Obviously, Cao Xiaoda did not intend to waste these powerful cavalry in vain, coupled with the terrain and terrain of Longzhong, it just gave Cao Xiaoda a chance to let these cavalry play a role, and now it seems that there is no problem with Cao Xiaoda's arrangement, but after all, he still underestimated Chen Zhishen and Li Xun in terms of reaction time.

These two guys have been fighting with Li Xinchen for a long time, and it is impossible for them to be so dull.

In the final analysis, it is because Cao Xiaoda did not calculate the ability of these two opponents. In fact, this is not to blame him, Chen Zhishen was born under Xiao Maha, and he is famous for daring to fight, so Cao Xiaoda's trap can almost be said to be tailor-made for Chen Zhishen, but Cao Xiaoda did not expect that although Chen Zhishen is good at charging into battle and capturing the flag, he does not simply rely on brute force.

When to go up and when to retreat, he knows very well in his heart, and only in this way can he ensure that he can advance and retreat freely in the army. Don't look at Xiao Maha who is only famous for his brave battles and capturing the flag, but if you think about it, how easy is it to be able to do this and retreat every time?

You must know that in history, Xiao Maha was able to lead more than 30 cavalry to shuttle through the 10,000 armies of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and finally succeeded in escaping under the noses of famous Northern Zhou generals such as Wang Rail, Gao Xi, and Yang Su.

Although Chen Zhishen is not Xiao Maha himself, he still learned something, which is enough.

"The left wing goes forward, the right wing shrinks to join Chen Zhishen, the Chinese army bowmen, shoot the position!" Pei Zilie's voice sounded from the corner of the hillside, and a group of crossbowmen ran quickly behind him, lined up along the hillside, and in front of the crossbowmen, the shield bearers had surrounded the entire foot of the mountain.

At the same time, the left flank, which was mainly composed of cavalry, advanced forward, forcing this group of Northern Zhou cavalry to turn, while the right flank began to extend in the direction of Chen Zhishen's department.

It can be said that Pei Zilie came too timely, although the number of cavalry in this group was not large, but the sudden appearance on the flank of the Northern Zhou cavalry was enough to make them panic.

The Bashu Mountains are rugged, and there has always been little space for cavalry to fight, so cavalry has always been the shortcoming of the Bashu regime, restricting its space for development to the north, and now it is obvious that Li Xinchen is also facing the same problem.

The Yunnan horse in the south naturally entered Li Xinchen's sight, the Yunnan horse is not suitable for riding, this kind of horse born for walking the mountain road is obviously not a good helper for charging into battle, but the Yunnan horse into the army can liberate a large part of the war horses, these war horses are mainly horses that follow Li Xinchen into Shu, these horses are mainly from the captured and integrated Northern Zhou army, it is an out-and-out excellent horse breed in the north, used to transport materials, as a pack horse is obviously too wasteful.

Moreover, even on the mountain road for transporting goods, this kind of high-headed horse is not as suitable as the Yunnan horse, so Li Xinchen naturally has a small group of horses to rebuild the fewer and fewer cavalry after the introduction of the Yunnan horse.

Cavalry is not as easy to train as imagined, it is not so easy to want people who are used to walking on two legs to sit on horseback and control the war horse at once, let alone fight hard, often the training of a qualified cavalry takes two to three years, and this is still in the case of having enough war horses to deal with injuries.

Li Xinchen obviously didn't have so much time, so the cavalry under his command was mainly based on the original cavalry veterans, and he could only focus on being few and fine. It is precisely for this reason that the cavalry under Li Xinchen's command was able to wear armor and be equipped with short spears, crossbows and other equipment that is difficult for everyone in the northern cavalry to have, so as to increase the combat ability of individual soldiers.

This time, of the five hundred cavalry under Li Xinchen's command, one hundred was left to Xiao Shilian, while Li Xinchen and Pei Zilie's army each had two hundred.

Two hundred cavalry against five or six hundred Northern Zhou cavalry, in terms of momentum, is still a little weaker.

However, it was obvious that Pei Zilie did not let them directly confront the Northern Zhou cavalry, just some harassment on the flanks was enough to make the Northern Zhou cavalry unable to attack directly against Chen Zhishen's department as before.

After all, when the cavalry began to charge, more than 200 enemies suddenly appeared on the flanks or even behind them, and their threat was nothing less than deadly. Soon the Northern Zhou fine armor lord who led the team decisively ordered, and more than 100 Northern Zhou cavalry separated from the large army and rushed directly towards this group of Bashu cavalry.

Obviously, in their eyes, it is enough to rely on a hundred people to deal with two hundred cavalry, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty dominates the world with cavalry, which is already very worthy of the Bashu cavalry.

And that team of Bashu cavalry did not mean to engage with no more than half of their own enemy, before they reached the range of the bow and crossbow, they turned their horses' heads, and went around in a circle, just closely chasing the brigade of the Northern Zhou cavalry, like hyenas watching outside the lion pack, once there was a gap, they would definitely pounce viciously.

Obviously, the Northern Zhou cavalry did not intend to give these young opponents any chance to take advantage of, their charging formation was still very complete, and the Northern Zhou cavalry that was separated was guarding the flank of the team, and they did not get a response when they took the initiative to meet just now, so they no longer sought to fight with this group of Bashu cavalry, but just covered the team and did not give them a chance to take advantage of.

However, these Bashu cavalry did not play a role at all, and their existence was successful so that the Northern Zhou cavalry had no way to directly turn a corner and rush towards Chen Zhishen's department, because that would only expose their flanks more thoroughly, so they could only choose to slightly deflect the horse's head, and then target Pei Zilie's side.

Pei Zilie carried a large number of crossbowmen, mainly because they fought in the mountains and forests before, and the crossbowmen did not have much use, so they were all concentrated in Pei Zilie's Chinese army, and now they are just used to deal with the cavalry of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Pei Zilie didn't expect, let alone be reluctant to have his own cavalry and the enemy, it was enough to force them to turn their horses around and deal with him.

After all, Chen Zhishen's side is mainly light soldiers, and it is okay to deal with the enemy's ambush soldiers, but if you really want to fight with the cavalry, you have to suffer heavy damage.

Fortunately, Chen Zhishen's previous reaction was also very fast, and the team had already retreated to the foot of the mountain, even if it was really attacked by the cavalry, it was a big deal to disperse and retreat to the mountain.

The charging Northern Zhou cavalry was getting closer and closer, and in a blink of an eye, it was already past the range of the bow and crossbow, but Pei Zilie did not rush to order the release of arrows, but just stared at the enemy tightly.

When they were only a hundred steps away from the line where the shield hand was, Pei Zilie waved his hand decisively: "Release!" ”

The arrows whistled out, and the cavalry in the front row fell like waves of wheat, but the men behind urged their horses to continue to accelerate, and began to spread out to the left and right under the leadership of several generals, avoiding direct confrontation with the enemy's crossbowmen.