Chapter 367: Ghosts and Spirits
As soon as Tai Shici moved, Xu He on the mountain learned of the movement.
"A thousand riders? Afraid of what? Gather 3,000 men, use more spears, and stop them for me! Xu He waved his hand indifferently and said, what he is anxious about now is that the 50,000 people below and the more than 10,000 people are fighting evenly, if it goes on like this, isn't it a miserable victory?
"Qu Shuai, those cavalry look weird! Something doesn't seem right! ”
"Weird? What does it look like? ”
"People and horses are wearing the same black armor, everyone wears a ghost mask, there are only three rows, the sergeant has a spear in his hand, the spear is amazingly long, just look at it from a distance, and feel a chill hit people!"
"Centaurs are wearing armor? With a spear? Xu He thought about it and guessed that this was probably the legendary Wuhuan Raid, so he said, "It seems to be the Wuhuan Raid, I have long heard that Ma Qiang got the help of Wuhuan in Youzhou, so prepare some crossbowmen, as long as they block their first impact, but a thousand horses, there is nothing to be afraid of!" ”
Xu He's arrangement is actually not wrong, if it is really a traditional Wuhuan assault cavalry, these three thousand pikemen plus archers are enough to repel a thousand cavalry, after all, riding a bow is not as far as a foot bow, and the impact of a cavalry with a single stirrup is not enough, in the face of the infantry formation that has been prepared, most of the cavalry is actually helpless.
But what Xu He had to face was the heavy armored cavalry that should have matured in the Sui and Tang dynasties and reached its peak in the Song and Liao dynasties!
Three or four miles, less than two thousand meters, it doesn't take ten minutes for a war horse to run at full strength, but for Tai Shici's Xuanjia cavalry, they can't run directly at full speed like this, after all, for heavy cavalry, it is too important to maintain the physical strength of the war horse.
Therefore, the Xuanjia cavalry first walked slowly for two miles, and only after reaching a distance of less than five hundred meters did they begin to slowly increase their speed.
First a brisk walk of 100 steps, then a trot, when the distance is less than 100 steps, the speed has been raised to the maximum.
"Xuanjia Iron Rider!" Tai Shi Ci roared loudly.
"Ghosts and Spirits!!"
The Xuanjia cavalry roared in unison, and the three thousand Yellow Turban soldiers guarding the mountain pass looked at the grimace cavalry opposite, and only felt a chill all over their bodies, what the hell is this?
It can't really be a demon, right?
It seems that Ma Qiang is also known as an immortal master in Youzhou, could it be that he has performed some immortal method?
These are all the Yellow Turban Army, whether they believe in ghosts and gods at the beginning or not, when they come to the Yellow Turban Army, they will more or less believe in it.
"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the !! ”
With a terrible shout, the yellow turban archers, who were already a little weak, shot the arrows in their hands one after another.
Tai Shi Ci saw the rain of arrows flying, took out the small round shield hanging on the side, protected his head, and continued to charge.
The arrows clanged and fell into the cavalry ranks, but very few of them could penetrate the armor of these cavalrymen, after all, most of the bows and arrows in the hands of these Yellow Turban soldiers were not Han army standard Han bows, but self-made earthen bows, and there were even fewer crossbows, and the power was obviously insufficient.
"Don't be afraid! Keep shooting! Keep cumming!! ”
Seeing that the cavalry on the opposite side was not afraid of their bows and arrows at all, the Yellow Turban Army suddenly panicked.
"Spear! Give me all the spears to stop them! Hold them back!! ”
The screams of the Yellow Turban generals, who commanded the sergeants, became even more miserable.
As if in response to their shouts, Tai Shici on the opposite side also roared again.
"Xuanjia Iron Rider!"
"Ghosts and Spirits!!"
Fifty steps!
Thirty steps!!
Facing the Xuanjia cavalry that was getting closer and closer, the Yellow Turban Army's military formation suddenly dispersed.
After all, most of them were peasants who had just taken up arms and had little experience in dealing with cavalry charges.
The spear formation can restrain the cavalry, everyone knows this truth, but knowing and being able to do are two different things, just like all students know to study hard, but how much can they do?
The cavalry charge is very terrifying, the later Soviet Union filmed "War and Peace", the extras are all active soldiers, knowing that the war horses rushing over on the opposite side will stop and run away at the last moment, but the soldiers just can't keep the formation neat, because this is the instinct of people to survive, in the face of the cavalry charge, the untidy infantry phalanx is the true form of war.
Later generations knew that the cavalry would not rush over the Soviet Red Army could not do anything, let alone these Yellow Turban troops, when less than 20 steps, in the face of the four or five meters long cavalry spear, many Yellow Turban soldiers simply dropped the spears in their hands and ran back.
When Tai Shici saw this scene, he immediately waved the green dragon halberd in his hand, and the heavy cavalry, which was about to reduce his speed, suddenly increased his speed again.
Don't think that the heavy cavalry is a collision with the infantry, that is when chasing and killing, the heavy cavalry is actually a method of fighting for the infantry that has formed a formation, and it is necessary to use continuous impact to break the infantry line, and then chase and kill with all your might.
This requires the heavy cavalry not to fight after contacting the infantry, but to advance or retreat, then the speed must be left some, otherwise you will fall into the infantry, not to mention your heavy cavalry, you can overturn the hammer to death even if you are covered in iron.
But Tai Shici thought that the Yellow Turban Army on the opposite side did not need him to use this method of warfare.
Finally, the two armies collided violently.
Spears and rifles stabbed each other, and the sound of sharp weapons entering flesh and the clanging of iron objects echoed each other.
At the first impact, the infantry phalanx of the Yellow Turban Army was already crumbling.
Tai Shi Ci swung his halberd and smashed away the spear that stabbed him, and the war horse knocked over the sergeant of the Yellow Turban Army in front of him, and the green dragon halberd swung again and harvested two lives.
At this time, the second group of Xuanjia cavalry rushed to follow, and countless Yellow Turban soldiers were smashed to pieces by the huge impact of the Xuanjia cavalry, spitting black blood in their mouths.
This time, the losses of the Xuanjia cavalry were few, and the Yellow Turban Army was in a precarious position.
The third formation!
The 3,000-strong Yellow Turban Army was no longer supported enough, and was brutally penetrated by the third array of Xuanjia cavalry, and this time, facing the Xuanjia cavalry was a crossbow soldier with only bows and arrows in his hands.
Looking at the Xuanjia cavalry wearing ghost masks, unable to see their eyes, and dripping with blood on their guns, the Yellow Turban Archer turned his head and ran away.
This is not a man, this is a demon in hell!!
"Hunt!!"
Tai Shi Ci saw that the thousands of Yellow Turban troops blocking him had collapsed, and with a swing of the green dragon halberd, he ordered to chase and kill.
"Run!"
"Ghost!! It's a ghost!! ”
The Yellow Turban Army, who were still besieging Ma Qiang's army formation behind, heard a terrible shout from behind, and when they turned around, they saw countless people fleeing, followed by the evil ghost knights.
"What the hell!!"
"Run! Defeated, defeated!! ”
The characteristics of the Yellow Turban Army are to fight against the wind, sacrifice life and forget death, fight against the wind, you run and I run.
Seeing that Tai Shici had defeated Ma Qiang, who had defeated the Yellow Turban Army, he didn't care that he was still surrounded, and immediately shouted, "The whole army is attacking!" After!! ”