Countless coalition soldiers looked at the silent and solemn Yan cavalry phalanx, listening to the dense war drums on the battlefield, feeling that the Yan cavalry was about to attack. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon, the movements of the Yan cavalry confirmed the thoughts of the coalition soldiers.

"The swallow people are coming up, are they...... It's cavalry! ”

King Qiuzi looked at the charging Yan Army's iron cavalry, his face was ugly, "The coalition army is really in trouble now!" ”

The rumbling of war drums did not seem to be able to hide the dull sound of horses' hooves beating on the ground, the sound was getting louder and closer, and the heart of each coalition soldier seemed to be grasped more and more by an invisible hand.

The black and oppressive Yan cavalry finally came out in front of the coalition infantry phalanx, and the sound of horses' hooves like rolling thunder formed a powerful deterrent. The allied sergeants looked haste and stared closely at the mighty cavalry that poured down like a torrent.

Although King Qiuzi's heart was cloudy, he still did not forget to fulfill his accusations in an orderly manner, and the first to receive the order to attack were the allied archers, and soon the surging Yan cavalry was baptized by the allied army's arrow rain.

"There are so many cavalry coming up this time, it seems that King Yan should have used all the cavalry against our side."

Although the eyes of the king of Khotan did not leave the cavalry of the Yan army, his mouth was talking to the king of Qiuci, and the king of Qiuci also heard that he should be a little nervous in his heart.

The king of Qiuzi knew what the king of Khotan was worried about, although their side only needed to defend, but almost more than ninety percent of the soldiers under their command were infantry, and they were naturally in a weak position when facing the cavalry charge. In the face of cavalry charges, perhaps without waiting for the arrival of the Wusun and Yuban cavalry, the allied infantry may collapse.

Not the infantry of any country can dare to fight with the cavalry like the Yan army, even the Yan army dares to fight with the cavalry with the cooperation of the crossbowmen and the terrain advantage.

Under normal circumstances, in the era of cold weapons, it is difficult for infantry to effectively deal with cavalry charges!

"No matter what, we have to stop these cavalry, otherwise there is no place for our soldiers to die!"

After launching the attack, the cavalry of the Yan army was more like testing the psychological quality of the non-commissioned officers of the coalition army. Because the cavalry was still far away from the position of the coalition defenders in the middle of the charge, they suddenly stopped advancing, which made the coalition soldiers who had just raised their hearts to their throats breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the passionate war drums on the entire battlefield suddenly stopped, and the battlefield that was still galloping and noisy just now was unusually silent at this time.

In the silence, facing the Yan cavalry close at hand, every allied infantry seemed to hear the "thump" of his heart.

"What are the Yan people doing?" Some of the soldiers couldn't help but mutter, and there was a faint hint of anxiety and panic in their voices.

However, no one answered, because at this moment, everyone was only staring at the movements of the cavalry opposite, where could they care about what the people around them complained?

Suddenly, the drums of war on the battlefield sounded again.

Compared with before, the closer they got to the coalition infantry formation, the looser the cavalry formation became, and it could be seen that the Yan cavalry seemed to be a little afraid of the coalition archers.

Whining! With the sound of a muffled horn, the coalition forces kicked off the offensive under the command of the king of Qiuci, the king of Khotan and other high-ranking members of the alliance.

Whoosh! Wave after wave of arrows flew from the rear of the coalition army, and then crossed their own phalanx, falling from the sky, and falling in the ranks of the Yan cavalry who were charging rapidly.

The dense rain of arrows brought great damage to the cavalry, even if every cavalry of the Yan army wore paper armor, even if Yang Hu arranged the charging formation very loosely, it still could not completely avoid being killed by bows and arrows.

The Yan cavalry who was unfortunately hit by the arrow fell heavily to the ground, and even died before the screams came out, but the surrounding Yan cavalry did not show a panicked look, and still maintained the charging formation with a calm gaze.

"It's a pity, if the Yan army's formation is dense enough, our archers will definitely be able to bring them more damage."

"Yan Jun has been in battle for a long time, how can he be so stupid?" King Qiuzi glanced at the king of Khotan.

King Qiuzi had long noticed that the Yan cavalry was well-trained, and he was not disappointed that the first round of strikes did not cause much damage, anyway, he had a large number of archers in reserve before the battle, as long as the infantry in front could block the cavalry charge regardless of casualties, the archers behind could continue to kill.

However, to the surprise of King Qiuzi, as the sound of horses' hooves continued to sound, the Yan Army's iron cavalry did not rush towards the infantry phalanx that he had already prepared to sacrifice like a mountain as he thought, but began to retreat as a whole!

The non-commissioned officers of the coalition army on the opposite side were obviously confused by the action of the Yan Army Iron Cavalry, what is the Yan Army Iron Cavalry paying attention to? Could it be that he could not bear the blows of the archers and had to retreat? Some of the optimistic coalition soldiers couldn't help but whisper, and some even let out contemptuous laughter, expressing contempt for the Yan army's iron cavalry retreating without a fight.

Even the King of Khotan couldn't help but tease when he saw the corpses of the Yan army cavalry lying in front of the battle: "King Qiuzi, it seems that the Yan army was scaring us just now!" ”

"That's not right!" King Guizi suddenly shouted, "They're back again!" ”

The king of Khotan was taken aback, and immediately turned his head to observe, only to see that on the horizon, under the light of the sun, the Yan army's iron cavalry once again launched a charge. The black-pressed Yan cavalry rushed towards the coalition infantry position as fast as possible, accompanied by a resounding cry in the sky.

This time, without waiting for King Qiuzi's order, the archers launched an attack together, and the increasingly dense rain of arrows tilted towards the Yan cavalry. But this time, the Yan Iron Cavalry would not retreat halfway, and the crazy riders just charged forward, bringing a huge shock to the coalition soldiers on the opposite side.

During the charge, the Yan army riders tried to control their horses, keeping their bodies as low as possible to minimize the probability of being shot by bows and arrows.

Of course, the two sides were so close that it was impossible for everyone to hide from the ground, and soon there were hundreds of Yan army riders who screamed and were knocked off their horses, and more than 20 horses were shot dead or wounded, they were covered in blood, and they went crazy, running backwards or to the side, making the Yan army cavalry array chaotic.

However, this could not stop the Yan cavalry from charging, and I saw the well-trained Yan cavalry passing by from thirty paces away from the coalition phalanx. The Yan army rider was on a high horse, with a wide field of vision, relying on his unparalleled riding and archery skills, shooting waves of arrows, and suddenly there was a muffled snort in the coalition formation.

After several waves of Yan army elite cavalry rushed away, a large number of allied infantry soldiers fell to the ground with arrows. Because the infantry of the coalition army did not have cheap paper armor to wear like the Yan army, as long as they were shot by arrows, they would not die but also be seriously injured, so that the cavalry of the Yan army brought great damage to the soldiers of the coalition army.

The snort of pain rang out again and again, and both the pikemen and the archers in the formation were shot by the arrows. In the blink of an eye, the coalition forces suffered more than 1,000 casualties. Due to the rush of the Yan cavalry, the archers sometimes did not even have time to return fire, and the opponent had withdrawn from the firing range, this feeling of not being able to fight back just by being beaten almost made the coalition soldiers collapse.

"Yan people are really cunning!" King Guizi exclaimed in annoyance, "Just now they were looking for the best attack distance!" ”

After listening to his words, the king of Khotan also understood. I don't know what means the Yan army used (the people of the Western Regions don't know about the clairvoyant mirror), but it seems that they have discovered the formation arranged by the coalition forces in advance, and the first charge just now is obviously looking for the best distance to give full play to the cavalry and archery skills of their own cavalry.

"In the past, I often heard businessmen from all over the world say that the king of Yan has conquered the surrounding tribes and naturalized a large number of foreign races into Yan people, I didn't believe it before, but when I saw this scene today, I realized that all this is groundless."

The king of Khotan and the king of Qiuzi glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of solemnity in each other's eyes. Obviously, the combat power of the Yan cavalry was far beyond their imagination, especially they did not expect that the Yan army's iron cavalry had mastered the nomads' best riding and archery skills.

King Qiuzi guessed correctly, and this is all thanks to those large number of naturalized nomads, it is precisely with a good enough source of soldiers that the Yan State has a cavalry team no less than the nomads. (To be continued.) )