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Finally, when Xiang Luo and others fled to Rushui, there were only more than two thousand riders left.

And it was not over yet, Chu Qi was attacked by the Black Armored Army when Rushui assembled to cross the river.

In fact, Chu Qi no longer needs to be afraid at this time. They only need to dismount and set up a shield formation and wait for the friendly army on the other side to send a ship to pick up. The Black Armored Army will not be unable to attack it at the same time.

However, Chu Qi had been chased by the Black Armored Army along the way, and now he had no intention of fighting. In panic, many people jumped into the river desperately and fled.

As a result, the Chu army simply lost a group of cavalry.

It wasn't until the Chu Army on the other side sent a boat to send reinforcements that the Black Armies turned their heads and moved away.

Shen Bing did not participate in the whole battle.

As soon as he came up, he saw piles of trophies in Ruanqiao Town: armor, bronze swords, crossbows, and more than two thousand sturdy horses lined up neatly.

While Shen Bing was marveling at the result of the battle, Chen Duan led the Black Armored Army and brought back more than two thousand horses, and the horses were carrying bundles of leather armor.

Wei Wei didn't like war horses. He had been ordered to command the beam army at this time. The beam army was infantry, and it was useless with war horses.

Those leather armors he fancyed.

In fact, leather armor is not cheaper than bronze armor at all, but because of its lightness, it is more for cavalry equipment. If it can be used for the beam, he certainly won't pick it.

So Wei Wei said to Shen Bing:

"Vice general, the Black Armored Army already has rattan armor, not as good as this leather armor..."

Shen Bing replied:

"You go and count them. If you have more than 3,000, they will be allocated to the Liangjun.

"The rest is reserved for other purposes, and then allocated to the Liangjun."

Wei Wei was overjoyed, and immediately took his guards to count.

After counting, there were more than 4,000, so more than 1,000 were allocated to the Liangjun.

Wei Wei didn't hesitate, and immediately gave these leather armors to the sword and shield hand.

The sword and shield player stands in the front of the team and is the most dangerous position, and of course he needs leather armor the most.

Xiang Yan on the other side also received news from Xiang Luo at this time.

He was taken aback when he saw the black armour's tactics, and secretly said:

"This Shen Bing is so good. The Black Armored Army trained is not only invincible on the water and turned into a cavalry, but also has no opponents."

"Shooting has such benefits? Why did I wait but never heard of it?"

In fact, the benefits of riding and shooting are no secret in this era, especially for several northern countries such as Qin, Zhao, and Yan.They fought against the Huns for a long time, and the Huns used this method of tactics.

Even 28 years later, Liu Bang was defeated by the Huns with this tactic.

However, the Central Plains countries generally did not take this tactic into consideration.

The main reason is that the countries in the Central Plains fled as soon as the Huns sent troops. The countries only said that they had won, so they did not realize the tactics.

This situation continued throughout the Qin Dynasty. When Liu Bang became the emperor, he was confident that he could easily defeat the Xiongnu, but the result was surprising.

At this time, Shen Bing fully demonstrated this tactic.

So Xiang Yan exclaimed: There is such a tactic?

Xiang Yan didn't take this too seriously at the beginning, because the only information he received was that Xiang Luo lost the two battles, and the two battles were both when only more than 2,000 people from the Xiang Luo department played.

Xiang Yan naturally felt that Xiang Luo had inadequate command, otherwise, how could there be more than two thousand people stepping forward to fight the enemy.

Thinking about it this way, even though the tactics of the Black Armored Army were powerful, if there were more Chu troops, I'm afraid that the three thousand Black Armored Armies would not have much effect.

However, that night Xiang Luo asked the messenger to send another letter:

"Our ministry has withdrawn to the east bank of Rushui, and there are fewer than two thousand survivors."

"The Black Armored Army is extremely fierce, so you must not use the cavalry against it!"

At this time, Xiang Yan realized the seriousness of the situation.

When 10,000 cavalry went out, only less than 2,000 returned, and it was only a day before and after, and only the three thousand black armies were facing...

How many casualties of the Black Armored Army?

Xiang Yan couldn't get it because Xiang Luo didn't say in the letter.

However, Xiang Yan changed his mind. If the Black Armored Army used the tactics of riding and shooting and Chu Qi's bow and crossbow were helpless, the casualties of the Black Armored Army would be minimal.

This……

Xiang Yan frowned and cast his gaze on the map. Fortunately, his cavalry had already captured the city and built a defense without having to fight.

It is so that the Black Armored Army is here, I am afraid that there is no alternative.

But after another thought, I felt wrong, how could the cavalry not go to war?

If the cavalry does not fight, how is it different from the infantry?

And if the Black Armored Army is not attacking the walled city but the infantry?

Infantry...Infantry can build a shield wall and counter-attack with crossbow arrows. This tactic has no effect on infantry.

Of course, this is only Xiang Yan's wishful thinking. In fact, cavalry and shooting will be another advantage to infantry as long as the tactics are used properly. The Mongolian cavalry's tactics prove this.

However, since there is no stirrup at this time, you can only ride and shoot and cannot hack and rush, so the advantage will be much weaker.

Then Xiang Yan thought about it again, and was frightened in a cold sweat...

If the Black Armed Forces did not attack the walled city or the infantry, it would be the Chu army's weakness to attack the supply line instead.

Didn't the Chu army use the cavalry to break the supply line of the Mongolian army?

Why can't Black Armor counterattack the Chu Army's supply line?

At that time, the Black Armored Army will be facing the supply team, so how can it be its opponent?!

Was it better for Chu Qi to have reinforcements or not?

If it is reinforcements, his own ten thousand cavalry may be the second in Xiangluo Department.

If there is no reinforcement, the food road will not be broken, and the Chu army will be surrounded by the Black Armed Army, Mengwu Army, and Liang Army.

Xiang Yan couldn't help it for a while, walking around inside the account and didn't know how to deal with it.

This is a kind of arms advantage.

The reason why there are these arms on the battlefield has its own reasons, and all countries have developed them through the lessons of blood and life on the battlefield.

For example, a tank can be offensive or defensive, and it can rush in a flat area.

Bishi cavalry can quickly maneuver to deal with unexpected situations.

Infantry is the best choice for siege.

These arms can be weak, but not without.

This is because once a certain unit is not developed at all, there will be unsolvable loopholes in combat and the enemy will take advantage of it.

The Chu Army had these arms, so there was no problem.

The problem was that as soon as the Black Armored Army came out, the cavalry of the Chu Army were not "weak", but could almost ignore it as "none".

So the Black Armored Army can do whatever they want in the Cavalry field to give full play to the advantages of the Cavalry to suppress the Chu Army.

Then Xiang Yan faced a difficult choice: whether to protect the supply line or send the cavalry to die?

If it is useful to send the cavalry to death, Xiang Yan might still choose this option.

Because after all, this can solve the crisis of Chu State.

However, what happens after the cavalry is dead?

The supply line is still going to be broken, how can we fight this battle?

In the end, Xiang Yan could only bite his teeth and ordered:

"Withdraw the troops and return to Shicheng Father!"