Chapter 996: Change of Formation
The speed of the Bingzhou cavalry was really terrifying, and not long after leaving Pingyang, Sima Shi received a report from Chen Qian, saying that the broken troops were attacked by the Bingzhou cavalry.
The attack was carried out by the Xiao Cavalry Battalion of the Bingzhou Army, this light cavalry is indeed the fastest of the cavalry of the Bingzhou, they have the speed of the wind, looking from afar, it is just a small black spot in the distance, but in an instant, they can kill in front of your eyes, the speed is amazing.
But fortunately, Chen Qian had already taken precautions, and when he found out that the Xiao cavalry battalion was chasing, Chen Qian had already issued an order to discharge the spear array, and the dense gun forest built a solid defense line, blocking the attack route of the Xiao cavalry camp in all directions without dead ends.
With the speed of the Xiao cavalry battalion, it is not difficult to tear apart this line of defense, but Sima Jun's spears are not vegetarian, and they will inevitably bring a lot of damage to the Xiao cavalry battalion.
Chen Qian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, seeing the Bingzhou cavalry chasing menacingly, Chen Qian couldn't help but secretly beat a little drum in his heart, he had stayed in the Jiexiu camp and had never gone to Qi County, so he didn't see this decisive battle between the cavalry of the two sides with his own eyes.
However, the news of the annihilation of the 70,000 cavalry of the Sima Army still shocked Chen Qian, and at the same time, he also had a considerable sense of fear for the Bingzhou cavalry, after all, how could he resist the offensive of the Bingzhou cavalry with such infantry with such a small combat effectiveness and limited number.
But as soon as Fang fought, Chen Qian found that the Bingzhou cavalry was not as terrible as he imagined, and Sima Jun just laid out an ordinary spear array, which made the Xiao cavalry battalion retreat.
Chen Qian smiled and said to the people around him: "People say that the cavalry is powerful, but in a certain opinion, it is nothing more than that." ”
As soon as his words fell, a sergeant hurriedly said: "General Chen, the Bingzhou cavalry is back again!" ”
Chen Qian took a look, isn't it, after the Bingzhou cavalry went around in a circle, they killed it again, this went in a hurry, and it came quickly, it seems that the speed of the Bingzhou army is really not fake, and the combat effectiveness is not clear, but this mobile combat ability alone is not comparable to the Sima army cavalry.
However, with the experience of the first engagement, Chen Qian was in a calm mood at the moment, commanded the army to impose defenses, and still discharged a spear formation to resist the second attack of the Bingzhou cavalry.
Since this is the most effective against the Bingzhou cavalry, Chen Qian naturally has no need to replace him.
But this time, when the Bingzhou cavalry rushed over, Chen Qian found that something was wrong, the speed of the Bingzhou cavalry's attack this time was obviously not as fast as the last time, and after advancing to only one arrow away from the Sima army's spear array, the Bingzhou cavalry suddenly shot arrows, this kind of arrows were not a small amount, but rows of volleys, and the rain of arrows in the sky immediately enveloped the Sima army's spear array.
The pikeman's ability to defend against bows and arrows is a weakness, which is entirely determined by the characteristics of pikemen, and spears are useless against the barrage of arrows.
And because of the close formation of the pikemen, all the soldiers are man-to-man, spear to gun, which also makes the pikemen almost no room to dodge, in the face of the dense rain of arrows, they have neither the ability to defend, nor the gap to dodge, can only use flesh and blood to meet the cold and sharp arrow rain.
"Not good! It's the archers! Chen Qian shouted, he originally thought that the Xiao Cavalry Battalion had just turned around and launched a second attack, but he didn't expect that in such a blink of an eye, the Hezhou Army actually completed the replacement of the team and replaced the Yue Cavalry Battalion.
The pursuit of the Bingzhou army was originally a coordinated operation of the three major cavalry, but the Tun cavalry fell behind due to the slow marching speed, so the first to enter the attack position was the Xiao cavalry battalion and the Yue cavalry battalion, Wen Qin and Deng Ai discussed, and took the lead in launching a tentative attack by the Xiao cavalry battalion to see how Sima Jun reacted.
Sure enough, Sima Jun sacrificed a spear formation at the first time to resist the attack of the Xiao cavalry battalion, although the Xiao cavalry camp was actually not too scared of this kind of spear formation, but there was a better way to deal with the spear formation, Wen Qin naturally did not have to be strong, the Xiao cavalry camp just went around in front of Sima Jun's formation, launched some tentative attacks, and then walked away.
As soon as the cavalry battalion exited, the Yue cavalry battalion immediately swung its whip forward and launched an attack seamlessly.
Therefore, such an attack rhythm made Sima Jun not feel that the Bingzhou cavalry had changed people at all, and the process before and after was only the shortest moment, and the Bingzhou army almost rushed over like a tide.
It wasn't until the bow and arrow of the Yue cavalry battalion shot that Sima Jun realized that this cavalry and the previous cavalry were not the same thing at all, but at this time, it was too late to change the formation, and for a while, the pikemen were hit by arrows one after another, and just those who fell to the ground were in batches, and the formation was also chaotic.
Chen Qian saw that the situation was not good, and it was most appropriate to use the spear array to deal with the light cavalry, but it was difficult to deal with the archers, they had completely become the live targets of the Bingzhou army, and now if they wanted to turn the tide of the war, so as not to be beaten so passively, Chen Qian had to change the formation, and put the sword and shield soldiers who were good at dealing with bows and arrows to the front line to deal with the attacks of the archers.
At the command of the change formation, the pikemen retreated one after another, and the sword and shield soldiers quickly replenished their positions, and a large rectangular shield was erected to form an impenetrable shield wall.
The most effective means of defending against bows and arrows is shield soldiers, and a solid shield can withstand any sharp arrows.
Chen Qian couldn't help but be happy when he saw that the change of formation had worked, it seems that the cavalry of Bingzhou is not difficult to deal with, as long as he finds the right time and prescribes the right medicine, it is still very easy to deal with them, if Zhang Guan and Li Dai deal with it wrongly, I am afraid that not only will they not be able to resist the enemy, but they will also have to pay a very heavy price.
Maybe this is the reason for the defeat of Qi County, it can only be said that at the time of the war, Sima Jun did not find a way to crack the cavalry of the state, so it was defeated.
However, at that time, the Sima army only had a single branch of cavalry, and in the face of the changeable attack methods of the cavalry in Bingzhou, they were naturally overwhelmed and could not make corresponding adjustments. ntent
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