While urging the army and horses to speed up, Chai Rong sent people back to the camp to gather support from the army.
Fifteen miles after leaving Tianwang Ridge, the retreating team of the Han army was already in sight. Chai Rong gave an order, and ten thousand cavalry roared and accelerated to catch up. As long as the Han army can be disrupted, the defeated Han army will attack
The Yuzhou camp took advantage of the opportunity to cover up the attack. Chai Rong was confident that he could completely defeat the Han army with the 30,000 troops in his hand.
They immediately caught up with the rear of the Han army, and even the fear in the eyes of the Han soldiers when they looked back could be seen clearly. A group of 5,000 Han cavalry suddenly shot out from the slanting spear, and the leader was
It is Liu Ling, the loyal prince of the Han Dynasty.
Chen Yuanshan was ordered to retreat at full speed with a large group of troops, while Liu Ling hid himself with 5,000 cavalry. A general must have the ability to seize the opportunity at the first opportunity. Chai Rong can do it, and so must Liu Ling. Chai is determined.
Rong was bound to attack in large numbers, so why didn't he prepare in advance?
As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, Liu Ling could not personally charge into the battle, but now it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for both the Zhou army and the Han army. The Zhou army seized it and drove the defeated Han army to attack Yu.
The Zhou camp will cause a chain reaction, and the collapse of the Han army in the Yuzhou camp is expected. And if the Han army grasps it, it can once again give the Zhou army a brutal blow like cutting out the flesh and gouging out the bones.
Seeing the Han cavalry coming from the flank, Chai Rong was panicked and then calmed down. He waved his command flag, sent out 10,000 horses to resist Liu Ling's cavalry, and ordered the cavalry chasing the Han army in front to speed up.
Liu Ling did not use the iron spear that he was good at, but instead pulled out a horizontal sword that Emperor Xiao had specially ordered skilled craftsmen to collect meteorite iron to make before going south. It was said to be a horizontal sword, but it was one foot longer than the standard horizontal sword of ordinary soldiers.
, a perfect arc is drawn at the front of the knife, somewhat similar to a scimitar.
But this knife is sharper than a scimitar, longer and heavier than a horizontal knife. The tempered blade is an addictive dark cyan color, and the sharp light is particularly dazzling in the sun. Even if the knife reflects the sun, it gives people a
A kind of cold illusion.
The reason why the spear was abandoned was that when charging into the battle formation, the spear body was too long and was not as flexible as a sword among the enemy. Liu Ling, who only started practicing martial arts at the age of sixteen, showed amazing talent in this aspect. He
It can be said that there is no skill in using a knife. It may seem random, but in fact it all depends on the flaws in the opponent's moves and your own eyesight.
The soldiers could not stop Liu Ling from rushing to the front, so they had to raise their cavalry shields to protect Liu Ling's whole body. When they were a hundred steps away, the Zhou army's archers began to shoot. The rain of arrows in the sky had no purpose at all.
As long as it covers the head of Han Qi, it will definitely cause some damage.
Hanasaburo's Turkic wolf riding tactics were taught by Liu Ling.
Liu Ling waved his hand, and the five thousand cavalry divided into three streams. Two thousand cavalry went to the left, and two thousand cavalry went to the right. Liu Ling led a thousand black unicorn troops without changing direction, and rushed straight into the Zhou army's formation.
They circled around the Zhou army and then used cavalry bows and crossbows to shoot without any need to deliberately aim. In such a dense crowd, as long as the arrows were not too far off and went into the ground, they could basically find a fresh life.
After firing the first round of feather arrows, the Zhou army's archers quickly drew out the second arrow. However, when they put the arrows on their bows, they found that not a single person on the horseback charging towards them.
there is none left.
Hiding in the pedals is very effective in avoiding the attack of feather arrows. Moreover, such an action is not difficult at all for Liu Ling or the thousand black unicorn army. The archers of the Zhou army collectively hesitated for a moment, but still
The second arrow was shot. However, the arrow hit the black unicorn army's armored war horse and had little impact.
The second round of volleys had just passed, and the thousand black unicorn troops led by Liu Ling had already closed the distance between the two sides to fifty steps. The time they gave the Zhou army was only the last round of volleys. After three rounds of volleys,
The Han army's cavalry will hit the Zhou army's square formation like a flood.
Chai Rong's eyes widened instantly as he was surrounded by guards and imperial troops. This was the first time he had experienced this kind of cavalry tactics. In the past few years of battles, Chai Rong had not had much contact with the northern grassland peoples.
, and the party cavalry that has been Chineseized is more inclined to charge in groups. He has never experienced such tactics of circling around the square formation and using feather arrows as the main attack method.
But this does not mean that Chai Rong is helpless. Years of continuous battles have allowed him to master a large number of battlefield skills. The art of war written in books is nothing more than principles, and only continuous practice can gradually improve it. Obviously, Chai Rong has no shortage of skills.
practice.
As soon as the command flag was waved, countless spearmen poured out from behind the archers. The archers quickly retreated into the square formation after shooting the last third arrow. And the well-equipped elite infantry of the Zhou army
They had already gathered behind the spearmen and consciously separated the queues. They deliberately left a passage between the queues, like dead ends.
After the Han army's cavalry breaks through the spearmen's defense, they will find that they can only advance through the passage given by the Zhou army. The passage is like opening doors to welcome the Han army's cavalry.
.
When the Han cavalry entered, they were greeted by countless shining swords and spears.
The spearman in front took three steps forward, squatted half-crouched, and raised the spear in his hand at a forty-five-degree angle. After such a formation was arranged, all that was left was to wait for the Han cavalry to crash into them and seek death.
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The third round of volleys from the Zhou army's archers had just ended. The black unicorn army led by Liu Ling was already less than ten steps away from the Zhou army. Seeing that the cavalry with Liu Ling as the arrow was about to die, it hit the densely packed long road.
In the spear formation, the spearmen of the Zhou army tightened their weapons one by one. They squatted down as hard as they could, with one leg behind them, preparing to welcome the impact of the Han army's cavalry.
Ten steps later, Liu Ling turned over from his horse and sat up, pointing his dark blue sword at him.
The cavalry were like swifts about to hit the wall, shouting and suddenly changing direction. Similarly, the Black Qilin Army led by Liu Ling changed its direction in an instant, from facing the Zhou army's spear formation to parallel with the target.
.Liu Ling took the lead in putting away the long knife and replaced it with the repeating crossbow hanging on his back.
At a distance of less than ten steps, a thousand black unicorn troops could kill the unobstructed spearmen of the Zhou army one by one even without aiming. When the repeating crossbow was triggered, each short but sharp crossbow arrow carried a cold murderous intent.
It shot into the spearmen's position of the Zhou army. Without the protection of iron armor, although the strength of the crossbow arrows was much smaller than that of the feather arrows shot by the cavalry bows, at such a close distance, almost all the crossbow arrows were missed by the Zhou army soldiers.
Body.
Liu Ling is not trying to rush into battle!
His goal was the same as that of the other two cavalry, which was not to rush forward and tear apart the Zhou army's formation, but to pretend to be rushing into the formation and use the mobility of the cavalry to deceive the Zhou army's shield bearers and archers back.
The defenseless spearman in the formation was his target, and Chai Rong was obviously fooled.
Crossbow arrows are different from feather arrows. They do not have an arrow tail at the back and are only one-third of the length of a feather arrow. The crossbow arrows fired by machine springs are far less powerful than those of riding bows, so they must be at close range to achieve the continuity and penetration of the crossbow arrows.
The advantage of strong penetration. The crossbow arrow has no tail and is short, so at such a close distance, the spearman's leather armor can be penetrated as easily as white paper. And because of the above two reasons, the crossbow arrow often penetrates very far.
deep.
The impact of the mechanical spring repeating crossbow on the spearmen was too great. A thousand black unicorns passed by like military wind, and the outermost spearmen of the Zhou army were torn off layer by layer. The spearmen wailed, and their bodies went limp.
They fell down, one after another.
Chai Rong's face turned livid and he quickly changed his order. A large number of shieldmen began to squeeze out, but the dense crowd and the corpses at their feet became insurmountable obstacles for them. Taking advantage of the chaos in the Zhou army's defense, Liu Ling general
The crossbow hung behind his back, and then he drew out the larger horizontal knife again.
kill!
A roar.
Under the leadership of Liu Ling, a thousand black unicorn troops rushed diagonally into the Zhou army's square formation. In a hurry, the Zhou army's defense did not take shape. The elite black unicorn army was like a sharp dagger, stabbing fiercely.
He entered the Zhou army's formation and entered the chest of this strong-looking giant.
With one push of Liu Ling's long knife, half of a Zhou soldier's head was cut off, and white and red liquid flowed out from the brain cavity, which was shocking. With another knife, a soldier's entire arm was cut off.
The dark green sword was covered with flowing blood beads. Liu Ling had already ridden back his red lion. The horse suddenly jumped up and jumped over a Zhou army soldier. Liu Ling lowered the sword in mid-air.
As soon as it was inserted, there was a pop and Zhou Jun's head was cut open like an egg.
The Black Qilin Army waved the horizontal sword in their hands, killing and injuring the already confused Zhou army soldiers to the maximum extent. Soldiers fell one by one, and more soldiers rushed over under the urging of the horn.
Liu Ling cut off the spear thrust by a Zhou army spearman with one knife, and cut the throat of the Zhou army soldier as easily as cutting grass. While waving the long knife, Liu Ling shouted: "Charge over and kill him."
Enemy formation!"
In order to relieve the pressure on the Black Qilin Army, the Han cavalry on the periphery made a large circle and began to gather for the second time. They formed an attack formation and rushed straight to Chai Rong's position like an awl. The leader this time was Zhao Er.
Fifty steps away, Zhao Er bent his bow and shot down a spearman with one arrow. Then he also gave up his iron spear, grabbed his sword and rushed into the enemy group.
When fighting alone, Zhao Er would not give up his iron spear. But in such a dense battle formation, the iron spear was far less flexible than the horizontal sword due to its length limit. When the soldiers of the Zhou army saw the Han cavalry, they went straight to the emperor.
, then rushed over like crazy to organize the cavalry led by Zhao Er.
With a pull on both sides, a gap suddenly appeared in the Zhou army's defense. The pressure on Liu Ling's side suddenly decreased. He cut off half of the arm of a Zhou soldier with a knife, and blood gushed out like a waterfall. The soldier howled.
He fell to the ground with a sound, and was immediately dented by the front hooves of the war horse on his chest.
The second cavalry stepped over his body, and the Zhou soldier's stomach was trampled, and his internal organs were squeezed out and fell to the ground along the gap. When the horse's hoof stepped on the internal organs, they immediately turned into a puddle of meat.
After more than a dozen war horses rushed over, this Zhou soldier no longer had a human form. He looked like a puddle of mud and smelled full of blood.
The two sides kept pulling at the Zhou army's defense, and the Han cavalry cut open the Zhou army like a knife. Hanasaburo, who was covered in blood, gritted his teeth, endured the pain all over his body, and rushed with hundreds of cavalry to meet Liu Ling. He opened a passage.
Hanasaburo shouted loudly for Liu Ling to withdraw from the battle.
Liu Ling looked back at him, pointed forward with his sword, and then drew a semicircle. Hanasaburo immediately understood what Liu Ling meant. He also wanted to persuade Liu Ling to withdraw from the enemy's battle formation, but Liu Ling had already started again
He killed a Zhou soldier with his sword and led his men to continue charging into the formation.
Hanasaburo clamped down on his horse and led hundreds of cavalry to kill in the opposite direction of Liu Ling. The two men led the cavalry, one forward and the other backward in the Zhou army's battle formation, constantly tearing open the gap.
expand.
Finally, when Liu Ling saw a bright light in front of him, there was no longer a Zhou army soldier in front of him. The Zhou army's square formation was completely cut open. The Zhou army on the other side of Chai Rong was rushing over to protect himself.
The emperor, Hanasaburo understood Liu Ling's instructions just now and led the remaining less than 300 cavalry in a circle towards the Zhou army's rear formation.
On the other side of the Zhou army's battle formation, Liu Ling led the Black Qilin Army, which had lost more than a hundred people, to kill through the square formation, and also quickly rushed to the Zhou army's rear formation in a circle. The leading route of the two men, if they were in mid-air
If you look at it, you can see that it is an almost regular semicircle.
Finally, when the two teams of men and horses met, the semicircle was completely formed. At this time, because Zhao Er led the troops to attack Chai Rong's Chinese army, the Zhou army behind them went crazy and rushed forward to rescue the Chinese army. Liu Ling and Hanasaburo circled around
The troops gathered together in a semicircle, and then charged again behind the Zhou army.
"Kill Chai Rong!"
"Kill Chai Rong!"
As Liu Ling shouted, more than a thousand cavalry shouted slogans to kill Chai Rong. The Zhou army was like a herd of driven sheep, constantly swarming towards Chai Rong's central army. Liu Ling and Hanasaburo were in front of Zhou Jun
There was constant urging from behind, but the sheep were driven with sharp swords instead of whips. (To be continued)