In the years of mutual conquest between the Southern Liang and the Northern Wei, the brave cavalry of the Wei army has always been a big problem for the Liang army, but there are few good horses in the south and cannot form a large-scale cavalry to confront it.

However, the southerners also created many tactics against the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the most famous of which is the "Moon Array" created by Emperor Liu Yu of the Song Dynasty.

In the battle of Zhongli, which can be said to have continued the national fortune of the Southern Liang Dynasty, Wei Rui, a generation of famous generals, also used chariots to form a formation, relying on spears and crossbows, defeated the elite iron cavalry of the Wei army led by Yang Dayan, and finally won the battle.

However, chariots were relatively bulky after all, and they did not always have enough time to be arranged, so heavy shields, strong bows and crossbows, and extra-long spears became the standard equipment of the Liang army to deal with the cavalry of the Wei army.

However, it is not that everything will be fine with these weapons and equipment, after all, it is the courage, training, organization and other factors that play a decisive role on the battlefield.

When faced with the cavalry that launched a group charge, the overwhelming momentum was enough to make anyone fearful, even the most well-trained soldiers in normal times, it was inevitable that they would be timid, and once morale began to waver, they would inevitably be rushed to pieces.

That's why, few infantry formations can withstand a cavalry charge on their own. In particular, the opponent is still the armored cavalry of the Celestial Army, the elite heavy cavalry of the elite.

Li Changjun's statement is very correct, everyone in the Liang army did not expect that the Celei army would appear on the battlefield, and they did reflect the dominance of destroying the withering and decaying on the battlefield.

But the Wei army also has unexpected places, in the Liang army, there are people who know Lei Jun quite well.

Chen Qingzhi once asked Yang Baihua in great detail about the common tactics, formations, combat habits, etc. of the Wei cavalry, and the Lei Army was naturally the top priority, after all, Yang Baihua had commanded this army.

At this time, Chen Qingzhi took the initiative to attract the attention of Ce Lei Jun to his side, first, the situation forced him to take a risk; Second, based on Lei Jun's understanding of countermeasures, Chen Qingzhi felt that there was an opportunity.

And what is this opportunity?

That's staying power!

Yang Baihua once specifically mentioned this point when he analyzed the characteristics of the Northern Wei Dynasty armor riding equipment to Chen Qingzhi.

Needless to say, the advantages of armor and cavalry equipment are stubborn and unbreakable, and they can be said to be a decisive force on the battlefield.

But horses and knights are still flesh and blood after all, although they are carefully selected, but the heavy armor and horse armor, while providing solid protection, the weight should not be underestimated, whether it is for knights or war horses, it is not a small burden.

Therefore, the use of armor and cavalry equipment is generally at the key point of the battle, crushing the enemy in one go.

Li Changjun's choice of timing to let the Celei army attack should be said to be correct, and the Celei army can also be said to have initially achieved the purpose of the battle, breaking up the Liang army in two formations. However, the scattered deployment of the Liang army also led to the fact that before the whole army completely collapsed, the Celei army had to be attacked one after another.

The success of the first two formations made the group of Celei troops led by Li Jia'er believe that the Liang army was not vulnerable at all. After two consecutive breakthroughs, although they had noticed that the horses under their crotches were showing some fatigue, and even began to gasp for breath, they still launched an attack, and they had completely ignored the Liang army, believing that they would definitely collapse at the first touch.

Li Jia'er and the others still formed their usual sharp arrow formation, and rushed towards Chen Qingzhi's formation.

Chen Qingzhi was naturally clear about their way of attacking-breaking through from one point and quickly tearing a gap in the enemy's front.

The Ce Lei army descended the mountain like a fierce tiger, and the murderous spirit was soaring.

Chen Qingzhi's army was also ready to deal with this group of steel beasts.

There is still a row of large shields in the front, but this row of large shields does not rely on soldiers to support - the large shield of Chen Qingzhi's army is equipped with a movable bracket in the back, and when marching in peacetime, the bracket is put away, and the soldiers still hold it like an ordinary big shield; However, when waiting for the formation, the bracket is propped up against the ground, and the shield is slightly tilted back, which can resist several times the impact force than simply relying on the soldier to hold the shield.

Behind the shield, there are also several rows of spears, but these spears are not like ordinary armies, all of them are flat, rushing forward, but the spears in the front row put the tail of the gun against the ground, and the soldier with the gun sits down, fixes the tail of the gun, and grasps the barrel of the gun, and the tip of the gun is pointed diagonally upward; As for the height of the tip of the gun from the ground, Chen Qingzhi, with the cooperation of Xu Jin, has personally tested it many times and determined a range. Such a gun, when facing armored equipment, has a great chance of injuring the belly of an unprotected horse.

But these are only the arrangements made by the generals, and the most important thing is that the soldiers can carry them out.

In particular, if the soldiers in the first row did not have the consciousness to die, it was almost impossible for them to remain still in the face of the rolling iron hooves.

The Celestial Army is getting closer and closer! A slight tremor was transmitted from the ground, along the soles of the feet, through the whole body of everyone in Chen Qing's army, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, fully prepared to meet the earth-shattering impact that was coming!

Chen Sibao's fat body trembled uncontrollably, his chubby face was covered with sweat, and his face was also blue, although he was in the center of the formation, he missed those baggage cars very much at the moment, he would rather hide in the baggage on the car than endure the torment in this formation.

When he also felt the vibration from the ground, he finally couldn't control it anymore, grabbed his head, and squatted down.

Ma Funian, who was beside him, saw it and hurriedly dragged him up, "You can't squat!" It's going to be trampled to death! ”

Ma Funian's face was also filled with fear, but he could still try his best to control his actions, he leaned into Chen Sibao's ear and whispered and said sternly, "You are scared to death, you must also hold on!" You're going to shake the hearts of the military! ”

As soon as Ma Funian's words were finished, a loud bang erupted in front of the formation—the rush had finally begun!

Chen Qingzhi's deployment had the expected effect - although the brothers sitting on the ground with guns paid a lot of casualties, they did stab many horses in the belly. Under the combined effect of the spear and the big shield, the momentum of the advance of the Celestial army was contained, and the tragedy of being driven straight into the end was avoided.

Everything is a trade-off, and the Celite Army, which has lost the momentum of the pig rush, inevitably falls into a hand-to-hand combat that all the cavalry is unwilling to do.

Li Jia'er's horse was also stabbed in the belly by a spear, and when he was thrown off the horse, he couldn't believe his eyes at all - this Liang army was completely different from the previous two formations, and it was actually in front of the charging horses' hooves, risking being trampled to pieces, and still standing still!

Moreover, at the moment when the advance of the Celei army was contained, these Liang troops rushed over like hungry dogs seeing food......

But the Celestial Army is the elite of the elite, they are not afraid of hand-to-hand combat, for them, whether it is charging and trampling, or hand-to-hand combat, it is just a different way of killing.

After only a very brief panic, the soldiers of the Celestial Army regained their composure, and they drew their long knives one after another, and began to engage the Liang army in close combat.

Compared with the soldiers under Chen Qingzhi's command, the soldiers of the Celei Army are stronger in physique and their combat skills are not inferior, but they rely on the protection of heavy armor and are not afraid of the swords and guns of the Liang army, and their fighting posture is quite bold.

But in addition to underestimating this Liang army too much, they also ignored a weapon that the Liang army was equipped with - that is, Song Jingxiu suggested that the soldiers be equipped with an iron rod with the length of an arm.

In front of the heavy armor of the Celei Army, it is indeed difficult for ordinary swords and guns to cause fatal damage, but the clumsy iron rod has played a very excellent effect.

Even if he is wearing heavy armor, if he is sturdy with an iron rod, his bones and flesh will still be broken, and he will be miserable.

And the soldiers of the Liang army, at this time, all held knives in one hand and sticks in the other, and struck at this group of ironclad knights.

Hui Ze, who is good at sticking methods, shows his might at this time, and the black iron rod is tiger in his hand; And Yu Tianshu, who was holding a mace, was also shouting and fighting, and his courage was abnormal.

And Song Jingxiu aimed at Li Jia'er, the leader of the team, and the slashing knife was whistling, so that Li Jia'er only had the ability to parry, and had no power to fight back, tired of coping, and full of dangers.

Li Changjun, who was commanding the Wei army in the distance, found that the Ce Lei army was actually in a bitter battle, and his always calm face couldn't help but reveal a touch of anxiety, and he shouted an order to the other Wei troops, "Quick! Hurry up and support the Celestial Army! ”

The Wei army rushed in the direction of the melee between Chen Qing's army and Celei's army; At this time, the remaining two Liang troops led by Ye Wang Yuanshu seemed to suddenly wake up, and they also rushed over to support Chen Qingzhi.

The situation on the battlefield is always changing rapidly and is full of various uncertain factors, and the reason why a famous general is a famous general is that he can act on the camera, make decisions at the right time, seize the opportunity, and turn things around. But any strategy and tactics must ultimately rely on ordinary soldiers to execute, fight, fight, and sacrifice. The final victory still depends on the soldiers' swords and guns to win.

And at this moment, this battle in Liuyangpi is like this, the two sides have already become a melee, and what is competing at this moment is just pure morale, physical strength, courage and determination.

Obviously, whether it is the Liang army or the Wei army, the soldiers on both sides do not lack these factors, putting aside the position of each as their master, all of them are hot-blooded men and tough guys.

But all battles will eventually come to an end. Although the Liang army was overwhelmed by two formations of soldiers by the Ce Lei army, they still had a slight advantage in numbers, and Xu Jin, who had been looking for an opportunity to attack, immediately began to move when the Wei army began to move towards Chen Qingzhi's army, and detoured back to the flank of the Wei army. While the Wei army was still concentrating on melee with the Liang army, it attacked from the flank of the Wei army.

This sudden blow plunged the flanks of the Wei army into chaos, and Xu Jin led his brothers to ride their horses and do their best to expand the scope of this chaos......

"This kind of melee is really ugly......" Li Changjun's face twitched a little, and his slender eyes flashed with an inscrutable glimmer, "Give the order to retreat, and we will find another time to engage this Liang army......

The Wei army, which was in the melee, heard the crisp and loud knocking sound of the copper cymbal, and began to break away from the engagement with the Liang army and began to retreat. Under the leadership of Li Jia'er, despite more than half of the casualties, the Ce Lei army still fought its way out of the siege of the Liang army and was able to escape.

This bloody battle in Liuyangpi ended with the disastrous victory of the Liang army.

But will Li Changjun give up like this?