The Wei knights rushed to the front, began to violently attack the phalanx of foot soldiers, and quickly broke through the first spear array, slaughtering the crossbowmen behind the spear array, and then continued to urge the war horses to attack the second spear array.

Seeing the Wei knights in front of him, Ma Tan was shocked, came back to his senses, and ordered a counterattack with a hoarse voice. It's just that he was shocked by the unusually fierce attack of the Wei army, far less calm than usual, even his brain seemed to be a little rusty, and he was a little hurried for a while, just instinctively giving orders, urging the soldiers to fight back desperately.

But one question kept swirling in his mind: the crossbowmen arranged by Weishenme on the valleys on both sides did not play their due role? Weishenme The war horses of the Wei army are not afraid of the shooting of bows and arrows? There are no knights on the horses on both sides of the Weishen army's charging formation?

He didn't understand that these were unreasonable things, and they were not expected by him. The crossbowmen on both sides were his greatest reliance on victory, and if these crossbowmen could not play their due role, only the 6,000 foot soldiers arranged in the valley would definitely not be able to block the impact of these Wei cavalry.

But the shooting of these crossbowmen did not work as well as they should?

Ma Jian instinctively gave the order while meditating.

He's giving orders, but in reality, I'm afraid he doesn't even know what he's talking about. The soldiers of the Shu Han army were actually fighting on instinct, and their commander Ma Tan was already in a mess, and he was stunned by the sudden accident.

That's what Zhang He wants.

Zhang He knew very well that Zhuge Liang dared to wait for him to attack Shangqi City with 40,000 foot soldiers, of course, he had something to rely on. He carefully inquired about Tian Fu and others, and was clear about Zhuge Liang's advantages in armaments. He didn't go to Shangtai or Luomen, but rushed to Mumen, just to force Zhuge Liang to not give full play to his advantages in armaments.

The large ordnance was heavy. It's okay to arrange it under the city, but it's simply impossible to carry it and move quickly.

Ma Tan came from afar. He couldn't carry weapons like thunderbolts and ballistas, and all he could carry was ordinary bows and crossbows, as well as hand-held repeaters. Although the rate of fire of the hand-held repeater is fast, it also has an insurmountable drawback: its small range. Power is limited.

This shijie is fair, no one can break this balance, to shoot fast. It is necessary to lose range. If you want to have both, the volume will inevitably increase, and it will not be convenient to carry.

Ma Tan left Luomen, and he couldn't carry those large ordnance, and his strength was greatly weakened. The remaining hand-held repeaters, though delicate and powerful, are not invincible.

Zhang He tied leather and straw bags stuffed with horse grass and grain on the backs of many saddle war horses. Only the limbs and heads were exposed, and they were left to walk on either side of the line to block the arrow formations on the hillsides on both sides of the Shu Han army. It is very difficult for the arrow to pierce through the straw bags and cause substantial damage to the horse, unless it is shot in the head. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the war horse to die immediately.

With these horses carrying thick straw bags as mobile cover, the safety of the knights and horses in the middle is greatly increased. Although it is impossible to guarantee the safety of every soldier, it can greatly reduce casualties. On the one hand, this can increase the impact on the infantry battle formation of the Shu Han army, and on the other hand, it can also deal a fatal blow to the morale of the Shu Han army.

Maybe this method can only have a temporary effect, but for a veteran general like Zhang He, a temporary effect may determine the outcome of the entire battle. He wanted the effect of the moment. He knew who his opponent was, and he hoped to use this very simple method to interfere with Ma Jian and make him unable to think calmly.

He achieved his goal, and Ma Jian was stunned by this strange phenomenon. Although he knew that he should not think about this problem, but should focus on directing the army to counterattack and stop Zhang He's attack, he couldn't stop thinking about it, and he couldn't let himself not analyze this problem.

He had forgotten his basic task as a commander, and in the face of sudden changes, his reaction was no longer as fast as usual. In the chaotic battlefield, the enemy is in front of him, the bloody battle takes place just a stone's throw away, the flag is waving, he is dazzled, the drums are shaking the sky, he is terrified, the arrows are flying in the air, the shouts of killing are echoing in his ears, how can he think calmly as if he was sitting in a quiet study?

In the face of real battles, the shortcomings of his inexperience were exposed. At this moment, his mind was in turmoil, and he was always thinking about a question in his mind: Weishenme's war horses rushed so many arrows, but they didn't die?

Zhang He seized this opportunity, and he quickly sent more knights to storm the main formation of the Shu Han army in the valley. Ma Tan placed most of his crossbowmen on the slopes on both sides, hoping to kill and wound a large number of opponents before the Wei army could storm the main formation, which of course greatly weakened the long-range attack of the main formation in the valley. The Wei army was very experienced, and as soon as they broke through a formation, they immediately killed and wounded a large number of Shu Han archers. Some quickly urged the horses to extend to the sides, trampled the horses, and chopped with sharp sabers. Those crossbowmen of the Shu Han army had no power to fight back in the face of the galloping Wei knights, as long as a dozen horsemen were killed, they could successfully destroy the entire arrow array.

The knights of the Wei army had rich combat experience, and before the battle, Zhang He made precise arrangements. Although the cavalry charged the large array of foot soldiers, although powerful, it was inevitable that it would be blocked, especially when facing a dense and thick phalanx, and the speed was easily affected. Once the horses lose their speed, the cavalry will be reduced to ordinary foot soldiers, or even ordinary foot soldiers, the ring knife in their hands is not as good as the spear of the foot soldier, and their riding shield is not as good as the big shield of the foot soldier, so once the speed is lost, the power of the cavalry will be greatly reduced. In order to prevent the knights who lost their speed from hindering the impact behind, Zhang He ordered all the Wei army's charging formation to expand outward, that is, when they rushed in front of the Shu Han army, they would consciously expand to the sides, vacating the position directly in front of them, and making up for it by their faster companions behind, so as to maintain the impact speed of the entire cavalry formation as much as possible.

These are all details, some details that ordinary people may not notice, and they may be insignificant to mention. But for a famous player like Zhang He, he knows too well the importance of these details. Even a little bit faster for the cavalry was worth it.

With the help of details such as these, the Wei army magically maintained the speed of the impact, impacting the positions of the Shu Han army at a jaw-dropping speed. Ma Tan arranged 6,000 men in the valley, one line of defense for each thousand, and five foot soldiers in front and behind, blocking the valley more than 100 paces wide, and the two ends stretched out to the hillside, and the crossbowmen on the hillside were united. He himself was in the Fourth Array. In his opinion, the three formations in front could completely consume Zhang He's speed, turning them into foot soldiers and falling into positional warfare. Standing in the fourth formation, he can not only be on the front line to command, but also ensure safety.

But he underestimated Zhang He.

Zhang He broke through three lines of defense at lightning speed, and the galloping cavalry rushed straight towards Ma Tan, who was sitting on the back of a war horse.

In an instant, arrows rained down, horses' hooves were like thunder, and the Wei knights were like surging waves, impacting the large array of foot soldiers in front of Ma Jian again and again.

In the face of the impact of the cavalry, these Shu Han soldiers who are good at mountain warfare, whether they are recruits or veterans, are very powerless, although they are very heroic battles, but can not make up for the gap in the strength of the two sides, in the face of the continuous impact of the Wei army, they are either knocked off by the horses, or hacked to death by the knights of the Wei army. If they want to stop the galloping horses, they can only use their own flesh and blood to block them. They shouted, rushed forward with spears in both hands, and did everything they could to plunge the spears into the chests of the horses and into the bodies of the knights on horseback, whether they succeeded or not, they had no way out, just the strong recoil force was enough to make them suffer heavy losses.

If the Shu Han army wanted to kill a knight, they often had to sacrifice the lives of four or five people.

The battle unfolded right in front of Ma Yan.

Blood splattered on Ma Yan's face and on his white.

The spear pierced into the body, the war knife split the flesh, the war horse's violent gasp, the hurried horses' hooves, the terrible howls of the soldiers on both sides, and the screams of pain, converged into a chaotic sound, constantly impacting the horse's nerves.

Ma Tan sat on the back of the horse in a daze, like a mud puppet.

He longed for the battle countless times, longed for making meritorious contributions in the battle, capturing the flag, and longed for himself to be able to face a strong enemy. Prior to this, he commanded the capture of Xiangwu and the attack on Yuzhong, although he also witnessed the bloody scenes, and thought that he had experienced the baptism of blood and iron, and was already a qualified general. But today, all this has become a fluctuating shadow, becoming unrecognizable in the face of Zhang He's impact, and disappearing without a trace one after another.

It's like in a dream.

"Whoosh!" A feathered arrow flew across Ma Tan's cheek, slicing through his face, and blood burst out. Pain instantly took over his entire mind.

"Join the army, be careful!" The guards also screamed, and they all rushed to Ma Tan, using their shields to form a line of defense, and at the same time blocking Ma Tan's gaze.

Ma Tan subconsciously touched his face, touched a hand of hot blood, he looked at the palm full of blood, his eyes widened in horror, and after a while, he screamed in shock, like a helpless child.

The guards were startled, didn't think much about it, picked up the horse, turned around and ran.

As soon as Ma Tan's flag moved, the Wei army immediately found out, and they cheered loudly: "Ma Tan has run away, Ma Tan has run away......"

When the Shu Han army, which was already shaken by the morale of the army, heard this voice, they all turned around and looked, and they were immediately dumbfounded when they saw the Ma Tan battle flag that was moving back rapidly. A moment later, the positions of the Shu Han army collapsed on all fronts.

Zhang He was overjoyed and immediately ordered the whole line to attack, and thousands of Wei army iron cavalry rushed along the valley to the fleeing Shu army, chasing the dead and chasing the north, and wantonly slaughtering.

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