Chapter 161: Chang'an, Chang'an (II)
Let's pay attention to Zhao Yun's journey!
Zhao Yun had practiced the tactics of the heavy brigade countless times before, so when he attacked, he was already familiar with the road.
The three regiments of the Guards Brigade of six thousand cavalry lined up in a phalanx of six rows of cavalry in a row of one thousand cavalry.
Duan Xuan saw the neat phalanx of the Bingzhou army coming towards him, and he was still secretly glad in his heart, the cavalry of the Bingzhou army was nothing remarkable, isn't this also a standard cavalry phalanx?
The front of the cavalry and the cavalry is tough, and the Xiliang cavalry has never been afraid of anyone.
He also lined up his 20,000 cavalry in a row of about 2,000 cavalry, and lined up in ten columns, intending to accompany the state cavalry to play with the cavalry charge.
But as the two sides gradually approached, Duan Xuan listened to the sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side, something was wrong, these Bingzhou cavalry looked like light cavalry, how could there be such a heavy sound of horses' hooves, and the ground was trembling.
Suddenly, a strange horn sounded among the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army, which sounded like a wolf's howl, and then the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army, which rushed to the front, actually separated from the center and rushed to both sides.
Duan Xuan suddenly noticed that the strangely shaped chariots that appeared behind the light cavalry of Bingzhou had a spear with a handle inserted on the outer wall of the carriage, but the tip of the spear was pierced outward.
Each chariot was drawn by three horses, and there were three men on board, one driving, one with a halberd, and one with a repeater.
Each vehicle was spaced sufficiently apart from each other, and there were about a hundred vehicles in each row, making for three such vehicles.
Each chariot was a hedgehog with spikes erected, and it was a heavy hedgehog that sprinted quickly.
Behind these terrible chariots, Duan Xuan even saw scenes that only appear in nightmares.
A large area of black-pressed steel monsters was gradually accelerating, rushing after the chariot.
If you look closely, it is a tall horse wrapped in heavy black armor from head to tail, and the knight on the horse is also covered in black heavy armor, and the protective surface of the wolf's helmet has been lowered, like a vicious wolf with a tongue sticking out!
I don't know how, but these black armors don't reflect a trace of light in the sun, as if the light is absorbed.
And they are like demons rushing out of the underworld, and those wolf howls come from the mouths of these heavily armored knights.
They all held the reins in one hand and the lance in the other, and held them diagonally towards the sky.
These heavily armored cavalry were extremely numerous, and as far as the eye could see, the entire cavalry phalanx of the Bingzhou Army had turned into a black oppressive piece.
The light cavalry at the beginning had already controlled the speed of their horses, and slowly detoured back behind the heavy cavalry from both sides, following them in their charge.
The distance between the two sides was too close, and the Xiliang cavalry had no time to make a detour to both sides, Duan Xuan could only watch, and the chariot of the state army rushed into the cavalry formation first.
With the help of the huge inertia of the three horse-drawn chariots, the sharp spear tip easily cut through the thin iron armor of the Xiliang cavalry, easily dividing the man in two and the horse in two.
And the weapons in the hands of the Xiliang cavalry were even helpless against the horses that pulled the chariot, because these horses were also covered with armor.
The halberds and crossbows on the chariots were also rapidly harvesting the lives of the Xiliang cavalry, and the halberds were far longer than the spears of the cavalry.
Not surprisingly, it didn't take much time for the three hundred chariots to cut through the ten columns of the Xiliang cavalry, and less than twenty chariots were damaged, all of which were damaged.
According to Zhao Yun's tactical arrangement, they rushed to the main formation of the Xiliang cavalry without looking back, where Li Wei's Chinese army was.
Immediately following the chariot, the three thousand wolf riders of the Broken Army who launched the charge, brandishing heavy horse lances, charged the enemy formation.
The spears and halberds in the hands of the Xiliang cavalry are like child's play in front of the horse lance, and those who block will shoot people to death; Dodge, people die.
Even if the opponent is not cut down, the collision of horses and horses is the same victory of the broken wolf horse, the spear cannot be pierced, and the bow and crossbow cannot be pierced.
The guard brigade that followed the wolf cavalry of the broken army and charged could easily ravage the collapsed Xiliang cavalry that had been scattered by the heavy armored cavalry and chariots, and could even easily fire with a repeater.
The road led by Zhao Yun easily crushed Duan Xuan's 20,000 Xiliang cavalry, and then three thousand wolf cavalry swept at high speed from the front line where the infantry of the two sides was fiercely fighting.
Viciously rushed to the right rear of the Xiliang infantry without the protection of the big shield, while the 6,000 light cavalry of the guard brigade accelerated to catch up with the chariot regiment, and accompanied the chariot regiment to attack the middle of the Xiliang army, where there was also Li Dao and his 30,000 Xiliang cavalry.
Li Dao clearly witnessed all this in the rear formation, he never thought that there would be such heavy armored cavalry in this world, and those strange chariots, which were simply the nemesis of cavalry, natural enemies.
He even suspected that these weird and novel troops were specially created by Lu Bu to restrain the Xiliang cavalry.
Only now did he know that the Xiliang Iron Rider, who was regarded as a treasure by himself, didn't know how ridiculous it was in the eyes of Lu Bu.
He looked at the chariot array that rushed towards him and the light cavalry that followed him, he wavered, he hesitated, he wondered if he could admit defeat, after all, he still didn't win this decisive battle.
But someone walked in front of him, and when the three thousand heavy armored cavalry rushed into the rear of the Xiliang infantry like monsters, Fan Chou, the commander of the Xiliang army on the right, had already collapsed.
He once again felt the strong combat power of the Bingzhou army at close range, and the impact of the Bingzhou cavalry was like a storm crashing on the shore, and this time it was a more impactful and deterrent heavy armored cavalry.
He had already accepted in his heart the idea that the state army was invincible, and now that he was facing despair, he had no other thoughts.
He ordered his subordinates to raise the white flag, and then ordered all his subordinates to stop resisting, put down their weapons and surrender, and his decision saved the lives of tens of millions of Xiliang soldiers in time.
Li Wei saw that Fan Chou on the right had already hung up the white flag, gave up resistance, and knew that the general trend had gone, and he didn't have to hesitate anymore, and there was no need to choose difficulties.
He also ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, hung a white flag to announce surrender, admitted defeat, and all the soldiers of the Xiliang Army laid down their arms on the spot.
The chariot regiment and the guard brigade that were in the final charge stage, in front of Li Wei's main formation, made a graceful turn, sliding past the phalanx of the Xiliang army, full of proud expressions, in stark contrast to the dejected Xiliang army.
Lu Bu saw the white flag raised in the Xiliang army and the sound of gold, and knew that this largest and most important decisive battle in the history of the Bingzhou army finally ended in victory, and the ending was perfect.
He also hurriedly ordered the state army to collect its troops, clean up the battlefield, and rescue the wounded on both sides.
Especially the wounded of the Xiliang Army, since they have surrendered, they are their own people, and no other army will be equipped with as many medical personnel as the Bingzhou Army.
According to the prior agreement, all the uninjured soldiers of the Xiliang Army surrendered to the Bingzhou Army according to their respective formations, and the weapons laid down and the armor taken off piled up, but the personal belongings of the officers and soldiers of the Xiliang Army were allowed to be kept.
Lu Bu finally defeated the Xiliang Army, the most powerful opponent at the military level at this stage.
(End of chapter)