The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Chapter 203 Ambush Cavalry

There were thousands of people. The cavalry commander of the Fang family army looked around and immediately pointed his sword: "Charge forward, don't look back."

At this time, we should not pay attention to these infantrymen. Relying on speed to rush over can reduce casualties.

Moreover, it was impossible for the infantry on the hillside to run down and intercept them.

A large number of cavalry followed the commander and rushed forward, but more and more stones were thrown in front of them.

In particular, there was a large amount of arrow rain aimed at the 8,000 cavalrymen who were charging in disorder.

Cavalrymen kept falling off their horses, and that was not all. Infantrymen on both sides kept rushing down, howling.

It is rare to see infantry charging cavalry, especially cavalry that is running.

The cavalry of the Fang family army was also powerful. They ran like a river while shooting arrows from both sides, constantly shooting down the soldiers of the Third Army who came to intercept them.

But the cavalrymen who were charging in the front fell to the ground screaming.

Many cavalrymen of the Fang family army had to rein in their horses.

The commander was still hiding in the crowd. The troops in front stopped advancing, and the rows of cavalrymen behind him also stopped, and even bumped into each other.

The commander shouted, "What's going on? What's going on up ahead?"

Someone in front of us called back, "General, there are a lot of horse pits ahead."

This made people gasp when they saw it. The official road ahead was full of small potholes dug specifically to trap the cavalry's horses' hooves.

The commander was very angry: "Where did these bastard officers and soldiers come from?"

If they tried to charge through the pile of horse traps in front of them, they would almost fall down. Their horses could not even run fast enough and were taken care of by the infantry rushing down from both sides. They were like lambs to be slaughtered.

But they had already advanced so far, and behind them were densely packed cavalrymen.

He could only shout: "Dismount and fight on foot, dismount and fight on foot."

The Fang family army is well-trained and has good pay and rations.

He is very powerful in combat, and even when he is off his horse, he is still incomparable to other soldiers.

But soon, they knew what a big loss was.

Because the soldiers rushing down from both sides not only shot arrows from the back, but also held brooms in front.

From a high position, they crushed the Fang family cavalry in a very skilled and one-sided manner.

The 8,000 cavalrymen of the Fang family army are no match for ordinary soldiers even if they dismount and fight on foot.

Each of them is equipped with armor and powerful weapons. If a fight breaks out, tens of thousands of ordinary infantrymen will not be their match.

But now they were ambushed, in chaos and unable to organize themselves into formation.

That’s fine, even if they just force their way through, they will be able to deal with the thousands of ambushed officers and soldiers.

But now both sides are filled with strange officers and soldiers coming down in batches.

Not only did they suffer from wave after wave of arrows, but many of Fang's soldiers also fell.

There were also "bang bang bang bang bang" sounds from time to time, with weapons emitting white smoke and firing bullets. At such a close distance, the Fang family army's cavalry suffered heavy losses.

On this long and narrow official road, the two sides fought fiercely.

Most of the cavalrymen of the Fang family army were equipped with sabers, and even the number of them was very small.

How could they be a match for the Mandarin Duck Formation?

Although the Third Army had been training for less than two months, there were many veterans in it. Even though they were not very familiar with the Mandarin Duck Formation, under the roars and shouts of the sixth period and some old servants in front, they were able to continuously defeat the Fang family army cavalry without any chance of fighting back.

Even if the cavalry commander roared and got anxious, it was of no use as people around him kept being killed and injured.

When the two sides were fighting fiercely, suddenly thousands of soldiers in round hats came running from the official road in the north.

The Third Army knew that there were thousands of cavalrymen from the Fang family army coming to support Hushan Pass, but there were only two regiments of troops lying in ambush here.

He was worried, so he personally brought his personal guard battalion and direct battalion to provide support.

With more than a thousand soldiers, they attacked from the northern official road towards the center, and soon the Fang family cavalry, which had been barely holding on, became even more chaotic.

The morale of the two regiments that were originally in ambush by the Third Army was immediately boosted. They launched a crazy attack, intercepted and surrounded the Fang family cavalry into sections.

The Fang family cavalry was on the verge of collapse and was about to be wiped out.

The commander had to shout loudly, "Break through, break through!"

But the people and horses here were in a mess. Their cavalry dismounted from their horses, but they were still not as fast as the infantry.

And the casualties increased. Finally, someone surrendered, and the others immediately followed suit. No one wanted to die. Since they couldn't escape, they might as well surrender and survive.

Most of Fang's troops surrendered, with about two thousand casualties.

Only a few hundred people, behind the ambush circle, hurriedly mounted their horses and quickly broke out.

Hundreds of people also took advantage of the fact that there were few besieging officers and soldiers and ran out of the hillside through the gaps. They could only rely on their own legs to escape.

This battle lasted almost from the afternoon to dusk.

The Fang family cavalry was almost destroyed.

More than 5,000 prisoners were stripped of their armor and horses and escorted away by the Third Army.

The soldiers of the Third Army were both excited and distressed.

They also suffered hundreds of casualties. Except for the military medical staff who provided immediate treatment, everyone else packed up and left immediately.

More than 10,000 war horses were seized, and they were all good war horses. It is said that many of them were given by the barbarians.

Each cavalryman of the Fang family army has two war horses, which is really luxurious.

Fang Chengyu is now extremely anxious, and is still waiting for his cavalry to quickly seize Hushan Pass.

Even if we cannot get rid of the group of officers and soldiers who launched the surprise attack as soon as possible.

At least we can hold them back first.

After all, he felt that the number of officers and soldiers who could take down Hushan Pass by relying on internal and external cooperation should not be large.

Otherwise, if a large number of officers and soldiers were mobilized, it would be impossible for me to not get any information.

But he had no idea that the Third Army had been lurking in the mountains a hundred miles west of Hushan Pass for a long time.

The First Army also concealed its whereabouts and had hidden in the mountains before he rebelled.

As for after the rebellion, there were indeed no large numbers of officers and soldiers going to Hushan Pass, but he didn't know that His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince on the opposite side had already begun to make plans against him.

This is the benefit of information. Ning Yi's intelligence department helped him a lot. The effectiveness of the information was enough to catch the enemy off guard and eliminate the information gap.

In Fang Chengyu's tent, all the generals of his direct lineage were shouting, why don't we go and deal with the useless people from the Beijing camp opposite first.

When the time comes, when the army returns to Hushan Pass, won’t it be easy to take it down?

Fang Chengyu thought it was a good idea. It would be a good idea to deal with the trash from the Beijing camp on the opposite side first, so as to avoid being confronted and tied down by these rubbish and being unable to move.

He had just given the order to prepare for a strong attack tomorrow and to send that group of collateral troops first.

At this time, he didn't care whether the side troops were obedient or not. Anyone who dared not fight to the death would be killed directly.

As for the 10,000 Royal Guards, his own men would be able to deal with them personally when the time comes.

Without the distraction of these 60,000 Beijing troops, it should not be a problem to capture Hushan Pass.

However, the generals on his side who had just finished a meeting and were about to leave were attracted by the messengers who came with the news.