After giving the order, five thousand heavy cavalry, with their men and horses wrapped in steel, were arranged horizontally in teams of ten, with the official road as the center, forming a long formation that stretched out.
far away, forming a real wall of steel.
"Forward!" Guan Hai said loudly after seeing the formation arranged.
"Forward...forward...forward..." The voice was continuously spread from the middle to both sides. Five thousand horsemen marched forward with uniform hooves to clear the way. Each war horse had two spears inserted on both sides of its head.
, at first glance, it seemed as if a forest of sharp blades grew out of the steel wall and began to run forward slowly.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou led more than ten thousand cavalry in a swarm. Under the reflection of lightning, they suddenly saw a row of strange cavalry approaching from the opposite side. The knights and horses were fully armored, and there was a sea of guns, rushing towards them at a constant speed.
"This... what is this?" Yan Liang asked in panic after looking at it.
Wen Chou shook his head and expressed that he didn't know. He looked carefully and said hurriedly: "It's the Yan Army. It's the Yan Army's heavy cavalry, which is the same as the heavy infantry. Damn it, it's really tricky. They're all steel lumps. They can't be cut at all."
Don’t move them…”
Before Wen Chou could finish his words, Yan's cavalry suddenly sped up and headed towards Yan Liang. Wen Chou rushed over. Guan Hai shouted from the cavalry: "The person coming is Yan Liang, is Wen Chou?"
Yan Liang and Wen Chou looked at each other. They had been frightened by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei just now. Now they encountered such a cavalry team. Although they were a little timid, they could not lose face, so they replied in unison: "That's right, come on.
Who is it?"
Guan Hai replied loudly: "I am General Guan Hai of Weiyuan, one of the eighteen hussars of Yanyun under the Marquis of Yan's tent. I am here today to take your heads."
Yan Liang and Wen Chou looked at each other again. They had never heard of this name at all. They had only heard of Zhao Yun, Tai Shi Ci, Pang De, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Chen Dao and others. This was the first time they heard of Guan Hai. However, this was the first time they heard of it.
The two of them were not careless. Seeing Guan Hai driving the heavy cavalry and lining up in a long row, they all cheered up and shouted at the same time: "You are not ashamed of your words!"
Guan Hai did not answer, but blew a whistle. When the whistle sounded, he saw subtle changes in the chain of cavalry. The cavalry that originally spread out in a straight line began to gradually encircle the two wings, slowly forming an arc.
In this shape, they rushed towards Zhao Jun's cavalry together.
Generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou had no idea how many people Guan Hai had brought. They only knew that what they saw was a row of cavalry with long spears and heavy armor. However, none of them knew how far apart the row was.
It is difficult to distinguish in the dark night and surrounded by plains, so it is impossible to estimate the enemy's combat strength.
"Fire the arrow!" Wen Chou looked at it and immediately gave the order.
Countless arrows were fired from the cavalry team, but when the iron arrows hit the steel armor, apart from making a crisp sound, they could not hurt anyone at all, not even the horses.
Wen Chou's eyes widened, and he suddenly thought of Chen Dao and Chu Yan's heavy infantry that he asked Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to drag, but they were also armored with steel armor that arrows could not penetrate.
"Kill!" A smile appeared on the corner of Guan Hai's mouth. His whole body was wrapped in steel armor, which was airtight. Only people with accurate arrow skills could shoot through the two holes in the face armor.
Human eyes, but even if there is such an arrow god, it will be greatly compromised when encountering such a rainy night.
"Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!" Yan Liang shouted hurriedly.
But it was too late to retreat. Just when Zhao Jun tried to release the second wave of arrows, the chain of horse troops scattered on both wings had already formed an encirclement. Five thousand people were stunned to surround the more than 10,000 cavalry in a narrow
Within the area, upon contact, they crashed into each other.
The sharp eyes of Yan Jun's chain horse army seemed to burst out with brilliance in an instant. Seeing that they had been knocked away by the chain horses or killed by spears at the moment of collision, they were very happy in their hearts.
"Kill!" All the serial horsemen burst out with the same cry. This cry was for revenge for the dead.
"ah--"
The screams were cut off by the screams. Zhao Jun's cavalry fell on their backs, dead and injured. Sweeping by the tidal wave of Yan Jun's cavalry, they could only be slaughtered at will.
Guan Hai commanded the chain horse army, and all the soldiers cooperated in a tacit understanding. There was no need to be heroic or to show personal abilities. The only thing needed was cooperation, because the ten horses were locked together and moved forward together.
They retreated together, and the people on horseback were holding javelins up to three meters long, so everyone just had to give up their seats, dismount and move forward, and just raise their spears to assassinate. Only by steady and steady attack can the enemy be completely eliminated.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou had already retreated into the crowd. They watched helplessly as their men died one after another. In just one charge, more than half of them were killed. They were very afraid of this strange cavalry team.
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Wen Chou saw that the opponent had ten horses locked together. Even if the steel spear in his hand could stab one horse to death, the other nine horses would drag them forward unscrupulously, which would not fundamentally solve the problem. He screamed.
The sound was so constant that Wen Chou had no time to think about it. In his panic, the only thing he could think of was to run away quickly and not die here. Moreover, the feeling given to him by the Yan army was really terrible.
Yan Liang has always been brave and has never had any fear, but today was an exception. He was stabbed twice by Zhang Fei first. If it weren't for the help of the silver armor on his body, he would have died twice. He saw this steel
The torrent was unstoppable, so he hurriedly said to Wen Chou: "Get out, otherwise it will be too late."
Wen Chou said: "You think I don't want to withdraw? But I have to withdraw anyway."
Jiang Yiqu, Zhang Nan, and Jiao Chu also gathered together and begged Wen Chou to find a solution quickly.
Wen Chou thought about it, but there was no time to think of a solution now. While hesitating, he suddenly saw that there was still a section of the horse's leg of the Yan army's cavalry exposed. He had an idea and immediately shouted: "Cut the horse's leg!"
Cut off the horse's legs! Cut off the horse's legs quickly..."
The soldiers of the Zhao army were inspired and immediately followed the instructions. However, it was not easy to cut off the horse's legs. The knights on the horse were holding long javelins and stabbed the person to death before you could get close.
However, there were a few agile ones who rolled on the ground and ran up to the horse's legs, slashing off one of the legs with their swords. The chain horse's horse suddenly broke off a leg, let out a long neigh, and turned over.
On the ground, the knight on the horse was also thrown off. However, the chain horse did not stop attacking, and the other nine horses kept dragging the horse with the broken leg forward.
Wen Chou saw that he had little effect, so he had an idea and said to the four generals Yan Liang, Jiang Yiqu, Zhang Nan and Jiao Hu: "Order the whole army to rush in one direction together, and we must break out of the way, otherwise we will be annihilated.
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Yan Liang and others immediately gave the order, so the Zhao army soldiers rushed south together. Those at the front were either stabbed to death or trampled to death by those behind.
This is a flowing torrent. This is also the first charge of the serial cavalry army. The cavalrymen are all carefully selected from the soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles. The Feiyu army is also the main member. When these people see it,
When they saw Zhao Jun's unusual behavior, they immediately understood. Without much command, they had already changed their formation and took the initiative to withdraw from an opening, not giving Zhao Jun's cavalry a chance to engage in a trapped beast.
As soon as the opening was opened, all the Zhao army officers rushed over and rushed out, but they had to face the javelins on both sides of the opening. However, in order to survive, they had no choice but to risk their lives.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou ran faster than anyone else. As soon as they saw an opening, they rushed out and relied on their own martial arts to avoid Ru Lin's javelins. Jiang Yiqu and Zhang Nan also fled with Yan Liang and Wen Chou.
went out, taking hundreds of their followers with them.
But Jiao Chu was not so lucky. By accident, his heart was pierced by a long stick and he was picked off the horse.
The Zhao army was defeated, and there were not many cavalry left. The Zhao army, which had more than 10,000 cavalry just now, now fled in embarrassment with more than 1,000 cavalry. Facing the chasing infantry, they joined forces.
Retreat directly to the south and don't dare to pursue north.
Guan Hai tidied up his troops, but only lost five horses. None of the cavalry was injured, and he killed more than 9,000 Zhao army cavalry. This was already the first great victory for the serial horse army. He did not
Happy, but continued to search forward with the chain of horse troops, and continued to look for the remnants of the army.
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Yuan Shao set up a big tent on the slope, which was a shelter from the wind and rain. Seeing the wind and rain outside, lightning and thunder, he didn't know whether he had caught Gao Fei or not, but he had no idea about the strength of the Yan army.
He really can't underestimate him. The price he paid in this battle was too high.
Ju Shou and Ju Hu stood in the big tent, watching Yuan Shao fidgeting and not daring to say anything.
"Prime Minister, do you really think you can catch Gao Fei?" Yuan Shao asked.
Ju Shou said: "If nothing else happens, it should be true. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both enemies of ten thousand people, and Yan Liang and Wen Chou led a heavy army to pursue them. It is almost impossible to escape. But..."
"But what?"
"But if someone deliberately lets Gao Fei go, that's a different matter..."
"Report——" Before Jushou could finish his words, the scouts entered the tent, "Report to my lord, General Wen told Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to let Gao Fei go, and he was about to go to Cao Cao, but he was surrounded by General Wen.
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"How dare the big-eared thief do this?" Yuan Shao said angrily, "I must kill the big-eared thief!"
"Report——" Another scout ran in, "Liu Bei has been stabbed to death by General Jiang Yiqu. General Wen is leading the army to pursue Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others."
"Great, the big-eared thief deserves to die!" Yuan Shao said happily.
"Report... my lord... General Zhang He of the Yan Army... Zhang He..." the third scout said breathlessly, "Zhang He has already invaded the left camp and is moving quickly towards my lord."
"What did you say? Zhang He...where did Zhang He come from?" Yuan Shao was shocked.