There was no dialogue, no fighting between generals, and no envoys from both sides sending each other to communicate about their condition.
Almost at the moment Liu Beijun appeared on the steep slope, the melodious sound of the trumpet resounded through the sky, and the war started without any warning.
War is not just playing house, nor is it a child's play, nor is it that when two armies meet, they greet each other and wait for a long time before starting a fight.
Many times, when fighting on the battlefield, you often fight by surprise. Not only do you have to catch the enemy off guard, you also have to catch your own soldiers off guard.
certainly.
Maybe someone will ask.
It's understandable to catch the enemy off guard.
Why catch yourself off guard?
the reason is simple.
The ancients have always had a saying about being aggressive.
If you waste time chatting with the opponent for a long time before the battle, the accumulated morale of both sides will drop.
And when we meet on a narrow road, people's courage is the strongest, and the bloodiness to kill the enemy is also the strongest.
Often when we meet, as long as the general gives the order and the person at the front bravely charges forward, our blood will boil and our morale will be the strongest.
Therefore, when the ancients met on the battlefield, the generals who responded quickly would immediately issue attack orders and would never delay, so that their own side could kill the enemy without leaving any trace of armor before they could lose their courage.
The same is true now.
When the Xuanjia heavy cavalry put on their armor and prepared to fight, the war had already started. Almost as soon as they lined up on the slope, Liu Bei ordered the horn to sound the attack.
The one who rushed to the front of the team was Xu Chu. A general is the courage of an army. Liu Bei is the lord of Qingzhou and cannot make any mistakes. Therefore, it is impossible to go to the battlefield again.
Therefore, the person who replaces Liu Bei in the battle is naturally his personal bodyguard Xu Chu, and he will also become the courage of the heavy cavalry!
Two thousand iron cavalry roared like thunder, galloping on the ground, dust was countless, and the whole ground was shaking.
Yuan Shang previously thought that the enemy's two thousand cavalry could do something, but when he actually saw the terrifying armored army roaring in, he realized how ridiculous his previous thoughts were.
Because he did not make any fortifications to defend against cavalry, no horses, no antlers, no iron caltrops, he just used manpower to erect large shields on the flanks.
Therefore, when the iron cavalry charged, Yuan Jun was basically risking his life to pile up at the front of the team. No one wanted to die. They watched helplessly as those horses covered with iron armor hit them, and people instinctively wanted to avoid them.
Almost before they even got close, the defensive formation originally erected by Yuan Jun began to stir. When the Xuan Jia heavy cavalry launched a charge, the shields lined up on each side kept rising and falling, revealing the inner feelings of these shield-wielding Yuan Jun soldiers.
Mood swings.
As the distance between the two parties gets closer and closer, rolling thunder also explodes in the ears. The feeling of thousands of troops rushing towards you gives Yuan Jun huge psychological pressure, making everyone bear it.
A huge sense of oppression.
"Don't move, put your shield up. The Black Armor Heavy Cavalry has nothing to be afraid of. They will die here today."
"I'm going to see who dares to move. I'll see if there are no supervisors at the rear. If you move without permission, you'll die!"
"Put the gun up and aim it, do you hear me?"
Officers at all levels of Yuan's army shouted and ordered the soldiers to maintain their status and not to move. The supervising team at the rear slowly drew out the ring-shou sword from their waists and looked at them with a stern look.
Many Yuan Jun in the front row are already trembling in their calves. Imagine what it would feel like when a car rumbles towards you.
Two thousand armored horses are as frightening as hundreds of heavy trucks crashing into you.
The Yuan army could only set up a spear-shield array in the front row, with the shield standing at the front and spears sticking out from the gaps between the shields. This is a very conventional way to deal with cavalry, but it can only deal with light cavalry and heavy cavalry.
Obviously there is still a question mark.
"Fire the arrow!"
When the distance between the two sides reached 200 steps, Shen Pei gave the order to release arrows.
Although they were still out of shooting range two hundred steps away, the bows and arrows took time to fly. By the time the shot arrived, the enemy cavalry was basically already seventy or eighty steps away, just within the shooting range.
"Swish swish swish swish swish swish swish."
The overwhelming rain of arrows fell down like a black cloud. There was no problem in the calculation of the trial and distribution. The arrows fell and fell into the cavalry formation.
But I could hear the sound of countless metal collisions, and occasionally I could see sparks flying, and the crackling was endless.
Thousands of arrows fell on the black armor heavy cavalry, not even scratching the itch.
The steel armor on the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry is actually not that thick. The thickness of the armor unearthed in later generations during the Han Dynasty is generally about 1 mm, but this is because the iron became thinner due to oxidation over time.
In fact, the thickness of ancient armor was generally between 1.5-2.8 mm. The thickness of the armor of Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry was only 1.8 mm, which could not hold up as their armor material was ahead of its time.
Not to mention arrows, not even iron spears can pierce it.
The only weapon that can effectively kill them is the artifact used to deal with heavy armor - blunt weapons.
Unfortunately, this is not the period when heavy cavalry was developed during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and very few people use blunt weapons.
After a shower of arrows, it was unable to cause any damage to the heavy cavalry of Xuan Jia. The roaring iron hooves continued to gallop forward, and in the blink of an eye they had arrived in front of Yuan Jun's formation.
boom!
It was as if two huge monsters suddenly collided together.
In an instant, people were on their backs.
At that moment, most of Yuan's army gritted their teeth, closed their eyes and held their shields against the threat of the supervising team.
A few Yuan soldiers were so frightened that they dropped their shields and fled in panic, causing chaos in the formation.
But no matter what, none of these could stop the Xuanjia heavy cavalry's offensive. They were like chisels, easily cutting through Yuan's army's formation, and then continued their rampage towards the depths of the enemy's formation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The horses used by Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry are all the best horses, which Liu Bei Group spent a lot of money to collect from the Western Regions, Liangzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou.
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Their body size is generally about four to five hundred kilograms. With a suit of armor and cavalry, their whole body weight can reach six to seven hundred kilograms. When running, their collision force is more than one ton.
Ordinary soldiers could not withstand such a huge impact. At the moment when the two armies met, countless Yuan Jun soldiers seemed to have been hit with a heavy hammer. Even if they were holding shields, they were still knocked into the air.
Some people even had their internal organs ruptured by being hit in mid-air. After falling heavily to the ground, they vomited blood and died.
Xu Chu kept slashing left and right with the big sword in his hand, and the blood quickly stained his armor. Being at the front of the charge also caused him to charge the hardest and sink the deepest.
The great Dawan horse under his crotch continued to gallop like a dragon colt. The wall of flesh built by Yuan Jun's human body was as fragile as a piece of glass in front of the heavy knight.
The thousands of troops in front of the formation were all scattered.
Among the rebels, Xu Chu caught a glimpse of a general's flag in the distance, and immediately knew where the enemy general was, so he shouted to the soldiers following him into the formation: "There is an enemy general's flag over there, come with me and charge towards it!"
"kill!"
Dozens of heavy cavalry around them roared angrily.
As mentioned before, the formation of troops in ancient times did not mean that tens of thousands of people all huddled together in a square formation. Instead, they were divided into large and small formations, including music-level, ministerial-level and school-level.
, and finally a complete formation of the entire army will be formed.
In this complete formation, generals at all levels progressed layer by layer, each with their own division of labor. Some formed the head, some formed the waist, and some formed the tail. The vanguard sent by Yuan Shang to stop the Xuanjia heavy cavalry was Yuan Shang's lieutenant.
Yin Kui.
Yin Kui has two troops and one school under his command, totaling more than 4,000 and close to 5,000 soldiers. There are also Lu Xiang's, Zhang Kai's, and Guo Zhao's troops around them, plus Yuan Shang's headquarters of 10,000 troops. This is Yuan Shang's current total strength of 30,000.
During the Battle of Liaocheng last year, Yuan Shang had seven generals, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Zhang Kai, Yin Kui, Su You, Guo Zhao, and Yin Kai, with a force of thirty to forty thousand, and even thousands of cavalry.
As a result, in the Battle of Liaocheng, Huang Zhong showed his might and charged five formations in a row, hacking three of the generals to death. The three captains, Su You, Lu Kuang, and Yin Kai, became the ghosts of Huang Zhong's sword.
Yin Kui was at the scene at that time and witnessed Huang Zhong's great power, not only in the Battle of Liaocheng and the Battle of Dahe Gudu. He had also seen Zhang Liao be as fierce as the God of War, and the Qingzhou Army was fighting like a lunatic.
The method made all Yuan Shang's subordinates feel deep fear.
At this time, Yin Kui was still shouting for the soldiers to regroup. The surrounding area was in chaos, and the soldiers were shouting. Some were screaming, some were calling for help, some were running away, and some officers were yelling at the soldiers and ordering them to maintain their formation.
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In the chaos of the battle, Yin Kui, riding on his horse, could clearly see a small team of black armored heavy riders coming towards him in a mighty manner. Wherever they passed, there was not a single general, and no one even dared to stop him.
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"The Qingzhou Army is a bunch of lunatics, a bunch of lunatics!"
Yin Kui's whole body trembled at this moment, because he thought of the two gods of death, Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao. In the two battles last year and the year before, they all went straight to Huanglong and killed the enemy's general's banner.
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"General, what should we do?"
Seeing that the enemy was approaching fiercely and that the surrounding soldiers could not stop it, the guards quickly came up to ask.
Yin Kui turned around and glanced at a hillside in the distance. The flag with the word "Yuan" was hung high, and the supervising team's fierce ring-headed sword had been drawn out and held high above their heads.
If he chooses to run away at this time, it will not only affect the surrounding soldiers, but also cause his own troops to break up the formations of other friendly troops around him. Because as soon as he runs away, the general's flag will follow him, and the morale that was already on the verge of collapse will instantly
It will hit rock bottom and cause a big rout.
The most feared thing at this time was a rout, a crushing defeat. Thousands of troops of his were rushing towards the surrounding Lu Xiang, Zhang Kai, Guo Zhao and other troops from all directions. In addition, Yuan Shang's headquarters was in the rear, and he would immediately be defeated.
Let Yuan Jun collapse as a whole.
Although Yin Kui saw a familiar scene, it reminded him of bad memories. But he also heard that the people who came this time were the Xuanjia heavy cavalry led by Liu Bei, Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong and several others under Liu Bei's command.
The fierce generals Zhang Feidian, Wei Taishi Ci and others have not come over. As long as they don't come over, there is still hope.
Thinking of this, Yin Kui kept cheering himself up and murmured to himself: "Don't be afraid. Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Zhang Liaodian, Wei Taishi Ci and others are not here. They are just some of Liu Bei's cavalry. I don't believe it."
Their martial arts skills are comparable to those of Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong once defeated Lu Bu, and it was as simple as rushing into the battle to kill the generals as if they were searching for items. Can these people do the same?"
In fact, what gave Yin Kui the confidence was not only that the enemy's visitor was not a famous general who had long been famous, but also because if he chose to escape, Yuan Shang would definitely kill him. Not only himself, but also his family would definitely have nothing to do with him.
Good results, so at this moment, he had to bite the bullet and continue to persevere, and could never choose to retreat.
"Kill them!"
Yin Kui gritted his teeth and pointed the big knife in Xu Chu's direction.
Xu Chu was riding a horse in the distance, rolling like a steel ball. Wherever he passed, people were turned upside down, and no one could stop him from the terrifying force.
As one of the two most powerful people in the official history of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Chu's early martial arts may not have been very high, but his strength was enough to make up for it.
Even Huang Zhong and Lu Bu's arm strength was not as strong as him and Dian Wei. Every time he slashed with the sword in his hand, a life would be taken away. However, whether the enemy used swords, spears, axes, bows, arrows or spears, they would not have any effect on him.
This kind of battle, which does not require blocking or caring about whether you will be injured, is destined to be one-sided. Because Xu Chu only needs to attack and does not need to defend, and the enemy cannot break his defense.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Soon he slashed left and right, leading dozens of heavy riders to fight their way through the crowd, and were no longer ten feet away from Yin Kui.
The guards around Yin Kui fought hard, but still couldn't stop him. The Dawan horse under his hip continued to gallop forward. Yin Kui saw that the situation was not good, and urged the horse to move to the right first.
This is because the heavy cavalry is actually far less capable of turning than the light cavalry. During the running process, the horse's center of gravity is too forward and the inertia is too great, making it almost impossible to turn.
Therefore, Yin Kui planned to avoid his sharp edge. He felt that the force of the comers might not be strong, but the armored tortoise shells really couldn't do anything to them. Historically, Gao Shun's 800-heavy armored army was already invincible, let alone the 2,000-heavy armored ones now.
cavalry?
However, the rebel army was surrounded by soldiers, which severely hindered Yin Kui's progress. He had just had time to turn around, and before he could urge his horses to go far, he was already surrounded by heavy cavalry led by Xu Zhu.
Yin Kui slashed at a man's neck with his sword. Because the neck was the connection point between the helmet and the armor, there was a certain gap. It was one of the few loopholes of the heavy armored cavalry.
The soldier was forced to block with his sword. Just as Yin Kui was about to raise his sword to continue slashing, the soldiers around him shouted hastily: "General, be careful."
As soon as he turned around, he saw a big knife falling suddenly and cutting him into two pieces.
Xu Chu was so strong that the armor he wore on his body was like wearing a cotton coat. No one could withstand his blade when he went on a rampage. Therefore, after killing thirty or forty people, he rushed to Yin Kui's eyes and killed them with one blow.
Behead.
"The enemy general is beheaded!"
The surrounding heavy cavalry shouted loudly, and Xu Chu chopped down the flag of Yin Kui with a knife. The morale of the surrounding Yin Kui soldiers who had only been holding on suddenly declined and began to flee in all directions.
"Sir, please ring me with gold!"
When the judge saw this scene, he immediately shouted to Yuan Shang.
Yuan Shang gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, even if the heavy cavalry cannot be blocked, their physical strength will soon be exhausted. Why can't you hold on a little longer?"
Shen Pei shook his head: "Young Master, look below. If we persist, we cannot exhaust the opponent's physical strength. Instead, our morale will decline. After the Yin Kui tribe collapses, it will inevitably attack the rear formation. I'm afraid there will be a massacre."
There was a huge rout.”
"Ming Jin withdraws his troops!"
After hearing what Shen Pei said, Yuan Shang immediately issued the order.
The sound of "ding-ding-ding-ding" spread throughout the battlefield. Guo Zhao, Lu Xiang, Zhang Kai and other troops immediately breathed a sigh of relief and began to retreat backwards.
The Xuanjia heavy cavalry raised the weapons in their hands and watched the enemies retreat like a tide, bursting out with a thundering roar.