Chapter 272: Defeat the Euphorbia
"Where is the standard-bearer?" Seeing that the banner of Zhang Jaw was getting closer and closer, Wang Yu's face was as usual, calm and unwavering
"The flag bearer is here!" There was a promise behind him, the voice was very familiar, Qin Feng didn't know when he followed, and replaced the standard-bearer But at this moment, Wang Yu had no intention and had no time to investigate.
"Spread the flag, follow closely, pass my orders, and follow me to break the enemy!" Wang Yu swung his lance, and the order was short and precise
"No!" During the rapid charge, Wang Yu's general flag had been rolled, in case of an accident during the charge Now, he ordered to spread the flag, Qin Feng knew that the master was going to do a relatively fine command
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It is impossible to win a head-on confrontation, and this has been fully verified in the earlier battles
In the duel with the Xiandeng battalion, Bai Ma Yicong suffered a lot of casualties, but it was not to the point of breaking his muscles and bones, and the biggest effect of Xiandeng was to reduce the speed of Bai Ma Yicong; The role of the Jizhou light cavalry is to limit the battle and force the white horse to fight hard from the front; The real butcher's knife is in the hands of the Euphorbia
In the face of heavy cavalry, the bows and knives of the righteous servants do not play a big role, even if they use all their strength, it is difficult to cut through the layers of armor on the fish scale armor, even if they are barely cut, the exhausted combat knives have lost all their lethality, and the righteous servants can only hate and fall from the horse under the enemy's counterattack"" The novel chapter is updated the fastest
However, no matter how strong the enemy is, there is no reason to be afraid, especially in the eyes of veterans such as Qin Feng who were born from righteousness, the Euphorbia is the biggest enemy of the brothers, the enemy is in front of him, even if he knows that he is not invincible, he has to fight to the end, not to mention, under the leadership of the invincible prince and prince, there is nothing to fear when encountering a strong enemy
Despite this, when Wang Yu gave the first order, Qin Feng, who was in charge of the order, was still stunned for a while, whether it was for him, the herald, or for the soldiers who were about to receive the order, the difficulty of this order was not ordinarily high
However, the order still has to be conveyed after all, Qin Feng frowned and thought for a while, and waved the banner
It's a long story, but in fact, from looking at each other to entering the battle distance, the two cavalry facing each other only took a few breaths
Through the face armor, Zhang Jaw saw several strong enemies that Shi Cai had faced, and at the same time as Yan Liang fell, he discovered the crisis, but he didn't have time to remind Wen Chou, so he could only flee and join his subordinates
Now, he rushed to come, in the eyes of Wen Chou, the reinforcements were very timely, but Zhang Jaw was not so optimistic, he didn't believe that Wang Yu, who could take advantage of the situation and fight a beautiful counterattack like just now, would be a brave and reckless man, since the other party dared to step forward to meet it generously, it means that the other party has considerable self-confidence
What could it be?
Zhang Jaw weighed it repeatedly in his heart
The best way to change his command is to avoid the sharp edge of the Euphorbia, the impact of the heavy cavalry is fierce but the continuity is relatively poor, and the maximum charge in a battle is three times, and the limit is reached
If Wang Yu walked around the formation, he would not be able to keep the other party with his jaw open, but he could go straight to the middle army of the Youzhou army
The Jizhou light cavalry that was disturbed by Wang Yu was already in a state of semi-collapse, more than half of the people became rout, and most of the rest were also in a state of confusion, only hundreds of horsemen were assembling under the command of Yan Liangwen Chou
Gongsun Zhan was awakened by Wang Yu's hard work, and without the interference of Jizhou light cavalry, the Youzhou army was rapidly restoring order, and the cavalry on both wings and the foot soldiers of the rear army were rapidly assembling
However, after all, the previous decline was too obvious, and there was still a period of time before the Youzhou army completely recovered its combat strength, and if Wang Yu let the halberd soldiers charge, he could win the battle in one fell swoop if he opened his jaw and directly took the tactics of the Chinese army
Therefore, Zhang Jaw believes that Wang Yu must fight at least, and he can't let the Euphorbia go straight to Gongsun Zhan's main formation
In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two armies has only twenty steps left, in the cavalry battle, is there this distance, there is not much difference The heavy cavalry stood up with a long lance, and the steel hedgehog reappeared, this time the opponent they faced was no longer a frightened bird-like rout, but a group of fearless warriors, for tat rushing to kill!
However, the expected collision did not happen, and in front of the eyes of the knights, the sharp arrow array of Taishan's elite cavalry split into two, separated from the middle, first turned into a goose walk, and then completely separated a team to follow Wang Yu and Zhao Yun, dodging to the right; The other team was the opposite, following Tai Shi Ci and rushing to the other side
"Sure enough...... Riding and shooting? ”
Zhang Jaw stared at him, and shouted loudly: "Raise your shield!" ”
Through the armor, his command was muffled, but it spread through the entire team just right, and before Taishan's light cavalry showed its edge, it reminded the whole army to make due defenses
A simple archer is not enough for Zhang Jaw to make such a response, and the burden of the halberd warriors who are all in battle armor is already very heavy, and bringing a shield is undoubtedly worse
However, Zhang Jaw knew very well that Tarzan light riders not only had bows, but also crossbows! Crossbow!
At a distance of dozens of steps, no armor can stop the edge of the strong crossbow, and in the face of the strong crossbow, only the shield is the most reliable means of defense
"Ding Ding Ding ......" was like rain hitting plantains, and a series of dense gold and iron collisions sounded, interspersed with a few muffled screams, and the sound of heavy horses crashing to the ground
The bow and crossbow fired a volley, and the Taishan elite cavalry really used his housekeeping skills
It's just that in the face of the armor and shield, the halberd who defended to the teeth, the invincible means failed, although it was not so fruitless, but the results achieved were very few, and compared with the huge cavalry shooting, it was simply insignificant
As if unwilling to accept such a result, the rain of arrows became more and more urgent, wave after wave, endless towards the heavy cavalry
In the end, only the sound of horses' hooves and arrows hitting iron armor and iron shields remained in the formation of the two armies, which was quick and crisp
Zhang Jaw exhaled a breath of turbidity, it should be fine
The power of the strong crossbow is extremely terrifying, in the face of being fully armed, even the shield is made of iron, it can still cause a certain amount of damage to the euphorbia, but this weapon is not without weaknesses, its weakness is that it is too troublesome to reload, and the speed of reloading is also slow
Ballista cavalry can only be used as a surprise soldier, inflicting the heaviest blow on the enemy with a surprise wave of heavy blows, and then using other ways to expand the results of the battle, after this wave of heavy blows, the trouble is their own, either stop the horse and rebuild the crossbow, or can only be used as an ordinary light horse
If they were dealing with infantry, they could dismount and do so with the speed of cavalry, but how could they be so good at riding a battle?
Even if the Euphorbia had no intention of turning around and pursuing, Yan Liangwen's light cavalry still had a certain combat power, and the infantry of the rear army was also trying to rush over and give up the speed of survival in this situation, it was purely a way to die, and Wang Yu couldn't do that!
The sound of the horse's hooves faded away, leaving only the weight of the Euphorbia, but it didn't take long for the sound of the horse's hooves to become clear again with the crisp sound of arrows
Without looking back, Zhang Jaw could also imagine what was happening behind him, and the two light horses circled behind their team, changed directions, and caught up from behind
Won't give up? Under the mask, a sneer appeared on Zhang Jaw's face, proud and calm
It's useless, riding a bow can't help heavy armor, even if there are a few archers, they can be accurate in the rush, and killing and injuring a few heavy horses from an angle that the shield armor can't support can't change the overall situation
What I have to do is to ignore these flies and rush straight to the Chinese army, and clean up the mess for Yan Liangwen and the two reckless men
However, the next moment, his smile froze, as he found that the sound of the arrow breaking through the air was mixed with the powerful whistling sound of the heavy crossbow, and the subsequent scream of falling to the ground
What's going on? Could it be that the Tarzan light riders have more than one crossbow in their hands? If that's the case, it's fine, but I'm most afraid of it......
Through the noise of the fierce battle, Zhang Jaw vaguely heard bursts of exclamations in the distance, both from the front and from the rear, he straightened up, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, his gaze passed over the heads of his subordinates, and saw the surprised faces of the light riders in front of him
The reason for their horror was the Tarzan Elite Rider!
When Zhang Jaw's gaze turned back, he was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse, he could hardly believe what he saw in front of him, and the Tarzan cavalry was really re-erecting the crossbow! Right now! In the process of the war horse galloping!
Both hands let go of the reins, pulled the crossbow arm, stepped on the machine spring with one foot, and pulled the tight crossbow string apart little by little, the crossbow string made an obscure hoarse protest sound, and the body was involuntarily tightened more and more, until it was extreme!
If it was only one or two people who did this, Zhang Jaw would not be so surprised, and if it was his own, he could also do it to this extent, what really shocked him was that there were far more than one or two hundred people doing this, and this kind of anti-heaven crossbow cavalry exceeded half of the Taishan army!
Without exception, these people rode white horses!
Jaw Zhang finally understood
Why was there a confusion in the ranks in front of Wang Yu's detachment, it was the exchange of weapons between the Taishan cavalry and the white horse Yicong;
Similarly, the reason why Wang Yu stepped forward to meet the battle with such confidence was because the strong crossbows equipped in his troops were no longer infantry crossbows like the big yellow crossbow, but specialized cavalry crossbows!
More importantly, he figured out Wang Yu's overall strategy Long before the cavalry battle took place, the other party had already decided the order, first trying to defeat the Jizhou light cavalry, and then, he could rely on the advantage of mobility to encircle and kill the heavy cavalry that followed!
Although the heavy cavalry is strong, it cannot exist alone, whether it is in the East County to show its might, or the previous attack on the white horse, the heavy cavalry is under the protection of the friendly army, after the friendly army has created a favorable situation, launch a thunderous strike
As an expert in mounted cavalry, Zhang Jaw certainly knew these truths, but he never expected that in the short few breaths before charging into battle, Wang Yu had already drawn up a strategy to deal with two waves of strong enemies one after another, and successfully implemented them
This kind of reaction speed is really ...... It's horrible!
Now, the heavy rider, who has lost the protection of the light horse, has been turned into a plate of dishes, steamed lobster!
Despite the protection of heavy iron armor and iron shields, under the continuous blows of heavy crossbows, the casualties continued to rise, from dozens to more than hundred! As the formation gradually becomes sparse, the speed of increase is getting faster and faster!
Just like a lobster, no matter how strong the carapace is, in this situation where you can only be beaten and unable to fight back, you can only be stripped off layer by layer
"Help, help!" Zhang Jaw couldn't keep his calm anymore, he roared loudly, and shouted that the standard-bearer sent a signal for help to fight like this, and before he could rush in front of Gongsun Zhan, more than half of his brothers would be killed or wounded
"Woo...... Whining! The mournful sound of the horn sounded in the ranks of the heavy cavalry, Yan Liangwen was shocked, and hurriedly rushed to the rescue with more than a thousand light horsemen who had been gathered in a hurry
However, before they could accelerate their sprint, they were stunned to find that their opponent had changed
A team of fierce light horses rushed like the wind, and the first one of the runners was holding a long lance, dressed in a silver robe, and the momentum of a white horse with a divine horse in his crotch was not under Wang Yu's black horse
"Gongsun Chan is here, where is the thief!" Where the lance waved, Youzhou light horses surged like a tide, and rows of horses were just like the bright rainbow in the sky (to be continued