Of course, this cavalry army that Xu Ji has devoted his heart and soul to is not so simple, in addition to these Zhang Yan saw, this cavalry army also has this whole body of heavy armor and horse armor, each of which is almost a steel fortress. What's even more terrifying is that each of these cavalry is an absolute master, in addition to the regular configuration of spears and machetes, each of them has a bow and two pots of arrows.

These heavy cavalry were completely unseen among the officers and soldiers Zhang Yan had fought before, and under the tall war horses and heavy armor was a strong body and a heavy soul, and there was an inexplicable strength in it that made these knights feel like they were lifting weight on this thick armor. Under the strong illumination of the afternoon sun, the steel spear is vivid, the sharp and slender spear blade with the bright red flowing red tassel gives people a sense of killing and bloodthirsty forest coldness in the warmth of spring and March, when the breeze blows, the incomparably sharp tip of the spear begins to exude a deep and thick murderous aura that can not be resisted in all directions with the help of this warm and cold air flow. In an instant, the hearts of the soldiers of the Montenegrin Army were frozen by the murderous aura of the Qingzhou heavy cavalry in front of them.

This is the cavalry army under Chen Zhi's command that has been silent for a long time!

Although it was not Chen Zhi who led this iron cavalry not to be so agile, it still gave people a feeling of invincibility.

After a long time, Zhang Yancai let out a long breath and exclaimed: "Sure enough, it is worthy of being a cavalry army that can compete with Lu Bu for a long time, and it really deserves its reputation!" ”

The murderer of Yu Yan was also shocked by the heavy cavalry in front of him, and he was speechless, and when he heard Zhang Yan's words, he only nodded vigorously.

"But," Zhang Yan began to sneer, "If Xu Ji thinks that he can win in this way, he is very wrong!" Cavalry without infantry support, once it loses its impact power, it is simply a target for infantry to practice assassination on the school field. Hum! What's so great about thicker armor? Once he was dragged off the horse, he didn't believe that he didn't have a flaw on his body! ”

After that, he ordered the archers to line up in front of the formation. Behind them were infantry with long weapons.

At this time, Bao Xin and Bao Xun had already led the remnants of their troops to the front of the Qingzhou cavalry. From a distance, I saw Gao Shun sitting on a horse. Surprised: "It turned out to be General Gao Shun." And Gao Shun also had two young generals by his side, namely Wen Ping and Yu Ban.

Gao Shun turned his head to look at Bao Xin, and said to Bao Xin very politely: "The young general has seen Lord Bao Xin, please forgive the young general for being in armor and not being able to see each other with all the courtesy." ”

When Bao Xin saw Gao Shun, he was so happy that he forgot everything, so he didn't care what etiquette was not? Oh Da Lang smiled and said: "General Gao is polite, with General Gao here, Yanzhou can be determined!" He turned his head to his son Bao Xun and said, "Uncle Ye." This is General Gao Shun, the chief general of the foot soldiers under the command of the horse, haven't you seen it soon? ”

Bao Xun's expression had already become respectful, because he had heard Gao Shun's name from his father a long time ago, and said to Gao Shun: "It turned out to be General Gao Shun, the younger generation is polite, I heard my father say that the general defeated Xu Rong's nearly 10,000 and state army with less than 1,000 foot soldiers. But before the battle, the demeanor of a general, how can Bao Xun be lucky? Yan showed a look of longing in his expression, because he knew that when Lu Dao fought against Xu Rong, the actual commander was Gao Shun in front of him and not Xu Ji.

Gao Shun is not smiling by nature. just said lightly: "Bao Gongzi is polite." "I didn't even feel polite.

Bao Xun was stunned for a moment, a little angry in his heart, he didn't expect the hero in his heart to be so arrogant. stopped talking, Gao Shun saw Bao Xun like this. didn't bother to explain, but Bao Xin said to his son: "General Gao Shun is still the same." Speaking concisely and to the point, but doing things vigorously, Bao Xun You should learn this from General Gao Shun. ”

Although Bao Xun didn't say it, he was very awkward in his heart. Fortunately, he was silent, and he played a small temper that ordinary young people have both advantages and disadvantages, which made Bao Xin smile bitterly and shake his head.

At this time, Yu Ban, who had been staring at Zhang Yan's side, frowned and turned his head to Gao Shun and said, "Gao Shuai, Zhang Yan's thief has begun to change formations. ”

Gao Shun glanced into the distance, nodded and said, "This Zhang Yan is really more clever than that Xu Rong, and he can actually immediately see the advantages and disadvantages of my uncle's heavy cavalry." ”

Bao Xin couldn't help but say on the side: "General Gao, don't blame the old man for talking too much, what Zhang Yan is best at is to flexibly and flexibly use the different characteristics of each branch of the army, and use a large number of lightly armed and simple troops to move unrestricted combat, which is a headache." ”

Wen Ping, who was on the side, also nodded when he heard this: "Zhang Yan does have a hand, judging from Zhang Yan's attempt in front of him, it is clear that he wants to widen the distance between him and our heavy cavalry, and use the distance to increase the burden of the war horse, so that our heavy cavalry will be exhausted, and at the end of the day, he will become a target for shooting and assassination without standing still." Zhang Yan made a good calculation. ”

Yu Ban snorted coldly and said, "Wishful thinking? Hmph, this situation was expected by the lord, and General Shu Zhi had already taken precautions. Isn't it just trying to drag down the cavalry? I must let him walk around without eating! ”

Gao Shun nodded, turned his head to this Yu Ban and smiled: "Since you are so confident, then the first round of impact will be handed over to you, but you must not disappoint me!" After all, it will take a while for the guards led by Huang Jun's kid to make a detour. If you can't provoke the enemy into the war against me, then you will be martial! You should know what the purpose and significance of this battle is! Don't cry when the time comes, even the lord can't save you! Yu Ban, who had always been calm in his words, couldn't help blushing a little. Of course, he knew that this battle was related to the entire Central Plains war situation, so naturally he could not take it lightly.

Gao Shun's tense face immediately showed a thawing spring breeze-like smile and said: "But it's okay, when the trapped camp arrives, it will be difficult for Zhang Yan to retreat!" ”

Yu Ban also nodded, and then turned around and summoned a junior colonel to pass the order.

And this is when Bao Xin had the opportunity to speak: "By the way, General Gao Shun, why didn't you see Lord Concubine?" ”

Gao Shun avoided and replied: "Lord Bao, please forgive me, the lord's march route is a secret of our army, please forgive Gao Shun for not being able to tell you!" ”

Bao Xin closed his mouth knowingly, and didn't say more, the relationship between himself and Xu Ji was not very good. It is also the duty of Gao Shun not to answer. Bao Xun watched everything develop with wide eyes, although he was very dissatisfied with Gao Shun's attitude. But Bao Xun is an open-minded person, of course he knows that there will be no vain under the fame of the Dao. The people who can defeat Dong Zhuo's subordinates are by no means in vain, since they can repel Xu Rong's nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses with less than 1,000 soldiers and horses, then they must have amazing karma and unique ways of warfare. Now that Gao Shun is about to make a move, how can he not observe carefully?

Yu Poison on the opposite side saw that Gao Shun's army did not move at all, and he was puzzled, so he couldn't help but ask Zhang Yandao: "Yan Shuai, why is there no movement on the other side?" ”

Zhang Yan snorted coldly and said, "This is normal, probably the other party is waiting for the arrival of his infantry, right?" Don't forget, it was the strong infantry team in Qingzhou that defeated Wang Baiqi. ”

Yu Poison frowned and said, "I know this." The question is why hasn't this infantry been on the battlefield until now? ”

Zhang Yan said solemnly: "In my opinion, I just rested in place after the drama battle to replenish my strength." Because of this, the opposing cavalry did not move, right? Yu Poison and Wang Baiqi nodded when they heard this, and the former said, "In that case, why don't we attack in advance?" Inflict heavy losses on the opposing cavalry before the opposing infantry arrives? ”

Zhang Yan said with a moved expression: "This is a good idea. He immediately ordered the archers divided into three rows to move forward slowly, in a vain attempt to shorten the distance between them and the Qingzhou army, so that Gao Shunjun could enter his range, but Zhang Yan was not in a hurry to order the bow and arrows, because the relationship between Gao Shunjun's armor made Zhang Yan know it. If the arrows were released too early, the damage to the cavalry armed to the teeth would not be great, and now the archers' migration is only a tentative move. At the same time, the infantry ranks behind began to divide into the two wings of the archers, transforming into a hook-shaped formation and a geese-shaped formation.

Seeing this, Wen Ping sneered: "Zhang Yan wants to deceive me without infantry? ”

Without saying a word, Yu Ban had already led 1,200 light cavalry to kill from both sides. The steel spears were already hung on the Victory Hook, and each man was armed with a longbow and rode his horse purely on his legs. Swept towards Zhang Yan's archers.

Wang Baiqi saw at a glance the light cavalry hidden in the heavy cavalry riding out, and all of them had a longbow in their hands. panicked and said: "Yan Shuai, get off the horse!" When Zhang Yanzheng was puzzled, he was already pulled off the horse by Wang Baiqi. Yu Poison also did the same, Wang Baiqi pulled the war horse horizontally, blocking in front of the three of them, and between Yu Ban's light cavalry had galloped to the opposite side of the archers, "Hurry——! Suddenly, a loud roar burst out of each knight's mouth, and the longbow moved, and in an instant! A rapidly moving dark cloud appeared in front of the Montenegrin army, and in the blink of an eye, a strange wind came to the eyes of the Montenegrin army.

The screams started, countless archers of the Black Mountain Army were stared at the ground by the bows and arrows, blood was everywhere, and the shield bearers who followed closely behind the archers and were ready to rush in front of the archers to form a simple defense did not understand what was going on, the second round of bows and arrows had already been shot, and the carved arrows easily penetrated the defenses of the Black Mountain Army that were almost all cloth armor, and the shield bearers were taken away by these bows and arrows without even reacting.

Zhang Yan, Wang Baiqi, and Yu Poison climbed out from under Zhang Yan's war horse, which had been set up as a hedgehog, fell to the ground with a bang, and crushed the three of them underneath.

When Zhang Yan stood up, he immediately shouted: "The infantry is outflanking and attacking from both flanks, and the remaining archers will press forward for me to shoot at these eight lambs!" ”

The Montenegrin army quickly changed its formation and began to attack Duyuan in three parts.

At this time, Zhang Yan had the opportunity to look at the place where the corpses were strewn all over the field just now, and saw that the place where more than 5,000 people were shot to death just now had become the Shura Hell, and the earth had been completely stained red with blood, and only a few of the victims were lying on the ground moaning, and they were powerless to use their bloody hands to try to pull out the carved arrows on their bodies.

It's miserable! If the neat formation of the Black Mountain Army is a neat and smooth wall, then a rain of arrows from Gao Shun's army directly dug up a big brick on this wall. Zhang Yan then understood why Wang Baiqi would pull himself off the horse, because this kind of bow and arrow mixed crossbow arrow fighting method is simply irresistible, what is even more puzzling is that Gao Shun has a magic weapon, the first round of arrow rain has just been shot, and the second round of arrow rain will be shot immediately, which is completely out of Zhang Yan's conventional perception of crossbow arrows, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a while. If he personally organized an ambush of Gao Shunjun just now, I'm afraid that it would also be a complete defeat, right? Moreover, the other party seems to imitate the Hu people's method of riding and shooting, these cavalry are not the heavy cavalry seen before, but are dressed in leather armor, and they only have bows and crossbows on their horses. The only melee used was a single slasher.

The grumpy Yu Poison didn't care so much, the continuous rain of arrows just now had already scared him. The murderer felt faceless after the horror was settled, and vowed to go into battle himself. Get that face back.

The change of Zhang Yan's army led to the change of more than 1,000 cavalry in Yu Ban, at first these more than 1,000 light cavalry did not take the infantry on both wings to heart, or unhurriedly opened the distance with the archers of the Montenegrin army, and shot the archers of the Montenegrin army with a strong crossbow, and when the crossbow arrows in the arrow box were shot out of more than half, they had already caused nearly 10,000 casualties to the Montenegrin army, which was the result of the battle under the premise that there were almost no losses on their side! At this time, the infantry on both flanks was already approaching, and the cavalry led by Yu Ban put away their strong crossbows, replaced them with longbows, and replaced them with iron arrows with large and wide arrows. Began to shoot at the infantry on both flanks, in groups of five hundred, while constantly changing the angle of their shots. The horses galloped wildly, stopping and leaving, turning and retreating, and the various shooting groups covered each other and interspersed with each other, completely making up for the gap between the previous arrow and the next arrow.

It was under this tactic that the Montenegrin army was exhausted. In the past, the Montenegrin army, which was known for its strong mobility, was simply helpless when it met the light cavalry of Qingzhou at this moment, because horses always run faster than people, not to mention that the war horses without the heavy burden of armor were completely liberated, and the problem of endurance was completely solved.

It's just a moment's work. This light cavalry, which numbered only more than 1,000 people, had already caused the Montenegrin army to lose more than 20,000 people, and it was truly a ten.

Zhang Yan looked gloomy in the back, knowing that if he didn't think of a way. Today is a complete defeat. Who would have thought that just one cavalry could cause themselves so much trouble? Moreover, the other party has only invested more than 1,000 light cavalry now, and if he goes all out, the situation is not what Zhang Yan can imagine at all. Coupled with the infantry that hasn't shown up yet, is this battle still worth fighting? But now the question is what way to deal with the cavalry in front of you.

Wen Ping, who was on the other side, looked at the embarrassed appearance of the Black Army. He grinned and said to Gao Shun: "Gao Shuai, Zhang Yan must wonder why the infantry of our army has not appeared until now. Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Gao Shun with his eyes, and then he realized that there was an outsider next to Bao Xin, so he stopped talking.

In fact, Gao Shun's intention is very simple, and then through the ambush in the northwest of Jinxiang, Gao Shun ordered the infantry to move forward, so that the heavy infantry can be used to deal with all unexpected events, after breaking the ambush of Wang Baicai, Gao Shun according to the terrain characteristics of the Pingchuan outside Jinxiang and the combat characteristics of the Black Mountain Army, quickly ordered the heavy cavalry to quickly change clothes, and the guard battalion changed armor, and equipped with a horse chopping knife, but also put on a strong crossbow and longbow, so that the heavy cavalry under Chen Zhi's command became a mixed branch of light and heavy cavalry, With the support of this light cavalry, Chen Zhi did not need infantry to protect this heavy cavalry at all.

Of course, in this way, the training of the cavalry under Chen Zhi's jurisdiction is also much more difficult, because it indicates that the cavalry must be skillfully used with all kinds of weapons, but Gao Shun feels that it is worth it, which is why Chen Zhi's cavalry has not been very numerous.

And this military system, to put it bluntly, is the so-called 10,000 cavalry, 6,000 light cavalry, and 4,000 heavy cavalry.

As the saying goes: "Five rows of cavalry, two heavy and three light." ”

This is called invincible in the field!

Just when Zhang Yan had nothing to do and Wen Ping was in high spirits, Yu Ban, who played the Black Mountain Army in the palm of his hand, led the light cavalry, but under the leadership of Yu Ban, he began to shoot while retreating from both flanks to the main formation.

Wen Ping smiled at Gao Shun and said, "It seems that Yu Ban has had enough of that kid, and it's time for us to make a move." Hey, the cavalry under General Shu Zhi is really easy to use with this light and heavy cavalry arrangement. ”

Gao Shun glanced at Bao Xin, who had already hid aside at the moment to avoid suspicion and didn't want to listen to them, and then spoke: "The lord is a real genius, and what he said so inadvertently also contains deep meaning. ”

Wen Ping also nodded when he heard this: "What Gao Shuai said is very true, I heard the lord say that marching and fighting is also an art, and real art must start from the details, and also say what theorem to conform to."

Gao Shun, who was originally wooden, couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "You're talking about the golden section, right?" ”

Wen Ping slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, it's the golden section, not the golden section." He shook his head again and said, "There are many words in the mouth of the lord that I don't understand, but they are extremely reasonable, and they are really powerful. ”

And this is also the so-called best troop formation and offensive method and the best offensive entry point that Xu Ji has always emphasized.

But at this time, Yu Ban's retreat made Zhang Yan on the other side stunned, and he didn't understand why the other party took the initiative to withdraw when he had an absolute advantage, could it be another conspiracy? The only possibility now is that the remaining cavalry of Gao Shun's subordinates poured out of their nests and began to attack the Montenegrin army. However, now that your own forces have begun to evacuate, if they collide with the formation, it will not be very effective.

What exactly does the other party want? Zhang Yan was a little surprised, the general sitting on the horse opposite was definitely not Xu Ji, so where was Xu Ji?

Zhang Yan suddenly felt that she seemed to be calculated. (To be continued......)