Chapter 360: In the Spring of the Sixth Year, Chu Zi Plotted to Attack Me (3)
"Chu Zimou's cavalry is more powerful than you think."
King Lanling saw that Feng Ji despised Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou, and reminded Feng Ji not to underestimate the enemy. King Lanling participated in the Battle of Mobei and served Yuan Shao, and at that time he had seen Chutian's cavalry tactics and had a high opinion of Chutian.
If he hadn't taken refuge in Yuan Shao in advance, King Lanling would probably have chosen to take refuge in Chu Zimou.
"The general has an army of 50,000, why should he grow the morale of others and destroy his own prestige? With the ability of a general, and with my advice and advice, an army of 50,000 can break the enemy by 100,000. ”
Feng Ji pulled the reins of the war horse, still thinking that Xuzhou Mu Chuzi had a false name.
"Spread the scouts widely to avoid being attacked by Chu Zimou's cavalry!"
King Lanling is also a military general who uses cavalry, and he knows that Chu Zimou's cavalry blitzkrieg is extremely terrifying. If you want to crack Chu Zimou's cavalry tactics, you must spread scouts widely and discover Chu Zimou's cavalry position before being surrounded.
Feng Ji said: "But where the army fights, Taishan should collapse in front and the color will not change, and the elk will be on the left and the eyes will not be ......."
The army of the king of Lanling marched ten miles to the east, and the scout cavalry rushed back: "The enemy cavalry was found ahead!" ”
"Sure enough, we've been targeted."
King Lanling's expression was cautious, and he ordered the legions to prepare for battle. The 50,000 legions were in a panic, and it took time for the army that stretched for more than ten miles to gather into a phalanx.
At this time, Feng Ji was finally nervous, and his face turned pale. He thought that King Lanling was just worrying, but King Lanling obviously guessed correctly, Chu Zimou's cavalry really came!
"The cavalry and I will block the enemy cavalry, Zhu Ling, you command the infantry in formation and occupy a dangerous place!"
King Lanling saw that the infantry was panicked, and it would take quite a while for the infantry team of more than ten miles to form a phalanx, and during this period, only the cavalry could act as soon as possible!
10,000 cavalry followed the king of Lanling out of battle, and the deputy general Zhu Ling took over the infantry and crossbowmen, relying on the terrain to form a formation.
Zhu Ling can also be regarded as a qualified lieutenant general, and hurriedly lined up.
On the horizon, the dust was rolling, Zhao Yun was holding a gun, Gongsun Ao was holding a knife, and Joan of Arc was holding a flag, leading the Yue Cavalry Battalion, Changshui Battalion, and Tun Cavalry Battalion to attack the cavalry of the Lanling King head-on!
The king of Lanling held the horse lance, the armor and the horseman, and put on the mask, only revealing a pair of eyes, and met the impact of the elite cavalry of Xuzhou Mu head-on.
"I didn't expect to fight with Xuzhou Mu's cavalry in such a way today!"
The king of Lanling took a different position, holding his horse lance and fighting the elite cavalry of Xuzhou Mu head-on, buying time for the infantry and crossbowmen!
Yuan Shao gave the king of Lanling an ordinary heavy cavalry, and the two cavalry torrents confronted each other, and the king of Lanling stabbed at the heavy cavalry of the tun cavalry camp on the opposite side with a lance! The war horse galloped at high speed, and the sharp horse lance used inertia to easily pierce the armor of the heavy cavalry of the tun cavalry battalion, and the blood-stained horse lance pierced out from behind the armor!
The two heavy cavalry collided, and the heavy cavalry of the Tun Cavalry Battalion, as the forbidden army of the Eastern Han Dynasty, had an advantage in hand-to-hand combat with ordinary heavy cavalry, and the first row of Jizhou heavy cavalry was soon wiped out!
Zhao Yun stabbed at the King of Lanling with a spear, but was blocked by the heavy cavalry all over the mountains around the King of Lanling, so Zhao Yun had to fight to kill the heavy cavalry of Jizhou!
One by one, the Jizhou heavy cavalry fell under Zhao Yun's spear, fell from the horse's back, and was trampled into meat by a half-ton iron horse!
"For the sake of honor!"
The light cavalry of the Changshui Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion, inspired by Joan of Arc, had a great boost in morale, holding horned bows and arrows!
The cavalry battalion was responsible for the frontal break, the cavalry of the Changshui battalion and the Yue cavalry battalion on both sides held spears and stabbed at the enemy, while the cavalry in the middle, holding horn bows, fired fiercely at the enemy cavalry!
The king of Lanling was trapped, and the horse lance killed dozens of high-level cavalry in a row, and there were two arrows hanging on his armor, but his courage was not reduced, and he continued to rush and kill!
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"The cavalry of Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou is simply elusive!"
Feng Ji saw that the cavalry of King Lanling had already engaged Chu Zimou's cavalry, and the shouts of killing shook Baima County, and he couldn't help but tremble!
The two sides fought and fought, and the tragic cavalry battle did not have many bells and whistles, to see which of the cavalry on both sides could hold out to the end!
Suddenly, in the other two directions of the battlefield, dust was flying, and the two cavalry, one on the left and one on the right, quickly attacked the phalanx of Zhu Ling and Feng Ji's infantry and crossbowmen!
The cavalry of Zhao Yun, Joan of Arc, and Gongsun Ao is just to lure out the cavalry of the Lanling King!
Chu Tian also knew that the King of Lanling was not easy to deal with, and if he fought with the King of Lanling and gave the infantry and crossbowmen of the Jizhou Legion a chance to line up, then Chu Tian would have to delay more time in annihilating the Lanling King Legion. Therefore, he and Fang Xuanling decided to divert the tiger from the mountain, and Zhu Ling and Fengji Legion, who lacked the protection of the cavalry, would be the best prey for the cavalry!
"General Zhu Ling, quickly swing the spear formation, the enemy cavalry is coming!"
Feng Ji saw that the situation was not good, so he urged the deputy general Zhu Ling to quickly arrange the troops in formation.
"The queue is so long, it's not so easy to get in line!"
Zhu Ling also wanted to form a spear phalanx as soon as possible to block the offensive of Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou, but Chu Zimou's cavalry acted unexpectedly, and the speed of the cavalry was too fast! It was so fast that he didn't have time to react, so fast that 40,000 infantry and crossbowmen didn't have time to form a formation!
"Only some of the soldiers can be abandoned!"
Facing the approaching cavalry, Zhu Ling used the infantry and crossbowmen who had already gathered to open a gun and shield array, with archers in the middle!
There were also panicked infantry and crossbowmen converging towards the phalanx, but Zhu Ling no longer cared about their lives or deaths.
Wei Qing's Yulin Legion and Mulan's Scout Legion arrived from both flanks, using mounted archery to infest Zhu Ling's infantry and crossbowmen in a makeshift formation.
A large number of cavalry appeared, putting great pressure on the Zhu Ling Legion.
"The range of mounted archery is not as good as that of a rifle bow, listen to my orders, release the arrows!"
Zhu Ling gave an order, and ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and the arrow feathers covered the sky, shooting hundreds of high-level cavalry!
Wei Qing commanded the Yulin cavalry, and Hua Mulan commanded the Iron Eagle scouts, looking for a breakthrough and intercepting the Jizhou infantry who had not yet entered the battle. The two light cavalry were like two poisonous snakes, and the scalp of the Jizhou Legion that was targeted was numb.
The Jizhou infantry was on full alert to observe the movements of the two light cavalry who were not good at coming, sweating, and their palms were sweating, they could not and did not dare to show their flaws in front of the cavalry, otherwise the two light cavalry would drive straight into the infantry phalanx at any time and defeat the infantry phalanx!
Two light cavalry interfered around the Jizhou phalanx, making it difficult for the Jizhou infantry to see the direction of the Xuzhou cavalry's attack.
Behind Wei Qing's Yulin Legion, a heavy cavalry force of only a few hundred cavalry was ready to go. A large number of light cavalry interfered with the Jizhou army, which seriously affected the judgment of the Jizhou army and hid the whereabouts of the Tiger Ben army.
The Tiger Ben Army is holding a halberd, a horse outfit, and the momentum is like a rainbow. In order to ensure the impact ability of the Tiger Army, Chu Tian transferred Tai Shi Ci here. Tai Shi Ci is also equipped, holding a halberd in each hand, and he has the strength of the five tiger generals. A big battle, to achieve a hundred beheading, for Tai Shici, it is definitely not difficult!
So far, the Tiger Ben Army is almost invincible and invincible!
"Tiger Army, attack!"
Probably having tasted the sweetness of the heavy cavalry assault, Chu Tian once again personally commanded the Tiger Ben Army to carry out the assault!
The ground trembled violently, and the soldiers of the Jizhou Legion, who were guarding the two light cavalry, noticed that their feet were shaking slightly, and a tingling sound sounded on their scalps!
"It's heavy cavalry!"
A member of the Jizhou Army ascended to the top of the general, fearfully pointing in the direction where the Tiger Ben Army appeared!
The iron hooves are clanging, the earth is trembling, and the tiger army is charging again!
"Quick, thicken the line! No soldier is allowed to retreat! ”
Zhu Ling panicked, and temporarily called a large number of Jizhou heavy infantry armed with strong crossbows, spears and large shields to strengthen the defensive line that was attacked by the Tiger Ben army.
After all, the deployment of Jizhou heavy infantry is a little slower, and the Tiger Ben Army is constantly speeding up, striving to destroy the enemy's infantry phalanx at the highest speed!
Jizhou crossbowmen frantically reload crossbow arrows and aim and shoot!
The armor-piercing arrow collided with the thick armor, and the arrow cluster of the crossbow arrow was twisted and deformed due to the violent impact, and the sparks generated by the friction were splashed instantly!
The Tiger Ben army braved the dense rain of arrows from the other side, and the halberd pointed forward, clearing away a lot of crossbow arrows!
Thousands of crossbow arrows fired in volleys, but they still couldn't stop the iron hooves of the Tiger Army's advance!
Only a few of the heavy cavalry of the Tiger Army were shot by the Jizhou crossbowmen.
Jizhou is rich in strong crossbows, and even the eighth-order heavy cavalry like the Tiger Ben Army has been shot by crossbow arrows.
However, the Jizhou crossbowmen couldn't bring much damage to the Tiger Army after all!
With his well-rounded armor, Tai Shici crashed into the gun forest of the Jizhou army, and the halberd picked up the spear in front of him, leading the tiger army to break through the enemy formation!
The Tiger Army rushed into the enemy formation, and the halberd harvested the infantry in front and on both sides, opening the way for the follow-up cavalry!
Everyone's attention was on the Tiger Army, Wei Qing led three thousand forest cavalry, swarming along the gap opened by the Tiger Army, using cavalry to shoot the enemy troops along the way!
In the rear of the three thousand Yulin cavalry, there are ten thousand Yanzhou light cavalry!
A large number of cavalry cut through the Jizhou legion and tried to cut off the Jizhou legion!
The Tiger Army is still in the enemy position, and no one can stop the high-headed Tiger Army!
Under the protection of dozens of general-level soldiers, Chu Tian used horned bows to hunt and kill enemy troops along the way, and followed the Tiger Ben Army to break through.
Chu Tian finally understood why Tang Taizong Li Shimin would specially set up an elite Xuanjia Army heavy cavalry, this kind of elite heavy cavalry is used to assault the enemy formation, tearing apart the enemy formation, who knows!
He suspected that the war horses used by the Tiger Ben Army were Liangzhou horses or Dawan horses from the Western Regions, otherwise the impact would not be so terrifying.
Wei Qing's Yulin cavalry has superb riding and archery skills, and his melee ability to draw his sword is not inferior at all, following the rear of the Tiger Ben army, harvesting the lives of the foot soldiers and crossbowmen of the Jizhou Legion!
The Jizhou Legion suffered a devastating blow and collapsed.
"Soldiers, follow me to the enemy formation!"
On the other side, Mulan's reconnaissance corps played the role of containing and confusing the enemy, she had no heavy cavalry support, so she had to wait until the Tiger Ben Army and Yulin Cavalry destroyed the enemy formation, and then led the reconnaissance corps to attack the Jizhou Legion from the other side, and wanted to cut the Jizhou Legion into three pieces and break them one by one!
The 10,000 cavalry of the reconnaissance corps shot two rounds of arrows at the Jizhou legion, and then pulled out the bright Tang knife and cut into the enemy formation!
The Jizhou Legion was cut by two sharp blades, and the army was crushed, and the three parts fought separately!
Zhu Ling was holding a knife, located in the middle army, and like Feng Ji, he looked at the chaotic battlefield at a loss, with a large number of Xuzhou cavalry on both sides. The opponent's cavalry was a one-sided slaughter of the Jizhou legion!
"Strategist, we can't do anything, we should retreat immediately."
Zhu Ling was unable to control the situation, there were enemy horses everywhere, and the battlefield was chaotic.
"Such a failure, how can I have the face to go back to see Ming Gong!"
Feng Ji found that he was not only underestimating Xuzhou Mu, Xuzhou Mu's cavalry was simply elusive, avoiding most of the scouts, and when a few scouts brought the news back, Xuzhou Mu's cavalry often followed!
"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood! Come on, escort the military division to return to Hebei! ”
Zhu Ling didn't care what Feng Ji thought, and ordered his own soldiers to take Feng Ji away!
He has given up regrouping the army, because no matter how much he fights to the death, it will be useless, Xuzhou Mu ambushed 30,000 cavalry in the Baima area, about half of which are high-level cavalry, and the Jizhou army is in a catastrophe!
Obviously, the other party was superior in intelligence, and knew in advance the route of the Jizhou Army to the south to support Cao Cao, so it specifically blocked it in Baima County.
Zhu Lingzhuang's wrist was broken, he abandoned the army, led hundreds of personal soldiers, protected Fengji, and took advantage of the chaos to break through.
Ten thousand horses galloped, the Tiger Ben Army chiseled through the Jizhou Army, and Chu Tian followed the Tiger Ben Army to highlight the enemy formation, and suddenly opened up!
"Kill back!"
After Chu Tian led the Tiger Army to cut through the enemy formation, he looked back at the chaotic battlefield, so he led the Tiger Army into the enemy formation and chiseled through the Jizhou Army for the second time!
The Jizhou army was repeatedly charged and killed by cavalry, killing 10,000 and leaving corpses all over the field. The remaining Jizhou legions either surrendered or fled. Yuan Shao's forces were north of the Yellow River, and it was not easy for them to escape back to Jizhou.
King Lanling led several of Yuan Shao's cavalry generals to fight with Zhao Yun, Joan of Arc, and Gongsun Ao, and was at a disadvantage, and when he saw the defeat of the foot soldiers and crossbowmen of the Jizhou army, he knew that it was useless to support him, so he led the cavalry to flee.
"Fifty thousand, fifty thousand troops are gone!"
Feng Ji rode his horse and fled, and the Xuzhou cavalry behind him was busy catching prisoners and seizing booty, ignoring the small group of fleeing Jizhou cavalry.
The 50,000 Jizhou regiment crossed the Yellow River and arrived in Baima County within two days, and almost all the troops were wiped out.
No legion was so easily defeated.
That's a whole army of 50,000!
Zhu Ling and Feng Ji fled to the Yellow River and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Yuan Shaojun's wooden boat. As long as they had ships, Chu Zimou's cavalry would not be able to chase them.
"How can there be such a terrible cavalry in the world, can only the cavalry of Youzhou compete with Chu Zimou's cavalry?"
Zhu Ling couldn't imagine that in the Central Plains, where there was a lack of horse-producing land, there would be such a terrible cavalry. According to the geographical north and south, it is clear that the cavalry of Jizhou should be sharper than the cavalry of Xuzhou, but the result is that the Jizhou army was crushed by the Xuzhou cavalry. Even the strong crossbow that Jizhou was proud of and could easily shoot the White Horse Yicong could not stop the impact of the Tiger Army.
Gao Su, the king of Lanling, fled to the Yellow River and joined Zhu Ling and Feng Ji, who took off his mask and sighed softly. He had done his best in this battle, but a partial division encountered the main force of Xuzhou Mu Chu Zimou and was easily defeated.