At Tianwangling, Hanasaburo stood on a high place and looked out, only to see the tide of Han troops coming towards him. In the distance, the Zhou army's cavalry was not far away from the retreating Han troops. When he saw
The dusty Zhou army cavalry behind the Han army were so densely packed that Hanasaburo couldn't help but clenched his fists!
There were so many Zhou troops chasing them. After so many years of following Liu Ling in the north and south, Hanasaburo had become very mature. Although he was shocked by the number of Zhou troops pursuing him, he was still calculating in his heart.
How can we defeat the Zhou army?
It seems that the people and horses pursued by the Zhou army are more than those of Chen Yuanshan, and less than half of them are cavalry. In this state, if the infantry fights against the cavalry, there will be no victory. The running Han soldiers are in front of the Zhou army's cavalry.
They are all living targets, and it is impossible to resist them.
The only thing that can be used now is the strategy of suspecting soldiers, hoping that the banners all over the mountains and plains can scare away the Zhou army.
He gave an order and ordered all the soldiers to mount their horses and prepare to rush down to stop the Zhou army.
Chen Yuanshan ran all the way, and the heavy armor on his body had been taken off as he ran. Running with such a suit of armor, even if he was not hacked to death by the Zhou army's cavalry behind him, he would be exhausted to death by himself. Although he had ten thousand men
There were five thousand men and horses, but they were all infantry. Not to mention the thousands of cavalry in the Zhou army, even if there were only a thousand fine cavalry charging at them from behind, they would still be unable to withstand them.
You must know that a hundred heavy armored cavalry in an attack formation are fully capable of smashing into chaos an infantry ten times the size of their own defensive line. The infantry's defensive formation is fragile in front of the high-speed advancing heavy armored cavalry.
It’s like a layer of white paper!
Throughout the ages, there have been few examples of infantry defeating cavalry. Especially on ancient battlefields, the mobility and impact of cavalry were infinitely amplified. The reason why the grassland nomads were able to have no fear of the countries of the Central Plains in every dynasty
Psychologically, it is precisely because they have powerful cavalry. The Huns, Turks, Khitans, and later the Jurchens all pose a fatal threat to the Central Plains countries!
The Mongols, relying on the best cavalry team in the world, swept across the Eurasian continent and expanded their territory to the end of the land! Having an excellent cavalry team is what every general dreams of. Even if
In the early days of modern warfare, when thermal weapons had taken over the dominant position, the cavalry was still a force that should not be underestimated. It was not until mechanized equipment troops that the cavalry gradually faded out of the stage of history.
Even during World War II, the important position of cavalry on the battlefield was unquestionable. The king of field battles was cavalry. The king of defensive warfare was heavy armored infantry. Facing the heavy armored infantry that had been arranged in defensive formations, the company's light infantry
The cavalry can only look back and sigh. Unless it is a heavy armored cavalry equipped with heavy cavalry, it will be difficult to rely on an ordinary cavalry team to break through a thick heavy armored infantry defensive position. And because the cost of building a heavy armored cavalry is too high
, and the mobility of heavy armored cavalry was too poor, so it was gradually abandoned in the late Sui Dynasty.
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, heavy armored cavalry reappeared on the battlefield, but the number was never large.
Seeing Chen Yuanshan leading more than 10,000 Han troops wearing black military uniforms and carrying red battle flags, they retreated back like a tide. Most of them had already passed Tianwang Ridge, and the last team was still at the entrance of Xiaotani, while Zhou Jun was chasing after them.
The cavalry was already less than 500 meters away from them.
Hanasaburo's hand held his weapon tightly, and his joints had turned white due to too much force. He had forced himself three times to suppress the urge to mount his horse and kill the enemy, and lowered the raised iron gun again. The soldiers behind him were as anxious as he was. If Hanasaburo hadn't stopped him, the three thousand cavalry under his command would have been unable to bear the charge.
However, he had to wait. Only the cavalry from the later Zhou Dynasty arrived at the foot of Tianwang Ridge, and then attacked down from the high slope, relying on the advantage of the terrain to increase the intensity of the attack. Hanasaburo's soldiers stood behind him, anxiously His eyes kept switching between the fleeing robes below and Hanasaburo's face. The soldiers standing beside Hanasaburo could see the solemn look on the general's face and his tightly pursed lips.
Seeing that at the entrance of the valley, the Han infantry running at the rear was being chased by the Zhou army's cavalry. The Zhou army's cavalry general at the front raised his saber high, with the curved saber in mid-air. It traced a trajectory, and then chopped on the head of the Han infantry! Half of the head was chopped off directly by the saber. From such a distance, Hanasaburo and the others even saw the bright red blooming in the air on the high slope!
"General!"
A general took a step forward and shouted with eager eyes.
Hanasaburo gritted his teeth and said nothing. The general Hanasaburo didn't even turn his head. He wanted to urge the general to go to war, but he was speechless. Because he saw in Hanasaburo's eyes the same mood as his own. Something, that is, eagerness. However, Hanasaburo was reluctant to give the order to attack.
A team was watching more and more Han infantry being swept away and chopped down by the Zhou army's cavalry. He clenched his fist and smashed it hard on the rock next to him. The flesh and skin on his fist were smashed, and blood flowed. It dripped down his hand. But he couldn't feel a trace of pain in his hand, because his heart hurt even more!
"General! Why haven't you given the order yet?"
The team was looking at Hanasaburo, the urgency in their eyes was so deep.
Hanasaburo still didn't answer, his eyes fixed on the battle situation below. No one noticed that he once again tightened his grip on his iron gun, but in the end he did not raise the tip of the gun.
Finally, three to four thousand Zhou army cavalry and the Han army were connected together. In their eyes, the running infantry were no different from grass targets stuck on the ground. The only difference was that they would not be able to cut down the grass targets. Bleeding. One by one, the Han soldiers fell down wailing. They must have been filled with fear when they died, right?
"General! Give the order!"
"General! Give the order!"
The generals, Qian Zong, Bai Zong, and the team leader gathered around Hanasaburo one by one, clenching their fists, and constantly urging Hanasaburo with tears in their eyes. But the latter seemed to have turned into a statue at this time. The stone-hearted sculpture has a serious expression and says nothing.
Hanasaburo was waiting. He was waiting for the Zhou army to relax its vigilance. He could see clearly that although the large group of Zhou army cavalry was chasing the Han army's infantry, there were still a cavalry team of about a thousand people trailing behind. .Because Zhou Jun also knew that the best place for an ambush was not Yulongpo, but Tianwangling!
Since the Han army could ambush a team of more than 10,000 people at Yulongpo without anyone noticing, who can be sure that there will not be an ambush by the Han army on Tianwang Ridge? The large group of infantry of the Zhou army was far away. Left behind, if there is an ambush by the Han army on Tianwang Ridge at this time, the more than 4,000 Zhou army's cavalry will be pinched from the front and back.
Facing a well-prepared enemy, Hanasaburo doesn't have much advantage if he rushes forward now! Once he is dragged down by the Zhou army's cavalry and waits for the infantry of the Zhou army's brigade to catch up from behind, only one of his three thousand cavalrymen will be able to catch up.
He couldn't walk. And Hanasaburo was not afraid of death, he was afraid that if he rushed down, not only would he not be able to save the Han infantry running in front, but he would also have to catch up with three thousand cavalry!
For the current Pingnan Army, cavalry is too important!
Finally, after at least four to five hundred Han infantry were killed by the Zhou cavalry, the Zhou cavalry who were on guard at the back could no longer bear it. If all the credit was taken away by the people in front, their cavalry team would be
The general in charge of commanding the vigilance cavalry looked at the casualties of the Han infantry in front and estimated that there would be no Han ambush on Tianwang Ridge.
The Zhou army's cavalry were killing like wolves rushing into a herd of sheep. If there had been an ambush by the Han army, they would have rushed out long ago. Under the constant urging of his men, the leading Zhou army general finally gritted his teeth and waved his sword.
Charged forward with more than a thousand cavalry!
Hanasaburo waved his hand and shouted: "Mount!"
The Han cavalry, who had already suppressed their anger, jumped on their horses one after another, waiting for the general's order. Huasanlang turned around and stopped a soldier and said: "Go, catch up with Commander Chen and tell him that I can't help him stop it."
The enemy is here! Let him adjust his formation. Three thousand war horses are in the valley. Let him divide his troops and get them quickly!"
Immediately afterwards, Hanasaburo ordered another soldier: "Go tell General Zhao Er and let him act according to the prince's instructions!"
Looking at the retreating figures of the two soldiers, Hanasaburo said with stern eyes: "Are you hating me for not killing and rescuing your robe immediately? Are you blaming me for being indifferent while watching my brothers die in battle?
Let me tell you! I am more impatient than you! But on the battlefield, there is no room for you and me to be impulsive!"
Hanasaburo pointed at the dust smoke in the distance and shouted: "Did you see that there?"
Everyone followed his instructions and looked over. The sky over there was full of smoke and dust. It must be a large group of Zhou army coming. More than a dozen generals at all levels looked there and didn't understand what Hanasaburo meant.
"There! There must be a general of the Zhou army, maybe even the commander-in-chief of the Zhou army, Sun Xuandao! Now, do you dare to follow me and cut off the flag of the commander of the Zhou army, and cut off the head of the commander-in-chief of the Zhou army to die?
Brothers take revenge!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they burst out shouting: "Kill!"
General Liang Shun said loudly: "Why don't you dare!"
Hanasaburo said: "Since you all have such courage, let's kill and avenge the dead Paoze! As long as we can kill the commander of the Zhou army, the Zhou army will definitely be in chaos! But what you need to know is that the Zhou army there will definitely
There are no less than tens of thousands, and we only have three thousand cavalry now. If we can't fight to the death, we will only be wiped out!"
Liang Shun clasped his fists and said: "General! Give the order! There are no cowards under the general. As long as you can kill the commander of the Zhou army in one battle, what if you die?"
Hanasaburo looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Okay! My sons! Follow me down the mountain and let's go and kill!"
Three thousand cavalry rushed down the other side of the hillside, leaving only a hundred men to guard the horses. Hanasaburo took the lead and led the cavalry in a roundabout way towards the flank of the Zhou army behind them.
The distance from Yulongpo to Tianwang Ridge is only a dozen miles. Tianwang Ridge is now filled with shouts of killing. The Zhou army is worried that the cavalry in front will be ambushed and will come with all their strength. Hanasaburo believes that although he only has less than 3,000 cavalry in his hands.
, as long as it is used properly, it will definitely cause heavy damage to the Zhou army! (To be continued)
