"Commander--" Several cavalrymen rushed over and several people dismounted, but it was the Taoist priests of the Yuan family who rushed back from the battlefield.
"There is a Taoist priest who has sent a message." The first Taoist priest reported the new situation he had noticed: "In the past two years, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has surged. It is no longer necessary for a real person to send a message with magic power, but a Taoist priest with a perfect foundation of magic power is required to radiate such a large battlefield.
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"You can't do it?"
"This..." Several Taoist priests were ashamed.
Ji Ling waved his hand, and frowned due to various unfamiliar impacts. In the past few years, the familiar battlefield has suddenly become more and more unfamiliar, whether it is military generals becoming more and more prominent, or Taoist priests joining the battlefield.
I think back then, no matter how strong a general was, hundreds of soldiers could kill him.
Taoist priests are even more fragile and can be captured and killed by just one soldier. How come things are becoming more and more different now?
Ji Ling stared at Shuai Qi across from him, his heart palpitating for a while, and then he said calmly: "Since you can't do this, then let me observe the situation of the Chinese army."
"Yes." The Taoist priests were all awe-inspiring, and the general was always decisive and ruthless. Although his tone was calm, the meaning behind his words made them tremble. They immediately agreed, cast the spell and left.
"What?" Lei Bo, the general, asked urgently.
The Taoist priest swallowed his saliva: "A thousand cavalry under the command of the commander opposite are all wearing red armor, and their aura is red... The red aura of Huode, isn't it unique to the Central and Northern Army? It has disappeared for several years..."
Everyone knows that He Jinyi died in the past two years, and Dong Zhuo and other families divided the Northern and Southern armies. Suddenly, there was no trace of the Han family's red spirit, or the Zhang Liao infantry camp of the Northern army, and Liu Biao's Shesheng camp had a few survivors, but they were trapped in the Luoyang area and were being
The Xiliang army searched vigorously, and they would never appear among the local princes' armies.
Lei Bo clenched his fists: "Damn it, these thousand must be the Han family's cavalry. After Liu Bei became the clan, it was divided and rebuilt."
For military generals, Chide Chiqi is a matter of doubt, and more of an analysis of realistic military affairs.
Ji Ling squinted his eyes and was silent for a while: "I'm afraid it won't stop. I've heard for a long time that Youzhou Qingqi was powerful in the grassland. Gongsun Zan even established a 10,000 white horse retinue to wipe out Hu Qi... When Zhao Yun defected to Liu Bei, it was said that he was not alone, and Liu Bei
I grew up in Zhuojun, Youzhou, and I have a solid foundation in cavalry, which I trained after seven or eight years of fighting."
There are still some things Ji Ling hasn't said yet. He thinks that this red armored cavalry is the opponent's trump card. He also has a thousand cavalry, two thousand infantry, and two thousand archers who have retreated to recover their strength. He is afraid that he must be careful and not easy.
Investment, especially archers, is the key to restraining light cavalry.
"Give me another look at your movements."
"Yes," the Taoist priest responded, staring at the past, and suddenly saw Zhang Feiruo, the commander of the commander, turned to look at him... and his eyes were suddenly shocked.
"The enemy general has discovered me." The Taoist priest was shocked: "How is it possible, unless the enemy general has entered Taoism through martial arts and is in harmony with heaven and man?"
Ji Ling was stunned for a moment: "Are you sure? Zhang Fei has such strength?"
He couldn't help but take a look. He couldn't see clearly from several miles away, but he saw the general saying something to Jin Chiluanjia behind him.
"No..." The Taoist priest was shocked. He hadn't spoken yet. He couldn't see it with the naked eye. Suddenly, a golden phoenix appeared in the void. He looked at it with steadfast green eyes. There was a "boom" sound, and his vision went black. He spat out a mouthful of blood.
He came out: "It's Queen Mother Fengge's backlash. There is no Jiao Qi. Liu Bei is not inside."
"Damn it -" Ji Lingtong suddenly understood what this meant. This Liu Bei must have gone to Xuzhou. The Lord Yuan Shu was not taken seriously by Liu Bei at all.
Ji Ling's anger could not shake the battle situation at all, and Zhang Fei felt that the sense of surveillance was eliminated.
"Are there any Chinese troops who have not joined the battlefield?" The Queen Mother asked from the car: "Although Liu Shijun has orders, the war situation is urgent. With Mrs. Gan's protection, there is no need to worry about the Ai family."
"Queen Mother, it's not yet time, the enemy's last archers have not been mobilized yet."
Zhang Fei responded, staring at the enemy commander down the gentle slope opposite, and then looked back at the thousand light cavalry behind him. The red armor was a bright stream of fire in the dim sky. Although it was paper armor, it was not the white cavalry that Zhao Yun temporarily led and was still training.
Armored light cavalry, but cavalry with more than three years of experience.
The source of the cavalry is very complicated. There are cavalry brought by Zhao Yun from Changshan, veterans from the time when the eldest brother of Zhuo County in Youzhou started his career, side cavalry recommended by the Zhang family of Yanmen in Bingzhou, old cavalry from the Han family who were retreated and persecuted by Dong Zhuoqing in Luoyang's Northern and Southern Army.
Gongsun Zan even gave his lord a small number of white-horse followers under the guise of being a senior brother... However, these two years of campaign integration have already been integrated into the Yuzhou government system.
"I temporarily used Big Brother's name to confuse the enemy. It seems that the enemy Taoist priests just found out. The enemy must have known that Big Brother rushed to the battlefield in Xuzhou."
The real version of Zhang Fei is a scholar, so he thought like this and observed the movements on the other side: "Brother, the recruits, veterans and reserve forces together add up to 150,000, but they can be considered elites. They only patrol 10,000 with the Empress Dowager Luanjia, especially with red soldiers."
Armor was used as a sign, with bows, infantry, and cavalry. There was even a detachment of armored men and two hundred heavy cavalry. They all rushed to Xuzhou in the east to deal with Cao Cao. There were only a thousand light cavalry in the southern expedition, but it was enough to deal with Yuan Shu.
It’s more than enough. I will take Yuan Shu’s head and present it to my elder brother.”
Having become accustomed to being the head coach many times, Zhang Fei only flashed this thought. Seeing that his opponent was calm and did not move, he turned to Luan Jia Zhong to accompany Mrs. Gan: "Please also ask Madam to send a message to General Zhao and let him come from the flank."
Attack the crossbow formation to draw out the last archers of Yuan Shu's army."
Behind Jin Chi's curtain, Mrs. Gan... or Cao Baijing was accompanying the Queen Mother. She nodded at this moment: "So as not to overly damage the core red-armored cavalry? I understand."
It sounds a bit cruel, but my husband said that war is a reasonable competition of consumption, and compared with a thousand veteran light cavalry, three thousand new light cavalry cannot be said to be cannon fodder when protected by paper armor...
The color of the paper armor is just an honorary level indicator. The combat power is indeed one level lower, and the training cost is several levels lower. It is the economic principle in war to try to deflect damage according to the elite level.
Cao Baijing thought with such sentiments, and with her water virtue and Qi training reaching the fourth level, a spiritual consciousness instantly spread across Li Xu and sent a message: "General Zhao, please..."
"Follow your orders"
After Zhao Yun listened attentively, he galvanized his horse and jumped, leading the remaining thousand or so white-armored light cavalry out of the battlefield and heading towards the enemy's rear crossbow formation.
The changes in battlefield communications have prevented the enemy from recovering, but Zhao Yun has already made preparations and maintained his horsepower in order to retain the ability to make an impact and break the balance at a critical moment.
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty captured Tianma from the Western Regions and multiplied it, although there has been a bad tradition of castration, the horse breeds in the north have not degenerated for a while. Compared with the tall horses of the Xiliang Army in Liangzhou, the war horses from Youzhou carry heavy loads and have impact power.
Generally speaking, they are not suitable for heavy cavalry, but their endurance as light cavalry is excellent, and they can dash, stop, and jump out of the battle formation once.
This kind of maneuverability is unmatched by the war horses of the Central Plains. Ji Ling originally thought that the cavalry on the field had lost its threat. At this time, charging for the fourth time, everyone could not help but be stunned: "Is the Youzhou horse so powerful?"
"You must have been feeding corn for half a month. Liu Da'er has long been prepared to sneak attack on me in Jingzhou." Lei Bo cursed angrily, not realizing anything was wrong at all. The traditional thinking of the Yuan family is "I am right to sneak attack on you."
Yes, it was wrong for you to sneak attack on me."
When Ji Ling came to his senses and looked for the reason, he immediately ordered: "Stop them quickly."
The handsome flag waved and made a meaning in time with the sound of drums.
But with such complex signals, the soldiers who were dying on the chaotic battlefield, with the sound of swords and screams in their ears, and their nerves as tight as steel wires, how many of them could pay attention to the audio-visual signals?
But at this time Liu Beijun was completely different.
The commander just waved his flag to launch an offensive. Cao Baijing's spiritual consciousness swept across the battlefield, and he coordinated a little again. The whole army cooperated with the cover to press towards Yuan Shu's rear crossbow formation.
The increasing aura of heaven and earth has not only lifted the restrictions on the magic power of magicians, but also reduced the difficulty of performing Taoist magic. Only people on earth are aware of this world-wide change for the first time, and more and more magicians are involved in the war.
The resulting changes in battlefield communications are destined to break the old model of warfare.
During this period, Yuan Shu had not yet proclaimed himself emperor, and the basic qualities of the generals of the Yuan family were still good. Even now, they are very clear about the situation on the field - Liu Bei's army was only brave, and there were only a few Han soldiers who were not brave, and their organizational level was not good.
It is expected that the infantry soldiers on the front line of hand-to-hand combat are more likely to wear armor, even if it is paper armor. Originally, Yuan Shu's army maintained the balance of the battle due to the advantage of the crossbow formation.
However, it was not easy to command the crossbow formation. At this time, Zhang Fei's cavalry jumped out of the battle and charged directly from the side. The crossbow formation was scattered and moved in all directions. Many Yuan family generals saw that something was wrong. They looked back to see the change of their own flags, although they could not hear the sound of the drums clearly.
, and also guessed Ji Ling’s instructions.
After the crossbowmen were dispersed, they were no longer in formation, and their threat was greatly reduced. Liu Bei's army was temporarily motivated and pressed forward layer by layer.
"General Zhao, General Zhang orders you to charge directly at the enemy commander." At this time, Cao Baijing ordered during the summons.
However, there was some hesitation in her words. In the history of wars on earth, no military commander could defeat an enemy. This made her very cautious, fearing to damage the military commander that her husband valued so much.
"I have been ordered to do so," Zhao Yun agreed, and led the white-armored light cavalry to pass sideways and rush towards Yuan Shujun's commander's flag. They rushed so hard that Yuan Shujun's formation collapsed.
If this momentum continues, once the chain reaction is likely to cause the collapse of the own army, a general will lead his bodyguard to fight: "I am Chen Lan, the general under Yuan Gong's account, who is the enemy general--"
"Qiang——" The spear opened the long knife, and with a "pop", Chen Lan was stabbed to the core.
Chen Lan's body was thrown away. His bodyguards shouted angrily and rushed forward desperately. Zhao Yun laughed: "Well done."
The spear swept across like a whirlwind, followed by a bloody storm.
Ji Ling looked livid and asked, "Who can stop me?"
No one dared to respond, and all the generals looked at each other in confusion.
Ji Ling raised his hand several times. He was afraid of Zhang Fei's red-armored cavalry and never dared to join his last infantry and cavalry reserve. He only said in a cold voice: "Enter the archers."
The commander's flag waved, and the Chinese army's formation was divided. Two thousand archers rushed forward. After resting, they recovered their strength. With precision, a large number of arrows rained down on the cavalry. Suddenly, the cavalry fell off their horses in batches. However, protected by paper armor, not many were shot to death on the spot.
, those who were still alive formed an infantry formation, and those still on horseback rushed into the enemy formation, mingling with the chaos to avoid damage, greatly reducing the archers' shooting accuracy.
The battle situation became chaotic and tangled for a while.