The knights and horses of the mounted cavalry are all dressed in armor, and the mounted cavalry with high-speed impact is not only amazing and shocking, but also embarrassing in terms of impact and lethality.

The knights in the first few rows of mounted cavalry were all armed with long lances, and they flattened the lances and charged directly to the rebel light cavalry.

Dense lances, with the help of horses galloping at full speed, almost flattened the ranks of the rebel light cavalry.

The rebel light cavalry had no chance to get close, and they were stabbed and dismounted.

Immediately afterward, they had to face an oncoming onslaught of mounted cavalry.

The voices of the people wailed, and the horses neighed.

For a time, the rebel light cavalry was powerless under the onslaught of the mounted cavalry.

Yu Tian anxiously watched the scene on the battlefield, and his heart ached.

The 10,000 light cavalry he brought with him were all soldiers of his hometown who had followed him for a long time.

At the beginning, when this light cavalry was formed, his hometown fathers and elders personally handed over their children to him and entrusted them with care.

Now, this army is ruthlessly crushed by the enemy's mounted cavalry, and he is powerless about it.

Yu Tian's hands were clenched into fists, and his muscles were exposed.

"How long will it take for the general's reinforcements to arrive?"

The generals beside Yu Tian bowed their heads and were silent.

At this moment, a short and fat general hurriedly reminded: "General...... General, the enemy's cavalry went out again. ”

Yu Tianxunyin looked over and saw that behind the mounted cavalry, about 10,000 cavalry were rapidly approaching them.

"It's hussar!"

Immediately afterwards, the short and fat general said in a trembling voice: "General, the enemy army is strong, it is better to retreat and avoid the edge for a while." ”

A long-bearded general warned: "No, the general has ordered us to stop the enemy here." ”

"If you violate the general's order, military law will not tolerate it."

Yu Tian also wanted to retreat, after all, it was absolutely impossible for 10,000 light cavalry to block the combined attack of more than 10,000 mounted cavalry and more than 10,000 light cavalry.

However, the military order is on the side, and I can't help it.

At this time, another one-eyed general reminded: "General, the general's military order is to block the enemy army, and our army can still gather troops and block the enemy army if we retreat a few miles." ”

The short and fat general said: "If the general insists on fighting with the enemy, once our army is bitten by the enemy's light cavalry, I am afraid that the general will ...... Annihilated. ”

Yu Tian said angrily: "Bold! ”

"The last general is guilty, and I hope that the general will put the overall situation first."

Seeing this, several other generals also admonished: "General, withdraw!" ”

"It's too late, it's too late."

Yu Tian thought for a moment and sighed.

"Hey!"

"That's it, pass on my general's order, and the whole army will retreat five miles and line up to defend against the enemy."

The long-bearded old man hurriedly admonished: "Think twice, general, once you retreat, it is not easy to gather the troops. ”

Yu Tian was cautious for a moment, and then flatly refused: "Chang Shi Xiu wants to say more, and quickly pass on the order." ”

Soon, when a few war drums were beaten, the rebel light cavalry began to retreat in an orderly manner.

Sima Jiu looked at the rebel light cavalry who were rapidly retreating on the battlefield, and said excitedly: "The rebels have retreated!" ”

Li Jiancheng said: "If the light cavalry wants to confront the mounted cavalry head-on, it is to hit the stone with an egg. ”

"However, it is really not easy for the rebel light cavalry to be fearless of the impact of our empire's mounted cavalry, thinking about it, this light cavalry should be the elite under the command of Yu Gongli."

Sima Jiu said: "However, they still lost. ”

"Yes, they did lose."

On the Crescent Heights, Shi Xiang had a full view of everything on the battlefield.

The white-haired general prompted: "General, the enemy army is beginning to retreat. ”

General Scarface said: "The military appearance is neat, the front and back are orderly, this is a tactical retreat." ”

"This is just the beginning, and when the war is defeated, it is not easy to get out of the way."

General Scarface said disdainfully: "Under the pursuit of our empire's elite cavalry, such an orderly retreat can only last for a while. ”

At this time, Shi Xiang said: "Husband fights, courage also, one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion, and the other exhaustion." ”

"General Chuanben will order, the cavalry in gear and armor will be repaired on the spot for three moments, and then march to Heyang City. The light cavalry attacked with a whole army, led by General Long, and pursued the enemy with victory. ”

"Command!"

"Send an order, send a signal to the army of Heyin, and start crossing the river to attack the enemy army."

"Command!"

......

With Shi Xiang's orders, the 10,000 light cavalry who had originally joined the battlefield quickly pursued the rebels, while the other 10,000 light cavalry, who had not participated in the battle before, followed closely behind, rushing towards the rebels with great momentum.

As the general beside Shi Xiang said, the rebel light cavalry broke away from contact with the mounted cavalry in an orderly manner at first and retreated backwards.

However, when the Imperial light cavalry pursued, the rebel light cavalry immediately disorganized and rushed backwards.

For ordinary soldiers, it is important to save their lives, and once they fall behind and are caught up by the Imperial Light Cavalry, they will die a small life.

As a result, the formation of the rebel light cavalry to flee became more and more chaotic, especially as the Imperial light cavalry marched closer and closer, and soon became chaotic.

Although Yu Tian successively killed four or five teams that disrupted the formation and led the team to flee, he still couldn't change the general trend of the rout.

The trend of the times is not the power of one person.

In a short time, the retreat of five miles ordered by Yu Tian turned into an unstoppable rout.

Crescent Tsu.

Li Jiancheng saw that the imperial army was marching all the way, so after bidding farewell to Shi Xiang, he took the two hundred elite horsemen under his command and galloped towards the north.

His purpose was to go to Bingzhou to save Wang Cheng, and the war near Heyang City had nothing to do with him.

"Brother Jiancheng, the combat effectiveness of the Empire's mounted cavalry is really amazing."

Just now, the performance of the mounted cavalry really shocked Sima Jiu.

"The mounted cavalry has both offense and defense, and it can be regarded as a big killer on the battlefield. However......"

Li Jiancheng's words are not exhausted.

"Mounted cavalry is not indestructible and invincible, and the mounted cavalry with heavy armor charging at full speed is indeed invincible."

"However, as soon as the mounted cavalry loses speed and gets bogged down in a melee, it loses its greatest advantage - impact. And in the enemy formation, the knights who are heavily armored are unable to move, and they are easily besieged by enemies from all sides and killed. ”

At this moment, Yang Wengan added: "It is true that as General Li said, the mounted cavalry is not invincible. ”

"Mounted cavalry is often at a loss when faced with a long-armed infantry battle formation that is tightly formed and covered by terrain or fortifications."

"If you rush to charge, even if you can rely on a strong impact to crush the enemy, you will suffer considerable damage, and the value of mounted cavalry is extremely high, and it costs a lot of money and resources to train and maintain, so such losses are unacceptable in most cases."

"In addition, mounted cavalry is only suitable for field warfare in open plains, siege warfare, raid warfare and combat in complex terrain conditions, and it is difficult for mounted cavalry to exert its power."

"Therefore, in this operation, General Shi did not send us mounted cavalry, but light cavalry."

As he spoke, Sima Jiu turned his head and glanced at the two hundred elite horsemen behind him.

"That's true."

Yang Wengan rode to Li Jiancheng's side and asked, "General Li, where are you going next?" ”

"Go straight to Pingyao."