"Whew-"

A dull horn sound gradually reached Zhao Hongrun's ears. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although they both used horns to convey war messages, Zhao Hongrun still judged for the first time that it was not the trumpet of the army under his command.

"The horn of the Korean army...... What?'

Taking a slight breath, Zhao Hongrun sat up straight on horseback, squinting his eyes and looking around.

Because in this case, the horn of the Korean army sounded in the direction of Jixian, then there was only one explanation - the defenders of Jixian were summoning their cavalry!

"What a gaffe."

Beside Zhao Hongrun, Wei Mu, the general of the Southern Yan Army, shook his head slightly, and said indifferently: "Wei has dealt with Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, several times, but it is the first time to see him so embarrassed, I have to summon cavalry to assist in advance. It seems that the army under the command of His Royal Highness King Su is too brave, so that Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, can't resist it. ”

Zhao Hongrun nodded slightly, echoing Wei Mu's judgment.

Immediately, he ordered: "Tell Wu Ji and Zhai Huang to beware of the surprise attack of the Korean cavalry, as for the Youma Army...... Let General Ma You judge the timing of the attack on his own, but be sure not to pursue Han Cai too far. ”

"Yes!"

A herald who was waiting by the side clenched his fists and took the order, turned his horse's head, and immediately went to deliver the order of His Royal Highness the King of Su.

In fact, Zhao Hongrun's order is to seek safety and play a role as a guarantee. To put it bluntly, I was worried that Wu Ji and Zhai Huang would not notice it for a while, and they did not guess the meaning of the horn of the Korean army.

But in fact, when they heard the horn of the Korean army, Wu Ji and Zhai Huang both guessed the meaning of this horn.

Zhai Huang aside, as the only commander of the Shangshui Army who can take the lead alone, he will never ignore the crisis behind the horn.

And Wu Ji, although the young general does still have many deficiencies in command, but these do not prove that the general is not smart, he just lacks experience.

Because of this, when Zhai Huang said something like 'It seems that Han Qi is going to attack our army's own team', Wu Ji was not surprised, and immediately said: "You are here to command the battle situation, and I will resist the attacking Han Cai." ”

"Yes!" Zhai Huang hugged his fists.

Bidding farewell to Zhai Huang, Wu Ji left the Chinese army with his horse, leading a battalion of mixed soldiers with crossbows to line up on the north side of the team and build a defensive line.

Because today's siege battle was attacked by the Shang Shui army on the west wall of Ji County, and by the Yan Ling army on the south wall of Ji County, Wu Ji thought that it was less likely that Han Qi would attack from the south, and there was a greater probability that it should be from the north.

At this point, he guessed right.

It didn't take long for a Korean cavalry to gallop from the north, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and even Wu Ji felt a little numb in his scalp.

"Boom—"

With the trembling formation, tens of thousands of Korean cavalry rushed from a distance, and the huge momentum made the soldiers and soldiers of Shangshui who had experienced a hundred battles also feel a burst of shock.

Cavalry is like this, thousands of horsemen galloping can form a considerable scale of momentum, and more than 10,000 horsemen, the momentum is even more as if the heavens and the earth are trembling.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Yu was able to conclude that the Northern Second Army had no intention of supporting the Su Wang Army, because it was impossible to hide the movement of the Northern Second Army when the violent kite led 30,000 cavalry to leave Tianmen Pass.

"Crossbows in place!"

With Wu Ji's order, hundreds of crossbow chariots were pushed to the front of the battlefield on the north side.

Quietly glancing at the hundreds of repeating crossbow chariots, Wu Ji frowned slightly.

In fact, when attacking Shangdang, the Shang Shui Army had hundreds of repeaters and catapults, but a while ago, half of them stayed in Tianmen Pass, so that Wu Ji looked at the hundreds of repeaters at the moment, and his heart was a little bottomless.

Wei's repeater could fire three finger-thick crossbow bolts at the same time, coupled with the range and power of its sniper crossbow, which made this repeater still highly regarded by the merchant soldiers despite its many shortcomings such as slow loading of crossbow bolts and inconvenient transportation.

Although the crossbow box of the Lu State was highly regarded by the Shang and Shui Army, the range and power of this thing were actually quite limited, at best, it was used to shoot those lightly armored or unarmored enemies at close range, and it could not be used to deal with extremely mobile cavalry, because it could not necessarily catch up with the speed of the cavalry.

At this point, the power of the Wei repeater was so reliable that the generals of the Shang Shui Army considered using the repeater as the flag symbol of their Shang Shui Army.

"Forget it! …… Sun Shuke can stop Han Qi, and so can I."

Taking a deep breath, Wu Ji secretly encouraged himself.

As the general of the dignified merchant and water army, can't he even do things of this level?

However, the strange thing is that the more than 10,000 Korean cavalry galloping forward from a distance did not rush into the defense line of the Wu Ji army, but slowed down and adjusted the direction at a position of about a mile ahead, and slowly rode their horses in a circle.

"Huh?"

Seeing this, Wu Ji had a few doubts in his heart.

If it was him, most of them would not have guessed what those Han Qi's actions represented.

But now, he has read a lot of military books and consulted many generals, so he can naturally understand what Han Cai's actions on the other side mean.

This is not only a method of warfare used by cavalry to tear apart enemy lines, but can also be used in other aspects.

For example, when a cavalry is hesitant to surprise an army, or is in a wait-and-see state, the cavalry will run in a circle like this, in order to maintain the speed of the cavalry as much as possible, so that at a certain moment, it can launch a surprise attack.

After all, before the cavalry charges, it needs a process of speeding up, from stationary to final speed, which requires a long distance. But by running in circles, the cavalry was able to increase its speed to a certain extent in the same place, and then at the last distance, it accelerated in a straight line and pierced into the enemy's belly like a sharp spear at the fastest speed.

Therefore, cavalry like this, which is running in circles, is actually the most dangerous, because they are ready to attack, and you can't figure out which part they will attack in the end.

Of course, the only drawback of this trick is that it will consume the physical strength of the rider and the horse, so that the cavalry is often unable to perform the almost rogue trick of "getting out of battle and recoiling" in an unfavorable situation.

But on the other hand, if a cavalry runs in a circle, it also means that they abandon the second attack, placing all their bets on the first assault, either winning or retreating because of defeat.

"These Han cavalry are looking for the weak point of our army? Or are they afraid of something?'

Wu Ji crossed his arms and frowned thinking about the actions of those Han Qi.

Suddenly, his heart moved, and he turned his head to look around.

Only then did he notice that behind his defensive line, a banner of 'Shangshui Youma' had already been quietly erected.

In the vicinity of the flag, four heavy horses of five hundred horses were already ready.

"I see!"

Wu Ji suddenly realized in his heart, it turned out that those Han horses were afraid of the existence of heavy riding horses.

"Circle?"

Holding a closed heavy helmet in his left hand and a reins in his right hand, Ma You, the general of the Youma Army, slowly drove his mount to the defense line of the Wu Ji Army, frowning and watching the movements of Han Qi in the distance.

Ma You's experience as a cavalry is all learned from Dangjun Youma, and Dangjun Youma is modeled after the Korean cavalry, because of this, Ma You is very familiar with the tactics and tricks used by the Korean cavalry, so when he saw those Han cavalry in the distance were running round, he guessed the other party's intentions.

"Are you so jealous of my horse army?"

Ma You grinned, looking a little proud.

He knew the intentions of those Han Qi: the other party was seducing him to swim the horse army.

Because with the current state of those Han cavalry, they can launch an offensive against the Shang Shui Army at any time, but they can also withdraw at any time.

If he rushes over stupidly, he is likely to be teased by the other party.

For example, speed up to bypass the Horse Army, and then quickly enter the hinterland of the Army. In this case, can the heavy cavalry still be able to charge in the face of their own army?

"Interesting, I don't know who the Han general on the other side is?"

Ma You pondered for a while, and then ordered the four teams of five hundred horses to ride forward slowly.

Although he also had to know the method of "Yuan", it was obviously a joke for the heavy cavalry to run the circle, so Ma You just let the two thousand heavy cavalry knights stand on either side of Wu Ji's army.

And after noticing the abnormal behavior of the heavy horse, the general "Xin Zhan" who commanded the Han cavalry in the distance had a somewhat unsightly face.

This Korean cavalry general is not simple, he is not only a general under the command of Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, but also a veteran general of Kanggong Han Hu, who once went out to fight Beirong with the "Yanmen Shou" in the Beiyuan Ten Hao, and is a general with considerable cavalry experience.

As Ma You had judged, Xin Zan gave up his intention to confront the Youma Army after learning about the power of the Shangshui Tour Horse Wei Qi, so he tried to lure the Youma Army out.

And when the Horse Horse Army takes the initiative to attack the cavalry under his command, he can use the speed of the light cavalry to bypass the Horse Heavy Cavalry and directly enter the ranks of the Wei army (Wu Ji Army) on the opposite side.

Xin Zhan believed that in such a situation, the heavy cavalry would definitely give up charging his own soldiers. And in this way, the heavy riding of the horse is abandoned.

I have to say that Xin Zhan's idea is very good, if he encounters an inexperienced Wei army cavalry general, it is very likely that he will be fooled.

But it's a pity that he met Ma You, one of the few Wei cavalry generals in Wei who has considerable attainments in commanding cavalry.

"Then consume each other, anyway, Ji County doesn't need my horse army to go out."

Seeing that the other party did not move for a long time, Ma You laughed evilly, and hugged his arms without fear.

He was not in a hurry at all, after all, in the matter of attacking Ji County, it was obviously the Shang Shui Army that had the advantage, in this case, why did he take the initiative to attack knowing that it was a plan.

"I'll see how long you can endure it."

Squinting his eyes, Ma You sneered secretly.

As Ma You guessed, after running a few laps, Xin Zan was a little impatient, after all, the situation on the Ji County side was getting more and more dangerous, and the cavalry under his command had also consumed a lot of physical strength because of the failed tactics of luring the enemy, and if this continued, they would not even have the physical strength to assault the Wei army on the opposite side.

So, Xin Zan gritted his teeth, and stubbornly popped out a one-word order from his mouth: "Attack!" ”

Immediately, the Han cavalry, who had been running round, quickly changed their formation, as if they had turned into several straight spears, speeding up in a straight line towards Wu Jijun.

Seeing this, Ma You's eyes, which had been waiting for a long time, lit up, and he waved forward violently after laughing.

"Horse Army...... Sortie! ”