Obviously Cao Xiaoda does not intend to waste these powerful cavalry in vain. Coupled with the terrain of Longzhong, it just gives Cao Xiaoda a chance to make these cavalry play their role. Now it seems that there is no problem with Cao Xiaoda's arrangement, but in reaction
After all, I still underestimated Chen Zhishen and Li Xun in terms of time.
These two guys have been fighting with Li Xinchen for a long time. They are so influenced by what they hear and see that they cannot be so slow.
In the final analysis, it is because Cao Xiaoda did not calculate the abilities of these two opponents. In fact, it is not his fault. Chen Zhishen was born in Xiao Mohe's sect, and he is famous for his daring to fight, so Cao Xiaoda's trap can almost be said to be for him.
It was tailor-made by Chen Zhishen, but Cao Xiaoda did not expect that although Chen Zhishen was good at charging into battle, beheading generals and capturing flags, he did not rely solely on brute force.
He knows very well when to advance and when to retreat, and only in this way can he ensure that he can advance and retreat freely in the midst of thousands of armies. Although Xiao Mohe is only famous for his brave fighting and beheading generals and capturing flags, but in detail
Think about it, how easy is it to be able to do this and escape unscathed every time?
You must know that Xiao Mohe was able to lead more than 30 cavalrymen in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and finally managed to escape under the noses of famous Northern Zhou generals such as Wang Gui, Gao Xi, and Yang Su. This ability
Still there.
Although Chen Zhishen is not Xiao Mohe himself, he still learned something, which is enough.
"Go forward with the left wing, retract the right wing to join Chen Zhishen, the Chinese army's crossbowmen, shoot at the foot of the formation!" Pei Zilie's voice sounded from the corner of the hillside, and teams of crossbowmen ran quickly behind him, along the hillside.
They formed an array, and in front of the crossbowmen, the shieldmen had surrounded the entire foot of the mountain.
At the same time, the left wing, which was mainly composed of cavalry, rushed forward, forcing this group of Northern Zhou cavalry to turn, and the right wing began to extend in the direction of Chen Zhishen's command.
It can be said that Pei Zilie arrived too timely. Although this group of cavalry was not large in number, the sudden appearance on the flank of the Northern Zhou cavalry was enough to make them panic.
The rugged mountains of Bashu have always had little space for cavalry to fight. Therefore, cavalry has always been a shortcoming of the Bashu regime, restricting its development space to the north. Now it is clear that Li Xingchen is also facing the same problem.
Naturally, the Yunnan horses in Nanzhong came into Li Xinchen's sight. Yunnan horses are not suitable for riding. This kind of horse that was born for walking on mountain roads is obviously not a good helper in charging. However, Yunnan horses can liberate a lot when they are used in the army.
Some war horses, these war horses are mainly horses that followed Li Xinchen into Shu. These horses mainly come from the captured and reorganized Northern Zhou army. They are out-and-out excellent northern horse breeds. They are used to transport supplies. They are obviously too wasteful to be used as pack horses.
And even when transporting goods on mountain roads, such tall horses are not as suitable as Yunnan horses. Therefore, after Li Xinchen introduced Yunnan horses, he naturally had a small group of horses to rebuild the dwindling cavalry.
The cavalry is not as easy to train as imagined. It is not that easy for someone who is accustomed to walking on two legs to sit on a horse and control the horse, let alone fight desperately. The training of a qualified cavalry often requires
Two to three years, and this is still assuming there are enough war horses to deal with the damage.
Li Xingchen obviously did not have so much time, so the cavalry under his command were mainly based on the original cavalry veterans, and could only focus on few but good. It is for this reason that the cavalry under Li Xingchen were able to wear armor and be equipped with short spears
, hand crossbows and other equipment that is difficult for everyone in the northern cavalry to have, in order to increase the individual combat capability.
This time, of the five hundred cavalry under Li Xunchen, one hundred were left to Xiao Shilian, while Li Xunchen and Pei Zilie each had two hundred in their army.
The two hundred cavalry were still weaker in terms of momentum compared to the five or six hundred Northern Zhou cavalry.
However, Pei Zilie obviously did not let them directly confront the Northern Zhou cavalry. Just some harassment on the flanks was enough to prevent the Northern Zhou cavalry from directly attacking Chen Zhishen's troops as before.
After all, when the cavalry began to charge, more than 200 enemies suddenly appeared on the flanks or even behind them. The threat was tantamount to fatal. Soon the leader of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Armor Master decisively gave the order, and more than 100 Northern Zhou cavalrymen came from the big army.
The troops separated and rushed directly towards this group of Bashu cavalry.
Obviously in their eyes, it was enough to rely on one hundred men to deal with two hundred cavalry. The cavalry in the Northern Zhou Dynasty dominated the world, which already looked up to the Bashu cavalry.
And that group of Bashu cavalry had no intention of engaging in battle with an enemy that was no more than half of its own. They turned their horses before they reached the range of the crossbow, and made a circle just chasing the Northern Zhou cavalry group, as if in
The hyenas watching outside the pride will definitely pounce viciously if there is an opening.
Obviously the Northern Zhou cavalry did not intend to give these young opponents any chance to take advantage of them. Their charge formation was still intact, and the group of Northern Zhou cavalry that had been separated was guarding the flanks of the team. They had just taken the initiative to fight but received no response.
They no longer sought to engage in combat with this group of Bashu cavalry, but simply covered the group and did not give them any opportunity to take advantage of it.
However, these Bashu cavalry were not useless at all. Their presence successfully prevented the Northern Zhou cavalry from turning a corner and rushing towards Chen Zhishen's troops, because that would only expose their flanks more thoroughly, so they
The only option was to deflect the horse's head slightly, and then target Pei Zilie's side.
Pei Zilie brought a large number of crossbowmen. This was mainly because in the previous battles in the mountains and forests, the crossbowmen did not have much use, so they were concentrated in Pei Zilie's central army. Now they were used to deal with the Northern Zhou cavalry.
Pei Zilie didn't count on it, and he didn't want his cavalry to confront the enemy head-on. It was enough to force them to turn their horses' heads against him.
After all, Chen Zhishen's side mainly consisted of light troops. It was okay to deal with the enemy's ambush, but if they really wanted to fight the cavalry, they would have to suffer heavy losses.
Fortunately, Chen Zhishen had reacted quickly before and the team had already retreated to the foot of the mountain. Even if they were really attacked by the cavalry, they would probably disperse and retreat towards the mountain.
The charging Northern Zhou cavalry was getting closer and closer, and in a blink of an eye they were beyond the range of the crossbows. However, Pei Zilie did not rush to order to release arrows, but just stared at the enemy closely.
When they were less than a hundred steps away from the shield-bearer's line, Pei Zilie waved decisively: "Let go!"
Arrows roared out, and the cavalry in the front row fell like waves of wheat. However, the people behind them urged their horses to continue accelerating, and began to spread out to the left and right sides under the leadership of several generals to avoid direct contact with the enemy.