Chapter 935 Heavy Riding Shows Divine Might
Meng Shu's shouting continued, and even his voice was a little hoarse, and now it became silent with the arrival of a herald. "Report to the king, the Zhang family's heavy cavalry is three miles behind us, they have begun to overtake our rear army and move forward, General Zhang Rui, the heavy cavalry, asked me to tell the king, get out of the way, they are going to enter the battlefield."
"Is the Zhang family riding here?" At this moment, hearing that the Celestial Empire army was beginning to enter, Meng Yu only had a relieved and relaxed expression.
If it was said that half an hour ago, someone said that the Celestial Empire army was going to enter, Meng Shu would still have a trace of resistance, and at that time it was the time when they showed their might and severely damaged the army of the Mountain Kingdom, of course he didn't want anyone to come to rob him of his credit.
But only half an hour later, the current Southern Barbarian Army was in chaos and was cut into several parts, and he naturally became anxious, wishing that reinforcements would enter to relieve his danger.
"Okay, it's good, I'll pass the order immediately, but whenever the Zhang family is re-riding, everyone will get out of the way and let it pass. Other than that... Let everyone follow the Zhang family's heavy cavalry, they will charge, and we will pick up the leak in the back. Meng Shu's order was passed out by mouth.
It's not the first time I've done something like picking up leaks. When the Zhang family light cavalry wiped out the Pishan Kingdom with a lightning attack, they Chong Zeng picked up the leak, and now that his side has suffered heavy losses, of course he hopes to capture more prisoners and re-expand his army and strength.
As for whether the Zhang family's heavy cavalry would be able to severely damage the Western Regions Alliance in front of him, Meng Shu had no doubts at all. He had heard that in terms of the charging strength of its frontal battlefield, the Zhang family's heavy cavalry was several times higher than the Zhang family's light cavalry, even if this was the case, where would there be a possibility of defeat?
Based on the experience of the last battle, the current Meng Yu has great faith in the Celestial Empire army, and he has made the right decision because of this, that is, to fully cooperate with the attack of the Celestial Empire's heavy cavalry, although Zhang Chao did not say anything to him before, but he still did so.
Zhang Chao didn't tell Meng Shu that he would send troops to enter the venue halfway, just because he didn't want him to rely on and retain his strength during the war. Otherwise, there would not be the fact that the Southern Barbarian Army was entangled with the army of the Western Regions Alliance.
The Zhang family's heavy cavalry is not chasing the enemy, but killing the enemy in close quarters, only in such a chaotic situation, is the time for them to exert their maximum combat power, only in this way, can the victory of the war be maximized.
And in order to let the Zhang family's heavy cavalry exert its power, this time Zhang Chao borrowed 80,000 southern barbarian soldiers.
Meng Shu didn't know about all this, but he only needed to know one thing, that is, the Celestial Empire did not give up on them, and it was not really to exclude dissidents and watch the tiger fight.
Meng Shu issued a military order, and soon the Southern Barbarian Army was ready, and when they finally saw the black-armored cavalry rushing behind them, they automatically dodged a road, allowing the Zhang family heavy cavalry to pass through here quickly.
The Southern Barbarian Army suddenly changed its formation, and on this point, the Wuqiang Army on the opposite side naturally found out, but they didn't care too much, now they have the upper hand in terms of the number of troops, morale and combat effectiveness, and I don't believe that anyone can turn the tables at this moment.
It's just this kind of self-confidence, after seeing the black-armored cavalry, until the other party rushes in front of him, everything will completely change.
There is also a confident Wuqiang army, even if they see the Zhang family's heavy cavalry from far and near in their sight, they are indeed not completely in their eyes, especially after their general Wei Fan sent pikemen to meet the enemy at the first time, the other soldiers are even more relieved.
In view of the fact that after the defeat of the Zhang family light cavalry by the Loulan State before, several other Western Regions Alliance armies discussed the tactics of war. In the end, they came up with a set of effective methods, that is, the shield soldier in the front, the pikeman in the back, the sword soldier in the center, and the archers in the last exchange formation.
Shieldmen can resist long-range bows and arrows fired by opposing cavalry, as well as the onslaught of close-range cavalry, and as soon as the Celestial Cavalry slows down, pikemen will then pour out and use their long weapons to assassinate. Someone kills, and there are horses that kill horses.
If this doesn't work, the archers at the end of the line will come and shoot at each other, and there are Pak Dao soldiers in front of them to protect them, so they won't suffer any losses. Even if it can't contain the charge of the Celestial Empire's iron cavalry, at least there can be a war of attrition.
As we all know, this time there are not many reinforcements from the Celestial Empire, only 50,000 cavalry, even if this is the case, if you fight one less and one less, and finally compete in the number of people, the advantage of the Western Regions Alliance is also very great, so that the final winner of the war is still them.
It is precisely because of the preparation, seeing that after the appearance of the Celestial Empire's iron cavalry, the Wuqiang army did not have any intention of panicking, and even more was eager to try, they wanted to see if their own tactics could restrain their opponents and what kind of heavy damage they could inflict on them.
Unfortunately, many times, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is incomparably cruel.
When the Celestial Empire army appeared, the first bow and arrow attack greatly surprised the Qiang army.
According to the plan, the Celestial Empire Iron Cavalry would definitely fire bows and arrows, so they prepared a full front row of shield soldiers, in order to prevent the opponent's bows and arrows from breaking their own formation.
Just as spears and halberds can hurt horses, shields have a natural restraint effect on bows and arrows.
But this common restraint, I don't know why it didn't work at all at this moment, when the bow and arrow in the distance broke through the air and shot into the hands of those soldiers holding up the shield, it was like a thousand pounds pressing, like the top of Mount Tai, there was a burst of crisp sound in the place where the bow and arrow fell.
The bow and arrow came from afar, and to the surprise of the Qiang army, it penetrated the shield hand in the first row, and smashed a hole in the black shield.
And that's not all, the rest of the strength passed through the body of the shield-wielding soldier, leaving a trail of bright red blood.
"Close!" Zhang Shou, the commander of the archers of the Zhang family's heavy cavalry army, shouted, and saw that the bows and arrows with silver light that had been shot shot shot back with silver light.
And with the recovery of the bow and arrows, many of the pierced iron shields also flew back with them, but in the blink of an eye, the shields that stood in front of him to save their lives disappeared.
The shield suddenly flew out, and the corpses of the shield soldiers fell in front of them, and this change really startled the pikemen of the Qiang Kingdom who were standing in the second row.
They didn't expect things to take such a turn, and many people didn't come back to their senses for a while. But fortunately, the general who commanded them still shouted, "Shoot!" ”
Although this shout was a little lacking in confidence, it was still transmitted, and under the habitual action, the spearmen of the second row showed the silver spear in their hands.
The silver spear is more than two and a half meters long, so as to ensure that the enemy will be pierced by the spear before he arrives, which is also one of the magic weapons against the cavalry.
But even the shield soldiers can't stop the bow and arrow, so could the pikemen restrain the iron horsemen?
Not to mention, this is not an ordinary iron cavalry, but the most elite Zhangjia heavy cavalry in the Celestial Empire.
As if he had known that the other party would do this, the heavy cavalry of the Zhang family, who rushed by the momentum, also brandished the long knives in their hands one by one after the Qiang army showed their silver spears.
The long knife is three meters long and weighs more than forty catties, which is also the limit of the average soldier in the weapon, if it is too heavy, I am afraid that even if it can be handled, it will not be flexible enough to wield.
The spear is two and a half meters long, and the long knife is three meters, and this sudden distance of half a meter is enough to prove who is closer to death.
"Oh my God!"
"How is this possible!"
"No, that's not true!"
A burst of exclamations sounded, and it was the pikemen from the Qiang Kingdom.
One by one, they stood on the land and held a two-meter-five spear, and they already felt a little strained, and even if they did, they couldn't hold it high for a long time. Then you can imagine what it would be like to be a cavalry who is not too stable on a horse to hold a three-meter long knife in his hand?
This is somewhat upending for pikemen. Although they knew that some people could do it, like some of their generals because of the Titanic it was not difficult to do such a maneuver. But now it's really the Iron Rider of the Celestial Empire? With so many cavalry being able to do this, is it impossible to say that this is a cavalry composed of generals?
For a while, a lot of thoughts and questions flashed through my mind, but these were just the last thoughts of these people. Because at this moment, the Zhang family's heavy cavalry long sword soldiers had rushed in front of them, and with the advantage of momentum and the length of the weapon half a meter, he took the first step to drop the knife on the pikemen who were blocking in front of them.
An inch long and an inch strong, a distance of half a meter is enough to create a sufficient advantage, and this half-meter long distance also makes the pikemen of the Qiang Kingdom cut down to the ground in patches like ripe wheat.
The shield soldiers and pikemen were defeated one after another, and General Wei Fan, who was fighting with the Southern Barbarian Army, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately led his troops to kill him.
It's not that Wei Fan doesn't pay attention to the Celestial Empire's iron cavalry, in fact, he has already made certain preparations, in his opinion, the combat power of the Celestial Empire's cavalry is naturally not low, it is precisely because of this that he wants to deal with the Southern Barbarian Army first and then concentrate his forces to deal with these cavalry, thinking that there are only 20,000 people, as long as his defensive array can play a role and can slow down the pace of cavalry marching, he can inflict heavy damage on the Southern Barbarian Army, and then return to the army to encircle.
But the combat power of Zhang's heavy cavalry was too much beyond his expectations, seeing that thousands of soldiers were killed on the ground, and the 40,000 troops in formation were constantly retreating, he knew that if he didn't return to the division, he was afraid that the next step would not be for him to surround others, but for others to surround him.
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