Ma Chao raised his hand, stopped Pang De, and said, "You are wrong about this. Our iron cavalry will inevitably not be able to break through the defense line composed of three chariots, and our iron cavalry will inevitably be crowded in front of the chariots, and it will be difficult to turn around and escape. The advantage of cavalry lies in mobility. If you can't move, you will be reduced to the infantry's sword. It is true that the officers and soldiers can send light infantry armed with light swords and axes to cross the chariots and come to kill our knights.

But between the chariots, the space is small; There are three more columns. Even for light infantry, it takes time to get through the ranks of chariots. And the officers and soldiers do not need to drill through the ranks of chariots at all, and they can inflict greater damage on our knights than the axe hands. ”

After Ma Chao dialed it so little. Pound suddenly realized and said, "The young master is wise! The officers and soldiers did not have to send swords and axes to cross the chariots, but only had to arrange thousands of strong bows and crossbows behind the chariot ranks. Before the knights of our army were trapped in the ranks of chariots, the crossbowmen of the officers and soldiers fired thousands of arrows, and our Xiliang iron cavalry must have suffered heavy casualties. ”

Ma Dai said in surprise: "Therefore, after the ranks of the Chinese chariots, there must be many crossbowmen, waiting for the iron cavalry of our army, to charge the Chinese army. ”

Pound said: "It must be so. In addition, in order to prevent our army's iron cavalry from choosing the front as the direction of the charge, but choosing the left and right sides as the direction of the charge, Huangfu Song arranged the left and right wings on the left and right sides of the Chinese army. The left and right flanks not only serve as the guardians of the left and right sides of the Chinese army, but also serve as the main force of the attack. That is, when our army's iron cavalry was stagnant in front of the Chinese army and could not turn around and flee in a short time, that was when our army's iron cavalry was the weakest. The left and right flanks took advantage of the situation to cover the kill, and our iron cavalry was bound to be defeated. ”

Yan Xingdao: "What about the reserves?" ”

Pound said: "If our army chooses to attack the enemy's middle army, the reserves will not move; If you choose to attack either of the enemy's two wings, with the courage of our Xiliang Iron Cavalry, you can naturally break it. At that time, the reserve will come to the rescue and attack the rear of our army's iron cavalry. In this way, the two divisions cooperate and are likely to surround our army's iron cavalry. At this point, the enemy's mid-line army or another wing joins the battle group, and the situation is gone forever. In this way, our army will not be able to escape the doom of defeat. ”

After listening to Pound's analysis, all the generals couldn't help but gasp.

Yan Xing sighed heavily and said, "This emperor is righteous, and he really deserves to be a famous general in the world." ”

Jia Xu said: "You may not know that the chariot that Huangfu Song arranged at the forefront of the Chinese army is the Wugang car. In the season of the former Han Dynasty, when Emperor Xiaowu was in power, the general Wei Qing and the Xiongnu's Yizhi Xianshan used Wugang cars when they launched the Battle of Mobei. ”

When Jia Xu said this, Ma Chao also remembered.

Jia Xu continued: "When it is, it is speculated that Yi Zhi should have more than 100,000 fine riders, while Wei Qing only has 50,000 riders. Moreover, Wei Qing's 50,000 horsemen were divided into Li Guangbu and Zhao Shiqi's troops as early as after they left the fortress. A roundabout approach to the east. Therefore, it is speculated that Wei Qing's actual strength should only be more than 40,000 elite cavalry. The situation is extremely unfavourable.

Wei Qing surrounded the chariots with Wugang, formed a camp, held his position, and sent 5,000 cavalry to attack, and fought with the 10,000 cavalry sent by Yi Zhi Xiandanyu. The two armies fought for half a day, and the Xiongnu elite cavalry was never able to break through the camp formed by Wugang chariots; In a melee with the Han cavalry, it was impossible to distinguish the winner from the loser.

Later, God blessed China, and sandstorms blew on the desert. Wei Qing took the opportunity to order the entire Han army to attack and surround the Hun cavalry. Yi Zhi was afraid alone, so he only led a few hundred horses to escape. Because of the previous melee, both armies were enveloped in sandstorms later.

The Hun cavalry that had been surrounded and defeated broke through and fled, Wei Qing grabbed prisoners all the way and asked Yi Zhi Xian Dan Yu's escape direction, and pursued for hundreds of miles. Later, he went to Zhao Xincheng, burned the grain and straw of the Huns, killed a total of 19,000 Huns, and returned with a great victory.

Wei Qing was able to win this battle, the reason is not only Wei Qing's talent, and the help of time, but also the benefit of Wu Gang's car.

The Wugang car is a wooden wheelbarrow, which is very heavy and thick. A large square wooden shield was fixed on the front of the car, and the wooden shield was carved with the pattern of a tiger eating man. Countless Wugang cars merged into a column, and the wooden shields on the cars merged together to form an impregnable shield wall. Unlike the shield wall formed by the shield hand, which can also be broken down by the iron horse, the shield wall formed by the Wugang car cannot be broken by the iron horse, and it is difficult for manpower to move.

From this point of view, Huangfu Song must be afraid of our army's iron cavalry, so he used the Wugang car that has long been used. Moreover, the battle formation he arranged was obviously inspired by Wei Qing, and was specially used to restrain the enemy army, which was mainly composed of elite cavalry. ”

After listening to Jia Xu's narration, Ma Chao racked his brains to think about countermeasures. At the same time, the generals were a little anxious.

Zhang Ji even sighed: "Could it be that in this battle, our army is doomed to failure?" ”

Zhang Xiu said: "Then our army can not fight." ”

Ma Dai reprimanded: "The war books have been accepted, if you don't go to war, won't you make the officers and soldiers laugh shamefully?" ”

Zhang Xiu was embarrassed and said: "But if we go to war, how should our army win?" ”

Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to Ma Chao in the middle of the crowd.

Ma Chao looked at the generals and reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "It's really useless! If I let the second and third sons stand alone, what can the second and third sons do? ”

The generals pleaded one after another: "It's useless for us to wait, and I ask the young master to forgive my sins." ”

Ma Chao sighed and said, "That's it, this time I am facing famous generals such as Huangfu Song." The second and third sons are invincible, and it is understandable. However, in terms of winning with soldiers, Huangfu Song is far inferior to me. ”

When the generals heard this, they were overjoyed and said, "What is the plan of the young master? ”

Ma Chao said confidently: "I have a plan for a long time. Listen! ”

"Yes!"

Ma Chao said calmly: "Zhonglang generals Ma Dai, Yan Xing, Pang De, and Captain Cheriji, you and I will lead 30,000 iron cavalry, and armor and cavalry to equip the camp to deal with the enemy's 70,000 infantry. ”

Ma Dai, Yan Xing, Pang De, and Cherrigi responded: "Obey!" ”

Ma Chao looked at the others again and said, "Zhonglang General Zhang Ji, Captain Yi Jian Ji Concubine, Liang Xing, Yang Qiu, Zhang Ji and Yi Jian Ji Concubine led 5,000 cavalry, Liang Xing and Yang Qiu each led two divisions with a total of 5,000 infantry to deal with the enemy's left flank. Remember, first use the Zhonglang general Zhang Ji to lead 5,000 cavalry to attack the enemy's left flank, and when the enemy army is difficult to turn, Liang Xing and Yang Qiu, two captains, will lead the infantry to rush up to attack the enemy's left flank. ”

As soon as the three of them heard this, they understood that once the cavalry could not maneuver, it was the weakest. The reason why Ma Chao wanted them to use cavalry to attack the enemy's left flank first was to use cavalry to restrain the cavalry. Although the 5,000 cavalry was far less than the 20,000 cavalry on the left flank of the enemy, the Xiliang cavalry was more courageous, able to resist four times the enemy's force without collapsing and bringing it to a standstill. Stagnant cavalry is best attacked with infantry that is good at foot combat and agile and versatile.

The three of them said: "Yes!" ”