Silence is the true nature of the heavy horses, just like their pitch-black armor, which gives people a huge amount of pressure.

Thousands of Cao Jun's shield soldiers formed a formation in front of them, trying to stop them, but when the earth-like movement came, looking at the enemy as black as ink, their hearts trembled, and there was a thought in their minds-

"What kind of demon is this? We are nothing but flesh and blood, can we stop it? ”

As soon as the thought of doubt flashed, the heavy rider had already pounced.

"Bang ......"

In just one turn, the shield soldier in front of him was directly knocked into the air, and the heavy cavalry rushed into the shield array like invincible, and then began to rampage.

Cao Cao was still far away, and he didn't know what had happened to the shield soldiers, but he just hoped that the heavy cavalry trapped in the shield array would be dragged into the quagmire.

"Ah......h

In the shield array, screams came and went.

After the heavy cavalry knocked the shield soldiers in front of them, the heavy cavalry spear in his hand moved. The heavy cavalry spear with thick arms had never been seen by the Cao soldiers, and when they were still thinking about where it came from and where to put it before, they were stabbed in the chest with a shield and died.

"So ......"

Holding the heavy cavalry gun in both hands, there was only one thought left in the mind of the Cao soldiers.

The layers of shield arrays did bring a lot of obstacles to the heavy cavalry of the Ming army, but they still failed to play a fundamental role.

Thundered~

The heavy cavalry rushed forward with an indomitable momentum, crushing the shield soldiers of the Cao army.

Gao Shun had expected this result, but when he really saw this scene, he was relieved. He waved his hand forward and said, "Press forward!" ”

The 100,000 Ming army was in a roar, and the formation was huge.

It was only at this time that Cao Cao knew that the Ming army in front of him was 200,000, which was almost the same as his Cao army in number.

"How can there be so many Ming troops?"

Cao Cao felt bad.

Cheng Yu and Jia Xu also gasped, feeling bad: there were so many Ming troops, why didn't they attack before?

Previously, Cao Cao had also sent people to investigate the reality of the Ming army many times, but in the end it was fruitless, but he buried many elite spies, but it made him angry for a while.

Today's battle is hanging!

Cao Cao and the others all thought like this in their hearts.

The heavy cavalry didn't care what they thought, since they formed the army, they have not appeared more than the mountain army, or even less, but it really choked them. After today, they don't know when they will have the opportunity to go out again, so they take this opportunity to vent enough.

What beast is the most terrifying?

It's the beast that has been hungry for a long time, and it's the most terrifying!

"Kill~"

The light cavalry that circled the flanks did not want the heavy cavalry to take the lead, and also launched an attack on the flanks. Some of them cruised outside, suppressing the Cao army's crossbowmen with mounted archery, and some of them destroyed small horse formations with superb horsemanship. Although their defense is not as good as that of heavy cavalry, it is not to say that it is porcelain that shatters at the slightest touch.

It didn't take much effort to basically make a road more than ten zhang wide. This was the first time that Cao Jun felt the gap between cavalry and cavalry in horsemanship. Cao Jun's cavalry can only be regarded as a decent horseman, just like walking alone is fine, but if you want to run, you can't do it; The Ming army was different, not only could run, but also run fast.

It's unimaginably fast!

The heavy cavalry rampage, disrupting the formation, and the eight war fortresses were then covered up, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, to the disadvantage of Cao's army.

Cheng Yu looked at the Ming army that was driving straight in, his heart was beating, and he persuaded: "Prime Minister, this victory is already slim, just in case, the Prime Minister should go first!" ”

Cao Cao was silent, as if he hadn't heard it.

Cheng Yu knew that this was not the case, so he glanced at Xu Chu. It's just that this guy thought that Cheng Yu's eyes were in the sand, and he said curiously: "Does Master Cheng want Chu to help blow it?" ”

God blows on the horse!

Cheng Yu really wanted to greet him like this, but after thinking about it, he moved closer a little and said in a low voice: "The situation is urgent, take the prime minister away immediately." ”

Xu Chu couldn't help but open his mouth wide when he heard this: "This, this ......"

"What is this, don't hurry up!" Cheng Yu didn't have a good airway.

"Yes."

Xu Chu hurriedly stepped forward, pulled the reins of Cao Cao's horse and stepped back. And Cao Cao didn't resist, and let him do it, so Xu Chu was slightly relieved.

At this time, rumbling drums suddenly sounded among the Ming army.

The horn of the offensive is sounded!

100,000 Ming troops came out together, the formation was terrifying, and the Cao army, which still had the heart to resist, also lost confidence at this moment, if it weren't for the fact that the order to withdraw had not yet arrived, and there were generals on their sides, their whirling legs and stomachs would immediately stop spinning, but the forefoot and back heel would be instantly displaced.

The Ming army could have been able to spread the message with fireworks, but nothing could arouse the blood in the hearts of the soldiers more than the passionate and high-spirited drums.

The light horsemen on the left and right sides heard the sound and no longer moved mountains to pull out the small base horse formation, and began to attack. It was just a surprise attack, and the already weak small horse formation was broken, and the light cavalry rushed into the crossbowmen's array, slashing and slashing, and for a time the crossbowmen suffered heavy losses, and in the blink of an eye, they were scattered.

The shield soldiers in front had the intention to fight back, but they were all broken by the light horsemen's superb riding skills and sharp spears.

"Run, ......"

Out of nowhere, the cries of the first fleeers rang out.

It's like a spark that falls into a pan of oil and ignites a fire in an instant.

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

The Ming army shouted slogans at the right time, so that some soldiers who wanted to escape but could not escape saw the hope of life.

"Those who surrender on their knees will not be killed!"

Bang dang...... Puff ......

The blade was discarded, and the knees kissed the earth.

Cao Jun's defeat has been decided, and there is no hope of a comeback.

After dark, the Cao army camp has become the Ming army camp. There are a lot of large instruments such as bed crossbows in the camp, which were originally used by the Cao army to defend against the Ming army's attack on the camp, but now they have become the trophies of the Ming army.

Gao Shun just glanced at these things and withdrew his gaze. Not only him, but also others in the Ming army. After using a good bed crossbow, looking at this bulky and incomparably heavy kind, it is a little unsightly.

Gao Shun wanted to burn these things directly, because it was too troublesome to bring them, so it was better to destroy them. Chen Deng stopped: "Deng, anyone has his skills, but it depends on how long they are. These things—"

Chen Deng pointed to the bed crossbow of the original Cao Jun camp and said: "It is made by the imperial craftsmen of the Han Dynasty, and almost all of them are craftsmen who stand at the peak of their skills, even if the reason for the appearance of this thing is not so natural, it may be able to be desirable, it is better to wait for Hu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry to see it." Maybe our bed crossbows and other equipment can be even more powerful because of this. ”

High obedience. Just after the results were counted, the two came to the big tent of the Chinese army, which was the original big tent of Cao Cao. was used by Gao Shun to count the results, which is really ironic~

"Governor~"

In the tent, the generals had no end of gunsmoke on their faces. Gao Shun nodded and looked at the Changshi Sword Writer, that is, the guy who was responsible for counting the results. Originally, Changshi was supposed to be in charge, but Chen Deng gave him this opportunity, just because his name was Xi Hong, and he was the son of Xi Zhong, a cabinet scholar.

At first, no one knew the identity of Xi Hong, but there were suspicions, after all, there were very few people with this surname, but it was only suspicion. It wasn't until the Southern Army expanded that someone brought Xi Zhong's family letter, which happened to be seen by Chen Deng, that they didn't guess wrong. Although he didn't know why he wanted to hide his identity, Chen Deng didn't expose it. Gao obedient to his attitude had a faint guess, so he acquiesced in the matter.

Xi Hong bowed and said, "Governor, Changshi, generals." ”

In this battle, a total of more than 58,000 Cao troops were killed, of which about 20,000 were killed before today, and more than 100,000 and 6,000 were captured. 300 bed crossbows were seized, of which 93 were damaged to varying degrees; There are 30 opposite buildings, which are distributed around the camp, but they are all seriously damaged and cannot be used; Eight hundred tanks, all intact. ”

"We lost more than 50,000 men, of which more than 35,000 were lightly wounded, 12,000 were killed in battle, and all the rest were seriously wounded, and we had to retire soon after. In addition, most of the casualties were light horsemen, as many as 8,000 men. The loss of war horses reached 5,000, which was also a considerable loss, and more than 10,000 war horses had to be recuperated before they could be reactivated. ”

After a pause, Xi Hong's face became solemn, and he said, "These losses are still expected, but the losses of the heavy cavalry are a bit big." ”

"How much have you lost?" Gao Shun's complexion also sank in an instant.

"Our Southern Army has a total of 2,391 heavy cavalry, and 582 people were killed in this battle, more than 20%. However, according to Hong's survey, there were only more than 100 heavy cavalry killed by Cao's army. ”

It is not easy to train heavy cavalry, but it is even more difficult to select qualified heavy cavalry. The armor and heavy shield of the heavy cavalry are not far behind, and the most important thing is that their heavy cavalry spears, when added together, are higher than the requirements of the heavy shield soldiers, and they must have extremely superb riding skills, otherwise it is difficult to stabilize their body on horseback.

Therefore, Gao Shun will feel distressed if he loses one, let alone lose so much.

"Huh? So why did more than 500 people die? Gao Shun's face became more and more unsightly.

"As far as Hong can see, he should have accidentally fallen off his horse and been trampled into a pulp by the war horse behind." Xi Hong didn't beat around the bush and said his guess directly.

"This ......" Gao Shun didn't know what to say, did he say that it was a problem with his riding skills? Impossible, these heavy cavalry not only surpassed all the soldiers in the army, but they were definitely the top ones.

"If you want to change this situation, Hong has three suggestions. ”

Gao Shun couldn't help but be interested when he heard this, and said, "Let's hear it." ”

"First, the selection requirements have increased, both in terms of riding skills and physical requirements. Heavy cavalry is elite and has the ability to determine the course of battle, so it may be better to have less than to overuse. ”

"Second, let them participate in the war more often, only in this way can this sharp weapon be sharpened. However, in order to reduce casualties, it is possible to start with small battles. ”

"Third, is there a way to secure them on horseback or something?"

Bang, bang, bang......

At first, there was only sporadic applause, and later, it almost overturned the military tent.

The eyes of Gao Shun and the rest of the generals were full of approval, and even Chen Deng couldn't help but praise: "The drama master really deserves to be a drama scholar, and he has the style of a father, powerful, powerful!" Admire, admire! ”

Xi Hong smiled faintly, not particularly caring, so Chen Deng and the others admired it more and more.

It's just that, after that, Cao's army will always encounter the heavy cavalry that led to their great defeat, until they are completely defeated.

And what really consumed Cao's army and led to its defeat should actually be the fortress of war. But it was forgotten!