Chapter 266: The First Ride in the World
The tiger and leopard cavalry of the Wei army, as the heavy cavalry under Cao Wei, has the core combat power, and its power to charge and break the formation, is very strong.
The Tiger and Par Cavalry launched a steady stream of attacks on Gan Xin and Ding Feng's troops, and soon exhausted all the arrows of the Wu army.
And because the tiger and leopard rider has a good armor stomach, Wu Jun's bow and arrow did not cause much damage to the tiger and leopard rider.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is also a cavalry with all men and horses, but the armor is made of the Han Dynasty cavalry standard iron armor.
The characteristics of the Han-style iron armor are that there are only two parts of the body armor and the shoulder armor, the whole body is black, and there is a red leather rope connection, in which the covered part of the body armor includes the chest and abdomen and the crotch, and some of the body armor is also equipped with a basin collar to protect the neck, and the covered part of the shoulder armor is the entire big arm.
With the addition of an iron helmet made of iron sheets, the tiger and leopard riding armor is formed.
In this era, this is already a very strong defensive force, so the Wu army temporarily has no effective means of attacking the tiger and leopard cavalry, and it can be suppressed by the arrow rain before, but now that the arrow rain is exhausted, the tiger and leopard cavalry began to frantically impact the Wu army's front.
The Qingzhou army also followed, and the equipment of the Qingzhou army was also excellent, everyone had iron armor, equipped with a spear, and carried a saber on their bodies, which could be used to deal with cavalry in formation, and they could also use knives in hand-to-hand combat in close combat.
The large array of the Wu army could not withstand the repeated impact of the Wei army's tiger and leopard cavalry, and although Gan Xin's martial arts were outstanding, it could not withstand thousands of troops and horses.
Finally, the defensive circle of the Wu army was torn apart, and Ding Feng immediately ordered all armies to form a small circle formation to defend against the enemy.
And the Qingzhou army also killed, and suddenly the strength of the Wei army far exceeded that of the Wu army.
"General Ding, if you can't hold it, or let's retreat!" Gan Xin said anxiously to Ding Feng.
Ding Feng was also very anxious, "Now that the big array has been broken, withdraw at this time, in such a flat terrain, our army is afraid that the whole army will be annihilated, and the only way to do this is to fight to the death and wait for reinforcements." ”
When Gan Xin heard this, he also felt justified, in the gentle terrain, the infantry wanted to fight the cavalry, only to rely on a tight and solid line, once the line was torn, it was definitely not the opponent of the cavalry, only the part of being tortured and killed.
So Gan Xin held a long knife in his hand and shouted to the soldiers under his command:
"The athletes of Soochow, today, we are here, fighting to the death!"
Gan Xin enjoyed a very high reputation in the Eastern Wu Army, and her raising of her arms and shouting immediately inspired the blood in the bones of the Wu Army, and everyone shouted with the mountain:
"Fight to the death!"
As a result, Wu's army was divided into pieces and quickly formed dozens of large and small circular formations on the position.
However, although the circle array is like a hedgehog in all directions, there is no dead end, but the defensive power has a great relationship with the scale of the circle array, and the smaller round array cannot withstand the charge and trampling of the cavalry, and is soon defeated by the Wei army's tiger and leopard cavalry one after another.
Soon, there were fewer and fewer Eastern Wu circles left on the position, and the Wu troops who were scattered and fled after the Wei cavalry broke through the round formation.
If the fight continues like this, Wu Jun is afraid that he will not be able to hold on to Lu Xun's army to help.
At this moment, a mournful horn sounded, the sound was clear and high-pitched, cutting through the entire chaotic battlefield.
Immediately afterwards, in the northwest direction of the battlefield, billowing dust and smoke began to appear, and under the billowing smoke and dust, the neighing of war horses could be faintly heard.
In a moment, a tall battle flag appeared in the northwest of the battlefield, and on the battle flag, a big "ginger" character was very eye-catching.
Under the banner, a military general with a spear in his hand and a dark green robe stood proudly on a tall war horse, staring at the chaotic battlefield.
Jiang Wei led the main force of the Han army to arrive.
Behind Jiang Wei, rows of heavily armored cavalry appeared from the billowing dust and smoke, and the three thousand Han Tiefutu had already arrived at the battlefield.
Behind Tiefutu, there were more Liangzhou Iron Cavalry and Qiang Cavalry, the number of cavalry was so large and the scale was so large that it seemed to be boundless.
"It's reinforcements! It's reinforcements from the Han army! Ding Feng saw the Han army's iron cavalry from a distance, and shouted excitedly.
Gan Xin also looked at the Han army in the distance, and as far as the eye could see, a large number of Han troops continued to emerge, with banners and distinct armor, giving people a strong sense of oppression.
Gan Xin couldn't help but mutter: "Jiang Wei, I can't imagine that in just a few years, the military strength under your command has reached such a level!" ”
Gan Xin knew Jiang Wei, and he had fought with Jiang Wei in Jiaozhou, at that time Jiang Wei was all infantry, most of which were extremely poorly equipped Nanban infantry, not even a decent leather armor, let alone iron armor.
Unexpectedly, in just a few years, Jiang Wei's elite already had such elite cavalry, and he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable admiration and fear in his heart. What I admire is that Jiang Wei can grow so quickly, but what I am afraid of is the military strength of the Han army in front of him, and I am afraid that Lu Xun's main force is not an opponent.
Cao Wei's side obviously also noticed the arrival of the Han army's reinforcements, and Biqiu Jian was very puzzled, according to his information, Jiang Wei should have gone to Wancheng at this moment, why did he suddenly appear in Qingyang County?
However, since the Han army is here, there is no point in being stunned, seeing that almost all the Han troops are cavalry, with a scale of no less than 50,000, Biqiu Jian knows that if he can't force back the huge Han army in front of him, in case Lu Xun's main army comes again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out.
So Biqiu Jian immediately ordered Hu Zun to lead 10,000 tigers and leopards to storm the Han army's array.
Hu Zun quickly mobilized his troops, formed a charging formation, and began to press towards the Han army's large array.
Despite facing a large number of Han cavalry, the tiger and leopard cavalry has its own pride, they are the invincible cavalry that looks at the world and crisscrosses the Central Plains, whether it is Lu Bu's Bingzhou Iron Cavalry, or Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, or Wuhuan Iron Cavalry, all of them are not their defeated generals.
Therefore, the tiger and leopard cavalry is confident enough to defeat the Han cavalry in front of them.
Seeing the tiger and leopard riding in formation, Jiang Wei ordered loudly:
"Liang Qian, together with me, lead the Tiefutu to form a formation to hedge with the Wei army's tiger and leopard cavalry, the Qiang cavalry rode away and the wings were in an uproar, and the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry was led by Zhuge Zhan and was responsible for pressing the formation."
Then he encouraged Tiefutu to say:
"The knights of Tiefutu, you are the most elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty, the elite of the elite, today, I ask you, with me, to attack the Wei army's tiger and leopard cavalry, let the group of tigers and leopards who claim to be the first in the world see who is the real first rider in the world!"
Immediately, Jiang Wei raised his arms and shouted: "The Han army is mighty!" ”
"The Han army is mighty!" All the knights raised their arms and shouted. Jiang Wei took the lead in jumping out, and then the entire cavalry formation moved.
Tiefutu formed a huge formation of fifteen huge fronts, and began to accelerate and charge towards the tiger and leopard horse.
Horses' hooves galloped across the vast field, stirring up billowing dust and smoke, and two large heavy cavalry were forming a formation and quickly charging towards each other.
The first rider in the world, who deserves the name, will soon see under this Qingyang City.