The heavy cavalry, also known as iron cavalry, was the most elite part of King Zhao's army and was known as the "Three Thousand Battalions".
This cavalry is the essence of the cavalry army under King Zhao.
The Three Thousand Battalion was composed of elite cavalrymen from the Northern Qianyuan Meng, Houjin Jurchens, and Zhao Wangjun headquarters. Its core elite was 3,000 people, 500 of whom enjoyed the salary and silver treatment of the captain level, and 2,500 of whom enjoyed the rank of team leader.
Level salary benefits.
When the 3,000 battalions were formed, these 3,000 elites were used as the backbone. If the 3,000 men were put into the ordinary army, it would not be a problem to serve as captains, not to mention captains.
Of course, with the development of the army later, the actual number of the Three Thousand Battalion was more than 3,000. Different from other soldiers and horses, the Three Thousand Battalion had all its subordinates cavalry. Although this cavalry unit was not large in number, it was an important part of the Ming army.
The most powerful cavalry force, they mainly play an assault role in war.
The heavy cavalry led by Zhu Shihong and Tan Yuan were not the core troops of the Three Thousand Battalion. The real Three Thousand Battalion, also known as the Shenshu Battalion, was led by King Zhao himself, but these heavy cavalry were all prepared by the Three Thousand Battalion.
Although the cavalry of the Three Thousand Battalion is elite, it will suffer battle losses only after experiencing battles. Once the Three Thousand Battalion is damaged due to war, capable soldiers will be selected from these heavy cavalry to supplement the troops.
From another perspective, Yang Miaozhen destroyed most of the 3,000 battalions of Zhao Wang's army's reserve troops in these two battles.
Just when Longwu's army tied up the soldiers and gathered their horses, the left wing forward encountered a huge crisis.
Zhang Shimei's reinforcements have arrived!
Just now Zhang Shimei mobilized his rear troops to assist the left wing in the battle.
This army of troops arrived at an ambiguous time!
Tan Yuan's cavalry had just been strangled by Longwu's army, and the battle was not over yet. Neither the horse-killing battalion nor the hook-and-scythe spear battalion had time to support the forward.
At this point in time, Zhang Shimei’s reinforcements arrived!
"Second uncle! Look!" Cao Huajiao was fighting on the front line and was the first to realize that something was wrong with the situation!
Originally, the Longwu Army's frontline was only stabilized by their bloody battles and the support of Cao Xueyang's Guards Battalion.
Because of the previous impact of Tan Yuan's cavalry, it was difficult for the Longwu Army's arrow array to maintain sustained output, which gave Zhao Wangjun's powerful combat power room to display. Even if the Longwu Army's left wing received support from the Guards Battalion, Zhao Wangjun still
The whole army can be pressed forward, and the Longwu army can be directly confronted.
Cao Huajiao looked at the direction in which the flag was flying. The number of reinforcements from King Zhao's army was definitely no less than ten thousand. Such reinforcements might even directly overwhelm the frontal defense line of Longwu's left wing.
Whether it was an attack by cavalry bows or a charge by cavalry, the purpose of King Zhao's army had never changed, which was to disrupt Long Wu's crossbow formation and confront Long Wu's army head-on.
The battle just now also proved that Long Wu's army could not defeat Zhao Wang's army in close combat.
After all, King Zhao's army was the Yanyou frontier army of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It had been stationed in the bitter cold land for many years, eating and sleeping in the open air, hugging the ice and sleeping in the snow. The battle with Hou Jin lasted for more than thirty years. This was an iron army that had been tempered by iron and blood.
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Even the Shenwu, Tiance, and Shence armies dare not say that they can definitely defeat King Zhao's Yanyou border army in a head-on decisive battle.
While the archers and cavalry were harassing and the cavalry charging into the formation, King Zhao's army also traded casualties for space and rushed into the front of the Longwu Army's formation.
For a distance of 300 steps, King Zhao's army almost paid the price of 25,000 men.
This price seemed very high, and even the land they invaded was not enough to bury the 25,000 soldiers, but it did indeed defeat the Wugang chariot formation of the Longwu Army, providing the necessary conditions for the cavalry to charge into the formation.
After the two sides fought hand to hand, the Longwu Army was always at a disadvantage.
Now the reinforcements from King Zhao's army have arrived, and Long Wu's army is only one step away from collapse.
Cao Huajiao's eyes were full of sternness, "Damn it, I can't survive!" Cao Huajiao killed three soldiers of King Zhao's army with a halberd in his hand, and then took out a small jade bottle from his breastplate.
Inside is a potential-stimulating elixir, produced by Dali Temple, called the Yin Xin Que Que Dan.
Its effect is a bit like the Demon Sect's method of dismantling the demons, but unlike the instantaneous explosive power of the method of disintegrating the demons, drinking the Poison and Thirst Quenching Pill will enhance a person's cultivation level, consuming the blood and martial arts foundation.
However, the power obtained will be released within a period of time. From the perspective of utilization rate, it seems to be higher than the method of disintegration of demons. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, but drinking poison to quench thirst elixir is more convenient.
Of course, the consequences of this are also very serious, ranging from dryness of Qi and blood and being bedridden for three to five years; to serious consequences, the foundation is severely damaged, the state of mind falls, and there is no progress.
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No matter which one it is, it will have very serious consequences. People in Dali Temple will never take this elixir unless absolutely necessary.
Moreover, this drink of poison to quench thirst is also a high-level one in Dali Temple. Cui Keqin, the enshrinement of Dali Temple, personally refined it. It is difficult for others to make it into an elixir. It is only available to very few masters in Dali Temple.
Cao Huajiao spent a lot of money to get this poison-drinking thirst-quenching pill.
As he swallowed the elixir, his face turned red in just a few breaths, and he felt endless power flowing into his Dantian from the veins in his limbs.
"drink!"
With a loud shout, Cao Huajiao's green dragon halberd flashed with thunder!
Its power is somewhat similar to the Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Art of Tianshi Mansion, but it is not exactly the same.
The Green Dragon Halberd in Cao Huajiao's palm is no ordinary product. Its full name, Azure Dragon Thunder Halberd, was forged by the ancient forging master with the fragments of the Nine Heavenly Dragon Soul and the Thunder Sky Heart Stone. It is said that the day this magical weapon was cast
, the nine-day thunder kept falling, and only after experiencing the baptism of thunder did this peerless magic weapon emerge.
Among them is a mental method that matches the power of the Azure Dragon Thunder Halberd.
With Cao Huajiao's previous martial arts, there was no way to fully unleash the power of the Azure Dragon Thunder Halberd. Now, with the help of Yin Zhen's Thirst Quenching Pill, his potential has been stimulated, and he can actually exert some of the power of the Azure Dragon Thunder Halberd.
I saw Cao Huajiao in front of ten thousand troops, with lightning flashing around him from time to time, as if Thunder Lord had come to the world, and his aura was infinitely stronger than before.
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Seeing how rampant Cao Huajiao was, several lieutenants of King Zhao's army could not just sit back and watch, so the three of them joined forces to besiege Cao Huajiao.
But it was only seven moves, and the three captains, who were not weak in martial arts, were found with their heads missing, and their faces still had a charred look.
"Brothers, follow me and kill!"
With the blessing of Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst, Cao Huajiao's confidence greatly increased, and he wanted to lead his soldiers to counterattack, but his soldiers did not have Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst. Although his morale was boosted due to the power of the general, it was still difficult to defeat King Zhao's army head-on.
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On the contrary, Cao Huajiao became more and more happy as he killed more. He lost touch with his soldiers and horses, and entered the formation of King Zhao's army alone.
It's not that Cao Huajiao lost his mind after taking the Yin Zhen Thirst Quenching Pill. Although this pill will make the person who takes it excited, it will not affect the mind.
It was just Cao Huajiao who discovered the current predicament. Although he could rely on his personal force to boost the morale of Long Wu Army, the current problem of Long Wu Army was not lack of morale at all.
Although Cao Xueyang's Longwu Army is a new army, because of its training methods that are completely different from other soldiers and horses, the Longwu Army can still maintain strong morale even in headwinds.
The bigger gap between Long Wu's army and Zhao Wang's army lies in the strength of both sides.
The soldiers of King Zhao's army are basically veterans. Although there are recruits mixed in, these recruits will be taught and assimilated by the veterans.
Their combat power and combat experience were gained from fighting Houjin in the ice and snow of Yanyou, and they carry an extremely strong smell of blood.
This kind of combat effectiveness and combat experience cannot be achieved through training.
The soldiers of the Longwu Army have the hardest training in the Zhou Dynasty and even in the world, but no matter how hard the training is, the Longwu Army is essentially a group of trained recruits.
Although it had the airs of the old Jinyang garrison, there were too few people brought over by Cao Xueyang from the Tiance Army and the Jinyang garrison.
Originally there were 50,000 soldiers from Zhao Tianlin, but in order to train an army completely different from the current army of Zhou Dynasty, Yang Qingyuan suggested that Cao Xueyang not to mix too many veterans of the Jinyang garrison.
After careful consideration, Cao Xueyang also adopted Yang Qingyuan's suggestion.
The final result was also excellent. The newly formed Longwu Army indeed became an army that was completely different from other armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
There is an old saying from ancient times, "A war is like a grate."
After passing by, it was like a grate was being raked over the head, everything that could be eaten, drank, and worn was completely cleaned. The grate here is used to grate lice and gnats, and it has one tooth.
The one next to it was very dense, and if you scratched it too hard, your scalp would be broken.
Thieves pass like a comb, and soldiers pass by like a grate. Sometimes the officers and soldiers do more harm to the people than the bandits.
The most typical one is the warlord army of Blue Star a hundred years ago...
Not long after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was at the stage of rising national strength. In addition, Emperor Taizong Wen's reorganization of troops and horses made the field armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty strict in military discipline.
Having said that, these army soldiers still have a bandit spirit.
But the Longwu Army is different. This is a pure army.
Since ancient times, there are no more strict military disciplines than Yue and Qi.
The Yue Family Army "will freeze to death without tearing down their houses, and starve to death without looting." The commander Yue Fei personally led his soldiers to patrol around, and those who found violations would be severely punished.
Qi's army will be beheaded if they disturb the people during the expedition. They must strictly manage the army and treat the people well.
Even the armies of some modern countries on Blue Star may not be able to do this.
The same is true for Long Wujun, and even goes one step further.
But the result is that the Longwu Army has become a new army. After surviving this battle and tempering it with blood, the Longwu Army will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes, but so far it is still a new army.
No matter how brave Cao Huajiao is, there is no way to change this fact.
So he found another way. Since there was no way to increase his own combat power, he would just lower the enemy's morale!
The best way to reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness is to lower his morale.
The best way to undermine the enemy's morale is to kill the general and capture the flag!
King Zhao's army is not an ordinary bandit straggler. To deal with King Zhao's army and capture the flag is as difficult as killing them. Even if Yang Miaozhen and Yang Ning were in their prime, they would not dare to pat their chests and say that they can do it.
Rushing into battle and beheading generals relies not only on bravery, but also on judgment of the battle situation and analysis of the enemy's formation.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be called charging into the formation, it should be called sending the head off...
Although Cao Huajiao was brave and good at fighting, he was not good at rushing into battle.
Charging the formation is a technical activity. Cao Huajiao did not have this skill, so he could only rely on this courage to rush through the formation of King Zhao's army, constantly charging towards the direction of King Zhao's army's battle flag.
"Haha, I thought it was some brave general from the Southern Army who dared to rush into the formation and kill the generals, but I didn't expect that he was just a reckless man with no brute strength!" The general who was directing the battle couldn't help but laugh when he saw Cao Huajiao's movements.
laughing out loud.
"Send the order, the former sergeant will let him in, and the Chinese army will trap him to death for me! I want to capture this man alive to completely break the morale of the Confederate army!"
Charging into the formation and beheading generals can certainly damage the morale of King Zhao's army, but if those who charge into the formation are captured alive, it will in turn be a huge blow to the morale of Long Wu's army.
Cao Huajiao was in the formation of King Zhao's army, rushing left and right, as if he was in a deserted place.
This is not to say that no one in King Zhao's army can stop him. To put it bluntly, Cao Huajiao is just a Yuanhua Realm warrior. Even if he has the Drinking Poison Thirst Quenching Pill, he is still a stronger Yuanhua Realm warrior.
There are not many generals in the Dongxuan Realm in King Zhao's army, but there are only a handful of Yuanhua Realm generals.
If one person can't stop him, then it's not difficult for two or three people to stop Cao Huajiao alone.
The reason why I let him rush to kill me was because I wanted to let him in, close the door, beat the dog, and capture this person alive.
Cao Wenzhao, who was commanding Longwu's army in the formation, was not happy when he saw his nephew Cao Huajiao rushing into King Zhao's army alone and sweeping away thousands of troops like a mammoth.
With his eyes, he could already see the plan of Zhao Wangjun's command.
Not only the two of them, but even Cao Huajiao himself felt something was wrong!
His journey was so smooth! He encountered almost no decent resistance. Although the Drinking Poison Thirst Quenching Pill was powerful, he still had to follow basic logic.
The answer is obvious, someone wants to put him into the formation and slowly cook it up.
Cao Huajiao has figured this out and has no intention of retreating. Since you want to lure me into the battle, then I will join in.
Although it is a trap, if you want to catch prey, there must be delicious fat in the trap.
Cao Huajiao wants to bite the enemy general with his own life!
In order to encircle Cao Huajiao, Zhao Wangjun's frontal offensive on the left wing was weakened by three points. Although Cao Huajiao had not expected it before, it still achieved the effect he wanted.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, Cao Wenzhao, although he was Cao Huajiao's uncle, could not ignore the army for Cao Huajiao. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity to breathe, Cao Wenzhao immediately began to redeploy troops and horses to strengthen the weak points of the defense line.
, let the soldiers and horses who have been at the forefront of the bloody battle withdraw and rest for a while.
As the frontline commander of the left wing, he has too much to do!
After issuing the order, Cao Wenzhao said to the soldiers beside him, "Go find General Yang immediately and ask her to come to you immediately after destroying the enemy's cavalry. It is urgent and cannot be delayed!"