Of course, the chaotic breakthrough method of the Xianbei cavalry was very inefficient, and many troops rushed left and right in the encirclement, but they could not break out of the encirclement. The generals of the Wei army were obviously also masters of the layout of the formation, surrounded by pikemen, lined up in a thick formation, moving in a uniform manner, constantly stabbing and advancing forward, compressing the living space of the cavalry.

The frontal combat of the cold weapon army is very particular about the restraint of the arms, and the cavalry restrains the infantry, which refers to the general infantry, in fact, there are also types of infantry that can restrain the cavalry, such as pikemen and sword soldiers.

The use of these long weapons against cavalry is still very effective, of course, the effect here does not mean that the cavalry can be tortured, but it means that it will not be slaughtered by the cavalry one-sidedly like other troops.

As for the two sides, the exchange ratio between the two sides depends on the specific situation. Taking pikemen as an example, pikemen should be divided into two situations when dealing with cavalry: in the first case, when the cavalry raises the speed of the horse and launches a group charge, the pikemen line up in a dense formation and aim their spears at the direction of the cavalry charge.

This is the most common way of fighting cavalry and pikemen, and it is also a very tragic way of fighting, where both sides are almost life-for-life, and the soldiers on both sides on the front line must have the determination to die. The one side is the first to be timid, the other side will collapse first, and it will become a loser.

Therefore, this kind of combat requires a high degree of training and psychological quality of soldiers. If the soldiers on both sides are well-trained, the cavalry and their horses can ignore the spears in front of them and crash into the opponent's formation without hesitation, and those pikemen can also do the same thing, watching the tsunami-like cavalry group crash over, still not panic and throw down their weapons and run away, and still hold their guns and aim at the cavalry running over, then the battle will eventually evolve into a comparison of the numbers of the two sides.

Relatively speaking, cavalry will still have a great advantage, because in such a battle, the exchange ratio of cavalry and infantry can usually reach 1:7, 8, or even 1:10. A cavalryman, crashing into a dense array of guns at high speed, even if they did not fall to their death, would have been tied into a hornet's nest with men and horses.

In this case, the cavalry and their horses certainly can't survive, but those pikemen are even more miserable, a horse has a few hundred catties, and the weight even reaches a little more than a ton, plus the cavalry and equipment on the horse, conservatively estimated, at least a ton of weight, a ton of weight at a speed of fifty or sixty kilometers per hour collided over, even if the martial arts are good, no matter how great the strength, the person who is hit will only end up with broken tendons.

The point is that pikemen are in dense formations, and a single cavalryman and their horses can easily smash seven or eight pikemen, and sometimes even a dozen. Being hit by something with such a lot of momentum will naturally not end well.

If you look at it from above, this scene is like bowling, the cavalry is the bowling ball, the pikemen are the pins, and if a cavalry hits it, the pikemen will be knocked out like a pin.

But with it came blood and flesh, stumps and severed arms. This is a bloody bowling game, some golfers are a little better and can hit a dozen pins at a time, and some golfers are so good that they can only smash seven or eight pins.

Of course, because the pikemen are too densely lined, there is basically no situation where the ball rolls into the ditch and misses the pin, and the final result depends on whether the bowling ball is thrown first or the pins are smashed first.

Compared to the extremely high exchange ratio of the cavalry when it comes to the speed of the horse, if the cavalry cannot take advantage of its speed, then the situation is completely different. Just like this time, the Xianbei cavalry was besieged by the Wei army in a narrow terrain, they were completely unable to lift their horses to speed, and their only advantage was to condescendingly slash the enemy with their scimitars.

However, the enemy is a pikeman, and the phrase "an inch long and an inch strong" is fully embodied at this time, and the pikemen can start to stretch out their spears far away from the horses and stab the cavalry or the horses under their crotch, while the scimitar in the hands of the cavalry is too short to reach the opponent, and the opponent cannot be helpless at all.

What's more, after being encircled, some pikemen could go around the back of the cavalry and attack them from behind.

The cavalry's war horse is very large and long, and the scimitar in the cavalryman's hand is too short, he can take care of the front, but he can't reach the back, even if he sees someone stabbing his own horse's ass~ stock, their short knife can't reach it, and it can't be blocked, which is quite a bit of a feeling of carelessness.

Therefore, in the case that the speed of the horse cannot be raised, using pikemen against cavalry will become a one-sided massacre, but the object is replaced, and it is pikemen slaughtering cavalry.

This battle was dark and cruel and abnormal, both sides were killed, the killing sound in the battlefield shook the sky, the smoke and dust were billowing, people kept screaming, blood and flesh were constantly splashing out, hands and feet, and human heads were also rolling all over the ground, and blood flowed all over the ground, making the originally dry road surface muddy, but unfortunately the original yellow earth turned bright red, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling.

The Xianbei cavalry were indeed brave people, and in addition to melee combat with scimitars, they also had riding bows, and the nomads' riding and archery skills were not covered, which to a certain extent offset the long-range combat advantage of pikemen.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and the Xianbei cavalry lost 5,000 men and horses, while the Wei army was about the same, and the exchange ratio between the two sides was almost one to one. If it is in peacetime, the exchange of cavalry and infantry is one to one, and the cavalry side will undoubtedly suffer a big loss, but in this extremely unfavorable situation, these Xianbei cavalry can basically change one life for another, which is already commendable.

The 5,000 people lost by the Wei army basically died under the bows and arrows of the Xianbei people, which shows that the riding and archery skills of the Xianbei people are still very effective. Just when the chief commander of the Xianbei cavalry front army thought that they were going to be wiped out this time, Su Li led the Chinese army to arrive.

After all, cavalry marched much faster than infantry, which made up for their lack of strategy to a certain extent. As soon as the front army found the ambush, they immediately sent people to break through the siege and report to the rescuers.

Fortunately, the chieftain reacted quickly enough, and responded in a timely and correct manner, and at the beginning of the battle, the encirclement had not yet been completely closed, and it was still possible to break through with a small number of elite cavalry. At that time, the former army commander sent a team of 100 people to break through and report the news, although less than half of the people who could successfully break through in the end, but it was enough.

Even if one person can break through and report the news, it is enough, these people who reported the news ran to the Chinese army as fast as possible to report to Su Li for help, Su Li was taken aback after receiving the news, and hurriedly picked up the men and horses and ran over to rescue.

Fortunately, the two sides were not too far apart, and the Chinese army would soon be able to reach the battlefield. When Su Li saw the situation at the scene, he was also stunned, these are all his people! It can also be said that it is his property, the source of his strength, and any loss can make him feel painful, not to mention that he has lost thousands of people at once, which must not be painful.

He immediately ordered his subordinates to go and disperse the Wei army and pick up the front army. The Wei army did not love to fight, and when they saw the arrival of the other party's reinforcements, they actually rang the gong and took the initiative to collect the troops and retreat, opening the encirclement to allow the remnants of the surrounded former army to escape.