Five thousand Yuan cavalry roared out, and their riding skills were exquisite, no less than the Wuhuan cavalry, as if they had also lived on horseback for many years, and even Bun Dun was secretly admired. If he had seen this cavalry two months ago, he would never have made such an emotion. Because the cavalry of the Yuan army has also recently been equipped with copycat versions of stirrups, these copycat versions of stirrups were of course learned from Cao Jun. The copycat version of the stirrup is actually hung with two iron rings under the saddle, which basically has the function of a stirrup, but the disadvantage is that it is easy to fall off during long-distance running.

Although the horsemanship displayed by these 5,000 cavalry made Badun a little admired, but Badun was not optimistic about their prospects, and he knew that the Han army must have performed "witchcraft" in the open space in front of him.

Sure enough, as expected, the cavalry of the Yuan army in a hurry stumbled, but their situation was even worse than that of the Wuhuan cavalry. These Yuan cavalry were armed with copycat stirrups, and when their horses fell, they could not jump off their horses as quickly as the Wuhuan cavalry, because their feet were still stuck in the stirrups.

Many soldiers were directly pressed down by their horses, and many soldiers were dragged on the ground after falling and struggling again. Most of the Wuhuan cavalry who encountered the "mine array" yesterday were trampled to death by their own comrades, and today more than half of these Yuan cavalry were dragged to death by their own horses.

Yan Liang has been fighting for many years and has been on the battlefield for a long time, but he has never encountered this situation, he couldn't help but be stunned, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, wave his hand, and say, "Go to a few people and see what happened?" ”

Several horsemen came out in response, not daring to go too far, so they jumped off their horses in front of the terrifying area, and searched cautiously forward, until they found a few black pigs on the dirt floor.

"Hmph, hum, carving insect skills, what a lot of teeth!" When Yan Liang learned that his elite cavalry was actually defeated by this inconspicuous little thing, he couldn't help sneering twice and said, "Come on, lay the plank!" ”

The reason why the cavalry of the Yuan army was slower than the Wuhuan cavalry was that they also carried a large number of utensils with the army, including materials needed to build tents, iron pots for cooking, and a considerable number of bed boards. Of course, these slats are not available to anyone, and only officers above the rank of lieutenant are entitled to sleep on specially built low couches. However, Yan Liang's reaction was really quick enough, and using these bed boards to pave a few roads on the ground could indeed crack the threat of the Han army's horse nails.

However, the number of planks in the army was limited after all, and although the road was paved, there were only two narrow ones, which should have been the scene of thousands of horses galloping, but now it has become a single-plank bridge.

Shi Jian and Wang Wei saw through the clairvoyant mirror that Yuan Jun's two boardwalks were slowly advancing, and they couldn't help but smile at each other. The position of Yuan's brigade was two thousand steps away from the fourth trench they had newly dug, not to mention whether the planks that Yan Liang carried were enough, even if there were enough planks to pave here, I am afraid that the time should be noon, and it must be without being disturbed by the Han army.

However, Shi Jian did not intend to interfere with Yuan Jun's work of laying wooden planks. The Zama nails they brought with the army had all been scattered, but they were still not enough to cover the entire area in front of them, and if Yuan Jun searched carefully, although he might pay some price, he could also quickly find a way. Now, Yan Liang has come up with the stupid method of laying wooden planks, and the situation is completely different.

The two long and narrow planks limited the range of action of the Yuan army to the death, and the speed of the cavalry could not be used, and if they really advanced through these two planks, they would become a living target for the Han army's crossbowmen.

Seeing that the Yuan army, which was laying the boardwalk, had already entered the range of the bow and crossbow, Wang Wei couldn't wait to order an attack, but was stopped by Shi Wei. From the situation where the cavalry of the Yuan army was injured by the horse nail just now, he keenly felt that the Yuan army and the Wuhuan people had not had a serious exchange, and the Yuan army definitely did not know the shooting of the Han army's bow and crossbow now. Shi Lian's purpose was only to drag the enemy here, he didn't want to expose his strength too early, he wanted to wait for Yuan's army to enter the trench within a hundred paces before releasing arrows.

Suddenly, Yuan Jun, who was laying the planks, stopped, and slowly retreated. Shi Jian was surprised, thinking that Yuan's army was about to attack, and hurriedly ordered the crossbowmen to prepare. However, Yuan's offensive did not begin, but more planks were brought in and the boardwalk was widened on both sides.

Of course, Yan Liang's army did not have so many planks, and these planks were forcibly obtained by the soldiers he sent to nearby villages. The people of the village had long fled into the mountains, and the houses in the village were empty, and the soldiers of the Yuan army rushed in and brought everything they could use.

In a short period of time, Yan Liang could only come up with a stupid way to lay a wooden board to deal with Zama nails, but he was not stupid. He had commanded the cavalry for many years, and of course knew that such two narrow passages limited the cavalry's play, so he wanted to widen the road.

When Yuan Jun widened the boardwalk three or four times and paved it three hundred steps away from the trench, Shi Jian finally couldn't hold it anymore and shouted: "Shoot the arrow!" ”

The crossbowmen of the Han army, who had been waiting for a long time, pulled the bowstring together, and ten thousand arrows were fired at once, and the soldiers of the Yuan army, who were laying the planks, were caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another. Yan Liang couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw it from behind, and turned around and asked, "Can the Jingzhou army's bow and arrow shoot so far?" ”

All the troops shook their heads blankly, only Badun, Nanqiao and others secretly sneered.

Yan Liang knew that these Wuhuan leaders must have something to hide from him, but the enemy was now, but he couldn't attack, so he had to wave his hand and shouted: "Rush! ”

This time, Yan Liang sent a full 10,000 cavalry. With the lessons of the previous group, the speed of this cavalry gallop was obviously much slower, and seeing that it was almost at the end of the boardwalk, the dense arrows of the Han army shot again.

This was the last trench, and the Han crossbowmen did not make any reservations, and threw arrow after arrow at the enemy like a torrential rain. Yuan's army was far from having the spirit of fearless life and death like the Wuhuan cavalry, and encountered such a powerful rain of arrows that many began to stagnate, and some even turned their horses around.

Yan Liang saw the poor performance of his subordinates, suddenly lost face, couldn't help but be furious, personally rushed onto the boardwalk with a big knife, and when he encountered the retreating soldiers, he stabbed more than ten people one after another, and the momentum of the cavalry rout was finally stopped. Yan Liang's big sword in the back guarded, and the cavalry of the Yuan army could only rush forward.

The area in front of the trench was the most densely populated area of Zama nails, and the arrows of the Han army were shooting almost all the time, and the cavalry of the Yuan army who rushed through the planks planted their horses one after another. But intimidated by Yan Liang's prestige, the soldiers could only go forward and succeed.

Rows of soldiers fell, and after paying tens of thousands of lives, the Yuan cavalry finally rushed to the front of the trench. This trench was dug in a hurry, and the excavated soil was piled directly in front, but it had an unexpected effect, as if a wall had been erected in front of it, blocking the way of Yuan's cavalry.

The cavalry of the Yuan army was different from the Wuhuan cavalry. The Wuhuan people grew up on horseback since childhood, and their best combat method is to ride and shoot, and if they really leave the war horse, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Therefore, in most cases, even when encountering obstacles, the Wuhuan people rarely give up their warhorses.

The cavalry of the Yuan army was different, many of them were transferred from infantry to this cavalry, and when they encountered the obstacle in front, they immediately jumped down, drew their waist swords and started hand-to-hand combat with the Han army.

The Han army is composed of pikemen, shield bearers and crossbowmen, who cooperate with each other skillfully, and perform their own duties, even if they encounter Wuhuan cavalry, they can also fight, not to mention these Yuan cavalry who dismounted and fought on foot? However, the cavalry of the Yuan army had an absolute superiority in numbers, and a fierce tug-of-war was launched in front of the trench with both hands.

Seeing the cavalry of the Yuan army fighting like this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, but Yan Liang was not in a hurry at all. Yes, now the battle situation is gradually at a stalemate, but Yecheng is very strong, there are four acropolis around it, there are 100,000 troops in the city, and there are countless grains and grasses, which will not be easily conquered. It is not so much that Yan Liang is in a hurry to return to Yecheng, but that he wants to take this opportunity to fight with the defenders of Yecheng inside and outside, and annihilate the Jingzhou army under Yecheng City.

Although Yan Liang didn't know the scale of the Jingzhou army in front of him, he saw that they had built many fortifications, so he guessed that their purpose was to prevent him from returning to help and buy time for the troops attacking Yecheng. If this is the case, the number of this Jingzhou army will not be too much, as long as it continues to fight slowly, two or three will fight them out.

What Yan Liang didn't know was that there was no army attacking Yecheng at all now. Yuan Shao, who has always been indecisive, actually knew that a fierce battle was taking place here, and he was discussing with the strategists whether to send troops to attack inside and outside. Yuan-style councils have always been smelly and long, arguing endlessly, and it is impossible to reach a final conclusion without three or five days of hard work.

Just when a fierce battle was going on on this land fifty miles south of Yecheng, a group of black-clothed and black-armored cavalry appeared on the Mobei grassland, which was the soldiers of the Sixth Legion. The Sixth Army is the only pure cavalry corps formed by Liu Xin, and its combat effectiveness is quite strong, if this army participates in the encirclement and reinforcements, the battle situation will become extremely smooth, but Liu Xin did not arrange it like this.

The Xianbei people committed a lot of blood debts in Yanmen and Taiyuan County, which made Liu Xin extremely angry, he was no longer satisfied with just eliminating Yuan Shao's main force, and drove the Xianbei and Wuhuan alien races back to the grassland, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of these two tribes to go deep into the Central Plains to destroy their old nests, so that they would not have a chance to turn over in a few decades or even hundreds of years!