Du Fuwei didn't have time to think about it, because the opponent had nearly a thousand light cavalry galloping towards him.
After all, Du Fuwei is a rebel king who has experienced hundreds of battles and fought thousands of miles.
His fear passed in an instant, and he immediately calmed down and shouted loudly: "All the crossbowmen are ready, and the spearmen will step forward to form a defensive cavalry formation."
This recruit is an elite division selected from a hundred of Du Fuwei's army, equipped with sophisticated equipment, and trained by Du Fuwei himself.
Under Du Fuwei's order, the formation quickly changed.
The spearmen holding nearly four-meter long spears lined up in several rows in front, the crossbowmen began to bend their bows and arrows from behind, and the sword and shield men protected the two wings.
A sneer appeared on the corner of Du Fuwei's mouth, because he saw clearly that this cavalry was too "light".
Although both men and horses were well-armed, they were all wearing thin leather armor.
This leather armor can be easily penetrated by ordinary arrows.
Therefore, he believed that although these cavalry were fast, they would be shot into hedgehogs before they could rush into his own formation.
But the development of the matter was far beyond his expectation.
The opponent fired the first round of arrows before they even entered the shooting range of his own crossbowmen.
Seeing the rain of arrows coming from the sky, it was already too late to change their formation.
Du Fuwei could only roar in the air, powerful arrows shot down from the air, and large swaths of spearmen and crossbowmen fell down in the military formation.
Du Fuwei could only endure the casualties, gritting his teeth and waiting for the opponent to get closer to fight back.
Finally, the opponent entered within forty battles, which was the maximum shooting range of his own archers.
Du Fuwei swung down his hand hanging in the air, and his crossbowmen shot revenge arrows one after another.
Unexpectedly, when these lightly armored flying cavalry saw the flying arrows, they suddenly dispersed to the left and right amidst the whistles and galloped away.
This round of arrows completely missed.
The separated light-armored flying cavalry rushed towards the two wings of Du Fuwei's formation at extremely fast speeds, and continued to shoot at the opponent non-stop while running.
Du Fuwei took a look and realized that if he continued like this, he would only be beaten passively, and there was even a risk of being outflanked and surrounded.
However, he only had 300 cavalry out of 2,000 soldiers, and he was still nearly ten miles away from Liyang City.
He would definitely not be able to outrun the opponent.
Only then did he panic.
A guard nearby reminded: "General, there is a small city called Hexian three miles behind us.
We can take shelter there temporarily."
Du Fuwei immediately ordered the entire army to retreat to Hexian to defend it.
The army was well-trained, and after receiving the order, they quickly and orderly withdrew to He County in a retreat defensive formation.
When he was still one mile away from He County, he was still caught up by the flying cavalry, and fierce arrows struck again.
The flying cavalry went back and forth on the left, right and back of the army, deliberately keeping a distance, and constantly killing the opponent with flying arrows.
By the time Du Fuwei fled into Hexian, he had already lost three to four hundred soldiers.
Thanks to the soldiers being well-protected by armor, if it had been Du Fuwei's other ordinary soldiers, the entire army would have been wiped out.
All.
He County itself has 500 garrison troops, plus Du Fuwei's 1,600 to 1,600 elite soldiers who entered the city.
Facing the surging Sui army, they could barely guard the city.
Hexian County has now closed its four gates, and a thousand flying cavalry outside the city are patrolling around on guard.
A moment later, Chen Jun had already arrived at the foot of He County with eight thousand Sui army infantry.
The generals and counties were surrounded and began to set up camps and build fortifications.
The Thousand Flying Cavalry quietly disappeared outside He County at some unknown time.
But Du Fuwei had nothing to worry about at this time.
He knew in his heart that in two hours at most, Ximen Junyi should arrive with 20,000 to 30,000 troops from various battalions in Liyang counties for reinforcements.
So now he only needs to stick to Hexian for an hour or two.
But what he is worried about now is whether Liyang City, which has only a thousand soldiers, can be defended.
Outside Liyang City, an army marched from the northeast, with 500 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, under the banner of Du Fuwei's army.
When they arrived at the city gate, they began to call the door.
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The defenders on the city tower did not dare to neglect and quickly reported to the peak.
A leader-like man stuck his head out and asked: "Brothers below the city, please be patient.
There is an attack by the Sui army right now.
We must be careful, so we have to ask a few more questions, which unit are you from and where are you stationed?"
Who is the origin of Liyang and why does it have a seal?"
Under the city, a leading officer said impatiently: "We are the general Li Zitong's troops stationed in Liuhe.
We are here to support Liyang City under the orders of General Li Zitong.
Please open the city gate quickly."
The man on the top of the city shouted: "Brother, I've never seen you before, can you give me the seal and ribbon for a while?"
The people in the city immediately responded: "We are the Huaibei Rebels who just surrendered to Liuhe Li Zitong a few days ago.
Of course you don't recognize it.
But you can't let go of the seal and ribbon.
You can enter the city for you to watch.
Open the city gate.
Don't worry. , just me and some of my soldiers entered the city. " The man on the top of the city hesitated for a moment, then shouted: "Then you ask the large group of people to move back, and I will lower the drawbridge for you and open the city gate."
After the general signaled with his hand gesture, except for him and the more than 20 soldiers around him, the others all retreated for nearly a hundred meters.
Li Yang's suspension bridge slowly lowered, and then the city gate was slowly opened.
The general came on horseback with more than twenty soldiers.
The leader at the top of the city suddenly felt something was wrong, but couldn't explain it for the moment.
When the opponent's horses stepped on the suspension bridge, he realized that the opponent's horses and weapons seemed too uniform.
This should not be a characteristic of the peasant army.
Those horses were all black horses.
Although the cavalry all wore various costumes and hats, they each held a three-foot horizontal sword made of the same standard of fine steel.
"No, you can't tell them to come in.
Pull up the suspension bridge and close the door."
The leader exclaimed.
But it was already too late.
Xia Yue and his more than 20 soldiers had already galloped across the suspension bridge and entered the city gate.
The soldiers on the tower desperately turned the winch and slowly lifted the suspension bridge, but the two rearmost Beiwei guards had already slashed at the thick sling with their swords.
The slings as thick as duck eggs were cut off by sharp steel knives, and the suspension bridge fell heavily to the ground again.
The Sui army's infantry and cavalry from behind also quickly swarmed up.
The twenty soldiers who rushed in with Xia Yue from the city cave began to fight with the nearly three hundred bandit soldiers near the city gate.
These thieves are all Du Fuwei's elite soldiers, and their combat power is also extraordinary.
But there was nothing they could do about the more than 20 Beiwei guards.
Xia Yue and Beiwei guards first knocked down the soldiers who were trying to re-close the city gate in the city cave, and then jumped off their horses.
More than ten people stood guard at the city gate with swords and shields. , the ten people behind took their bows and arrows, bent their bows and set arrows to shoot at the bandit soldiers.
"Kill them quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
A leader of the recruiting army shouted while he raised his sword and waved his shield to kill them, and the soldiers also rushed forward.
They ignored the flying arrows and fought with the Beiwei guards at the front
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