Throughout Huangfu Song's military use, he always "first defended his own invincible, and then defeated it". When defending, he remained motionless, but once he turned to attack, he was overwhelming and invaded like fire, leaving no breathing room for the enemy.
opportunity. His style of military use is an anomaly in this era, and there are almost no others who are the same as him.
However, more than ten years later, Sima Yi and Zhang Liao, who had experienced in the army, were somewhat similar to him. Sima Yi was good at defense, and Zhang Liao was better at offense. Together, the two of them were even better than Huangfu Song.
When Huangfu Song's flag appeared on the city tower, the situation on the battlefield immediately reversed. The Xiliang army gradually stopped attacking, broke away from contact with the Han army, and withdrew towards the rear.
Seeing the low morale, Chen Cheng didn't take it seriously. It was good to capture Chencang, but it didn't matter if he couldn't. Huangfu Song appeared on the battlefield and immediately reversed the situation on the battlefield. Although it was shocking, but carefully
Thinking about it, it doesn't seem to be of much use.
Well, Chen Cheng thought: In fact, it is of great use. The Han army's forward battle formation has been smashed to pieces by the Xiliang cavalry. If Huangfu Song hadn't come, they would have suffered more casualties.
.Now the Han army has recaptured Chencang City and repelled the Xiliang army, which can be regarded as a tactical victory.
The sun in the west is about to set. On Weishan Lake... Even if we continue to fight, we won't gain much. If we win, we won't win much, if we lose, we won't lose much. That's it.
Calling back the troops and stopping the war is also an option.
He didn't forget that there was an enemy army in the north that was outflanking their retreat.
Chen Cheng rushed to Yang Qiu's side on horseback and shouted: "Take your troops and horses immediately and retreat to the west along the road!"
Yang Qiudao: "No"
Chen Cheng added: "Pick a hundred cavalry to go ahead and send an order to Liang Xing to pay him gold and withdraw his troops."
Chencang is located between mountains, with a vertical width of only a few miles from north to south. Including the hilly area where infantry can pass, it is only about ten miles wide. Fighting in this kind of place, there are not many strategies to talk about. Heavy armor and long halberds are needed to strengthen
The bow is stiff and the crossbow is just in front.
The Xiliang army was full of momentum when they attacked, and they didn't drag their feet when they retreated. They ran back behind them. Especially the soldiers and horses of Han Sui's tribe, they ran very fast, leaving Cheng Yi, Zhang Heng and others behind.
Seeing the Xiliang army retreating, the Han army's cavalry immediately chased them and killed those Xiliang soldiers who fell behind.
Most of these soldiers and horses were the elites of the princes who had just rushed into the city and then withdrew. Many of them jumped off their horses in order to seize the spoils, and now they have experienced the pain of abandoning their mounts. After being beaten by Lu Bu
After the cavalry led by him trampled him back and forth twice, those with horses immediately beat their horses and ran away, while those without horses snatched their horses and started running for their lives.
The remaining two-legged infantry were even more unbearable. They completely lost their structure and started running wildly with their backs to the enemy. Lu Bu took the opportunity to lead his cavalry and charge back and forth among the crowd, cutting down the Xiliang army one by one. The soldiers fell to the ground.
They dragged their weapons and fled towards the west. The rapid sound of horse hooves behind them made the defeated soldiers even more frightened. They had always been on horseback to attack the enemy, but now the situation was reversed.
Seeing this situation, Chen Cheng felt very speechless. When he had the advantage, he swarmed up and when he was at a disadvantage, he fled. You Xiliang troops are actually Huns or other barbarians pretending to be, right? But the Qiang people are originally
Counting them among Di Yi, the Han and Qiang people in Xiliang have been living together for too long and have long since turned into barbarians. It does not seem too outrageous to say that the Xiliang army is an army of barbarians.
In this way, the situation in front of us is the true character of the Xiliang Army.
On the mountainous area on the right, the light infantry of the Han Army were already in place. After a brief formation, these light infantrymen immediately went into the attack. On the other side, hundreds of Han Army cavalry appeared in the east and headed directly towards the mound.
Come and kill.
Faced with a flanking attack from two sides, Yang Qiu continued to retreat with the infantry, while the cavalry followed Chen Cheng and launched a countercharge against the Han cavalry. Time was running out and there was no time to organize the formation. The cavalry jumped from the mound.
He ran down wildly and collided head-on with the Han army's armored cavalry.
The horses were galloping, dust was flying, and the fierce collision seemed to only last for a moment. The next time he opened his eyes, Chen Cheng had already broken through the battle formation of the Han army's armored cavalry with a lance. A gap was opened in the shield of his left hand.
There were several thin cracks on the edge. The lance held in his right hand stood upright at his side, and wisps of blood flowed down from the tip of the gun, making blood marks on the barrel, and then dripped on his arm armor.
Because it occupies a favorable location and because its weapons are more suitable for cavalry combat, Chen Cheng led an equal number of cavalry in only one charge to defeat the Han armored cavalry that had just entered the battlefield. The number of people killed or injured was secondary. The main thing was to disperse them.
Before the formation of the team is completed, the armored cavalry can basically be regarded as non-existent.
The cavalry has a strong impact on the battlefield, but normally, the physical strength of the war horse is limited. After charging several times, even if the man can resist it, the horse will not be able to withstand it. If there is a normal situation, then there will be something wrong.
The normal situation is not the normal situation for the seventy cavalry soldiers led by Chen Cheng now, because their mounts will never tire, so they can continue to charge.
After defeating the Han army's armored cavalry, Chen Cheng ordered the other cavalry to retreat to the west. He himself led the bodyguards to continue charging twice, until they reached the south gate of Chencang, and then turned around and withdrew Yang Qiu's troops.
In the military formation.
The golden sound sounded from the west. Chen Cheng had no time to wipe off the blood on his body. He looked up at the collapsed central battlefield. He sighed in his heart. When he was about to lead the cavalry to save the face of the Xiliang army, he saw something like a tidal wave.
On the central battlefield that retreated like this, a large area of black was revealed, but it was the black armored army under Zhang Heng.
The more than 4,000 black-armored troops did not rush backwards with the defeated crowd. Instead, under the leadership of Zhang Heng, they formed several tight battle formations, fighting against the Han cavalry that came and went, while slowly advancing.
Retreat. The black-armored troops wore heavy armor and used weapons such as spears, heavy halberds, bows, arrows and spears. Under the command of officers at all levels, they killed the Han cavalry who came up sporadically.
The black armored troops blocked the charge of the Han cavalry. Cheng Yi was able to gather the cavalry under his command, and then threw one or two hundred cavalry on the battlefield. It was their fighting that prevented the rout from turning into a battle.
A massacre.
Chen Cheng looked at the main force of the Han army approaching on the opposite side and knew that if he didn't do something, Cheng Yi's cavalry could withdraw. However, Zhang Heng's black-armored troops had a high chance of losing their mounts because most of them had lost their mounts.
Here the whole army was wiped out.
The combat effectiveness, organization and morale of those black-armored troops far exceeded the average level of the Xiliang Army. They were rare elites. When other princes' troops were fleeing, Zhang Heng could still gather his troops and fight and retreat, which is also known as
He was so commanding and capable, it would be a pity to lose such an elite soldier and general like this.
Chen Cheng turned around and looked back, only to see a cavalry force of two to three thousand people galloping towards this side. Just looking at the uniform standard armor and weapons, he knew that Liang Xing was leading the troops. So he stopped
Hesitating, he ordered Yang Qiu, and then said to his left and right: "Follow me!"
More than sixty cavalrymen immediately left the avenue on the right and rushed towards the central battlefield at high speed.
The Han Dynasty advocated the virtue of fire, and most of its flags and shirts were fiery red. But before the Han Dynasty, there was also a dynasty that briefly unified the world. That country was called Qin, which originated from the Wei River Basin in Guanzhong. Qin advocated the virtue of water, so it had elite soldiers.
The shirts are mostly black.
Although Zhang Heng was not from Guanzhong, he also knew the story of the Qin Dynasty and yearned for it. Therefore, after he had his own territory, he selected five thousand warriors and equipped them with black heavy armor. He also used the knowledge of the six counties in his hand to
He tried his best to support the 5,000 Black Armored Army. He devoted all his efforts to this army. Due to regular training and generous military pay, the Black Armored Army was very powerful and was defeated many times in the civil war in Liangzhou.
More opponents.
However, in this world, no matter how powerful an army is, it has its limits. As long as the opponent has basic training and equipment, it can only face up to three times the number of enemies. Although the Black Armored Army currently does not have three times the number of opponents,
advantages, but gave them unprecedented pressure.
Zhang Heng was riding on horseback, shouting loudly, directing the black-armored troops to retreat in sequence. His face was covered with sweat and blood, but he had no time to clean it up. He stared at the people who were constantly walking around.
The enemy cavalry showed a nervous expression on their faces.
While other cavalry units were easily harvesting the heads of Xiliang's defeated soldiers, more than a thousand cavalry were stuck around the black-armored army. The war horses were running on the battlefield with small steps. Lu Bu on the horse relaxed his arms and pulled a group of cavalry troops.
Zhang Heng's eyelids suddenly jumped, and a scream came from not far in front of him.
The arrow passed through a distance of sixty or seventy steps, pierced the armor of a black-armored soldier, and came out from the back.
"Damn it!"
Zhang Heng drew the strong bow in his hand and aimed the arrows in the direction of the enemy general. After being stuck by this group of enemy soldiers, Zhang Heng saw the enemy general shoot 17 arrows, killing 16 low-level officers under his command.
.If the Black Armored Army had not been well-trained and well-organized, the infantry phalanx that had been hit hard would have been shot to pieces.
Lü Bu took advantage of the momentum of his horse to charge forward and shot a Xiliang soldier, and then rode away again to prevent himself from being within the killing range of the enemy's powerful crossbow. Zhang Heng drew his bow angrily, but the arrow only fell.
Behind Lu Bu's mount. The other Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Huns cavalry were also like Lu Bu. They relied on their fast horses and strong bows. When they found an opportunity, they stepped forward to shoot arrows. By the time the black armored army reacted, they were already far away.
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Although the cavalry bow is still weak no matter what, and except for a few arrows, it cannot cause much damage to the black armored army, but this kind of behavior of being beaten will hurt morale. And there is such a cavalry eyeing the side.
, Zhang Heng and the others couldn't retreat quickly even if they wanted to. If this continues, until the Han army's heavy infantry completes its reorganization and then catch up, the Black Armored Army will be doomed.
After the technology of horseshoes, saddles and stirrups spread, the title of the main force on the battlefield has been transferred from infantry to cavalry. In the past, there were very few elites who could shoot such powerful arrows on horseback.
Not to mention performing acrobatic movements on horseback.
After Lu Bu retreated a certain distance, he drew out another arrow and was about to step forward again, but he heard the soldiers on the side shouting, "The Xiliang thieves are coming!"
He turned around and saw Chen Cheng charging over with dozens of riders.
