang. The two wings of the cone formation of the Wusu tribe were completely exposed to the rain of arrows from the Eastern Expedition Army.

With three consecutive shots, Gongsun Yi shot all three crossbows in the hands of hundreds of cavalrymen under his command at once.

The complete outpouring naturally brought fruitful results. The unprepared Alan's tribe suffered heavy losses in the first place.

This was the first time Alan saw the cavalry crossbows of the Eastern Expedition Army, and also the last time he saw them. Because Gongsun Yi appeared right in front of him. And there were nearly ten cavalry crossbows aimed at Alan.

The general led the charge. Be prepared to be the first to die.

When the sound of the cavalry crossbows rang out, Alan saw short crossbow arrows like locusts rushing towards him. At this time, he was less than twenty steps away from the opponent. He waved the scimitar in his hand and blocked most of the crossbow arrows, but he and his warhorse were still pierced by dozens of dense crossbow arrows, and fell off the horse like a blood gourd.

In just one round of attack,

more than a hundred Donghu cavalrymen fell, the neat attack formation was swept to pieces, and the outer cavalry was almost wiped out.

As soon as the battle started, the Donghu cavalry, who were confident in their field combat capabilities, found that the opponent's capabilities were not inferior to their own. Even in a face-to-face confrontation, they could not gain any advantage. In front of them, there were only half of all the enemies they needed to face, and on the other side, there were hundreds of enemy cavalry roaring and rushing up.

The Donghu cavalry who came out were surrounded by the Zhengdong Army, and none of them escaped. Those who were lucky enough to break out of the encirclement were also caught up and shot one by one.

The battle lasted only a cup of tea and ended. Gongsun Yi smiled and looked at Luo Lei, who was lost and forgotten. He was very happy. Luo Lei, who didn't drink the first soup, was irrelevant to the overall situation even if he fought hard in the later battles.

"Well done!" Xu Yuan rode his horse to Gongsun Yi and praised him generously. Although this battle seemed to be a battle without suspense in Xu Yuan's eyes, Gongsun Yi was able to do it so cleanly and neatly. It was just a small trick that made the battle much easier, which still made Xu Yuan very happy.

It would be the best if they could reduce the casualties of their brothers. After following Gao Yuan for a long time, the generals of the Eastern Expedition Army have all developed the same problem, cherishing the soldiers in their hands, especially the veterans, who are the backbone of the army.

After the Eastern Expedition Army was restructured, in addition to the officers, ordinary soldiers were also divided into different ranks, and each different rank corresponded to different salaries. However, there were no new recruits in Xu Yuan's army, and the worst was a second-class soldier, that is, he had fought a battle and taken the enemy's head.

"Clean up the battlefield, especially the war horses, collect them, they will be needed later." Xu Yuan said.

Since Chen Bin got up this morning, his right eyelid has been twitching non-stop. The left eye twitches for wealth, and the right eye twitches for disaster. This is not a good sign, and he has been very irritated. Later, when he saw Allen leading almost all the cavalry here out in full force, this uneasiness reached its peak.

Chen Bin was a general of the Yan army. He did not need to work in the fields like ordinary soldiers, but he needed to manage the Yan soldiers working here. Although the Yan army surrendered their weapons, they were different from ordinary prisoners of war and needed to be returned to the Yan people. Therefore, in each settlement, a low-ranking general of the Yan army was placed to assist in management, which was also meant to ease the conflict between the Yan prisoners of war and the Donghu people. In this way, even if these prisoners of war were bullied and wronged, they would have a place to complain, so that they would not feel that they had no way to complain and would not feel desperate, and instead do something desperate.

It must be said that Thorpe's move was very effective. Seeing that their own generals were still here, the prisoners felt much more at ease. After the beginning of spring, these prisoners quietly reclaimed tens of thousands of acres of good land for the Wusu tribe. In autumn, they could harvest food.

The entire camp was now extremely empty, with only a dozen Donghu cavalrymen hanging around. Chen Bin stood on a high ground, looking at the densely packed soldiers who were sweating and reclaiming wasteland below, and felt even more irritated. For them, there was no distinction between slack and busy farming. The land over there where crops had been planted was the land they reclaimed last winter, and now seedlings had grown, and now they needed to reclaim new land.

Chen Bin felt that this was an extremely humiliating thing. He came from a poor family and started as a soldier at the bottom. He rose to the position of a general step by step. He also knew that a general like him, who had some skills but no connections, was already the highest position he could reach. Originally, the war against Donghu gave him hope. This kind of war to destroy a country is the easiest to make meritorious deeds. If he can perform well, it is not impossible to go further. After all, on the battlefield, people like him can best display their abilities.

As General Kumamoto fought all the way to the city of Helin, many comrades fell down. He survived by chance, but at this time, he wanted to die under the city of Helin, maybe it would be better. It's not like living like a ghost now. If General Kumamoto hadn't stayed and personally selected them to go to various settlements to appease the soldiers, he would have quit long ago.

Almost all the captured middle and senior generals left in the first batch of released prisoners of war. In the eyes of those people in the country, these people are naturally more valuable. People like me who have no connections are afraid that I will have to stay in this ghost place for five years. After five years, I may still be alive, but I don’t know how many of these soldiers under me can still survive.

Looking at the soldiers sweating profusely, Chen Bin was not without sadness. Although he could eat enough, he was in a foreign land after all. He was not used to the local climate and the most feared thing was to get sick. There were very few doctors among the Donghu people. Once they got sick, the simplest way for them to deal with it was to throw them far away and let them fend for themselves. Because they were worried about infection.

In the nearly half a year since he came here, hundreds of soldiers have disappeared like this.

It's better to die here. It's really shameful to return to the country like this. Chen Bin thought with a wry smile.

The ground trembled slightly, which was a signal that the cavalry was approaching. Chen Bin turned around and looked into the distance. The Donghu people had pulled out the whole army early in the morning. I don't know what they were doing. Now they are back, they have to see it clearly. For him, a deputy general, the Donghu people did not deliberately make things difficult for him. On the contrary, they were very polite. I think they also understand that these thousands of prisoners of war need to be comforted by themselves.

Chen Bin turned around and saw the cavalry approaching from a distance, but he froze when he looked at it for the first time.

That was not the cavalry of the Donghu people, that was the Yan army, that was the flag of the Eastern Expedition Army.

In the battle with the Donghu last year, Chen Bin had always been at the forefront of the battle. In order to cover Zhou Yu's retreat, Zhou Yuan ordered the troops where Xiong Ben was to attack Helin regardless of everything. The Xiong army suffered heavy losses. Later, another order came down for the whole army to surrender. They were completely isolated from the outside news and had no idea about the previous disputes between the Yan army and the Eastern Expedition Army. To him, the Eastern Expedition Army was a friendly army on their left wing, attacking the Donghu with them. Later, the entire Central Army was defeated, but there was no news from the Left and Right Armies. They were strictly disciplined and had no source of information. Even though low-level generals like him had a certain degree of freedom later, they did not see a soldier from the Left and Right Armies. Originally, he thought that the Central Army, which was so strong, was forced to surrender, and the Left and Right Armies, which were weak in strength, must have been completely destroyed.

But today he actually saw the flag of the Eastern Expedition Army.

In that moment of stunned concentration, the cavalrymen came closer to him, and Chen Bin could see clearly that the Eastern Expedition Army was fully armed. What shocked him even more was that the blood splashed on their bodies and the fluttering flags was so conspicuous. They had just fought not long ago and won.

Who their opponent was was self-evident.

At that moment, Chen Bin was completely shocked by the huge joy and stiffened all over. He was like a clay sculpture or a wooden sculpture, and completely lost his mind. (To be continued. (lw0.)) ()