The Jinghua cavalry was as powerful as a rainbow, and with the cover of muskets and artillery, it was invincible and unstoppable. Three thousand men attacked the enemy's cavalry formation, and then quickly broke out and attacked the infantry at the rear.
The Youzhou cavalry was completely unable to stop them, and the infantry at the rear did not expect that the other party's cavalry would actually be shot out of their own cavalry formation!
They had no means to deal with the cavalry at all, and after Long Yan's cavalry rushed into the Youzhou infantry formation, they slaughtered the Youzhou infantry like chopping melons and vegetables.
This time, all the senior commanders in Youzhou were fooled, and Meng Zan was the same.
He didn't even know what kind of fighting method this was, how could he rush out of the opponent's people from his cavalry formation?
The most terrible thing is that the infantry behind him were not prepared to deal with the cavalry at all. These three thousand cavalry were like tigers and sheep. In a few breaths, thousands of his infantry lost their heads.
"Marshal, what should we do? We can't let these cavalry do whatever they want!" Meng Zan's general asked anxiously.
Meng Zan was also thinking about this problem. The only ones who could deal with the cavalry were the cavalry. However, if the charging cavalry were to turn back and deal with these three thousand cavalry, then the price paid for the charge would have been in vain.
Moreover, he could also see that his cavalry's will to fight was already very weak. If they could not take advantage of this time to break up the infantry formation of the Jinghua city defenders, there was no guarantee that they would be defeated when they charged again.
Therefore, the cavalry must not be allowed to withdraw. The only way now is to continue to advance.
The Jinghua city defenders numbered approximately 17,000 soldiers, and after his cavalry charged into battle, the number was almost the same.
Cavalry versus infantry, if the numbers are equal, the cavalry can win completely.
There are also 80,000 infantry on their side, while Jinghua's cavalry is only 3,000.
With a huge manpower difference of nearly thirty times, no matter how weak the infantry is, they can't defeat it and can hold it back without any problem.
As long as the cavalry quickly eliminates Jinghua's infantry in the front, they can quickly return to the division to eliminate these three thousand cavalry.
"Instruct the infantry to withstand the pressure. Anyone who retreats without authorization will be killed without mercy!"
Meng Zan was right to want to wipe out Long Yan's Jinghua city defense forces outside the city. However, he underestimated the capabilities of Jinghua's infantry.
For this battle, Liu Zheng specially trained these infantrymen to fight against the cavalry.
Each of the front row infantrymen will have a thick shield, and then behind them, there will be a ten-foot-long spear.
The roots of these long hairs are firmly fixed on the ground, and there are four soldiers to ensure its stability. As long as the enemy's horses charge forward, they will be stabbed to death by these sharp long hairs.
In the infantry formation, the outermost row of shield soldiers is the shield soldiers. Behind the shield soldiers are the hair soldiers. Behind the spear soldiers, there are shield soldiers. Behind this row of shield soldiers are the sword and axemen.
The shield soldiers in the center of the military formation protect the swordsmen, and the swordsmen have only one task, to chop off the horse's legs.
This is true at all levels. As long as the soldiers in Jinghua are not afraid of death and are not afraid of danger, the army formation will not be broken, and the cavalry will be locked in a bitter battle with these infantry.
And this is indeed the case. When the Youzhou cavalry with low fighting spirit rushed into the Jinghua infantry formation, the first batch of cavalry were directly pierced by spears. The cavalry following them also had no time to react and fell on their backs. The cavalry behind them
Then he jumped up high and stepped through the first layer of shield array. But soon, the shield array was replenished, and the horses that rushed in were quickly cut off by the axe-hands. Then the cavalry fell and were repaired.
Death by knife.
The Youzhou cavalry rushed toward the military formation in batches, but they were still unable to break through it.
Moreover, what troubles them most is that the casualties are too great.
Not a single cavalryman left the battlefield, but the Jinghua infantry suffered very few casualties due to their orderly organization.
At this time, Meng Zan couldn't sit still.
While the cavalry was being killed by the opponent's infantry, his infantry was also being killed by the opponent's cavalry. In just two quarters of an hour, the number of infantry casualties was tens of thousands! But the number of casualties of the opponent's cavalry was less than a hundred!