Zhao Yong was on the chariot, Niu Jian stood beside him, and the two rode in the same chariot and were behind the battle. Niu Jian looked at Zhao Yong calmly, and didn't seem to be flustered because he was about to face a big battle. Of course, he knew that Zhao Yong had experienced some battles before, and had also commanded some battles on a small scale. But this battle is not comparable to the previous one.

The Zhao army used more than 20,000 people in the northern expedition to Sanhu, including more than 9,500 cavalry, 100 chariots, about 7,500 people, and about 6,000 logistics baggage. After distributing 6,000 cavalry to Li Zhuo and others, 2,500 cavalry were urgently transferred from Daijun, bringing the total strength to more than 24,000 people, not including the number of people requisitioned.

According to Wu Guang, if it is an emergency transfer, Zhao can mobilize a maximum of about 70,000 troops, 30,000 logistics troops, and if you count the supply of two or three people behind a soldier, the total number of people mobilized is nearly 300,000, and the total number of people participating in the war including the people has reached 400,000. But if it really comes to that point, Zhao Guo is estimated to be dragged down. Therefore, the last time he attacked Zhongshan, Zhao Guo really could be regarded as the power of the whole country. In the past two or three years, as the national strength of Zhao gradually increased, the impact of the Battle of Zhongshan gradually decreased. If it weren't for Zhao Yong's promise to use troops to control within 30,000, it is estimated that the four old ministers would not agree. Even for the state of Zhao, the occupation of the Hetao area was almost proneficial.

And looking up, the number of people in Lou Fu is also magnificent, conservatively estimated at about seven or eight thousand, in addition to the main force is cavalry, there are about two or three thousand infantry. The total number of participants on both sides reached about 30,000.

30,000 people, this order of magnitude, but Zhao Yong saw it for the first time, and he was nervous or not.

"Your ......"

"Drumming." Zhao Yong said, Niu Jian nodded, let the herald order the drum, with the sound of the drum, the quiet atmosphere was finally broken, Lou Fu heard Zhao Jun's drumming, and also urged the drum. The horses on both sides have begun to neigh, and the atmosphere of the war is slowly fermenting. Zhao Yong stood on the chariot, his heart beating faster and faster with the beat of the drum, and he was about to jump out of his heart. But he still calmly ordered: "Cavalry, advance." ”

The two armies set up a formation on the wide grassland, and it didn't matter what the formation was, the cavalry of the Zhao army was in front, the chariot soldiers were in the center, and the baggage soldiers were in the rear; Lou annoyed people didn't talk about the formation, and as soon as they slipped away, Lin Hu and about 3,000 people from the other three tribes were placed in front, and the foot soldiers responded on both wings. The posture of the two sides is that the cavalry will face off as soon as they enter the field.

There was no conspiracy to speak of, and the leading cavalry of both sides began to advance, and as the beat of the drums became more and more rapid, both sides began to quicken, jog, and then charge with all their might. Zhao Jun shouted here, and Lou Fu also roared, and the cavalry on both sides were like two off-string arrows, quickly passing through the buffer zone in the middle, and the earth began to tremble.

Zhao Yuan led the vanguard and rushed to the front. While grabbing the reins, he watched the annoying person in front of him appear in the field of vision, getting closer and closer, estimating the same distance, and roaring loudly: "Get on the arrow!" As he spoke, he stepped on the stirrup, clamped the horse's belly tightly, took out the strong bow from the horse's back, pulled out a feather arrow, took the bow, aimed at the front and was ready to strangle the reins, and the building who was also ready to shoot the bow and arrow was annoying, swished, and launched it. Even in the high-speed attack, the cavalry of Zhao Guo behind him also learned Zhao Yuan's movements, took a bow and shot arrows, annoying at the unprepared building, and a rain of arrows poured down. The building that rushed in front was not ready, and they were hit by arrows one after another, and six or seven out of ten fell off their horses.

The annoying people in the back couldn't help but let out an exclamation when they saw this surprising scene! This is simply impossible, how could Zhao Jun calmly set up a bow and shoot arrows without reining in the horses moving at high speed? Although in the Lou Fu tribe, individual masters will also have this ability, but it is not popular, basically two or three out of five masters who can shoot arrows at high speed are good. But Zhao Jun, it seems that all cavalry can do this, how can this not amaze everyone? Even Lou Yuan himself almost fell off his horse, calling it impossible.

The archery ability of the cavalry in the high-speed movement, in fact, the personal skills and tactics of the warriors are very high, even in the future of the Mongol Empire, the light cavalry's horse archery technology has reached a very high height, and the hit rate is not to say 100 percent, generally a god of archers, in the high-speed movement of horses can hit the enemy's probability of 60 or 70 percent, it is already very powerful. This is all the contribution of Zhao Guo's stirrups and Takahashi's saddle. And like Lou Annoying does not have this kind of equipment, he can only stop to improve the hit rate, and shooting arrows in high-speed running is almost unrealistic and a waste of bow and arrow. If the hit rate can be 10 percent, you can call it lucky.

Lou Annoying in the charge saw that Zhao Jun's bow and arrows were fired so quickly, Zhao Jun had already completed the first wave of arrow rain, and the people who were not taken care of by Zhao Jun's first attack began to fire feather arrows, and its scale was far less powerful than at the beginning, and when Lou Fu's arrow rain hit, I saw that Zhao cavalry hugged the horse's head one after another, and the body was almost completely sideways to the side of the horse, and Lou Fu's arrow rain was safe and sound except for a few unlucky ghosts. This really surprised Lou Furen, he didn't expect Zhao Jun's cavalry to be so powerful, such a horse action is very dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will fall off your horse and be trampled underfoot.

Of course, Zhao Jun will not explain to them, this is all the function of the stirrup, because the second wave of arrow rain is ready, and Zhao Jun's bow and arrow are like death descending, shrouding Lou's annoying body, as well as his heart.

Niu Jian stood on the chariot, and this ending can be said to be both expected and unexpected. It was expected that in the Yuanyang offensive and defensive battle a few days ago, the cavalry performance of the Zhao army had already opened Niu Qian's eyes. And what was unexpected was that the stirrups and Takahashi Saddle were small things that he hadn't seen before, and he couldn't look down on them in his eyes, but their improvement in the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was really not something that could be calculated by one or two points, it should be an exponential increase.

However, it is a pity that Zhao Guo can rely on him to gallop the grassland and exterminate the Sanhu, but because there are no technical difficulties in itself, it is very easy to imitate, so when fighting in the Central Plains, this equipment is still prohibited.

"General Niu." Zhao Yong said suddenly.

Niu Jian was stunned suddenly, and replied: "The end will be." There was a little more respect in the words.

"There shouldn't be any worries, this king has fewer chariots this time."

"Don't dare. The king has such a strong army, so naturally he will be one against a hundred. ”

"One against a hundred? It's over. Zhao Yong said, pointing to the Zhao cavalry who had already begun to fight with Lou Annoying, and said, "The Baijin Battalion is relatively familiar with stirrups and Takahashi saddles, they can make various movements on the horse to evade, and they are very skilled. The Daidi cavalry has only recently begun to be used, so they are naturally not as skilled as them. Therefore, in the rain of arrows just now, the Baijin Battalion can quickly dodge, while the Daidi cavalry is still slightly worse, and many people are dismounted by arrows. ”

Niu Jian nodded yes.

"Of course Lone knows that this has little to do with the soldiers, but if the casualties of the Daidi cavalry are still very large when facing the Loufu cavalry, then the value of the existence of the Daidi cavalry is not great."

Zhao Yong's implication was that although the performance of the Daidi cavalry was remarkable, in the annoying battle with Lou, they still only maintained a tie and could not suppress them. With such a performance, even if the Zhao army wields the Central Plains, its combat effectiveness will not be too high, and it may not be able to become a sharp weapon for Zhao to dominate the world.

Being able to see through this, it can be said that Zhao Yong's military knowledge has increased a lot. In fact, in real history, due to the lack of stirrups and Takahashi saddles, the famous Hu Fu cavalry shooting of Zhao State was only powerful in the battle against the Hu people, and it did not make much achievements in the struggle for hegemony with the Central Plains countries. And even in the history of sweeping away Sanhu, the Zhao army still used the coordinated combat tactics of chariots and cavalry, rather than purely using cavalry to fight like now, and the more than 100 chariots are really about to become decorations.

"The last general led the troops to train poorly, please punish the king!"

The general was serious. Lonely, it is not meant to be a punishment, but an encouragement. Zhao Yong said with a smile, "From now on, the grassland cavalry will have to rely on the general." ”

While the two were talking, the cavalry battle between the two armies had also reached a fever pitch. If the long-range shot just now doesn't explain the gap, then the current melee can see the clues. Zhao Jun's combat weapon is a bronze knife, while Lou's annoying melee weapon is varied, and he has everything. But it's more of a copper-headed hammer, this weapon is in use, it requires more arm strength, and with the help of the quality of the copper-headed hammer to strengthen the damage, it is knocked once, and it is really a life.

Zhao Jun brandished a bronze knife, slashing left and right in the battle between the cavalry of the two armies, and Lou annoyed the copper-headed hammer and hurriedly raised a knife, and the stirrup was immediately supported by force to prevent it from sliding off the horse. Lou Annoying people were surprised too much today, and Zhao Jun's battle almost violated their perception of cavalry, and they were even a little suspicious.

Lou was surprised, Zhao Guoren was very calm, and suddenly propped up the copper head hammer, and slashed at Lou Furen's chest with a knife. Lou annoying people are almost unarmoured in battle, and occasionally people wear leather armor, and they are also tribal leaders or something, and ordinary clansmen don't wear them. Therefore, Zhao Jun's knife also caused great damage to Lou Annoying.

In this way, you come and go, five or six thousand cavalry are anxious to fight, although the two sides flickered casualties, but on the whole, Lou Fu is about two to one against the Zhao army, which is still caused by the unskilled use of the Zhao army.

Even so, it has already opened Lou's eyes, in their opinion, this Zhao Jun is much more clever than himself.

Lou Yuan saw that the casualties of the two armies were rising, and if he wanted to evacuate, it was absolutely impossible, because the Zhao army still had cavalry that had not moved, and once he fled the battlefield, the remaining cavalry troops of the Zhao army would definitely pursue him, and it would be a rout at that time.

But today's Zhao army has given him too many surprises, so that his morale has been reduced, is it appropriate to start a war at this time?

No matter what he thought, Zhao Yong didn't plan to give him a chance. He saw that the battle between the cavalry of the two sides was about to become clear, and he did not hesitate, and passed down the order: the rest of the cavalry quickly passed through the combat zone and directly attacked the opponent's own formation! In an instant, the cavalry of the Zhao army roared like a flood towards the building.

(End of chapter)