Although he believed that the fine cavalry of the Wei Dynasty was unparalleled in the world, and although he felt that the Shu soldiers would be scattered with a single charge, as a veteran who had been fighting for a lifetime, Zhang He still followed the old rules and let two hundred fine cavalry charge first to test the opponent's strength.
Virtual reality.
"Don't panic, don't panic! Listen to the command, just practice how you usually do, and do what you do later. You can't retreat, there is a supervising team behind you, and whoever retreats will be killed!"
Veteran soldiers with battlefield experience and Nanxiang soldiers with the firmest fighting belief are all the grassroots backbones of the army, and they constantly encourage the people under them.
"Everyone just listen to my shout and watch what I do!"
"Thieves are human beings too. If they bleed, they will die. Don't be afraid!"
These are the most common ways of encouragement, and some are extreme. They simply say directly, "You are all selected by the Ghost King. If you lose face here, not only yourself, but also your family will suffer!"
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"Even if the thieves eat meat, they have to cook it. How can they be as scary as the ghost king? Right?"
The commander who said this secretly looked back at Shuai Tai. Well, he was far away, so he probably couldn't hear it.
This kind of words is most effective for soldiers with barbarian origins in Nanzhong. Those who were a little nervous at first became excited when they heard the word "Ghost King" and quickly wiped their hands on their clothes to avoid slipping later.
Two hundred fine knights charged forward, and the momentum was terrifying.
When they were one hundred and fifty steps away, the generals who had been paying attention to the commandery platform saw the white flag waving, and at the same time the sound of drums reached their ears, and they quickly shouted, "Let go!"
"Buzz buzz..."
The crossbowman who was squatting on the ground holding the heavy crossbow felt his arm shake, and the strong recoil made his body sway slightly. The long crossbow arrow had turned into a thin line in the air.
The crossbowman didn't have time to see where the arrow he shot would land in the end. He hurriedly stretched out his foot and stepped on the buckle of the heavy crossbow, then pulled the lever back hard, re-stringed it, and finally put the arrow in.
The feather is placed in the arrow slot.
A major frontal attack, with firepower intertwined on both sides. Although the cavalry had begun to disperse, the density of arrow feathers was still underestimated.
The first wave of arrows coming from three sides shot through two hundred cavalry on the spot, leaving only a few dozen cavalry still running.
"Prepare!"
"put!"
The first wave has just ended, and the second wave is coming soon.
Although it was impossible to strike in three stages, two strikes were enough to prevent the two hundred cavalry from rushing a hundred steps in front of the formation.
Not to mention the knight on the horse, even the war horse was shot through the neck and fell to the ground screaming.
Zhang He took a breath of cold air and felt something bad in his heart: How could there be such a big difference between the Shu captives who captured Longguan and the Shu captives who defended Lueyang?
"Go around and cut off its two wings first!"
Zhang He said loudly.
The crossbows on the opposite wings are too powerful, so they must be dealt with first.
At the same time, he felt happy in his heart. Fortunately, there was no wave of pressure, otherwise it would have been a rout.
Standing on a high platform efficiently built by the dedicated engineering team, Feng Yong held up a monocular and saw early that the cavalry on the opposite side had quietly spread out to both sides under the cover of the front formation.
The target is obvious, it is to target the crossbowmen on both sides.
Immediately, someone quickly waved the white flag with a black border, and then pressed back. At the same time, the sound of gold sounded, and the two extended wings retreated back in an orderly manner under the organization of each team leader.
Zhang He was stunned and looked at the military formation opposite, his expression becoming more and more solemn.
Who is the general opposite? How could he guess his own thoughts in the first place?
But since there is no threat from the two wings, the Jingqi can naturally rush to the front of the opponent's formation.
The trumpets sounded again, and the smoke and dust brought up by the charge of a thousand cavalry suddenly shrouded the battlefield in haze.
"put!"
Although there are no wings, the heavy crossbow in front can still show its power again.
The cavalryman who rushed at the front fell down on the spot, and his body was trampled by the friendly troops behind him. Even his intestines were trampled out, and the ground was covered with colorful flowers.
"Second paragraph! Play!"
Peng! Peng! Peng!
The second wave of arrow feathers came much faster than expected.
Then the third wave, the fourth wave.
The improved heavy crossbow, in this case, has a killing efficiency two to three times higher than the ordinary heavy crossbow.
In just one hundred and fifty steps, four waves of crossbow arrows were fired. By the time they reached twenty steps, nearly half of a thousand cavalrymen had been lost.
After more than twenty steps, the crossbowmen faced the cavalry and were massacred.
Cao Wei's cavalry crossed the death line, lowered their bodies, raised their spears, and stared at the opponent with red eyes, vowing to pierce the opponent.
The shape of the cavalry saddle at this time was opposite to that of later generations.
In later generations, the front is high and the back is low. Now, the front is low and the back is high, and the depth in between is much deeper than that in later generations.
The reason is that in the era before stirrups, a deep saddle allowed the knight to sit more firmly on the horse.
At the same time, the high-raised saddle bridge at the back can withstand the cavalry's lower back, allowing them to better exert force through the waist, and also allows them to have a support during impact to maintain balance as much as possible.
The Han army's crossbowmen quickly retreated like a tide.
"kill--"
The Mo Dao hidden behind finally revealed its ferocious and terrifying fangs.
Only then did the cavalry who rushed to the front see that in front of them were not the spears and halberds they expected, but a long knife with both a sharp tip and a wide blade.
"kill--"
The bright blades stand like a forest, like a wall, and it looks like a real forest of knives.
Cao Wei's cavalry didn't have time to think too much. Based on their previous battlefield experience, they subconsciously handed over the spear in their hands.
With a "click" sound, the hook was handed out from behind the knife forest, blocking the spear.
"kill!"
"Whoa!"
"puff!"
Several Mo knives chopped them down together, and each person and horse were divided into many parts such as the horse's head, horse's feet, half of the human body, etc., scattered on the ground, bloody and bloody.
Like a wall blocking in, both men and horses will be shattered!
Mo Daoshou, who was standing at the front, had a hot, sticky layer of liquid sprinkled on his face, and his mouth and nose were filled with the smell of blood.
"Enter Team 2!"
At least half of the Mo Daoshou's minds are now blank, and some even closed their eyes subconsciously.
The only thing they can remember is the command of Captain Shi, "Don't stop, don't stop. Cut down whatever is in front of you. Once it's all cut down, it's over..."
The command from the team leader seemed to come from far away, and the muscles in his hands could only chop and stab numbly according to the memory...
At this time, the old soldiers and Nanxiang soldiers played a great role in maintaining the courage of these new soldiers and preventing them from retreating.
More than five hundred of Zhang He's unparalleled elite cavalry, which Zhang He was proud of, suddenly collapsed under the thrusts of the neatly arranged Mo Dao team one after another!
"vomit!"
Looking at the pieces of meat lying everywhere under their feet, someone finally vomited.
"Don't look at your feet!"
Someone kicked him hard and said, "Look ahead, the thief is here again!"
Feng Yong stood on the high platform and naturally couldn't see the details. He only saw the scene of Cao Jun's cavalry fleeing in all directions. He danced and said, "A famous general? A famous general is nothing in the face of my dimension reduction attack! Come on, come and beat me.
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The infantry of Cao Jun who followed closely had more flexibility. Before the stirrups came out, once the cavalry lost their impact and speed, their fighting ability while sitting on the horse was not as good as that of the infantry.
"kill!"
Cao Jun's infantry finally discovered that the long sword team of the opponent had never seen before, and the long swords in their hands were extremely sharp.
As soon as he handed over the spear in his hand, as soon as the opponent slashed it down, the barrel of the spear immediately broke into two pieces.
The wooden or leather shield in his hand would break if hit by such a long knife, making him vulnerable to a single blow.
Fortunately, halberds and spears are longer than swords.
I saw a flurry of stabs from Cao Jun's halberds and spears, and because Mo Dao's team couldn't make enough concessions, they only heard a scream, and some unlucky guy was picked up.
"Team Hook!"
Zhang Yi, the actual commander of the Modao Team, shouted loudly.
The hook at the back stretched out again, blocking the halberd and spear.
