Chapter 198 (2/2)

Along the way, these veterans were curious about Wei Ran's identity. After all, Li Chengye didn't introduce him and Li Guangsi to others.

Wei Ran only told them that he was Li Chengye's personal guard and did not take the initiative to reveal his identity. They saw that Wei Ran was tall and strong, and his riding skills were very exquisite. Even with some detailed movements, they could see that he was at least an old hand in training, so they didn't despise him.

But even so, Wei Ran was still at the end of the March. He was too heavy. Even if he started this trip, he took off his armor helmet and accompanied him in regular clothes, which was a heavy burden for the war horse.

Marching towards the northeast of Luoyang for an hour and a half, they found traces of a battle next to a forest.

Looking at the dead men and horses in front of him, as well as the footprints and equipment on the ground, Wei Ran roughly estimated the scale of the war between the two sides.

First of all, the dead people and horses on the ground are basically local regiment training and Princess guards. They don't see the enemy's body, which shows that the enemy must have an absolute advantage and have time to clean the battlefield.

Then, according to the footprints, horseshoe prints and shaft prints on the ground, the enemy should be divided into two parts to attack the princess's forces.

The first part is the infantry, which is arranged directly in front of the princess's army. Wei Ran saw that the footprints left there were relatively neat, obviously in the shape of a square array. However, the neat here means that the two sides are neat and the middle is very chaotic.

This shows that the princess's army should have launched the attack first. The princess's personal guards were all cavalry. They rushed directly into the enemy's military array from the front, and the blow was effective. They gave the other party a central flower and nearly cut through it.

Wei Ran saw that the footprints in the middle of the square array were very dense and chaotic. The footprints of horses and people, as well as the footprints of human bodies falling to the ground, mixed with blood and extended to the middle and rear.

The enemy's infantry array should be very thick. There are at least ten rows. After the ten rows, there are supervision teams at a distance. The fighting will is very firm, so it was not completely destroyed, but fell into a anxious scuffle.

The infantry behind the princess army should be following, but this time

Wei Ran's eyes swept towards the forest, from where there were many horse hoof prints. They came out from the side, which should have washed out the princess's infantry formation in one wave.

Here you can see thousands of corpses dressed up for regiment training. They fell to the ground in all directions. Most of them were directly killed by sabers, and some were trampled to death after being knocked down.

The cavalry and infantry of the enemy attacked the princess's cavalry back and forth, and the battle ended soon.

Looking at the bursts of hoof prints going northeast, you don't have to guess that the two sides should run in that direction next

The name of this scouting team is Xu Er, a very simple name. People seem to be in their forties, but they are actually only twenty-eight years old. They joined the army at the age of 16 and were elected to the left Shence army at the age of 22.

This is an experienced guy. He smiled and looked at Wei Ran. ”The county Marquis intends to train you. How many people are there on both sides of the war here?”

Wei lit his head and said, ”the princess side is very clear. One thousand Pro guards and cavalry and two thousand regiments train troops. These regiments should be training here. There is not even a fish in the net. As for the enemy, the infantry formation should be at least ten rows and thirty columns, with 3000 people.

The cavalry rushing out of the forest, when between 1000 and 3000, is not easy to estimate, and the hoof prints are too messy. Judging from the cut wounds of the regiment practice and the princess's guard, most of them were stabbed in the head and neck, or shot in the gap of the armor. This shows that although the number of cavalry is small, they should be elite.

Well, judging from the number of fallen guards, there should still be 500 cavalry men and horses led by the princess. ”

After Wei Ran's analysis, he became even more strange. Before the expedition, he investigated the situation of Hedong and Henan and knew that there were no horse farms in these two places.

The hoof prints seen in front of us obviously belong to the rebel side, and their combat power is strong, no less than that of the border forces. So where do these rebel cavalry come from?