After crossing the river, the Wei cavalry army coming from the right wing discovered that there was a hill that was not too high on the right wing of the Han army.
Normally, this hill would not be an obstacle.
But at this time, the Han army had already occupied this hill.
Moreover, it was too difficult for the elite cavalry of the Wei army without bilateral stirrups to attack from their backs.
A general shouted loudly, telling the cavalry to dismount and prepare to attack with infantry.
Before the emergence of the complete three-piece cavalry suit, the cavalry was often used as both an infantry and a horse.
It's just that cavalry like them are not as well prepared as pure infantry. Many of them don't even have a small buckler.
The crossbowmen who emerged from the hills rained down arrows, and the Wei troops who had little protection fell to the ground screaming.
The Wei cavalry failed in its attempt to capture the commanding heights on the right wing and had to retreat.
At the same time, under the restraint of the Wei infantry on the front, the left wing also successfully crossed to the west bank.
This cheered up Zhang Hua.
The left wing of the Han army is a large flat area, which is most suitable for cavalry charges.
The Liangzhou horse is rampant all over the world.
This is not just talk.
The Liangzhou cavalry are accustomed to using spears and are unstoppable unless they are selected forwards.
This was the conclusion reached by the discussants when Cao Cao and Ma Chao fought in Guanzhong, which shows the elite of the Xiliang cavalry.
Feng Yong held up his telescope and saw the Wei cavalry in the north slowly forming a square formation, and quickly asked someone to wave his order.
Zhang Ni, who had been paying attention to the central military command flag, slowly exhaled and ordered: "Turn left, prepare!"
There was a sound of armor scraping, and the Modao team, which had been sitting and resting, stood up and lined up, putting on their helmets at the same time.
Under the scorching sun, the iron armor worn by everyone in the Han and Wei armies had been burned so hot that it almost seemed like they were being cooked.
The only exception was the soldiers of the Mo Dao Team. Their armors had auxiliary soldiers to help water them and cool them down.
Then a series of weapons clashed.
Since the first battle in Jieting, the Modao Team has been continuously improving in actual combat.
The soldiers who protect the Qiang Xiaowei Mansion patrol Longyou from time to time and participate in the Qiang rebellion. The Modao team must advance in every battle, and it is not without purpose.
The current Mo Dao team uses Mo Dao as its main output, and for various situations, there are also weapons such as Huanshou Dao, spears, hooks and even sentry sticks as auxiliary weapons.
While weapons and protective gear are constantly improving, combat methods are also becoming more mature.
After the Battle of Jieting, this was the Modao team once again facing off against the real Wei cavalry, and it was also the Liangzhou cavalry, one of the best in the world.
After all the auxiliary troops retreated, the Modao team had completed their formation.
The drums sounded.
The chiefs followed the drumbeat and ordered: "Enter!"
Soldiers who advance with swords must not only be tall, but also must undergo regular physical and endurance training.
With the addition of meat supplements from pastures and farms, everyone can be considered a muscular man.
Behind the black mask, cold eyes flashed.
"The first battle the Modao team faced at Jieting was against the New Fifth Army of the Wei Kingdom's Central Army. Among them were the elite tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers of Cao Cao who dominated the world back then."
Feng Yong handed the binoculars to Jiang Wei, "Both the Liangzhou cavalry and the tiger and leopard cavalry can be regarded as the best cavalry in the world. Bo Yue, do you think the Liangzhou cavalry is more powerful, or the tiger and leopard cavalry?"
Jiang Wei held up his telescope and saw the Wei army's cavalry charging. At the same time, on the Han's side, countless snow-white swords were raised diagonally, shining dazzlingly under the sun.
The cavalry is like a torrent, and the sword is like a jungle.
The Liangzhou cavalry holding their spears slammed into Mo Dao, who was rushing in like a wall.
At this moment, Jiang Wei's body tensed up.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry, known for its powerful impact, actually only shook the front two or three rows in front of this heavy infantry phalanx, and then all the men and horses were strangled to pieces!
"Dong dong dong!"
The drum beats louder and louder.
"Enter!"
The Mo Dao queue standing at the back immediately stepped forward, crossing the first few rows, and so on, replenishing their numbers in turn.
There is only life and death, no retreat.
The blood under the feet did not seep into the ground in time because there was too much minced meat. In this weather, it suddenly became sticky.
The people of Liangzhou are fierce and not afraid of death, and the Liangzhou cavalry are even more powerful.
However, no matter how they charged, the Han army's forest of long swords was like an iron city wall, causing them to fall down time and time again, with their heads bruised and bleeding.
"Your Majesty, although I don't know which one is more powerful, the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry or the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, I know that they have no choice but to bow in front of Junhou's Mo Dao Team."
After a long time, Jiang Wei put down the telescope, took a long breath, turned his head and looked at Feng Yong, with some inexplicable awe in his eyes.
As more and more Wei troops crossed the river, the frontal battle became more intense.
The desire to return to the master and fight to the death received its greatest explanation at this time.
Many Wei soldiers rushed towards the Han army's formation with red eyes, regardless of their safety.
A spear pierced Wei Zu's thigh, and the powerful penetration force exposed the spear head from the back of his thigh. Wei Zu gritted his teeth and raised his knife to swing at the gun body.
There was a "click" sound, and the gun body was very tough, with just a cut.
The shock came from the gun body, and Wei Zu almost fainted from the pain. He knew that he would not be spared, so when the opponent did not pull the spear in time, he threw himself down and hugged the gun body tightly: "Kill the prisoner!"
The comrades beside him shouted, raising their swords and rushing towards the Han soldier who was trying to draw out his spear.
The Han soldier was forced to let go of his spear, but in the end he was a step too late, and the sword had already hit his arm.
With a "swish" sound, blood spurted out like a fountain, and the arm lost its owner and fell to the ground.
The Han soldier screamed, but fortunately someone came over to help him block the long knife that was coming towards him again, thus preventing him from having his head chopped off.
The Wei cavalry on the left wing was frustrated in their aggressive charge at first, but this did not affect their morale. They retreated, reorganized their formation, and charged in turn.
The piles of minced meat piled up even more.
Finally, the Wei cavalry, which suffered heavy losses, began to circle around continuously.
Not to mention ordinary cavalry, even the cavalry generals have never seen such a weird and ferocious unit.
This kind of soldier seems to be born to restrain cavalry.
No matter how powerful the cavalry is in front of it, there will only be one end: both men and horses will be shattered.
"With infantry like this, why should the cavalry have anything to fear?"
Jiang Wei murmured.
"Not necessarily." Feng Yong said from the side, "In this world, if there is yin, there must be yang, and if there is a spear, there will be a shield."
"The cavalry already has an advantage when facing infantry, but this kind of sudden cavalry can't do anything to this kind of infantry."
Jiang Wei couldn't believe it: "Is there any cavalry in the world that can defeat such infantry?"
Feng Yong nodded: "Yes."
In a head-on battle, light cavalry has no advantage over heavy infantry.
But if you change to armor and riding equipment, that may not be the case.
Whether it was the Southern and Northern Dynasties when armored riding equipment began to rise, or the Sui and Tang Dynasties, or even the Song and Yuan Dynasties, armored riding equipment occupied an extremely important strategic position.
This can be confirmed from literature and unearthed cultural relics.
Unlike what some people think, the Tang Dynasty and Yuan and Meng Dynasties only focused on light cavalry.
Of course, due to different battlefields, the armored cavalry equipment may also become armored cavalry, that is, the man wears armor but the horse does not wear armor.
It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that armor and cavalry equipment truly ceased to exist on the battlefield.
Because of the emergence of firearms, the form of warfare has changed.
The Tang Dynasty's Modao Team was invincible because the people it faced were basically light cavalry from the grassland peoples.
At the same time, Datang itself had a large number of cavalry to cooperate with the Modao team.
Heavy infantry without cavalry support would not have much of an advantage when facing armored cavalry.
Even when facing the enemy's light cavalry and heavy cavalry to attack together, most of the time they can only end up in despair.
At this time, armored riding equipment had not yet appeared, or it might have appeared, but in terms of the current world, no one in the Han, Wei and Wu Three Kingdoms could afford it.
Because this thing is equivalent to burning gold.
As far as the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Wu are concerned, which one is not bitter haha?
Just maintaining a draft ratio of ten to one is enough to make people breathless.
Of course, the lives of the people of the Han Dynasty may be slightly better than those of the other two countries.
So as long as the armor cavalry equipment does not appear, the Mo Dao team will be a nightmare for the cavalry.
Jiang Wei wanted to know what kind of cavalry could defeat the Modao team, but he opened his mouth and did not dare to ask.
What if Feng Wenhe misunderstood him and said that he wanted to defeat the Mo Dao team in his hands?
When Feng Yong saw Jiang Wei's appearance, he took the initiative and said, "There is no such cavalry in the world today. If there is a chance in the future, Bo Yue will never have the chance to see it."
While the two were talking, they saw the Wei cavalry on the left wing began to circle back, as if they were looking for weaknesses in the Han army's formation.
"Junhou!"
Jiang Wei saw it and quickly reminded him.
Feng Yong took the telescope and looked in the direction pointed by Jiang Wei. He discovered Wei Jun's intention. After putting down the telescope, he nodded to Jiang Wei.
Jiang Wei bowed and hurriedly walked off the stage.
After a while, the Tiger Infantry that had been staying behind quickly started to move.
The Wei army's cavalry made a large circle and then discovered the Tiger Infantry, which was waiting in full formation.
I don’t know what the cavalry general of the Wei army was thinking. Maybe he was afraid of being killed by the Mo Dao team, or maybe he found that the Tiger Infantry had been prepared, which made him feel something strange.
Therefore, the Wei cavalry walked in front of the tiger infantry for several times, but did not launch a charge.
The sound of gold ringing from the rear relieved the Wei cavalry from their embarrassment.
The cavalry general breathed a sigh of relief and led the cavalry back to the east bank in a hurry.
The Wei army left a pile of corpses and many groaning wounded soldiers on the west bank.
Jufu led the men and chased them for a while, only to stop when they reached the water's edge.
"Why did Cao Cao suddenly retreat?"
From the desperate appearance at the beginning to the sudden retreat now, Feng Yong was a little confused.
"It doesn't look like they are powerless to attack. I thought they would hold on for another hour!"
Jiang Wei, who ran to the rear and stared at the Wei cavalry for a long time, rushed back to the commander's banner after receiving the news that Cao's thieves had retreated, and was ready to follow orders to assist the battalions in front.
When he arrived, he happened to hear Feng Yong say this, so he guessed: "General, I think it may be because the sun is heading west?"
"Um?"
Feng Yong couldn't understand what Jiang Wei said.
"Your Majesty, please look." Jiang Wei turned around, faced the west, and pointed at the sun, "Cao Cao is facing the sun in the west, and his vision seems to be blurry. Isn't it because the weather is unfavorable?"
Feng Yong followed Jiang Wei and turned around, and the sun happened to shine into his eyes, causing him to squint his eyes involuntarily and build an awning with his hands.
"Heaven and earth win harmony, and the ancients are sincere and I will not bully you!" Feng Yong suddenly looked at Jiang Wei and praised, "Bo Yue is as the prime minister said, he is keen on military affairs and has the talent for military strategy."
Jiang Wei was a little embarrassed and said modestly, "Your Majesty, you have done me a favor. When this junior general led the army to the north to face the enemy, he was blinded by the sun, so he just remembered it."
"Boyo led an army to face the enemy for the first time. It is extremely rare for him to be able to act like this."
Feng Junhou still did not hesitate to praise him.
Jiang Wei became even more embarrassed, but he still considered one thing, "Your Majesty, when the sun turns to the west, it is advantageous for us. But when the sun rises tomorrow, I'm afraid it will be our turn to be at a disadvantage.
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Feng Yong was startled. He had not thought of this for a moment.
Jiang Wei continued to say, "Your Majesty, the leader of the Cao thieves on the opposite side can detect this early, so he must be someone who knows how to fight."
"In the general's opinion, he will definitely attack when the sun rises tomorrow, and the prince must be on guard."
Feng Yong frowned and turned to look at the other side.
I saw that the other side had begun to gather troops and horses, and it seemed that they were indeed preparing to withdraw their troops.
On the second day, the sun had just risen and the Wei army began to gather.
Zhang Hua turned his back to the Han army and waited until the sun slowly rose. The sunlight shone into his eyes, making him squint involuntarily.
A smile appeared on his face and he began to order the drums to be played.
Wei Jun once again repeated yesterday's process, crossing the river, shooting arrows...
But when Wei Jun rushed to the other side, he saw a lush green.
Each Han soldier wore a green hat made of green leaves and branches on his head, which was equivalent to adding a hat brim.
The Han army, who should have been dazzled by the sun, was not affected by the direct sun at all under the protection of the green hats.
The arrows of the Han army are still so dense, the spear heads are still so accurate, and the posture of holding the sword to chop people is still so fierce...
Soon a returning general and colonel spread the news to Zhang Hua.
Zhang Hua, who was standing on the shore, listened. His expression froze at first, then started to turn green, then white, and finally green...
Finally, he took a staggering step and almost fell into the water.
"Prefect, be careful!"
Fortunately, the general who came to report was quick-sighted and quickly supported him.
Zhang Hua covered his chest and smiled miserably: "I thought I could use my timing, but I didn't expect that my opponent had already seen through my plan."
"Xiao Wenhe, Xiao Wenhe, he really deserves his reputation!"
Then I remembered that I had been robbed of food and fodder, and was blocked here by the opponent. Even the improvised strategies I came up with were all part of the opponent's plan.
At this thought, Zhang Hua suddenly became disheartened: He could defeat Zhang, a man known as Xiao Wenhe, how could he be able to fight against him?
"This cuckold idea that Junhou came up with is really wonderful!"
Jiang Wei also wore green hair on his head to experience the effect for himself, and found that the sunlight was really blocked, and there was excitement on his face.
He looked at Feng Yong, who wasn't even wearing a helmet, "Why don't you try it on, Junhou?"
Feng Junhou coughed and said, "Boyue, I won't try it. I won't go into battle in person, so I don't need to wear this."
At this time, suddenly several horsemen from behind ran back to the camp.
"Your Majesty, Cao Cao's Jincheng reinforcements have arrived!" Even in the early morning, the Night Hunters in the Dark Night Camp were already sweating profusely and gasping for air, "The furthest distance from here is only ten miles."
Feng Yong's expression finally became serious: "Cavalry?"
"Yes, they are all cavalry!"
"how many people?"
"still not clear."
Feng Yong looked at Zhang Yuan who was standing aside, "Send it to Dark Night Camp and ask them to find out how many people are coming to aid Cao in Jincheng!"
"promise!"
Zhang Yuan ran down quickly.
"Boyo, how are the preparations for the trench barrier behind the camp going?"
Feng Yong asked.
"In the past two days, the civilians and auxiliary soldiers have worked hard, and it has barely taken shape."
Jiang Wei answered quickly.
Feng Yong nodded, "That's good. Release all the captured civilians and auxiliary soldiers, drive them south along the current, and let them hide in the mountains."
"Cao's thieves are attacking from both front and rear. The presence of these civilians and auxiliary soldiers is a hidden danger."
He looked at Jiang Wei and said word by word, "Bo Yue, this rear area will be completely handed over to your Tiger Infantry. I don't have any extra battalions on hand."
"If you can withstand it, our army will be safe. If you cannot, the whole army will be destroyed."
Jiang Wei clasped his fists heavily and said, "Please don't worry, Lord!"
After saying that, he turned around and went down.
Feng Yong looked to the east again with a deep look: "Wei Yan, Wei Yan, I hope you can really live up to the late emperor's vision. Don't let me down!"
A ten-mile journey, as long as the horse power is not used, is not that far for the cavalry.
When he saw smoke rising to the west, Feng Yong couldn't help but slap himself.
Damn it, I clearly swore at Longguan Pass last year that I would never leave my future to others, so why do I have such a short memory?
I'm stuck at the mountain pass, threatening the enemy's food route and retreat. Why don't I want to eat the enemy in one go?