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At this time, Wang Bodang, who had just crossed the Beibi Mountains and was heading towards the White Horse Ferry, was completely unaware of this situation. Although he did not encounter an ambush in the northern mountains, after leaving the mountain, he encountered the Zhou army, and it was the most elite cavalry of the 10,000 Zhou army led by Yu Ming himself.

Wang Bodang's eyes flickered, looking at the cavalry of the Zhou army blocking him, and a trace of fear immediately appeared in his heart. I saw these Zhou soldiers, all wearing black helmets and black armor, holding spears and scimitars, and their bodies were shining with cold light.

And for a young general, his eyes are like stars, his face is like a crown of jade, his appearance is handsome, and his heroic spirit is compelling.

He was wearing a white suit and white armor, and a white silk cloak tied to his back, which stood out among his subordinates wearing black helmets and black armor.

This young general may not be known to ordinary Wei soldiers, but a general like Wang Bodang recognized it at once and knew that this was Yuming. Because before the Eastern Crusade, Li Mi sent them the portraits of the main generals of the Zhou army to see. And Yu Ming, as the leader of the Zhou army, is a key figure.

"Yuming! Sure enough, it was him! But isn't he at Jindiguan? How did you get here? Wang Bodang couldn't help but be a little stunned in his heart.

It's just that now he obviously doesn't have time to think about how Yuming came to the vicinity of the Yellow River crossing. What Wang Bodang is urgently thinking about now is how to meet the enemy.

However, his cavalry could not pass through the mountain trail, so all the cavalry had to abandon their horses and become infantrymen.

Therefore, although he now has more than 40,000 men, they are all infantry. On the bank of the Yellow River in this Ma Pingchuan, the cavalry is almost invincible against the infantry, and even if it can't be defeated, it can run away. This made Wang Bodang a little worried.

Jia Xiong saw Wang Bodang's worry, so he said: "General Wang, in fact, there is no need to worry. Although the terrain here is flat, it is conducive to cavalry warfare and not conducive to foot combat. But our army is far outnumbered by the enemy. Although Yuming is a famous general, his troops are only a quarter of ours, so there is no need to worry at all! ”

After listening to his words, Wang Bodang just sighed lightly and said, "I hope so! ”

He is not as optimistic as Jia Xiong. Because the Zhou army in front of him was riding a high-headed horse. With his eyesight, he could naturally see that these horses were all Arab war horses. It was a shock to him.

He also knew that the Arabian war horse not only had a wonderful appearance, but also had strong weight and endurance, and its running explosiveness was amazing. Even in the Great Food Country, only a few of the most elite troops are equipped with this horse.

Among the 10,000 cavalry of the Zhou army in front of him, at least 1,000 of them were riding Arab war horses, which really frightened him.

Could it be that Yuming has something to do with the big cannibal? So you can buy Arab war horses in large quantities? Uncle Wang thought to himself.

However, Yu Ming obviously won't give him a chance to think carefully. At this moment, he saw Yu Ming pointing the cyan spear in his hand forward, and the 10,000 cavalry behind him immediately brandished their scimitars and shouted: "The Zhou army will win!" King Zhou is mighty! ”

The sound was like the earth shaking the mountains, although the Wei army had more than 40,000 people, but under the roar of the enemy, they also unconsciously retreated two steps, and their momentum was stagnant.

"Let's quickly line up our defensive formation! The cavalry of the Zhou army may be about to charge! Wang Bodang shouted.

Jia Xiong immediately waved the flag, and the Wei army began to change formations, setting up a barrel formation that focused on defense.

The first six rows are spearmen with shields in one hand and spears in the other, while from the seventh row onwards are dense archers. All of them held longbows, and pointed their bows and arrows at the Zhou army in front of them, and everyone's faces showed solemn expressions.

They secretly thought in their hearts: as soon as the Zhou cavalry entered the firing range, they would rain down dense arrows like a torrential rain on these enemies who did not know whether they were alive or dead, so that they would never return.

"Warriors of the Great Zhou! Victory is at hand! The enemy chieftain Li Mi has been defeated and fled. As long as we completely annihilate the enemy forces in front of us, we can gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains! Brothers, raise your weapons and bravely slay at the enemy! At this time, Yu Ming waved the Liquan Treasure Gun in his hand and shouted loudly.

Immediately, he took the lead in rushing towards the phalanx of the Wei army......

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The morale of the Zhou army's iron cavalry was raised to the peak at this moment, and then they followed Yu Ming and fought hard to kill the Wei army's array......

It's a foot away!

The soldiers of the Wei army all showed a grim look on their faces, and with their eyes, they naturally saw how amazing the momentum of these Zhou cavalry was. Standing at the front, six rows of spear and shield soldiers, each holding their shields and spears, stood in full array.

It's seventy feet away!

After another forty zhang, it will be within range of the bow and arrow. The archers of the Wei army had already taken out sharp arrows from the quiver behind their backs, put on their longbows, and aimed diagonally towards the sky, ready to be thrown.

It's forty feet away!

At this moment, the cavalry of the Zhou army suddenly made a uniform movement, they all held the war horses under their seats, and then took a crossbow with a unique style from their backs and aimed at the Wei army on the opposite side.

This curved bow is a new type of crossbow developed by the Zhou army, and its size is not large, and it is no different from the short bow used by ordinary cavalry. But the range is very long, ten feet farther than an ordinary longbow. It's just that because it's far away, the archers' archery skills are required, otherwise it's easy to miss.

It's just that in the current situation, the Wei army is all standing densely together, and even if they shoot too far, they can hit the enemy. What's more, the cavalry of the Zhou army was mostly recruited from the herdsmen of various ethnic groups in the grassland, and the level of cavalry and archery was much higher than that of the cavalry in the Central Plains.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Countless sharp arrows rose into the air like dark clouds, then crossed half-moon-shaped parabolas in the air, and then poured down overwhelmingly over the heads of the Wei army. The spear and shield soldiers of the Wei army, who were standing at the forefront, immediately fell in large pieces. They were either struck in the head or pierced through their chests and abdomen by long arrows of wolf's teeth, and fell to the ground wailing.

The Wei army was taken aback, and the archers were also indignant when they saw that their comrades were shot down by the enemy's cavalry. Without waiting for the officer's order, he fired a counterattack arrow.

It's just that although the range of the longbow in their hands is not short, it can only shoot the enemy within ten zhang, and now the cavalry of the Zhou army is at a distance of forty zhang, and their arrows can only fall on the grass in front of the enemy. Even if there were a few archers with great strength, who could shoot arrows into the cavalry of the Zhou army, they were light and lethal. They struck it with their bows, and they pulled it away.

"Rush forward! You can't just just stupidly stay where you are and let them shoot! Wang Bodang naturally judged that it was the enemy's bow and arrow that had a long range, so he immediately came up with a countermeasure.

He knew that if his army did not rush forward, the cavalry of the Zhou army would always be on the periphery, out of range of his bow and arrow, firing arrows at his own soldiers.

In this way, this is not a battle, but a massacre!

The Wei soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then they also reacted, how could they attack the enemy if they didn't rush forward?

So, under Jia Xiong's shout, they rushed over, and the momentum of these more than 40,000 people was also very huge, including pikemen, shield soldiers, and archers. They shouted in their mouths, eager to cut off all the hateful Zhou cavalry that fired arrows in front of them.

However, these cavalry of the Zhou army are all Yuming's personal guards, and they are the elite of the elite. How could they let these two-legged infantrymen run to their side to engage in melee combat?

As soon as the Liquan Treasure Spear in Yu Ming's hand turned, the 10,000 iron cavalry immediately dispersed, cruising around, and the distance between them and the Wei infantry was always kept at a distance of forty zhang, constantly bursting with cold arrows.

Although the Wei infantry was so angry that they screamed, they wanted to rush up and cut these hateful Zhou cavalry into two pieces. But how can a two-legged infantry catch up with a four-legged cavalry? They could only follow behind the cavalry of the Zhou army "snorting and snorting", watching the enemy shoot down their comrades one by one, but there was nothing they could do.

Jia Xiong also ran back out of breath at this moment, and said to Uncle Wang: "General Wang, we can't catch up!" The enemy, who was cunning, saw that we were approaching, and ran away, and when we stopped, they were far away and shot at our men with their long-range bows. And our longbow has a range of only 10 zhang at most, so there is no way to take them. ”

Wang Bodang naturally saw the current predicament of the Wei army, but he was really helpless in the face of this situation. Although he is also a resourceful general in the Wei army, he really can't think of a clever plan to get out of the current unfavorable situation in the current situation.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Bo said: "At present, we can only get rid of these Zhou cavalry by running to Luokou City quickly. Although Yu Ming is powerful, he can't follow us into the city! ”

Jia Xiong's eyes also flashed with a hint of joy, secretly thinking that Wang Bodang was really powerful, and in this completely helpless situation, he also came up with a measure that was the most beneficial to the Wei army at present.

"Good! The subordinates will go to inform everyone and retreat in the direction of Luokou quickly! Jia Xiong replied loudly.

Under Wang Bodang's order, the Wei army immediately regrouped, the spear and shield soldiers stood in a row on the outermost periphery, and the archers were surrounded in the middle, forming an iron bucket-like circle and slowly marching in the direction of Luokou.

Although the Wei army did this, the goal was large, but the barrel formation was the strongest defensive formation after all, and with the shield grid, it could always reduce some casualties to some extent. Moreover, this area is all plains, and after they form a circle, they can march normally.

Wang Bodang's method made the cavalry of the Zhou army suddenly feel like a mouse dragging a turtle and having nowhere to eat.

Although the Wei army was still suffering casualties, it was much less, and they had recovered from the initial panic of being shot by the cavalry but unable to return fire, and there was no more unwarranted panic. Someone was shot by a bow and arrow and fell, so the people behind him went up to fill the gap in the circle to ensure that the Wei army's defensive formation was not broken.

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