Chapter 392: The Power of Heavy Cavalry! [Subscribe]

It had just rained and the ground was covered in mud and blood.

A brown-red warhorse, with a wounded leg, sat on the ground, supporting its body with its front hooves.

From time to time, it lowered its head to rub a corpse beside it, making low hissing sounds, as if trying to wake up the corpse and let it take it away.

hum-

An arrow accurately shot into the warhorse's neck.

The warhorse let out a final wail and fell to the ground.

"Why did you shoot that warhorse? It's a waste of arrows."

Said the soldier crouching on a low hill on one side.

The soldier who was shooting the arrows said, "Killing these Xianbei soldiers doesn't seem like a big deal, but seeing the horse lying there screaming after being injured makes me feel uncomfortable."

"Fuck, Wang Lao Er, you are quite kind-hearted, I didn't realize that before.

In the battle just now, you were the only one who chopped off the horse's legs, and now you turn around and say you feel sorry for the horse?"

The whispering ones were a small group of scouts.

They landed on the ship and defeated a group of Xianbei soldiers from Wei army head-on.

Zhang Liao led a large group of troops to block other Xianbei soldiers, leaving behind a small group of slightly injured men to guard the battlefield.

When the Xianbei discovered that this group of Xianbei soldiers did not return to the team, they would definitely send scouts to investigate.

The remaining Han army team was responsible for blocking the scouts who came to investigate.

The battlefield strewn with corpses is a trap, which may be used to harvest another wave of Xianbei soldiers.

Overlooking the battlefield from the dormant Wei army's position, there were thousands of corpses scattered on the ground, and blood everywhere.

Part of the body was caught under the horses' hooves, and the whole person was trampled into the mud.

"Someone is coming, get ready to take action!"

The Wei army soldier who was in charge of lookout on the top of the mountain reminded his companions.

The one who came was a Xianbei scout team, about thirty people.

This was the second Xianbei scout that the Wei army had been waiting for.

After killing this group of people, they will have almost rested after being injured and will go to join Zhang Liao's group.

The Xianbei sent two scouts in this direction, but neither of them returned. They realized that something was wrong here and it was impossible to continue the ambush.

So you can retreat after this wave.

In the distance, the Xianbei soldiers approached the battlefield cautiously, preparing to check.

The Wei troops on the hill gripped their bows and crossbows tightly.

hum-

As the Xianbei scouts continued to approach, arrows were fired and the battle began.

About forty miles north of this battlefield is the place where the Xianbei people gathered their troops again and prepared to return north after they had dispersed and looted everywhere.

Almost all nomadic peoples are best at using wolf pack tactics.

This has to do with the environment on the grassland.

They concentrated their forces to hunt, and when dispersed they plundered everywhere, making the most of the speed and ease of horse warfare.

Mao Juan was a famous general under the command of Tuoba Jiefen, the head of the Suotou clan. He was thirty-nine years old, with high cheekbones and thin lips. He was not very tall, but he was very powerful.

He helped Suo Tou Tou to conquer all directions and made great military achievements.

This time he led the Xianbei troops south to fight against the Han army. The strength of the Han army was somewhat unexpected.

But the overall battle situation was in line with expectations.

Mao Juan led his people and infiltrated the Han defense line north of Liaoxi.

They dispersed to plunder and agreed to reunite this afternoon.

This is an open plain area, very suitable for large groups of troops to gather.

The dispersed teams are returning one after another.

The spoils of the plunder were not great.

The Han army was obviously prepared and evacuated the nearby population into the large county town in advance.

Thick smoke could be seen in the distance, which was the trace left by the arson after the looting.

The main force of the Han army's cavalry in the north was held up by their other team, so they could plunder with peace of mind.

But Maojuan didn't feel well at this moment.

The intuition brought about by years of fighting made him feel as if he could foresee crisis and smell blood in the air.

The team sent out consists of hundreds of people.

Among them, the team heading south had the largest number of people, a team of a thousand.

It's time to return to the team.

Of the 10,000-strong team led by Mao Juan, seven or eight thousand have returned.

But the team of a thousand people has not returned yet.

The scouts who were sent out to explore went south and there was no further movement.

Maojuan waved his whip somewhat uneasily.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of a horn.

It was a warning sent by an outer scout.

Mao Juan saw a scout riding a horse appearing from behind a small hill to the south and approaching at great speed.

"There are Han troops, there are Han troops!"

Datuo, the deputy general beside Mao Juan, shouted, "Why are you panicking? How many Han troops are here?"

There could not be a large number of Han troops in this area, at best they were local garrisons.

If you meet them, there is only one way to go, which is death.

Datto immediately waved his hand, and a team of two thousand people was separated from the seven or eight thousand people gathered behind him, and followed him south to meet the enemy.

Mao Juan jumped onto the horse's back and looked in the direction of the small hill.

A Han army came from behind the high ground, chasing after their own scouts.

There aren’t many people…Maojuan thought.

The number of Han troops that came was probably around a thousand.

With the number of Xianbei troops here, they can easily defeat their opponents.

But then Maojuan's heart sank.

As the Han army approached, he saw that they were all covered in heavy black armor, even their faces were covered with armor.

From a distance, you can faintly see the complex patterns on the armor glowing.

The momentum formed by more than a thousand people is more solid and terrifying than an attacking army of ten thousand.

"Remount!"

Mao Juan said to his men, "Left and right, send out two teams, cross-shaped, and pierce and attack the enemy. Don't engage in a head-on battle!"

His deputy general Dato also saw clearly that the troops coming were heavy cavalry.

But in the state of hedging, he could no longer make any more adjustments. Datto also ordered the soldiers and horses behind him to make small angle changes while galloping to prevent a head-on collision with the heavy cavalry.

He wanted to take advantage of the angle and charge diagonally to break through the heavy cavalry's formation.

Then gather the large forces to attack the small ones, and make full use of the advantages of light cavalry.

Light cavalry and heavy cavalry are mutually reinforcing and restraining, but heavy cavalry is not necessarily stronger than light cavalry.

The battlefield will be affected by a combination of factors, and there is no fixed way to win or type of troops.

However, heavy cavalry did have a great advantage over any other type of troops in the era of cold weapons.

On the opposite side, Cao Wei's heavy cavalry saw Datuo leading his men to meet them. When the two sides were more than a hundred feet apart, the heavy cavalry began to urge their troops.

Zhang Liao, who was in charge of the troops, promoted his own unique military strategy of stealth and sudden attack!
Ever since he touched the mythical realm in the battle of Jianye in Jiangdong, his military practice has made rapid progress.

At this moment, he pushed forward his military strategy, and a visible front of troops gathered like a halo, spreading out under the horses' hooves and encompassing the entire army!
Boom!

The sound of hooves was like a thunderstorm.

Zhang Liao took the lead and rushed towards the enemy.

When the heavy cavalry, with the support of military strategies, can achieve the speed and flexibility of the light cavalry, their military force becomes invincible!

The sudden increase in the speed of the Xianzhen Camp immediately disrupted Dato's plan to attack the heavy cavalry diagonally.

Fifty feet, thirty feet... The collision between the two armies happened much earlier than he expected.

Datuo let out an angry roar and stabbed at the approaching Zhang Liao with his spear.

The halberd in Zhang Liao's hand changed, and he was the first to arrive.

A cold front flashed.

The two horses passed each other.

There was a bloody mark on Dato's throat.

As he staggered and fell off his horse, Gao Shun, who was standing on Zhang Liao's flank, hit him in the chest with a hammer.

Both hits were fatal.

Gao Shun's finishing blow was purely casual, and his second strike was at another Xianbei soldier.

If viewed from the side, the two armies looked like two sharp swords, stabbing each other.

One of the parties was quickly dispersed by the other, and the men and horses fell.

The outcome is immediately clear.

Under the legendary military luck of Zhang Liao and the leadership of Gao Shun, the Xianzhen Camp advanced forward almost without stopping.

When the two armies crossed, the troops of the Xianzhen Camp blasted out with their large spears, huge halberds, and hammers.

The sound of flesh and bones being pierced by weapons is heart-wrenching.

The few Xianbei soldiers who managed to escape the first round of attack were then hit by the terrifying force of the heavy cavalry, swept off their horses, and trampled to death.

After penetrating the enemy army, Zhang Liao, who was in front of the Xianzhen Camp, raised his halberd, slowly pressed down the tip of the halberd, and pointed at the Xianbei general Mao Juan in the distance.

The sound of hooves began again.

The Wei army faced the second wave of Xianbei troops.

In the rear, Lu Su stopped his horse on the small hill where the Xianzhen Camp had rushed out, watching the battle situation.

He looked at it very carefully and was quite shocked.

In the battle of Jianye in Jiangdong, tens of thousands of troops were defeated by Zhang Liao's thousand-plus men, and Sun Quan was almost captured alive.

The huge gap in strength is difficult to make up by numbers.

Lu Su narrowed his eyes and watched. He had never thought of fighting against foreign tribes like the Xianbei before.

After all, it's too far away.

But now that they were really facing each other, the blood in his body was actually boiling, and the desire to severely inflict severe damage to the foreign race became inexplicably strong.

After observing the combat effectiveness of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's troops, Lu Su quickly adjusted his strategic direction.

They must completely defeat these Xianbei soldiers who rushed into western Liaoning!
……

At night, Cao Cao received the battle report from Zhang Liao.

After they landed, they had defeated one of the two Xianbei armies that had intruded into western Liaoning and were now pursuing them.

Cao Cao was still on his way west, with Diao Chan and Yao Jing by his side.

The other wives and concubines in the family all have children to take care of, so it is inconvenient for them to go along.

Including Du Xiu Niang, who also had morning sickness not long after becoming pregnant.

The sky is full of stars.

Cao Cao took out the communication beads in the tent and checked the message from Zhang Liao. Diao Chan beside him woke up and reached out to help him light the oil lamp beside him.

The blanket slid gently as she moved, revealing her oval-like smooth snow-white arms, slender and delicate shoulders, and her long black and slightly messy hair.

Cao Cao pushed her hand back into the quilt: "Just go to sleep, don't worry about me."

Diao Chan mumbled something sleepily, adjusted her position, rested her little face on Cao Cao's shoulder, and fell asleep again.

She was actually very tired, after all, she had exerted a lot of physical energy before going to bed.

Cao Cao put down the inquiry bead.

Thinking about the battle situation in my mind.

The Xianbei people had great ambitions.

The troops gathered this time included more than 80,000 soldiers in the central army alone.

Ten months ago, they moved south in small groups to gather their troops.

They wanted to defeat the Wei army in one fell swoop and destroy the unification of Han territory.

The Zhong Xianbei led more than 20,000 light cavalry to attack the northeastern corner of Han territory, which was the area where Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu fought against them.

There is also a backup force of more than 10,000 soldiers, ready to provide support at any time.

On the Hexi side, the Western Xianbei bluffed and openly gathered troops to cover up their intention to start a war on the east side first.

But at the same time, the Western Xianbei were also actively preparing for war, intending to invade Hexi.

If they could succeed in their attack on Hexi, they would cut off the connection between the Western Regions and the heartland of Han.

For the Xianbei people, re-establishing their dominant position in Hexi would not only bring them great practical benefits.

Cao Cao thought for a moment, then took out the message bead again and sent messages to Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Pang De.

Zhao Yun had just returned to the north of Bingzhou.

Hu Ji.

The Wei army was at the forefront of the troops in Hexi.

Ma Chao saw the message on the bead, "Ling Ming, the king has given orders, prepare for battle!"

That night, the Wei army, which had been preparing for war, marched north from Huji and took the lead in launching an attack on the Xianbei army in Hexi!

A few days later, Cao Cao leisurely arrived in Dunhuang.

At this time, both the enemy and us received a new round of battle reports.

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