Zhang Chengliang's heavy cavalry army, with bright armor, advanced row by row, followed by light cavalry and infantry. They didn't sleep well last night and were walking listlessly. Zhang Chengliang rode a war horse with a pole erected behind him.
'The big flag with the word '.
When the scouts came to report, they found that Li Tian's army seemed to be ready for battle, but the number was not very large, only 10,000 or 20,000, and they were all light cavalry.
When the generals nearby heard this, they all asked for a fight. After being tortured all night, they wanted to go up and tear Li Tian apart. Zhang Chengliang thought for a while, stopped everyone, and said: "Li Tian is a sinister and treacherous person. He will not just use
Ten or twenty thousand people have come to die. They must have premeditated plans. We can't fall for his trick again. Come on, pass the order. The formation will not change. Ignore him. I'll give him a way to stay the same to cope with all changes. Let's see if he can still do it.
What kind of trick are you playing?"
Li Tian was very surprised when he saw that Zhang Chengliang didn't launch a sprint. He was waiting for me to beat him! If I didn't take action, God wouldn't be able to bear it. He quietly said to the person next to him: "Give me the order. We are two hundred meters away from the heavy cavalry."
Listen to my orders and shoot arrows with all your strength. As soon as they charge with heavy cavalry, we will retreat towards Qihe."
This is really a weird scene. Zhang Chengliang's army is moving forward as usual, as if no one is seen in front of it. Hundreds of thousands of horses and horses are against one or two thousand people, and they can be trampled to death. But Zhang Chengliang just ignores you, look.
What are you doing? Li Tian's army also stood there motionless. Their posture seemed to say, "If you don't kill me, I won't be done with you today."
Many of Zhang Chengliang's soldiers had sweaty palms. The leaders of the two armies had taken the wrong medicine, and no one gave orders to attack.
At a distance of almost 200 meters, Li Tian gave the order to "shoot an arrow." Zhang Chengliang couldn't help it and shouted, "Come on, hit them to death." The heavy cavalry was covered in armor, and even the war horse was covered with arrows.
To them, it is nothing serious.
From calmness to explosion, it only took a moment to ignite. Li Tian's men and horses basically shot two or three arrows each, turned around and ran away. They were light cavalry. Seeing the heavy cavalry approaching them, they lost distance as soon as the horses hit them.
The heavy bow of the centaurs can reach a range of more than two to three hundred meters, but the farther the distance, the accuracy is lost, and the lethality is not very good. But what Li Tian wants is not the accuracy, nor the lethality, but the distance. A few
Thousands of arrows rained down on Zhang Chengliang's camp, and the arrows were all carrying flames. When they fell to the ground, the flames were extinguished, and a thick smoke rose from the arrows.
This is a kind of weed that the Zerg people dig up everywhere. This kind of grass has a special characteristic. When it is lit, it will emit a thick smoke. The smoke has a pungent and spicy smell. It is difficult to put out. It is not finished until it burns out. In the past,
The Zerg often use this kind of grass to burn to drive away ferocious beasts.
Zhang Chengliang didn't pay attention at first, but after a while, with the direction of the wind, the light cavalry and infantry behind were dizzy from the smoke. He also had snot and tears, and quickly ordered them all to attack and leave the smoke area.
The heavy cavalry in front ran very fast, but they escaped the difficulty. Hundreds of thousands of heavy cavalry rushed forward happily, and the momentum was very spectacular.
For the cavalry, thirty miles was reached in a blink of an eye. The water level of the Qi River was very low, and the width of the river was only sixty or seventy meters. Li Tian and the others rode across the river, and the water splashed from the horse's hooves. The water level had just reached the horse's belly.
, Li Tian shouted to the opposite side as he ran, "Notify Guo Jing to open the gate and release the water."
Wang Ping led the army and had prepared everything early. The pursuers from behind also followed. More than 100,000 cavalry rushed to cross the river. Many light cavalry squares also caught up and followed them across the river. The entire river
Zhang Chengliang's army was everywhere. Wang Ping was a little anxious when he saw it. He must not ask them to cross the river. He raised the flag and shouted loudly: "Resist the enemy with all your strength."
After giving the order, Wang Ping led the soldiers and horses on the bank and started a hand-to-hand battle with Zhang Chengliang's men and horses by the river. The Bear tribe bore the brunt. They were also heavy cavalry, but Zhang Chengliang's heavy cavalry was inferior to that of the Bear tribe.
It's just their numerical advantage. As more and more people cross the river, the war situation becomes more and more favorable to them.
Zhang Chengliang also led the army through the smoke area and came to the river. Everyone's eyes were red with pain. He saw the two armies fighting on the other side of the river. Without saying a word, he ordered them to line up and cross the river with all their strength. In his opinion,
, how could this small Qihe block his hundreds of thousands of troops?
However, as soon as they got out of the water, some people felt something was wrong. The water level was getting higher and higher, and the current was getting faster and faster. Those with sharp eyes saw a torrent rolling upstream and screamed in fright. Zhang Chengliang also saw this torrent.
His voice changed a bit, and he shouted with a tearful cry: "Stop, I ordered to stop, everyone come back, hurry up~"
The speed of the troops and horses was not as fast as the flood. The troops and horses on the river bed were swept away by the flood peak. The thirty or forty thousand people who crossed the river escaped the flood, but were surrounded and beaten by Li Tian's men. Some
They were driven into the water and swept away, and some were killed mercilessly. Zhang Chengliang looked at all this, his throat sweetened, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell down under the horse.
This battle was a vivid one, with the magic stick climbing on the roof of the car and cheering loudly, waving his little fat fist to cheer for the soldiers, and scaring the driver so much that he was afraid that he would fall off the car, and he opened his arms and waited to catch him.
After returning from last night, Li Tian was thinking about how to use this river. After discussion, he sent Guo Jing to take the dwarves to the upper reaches to connect them with wooden piles, dig soil and pack water to block the water, forming a gate. After receiving the news
Afterwards, the wooden piles were pulled down, allowing the river water to rush down to form a flood peak.
Li Tian was also afraid that Zhang Chengliang would not cooperate and would not cross the river until the men and horses were ready before crossing. In that case, the flood would be exposed and it would be meaningless. So Zhang Chengliang came to smoke again, burning his anger high.
In addition, when escaping, they did not distance themselves and directly led Zhang Chengliang's army into a trap.
But there was also a small mistake, that is, the water came a little slowly. If it had been slower for a few minutes, Li Tian would have won, and the losses would have been heavy.
God bless, the flood came just in time, and after wiping out the rebels who crossed the river, Li Tian's troops also lost more than 2,000 people, which is acceptable. It is estimated that Zhang Chengliang's army's casualties would not be less than 100,000
, as long as the heavy cavalry fell into the water, they would not be able to escape with such heavy armor. With cheers of victory, Li Tian led the soldiers to begin to evacuate.
Zhang Chengliang finally woke up under the rescue of military doctors. Others did not dare to report the loss and just looked at him helplessly.
An ugly daughter-in-law always has to meet her parents-in-law. Zhang Chengliang still asked about the situation. After listening to the following report, Zhang Chengliang burst into tears. He had been on a roll all the way, but he didn't expect that he had been fooled by Li Tian in the past two days. Not to mention, this time
In the battle, the heavy cavalry lost more than 110,000 people, including dead and injured. The heavy cavalry was equipped with valuable equipment and was the backbone of the army. In Zhang Chengliang's army, the entire heavy cavalry was less than 200,000, and more than half of them were lost in one fell swoop.
, this is really not something he can accept.
In just two days after leaving the capital, Zhang Chengliang lost more than 130,000 troops and more than 10,000 wounded. All of this was caused by his mistakes. Zhang Chengliang was very anxious and could not afford to fall ill.
At this time, Li Tian's army actually returned to Pingdu after their victory, where they consolidated the army and added supplies to the army. Wang Ping also began to recruit a large number of troops in his territory, strengthen the city walls, and wait for the enemy's attack.