Now we can only lead the horse forward cautiously.
When they had traveled six or seven miles, the Polu army also came to them.
Looking at the Polu army in front of them, Tian Kai and Zhao Yu were shocked. They knew that they had been ambushed by the enemy.
"What to do now, whether to retreat or advance."
"Retreating now is a dead end. The only way is to fight through. Although these traps have blocked our charge, the enemy's military formation has also been affected, making it difficult to take shape at all. This is an opportunity."
Facing Zhao Yu's questions, Tian Kai was extremely determined.
"Only in this way, I must take the lead and attack with the whole army."
Zhao Yu is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Since Tian Kai said that he can ascend to heaven by killing him, then he will lead others to kill him.
"Wait a minute."
Seeing Zhao Yu about to attack, Tian Kai stopped him directly.
"What's wrong?"
"We can't bring our horses to fight the enemy head-on. Instead of doing this, it's better to use the horses as the vanguard. We can then cover up and kill them, and we should be able to break the formation in one fell swoop."
Tian Kai glanced at the war horse beside him. His former life-and-death companions had now become a burden, which really made him feel a little unbearable.
"Hey, that's all we can do."
The same goes for Zhao Yu. He really couldn't bear to part with the war horse beside him sharing life and death with him.
It must be said that Gongsun Zan's cavalry was of high quality. As soon as Zhao Yu's military order came out, all three thousand cavalry under his command sacrificed their horses.
Zheng Feng was in the front line. Seeing the enemy gathering all their horses, he couldn't help but have some questions in his mind.
"Go ahead."
The war horse channeled the spirit, Zhao Yu shouted, and his mount launched a charge.
"Go ahead."
"Kill."
"Go ahead."
Shouting one after another, with reluctance, anger, and even more attachment, three thousand horses and ten thousand galloping horses rushed directly towards Zheng Feng and the others.
"The army formation splits, let the horses pass."
Zheng Feng looked at the charging horses, immediately understood the enemy's thoughts, and quickly commanded the change of formation.
The military formation of 2,500 people was divided into two from the middle, and a huge gap appeared in the middle of the road.
Three thousand war horses may seem like a lot, but the horse pits along the way are even more terrifying. Some of the horses will stumble and fall before taking a single step. In the end, only a little more than a thousand of the three thousand horses rushed through.
There were more than a thousand war horses without knights controlling them, and they basically ran through the gap that Zheng Feng stepped out of. Only a few of them could cause damage to the Polu army.
After the war horses, Zhao Yu and the others stumbled over.
"Bow and arrow."
At a distance of one hundred and fifty steps, Tian Kai ordered arrows to be fired, and before the Polu army could form a formation, he continued to disrupt the troops with arrows.
"shield"
Zheng Feng ordered that all the Polu troops should pick up their shields, put them on their heads, and continue to form a formation.
"Shoot at will."
The Polu army was forming a formation, but Zhao Yu and the others had no such idea. The cavalry formation was not used by the infantry at all. Since they couldn't fight in a formation, let's just fight randomly.
Gongsun Zan's cavalry is very capable of riding and shooting, and this is still applicable to infantry battles. The continuous rain of arrows never stops from the beginning.
The Polu army formed a difficult formation under the continuous rain of arrows. They fell into horse traps one after another, which not only caused their horses to stumble, but also sprained their feet.
From one hundred and fifty steps to one hundred steps, Zhao Yu's cavalrymen consumed all the wolf fang arrows in their quivers at a distance of fifty steps. However, the Polu army was equipped with iron-clad armor and iron-clad shields.
The iron shield protects the head. Unless these arrows hit a vital point, it is difficult to cause fatal injuries.
More than 300 people were killed, more than 200 people were injured, and all the others had arrows stuck in their bodies. Even so, the Polu army was still forming its formation.
At eighty paces, the Polu army finally formed its formation.
"Crossbow strike."
Zheng Feng looked at the enemy in front of him and couldn't help but feel angry. One-fifth of his enemies were killed or injured before he even started fighting. He was really pissed to death.
"Lie down."
The distance of eighty steps was no more than the blink of an eye for a crossbow. Zhao Yu immediately fell to the ground after shouting.
Crossbows are different from bows and arrows. Most of the bows and arrows are projectiles, but crossbows shoot straight, so as long as you avoid the direction of the crossbow arrows, you can basically sit back and relax.
When cavalry fought, most of them used to lean on their horses or hide in stirrups to avoid arrows. Now it's easier, just lie down.
Although Zhao Yu reacted quickly, the cavalry under his command suffered a big blow. They knew what to do if they were riding horses. Except for a few people who fell down like him, the rest were all stunned and at a loss.
"ah,"
"Um."
"oh."
The sound of the crossbow entering the body was extremely clear. Even if they were protected by shields, the crossbow arrows at close range were enough to tear the shields apart and pierce their bodies.
Each and every living life was screaming and dying, but most of them were the masters who were lying on the ground groaning without being hit.
Just one wave of crossbow arrows equaled the damage caused by Zhao Yu's pot of arrows.
More than 300 people were killed and more than 200 people were injured, which shows the importance of equipment.
If the Polu army still had the same leather armor as Gongsun Zanfang, then the arrow rain just now would have killed and wounded at least half of them, not one-fifth.
"kill."
The reloading speed of the crossbow arrows made Zhao Yu know that there would be no second attack in a short period of time, so he jumped up and charged with a steel knife.
Eighty steps suddenly turned into fifty steps, and from fifty steps turned into thirty steps.
"Short spear."
As Zheng Feng spoke, he pulled out a short spear from his back, weighed the weight, and threw it directly.
"Dodge, duck, don't lie down."
Looking at the rain of short spears falling from the sky, Zhao Yu's face looked extremely ugly.
Short spears, like bows and arrows, are projectiles, and projectiles prefer objects with a large force-bearing area. If you choose to lie down at this time, the chance of death will definitely be much higher than standing up.
After learning the lesson of crossbows, these Youzhou cavalry immediately chose to lie down.
There was another wave of pitiful shouts, and each of the Youzhou cavalrymen was nailed to the ground with short spears. Some even lay on top of Zaidi and were pierced by three or four short spears at the same time. It was simply too horrible to watch.
More than 200 people lost their lives and more than 200 were injured.
The number of Youzhou cavalrymen in the two rounds of attacks was reduced sharply to 2,000, while Zheng Feng's side only had less than 2,000 men.
"Polu, Polu."
"Polu, Polu."
"Polu, Polu."
Facing the abominable Youzhou cavalry, each Polu soldier shouted the name of the Polu army at the same time. This is their spirit, this is their belief, and it is the source of their strength.
Three or four shields were erected, and a shield wall of about two meters stood in front of the Youzhou cavalry.
"kill."
Looking at the shield wall in front of him, Zhao Yu also scratched his head. In the past, he would have crashed through it with his horse, but now it's better, and he can only use people to fight.
The Youzhou cavalry rushed to a place two meters away from the shield wall and heard a shout from inside.
