When Xu Yuan was fighting left and right in the Yan army array, Li Yan was not idle. He stood on the city wall, while directing the defense of the Zhao army against the Yan ** team, while carefully observing the situation on the battlefield.

In the construction of the cavalry of the Zhao State, two ideas gradually spread. One is the traditional cavalry faction represented by Li Yan, and the generals of this faction generally believe that the role of cavalry is on the battlefield, that is, to change the frontal battle on the battlefield into a cavalry attack with speed superiority, so as to achieve the results of the campaign. Most of these generals are from cavalry, and they also have some experience in the use of cavalry.

The other faction is the Shaozhuang faction dominated by the generals of the Baijin Battalion, which is mainly dominated by Li Zhuo, but its biggest supporter is Zhao Yong. The view of this school of thought is that the role of cavalry is strategic, that is, a strong maneuver advantage rather than a speed advantage, to achieve the effect of surprise attack, and speed advantage is nothing more than his natural nature. Therefore, the cavalry should be surprisingly good, and when the strategic purpose of the cavalry is achieved, it will already be victorious.

Although the two factions did not form any confrontation, they were more or less affected by it when they arranged their troops. Traditional cavalry generals still habitually regard cavalry as an auxiliary arm, and the Baijin Battalion has brazenly unfurled its banner and established its own name as an independent combat unit. And this time's plan is that Li Yan, Zhao Xi and Niu Jian will try to use the cavalry as the beginning of the main combat force. Therefore, before the strange army they arranged had not left the factory, Li Yan could only barely support the predicament.

After Xu Yuan was surrounded by the Yan army, he saw the opposing cavalry entering the battle group, so he decided to attack the opposing cavalry in an impact formation. Due to the help of Takahashi Saddle, the Zhao army in the cavalry duel of the Yan army, obviously has an advantage, when the Zhao army and the Yan army cavalry contacted, they all waved their short swords to slash at the Yan army, and the Yan army did not show weakness, tenaciously and Zhao Jun dismantled each other, Yan Zhao Nan'er's bloody nature collided at this moment, the sword blurred his eyes, the bronze impact sounded, and even the horses under him did not show weakness, comparing fists and feet with each other. For a moment, the torrent of two groups of cavalry colliding seemed to become a dull variation of the earth, and the clanging sound of weapons was the occasional burst of notes in this variation.

Xu Yuan wielded a short sword, slashing left and right, and the Yan cavalry, who were also wearing leather armor, were powerless to parry the sharp short sword. Xu Yuan's arm strength is amazing, a knife down, the other party can't parry, the force is transmitted to the other party's body, the impact force makes Yan Jun's whole person sit unstable on the horse, and can only adjust his posture, and Xu Yuan, who was barely affected too much, took the opportunity to slash at the opponent's neck, blood burst out of red liquid, with the splattering blood, Yan Jun fell to the ground, and couldn't wake up again.

And other Yan troops also encountered such a problem, because the Zhao army was in the archery requirements, most of the selected cavalry arm strength was amazing, so in this kind of short-range contact, often more advantageous, although the Yan cavalry also had the function of attacking, but because it was not the main force, its training level was definitely not able to beat the Zhao army. Therefore, on the battlefield, even if a Zhao army is faced with the attacks of two Yan armies, it can still deal with it calmly, and the most important thing is the existence of the saddle, so that the Yan army can adjust its posture in the interval, and the balance of victory will fall to the Zhao army.

Xu Yuan looked at the encirclement that was gradually shrinking around him, and knew that he couldn't fight anymore, otherwise he would die here. As soon as the two teams of cavalry separated, Xu Yuan commanded the Zhao army to rush to the periphery. And after a confrontation just now, the proportion of casualties among the cavalry of the Yan army was very large, and about one layer of soldiers died. But even so, after the adjustment, he frantically killed Zhao Jun again, trying to keep him in this formation.

There is an interception in front, and there are pursuers in the back, and this time it can be regarded as a dead place. Xu Yuan thought, and the horse whip in his hand couldn't stop whipping the horse, making him a little faster. But in any case, this little time was enough for the Yan army to surround calmly. Moreover, the archers who had just withdrawn were setting up outside the encirclement, and after a while, if Xu Yuan could no longer rush out, then they would have to face death.

It can't go on like this! Xu Yuan looked at the team behind him, gave a whistle, and drew circles in the air with his arms. The Zhao army behind him quickly understood his intentions and quickly dispersed, forming a small six-flower formation for every six people, and each six-flower formation became a combat unit. Xu Yuan led his combat team to the middle, and the rest of the combat team was divided into three layers, inside and outside, according to the form of their own drills, and closely revolved around the Xu Yuan team in the middle. After a short time, the remaining more than 2,500 cavalry after a fierce battle formed a concentric rotating circle based on the Six Flowers Array and centered on Xu Yuan's squad.

Xu Yuan didn't think too much about it, and rushed to the junction of the opponent's Guangche and leather car encirclement network as the core. At the same time, the entire cavalry concentric circle phalanx followed forward without the slightest hesitation. It's no wonder that Li Yan is a good man, Zhao Xi is an iron-masked general, these two are young and old, they cooperate very tacitly, and with cavalry as the training center, the training of this formation is naturally the focus of work.

When the cavalry on the periphery reached their own range, they only heard the sound of drums, and they did not hesitate to draw their bows and arrows and fire them towards the place where the two armies of the Yan army met. Because the Zhao army is in a circular formation, the form of attack is a unique arc attack, and there is always only one place to attack, that is the weakness of the Yan army's formation. When the outer cavalry firing is completed, it quickly cuts inward, and the middle cavalry quickly fills the position to complete the second attack, and after them, the innermost cavalry has become the outermost layer, and they carry out the third wave of attacks.

The Zhao army attacked alternately through this arc, and instantly transmitted the pressure to the Zhongshan side. Because the speed of the cavalry is very fast after all, and the same chariot, even if it has strong defense, cannot resist such a multi-frequency attack. However, the Zhao army did not attack in unison as a group of people, but completed the combat preparations by completing the attack alternately. And the power of this formation lies in the fact that the cavalry circle in high-speed movement oppresses the defensive formation of Zhongshan Kingdom, if it is hard resistance, it must be changed through mobilization, otherwise it will not be able to resist at all, if it is not hard to resist, with the Zhao army's formation attacking, then their own formation will be compressed and diluted sooner or later, and it will be broken by the Zhao army at that time. Moreover, the Zhao army attacked the junction of the two armies, and the cooperation of the two parts was always less cohesive than that of one army.

The pursuing Yan cavalry troops were also slightly stunned when they saw this battle. But soon he found that he had almost nowhere to go, as long as he was within the range of the opponent, the alternating mounted archery troops would attack him, and after he escaped the range, the opponent did not pursue, still focused on the impact on the encirclement. This makes the Yan cavalry not fight, and it is not possible not to fight.

Sure enough, about the time of the tea, there was a leak in Zhongshan's defensive formation, and when Guangche and Leatherche exchanged defenses, due to the rain of arrows, there was a delay in the two troops that changed defenses. And this short delay allowed Zhao Jun to seize the opportunity. The frequency of alternate attacks by the three-layer Zhao army became more intensive, and the sound of the snare drums became more and more urgent, and under the frequency of this attack, Zhongshan's leather cart had to stop for repairs.

Xu Yuan was in the center of the formation, and when he saw the gap between the two convoys on the other side, a slight smile finally appeared on his serious face. As long as there is this path, it can't stop me! He waved his arm again, and after a few spins in the air, he swung forward fiercely. After signaling the troops to attack the gap, they immediately disrupted the opponent's formation and expanded the escape route. Soon, that gap became bigger and bigger, and the troops who tried to continue to attack the Zhao army could barely enter the formation, the stage formation. could only keep retreating, and the archers, who had already set up their formations, also began to shoot at the Zhao army.

Get out! Xu Yuan did not hesitate at this moment, and let the cavalry that was originally formed quickly disperse and rushed towards the archer formation. When the archers saw the opposing cavalry coming, they finally couldn't resist, and the ghosts and wolves howled and scattered in all directions, and those who fled late soon buried their lives under the iron hooves of the Zhao army. And Zhao Jun did not relented at all, and ruthlessly trampled them under their feet and rushed to the city gate. At this moment, the encirclement of the Zhongshan army was completely collapsed.

When Ziqi saw the cavalry returning to the sea like a dragon and raging his soldiers in front of the city gate, he slapped the handrail fiercely. He knew that even if the whole army attacked at this moment, it might not be able to leave behind this cavalry that had deeply shocked him. Especially the formation just now is definitely a mature formation that has been tempered for a long time, otherwise, this kind of arc strategy that alternately advances cannot be used so easily. And the general who used this formation was indeed an experienced cavalryman.

"General, it seems that the gods are no longer on our side today, I think, let's suspend the army for the time being." Sima Cheng saw that Zhao Jun was like a broken foot, and knew that his subordinates did not deceive him, and that day under Shiyi City, the elusive Zhao Jun jumped out of the encirclement, and it was true. At least this cavalry of the Zhao army gave Sima Zhen's senses very shocking. It's definitely different from the Zhao Jun I've seen. What he didn't know was that the cavalry under Shiyi City was too hesitant in combat power compared to this cavalry.

"Today's revenge must be avenged!" Ziqi said indignantly, and yelled at the herald, "Mingjin, withdraw the troops!" ”

When Xu Yuan, who returned to Zhuolu City, accompanied by Li Yan, saw the news of the Yan army's retreat, his body was covered with wounds and soreness, and he was immediately half better. He said to Li Yan with a smile: "Finally, we have fulfilled our mission and let Yan Jun bite us." ”

Li Yan saw that he already had a lot of wounds on his body, and his arms must be very painful when he used the bow and arrow for a long time, so he nodded: "Yes, next, the protagonist will not be us, we can have a good rest." Let's see how long this Yan army can hold on. As he spoke, he walked down the tower slowly without looking back.

Just when a big battle was raging outside Turbid Deer City, Zhao Xi stroked his gray hair, and he could already see Yi County of Yan Country in front of his eyes.