Chapter 66: The First Battle of the Cavalry
Yang Zhao's 1,200 cavalry rushed out first, blocking in front of the Wuhuan cavalry, and Guan Zhang and the others still followed from the rear.
Then the 400 people led by Tian Yu left the team and walked towards the fleeing imperial court soldiers.
"I am a subordinate of the Liangxiang County Order of Zhuo County, brothers come closer to me, and I will escort you into Yanshan!"
As soon as Tian Yu approached, he shouted loudly.
The court soldiers who were fleeing heard this voice and followed the sound, and were stunned for a while.
Liangxiang is a small county, where are there so many excellent cavalry?
But the current situation does not allow them to think too much, and it is not wrong to be sure that it is their own people, under the leadership of a general, they hurriedly rushed to Tian Yu's rear.
They now just want to escape back to Zhuo County.
The cavalry led by Yang Zhao and the cavalry of Wuhuan are getting closer and closer.
Those Wuhuan people were slightly startled, the Han army still had cavalry to rescue? But they didn't take the Han cavalry seriously.
In their subconscious, as a nomadic people in the north, the combat strength of the cavalry can completely crush the Han people, and the Wuhuan cavalry general who led the army sneered and charged fiercely.
He also tried to directly defeat the Han cavalry.
"Bow and arrow!"
Yang Zhao shouted loudly.
The order was quickly spread, and the eight hundred cavalry, even on the way to gallop on horseback, could easily take out their bows and arrows, draw their bows and aim at the Wuhuan cavalry.
With the help of a saddle and stirrups, riding and shooting was not difficult for them.
Yang Zhao said again: "Separate, shoot!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he shot an adjutant general of the Hun cavalry with an arrow.
The other Xuanjia elite cavalry quickly separated to both sides, and after entering the firing range, eight hundred arrows were fired at the Wuhuan cavalry at the same time.
This sudden attack caught the Wuhuan cavalry a little off guard.
"Han cavalry can ride and shoot, can run?"
The general of the Wuhuan cavalry suddenly exclaimed.
The other Wuhuan cavalry reacted in the same way, their eyes widening.
When did the Han people start to have such a sophisticated cavalry unit, all 800 of them can be mounted and arched, even if they are nomads who grew up on horseback, they can't do it as easily as the Han cavalry.
Seeing the power of the Xuanjia elite cavalry, some of the Wuhuan cavalry were timid.
However, before they could recover from it, Yang Zhao gave another order and continued to ride and shoot.
The speed of the Xuanjia elite cavalry to change arrows was very fast, and there was no pressure at all to loosen the bow with both hands on the horseback, and soon completed another round of bow pulling, they released the bowstring, and another eight hundred arrows broke off the string and rushed towards the Wuhuan cavalry.
Some of the Wuhuan cavalry in the front row, who had the ability to mount and shoot, drew their bows to counterattack at this time.
But their movements were far less fast than the Xuanjia Elite Rider, they just clamped the horse's belly to stabilize their bodies, and before they could draw their bows, they were swept by the arrows of the Xuanjia Elite Cavalry.
In the second round of cavalry shooting, hundreds of Wuhuan cavalry were shot.
The distance between the cavalry of the two sides is getting closer and closer at this time.
The Wuhuan general shouted: "Rush over, hurry!" ”
He wanted to rush into the Xuanjia Elite Rider and start a hand-to-hand fight.
Wuhuan has 5,000 cavalry, and since his horsemanship is not dominant, he is ready to use his numbers to kill Yang Zhao and them.
"Spread out in both directions, retreat!"
Yang Zhao did not intend to engage the enemy in close combat.
The Xuanjia Jingqi lifted the reins hard, and at the same time separated to the left and right, and the good horse of the Western Regions brought back by the Zhen clan was very explosive, and as soon as they separated, they ran wildly, avoiding the charge of Wu Huan.
Guan Zhang and the others, who were following behind, rubbed their eyes in disbelief at this time.
"Second brother, are they riding and shooting?"
Zhang Fei thought he was hallucinating.
Yang Zhao's cavalry can actually do cavalry shooting?
How are they trained?
Even the elite of the Yue cavalry battalion could not do such a rapid cavalry shooting.
"This is mounted archery!"
Guan Yu came back to his senses, immediately threw the shock behind him, and hurriedly said: "The enemy is coming, face it quickly!" ”
He clamped the horse's belly hard and rode his horse to the front.
After Yang Zhao's cavalry separated, the Wuhuan cavalry faced Guan Yu's cavalry, although there was no saddle and stirrup to assist, but under the training of the two brothers, the strength of this group of cavalry was not bad.
Tian Yu, who was in charge of receiving the rout of the imperial court, after completing the task, led the troops back to kill, rushed out from Guan Yu's right rear side, and also killed the enemy.
Yang Zhao did not retreat immediately, and continued to draw his bow and shoot arrows, pulling with the Wuhuan cavalry from a long distance.
The Wuhuan cavalry rushed over, and they turned and ran.
The Wuhuan cavalry stopped chasing, and they drew their bows and shot them.
This kind of pulling tactic, combined with Guan Yu's hand-to-hand combat, has a good effect.
"Have you retreated into Yanshan?"
Yang Zhao asked.
Tian Yu said: "They retreated. ”
Yang Zhao shouted: "Keep killing!" ”
Their arrows were quickly used up, and they finally had to fight each other in close combat.
The soldiers put away their bows, raised their swords, and rode forward.
Yang Zhao's spear was picked and stabbed, and the two enemies were knocked over by him on the spot, and the two points of experience were received.
When they were about to carry out the final slaughter of these enemies, a sound of horses' hooves came from the north, and everyone looked up to see nearly 10,000 cavalry galloping forward.
They have Hu people and Han Chinese.
Zhang Ju and the others defeated Gongqi Chou, and prepared to attack the river valley with momentum and occupy the passage out of Yanshan, so they sent so many cavalry to the north of Liangxiang.
"Retreat!"
Yang Zhao saw so many cavalry rushing towards him, this was not something that more than 2,000 of them could contend with.
"Let's go!"
Guan Yu also shouted.
They killed the enemy they were pestering, and all of them did not want to fight, and together they went back in the direction of the river valley.
The rout of the imperial court has gone deep into the river valley and walked out of Yanshan.
As soon as Yang Zhao and the others retreated, the enemy's cavalry pursued in the rear, and the speed became faster and faster.
"Get to the back, hurry!"
Yang Zhao caught up with the rout, raised his spear, and pointed it behind Fang Rui.
The generals of the routed army didn't quite understand why Yang Zhao would arrange Fang Rui's group of soldiers to hold on the river bank to respond, if they couldn't defeat the enemy, wouldn't it be better to ride their horses and run back, and enter the city to resist with the city?
But the situation did not allow them to think too much, and they ran desperately.
After a while, the cavalry and the routs ran to Fang Rui's rear, but Fang Rui still led the troops and did not move, his eyes were fixed on the enemy cavalry who ran out of Yanshan and had nearly 10,000 people.
"This county magistrate, quickly give the order for them to retreat."
The general of the rout said anxiously.
Yang Zhao shook his head and said, "No need to retreat, you guys go to the city first, Fang Rui is ready, the enemy enters the range of fire, shoot!" ”
Just when the generals of the rout, and even Guan and Zhang, couldn't figure out what they were going to do, the Wuhuan cavalry had already entered the range of the bed crossbow.
"Shoot!"
Seeing this, Fang Rui handed down the order.
Collapse......
Everyone heard the sound of a bowstring flicking, and then a sharp and sharp sound of breaking the sky, also sounded in front of them.
The shafts of ten three-bow crossbows were shot out at the same time, and within a thousand paces the enemy cavalry was fired at a gallop.
The three-bow bed crossbow is a long-range weapon prepared by Yang Zhao for the Wuhuan cavalry.