Chapter 315: Weak Enemy Strong
Wang Shuang led the tiger and leopard cavalry that Cao Ren personally handed over to him, which was also a powerful weapon for the Wei army to run rampant all over the world.
They are strong and proud, they have few defeats before, and they don't take these Han troops into account at all.
Behind them, there were a large number of Wei infantry ready to go,
Mixed with infantry and cavalry, fighting in a dignified manner, Wang Shuang was very confident that he could quickly defeat the Han army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in numbers.
After all, this is a frontal conflict in the era of cold weapons, and the number of people can still play a decisive role.
Under the command of Yang Qun, the Han army slowly opened up the moon formation and met the huge iron army of the Wei army head-on.
Looking at the heavily armored knights in full armor rolling out, Yang Qun and Ma Han in the formation were a little nervous at first, but when they saw the armored knights starting to slowly approach, their faces showed a look of astonishment, and their faces immediately showed a little relaxation.
This is not because they despise the Wei army, but because they clearly see that the heavily armored knights of the Wei army rolling in are actually not equipped with double-sided stirrups!
Yes, they still use simple one-sided stirrups, which make it difficult for them to popularize long weapons, and on their horses, they still hold their swords high, although neat, but after all, they make the knights of the back army laugh.
Zhao Hao has invented the stirrup for a long time, and in the previous battles with the Wei army, he was careful to hide this artifact that could change the tide of the war, but with the continuation of the war, especially the Anhui County War, which required more and more occasions for cavalry to play a role, he was also forced to frequently use stirrups such equipment.
In the previous battles, Cao Zhen had gradually realized the role of stirrups and began to equip his personal guards with bilateral stirrups.
Unexpectedly, Cao Ren's horse team is still a one-sided stirrup, and he still hasn't abandoned his previous tactics.
This is not because Zhao Hao's secrecy work is in place, but because the losses of the Wei army in the battle of Wanxian are too great, most of the Wei army has been annihilated and captured, and the few who fled back are in extreme panic, and it is difficult to keep calm, ignoring many details.
When the Wei army was conducting combat introspection, it only focused on the tactics of the Wu army, believing that the Wu army's victory was mainly due to the sudden appearance of Zhao Hao's surprise soldiers and the use of heavenly thunder and other negative means to bombard Zhu Ling and Zang Ba, so that the army lost control.
In addition, Cao Wei's clan began to fight among themselves, and many people simply pushed the hat of defeat on Cao Xiu's head, saying that he was stupid and incompetent, could not fight, and had no way to meet a surprise attack.
In the midst of everyone's ridicule, few people noticed the advanced harness that Zhao Hao was equipped with when he led the cavalry assault - if there were no double-sided stirrups, Zhao Hao would not have been able to perform such flexible tactics.
During the Northern Expedition, he was worried that the Wei army would draw a scoop compared to the gourd and create a stronger and more tactical cavalry team, but as the war progressed, he could finally tell himself that he really thought too much.
Wang Shuang just regarded this formation as the Han army was playing the backwater array played by the ancestors, and his heavy cavalry still began to outflank the two wings, preparing to attack the flanks of the Qiyue array first.
In his plan, as long as he crushes the flanks with superior forces, he will definitely make the Han army's formation chaotic, there is a river behind them, many people may scatter and flee in panic, even if they fight to the death, there will always be one side that will be more difficult because they cannot get effective reinforcements,
When Cao Ren found that the situation had changed, he could naturally lead more Wei troops to charge the center and drive the Han army down the river.
The majestic Wei army's iron cavalry also wanted to be violent, they let go and shouted, holding steel swords and approaching quickly in the Han army's formation, and soon they could already see the Han army armor soldiers wearing heavy armor on the carriages, arming themselves like an iron man.
Heavy infantry?!
What's the use of that?
Wang Shuang sneered in his heart, if the number of heavy infantry in the heart was large enough, it might cause some trouble to his cavalry team, but they only had such a small number of people, and the human wall formed was not enough to see at all, and the heavy iron armor might not even give them a chance to run.
Bite!
As the cavalry approached quickly, sparse feathered arrows began to fall in the Han army's array, and Wang Shuang galloped wildly while carefully blocking the messy arrows with his sword.
The power of the arrows is not strong or dense, which is completely inconsistent with the consistent combat style of the Han army.
He had heard before that the Han army, especially the Beiwei army in the Han army, was best at suppressing the enemy army with bows and arrows.
But although the Han army in front of them is neat, their arrow rain really does not deserve such a high evaluation, not only the accuracy is limited, but also the soft and weak has no strength, at a glance, it is not a strong bow and a hard crossbow fired.
Wang Shuang's heart was ecstatic, and he shouted: "Sons, rush me, and the leader of Shu Kou will be rewarded!" ”
Cao Ren saw Wang Shuang speeding up violently, and he also realized something, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his heart said that Ding Feng was really greedy and insufficient, and he actually left only such a weak person, it seems that he should win the battle today.
"Order, the whole army is assaulting, we must drive Shu Kou down the river today!"
Wang Shuang was brave and fearless, but as he slowly approached the camp of the Han army, the Han army also suddenly underwent some changes, he only heard a dense drum beat, and the drumsticks were beating unscrupulously, like a raging fire, which made the blood in people's hearts ignite.
Wang Shuang heard a hoarse voice shouting something, but the dense sound of horses' hooves made him unable to hear it really.
It was Mahan shouting excitedly, the drums of war made his blood surge, and when he saw the enemy approaching, according to the plan, it was time to change to a strong bow and a crossbow.
"Put!"
But in the moon array, a strong crossbow was opened, and the dense rain of arrows covered the sky, covering a large area of the Wei army.
Although the heavy cavalry of the Wei army was dressed in iron armor, it was far from the level of invulnerability.
The rain of arrows in the sky flew hulala, bringing people a huge panic, and the infantry who only wore linen robes behind them became the key targets, only to hear a burst of miserable lamentations, and a large area of the Wei army fell like wheat,
Only then did Wang Shuang realize that the sparse rain of arrows just now was just a trick of the Han army, and he hurriedly glanced back, and suddenly felt sweating profusely.
No, you can't turn around, otherwise you may be completely killed on the way to retreat.
Wang Shuang shouted, and directly led the cavalry to rush up!
At this time, he finally understood what the chariots of the Han army were for.
The chariots were arrayed like an impregnable wall, and the Han soldiers on the chariots saw the Wei cavalry approaching, and raised their weapons under the cover of the archers—
It was a thick wooden stick, and there was an iron hammer, under the impact of the cavalry, the wooden stick and the iron hammer beckoned to the cavalry of the Wei army, and the Wei soldiers who were beaten in an instant turned on their horses.
That's not all, the infantry around is not an ornament, behind the heavy infantry that acts as a human wall, there are also a large number of light infantry armed with spears,
The arc-shaped formation made it impossible for the Wei army to concentrate their forces, and they also took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the Wei army's knights with their spears, easily blocking their seemingly powerful charge!
Because there were no stirrups on both sides, the lethality of the Wei army holding the sword was very limited, and when they rushed into the phalanx of the heavy infantry, they often hit their own people on their backs, and just after a moment of effort, Wang Shuang's offensive had been blocked to death, and the rain of arrows of the Han army seemed to never stop, reaping the lives of the Wei army round after round.
Only then did Wang Shuang find out that the backwater array was constantly getting supplies from the ship, and there were people on the ship constantly moving arrows down, and the Wei army caused damage to the Qiyue array, and there were soldiers on the ship immediately came down to replenish it.
This precise formation is not too difficult to say, but it requires the close cooperation of many people.
In this era, the army is not professional at all, most people fight with a force of bravery, the tactics are very simple, Wang Shuang saw such a powerful tactic at first glance, completely confused, watching the soldiers around him fall one by one, he began to panic.
"What to do, what to do!"
The spear continued to harvest the lives of the Wei soldiers from Wang Shuang's side, and after paying two percent of the casualties, the Wei army collapsed unexpectedly, and without Wang Shuang's orders, they also began to retreat, completely exposing Wang Shuang, who was rushing to the front, to the Han army's attack target.
Infantry, archers, and sailors have all been dispatched, and seeing the collapse of the Wei army, the cavalry that had been hidden for a long time finally rushed out of the formation!
Mahan took the lead and shouted, "Since you are here, leave the heads behind!" ”
Wang Shuang now has long since lost the courage to attack, he turned the horse's head in a panic and fled frantically, but the war horse was shot by an arrow, and he actually raised his front hooves in pain and threw Wang Shuang off the horse directly!
Finished!!
Wang Shuang's eyes darkened, and he was dazed to see Ma Han raise his spear and stab himself hard, and he couldn't help but let out a piercing scream.
"Help, help, Da Sima save me!"