The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 6 Armored Cavalry
"Boom~"

There was heavy rain, thunder and lightning, and the surroundings were pitch black. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the figure in front of the door.

This is Tietou's father, Wang Wu.

He was supposed to have followed Li Xiao's father to the battlefield, but now he returned to Hexi Fort.

And looking at his appearance, he was ragged, dirty, and in a very disheveled state. You could faintly see dried blood on the cloth wrapped around his arm.

When Li Xiao saw Wang Wu's appearance, his heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling.

"problem occurs."

Sure enough, under the gaze of everyone, Wang Wu's body began to tremble, tears flowed from his eyes, and he suddenly collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.

"Woooooo~"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch~"

No one expected that a man in his thirties would cry so miserably at this moment, which was caught off guard.

The old man had fought for so many years and was very experienced. He seemed to have realized something in an instant.

His eyes immediately turned cold, his hand tightly gripped the hilt of the knife, and he scolded in a low voice.

"Tell me, what happened?"

The old man stared at Wang Wu intently, his aura was quite terrifying.

"Woooooo~"

"We lost. We lost."

Under the pressure of the old man's momentum, Wang Wu spoke intermittently.

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding villagers started arguing.

"What? Lost?"

"Where are the other kids? Why are you back alone?"

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Third Grandpa and the others looked anxious. They all jumped off their horses and surrounded Wang Wu to ask questions.

Among the one hundred young men who went to the battle, there were also their children!
The old man also got off his horse, stepped on the muddy ground, and walked towards Wang Wu step by step with heavy steps.

Although he appeared calm on the surface, Li Xiao, who was following behind him, could clearly feel the old man's body trembling unconsciously a few times.

Maybe he was afraid of hearing some bad news!

Surrounded by these elders, Wang Wu shook his head and spoke bitterly.

"The situation was very chaotic at the time. There were Karluk cavalry everywhere. We could only flee madly, and many people got separated."

"Erdan and I ran towards the village and met Lao Zhu and his men on the way."

"It was raining heavily, and we finally got back to the village~"

While Wang Wu was speaking, several figures appeared in the yard. They were Erdan, Lao Zhu and others that Wang Wu had mentioned.

They had all gone home and were eating voraciously, but they rushed over after hearing the noise.

Third Grandpa's eyes were red, and his body began to tremble. He turned around and glanced at the few people, and shouted in a trembling voice:
"Are there only six of you back?"

"What about the rest?"

A hundred men went off to war? Only six returned?

His voice was filled with grief, anger and despair, and the others were the same. They stared at the six people who had returned, as if praying not to hear the bad news.

"Uncle San, I, I don't know."

Lao Zhu and his companions stood in the pouring rain. The blood stains on their worn leather armor gathered in the yard under the washing of the rain, forming a bloody puddle.
The oldest of the six, Lao Zhu, had a sorrowful expression on his face and said bitterly, "Da He Chu Luo Duo doesn't know how to fight at all. He's giving orders blindly and doesn't even understand the enemy's situation."

"Seeing that the Karluks had fewer troops than us, he ordered all his forces to launch a massive attack..."

Daha Chuluoduo was a Khitan, and his position was Jinzhou Bashiha!

After Yelu Dashi conquered the northern border, in order to facilitate management, he imitated the system of the Tang Dynasty's Protectorate period and redivided the northern border into four states.

They are Jinzhou, the desert, Yinshan and Beihai!

In addition, Xianwen Prefecture was established in each state to manage local herdsmen and people.

The highest official of Xianwen Prefecture was called Bashiha, who combined military and political power and was the highest local official.

However, the Han people in the northern border thought that the Khitan name was too difficult to pronounce, so they still called the Xianwen Prefecture "Dudufu" in Chinese.

Dahe Chuluoduo was the governor of Jinzhou Military Governor's Office.

In Lao Zhu's description, this bastard was just a noble playboy who came to gild his reputation. He was proficient in riding and archery, but he was a mess when it came to leading troops in battle.

Before a decisive battle, any general would send a large number of scouts to find out the enemy's situation, whether there are any hidden troops, etc.

However, Daha Chuluoduo seemed to have no regard for the Karluks. Seeing that his own troops were twice as many as the enemy's, he ordered the entire army to advance and launch a massive attack.

Then, a bigger problem was exposed: he did not clearly assign tasks.

Which unit of troops is responsible for breaking through the enemy's formation, and which unit of troops is responsible for advancing to divide and surround the enemy.

These are all classic tactics for cavalry combat, but the governor of Jinzhou did nothing. He simply thought that he had twice the number of troops as the enemy and that he had the advantage, so he rushed forward.

The results speak for themselves.

This was a trap set by the Karluk people, and the Karluk army in front was just bait.

When the Western Liao army was engaged in a battle with the enemy and was about to win, two more Qarlug armies rushed out from both sides and surrounded the Western Liao army instead.

The most fatal thing was that there was actually a heavy cavalry hidden in the Qarluk army.

If on an open grassland, the threat posed by heavy cavalry to light cavalry is limited, because they cannot catch up with the light cavalry and will only be dragged to death by the light cavalry.

However, under the circumstances at that time, the Western Liao cavalry was surrounded on three sides by the Qarluk people in a narrow area, and the density of soldiers was very high.

So, tragedy happened.

The Karluk heavy cavalry became a ruthless harvesting machine, and many Western Liao soldiers fell under the Karluk's butcher knife.

"What? The Karluk people actually created a heavy cavalry?" Third Grandpa said in surprise.

Then I looked at the old man and both of us felt unbelievable.

This is heavy cavalry!
It is essentially different from light cavalry.

As long as you have a horse, a sword, a bow and arrow, and skilled horsemanship, you can become a qualified light cavalryman.

Just like the men in Hexi Fort, almost all of them were light cavalry. But looking through the entire Hexi Fort, there was not even enough heavy armor.

Not only is the heavy cavalry's equipment expensive and requires constant maintenance, but the amount of money required to build a heavy cavalry unit is also staggering.

More importantly, the Western Liao royal court would never allow its subordinate kingdoms, tribes, and villages to have heavy cavalry.

Once discovered, they will be severely punished by the royal army.

However, the Qarluk tribe in Jinzhou quietly created a heavy cavalry unit.

This made the old man and others feel ridiculous.

"Are all the people in the Governor's Office blind?" Third Grandpa said hatefully, gritting his teeth.

If I had known that the people in Jinzhou Governor's Office were so useless, I would have bought a batch of heavy armor even if it meant losing everything in Hexi Fort!

It’s not that I envy the Karluk people for having it, but that I’m angry that I don’t have it.

"The rebellion of the Qarlug people is not that simple. There must be someone supporting them behind the scenes!" said the old man with the same gloomy face.

Under the strict supervision of the Western Liao Empire, the Qarluk tribe in Jinzhou was able to produce a heavy cavalry unit.

At this moment, everyone understood that the Karluk rebellion was premeditated.

The Jinzhou Karluk are likely the spokespersons for other forces.

But now is not the time to worry about this, and this is also something that the royal court should be concerned about. The old man is only concerned about the one hundred men in Hexi Fort.

"You go on."

Listening to the old man's low voice, Lao Zhu took a deep breath and continued:
"The Karluks don't have many heavy cavalry, only about a hundred. At this point, we still have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

"If Dahe Chuluoduo had any common sense, he would have withdrawn his forces and regrouped to fight again."

"But he had no control over the situation at the time, and the various departments were completely disorganized."

"Finally, he ordered Brother Dahai to lead the left wing battalion to hold off the Qarluk people, and he also said that he would personally lead the central army to encircle them from the other side to support our left wing battalion~"

"But in the end~"

"In the end, many of our brothers died in battle, and we never got any reinforcements from the central army."

"Woooooo~"

Before he could finish his words, Lao Zhu and the other men started sobbing and shedding tears again.

They were all wounded and covered in blood, and it was no longer possible to tell whether they were their own or the enemy's.

This shows how fierce the battle was at that time.

After hearing this, the old man suddenly staggered and seemed to be about to fall to the ground. Li Xiao hurried forward to support him.

And he comforted the old man and said, "Grandpa, don't worry, things may not be the worst."

"The others may have scattered and will come back in a few days."

Anyway, Li Xiao didn't believe that only six of the one hundred young and strong men in Hexi Fort were left.

Even though the Qarlugs had the support of heavy cavalry, their numbers were still inferior to those of the Jinzhou Army, making it difficult for them to completely encircle and annihilate the Jinzhou Army.

However, Li Xiao's comfort did not have much effect. The next second he was pushed away roughly. The old man's eyes were as ferocious and terrifying as a tiger about to eat a man.

He stared at Lao Zhu intently and growled in his throat, "And then?"

"Then~"

"Then~"

Old Zhu looked hesitant and didn't dare to continue.

Erdan, who was standing next to him, said in a trembling voice, "I saw it, I saw Brother Dahai, he was hit by more than ten arrows~"

After hearing this, the old man could no longer hold on. His blood rushed to his heart and he spit out a mouthful of blood.

His body was shaking, and Li Xiao hurried forward to support him.

At this moment, the old man's body seemed to collapse in an instant, his spirit became listless, his expression was dazed, and the pillar in his heart collapsed in an instant.

There is nothing more cruel than seeing a loved one die.

"Da He Chu Luo Duo!"

The old man held Li Xiao's hand tightly, looked at the dark night in the distance with fierce eyes, and said the name with gritted teeth.

It was Oga Churado who killed his son.

At this moment, Li Xiao felt mixed emotions and felt very uncomfortable.

His impression of this cheap dad only existed in the memory of his previous life, but he had never met him in person. In fact, he was only slightly better than a stranger.

Therefore, Li Xiao should not have been sad about the death of his stepfather, but he still felt a sour and sad feeling in his heart.

Maybe it’s the influence of its predecessor!
So, in this sad atmosphere, Li Xiao's eyes were red and he squeezed out a few tears.

"Where's the second child?"

The old man suppressed his grief and asked about his second son's condition again.

Old Zhu said quietly, "After that, we were pursued and intercepted by more Karluk cavalry, and were quickly dispersed. The last time I saw Erjiang, he was also shot by several arrows, and he ran west with Brother Dahai's body."

Hearing this, the old man had a blank expression on his face and said nothing more.

The eldest son is dead, and the second son's life or death is unknown.

What happened today was a huge blow to the old man.

In a trance, Li Xiao felt that the old man's body had become much more hunched, and he had a feeling of being old and decadent.

But the old man has been decisive in killing people all his life, and he is strong inside and will not be defeated easily.

Pushing away Li Xiao's support, the old man walked to the horse with a determined look and stepped on the stirrup.

A low voice said to everyone: "Go back and rest!"

"The Karluks are coming, and we have many tough battles to fight."

After saying this, the old man turned his horse around, gently squeezed the horse's belly, and slowly walked out of the yard.

Amid the sound of drizzling rain and splashing water from horse hooves, his figure gradually became blurred in the rain.

Although it is still as straight as a pine tree after being washed by the rain, it makes people feel so lonely and desolate.

(End of this chapter)