Chapter 78: Capture of Liaohua
Zhang Chi's 3,000 cavalry rode all tall Western Regions horses, and their sprint speed was faster than that of the Xiongnu horses, but such an advantage would only hasten their deaths. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The arrow rain of Wenyang's 1,000 cavalry struck, and the cavalry under Zhang Chi's command did not have a high bridge saddle and stirrups to help them fix their bodies, they had to hold the reins with one hand and the weapon with the other, so they could not hold the shield to block the arrows, and they could not avoid the baptism of the arrow rain at all, and they lost more than 200 cavalry after a while.
They wanted to use their weapons to block feather arrows in the sprint, but most of their martial arts were not very exquisite, and they could not reach the point where water could not be splashed into the arrows, and without Takahashi saddle and stirrups to help them strengthen their bodies, on the back of a galloping horse, one hand danced the weapon, the upper body was unstable, and it was very easy to fall from the horse.
Some of the Yellow Turban cavalry also wanted to sit on their horses and shoot arrows while charging like Wen Yang and them, and then they realized at the cost of their lives that without stirrups and Takahashi saddles to fix their bodies, just the bumps and inertia of the horses when they were running rapidly were enough for them to fall off their horses and be trampled to death by the comrades in arms behind!
In the following time, Wen Yang's 1,000 cavalry basically did not fight at close range with Zhang Chi's 3,000 cavalry, but shot arrows in the back while fleeing.
Originally, Zhang Chi's cavalry should be able to catch up with the speed of the horses in the Western Regions, but the baptism of the opponent's arrow rain made them forced to slow down their mounts to avoid the arrows, and when they accelerated to catch up again, the other party was a rain of arrows, and they had to slow down the speed of the war horses.
And so and so on, repeated several times, extremely scoundrel.
This is the Mangu tactic that a certain nomad was very good at in later generations, that is, the cavalry archer fled, and at the same time shot arrows at the enemy in the rear, the essence of this tactic was to attack the enemy from a long distance, and second, to continuously attack the enemy, and third, not to give the enemy a chance to fight back, under this attack, no matter how strong the enemy's spirit and armor were, it was only a matter of time before it completely collapsed.
That nomad was the Mongolia that had almost unified Eurasia, when most of the European knights were equipped with heavy armor, although they were very powerful in close combat, but their mobility could not be compared with the Mongolian cavalry, if they met the Mongolian cavalry archers, not only could not catch up, they could not even escape, only as a target for arrows, and the Mongolian cavalry did not rely entirely on strong attacks like the European knights, they only had a short encounter with the enemy when they first killed most of the enemy with bows and arrows. In April 1241, the Mongol cavalry relied on this method of warfare to break the most elite Hungarian army in Europe on the Danube, killing more than 70,000 enemies, playing a song of "Red Danube" with bows and arrows, almost completely eliminating the resistance of Europe, if it were not for the untimely death of Ogedei, the yellow race would have unified the entire Eurasian continent as early as 800 years ago.
Zhang Chi really couldn't stand the rogue tactics of the other party and decided to retreat.
At this time, Wen Yang rode alone, and suddenly rushed into Zhang Chi's formation, two steel whips flew up and down, killing and wounding nearly 100 people in a short time, and then retreated.
Zhang Chi was completely angry: "Xiao'er dares to bully me like this!" The whole army is attacked, and they must be annihilated! ”
The remaining more than 2,000 Yellow Turban cavalry and the follow-up 4,000 or 5,000 infantry attacked Wen Yang's 1,000 cavalry like a tide.
Wen Yang led the troops to continue to gallop forward, and during their galloping, they could always maintain a neat formation, shooting arrows backwards from time to time.
When Zhang Chi felt that something was wrong and wanted to give up the pursuit, Wen Yang led his troops to turn around and shoot at the Yellow Turban Cavalry, and another rain of arrows fell, and the Yellow Turban Cavalry turned on his back.
Zhang Chi was furious again and ordered his soldiers and horses to continue the pursuit.
In this way, after a while, I arrived at a place with two slopes and a ditch.
Liao Hua looked at the surrounding terrain, was very vigilant in his heart, and hurriedly turned his horse to chase after Zhang Chi.
When he caught up with Zhang Chi, Zhang Chi's 3,000 cavalry all entered the valley.
Liao Hua hurriedly told Zhang Chi: "Great Commander, the slopes on both sides of this place are high and densely forested, and I am afraid that the enemy will set up an ambush." ”
Only then did Zhang Chi realize that he was angry with that kid just now, and chased him all the way, but he forgot to guard against the enemy's ambush.
He hurriedly ordered: "Withdraw!" Withdraw now! ”
At this time, the order was given, it was too late, and the arrows on the hillsides on both sides were like rain, accompanied by rolling stones and sassal wood, and the Yellow Turban cavalry was in chaos.
Liao Hua protected Zhang Chi and turned around to fight out of the valley.
At this time, a cavalry of two thousand men had blocked the valley mouth.
The Yellow Turbans who had escaped from the valley had been crushed, and their fate was to surrender or be shot.
Zhang Chice ran out of the valley, looked around, there were only a dozen cavalry left around him, he saw from a distance that there was a person in the opponent's cavalry array, his face was like a heavy jujube, his eyes were like stars, his crotch was a black horse, and the green dragon glaive knife in his hand was Wei Yan, the lord of the enemy army.
These days, Wei Yan's martial arts are famous all over the world, and it is said that Zhang Chi should feel scared, but Zhang Chi has not fought with Hu Che'er and Zhang Xiu, so he has no way to indirectly understand how far Wei Yan's martial arts have become!
And in his cottage, except for Liao Hua, all of them are sloppy people, and the boasting of those people makes him feel that his martial arts are no less than Lu Bu.
Zhang Chi jumped on his horse with a gun and went straight to Wei Yan, trying to capture Wei Yan alive to save the defeat.
Wei Yan glanced at Zhang Chi, and could see at a glance that this person's strength was only 70, and all other attributes failed, and he didn't know how to achieve the position of great commander.
The two horses were staggered, just one round, Wei Yan slashed Zhang Chi's helmet with a knife, Zhang Chi fell off the horse and passed out.
At this time, a young general jumped on the horse with a gun and shouted: "Hugh injured my Qu Shuai!" ”
Wei Yan fixed his eyes and saw that the person who came was less than twenty years old, with thick eyebrows and broad eyes, full of energy, and extraordinary appearance, only the yellow scarf on his head made him look a little unbearable.
At this time, Wei Yan's mind sounded the empty voice of the seed artifact: "My lord, I found that the good general seed Liaohua, the military force is 71, the command is 70, the intelligence is 64, the politics is 45, and the charm is 62, this person has excellent growth, it is recommended to focus on training!" His loyalty to Zhang Chi is 70, and his favorability to the lord is 50. ”
The two horses intersected, and in three rounds, Wei Yan also knocked Liao Hua off the horse.
At this time, according to Wei Yan's order, Guan Hai had already led a thousand infantry to change into the clothes of the Yellow Turban soldiers, blended into the Yellow Turban Router, and fled to the Yellow Turban Soldiers' camp outside Pingchun City.
Wei Yan came to Liao Hua and said straight to the point: "Yuan Jian, the Yellow Turban Army is getting weaker, and there are not many days left, and Liu Biao has more than 100,000 soldiers, Kuai Yue is his strategist, and he is clever, if you continue to be a Yellow Turban thief, you will not be able to avenge it for the rest of your life, it is better to submit to me, and I will help you avenge!" ”
Liao Hua was stunned and said, "How do you know that I have a grudge against Liu Biao and Kuai Yue?" ”
Wei Yan smiled faintly: "I also know that your mother is in Taoshan now, and I have already sent someone to invite Lingtang to live in Yiyang New Town!" ”