Chapter 364 Breakthrough
Zhao Yun was very excited.
At this time, he was wearing standard platoon assault equipment. A helmet with eight valves to protect the nose, two pairs of iron wall armor, two iron greaves, a hard bow on each side of the left and right saddles, and two sets of quivers under the horse's neck, containing thirty straight iron feather arrows. .
In Zhao Yun's hand is a pair of horse poles that are eight feet long, strong and straight, and are made of fine mulberry wood. There is a sharp ring-headed knife on his waist, and there are three iron bone knives in the belt, which are specially used to break armor.
This complete set of equipment can only be prepared by a top-ranking striker like Zhao Yun. As for the assault riders in the back row, most of them only have some of Zhao Yun's equipment.
But no one in the camp had any complaints, because the vanguard of the assault cavalry was specially chosen to break out of the formation, and the risk was very high, so naturally they had to be fully armed. Not to mention that the fact that Zhao Yun is Qu Shuai's brother-in-law has been known to the entire army, so equipment is not a problem.
However, many people expressed confusion as to why Zhao Yun came to be a dangerous front-line pick when he was already Qu Shuai's cousin, but this did not prevent everyone from respecting Zhao Yun and Qu Shuai.
Zhao Yun's equipment weighed at least over a hundred kilograms. Adding his own weight, even if the mount was a rare good horse from Heshuo, it could only carry him for a quarter of an hour.
Therefore, those like Zhao Yun who are the first to rush forward must successfully break out within a quarter of an hour, otherwise it will be dangerous.
But Zhao Yun has no timidity, only endless fighting spirit.
Although it was his first time to participate in such a large-scale war, he had participated in many operations organized by Changshan State to go north to fight against the Xianbei Rangers in his hometown.
He knew that the Han cavalry was good at impact, and this impact was more of a psychological impact.
When an unformed, disorganized ranger or infantry group faces a heavily armed cavalry charging towards them, who can help but be horrified and frightened. Of course, the cavalry will also be afraid when riding suddenly. They were equally frightened when they saw the spears set out by the infantry on the opposite side.
So this is a battle of whoever is afraid first and who loses first.
It's just that the cavalry has an advantage in such a struggle. Because the cavalry can charge repeatedly, it is up to them to decide whether they really charge forward. The infantrymen can only be on high alert again and again until they have a mental breakdown.
This time, their Flying Bear Army was responsible for attacking the two enemy battalions in the northernmost part of the battlefield.
Before the war, the commander of the Flying Bear Army, Guo Liang, had told all the Qu and Tun generals that this battle would involve repeated collision tactics. In other words, each team of fifty riders takes turns to attack. If they fail to rush once, they will retreat, and they will rush again after organizing. Until the infantry phalanx is broken down.
Guo Liang ordered Yan Rou, his subordinate, to lead fifty cavalry to charge through the weak spot on the enemy's flank, performing a horizontal charge.
Although Guo Liang's Flying Bear Cavalry Regiment is newly formed, they are all elites in the army.
Last year, Zhang Dan cooperated with the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans to defeat the Han army in Hebei in Jize and won a great victory. During this battle, Zhang Dan's general Guo Liang made outstanding achievements and was promoted to the commander of the newly formed Flying Bear Army after the war.
As Guo Liang's old boss, Zhang Dan naturally helped Guo Liang greatly. Not only was he allowed to take away the fifty cavalrymen of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, he was also allowed to take away twenty Youbei warriors including Yan Rou, Shan Jing, Wang Men, Li Zhong, and Tian Yue who had surrendered in this battle.
After that, Guo Liang used the original 300 Tuqi troops to supplement and reorganize them into the current 500 Flying Bear Army. Commander Qu personally taught him the Flying Bear Flag.
This time was the first battle since the establishment of the Flying Bear Army, so Guo Liang naturally did not dare to relax. Not only did he lead the charge in person with his fifty cavalry, but he also asked the guards at the back to hold high the flag of the Flying Bear Army to guide the men behind them in the direction of the attack.
And our Zhao Yun is among these fifty riders, still in the center of the front row.
The melodious horn became more and more urgent.
Zhao Yun and others mounted their horses. Before they could slow down for a long time, the trumpeters three rows behind him were already sounding a rapid horn sound according to the drill.
This is an acceleration signal.
After a long period of training, the war horses have formed a conditioned reflex to this rhythmic sound. Therefore, without any urging from Zhao Yun or the others, the war horses began to run with great strides.
Countless cavalrymen rushed down the ridge slopes. The rumble of horse hooves and the melodious and rapid sound of horns broke the dawn of the day.
Every knight who is surrounded by such greatness is excited.
The same was true for Zhao Yun. He held his horse tightly, his hands covered with sweat. If it weren't for the leather holster on his hand, it might have slipped.
Zhao Yun thought that he had been prepared for a long time and felt that he was an unparalleled warrior, but at this moment when thousands of horses were galloping, his mind was still blank.
Suddenly, the person on the far right of Zhao Yun shouted:
"Let it go."
The row of surprise riding fans subconsciously put down their horses at this sound, and Zhao Yun also came to his senses in the process.
Getting closer.
Zhao Yun looked at the spear held out and held his breath.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened.
There was a commotion behind the enemy troops, and then numerous flags were seen lying on the ground. The chaos spread to the spearmen in the front row. Seeing that their friendly forces collapsed, they all abandoned their spears and ran towards the mountains and forests to the north.
Although Zhao Yun was shocked, he was not surprised by the reaction from the other party.
The battalion of soldiers they were rushing towards now were obviously not elite soldiers. They knew this from looking at the flags and trenches on the opposite side before the war.
A massacre soon began.
The sounds of fighting echoed in Zhao Yun's ears one after another. The entire 500-horse Flying Bear Army has joined the battle. But the enemy soldiers in front of them actually threw their backs to them.
So who can resist this hearty assault?
The sound of horse hooves became more and more continuous, and the enemy's wailing became more and more dense. Some of the Flying Bear Army's knights had their swords broken, so they took out their swords and slashed them downwards. Some people even thought that these were not smooth, so they took out the iron bone flower and smashed the heads of the people below.
This is an asymmetrical battle. This battalion of Han soldiers collapsed without causing any harm to the Flying Bear Army, and were killed and injured on the way to collapse.
Of course, there are also brave men in this battalion of Han soldiers. Five Han soldiers dressed as officials went against the retreating friendly forces, faced the charging Feixiong Army, and launched an attack without fear.
Their enemy is Zhao Yun, who is in the front row and in the middle.
Seeing these five heroes who dared to charge back, Zhao Yun was refreshed. This is what he wanted to fight.
He patted the horse on the crotch, and the horse speeded up a little more thoughtfully, and in the blink of an eye it accelerated to the five Han soldiers.
Zhao Yun straightened up the sword in his hand, and the sharp sword pierced the armor of the front official like cutting tofu.
Before this was over, Zhao Yun's Ma Zhen was still poking at the corpse on the opposite side, and Zhao Yun spun around the waist. Ma Zhen broke away from the body, spun around and blew the heads of another Han army.
This suddenly frightened the remaining three Han army officials. Two generals guarding a basin collar and armor were about to retreat.
But Zhao Yun threw the horse directly and nailed the armored general to the grass.
The two officials beside him obviously couldn't believe that their husband died here like this, so they went crazy and went to Zhao Yun to kill him.
One of them jumped to hug Zhao Yun, and the other actually threw himself under Zhao Yun's horse and was about to chop off the horse's legs.
Zhao Yun's heart tightened, and he subconsciously pulled up the reins. The horse narrowly avoided the knife at his feet, but he himself was hugged by the leaping Han army.
The Han army smiled ferociously and tried to pull Zhao Yun off his horse.
But his twisted smile disappeared in an instant, because he discovered that the young general's body was like cast iron on the horse, and he couldn't move him even with all his strength.
Little did he know how terrifying Zhao Yun's waist power was, and this terror combined with the stirrups on both sides made it even more terrifying.
Looking at the face under the eight-petal helmet, he was so young and still had fluff on his mouth. The man tried his best to laugh. Before he could speak, Zhao Yun held his head in his arms, and then gave him a very standard hug. Neck strangulation ended his life. As for the remaining Han soldier who was on the ground trying to kill the horse's leg, because of his excessive strength, he was directly stepped on the chest by the falling horse's hoof, and he vomited blood and died.
In this way, all five Han officials died in Zhao Yun's hands.
Just when Zhao Yun was about to cut off the head of the Han general wearing basin collar, Li Zhong's horse galloped past and cut off the Han general's head with a single blow.
This Li Zhong joined the Taishan Army last year, and he was from Yan Rou's group. This operation is obviously to steal Zhao Yun's first level skill.
But what was unexpected was that after Li Zhong took the head, he turned back to Zhao Yun without any hesitation, and then said with a flattering smile:
"Zilong, I checked this head. It's at least the commander of their battalion. I cut it for you."
Good guy, this Li Zhong has taken a wider path.
Zhao Yun smiled at Li Zhong, accepted his kindness, and then took the head and threw it into his bag.
Then he said to Li Zhong, who was full of expectations:
"General Li Shi, it's time for us to chase death and flee north. If you don't mind, you can fight with me."
Li Zhong was overjoyed, cupping his fists and saying:
"Dare to disobey orders."
So, Zhao Yun and Li Zhong, who was full of joy, continued to pursue the defeated troops.
Not far away, many colleagues of the Flying Bear Army saw this scene. They were all full of contempt for Li Zhong, but they were all envious of Li Zhong.
No matter where you are, what you do may be important, but what is more important is who you follow.
Most of the officials in the Flying Bear Army were from Hebei, but the proportion and position of warriors from Hebei in the Taishan Army was relatively low. So when Zhao Yun, who was both a northerner and a relative of Qu Shuai, appeared in the Flying Bear Army, many people regarded him as the leader of Hebei warriors and wanted to seize the opportunity to get closer to him.
And this opportunity was seized by Li Zhong.
You must know that Li Zhong was already a general leading ten cavalry at this time, and Zhao Yun was just the first to choose the vanguard, which was three ranks lower than Li Zhong.
But Li Zhong didn't care about these fluff at all, he just licked her hard, he was a character.
Let’s talk about the entire war without mentioning the secret regrets of many colleagues.
At this time, in the north of the battlefield, where the Flying Bear Army attacked, the Taishan Army had formed an overwhelming advantage.
The Han army was very weak on this side, with only four battalions. One of them was directly defeated by the Flying Bear Army, and the other was defeated by the Tiande Army who caught up later.
The remaining defeated troops of the two battalions were being driven back by the Feixiong and Tiande armies, forming a tendency to roll back the bead curtain. Therefore, the remaining two battalions of the Han army were also in danger.
But compared to the lackluster battlefield in the north, the situation in the battlefield in the middle is quite impressive.
Responsible for the charge in the middle are the Feibao, Tianxiong and Tianwu armies of the Taishan Army.
The Zhongshan National Soldiers are roughly arranged in the middle. Zang Min's most elite 2,000 National Soldiers, as well as 2,000 Old Great Wall beacon soldiers, a total of eight battalion heads are deployed here.
As for the ones to the north and south, they were all from the wealthy tribes of Zhongshan Kingdom, and were not Zang Min's core tribe.
When Feibao started to charge, the Han soldiers in the middle were already ready. These camp heads are not comparable to the other two groups in terms of equipment and camp vehicles.
The front row of these Zhongshan soldiers are all wearing armor, and the front row of camp cars and horses are also well-organized. You must know that these were all prepared in the dark, which shows the extraordinary strength of the Han soldiers in the middle.
Therefore, Zang Min also had high hopes for the troops in the middle. Not only did he place the commander-in-chief in the middle, but he also asked his adopted son Zang Yi to personally command and command four thousand elite troops.
Facing the fierce formation of the Han army ahead, Xi Shen, the leader of the Flying Leopard Army, was not stupid and had no intention of charging forward.
He led five hundred cavalry directly through the gaps between the Han army's battalions, constantly harassing the Central Army's battalions with projectiles.
But this kind of projectile could not defeat the central army, and Xi Shen certainly knew this. So in the process of constant cruising, Xi Shen was also looking for opportunities.
He didn't believe that any of these enemy troops were invulnerable.
Soon, Xi Shen discovered the enemy's loopholes.
Among some of the battalion heads of the Central Route Army, four are indeed very sophisticated, but the remaining four, either because they did not have enough time or because they thought they were placed behind the friendly forces, in short, these four battalion heads only covered the front. There is a formation of cars, but there is no cover or block in the rear.
After discovering this loophole, Xi Shen was still able to let it go.
He picked up the horn and played hard, then ordered the flag guards to wave the flag, and then led the Flying Leopard Army from the north of the battlefield in a large attack, and finally smashed into a Han camp formation.
This battalion had no defense against the rear and was directly penetrated by the Flying Leopard Army.
The infantry's field of vision is very limited. They are so crowded that they can only see the backs of friendly troops' heads. So when the Flying Leopard Army ran past them, they couldn't see the movement of this army.
Moreover, the entire battlefield was very chaotic. At this time, the two battalions of Tianxiong and Tianwu Assault Cavalry also joined the battlefield and began to launch fire just like the Flying Leopard Army did before.
Therefore, most of the attention of this battalion of Han soldiers was attracted by the two battalions of Tianxiong and Tianwu.
It was also at this time that they were overtaken by the Flying Leopard Army, and the whole army was in chaos.
What's even more sad is that this battalion of Han troops placed their crossbowmen behind the formation, so when these crossbowmen without long soldiers faced the incoming Flying Leopard Army, the result was destined to be tragic.
A moment later, the Han battalion collapsed under the eyes of the rear deputy commander Zang Yi.
Zang Yi was standing on a chariot at this time, looking at the chaos in front of him. He knew that the battalions of the center army were now too far apart, so he allowed the enemy cavalry to constantly intersperse.
After thinking about it, Zang Yi waved his flag, and the Wuhuan Rangers who were resting by the big tent began to give orders to move out.
He called Sun Jian to the chariot and solemnly said to Sun Jian:
"Wentai, I will leave the commander's flag to you. I will lead the Wuhuan cavalry to intercept the enemy in a moment. During this process, you must rearrange the center army into a square formation. In this way, we will still have something to fight in this battle. Opportunity.”
Sun Jian thought for a while and took the initiative to ask for help:
"Why don't you let me lead the Wuhuan Tuqi..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zang Yi and listened to him:
"You don't understand nonsense, so you can't control them. Only I can do this."
After saying that, Zang Yi handed over the command to Sun Jian, and then started to mount the Wuhuan Tuqi.
Sun Jian took the scepter and looked at Zang Yi's back, his eyes flashing:
"I'm afraid Zang Yi is trying to run away."
(End of chapter)