"Dismount and fight!"

One of Qin Qi's generals shouted at the top of his voice.

Hearing this, the cavalry of the Qin State who had not been thrown off their horses dismounted one after another, holding Changge and forming a formation.

This move made the Fangcheng cavalry very puzzled.

Isn't the other side a cavalryman? Why dismount and fight like a foot soldier?

I have to say that here it reflects the biggest difference between the contemporary mainstream cavalry and the Fangcheng cavalry.

The contemporary mainstream cavalry, whether it is Yiqu, Xiongnu, Linhu and other alien races, or the cavalry of the Zhao State, they all follow the tactics of "getting on the horse is cavalry, and dismounting is a foot pawn" - why does it sound ridiculous? Because from the point of view of force, the most reasonable way to exert force between cavalry and foot soldiers is different.

The foot soldiers, especially the shield-holding foot soldiers who are the backbone of the formation, the most important thing they need to exercise is to play the lower plate, which in layman's terms, is to stand firmly on the flat ground so that they will not be broken through the formation by the enemy.

The cavalry, is mainly concerned with the power of the waist, than the starting pawn, the cavalry in the slashing is more open and closed, although this way of force is very flawed, but the victory is also strong, which is also the reason why the power of the cavalry is far above the foot pawn.

Due to the different ways of exerting force, when the cavalry who are accustomed to riding horses get off the war horse, their lower plate is slightly more vain than the foot soldiers, even if they form a formation, the ability to resist the impact of the enemy army is far inferior to the foot soldiers.

But there is no way, the contemporary bilateral stirrup has not yet been born, and the cavalry cannot stabilize the body on the back of the war horse, so dismounting and foot combat in close combat is the only combat method for the cavalry of Yiqu, Xiongnu and Zhao.

Except for those skilled horsemen who could continue to fight the enemy on horseback without relying on harness, and continuing to fight the enemy on horseback, ordinary cavalry could not do it.

But the Fangcheng cavalry is different, because of the relationship between Meng Zhong, the Fangcheng cavalry put into use the bilateral stirrup early, this inconspicuous harness at first glance, not only greatly shortened the training time of the Fangcheng cavalry, so that a new pawn can master the horsemanship in the shortest possible time, but also so that the Fangcheng cavalry can fight at close range without dismounting.

Because of this, the Fangcheng cavalry from the initial training, the training is the way to fight on horseback, maybe their level of dismounting and foot combat is far inferior to this Qin cavalry, but in terms of fighting on horseback, this Qin cavalry is far from their opponent.

"Turnaround charge! Disrupt the enemy formation! ”

With Hua Hu's order, he and Meng Hu led the cavalry veterans under their command and took the lead in turning back and charging.

I saw that the two of them led the cavalry under their command to form a long dragon and began to charge towards the formation of the cavalry of the Qin State.

Seeing this scene, Qin General Hu Yu frowned.

At this time, he had gradually discovered that the Fangcheng cavalry on the opposite side was actually a completely different class of troops from them in essence, but there was one thing he firmly believed, that is, the cavalry formed a team to attack the formation of foot soldiers, which was just a way to kill himself.

Thinking of this, he encouraged the cavalry under his command who had dismounted from the war horse and said: "Don't panic, keep the formation, just block the opponent's momentum......"

However, before he could finish speaking, he heard a sound of breaking the air from nowhere.

He subconsciously turned his head to look, and couldn't help but surprise the pupils of his eyes.

"Arrow Strike!"

With his somewhat panicked shouts, a rain of arrows fell on his head.

After taking a closer look, it turned out that at this moment, Mu Wu had ordered the cavalry under his command to gather in one place, and then asked the cavalry to use the crossbows behind their backs, and launched a wave of attack and arrow rain towards the formation where the cavalry of the Qin State was located.

For a while, the Qin cavalry were hit by arrows one after another, and the formation was in chaos, and at this moment, Meng Hu and Hua Hu just happened to kill and tore apart the formation of the Qin cavalry effortlessly.

“……”

Qin general Hu Yu opened his mouth, looked at the two teams of Wei cavalry of Menghu and Huahu who were leading the team to slaughter the cavalry under his command, and then looked at the Wei cavalry holding crossbows under Mu Wu in the distance, and all kinds of amazement appeared in his heart.

Obviously, there were no cavalry in the Central Plains before, why were these Fangcheng cavalry so good at it? Even, a cavalry charging into battle, a cavalry long-distance harassment, the two cooperate tacitly, as if they have been trained for this thousands of times.

However, the crisis in front of him at this moment did not allow him to think about it, he waved the sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Block! Block them! Don't go back! Violators will be dealt with by military law! ”

Under his orders, the cavalry of the Qin State had no choice but to stabilize the formation, but unfortunately, even so, they could only delay the time when the formation was broken by the Fangcheng cavalry.

However, this still poses a certain threat to the cavalry of the other city.

"Ahh

With a few screams, several Fangcheng cavalry who rushed to the forefront were immediately stabbed to death by the Qin cavalry.

Seeing this, Hua Hu's eyebrows froze, and he immediately stretched out his left hand to the left, and sent a signal to the left, and in an instant, his cavalry could brush past the core of the Qin cavalry formation and bypassed the edge.

"The armor of the soldiers is not thick enough, and it is still too reluctant to hit the foot soldiers head-on...... I have to tell Ah Zhong about this later, if our cavalry needs to attack the phalanx of foot soldiers in the future, then we must equip the soldiers with thicker armor, well, it is better to let the war horses also wear a layer of armor......

Turning his head to look behind him, he saw that the cavalry who were following him kept falling off their horses, or being stabbed to death by the Qin cavalry with Changge, or being shot off their horses by those enemy soldiers with crossbows, Hua Hu hated it in his heart.

Although he also knew that there were no immortals in battle, he still wanted to reduce his own casualties as much as possible, after all, they were all soldiers of his city.

"Get around! Regroup! ”

With a shout, Hua Hu encouraged the cavalry under his command.

At the same time, Menghu's side was also under great pressure.

According to Meng Hu's previous character, he must have forcibly broken through directly regardless of other things at this moment, but the reckless man may not know how to advance and retreat, at least for Meng Hu, his intuition beyond ordinary people allows him to avoid some dangers.

Just like at this moment, the feeling in his heart told him that if he continued to break through forcibly, although he could eventually chisel through the formation of the Qin cavalry on the opposite side, the cavalry under his command would also lose more than half of it.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the other side of the battlefield, and saw that the Huahu team had bypassed the formation of the Qin cavalry, and he immediately raised the banner and signaled the cavalry under his command to temporarily retreat to the right.

The first charge of the Fangcheng cavalry failed.

What if it fails?

Then change your posture and do it all over again!

Not long after, the two teams of cavalry, Menghu and Huahu, came to the southwest and northeast corners of the Qin army's array respectively, and re-established their offensive positions in these two places.

Looking at the front, and then at the back, Qin General Hu Yu instinctively felt that his side was about to be threatened by the front and rear attacks, but he had no choice, after all, the Qin cavalry under his command formed an array like a foot soldier at this moment, and they couldn't move easily at all, otherwise the formation would be chaotic, and it would inevitably be immediately broken by the Wei cavalry on the opposite side.

What's even more hateful is that there are at least half of the men and horses in the Wei cavalry on the opposite side, and they are far away, using crossbows to shoot at them, making them tired to deal with.

"It's over, it's over, this group of Central Plains cavalry...... It's too powerful......

Swallowing his saliva, Hu Yu's head was full of cold sweat.

And at this moment, the Menghu and Huahu teams in the front and rear began to move, only to see them start to ride their horses around the formation of the Qin army, neither close nor far away, just holding on to the position of the two armies separated by more than ten zhang.

At this time, if you look down from above, it is not difficult to find the movement trajectory of the two cavalry, the Menghu and the Huahu, just forming a circle, enveloping the Qin cavalry.

Laymen can't see the way, but if there is a cavalry general of Zhao State here at this moment, such as Niu Qian, I believe he will immediately see that this is the cavalry combat method invented by Zhao Yong, the master of Zhao and the king of Zhao Wuling: car hanging!

"General, those Fangcheng cavalry...... What are they doing? ”

Beside the Qin general Hu Yu, a Qin pawn saw the actions of the two Wei cavalry and asked in a puzzled low voice.

Hu Yu didn't explain, but he knew very well in his heart that the two Wei cavalry were looking for weaknesses in his formation.

At this moment, Hu Yu couldn't help but think of the appearance of the wolves hunting the tigers - the wolves generally do not fight with the tigers, but if they are forced to be helpless, the wolves will also fight with the tigers, and when the time comes, those wolves will be scattered around the tigers, slowly moving in circles, if the eyes of the tiger look at one of the wolves, then the rest of the wolves will immediately pounce on the tiger from behind and from the side.

Just like at this moment, Meng Hu and Hua Hu respectively led a cavalry to run around the formation of the Qin cavalry, one of them was responsible for feints to attract all the attention of the Qin army, while the other was responsible for forcibly breaking through, but which one was responsible for feints and which was responsible for breaking through, Hu Yu really couldn't tell.

"Arrow Strike!"

With the roar of a Qin army general, another wave of arrows rained over the formation of the Qin cavalry.

Hu Yu gritted his teeth with hatred, but he also knew one thing in his heart: after this arrow attack, the two Fangcheng cavalry running around them would definitely take action.

Sure enough, as soon as the rain of arrows fell, when the Qin soldiers subconsciously dodged the crossbow arrows, so that the formation was slightly chaotic, the cavalry under the command of Meng Hu suddenly increased their speed, deviated from the original trajectory of action, and suddenly broke into the formation of the Qin army.

"Is this it?!"

Hu Yu was shocked, and was about to order the soldiers to strengthen the defense of the Menghu Army, but he was suddenly stunned.

"That's not right! It's behind you!'

Thinking of this, Hu Yu turned to the Huahu Army and roared: "This is the main attack of the Fangcheng cavalry, block them!" ”

And at this moment, the Huahu team, like the Menghu team, deviated from the original trajectory of action, and instantly broke into the formation of the Qin cavalry, and thanks to Hu Yu's timely detection, it was finally able to block the offensive of the Huahu team.

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a Qin pawn beside him exclaimed and reminded him: "General, the north side, the north side is about to be broken through by the Fangcheng cavalry......"

"What?"

Hu Yu subconsciously turned his head and looked at the Menghu team in the distance, only to find that this Fangcheng cavalry was rapidly attacking his own formation.

"This is actually the main attack?"

For a while, Hu Yu couldn't help but feel a little remorseful in his heart.

But in fact, he didn't have to regret it at all, because the main attack team and the feint attack team of the car suspension formation actually mainly depend on the strength of the two cavalry, and the weak team cooperates with the strong team to attract the attention of the enemy army as much as possible.

However, this is not applicable to the Fangcheng cavalry, after all, Menghu and Huahu are both brave generals, but the cavalry forces under their command are almost the same, they can change their attack posture at any time, so it is meaningless for Hu Yu to guess which of the two is the main attacker.

No, just when Qin General Hu Yu thought he had woken up and immediately stepped up his defense against the Menghu team, the Huahu team behind him began to exert their power again, stirring up the chaos of the Qin army's formation.

Pity those Qin cavalry at this moment, they didn't know which Fangcheng cavalry to attack, and before they could react, they were suddenly killed by the Fangcheng cavalry and fell to the ground.

At this time, Mu Wu, who was watching the battle from a distance, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the deputy general Lu Wen with a smile: "The defeat of the Qin army is decided, you lead the cavalry under your command to practice, and let the cavalry who did not participate also experience it." ”

"Whoa!" Lu Wen nodded.

After a while, Mu Wu ordered the herald to strike the bronze cymbal, signaling Meng Hu and Hua Hu to lead the army to retreat, and the cavalry led by Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, Lu Wen and others continued to use the chariot suspension combat method on the Qin cavalry, so that more cavalry could gain actual combat experience.

In this regard, Meng Hu and Hua Hu couldn't help but feel a little unsatisfied, but considering the overall situation, they still followed Mu Wu's instructions, led their cavalry to evacuate, and watched the battle from the side.

It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of the current situation, in fact, the cavalry under the command of the two of them alone is enough to defeat the cavalry of the Qin State under Hu Yu, and the reason for the replacement is purely to allow those Fangcheng cavalry who have not personally participated in the Che Suspension Battle Method to gain some actual combat experience.

And Qin General Hu Yu obviously understood this scene, seeing that the two teams of Wei cavalry with terrible strength retreated and replaced with another group of Wei cavalry who seemed to be inferior to the former's offensive ability, he immediately guessed that this was the opposite Wei general who took the opportunity to train his cavalry.

Take the cavalry he trained with all his heart...... Training?!

Hu Yu's chest was full of anger, but he had to admit that he had lost this battle, and he had completely lost it.

The two thousand Qin cavalry he trained by training the Yiqu cavalry were not at all the opponents of the cavalry of the three thousand square cities on the other side - it was not a problem of the difference in numbers, but a problem of combat ability.

"It's a ...... to escape."

With a long sigh, Hu Yu completely gave up resistance, raised his hand and ordered: "The whole army immediately mounts and withdraws and assembles in Wancheng...... Don't hesitate, the whole army immediately mounts and withdraws! ”

Under his order, the cavalry of the Qin army, which originally had a little resistance power, suddenly dispersed in a hurry and ran towards the unridden war horses in the distance.

Seeing this, the morale of the cavalry in Zhufang City was greatly boosted.

"The Qin army is fleeing!"

"Stop them!"

"Kill!"

"Don't tell them to run away!"

In the midst of countless shouts, the cavalry of Zhufang City took advantage of the victory to become more and more courageous, and pursued those Qin cavalry, on the other hand, those Qin cavalry fought with each other for their horses, and were finally chased and killed by the Fangcheng cavalry.

During this period, the Qin general Hu Yu and his guards did not dismount and took the opportunity to flee to the south.

Seeing this, Menghu and Huahu immediately caught up.

The two men were not trying to steal the credit, but to ensure that the secrecy of the bilateral stirrups was kept.

If some of these Qin cavalry saw the role of bilateral stirrups and fled back to Bai Qi's side, then Bai Qi would naturally follow their example again and build a more powerful cavalry.

This is not a good thing for the cavalry of other cities.

At this time, Mu Wu, Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, and Lu Wen led most of the Fangcheng cavalry to hunt down the rest of the fleeing Qin cavalry, cleaning up the battlefield by the way.

In view of the various evil deeds committed by this Qin cavalry in Yuncheng, no one put forward the slogan of "those who surrender do not kill", even if a few Qin cavalry in despair, dropped their weapons and knelt to surrender, in the end, what they waited for was only a heavy blow to the head of the Wei cavalry in Fangcheng.

In this battle, the 2,000 Qin cavalry under Bai Qi was almost completely annihilated, while the Fangcheng cavalry had more than 200 killed and more than 500 wounded.

Although from the perspective of battle damage, the Fangcheng cavalry can be said to have won a complete victory, but as many as more than 200 casualties, it is still inevitable that the cavalry will feel sad when cheering.

In this regard, Mu Wu said to Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, and Lu Wen with a slightly embarrassed tone: "Although there are inevitably some casualties, as the first battle, I think it is already very remarkable. ”

Hearing this, Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, and Lu Wen nodded thoughtfully.

I have to say that this battle is very crucial for the Fangcheng cavalry, and its significance is not that the two thousand cavalry under Bai Qi's command were wiped out, but that the cavalry of other Fangcheng broke the infantry phalanx.

Although the infantry phalanx composed of those Qin cavalry has a weaker defensive ability than ordinary foot soldiers, it is enough to prove that it is feasible to use cavalry to attack foot soldiers.

Although some casualties were inevitable, Mu Wu and the others believed that this was mainly due to the fact that the armor of his cavalry was not thick enough, if the cavalry of Fangcheng could also wear three layers of thick armor like Wei Wushu, how could they be easily killed by the enemy's foot soldiers?

The only embarrassment was that Fang Cheng couldn't afford it.

Of course, this is not something that he Mu Wu needs to consider, this kind of problem is left to Xiang Yi and Le Xu, and they will have a headache.

About half an hour later, the remnants of the Qin cavalry, except for those who escaped, were all killed by the Fangcheng cavalry, and when the battlefield was cleaned up later, the Zhufangcheng cavalry began to divide the spoils in a joyful atmosphere, such as the armor, weapons, crossbows, arrows, and belongings carried by the Qin army.

Not to mention, almost every cavalry of the Qin State carried some more valuable belongings, such as cloth coins, ornaments, etc., and it was obvious that these people were looted from those towns.

Although some of them couldn't stand the Wei people who died at the hands of the Qin cavalry, these belongings have now become the trophies of the Fangcheng cavalry.

Armor, especially the cuirass, can be left to wear by yourself, wearing two layers of armor is definitely better than wearing one layer of armor to save your life on the battlefield, but weapons, helmets, crossbows, etc., can be brought to Yeyi and handed over to the county treasury in exchange for corresponding cloth coins or other things.

This was acquiesced by the Wei army in Fangcheng, and it could be regarded as a kind of preferential treatment for the soldiers.

After all, Fang Cheng is still very poor at the moment, and unless Da Liang sends money, he really can't afford to give out additional rewards, so he can only subsidize the soldiers in this way, and by the way, strengthen the soldiers' sense of belonging and cohesion to the army.

About two hours later, when the more than 2,000 Fangcheng cavalry on Muwu's side cleaned up the battlefield and bandaged their wounds, Menghu and Huahu each led hundreds of cavalry to arrive.

Seeing this, Mu Wu immediately led Cao Chun and the others to greet him.

"Did you catch that Qin general?" Mu Wu asked Meng Hu and Hua Hu.

"Nope."

I saw Meng Hu turn over and dismount, take the water bladder handed by a soldier next to him and pour a few words, and said with a scolding grin: "That kid is very cunning, seeing that I and Hua Hu are chasing endlessly, he simply abandoned the horse and fled into the mountains, I and Hua Hu also went into the mountains to chase for a while, killing several Qin soldiers, but still escaped by that kid." ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and added: "Oh, by the way, I learned the name of that Qin general from the mouths of several Qin army prisoners, that guy is a Yiqu man, and the Qin soldiers call him Hu Yu." ”

"Is it good to just know a name?"

Mu Wu rolled his eyes angrily, but he still couldn't help but ask: "Yiqu?" Isn't it Qin? ”

Hearing this, Cao Chun stroked his short beard and said: "I seem to have heard of Yiqu, which is said to be a foreign race that admires my Central Plains culture, and established a country following my Central Plains, which is called Yiqu Country." However, as far as I know, Yiqu seems to have a feud with the Qin State, how can there be Yiqu people who are officials in the Qin State? ”

"What's so strange about that?" Mu Wu pursed his lips and said: "The Qin State and the Chu State are still feuding, and now, the Chu State is still helping the Qin State to fight our Fang City?" ”

"That's right." Cao Chun smiled.

At this time, Mu Wu turned his head and asked Meng Hu, "Then again, how many prisoners of the Qin army have you captured?" ”

"Nope."

Meng Hu shrugged his shoulders and snorted towards Hua Hu: "Oh, I was killed by him with a few swords." ”

Hearing this, everyone looked at Huahu.

Seeing this, Hua Hu frowned and said, "What are you looking at me for?" Is it okay for the other party to surrender without permission, did I agree? If you don't surrender early, you kneel down and surrender when you see that you can't escape, begging me to spare your life, how can there be such a good thing in the world? ”

Hearing this, Meng Hu said with a strange expression: "But you said at the time that if they are obedient, you can think about it." ”

Hua Hu retorted and said, "Can I think about the way to kill them?" ”

Hearing this, the Wei generals who were eavesdropping nearby couldn't help laughing, but none of them showed disgust at Hua Hu's approach.

It's no wonder, after all, the Fangcheng cavalry also lost more than 200 robes in this battle, even if it is a robe that they are not familiar with on weekdays, it is inevitable that there will be a kind of sadness like hurting them, and then they hate the Qin people who killed these robes.

To put it bluntly, hating the Qin people for killing their robes is one thing, and on the other hand, they are afraid or foresee that they will die at the hands of the Qin people in the future.

After all, on the battlefield, no one can say whether they will survive to the end.

"Alright."

Seeing that Meng Hu was still ridiculing Hua Hu, Mu Wu suppressed his hand and stopped: "Send someone to Yangguan first, and report to Ah Zhong about today's battle." Other than that...... Ah Hu, Hua Hu, you two take Cao Chun and Cai Cheng back to Yangguan first, I will stay here in Yuncheng for a few days to see if there are any other Qin troops in this vicinity, and then I will go to Shangcai to take a turn...... Since these Qin cavalry invaded from Shangcai's side, the Qin people may not repeat their old tricks in the future, so I am ready to discuss with Cai Wu and ask Yuncheng to send some troops to garrison in the Shangcai area. ”

"Okay, then be careful yourself."

Meng Hu and Hua Hu didn't care when they heard this, after all, Mu Wu was the only one of the three of them who was authorized by Meng Zhong to act independently, and Mu Wu did not lack courage or calmness, so they naturally didn't need to worry about Mu Wu, not to mention that Lu Wen followed.

As a result, Meng Hu and Huahu immediately led nearly 1,000 cavalry under their respective commands and slowly returned to Yangguan, while Mu Wu led the remaining nearly 1,000 cavalry to retreat to Yuncheng.

At this point, the first duel between Bai Qi and the cavalry under the command of Meng Zhong was finally won by the cavalry under the command of Meng Zhong.

Victory!