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Qiao Dachuan skillfully made his warhorse lie down to avoid being discovered. Then he took out his telescope and began searching for barbarian scouts.
As a member of the hunter cavalry, he primarily carried out two tasks: first, to reconnoiter the enemy’s movements, and second, to hunt down enemy scouts to conceal his own army’s movements.
After the army from Songzhou City set off, he and his hunter cavalry companions first departed to hunt barbarian scouts, preventing their army’s objective from being discovered.
Not long after he set off, he quickly used the advantage of his telescope to discover a team of ten barbarian scouts heading towards them. So, he immediately had his companions ambush on one side of the hill, waiting for this prey to take the bait.
As hunter cavalry, they were the strongest individuals meticulously selected from the army. After training, they possessed a unique reconnaissance capability.
And in terms of firearms, they also received preferential treatment. Besides a sharp saber, they each had a short-barreled firearm on each side of their horse.
They would only use these when hunting enemy scouts.
“Everyone, prepare!”
The barbarian scouts were drawing closer. Qiao Dachuan lowered his voice and said.
The team members, who had also pressed their warhorses behind the hill, immediately became alert, ready to kill this batch of scouts at any moment.
In quiet anticipation, the barbarian scouts drew closer. They could even hear the sound of hoofbeats. At this moment, Qiao Dachuan suddenly shouted loudly and vaulted onto his horse.
Following his movement, the other team members also made their warhorses rise from the ground. They instantly vaulted onto their horses, the entire action seamless.
The barbarian cavalry evidently did not anticipate an ambush along their route. The ten men, seeing the lightly clad hunter cavalry, were first stunned, then hesitated whether to kill these Great Yu Empire scout cavalry.
Because when all the Great Yu Empire soldiers appeared, there were also ten of them in total. More importantly, these people had no armor protection, only cloth clothing.
Just as the barbarians were momentarily stunned, Qiao Dachuan had already led his soldiers to charge at the barbarian scouts. At this point, the two sides were very close. In the blink of an eye, the two sides would make contact.
The barbarian cavalry reacted. At this moment, the Great Yu Empire cavalry had already arrived before them. Having no time to draw their bows and shoot arrows, they drew their scimitars and charged head-on towards Qiao Dachuan and his group.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
Sporadic gunshots rang out. Accompanied by white smoke, barbarian scouts fell one after another from their horses. In a blink of an eye, they were annihilated.
Turning his horse around, Qiao Dachuan glanced at the scouts lying on the ground. Then he took out another firearm and fired another shot at the barbarian soldiers on the ground.
The other team members followed suit. They did this to prevent these individuals from exposing the hunter cavalry’s tactics.
After dealing with this batch of barbarian scouts, they continued on their way to find the next batch of barbarian scouts. At the same time, nine other hunter cavalry teams were spread out along a line, searching for traces of barbarian scouts.
After a day’s march, the main army led by Luo Quan successfully arrived outside Yazhou City. Under the cover of night, he stealthily besieged Yazhou City.
The next day, Lu Fei’s infantry arrived belatedly. After the three rendezvoused, they prepared to begin the siege.
“It seems Bodo didn’t receive news of our arrival. These hunter cavalry are indeed useful,” Luo Quan said.
Lu Fei exclaimed, “His Majesty is skilled in both civil and martial arts; he is truly a rare talent throughout history. This hunter cavalry was His Majesty’s idea, and it’s very effective against these barbarian scouts. Now Bodo is probably blind.”
“Not just Bodo, but other barbarian raiding parties have probably become blind too,” Qi Guangyi said.
To annihilate this invading enemy force, all hunter cavalry were dispatched this time. Even before the siege began, a silent contest had already started.
The three casually exchanged a few words. Luo Quan said, “Now we must immediately attack the city. Any delay might lead to complications.”
Lu Fei nodded. Before Lu Fei’s infantry arrived, Qi Guangyi had already led his cavalry to besiege Yazhou City in advance. Now, Yazhou City was clearly a cage.
As Lu Fei’s words fell, cannon fire abruptly erupted. Chen Ting ordered the artillerymen to simultaneously bombard the city gate and city walls from the front.
Yazhou City was merely a small city, with weak city walls and a small city gate. Under the artillery attack, the city walls quickly collapsed, and the city gate was also shattered.
Inside the city, Bodo was already like an ant on a hot griddle. The scouts had left a day ago and had not returned. When he opened his eyes the next day, Yazhou City was already surrounded by the Great Yu Empire’s cavalry.
He had prepared two routes: the first was to fiercely attack Songzhou City after consolidating his forces, and the second was to withdraw early if he discovered the Great Yu Empire army before consolidating.
But now, both routes were blocked.
After the sound of cannons erupted outside the city, he drew the scimitar from his waist. “My tribesmen, the Golden Tent Khanate has no weak descendants. Even if we die in battle today, we must not lose our honor. Follow me!”
The barbarian cavalry listened silently to Bodo’s words. As his voice fell, the cavalrymen let out wild shouts. They followed Bodo and charged out of the city.
Today, it was either die in battle in Yazhou City or break through the encirclement and return to the grasslands.
Seeing the charging barbarian cavalry, Luo Quan’s face was calm. Today was different from the past; the Great Yu Empire soldiers would no longer be intimidated by the barbarians.
With the elimination of ideological differences, the two sides now competed on the strength of their weapons and bodies.
The musketeers immediately opened fire on the barbarian cavalry charging out of the city gate. Under three-stage firing, the barbarian cavalry fell in waves.
After finishing their volleys, they retreated. At this moment, Qi Guangyi led his cavalry, like a swift gale, charging towards the cavalry led by Bodo.
Because of the large number of cavalry, the imperial court did not yet have enough short-barreled firearms to equip them. The cavalry were currently still using crossbows.
The two sides charged to a distance of twenty meters. The Great Yu Empire cavalry picked up the crossbows on their horses and fired an arrow at the oncoming barbarian cavalry.
The barbarian cavalry immediately fell into disarray, with men and horses toppling over. The Great Yu Empire’s cunning tactics caught them by surprise.
But then, an even more astonishing scene appeared before them: the Great Yu Empire soldiers used the crossbows, which had already fired their arrows, as weapons to smash the remaining cavalry.
Under the attack of crossbow arrows and crossbows, the barbarian cavalry’s formation fell into chaos. At this moment, the disciplined and orderly Great Yu Empire cavalry, like a torrent of steel, plunged into the barbarian cavalry’s ranks.
Immediately, warhorses neighed, and cries of “kill” shook the heavens.
The cuirassiers, at this moment, displayed the advantage of heavy cavalry. Relying on their armor, they charged and fought through the barbarian cavalry, their sabers flashing, and blood splattering.
Lu Fei did not stop observing the battle at this point. He commanded his musketeers to enter the city through the breach, splitting the barbarian cavalry trapped inside the city into two, completely preventing the barbarian army from supporting each other.