The six thousand cavalry led by Xia Houru were divided into two parts, the front and the rear.
Among them, three thousand cavalry were included in the rear army, which was intended to be used to pursue the Han army when it was completely defeated.
Therefore, when he had just led his troops to the Han army camp, when Zhang Yi and Zhou Tai suddenly led their troops to ambush them, he did not flinch even though he knew that he had fallen into a trap.
Instead, he tried to fight hard to see if there was any chance to turn the tide of the battle.
No matter how desperate it is, we must rescue the Wang Secret Department who has entered the Han army camp.
After all, the Han army was outnumbered.
To trap the five thousand soldiers of the king's secret department, the Han army would need to deploy a lot of troops. How many soldiers and horses could be used to ambush him at this moment?
The Han army seemed to be ambushing them from the left and right, but it was just because of the darkness that it was difficult to see how many there were.
If he allowed the infantry at the front to form a formation to counter-attack the Han army and defend their position on the battlefield, the soldiers would be able to avoid panic; and then he would use 3,000 cavalry to pass by from the side, and they would be able to repel the Han army. The ambush of the Han army forced the king's secret troops who entered the Han camp to withdraw.
This is what he thought and planned.
It has to be said that after decades of military service, his reaction to decisive action in battle is not weak.
It's just a pity that he missed a little bit of calculation.
If the morale of his soldiers were all high, this arrangement might be able to deal with the ambush of the Han army calmly. After rescuing the king's secret troops, he would fight and retreat, and return with a small defeat. But the previous confrontation with the Han army for more than ten days, As well as the compromised front military camp on the left wing, the morale of his soldiers was already in panic.
Due to the narrow length of the Han army's camp, it was impossible to devote too many soldiers to the battle, and Wang Mi did not advance quickly after entering the camp at night.
Therefore, of the five thousand soldiers he led, there were still more than a thousand outside the camp.
These more than a thousand people became Xia Houru's nightmare.
When they faced the ambush led by Zhang Yi and Zhou Tai, they knew that their army had fallen into a trap.
Their morale was not high, and the general Wang Mi was not with them. In their panic, they did not think about forming a formation to fight, and they were inevitably defeated thousands of miles away. They wanted to enter the Han camp but had no way, so they had to go to Xia Houru's camp. The troops below fled in disgrace.
This is the outcome that the Han army most hopes for.
The tactics of driving the defeated troops back and attacking the formation will be familiar to generals who have some knowledge of the art of war since ancient times.
Zhang Yi is no exception.
When Zhou Tai led his troops into the camp to assist Liu Lin, he led his troops behind the defeated troops and drove them towards Xiahou Ru's infantry formation.
Xia Houru was a veteran in the army.
Seeing the broken troops approaching, he immediately ordered all the troops to take precautions and shouted for the broken troops to take a detour.
"Those who rush into battle will be killed!"
The military commanders in front of the formation roared loudly.
He also asked the sword and shield soldiers to move forward and raise their shields; the spear soldiers were placed among them, waiting for the opportunity to move.
However, under the cover of many defeated troops, Zhang Yi was eager to escape and did not listen to the commander's shouts and rushed straight towards him.
After all, in their eyes, entering their own military formation and taking shelter behind a shield was the only way to avoid the butcher's knife. Besides, the Han army's ambush came from the left and right, so how could they dare to go left and right?
The princes in front of the Wei army's infantry formation had no choice but to grit their teeth and directly carry out Xia Houru's order.
"Spearmen charge forward!"
"prick!"
"Puch!"
The sound of the spear tip penetrating into flesh could not be heard without stopping.
Red flowers bloomed on the bodies of the defeated soldiers who were escaping in the front row. They stared with disbelieving eyes and left the world with regret and indignation.
Originally, they could have gone back alive if they had taken one step further.
The defeated soldiers who followed behind were stunned, they couldn't believe what they were seeing.
Why did our own soldiers massacre Pao Ze?
But they had to believe that there were already many corpses displayed cruelly in front of them.
To retreat is death, and to advance is death.
Suddenly, the emotion of abandonment and betrayal brewed in their chests, and their eyes began to become rapidly bloodshot.
Men who have survived in the cold wind and frozen soil of Xiliang have always had clear grudges and will be killed by enemies! Since there is no way to survive, let's take revenge.
"kill!"
"kill!"
In unison, they waved their swords and spears at their former comrades without fear of death.
With the help of these broken troops, the soldiers led by Zhang Ni took less than a quarter of an hour to break Xia Houru's infantry formation and march straight in.
Fortunately, these six thousand cavalrymen have always been direct descendants of Xia Houru.
The infantry commander, who had been in charge of the army for a long time, reacted quickly and ordered all the military princes to restrain their troops and horses to form small formations to defend themselves, hoping that Xia Houru's cavalry from behind would come to break the enemy.
However, the rebuilt Xuanwu Army also had the courage to fight to the death.
Because of the battle of Xiaoguandao in the past, Zheng Pu refused to retreat and fought to the last man, injecting military soul into the Xuanwu Army.
Moreover, Zhang Ni pointed his spear at the banner of Xiahou Ru and shouted out a temptation that the soldiers could not resist: "The general has an order to punish those who rebel against Xiahou Ru of Wei and grant them a thousand acres of land!"
"Kill Xiahou!"
"Kill Xiahou!"
All the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army were full of morale and marched forward bravely.
The various military princes and village commanders who served as infantrymen of the Wei army fell into helplessness.
Although they almost shouted at the top of their lungs and killed several soldiers who disobeyed orders, they still could not stop the soldiers under their command from retreating step by step.
Inevitably, Cao's army collapsed.
The infantry commander was helpless and no longer persisted, and retreated in embarrassment under the protection of all the soldiers.
It took the Wei army less than two quarters of an hour to go from forming a formation to respond to the enemy to being defeated.
However, for Xia Houru, although the infantry persisted for a short time, it was enough.
He and his cavalry commander had already scolded the good formations under his command and began to lead the cavalry back. It only took a little time to get back to a distance that was enough for the war horses to speed up the charge.
At that time, the Han army, which was unable to maintain a tight formation due to pursuit, would become the dead souls under the swords and spears of the cavalry.
But he was still a step too late after all.
When he and his cavalry had just started to trot back on their horses, a burst of muffled thunder came from far away.
It's thundering?
All the Wei troops couldn't help but be stunned.
It's just the cold winter, where does the thunder come from?
Soon, they reacted and followed the sound.
I saw countless torches lighting up the small dark pool next to the Han army's camp. They were like the sparks of a prairie fire. Gathering under the reflection of the small pool, they seemed to be a long star.
The sun on the ground.
It's just that Wei Jun didn't have the intention to distinguish whether it was a star or the sun.
They all heard it, amidst the thundering sound of countless large cowhide drums, there was also the thunderous sound of horse hooves.
They all also saw a cavalry troop wearing heavy armor charging into the formation.
Heavy armor cavalry!
The Han army actually had heavy armored cavalry!
Xia Houru's face turned pale and he roared like thunder, "Speed up! Speed up! Go back!"
He wanted to take advantage of the Han army's armored cavalry to arrive, and then make a detour to let the horses complete their acceleration before making plans.
Whether it's fighting or walking.
The light of the torches in the small pool of water, calculated based on the number of torches, seemed to be that there were three to four thousand infantry behind the Han army's armored cavalry. Although he could guess that based on the strength of the Han army, it was definitely
He deliberately lit more torches to pretend that the army was coming, but he no longer wanted to explain.
Because all the cavalrymen under his command saw it.
At this moment, the soldiers would only believe their own eyes instead of his feeble words to boost morale.
"General, leave quickly!"
The knight riding alongside him suddenly roared at him, then turned his horse's head, "Langya, follow me!"
He directly led the 300 cavalrymen named "Langya" under his command, directly faced the Han army's armored cavalry galloping in at high speed, and launched a charge.
Regardless of this distance, neither he nor his subordinates were able to completely let go of the horse's speed.
I never thought that I was chasing a moth into the fire.
If these light cavalry are against the heavy cavalry, both men and horses are armored, they will just become a pile of minced meat here.
Xia Houru, whose war horse had already galloped ten steps away, heard his roar, so his nose suddenly felt sore.
He knew that this was a tactical attempt to survive by docking his tail.
In order to delay the Han army's armored cavalry, his cavalry commander used flesh and blood as a barrier to slow down the eagerness and speed of the Han army's charge.
So that he can lead the others to complete the acceleration of the war horse and charge back smoothly!
Or just leave the battlefield.
He also knew that if he acted out of impulse and led the other cavalrymen to turn around and charge forward, he would not only fail to live up to the opportunity that the cavalry commander had bought with his life; he would also bring all the soldiers and horses to death.
Compassion does not command troops.
What a simple four words~~~
Even children who have just entered elementary school can write it easily.
However, Xia Houru felt that these four words were like a big mountain pressing on his chest, making him unable to breathe.
"accelerate!"
"accelerate!"
He could only roar loudly and vent the anger in his chest and abdomen; he kicked the horse hard and led the other cavalry to retreat to the rear.
At the same time, I was silently praying to God in my heart so that the knight commander could survive.
Extremely pious.
But Zhang Bao dashed his hopes.
Having already pushed the speed of his horse to the limit, he couldn't help but sneer secretly when he saw the Wei army's cavalry commander igniting the heroism of a man from the frontier and using his own bravery to inspire his cavalry to fight to the death.
With only three hundred light cavalry, do you want to stop the charge of the imperial court who spent huge sums of money to build armored cavalry?
What are you dreaming about in Spring and Autumn Period?
If he was really blocked by Ni Wei, as the leader, he would just find a place where no one is and wipe his neck!
So as not to leave anyone in the world embarrassed.
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
As the distance between the two sides quickly approached, he, who was charging at the front with a horse-drawn gun of eight feet in his hand, roared with eyes split open.
Relying on the longer horse's advantage, he took the lead in stabbing out the three-foot-long blade.
Then the Wei Army Cavalry Commander sadly discovered that he was too short.
The spear he wielded was too short and could not kill the opponent before his horse penetrated him.
But it was impossible to drive the horse away.
Suddenly, with a sudden change in his heart, he rushed forward with spears in both hands, trying to deflect the horse's thrust. Then, taking advantage of the gap between the two horses passing by, he pulled out the ring-headed knife at his waist and slashed the general's head!
Well, the idea is very beautiful.
It's just that the ending is a bit tragic and desolate.
He had no idea that across from him was Zhang Bao, who was more than eight feet tall, extremely majestic and extremely strong!
Coupled with the power of charging and thrusting with the power of horse power, how could he be able to push it away?
"Boom!"
The spear swept across and hit the horse's shaft hard, but it didn't let the horse's body deviate even half an inch.
Instead, the powerful counter-shock force made his arms numb, his body unstable, and he almost fell off his horse.
Then, with a "pop" sound, he flew up.
The thin armor on his body was like paper and could not provide any protection against Ma Shan's sharp blade.
Ma Shan's sharp blade pierced directly through his body and emerged from the back.
Under the strong inertia, he took him off the horse.
The scene is very similar to the mutton skewered with sharp iron rods when barbecued in Liangzhou.
"Bah!"
Zhang Bao raised his breath from his waist and abdomen and let out a sharp roar.
With both arms, he swung the horse horizontally and threw out the corpse of the riding governor, directly knocking down the two cavalry troops of the Wei army that followed behind.
This momentary scene was seen clearly by the personal guard Qu Gu beside him, and his blood boiled with excitement.
Involuntarily, the excitement in his chest burst out: "Long live the general!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
The other armored knights behind them roared like thunder again.
The earth trembled with the sound of horse hooves, and the opponent's ears were devastated with the cry of killing.
Like a black torrent carrying the force of thunder, it charged up behind Zhang Bao.
However, the Wei army's "Spang Fang" cavalrymen, who had come with all sorts of strange cries to fight to the death, were completely speechless.
It's like a duck whose neck has been pinched hard.
Their backbone, the Cavalry Governor who had just bravely moved forward, fell off his horse as soon as he encountered him. He was trampled by countless horses' hooves and turned into a pile of bones and rotten flesh on the ground.
Some of the wolf-toothed cavalrymen were stabbed through the body with a spear or slashed across the waist with a ring-shaped sword when they were stunned; some were extremely angry and continued to move forward resolutely, trying to avenge the knight commander who had become a meat.
"kill!"
"kill!"
The Wei army's wolf-toothed cavalry roared like thunder, and while desperately greeting the Han army with their spears and ring-headed knives, they also used their superb equestrian skills to fine-tune the angle of their horses' advance to avoid colliding with the Han army and falling off their horses.
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The Han army was different.
They relied on the fact that both men and horses were wearing armor, and they didn't care at all. They raised their swords high or tightened their spears.
"Conquer the Central Plains!"
"Nothing before!"
Suddenly, the wails of war horses, the muffled grunts of human bodies falling heavily to the ground, the shrill screams, and the sound of broken bones being trampled by the hoofs of giant horses dominated the world.
Red-black blood, white brain matter, and black-green liver areas covered the soil.
Continuously, the Wei army's cavalry fell from their horses and became minced meat.
Soon, there were some clever ones among them.
Relying on his superb horse control skills, he turned the horse's head and ran sideways, avoiding the torrent of killing by the armored cavalry and fleeing for his life.
The contact time between the two armies was only a few dozen breaths. The Han army's armored cavalry directly penetrated the Wei army's three hundred wolf-toothed cavalry and continued towards the fleeing Wei army's infantry.
The infantry of the Wei army, which had fled in panic, was even more defeated.
Facing the galloping cavalry in the wilderness, a person's escape speed is not worth mentioning.
Many people threw away their weapons and ran towards Zhang Yi's Xuanwu army to surrender, because only the armored cavalry of the Han army would not rush towards them.
Xia Houru, who had just completed the roundabout and came with the cavalry, was heartbroken when he saw this.
The army was defeated like a mountain.
At this time, the situation of the battle has been decided, and the victory or defeat has been decided.
