Among the princes of the Eight Routes, the closest to Bao Xin were the Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang Department and the Shanyang Taishou Yuan Relics Department. Seeing that Bao Xin's army had been defeated, Yuan Yi did not come to the rescue, but ordered his army to retreat backwards, for fear of being affected.

Among the princes from all walks of life, Zhang Yang and Bao Xin had a good relationship, Zhang Yang was a sincere person, and at this critical juncture, he urgently ordered his army to attack on all fronts to rescue Bao Xin. Zhang Yang is the Taishou of the Shangdang, and he is an official under the original account of the assassin Shi Ding with Lu Bu, who was the former head of the assassin history, and they are also very familiar with each other. But later, Lu Bu turned against the water, killed Ding Yuan and took refuge in Dong Zhuo, and only then did he draw a clear line with Zhang Yang, an official of the state department. This time to discuss Dong, Zhang Yang also hung up the banner of revenge for Ding Yuan.

In the field, the probability of the infantry trying to defeat the wolf rider is almost equal to zero, and the only effective way is to use spears to form a formation to block the fierce impact of the wolf rider, and perhaps barely resist. Therefore, Zhang Yang immediately transferred all the pikemen to the position of the front row, and formed an impenetrable gun forest, pressing over from the right flank of the wolf horseman.

Lü Bu also noticed the movement of Zhang Yang's army, and ordered the wolf cavalry to stop the pursuit of Bao Xin's remnants, turn around, and prepare for a decisive battle with Zhang Yang's troops.

Spears are the only option for infantry against cavalry under normal circumstances, but Lu Bu scoffs at it. Since Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan to take charge of the wolf ride, a lot of adjustments have been made to the wolf ride. With a large amount of military funds allocated by Dong Zhuo as a guarantee, the armor of the wolf cavalry has been replaced with a stronger and heavier chain mail. The spear, the most important offensive weapon of the wolf cavalry, was also replaced with a longer and sharper bayonet spear, and the lengthened handle of the spear was five feet higher than the original, making it stronger and stronger, making the wolf cavalry's ability to break through the infantry spear formation has been greatly improved.

"Dong thief acted against the sky, bullied the king and destroyed the country, why did Brother Feng help to abuse? Now that the Kwantung Thief Alliance has come here, the day of the destruction of Dong Thief is not far away, why didn't Brother Feng abandon the secret and surrender to the light as soon as possible? Zhang Yang saw Lu Bu from a distance and shouted loudly.

Lu Bu regarded it as an acquaintance Zhang Yang. Nai Yao shouted: "Uncle Zhi." For the sake of you and I who used to be robes, Lu Mou will let you go today, if you take a step forward, don't blame me for not remembering the old feelings! ”

"Yang is both Hanchen. It will be inseparable from Dong and thief. However, the first brother recognized the thief as his father, and was obsessed. I'm afraid it's too late to regret it in the future! Zhang Yang's spear formation showed no signs of stopping, and was still pressing forward step by step.

Lu Bu's eyes flashed with a hint of anger, and he coldly gave the order for the wolf rider to attack.

The horse's hooves kicked up puffs of dust and smoke. The wolf rider launched an attack on Zhang Yang's spear array like thunder, and the wolf rider was extremely fast, rushing to the front of the spear array in just a few breaths. The spear used by the wolf rider is longer than the spear of Zhang Yang's troops, don't underestimate this extra section, so that when the wolf rider stabs the pikemen in the first row, the spearmen's spears can't pierce the wolf riders. With the help of the horse's impulse, the bayonet became more powerful, and the wolf cavalry easily pierced the pikeman's not too thick leather armor, and under the action of inertia, the bayonet pierced the pikeman's body, and still did not stop, and the soldiers in the second and third rows hung on the bayonet in strings as if they were being pierced with sugar gourds.

The spear phalanx that Zhang Yang had painstakingly managed was also hit by a devastating blow almost instantly, and in the face of the fierce attack of the wolf cavalry, no matter how strong the infantry defense was, it was useless. The collapse of the phalanx of pikes left the light infantry behind them without a barrier and became lambs to the slaughter in the face of the terrible wolf riders.

The subordinate general Yang Chou said anxiously: "It's not a big deal, the lord retreat quickly, it's too late!" ”

Zhang Yang glared at him, pulled his sword in his hand, and said sharply: "Asking thieves to serve the country and supporting the Han family, I want to do what I want, even if I die in battle today, what are I afraid of!" The armies obey the order, and those who retreat will not be forgiven! Kill—"

Under Zhang Yang's encouragement, Zhang Yang's subordinates all moved forward bravely and without fear.

But in front of the strong wolf horse, even the bravest soldiers were difficult to match, and the battle was one-sided, the ground was covered with Zhang Yangjun's corpse, and the blood almost stained the land in front of the tiger prison red.

Liu Ze watched the battle situation here from afar, and sighed secretly: "Don't be afraid of danger, Zhang Yang is a man." ”

"Big brother, it's time for us to attack, I'm afraid it'll be over if Zhang Yang doesn't come out?" Zhang Fei was eager to try on the horse, and he couldn't wait to rush up immediately.

Liu Ze ignored him and gave an order in a loud voice: "Zhao Yun listens to the order!" ”

Zhao Yun was already on standby, and when he heard this, he immediately ordered: "The end will be!" ”

"Command you to lead a thousand archers, harass the enemy's left flank, and attack him with heavy crossbows, remember, do not go head-to-head with the enemy."

"The last general obeys!" Zhao Yun immediately went to the cavalry on the hour and prepared to attack.

"Guan Hai listens to orders!" Liu Ze ordered again.

"The subordinates are here!" Guan Hai immediately stepped forward to take the order.

"Order you to lead a thousand archers to harass the enemy's right flank, and also use heavy crossbows to attack enemy cavalry from a distance, and not to entangle with the enemy head-on."

"Subordinates obey!"

The two cavalry, moving fast, attacked the wolf rider from both wings.

Liu Ze watched the battle situation from afar, Zhang Fei was a little breathless, originally he pointed to Liu Ze to send two thousand men and horses before sending him out, but after waiting for a long time, he couldn't help complaining: "Big brother, what kind of reputation are you doing, let me rest when it comes to a critical time, and if I hold it like this, my stomach will suffocate!" ”

"Third brother, don't be impatient, good steel has to be used on the blade, you can recuperate for the time being, and you will have your own limelight later." Liu Ze said unhurriedly, his eyes kept watching the dynamics of the battlefield ahead.

Zhao Yun led the archers to quickly approach the left flank of the wolf cavalry and entered the range of the heavy crossbow.

The cavalry archers were armed with three types of long-range weapons: a two-stone iron-tired longbow with a range of more than 350 paces; a one-stone compound short bow with a range of more than 250 paces; two pots of arrows, fifty each; A three-stone steel-stringed crossbow with a range of about one hundred and twenty paces, and ten crossbow arrows.

Ordinary arrows are made of wood and steel arrows with tail feathers, while crossbow arrows are made of all steel and have no tail feathers. Due to the heavier weight of the crossbow arrow, fired with a three-stone crossbow, the effective range is only one hundred and twenty steps, but its power is amazing, in the test, a hundred steps away the crossbow arrow can shoot through the double-layer chain mail three-layer fish scale armor, it can be said that the three-stone steel string heavy crossbow is a sharp weapon for the archers to break the enemy's heavy armor defense.

Seeing that the wolf rider was wearing a heavy armor shield to protect himself, Liu Ze asked the archers in his order not to use long and short bows but to directly use three-stone heavy crossbows, which were difficult to effectively damage wolf riders even if they used two-stone iron-tire longbows, and the only lethal weapon was the heavy crossbow. Since the crossbow arrows are made of all-steel and expensive, there are only ten of them per cavalry in the standard configuration of the archers, but 20,000 crossbow arrows are more than enough for Lu Bu's three thousand wolf rides.

Entering the range of one hundred and twenty paces, Zhao Yun ordered the archers to slow down their advance, forming a goose-shaped array, the steel-stringed crossbows were already ready to stop, and a volley of fire, black and shiny crossbow arrows burst out. In order to reach the maximum range of the bow and arrow, it must be shot from the back at an angle of 45 degrees, and the flight of the feathered arrow is parabolic, and the power of the attack decreases with the increase of the range. Crossbow arrows are different, due to the weight of the arrow, no tail feathers, although the rate of fire of crossbow arrows is high but the range is relatively short, the basic use of zero degree angle to five degree angle of flat shooting, in such a short distance, the penetration of crossbow arrows is at least two to three times higher than that of bow arrows.

The frequent victories made the wolf riders arrogant, and even when a rescue cavalry appeared in sight on their flanks, they didn't pay much attention to it. But after the crossbow arrows that shot in an instant pierced their heavy armor, countless wolf cavalry let out a scream and fell from their horses. There was also quite a commotion in the well-disciplined and well-formed wolf riders, who never dreamed that there would be such sharp arrows, which saw the thick chain of armor as nothing, and pierced it lightly.

But the wolf rider was a wolf rider after all, and the blood of the robe did not make them feel frightened but inspired their fighting spirit even more, and after a short panic, they stopped the unilateral slaughter of Zhang Yang's infantry, turned their horses' heads, and used their shields as protection to start charging the archers on the left and right flanks.

The advantage of the archers is to attack from a long range, the advantage of the lancers is to charge and engage with the hand, and the wolf cavalry knows very well that if they want to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, they must get close to the archers and draw them into the melee.

But this was only the idea of the wolf cavalry, after the armor and heavy equipment, the load of the horses was greatly increased, and the mobility of the cavalry was greatly reduced, and it was really not easy to chase the cruising archers on the wide battlefield. Zhao Yun and Guan Hai saw the wolf rider pounce fiercely, and did not rush to retreat, but slowly retreated, and the steel-stringed crossbow fired crossbow arrows without stopping. Although the wolf cavalry is protected by a shield, the sharp and tricky crossbow arrows can always find a suitable space and give the wolf cavalry a fatal blow. Moreover, the horses of the wolf cavalry were not protected by any armor, and once they were shot by crossbow arrows, they would fall heavily to the ground. And on this chaotic battlefield, once the knight falls off his horse, he is likely to be trampled to death by the war horse behind.

In many cases, the wolf cavalry looked like it was approaching the rear of the cavalry archers, and even the long spear was about to touch the back of the cavalry archers, when the crossbow strings sounded, and the wolf cavalry with the spear screamed miserably, and directly crashed into the horse.

Moreover, the distance of approaching the archers fifty paces is a nightmare, not only the protection of the armor is completely useless, but even the shields in their hands have a high chance of being pierced by crossbow arrows. (To be continued......)