In the face of waves of arrows from the Wei army, Hua Chang, the cavalry general of the Han army, had long lost his normal heart. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition to the great light, Hua Chang also wondered in his heart: why is this Wei army's crossbow arrows endless, and they can't shoot endlessly? It wasn't until he got closer and closer to the Wei army's defense line, so that Hua Chang could clearly see the Wei army's crossbowmen on the opposite side, that he suddenly realized.

It turned out that the Wei crossbowmen faced by Huachang were actually in a team of two or three people, one person was responsible for shooting, and the other one or two were responsible for loading crossbow arrows, and in this way, the Wei army ensured continuous arrow rain coverage for the Korean cavalry.

Although this method resulted in the Wei army firing a much smaller number of arrows per salvo than the actual salvo of the whole army, the victory was continuous, forcing the Korean cavalry to constantly make all kinds of evasive moves while charging on horseback.

In this case, where can the South Korean cavalry still care about speeding up, it is amazing that they can maintain the current speed.

"Damn, you're playing such a trick on me!"

Secretly scolding, the cavalry general Huachang once again brushed over the place shrouded by the rain of arrows.

Behind him, the cavalrymen who were skilled in horsemanship followed the general's trajectory in shock, while the cavalrymen who were not good at riding slammed headlong into the place shrouded in the rain of arrows, and the men and horses were shot through the sieve.

But even if he dodged the rain of arrows from the Wei army, the cavalry general Hua Chang did not have the slightest sense of joy in his heart, because he knew that when dodging the second wave of arrow rain, the sprinting speed of him and his cavalry would inevitably slow down.

For the cavalry, which is mainly responsible for charging through the formation and cutting through the enemy's formation, once the speed is reduced, it means that the power has decreased.

Seeing that the distance from the Wei army's defense line was getting closer and closer, Huachang hated and scolded in his heart.

"Damn! The speed didn't go up...... It seems that there is no way to chisel through the formation of the Wei army in one go, so it can only be suspended with a car."

Gritting his teeth, Hua Chang led his cavalry team to rush to the sword and shield soldiers in the front row of the Wei army's defense line.

At this time, the crossbowmen of the Wei army once again shot a rain of arrows, enveloping the road ahead.

Seeing this, Hua Chang took a deep breath, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and pulled the horse's reins to the left sharply, and in an instant, he and the war horse under his crotch turned a big bend in a posture of tilting to the left, and rushed to the west side of the Wei army's defensive line.

After him, the continuous Korean cavalry behind him also turned around one after another, and finally came into contact with the Wei army's defensive line.

"Sword and shield soldiers! Rise! Raise your shield! ”

At the moment before they were about to collide with the Korean cavalry, the general in the front row of the Wei army's defense line shouted loudly, and suddenly, the sword and shield soldiers in the first three rows stood up one after another and formed a shield wall with their shields.

I saw these Wei soldiers standing sideways one after another, with one foot in front and one foot behind, steady. In his hand, he held the shield with his left hand, and his entire left arm was attached to the inside of the shield, and at the same time close to the left rib of the body, and the whole body leaned forward slightly, ready to use the strength of his arm to meet the charge from the Korean cavalry.

This is a very clever and formal way to hold a shield against cavalry charges.

Because the usual posture of holding the shield with his hand alone cannot stop the impact of the cavalry, let alone with the left hand, he can't block it with the right hand.

One is not good, the wrist is broken in an instant.

But with this posture is different, first of all, the wrist will not be injured, if it is injured, the whole arm will be directly abolished, and the crushing fracture will be broken under the huge impact force of the Korean cavalry, and even the ribs will be crushed.

It seems that this shield-holding posture seems to be even more unbearable than usual, but in fact, only the Wei soldiers in the front row will be so seriously injured.

Yes, with this shield-holding position, you can block the cavalry charge!

Twenty zhang, ten zhang, five zhang......

"Shield!"

With the roar of General Wei, the sword and shield soldiers in the front row of the Wei army and the cavalry of the Han army finally collided together, but to everyone's surprise, this time the charge of the Korean cavalry did not even disperse the Wei army in the front row.

However, it is no wonder, after all, at first, the Korean cavalry rushed head-on into the Wei army's defense line after increasing its speed to the limit, that is, the Wei and Korean armies presented a "T" shaped contact formation from a bird's eye view, and under this contact formation, the cavalry would be like a sharp spear, directly cutting through the defenders.

However, because of the relationship between Sun Shuke, the cavalry of the Korean army led by the two brothers Huachang and Huacan has never been able to increase the speed to the limit by speeding up in a straight line, so that Huachang had to change the tactics and use the car suspension early, so that from a bird's eye view, the contact formation of the two armies of Wei and South Korea has become a "て" shape.

It seems that such a forced change of tactics is very fatal, after all, the method of car suspension warfare, from a bird's eye view, is a constantly turning wheel, and the emphasis is on the premise of making the cavalry launch a continuous attack on the defender's infantry without slowing down.

Under normal circumstances, the two brothers Huachang and Huacan would first use a long snake formation to chisel through the enemy's army, break up the infantry in the front row of the enemy's army, and then change it to a car suspension when they entered the enemy's belly, and launched a continuous attack on the crossbowmen and other weak defensive units in the enemy's belly.

But at the moment, the Korean cavalry was forced to change to a car suspension formation without breaking up the front row of infantry of the Wei army, and it is no exaggeration to say that this time the Korean army charge was a failure.

Because the sword and shield soldiers of the Yan Ling Army are definitely not inferior to the Shang Water Army, coupled with the new weapons and equipment, they are definitely the best elite infantry in the Wei State at present.

If the cavalry of the South Korean army wanted to defeat the infantry of the Yanling army with the relatively weak ability of impact and chiseling such a formation of car hanging, it could only be said to be a fool's dream.

"Bell, bell, bell—"

"Bell-"

No, countless Korean cavalry began to circle outside the Wei army's defense line, and the cavalry on the outside raised their spears and stabbed at the Wei army's shield when they approached the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers.

But the problem is that the route of their horses under their crotches is not straight towards those Wei infantry, so that the impact is not enough to shake the shield wall formed by the Wei infantry.

Of course, if the Korean cavalry were facing the armies of other countries this time, such as the infantry of the Chu State, the infantry of the Qi State, etc., maybe the Korean cavalry could still disperse the front row infantry of those countries with the method of vehicle suspension warfare, but unfortunately, they were facing the infantry of the Wei State this time.

The Wei infantry, that is the strongest infantry of the Central Plains countries, there is no one!

『……』

On the dirt slope in the distance, General Han looked at the battlefield ahead with a frown.

Vanguard ...... Tactical failure.

How long has this not happened?

The storm kite frowned and did not speak.

Hua Chang and Hua Can, these are the two favorite generals he used most frequently in his expeditions, in the past wars, these two brothers were always able to create an advantageous situation, but today, the cavalry led by these two brothers was contained by the Wei army.

But it doesn't matter, because the cavalry led by Huachang and Huacan is only 10,000 vanguard troops out of 30,000 cavalry, followed by 5,000 cavalry each led by Zhangwu and Lin Xin, and 10,000 cavalry led by his deputy general Li Han himself.

Despite some setbacks for the Vanguard, Storm Kite believed that victory in the war was still his.

At the same time, the 5,000 cavalry each led by the Han generals Zhangwu and Lin Xin gradually approached the Wei army.

They did not take the middle battlefield, after all, there were 5,000 cavalry each of the Huachang and Huacan brothers on the middle battlefield, and they chose the left and right flanks.

Since the middle lane could not penetrate the Wei army, it was necessary to attack the Wei army from the left and right flanks in a roundabout way to establish an advantage and feed back the middle lane.

Thinking of this, the two Han generals Zhangwu and Lin Xin, who cooperated with the tacit understanding, each led the cavalry under their command to attack the Wei army from the left and right flanks.

Han General Zhangwu was in charge of the western side of the battlefield, that is, the side close to the Wei army's main formation.

He thought very well, bypassed the Wei soldiers on the opposite side, and assaulted the Wei army's main formation.

He didn't know what he was about to face.

"General Sun has an order, and the horses will attack!"

"General Sun has an order, and the horses will attack!"

A general order was shouted from the mouth of the herald and reached the ears of the general Ma You.

At this time, with the help of friendly soldiers, the heavy cavalry of the traveling horse had just put on thick armor and put on thick armor for the war horse.

"General Ma You!"

One of Sun Shuke's guards galloped in front of Ma You, and said, "The general ordered you to attack in the southeast direction and traverse the entire battlefield." ”

"Southeast? …… Oh, do you want me to take care of the Korean cavalry in the middle of the road?"

Ma You nodded and said lightly, "Understood." ”

With that, he shook the reins with both hands and shouted in a deep voice: "Youma...... Sortie! ”

Without any shouting or arm raising, the five thousand heavy horsemen slowly began to run, bypassing the infantry on the west side of the Wei army and officially stepping into the battlefield.

Facing it, the 5,000 cavalry led by Han General Zhangwu couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the Horse Army.

"The Wei army has cavalry? …… And how is this cavalry ...... Wearing armor all over the body? Even horses have armor? This ......

Han General Zhangwu was really a little puzzled in his heart, because in his impression, the cavalry should be as little as possible to reduce the burden of drag.

"Hmph, pretending to be a ghost......"

Pouting, Han General Zhangwu confidently raised his hand and pointed at the oncoming pleasure horse.

In all fairness, he looked down on this Wei cavalry.

In his opinion, the Wei people didn't understand the meaning of cavalry at all, and actually put on heavy armor on knights and war horses, and the weight was so big, and they could still rush?

In addition, the scattered formation of the heavy horse riding also made Han General Zhangwu disdainful.

He didn't know that, contrary to the nimble light cavalry, the heavy cavalry was very taboo about tight formations, because if something happened, such as when the heavy cavalry in front of him tripped over a corpse, the tight formation would cause a serious chain reaction of self-damage to the heavy cavalry.

Therefore, the most suitable formation for heavy cavalry to play is that there is no formation, leaving a distance of two or three cavalry between each other, and then, brainlessly, pushing it flat.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

As the distance between the two cavalry became smaller and smaller, Han General Zhangwu gradually felt that something was wrong.

According to his eyesight, the Wei cavalry on the opposite side only had a few thousand cavalry, but the momentum of the other party's charge was even more shocking than tens of thousands of cavalry, as if the whole earth was trembling.

"Crush them!"

With a loud shout from Ma You, the 5,000 horses and heavy horsemen seemed to be carrying the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas, and crashed headlong into the ranks of the 5,000 Korean cavalry led by Han General Zhangwu.