The wind hissed, the horses roared, and the blood roared.
Ji Sun, who was charging at high speed, slashed across the neck of a Han soldier with one knife, knocked over a man who turned his back to run away with one knife, and tried to stab the third man in the chest with another knife.
But the Huanshou sword broke when it hit the opponent's blade.
Ji Sun showed no mercy and threw the hilt of the knife at the Han soldier, causing his appearance to be disfigured.
Afterwards, Ji Sun bent down on his horse and continued to gallop. He dodged a spear that was stabbed at him. Then he pulled out an iron bone from his trousers and continued to hit him.
As for the Han soldier who was missed by the Sun Sacrifice, he did not escape and was stabbed to death by the Jinan Yellow Turban Cavalry who followed closely behind the Sun Sacrifice.
Not far away, Lu Zhi was sitting on a horse under a large banner, surrounded by a curtain, and in front and behind were armored soldiers with helmets and armor.
At this time, Lu Zhi naturally discovered the counterattack of a Qingzhou Yellow Turban Cavalry, but Lu Zhi did not take it to heart.
He calmly looked at the situation on the battlefield.
The thieves' left army and central army were both defeated. The only one who still maintained a stable formation was their right army, but it was difficult to save the building.
There were also hundreds of cavalry rushing towards them, but Lu Zhi regarded them as clowns and had nothing to worry about.
Tens of thousands of troops were defeated, so what use were hundreds of men to help?
He has never seen anyone who can break through the barriers of thousands of troops, kill generals and seize the flag. Besides, at this time, there were Yueqi with a thousand people and an armored formation of 400 people opposite him, and he also had 500 people under his tent.
So, stay calm and you are in control.
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When Jisun and others rushed past Yueqi, Zhou Zhong shouted that it was not good and hurriedly blew the horn to dispatch his troops to chase Jisun and others.
Facing the oncoming Yue cavalry, the Jinan Yellow Turban cavalry kept turning around and cutting off their horses to buy time for Sun Ji to advance forward.
But Sun Ji's charge also ran into trouble.
Standing in front of them was a 400-man armored force. Originally, he wanted to sacrifice his grandson, but the phalanx directly formed a wide formation, surrounding the large banner behind it tightly.
You can't go around any longer to sacrifice your grandson. If you go around more, the whole horse will stop.
There was no other way, Ji Sun led the cavalry and rushed directly into the phalanx.
Fortunately, in order to form a wide formation, the thickness of the Han army's armored line was very thin. As long as you kill four or five people, you can kill them all.
But if this guard was selected by Lu Zhi as his own guard and could wear armor, how could it be considered an ordinary soldier?
When Ji Sun was charging forward, a soldier in front of him showed no fear and struck Ji Sun on the head with a single blow of his extended horse-cutting sword.
Fortunately, Jisun was wearing an iron helmet and did not follow the example of others and only wore a red turban. Otherwise, Jisun's life would have been killed in one fell swoop.
Jisun was also startled. The slash struck Dou Mong, and he was only slightly bruised. He was so nervous that his bones hit the opposite chest.
But this time, sacrificing his grandson didn't hurt this person, at least on the surface. This person has armor on his chest. When he sacrificed Sun Ruanguguduo, he didn't hit it in a circle from behind, so the kinetic energy was not enough.
Later, Ji Sun was hit on the shoulder by something unknown, which also scratched his armor, but was not serious.
He couldn't kill the front row armored soldiers, but the war horse under Ji Sun's crotch had already taken him deeper.
But within a few steps, the war horse heard a cry and then fell to the ground. I saw an enemy warrior holding a horse-cutting sword and cutting off the horse's hooves. The horse fell to the ground without weight.
Ji Sun rolled to the ground, and the armor on his body blocked him from countless swords. But despite this, when Ji Sun stood up, he was still dizzy and covered in blood and mud.
Fortunately, the cavalry companions who followed him also charged in. In the brief collision with the Han army's armored soldiers, they also fell to the ground like a sacrifice to a grandson.
Obviously, this group of Han armored soldiers was specially trained to block cavalry charges. This can be seen from their body shapes and the horse-killing swords they hold.
But what is surprising is that in this brief impact, the number of casualties on both sides was very small. The total number of casualties was probably only a dozen, and the number of injured was estimated to be twice that number.
In the short battle, the Jinan Yellow Turbans' thick winter clothes and iron armor helped them withstand many attacks from the Han army.
And the ring-headed sword on the Yellow Turban rider is not very effective when it hits the Han army. This is because the Han army is all wearing armor, and some individuals with outstanding physical fitness are also wrapped in several layers of armor.
But in the end, the Yellow Turban Cavalry were at a disadvantage, not because they were inferior to the armored soldiers, but because most of their horses had their legs cut off by the opponent. Most of them, like Ji Sun, had lost their mobility.
Dozens of swords came and hundreds of swords were thrown back.
Even without their horses, the Jinan Yellow Turban cavalry were still moving unswervingly towards the Yanhan banner under the leadership of Qu Shuai Ji Sun.
Ji Sun and these Qingzhou heroes have long since had no other ideas, other than death!
One man wants to die, and thousands of people can overcome the difficulties, let alone these hundreds of heroes who stand upright. As a result, the Han army's armored formation was retreating visibly.
And more and more Yellow Turban heroes broke through the phalanx, and continued to advance towards the Yanhan Great Banner with their sacrificial grandsons in their arms.
The fight ahead was all in Lu Zhi's eyes.
The place where he set up the banner was one of the few slopes on this battlefield. Although it might not be more than a foot high, it was already the commanding height of this area.
Looking at the moth generals fighting hard down the slope, fearlessly seeking death, Lu Zhi felt a little palpitating in his heart.
He calmed down his scattered thoughts and winked at the ghost-faced general beside the big banner. The ghost-faced general Yu Shi led two hundred soldiers and killed them down the slope, pointing directly at the place where Sun was sacrificed.
As soon as the ghost-faced general moved this way, Lu Zhi stopped looking this way, because he believed that with Yu Shi's fighting power, the outcome was already determined.
So, Lu Zhi looked at the center of the battlefield, where the Youzhou Cavalry was.
Lu Zhi was so happy to see his horse riding wildly and violently, but soon he rubbed his eyes, looked into the distance in disbelief, and dropped the whip in his hand.
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Youzhou Tuqi really avenged their shame this time.
This battle is called a smooth battle. Aside from the fact that he was accidentally attacked and killed by the bandit army at the beginning, this battle was a wonderful one.
First, the archers launched a long-distance attack on the bandit army, causing the entire field to be filled with mourners. Then the infantry rushed to the opposite line and destroyed the strong formation on the opposite side. In the end, they, Youzhou Tuqi, made the final decision and won the battle.
This is right.
This is what their Youzhou assault cavalry fought for. The reason why they were defeated in Xingyang before was because the deputy commander-in-chief was an amateur and an expert in commanding. He had to use their assault cavalry to attack some strong formation directly, so that they had the previous situation. shame.
Sure enough, I had heard that the sect member was from the South, so the South can also fight?
But this time it was different. After the new general Cui Jun took over the command and started fighting this battle, he would fight as he should.
I heard that Cui Shuai belongs to a famous family in Hebei. Sure enough, his father is a hero and his son is a good man.
At this time, Lieutenant Gai Tong of the Zuo Military Academy was leading a team of 20 people. His horse knocked over a group of defeated soldiers, and then the swords and spears intersected, leaving a fragment of limbs and arms.
Wearing the basin collar armor, Gai Tong became more and more energetic as he killed.
He shot down one who was about to run away with one arrow, smashed one who was kowtowing to beg for mercy with one shot, and as for the other who dared to resist, Gai Gong didn't even need to take action. He just kicked the thief's horse from his hip and collapsed it. chest.
Now that he knows it, he still doesn't feel as angry as he did before the war.
Before the war, he was dissatisfied as to why the fifty men of armored cavalry were not given to him to command, but were given to a boy named Gongsun Yue who didn't even have full hair.
When it comes to martial prowess, family background, and qualifications, how can Gongsun Yue compare to him? He is simply not worthy of being covered with someone's drowning device.
But it was Gongsun Yue who became the heavily armored cavalry commander. Look at the heavy armor of the fifty cavalrymen. It looks like a weapon that can be used to kill generals, seize flags, and make marquises and prime ministers. Now it can be said that the pearl is hiding behind the scenes.
But now Gai Tong is relieved. How angry he was before, how happy he is now.
Sure enough, Lu Shuai still loves his family, knowing that this position can only be given to a young man like Gongsun Yue. Without him, he can die and carry it!
Ha ha.
No wonder Gai Tong was so proud, just because as Lu Zhi was an important winner in this battle, the heavy equipment of the fifty cavalry was too miserable.
The fifty heavily armored assault cavalry are indeed extraordinary. Once they charge, the ground will shake and the mountains will shake. They are unrivaled. With the enemy's left formation in ruins, they directly plowed over the opposing formation.
The thieves' sabers couldn't even scratch them with their swords, but they were crushed into a pulp by these fifty cavalrymen. The effect was unexpectedly good.
In fact, at the beginning, the officers of Youzhou Tuqi were not optimistic about these heavy cavalry. It’s not that I think this kind of unit is bad, but I think it’s very useful if only fifty cavalry can stand up to it!
Tens of thousands of people were fighting with just these fifty cavalry, and they were exhausted to death.
But now that I use it, I find that this heavy cavalry is actually so useful in assaulting and dividing enemy formations. Because they had everything to do, the thief formation shattered at the first touch. Although they didn't kill many people, they were able to smash the remaining formation of the thief army into pieces.
However, the next fifty riders were in dire straits. Because the horses slowed down, these iron cavalry were directly knocked to the ground by the angry Jinan Yellow Turbans, and then seven or eight of them were arrested and stoned to death.
Even the leader, Gongsun Yue, had the energy to rush out, otherwise he would have died in the formation, not because his horse was a divine horse funded by Gongsun Zan.
This was the first appearance of the Han army's heavily armored assault cavalry. Although it was extraordinary, it had a tragic ending.
In fact, the death of these heavy cavalry is still to blame on these Youzhou assault cavalry, just because they do not know how to cooperate with these heavy cavalry.
Generally speaking, the mature heavy cavalry strategy is to arrange various arms around the heavy cavalry.
Because of the armament capabilities of heavy cavalry, neither light cavalry nor light armored cavalry can compete with it.
The crossbowmen might be able to rely on the arrows in their hands to resist the charging heavy cavalry. As long as the arrows hit the weak points of the cavalry or warhorse armor, the heavy cavalry will also be dismounted, but the probability of this situation is too low.
Because facing the charge of the heavy cavalry, not many archers had the courage to stand still. Most of them had to run away before the heavy cavalry rushed in front of them, otherwise they would not be able to escape. At such a distance, the arrows fired by these archers were naturally of little use.
Therefore, as soon as the heavy cavalry appears, it becomes the king of the battlefield and the decisive force that dominates the battlefield trend.
However, heavy riding is not without its shortcomings, that is, its short battery life and weak rescue ability of the knight after falling off the horse.
Because both men and horses are armored, the horse's galloping time is short. Once the horse stops speeding, it can easily be pulled down by enemy infantry.
And once the armored knight falls from his horse, it is impossible for him to stand up again by his own strength. At that time, he is just a snail with a shell, and he can be easily picked and killed.
Therefore, generally speaking, there must be auxiliary arms in the establishment of heavy cavalry.
This kind of auxiliary unit can be the same number of infantry, and the whole army can be selected to be light and agile, and can pull up a handful of knights after the heavy cavalry falls.
But in this process, the requirements for the auxiliary troops are high. On the one hand, they must be able to keep up with the speed of the horse. On the other hand, they must be in tune with the knights and have a true brotherhood.
Because leaving your life to your comrades is not something ordinary people can do. If the knight falls off his horse and his companions run away, he is doomed.
Likewise, these knights basically find their own companions to share life and death with. These people may be their brothers, their disciples, or even their children. But he would never look for strangers in the military.
After all, it is extremely difficult to achieve mutual trust.
But neither Lu Zhi, nor the officers of the Youzhou Cavalry, nor even the heavy-armed Cavalry were aware of this.
Therefore, after their horses slowed down and were thrown off their horses, no one could save them. Those Youzhou Cavalry are still chasing death and chasing north, so there is no time to care about them.
In this way, the heavily armored assault cavalry who had made great achievements in this battle ended in a melee before they could enjoy their moment of glory.
But who can blame this?
No one is to blame, because whether it is a new technology or a new way of fighting, when it first appeared, users basically used it in the old way because they did not understand it.
This is the fate of new things.
Not to mention the destruction of Youzhou Heavy Cavalry, after all, they also completed their mission.
It was only said that Gongsun Zan, the captain of the white horse who was fighting, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing his brother's horse return, and then continued to fight.
At this moment, the rebel army's formation was in chaos, but what was annoying was that the three formations of the banner on the opposite side were still standing there, and they continued to drive the bandit troops towards the banner.
These last thieves are so tenacious.
The dead in front of the battle are all piled up in piles of corpses. If you still don’t surrender, are you really not afraid of death?
While feeling these emotions, Gongsun Zan still had a layer of haze in his heart.
That is to say, he has not forgotten that along with these moth thieves, there is also a group of Taishan thieves. Although these thieves have withdrawn, who knows if they will appear later?
Just when Gongsun Zan was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a vaguely familiar voice.
He put down his horse and listened suspiciously to the direction from which the sound came. It was the east. The sound became clearer and clearer as it followed the east wind.
Gradually, Gongsun Zan heard clearly, that is:
"Raise swords and soldiers, exchange for peace, and restore the Qingming Dynasty to the world!"
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"Raise swords and soldiers, exchange for peace, and restore the Qingming Dynasty to the world!"
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Gongsun Zan froze. When he heard this familiar war song, he didn't know that his lifelong enemy, the Taishan Army, was coming.
He looked at the sky and estimated that it was only half an hour until dark, and that he was still one step away from defeating the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. What should he do?
At this moment, on the east side of the battlefield, not only Gongsun Zan heard it, but also the entire Youzhou Cavalry, and even the Wei Jun soldiers who came with them and the Zhao Guobing soldiers behind them also heard it.
When the Wei Jun soldiers heard this voice, although they had never encountered it head-on, they had heard it from Pao Ze before. It was the battle song of the Taishan Army.
At this time, the enemy joined the battlefield, but the soldiers of Wei County lost the courage to take revenge. Many of them panicked and hurriedly picked up the armor of Pao Ze who died in the battle on the ground to equip themselves with another layer of armor.
The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, and the invincible reputation of Mount Tai's army are all effective at this moment. The Han army began to waver, and many people looked at their generals, eager to evacuate the battlefield.
Even the tiger generals like Gongsun Zan were shaken in their fighting spirit and looked at the position of the central army behind them to see what Lu Zhi had ordered.
It was at this time that Lu Zhi's soldiers appeared in front of Youzhou Tuqi covered in blood and gave them a strange order.
Lu Shuai actually said:
"Youzhou suddenly rode forward to stop the Taishan bandits. Zhao Guobing will arrive shortly."
This command is very confusing.
The order was given to Cui Jun. The soldiers found Cui Jun under the conspicuous display.
At this time, Cui Jun, including his men and horses, was spotless. When he received Lu Zhi's military order, he was completely confused.
Because from Cui Jun's position, he could not see the so-called Zhao Guobing at all. There were only Youzhou Tuqi scattered in the east of the battlefield.
And Lu Shuai actually asked him to take the remaining Youzhou Cavalry to stop the approaching Taishan bandits?
Are you kidding me?
They Youzhou Tuqi didn't even get a grain of grain, and they fed their limited dry food to their horses, and then they fought all afternoon. How many of them were too tired to get on their horses, and they were still allowed to snipe?
Furthermore, how many Youzhou Cavalry can they have now, and how many can they gather at once? Then go against the Taishan bandits who are famous for their strong formations? That means letting them Youzhou Tuqi die!
Therefore, Cui Jun regarded Lu Zhi's order as a random order and ignored it completely. Instead, he blew the horn to gather troops and signaled the nearby Youzhou Cavalry to come closer to him. Cui Jun planned to lead them to evacuate the battlefield.
Xu knew that the first military order was a bit confusing, and Lu Zhi's second military order followed.
Another soldier covered in blood with an arrow stuck in his shoulder said:
"The commander-in-chief hopes that your troops can cruise around to harass the Taishan bandits, prevent them from joining the battlefield, and take away Dahu. Yueqi has moved to the left wing of your troops and will fight with your troops. Action"
Cui Jun understood Lu Zhi's second military order.
But he couldn't believe it.
Because although Lu Zhi assigned him a Yue cavalry army, he asked them to seize the Taishan bandit's banner? This Lu Zhi must think too highly of him.
But this time, Cui Jun heard the killing intent in the last two words of Lu Zhi's military order. He knew that if he ignored it, he might be the one to kill him next time.
Therefore, no matter how unhappy Cui Jun was, he had no choice but to obey the military order.
At this time, the nearby Youzhou Tuqi continued to gather under his banner. Looking at these elite soldiers, Cui Jun made a decision that he would regret for the rest of his life:
"Turn the horse's head around and charge towards the east with me!"
Youzhou Erlang is not afraid of death. He listens to the coach's order, wipes away the blood, and sings heroically.
Afterwards, the 1,200 Youzhou Riders gathered together, after a short rest, they galloped towards the east without looking back.
There is the Taishan Army's Eastern Expeditionary Army, which is about to join the battlefield, with 3,000 steps and 500 cavalry.
And if Cui Jun could be more patient, he would receive the third military order, which told him to evacuate the battlefield with the Youzhou Cavalry.
It turned out that all this was due to the second soldier passing the wrong military order.
The great banner that this ordering soldier mentioned was not to ask Cui Jun to seize the Taishan bandit's great banner at all, but to ask Cui Jun to withdraw the great banner of Youzhou's sudden cavalry when nothing could be done.
Because the Han army like Youzhou Tuqi is the most powerful, its symbol must not fall into the hands of the enemy.
And these were all transmitted incorrectly by the nervous soldiers.
So, a tragedy began.