Chapter 185: The Battle of Chencang (4)

Throughout Huangfu Song's previous use of troops, they are all "invincible for themselves first, and then they can be victorious". When defending, it is as immobile as a mountain, but once it turns to attack, it is overwhelming, and the aggression is like fire, leaving no respite for the enemy. His style of employing soldiers is an outlier in this era, and he hardly shares it with him.

More than ten years later, Sima Yi and Zhang Liao, who had been trained in the army, were somewhat similar to him. Sima Yi is good at defense, Zhang Liao is strong in offense, and the two of them together can be better than Huangfu Song.

When Huangfu Song's handsome banner appeared on the city tower, the situation on the battlefield immediately turned around. The Western Liang army gradually stopped attacking, broke away from contact with the Han army, and withdrew to the rear.

Seeing the low morale, Chen Cheng didn't care. It's good to be able to beat Chen Cang, but it doesn't matter if you can't beat it. Huangfu Song appeared on the battlefield and reversed the situation on the battlefield at once, although it was very shocking, but if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be of much use.

Well, Chen Chengxin said: Actually, it is still very useful. The battle formation of the Han army's vanguard has been scattered by the Xiliang cavalry, and if there is no Huangfu Song, they will pay more casualties. Now that the Han army has recovered Chencang City and repelled the Xiliang army, it can be regarded as a tactical victory.

The sun is about to set in the west, and it is ........ on Weishan Lake Even if you continue to fight, you won't have much to gain. You can't win anywhere if you win, and you won't lose anywhere if you lose, so it's also a choice to withdraw troops and strike the war.

He hadn't forgotten that there was an enemy army to the north that was outflanking them.

Chen Cheng rushed to Yang Qiu's side with his horse, and said in a loud voice: "Immediately take your troops and horses and retreat to the west along the avenue!" ”

Yang Qiu said: "No"

Chen Cheng said again: "Pick a hundred cavalry first, give Liang Xing an order, and let him Mingjin withdraw his troops." ”

Chencang is located between the mountains, and the longitudinal width from north to south is only a few miles, and the width of the hilly area that the infantry can pass through is only about ten miles. Fighting in this kind of place, there are not many strategies to talk about, and the heavy armor halberd strengthens the bow and the hard crossbow is just frontal.

When the Xiliang army attacked, it was like a rainbow, and when it retreated, it didn't drag the mud and water, and the hula ran to the back. In particular, the soldiers and horses of Han Sui's department ran fast, leaving Chengyi, Zhang Heng and others behind. Seeing the retreat of the Western Liang army, the cavalry of the Han army immediately chased after them and wantonly slashed and killed those Western Liang troops who were lagging behind.

Most of these soldiers and horses were the elite of the princes who had just rushed into the city and then withdrawn. Many of them jumped off their horses in order to capture the spoils of war, and now they have tasted the pain of abandoning their mounts. After being trampled back and forth twice by the cavalry led by Lu Bu, those with horses immediately beat their horses and galloped, while those without horses grabbed their horses and began to flee for their lives.

The remaining two-legged infantry was even more unbearable, completely deflated, and began to run with their backs to the enemy. Lu Bu took the opportunity to lead the cavalry to rush back and forth in the crowd, cutting down the Xiliang army to the ground piece by piece. The soldiers dragged their blades and fled in the direction of the west. The sound of horses' hooves behind him made the hearts of the defeated soldiers even more afraid. It had always been them who had been riding horses to attack the enemy, but now the situation was reversed.

Seeing such a situation, Chen Cheng felt very speechless. When you have the advantage, you rush up, and when you are at a disadvantage, you will flee in the wilderness, you Xiliang army are actually Huns or some other Hu people pretending to be you, right? However, the Qiang people could have been counted in Diyi, and the Han and Qiang people in Xiliang had lived together for too long, and they had long been Huhua, and it didn't seem too outrageous to say that the Xiliang army was the army of the Hu people.

In this way, the situation in front of him is the true character of the Xiliang Army.

On the right side of the mountain, the light troops of the Han army have moved into place. The light infantry, after a slight formation, immediately threw themselves into the attack. On the other side, hundreds of Han cavalry appeared in the east and killed directly on the mound.

Faced with the situation of being flanked from both sides, Yang Qiu continued to retreat with the infantry, while the cavalry followed behind Chen Cheng and launched a counter-charge against the Han cavalry. Time was pressing, and it was too late to organize the formation, and the cavalry rushed down from the mound and collided head-on with the armored cavalry of the Han army.

The war horse galloped, dusty, and the fierce collision seemed to have only one moment, and the next time he opened his eyes, Chen Cheng had already broken through the battle formation of the Han army's armored cavalry with a cavalry gun. A gap had been made in the shield of his left hand, and there were several thin cracks in the edge of the gap. The rifle he held in his right hand stood at his side, and wisps of blood flowed down from the tip of the spear, making streaks of blood on the barrel of the spear, and then dripping onto his gauntlets.

Because of the advantageous position and because the weapons were more suitable for cavalry combat, Chen Cheng led the same number of cavalry to defeat the Han army's armored cavalry that had just been put into the battlefield in just one charge. The number of people killed and wounded was secondary, mainly because it broke up their ranks, and until the regrouping was completed, this armored horse could basically be regarded as non-existent.

Cavalry has a strong impact on the battlefield, but normally speaking, the physical strength of the war horse is limited, and after charging a few times, even if the person can still resist, the horse can't stand it. If there is a normal situation, then there is an abnormal situation, and now the seventy cavalry soldiers led by Chen Cheng are not an abnormal situation, because their mounts will never get tired, so they can constantly charge.

After breaking through the Han army's armored cavalry, Chen Cheng ordered the other cavalry to retreat to the west first, and he himself continued to charge twice with his guards and soldiers, until he reached the south gate of Chen Cang, and then turned around and withdrew to Yang Qiu's military formation.

The sound of gold sounded from the west, Chen Cheng didn't have time to wipe the blood stains off his body, looked up at the central battlefield that had collapsed, sighed in his heart, and was about to take the cavalry to save the face of the Xiliang army, when he saw that on the central battlefield that receded like a tide, a large area of black was exposed, but it was the black armor army under Zhang Heng.

The more than 4,000 black armor troops did not run backwards with the defeated crowd, but under the leadership of Zhang Heng, they formed several close battle formations, and slowly retreated while fighting against the Han cavalry coming and going. The black armor army wore heavy armor, used spears, heavy halberds, bows and arrows and spears and other weapons, and under the command of officers at all levels, slaughtered the scattered Han cavalry.

With the black armor army blocking the charge of the Han cavalry, Cheng Yi was able to gather the cavalry under his command, and then put it into the battlefield with a scale of one or two hundred cavalry. It was because of their efforts that the rout did not turn into a massacre.

Chen Cheng looked at the main force of the Han army approaching on the opposite side, and knew that if he didn't do something, Cheng Yi's cavalry would be able to withdraw, and Zhang Heng's black armor army would be wiped out here because most of them had lost their mounts.

The combat effectiveness, organization and morale of those black armor armies far exceeded the average level of the Xiliang army, which can be described as a rare elite. When the other princes' soldiers and horses were running away, Zhang Heng could still gather his soldiers and horses and fight and retreat, which can also be called superior in command, and it would be a pity if such an elite general was lost like this.

Chen Cheng looked back and saw a cavalry of two or three thousand people galloping towards this side. Just look at the uniform standard armor and weapons, and you can know that Liang Xing has led the troops over. So he no longer hesitated, ordered Yang Qiu, and then said to the left and right: "Follow me!" ”

More than sixty cavalry immediately left the avenue on the right and rushed towards the central battlefield.

Han Shang Huode, most of the banners and battle robes are fiery red colors. But before the Han Dynasty, there was also a dynasty that briefly unified the world. That country is called Qin, and it originated in the Weishui basin in Guanzhong. Qin Shang is still virtuous, so the robes of elite soldiers are mostly black.

Although Zhang Heng is not from Guanzhong, he also knows the story of the Qin Dynasty and yearns for it. Therefore, after he had his own territory, he selected 5,000 warriors with black heavy armor. And with the territory of the six counties in his hand, he tried his best to support the five thousand black armor army. This army poured all his heart and soul into it, because of its frequent drills and good salaries, the Black Armor Army was very strong, and defeated a larger number of opponents in the civil war in Liangzhou many times.

However, in this world, no matter how powerful an army is, it has its limits. As long as the opponent has basic training and equipment, he can deal with up to three times as many enemies head-on. Although the current opponents of the Black Armor Army did not have a threefold numerical advantage, they were under unprecedented pressure.

Zhang Heng rode on horseback, shouting loudly, directing the Black Armor Army to retreat in order, his face was covered with sweat and blood, but he didn't have time to clean it up. He stared at the enemy cavalry who were constantly wandering around, and a nervous expression appeared on his face.

When the other cavalry units were easily harvesting the heads of the Xiliang rout, there were more than a thousand cavalry sticking around the Black Armor Army. The war horse ran on the battlefield with small steps, and Lu Bu on the horseback lightly stretched his ape arm and filled an iron-tired bow. "Collapse", the bowstring shook, Zhang Heng's eyelids jumped suddenly, and a miserable scream came not far in front of him.

The arrow traveled sixty or seventy paces, piercing through the armor of a black-armored soldier and peeking through his back.

"Damn!"

Zhang Heng pulled out the strong bow in his hand, and the arrow was aimed in the direction of the enemy general. From the moment he was glued by this group of enemy soldiers, Zhang Heng saw that the enemy general had shot seventeen arrows and killed sixteen low-ranking officers under his command. If it weren't for the fact that the Black Armor Army was well-trained and highly organized, I was afraid that the infantry phalanx would have collapsed if it was attacked.

Lu Bu took advantage of the momentum of the war horse to rush forward, shot and killed a Xiliang army, and then beat the horse away, so as not to let himself be within the killing range of the enemy's strong crossbow. Zhang Heng angrily drew his bow, but the arrow only landed behind Lu Bu's mount. The other Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Hun cavalry were also the same as Lu Bu, relying on their horses to be fast and strong, and when they found an opportunity, they stepped forward to shoot arrows, and when the black armor army reacted, they had already gone far.

Although the riding bow is still soft no matter what, except for a few arrows, it will not do much damage to the Black Armor Army, but this kind of behavior will be very demoralizing. Moreover, there is such a cavalry eyeing the side, and Zhang Heng and they can't withdraw quickly if they want to. If it continues like this, and wait until the heavy infantry of the Han army completes the reorganization and then catch up, the Black Armor Army will be finished.

After the spread of the technique of horseshoe, saddle and stirrups, the title of the main force of the battlefield had shifted from the infantry to the head of the cavalry. In the old days, there were very few elites who could shoot such powerful arrows on horseback, let alone juggle on horseback.

After Lu Bu retreated for a distance, he drew another arrow and was about to step forward again, but he heard the soldiers on the side shouting, "The Xiliang thief has been killed!" ”

He turned his head to look and saw Chen Cheng rushing over with dozens of horses.