Chapter 2665: The sudden cavalry shoots arrows like rain
There were waves of wind and sand, fierce flags, and the sound of cigars. In front of the Yan army's formation, more than 1,200 horse archers were ready to go. They were arranged in 17 squads and lined up in a line across a front that was more than ten miles wide.
Waving a big ax in his hand, he said loudly to his men: "Brothers and warriors, today is the time to prove our ability. The world says that our armor and cavalry of Dayan are all invincible, but today we
We must let everyone know that Dayan not only has armored cavalry, but also you, the assault cavalry!"
The assault cavalry cheered, and He Shenggai turned his head, facing the Jin army's stationary formation, and said loudly: "Use your bows and arrows to sweep through the Jin army's array, and disrupt it as before.
Their formation, once the enemy's formation is in chaos, follow my orders and rush into the enemy's formation, their armor and equipment will all be yours!"
A cavalry captain said in surprise: "General, didn't you not allow us to attack?"
He Shenggai laughed and said: "The Han people have a saying that if the general is outside, military orders will be ignored. The national counselor and General Gongsun do not believe that we can disrupt the Jin army's formation, so we must be careful and not break into the formation casually, but if
The Jin army has been dispersed by us. How can we wait until we chase and kill the remnants of the enemy? The cavalry is naturally capable of restraining infantry, and the Jin army’s carts and horses are placed on both wings. The front forward has no danger to defend, so how can we block it?
Do you want me to ride suddenly? Don’t think too much, shoot three rounds first, and then obey my orders! Come on!"
In front of the Jin army, Liu Jingxuan looked calm. Beside him, Liu Fan and Liu Cui also stood on horseback. Liu Jingxuan looked at Liu Yi's two brothers with a smile: "Old Wolf (Liu Fan's nickname), Fox (Liu Fan's nickname)
(Kui's nickname), this time you have an opportunity to make a contribution. Brother Jinu lets us be the vanguard, just to give us the opportunity to kill Xianbei and leave a name in history."
Liu Fan smiled slightly: "It's a pity that my eldest brother, who is sitting in the rear this time, didn't come. Otherwise, he would definitely be impressed by the great formation sent by Jinugebu this time."
Liu Cui nodded: "In the past few years, we have carefully studied various tactics to restrain cavalry, just to use them on this day. This time we don't have to worry about the two wings. The enemy's cavalry also attacks from the front. We only need to use our
You can destroy it with your own fighting method!"
Liu Jingxuan's eyes flashed with a cold light: "According to the original plan, the enemy's cavalry in the front line should be four to five thousand, and the first wave of more than a thousand should be here to test, so greet them well!"
Pilu Daoxiu’s exclamation sounded from one side: “Here they come, they are coming!”
The ground was trembling slightly, smoke was gradually rising, and the sound of whistles was heard. Under Linqu City, in the Yan army formation, the drums were beating loudly, and more than a thousand cavalry began to charge towards the Jin army's front line on the opposite side.
The horses were walking, trotting, and accelerating for about two miles. The speed of the war horses was increased to the maximum. A black cavalry, wrapped in dust, was like a row of black dragons, rushing straight into the Jin army array. The momentum was quite alarming. The distance between the two sides was rapidly increasing.
Approaching, this can be evidenced by the loud roars of the range-finding soldiers in the front line of the Jin army: "The enemy's distance is one thousand steps! The enemy's distance is five hundred steps! The enemy's distance is three hundred steps!"
When a range-finding soldier of the Jin Army yelled "The enemy's distance is one hundred steps", Hu Qi, who was charging towards the Jin Army like a long line, suddenly changed from a forward charge to a side sweep. They turned their horses' heads and headed towards
Running sideways, starting from the Pegasus flag in the middle, the left and right wings rotated to two sides. While turning, he turned sideways, drew his big bow, and fired bursts of arrows towards the Jin army's formation.
When the Yan Army's sudden cavalry charge, a shield wall had been placed in front of the Jin Army's forward formation. A large shield about two meters high was supported by a wooden frame and erected in front of the formation. On it were painted beasts with teeth and claws.
, or a green-faced and fanged evil spirit, was immediately shot beyond recognition. Bows and arrows like raindrops pierced the sky, filled with these shields, and made these upright wooden shields crooked and trembling.
He Shenggai was standing a mile away. In front of him, more than a thousand cavalry had already carried out the first round of sudden fire. One by one, small teams came forward in turn, raining arrows, while the cavalry galloped sideways.
While shooting, it also passed diagonally, running less than fifty steps away from the front of the Jin army's formation. The Jin army soldiers behind the shield were all covered in armor, and even the masks they wore were visible.
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He Shenggai laughed loudly: "Have you seen it, warriors? These Wuyue cowards can only hide behind their shields and tremble. They don't even dare to come out to shoot or engage with our army. Don't stop, everyone, and line up the Kangju Circle."
, let me shoot them back and forth, we have plenty of bows and arrows!"
There was a sound of drums and horns, and the Yan army's sudden cavalry had turned into two rings with a circumference of more than two miles. The war horses kept a distance of four to five meters from front to back, swimming in front of the Jin army's formation, head and tail.
One after another, the cavalry who finished shooting in front passed by the front of the Jin army's formation, then ran to the rear of their own side, passed through this circle, and continued to run to the front. Within a hundred steps in front of the Jin army's formation, the sky was covered with smoke and dust.
If you look from the shield, you can only see the dust and mist, with bows and arrows coming constantly, but you don't know how many enemy troops there are.
On the commander's platform, Wang Miaoyin murmured: "Are these the galloping shots of the sudden cavalry? It goes on like this over and over again, and no enemy troops are seen. It is really powerful."
Yu Yue was so anxious that he had already stood up and was walking back and forth. He kept mumbling: "Fight back, shoot them to death, Liu Jingxuan, what are you waiting for?!"
Liu Yu said calmly: "Yu Canjun, please be patient. Our former soldiers are now commanded by General Liu Fan and General Liu Cui of the Yanzhou Army. They have been Xi Le's subordinates for many years and have experienced hundreds of battles.
There is no counterattack now, so naturally they have considerations."
Yu Yue gritted his teeth and pointed forward: "Commander, you see, the enemy cavalry is getting closer and closer now. It was a hundred steps away at first, and now their galloping circle formation has reached less than 100 meters away from our army."
Fifty steps later, it's all smoke and dust. We can see clearly here, but the soldiers behind the shield are afraid that they can't see anything clearly. If they continue to be beaten passively like this, only defending but not attacking, they are afraid that the enemy will forcefully attack our army.
Array."
Liu Yu smiled slightly and looked at Hu Fan who was standing aside: "Husband, tell me, when our soldiers are fighting, how do we judge the strength and distance of the enemy's troops when they don't see the enemy's situation?"
Hu Fan said in a deep voice: "When the troops in front are aligned and the shields are lined up in front of them, the enemy's bows and arrows hit our shields with force and quantity, and we can know how many enemies there are and how far away they are from me."
Liu Yu looked at the suddenly enlightened Yu Yue and said calmly: "Yu joins the army. Soon, you will see our army's counterattack!"
