Ma Shaicai and Wang Tongtong rushed to the front side by side, both of them wearing light cotton armor.
The two of them drew the long bows in their hands to full capacity almost at the same time, and almost at the same time, taking advantage of the momentum of the horses galloping forward, they suddenly loosened the bow strings.
In an instant, arrows flew out like meteors!
The Lanzhou Li family's cavalrymen who were constantly harassing, threatening and screaming fifty steps ahead of them fell to the ground one after another.
Behind Ma Shacai and Wang Tongtong, warriors from various tribes in Liangzhou also shot arrows in their hands.
Unlike the Li family in Lanzhou who lacked iron weapons, after the Liugu people in Liangzhou took refuge with Zhang Zhao, the brave warriors among them all received armor given by Zhang Zhao.
Although most of them are three-layer leather armor or four-layer leather armor, they are far better than no armor.
The ultimate secret of cavalry shooting is to pull each other. Sometimes you are chasing others, and sometimes you are being chased by others.
Both sides constantly adjust their galloping routes and postures to the most comfortable one, and then they will rain down waves of arrows on each other.
Like the waves on the bank of the Yellow River, the Li family's cavalry roared in dense numbers and rushed towards Ma Shacai's team.
But theirs is too weak!
The difference between riding skills and archery skills is not very obvious, but the difference in equipment is too obvious.
Although there were only more than 400 cavalrymen in Ma Shacai's cavalry, they had nearly fifty sets of cotton armor, and the rest were also wearing leather armor or chain mail armor. The arrows were all made of fine iron and had very good penetrating power.
But most of the Lanzhou Fu Mo Li cavalry on the opposite side only wore leather jackets, and some could tie two wooden boards or iron sheets to their chests, which was considered to be very well equipped.
Only about half of them had iron arrowheads, and the rest were still made of bones, or even long, thin pointed stone strips polished.
The horse bow in his hand was even more limp, and Ma Shacai estimated that there might even be five or six dozen bows in it.
At this time, the long suspension bridge at the south gate of Lanzhou had been lowered. Originally, the Li family chief planned to arrange for the cavalry from outside the city to enter Lanzhou City through this suspension bridge.
Little did he know that Ma Shacai had such a keen sense of smell and ran towards the south gate, forcing him to choose here and start a fierce light cavalry showdown with Ma Shacai's cavalry.
"We can't continue fighting like this!" A leader of the Li clan rode up to the leader of the Li clan.
He looked at the Li clan leader and shouted loudly: "The Liangzhou cavalry all have armor, and their arrows are far better than mine. If we shoot at them from such a distance, we can't gain any advantage at all. We have to rush over and hit them!"
The Li clan leader wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. This is not an advantage at all. This is a complete beating!
In the exchange of fire for at least a quarter of an hour, at least hundreds of people on my side were wiped out, while on the other side not even a single person fell off his horse.
Especially the leading cavalry wearing strange armor, with arrows stuck all over their bodies like hedgehogs, but they would not fall off their horses.
"Let everyone grab their spears and let's rush over. If the arrows can't break the armor, I don't believe that the spears can't!" The leader of the Li clan snorted coldly and issued what he thought was the most correct task.
It is indeed correct. Using bone arrows to shoot at a fully armored cavalry is no different from sending them up to be beaten. Using a spear to counterattack, coupled with the impact of the horse, can at least break the armor better than arrows.
Wang Tongtong laughed heartily. In just a quarter of an hour, he had shot at least seven or eight enemy cavalry. His long-term depression was finally released, and he felt much better.
He excitedly pointed to the distance, and the Lanzhou Li Shimo cavalry who started to gather under a few big flags started to attack the horses and then said: "It seems that they don't dare to shoot at us anymore, and now they want to rush up and fight hand to hand."
Ma Shacai looked back at the south gate of Lanzhou. Unfortunately, they were entangled by the cavalry on the opposite side and had to rush and kill them for several times. As a result, a dozen soldiers from the south gate had already taken advantage of this opportunity to pull up the suspension bridge again. There is no chance to grab the door now.
However, he still has confidence in Wen Chongle and others in the city.
With just the patrols of the Li family in the city, as long as there was no support from outside the city, he believed that Wen Chongle, together with the guards of Long Bian, a monk from the capital, as well as the monk soldiers and Khitan warriors from the Majestic Temple, could at least be invincible.
If the Su Lun family can have a few smart people, they can even take over Lanzhou City. At least it shouldn't be difficult to control the west gate and south gate.
"Change the horseshoe and prepare to attack!" Thinking of this, Ma Sha laughed loudly and took the horsehorse on the side of the horse in his hand.
Wang Tongxin also put away the hard bow in his hand and began to replace it with a horse bow.
There is almost no need to convey orders, the cavalry around them know how to fight to kill the horse. In fact, the duel between light cavalry still depends on hand-to-hand combat to determine the outcome.
Because both sides are moving targets, the lethality of mounted shooting is quite limited.
When cavalry archery can exert good lethality, it is basically when the opponent's cavalry or infantry are escaping, or when facing infantry who have little counterattack and mobility capabilities.
The team had just assembled and Ma Shacai snorted again. The Lanzhou Aimo cavalry on the opposite side actually formed a crane wing formation with thick troops in the middle and two wings that could be spread out.
This is an attempt to bully the few and defeat Ye Ye in one fell swoop!
Wang Tongtong also laughed silently. These people had no idea that at least forty cavalry on their side were elite cavalry from the original Fengtian Army, now called Hanhai Town.
They were holding high-quality horses and horses, and they all followed Zhang Zhao in Anxi, and they were invincible in the south and north of the river. What kind of battles have they not seen?
If the opponent sets up a sharp arrow formation with a sudden attack of pigs, and there are more than 2,000 of them, it will indeed cause some trouble for Ma Shacai and the others.
But now they have set up a crane-wing formation, hoping to outflank Ma Shacai's cavalry in the middle and eat them, then this is fanciful.
Because those open wings are the best breakthrough targets.
Ma Shacai waved his hand, "Give me the order, everyone follows the red flag of X. We fight to the left with all our strength, penetrate their left wing, and then turn the horse's head around to give him a back yard flower!"
When the generals of both sides issued battle orders, the cavalry had actually begun to approach slowly. Both sides had a tacit understanding and did not take out their bows and arrows. They both needed to save themselves and their horses' physical strength.
Two drums sounded, and several small flags in the Li cavalry formation at the end of Lanzhou waved violently. Shouts seemed to come from the horizon, and more than two thousand cavalry rushed towards the horses to kill them. come over.
Ma Shacai raised his horse high, and each of his four soldiers had a bright red flag on his back, which meant that everyone should charge in the direction of the red flag.
Eighty steps!
Sixty steps!
Forty steps!
Getting closer and closer, both sides could already see each other's spears and sabers, and the two extended wings of Lanzhou Li's cavalry crane wing formation had begun to close.
Ma Shacai suddenly shouted loudly at this moment, and took the lead and rushed out like an arrow. The horse with folded ears under its crotch erupted with explosive power that was much higher than that of ordinary Lanzhou horses. The more than 400 cavalrymen suddenly improved by two or three levels.
There is no limit to the speed.
There are only three to four hundred cavalry on the left wing of the Lanzhou Aimo cavalry, because they have extended "crane wings" and are used to outflank.
But suddenly, they discovered all the rebel cavalry rushing towards them, and their faces turned pale with fright.
The distance of thirty steps was almost instantaneous. Under the guidance of four red flags, four hundred rebel cavalry formed a neat arrow formation and rushed over.
The Momo cavalry opposite them didn't care about outflanking or not. In their view, the combat effectiveness of these Liangzhou cavalry just now was obvious to all.
Just the armor on other people's bodies can make them unable to resist for a few streets in a battle.
In an instant, when they were about to make contact in less than ten steps, the Lanzhou Ammo cavalry on the left wing suddenly dispersed.
Ma Shacai laughed ferociously, raised the horse in his hand high, and danced to the ground with a whine.
He was whipping and beating, and the dozens of elite cavalry behind him were just like him, and they scattered the cavalry on the opposite side in one go.
There is no need to stab the pliable horses, they can just be beaten directly. If these unarmored cavalrymen are touched, at least their ribs will be broken. Smoke and dust will be everywhere for a while, and they will scream again and again.
Chief Li's eyes widened. He did not expect that the left wing would be broken through so quickly. Although there were fewer people there, there were still three or four hundred cavalry.
Four hundred versus four hundred, how could they be defeated so quickly?
In fact, what he didn't expect was that the explosive power and sprint speed of the folded horse would be so fast.
It feels like you look at the opposite side and see some old man's happy car, but when it starts, you realize that it is not an old man's happy car, but a modified Wuling car with at least six cylinders.
As a result, all the original plans were completely ineffective.
This is the case for the Li clan leader. Originally, even if the left wing was attacked, the cavalry of the main formation and the right wing could quickly outflank the enemy, which was equivalent to the effect of the Crane Wing Formation.
But now, when he was trying to rescue the left wing, his horses were much slower and there was no time to outflank him.
Ma Shacai used the terrifying explosive power of the broken-eared horse to catch them off guard.
However, even if we can't catch up and can't rescue in time, we still need to rescue.
Chief Li's eyes were red. He roared angrily and ordered his cavalry to turn their horses' heads to pursue the Ma Shacai troops who had penetrated the left wing.
With a fierce charge, he directly penetrated the enemy's left wing. This feeling of satisfaction was so strong that Ma Sha barely managed to hold on to his last bit of sanity and did not let his men chase and kill the fleeing left wing of the Lanzhou Ammo Cavalry.
Instead, they led a large force out of the formation, turned a small N-shaped turn, and rushed back. The cavalry's arrows were aimed directly at the rear of the Lanzhou Cavalry formation.
As for this time's charge, they did not use the dancing charge method to distance themselves, but directly formed a pig charging formation.
"Clamp the gun! Clamp the gun!" Ma Shacai shouted loudly on his horse, and his personal guards nearby also shouted.
Upon hearing the order, all the cavalrymen clamped their long spears or carbines to their waist and ribs, and then adopted the method of holding the spear with their left hand.
They all let out a thunderous roar as the horse was killed, and instantly increased their horse speed to the maximum.
At this time, the Lanzhou Li cavalrymen were still turning their horses around in a chaotic manner, trying to pursue Ma Shacai and others. Unexpectedly, they dispersed the left-wing cavalry and Ma Shacai and the others immediately returned, and they were still able to launch an attack. The ability to charge in the second wave.
This caused the Lanzhou Aimo cavalry, who were still in the process of transformation and adjustment, to be directly killed by the horses, stabbing them hard to the waist and tail, where the troops were the thickest.
In extreme panic, this cavalry force of more than 2,000 people was like butter meeting a hot knife, and a bloody path was plowed out of the formation.
This was a real blow. The moment the chaos broke out, the Li clan leader didn't even have time to call out the surrounding cavalry guards. The situation collapsed in an instant!
Countless Lanzhou Ammo cavalry fell from their horses like dumplings. Before they could fight back, they were scattered everywhere.
Cries, screams of terror, and hoarse roars echoed across the battlefield.
All the Lanzhou Momo cavalry lost their minds in an instant. The ones in the middle were still resisting instinctively, while those on both sides had already panicked and ran away.
The two sides fought each other for more than ten minutes, shooting at least tens of thousands of arrows, and the real decisive battle was decided within a few minutes.
